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Hiiaiue uiid Commerce The Storm.
The following extract in relation to the
financial and commercial condition North,
we copy from t lie New York Day Book,
of Saturday. The well informed commer
cial editor of that paper, it will he seen,
draws a rather startling picture :
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
TANARUS! 10 clouds aro gathering rapidly over
head just now. and it would see.n as
though the great iinancial tornado was
about ready to hurst upon the country id
all its terrible fury. We, as yet, have
escaped. Onco or twice in the’past six
months, the commercial and linancial
atmosphere lias betokened the great crush
which, sooner or later,.must conic, hut the
evil has been for (bo time arrested; ami a
glimmer ofbiuesky momentarily appear
ing, iias dispelled the fears of the benighted
Idols in Congress, whose evil doings are
hastening Mils impending calamity. But
at this moment, they are again awake to
the terrible doom which lias so long
threatened them ; and the leading spirits
aro pausing in their mad career,
and casting their eyes to the threat
ening heavens above them. The in litter
ings of the discordant elements which, in
lime, will break out in the wild roar of the
tempests, lire now heard; and the misera
ble creatures are again quaking wit it fear.
The yell for “impeachment” has been
weaker the past week than at any time ill
the past sixty days. 'l’ho howls lor a higher
t.trill’ have hern partially checked; the
heavy failures in the past week or two, all
over tiie North, are touching the pockets
of the sordid wretches who are destroying
tiie commerce attrt finance of the country,
and their pockets being the only vulnera
ble portion of tlicir miserable carcases,
they have, for the moment, stopped to in
quire into tiie why and wherefore of their
losses, and the cries which come up from
their own ignorant and duped supporters
mid followers. It is a most gratifying fact
that the destructive spirits who aro now
keeping up Satan's carnival in Congress,
represent the so-called wealth of the coun
try. The abused millions, who have been
taxed to the extent of all tlu ir little sur
plus per year, may truly thank Cod that,
mine wliat w ill, they lmvenohoarded wealh
in the shape of greenbacks, seven-thir
ties, United States bonds, or other ovideneo
ofdebl against the “government;" for, in
one sborl hour after (lie 1 “resident of the
United States, Andrew Johnson, is im
peached, and a so-called President is put
in Ids place by these brainless lunatics, the
issues of the United States Government
will not sell for one penny on the dollar.
The fools are just finding this out; they
are now being informed by the wealth of
the country, which they represent, that a
continuation of tlicir course' will entail
ruin oil their party, and it will be well to
pause. ’l'lie temple they are pulling down
will bury tlieir own friends as well as (hem
selves hast week one of the more mod
erate of the destruotionists made a speech
in Congress, and even his tone was vastly
changed, lie had been informed by the
great rank and tile of his party Hint they
were digging their own graves, tlieir pres
ent course in Congress was not only en
tailing ruin, hut eternal infamy upon
them, and tlieir mad career must be
chocked, lint will they pause? Doubt
ful. For inasmuch ns tiie gods are to
dually destroy them, this madness will
continue.
in the meantime, eommeroo is dying.
Industry is paralyzed. Wealth ereatingis
suspended. Productions are growing less.
Tiie perplexed and bewildered tradesman
tinds himselfcrippled and impoverished ;
«iul having been taught the false doctrine
that high tariffs benefit the producer,
prays for more protection by a stiil higher
latiif: the peer sot, ruined Wy stimulants,
prays for more stimulants to steady his
shattered nerves ; and the more lie gets,
the more lie yet needs, till vitality gives
wav under those remedies for relief.
Wliat a day or week may bring forth, no
man can tell, hut eotnmeiMo and finance
at this moment are in a critical condition.
I’.uiic succeeds panic in the financial
centres Kast and West, and telegraph
messages aro constantly telling the
destruct ionists at Washington tlio dire evils
they arc producing.
Where Radicalism Leads.
The New York /.'.rprewsays: ‘“ln a re
cent number of the I>. .-ton iim/i'cn/, is an
article entitled A Few Earnest Words,' :
i:i which is an unblushing avowal et' what
.0 late years has euphemistically been
idled Free Love. After beginning with a
statement that Mis- Evans, author of
• Felix Holt,' and Mr. G. U. L. wes are
living together without being lawfully
married, “and if report tells truly, are rear- •
ing children who are the worthy offspring
of natures so superior and -o,harmonious,'
proceeds to eommend the example of these
“brave pioneers of a better civilization" as
worthy of all honor and imitation 1 After
sneering at ‘certain useless, if harmless
Scriptural legends.' relating to this subject,
and declaring that even Indiana divorces
are not “free enough for the present state
of affairs,’ it goes on to say :
“There was a shrewd knowledge of hu
man nature and strong practical' common *
sense in the demand of the French philoso
pher for absolute freedom of divorce, on
the ground that marriage would really
become more secure under such provision
—because the parties would behave more
Justly and generously towards each other,
knowing that escape from tyranny was
always possible.'*
“A defence of concubinage, advocated in
a professedly Christian magazine, in the
present century and at the. ‘hub’of the
universe, is one of the signs of the times. "
In Bad Luck. —The editor of the Sa
vannah Republican, J. <\ Hayes, who was
recently convicted In the Superior Court
of Chatham county, for a libel printed j
against the lion. Solomon Cohen of that
city, is nKuit to be arraigned before the
United States District Court on a charge
of libelling the negro lawyer Bradly. of
infamous notoriety in that place and
throughout Southern Georgia and South
Carolina.
Brailly has tilled an affidavit in the Dis
trict Court at Savannah, setting Firth the
“libel, ' or more properly “libels, lor
there are several contained in the affidavit
and w<- suppose that the Republican man,
.with Rbic 1 Republican principles, will be
properly punished tbr iibelliug his dear
woolly-head friends.
The Marine Scuool. —We learn from
the Charleston Courier that Gov. Aiken,
under the power conferred upon him as
one of the Trustees of the Peabody Fund,
has given the Seaman’s Chaplain and ar
dent worker in the cause, Kev. W. 15.
Yates, authority to take immediate steps
towards the re-organization of the Marine
School.
The New York Times on UielSitnation.
The New York Times does not relish the
| destructive measures now being enacted by
j the Kudieal Congress, and takes occasion,
| in its leading article of Saturday, to re
buke the shortcomings and suicidal enact
j inents of the “Hump. - ’ Notwithstanding
| the many and-ridiculous somersaults of the
Tims*, there are some things in the article
which we like, especially that portion which
condemns the Radical programme, and
| we. therefore, publish the editorial entire
in order that our readers may see in what
light the Republicans of a Uonservaiivc
stripe look upon the present critical politi
cal condition of the country:
TIIE DRIFT OF EVENTS —THE! ACTION OF
CONGRESS ON RECONSTRUCTION.
Congress cannot be reproached with in
action during the past week. It has atoned
for its delay and hesitation of eighteen
months hv acts which transcend, in reck
less energy and far-reaching consequence,
anything done by the American Dcgisla
turo for fifty years. Throwing aside, as if
in impatient contempt, all thought of
moderation and all estimate of result-, the
House of Representatives has decreed, by
overwhelming majorities, that tlio three
following things .-null he done :
1. All the Southern States snail ixs put
under martial law.
2. All the negroes in the Southern
States, over twenty-one years of age, shall
be admitted to the suff rage.
3. All the whites in the Southern States
who had anything to do with the rebellion
shall be excluded from voting.
What else remains to bo done wo find it
impossible in guess. I'ossibiy it may bo
deemed worth v> bile la Cos mine .vtiMm prop ■
fibutfieni peop!<—bill that Mill
very speedily take care of itself. It is ini
possible that property should continue to
he wortli holding or stealing, for any
great length of time, under sueli a regime
as seems about to lx: inaugurated for tlio
South. That whole section of country is
to pass again under the yoke of a military
power, 'ihe avowed object of the authors
of this policy is to “put hack matters in
the South to just whore they wore when
Uce surrendered.” A Brigadier General
is to be absolute sovereign of each district
—the source of law for all its people—the
sole judge of rights, the sole authority in all
their social, civil and political relations.
Unless human nature is very different in
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tiie Southern States from wliat it is any
where else on the face of the earth, such a !
policy must produce revolts. It will (
either alienate ilie people from the mild j
and paternal rule thus extended over I
them, or it will quicken their devotion and [
strengthen tlieir attachment to its sway. [
Wo are not anxious to predict which will j
ho the result—tlio future will disclose it j
quite soon enough.
In more than half tho Southern States |
the negroes over twenty-one out-number
two to one the whites who have taken no
part in the rebellion: —as a necessary con- j
sequence, tiie political power of those States j
will rest solely and exclusively in the I
hands of tho negroes. This hr expected to I
“pacify” the South. It is upon this basis |
that a reconstruction which shall bo per- j
manent, peaceful and just, is he reared. I
i’ossibiy the whites, being* numerous, j
iiaughty and still “unrepentant” of theirre
bellion, may resent and possibly resist |
being tints placed under the absolute and 1
unrestricted power of their former slaves ; !
hut martial law provides for this contingen- j
cy. The bayonet will settlealt such squeani- !
ish scruples. It is not worth while to be j
mealy-mouthed In dealing with rebels;
they went into rebellion six years agb, and
they have no right to complain of anything
that may happen to them in consequence.
They will submit to whatever government
we see lit to impose upon them —whether
it be tlio despotism of martial law, or the
aristocracy of colored suffrage; and if they
do not submit, we mustmako them, Voila
tout. That’s till there is of it. Th o process
is perfectly simple—merely calling the •
muster-roll, firing by platoons, and charg
ing with the bayonet. In that way liepub- j
lican institutions can easily he guaranteed j
to every State in the Union.
Two years ago Wendell Phillips- ven- i
lured to demand suffrage for negroes as a |
result of the-war. But evon he did not in- |
sist on excluding tlio whites from tiie bal
lot-box. Last Winter both Houses of!
Congress struck out a provision to disfrun- I
cliise the whites in the South even till 1870. j
Now, overwhelming majorities of tho j
Union I’arty enact provisions on both sub- |
jects which would have been, and were, j
scouted as madness a year ago. Is tiiis
progress 7 Or is it madness—or cowardice? j
Scores of members who voted for these
hills do not iiesitate in private to brand
them as monstrous in principle and fatal in
tendency. No man supposes for a moment !
that tlicso laws can be enforced without i
largely increasing tlio standing army, i
Not less than 200,000 men will be required
for such a service. Instead of paying oft j
our debt, wo must incur new ones. Will
our people pay heavy taxes with the same i
alacrity, when they see the proceeds do- i
voted, not to lightening the burdens of the
nation, but to enforcing martial law upon I
one-third of its people, andmaintainingthe I
civil and political supremacy of the'colored j
race? Such a policy as this sows the seed j
ol' discontent, of civil dissension and of na- |
tioual weakness and peril in a thousand !
quarters to which the rash men in Con
gress who have started it, do not seem ca
pable or willing to give a moment’s!
thought.
ll is urged that law is not enforced in the ;
Southern States —that life, liberty and I
property aro not sate. Grunt it; is there j
no other mode of curing this defect but by )•
rlishiug to the extreme remedy of tyranny i
and imbecility ? Has our statesmanship
no resources but as the King ot
Dahomey can also fall back upon ? Is
brute force our only method ol' solving
tho problems of disturbed States and dis- j
organized gaiety ? 1 .ess than a year ago j
Congress enacted a Civil Rights Bill and a i
Freed men’s Bureau Bill—both for tiie j
express purpose of securing tho rights and
protecting tlio liberties of tiie people in the j
Southern States. B-.ili are laws to-day ; .
and the machinery of both is fully adequate j
( to tho work required. Why not enforce i
i them now ? It more vigor is required in j
their execution, why not supply it? It'
more troops are needed to seize offenders, j
why not send then! ? if Marshals, Sheriffs,
Judges refuse to do tlieir duty, why not I
demand their impeachment and removal ? i
and if the President of the United States:
refuses to co-operate in such just and I
necessary measures, why not hold him to J
! his responsibility before tiie law? Noth
ing of all tiiis lias been done or attempted, i
Congress, at one bound, dismayed at diffi
culties it is incompetent to grasp, throws !
one-third of the nation into tho arms of j
brute force, and takes refuge from a politi- j
cal trouble behind the cannon and bayonets j
of the regular army !
It seems to tis that, with a very plain and i
easy path before it, Congress has done the
very worst thing possible under tiie eir- j
euiiisUmcos of tho ease. It might have so
j strengthened the arm of the civil power as j
to make life and property perfectly safe j
in tlui Southern Stales, and at the same
time give the Southern people the sense of ,
protection and shelter under equal laws
and beneficent institutions. It might have
admitted to tiie right of suffrage all men
presumably fitted i'or its exercise, without
distinction of race or color—with the j
acquiescence and co-operation of ihe j
Soulhfim pfs ple. And il might have cx
- cinder from office, especially in tho ,
national councils,'all those whose treason !
to tlio national interests have rendered
them unsafe agents of public power. All 1
these would have been wise and beneti
: cent acts. They would have soothed
public apprehensions and allayed sec-'
tioual animosities. Tliey could very 1
i easily have been so shaped as to enlist
or command -the co-operation of the
Kxecutive Department ot the Government,
and would thus have closed a quarrel more
menacing to the public peace than any
that has occurred since the rebdion itself
first broke out.
Aid for Southern Frebyterian Churches.
A meeting was held in Baltimore on
Monday evening, at Franklin Street Pres
byterian Church, Rev. Dr. Bullock, for
the purpose of taking steps for' aiding the
suffering Presbyterian Churches and Min
isters of the South. The S’ 1 .) says:
The meeting was opened with prayer
ami then addies-cd liv the Kev. J. Leigh
ton Wilson, Secretary of the Board ofSus
lenlulion in the South. Dr. Wilson made
k town the condition of the Southern
Churches and Ministers. Ite stated that
about one hundred and titty churches had
been destroyed, or so much injured during
the war as to be of no use in their present
condition, and that of the fifteen hundred
Presbyteriau ehurelie- in tiie South, one
third of them would probably become ex
tinct unless some immediate aid is obtain
ed for them outside of their own limits.
He made a full explanation of the condi
tion of the churches. anti the necessity of
giving immediate help. After this address,
George M. Dili, Ksq.. was called to the
Chair, and G. F. Anderson appointed
Secretary. The Kev. J. A. Lefevre then
presented tho following resolutions, which
he advocated in an address. Dr. Bullock
also, in seconding tiie resolutions, made
an address in support of them :
Resolved, That every effort should be
made to aid our suffering Presbyteriau
churches in the South.
Resolved, That with a view to raise the
means required, the chairman be author
ized to appoint a committee of such num
ber as he may deem best, who shall have
power to increase their number and take
all necessary stops to promote success.
Rest,leal, "That the committee be author
ized and requested to make a permanent
organization of such persons as they may
deein best calculated to raise present and
future aid in behalf of the Presbyterian
Churches’and ministers in the South.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted, and a committee consisting of
forty or more gentlemen, at the head of
which Is Geo. M. Gill, Esq., appointed in
accordance therewith. The committee
will, it is understood, at once take meas
! ures to actively enter upon their duties.
“Yankees." —We have received the
j following : .
“The question has often beeu asked me:
i What is the origin of the word “Yankee.”
i Please tell an old subscriber. J. 11 M.”
Military (jou-rnmenis in the Southern
{Rates.
The following is a copy of the Rill report
ed from the Joint Committee on Recon
struction Ly Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, as it
passed the House of Representatives on
Wednesday:
A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE MORE EF
FICIENT GOVERNMENT OF THE INSURREC
TIONARY STATES.
Whereas the pretended State govern
ments of the late so-called Confederate
States of Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia. .Mississippi, Alabama,
Louisiana, Honda, Texas and Arkansas,
were set up without the authority ot Con
gress and without the sanction of the jx-o
ple; and whereas said pretended govern
ments afford no adequate protection for
life or property, but countenance and en
courage lawlessness and crime ; and
whereasit is necessary that peace and good
order should i»e enforced in said so-called
Suites until loyal and Republican State
governments can be legally established ;
therefore,
i• it enacted by the Senate and Ifov.sc of'
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled , That said
late so-called t onfederate States shall be
divided into military districts and made
subject to the military authority of the
United States as hereinafter prescribed,
and lor that purpose Virginia shall eon
,-tilute the first district; North Carolina
and. South Carolina the second district ;
Georgia,' Alabama and Florida the third
district ; Mississippi and Arkansas the
fourth district, and Louisiana and Texas i
the fifth district. '
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That it j
shall he the duty of the General oft tho j
army to assign to the command of each pf |
said district,j. an officer of the army, not 1
below the rank of I*rierndi'-,an >
to detail a sufficient military force to en-'
abio such officer to perform his duties and i
enforce liis authority in the district to
which lie is assigned.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it
shall the duty of each officer assigned as
aforesaid to protect all persons in their
rights of person and property, to suppress
insurrection, disorder and violence, and to
punish, or cause to be punished, ail dis
turbers of tho public peace and criminals,
and to this end he may allow local civil
tribunals to take jurisdiction of and to try
offenders, or when in his judgment it may
be necessary for the trial of offenders, lie
shall have power to organize military
commissions or tribunals for that purpose,
anything in the constitution and laws of
any of. the so-called Confederate States to
the contrary notwithstanding; and all
legislative or judicial proceedings or pro
cesses to prevent or control the proceed
ings of said military tribunals, and all in
terference by said pretended State Govern
ments with the exercise of military au
thority under this Act, shall be void and
of no effect.
Sec. 4'. And be it farther enacted. That
courts and judicial officers of the United
States shall not issue writs of habeas corpus
in behalf of persons in military custody,
except in cases in which the person is
held to answer for a crime or crimes ex
clusively within tiie jurisdiction of the
courts of the United States within tiie said
military district, and indictable therein,
or, unless some commissioned officer on
duty in the district wherein the person is
detained shall endorse upon said petition
a statement certii'ying upon honor that ho
has knowledge or information as to the
cause and circumstances of the alleged
detention, and that ho believes the same
to be wrongful; and further, that he be
lieves that tlio endorsed petition is pre
ferred in good faith and in furtherance of
justice, and not to hinder or delay the
punishment of crime. Ail persons put
under military arrest by virtue of this
act, shall be tried without unnecessary
delay, arid no cruel or unusual punish
ment shall be inllicted.
See. 5. Andbe.il further enacted, That no
sentence of any military commission or
tribunal hereby authorized, affecting the
life or liberty of any person, shall be
executed until it is approved by the officer
in command of tho district; and the laws
and regulations for the government of
tiie army shall not be affected by this
act except in so far as they conflict with
its provisions.
Passage of the Bankrupt Bill by the
Senate.
Tiie Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, writes under date of
Tuesday:
Tlio Bankrupt Bill was passed in the
Sonate'to-day. When it was brought up
Mr. Sumner again insisted, in the most
vehement manner, that his test-oath
amendment should bo engrossed upon it,
and reiterated his stale charges against
the Southern people, of cruelty to tho
negroes and persecution to. the Union
men. lie declaimed so long in this strain
that finally he wore out the patience of his
own friends, forcing the ratheruncompli
mentary remark from Mr. Conn ess that
the Senate was sick of such stuff and
would not submit longer to be bullied by
tho Senator from Massachusetts into the
support of his foolish notions.
Mr. Sumner having opened tho subject
of the political condition of the South, he
was seconded by his colleague, Mr. Wilson,
and Mr. Howard, of Michigan, who drew
such fearful pictures of tlio anarchy and
crime now running riot over tlio South, as
was enough to make the hair of timid peo
ple stand on end, and generate tho appre
hension that this pandemonium would
soon envelop tho whole eoihitry. In sup
port of these statements more anonymous
letters were read.
Mr. Dixon, amid considerable sensation,
plumply pronounced such wholesale as
sertions falsehoods. Tho discussion ran
on in this strain for some time, when Mr.
Lane got the lloorand proceeded to discuss
the subject, which was properly before
the Senate. Ho opposed all bankrupt bills,
and declared that he held to ihe antedilu
vian doctrine, that when men owed debts
they should pay them.
The vote was at last reached. It was
known that it would bo very close, and as
no little feeling lias been engendered du
ring the debates on the bill, and there
being bitter opposition on the part of
Western members to this species of legis
lation, the progress of tiie call was watched
with much interest. When all the Sena
tors present had been called, it was found
that the vote stood 20 for to 19 against.
The Chair (Mr. Harris) then proceeded
to announce the passage of the bill, when
at this juncture Mr. Patterson entered the
chamber and addressed the Chair, wishing
to record his vote. The Chair either did
not, or would hot hear, and the bill was
declared passed. This did not satisfy the
opponents of the measure, and the point
was successfully made that Mr. Patter
son's vote must be lAeeived. Mr. Patter
son coted no,which made a tie. “Itis
killed,” was now hoard from several,
with a chuckle; but as the vote was being
n second time announced, the two New
Jersey Senators, who had been sent for
post 'haste, came in and demanded tho
calling of their names. They both voted
aye, and it now stood 22 to 20; so the bill
was passed beyond peradventure. It has
now to go to the House for concurrence in
the amendments.
A Tremendous Earthquake at Kla
math, Oregon. — The Oregon Sentinel j
publishes the following letter from Fort j
Klamath, dated January Sth, giving the
paiticulars of a fearful earthquake in that
locality;
We have singular, if not serious news to :
scud by express just leaving. This morn
ing, at daylight, we wore startled from our
sleep by a precipitate shock of an earth
quake,'immediately followed by a noise
as of distant thunder. But in a little while
quiet reigned ; every one was conversing
and laughing heartily over tho singular
phenomenon, but our countenances soon
underwent a serious change-, for it began to
grow dark ; the whole heavens were full
of- erv biaek smoke or cloud, the air had
a sulphurous smell, "ml ashes of a brown
ish color fell as fast i I ever saw it snow.
We had to use candles in the mess room.
The most of us went in to breakfast, but
had oni v got fairly into our seats when,
horror upon horror! the earth seemed
rolling like waves upon the ocean. Every
one was thrown to the iloor, and only
regained their feet to be placed again in
the same situation. With the tattling of
dishes, crashing of window-glass, crack
ing of the limbers of the building and the
screams of frightened boys, you could not
imagine a more perfect chaos. Some of us
gained the door, and such a sight as met
bur gaze! The tall pines around the fort
seemed dashing themselves into fury. The
wagons in front of the stable were engaged
in pitched battle; horses and cattle lying
crouched upon the ground, uttering' the
most pitiful moans: dogs howling, and the
unearthly yells of the Klamath Indians
encamped near the fort, completed the
scene.
We imagined we were amidst the wreck
of matter and the crush of worlds. The
sutler’s store was thrown about twenty
feet from its former position. There were
no lives lost, and no serious accidents to
any cite. There were quite a number
with bruised shins and skinned noses. No
serious damage to any of the buildings,
all being log and frame houses, but I do
not think there is a whole pane of glass left
at the post.
There are many speculations as to the
cause of this most singular freak of nature,
but most of us are of the opinion that a
volcano had broken loose near the Kla
math marsh,'as a continuous dark volume
of smoke is seen ascending in that direc
tion. some of the soldiers have volun
teered to go up and tind out if we have a
monster vomiting Are near us or not.
There was about a half an hour between
ihe tirst and second shocks. The first was
oniy perceptible, the second lasted, as near
as can be judged from various opinions,
from two to three minutes.
Esteem not the man who boasts of his
universal and impartial love. He who
tias no special fondness for country has
seldom much lor either. In other words,
,he man vho likes every place and every
person, the same loves no person at all.
, Gur sweetest experience of affection and
love arc meant to be suggestions of that
realm which is the home of the heart.
No man can avoid his own company ; so
' he had best make it as good as possible.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1567.
Horrible Tragedy.
Onematijnurder&^An other and then Com
mits Suicide.
The Savannah Sacs & Herald of the
I lath contains the particulars of a horrible
tragedy, front hiefi we extract : r
: The ntjplanehoily affair took place in the
kitchen attached to the “Our House” din
' ing .saloon, and the principal actor was a
Frenchman named Meuillot, whb was the
: chief cook in that establishment. His
victim was a young man ’liaihijl Phillip
Judge, about twenty veal's ofatre, who, up
to within a short time' since, had been em
ployed there as a waiter.
The Coroner, Dr. Robt. P. Myers, was
summoned, and at about eleven o’clock,
; having procured a jury, proceeded to an
examination, from which it appeared that
Judge had been dismissed from tiie estab
lishment a short time since, and that the
proprietor had given orders to not allow
iiim in the kitchen.
Fatally for him, he went there yesterday
morning, and taking a cup, asked tiie pan- ,
tryinan for some milk and sugar, and was
about to go to the coffee urn, when- Meuil
lot told him that the proprietor did not a!- ;
low him to come there, whereupon lie told
the Frenchman to “go to hell.” The lat- I
ter, who held a knife in his hand at the j
time, said if Judge repeated that ex pres- i
sion, he would put the knife into him. The
bov made use of the expression again, j
when,’true to his threat, the enraged Meml ;
lot plunged the knife into the body of
Judge, indicting an instantly mortal j
wound. The knife used was a long carv- ;
ing knife, which was very sharp, and en
tered the right side,' penetrating to tiie
lung and cutting it off. With an exclama
tion of “Oh, God! I am killed!” .fudge
tell to the ground, and expired almost in
stantly. .
AViien the murderer (•'•:»* vv-v. &>■- "■•id.
TUMreTne reaned ms head and appeared aS
though praying in French; then, seizing
the bloody knife and bariug his own
breast, ho plunged it in some six or seven
times, in the region of the heart, Laying
the knife on the table, lie fell dead upon
the floor.
After tho inquest [the evidence of which
we had to omit] friends took charge |
of the bodies and had them interred. That !
of Judge was taken in charge by Messrs.
Phillip Callanan and James Kerrigan, in
whose employ lie had been, and by whom
a handsome metallic coffin was obtained,
in which they deposited the remains in the
receiving vault at-the Cathedral Cemetery,
to await the order of his friends in New
York, where lift lias an uncle living, and,
we believe, one sister.
The Jury then returned the following
verdicts:
“In the case of Phillip Judge, deceased
came to his death by a wound indicted in
the right side by a knife in tho hands of
Alfred Meuillot'” In the ease of Meuil
lot—“ That deceased canto to his death by
his own hands from wounds inllieted in
tiie left breast, penetrating the heart, in a
lit of desperation and remorse.”
Tiie Destitution in the South.
Rev. H. C. Hornady, a highly respected
and reliable clergyman of Atlanta, Ga.,
writes from that city as follows, under
date of Feb. 6. His letter is addressed to
the Southern Relief Commission in New
York :
“A large portion of tins State and of
others was trampled by the iron hoof of
war. Farm houses were burned, fences ,
destroyed, stock killed or driven away.
Thousands of women and children became
refugees, and crowded into those portions
of country where they could find immuni
ty from the horrors and dangers of war.
I was among the first to visit this city after
it was destroyed by Gen. Sherman’s
army, and as I had to travel twenty-five
miles m a hack, I saw not a single Jiving
animal along the route, except tlje misera
ble mules which carried the party. Later
in the Spring 1 passed over thesaino route,
and I saw wheat fields which had been
sown without an inclosure, and although
the grain was exposed, there xvas no stock
to depredate upon it. This, I was told,
was tho condition of things from this city
to Chattanooga, a moan distance of one j
hundred and fifty miles. Similar to this
was along the line of Sher
man’s march through tho State, but not
quite so destructive.
“The people returned as soon as they
well could to the districts from which they
had boeii driven, and began the melancholy
work of rebuilding their ruined homes.
The farms were partially inclosed, grain
was planted, and every effort made to
supply themselves and families with food.
But drouth cauie instead of fruitfufseasons.
The heavens became brass and tho earth
iron, so that the husbandman’s hopes
were blasted ; but gathering strength from
thoir desperation, the people again plowed
and soxved, but again deranged seasons
overtook the crops and doomed tho farmer ;
to disappointment.
Many who had boon substantial farmers
are now under ihe necessity of buying all
the provisions necessary to be used in
making another crop. From careful in
quiry, I think there is not more than grain
enough in the State of Georgia to last until
the end of March.
“In the county of Cherokee tho Inferior
Court has made out a list of twelve hun
dred persons who need immediate relief.
In the county of Henry, in the opposite
direction from this point, tiie Court has a
list of eight hundred destitute people. In
this city there are two thousand people
without employment or means of support.
I have partially fed irom the supplies sent
me that many, and there are many others
in need of assistance who do not ask for
it, and litivo to lie sought out. From
South and North Carolina, as also from
Alabama, the reports of destitution seem
to be almost if not quite as appalling.”
Upon which the Times, of Tuesday, re
marks :
“We learn that the Commission have as
yet received less than §22,000. They have
given orders for the purchase of 20,000
bushels of corn l'or distribution among the |
destitute in Alabama, Georgia, and North j
and South Carolina; but, judging such
facts as those narrated in tiie foregoing let- j
ter, the Commission say they could expend
§50,000 per week for the next ten weeks,
without relieving all who are in danger of
starvation in those States alone. At ieast
half a million human beings in the South
are threatened with famine, and many
must perish unless aided by the affluent
North. Remittances may bo sent to Mr. I
James M. Brown, Treasurer of tho Com- j
mission, at No. 61 Wall street.”
Reward of §5,500 for tiie Arrest
of a Treasury Clerk.— A circular from I
the Treasury Department, dated February
11, is as follows ;
Treasury Department, 1
Washington, February 11, 1867. j
The above reward will be paid as here- !
after mentioned for tho arrest of William
Lee, alias George Palmer, alias George \
Rogers, aged 56 years, short gray hair and
moustache; usually wears side whiskers.
Ho served two years, viz; 1861 and 1562,
under the name of George Palmer, in tiie I
twenty-first regiment New York volun- !
teer infantry, commanded by Colonel Wm.
F. Rogers, of Buffalo. Lee was employed j
in the Loan Branch of the Treasury De
partment from September, 1564, to January !
26, 1867. He left Washington City the :
latter date, and is charged With abscond
ing with §30,000 or more in seven-thirty
treasury notes, of tho first series, dated
August 15, 1863.
Two thousand five hundred dollars will I
be paid for the arrest and delivery of Leo i
to the Superintendent of Police at Wash- !
ington City, I). C.; and three thousand !
dollars for the recovery of tiie money, or j
in that proportion for the amount that j
may be recovered.
Hugh McCulloch,
Secretary of tiie Treasury.
Singular Conjunction.—Miss Sallie
Hinckley is the leading fairy nudity in the
Black Crook, now being performed in the
New York Theatre. The 'Mercury, a
theatrical paper, says:
“It seems that Miss Sallie attended
Brother Smyth’s lectures on the Black
Crook divinities ; and so, when she espied
a scholarly and rather good-looking
elderly gentleman, with long hair anil
prominent chin, on a front seat at tho
New York Theatre, tiie other evening, she
‘knew her man.’ At the close of the scene,
she sent an invitation to the Rev. Dr.
Smyth to come round on the st: go. If our
information is true the parson went round,
shook bauds* with Sallie, whose Kve-like
appearance pleased him very much. Be
fore leaving, Dr. Smyth was introduced to
the prominent ballet girls, who thanked
hint for having spoken of them so favora
bly in his recent discourse. It is under
stood that the parson promised to visit
them at tlieir home. Verily, the time is
coming when the lion and the lamb shall
lie down together."
Gift Enterprises.— Alate Confederate
officer writes to the Richmond Examiner
that a man recently detailed to him a
scheme on foot to get up a gift enterprise,
ostensibly for the Southern Orphan Asso
ciation, but in reality to benefit alone the
speculators. The man came frem Balti
more, and letters have been written there
exposing the scheme. It is said that
“bogus” agents of “memorial associa
tions." and exhibitors of shows for aid for
cemetery societies, Ac., in the South, are
going about the country. The public
should be on their guard against im
posters.
Death of the “Immortal J. N.”—
Our Southern exchanges bring us intelli
gence of the death, a lew uavs since, of
“J. N. Free,” a monomaniac of the purest
water, who. while living, rejoiced in the
rather elongated, if not egotistical title of
"the Immortal J. N.. the greatest orator,
statesman and philosopher of the age.
The deceased was the gentleman to whom
was accorded an interview witli Jefferson
Davis at Fortress Monroe recently, an ae
j count of which has been published.—
I Washington Republican,
OIK IVASHDtiTOY (ORRESPOaDEKE.
A Yitupenitnc Voice from Michigan—
lioxc the laultcals and the President
Agree— Sttrent Bdieres his Militant
Bill will Pass—Opposition of. the Pres
ident to the Louisiana Bdl— IF/// l, e s ce
the States Reduced to Slavery without
Resistance 1-r mpugUration of Negro
(Verbs—Gran? . and Sheridan in the
Radical Eml/. ace—The District Courts
and the Test Oath, etc., etc.
Washington. February 13th, ]SG7.
Senator Chandler, of.MichisraV who
plays the role of Thad. Stevens (minus
the brains ox that individual) in the Senate
met a defeat in that body day before yo»
terday, by a resolution which was previous
ly offered by him instructing the Judiciary
Committee to inquire into the authority of'
the President for tne appointment of Pro- ,
: visional Governors rri the South, being re- !
| jeeted without the ayes and noes—a more
humiliatiig defeat than Stevens ever ex-
I perienced, and since that event the Michi
gan Senator Isas been particularly sore.
He is one of the most ardent advocates of
impeachment in Congress, and lets no op
portunity escape, either in public or in pri
vate, of denouncing Andrew Johnsonasan
usurper, and calling for his removal. His
speech in support of his resolution was
characteristic of the man; but, contrary to
| his usual course, he had no time to indulge
1 in villification of the people of the South,
but stuck to his text, which was solely im
peachment—■nothing more, ' nothing less.
It was the judge Ueeiding upon tlm case
before the trial; and, as many others in the
rtSfopyt ts a .question
to'!? I*?*., i b,. stub. >
tained in case the proposed impeachment
of Andrew Johnson should occur.
Parties hero arc talking about a com
promise between the President and the
Radicals, by which all our national diili
: culties 'are to be healed ; the States re
| stored to their rights under the Constitu
; tion, and everything to go on as merry as a
; marriage bell; but as compromise is gen
erally understood to be a concession by
mutual agreement, and the Radieajs have
declared their unalterable purpose to yield j
not a single iota to the policy which, here
tofore, has guided the President, it does
not appear likely that there will be
any considerable degree of harmony at
tained in this settlement of the old quarrel
which has been going on i-o long between
the two branches of the Government.
Eliot’s Bill, to guarantee a Republican
form, of government to Louisiana, was
certainly not the salve to conciliate. That
was objected to by seven of the Radicals
themselves, including Bingham, who is
counted one of the intense sort, and if that
measure is too severe for such men as he
to give their adherence to, how can
it be expected that the President would
give it his signature ? There is great in
terest to know how the Senate will act on
that bill.
Ihe House, met last night to consider the
Stevens’ Military Despotism Bill, and
discussed the measure until near eleven
o clock. Kelly,, of Pennsylvania, made a
lengthy speech-in favor of the infamous
* measure, the necessity for which, he said,
arose from the perfidy of the President of
the United .States. Maynard, of Tennessee,
also gave his voice in its favor. Stevens
lias gathered hope and asserts his belief
that he can succeed now in having it
passed, and, together with certain other of
his extreme Radical friends, is working
with might and main to prevent its defeat,
and believe it will pass to-day.
The President is. strenuously opposed
to the bii.l which passed yesterday destroy
ing the State government in Louisiana, as
he considers.the present government valid,
and will, without doubt, veto it, should
it pass through the Senate, for which the
Jacobins declare ho will be immediately
impeached. We arc fallen truly upon
evil times, and the clouds are black and,
storm-laden that now hoverover the politi:
cal horizon, of this country. The disease
which is ruining the nation forever, unless
it can be stopped, is a desperate one, and
the remedy must be equally desperate;
but will the President apply it ? He, alone,
is the one to set the ball in motion that
resists unconstitutional laws and the inva
sion of the most sacred and dearest rights
of man. The time might come; should
tins monstrous military bill bo passed,
when such a sentiment ,as the above
cannot be expressed without incarceration or #
death for fhc'wHter.' Tt wtifiTJ'feSthritfg’fip
sedition ; but at present there is nothing
to prevent a loud declaration of the hope
that Andrew Johnson —since the Radicals
declare he shall be impeached—has deeply
considered the subject, and already taken
measures to prevent his own deposition,
and a reduction to slavery of the entire
white population of the South, without at
least a show of resistance. So'far, it must
be admitted, there has been nothing which
wi 1 justify the belief that the Commander
in-Chief of the Army and Navy will use
the forces under his command in preserv
ing the liberties of the country.
The first instance of a negro having been
appointed to a clerical position under the
Government occurred on Saturday last,
when Solomon Johnson, one of the mes
sengers at the Treasury Department, was
appointed to a first class ($1,200) clerkship
in. the Secretary’s office. Johnson is a
bright, mulatto, who has been employed
over eighteen months past in attendance at
the Secretary’s door,’ and the appointment j
as clerk was made upon his own applica- |
tion. He is not to bo assigned to a desk- !
although his chirography is pronounced
faultless,, but will continue to discharge !
his functions as an usher.
Giant and Sheridan are just now being
feted and petted with all the ardor that
Congress can muster, and the Radicals as
sure themselves, and everybody else, that
there is no doubt of the fact that these two
Generals are with them, heart and soul, in
any project they adopt for reconstructing (?)
the Union.. They are not so sure of Sher
man, and it yet remains to be proved
whether they can use Gen. Grant to their
own satisfaction. The time has nearly ar- !
rived when that reticent man of war must ]
speak a word or two.
The Test Oath case, before the Circuit
Court of this District, mention of which
was made in myjetter of the sth instatft,
was decided yesterday adverse to the
claimant for admission to the Bar of that j
Court... and in opposition to the opinion of
- United States Supreme Court. The j
court below decided that it had the right j
of regulating admission to its privileges for
itself and affirmed the constitutionality of
the Test Oath. That decision was not j
unexpected.
Forney’s Chronicle of this morning has
another double leaded leader, headed
“Mr. Madison on Impeachment,” intended
to bolster up. the favorable disposition now j
manifesting itself in Congress towards that j
end. The article is from the pen of
Forney himself.
There is a strong probability of the print
ing of the Congressional debates being
taken away from the Globe, which is under
the management of the Messrs. Hives,
sons of the late highly esteemed John C.
Rives, Esq., and donated to the Forney,
who is making a hard fight for it, in order
to lessen the expenses of keeping afloat !
two Radical newspapers. The fact that
one of the President’s .Military Secretaries,
Colonel Wright Rives, is one ot those in
terested in the welfare of the Globe, acts
considerably to the advantage of Forney. .
Volunteer officers of the Freedmen’s
Bureau are considerably exercised over
the military bill of Stevens. They see, in
its adoption, a lease of their official ex
istence. and consequent’:,' earnestly pray
for its success.
Yv ashingtoh weather has, within the
pan two days, changed from a chilly tem
perature to a most balmy one, and the
Avenue this afternoon is thronged with
promenaders. The new fashioned dresses,
short skirts in appearance—not being a
milliner I cannot give a technical descrip
tion—are very prominent: and balmorals
of all shapes are very prominent. The
moonlit nights are attraetipg many to the
Capitol, where both branches of Congress
have commenced night sessions.
Arlington.
The Missouri Senate have rejected, 6 to
22, a bill to submit the test oath to a pop
ular vote, no person to be disqualified from
voting thereon unless convicted of treason
or felony.
Immigration Encouraged. —The Vir
ginia Legislature has passed a law giving
to immigration societies a bonus of $2 for
'each immigrant settled in the State for
two years, except such immigrant becomes
chargeable as a pauper, when the company
has to pay hack $4.
Mr. Bancroft Declines the Boston
Collectorsuip.. —George Bancroft having
declined to accept the Boston Collector
ship, the President to-day addressed a
communication to the Senate asking that
the nomination be returned. The Senate,
in Executive session this afternoon, direct
ed the Executive Clerk to comply with the
President's request. — IL' /i. Lor. A. i.
Tribune, Feb. 13.
Suffrage for Women, —Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher delivered a lecture in the
Brooklyn Academy of Music W edne-day
evening on universal suffrage, in which he
strongly advocated the extension of the
: suffrage to women. The lecture was de
; livered under the auspices of the Brooklyn
I Fraternity ami was the first of a course of
1 four announced for the season.
From the Charleston Courier , 15tli.
Marine Disaster.
' destruction of the city of bath.
We have obtained from Clias. O. Davis,
one of the survivors of the*crew of the
1 City of Bath, the following account of her
destruction by fire, and tliQ melancholy loss
of some twenty-two persons, including a
! gentleman with his wife ard infant, who
were on board as passengers :
The steapier City of Bath was a screw
| propeller, belonging to Messrs. Richardson
1 A Otis, of Boston. At the time of her
taking fire, which occurred about five miles
1 Northwest of llatteras, she was on her
! voyage from Boston to Savannah, with a
largetssorted cargo. There were twenty-six
persons in all on board, including the three
passengers, to* whom we have referred.
The fire broke out in the coal bunkers
between twelve and one o’clock Sunday
morning, the 10th instant, and is believed
to have originated from the bursting of a
hanging lamp suspended over one of the
bunkers.
Every effort was made to extinguish it,
the Captain working and directing the
crew at the same time. It gained upon
them rapidly, however, and between three
and four o'clock-the flames burst out from
the forward hatches, and believing that all
further efforts to save her would be useless,
the vessel Was abandoned. The boats, \
three in number, were lowered. The pas
sengers and five of the crew entered the |
first, a metallic life-boat, which was soon j
afterwards swamped by striking the guards |
of jthe .and alljon -bqai'd of itrarevg,
.'-..d. AitOTberfiarty of Seven foolc pocses
sion of the second boat, and have not since
been heard front. The metallic life-boat,
after being righted, was occupied by Capt.
Cony, of the (ity of Bath, the Second
Mate, a Savannah River Pilot, the First
Steward and four others. Nine of the
crew, including the Engineer, entered the
third boat, also a metallic one. The boat
containing the Captain and others was soon
afterwards capsized, and all on board were
lost except the Captain • and mate, who
were rescued by the party in the Engineer’s
boat.
On Sunday afternoon the schooner
Laura S. Watson was hailed, and in
coming to the assistance of the party, a
high wind prevailing at the time, she col
lided with the boat and overturned it.
The boat was six times righted and over
turned, and the crew one by one becoming
exhausted, and the schooner being tempo
rarily unable to render them assistance on
account of the heavy sea, dropped off and
were drowned. After desperate exertions
four of the crew were saved. Their names
are Charles 0. _.Davis, Patrick Donovan,
Jeremiah O’Brien and Frank Tobey.
Amongst those supposed to be iost arc
the three passengers, Captain Cony, Mr.
Mead, First Mate, Mr. Bacon, Second
ilate, the Savannah Pilot (name un
known), A. Calden, Chief Engineer, John
Wiggin, First Assistant Engineer, Charles
A. Clark Second Assistant "Engineer, Tal
bert, First Steward, Moses Taylor, Second
Steward, Mr. Banks, Quartermaster, John
Ryan, Fireman, Charles Potter, Cook,
Second Cook (name unknown), and three
coal-passers, John Hamilton, Wm. Minn,
and one whose name is unknown, and two
sailors, whose names aro also unknown.
The survivors desire to return their
thanks to Captain Dority, of’ the schooner
Laura S. Watson, and to her officers and
crew for tlieir humane exertions in rescuing
them from, a watery grave, and for their
uniform kindness to them since the
disaster.
. Mr. Davis also desires us to say that the
statement made in tho Georgetown Times
to the effect that Captain Cony was under
the influence of liquor at the time of the
loss of the ship is erroneous.
The following is the substance of the rc->
port of Captain Dority ;
On Sunday morning, February 20th,
Cape Hatteras bearing W. S. YV., 35 miles
distant, blowing a strong gale and a very
sharp sea running from the N. YV., il a. m.,
made a vessel on our lee bow on fire ; kept
off and ran down to her. Proved to be the
steamer City of Bath, of the Boston and
Savannah lino, burned down so low that
the water was washing into her. Saw no
one on board, ran to the S. YV. about four
miles, made a boat on our weather bow
ful of men. YVe ran along until dead to
and hove the scnoonerTo UnfferMiaTancea
reefed mainsail and foresail. The boat
rowed across our bow and before they got
her around was astern of us. YVe hove
them a lino which they got; the man that
had tho steering oar, which was Captain
Cony, of tho steamer, did not seem to
know what he was about. I told them to
get out their oars again .and pull the boat
to the leeward of us again so as to get clear
of our lee quarter. Just as' they got her
going ahead nicely, the Captain sheered
iter head to with his oar which brought,
her under our lec quarter again and
capsized her instantly; (she was a metal
lic -life-boat with eleven men.) YVhen she
went over they let our line go and the first
sea carried them out of our reach. There
was such a bad sea our small boat could
not have lived two minutes. So wc made
sail, wore ship and stood back again, did
not reach them the first time. YVe made
five tacks, twice we stood by and could not
find them, there was such a heavy sea and
one end of tho boat was sunk. All but
four men were washed away and drowned.
YVe saved four by running by them and
heaving them lines; their names are
Frank Toby, Charles Davis, Jeremiah
O’Brien and Patrick Donovan, all of Bos
ton. There were twenty-six persons on
board the steamer and twenty-two lives (
lost. There were three passengers, one
man, woman and child. The fire started
in one of the coal-bunkers, . caused by a
partition taking fire from a lamp that was
hanging against it; it took fire about one
o’clock Sunday morning ; the steamer was
hove to at the time. The boats left the
steamer about four o’clock in the morning,
three boats, two life and one common
boat. The Captain’s boat swamped about
day-light, all lost but four out of her,
the Captain, pilot, second mate and
steward. The other life-boat picked them !
up. The passengers were in the Captain’s \
[ boat; the Captain left the woman and
; child in his boat dead. The common boat j
! left the ship with four men in her, YY r e i
| could not find anything of them, though j
1 we continued our search from eleven !
o’clock until night.
I'rot.t the Charleston Mercury, loth.
Charles O. Davis, oiler. Patrick Dono
van, oiler, Jeremiah O’Brien, fireman,
report that they were attached to the
•steamship City of Bath, which sailed
from Boston for Savannah on the. 6th
inst., with a general cargo; and that on
Sunday last, between 12 and 1, a. m., the
ship being about 35 miles north of
Hatteras, on the edge of the Gulf, she
was discovefed to be on fire in and near
the coal bunkers. The officers and crew
exerted themselves in every way to sup
press the fire, and it was hoped at one
time that it was got under; but, about 4
o’clock, a. m., the flames broke through
the forward hatch, when. all hopes for the
safety of the ship was given up, and the
boats, three in number, were got ready.
The first boat, containing the parties who
have been saved and three others, had to
be cut loose from the ship, by which
means she was separated from the vessel,
and it was not Until 8, a. m., the same day
that they met the Captain’s boat, contain
ing Capt. Cony, Isaac Bamn, the second
mate, the Savannah pilot, and first
steward, named Talbot.
This boat was full of water and tho-per
sons in it were taken boat con
taining the first seven, f hey then return
ed to the wreck, but could discover noth
ing of the third boat. About five mu os
from the steamer they made a sad which
proved to be the schooner Laura i>. Wat
son, Captain Doherty, of Sedgwick, -fame,
from New York, for Georgetown, b. L.
In trying to get to thisvessel the boat was
overturned, when Captain Cony the
second engineer, Charles A. Clark, the
Savannah, pilot, Talbot, tne Steward,
Joseph Hamilton, coal-passer, and Barney,
j coal-passer, were drowned, ihe remain
! in" four were rescued ; Albert A. Calden,
i chief Engineer, first Engineer John L
YYDrin” I Mead, chief mate, a lady
passenger and child, and a niam passen-
S gC \ s the third boat was thought to be
! jess able than the others, it is feared that
j the remainder of the officers and crew have
: been lost.
Lord Erner-t Y'ane Tc-mpest, who, more
than ten years ago, took refuge in the
United States from a criminal prosecution
preferred acainst him for an assault m this
eountrv. has returned to England, having,
it is --aid. served in the federal army
throuzh the late war, and has been sen
tenced bv the Court ot the Queen s Bench
: for three months’ imprisonment, as a first-
I'L misdemeanant— this is imprisonment
i without “hard labor.” To a man in his
; position the sentence is both severe and
| humiliating.
Congressional Temperance Societt-
Forty-six members of Congress, Satur.
dav evenin". organized a temperance socie
ty, with Senator YViJson as .President,
Senator Wiley as ice-President, and
Messrs. Yates, Pomeroy, Colfax, Perham
and Price on the Executive Committee,
Impeachment.
i From the London Times of Jan. 25.
The more we become acquainted with
the circumstances which have led to the
: proposal to impeach President Johnson,
the more grave does tiie fact itself appear.
It was just possible to believe* when the
news first esrtne to us through our corres
pondent’s telegram, that the proposal was
a mere ebullition of passionate resentment
on the part ot the House of Representa
i lives, which woukl die away and be for
l 2°tten when the occasion of it had become
) a few days older. It is. true, that, in order
to arrive at this conclusion it was necessary
to attribute to the House a feeble and
j almost feminine fretfulness : it was neces
sary to believe that the members of a re
; sponsible chamber were ready to Sacrifice
j their own dignify and to forget the respect
due to the nation they represented for the
sake of indulging in a threat never meant
to be carried into effect; and, strange to
say, there were not. wanting professed
aamirers of the dominant party in -Con
gress who endeavored in this, way to ex
plain what appeared to be a revolutionary
act. This defence is now no longer tenable.
The course commenced by Mr. Stevens
and his immediate followers maybe violent,
but it is not an evanescent freak. They are
determined to carry through what they
have begun. They have resolved upon
removing, from office a President who
j dissents from their policy of reconstruc
tion, ufid to reduce the Executive Depart
ment to be tho humble servant of tho
I Legislature. The more daring spirits
IB I 'One them strike at yet higher same,
tha Supreme Court—.the ark of she Y'ou-
shtution—- has interfered with the stipre
lfiacy of the fluctuating majority of Con
gress, and its destruction is threatened as
a m C t ue ! to le deposition of the President.
ihe impeachment of Mr. Johnson is an
assertion of the principle that the will of
the majority of Congress must be hence
forth unchecked, and that tho limitations
imposed upon it by the Constitution are a
dead letter. There are, no doubt, charges
advanced to substantiate the impeachment,
but it is confessed that tliey would never
have been heard of had not the President
opposed the action of the dominant party,
and the Conservative Republicans ac
knowledge that they woukl be dismissed
at once in any court. YYe cannot, of
course, pretend at this distance to give an
opinion on this point, but the presump
tion of the flimsiness of the charges made
against Mr. Johnson is confirmed by the
language of the more thoughtful members
of. the extreme Radical party itself. Ti
midly they,hint tlieir fears of the wisdom
of the process instituted by their unflinch
ing associates. “May we not,” they ask,
‘ ‘put a precedent upon our statute books
which will give any Democratic majority of
the Senate and House in future years the
right to. revolutionize the government
in the interest of slavery ?” This is
undoubtedly tho danger. If Mr. John
son is to be. set aside because he interferes
with the will of the majority of the present
Congress, no future President will be able
to defend the Constitution from the majori
ty of the hour. Whatever party may be
uppermost will wield a power without
limit. YV e should be glad to believe that
the sense of this danger will prove suffi
cient to arrest the course of the majority
in Congress.
Capt. Mafilt-A Scene on ‘Change.
Capt. Maffit, formerly of tho Confodratc
cruiser Florida, is .in this city. If the
Captain had been in the city some two
years ago, and witnessed the consternation
of which his marine exploits, at the ex
pense of our shipping merchants, was then
the occasion, he probably would not expect
a very cordial shake of the hand, should
he chance to go on ’Change among them
now. And yet, I am told, there is a
probability that bo contemplates doing
something of the kind before returning to
Mobile. Someone this morning called
the attention of a well-known member of
the Board of Underwriters to the para
graph announcing Maffit’s arrival here,
and asked him what ho thought of it?
Anxious Inquirer “That you would
like to help hang a pirate that had en
tailed on your office losses according to
your last annual report amounting to a
quarter of a million of dollars*”
Underwriter- —“Sir, there are some
other things than dollars and cents to be
considered in this world, and two of these
thiny?--mvfrmrrr -n.7rd~frvnts*rr:
have been very happy to have lent a hand
in hanging Captain Maffit, while lie was
my enemy and the declared enemy of my
country. But the war being over,.we, the I
victorious party, arc bound in honor anti j
honesty, to act accordingly. Sir,, if.l had j
met Captain Maffit two or three years
age, I should probably have deemed it my
duty to kill him if I could. But were Ito |
meet him to-day, I should take him by the j
band. He labored in a bad cause, but lie j
was a good sailor, and our country may yet
have need of bis services, under the Stars
and Stripes. lam no Radical—but I hope
I am an honest American who loves his
whole country—and if that be treason,
make the most of it.”
A. shout of applause greeted these
generous sentiments, from the bystanders,
and,, before it died away, the anxious
inquirer of the Radical persuasion might
have been seen moving out of a side door
leading from the Merchants’ Exchange
into the street.—AY Y. Lor. Louisville
Democrat.
South Carolina Items.
Mourning. —Sunday being the second
anniversary of the burning of Columbia,
the Phanix appeared in mourning,
A Judicious Appointment.—YVe learn
that Colonel A. C. Haskell has been ap
pointed by the Governor District Judge of |
Abbeville District in this State, to fill the I
vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge
J eson.
Fort IJill. — I This valuable piece of j
property, the former residence of the late j
Mr. John C. Calhoun, is advertised for
sale by , the Commissioner in Equity for
Pickens District. It is located within a j
few miles of Pendleton and tho Blue i
Ridge Railroad, and is regarded as one of
the best places in the District.
Dead. —Air. Frank Payne, who several
weeks ago (the particulars of which were |
published in tho Phrenic at the time),
had a shooting affray with Air. Stanmore
Chappell, near Chappell’s Depot, in
which Air. C. and a colored man were in
stantly killed, died on Friday last from the
effects of his wound.
A Mill Burned. —The Anderson In
telligencer learns, through a private source,
that the Buena Y’ista Paper Alills, in
Greenville District, operated by Messrs. ;
8. YY r . Blown & Cos., were destroyed by fire 1
Alonday afternoon last. The loss is not \
very heavy, as but little damage was done i
the machinery or water-wheel.
Tiie Arrival of the St. Mitpiiael’s
Bells. —The Ncfrwegian bark Glndstone,
with the bells of St. Michael's Church
just from Liverpool, anchored oif the
wharves last evening, and we may look for
their being landed on the wharf in a few
days. —Charleston Courier 18 th.
TheYVork Commenced.—The work of
laying the track and rebuilding our railroad
was commenced on Alonday. YYe are
pleased to hear that it is tlm intention of
the general superintendent to push the
work vigorously until the road is com- !
pleted. —Camden Journal.
. Camden and Charleston Line of
Steamers.— YVe. are pleased to learn that
this enterprise is now prospering under
the energetic management of Captain
Browne, the proprietor. As the difference
of rates of freight is altogether in favor of
this line it is not at all surprising to hear
that the results are .-o favorabl tP—lbid.
National Bank of South Carolina
in Charleston. —YVe take pleasure in
announcing that the sum of $5Q,000, re
quired to be subscribed in this city to secure
the establishment of the above Bank, was
ail taken up before the closing of the book
on Saturday last, and that measures will
be taken to put the Bank into immediate
operation. (. harlpstoii KJoutlct.
Habeas Corpus.— John A. De Vane,
who is charged with the homicide of Chas.
E. Bennett, on iuesday lsfst, was brought
before his Honor Judge Green, yesterday,
on a Writ of habeas corjrns, and was admit*
ted to bail with sufficient surety in the
sum of 80,000 for his appearance at the
next term of the Court. The prisoner j
was represented by E. J. Arthur, Esq.,
and Colonel Samuel YV. Alolton: John f.
Rhett, Esq., for the State. —Columbia
Phrenic.
The Southern Relief’ Committee.—
Th e committee met at one o’clock this af
ternoon, the J’resident in the chair. Jhe
proceedings were private. Dr. Bright,
however, informed our reporter that the
whole amount received towards alleviating
the distress in the South was $24,000, and
that the committee had ordered twenty
thousand bushels of corn, which will soon
be distributed among all who need food in
that section. — N. Y. Evening Express,
FeJj. ]3.
A Lawyer Convicted of Forgery.—
Samuel A. Cornman, a young member of
the bar, pleaded guilty in the Quarter
Sessions, Philadelphia, on Friday, to a
charge of forgery, and was sentenced by I
Judge Ludlow to an imprisonment of three j
years. •
NEW SERIES VOL. XXVI. NO. !>.
From Europe.
1 The Inman steamer, < 'ity of Baltimore,
• Capt. MeGuigan, which 1 .ivcvpool at
2 P. AI. on the 30th, ana own on
' the 31st ult., has arrived at. .1 ork.
Her mails are four days later.
The new French Alinistcr of Marine is
i determined not to be outdone by the Brifc
j ish Admiralty, lie has just ordered the
| construction of fifteen armor-plated ships,
i Five of these will be ships • of the,lino' on
the model of the Tiger, a vessel built with
a double spur or beak—one at the now and
the other at the stern —so as to be capable
j of use for ramming either way in action.
The others will be frigates, .with a double
spur at the bow only,
Marshal Niel, with the view of strength
ening the army, hw ordered a general in
quiry into the state of the fortified places
of France.
Such is the activity in the Prussian gun
manufactories that by the beginning of
May the whole of the North German
troops wifi, it. is said, be armed with
needle-guns. YY r ith equal zeal the new cast
steel four-pounders, which are to entirely
supersede the six-pounders, arc being
manufactured in the founderics. At
Krupp’s, at Essen, no less than 2,370
east ijteel cannon have been order’d by tlip
Prussian and other gqverwnents.
The YVest India packet brings farther
intelligence respecting the revolt qf the
Indians in Honduras. It appears that
the Indians some months since kidnapped
an entire company of Belize mahogany
cutters belonging to tho British Mahogany
somed by payment of $4,000, but the \
Indians continue tlieir operations, and aro i
now threatening’Belize. All the avails- !
ble military forces of the colony have been I
sent against the Indians, and reinforce- j
ments are expected from Jamaica.
The Great Eastern is to leave England j
for America on the 20th of Alareli. The
intermediate shaft of the paddle engines
is to be condemned, and Messrs. G. For
rester & Cos. are to put in anew one,
which is being forged by the Mersey Steel
and Iron Company, and which was to bo
finished by February 12. Six new screw
engine boilers are also being supplied.
The “bigship,” when she again leaves
the Alersey, will have accommodation for
no less than 2,800 passengers,
PRUSSIA AND THE GERMAN STATES.
A Berlin correspondent states that, in
reference to the disposition of the newly
acquired provinces towards Prussia, un
favorable intelligence is constantly received.
Even the inhabitants of the Electorate of
Hesse are said to pine for their old Prince
Elector, against whom they for eighteen
years have been in a state of open revolt.
“With open arms,” the Augsburg Gazette
says, “they would receive him iii Cassel,
and carry him in their arms into the
Electoral Palace, if they could !” Another
correspondent writes; Baden has already
gone over to the Prussian camp with flying
colors. Prince YVilham of Baden is at
present at Berlin, for the purpose, it is
supposed, of arranging, a “military con
vention” between Baden and Prussia.
The Republican party, who are strong in
the southwest of Germany, are in favor of
a united Germany under Prussian leader
ship, and fondly hope that as soon as Ger
many is united they will succeed in up
setting the ■ Hohenzoilern dynasty, and
establishing the Republic they have yearn
ed for so long. One of the most unpleasant
results to the North German States of their
closer connection with Prussia is tho
enormous increase of their army expen
diture.. The animal expenses of the army
in Saxony is increased from 2,305,442
thalers to 5,274,000 ; in Saxe Weimar
from 200,000 to 630,450 ; in Oldenburg
from 300,000 to 679,050 thalers, and so on •
with the other States in proportion. YY r ell
might the Saxon Alinistcr of Finance ex
claim the other day in the Chamber of
Representatives at Dresden, “The happy
days of our land belong now to the past!”
Added to this, the armies have to bo
numerically augmented. Saxony, for in
stance, has to raise the ‘length ol' her
army from 25,000 to 40 eon. Uu- |
limited 'liability to drill mus. dneed j
everywhere, and, “disguise u. , as it i
will,” this universal obligation to Lc made |
a soldier of “is still a bitter draught.”
ITALY AND ROME.
The plan for liquidating the ecclesiastical
W'QjjqitY of Italy_has py.w hnnn foliy ev-,
Das present
ed to the Italian Parliament the conven
tion with the Belgian financier, AI. Lan- !
grand Dumoneeau. The convention pro- j
vides that if Parliament and the bishops
agree to the bill, M. Dumoneeau will col- j
loot the 600,000,000 lire - duo to the State j
from the proceeds of the liquidation.
The bill proposing to grant liberty to the j
Church and to convert ecclesiastical pro- I
perty declares the Catholic Church in its \
exercise of religious worship to be free
from all interference o:i the part of the j
State. It proposes to abolish the nomina
tion of the bishops by the King and the
formality of tho oath of allegiance, the
placet and' exequatur, as well its the privi
leges, tho exemptions, immunities, prero
gatives of the Church in the State. The
Church will maintain itself by the free con
currence of tho faithful, and by means of ’
the property belonging to it or legitimate-
ly acquired.
All payments from the State, provinces,
l or communes is consequently to cease. Jf
the bishops declare themselves willing to
undertake the conversion and liquidation
of the ecclesiastical property, such proper
ty must be alienated within ten years. All
landed property is to be converted into
personal property, and the bishops are to
pay to_ the State 600„000,000 lire in half
i yearly instalments of 50,000,000 each. The
| bishops will also have to undertake the
I payment of the pensions granted to indivi
duals belonging to tiie suppressed religious
corporations. Should the majority of the
i bishops not be willing to undertake this
j conversion, the government will proceed
: to carry out that, measure,, allowing to the
bishops 50,000,000 lire yearly. It will
i dispose of all the ecclesiastical property,
l and alienate the landed possessions. The
pensions above referred to will have to be
| paid by the bishops.
The Italie says:
“Nutwithstanding the note published in
the Giornak de Roma, it is believed that j
the Holy See is not so entirely opposed to ;
the scheme for the secularization of the j
Church property as would appear. The
Giorualc de Roma says that the Pope has
not approved the convention with M. Lan
granrl Dumoneeau, but it does not say that!
bis Holiness lias forbidden the bishops to I
; give their adhesion to it. Lt is stated that
the Holy See would agree to the arrange
t meat if that course was necessary in order
! to prevent a greater evil.”
THF FRENCH DEFEAT IN COREA.
The North (dtina Daily News has some
hitherto unpublished particulars of the
. French expedition to the Corea. This
| journal regrets that the French have been
: compelled to withdraw from the peninsula,
! since the Coreans will thereby be encour
! aged in their notion that the£ have beaten
them off. The real mistake was, how
ever, in underrating the force of the ene
my. At first Admiral Rozo advanced
without opposition, and took the city of
Kanghoa without the loss of a man. Then
came the news that a large army had been
1 prepared to receive him, which rendered
I the message asking him to come up the
| river and enter into a treaty rather more
: than suspicious. The Admiral, therefore,
: remained at Kanghoa, and required the
Viceroy to come down to treat, demand
ing at the same time that the murderers
of .the missionaries should bo subjected
|to immediate punishment. Having thus
luffed to draw the French into their trap,
the Coreans came down with a large force
and attacked Kanghoa, with the result
of forcing Adxtiiral ilozo to abandon his
position there wjih considerable loss. Im
mediately on this came tl winter. A re
treat was inevitable, ai fbo French,
therefore, moved slowly K irig thc
Coreans highly elated an , •- - ;n
their design of exterminating a ' y ntun
who professed Christianity in the country.
The matter is now iq abeyance for trie
present, but in the spring it will probably ;
be pushed further.
AGITATION IN SPAIN,
Affairs in Spain arc beginning to look
1 more threatening than ever. Narvaez,
j besides ordering the reorganizatiuo of the j
I army, is said to contemplate tho disfolu- j
lution of the Senate, from which he cannot ’
expect so much complaisance as from the I
Lower House, which is to be elected under ,
the pressure of the new regime. The new
Senate will be hereditary, and will be 1
composed exclusively of the chiefs of the ;
great aristocratic families of the country, j
together with a few financial notabilities j
devoted to clericalism. In the meantime
the agitation among the Republicans and
Liberals in Madrid goes on increasing.
Another editor has been sentenced to
death by a military tribunal, and it is
generally believed that if Narvaez puts
the sentence in force against him. that
step will be the signal for an outbreak
which will overthrow every one of the
schemes on which the present government
depends.
Texas has built four hundred and twenty
five miles of railroad, forming four grand
trunks, diverging north, south, east and
west from the city of Houston.
The Great Reform Demonstration.
|.. London, February 12. —The Reform
| demonstration on Monday was a great suo
| c-ess. There were over 20,000 persons in
i the procession, and the streets wore lined
■ with more than 200,000 spectators.
; Hundreds of'.mounted pioneers, drilled as
! cavalry, headed the procession. The best
j order was maintained during the march,
and but few arrests were made. Tho-day
: was bright and full of sunshine, and was
! in-striking contrast with the day on which
| the Queen's procession to the House of.
Parliament took piece. All London seem
ed to bo out of doors. Flags and banners
were everywhere displayed, and' 'tTie
American, French, and Italian flags were
carried in the procession, as was also a
picture of the yacht Henrietta.
During the march the bands played
\ ankeo Doodle, the Marsellai.se, “John
Brown,’ and the Garibaldi Hymn.
Tlte Prince of Wales and Fringe Alfred
j observed the display from the United
1 Stat-e$ Ohtb, but their presence dieted no
| eljcers.
A superb ovation - took place at the
American Embassy. All the men in' the
procession took off their hats as they
passed and gave nine cheers.
The following mottoes, which were
liberally displayed on the banners, indi
cated the Sentiments of tluj people : “No
Surrender:” “Liberty, Equality, Frater
nity, and Manlipod Suffrage;” “Serfdom
is Infamous “The Voice of the people
Cannot be Oppressed with Safety;” “l)is
! obedience to is puto to Gusli”
■ “ Taftatibn V ftnom Representation is
Tyranny;” ‘Liberty to Those who Dare
Demand It;” “Trust in God, hut Keep
Your Powder Dry.”
The procession terminated its march at
the Agricultural Hall, where an immense
meeting was held. Thirty thousand people
were present.'• A letter was read from
John Stuart Mill, M. P. The O’Douog
huc, Mr. Potter and Mr. Taylor, all mem
bers of Parliament, made speeches. Reso
lutions were passed denouncing the Derby
Government, and demanding manhood suf
frage.
A deputation from the Reformers waited
upon Mr. Gladstone in the morning and
presented him a complimentary address.
They received an encouraging reply, but
neither Mr. Gladstone nor Mr. Bright was
present at the meeting.
On Monday afternoon the House of
Commons was crowded to hear an expect
ed announcement of the Government pro
gramme. The Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, J)uke of Cambridge, Prince Teck,
and Karl Bussell were present.
Mr. Disraeli delivered a long historical
essay on reform and the English constitu
tion. lie showed only a few flashes of his
usual spirit, but was especially brilliant
while denouncing Goldwin Smith as a
| wild man, and ironically defending Karl
Bussell.
j Toward the close of his speech lie said
I the Government would introduce rcsolu-
I tions to test the sense of Parliament before
j presenting a reform bill, and fixed the
twenty-fifth instant as the day for olfering
| them.
The resolutions are vague and un
! satisfactory, and merely state general
principles.
Mr. Gladstone, in a few commonplace
remarks, accepted the Government’s plan
| of proceeding, hut .protested against delay.
With the conclusion of his remarks the
| debate ended.
I During the session a rumor prevailed
| that the Fenians had taken the city of
| Chester, which caused great excitement,
| and the Duke of Cambridge hastily left the
House during the debate for the War
j Office.
Duplicity or the Menacers of Im
peachment.—The shallowness of the pre
tences of the Disunion Destructives, to the
effect that the President is justly liable to
impeachment, is seen in the fact, that
even the infamous bill of Messrs. Eliot and
Shcllabarger provides that the officials
who are to initiate the step for usurping
State functions in Louisiana shall he
appointed by the President. Unless lie
should appoint men to whom the term
minions would appropriately apply, a
disunion majority in the Senate would,
doubtless, reject their nominations. If it
be. urged that the Constitution, in letter or
spirit, requires appointments to ho made
“many" ifei' '*“T
not to ho regarded in these revolutionary
days of a “loftier plane” and a “higher
law ? ’ General Banks’ bill, in not giving
the power to the President to appoint
officials to usurp power in Louisiana,
showed himselfless mindful of executive
powers than Mr. Shcllabarger, who cer
tainly has exhibited much el'that sort of
ability which is of questionable vmrri/r.
even in litigation, to say nothing of legisla
tion— namely, to make the worse appear
the better side. But the wily special
pleader, perhaps, looks to -these contem
plated appointments for grounds for
impeaching the President. The intention
of the Disunion Destructives, like the
movements of serpents in the undergrowth
of a forest or the grass of a prairie, is as
hidden as the attack is venomous, if not
fatal. Mr. Banks well said that if causes
existed for impeaching the President, then
legislation conferring powers and duties
upon him should be suspended. —National
IntdllyeiiccY.
The Passage op Mei Stevens’ lilr.r,
by the House.—The likeliest record
ever made by an assembly of the rep
resentatives of a free people stain
ed yesterday the proceedings of tlie
House <Jf Representatives. Never, in the
most tyrannous hour of the Long Parlia
ment misrule; never, amid the utmost
subserviency to the royal mandate of an
English King; never, in the most blood-.
thirsty epoch of a French Convention, did
the representatives of the pcopla stamp
themselves with greater ignominy. The.
bill, which passed by a vote of 109 to 55,
hands one-third of the people of this coun
try over to a military government. For
the rule of law it substitutes the will of an
officer. For the tribunal of a judge, it
furnishes a drumhead court-martial or a
military commission. For-thc process of a
court and the peaceful visit of a sheriff, it
proffers the order of a petty satrap and
the presence of a squad of bayonets. It
ignores the Chief Magistrate of the United
States. It invests a General with absolute
power over one-third of his countrymen.
It erects subordinate dictators, armed with
unbridled power, from the Potomac to the
Rio Grande. _ Throughout this broad do
main, comprising the fairest and most*
fertile section of tho Republic, no man is to
have a secure title to his property; no
man’s house is free from search; no man’s
chatties exempt frOm seizure; no man’s
liberty unexposed to assault; no man’s
life safe from peril. An army officer, a
soldier exalted above the law, may ruth
lessly invade a citizen’s home and drag him
from the bosom of his family. Such a hill
makes a mockery of free institutions. It
despites all the safeguards of popular liber
ty. It tramples on the freedom of the press,
it silencesathe lips of free speech. It in
fringes the right of the people to bear
arms. It wipes out the guaranty of a
•grand jury presentment It abolishes the
exemption of- freedom, from seizure and
from search. It abrogates tho right of
trial by jury of one’s peers in vicinage
of the commission of the alleged offence.
It tramples upon the prerogative of the
President, it makes w;u; upon the Consti
tution, it rebels against the authority of
tho Supreme Court. It invades the sacred
constitutional rights of tho citizen. It is
treason enveloped in tho forms of law. It
is rebellion wearing the garb of legitimate
power. It is usurpation assuming the
sanctity of constitutional enactment.—
National JidellVj'.ictr.
Reported Plot Ttf Assassinate Na
j polkon.—THe Paris correspondent of the
■ London Sunday Gazette, writing on the
: J Ith of January, says: “It was laid in
town this evening that the police .have ju.p
j discovered a plot for the assassination of
i the Emperor, and that several arrest-' had
been effected. I have Had no time to
i attempt a verification of this report, and
j therefore mention it with due reserve
i Tiier . ( . : t jxtainiy are parties in the State who
; are djsanectcu;_ the country fears an addi
j ttonal conscription; the people in Paris are
crj-inK out against the enormous rise in
| bread; the legitimists are reported to have
[ received a circular frwm Frod.sdorf, signed
Henri, in which the present degraded po
sition of I ranee is bewailed ; and the Red
i puuiicans, °f course, still desire to sec
tlie end of all government. Rut this is
only disaffection. The Emperor has re
eeivfcd several newly made Prefects, and
whilst receiving the oaths of allegiance, told
them to noise it abroad in their different
departments that the fears entertained by
the people as regards the reorganization of
the army were groundless, and that he was
ever ready to be guided by public opinion.
The Emperor and Empress drove through
the turbulent quarters of St. Antoine,
clamoring for cheap bread, and the papers
say their Majesties were well received,
though majesties in open celeche-and-fbur
will not stop hungry stomachs.”
He is a great simpleton who imagines
that the chief power of wealth is to sup
ply want. In ninety-nine eases out of a
liuqdred it creates more want than it sup
plies.