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better Do in Gcii. Ileauregarti.
Tim following is General Beauregard's
r, pon.se to tlio call made hy the New
Orleans Times:
New Oiil.llANH, I.A. March 23, 1807.
ll'///. //. ('. Kim/, Editor of Ho' Few Or-
Iran* 'l imn;, Sew Orleans, La:
Dr.AH Hut: You have done 1110 tlio honor
to call for my opinion relative to the action
of the South under the Military Hill.
I laving seldom taken any part in politics,
I do nt/l lecl well muddied to ad vise on so
nomeuUms a question ; nevertheless, as
the same desire to obtain my views hus 1
been manifested from various quarters, 1
shall not shrink from tlio responsibility of
expressing them, in the hope that they
may tend to quiet the public mind, so
jn t!y alarmed at this moment.
I n my hum hie opinion wo have but one
of two things to do rc.ii.il or .111 limit. The
first is inadmissible, in our painfully ex
hausted condition. Four years of a
desperate war have taught us that the
“argument of the sword” can no longer be
resorted to by us to redress our grievances.
We must, I herolbre, submit ; but with that
ealui dignity becoming our manhood and I
our lost independence.
Having been overpowered in the late
struggle, wo,cun submit to tlio harsh and
ungenerous corn) il ions of our conquerors
without di. honor, and we must adopt llio
least of two evils; a futile resistance .
would only cause our rivets to bo driven
closer; we must then aoqulcsco or leave ■
the country. Hut wo love too dearly tlio
land of our birth to abandon it in its" hour
of severest trial. Wo should avoid, also, i
bringing il, by internal dissensions, to the !
condition of poor Mexico, and the iinlbr
Innate Houlli American Koputdic.
Wilh regard to the still rage of the freed
men, however objectionable it may be at i
pH sent, it is an element 16 Strength for the ;
future. If properly handled anudirected, !
we shall defeat our emissaries with their
own weapon.
Tho negro is .Southern born ; with a lit-
I!o education and some property qualilica
tions, lie can bo made to lake sufficient
interest in llu* affairs and prosperity of
llm South to insure an intelligent vote on
Ills purl.
In our future political contests with tlio
North, on protective tariffs, internal im
provements, etc., the freedinen of tho
South will side with tlu* whites of tiie
South and of the West, and they will thus
contribute (ogive us buck tlio inlluenco wo
lormerlv had in the councils ofthe Nation.
Our people' should understand that tho
Radicals can remain in power only so long
as the public excitement is kept lip; as
wilh tin* turbid waters of the .Mississippi
river, tin; sedimentary particles arc kept
ii]i at the surface only so long as tho waters
are in motion; the instant tlio current is
checked those particles fall to tlio bottom, j
Thin will it he with tho Radicals, when
peace and quid arc restored to tho country, j
the Conservatives will then tako the reins j
in llmir ow n hands, and the constitutional j
laws of the land w ill once more prevail. J.
remain, yours respectfully,
G. T. liEAU’RKOAUn. ■
Letter r am Kv-Pmldent Uiicluinan.
Under date of Philadelphia, Feb. 27, a '
number of Pennsylvanians desiring to ten
der Hx- President Buchanan “ the expres
sion of their continuing respect and admira
tion,’’ and also desiring “to bear words
of counsel, of consolation, and it' possible
of hope, front one who now survives, astiic
last of American statesmen of tbe olden
times,” tendered him a public dinner. To
this letter President Buchanan replied :
* Wiiea ti,am>, 2.">d March, IS.>7.
G knti.em i:n : I have reooived willi grato
ful emotions, your very kiml invitation to i
:\ public dinner you propose to give mo, in j
tin* city of PhiJadelpliiu, on any day kmay 1
indicate. Nothing, I can assure you, could !
att'ord lqe greater pleasure than to meet 1
you around the festive board,and with you |
renew the pleasant memories of long past
years.
1 deny myself this gratification, only in j
deference to what I consider the wise ex- ■
ample of my democratic predecessors in i
theotliccof President. Alter having ail- j
ministered the most ex;i!tod ollieo which i
the country could bestow, tlipv deemed it i
expedient to remain in the retirement of j
private life ; and while holding their own !
opinions on the political questions of the
da v, they left the public diseussionof them j
to gentlemen, like yourselves, still on the ;
busy theatre of active life.
1 fanv other reason were required for my j
self-denial on tills •oeeasitm, 1 might refer ;
you to my advanced age, of which you j
remind me, by stating that 1 am now the j
last survivor of “American statesmen of
the olden time, the only living .eoteniporn
ry of Webster and i lay, and Benton and
Calhoun.” In passing, permit mo to say
you might have justly added to these dis
tinguished names that of Silas Wright,
lie was a statesman who, for sound, prac
tical ■wisdom, tor far-seeing sagacity, and
for lucid and convincing argument, had
no superior in the Senate, even at the
period w hen it was the greatest delibera
tive body in the world. You have my !
cordial thanks for your opinion “that no i
responsibility ter the years of blood and !
sorrow we have endured, rests on me, who |
tried, in a moment of terrible exigency, to |
do my duty under the Constitution.’’
Proceeding, as this does, from a large j
number of my fellow-citizens, equal in
intelligence, character and patriotism to
any si.nilar number of; gentlemen in the
State, may l not, with much con- |
tidence indulge the hope that you
but anticipate the general sentiment j
of future times? Under this impres- ;
sion,alw ays tirmlytrelyingon Divine Pro- i
idenoe, I have borne with a tranquil and j
eontemod spirit all the harsh criticisms ;
which have been published on my official i
conduct throughout the last unhappy
wars. Assuming, as you “the imme
diate future of die country to be full of
peril,’’ you ivsk me “for words of counsel,
of consolation, and, if possible, of hope.”
Ponsistetitlv, with my self-imposed reti
cence. 1 may say to you—adhere steadily
to the’ Constitution of your country, exert
■ill your power and influence in dissemi
naiiu< * and enforcing its general principles,
bv means of the Press, public speeches,
private conversations, and in every other
honorable manner; and employ the same
nutirinir ciiorgv.iu cxposiuguiulooudoiuu
ing every ’departure from its precepts.
Never despair; for the time will surely
est me when these shall triumph and con
trol the ndmlnistrationof the Government.
With sentiments of grateful respect 1
remain your much obliged friend,
Jamks Buchanan.
Hon. Asa Packer, Hon. Owen Jones, lion.
John Cadwalader, Samuel R. S. Smith,
•>. R.l'ox, Andrew 0. Craig, Ksq., and
Hon. Uiester Cly tiler, With many others.
1 xLcjer xo Bill Arp. —ln the letter to
Bill Arp, which we publish this morning,
will be found some very sensible views,
and, although not prepared to agree with
the writer in the conclusions arrived at
and the course advised, there is much in
it which will commend the letter to the
favorable consideration of our readers.
The letter is from ono of (lie ablest
writers in Georgia.
Accepting the Situation.
We like the philosophy which is con
tained in the following article from the
Richmond Knqnirer:
“There is much said about “accepting
the situation in connection with the S. S.
H. S. business, which seems to convey no
clear meaning. There are felicitation iu
Republican quarters over the astonishing
popularity of the Congressional programme
and the adhesion to it of such as Generals
i Bee, Hampton, Longstreet and other?.—
i Indeed General Lee's name has been used
i to conjure with, even here in Virginia, in
j a manner that hardly seems kind or re
j spectlul to him. Instead of allowing him,
! if lie has any counsel to offer his 'ellow
j citizens in this trying situation, to present
j it in his own words, his position is known
j only through the reports of others, and
doubtless with the inaccuracies which
j creep into even the most carclul second or
j third or fourlh hand narrations,
j “The true state of facts is simply this;
| Congress has passed, and the Executive is
j enforcing, an unconstitutional law. It es
j tahlishes military government, and orders
registrations to be made and elections to he
held by the military. The people of the
Southern States are powerless to prevent
this, and have no hope of deliverance ex-
I eept from the court*. Meanwhile thereg
i i-tration is to ho made, ami perhaps elec
; tions held. 'Hie simple question is, will
] such of our citizens as are permitted, reg
, wter and vote, at these military electiou.s;
; so that under the dc facto government thus
! imposed on us, they may exercise some con
; trol in the management of our affairs, until
I the rightful authority shall he recognized
and restored, or in "case it should fail of re
establishment. The proper answer is too
; plain for question. We are constrained to
submit for the time being, to the despotism
j which has been imposed on us ; it would
be absurd to rofuse to profit by such ame
j liorations as arbitrary power has chosen to
accord, 'flic citizens, therefore, who are al
lowed the option, will, we trust, all regis;
ter and all vote; and will endeavor to se
cure the election of the best men, to ad
minister such offices as the military power
i chooses to leave to our own management.
| A man cast into prison will not reject the
blanket and the bread which may save
him from actual freezing and starvation,
simply because his imprisonment is unjust
and his treatment harsh.
“This i.sealled acceptance, endorsement,
ratification, and the like. We understand
it simply as involuntary submission to arbi
trary and irresistible power.
“But call it what wo may, it amounts
simply to this : it is the concurrent opin
ion of all our citizens, that if the military
authority should hold elections, for the
purpose of dividing it’s sway with citizens
of our own section, such as are invited to
participate in those elections should not
1 fail to do so. If the elections should be set
aside, as they ought to he, no harm will be
done; if they should not, it will be very
disastrous not to have taken part in them
and controlled them. We, therefore,
urge every citizen not to endanger the com
munity by omitting to register and to vote,
or by neglecting every means of securing
selections of tbe very best men accessible
to choice.
Squares,
j 1 Week,
j 2 Weeks,
j 3 Weeks.
! I Month.
I
| 2 Months,
j 3 Months,
j 1 Months.
I
j 5 Months.
6 Months.
“ Butin responding to this duty under
i the circumstances which invest us, there is
no need to be swayed by precipitate im
| pulses. Let us wait for the necessity till
iit comes along. The scheme was made to
| work slowly, and we shall only render our
selves absurd by vainly trying to hurry it.
Besides, it is not, in any view, polite to
hasten the denouement, if we could. There
are very many who believe that the whole
programme will prove, in any case, a de
lusion ; an attempt to overtake the horizon.
The Louisville Journal expresses this senti
ment when it says:
“ ‘But wo t'nlly believe that our Southern
frioinls are destined to bitter disappoint
ment. Wo think that their hopes are
mocked. We l'ear that their eyes are fixed
on a mirage. They may net with the ut
most energy under the a-hoininablo milita
ry law ; they may win tlio mass of the
negro vote ; they may, in spite of Federal
guards, succeed at tlio polls, but. their rep
resentatives, if conservative, will not be
admitted into Congress, and tlioir States
will not be restored to their old relations in
the Union. Congress has carefully and
elaborately vested itself by legislation with
nominal authority to deeidoupon tlio char
acter of Southern elections and ail kinds
of Southern action, and either to annul or
to declare null and void whatever it
pleases. It sets 110 bonds to its own dis
cretion and tlio workings ol'its own will.
It enacts that it must be ‘satisfie/V with
Southern elections before they can be al
lowed to take effect. And we solemnly say
to our friends of the South that ono of the
most thorough of all our soul’s convictions
is that the South, say or do what she may
short of tlio adoptiotVof absolute radicalism,
will not be restored to the Union. The
Congressional Radicals are as false as
! Macbeth’s ‘midnight hags.’
“We are not so-hopeless as the Journal.
We think there is a chance that the North
ern majority, will abide terms of the S. S.
S. legislation. But that chance de
pends on a softening in Northern senti
ment; and that is a thing of time. In
this view we think the dilatory operation
of the foree-bil! a highly fortunate feature.
We do not think the hill was intended to
promote reconstruction. We do not think
it will ho allow, .7so to result, solongas the
temper of the Northern mind will sustain a
refusal. We do not believe, if every
Southern State could to-day present itself
in Washington, with the terms all com
plied with, that they would be recognized,
unless they could show Radical majorities
on the popular vote, and a Radical person
nel for State officers and for representatives
in Congress. A hundred pretexts would
lie found repelling us, —a hundred coverts
discovered, under the i/s of the Shellabar
ger hoic-not-to-do-it, under which to-escape
the promised recognition. But time may
work a change. The Northern people
are becoming daily more impatient at
the interruption of the industry and com
merce of the country, and more in
convenienced by the monetary stringency
which it occasions. The recent elections
have shown a considerable and general de
cay ol the Radical strength. The signs are
along the horizon and in the air,’ of the
near approach of a condition of business
such a- always tells with great force on
popular sentiment, and ever against the
party in power. Under all these circum
stances we think the slow working of the
Congressional scheme its one practical
and promising feature. It gives a chance
that it may come to something. If it adds
to the popular impatience at the North,
so much the better; because the Radicals
will be the objects of it. The delay is in
the bill. It is therefore theirs—not ours.
1 heirs will be the responsibility while ours
will lie the double benefit The Northern
; mind ma> so euange under the healing iu
iluences of time and perhaps the chasten
ings ol business stagnation and monetary
disaster, as not merely to hold Congress to
j all that it has promised, hut compel it to
j abandon some of its unjust and monstrous
| demands.
"Let us, then, just in proportion as wede
-1 sire reconstruction, gladly recognize the do
lay in the working of the Steveus-Sherman-
ShellaUirger-Supplementary • programme,
as its chief if not only element of
promise. Let us take it only as it comes,
and when it comes. As the Radicals have
j undertaken to run it, and by their own
time-table, we arc in no risk of being
charged with dilatoriness, or “stubborn
ness," or sullenness. It is for them to get
up the steam and sound the whistle. Rut
while waiting their movements, we shall
have the benefit of the chapter of ac
cidents —of all the developments which
may take place, and of the possible
j amelioration of Northern sentiment. Let,
then, the impatient among ourselves re
collect that they are not driving the re
construction train, and also that it would
be very injurious to make the run before
the time. Let in take this medicine as
the Hoosier did the oysters —“just as they
give it” to us— and no faster ; and in the
hope that there will be meanwhile such a
change in the Northern mind as to re
lieve us from draining the nauseous cup, or
prevent compliance from being fruitless.'
Detroit Inventors.— A Detroit paper
contains the following notice of an useful
invention :
“The East, long thought to be the pec lo
bar land of inventors, must look to its
laurels or the West will outstrip them.
Most of the valuable and useful inventions
of the past year havei/een made by West
ern men, and we are proud to say that
Detroit has not been behind any of her
sister cities of the West in this particular.
One to the biie-t and I>est of the inventions
of our nsinen is the “duplex
mirrors,” 1 u'.ly patented by one of our
well-known citizens, Robert IX. Brown,
K-q., K>:-circuit Court Commissioner of
tin** county. 'This glass is a simple and
beautiful application of the laws of optics
to the arts. We must confess that we were
no lets astonished at the wonderful arid
almost magical eifects produced by this'
mirror, than by the simplicity of the mode
by which they are obtained. Both tlio front
CgHj'i Urn h.-trk-../j)f llm. bond the top -oftftc
head, and both sides of the face, are soon
at one and the same time. The value of
this, ina toilet glass, will be seen at a glance.
As Mr. Brown'is also “one of (lie knights
o’th’ quill,” we wish him success. The
mirror may be seen at Mr. Elder’s store,
No. 164 Jefferson avenue,”
Tho following is a description of thjs in
genious contrivance :
*‘ (>li, wad some power the giftie gie us,
To see oursels as ithers see ns.”
The “duplex mirror and-magic toilet
glass,” patented February 20,1867.
This beautiful and useful invention is
now, for tho first time, offered to the pub
lic. It will enable those who use it, to see
both sides of the face, the back of tlio head
and person, as well as the top of tho head.
Such is tho simplicity of its construction
that it can never get out of order, while,
at the same time, it presents to the eye no
different appearance from an ordinary
mirror. As an article for toilet'use, it is
invaluable to the ladies, who will need no
hand glass or other aid.
lt-also combines two glasses in one,
which may be used separately, thus en
abling two persons occupying the same
apartment, to use it at tlio same time,
without interfering with each other, it
takes up 110 more room than a single class.
This improvement cari bo attached to
any bureau at small expense.
At St. Louis. —The paragraph below
appears in the St. Louis Republican of the
20th instant:
Mr. A. B. Sharpe, of Atlanta; is in this
city, engaged in a charitable and benevo
lent work. lie is tho authorized agent of
the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, and
is collecting moans to erect a church and
establish a mission for the destitute of that
region. Mr. S. comes with the highest
testimonials, and well prepared to sliotv to
; the benevolent among us the needs of the
i good people of Atlanta. He is stopping
| at the Howard House, corner of Olive and
j Twelfth street.
The Lynchburg (Ya.) News estimates
that in the counties of Halifax, Pittsylva
nia, Franklin and Henry, ifi that State,
and Rockingham and Caswell, in North
Carolina, the tobacco now on hand is
worth $12,000,000. The crop of Pittsyl
vania alone is placed at $3,000,000. The
News says these estimatesarc based on the
careful researches of persons directly in
terested in the matter.
Alabama —Late advices from North
Alabama state that the inhabitants living a
distance from tho railroads are*in danger
of starvation, and unless relief reaches
them soon, tlio whole range of counties in
the Sand Mountain region will he depopu
lated. The recent floods destroyed over
three thousand bushels of corn and a large
amount of food sent by relief associations
to sufferers.
Tiie Southern Opinion. —ll. Rives
Bollard publishes a communication in
tlio Richmond Dispatch , from which we ex
tract the following:
“Sickness and a consequent absence of
two months from the city have prevented
me from sooner announcing the commit
tees to make the award of the prizes offer
ed by The Southern Opinion. I regret this
delay, but it has been unavoidable on my
part. I now have tho honor to announce
that the awards will ho made by the fol
lowing distinguished persons, to Whom all
tho MSS. have been handed in for ex
amination and decision :
“Poem on the Confederate Dead. —It was
thought most appropriate that tho award
of this poem should he made hy tho Holly
wood 'Memorial Association, who have
kindly consented to act.
"Poem in Laudation of the Deeds, Valor,
Kiifi'crings and Sacrifices of the Confederate
Sutdirrs. I ;oiural Bradley T. Johnson,
General John 11. Imboden, Colonel Mar
maduke Johnson, Major Isaac 11. Car
rington, Major John Johns.
“ Poem _ on the Great. Prisoner of Fortress
Monroe, ’ Jefferson Davis. — l’. H. Aylett,
Fsq.y lion. Robert,Quid, ltev. J. Lansing
Burrows, Judge \Y. W. Crump, Professor
Charles 11. Winston.
“The awards will be publicly an
nounced as soon as decided hy tlio com
mittees.”
Wo learn, says the Macon Telegraph,
that the President of tho Macon and
Western Railroad lias proposed to the
! Superintendent of the State Road to make
| such reduction in their respective tariffs
I of freights as shall compensate for the
seven cents per hundred pounds charged
| extra by tlio Nashville and Chattanooga
! road, thus leaving freights as they were.
, We hope the proposition will he ac
i copied.
Governor Jenkins. —The Southern
[ Recorder, of the Ist instant, says; “We
sec that some of our cotemporaries are be
| coming a little restive as to the" where
abouts of Governor J. and are desirous of
hearing from him. We have heard from him
indirectly, and can assure the anxious in
quirers that Governor J. is not asleep or
i indifferent to the interests and welfare of
| the State. He is calmly, coolly, and con
stitutionally surveying the late action of
Congress, and our readers may rest assured
: that when he speaks it will be like a states
i man, who has fully examined every point,
and will advise nothing from mere policy.
His own honor, and the honor of Georgia,
is too dear to him to act the schemer,
politician or political barterer.
“What Governor J. is now doing can
not be done in a day or a week. It requires
much thought, legal talent, &c., to see
; clearly what must be done, and how it
| should he done. If the Constitution has
. any meaning or effect, Governor J. will
know it before he returns home. We
therefore advise the people of the State
to remain quiet until their Governor
speaks. He wiil do so at the proper time. ’’ i
The Soitiiern Cultivator. —The !
April number of this well-known agricul
tural journal contains 1-pages—:>l of read
ing matter, mostly original. It is embel
lished with a tasteful design and ground
plan of a convenient dwelling—the first of
a series. David Dickson, the most success
ful planter in Georgia, gives two commu
nications, which, with over thirty other
original articles, on topics pertaining to ,
the Farm, Garden and Fireside—such as
Cotton, Culture, Manures, Grasses, Sor- j
ghum and other crops, Sheep, Implements !
—Grapes, Reaches, Vegetables—a letter
from Genies Munro, Ac., Ac., fully sustain
the reputation of this valuable paper,
which has been regularly issued for nearly
twenty-live years. •
We like the Cultivator because it is an
, old, able and valuable Southern agricul
tural journal.
We like Messrs. White A Redmond, its
editors and proprietors, because they are
both good and true men. They are emi
nently qualified to conduct an agricultural
journal, and the Cultivator is, without ex
aggeration, oue of the very' best in the
whole country. Every garduer, farmer
and planter in the South should subscribe
for the Southern Cultivator.
Florida and Cuba Telegraph.—The
Gainesville (Fla.) A etc Era says :
The Superintendent of this Line has
recommended tnat the cable be laid from a
point known as l’unta Rosa, the mouth
of the Caloosahatehie River, at the South
; era extremity of Charlotte Harbor, on the
I Gulf Coast."
AUGUSTA, GA., YiEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1567.
Our Telegraph Reports*-The Associated
Tress:
The Charleston Mercury, copying a
| paragraph from Sunday’s issue of this pa
s per in reference to “our telegraph reports.
assigns the Chronicle <f {je.ntind the
j “position of chapipion-in-clnef of the New
York Associated Press.' Our cotemporary
j is mistaken. We are not the “champion
in-chief.’’ Facts of which we were cogniz
ant were presented. We do know that the
Associated Press has l>een endeavoring, for
months, to effect an arrangement which
would be beneficial to the Southern
Press, and that it has been earnestly
desired to make Southerh reports full
and satisfactory. Circumstances, over
which the officers of the New York
Association had no control, prevented its
consummation. We do aver that the
present arrangement, of sending fuller and
more satisfactory reports, had been under
way for nearly three months, and that the
change is not brought about by the fear of
a Southern .Association. The improvement
is made in good faith, and will be carried
out in good faith. We are informed that
the Associated Press will, at all times,
cheerlully comply with the requirements
of the Southern papers, provided the de
mands are reasonable. If the reports as
prepared at W ashington are unsatisfactory
the Terrredyis' ill our’’’own bands. In the
appointment of the Southern Agent, the
wishes of our papers will be consult
ed, and any applicant recommend
ed by the majority will receive
the appointment. As tbe matter now
stands, our opinion is that the present
Agent will give satisfaction, and that there
will be no cause of future complaint. We
belifeve, also, that the Associated Press
will carry out its promises, that they are
made in good faith, and that there is no
desire to oppress or deal unfairly with the
Southern Press. On the contrary, the settle
ment just arrived at between the New York
Association and the Western Union Tele
graph Company is not the result of appre
hension of a loss of patronage, but si m ply the
carrying out of an improvement in contem
plation since the collapse of Mr. Craig’s
rival association. The obstacles which
operated against an earlier consumma
tion of the present arrangement, were be
yond the control of that Association.
What the obstacles were, we do not feel
the public are much interested in. Rut tire
facts arc at the disposal of our colempora
ries who may desire to be informed. We are,
therefore, honestly of the opinion that the
Associated Press will meet all the reasona
ble requirements of (he Southern papers.
In this connection we must also state that we
do not oppose, butnpprovc, the formation of
a Southern Association, provided, of course,
the object be feasible. If it ho demon
strated that the papers of the South arc
fully able to support an independent or
ganization for the collodion and distribu
tion of news to and from all points, we
shall heartily co-operate -in the movement.
It should bo well, however, before taking
any step which would place us in antago
nism with the New York Association,
to calculate and obtain full and correct in
formation as to the cost attendant on the
support of an independent Southern Press
Association. The Now York Association
is the well which supplies all the papers of
the country with telegraphic information.
If that be closed against us, from whence
are the Southern papers to procure
the supply? The presence of three
or even six agents at New York and
Washington will not secure the object.
The news, having to be collected from’ all
parts of the wojld, is attended with ex
penses which, we fcaf, 'Soffit' our lucre
sanguine cotemporaries do not coilnt in
their estimates of the outlay necessary to
the proper conduct of an independent
organization.
It is, therefore, a matter of very grave
importance, upon which the newspaper
men of the South are to deliberate on at
the proposed meeting in Atlanta, and we
trust that their deliberations- will be con
ducted solely with a view to the best in
terests of journalism.
The Connecticut ..lection.
The Connecticut election has resulted in
the choice of a Democratic Governor and
three out of four Congressmen. It is a
glorious triumph for the Conservatives of
tho country. New England having been
mainly instrumental in bringing about the
present unfortunate and deplorable condi
tion of affairs, it is right that she should
now lead oft in the work of restoring peace
and harmony. Connecticut has performed
her part nobly. Tho destructive measures
of the extremists have opened the eyes of
the people, and in this instance at least it
lias brought about a Radical funeral.
We expect to hear many more of the
same kind when our Northern friends
wake up to a full sense of the terrible con
sequences growing out of the suicidal
legislation of the Radical party. Half a
dozen more doses ofCongrcssional quackery
like.that of the last two sessions will work
the cure. It will bring starvation to the
operatives of New England and empty
pockets to the manufacturers. Impecuni
osity, if nothing else, will be the brickbat
that will smite these people between the
eyes. It will bring them to their senses.
The country cannot be prosperous under
the present regime.
It has destroyed the vitality of the whole
country. There must be a change of
tactics. It may not be immediately, but it
will conic. The people of the North will
demand this change without any regard to
our interest. Our resources are cyippletl.
Our people are starving, and almost any
change will he for the better. Radical leg
islation has done its worst so far as we are
concerned, hut the misrule which has
operated so disastrously for us has ex
tended and is extending slowly but
surely to the other sections of the country.
The dominant party are realizing its blight
ing effects. It permeates the great
branches of Northern industry, It affectAthe
agricultural, commercial and manufacturing
interests of the West, the North and the
East. The people feel it, and tho longer
it continues the more disastrous will be its
effects. Self-interest will compel the people
to so legislate as to give the. South her
Constitutional rights. This and nothing
else will bring about harmony and pros
perity to all sections of the Union. We
do not expect this change immediately ;
but that the time will come when we of
the South will be restored to our rights,
we feel sanguine. In tlic meantime, let
us possess ourselves in patienee and obey
the laws. Acquiesce, front necessity, not
from choice, in the will of the conqueror.
This and nothing more.
Princeton College has accepted the Je
rorne gift of five thousand dollars, and the
interest will be expended annually in the
purchase of prizes for gentlemanly conduct
on the part of the students. The senior
class and the literary societies will each
furuish one candidate. The collegians
will make the first ehoice, subject, how
ever. to the final decision of the faculty.
In a year or so, therefore, *we shall know
whether it is as easy to raise gentlemen as
prize turnips.
The Delaware Legislature, at its recent
session, passed a bill equalizing punish
ments without regard to the color of the
criminals ; refused to ratify the Constitu
tional Amendment, and passed an amenda
tory school law.
I. O. O. F. —By the proclamation of
the Most Worthy Grand Sir© of the Grand
Lodge of the United States of Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, the twenty-sixth
day of April, ISG7, is appointed as a day to
be observed throughout the United States
as a day of thanksgiving and prayer; and
that the Lodges do assemble on that day,
■ with their families, to render thanks to
1 God for his protection of tliis institution.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
From W. C. IVaUs & Co"s Weekly Cir
j eular Report of the Liverpool market, we
extract the following p
InvintPooL, 15th March, 1567.
r 'cition In out issue of Friday, Bth hist.,
we quoted middling American’at I3jd to
13id and the market generally dull and
irregular. On Saturday telegrams from
New' York repoSed that market down to
2;Oc for Middling Uplands, with gold at
p>4 a decline of nearly one cent on pre
vious quotations. It was supposed this de
cline indicated increased receipts at the
ports and led alhtost to a panic here. Mid
dling Uplands were sold as low as 12|d and
middling Orleans at 13Jd to I3jd. On MOll
- telegrams from New Yorkt reported re--
I eeipts at all the ports, lor week ending
Ssh instant, at 52,000 bales, and exports to
Great Britian and the Continent 4‘J,000
bales, showing a falling off" from tho pre
ceding week of 8,600 bales ju receipts and
13,500 bales in shipments. This* report
1/eing rather more favorable than was an
ticipated, there was less pressure to sell,
more demand, and from that time up to
the close of business to-day prices have
steadily improved. W ithin the past twb
days numerous private telegrams have
been received from New York, giving
46,000 to 45,000 bales as the probable re
ceipts at all the ports for the week ending
to-dav; these, anti advanced quotations
from'New York have given additional
strength to the market. Our quotations as
given below are far all descriptions the
same a’s given in oiirlust report, except for
Middling UplamHand. Rpugalp, which are
id dearer. .
In cotton to nmvea large business is
reported. Bales, l*as of middling, from
New York, solder) ike oth instant at 12|d.
Nevv*^orkTsol-?’": *" ’ • V ancFlfPian™ at'
3 Bid, and from Mobile, ship named at 13Vd.
The sales of tlio week sum up (12,700
bales, of which 46,100 were taken by the
trade, 12,766 declared for export, and 3,840
on speculation. Wc have in several of our
recent reports referred to tbe small stock
supposed to bo held hy spinners here and
on the Continent. The deliveries (trade
and actual export) for tlio eleven weeks oi
tliis year average only 49,607 bales per
week. This is 13,133 bales less than the
average of last year. Wesuppose consump
tion in Great Britain to be at present some
3,000 to 4,000 bales per week less than last
year, but so far as wo can learn, there" ap
pears to bo little or no decrease on the
Continent. We have in previous reports
referred this decreased demand to tlio un
favorable state of tho trade in tho tnanu
facuiring districts, and to a lack oi confi
dence in tho estimates of tlio American
crop below two million bales. Wo have
now reason to suppose that a very con
siderable proportion of the cotton recently
sold to arrive lias been purchased by the
trade and for export, and thus, instead ol
having it actually on hand, they have a
considerable supply afloat. We may,
therefore, expect that a good_ portion of
the very large import of American cotton
due here in the next four weeks will go
forward direct to consumers and not be
offered for sale. Tho effect of tliis will per
haps bo to cause less apparent animation
in our market than would otherwise be the
case.
The imports tho past week, owing to tho
prevalence of unfavorable winds, were
very small, say 20,276 bales, lienee a con
siderable reduction in the stock (36,610
bales), which is now estimated at 497,220
bales, or 156,790 more than last year, whilst
at sea there is now 359,000 .bales less than
last year, making a decrease in apparent
supply, as compared with last year,
202,030 bales. Wo have now reported at
sea from America ISO,OOO bales, or 45,000
bales more than at any time last year.
Much of tliis cotton is overdue licrp, and
we may, therefore, expect a very large
import soon after wo have a change of
wind. This is likely to have *an unfa
vorable effect on prices, unless counter
balanced by favorable advices from Amer
ica.
At Manchester,, yesterday, a moderate
business was done, and, in response to the
improvement here, prices were generally
in favor of sellers. From New York ive
have advices up to last evening reporting
Middling Uplands at. 31c, with gold 134f,
From Alexandria wo liavo advices per
mail to 6th instant, when prices were
relatively lid per lb higher than here.—
Bombay' telegrams to stli instant peport
that market dull, and quote-New Oomraw
uttce 260 r per candy, or about lid por lb
profit, it sold hero Lit present prices. At
Havre, on Btli instant, the stock was 58,818
bales, against 47,808 at same dat# last year,
and at London, yesterday, the stock was
47,926 bales, against 48,<894 same time last
.year.
FUillips’ Provision Exchange.
Cincinnati, March29tli, 1867.
Dn.vn Km: Our market for provisions
during tlio past week lias remained about
to prices asked in ordel to effect purchases;
fluctuations have been light. Tbe imports
below will show, however, that we are re
ceiving almost as much product as we are
exporting, and, while this state of aftairs
exists, we need not look for any material
advance in prices. 1 expect to see the
market remain for a while about as it is
now—a small difference between buyers
and sellers, each contending for their own
views, and conceding only when they are
obliged to.
Mess Pork--has not changed since my
last; tiie asking price for choice city lias
ruled at $23, and for choice country $22 50
@22 75. Rumps have been in good de
mand at 817 for the choicest, ranging down,
to 815 for ordinary- There is but little
prime mess or thin moss to bo had at any
price.
Bard—has been more quiet, sellers ask
ing ]2V@l2?c for prime country and city
without free buyers, yet these prices had
to bo paid where sales were made; keg
sells at I3iic for choice city ; in-thp lower
grades but little lias been done and prices
nominal.
Greases—in fair demand at BJ@loc," as
in quality ; Stearino unchanged—lt)(@l2c
asked; Tallow 10]@10;(o.
Bunit Meats are in good demand at 8,
10, 104 and 11c, loose, for shoulders, sides
c. r. and clear sides, but holders demand
i to .1 more, without effecting many sales;
dry salted hams at 111 c, i less Offered;
sweet pickled hams at 13c, with offerings
at 12ic.
Bacon has moved slowly "at 94, 111, 12
and 121 c for shoulders, sides, clear riband
clear sides, packed; plain hams I3Jc; sugar
cured 15 to 16, cauyasod and packed.
Plate Be he in good demand, and held
at s2l to $22.
Whiskey—2ol to 27 cents in bond.
Exports of the week were 2,755 bbls ■
lard, 653 kegs do, 1,220 hlids bulk and
baton, 1,237 tierces and 1,890 bbls pork, 601
boxes and 28,423 ihs loose meats.
Imports—l,7o3 bbls lard and 1,003 kegs,
294 hlids bulk and bacon, 165 tierces and
853 bbls pork, and 1,125,617 ihs loose meats.
Freights—East bound have been re
duced 5 cents "(> 100 ihs since my last;
Southern freights are lower, but rates vary
every day, so that it is useless to give quo
tations that may bo relied upon.
. Very respectfully,
Geo. W. Phillips, Jr.,
Provision and Produce Broker.
Restoration of Lands. —The Savan
nah Republican of Monday, says : —The
following special order wiil bo read with
interest, especially by those immediately
interested, which latter can obtain their
lands by calling or sending a person duly
authorized to rccciptfor the same to Lieut.
J. Murray Hoag, Sub. Assistant Commis
sioner of B. It. F. A A. L., Savannah, Ga. :
B. R. F. A A. L., Office Ass’t Com., 1
State of Georgia, 1
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 10, 1567. J
’ {.Special Orders, No. G.]
The provisions of sections 0 and 11, of
the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to
’conti line in force anil to amend an act to
establish a Bureau for the relief of Freed
men and Refugee^, ■ and for other pur
poses,” having been complied with, the
following property is hereby restored to
the former owners) subject to"tho approval
of Major General Howard, Commissioner:
Estate of llr. Adams, Skidway Island.
Estate of Wv R. Symons, Skidway Isl
and.
Estate of Win. Zeigler, Skidway Islirhd.
Estate of John Screven, Brewton Hill.
■' Estate of Lawton, Ogeechoe River.
Estate of W. C. Williams, Ogeechoe
River.
Estate of William Patterson, Ogeechoe
River.
Geo. Screven, Mifflin,-Chatham Cos.
Wm. Habersham, Grove lli!!, Chatham
Cos.
John It. Cheves, Grove Point, Chatham
Cos. • *
Miss 11. 11. Elliott, New Hoik?,Chatham
Cos.
Henry Dubignou, Jekyl’s Island, Chat
ham Cos.
McAlpin, Burnside Island, Chat
ham Cos.
M. C. King, Hand Island,Chatham Cos.
Jacob Walburg, St. Catherine’s Island,
Liberty Cos.
Kollock, Ossabaw Island, Bryan Cos.
Thomas Spaulding, Sapelo Island, Mc-
Intosh Cos.
A. M. Kenan, Sapelo Island, Mclntosh
Cos.
Morel, Ossabaw Island, Brvan Cos
A. M. McDonald, Ossabaw Island", Bryan
Cos.
J. 11. Couper, St. Simons’ Island Glynn
Cos. ’
H. B. Gould, St. Simons' Island, Glynn
Cos. 3
T. B. King, St. Simons’ Island, Glynn
Cos. 3
■bis. Postell, St. Simons’ Island, Glynn
Cos.
[Signed] Davis Tillson
Brevt. Maj. Gen. and Asst. Com'r.
Approved. [Signed] O. O. Howard.
m Haj. Gen. Corng.
Bartow County.— The Cartersville
Express of the Ist say; :
The Superior Court of this county, after
a session of twelve (lavs, closed the Spring
term in this place, on Tuesday evening last.
No criminal was sentenced to the peniten
tiary. Most of the time of the court was
consumed in trying to adjust old contracts
based on Confederate money. Liberal dis
counts for greenbacks upon the principles
of justice and equity both to debtor and
creditor, were made in every instance.
Boston is going to build a five thousand
ton ocean steamer.
[ 0111 WASHIXGTGA C'ORKESPOIfUEII'CE.
TheObjeets ofthe Late. Radical Caucus —
Early Commencement of the Presidential
j lampaiffn—The South to be Manipula
| tea—Stanton vs. Adjournment—Con
necticut a Boneqf Contention —Radical
Mann lares to lint —Bingham and But
|. ler Again in the Ring—Nominations
Confirmed and Rejected — Sen. Slocum
, The Internal Revenue Receipts—Rcg
j (stratum, etc.
Washington, March 28.
The Radical caucus of last Monday
night, which many thought was for the
purpose of coming to an agreement on the
subject of the adjournment of Congress,
was only so» the end of perfecting their
party organization in the States prior to
the coming Presidential campaign ; and
not only is the Northern section ot the
country! included in this determination,
but the States now existing under tiie
misnomers of military “Districts ” arc to
be manipulated by stump tourists in be
half of the Radical cause. The influence
of intelligent colored men, such as Nash,
of Columbia, and others who have brains
sufficient to sec what the Radicals are en
doa voring to accomplish, and to feel who are
their best friends, is a source of much
dread. The Congressional Committee ap
pointed by that caucus will soon begin
operations. They are taking time by the
forelock, and have commenced tlio cam
paign long in advance of any former
period. The Democrats have not yet
thought of organization, and will await
future results. The mtergy*nfttafK aaisSr
to commence operations is an evidence
that they are not altogether certain of light
opposition somewhere, and it appears, from
tlio uneasiness of some of the leading
spirits, that tho greater part of it is expect
ed from the South; consequently the
best talent of their raving missionaries,
union leagues, etc., will be employed in
that section to prevent defeat. Kvery
breach ol order will be used as a campaign
document, and one or two riots, if they
should occur between whites and negroes,
would, no doubt, be hailed Its a political
blessing.
It had been generally believed that
Congress would adjourn to-day, noon; but
the difficulty in _ the two Houses becoming
reconciled in their opinions on that subject
has rendered a longer delay necessary,
though it may not extend beyond tho
present week. The extreme Radicals claim
that General Grant has been assiduous in
opposing an adjournment, and assfirt that
for that reason a coolness has sprung up
between him and the President. There is
no truth in this ; hut it is very certain that
Mr. Stanton lias been objecting to the de
parture of his Congressional friends. It is
a question as to whether an appointment
to fill tho position now occupied by Mr.
Stanton cannot be made, notwithstanding
the “Tenure of Office Rill,” owing to the
fact that lie holds over in his position after
it? expiration, and was not rc-a.ppointed
by President Johnson.
There is really more interest manifested
in the coming Connecticut election than
there was in any of the elections last fall.
Leading Radicals arc advocating tho regis
tration of colored residents of (he State,
notwithstanding the fact that the people,
but a short time ago, voted ten thousand
majority in opposition to allowing their
colored citizens the right of voting. The
Radicals from, present indications, will
have to devise something startling to car
ry tho day. They were never run so hard
by the Conservatives since the end of the
war.
After Messrs. Bingham and Butler had
a duel of words in the House of Representa
tives on last Thursday, their mutual friends
endeavored to have them smooth over
their differences and remain quiet, so that
there should bo no appearance of ill will
between prominent members of the party
when entering upon their great Presidential
campaign. Bingham, however, by mak
ing a sly vioit to the rooms of the official
reporter ofthe debates, after the adjourn
ment of the session, remodelled tlio notea
of his speech in such a way as to give him
tho appearance of having the advantage
oyer B. F. B. This the latter saw, but
did not allude to, until he made a further
research into the mysteries of the great as
sassination trial, when he opened again,
heavy, at short range, with Bingham ; and
then followed one of the most exciting
-t*i»raomrr»''^ebaties''4rnw'rff'-Tit'The ii..q...
since last December. The two are now
very angry with each other, and the
minority are well disposed to let them
keep up the war. Their criminations and
recriminations do not prevent them from
voting alike on all party issues, and when
the party nominations for the nest Presi
dency are made, of course Bingham and
Butler will take the stump in favor of the
Radical candidates, unless one of the two
should he nominated, which is far from
probable.
lion. N. G. Taylor, of Tennessee, has
been confirmed as Commissioner of Indian
Affairs. This was somewhat unexpected,
as it has not seemed for some time that
the Senate is disposed to confirm any of
the President’s friends. Steadman, who
has not yet been confirmed as Collector of
the first Louisiana District, is an instance of
this. His record, like that of many others
who have boon rejected, wasofthe best order
as a soldier. Slocum, who was the Demo
craticcandiuate for a prominent State office
of New York, is now before the Senate for
confirmation as naval officer of the port of
New York, and, as ho has ever been ac
knwledged as one of the best Generals who
flourished in the Union army, his case, in
the hands of the Senatorial doctors, is
looked at with the greatest interest. They
would hardly dare to reject him ; but, at
the same time, it would he unsafe to wager
heavy odds on his confirmation.
A subject that has been attracting much
attention in financial circles of late has been
the unusual lowness of the receipts from
Internal Revenue sources, and the fact has
given rise to many speculations as to the
probability of the yearly estimate not-being
reached; but it appears, from official data,
that, calculating upon a daily return for
the remainder of the fiscal year—about
one hundred days—at the lowest average
of the amount already received, there will
bo more than sufficient to meet the esti
mate based at the passage of the tariff bill.
The receipts to be derived from the tax on
incomes between the Ist of March and the
30th of April, it is calculated, will reach
over sixty millions of dollars.
The registration of voters for the next
municipal election in this District pro
gresses with vigor. The colored popula
tion are very much excited. It is their
first chance, and, as there are hints of
Congress taking away the city charter at
the next meeting, in accordance with a
petition for that purpose which has been
in circulation, it may be Sambo’s last
chance to vote here also. The whites take
interest, and many will be disfranchised on
account of non-registration when election
day conies.
The weather still continues unsettled.
Yesterday we had clouds and rain, and to
day we have sunshine afid a blustering
wind, that precludes the possibility of an
extragrant display of fashion on Pennsyl
vania Avenue. Arlington,
[communicated for the chronicle *
SENTINEL.]
Greene County, Ga., t
March :]O, IHG7. f
Messrs.'Editors :—An act of charity from
Messrs. G. Bill <fc B. K. Bliss, of Spring
field, Massachusetts, to the poor of this
section of Georgia, deserves to be
chronicled. They have sent to Mr. E.
Nebhut, proprietor of the Union Point
Hotel, quite a large box of garden seeds, to
be distributed by him to those indigent
persons not able to- buy them for them
selves. Such actsof benevolence are high
ly praiseworthy; and the recipients of
their charity (just :it this time of scarcity)
will certainly feel due gratitude to the
donors for their remembrance of them in
their hour of need.
There are many poor widows, orphans
and others now suffering in Georgia for
the actual necessities oFtife, and it becomes
the rich and competent (both North and,
South) to see to it that their wants are re
lieved. This state of want is mostly con
sequent upon the late war, which, in many
cases, by its casualties, made indigent
widows, orphans and others.
Aristides, ,
Mexico.
New ORLEANS March 23.—Rio Grande j
dates to the 23d have been received. J faere j
are new features in the Mexican position.
It is said that the Liberals have cut the
aqueduct for supplying (jueretara with j
Miramon has issued a proclaim- j
tion declaring a war of extermination. Ihe ;
following is the closing paragraph .
Soldiers: The gauntlet has beep thrown
at us for a dud to the death. Let us do |
our coward enemy the honor to Pick it up.
But listen to the voice of the unfortunate
General Osola, who, in I SOB, said woe-to j
the vanquished. T ANARUS, „ . T ANARUS,. , i
Vera Cruz papers say Porfino Diaz has
only 3,000 men. and is almost besieged at j
Huamantla. He ordered the shooting of
Mr. Franco, Imperial Commissary, and j
several other prisoners. !
The garrison at toe capital is said to be
12,000 men. , .
PiipWji correspondence i3tutcs tlist tfie
Imperial, garrison at Puebla is at least
6,000. u „
A married couple residing at Waverly,
near Dubuque, have just applied for a di
vorce, after living together for fifty-one
-M-ars.
Georgia Sews,
Menttng oe Citizens.— A number of
1 our citizens convened together yesterday,
j in “ Bell-Johnson Hall,” in order to ten
der the hospitalities of the city to Major
General Pope, who is expected to reach
here this morning, and to respectfully urge
that he make Atlanta his headquarters
while in command of this, the Third Mili
tary District, A Committee was appoint
ed to carryout the objects of the meeting.
Having received official report of the
proceedings of the meeting, we give tliis
notice to our headers.,— -AiknUd Intelli
gencer, i Ist.
Fatal Accident.— Mr. Oliver P. Knox
died at Dahlonega, n feW days ago, frem j
injuries received by falling from the trestle j
work of the Pigeon Roost Mining Com
pany.
Georgia Citizen.—Dr. Jubilee’ Smith
has connected himself with Dr. Andrews
in the editorial management and general
business of the above paper.
Mr. Taylor, Bureau agent, Randolph
county, publishes this iu the Cuthbert
Appeal: Please announce through your
columns, that persons of both colors, who
are blind, deaf, dumb, deformed, imbecile
oiy decrepid, are requested to call at my
office in Cutlibert, Georgia, and register
their names, in view of being assisted by
tho Government of the United States.
The Itawkinsville Dispatch learns that
the freedmen, who have entered into writ
ten contracts, are leaving tlioir employers
in that county frequently. Some farmers
"•litttHhefti 'fefHWnFßSrroly any Hands on
account of this failure ofthe freedmen.
The Dawson Journal says: Thef.uit
crop, so fir as we can learn, received no
very serious injury from the late frost.
The forward peaches are as large as bird
eggs, and look quite healthy.
The Milledgevillc Recorder says the
library of the late Mr. Smcts, of Savannah,
is to be offered for sale in Now York next
fall. It is to be regretted that the State
of Georgia is not in a condition to buy it,
and retain it as a State collection, or pre
sent it to the University at Athens. Per
haps it might be dona if proper persons
would take the matter in hand.
The Rome Courier learns that the fol
lowing sad circumstances transpired in
Chattooga county, in tho neighborhood
of Melville, on Monday, the 25th instant.
It had been reported that a white man,
supposed to be a horse thief, or some out
law, was stopping at some negro cabins, in
a very out of tlio way and obscure place.
Several of the neighbors went together to
tho vicinity for the purpose of arresting
the supposed refugee from justice. They
surrounded the house, and Mr. 11. S. Fos
ter ordered tho man, whoso name has
since been ascertained to be Staff, to sur
render and he should not be hurt. Staff
started towards the back door as if to make
his escape. Mr. Moses Foster met him
there, and again ordered him to surrender,
but Staff started back towards a window,
over which two gun’s were suspended. Mr.
Moses Foster, supposing that he intended
to take one ofthe guns to use against him,
shot him with a pistol, producing instant
death.
Mr. Foster immediately gave himself up
to the civil authorities, but as it was evi
dent tliat he was actuated by good inten
tions, he was discharged.
It appears that Mr. Staff was staying at
that place for the purpose of being doc
tored.
Departure of tiie Memphis. —The
United States steamship Memphis , having
accomplished her mission of mercy to this
port, departed on Saturday afternoon, at
two o’clock, for .Port Royal. Since their
sojourn here, the courteous and gentleman
ly bearing of the officers lia3 won for them
the respect and admiration of our citizens,
who parted with them with the best wishes
for their welfare. They also go accompa
nied with the blessing of many a sorrow
ing heart made glad by the generosity of
which they were the instruments for dis
tributing. Kindness and charity will never
he forgotten.— News <t> Herald, Ist.
Decamped. --The wonderful lloudin —the
leading man (in rascality) of the “Albusi &
Raymond Southern Star Combination
Troupe”—decamped from this city Friday
morning,leaving ‘'diversand sundry” oi’liis
bills unpaid, and. swindling his artists out
of their salaries. His performances hate
dwrkig'-the pastfonimghrrthouglr lift? Imrn'
bug character, were largely attended, and
as the scamp Homtin seems to have appro
priated the entire proceeds to his own
uses, has doubtless made his unceremoni
ous exit pay handsomely. lie is evidently
a first class scoundrel, having practiced the
vocation so long as to become very pro
ficient. His first operation here was to
give a performance for the benefit of the
poor, and though the receipts on that
occasion were three oT four hundred dol
lars, he claimed to have lost money, and
consequently tlie poorgot nothing. His next
“dodge” was t o ingratiate himself into the
good graces of our firemen by promising to
presen( a silver trumpet to the company
that should sell thelarger number of tickets
to one of his entertainments. This did not
entirely succeed,however,for though several'
members of the different companies sold
many tickets in good faith, the movements
of lloudin were so suspicious that the
money was not turned over to him as a
whole. His entire career in this city was
characterized by base deceptions on both a
large and Small scale. lie leaves his news
paper, hotel and rent hills, together with
the amount due the city for license, all un
paid, as well as the salaries of his artists,
both male and female. Os the latter is
Mrs. Hogan, the mother of those charm
ing little performers, the favorite one of
which was Alice. This excellent lady, with
her children, wo regret to say, is left en
tirely penniless
lloudin's right name is Haskell, and as
the “Fakir of Siva,” gained a villainous
notoriety while traveling through this
country some years ago as a showman. He
has been denounced as a scoundrel several
times, and we wonder at his temerity in
returning here. He was at onetime a
resident of Upper Georgia, and- left in
consequence of some disreputable act. Ile
is of medium stature, swarthy complexion,
dark hair and eyes, black moustache, and
is about fifty years of age. We hope our
brethren of the press will ventilate him
thoroughly.— At. Intel.
Starvation in Georgia. —Dr. N. M.
Cook, a reputable citizen of Marietta, Ga.,
gives the Southern Famine Relief Com
mission a distressing account of the suf
fering from want of food in Northern
Georgia. Many of the people have no
bread and nothing to buy it with. Dealers
in corn and bacon will not sell cither with
out the cash to pay for it, and money in
small sums cannot be procured short of five
per cent, a month on the host security. He
testifies that in one family, near Dalton,
four children actually died of starvation in
February. He believes that others have
died in the same way, and that more must
perish unless relief be given them, Men,
women and children come into Marietta
and beg, in a state of emaciation from lack
of food.
, Relief Committee. —A meeting of the
j Relief Committee was held yesterday at
lie Mayor’s office in relation to “ aid for
the suffering poor in Georgia.” Much
I routine business was transacted, and the
| following committee was appointed to
receive and distribute supplies:
.John - Cunningham, • Chairman ; J. G.
Mills, John W. Anderson, Octavus Cohen,
W. 11. Tison, John R. Wilder, S. W.
Gleason.
The Chairman acknowledged the re
| ceipt of one hundred and fifty .dollars
i from the Right Rev. Augustus Verot,
j Bishop of Savannah, being the proceeds of
collections taken up in the Catholic
Churches of this city, on Sunday last, to
i be supplied to the relief of the destitute.
I It is understood that two lectures will
i shortly be delivered in this city for this
! charitable object by John Mullaly, Esq.,
| editor Metropolitan Record, New York. —
| Sato. Herald , 2(7.
A Change of Schedule on tiie Mont
gomery and West Point Railroad.—
Trains leaving Macon at A: 31, A. M.,
make close connections with the Columbus
Branch of the Montgomery and "West Point
Railroad, which leaves Columbus im
mediately on the arrival of the trains
from Macon; and trains from Columbus
to Macon, leave Columbus immediately on
the arrival of trains from Montgomery,
making through trips from Macon to
Montgomery and Mobile to New Orleans
in thirty-six hours. — Macon Telegraph, 2d.
Crops in Cherokee, Ga.—Cheering
Prospects.— We have some good news to
record of crop prospects in our State. We
met yesterday a resident of our city, who
has just returned from a tour through the
counties of Cass, Floyd, Folk; Carroll and
Paulding. He states that he was quite ’
astonished to find so much land under
cultivation, the farms so well prepared,
and the wheat crons so large and promising.
The farifts are well fenced, and the farmers
are hopeful of fine crops, expressing the
opinion that the wheat prospect has sel
dom been better. . The people seem intent
on securing a large gram, harvest, and are
working with determination and energy.
Opinion, March 20- „ ~
From New York.— The tine steamship
Herman lAwigston. Captain J. L. Laker,
arrived at her wharf yesterday morning at
6 o’clock, with twenty-eight cabin and
twenty steerage passengers, and her usual
full freight.— Savh. Her., 2d.
NEW SERIES VOL. XNVI. NO. 15.
[ Gold in Georgia.—We had the pleas
ure yesterday of meeting with John Rice,
Esq., President-of the Georgia National
j Bank at Atlanta, who had in his possession
! a number of specimens of gold-bearing
j quartz from the soil of Paulding
counties, in that State. The tract of
| country iu which this precious deposit is
found is quite extensive. It is not a new
ly discovered fact, however, but recent
explorations have shown flial the yield
promises to l>e large, and that the quartz
is rich. Mr. Rice informs ps that several
companies with immense capital have
commenced operations in that*region,’ one
of them having $400,000 worth of ma
chinery, and that gold mining is tqbea
bu siness in that section. The specimens !
that we have seen are tho genuine gold
hearing quartz, and there is little doubt
that it is in abundance in the geological
formation of that region.— Exchange.
Quick Trip. —We are informed that the
steamship City of Port an Prince arrived
at Apalachicola a few days since, and that
a portion of her cargo, belonging to Messrs.
Bruton, Babbit & Warfield, of this place,
was delivered in Bainbridge in just sixteen
days after leaving New York. This is
rather unusual, and may he considered as
an extraordinarily quick trip by that route.
Bainbridge Georgian.
A Novel Scene.— On Saturday last
the freedmen of this place held an election
—the first we have heard of here. We
believe a colored educational convention is
to meet in Macon sometime shortly—the
.election wakfor a
tion. The candidates were Mat Davis and
Jim Bacon. Mat was what may,' under
the circumstances, be denominated the
Conservative candidate,.and Jim the Radi
cal. Now, we do not know that the freed
men recognize or know anything of such
distinctions ; but at all events, wo under
stand the chief objection urged against Mat
was tho fact that he keeps an oyster saloon
which is patronized by white men. The
result was the triumphant election of Mr.
Davis by a large majority.
We understand that, although a lively
interest was manifested by both parties,
the election passed off quietly and without
any disturbance. — Ibid.
No Peaches this Year. —-From present
indications we_ feel warranted in saying
that, in the vicinity of this town, there will
bo few, if any, poaches this year. They
were killed last Sunday night was a week
ago. It is a very remarkable fact that
they usually get killed on Sunday night in
this section. This we have observed for
years joist. We have also observed that a
belt of country some twenty or thirty
miles in width—Athens being located iii
the _ middle of it —frequently suffers a
partial or entire failure of tho peach crop,
when ten <?r fifteen miles above and below
town peaches are' abundant. There will
lie, wo think, plenty of fruit twenty miles
north of this place, if there should be no
more frosts or freezes.—Athens Hatch
man, 20th idt.
Our, Fiimt Prospects.—Wc arc dis
posed to believe that we have never had a
better prospect for a bountiful fruit year
than we have at present. The trees we
have examined arc very full of apparently
healthy fruit, which is too far advanced,
shielded as it is by thick foliage likewise,
to justify any apprehension of injury to it
from spring frosts. Our observation for
several years has convinced us that the
spring frosts, which invariably suececd the
first warm spell in the opening of the sea
son, do but little if any damage to jioachcs
or plums—lo which we have special refer
ence in this article—after the bloom has
been superseded by the growing fruit. But
should these frosts make their appearance
while the trees are in bloom, their effects
will be fatal to the fruit crop that year.
We suggest that some ono who lias never
examined .tliis subject test the truth of
of our assertion,, by a close observation of
their fruit trees in the Spring.—Bain
bridge Argus, 23 il idt.
Crops in Lee. —From all (he informa
tion that we can gather, the planters of
Lee county are doing well. On yesterday
we conversed with a large number of them,
and all represent tho planting interest as
well advanced as could bo cxjiectcd. They
have just commenced putting in cotton,
and we find that there will be far less
planted than was anticipated a few weeks
The birds are being de.strncl.ive to the
newly planted corn in many localities, but
in general the corn has come up admirably.
The negroes arc observing faithfully their
.contracts, with but few exceptions. They
are orderly and quiet, and are content to
plow and hoe, leaving political questions
alone entirely.— Albany Netcs.
Starring Affair. — A man named
Thomas Regan, who made bis appearance
in our town about three weeks since, and
is a stranger hero, on Saturday night last
stabbed his paramour, a bright mulatto
woman (who says she formerly belonged to
a Mr. Lee, of Colquitt, Ga.), and succeed
ed in making his escape down tho river in
a battcau. Ile was, however, subsequently
overtaken at Chattahoochee, Fla., by
Sheriff Patterson, and brought back to the
city.
Regan was examined yesterday, .before
Judge Crawford, ami required to give bond
in tho sum of three thousand dollars for
his appearance at ihe next term of tlio
Superior Court, nr in case of a failure to
do so within three days, to ho remanded to
the county jail to await his trial.—Bain
bridge Georgian, 28/7: ult.
Death of Lucius Q. Johnson.— This
young.gentleman, son of Governor John
son, died at bis father’s residence, in
Savannah, last Friday. 1 Its age was
about twenty-five years, lie was one of
the brrtvest, most honorable and cliivalric
gentlemen we have ever known. lie has
many friends in tliis section, who will
deeply grieve over his untimely end. His
disease was consumption. He was as gal
lant a Confederate soldier as ever faced
the storm of battle—for three years being
a private in the Columbus Guards, 2d
Georgia regiment, and the fourth year of
the war became a lieutenant in another
company. At Gettysburg his brother,
Harris, of the Guards, was killed. He
acted well his 'part in life, and truly may
we say of him as appropriately as any one
we’ve over known,
“ None ltnew him hut to lovo him,
Or named him hut to praise.”
[ Columbus Sun.
Superior Court. —There is an error
in the Court Calendar, as published in the
newspaper,; and almanacs. Banks and
Rabun counties, liotli in this circuit, arc
put down ibr the first Monday in April.
This would be rather inconvenient for tlie
Judge and Solicitor to be present at both
places the same day. Banks court will
commence on the first an 1 Rabun on the
fourth Monday in April.
The remaining courts in this circuit will
be held as follows :
Banks, Ist Monday in April; Franklin,
2d Monday in April; Habersham, 3d Mon
day in April: Rabun,-fth Monday in April;
White, sth Monday in April.
The remaining Courts in tlie Blue Ridge
circuit will commence as follows :
FoVsyth, Ist Monday in April; Lumpkin
2d Monday in April; Dawson, 3d Monday
i in April: Pickens, Ith Monday in April:
j Gilmer, 2d Monday in May; Fannin, 3d
.Monday in May; Union, 4th Monday in
1 May.
Towns, Thursday after 4th Monday in
i May.
I Oglethorpe county, (in the Northern
! circuit) on the 3d Monday in April.—
Southern Watchman.
Or!’. Mi litary Commander.—As ma ny
1 inquiries have been made of us regarding
I the movements of General Pope, we would
state, for the information of the District
i generally, that he was at Atlanta on Sun
| day en route for Montgomery, his head
-1 quarters, and probably reached the latter
place yesterday.— Macon Telegraph, 2d.
The Postmastership of Savannah.—
W e some days ago received a private dis
patch announcing the appointment and
confirmation of : Colonel T. P. Ilobb as
Postmaster of Savannah, but deferred any
mention of it until the official announce
ment should be received.
Yesterday the official documents were
! received, and we now feel authorized to
inform the public of the change. _
Colonel T. B. Ilobb has resided here
for about two years as Direct Tax Commis
sioner, in which capacity he has acted i
with much credit and made himself very
popular. lie is well known here, and, if a
change were necessary, we know of no one j
who "<?an take the celebrated test oath
whose assignment to this office would bo
more satisfactory, as a change, thanUolonel
•Ilobb.— Sav. Her., 2d.
Fenian Movement in Atlanta.—
Atlanta, Cos ., March 25.—The appear
ance of the Fenian bands in procession on
St. Patrick’s Day still causes much com
ment. The petition presented the Mayor
to inquire into the matter lias been re
ferred to the Solicitor General.
We find the foregoing in the regular
dispatches of the Louisville Courier. The
old saying, “go abroad to get news from
home,” is pertinent in this case. The
statement is a canard in all its phases. We '
had no procession, no comment, no peti
tion ; neither is ovfr Solicitor General ex
ercised about any such matter.— Opinion.
Bacon- —M edo not understand why
provisions should command so Email a"
i price as they do at present in Bainbridge,
but rejoice that such moderate figures pre-
I vail.
Bacon can be bought iu this market at
| from 14 to 18 cents, and flour is but a
j shade higher by the retail than the whole-
J sale quotations are in Savannah.
I The only solution we can see to tliisenig
| wa is that in New Orleans and the great
| West the supply greatly exceeds the de
' mand, and that freights on our river and
j sea craft have been greatly reduced, on
: account of the competition that prevails.—
Bainbridge Argus , 23(7 ult.
Fearful Destitution.—We have made
careful inquiry of the lest and most suc
cessful farmers in this country, and have
learned that at least two-thirds of the plant
ers will be compelled to abandon all hopes
of making a crop the present year, unless
thqy can receive assistance. And besides,
there are a numerous class of our citizens
who are wholly unable to procure the ne
cessaries of life, and without help must
perish. This is a fearful but truthful picture
of the necessities and sufferings of the
poor of this county. Truly, here is a wide
field for the labors of the benevolent and
philanthropic, and we hope they will do
something to alleviate the sufferings of
the poor and helpless. Those who were
able to extend a helping hand, have ex
hausted their resources in endeavoring to
relieve the unfortunate, and can do no
more.
Our planters are willing to secure any
one, even at extortionate rates, who will
ftrrnisirrtftlflmnri supplies to enable them
to make another crop ; and surely there
can be found in this Christian land men of
huge means and liberal hearts, who wijj aid
in this noble and philanthropic work.
We sincerely appeal to an enlightened
and Christian public to make some sacri
fices to assist those who arc struggling with
poverty and destitution. Lot us all, who
can assist, remember the Scriptural injunc
tion, to “work while it is day, because the
night cometh when no man will be able to
work.”— Griffin, Star, 2Hth ult.
Servia and tUc Porte.
London, March 17- —Lord Stanley has
ordered the English Consul at Belgrade to
make representations to the Prince of
Servia to the effect that the Porte, having
ceded to the arguments of the great powers,
and consehtcd to evacuate the Servian
fortresses, as well as to grant important
concessions to its Christian subjects, it has
now become the absolute and imperative
duty of the Prince to perform his part by
preventing the outbreak of any distubances
in Servia.
It is believed in London that the Sultan
is sincerely anxious to cany out to the let
ter the concessions he has promised, and it
is expected even that a Chistian will short
ly become a member of the Turkish Cabi
net.
Belgrade, March If>. —In consequence
of the advice of England, Prince Michael
has consented to proceed to Constantinople.
Italy.
Rome, March 10. —The Pope has made
most handsome satisfaction to the. United
States in the question of the American
Chajjel in this city. ’The matter lias been
satisfactorily arranged, and the Pope has
also entirely explained away his letter to
Jeff. Davis. General Rufus King, conse
quently, will continue to represent the
United States in this city-.
Florence, March 17. —The Italian gov
ernment has resolved to at once submit to
Parliament, on its assembling, the Lau
grand-Dumoncean scheme brought in in
the last.
The Pope’s army has already reached a
strength of 10,000 men, and it is still pro
posed to increase it. It is intended to
propose to the entire Belgian legion now
returning from Mexico to enter the Papal
service.
Artificial Manures.
To the Editors of the N. Y. Hag Booh :
G ents ; As artificial manures, and how
to make them, is a subject of interest to
your agricultural readers, who'are located
in the interior, where the expense of
freight is a large item of cost, I feel it a
privilege to contribute my experience with
the following' mixture, which proved en
tirely satisfactory with corn, potatoes and
small grain on a fancy farm I was running
first place, I gathered a lot of muck from
the swamp ; any rich earth will do. Dry
and pulverize this, and to about 20 bush
els, add the following chemical salts, pre
viously dissolved in plenty of water, viz :
40 pounds nitrate of soda, ‘OO pounds of
sulphate of ammonia, and half a bushel of
common salt. Thenaddone barrel of ground
bones, one barrel of ground raw plaster
Paris, and one barrel of hard wood ashes ;
mix all well and apply in the same way- as
Peruvian guano. The materials for making
the above quantity, about one ton (which
would have to he bought), would cost in
this market about sls to S2O. As tie
bulk ol the materials can be obtained on
or near every farm, a large item in freight
can ho saved. 11. W. Rislev,
Os the firm of Harm], Risley & Cos.,
Druggists, New York.
Pensioning Newspapers. —According
to an act of Congress, the Clerk of the
House of Representatives is empowered to
authorize two newspapers, in each of the
excluded States, to publish the United
States laws and do the official advertising
for the Government. Good prices are paid
for this work, and the weaker class of
newspapers struggle for it as if it were the
journalistic elixir of life. Mr. McPherson,
the House Clerk, has awarded this patron
age to papers in nearly all the Southern
States, and we find that the fortunate ones
are all of the extreme radical type, which
could not long exist .without food from
some unusual quarter. It. seems to us
that if the 'Radicals are determined to
pension the few papers in the South which
are engaged in fomenting disturbances and
keeping alive political passion and hatred,
it would be better to make a direct money
appropriation. In the first place the publi
cation of the UhitcdStatcs laws in newspa
pers is all nonsense, for there never yet lias
been discovered a man who reads them
in that form. In tl*e second place they'
might as well he published in Kamschatka
as in the journals selected, so far as their
presentation to the Southern people is
concerned. The said journals have no
circulation that is worthy of the
name, and the few copies that they print
are mainly sent to admiring friends in the
North. It would be a better plan to keep
them alive by rations from the Frecdmcn’s
Bureau.— N. Y. Sun.
Gf.n. Dick Taylor.— A Washington
correspondent writes that General Dick
Taylor, the ex-rebel General, lias arrived
in that city direct from New Orleans,
and adds: “He is here on a mission
from the Louisiana Legislature to confer
with President Johnson in reference to the
Military Reconstruction Bill. Recently,
Taylor and Wade Hampton had a con
ference in New Orleans on the same
matter, and it is understood that Hamil
ton’s recent action in attending a white
and colored mass meeting in South Caro
lina resulted from said conference.”
We met.yesterday George Weaker (col
ored) just, from Cincinnati, where lie re
sides. _He is preparing to remove to
Nashville, for the reason that the prejudi
ces existing against his race are so great
that he desires to come South, where the
truohiends ol"the negro arc to he found.
This fact is of great significance in the
present condition of affairs.— Nashville.
Union & Dispatch, 20th.
Southern Relief. —From our New
York exchanges we learn that the steamer
Emily B. Souder, which sailed from that
city, and has since arrived at this port,
was freighted, in part, with twelve thou
sand bushels of corn irom the Southern
Famine Relief Association, and that other
supplies of a similar character, the fruits
of the energetic efforts which are being
made by that charitable organization, may
shortly be expected.— Charleston Courier,
Ist. • .
The Norfolk (Va.) Hay Bonk, of Tucs
j day, says: “The steamship Bosphorus, one
of the line running between this port and
Liverpool, reached here yesterday after
! noon and proceeded at once to receive her
j cargo of cotton, which is piled up as high
as the tops of ths houses in the neighbor
j hood. This ship is built of irbn, is 31x4
! feet in length, 35 feet beam, and 25 feet
i depth of hold. She will take away about
| twenty-live hundred bales of cotton, which
l will be in addition to a large quantity of
corn and salt beef now in her ballast.”
There is a woman living in Rush town
ship, Susquehanna county, Pa., named
Ruth Ilosenkrans, aged eighty-eight years
and seven months, who is the mother of
twelve children, the grandmother of nine
ty-one, the great-grandmother of two hun
dred and twenty-two, and the great-great
grandmother of twenty-four—making in
all three hundred and forty-nine. A family
pf three hundred and fifty. A prolific
family indeed. She is now well, and some
time ago knit a pair ofsocks in three days,
and is able to do it now.
Large Cargo. Moots. Willis &
Chisolm on Saturday, the ship
Southern Rights, Captain lloss, for Liver
pool, with27B bags Saa Island and 2,X1.3
bales Upland Cotton. —Charleston AVkw,
l»t.