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The ?eto Message.
The 1 ’resident's veto message of the
Supple tnental Reconstruction Bill, which
we publish this morning, is a clear and
vigorous document, setting forth, in an
able and statesmanlike manner, his reasons
ji, r vetoing that measure. The injustice
of the hill if clearly set forth. Its uncon-
Mitutionality in imposing a military gov
ernment upon the people of the South in
time ofpeace, is so apparent and so de
structive of the principles of free govern
ment, that Mr. Johnson feels himself
liound to enter his solemn protest against
tho measure. But Congress, regardless of
the organic law which guarantees to each
State a republican form of government,
disregards the counsel and admonitions ot
the Executive, and passed the bill over his
veto. Whatever Radical extremists may
say of the President, he lias performed
his duty nobly and faithfully. No sane
man can approve of a measure which
forces and controls an election at the point
of the bayonet. It virtually sets aside the
civil law, and places the States and people
of this section entirely at the mercy of the
military'. The President was, therefore,
right in refusing. to lie a party to such a
gross wrong, and the time will come when
the people of the whole country will accord
him the full meed of. praise for his persist
ent efforts in behalf of constitutional gov
ernment. There is neither right nor
justice in the sectional legislation of Con"
gross. It is a perversion of republican
government. It rests upon no authority
or precedent, save that which victory
gives to the conqueror —the power of des
potie force. Uponthe same ruling, Congress
has as much right to reconstruct Maine as
Texas, New York as Virginia.
precedent once esestablished,
as it •is now, is fraught with fearful
results. Congress may, at one swoop,
Mot out all State lines and concen
trate the whole power of the States in a
centralized despotism. But it is to be
hoped that better counsels will prevail;
that the conservative masses North and
South, East and West, will realize the
fearful situation in which the country is
j, laced, and demand such a change of policy
as will bring at out a reconstruction, having
for its foundation the untrammelled and
hearty good will of'the American people.
In commenting so strongly in favor of
the position taken by the President, we do
not wish to he understood as advising or
recommending resistance tothese measures,
which are now pronounced to he the law
of the land, and which, if we would, we are
powerless to help. The matter is not of our
choosing. It has been forced upon us by
the powers that be. The conqueror pre
scribes-the terms. We must submit.
There is no humiliation, no dishonor under
such circumstances in trying to save our
selves and our children from starvation —
perhaps death. The dishonor is with our
oppressors, and with them rests the re
sponsibility and the infamy which poster
ity will surely affix to the memories and
deeds of the men who have instituted a
“hideous mockery of maintaining Repub
lican Governments by force of arms..”
Let our people, therefore, conduct them
selves with all due regard to law and order,
and the brave soldiers who fought for the
Union and the Constitution, through a long
and bloody struggle, will not inflict wrong
and contumely upon a people who never
quailed in the hour of danger. Cowards
are revengeful—vindictive—brave men
Confiscation.
We are sorry to find that a large num
ber of the Southern people are still haunt
ed with the rawhcad-and-bloody-hones
of early confiscation. Many good people
throughout the State are permitting their
energies to he relaxed, and their industry
paralyzed, by the fear that all their efforts
to rebuild their broken fortunes may yet
he rendered abortive by the passage of a
general confiscation law, which will sweep
away, at one blow, the little remnant of
their former wealth.
We have more than once given our
views on this question, nnd return to it
now l)ceauso we have had occasion to see
very recent ly the damaging effects which this
state of fearful uncertainty is producing
in certain sections of the State. The idea
t hat a confiscation law is hanging over us,
is this moment doing the State incalcula
ble injury. Men will not, cannot, enter
with zeal and energy in the prosecution of
their business, if their minds are constant
ly harrassed with the fear of ultimate
failure and loss. The loss of hope in the
future can not fail to produce indifference,
lethargy and, perhaps, despair.
We have already given our readers tho
decisive vote in both Houses of Congress, by
which the confiscation schemes of Stevens
and Sumner were laid upon the table. We
have also given copious extracts from lead
ing Radical papers, showing that the
Radical party does not sympathize with
or endorse such a measure. . We allude to
it again to-day merely as introductory to
the following comments upon this meas
ure, which we take front two of the load
ing organs of the extreme wing of the
Radical party, botliofwhich, it willbeseen, j
denounce the measure in the most un
qualified terms. The Albany Evening
journal says:
"Wo cannot believe that tho proposition
which Mr. Stevens has put forward with
so much elaitoratenesa in a carefully-pre
pared speech will secure sufficient support
in (.'engross to mako it really formidable.
Wo should blush tor our humanity and
begin to doubt our civilization were such
a result possible. Yet there is serious mis
chief in the very fact that it is discussed at
all. It will exeite painful apprehensions,
unsettle the standards of business and
financial enterprise, and lead to combina
tions of self-seeking persons for unworthy
and sinister objects.” * * * 8
“The plan of confiscation which Mr.
Stevens threatens to make an issue in Con
gress ami before the people, is a firebrand
of agitation. It cannot even bo debated
without the most serious consequences.”
The AWibrt, an intensely Radical paper,
whodo principal is a souot IN . Lloyd
I larrison, the j original Abolitionist aud
anti-slavery agitator, speaks thus of the
“atrocious proposition
“A Bill in which provision is made for
the violation of a greater number of the
principles of good government and for the
opening of a deeper sink of corruption lias
never been submitted to a legislative
body, and we venture to add that had
anybody propose! such a measure to the
Sultan siller the storming of Constantinople
he would have expelled front tho ‘Medjilis
as a ruthless anil troublesome visionary.
There is, of course, no probability that
Congress will pass it; but tiia mere pros
pect that it will l>e discussed in list House
sitUicts us, and must afflict everybody who
. arcs for the credit of the country.”
The Fi'ti re.— The-Inti' Slavery Stand
aril , the organ of the Wendell Phillips
binaries, is intensely disgusted with the
new Reconstruction Hill, and pitches into
the Republican party quite vigorously.
It seems to hate General Grant only one
degree less than it hates President John
son, and it sees in the new Hill a law which
makes Grant military dictator over the
lives and fortunes of the people ot ten
States. It predicts that, within three years,
the same kind of government which this
law prescribes lor the txHitli will be wield
ed over the whole country. I pon which
prophecy the \\ heeling Register remarks :
“ The Republican party, after an existence
“of ten years, has deluged the nation in
“blood, destroyed the Union of States,
“abolished the Republic, and placed in
‘ ‘ the hands of one man supreme control
“ over the people of ten States. The pre
“ diction that three years more will find
“the whole nation under a military des
“ potism is eertainlv not improbable nor
“ absurd.''
Another Instance or Baltimore
Generosity.—' The Savannah -Wu-s <C ller
uhi of the 29th, says : "A gentleman of this
iitv has received the followlog letter from a
kinsman in Baltimore, dated lsih Inst,,
which we publish with pleasure :”
‘•The sutiering in the South is eliciting
contributions in this quarter, wlueh, how
ever well distributed by committees, will
doubtless fail to reach many of the needy
who object to publish their destitution by
application for relief. I, therefore, take
1t,,, libertv of sending my quota to you,
with the request that you will apportion it
to such of this Class as may come within
Vour knowledge. Enclosed please hud m.v
••heck for one hundred dollars on the Mer
chants’ National Bank of Baltimore.
This is only a sample of instances of pri
vate generosity towards the South from
Baltimore.
The Reconstruction Bill—Mho Is Dls-;
franchised?
NVc publish below a communication to
the Richmond Whig upon the extent of
the disfranchisement of the Southern peo
ple'by the Sherman Military Bill. It is
proper, however, that we should say that j
we do not agree with the writer in the con- |
elusions which he arrives at in his review
of the Bill. The oath, which is required
to be taken previous to registration, is such
as by its very terms must exclude all those j
who are embraced within the excluded .
class, whether legal proceedings have been
commenced against them or not. NN e
think “the party offering to vote (if
challenged) has to go further than merely
to show “that he is twenty-one years of
age, a citizen of the 1 nited States and
resident of the State one year, lie must
swear that he his not been disfranchised
by act of Congress. This is a "test oath
which all must take before registration can
be obtained, and we doubt if a voter will
be permitted to register under the mental
reservation that he has not been dis
franchised by judgment of a court of’ law
having competent jurisdiction:
To the K'htur of th< Richmond Whig
The recent act of Congress, reconstructing
the South, does not, in fact, disfranchise
any one. It provides that those who hav
ing previously held an office which re
quired them to swear to support the Con
stitution oft he United States, “participated
in the rebellion,” shall be disqualified from
holding office or voting; as also those gnil
ty of "felony at common law.” But it
should Is; borne in mind that persons, to
be disqualified for theseoffences, must first
have been duly convicted thereof by a
court and jury. The election officers can
not try the question; and every one is pre
sumed innocent until proved guilty. This
point was recently settled in Pennsylva
nia, on the attempt of the Legislature to
disfranchise deserters. Indeed it is too
plain to admit of argument.
So long as there is no “ te-st oath” pre
scribed by Congress, there need l>e no dif
ficulty. The partyotfering to vote (if chal
lenged) has only to prove hisquaiitications,
that be is -l years of age, a citizen of the
United States and resident of Virginia one
year. The objector must show, by certifi
cate from a court of record, that the person
offering to vote has been “onvicted of par
ticipating in rebellion or of felony.
'Joe effect of a pardon need not now be
considered. There is little doubt the Su
preme Court would hold it to remove all
disability.
Your extract from the Journal of Com
merce, as to the validity of the acts of an
illegal government is founded on a pure
fallacy. The acts of ade facto official are
always recognized. Civis.
Negro Suffrage In Massachusetts.
In the House of Representatives of the
Massachusetts Legislature, last week, the
Committee on Federal Relations made a
report, proposing to extend the right of
suffrage to all persons “without regard
to race or color,”, when the following was
offered as a substitute for the report
of the committee, and was rejected by a
vote of 130 to 11 :
Resolved, That tho Legislature of Massa
chusetts earnestly request Congress to pro
pose to the States an amendment to the
Federal Constitution, prohibiting the dis
franchisement of any citizen on account of
color.
This action of tho Massachusetts Radi
cals shows very plainly that their pre
tended love of the negro and their extreme
solicitude for his welfare, is a mere sham,
used to conceal their bitter hatred of the
Southern whites. The colored people
should reflect seriously upon this action
of their would-be Massachusetts friends.
By doing so, they will see that, after all
their protestations to the contrary, they
are merely using them us the tools whereby
to insult and punish a fallen foe.
There are very few colored people in New
England, and they have had the advan
tage of education for many years, yet the
Yankees deny to them the privileges which
they insist we shall confer upon the colored
men of the South. The Selma Times,
commenting upon this action of the Mas
sachusetts Legislature, says:
“Whilst the representative from that
State occupies and posters the Senate every
hour in the day with his pretended love
for the negro and seeks to incorporate
negro suffrage into every proposition tliat
comes before that body, the more imme
diate representatives of tlio people in the
Legislature ignore the whole thing, thus
exhibiting in a marked degree the du
plicity of both.”
Reconstruction in Virginia.— A large
meeting of the most respectable and influ
ential citizens of Silty the county, \ a., held
at the Court House recently, was addressed
by M. T. Colbert, and tire following reso
lutions were adopted,, with but two dissent
ing voices:
Resolved, That the General Order No. 1
of Major General Schofield, Military Com
mander of the State of Virginia, in which
lie recognizes the existing civil govern
ment of the State, and continues all officers
of the government of the State in the per
formance of tho duties of their respective
offices according to law, unless hereafter
ordered in individual eases until their suc
cessor shall be duly elected and qualified,
in accordance with the act of Congress, is
eminently conservative, wise and just, and
its kind tone and spirit evince a just ap
preciation of what is due from an officer
anil soldier to the feelings of a bravo and
high-spirited people placed by the act of
Congress under his command.
Resolved, That we, the people and civil
officers of Many the county, and we hope of
the State, respond heartily' to the appeal of
the Commanding General to the people and
civil officers of Virginia to render tho ne
cessity of the exercise of the power con
ferred upon him by the act as slight as
possible by strict conformity to the laws
and Itv impartial administration of justice
to all classes, while we earnestly desire a
speedy restoration of the supremacy of the
civil over the military authority aud a
restoration of the State and the people of
the State to all their constitutional rights.
The meeting adjourned in great good
humor amid some merriment at a proposal
to petition Congress to relieve the people of
taxes.
Thf. Medicine Working.—The Iladi
cals in t'ongress, in the exuberance of
their revengeful feelings, have imagined
that the people of tho South would be the
only sufferers by their unconstitutional
and unjust legislation. The paragraph be
low, however, will show that they are
using a two-edged sword, which cuts both
ways. I.et the medicine work. We can
bear our share of the onus if the extremeiy
loyal peoplcof the blessed North will tanio
lv"submit, for the sake of gratifying the
greatness of these pigmies, to have them
selves thrown on the cold charity of the
world and their whole industry paralyzed :
“ These arc hard times for the Northern
cities. More people are now out of em
ployment in Boston, New York and Phil
adelphia than at any previous time for
many years. Many manufacturing estab
lishments are idle, and all building enter
prises are at a stand-still. The cost of liv
ing there is very high, and the suffering
among the poor'this winter has been un
usually widespread and severe.”
The Riverside Magazine for Young
People. —The April number is one ol'un
usual excellence, comprising great variety
in its articles am! illustrations, and is char
acterized by the prominence given to
“out-door life.”
The story of the “ l.ittie Rid Hill” will
oau»e many a hearty laugh, and the little
children will be specially entertained with
twostories about their pet,the Squirrel. Dr.
Haves, the Arctic expimer, continues his
store of Philip, the Greenland Ifnnter.
Vieux Moustache'*article is upon “Spring
Sports.” There is a capital story about
a singular fisli, the Garpike, and another
concerning the new way of Hying kites,
w hile the coming of Spring is announced
by an Easter Hymn, with music.
llurd A Houghton are the publishers, at
459 Broome Street, New York, Subscrip
tion price, §2 50 per annum.
The Fashion of no Crinoline.—The
Paris correspondent of the Chicago Repub
lican writes as follows concerning a mat
ter which will be of interest to our lady
readers. Speaking of the court Kail, he
savs : “Not a crinoline was to lie seen.
These articles have gone entirely out of
fashion. The most remarkable toilette
was that of a Russian lady, who wore a
gray silk with a train three yards long,
covered w ith silver tulle, looped up with a
wreath of natural tea roses. The corsage
was nearly imperceptible, except when
tho diamonds gleamed; anda bird of Para
dise {icurehed upon her head, attached by
a diamond, from which dropped the long
plume upon her shoulders.”
The Crop 6 tN Georgetown District.
The Georgetown Tunes says: “The
whole country east and west has been
llooded, and our rice country is nowsutfer-
j U g from the effects of the deluges of rain
iu the up country. We understand there
are large freshets on the Pee Dee, Wacca
maw, Black and rivers, materially
interfering with the labors of the planters,
both in the preparation of their lands as well
as postponing their planting, which usually
commences about this time. We trust this
is not preliminary to a drought this sum
mer, for with a good season we might
reasonably hope for brigther prospects, as
there appears to be less difficulty in or
ganizing the plantations.
Ijvekpool, March 30, noon.-Cotton
exceeds estimates 90,000 Giles.
Great Fire In New York.
At *:4Q on Saturday morning the Winter
'Garden Theatre, in New York, was dis
covered to be on fire, and in a short time
after the entire building was completely
destroyed. About the time first mentioned
as the associate lessee and manager. Mr.
Stuart was seated in his room, in the
theatre, reading a paper, he thought he
heard a cracking sound, and, on opening
the door to ascertain the cause, discovered
that the entire light traceries of the stage
were enveloped in flames. Mr. Stuart
with great difficulty made his escape from
the building, and was so exhausted after
reaching the open air that he was scarce
\ ly able to stand for some moments.
There was not the remotest prospect of
saving the theatre from the time when the
firemen first arrived, and their energies
were mainly concentrated upon the ad
joining structures, including the hotel,
which was most threatened.
The New York Express says :
The fire which broke out this morning !
in the Winter Garden Theatre burned
furiously until 11 o'clock belore the fire
men could gain control of it, and at noon ,
was finally subdued. The Theatre is a
perfect wrecK ; the end walls are still
standing, but the north-side wall fell soon ■
alter the root with terrific crash, crushing I
in the rear of a small building on Amity
street. The rear of the Southern Hotel, j
w hich was only separated from the theatre j
bv a passage wav, some four or five feet,
is very badly damaged by tire and water, i
The building took tire several times, and !
at one time the whole roof was on fire, so '
that the firemen were compelled to tear off i
the tin sheeting before they could roach j
the tlames. The hotel is damaged with
water, and agreat portion of the furniture,
carpets, etc., is ruined. The Treinont
House, kept bv James B. Dupignic, which
adjoins the theatre on the south side, took
life at one time, but was qnieklv ex- :
tingnished by the firemen. The aggregate |
loss by the "fire is roughly estimated at j
upwards of £200,000.
The buildings, which include the theatre
and hotel, arc a portion of the Latarge es
tate. The “stock,” scenery, and proper
ties of the theatre, and the furniture of the
hotel, all belong to the estate. The loss on
the buildings, &c., is estimated at nearly
|IOO,OOO, which is partially covered by in
surance.
The Southern Hotel (formerly Lafarge
and La Pierre House) is leased by Bruce
and Martin, who have been in possession
since Juno last. Their loss on fixtures,
personal property, etc., is estimated at
least at £20,000, which is partially insured.
The ground floor of the hotel is occu
pied as stores.
Among the property destroyed was a
large quantity of new scenery, prepared for
tlio new local piece by John Brougham,
which was to have been produced on the
teli of April next, and which had just been
finished.
Statement bv the Managers of the
Theatre. —The tire broke out at about a
quarter to nine, it is supposed, in a room
beneath the stage, but it appeared with
such suddenness and force, and obtained
such complete dominion in a few mo
ments, that it is impossible, at this mo
ment, to ascertain its origin. It is believ
ed, both by Mr. Booth aud Mr. Stuart and
ttie other attaches of the theatre, to be the
work of an incendiary. The boiler which
heats tlio house has not been at work the
past few days, and there were no fires
burning. Thetheatre was originally built
for a music hall, aud, as Tripler llall, has
been once before burned down. It was
then rebuilt in the form of the “Metro
politan Theatte,” and as such leased first
to Miss Lama Keene, and subsequently to
Mr. VV. K. Bur.on, neither of whom were
able to conduct it to a profit. It was then
leased to Mr. Stuart, tlio present lessee, by
the trustees of the Lafarge family, at a
| rental of £13,.">00, and was by hint altered
to its present form, tinder the direction of
Mr. Bourcicalt, atan expense of about £30,-
000. It was opened in 1859, under Mr.
Stuart’s management, and in the stock
j company were Mr. and Mrs. Boureioault,
i Mrs. John Wood, Mr. Joseph Jefferson,
1 Mr. W. B. Blake, Mr. George Holland, S.
B. Johnson, J. 11. Stoddart, Miss Sarah
Stevens, Mr. J. H. Allen, and many who
havo since attained great eminence. In
1804 the lease was renewed to Mr. Stuart
for five years more at a rental of £IO,OOO,
and Messrs. Stuart and Booth then formed
an alliance.
By the fire the whole of this valuable
property, including the splendid scenery
and properties of Hamlet, Richelieu, Mer
chant of Venice,, and of Othello, which
were nearly completed, and which were
the property of Mr. Booth and Mr. Stuart,
have been destroyed. Their value is esti-
J mated by their owners at about £-10,000.
The dresses of Richelieu were purchased
i in Paris. In addition to this loss, which
i falls on Mr. Booth and Mr. Stuart, Mr.
Booth had ina room in the theatre fitted
; for that purpose the whole of his costly
private want robe and stage jewelry, which
j were probably worth £00,01)0. The loss al
together is estimated by him at £150,000,
and it is to be regretted that neither of
i these gentlemen has a cent of insurance,
cillieron their personal property or that
! belonging to the theatre. Mr. Stuart re
sided in the theatre and lost considerable
personal property of interest. The build
ing itself has been insured by the Lafarge
family, who are its proprietors, but no* to
the full value, we believe. The tiro was
first discovered by the'carpenters.
Tho destruction was the work of a few
moments, and those connected with the
theatre are at a loss to account for it. It is
a singular fact that five of tho theatres of
tlio Associated Managers, viz: Niblo's,
' Barn urn’s, Academy ot Music, New
Bowery, and now Winter Garden have
been on fire sineethe organization.
A I‘I‘EA R ANCH OF THE SOUTHERN HOTEL.
When the lire was extinguished, the saloon
1 of the Southern Hotel presented a scene of
ruinous dilapidation rarely witnessed. Be
fore the flames wereobserved, thuestablish
ment was in the condition of elegance and
i beauty for which it has long been cele
brated. Many of the parlors had been
newly furnished at great expense; but soon
after the conflagration i,t was found neces
sary to send vigorous streams through all
the floors and vestibules to prevent the ed
ifice from sharing tho fate of tho theatre,
livery apartment was soon Hooded, and
the water leaked through the gold-fretted
ceilings, and immersed mirrors and toilette
i tables, beds and beddings, ottomans, and
| the costly drapery of the windows. The
I contrast in less than an hour between tjie
| condition of the hotel before and after the
\ tire was complete and painful. It was a
perfect wreck, for every parlor presented
evidence of the destructive but necessary
| labors of the firemen.
Immediately after the tlames were seen
the fact was communicated to some of the
guests of tho hotel, and the cry of fire at
j once resounded through the building. The
i guests wore suddenly seized with oonster
i nation, but some ot the attaches of the
hotel endeavored succesfully to allay the
, apprehension of danger. Then the firemen
rushed through the building, and the hose
was so planted to prevent the spread of the
destructive element that the injected floods
rushed in everywhere, to the dismay of
the guests, who at once rushed from the
establishment and took refuge in others.
Tho hour at which the fire broke out,
however, was fortunate. Nearly all the
guests had partaken of the morning meal,
and were preparing for the business of the
j day. Had this been otherwise, every
: sleeper in the house would have had his
repose disturbed by a general shower-bath
| from the übiquitous hose,
i The damage to the interior, though al-
I most exclusively by water, must be es
! timated at a very large amount. The bug
! gage ot many ot the guests, the more need
ful of which was generally deposited in
their rooms, was also considerably injured.
A Lesson from the Turks.— The
Sultan of Turkey, having re-established
his authority over a considerable of the ter
ritory lately held by the Cretan “Rebels,”
has commenced the process of reconstruc
tion. lie lias appointed a commission to
inquire and decide on the best administra
tion. and says:
'‘The commission will point out the
means by which the disasters of the coun
try fuay be repaired, and such ameliora
tions in the administration of affairs as the
legitimate wishes and wants of the popula
tion may require and which will promote
the prosperity of the island by a develop
ment of agriculture and trade, and by
improving the condition of the country
generally. But in order that the pro
posed reforms may succeed, in order that
tin prosperity and tranquility oj the Island
may he assured according to our rashes,
tee hare judged it to he expedient to take
the advice of some of the chief inhabitants
irho enjoy the confidence of the country.
For this reason, aiulon the advice of our
government, tee desire and order that you
proceed to the election by the inhabitants of
one or tiro reputable Mussulmans or Chris
tians in inch product, and send here with
out delay the persons chosen.
Important Admission. —The Cincin
nati Gazette, a leading Radical organ, re
ferring to the refusal of the Vnited States
to admit ,'lr. Thomas, of Maryland, to his
scat in that body, makes the following im
portant admission .
“Johnson has otlen alleged the unreason
ableness of imposing terms on the rebel
States, for the reason that each House
could exclude disloyal members. Ihe
Senate is acting on that theory in its in
quiry into the disloyalty of Senator
Thomas, of Maryland. But we have be
fore held that this would be illegal, and so
we hold now. If a State is competent to
elect members of Congress, and if she
elects those who have the constitutional
qualifications, Congress cannot go behind
the election to inquire into their previous
offences.
A Turkish Bath, on a large scale, is
to be established in New York. The papers
of that city state that a Company is to be
formed with a capital of a million and a
half of dollars, for the construction and
operation of a, large establishment for
Turkish baths, capable of accommodating
1,500 bathers per day. The building is to
cover fourteen lots of ground ; the opera
tors are to be Turks, imported from the
l>est baths in Constantinople and Smyrna:
a restaurant, billiard rooms, &c., are to be
connected with the baths, and under the
same roof. The originators of this enter
prise propose to make it one of the chief
objects of curiosity in New York.
Frankfort, March 30, noon.—Bonds
7»}.
Mass Meeting of the Frcedmcn at Macon.
THE BLACK-AND Til* VViIiTE MAN IN COCN
CTL. f
The Macon Telcgrq/ih of the 27th coa
-1 tains the following account of a mass rneet
j ing of the freed people -held near that city
j on Tuesday:
According to programme our colored
; population met at the Second Colored
Baptist Church, in this city, and with ban
ners and music, marched to the grove n9ar
Rose Hill Cemetery, where an appropriate
! stand had been erected for the accommoda-
I tion of the speakers, and such of their
; white friends as should favor them with
! their presence.
It was found that the grounds around
i the Colored Methodist Church were too
| small for the accommodation of the vast
i assemblage—hence the change.
Some of our most prominent citizens
; were present, in addition to the United
' States officers and the school teachers—
] both male and female.
The exercises were opened by singing
“On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand,”
I followed by a most impressive and truly
I Christian prayer by Rev. Robert Carter,
! Were all men actuated by the fervid and
| Christian charity that pervaded his prayer,
there would be little dissension among our
people.
After the prayer, the following preamble
and resolutions were read, and, on motion,
unanimously adopted by the assemblage:
Whereas., Iu the course of human
events and National revolution, the mys
terious workings of Providence hath
changed the relations of our race in this
country front slavery to freedom, amt
from chattelisinfoaeknowledged manhood;
and
Whereas; The last session of the Thir
ty-Ninth Congress, in its generous distri
bution of human rights, has. in the pas
sage of the bill known as the Military law,
recognized our claim to the full status of
unqualified citizenship—thereby investing
us with those immunities and sacred
privileges which are held so dear by every
white citizen of our common country ;
and
Whereas, The act not only meets the
approval of good men and the sanction of
Heaven, but is the restitution of our in
alienable rights, which were guaranteed to
us by tho God of nations from the creation
of mankind, but have been withheld by
force and domination for two hundred and
fifty years (a crime for which the whole
nation was equally responsible)—
Resolved, That we, the colored citizens
of Macon and Bibb county, assembled, do
hereby tender our thanks to tiie l'nited
States Congress, and their worthy constitu
ents, for an act so humane, just and
righteous.
Resolved, Tiiat we will endeavor to
show our friends, and the country at large,
that we are worthy of the noble trust com
mitted to our care, by demeaning ourselves,
j in all respects, as’ meritoriously as our
condition and education will permit.
Resolved, That we cherish no bitter feel
ings nor revengeful animosity toward those
who were formerly our masters; but that
we will be just as polite, respectful and
mannerly as ever, and serve them asiaith
fully for living wages as any people under
the canopy of Heaven.
Resolved, That the enfranchisement of
our race demands an educational vigilance
on our part, far surpassing any other
impetus known in the history of the
world, and that we will endeavor to double
our diligence in its acquisition.
Resolved, That we heartily endorse the
action of Ex-Gov. Brown, in trying to in
duce the people of Georgia to comply with
tho nation’s decree; and, further, that we
believe the terms now offered by Congress
will be its finality, if submitted to speedily
and faithfully.
Resolved, That inasmuch as the enact
ment of the military law destroys the last
vestige of radicalism it/our State, as there
can no be so-called radicalism now since
radical measures have become the law of
the land, we respectfully request all good
citizens, who fire the friends ot our people,
to assist us in preparing our race for their
grave responsibilities, by either written
articles, lectures or sermons.
Elder Turner was then introduced to his
audience. He is a bright, intelligent col
ored man, and delivered a most forcible
aud eloquent address —the tenor of which
was for the colored race to educate them
selves up to the standard required of them
to make them the political equals of the
whites. He believed they would prove in
time to be in nowise intellectually their in
feriors in any respect. lie counselled a
judicious use of the franchise now granted
them, and peace and good will to the peo
ple among whom they are to live.
He was followed by Rev. Primus, color
ed, whose address was short, but gave
good, sound, sensible advice to his hearers,
and ascribed to God.the praise of their so
cial and political enfranchisement.
Rev. David Wilis, D. D., was then re
quested to address the assemblage, which
he did in a simple but effective style, that
carried conviction to the minds of his
hearers. As one who had ever been their
friend and well-wisher —not as a politician
—ho spoke to them. Ho hade them to
trust those among whom they had been
raised and nurtured, and who had always
treated them kindly. He warned them to
beware of intermeddlers from abroad, who
might seek to stir up animosity against
their former masters —to avoid bad men,
be they born North or South. To educate
themselves, that they might properly en
joy the privileges that had been bestowed
upon them.
Col. Lewis, of General Sibley’s staff—
and the head of the Bureau now, we be
lieve, in Georgia—was next called upon to
address the masses, which he did in a plain,
straight-forward and manly manner, show
ing the colored people their true position,
and telling them plainly that the majority
of them had much yet to acquire to make
them fully entitled to and appreciative of
the elective franchise, and that he did not
believe in universal suffrage—that no one,
whatever his color, should be allowed to
exercise that right who did not knowingly
understand the principles of republican
governments, etc. He concluded by coun
selling them to a spirit of conciliation and
good will towards those among whom they
live—their Southern friends.
Col. Janies A. Nisbet was the next
speaker. He spoke of his long residence
in Macon; of having been raised and play
ing with many of the colored men whom
he saw around him ; he had been with
them in joy and sorrow, in pestilence and
death, and had ever found them faithful
and reliable. That now that the inesti
mable privilege of freemen had been given
them, lie wished to see them fully qualified
for the exercise of the privilege. That
education alone could qualify them, and he
wished the State to grant her aid iu carry
ing out this great work of regeneration or
qualification. His remarks were loudly
cheered at their close.
Superintendent Eberhardt was next in
order. As we took no notes any of the
speeches, we fear we may do him injustice
did we attempt to follow his remarks.
Some of them, we must give him the
credit to say, were sound and sensible, but
others evinced a spirit of' uncharitable
ness, to say the least of them, and were
calculated to create a spirit of dislike on
the part of 'the colored race for those
whites who had not heretofore been prom
inent in currying favor with them —many
of whom he said would now pat them on
the back, that they might secure their suf
frage.
U. S. District Attorney Fitch next came
forward at the request of the meeting, and
addressed them iu a few eloquent but
most sensible remarks; one of which was
to disabuse them of the fallacy of the idea
that the present colored generation could
hope to cope intellectually with the Anglo-
Saxon race. Their descendants could
alone hope to come in competition with the
present dominant whites. He at the same
time encouraged them to persevere in their
efforts at elevation, and to a wise use of their
privileges.
Cel. Thomas Hardeman, Jr., was then
called for. He opened by saying that his
color, (he is very swarthy) being nearer to
that of theirs, should secure him their at
tention. Before proceeding to advise
them, or speak of what he had endeavored
to do for them, he should state frankly
that he was one of those disfranchised by
the Sherman bill ; he could, therefore, not
he suspected of wishing to cozen them of
their votes : as lie had retired from the
political arena, lie trusted forever. He
then went on to say he had ever endeavor
ed to prove their lriend, both under the
new and old dispensation—and as a proof
that lie was so regarded by some of them,
he cited the fact that all of his old servants
are still with him, and intended so to re
main. He had never forfeited his word
to a colored man or defrauded one. He
had not kept them in ignorance that free
dom was to dawn upon their race, or that
they were not to have the elective fran
chise. , . .
He had vacated the Speaker's chair in
the House of Representatives of the Geor
gia Legislature, that he might urge for
them as lull protection under the laws as
that granted the whites ; and that protec
tion had been given them. He asked no
thanks from them for what he had done ;
he had simply done what he considered his
duty and their right. He would go further:
Now that they had the right to vote, he
would assist them in securing that right
untrammelled by political tricksters and
political mountebanks vrho might wish to
secure their influence for their own selfish
ends. He concluded his remarks by wish
ing for them prosperity, and that at the
end they should sleep peacefully a: last,
side by side, as their children had done m
1 Mr* Pomeroy (‘‘Brick' ) was then called
upon. He stated that he was a stranger
among them, though not less their inend.
That he should speak to them to use his
own language—“low down —to suit the
comprehension of all. That he came from
the great North, the hearts oi whose peo
ple were like their climate, co.d. except
upon certain occasions, when they were
anxious to influence votes, when tuey were
enthusiastic and launched out their frac
tional currency freely. That they had
abundant labor there, and did not wish
for the black man, much as some pretena
ed. That he had seen thousand.- ot their
color, since the war closed, perish in their
almshouses. That the Southern cumate
was the one that suited the colored man.
and not the cold and sterile North, lhat
the true interests of their race lay in the ;
fertile fields of th" South—in a partner
ship with the owa rs of the soil—labor on
tlieir part, capita l on the other. That S
they should encourage friendly relations |
to those who had always proved their I
friends, and. inste td of spending their hard
earnings in paying thcflior'de of needy ad- :
venturers who would coute among them, 1
to goto their old friends if thy wanted any !
little writing drawn, who would not charge ;
them fop the service, blit who would al" j
wavs gladly Serve them.
He told them they must not attach un
due importance to the new pos : tion they
occupied. That cou and they vote in one j
solid phalanx, there would be more than
enough candidates from New England i
alone to fill every .dice. In conclusion, he i
advised them to .-rick by their true friends,
and to do for their friends all that their,
friends would do for them," and trusted j
they would prosper and accumulate prop
erty and do well.
Mayor Obear was the last to address
theta, and in brief, though kindly language, i
urging them to act as became good and
law-abiding citizens, as many of them had |
done, and pledging himself to do all in his j
power for the furtherance of their good
and prosperity.
Before the adjournment of the meeting, j
Col. Jas. A. Nishet called the attention of i
all present to the motto upon one of their ;
banners—“As we have got to live and i
vote together in one State, let us be
friends”—and called for three cheers for it,
which were Justly given by all present,
white and colored.'
On the whole, the meeting was a most
harmonious one, and we cannot but con
gratulate-our colored friends upon the good
order and decorum observed on the occa
sion.
The different societies —“The Ring
Doves,” "Devoted Brothers,” “ Axe Com
pany,” etc. —marched to their various
quarters and dispersed.
To Jeff Long, the Chairman of the meet
ing, ourself and others were under courte
sy, and in our own behalf and theirs, we
tender our sit.cere thanks therefor.
It is but a few years singe JajJan and
China were opened to the commerce of the
world, yet the export trade of Yokohama,
in'Japan, which poh has been open to
foreigners barely seven years, already is
one-third greater tlitin that of San Fran
cisco. The following figures show with
what enormous rapidity the business of
that port has increased within four years :
IMPORTS.
ISOg* £2,570,430 | 1804 £ 7,540,000
1803 4,240,(MX) j 1865 (estim.)lO,000,000
EXPORTS.
1802 £ <3,505,128 I 18(34 £19,400,000
1803 13,750,000 | 1805 25,000,000
There are, it is true, numerous restric
tions upon trade in that country which are
destined to be removed in course of time;
but even they have failed to prevent the
annual increase of the commerce of Yoko
hama from SO to 100 per cent.
An Honorable Record.— A well
known magistrate of this city, says the
Richmond Examiner, whose testimony as
to the facts referred to below is undoubted
ly the most reliable that ean he obtained
here, says : .
“I was Commonwealth's Attorney of
the city of Richmond for twenty-one years,
and in that long interval I prosecuted only
threes Jews, and two of them were most
honorably acquitted, there being not a
particle of evidence to sustain the charges.
During my fourteen years of service as a
magistrate, only one Jew was before me
for trial and lie was acquitted. In all that
long interval Ido not remember ever hav
ing received an application for public charity
front any individual of either sex or any
age belonging to that faith. And, so far
as l am aware, no Jewish child has ever
received even the benefits of our free
schools, for which their parents, without a
murmur, pay their taxes.”
Indian Depredations.—The following
is from the Galveston Civilian: Governor
Throckmorton continues to receive official
reports from county judges of Indian dep
redations on the frontier comities in
Texas. The State Gazette furnishes a
weekly abstract of the reports ns they come
in. The following is the substance of the
reports last week:
Horses
Counties. Murders. Captives. Stolen.
Montaigne...*' 8 ' 8 191
Eratli... 2 0 80
Kerr 0 0 70
Webb 7 4 99
Total 17 12 446
The value of property taken anil destroy
ed by the Indians in these counties is
£157,785. Carnanehes, Kiowas, and Kicka
poos, Indians from Mexico, living near
Santa Rosa, in tlio State of Coaliuiia, and
we do not know what others, tue engaged
in these murders ami robberies.
Suffragejx New Jersey.— lt is re
ported that the latest movement in the
New Jersey Legislature, with regard to
female suffrage, lias been a report by a
committee recommending that a Constitu
tional Convention be called to consider
this and other matters, that the question
may be fairly brought before the people
for their action.
Information has been received m Lou
isville that three thousand bushels of corn
and a largo quantity of bacon sent by the
Relief Committee of that city to the desti
tute of the South was destroyed at Tusenm.
bia, on tlio Tennessee, by the late floods in
that section.
All Elections Postponed.—The fol
lowing important order from General
Sweeney is so explicit and definite that it
explains itself:
Hn. Qrs. Post of Augusta, 1
Augusta, Ga. March 271 h, 1867. j
General Orders No. 26.
In compliance' with, instructions from
Head Quarters of the Army, all elections
are hereby prohibited within . the limits of
this command until General Pope assumes
command of this Military District and
issues his orders in the matter.
By command of
Bvt. Col. T. W. SWEENEY,-U.S. A.
Commanding Post.
Edwin R. Parks,
2nd Lieut. 16tli Infantry, U. S. A., Post
• Adjutant. *
Georgia Postoffice§. — J. Richardson
lias been confirmed as Postmaster at
Albany; Asaltel R. Smith at Rome;
Samuel Williford at Athens; Willis C.
Goodwin at Americas ; Dillard M. Young
at Marietta, and William E. Winlow at
Milledgeville.
“ Uncle Dabney. ” — We learn from
our exchanges, that Rev. D. P. Jones, of
Coweta county, Georgia, is dead. “ Uncle’
Dabney,” as lie was familiarly called, was
well known throughout the State of Geor
gia. He was an eloquent and zealous min
ister of tho Gospel and the champion of the
temperance cause. His amusing anec
dotes, so inimitably told in his temperance
addresses, lias embalmed his memory in
the minds of the present generation. It
seems a calamity, that lie should have been
removed from earth at this time of increas
ing intemperance.
Augusta Factory Goods. —The price
of factory goods has been reduced to the
following rates : l, 171 ; 4-4, 19j ; Drill, 21.
Brick Pomeroy, who was expected to
make his appearance here, lias left for his
home in the West, pressing engagements
redering liis presence necessary. He con
tributed 850 to the poor of Atlanta while
passing through that city.
Chignon Difficulty.— The only case
of interest before the Mayor, yesterday
was a disturbance between two fair
daughters of Eve. growing out ot some re
marks concerning the waterfall of Mrs.
D., indulged in jocularly by Mrs.' C. The
affair was finally adjusted at a small cost.
Fie, ladies ! — Macon Journal ct Messenger.
The Chignon horror is not so much to be
dreaded if it ends in nothing more serious
than scratching. It is said that one of the
fair daughters alluded to accused the
other of having gregarines in her water
fall, which, being interpreted as a very
gross insult, led to the melee.
Judge Gibson.—The friends of this
gentleman will be pleased to learn that he
: is winning “ golden opinions” from all
1 people in his new position. The Grand
Jury of Washington county, in their
general presentments, speak in the follow
ing very complimentary terms of his
administration of the law at the recent
session of that Court:
“In taking leave of his Honor Judge
Gibson, we feel it our duty to commend
the energy and promptness displayed hv
him in disposing of the business 'of the
: Court, and also his able aud impartial
administration of Justice, and we feel
confident that the judicial mantle of the
lamented Holt could not have been be-
I -towed upon one more fully competent to
! discharge the arduous duties of Judge of
the Middle Circuit. To him we return
our thanks for his kind manner and
courteous bearing to this Jury during the
present services.
The Fat Contributor. — Griswold, the
Fat Contributor, is lecturing at Knoxville.
He weighs something less than nine hun
dred pounds avoidupois, and is as funny
as he is fat. _____
Beginning to Find them Oct.—At a
negro meeting in Brooklyn, New York,
Rev. Mr. Williams colored), delivered a
denunciatory of the Republican leaders in
this country. The speaker called them
hypocrites, and said they acted towards
the black man like sneaking thieves.
General Sweeney’s Order.
There will be no official act under the i
new military regime , which wili give great- i
er satisfaction to the community than that !
accomplished by General Sweeney in his i
prohibition of the municipal election. It j
meets with the approval ami sanction of j
all good citizens. No one doubted the ex- .
istence of the law, and there was no one
opposed to its proper enforcement. There
could be no mistake as to its operation. —
The terms were definite, and the mode of
action clearly pointed out —suffrage was to
be extended to all—white and black, ex
cept those specially excepted. . But the
law demanded a special action on the part
of the United States authorities —a regis
tration to be conducted under officers of
the government, specially designated. It
is requisite that it should be obeyed in
every particular, complied with in all its
forms; a departure in a single feature,
vitiated all action under it. There has
been no action by the commander of this
district. So far as we are advised, be has
not even reached his headquarters. Any
action under such circumstances would not
only be improper but useless. The com •
mauding officer could not regard as legal
the action of a corporation whose sole au
thority was derived from the State, when
he is only permitted to recognize the au
thority as provisional for a certain specified
purpose. But we would endorse and com
mend the action of General Sweeney on
other grounds.
It is a well-known fact that'an effort, for
the purpose of controlling the election, was
being made to bring, as voters, men from
adjacent counties, who not only did not re
side in the City of Augusta, but never did
reside here, and some of them have not
been longer than four months in the State.
A large class of these were “colored peo
ple.” We ate informed that from one
plantation twenty-five carnc at one time;
and these people were deceived by being
told that they were to register and vote,
because it was necessary ‘ ‘ to protect their
freedom.” The timely interposition of
General Sweeney has probably thwarted
the designs of some, but it insured the
peace and good order of our city. We
have not the least doubt that when the
: proper time comes, a fair and complete
registration will be made, aud all will be
duly advised of it.
Human Food.
Avery suggestive book, called The
Market Assistant, has been written by
Thomas F. De Yoe, of New York, from
which we give the following extracts.
The first, though not very appropros to
the particular subject upon which he
writes, is one which we think contains
truths not without interest to the general
reader:
MIXTURES AT TABLES.
Mixtures, and spices, and wines, are the
ruin of half the stomachs in the world.
Just see: You take, at a dinner party,
soup, a glass or two of wine punch, per
haps; turbot and rich lobster sauce, with,
it may be, an oyster pate, or a sweet-bread,
to amuse yourself with while the host is
cutting you a slice of the southdown
haunch ; this, with jelly and French
beans, is set in ferment with a couple of
glasses of hock or sauterne added; when
the wing of a partridge or the hack of a
leveret, solaced with a little red hermitage,
succeeds; then you at once sit at ease, and
chill your heated stomach with a piece of
iced pudding, which you preposterously
proceed to warm again with a glass of
noyeau or some other liquor; if you are
not disposed to roguet with a spoonful of
jelly in addition, you are sure to try a hit
of stiiton and a piquant salad, and a glass
of port therewith. At dessert, port, sherry,
and claret 1111 up the picture. This is about
the routine of the majority of dinnerpar
ties. Such a dinner is, in fact, a hospit
able attempt on your life.
The following hints about the preserva
tion of food may .be useful to housekeepers
in this warm climate of ours :
KEEPING AND CARRY ING FOOD.
The ilesh of all animals, poultry and
game (drawn), is much better in the
warm weather, when it can be placed in a
cool cellar; a deep well (tied in a linen
bag, and hung by a rope near the water),
a refrigerator, or an ice-house, for a day or
two, will render the flesh cool and Arm
enough lor good eating. When it is
necessary to send or carry any kind of
fresh provisions great distances—such as
butcher-meat, poultry, game or fish—
either article should lirst be kept in a
refrigerator, or other cold place, until
thoroughly cooled, then wrapped in a
coarse linen cloth, around which should
be placed cabbage leaves (or other green
leaves), and the whole again wrapped and
tied up in a coarse cloth, and placed in a
basket, when the articles may he carried
from six 10 tin hours without the danger
of becoming sour or tainted. Poultry,
game, or lish should be drawn, and a
piece of charcoal, wrapped in a thin linen
rag, be inserted in the drawn parts; as the
intestines, when left in, are apt to give tlie
flesh a disagreeable flavor.
Here is a little anecdote to match with
Charles Lamb’s account of the discovery
of Roast Pig, and the equally true history
of the first oyster-eater :
ORIGIN OP ROAST BEEP.
I am much indebted to Henry W.
Dunshee, Esq., for the following “Origin
of Beefsteak.” The discovery of the chief
sources of human enjoyment has all been
attributed to some fabulous origin in the
ancient world. The story of that im
portant feature of dinner, the beefsteak,
was thus given in the middle ages: Lucius
Plaucus, a Roman of rank, was ordered by
the Emperor Trajan, for some oftence, to
act as one of the menial sacrilicesto Jupiter;
he resisted, but was at length dragged to
the altar. There the fragments of the
victim was laid upon the tire, anji the un
fortunate senator was forcibly compelled
to turn them. In the process of roasting
one of the pieces slipped oil'the coals, and
was caught by Plaucus in itsfall. It burned
his lingers, and be instinctively thrust
them into his mouth. In that moment he
had made the grand discovery that the
taste of a slice thus carbonaded was iu
linitely beyond allthe old sodden cookery
of Rome. Anew expedient to save his
dignity was suggested at the same time,
and he at once evinced his obedience to
the Emperor, by seeming to go through
the sacrifices with due regularity, and his
scorn of the employment by turning the
whole ceremony into a matter of appetite.
He swallowed every slice, deluded Trajan,
defrauded Jupiter, and invented the beef
steak ! A discovery of this magnitude
could not be long concealed ; the sacrifices
began to disappear with a rapidity and
satisfaction to the parties too extraordinary,
to be unnoticed. The priests of Jupiter
adapted the practice with delight, and the
king of Olympus must have been soon
starved if he depended on any share of the
good things of Rome.”
Here is an anecdote of a gentleman, now
very near the throne of France, who fre
quently did not know, when lie had lived
in New Jersey, how to get a dinner;
achii.ee mubat on the buzzard.
When Prince Achilla Murat resided in
Florida (1847), where he often engaged in
hunting, it was said that nothing “swims
the water, flies the’air, crawls or walks
the earth, but that ho served up on his
table. Alligator steaks, frog shins, broiled
owls, and roasied crows arc found palat
able ; but there is one animal tiiat the
Prince don't like. The buzzard is one too
many for him. He says: ‘I try him fried,
1 try him roasted, I try him stewed, and I
make soup ofhim, but the buzzard is not
goot. I have no prejudice against him, but
1 eook him every way, and then I no like
him.’ ”
The old story of the fisherman who de*
dared “when Igoes cortin I goes cortin,’’
is given as follows:
FISHING FOR CAT-FISH.
An old black fellow, fishing in the Dela
ware, near Point-no-Point, several years
ago, was seen to haul up several fine rock
(streaked bass) fish, which he had no soon
er disengaged from his hook than lie threw
into the water again. When asked the
reason of this strange proeeedirg, he drew
himself up, and, witli a countenance in
which it was impossible to say whether
lianghtiness or indignation predominated,
replied; “Yen I fishes for catty (meaning
cat-fish; I’U ketch catty, and have nothing
to do widdese ere feller till I want him.
Those of our readers who enjoy the
sports of the “rod and line,” will do well
to try the method which the author gives
of preserving fish, as the season is “draw
ing nigh” when their sports will begin.
preserving fish fresh.
Thaw the fish and remove the gills, then
insert pieces of charcoal in their mouths
and bellies. If they are to be conveyed
any distance, wrap each fish up separately
in linen cloth, and place them .in a box
with cabbage-leaves above and below
them.
We close our extracts to-day with the
following account of
the origin of porter-house steaks.
Martin Morrison was the proprietor of a
long-established and well-kept “porter
house,” located and known at that period
as No. 327 Pearl street, New York, near the
“Old Walton House.” We introduce him
in 1803, where we find he opens a “porter
house” at No. 43 Cherry street, which be
came a popular resort with many of the
Xew York pilots for his prepared hot meals,
at any hour, at their call, they being oc
casionally detained on shipboard until
their vessels were safely moored.
The “porter-houses” in those days were
not so devoted to tippling, dram-drink
ing, and the common nests for the loafing,
or the manufacturing of politicians and
corrupt officials as at the present day, but
rather to accommodate the hungry and
thirsty travellers, old and young bache
lors, seamen, and others with a cold lunch
after the English custom—“a pot of ale (or
porter) and a bite of something.” Some
“porter-houses" prepared a hot meal of
one or two dishes, among which was Mor
rison s, who must have been quite famous
for his excellent broiled beefsteaks, which
were uuiversally called for at his place.
0n one occasion (at the above period,
1814), Morrison having had an unusual
call for steaks, he had cooked his last
steak, and, as fortune Yvould have it for all !
future partakers of beef-steaks, an old j
favorite, but a rough* pilot, made him a ■
late visit, both hungry and thirsty, hav
ing been several hours without food. Not
caring for the salt junk aboard the vessel
which he had piloted in, lie concluded to
"’ait: until ho got on shore, that ho might
cast his anchor at Morrison’s, where he
could enjoy his “hot steak and mug of
porter.”
In his honest language the pilot gave his
usual order. Morrison had nothing but
his lamiiy dinner for the next dav, which
consisted of a sirloin roasting-piece, of
which lie o lie rod to cut from if the old pilot
would have it, “Yes, my hearty, any
thing so long as it is beefsteak—for I am
as empty as a gull !” exclaimed the pilot.
Morrison cut olfa good-sized slice bad it
dressed and served, which the pilot raven
ously dei-onred, and turning to the host
(Who had been expecting a blast from the
old tarpaulin, but who, to his astouish
ment, received the order): “Messmate
another steak just like that—do you hear ?' :
Having finished his steaks and the second
mug of porter, the old pilot squared him
self toYvards his host, loudly vociferating,
“Look ye. here, messmate, after this I
want my steaks Oll'the roasting-piece!—do
ye hear that ? —so mind your weather-eye,
old boy !”
It was not long after tlus when the old
pilot’s companions insisted .upon having
these “small loin steaks" served to them.
Morrison soon discovered that these
steaks were more suitable in size to dish
up for single individuals, and heeverafter
purchased the sirloin roasting pieces, from
which he cutoff these small steaks ns they
were called for, the large sirloin steaks be
coming less in demand.
Morrison's butcher—Thomas Gibbons—
in the Fly Market, one morning put the
question, alter he (Morrison) had selected
several sirloin pieces, “ Why lie liad ceased
purchasing the usual quantity of sirloin
steaks?” Says Morrison, "1 will tell you
the reason: 1 cut off from the sirioiu
roasting pieces a small steak Yvhich serves
my pilots and single patrons best; but as
it is now cold weather, I wish to have
these roasting pieces cut up as I shall
direct eY-ery morning.” After this Morri
son's sirloins Yvere daily cut up by Mr.
tiihbons, with his order tq “cut steaks for
the porter-house;” hence the sirloin was
changed into “cut the porter-house steaks.’’
Their appearance attracted the attention of
other butchers and keepers of porter
houses, Yvho admired their appearance and
conY-enient size ; in a few years their name
arid character became quite common to
tiro butchers of the Fly Market, from
which tiie name has spread b* the
principal cities of tiie United States, and
T doubt not tiie name, port-er-hoase steak,
has reached across the Atlantic.
Fashions for April.— We know of no
thing more interesting to the ladies than
the fashions. Here is an elaborate de
scription of the various styles of spring
bonnets from Mad. Demorest’s Monthly,
which is for sale at Quinn's:
No addition to the size seems to be con
templated at present, so the chignon may
be considered to be left undisturbed. The
great variety of shape and style must suit
all tastes and every description of face;
and the peculiarity of the present styles is
that faces long or short, round or thin,
may each and all find something adapted
to their distinctive characteristics.
The low-croYvned Bernose is adapted to
elongated features, while the new Fanchon
Yvill suit pretty, fresh and youthful faces,
and ladies stylish, but no longer young,
will find the Castilian peculiarly fitted to a
display of their mature charms.
The materials employed are more fanci
ful than ever; lace mounted with very
narroYV rouleaus of silk, crape mixed with
straw, straw mixed Yvitli silk, satin mixed
with lace, and strew braids-as tine as lace,
and exhibiting all sorts of fantastic de
vices, are among tlio chief elements of tiie
new spring bonnets.
The Vandeau is retained, and a little
cape and narrow brim added to the crown.
Very little trimming is needed or used,
but among the novelties in this line we
may notice anew method of braiding nar
row’ ribbon, with two strands, into a
wreath or cordon in the shitpo of what
children would call “cat’s stairs.”
Narrow ribbons are used for strings,
which are very long, and edged on either
side with straw, lace or blonde.
Straw trimmings, marvellous for the
beauty and delicacy of design and Yvork
tuanship, aro much in vogue, and are gen
erally inwrought witli beads of crystal,
amber, jet or pearl.
The amber is anew element in trimming
dresses and bonnets, but promises to be
come very popular. It is largely used in
Jhe same Yvay as crystal and jut in beads,
pendants anil chains, but is not so uni
versally becoming or well suited to all
toilets.*
Black crinoline bonnets trim handsome
ly with black lace and amber beads, Yvith
a malmaison rose for front trimming.
The most exquisite opera bonnets are
composed entirely of feathers, short mar
about tufts, with a slight mixtureof crystal.
Carriage bonnets are made in the same
style, of short black leathers, well curled,
and ornamented on the left side with a
rose. •
On some of the earlier spring bonnets
small flowers of elieneille, with a crystal
centre, are worn, and they look very well
running the centre of black or white laco
barbes.
The latest Paris spring bonnet is said to
be composed of a thread of white silk Yvith
a head in tiie centre. This is cheap and
simple, and Yvill, Yve hope, he adopted by
all the ladies.
Among the different styles of bonnets
and hats now in vogue we may mention
the following :
The Beyere Hornet, one of the most
becoming of the spring styles, has a large,
loyv crown, a narrow cape aud brim, ex
tending into ears at the side with a ban
deau across the front. The present
model is of white fancy chip, the braid
edged with fine black cheneille. The back
rim is covered Yvith crystal fringe, the ban
deau of rose-colored ribbon, covered with
lace and ornamented with crystal fringe.
The trimming is rose-colored ribbon, laid
in flat boYvs across the croYvn, and crossed
down tiie centre with a twisted cord of hair
straw dropped Yvitli crystal, a bunch of
Yvliito geranium, barbes of rich blonde,
with ends of rose-colored ribbon.
The Nignon Bonnet has an upright
crown, surrounded Yvith a narrow stand
ing brim, anti cape of violet silk, laid in
fine folds and edged Yvith tvhitc chip. A
braid of tYvo strands of violet ribbon
(known by children as “eats stairs”), sur
rounds thecrown and descends as a cordon
upon the shoulder nearly to the waist. It
is studded with bunches of white lilac,
tipped Yvitli crystal, and crystal pendants
aro attached to the end of the cordon.
Ciystal pendants over a bandeau of violet
ribbon and a bunch of lilacs constitute the
face trimming.
The Castilian is a stylish little bonnet,
of mouse colored crape, upon a stiff foun
dation, surmounted in front by an oval
brim, and at the back by a cape of similar
shape. The brim, cape and band across
tiie top are composed of narrow folds of
crape and green silk, edged Yvitli mixed
fancy straw. A similar bunch of roses,
with green metalic burrs attached, forms a
sufficient garniture.
Another Beryete Bonnet has a similar
shape to the one above described, but the
crown is of lace, on a stiff foundation, cov
ered with rouleaux of straw-colored silk,
alternating with crystal beads. The rim
and bandeau are of straw lace, dotted Yvith
tine crystal heads, over putted lace, an ad
ditional baud of silk underneath restrain
ing the bandeau. Garniture of straiv
colored daisies, bow with very long ends,
and benoiton of narrow straw-colored rib
bon.
A Casquetle lias a turn-up brim of Co
burg straw, ornamented with green velvet
bows and straw buttons. A little branch
of green crape wheat with silk springing
from the ears, and a straw ladder, of dain
tiest workmanship, descending in long
pendant ends, with straw ornunfents aW
tached, complete this charming stylo of
head-dress.
The Viviar is a pretty hat for a girl from
eight to twelve years of age, and is made
of white chip edged with amber drops and
trimmed with half wreath and cordon of
black braided ribbon. The cordon is of
j white straw feather cord, knotted and fin
| isiied with tassels.
The Rundown Hat is of China pearl braid,
low cro vn, medium brim, trimmed with
light salmon-colored velvet, and ribbon
j forming a wreath entwined with jet and
straw, leaves and crystals.
The Quecu Hat 'is of white pannilla
braid, trimmed with scarlet velvet and
white lilies, At the back, pendants of
crystal and amber fill gracefully over the
hair.
The Alma Hat, of fine English split
straw, is trimmed with green brocade rib
bon, crystal pendants and French flowers.
The Henrietta Hat, of fine Dunstable
braid, is trimmed with green velvet and
French flowers. The brim behind is left
open and trimmed with braids of velvet
and ribbon, ornamented with crystal and
amber pendants, falling gracefully over the
water-fall, givingthehata very jaunty and
stylish look, without molesting the hair.
The Vasco Hal, for infants, i< of Leg
horn, the brim rolled and trimmed with
white velvet, crystal fringe and pendants
with rich ostrich tip and lace rosettes.
Death of Mr. J 5. F. Deßow.—We
find the following in the New York
Herald, of Tuesday last: “ But a few
weeks ago we chronicled the death of
Mr. J. D. B. Deßow, the Southern
Reviewer and Statesman, at Elizabeth,
N. J. We have now to announce the
death of his brother, Mr. B. F. Deßow,
which took place at eight o’clock yester
day morning, at Elizabeth. The deceased
was the business manager of IJeßow's Re
view, and was a gentleman of excellent.
attainments and character.”
First of the Season.—We have had
the pleasure of examining an extra lot of
superior Rosin, which was received in this
city yesterday. It was manufactured at
the Twenty-six Mile Station, on the South
Carolina Railroad, and was of the best
quality, known to the initiated as the Pale
Virgin Dip, being of a light yellow color
and perfectly transparent. It was manu
factured by Messrs. A. Robinson & Cos.,
sold by Mr. George E. Pritchett, and was !
considered to be the best in the market,
commanding the highest price, §10.50 per
barrel. This Rosin hasb&en received unu
sually early, as it is seldom ready for mar
ket before the Ist to the 10th of April,
and its arrival proves that the turpentine
farms have not made bad"crops, and their
products will soon give anew zest to com
merce by increasing the list of exports.—
Charleston News, 29th.
St. Louis, March 24,1867. —Inthe libel
suit of Madame Cora James vs. Mis- !
souriDemocrat, Ter slo,OOOdamages, which ;
closed in the Circuit Court yesterday, the
jury returned a verdict awarding §I,OOO
damages. The defendant will move for a
new trial to-morrow, and, if refused, will
appeal to the Supreme Court,
OIK WASHIIffiTOJf (OUESI’O.iDENCE. j
The (''insistent Record of President- John- j
son—Senator Wilson to Stump the I
South —-A Chance to Demolish Sum
ner s Anonymous Correspondence —The
Members of the J'rrss and Representa
tive Blaine—The Alleged Complications
in the. Currency Bureau —No Frauds
Discovered—Connecticut Clerks to go
Dome and vote —Black Copperheads—
Ben. Butler writes a Book—Gayeties in
Lent —The Interminable Rains, etc.
Washington, March 24.
Ever since the Congress of the United
States began its partial legislation, ignor
ing altogether tiie rights and privileges of j
the States whose Representatives to that j
Congress Yvcrc not allowed a participation
in the Government, it has been the duty 1
of the Executive to interpose the constitu- |
tional power of the veto in order to pre
vent, as far as possible, the evil effects of
such partial legislation ; aqd right nobly j
and consistently has Andrew Johnson bat
tled against the overpoYvering will of the
dominant party, and availed himself of the
light accorded him by the Constitution to 1
make, practical protest against what, in his
sound opinion, was an enforcement of un
just laws upon a stricken portion of the
country. 1 have watched his career from
an excellent stand-point since theday when
his first veto message returning the bill to
extend the power of the Freedmen’s Bu
reau went to the Senate until the present
time, Yvhen he has returned with his oh- j
jections the bill supplementary to the J
Military Reconstruction Bill. Between
these periods it has been the duty of
the President to recq|dihis objections to
so many Congressional enactments that
they are likely to be written in the history
of his administration asits greatest features,
and in all these instances it may be stated,
as their glory and pride, that the stern
policy of the right of the governed to par
ticipate in the government, a maxim as
old as common law itself, has ever stood
out in bold relief. The message which \yas
transmitted yesterday is as fraught with
that great principle as was the lirst which
emanated from the Executive Mansion
during the early part of the first session of
the Thirty-ninth Congress, when the issue
between the President and the party which
elected him to power, was first joined.—
Consistency has been Ids rule, and there
has been no deviation therefrom. It has
been exemplified in every interview he has
had with the different delegations who
have had audience with him since he has
been an occupant of the White House. I
remember when the delegation from South
Carolina fir@t came to Washington and
consulted with him ; and, later, when I ir
ginia sent a chosen lew of her leading rep
resentatives; and still later (many months
ago), when Frederick Douglass, accompa
nied by a body of the leading colored men of
the North, came to discuss with the Chief
Magistrate the topic just then looming to
wards its culminating point, of universal
suffrage; and even there has been pre
dominant. the great policy of his
official life, which every man knows.—
His last enunciation, elaborate in
tone, and convincing in argument,
has gained for him additional laurels and
additional sneers ; but he will keep straight
on, never deviating an iota from his con
stitutional guide book, and, sooner or later,
it must be that his perseverance and consist
ency will receive the approval of the people,
upon which the President has the most con
fident belief of ultimate success.
Senator Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts,
has an idea of making a stumping tour of
the South, whore he will, of ogurse, advo
cate the principles of the political party to
which he belongs. If he starts on this
mission, he will be of great use in contra
dicting the reports so often given to the
country by his colleage, Sumner, with the
aid of his anonymous letter writers, to the
satisfaction of numerous believers in New
England ; for upon his return to Massa
chusetts, it will he found that not a single
hair of his head will have suffered, and
Sumner can then burn up his old letters.
It is hoped that Senator Wilson will make
the tour. Unless he starts out with the
stern determination not to allow himself
to be treated courteously—as some of the
New Orleans Congressional visitors did
last winter—he cannot fail to return im
pressed with bettor feelings, and possibly
may put Sumner to the blush when debate
is resumed at the next meeting of Con
gress.
Although it has not yet been definitely
settled that the recess of Congress will com
mence this Yveek, and the new Radical
members aro using all their diplomacy to
prevent it, the indications, are very strong
that the event will transpire during the
early part of the present week. The great
struggle seems to be as to the appointment
of a time ior re-assembling.
The representatives of the press in
Washington arc taking representative
Blaine by the hand for his kind apprecia
tion of them, expressed in areply to Butler
in the House yesterday. The latter has ;
no good word for newspaper men, the re
sult, in all probability, of the fact that the |
newspaper men generally are very chary I
in the expression of favor towards him.
The Chtnniclc does vouchsafe “occassional”
tributes to his statesmanship (?) and in
tense patriotism ; but that, of course, is
to be expected.
It does not appear that there will be any
immense frauds or astounding defalcations j
discovered by the Congressional examina
tion into the affairs of the Currency
Bureau of the Treasury Department. A
Committee of four experts, one appointed
by the Secretary of the Treasury, another
by the U. S. Treasurer, a third by the
Register, and the fourth selected by the
three appointed, have already been at
work for over two months probing into the
alleged frauds, but, so far, have discovered
nothing. They made a second partial re
port to the Secretary of the Treasury
yesterday—and he authorized its publica
tion—stating that, so far, no over-issues of
any kind had been discovered. Mr. S. M.
Clark, who is at the head of the Bureau,
has had a variety of charges laid at his
door; but this is one, in which designing
malcontents are making thrusts at Mr.
McCulloch. They are of no account, how
ever, and holders of bonds may feel no un
easiness about, their value.
There is no abatement of the anxiety
with regard to the result of the election in
Connecticut on Tuesday week. The Re
publicans never Yvorked so hard, and they
assert that the Conservatives are also busy
beyond precedent. Butler and Logan and
a host of other heavy guns are to be sent
to stump the State, when they can leave
Washington. The Connecticut clerks in
the Departments will, as many as can pos
sibly do so, go homo to vote. They will
gcn6rally vote the Radical ticket.
The Radicals have made the discovery
that there are “black copperheads” in the
South, the individuals upon whom the ele
gant appellation is bestowed being the
more intelligent class of blacks. The fear
is that this class of citizens will exercise an
influence over the mass of the race beyond
that of the political adventurers who are
endeavoring to obtain entire control in the
Southern States.
] Butler intends making an attack upon
Grant in book form. He expresses liis de
| termination to detract, at least, something
j from the reputation of the latter before
long. As stated in a recent letter, the an
tagonism of the hero of Big Bethel to the
General-in-Chief is ruinous to his chances
(Grant’s) for the Republican nomination
or the next Presidency.
Despite the austerities of the Lenten
season, life and vivacity in Washington
i seems (with the exception of the official ;
j receptions, which are now among the past)
to be as prominent as before the forty days
of abstinence set in. Congress is even j
more excitable than before the religious
era, and the managers of the Theatres and
other places of amusement have brought
forth their brightest stars to make this sea
son what it should not he. At the “Na
tional,” John Brougham has been draw-j
ing immense crowds for the past two weeks; j
and is succeeded by John E. ( hven, another I
comedian of wide fame, who will, doubtless, !
draw as well. Wall’s Opera House went j
under other management recently, and
dispensed with tiie first class stock com pa-.!
ny which had been entertaining the plaj'-
going public, and have been producing
light female comedy to those who can ap
preciate that sort of thing. At Metze
rott J fall, we have had concerts, sacred and
otherwise, and now the humorist, Burnett,
is in possession there. Second and third
rate theatres and concert saloons are still
in vogue, and, to the discredit of Washing
ton lxi it said, they thrive.
But the weather for the past week, its
unprecedented character is certainly a
legitimate theme for a separate letter. —
There has been nothing like it “in the
memory of the oldest inhabitants. ” On
the morning of the 2Jst inst., it commenc
ed raining, after several days of such
favors had alfeidy been bestowed upon us.
It rained all day long, and at night com
menced snowing, then it hailed and snowed
and rained alternately until last night,
when there Was a cessation of hostilities.
To-day, however, is damp, gloomy, and
disagreeable ; the sky is murky and
threatening more rain, while the mud in
the streets and avenues is, in some places,
over the hubs of carriage wheels, and in
none less than ankle deep. The different
places of worship were not well attended
this morning, and it is well that this was
not the day fixed for taking up collections
among the congregations in aid of the des
titute poor in the South.
Senator Wilson's Bill to regulate the
elective franchise, and designed to give
universal suffrage in the Northern States, !
which he introduced yesterday, was onlv 1
ordered to be printed. It will hardly go
through in this session, as there is not
time enough for its consideration, and
some of the Radicals do not favor it to the i
same extent that they do the Bill creating j
universal suffrage here and in the South- ;
ern States. A test of the experiment is j
desirable before making it applicable at tho
Ed John R. Muller, of Baltimore, died
on I hursday morning from typhus fever,
after a short illness.
Georgia News.
J-*-
■even 4 B ?i T ,i - lilud,,g
f;
by Mr. Banners a d r v ® bU / nt OUt; 0,10
by Do; e & Moffett, drug|lf S '' T*
Mr. Carughi as a rest™™* 8 ’ atld , one by
tionery store. Messrs. BlW***
were insured to an amount f Shipley
their loss, in ti.e .Etna exceeding
thorpe of Savannah,
\ ork, and Home of Eufauh a1 ° New
tion of their stocks were Th°ev
occupied stores Nos. 40 and 4* yv , -
that Messrs. Dope & Moffett 0 b, : ar
sured, but that a considerable nortUn '"f
their goods having been saved, 50 0 will
probably cover their loss. Os Mr ]>
neFs loss qr insurance we could" get
positive information. Mr. Carughi,’ it is
said, was fully insured. Ilis stock was ail
burnt.
Mr. Charles Leibrick, yvlio occupied a
portion of the store house next to Barden
A Cos., sustained a light loss, and was not
insured; and Mr. -—Levy, proprietor of
a sugar store up stairs in one of the burnt
buildings, was insured to the amount of
SI,OOO.
The fire extended north to the store of
Messrs. IV. A. Barden & Cos., who re
i moved a part of their goods, losing in every
| way about s3oo—not insured.
The two small wooden stores, partially
i town down and abandoned, were occupied
! by Mr. Weildmg as a shoe shop, and by a
i freedman named Frank, as a prevision
i store. Alkheir effect's were probnblv re
j moved.
The fire originated on Mr. Carughi’s
| premises—how, is not known.— Colundm
| hu(purer.
j Dialing Do\v.\ —Under the direction
I U Deputy Marshal Wood, the walls of the
buddings bilrned Sunday morning were
| pulled down yesterday afternoon. One in
j tailing nearly knocked down the small
wooden structure abo”e the old Eldorado.
| “ will have to be rebuilt.— Columims Sun
I <{• Times, ‘26th.
j The new machine for dredging the river
m progressing satisfactorily and rapidly
i with its important and necessary work.
I Under, ordinary circumstances this fact
would scarcely deserve more than a casual
| allusion, hut in vieiv of the immense rc
} sponsibility attached to the successful ac
complishment of its undertaking, we cer
tainly have reason to congratulate our
mercantile community and citizens gener
ally upon the initiation of this most vital
labor of deepening the channel.—Savan
nah Republican, 2 6th.
From New York.— The steamship San
Jacinto reached her wharf yesterday morn
ing at 12 o’clock, Yvith fifty cabin passen
gers and a full freight. —Savannah Re
publican, 28th.
At Rest. —We regret to announce the
demise, on .Monday last, of Mrs. Mary A.
Hawkins, consort of Col. Willis A. Haw
kins, of this city, after a lingering and
painful illness of months. She leaves a
devoted husband and family and a large
circle _of friends to mourn their loss.—
Americus Citizen.
From formal observation, as well as in
formation from reliable sources, we are
able to state that the growing, wheat crop
in this section looks Y'ery promising. It
is somewhat backward, owing to the cold
ness of the past few days, but the stand
is generally good.— Warren ton Clipper.
Bishop Wilmer.— The Bt. Rev. Bishop
Wihner, of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, Diocese of Alabama, will be in
our city on Wednesday next. On the
morning Os that day, at 10 o’clock, the
right of confirmation will be administered
to a olass of candidates, at St. Peter’s
Church. — Rome Commercial, 28th.
Georgia Baptist Convention. —We
are requested by Col. Wade S. Cothran,
President of the Rome Railroad, to state
that delegates to the Baptist State Con
vention ivill only be charged one way.
They will return free on presenting certifi
cate of membership from the President of
the Convention.— lb.
Meeting of Council.—An adjourned
meeting was held at the Exchange last
evening.
His Honor the Mayor, to whom was re
ferred the matter of the construction of a
street railway, to report to this meeting
suggestions aud plans with a view to carry
out the idea of a street railway, made his
report. The report advises the construc
tion of a street railway, of which the
City of Savannah should hold the con
trolling interest, and recommends a line on
Bay street to East and West Broad streets,
and up those streets to their terminus,
with a branch route connecting these two
streets. The report was ordered to be
published in the gazettes of the city*.—
Savannah Republican, 28th.
A New Project.— We are pleased to
inform the public that plans have
been made by a company of planters and
merchants for the construction of anew
and splendid first class iron steamboat,
with a large capacity forfreight and elegant
passage accommodations, to take the place
of the steamer Tiro Boys, on the Savan
nah river. Mr. Wm. G. Gibbons, of the
firm of Pusey, Jones & Cos., Wilmington,
Delaware, who have a great reputation for
building iron steamers, is now in the city
and has closed the contract.— Savannah
llerald, 29th.
‘Brick’ Pomeroy is on his railway
: way—bound to several points in the West
ito fill lecture engagements. He left us
S after the memorable lecture on Wednesday
evening, anil, by dint of good running,
jumped aboard the train which had already
started before he got loose from the new
made friends near the depot.— Journal
Messenger.
Died, in Madison, Ga., on the 15th of
February, Mr. James N. Brown, a highly
j respected citizen, aged about eighty-five
j years. lie had been an exemplary mem-
I her of the Baptist Church for fifty-eight
! years, lie died in the full confidence of
meeting the reward ot an exemplary and
j Christian life in heaven. All who knew
I him will say, May my end on earth be like
! his!— Jour. & Messenger.
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.—On
and after Sunday next, the passenger
j trains for this city will run through to Lake
| City, Florida, thus making for passengers
i over this road but one change of cars from
j Jacksonville to Savannah.— Sav. Her.
I 29th.
The Columbus Factory.—We saw
yesterday specimens of soft, smooth, regu
lar and excellent cotton thread which is
now being manufactured at this establish
ment some three miles above Columbus.
Thread of as high a number as sixteen is
now being turned out. The highest pre
viously was twelve. Operations commenc
ed week before last. The making of cloth
has not yet begun. We arc glad to chron
icle anything to the advautage of our
manufacturing interests and to know that,
at last, one establishment is under way.
We hope that others may be before many
days.— Col. San & limes, 29th.
Your Gardens, just now, should be
kept well worked. Asparagus may be
sown, and all beds redressed. Sow arti
chokes, if not sown last month. Spring,
according to the almanac, has fairly open
ed, and your gardens should he got well
under way for April.— Journal <t: Messen
ger, 29th.
Quite a Mistake.—People with cer
tain .propensities must not imagine that
because we live in a territory, the commons
around Columbus are prairies, and that
the cattle on them are buffaloes, and that
anybody has a right to kill and eat them
like they would a calf on the open plain.
Several mistakes of this kind have occur
red lately; hut they are just such ones as
lead men to the penitentiaries. Imagina
tion is a pretty good thing, hut it don’t
justify stealing. —San <t> Times, 29th.
Corn.—D. P. & R. Ellis sold at auction
yesterday rather inferior corn at an aver
age of about $1 10 per bushel. The com
was in sacks and did not appear to be
damaged to any extent, but the grain was
small. —Columbus Sun, 29th.
Georgia State Medical Association.
! The first annual meeting of she Medical
Association of the State n:'R ?: .••, - , c
! the close ot the war—was held in Atlanta
; commencing June 21st, 1866, and con
| tinuing its session for two days— at the
expiration of which time it adjourned to
its next annual meeting, tooecurat Griffin
; on the second Wednesday in April, 1867
the last named place being the choice of a
majority of the members present,
j It is very desirable and exceedingly
important that the medical profession
! throughout the entire State should be
| largely and wed represented at our next
meeting, as questions of vital interest will
| be presented for its discussion.
Let it be the ambition ol each individual
member of the association to add his mite
toward the advancement of our noble
science, and, at the same time, bend every
energy to the elevation of our professional
standard. Let us meet together in this
. spirit—each bringing with him his offer
ing—humble though it may be—for the
altar of scientific medicine, and we will
then not only have maintained our ancient
dignity and honor —but we will have inau
gurated the only step by which will be re
moved from us many of the evils of which
we are now so justly complaining.
Arrangements have been made with the
various Railroad Superintendents by which
| members of the Association will be trans
j ported from Griffin to their homes free of
! .charge. b. H. Or-hk.^
Sec’y Ga. State Med. Ass’n.
Atlanta Era, 29th.
A St. Joseph detective, it is said, has
tracked three oftbe party who recently made
an attempt to rob the Savannah bank, and
shot President (McLain, to Randolph, in
Clay county. They are supposed to be
scattered somewhere on the Missouri river
bottom in that vicinity, and are believed to
be of the party who recently robbed Mrs.
Fry of $1,500 in the vicinity of St. Joseph.