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OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXVI. (Chvoniclc & Sentinel 11i;.\nv mooki;. a. it. wßKiirr. TKK.-H.s (IF **l ll**( 'KIPTION* IIATIiS OF ADVERTISING CHIiONK'LK & SENTINEL, From February i, MJ. i $3 oo s;> oo s;> so; $s oo §u 00417 oo|sjo oo:.A£850 ! $25 oo £ 5 (Hi! 8 00 11 CHI’ 13 00, 22 0l)J 28 (M)i 32 £.l! 37100 11 00 1! 0 50! 11 00 1 1 00 17 00 1 28 (HI 3(5 50! -12 00 48|00 53 50 4 S 00 14 00 17 00; £0 90 ;»3 00 43 Oo 50 00! Slfto' 63 50 ' 5 9.5i1! 10 50 £•) (Hi, £3 IK), 38 00, 50 IV 58 (K)’ 73 'SO 0, 11 Oil li Oil £3 (Hr 26 OO 33 00' 56 O ' (55 (H)‘ 714!:' 83 (H) 7; 12 50 £0 00 25 0(1 1 20 00, 18 60, 62 s'Jj 72 00 s_> 0(1 02 00 8| 14 0" 22 00 £8 00; 32 00 53 OOj 60 00 Si 0 ) **! Oil 100 (Hi !•» 6e. 23 00 30 OOj 35 00 58 00, 75 00, 87 00 8 00 108 00 M 17 H 36 (HI 32 00 ; 37 OOj 61 50 80 0()' !>2 (HI lOlfO 115 00 1 Coll 22 Jo 32 50 40 00 45 Oil 75 00 07 50 112 60 127 6<> 140 00 1 Coll 35 Ooj 60 (X) 60 00 , 70 00.116 00 150 00 172 50 132 to 210 oO Olio square. 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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.