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eltvonick & JdurtiMl. I
181811 l MIHi'IM'. HUIUIKI.
“The Honr and the Xeea.”
It is customary, and by iteration, it com
mands the popular car, to sneer at con
servatism as temporising, postponing J
action until action becomes unnecessary or j
!oo |. ltc to effect the ends desired, and too
, ; ow to accomplish that which Li needful, i
i{- a similar process of reasoning Kadi- i
ealism is confounded with progress.
The truth is, that true Conservatism t
consists in that, which, while it favors the !
greatest good for the greatest number, j
proposes to achieve so desirable a j
with the least possible detriment even to !
the humblest citizen. Radicalism, on tire ■
contrary, ‘ tearing by the roots,” proposes !
immediate, violent, abrupt action, regard- .
less of consequences as to whom or how ‘
many it may affect, or to what extent as to
time or result, it may reach.
Confessedly it is the evil to be deprecated
in Democratic forms of government, that
injustice and wrong to individuals and
communities, and evils, social and political, ;
are perpetrated, by action—rash, inconsist
ent and precipitate—which brings present
suffering or entails future calamity. It is |
the province of Conservatism to mediate ]
lietwecn extremes —to moderate violence —
to achieve the greatest good for the greatest
number, and to weigh carefully and justly
immediate benefit as well as prospective
evil, and to guard against and oppose
excesses. A thankless and unrewarded
task, too often, but, nevertheless, noble
ia the most exalted degree.
The ordinary methods by which Radi
calism attains its ends, is by excitement,
agitation, and partizan strife, in which
every consideration is made subordinate to
that of success, and every just right
unii .. triumph Deiberauon is
wets -f. ".P-t a men
i he- . - ■— (■■■ • >»•’ of nfh no
(* n Military^
,lt, n titj plaSGirni; ! . t..
tensions' all are involved in the •■>>n
nutncjs —Union Hum nua .-...1es re.ghm
inen —Secessionists and Federalists. The
questions to be decided are not those
which have arisen amongst us, but have
been forced upon us. They are not o/'our
own seeking. The decision of an alterna
tive, alone is with us, and forced upon us*
Wisdom and moderation, prudence, deliber
ation, and unity of action, arc essential for
the preservation of good order and tranquili
ty, for security as well as dignity. The sit
uation of Georgia is not that of Tennessee;
Jet us show it. It is not that of Louisiana;
lot us avoid it:
“The present situation of our affairs de
mands the greatest prudence, circumspec
tion, and the most careful and wise delib
eration oil tlm part of that class of our cit
izens whose views arid opinions have a
large weight and influence in controlling
and directing popular sentiment. There
never was, in Uio history of tlio Republic,
jiu emergency in which hasty conclusions,
rash and violent ideas and expressions,
and crude and impracticable propositions
were capable of producing more mischief
than in our present condition. There
never was a time when the passionate, the
heedless, (ho demagogical class, unfortu
nately always a large ono in every com
munity, have greater need to hold their
peace and defer to the wisdom and discre
tion of the cool-headed, the calm, sagacious
and thoughtful.
“Loud talk, iiory denunciations, savage
phillipics, heroic threats—with hitter sar
casms and taunts against tlioso who may
invoke thought ami deliberation—will only
aggravate our evils and embarrass any
practical measures for mitigating them.
“ The noisy deelaimer, —who is always
ready to die in the last ditch,—the time
serving demagogue who socks to make a
little capital by a cheap explosion of
wrath against all who w ill not echo bis
high-sounding but impotent words, as
trucklers and recreants, can give us little
assistance, nay, will place clogs and ob
stacles in our way through our present
difficulties. The men of firm minds, of
high courage and self-command, who can
think, who can propose something practi
cable and wise, and who are not afraid to
take the responsibility, to face the clamor
of the thoughtless and passionate, and to
dospise the arts of the demagogue—those are
the men we now need to guide and direct
• the sentiments and conduct of our pooplo.
llavo wo not men of this class in our State,
1111011 whose heroism has I icon at
tested in tho most trying scenes of
the reeent terrible war, upon whose
valor and devotion tho people rolled
in tho hour of contliet, and who, since
. the closo of tho war, have boon tho chief
counsellors of a wise, peaceful aud calm
demeanor ? Thoro are such among us :
Jjet tho men of that class indicate tho
course and suggest tho measures to be
adopted by our pooplo ! last them give
their views and counsel in this dark hour
of their country ; and wo venture tho
opinion that they will carry more weight
and influence than all tho constitutoual
arguments and indignant harangues of the
political orators. What recommendation
nmv proceed from them will command
harmonious support and approval. Un
fortunately, all propositions and schemes
emanating from political bodies, are apt to
produce divisions, disagreements, heated
discussions, jealousies and suspicions.
ISut no such toolings and effects will at
tend tho doliborations of citizens of the
Hass described, and we earnestly hope
that they will afford to a much embar
rassed people the light of their counsel to
guide them in tho present crisis of our
affairs.
A Radical Kstlßiate of the Opinions and
Political Views of the United States
(tenoral oUlcers.
'The Washington correspondent of the
Worcester fijiy publishes a series of
sketches of the prominent general officers
of the United States Army, which will be
of interest at the present time :
In view of the power which, by tlio bill,
is to be intrusted to the ofllccrs of the
army, it may ho worth while inquiring
wliat their opinions will ho likely to be.
Os course, the General and Lieutenant
< ionoral are not to be considered. The one
cannot ho sent from lu re, and the other
has other important duties assigned him.
Grant was formerly a Democrat, is not a
man of warm political feelings, and inay
now ho set down as a Conservative Re
publican.
Sherman is organically w rong. H e is a
race-hater, and oligarchic by instinct.
Though liis brain may accept the issue of
the war, his temperament will light against
their logical conclusions. He was a
thorough Unionist, but intensely Pro
alavory. He is of the same stripe still. I
speak from some personal k go wledge of
his former opinions.
Os the Major-Generals, 1 talloek, we all
know ; I cannot better describe him than
by narrating a comment made yesterday
by some gentlemen who were looking at
Ritchie’s painting pf Mr. Lincoln's death
bed. One of them remarked of General
Jlalhtek's figure and expression he is one.
of the group about the bed), that “it was
the first time that lie had ever seen llnl
leek either personally or iu a portrait look
pleased.’’
"Vos,'' said another, “he is doubtless
thinking that there is some chance for him
to become President.”
“If not that,” responded a third, “he is
certainly thinking that ho would he
President, if tlio people only could realize
what an able man ho was.”
He is on the Pacific, and out of the ring,
for which we all have iv.\- n to lie thankful.
Meade has been made a Johnson man.
He is, I believe, a War Democrat iu
politics and an aristocrat l>y instinct.
Sheridan never had any" polities before
the war. lie used occasionally to declare
in the early part of the war, when serving
as chief quartermaster with the late Gen
eral Samuel 11. Curtis, that the Abolitionists
and Secessionists ought to be hung
together. Since then he lias travelled far.
Sheridan may he considered a Radical.
Thomas—“ Did Steady”—is to my mind
tlio finest soldier and citizen the regular
army has given us. He is an eminently
national man, is just, able, unbending,
and endowed with great administrative
abilities. In many respects he more re
sembles the historic George Washington
than any public man now on the stage.
Jttilt he will not be selected, as his present
command gives him control over several ,
of the States.
Hancock is a Johnson man. or. I sis aid
rather say, was. He is considered a fair
and just man.
Os the Brigadier-Generals, there is Pope,
a moderate Republican and ah excellent
administrator.
Schofield, now commanding in Virginia,
was a Conservative Republican when the!
war broke out. ile did ii,.: grow any
more radical until his recent experiences
commanding in Virginia. He is a safe
man.
Terry is, as we all know, a Radical. He
will hardly lie selected, having been
honorably banished to Dakot&h for that
offence.
Phillip St. George Cooke is out on the
plains. He is a" Conservative, perhaps
worse, llis present place is just suited to
him, us his life has been chiefly spoilt on ;
the frontier.
Uosecrans is out of the country, and is
most emphatically “played out/’ He is
priest-ridden, as w ell as being a soured
and disappointed egotist. He mav be
considered a Republican.
Hooker is a good Republican as is also S
McDowell. The latter is on the Pacific,
and the former Is available. Ord is a
Marylander, a Conservative, but Union 1
men from Arkansas say ho is a just man.
_ and true to the country. He is in com- j
maud there. Canby is the last brigadier,
and commands at this point, lie is ;i
Conservative, but under Stanton's in
fluence. Howard is at the head of the
i'reeduien's Bureau.
The Goltlboro -Yetcs of Saturday says :
“Mrs. Jefferson Davis passed here this
morning on the Wilmington train going
North. During the brief stoppage of the
cars, Mr. JI. V, L. Hutton, on behalf of the
citizens ofGoldlioro*, ‘presented Mrs. Davis
ahandsome donation of greenbacks.
Best proof of a Government’s irresolution
•—resolutions.
A Diabolical Scheme Exposed—“brand j
Army of the Republic.”
The timely and derided action of the j
military at New Orleans prevented the j
Radical Governor of Louisiana from carry- j
ingout his wicked, atrocious scheme which j
was to bring about a conflict between the J
whites and black . * That -iu h was his !
intention in proclaiming himself Military ;
Governor docs not admit of a dbu'-t. His
plans were arranged, and he was prepared j
to back up his undertaking by bringing j
into requisition the “Ijrand Army of the
Republic. ” The New Orleans local election j
was to bo made the test, but the order of j
General’Sheridan nipped it in the bud.
The Tints thus alludes to the “Grand j
Yrmv of the Republic” and its ramifica- j
tions in Louisiana :
\y.. -ome weeks since heard of the 0r
... -f secret societies in this city of
a mo.-t unlawful and reprehensible char
acter. As rumor had it, the movement
r the into p lofCk v.
Wells; oaths Were said to !x; administered
to tiie members in the executive mansion, |
aud black • and whites, il sufficiently radi
cal, were banded together as a leagued !
faction inberthe style and title of tiie ;
“Grand Army of the Republic.” Tlio ru
mors which reached our < irs were, bow- j
ever, too vague to warrant public notice, ,
and Wc were slow to believe that Gov.
Wells, v-‘bo, a short year ago, joined with
Hu. Kennedy* in so fearful an outcry ■
against secret organizations, wduld npw
lend liintj 'ft < an uiriemking so repre-:
h#nsib! • Bui against the facts which have
accumulated in tiie premises we can no
longer maintain a doubt.
1 In the Tr nne, the organ of tho I colored
is,pula . ,ii of till v ity. we find the follow
ing jus below Guv. Wells" rec- nt procla
mation :
HK.UKf If.IlS. IIEP’!. OF T.Oti .'ANA,
Grand aiimy of tiie Repujiuc, | -
Adjutant GUnT: Ofph.e, f
New UrHEins, La., March C, 15*37. J
General Orders No. .3.]
; l. The following named comrades arc
! hereby derailed and announced aa mem
tbe Pr isional f this D-part
ment, on duty at these Headaudrt«s:
Cant. Chas. S. Merritt, Adjutant Gene-
I rah j ; 1- E s j
it*, ..i f inoruersi»>m r “i r *
Ur ' i her*, divide 1 n
to ■ ,c fill iwirig iistricts:
XI, j i:'at I)i.st-ict w, pnhos that i art of
I Jefferson, and that part of too parish of
Orlean s lying above Canal streoi.
j Tlio* Second District comprises that part
jof the Department lying below Canal
str< at, in tiie city of Xew Orleans, and cx
' tending to the Gulf.
j The Third District comprises- that part of
the Department abovo flic'First District,
on tho east side of t'ao Mississippi river
i and above IP i River, with headquarters
I at Alexandria.
The Fourth District comprises that part
of the Department lying west of the Second
District and South of ltod River. Ilead
q rtei atOj lot as.
Col; Simon Jones is hereby assigned
| to thceomin uul c.ftho First District, with
i bet and i iart r at New t )rh ans.
Maj. D. Urban is hereby assigned to the
conn.,|tid of the Second District, head
quarters n! Xew Orlean,.
-I. Until farther orders, Posts in the
Third and Fourth Districts, will report di
rect to these Headquarters.
5. ToDrevontinformaiity in the muster
ing of recruits in this Department, it is
hereby announced for the information of
this command, that recruits will be mus
ered only in re piiarly constituted posts,
and by Distrjct Commanilcrs in the cslab
lisliiiient of posts, except by tlio Grand
Com man cl or, an officer of liis staff, or by
special authority from these headquarters:
'I ini attention of officers is particularly
called to artic.lcs 3, U, 11, and 15 ofthe rules
and regulations of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and the strict enforcement of its
provisions especially enjoined. Staff offi
cers will ’ns enrolled as members of posts,
and reported by the posts to which they
belong as upon detached service.
By order of
fl. c. r.
C. )!. Merriti, Adjutant General.
That this organization is a branch of the
“Grand Army of the Republic,” concern
ing the powers of which so many, boasts
li ive been uttered in the extreme Radical
circles ofthe North,does not now admit of
tho shadow of a doubt. The purpose of
the Grand Army was to maintain the
supremacy oflongress against all tlio Con
servative "checks, executive and judicial,
which had been provided by tho wisdom
ofthe founders of our Government, but tho
pretended object was “lraternity aud a
care of tho widows and orphans of fallen
comrades.” The following suggestive
order which fell into wrong hands, and
was publish'.- i in the Chicago Times of tlio
Sthinst., is indicative of the character oj
the organization:
lii-iAD'i'iw G. A. R., Dep’t of Ohio, 1
February 0, ISS7. j
R. 0., Post No. I, Hub Division 8-1:
Sir- —1 am directed to forward to tho
army at Napoleon (in cypher) 150 of the
approved ‘brooch-loaders for tho use of
your encampment, which shall bo subject
to your order.
l’ioase sign tho above receipts and re
turn to me!
I am, sir, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
A. N. KRnrpr.b,
Uhicf of Orduanci', Dcp’l of l >iiio.
Wo make these Statements with no
desire to create alarm, for wo are ex -
trendy anxious to preserve tho peace and
keep down excitement. No set of men in
Louisiana hn i a right to establish an army
liore, other than the regular army of tlio
United States, and we now call upon the
representatives of that army to interpose
the authority of which they are undoubt
edly possessed, in order to .put down the
revolutionary scheme so defiantly put
forward in our. midst.
Tin Duty of the South.
The following is taken from an editorial
article, in that earnest and consistent paper,
the Philadelphia*-lye :
We say to the South—do nothing, consent
to nothing, connive at nothing, which in
volves a loss of self-respect. Far be it
from us to advise resistance. The day for
that i3 passed—although of this weave
very sure that, had it been for a moment
imagined by the remnant of gallant men
who stood round the furling standards of
Lee and Johnston that the treatment of
the South would bo what it is. and that
the'bitter draught of n egro equality was to
be forced down their throats, there might
have been more slaughter and more sae
rifiee, hut there would have been no sur
render, and the horrors of guerrilla war
litre might have been continued to this
day. The soldiers of the South are bound
by a parole of honor aiuleatinot light—and
when we hear it said that (ten. Grant or
Gen. Sherman, who took their paroles, ap
prove or connive at measures which are
meant to degrade the men Who gave them,
wo cannot bring ourselves to believe it.—
Gen. Grant would bo ashamed to look
Robert R L.c in the face if it were
true. Be all this as it may —practically
or sentimentally, no one thinks of re
sistance. There must then be passive
submission to a conqueror's will or active
acquiescence hi a conqueror’s policy.
For our part, we cannot imagine why
the Fom'ii should hesitate for a moment.
Let the five Brigadiers come and take pos
session. Thoymuy be excellent, amiable
geurlenven, or the;, may lie 1. rates. If they
do their duty, they will keep the peace.
They will prevent rapine and milrder and
violence, i noy will not interfere because
they cannot, with honest, inoffensive in
dustry—imd though it is very hard, we
admit, to be unu ;r military control —yet it
is not so hard a- to be under negro control,
ami that, too, by one’s own consent. Our
opinion of the impulses of the Congres
sional majority is so dark, that we honestly
believe they are hoping for an acquiescence
of ti'.e South simply that they may here
after taunt them with their own prostitu-
1 t : in. It has ceased to be iu.-t for South
ern property. It is hatred of those who
have qtri tly but.ro- . tu-ly refused to eon
sent to shame. It is Sir -Mu;berry Hawk
1 in the novel —no longer licentiousness but
hatred. And if the South, yielding to the
whit. K-ritiir iaudishinents which, begin
ning with Mr. Kevordy Johnson, are now
1 echoed in New York, were to consent, fare
: well t o lame and honor and manhood —
are well to the hopes of history.
* If the South will be but patient, this
wretched apparatus of martial law in time
of pear, —this eternal standing army—•
mn>r come to an end soma day, even* ii the 1
P be right as to the ... .
plosion of parties in Congress for years to :
come. Who is to pay for it all? Not the
South. It is bankrupt. • its local Legisla
tures are at an eh 1. There can be no
Federal Judiciary where there is martial j
low —no mode of collecting Federal taxes.
Underwood and Busteed, _ those feeble !
judicial tapers, must go out in the vacuum
which martial law produces. The whole
expense must fail upon the North—and .
Heaven knows we have, enough Already. ;
This consideration will at last, and before
long, force itself on the Republican party, j
By this passive acquiescent*, too, the
South yields no principle.- Unless bound
by a sense of boner, they need not re
cognize the Oonstitutioiuil A.uienutuont
into which, in 1565, they were tricked.
Standing steady to principle, they will ah
ways be ready to assert it. We should
not have offered these suggestions, but for
the tone of the New York press, against
which we earnestly protest as not that at
leas: of the Democracy of Pennsylvania.
Tire 1 upkaciiwen r Question. — A Wash
ington letter says the reply of the Presi
dent to the committee who waited upon
him to inform him of the organization of
the. two Houses, “ that he had no com
munication to make to them at this time,”
is regarded as significant of his intended
action in the event of an immediate im
peachment prosecution. It is stated, on
excellent authority, that he w ill decline to
appear before the Senate upon an arraign
ment, assigning a?a reason that the present
j body, representing fully only, twenty
I States, cannot legally entertain the ques
,l° n ', rhis anticipates a collision between
r, , feutive and Congress that members
•igalust laUer already la!k ot ' Providing
The Smelling Committee—Mr. Gloss- j
brenacr’s Speech.
We present the following suggestive ex
tract from the speech of Mr. Glossbrenner, j
on the report of the W entworth Smelling |
Committee, which was made to the House
of Representatives of the United States a
few days ago, in relation to an alleged cor
rupt bargain between the President and I
certain members qf the House. Mr.
, Glossbrenner said :
Perhaps, Mr. Speaker, it may be thought >
that the Committee owe some sort of j
apology to the House for having “toiled all j
1.-irlu and caught nothing. Perhaps the I
public expectation, alter such “thunder- I
iiig in the index,” would have been better 1
met, if the Committee could have unfolded i
I so horrible a tale of official corruption and j
! perjury as would have made eaeli-particu- j
i iar uair on every patriotic head to stand on
! end. Certainly, after so grand a nourish
I of trumpets as that with which the lance
was seized and poised for a magnificent
charge against all who should dare to
compromise the honor, and purity and
dignity of this House (of which we all are
habitually very jealous, Mr. Speaker,) it
is rather unsatisfactory to find that none
of the parties ») IV -.-fully menaced have
i been doing any c; die "wicked things of
which Madame Rumor had prejudged !
them guilty.
But, in sheer justice to tho committee,
Mr. Speaker, I must be permitted to say.
that for the paucity of trophies in this cam
paign against “corruption,” the commit- •
tec- are by no means responsible. They
: spared no pains to find ugly facts, if ugly
. facts there should chance to be. The
witnesses were given abundant opportuni
ties for divulging all that might go to
; criminate either tho President or “cer
i lain members of Congress.” They were
s -ar kingly .cross-examined and wearied
by iteration and reiteration of questions ;
but they could not lie brought up to the
; mark of seeing or suspecting any other
than honorable motive or patriotic object in
those ‘whose proceedings they detailed.
With the formidable preamble before their
| e ves, they con 1-1 toll us not! leg of “cor
rupt bargains,” or “violations of oaths”—
, and; in answer to direct interrogatories
j propounded by myself, they testified that
Uie subject of the “impeachment of the
President” was not discussed or mention
i ed “in any shape or form at any time, by
those who were in conference and con
sultation wiUi the solo view and hope
of lit)' ring Folia ph n i non wm -.L Con
gress and the* ivoaiift-nt eofcffff agree
: r tin- restoraq n oft -tr Vulva.”
i Tk. -!• j-rt * 1 - r-ij- if'.: all
poii.: -but m cor.Uimacious
my m
. ; n 3 their-C"- ft is true the-wit
. : ->l intebigence,
drearily destitute of imagination and sadly
deficient in tho faculty of invention. I
think, Mr. Speaker, that with a different
i style of witnesses we could have succeeded
butter and made things pleasant generally,
j There is a gentleman now in this city—the
i guest of a government official—who, if the
\ House shall determine to proceed with this
: investigation, might be summoned by the
committee, lie is a inode.-t gentlei tan and
i ately of very retiring habits; but I believe
that, if his host -could bo induced for a
short time to forego the pleasure of his so
eiety, ho would gladly come out on,this
o oasion and prove anything desired
against members of this House or tho
President, t will give you bis name con
fidentially, Mr. Speaker—it is Sanford
Conover. He would-be found facile and
I “conformable.” " ’
Now, Mr. Speaker, as the committee
charged with this investigation have ex
amined the parties by whom tiie latein
terviews between the President and Con
gress were originated and brought about,
and lmve failed to discover *mght in tiie
I inception or progress of tiie conferences
inconsistent with the purest impulses and
j most honorable and patriotic objects, X
| hope the resolution reported by the com
| luittee will be adopted, and that the House
| will now discharge the committee from the
| further consideration of the subject.
In a lloitN. —The following which wo
j find in the Meridian Messenger, touches
i the raw, but is good for one of the prevail-
I ing diseases of this country, regardless of
I color:
! “A great many people are greatly exer
| clsed about the negro’s workibg. Tho way
J the negro works (or don’t work) is the
j topic of conversation everywhere, where
j two or three aro gathered together. The
i disposition of the negro to labor (or not to
labor) is watched with intense interest by
those who st em to lake no special interest
j in anything else. We are'sick anddiagust
| ed with this everlasting talk about, the
shortcomings of the colored population.—
In-God’s name can’t our people elevate
j their thoughts above the negro, or bestow
them upon worthy Objects? We claim to
feel as kindly towards the negro as he
deserves of us, and when wo see him about
j to be engulfed and lost in idleness and
i vice, wo feel, wo hope, a rational concern.
! But, at the same time, wo honestly confess
]- to the instincts which gives our own race
the preference in all our thoughts. Jfwe
i aro concerned about the disposition of the
negro to do or not to do, yet our concern
j sinks into indifference compared with the
! concern wo feel for tho conduct of the
white. While some are frettiugand fuming
about tiie lazy negroes they se’e in the towns
and villages, who refuse to contract and
j engage in regular employment, we areim
| measurably more distressed at the sight of
lazy white nien and women. If the negro,
as a free man, do all the work and earn all
the wages, he will prove himself to be tiie
i ids or man of the two. We are anxious for
the white man to assert the superiority in
I all tilings by ins works, and therefore our
1 anxiety for the while man to go to work.”
An Inhuman Human.— We find the
following record of a member of the English
Parliament, now in. session, in our late
exchanges:
Mr. Kavanagh, the armless and legless
M. P. from Ireland, excited great curiosity
on his first appearance in the House, on the
Oth instant. The honorable member enter
ed the House from the direction of the
Speaker’s private apartments, seated in a
library chair, the mechanism or which is so
contrived that he e.an wheel him with case
to any point he wishes to reach. The
large copy of the Testament used in ad
ministering tho oaths to members was
managed—one cannot use the word
hand!'. •!—by Mr. Kavanagh without the
lease difficulty, and he wrote his name
with much quickness and apparent ease
as any of his fellow members of Parlia
ment. The process was as follows: The
clerk handed to Mr. Kavanagh a pen with
a handle of the length to which he is ac
customed. The honorable member clasped
the handle between what represented his
arms, and steadying it by putting the end
into his mouth, guided the pen over the
parchment with singular fiuency and
steadiness.
The SiAfE Hoar— From the Intelli
gencer >-f Thursday, we learn that a train
: reached Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon,
j over the Western A Atlantic Railroad,
! having on board one hundred passengers,
| about one hundred trunks, and two hun
| dred and six bags of mail matter, the
I whole having como through by way of
I Lynchburg, Bristol and Knoxville,
i The repairs on this road have so far
j as to admit the passage of
trains through to Dalton, so that the
travel on through Knoxville is now un-
I obstructed. About sixteen miles beyond
the latter place, at Strawberry Plains,
: the bridge has Vcon swept away, causing
some detention, but with that exception
there now exists no difficulty in going
Northward over that route. Until thig latter
trouble is remedied, sav perhaps in ien
days, tJicre.will boa partial suspension of
freight, shipments.
Trains passed over.tUe bridge at Res.u a,
coming and going, without any trouble
yesterday, conn ■ ting with trains front
Knoxville.
j ‘ Cargo Sale. —The Charleston JVews,
i of Wednesday, says that the sale of the
; cargoes of tlio Gladstone, from Liverpool,
and Jftutl el Marie, from Bordeaux, took
place at the United States Bonded Ware
house Tuesday. A large crowd was in
attendance, marly all the large establish
ments iu that city being represented.
The following are the prices brought by
i the leading articles:
Powdered gum arabic, *l2 cents; cammo
-1 tv.lie Rowers, -foo.; African ginger, 15c.;
claret, 85 25 per cast: sautern, " ; 4 as
s itvi coriials, Dtmtzic, slot Ver
. - ' r ; absyntbe, sJ!: cognac
■ l: ;-cr gallon; brown
slurry. *2 At a gallon; pale sherry, f- 59;
port v\ ;no, 4v; peach and apricot mar
malade, n>; assorted brandy fruit, 50;
brandy cherries, st 50; capers, S6; mixed
pickles, f5 75; French mustard, 22c. per
bottle; green peas, 45e. per can; mush
iwais, 15c.; Augouleme vinegar, 70c. per
gallon; Bordeaux olive oil, quarts, $11; !
sardines. 371 c. for half boxes; prunes, iu
glass jars. Ike.; maecoroni, 19c.; almonds,
trom 21 to 35c.; currants, 11c.; hazel nuts, ;
■ 2;i\; lentils, be.- a pound; wine bottles,
th 50 per hundred, etc., etc.
I.w: .riant FHu.ii “Washington.—The
Montgomery Da Vy Advertiser, of the 12tb,
contains the following paragraph: “ Gov.
Pat'. a received an important dispatch
yesterday from a prominent and influential
mem! er of the Uuited States Senate. The
dispatch states that a Supplemental and
Explanatory Bill will be passed providing
for carrying the recent bilQto the point of
a definite and conclusive settlement. The
new bill will in no way change the princi
ples or features of the existing act, and will
readily commend itself to the favor of all
friends of prompt reconstruction. So says
the di-pa: h from a veritable, not a so
called Senator.’’
Re-opening or the Florida Rail
ro vd.— “Trains commenced running reg
ularly over the Florida Railroad on Mon
day last. savs the Fernand:ua Courier of
the 6th, from the Draw Bridge over Amelia
River, four miles from this place, to
Gainesville. A train will run each way
daily, affording, probably, sufficient ac
commodation for travel and freight for the
present. In a few weeks’ time the whole
line will be iu operation from here to
Cedar Keys—thus uniting the Atlantic
with the Gulf coast.''
Our Political Situation.
It is idle for subjects to discuss the jus- j
tice or injustice, the expediency or inexpe
diency, of military measures. Such' dis- j
missions are for those who impose and have j
the power to enforce them. It is idle aud I
useless, therefore, to discuss the Military |:
Reconstruction Riil which has recently !
passed Congress. It is futile to inquire «
what will be the effect of its operation. !
It matters not what the operation of that j
Bill may be, there is no power in the people j
of Georgia to change it. It matters not ;
what injustice i- majiwvork, the remedy is |
not in our hand-. But it is a gratification, j
and a proud satisfaction, that we had no j
hand ia its construction, no power in its j
enlorcement. 11 the Bill disfranchises
consistent Union men—life-long Union j
men —before the war, during the war and
since the war —by reason of having taken an j
oath to support'the Constitution as Judges
of tho Inferior Courts, it is the act of Con- !
gross. If the Bill transfers political power
and locates control tfouth of the Altahama- I
In. taken formerly 'it VTas hdd north of the \
Chattahoochee, those in the mountains
cannot, as in days of yore, charge the in
justice upon us : it ij no act of* the men of
Middle Georgia or those of the seaboard.
It matters not what abrogation of politi
cal right or what transfer of political power
it may effect, it is not accomplished by
the consent of the people of Georgia. If,
a3 Governor Brown says, the State is a
conquered State, it is a dictate by right of
conquest; and for all the consequences to
the .State and to the Empire, they alone
who dictate are responsible. The only
liberty that is allowed us is the liberty
allowed in Oriental nations by Oriental gov
ernments. “To hearts to obey.” But,
in yielding obedience it behooves us to
watch closely the tone, temper and action
of those who dictate, and to heed and
weigh carefully friend!;- counsel. Under
hi view we submit to our readers the
I followin. extracts from t!w Northern press.
The Washington correspondent of the
I Now Pork llmr'S, of 3- J2;h. iusktnt,
j says:
; “From every Snr ’"Couth - No.
are at work preparing tor the organization
of conventions under tho Reconstruction
Bill. In North Carolina Governor Holden.
Judge Settle, and other Radical Unionists
have organized a party embracing all tna
unconditional Union m m of the State
white and I Jack alike. Union leagues!
with Northern settlers, Freed men rind
Southern loyalists as members, have been
most effective in prgpari ag their several
communities for tho acceptance of the
situation, hue they will fail if they do not
receive assistance from Congress. They
say that the disqualifications ofthe Recon
struction Bill arc not: comprehensive
enough to insure the safety ofthe Union
cause, as many men now in office will bo
able to take tiie prescribed oaths and
secure re-election. In .Georgia tho most
thorough organization of the freedrrien
exists, every county being represent
ed in tiie Stare Union League, and
the party under Governor Brown has
joined forces with them. In South Caro
lina, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida,
Louisiana and Texas the organizations are
not so complete, but their ramifications are
being rapidly extended throughout every
county. On the other hand, the class who
fill the offices at present arc also organized,
and, among others, Gov. Worth, of North
Carolina, has arrived in'this city to work'
in conjunction with the Virginia delega
tion in obtaining tiie detail of officers for
the command of the Districts provided for
in the Bill.”
The Now York World, in discussing the
Wilson's supplement of Sherman’s Bill,
says :
“By fixing a time within which State
Conventions shall be called, determining
who shall call them, prescribing the regis
tration of voters and the regulations for the
polls, tho whole thing is put at the outset,
and once for all, in the definite shape in
which the Southern people will be called
to act upon it. Let it be fully- displayed in
all its hideous nakedness! By tiie neces
sary operation of Sherman’s Bill, it will
ultimately come into the snaps of com
pulsory re-organization. The people may
as well be cured of any flattering de
lusion on that subject;" first as last.
True, nobody will be compelled to
go to the polls unless he chooses to
go, and the concoctors of this iniquity will
be by nothing so much gratified as by the
stubborn staying away of tho white ma
jority-. The compulsion will consist in
their being compelled to submit afterwards
to a State government which they had no
hand in framing, and which, if they stand
aloof and permit it, will disfranchise them
forever, after the Missouri and Tennessee
models.
“The only question or choice for tho
Southern whiles is, whether they will be
horse or rider—whether tiiey will control
their States by participation, or surrender
them to the control of thb Radicals by
abstention. Elections wiil certainly be
held, and held early. If the majority of
tho Southern whites stay away from the
first polls by choice, they will be kept
away from all future polls by disfran
chisement. This was the design of Shor
man’s Bill; and the object of Wilson’s is
to hurry the scheme through to its con
sum ination.”
Tho National Intelligencer thu3 states
the question:
“Whatever force there may have been in
the argument that the South could take no
action under the Sherman-Shellabarger
Bill without voluntary participation in
its own degradation is now' destroyed by
the bill which passed tho House of Repre
sentatives. That takes the question of
holding a convention out of tlio realm of
popular consent and confers it upon the
military commander. He is enjoined to
make a registration aud to order an, elec
tion. Whatever may be dono, there
’ fore, is done under military duress, and it
is the part of wise men to accommodate
themselves to circumstances. The registra
tion willbemade. Tiie election will be held.
The negroes will vote. Shall the whites ab
stain ? If inaction accomplished aught, we
might understand why men should advise
it; but when the practical effect of inaction
will bo to secure the adoption of a State con
stitution by those who do act, and an applica
tion for admission into the Union from
men who have voted, while this inaction
will put arguments in the mouths of men
who have already too much control of the
Government, we cannot exactly see the
wisdom of hesitation. Those who abstain
now from choice, will abstain hereafter
from necessity. No ono appreciates more
fully the iniquity of thiskind of legislation ;
no one realizes more keenly its inconsist
ency with republican principles ; uo one
more heartily deplores tho stab it gives to
constitutional government; r.o one is more
alive to the dangers which beset tiie now
order of things which it is proposed to iiv- I
augurate ; nevertheless, we believe in the
superiority of intellect and of culture;,
and, if they do themselves justice, they are
bound to control.”
The op the South.—
The following “independent” talk is re
freshing. There is no mistaking its mean
ing, or the quarter whence it emanates :
It is with great joy that the people of the
North see the sword ot a military govern
ment unsheathed by Congress over the
| rebellious States. Thank God that our
| dilatory represent tat i ves at last means to pro-
I vide against the perils of the situation by
j a courageous remedy. The army of the
' republic* must re-cncamp in the Southern
; States, no longer to destroy the Southern
I Confederacy, but to reconstruct the Ameri
: can Union on the basis of political equali
ty. No other than a military plan is ude
j quate to the present emergency. The doc
! trine of seif-goverhment does not mean the
! erection of ten State governments over
| loyalists to be administered by traitors,
j The first condition of self-government is
| true-hearted allegiance, uotrebellious de
j fiance. Treason cannot govern—it must
j be governed. Every unreconstructed Shite
| must go without self-government until its
j citizens become loyal. Is this policy se
! vere? It is just. ‘Any other policy is
i cruelty towards the loyalists of the South.
| Any other policy betrays the negro to his
enemy. Any other policy burns the
I houses of the white Unionists of Georgia
j and Mississippi, and exiles their families
! to the North. An outspoken Yankeecan
; not travel securely in any Southe; n IStato
to-day, Ac., AC., Ac. —AT if Yorl L.depen-
I dent.'
:r>
The Southern Relief Commission. —
! In referring to the destitution prevailing
j at the South, and which efforts are now
| being made to relieve, the New York
j Evening Post says: *
A dispatch received by the Southern
Relief Commission this afternoon, from
Washington, states, on the authority of
General Howard, that although the pro
posed Congressional appropriation of
$1,009,000 for the relief of the suffering
poor in the South will be passed, private
contributions should not be curtailed.
General Howard says that in addition to
the one million of dollars from Congress,
$500,000 should be raised by the people.
Governor Jenkins, of Georgia, tele
graphs that the destitute in Georgia num
ber sixtv thousand whites and thirty
thousand blacks, which is largely in ex
cess of General Howard's former estimate;
and it is believed that the real destitution
in South Carolina is even larger thau in
Georgia.
The Government has given the Relief
Committee in this city the free use of the
bark Purveyor, and she will be loaded this :
week with it full cargo of corn. Her ca
pacity is about twenty-five thousand !
The Commission hope to obtain another j
ship, to be filled with corn next week.
The Effect of Radical Legislation. ;
—We are permitted to make the following
extract from a letter, written to Air. J. O.
Mathewson, which forcibly illustrates the
deplorable effects of the Radical legislation:
“Providence, March 11.
“Things are looking decidedly blue, fi
nancially. Threelof our most weal thy firms
have suspended. Messrs. R. AW. Man
ton A Cos., Win. M. Bailey and Messrs.
Orev, Taft A Cos. The latter named firm
was* in a No. 1 credit for any amount.’’
Cause—suicidal Radical legislation,
which, ii not stopped, wiU ruin the whole :
country.
' 1 The Ghostof my Husband is the title
of anew no vel by 'William Gilmore ;
Simms.
IA Voice from ’ ae Saffcs .;g South.
The Philadalpi a JV«y ; ays; “We |
commend the foil, ring sad. arnest letter, j
which is adJre.' e to one cl our leading |
business firms, io tee perusal f the char
itable. The author of it, Dr. V r m. Hauser, i
(of Georgia, is wl: known an. greatly cs- j
teemed by sex < ; iir;. citizens of
Philadelphia. II picture of the distress
existing around hi . dud hi expressions
of gratitude for f alrea y tendered,
ought to, and we . will, a aken a simi
lar response in t! hearts oi there. Mr.
M , referred 1j in, the letter (who is
a gentleman well known t- us, of the
highest respecta! ktyh writes of Dr.
Hanser, that “II is a true, full-hearted
Christian physlei; know: to me for
twenty years.” jjtTTere can be no doubt,
therefore, that wl a lever rkd may be ex
tended in resnons to this appeal will be
faithfully and wis: y applied to the relief
1 oftliatsuffering.
Weareaufhoriz I to state that dona
| lions in money ana clothing will be received
| by Thomas Maeiv.i.ar, E-q., of the firm
i of MaeKellar, Smith and Jordan, Nos.
j 606 and 614 Sac? m street, and Messrs.
| Benjamin Dorsey u: Sons, No. 923 3lar
-1 ket street.-
Bartow, Jefferson County, Ga., j
•
Messrs. J. & M., T Uladelphin:
I write this to ti nuk you. with all my
heart, for the *IOO . : a gave my friend Air.
T. M. for our poof, in the 2th inst.. The
money lias not yet . ached me, but it is on
the way. A dav nay come, gentlemen,
when we, poor an ' ruined -is we are now,
shall be able' to ; .y you back some, at
least, of the debt offf rati tude you have now
so kindly laid, on us. If you could sec- the
miseries that I sjeo among those who never
wanted before, aim among tuo still more
helpless old men, w omen and little children
who have always been poor, just ready to
die, you would par. ion anything that my
distress of soul prompts me to write. Mr. M.
succeeded in raisin; £555, which is now On
its way hither. If we never get able to
repay it, I.know He will do il who has said
“He that hath pin.' 11 1- 1 loth to
the L iff and tlia tv) i !i • hi.. a given
will ile nay him ag.uu.” G>. 1 always
keeps his promises, however men may fail
tokeispthei ' You urn)given sogeuerous
iy, genUunnm, tkre will not now nsk you
for core, but Tim Mere that it will require
■3J.v; >ol' save the pcop'o ic three counties
that Lord, r vi bii. « lew. u»-v -li'ir.a, from
..ff .year, sotlm. next year shall not be as
this, and more abundant in its harvest of
woes. If you do ieel before Him “who
though he was rich, yet for our sake be
came poor, that we, through His poverty,
might be rich,” like sending us more, I
know the poor helpless widows atid
orphans here would, if they could, call
down on you' the riches, blessings of
heaven. Will you he so kind as to show
this letter to Mr. M.? I refer you to him
in order that you may know who lam that
appeals to you. lie lias long been a dem
and precious friend of mine, and just now,
when I was looking about almost in des
pair for help, (rod has put it into his heart
to help me. But Imu v, earying you with
a long letter. I’ll stop an.! ask that tlio
angel of God may watch over you while
the cloudsofthisd.il k last nigilt of Februa
ry are doing their cilice as the messengers
of heaven for you and us.
Very respectful iv,
William Hanser, M. D.
The Supplement, io the =?Hilary Bill.
The following is an abstract of the Bill
supplemental-) to i::i act entitled “An Act
t.o provide for tie mure efficient government
of the rebel States,’ and to facilitate res
toration, whkri was ititrodm ad in the U.
S. Senate, on Wednesday, sth, by Senator
Wilson, and referred to the J udiciary Com
mittee :
Section one directs tho commanding
officer of eaelj district to cause a registra
tion to be mado before September 1, 1867,
in each county or parish in iris * district, of
the male citizens ever tw.eniy-one years of
age, resident there:a, to include only these
qualified to vqe by the act . o Which this
is a supplement, and who shall take and
subscribe the Mowing oath: “I, ,
do hereby swear (or affirm) that
I am sincereaio earnestly attached to
tho Union and- R- .rnment of the United
States; that ] v . ::-:lfiist!y support the
Constitution un' ■ ey Wo laws of the
United States . .. m that I will, to the best,
of my ability, engage all others to such
support a-.ii! ok' v v; so help me God.”
Section two directs the commanding
General as soon as the registration is com
pleted to eauss an election for delegates to
a convention t c be held on a day not less
than thirty days from date of proclamation
of election, ftp tho purpose of amending
the existing a new constitution
of firmly established loyal tail governments
and passing nejdrul ordinances to put tlio
same into opentiou.
Section three directs that the said con
ventions shall Jo called qn the basis of
representation on which the number of
members of Congress is apportioned.
Section four or the appoint
ment by the commanding General of offi
cers or persons to i take Jbe registration,
preside at elections, receive,'sort and count
the votes, and make return thereof and of
the persons elected, and he shall then
make proclamation of the persons elected,
and notify within sixty days when and
where they shall a amble to organize the
convention ; and when the said conven
tion shall have am nded the existing or
framed a, new constitution in accordance
with the act to whmh this is a supplement,
it shall be submitted to the people at an
election to be held after the expiration of
thirty days from notice thereof given by
the convention.
Section five provides that if the said
constitution is rati j .. by a majority of the
votes cist, the i’l't:.- 'dent of the convention
shall transmit the .mm to the President of
the United States, who shall transmit, it to
Congress, if in session, and if notin session,
then upon its next awembhng ; and if it be
declared by Congress to l-e in conformity
with the provisions us the act recently
passed by Congress, known as the Military
Bill, the State shall be declared entitled to
representation, and : • eaters and Re pro#
sentatives shall be a imitted as provided in
said act.
Section six provides that tWduties and
powers delegated aid confeWed upon'the
commanding general may, with his con
sent, be transferred to the acting Gover
nor of the State, upon his taking an oath
faithfully to perform and execute the same.
Barnuji, the Iron Man, Refuses to
TAKE THE StIAIP WITH BaRNUAI,* THE
Showman.— The following i- Mr. Wm. H..
Barnum’s reply to the invitation of the
showman to stump the Fourth Congres
sional District? of that State :
Lime Hock, Conn., Feb. 25, 1807.
Mr. P. T. Bar mini, Pridgepurt, Conn. :
Dear Sir—l have received your letter
of the 21st iilst., asking me t > meet you at
various towns in ‘ I 'ourth Congressional
District “in a pula: di a us-ionbi the im
portant political i ues of tile day, on each
week day evening Ton th • ith until the
30th Jay of Marc::, mclusiv..” My busi
ness engagements are su . during*tho
period you men tic , a j must neces
sarily He vote all roe time iuv health will
admit to these ; ih<- ciVic, [“cannot meet
you as yon pi
that it is important J . !to people should vote
understanding’!! - , mcl I trust they will.
As regards it boh: , due to the voters of
the Fourth Uongre. -tonal District that they
should have an or .oriunnv to exaifhne
their candidates, ' T v that I was
honored by the no;: -matron 'without any
solicitation, whale.. - on my part, anul
must trust tnem ; j.: from my past
life whether I am a proper person to repre
sent them in the Fourth- h Congress
Thanking you ib. the invitation, X am,
dear sir, truly you” .
W. 11. Barnu:,:.
Petty Sktjl—The Mov. ng we find in
the Xaiialiol Ihpi 'Jk-x.t:
John Quincy Ada: is, one of the ablest
men in Mas-aeku.-r a sun of Charles
Francis Adams, a gn»ndsou of ex-Presi
dent John (juincy Adams, and great
grandson of • . -I’ro.-'dent John Adams,
«as on Mona ... laid upon the table and’
yesterday reje . r Uie I hnate of the
I United States, :■> ..J of Boston,
: at the instigation of Sumner and
: Henry Wi! . f n ! uparatively little
. mun wholearned inti-Si-.very aipha
j bet at the school of the Adaw ■ s.
It is but an act of justice to Mr. Adams
to say that he was not only not an appli
i cgnt for the office, t it was . ntirely igno
rant of his nomine-ion by _the President
1 until he saw it in print, wi'en he imine
! diately telegraphed .-> the St;rotary of the
| Treasury that his professional engage-
I ments, as a connseilor-at-': v, were such
Lis would preclude the possibility of his
I accepting the office. This, dispatch was
received too late to reach the Senate, in
the regular order ' ' yesterday ;
hence Sutnner ac t Wilson, who. were
thirsting for the blood of him who “laid on
the table,” let the r fail i.ad off went
the head Os John C tinev Adams, a man
who is as noble int ery sensoof the word,
as is the unsullied name ho tears. Let the
headsmen beware LMassacimsetts will re
member!
The A rational Intelligencer, of the 12tb,
has the following paragraph ;
Reconstruction »n Sight.—a signifi
cant acknowledgment war made yester
day, even by so det-rmined an ultraist as
Mr. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, which
ought not to escape tue at: -ction of the
people of the South. Replying to Mr,
Bingham's reminder that the constitutions
adopted by the Southern people would
still ha veto come b. ore Congress for ac
ceptance, he declined that “Congress
would be under the irresistible pressure to
accept any constitution so adopted as the
work of the people of the idtate.” This
was urged by Mr. Boutwell as a reason for
having the preliminaries so arranged that
no needless questions should be raised in
Congrt-s s subsequeut: y about the admission
of a State.
The pecuniary stringency is so great in
Pitt county, North Carolina, that the peo
ple recently compel! .and the sheriff to burn
up qll his writs and ”cations returnable ’
at court, refusing to lAt ejt eted. from their
homes, and being unable to pay.
Reduction in Wages. —1 he Providence |
Journal says that “notices werc.posteJ on ■
Saturday in nearly all tue larger woollen
mills of the State, announcing that after
the 14th inst, the wages of the operatives
would be reduced ten per cent. About'
oue-lialf of the woollen machinery in this
section is now idle, and the remainder
must stop unless some relief appears, and,
in these hard times,.lower wages are better
than idleness and no wages. It is to be
hoped, however, that, if wages are to be
reduced, the price of living may also
decline. A dollar goes but little way new
in tilling a market-basket or purchasing a
garment. But there are hopeful indica
tions that the day of lower prices is not far
off.”
The shoe begins to pinch, but not so
much so however as to induce the masses
to come out squarely against the suicidal
legislation ‘which is not only ruining the
South but the whole country. There is no
gigantic war now to employ the people in
■ its various details. The movement begins
I feebly in New England, but it is bound to
| gather strength as it goes, and then the
i people will demand a change of political
tactics.
Congressional Sympathy for Ire
land.—General Gleason, Benjamin Baker,
of Philadelphia, and James W. Meagher,
cousin of General T. F. Meagher, spent the
greater portion of Monday on the floor of
the House of Representatives,' working in
the cause of Fenianism. These gentlemen
constitute a deputation empowered to rep
resent the provisional government in Ire
land, and are pressing with great energy
the claims of the provisional government
to the sympathy and support of Congress,
asking for an immediate recognition of
their rights as belligerents. ap
pear before the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, by special invitation, as soon as
that committee is thoroughly organized.—
They were also in conversation with Sena
tor Fessenden and several other Senators.
The members of both houses of Congress,
Bad .cals anti Democrats, received the dep
utation with great cordiality, and many
of them expressed a marked sympathy in
the cause they represented.
A Timely H'nt.—The M Dili tribune
says : Hie niiiit; r. gtoernmesifs in.the
South nay react yff who ' i ;t-i
them m a way they little dream of. Such
a man as Sherman, caring not a snap of
the finger for public opinion, is nottheinan
to put up with a master long, especially
not with masters like the present mem
bers of Congress. Those gentlemen, be
fore they bestow provinces on snch a pro
fconsul would do well to brush tip their
knowledge of history, if they ever had any.
Csetar was a pro-consul of Gaul when ho
marched to the Rubicon —and crossed'it.
Monk was a kind of military governor of
Scotland when he marched into London
after the death of Cromwell, and recalled
tho Stuarts.
Efficacy of .Onions.— A writer says:
“We are troubled often with sevta-.:
coughs, the result of colds of standing
which may turn to consumption or p ■ -
mature death. Hard coughs cause sli.- . -
less nights by constant irritation in ,;>o
throat, and a strong effort to throw off
offensive matter from tho lungs, The
remedy I propose lias been tried by me,
and recommended by me with good result,
which is simply to take into the stomach
before retiring for the night a piece of raw
onion, after chewing. This esculent in an
uncooked state is very heating, and col
lects the waters from the lungs and throat,
causing immediate relief to the patient.”
Os course this remedy will become ex
tensively popular with young ladies. To
say nothing of its healthfuluess, the de
lightful odor imparted to the breatlk is
more fragrant than the “ Night Blooming
Cereus,” or the balm of a thousand flavors.
Nevertheless, it may be efficacious.
Important. —The Charleston papers of
Thursday contain the following—short and
sweet:
HeadqtxahteksDep’t of the South, I
Charleston, S. C., March 13, 1837. j
[General Orders No. 27.] < •
An official copy of the law, entitled “An
Act to provide for the more efficient gov
ernment of thp rebel States,” having been
received attliese Headquarters, it is hereby
announced, for the information and govern
ment of all concerned, that the said law
is in' force within the Military District
composed of North Carolina and South
Carolina from tiffs date.
By command of Bvt. Maj-Gen. J. C. Rob-,
inson. John R. Myrick,
Ist Lieut. 3d U. S. Art., Bvt. Major U. H.
A., Act. Judge Advocate and Act. Asst.
Adit, Gon’l.
Official: F. A. Whiting, 2d Lieut. Bth U.
S. Infantry, A, D. Ci
Military Orders. —The following order
is published in the Wilmington, North
Carolina, papers:
lIF.AnuUARTEIiS DISP’TOF TUB SOUTH, 1
Charleston, S. C., March Hth. j
[General Orders, No. 2(5. j
Whipping or maiming of the person, as
a punishment for any crime, misdemeanor
or offence, being now. prohibited by the
laws of the United States, all officers of the
army and Frecdmen’s Bureau, on duty
in this Department, are hereby directed to
prevent the infliction of such punishment
by any authority whatever.
By command of Brevet Major-General
Robinson. , John R. Myrick,
Ist Lieut., Ac., &e.
Tiie Alabama.—'l he Montgomery Mail
of Sunday says :
The Alabama is swelling rapidly. Water
was fast covering the large bend opposite
the city yesterday, and still rising at the
rate of three inches to the hour. Should
the rain cease, it will probably reach its
highest point to-morrow night or Tuesday
morning. Fortunately the crops are not
far enough advanced to receive any dam
age from the present overflow.
A White Mule. —The New Orleans
Crescent, 10th, says: “ A friend told us
yesterday of an amusing scone iie wit
nessed lately at the old river ford, near
Natchitoches, in this State. A negro had
a wagon and a team of six mules which he
wished to drive across. The; two lead
mules took Kindly to the water, but one
of the hind ones, a white mule, obstinately
refused to enter the stream. Jumping
from his seat in a furious passion, the
teamster began beating the perverse one
with, might and main, exclaiming be
tween the blows, ‘ You think you’s white,
does you ? But I’ll show you dam quick,'
colored mules is as good as you is. Geo
up!’ ”
A Prophecy.—Over thirty years ago
Fanny Kemble wrote the following sen
tence in her . Journal while on a visit to
this country:
“1 believe in my heart that a republic is
the noblest, highest, and purest form of
government; but I believe that according
to the present disposition- of human cre.:-
tures, ’ti.s a mere beau ideal, totally in . -
pal tie of realization. Wiiat the world i.-
be fit for six hundred years hence, I
- exactly perceive; but• in the m ••• ul
timo, ’tin my conviction that America will
be a monarchy before I am a skeleton.'”—
pp. GO, 61.
High Water at Home.—The Courier,
of Wednesday, says :
The water in the river' hero is about
twenty-five or twenty-eight feet above low
water-mark. No material damage has been
done here. The river is out of its banks,
and the water spreads over all the lower
portion of the bottom Sands. The water
comes up to the sidewalk at Pitner’s store
and at the posiofHce, but nowlfere crosses
it. At noon Monday it was slowly falling.
Crops.—The Selma (Ala.) Times says
that the planters in that region are devot
ing their lands to breadstuff's. The Mur
freesboro (Tenn.) Monitor says;
“Our farmers report a very favorable
■•rop prospect for an abundant wheat crop
throughout Rutherford county. They
have gone vigorously to work this year,
and if the crops are.not full ones the com
ing season, it will not be throughany lack
ol energy' on the part of our farmers.”
The Chattanooga (Tennessee) Union
'says :
i “From our country exchanges we learn
that the winter has been an exceedingly
favorable one for farming interests. There
has been snow enough to protect the wheat,
and there is every prospect of abundant
A Reconstructed Reb.—The Talla
hassee Sentinel tells- an amusing story of a
noble dog which followed the Confederates
during the war, and lost a leg “in the j
servicewho has now become a great j
favorite with the Federal soldiers quar- 1
terod in Tallahassee: Kindness won j
him over. No degrading conditions, re- ,
pulsive to his animal instincts, were ex- j
acted of him, and he is now a good Union |
dog, so-called. The Schtinel thinks it is a I
pity that the oaths and sacred pledge oi j
onr people have not been met with as much j
consideration as has been extended to a
three-legged dog! ' J
Building in Columbus, Georgia.—
the San and limes says :
M e talk upon the streets of a.
number of structures to go up this Spring,
us soon as the weather becomes settled.
Among them are stores on Broad street,
and private residences. The Planters
H arohousa will, wc are informed, certainly
De bail:.
The Bainbridge, Ga., Argus says there
is a decided improvement in the agricultu
ral prospects of that section. There are
fewer merchants and more farmers than
last year, and the freedmen are improving
in their habits and mannas, and seem to
realize more the necessity of working for a
living.
Reported for the Baltimore Gazette.
Annual Meeting of the Baltimore Con- !
ference of the Episcopal Methodist
Church.
FOURTH DAY.
Ihe Conference was opened with
religious exercises. The Bishop callej the
Conference to order. The committee ap
pointed to make suitable arrangements for
a funeral sermon on the late Bishop Soule
submitted the following report, which was
accepted and adopted •
The committee to which was assigned
the duty o, providing arrangements suit
aole to the occasion of the recent demise of
the -Rev. Joshua Soule I). ft., senior
Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, beg leave to present the following
preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, An all-wise Providence- has
removed from labor, tohisrest and reward,
the venerable Joshua Soule, I). D., Senior
i Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, who departed this life March 0,
1867. in the 84th year of his age, at his
residence., in the city of .Nashville, Ten
nessee ; and whereas the virtues of one,
alike distinguished for his ability and emi
nent for his long and arduous services
rendered in the church and to the world,
merit some enduring testimonial, that his
successors may learn to value the virtues
and imitate that prolonged arid admirable
example of piety, devotion and consistency:
therefore
liesoh ed by the Baltimore Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
That in the death of.the Rev. Bishop Soule
a wise and a great man has fallen in
Israel.,
Resolved, That a remembrance of the
long, laborious and useful life of this
venerable man of God—a true typo of
original Wesleyanisin—should be treas
ured by this body of ministers and by the
Church at large as a pattern for imitation,
and cause of devout thanksgiving to the
church's Head and Lord, who has favored
us with such a man, and given evidence
in him of the ample poweg of .the Gospel
of Christ, in life and in death, to save.
Resolved, That the Rev. Dr. L. Pierce, of
Georgia, now. on a visit to the church in
this city, and who was long an intimate
and endeared friend of our deceased Bishop,
bo requested to improve the event by a
discourse, to be delivered in this house on
Tuesday of next week, at 10 o’clock in the
monitor.
Resolved, That the .to, going preamble
and re,.-in;:- :i- Tcmroi!ton the muruaJ I
of this CoiuVreuci.
The following were’-admitted on rmh:
J \V*. Jordan, Jame - F. Clark 7 m.
M. Oiojer T 0. Worff-ulek, i-wss ot
admit.- ' iffittim 'wei id'iK: eider of the
Baltimore district was dufhdri:: ni to em
ploy him. Thq name of John S. I’ullin
was withdrawn and leave granted the pre
siding elder of South Branch, district to
employ him.
The Ilev. W. J. Perry w r as appointed to
superintend the publication of the annual
register of proceedings of the Conferences.
The Bishop stated that he had under
stood that’it was the habiPfor committees
in this Conference to,defer their reports
until the latest hours of the session, and thus
crowd tho most important business at a time
when it could not be properly considered.
He hoped this would not be the case on
the present oecasion, and therefore desired
the committees to hurry up their work and
report as soon aspossible.
; The Rev. George G. Brooks, Chairman
| of the Committee on Missions, submitted
a report. The committee presented a con
stitution for the govern;ie at of tho Board
of Domestic Missions of the Baltimore
Episcopal Methodist Annual Conference.
One day in each year is to be set apart lor
an annual sermon and collection in aid of
the society, and one-tenth of tho proceeds
to be forwarded to the parent society and
the balance to bp applied to the support of
the Gospel within the -bounds of the Balt'i
more Conference. The objects of the as
sociation were fully explained by the ilev.
Dr. McFevrin of Nashville, Tennessee, .and
the Rev. Dr. Sehon, and tho constitution
was adopted without a dissenting voice.
The Rev. George W. Noil}’, of the Vir
ginia Conference, and tho Rev. Dr. John
MeCroh, of the Lutheran Church, were
introduced to the Conference by the Bishop.
Also', the Rev. Dr. A. L. P. Green, of tiro
Tennessee Conference, and Rev. George
liiklt, of the East Baltimore Conference.
The Rev. John R. Bailey and the Rev.
James 11. Burns were located at their own
request.
The Rev. James Higgins and Rev.
Sylvanus Townsend vere elected to elders’
orders.
The Conference then adjourned until 9
o’clock on Monday morning.
FOURTH DAY.
Conference was called to order at nine
o’clock on Saturday morning, Bishop
Kingsley in the chair. The roll Nous exer
cises were conducted by Rev. Dr. Green.
Rev. J. A. McCauley returned to the
Board of Stewards §65 50 which had been
apportioned to Rev. R. R. Barnes, the
latter being dead. Revs. J. W. Swope and
R. M. Lipscomb were transferred to the
supernumerary list at their own request.
Rev. O. P. Wcrgman was placed on the
superannuated list. Rev. T. T. Wysong
was granted a local relation. Rev. David
Trout withdrew from the body.
The report of Dickinson College was
presented by Rev. George D. Chsnowith
and read.
The. Board of Stewards reported the
collection of §2,250 for the superannuated
fund ; $2,470 for tho widows and orphans’
fund ; $985 for the effective fund ; besides
which the following amounts werc ihceivcd
from the several Presiding Elders’ dis
tricts : Baltimore district, $1,633 21 ;
South Baltimore district, $072 02; Wash
ington district,*’s74o 68; Winchester dis
trict, $i.S 97, and from the chartered fund,
$27. The Board reported a dividend of
fifty-six per cent, on the claims presented.
On motion of Rev. A J. Myers, the
Sailors’ City Bethel was exempted from
collections for general missionary purposes.
The examination of character was taken
up, when Revs. B. F. B. Leech, Charles
W. Baldwin andJ. K. Byer were con
tinued on trial; Re:
man was continued as
Y. Wymygcr, Joei n id L. R, !{.
Rhodes were passed i.. Rr-v. O.
F. Waters and A. i to’ . were ! : ?eoc ;
tinued, the latter ax i i.s awn ;■■■ jueat. i
Greenleaf G. Bake and '
roughs, local dear ■.» .voro elected r
elders’ orders. Job,; T. kieh irds, Vfm. ;
G. Young, Joseph B. Still. J. H. fjarksa- j
don and George V, r . '.. . ourg. Y..J ,
preachers,_ were elec l ed to h or- i ;
On motion, the ;r.v so <•' Acv. ->eh.. v »
H. Moore, struck trot . of.
having failed to attend .. •mu 5 rence, 1
having been prevented’ during c. war,
was restored.
On motion of IW. B. 11. Smith, >. res
olution wasadojtfoc t <u.rauizi'. a i’anon
age Fund Society in uii -. kcAts and Rtaiiou
where there are no .manA
Rev. W. 11. Chapman, of t lie Commit
tee on Necessitous
propriation of sl,t it , ...
Rev. Mr. PattcD i
-on the subject d'chuml* c.vt .-i"
and proposed to cst ibb.-h r; fend o' . «*>
to §IOO,OOO for that obicct to i.nowri
the “Monroe P
A committee was ~ >_o rye -a •
tain claims for proj ... e- m Wash
ington during the . .
Rev. Mr. Hinckl ■, of du • C in
ference, was-introduced to he bod;
which the Committee on Tmcts reported
resolution.-; endorsing the objects ol' the
■Tract Society, and directing that collections
for that cause be made in aii the churches.
The body then adjourned until nine
o’clock this morning.
Tiie Beast Played Out.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury, writing on the 10tb, says that
“Butler’s great failure in the House the
other day, is the principal topic of conver
sation hero just now. The friends of the
impeachment conspiracy depended almost
entirely upon the ability and daring of
their Massachusetts champion, who has
been working up the case since early last
Fall. It was expected that his first effort
on the floor of the House would electrify
j his hearers, and produce a general reaction
in favor of the immediate removal of the
President. Instead of that, however, it
has operated just the other way, and to
such an extent as to disgust even some of
the original supporters of j.h-j movement.
Even Forney is siient on the speech of his
friend B. F. B. While other Radical papers
outside of the city come out square against
it, I have yet to see the first one that sup
ports it. In the face of such facts it may
be safely assumed that Butler’s inliuenee
in the House—as demoralized as that body
is—will not amount to any more than his
ability in the field. However much the
Radical party, as a party, may have sup
ported his course while at New Orleans, it
is very .clear that the leaders, especially !
those who have the slightest regard for ,
honesty; have no confidence ia him now,
and I predict that he will be a greater j
failure this Congress than Ilcnry J. Ray- j
mond was at the last.”
Treason. —The. “Star SpangictL Ban
ner” was hissed a few nights since in
Portland, Maine—probably on account of
the bad music. If this had happened in a
Southern city there would have been a
committee appointed forthwith by Con
gress fer investigation.
The Sandersville Georgian is disgusted
-with polities, and remarks: We have
about determined that the time and ink
bestowed upon the discussion of our po
litical status can be more profitably em
ployed, and herein give notice to those
who have been specially edified by our
disquisitions upon this branch of pfiiloso
phy, that we will let the subject rest for
the present. Our readers will receive
regularly the news, and it will remain
with them to form an opinion as to what
progress we are making in ncaringa haven
of rest and security.
From the Atlanta Xew Era.
Letter Frcai “D.”
THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA.
Mr. Editor : In your issue of the 6th
inst., appeared a communication signed
“ Common Sense,” which maintains that,
under the terms of the “ Sherman Law,’
the present State Government of Georgia
is sufficiently legal to become the mean's
of another State Government
ea the basis of Negro Suffrage and the
proposed fourteenth Amendment to the
Federal Constitution. I deny the propo
sition. If there be one thing more than
another which Congress—usiiit the word
here and elsewhere to mean the present
Radical majority in the incomplete body
going by that name—has unanimously and
repeatedly declared, it is that the existing
State Governments of the South are, and
have been from the beginning, ‘ absolutely
illegal and void. Upon this denial of
legality is based the whole idea of the
Sherman Law, since its avowed object is
not to cure defects in a partially legal gov
ernment, but to provide for an altogether
legal government where no legal govern
ment whatsoever now exists. ‘‘The princi
ple of this Bill,” said Senator Sherman,
just prior to its passage (see official report
in the Congressional Globe), “is contained
in the first two lines of the preamble,” and
these two lines declare that:
“fro legal State Governments, or ade
quate protection to life or property, now
exist in the rebel States.”
Now, here we have the contemporaneous
declarations of legislators; the alleged ne
cessity for legislation; and an authorita
tive exposition of the principle of the
Statute. Surely no man can look further
for the grounds and reason of the law.—
Here is an edict which declares the present
State Government of Georgia illegal—in
adequate^-riotous—disorderly—disloyal—
unrepublican—and yet this government, it
is held, is, under the terms of that very
edict, a fit instrumentality whereby to call
a convention ; frame a constitution ; elect
a Legislature; adopt an Amendment; and
regulate suffrage !
So much, then, for legal construction.
Now let us suppose tlmt this illegal and
disloyal State iovc-rnment of ours is yet,
by some ; eat, thimble-rigging, competent
to exereis the high, a functions of a law
fill and loyal State sovereignty. Why
- hon'd u act, and what is there for it m do?
N- ro s”tirago is already established by
law ia Georria. beyond all power of re
sistance; so ill the Constitutional Amend
ment be as soon os'one more Northern
State adopts it.”. If so, why establish by
law that which is already by law establish
ed ? And why adopt that which is now as
good* as addptid ? Conventions cost money.
Legislatures cost money. Law-making
and constitution-mending are expensive
things, and why go to all this tremendous
expense, when the .whole thing is already
done to our band ?
Our people are eaten up with taxes.
Why uselessly impose, fresh ones ? They
are bowed down with debts. Wherefore
clap new and unnecessary loans upon
them ? And where, it we once enter on
this course, is to be the end of-all these
Conventions and Legislatures ; this mak
ing of laws and mending of constitutions ?
Everything is provisional; nothing final.
What is done to-day may he undone to
morrow, and everything done or undone,
■fresh per diem, fresh mileage, fresh inci
dentals, fresh loan«, and fresh taxes.
Men of Georgia, v.ifi ye pay this price
to vote side by side wi*i a negro for a Test
Oath man ? D.
Dr. Livingstone, the Explorer.
A cable telegram informs us that news
has been received’ in England of the mur
der by Cafl’re savages, in South Africa, of
Dr. David Livingstone, one of the most
famous of African explorers. The extra
ordinary length of the period which had
elapsed without neyvs of him gave rise some
time since to fears for his fate, and this
final intelligence.is the first that has made
its way to Europe since. Os course no
particulars of tlm traveller’s death are
transmitted, and we are puzzled to know
what cAii have sti.red up the natives to the
butchery of a man from whom they never
had anything but kind atid just treatment,
and who had always before had eminent
success in his dealings yvith them.
David Livingstone was the son of a
Scotch Small Ihrftier, and was himself horn
on his patrimonial acres, a few miles out
of Glasgow, in 1815. He was bred to be a
cotton-spinner, but yvith the indomitable
pluck common to the Scotch peasantry he
educated himself before the age'of 19, so
that he Was able at that, time to sink the
shop and attend at tho University of Glas
gow the lecture in medicine and divinity,
with the idea of going afterwards to China
as a medical missionary. His project was
spoiled by the outbreak of a war between
Great Britain and tho Flowery Kingdom
by the time that he yvas prepared with the
necessary- degree of licentiate of tho facul
ty, but his idea of travel yvas only’ diverted
not destroyed, and he pitched next upon
the South of Africa, which has been the
theatre of his exploits since, and with the
history of the exploration of which his name
is linked as indissolubly as that of Mungo
Park with the central dr-arts of; hat oldest,
and yet worst known, of the grand division of
the globe. There was, indeed, asingular se- j
ries of coincidences in the career of the two.
Both yvero Scotchmen, of the sons of the
Lowland tenantry ; both left their country
immediatcly for Africa, on the completion
of the university curriculum; both made
very signal contributions to our knowledge,
and noyv we are forced to add that both
met the same fate, though the interval
yvas sixty years, from a population which
they had ahvays before managed yvith sue- !
cessful address. Dr. Livingstone Was j
more fortunate than Dark at the outset of !
his labor, for in the year 1841, just after
his arrival in Africa; that is, he succeeded
in domesticating himself among the Bo
chuanas, one of the most benighted of the
ii'lp rn 'tribes, yed for six years he lafeor
• Die • tie:i ■ J’ph; iieian
priest. Si June, 1849, he set out on j
his first cxp'ui'irr ' expedition, .aid the on- 1
suing August reached Lake Ng ami, as un- ;
known thetr as it has since been mad
familiar. In 1851, after se' eral more ox 1
peditions of less importance, he nn.d;
one in which he reached tho Zambesi, j
hi tho year 1852 he had a resu»l glimpxqj
of civilization again for the foal
time -in twelve 'ear, on a trip
Capetown undertaker for the pnrpoafftojl
sending his yvife to England. Mr. . SjM
ingsb.ne, be it sai ~ t the daughter.,“y a
missionary in Africa her
met and married h i in Africh, ar/j a ty a , f
there that she mot her death soir.o two
years since, after a participation j„ nearly
all the hardships of his IT;. TANARUS„ J anHary j
''.*'>3, he left Capetown, -n tb journey out I
"of-yhich he made hi/ first book and the i
fun;: shereh oui ac.M in this journey i
be went, ibu. m-'b ' f n vorv notable phtdk I
• s many sJjhi J?® ar ji discomforts as
would ha- -tiw disooiuage a dozen !
ordinary men, it in May !
i.850, four started, at ;
• Qnilinume, mi the In--. ,uT"ocC!lH».,j,
j traver.vu the ooutinen: from ocean t
ocean, for a JLs ce of ve:y ~ear J lll1 ®
thousand miles, with (and without J a!!
; conceivable kinds of conveyance. He found
;r. British gunboat at Quilimanc, u made
• the passage in her to the Mauritius, und so
; home by the overland roule. Ho arrived
! home in England in December, 1856, and
I was, of course, made a lien of. Numerous
public meetings were held in his honor, at
j which lie found that his long absence and
j his disu-e of his mother tongue bad made
i him so uaskdii'ul in it that he was unable
to express himself to the satisfaction of
himself or his audien-f. IBs book came
out in 1857, carrying his popularity
throughout Great Britain and America. —
But ho turned his back on his successes,
and sailed for the second time in March,
1857. The Government had given him
the Consulate at Quiiimane, and he made
this place the point d’appui for his next,
important expedition, in which he was ac
companied by a party of rattans. The
course taken was up the River Zambezi,
and the results of his voyage are recorded
in his second book, which he returned to
England again in 1802 to put -into shape
and publish, and which is in everybody’s
library. Lust year ho returned the third
time to Africa, and wc have since hoard of .
him only in a vague way and at long in- I
tervals.
Os Dr. Livingstone’s qualities as an ex- :
plorer, the bare recital ol what lie has 1
done, tells enough; and it only remains to
say that in his private capacity he has
always been reputed the model of a citi
zen and a Christian missionary.—Aeto York
Times.
Parents, Beware ! The suicide of
two young lovers at Santi-Spiritos, in
Cuba, lias caused a great sensation there.
I A young man, says a correspondent, ren
j desperate at being refused the hand
j of his adored one on account of his poverty,
proposed to her the fatal alternative from
which Hamlet shrunk back appalled. She
consented, and, leaning her head on the
shoulder of her lover, received from him
that death which was welcome in liis com
pany ; a second shot from his revolver
and the pair were united in death.
Alabama.— At a meeting ia Selma, the
following resolution was adopted:
■Resolved, That we accept the situation I
and call upon the proper authorities to
take proper steps to call a Convention of
the people of Alabama, to take action I
under the Military Bill, known as the i
Sherman Bill, and this meeting adjourn to I
meet iu the city of Sehna on the second I
Monday of March, 1807, and bo composed
of the citizens of Dallas county.
Fruit in >S. C. The Carolinian of the
9th inst. says: There is great fear |
throughout the State in regard to the j
coming fruit season. At present the j
prospects are indeed gloomy. The weather j
still continues bad, and “older ones” think J
that the ahead are rather :
frosty. We hope not.
Em. i the Houston (.Texas) Journal
Raise Grain The Argnmont.
It is astonishing that as the chains of
kmdage are drawn tighter and tighter by
Radical rulers that the Southern people
will continue slaves of routine, habit and
custom. So far, the South has not availed
herbv tlet :ttl V ldVaUtaSo
her uy the wui , and never wili she em
ploy nor resources i„ a manner
end to her wants and interests until rile
“X? r; f°, C0 “"S, for the Northern
markets. As long as she continues to raise
cotton—one-intn ot w uith is paid to the
Government at once, and ' y
forwarded to Northern manufactori “mtr
so long will the GovernmZSt
oppress us, because the same class-of men
that now rule continue to rule. As long as
the South employs its capital and its ]a>- -
just a* our Northern enemies would have
her to employ it, just so long w ffi Sumner
lead in tho Senate, and Stevens ia the
House.
As long as the South shall continue to
put forth every effort to keep up the
monopoly of Northern manufactures, iust
so long will the North bo rich and'the
South poor. As long as the South con
tinues to iced the hungry mouths of tho-’e ‘
who_ misrepresent and spitefully ahum
her, just so long will she nournish the
y iper to greater strength to sting her to
aeAth. But if thq South will, even for a
j oar, devote her yvhole energies to the pro
motion 0; nor oyvn interests, then will these’
oppressions cease; capital and labor will
seek employment in their proper j-.laus,
toumner and Stevens sent into retirement,
Northern manufactories will bo closed.
Southern manufactories, wiil. be opened,
t* le -worth will become poor and the South
righ, and .those wb.o abuse will I >
| driven to respect us, and we of the South
yvt.l boa happy as well as prosperous
I Id she would do her duty to hcr
[ self, she will, for a time, cease- to raise
j cotton, except a sufficient amount for
i Ijomc consumption. The final, hopeless
j disintegration ot the Radiiitil party yvould
| resmt. Hungry mouths yvould cry
! Auer such men as Stevens and Suuiner,
: and they and their followers would bo mob
nduen, and driven to despair. In break
ing down that party, we would, at the
same t 00, build up Bouriy on a sun
and permanent basis.
Maris® Pisa-tbs -fYpf, Mj%-, c
the steamship Mini in, --.ilj. n that ...j
Me-imiv nigp.t list, al ' \ vvh'lg. f. ;
a thick fog, rl'-cutfo mik’- f«om <’
Lookoute ran dewh whti nKiuer ZVu»
bound front Havana to New York, with a
cargo of fruit. Unking her in the fore rig- *
ping and causing her to immediately cap
size and fill with water. Her captain,
Michael Morrell, the mate, all of the crew,
six in number, and two passengers, were
rescued and-brought to this port. Four
ot them save! themselves by jumping
from the schooner on board of the steam
ship, The rest attempted to lower a small
boat from the schooner which was at once
swamped. _ At that moment a boat from
the Monticdlo reached them and took
them to the steamer.
schooner was ninety-nine tons, own
ed in part by her Captain and Messrs.
Dallncr, Potter & Cos., of New York, and
was not 'insured. Her cargo consisted
of .300,000 oranges, a large quantity of
pine-apples, bananas, &c.
None of the personal effects of the cap
tain, crew or passengers of the Clio he
were saved.
Hie schooner when last seen was Heating,
with nothing but her starboard rail out of
water. She, doubtless, sank before ■ orn
ing.—S tva.t.inh Repuhlican.
Rev. Barney P. Jones.—lt to ■.m -s
Qur painful duty to record the and at A
eminent and excellent gentleman. {le died
at his home near Palmetto, on Friday last.
No.man yvas better known in this State
than he. In hundreds of households the
name of “Uncle Dabney” is familiar, and
there are many who wiil drop a tear to tie
memory of the old man. For many years
of his life he devoted almost the yvhole of
his time to the cause of temperance. Asa
lecturer he yvas earnest and often eloquent.
His discourses abounded in anecdotes, il
lustrating the life and misery of the drunk
ard. He always obtained large
and thpre are many who are prepared to
testily to the usefulness of the liie that is
lie yvont down with many years resting
as a crown upon him. May the earth he
beautiful yvhere he rests, for he labored to
make' earth beautiful. He lived a good
life ; who can doubt that ha died as he had
lived? . He'was beloved; so will he be
wept.— New Era.
On ’Change for < the Clergy.—The
following advertisements appear in the
London Guardian :
“Manuscript Sermons. Several thou-'
sanus on sale. Specimen.; on receipt of
twelve stamps. Good legible manuscripts
and .lithographs. “A brilliant sermon for
Uhnstmas day forwarded on receipt of
Address, &e. Incumbents sup
pj-.ed weekly “A clergyman would bo
glad to supply two or three incumbents
vvifh his last year's sermons, one weekly.”
‘Original sermons, solely for clerical use.
iu clear MS. lithography. Edited by a
beneficod clergyman.”
They make alcohol from coal smoke in
England.
Congressional Aid to Southern
Radical Newspapers, Congress lias
gone into the badness of starting Radical
newspapers in the South. An amendment
yvas adopted to the Appropriation Bill,
giving tho Clerk of the House power to
•select certain newspapers in the South to
publish the public luvvs at advertising rates.
As there are very few papers that arc re
garded as loyal enough, new ones are to be
started, and the prospectus of the New Or-
liepublican is hsued to-day. Mich’l
■ El “ l '‘w-Governor of Louisiana, promi
ncntlyknown as a Radical disunionist, is
head fed front of that concern.— Macon,
lde^aph.
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Wtfm - .'SB. fff* at Indian Spriugs, n
I ■ ■ ' .- ..
“• “h for ir.tny mouths had
ami la: I.m,
-mi repaired to the
fTpil.t, R U,!; * <nv
fTfmny good qnai. fi 'A'" 1 ’ head <*•''
I L( ‘ ar nuip.’i' fcsfi.V. J to bust
i nt ‘ ss ability of
■ oirmto' ■.JfaWiaiP'i'H'
ii. ■
i.. ,
A” ' -
427™',; W'^..
.-.ge 5? Shlajj. ;n projk,,to 10 degree
A- old. Each lire wiil senu uj- a column
j of smoke and i,noted air, which will so agi
tate and warm the atmosphere, t’t - not a
particle of frost can be formed b. whole
It there be wind, kindle 1 fires
chiefly to the windward. The of 0 f
■ 'his plan has been fully and often 1.
Except from sleet, which seldom s,
them need be no loss of either , >or
i early garden products. And the lab aid
expn.se of the process is as nothing to the
value of the articles saved. Give, then,
• each frost a “warm reception,” send it off
in a, melting mood, audit will never do
j ypi tny harm. Caution.
1 —| .(aeon Telegraph.
G.’rman emigration this year to the
Uni Ed States is expected to lie larger than
evei before. Over 150,000 emigrants are
- expjeted from Germany within the next
; 10 months. The causes, say;; the Nw
York Herald, influencing this Immense
; movement are, first, the convii tion that is
| gradually spreading among ihe ma . sin
; Germany that our ;. ;;1 . 0
j over-, and secondly the ie .r of coi.-w.-i i.tion
at home. In Prussia tiiis later feeling
! operates to such an extent that in some of
the villages of the older provinces a third
oftheir inhabitants wiil leave iu tiro spring.
’ 'Hie Chicago I'osl says: “Several medical
students were arrested on the lSth uit.,
for carrying their scientific ardor to an
uncivilized pitch. On their premises were
found a barrel containing human legs,
arms, hands, hearts and entrails, partialiy
decayed, and emitting a 'hideous stench.
On a table was a lifeless body minus one
leg, and elsewhere five or six other
corpses were found awaiting dissection.”
■ Education of Women in England.—
Twenty-fivo ladies have entered their
names for the ensuing session at the
Ladies’ Medical College in London. The
ladies’ classes at Oxford have proved a
great success, and the committee have just
issued a programme for the present term.
The courso of instruction includes Latin,
French, Arithmetic, Iludid, German, <te.
The Jacksonville Union says the Florida,
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad has decided to
put the lands belonging to the Company
in market.
There are over 20,000 barrels of salt ac
! cumulated cn the Kanawha river awaitin"
'.the opening of navigation.
| The Chinese Government refuses to ac
cept the English coin made at Hong Kong
as currency.
bocretary Seward has lately insured his
life tor one hundred thousand dollars.
Natuie seems to have done that long ago.
Signora Ristori named her first sor,
now sixteen years old, after George Wash
ington.