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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1867)
CTformttrl p < fihfv**i >IA) SERIES, VOL. LXXVI. <£hmwU & Sentinel HJ'iMtV MUOICE, A. It. Wit I OUT. ► 11RICK WALSH, Associate Editor* T £ll.ll* OK •»«'»*.< liIPTIOV. YVEEEI.Y. ’ . j! . -v IT<il- ST A . Vi A : WEaXggPAI KOKSUfi, Alt IST To llic Public. W e have the pleasure of announcing to the public Mr. Patrick Wat.su as an Associate Editor of the Chronicle <t- Sm tuul. Mr. Walsh has been connected with our editorial staff for .several months past. His identity in interest, and formal connection to-day, is simply a public an nouncement of our appreciation of his professional qualifications and our high es teem for his character. Hknry Moore, A. R. Wriuut. Rumors of War. —Rumors of war eome from Europe. The Moui/cur of Monday contradicts certain statements in circulation on the Continent, but the Timm seems to doubt the sincerity of the contra diction, thereby, -creating tlm impression thaf there is some foundation for the re ports. Mu. 1 Ifi.i. h “Notes.”—As an evidence, ay- the Bainbridge Georgia it, of the 1 ivor with which the great speech of' Ren. 11:11, at Atlanta, is received by the intelli gent men of this county, we have an order from one of our best citizens to print five hundred copies of it, in pamphlet form, for gratuitous distribution. Cotton* Markets. —The advices from Liverpool and New York are favorable. Roth markets are firm at Saturday’s prices, although New York appears to he a shade (inner, Middling Upland living ■ luotod at 27tc, while Liverpool remains steady at Ktjjd. for Orleans. We arc ap prehensive, however, that the war ru mors, no matter how groundless, will un settle the markets. Railroad Convention. —The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad was held in At lanta on Thursday last. T'lio reports of the officers of the road showed it to lie in a prosperous condition. The Board was unanimously re-elected, viz: John P. King, President: Richard Peters, Ferdinand Phiuizy, I lon. <). A. Itull, Jesse McLendon, ! and John E. Robinson, Directors. Plan i.t Sati ; rn. —The Charleston News of yesterday says tile rings around this planet can he seen by looking in the south ern heavens—and that the flat sides aro presented to the earth —and that on a clear night they can be distinctly seen with an opera glass. This phase ol the planet will not be again visible in several years —Therefore those of our readers who have telescopes or glasses, had better avail themselves of the opportunity now afford ed of witnessing if grand show without paying for it. We distinctly saw the satellites of Jupiter Monday night in a coinmon looking glass. “The Radicals and tii e Georgia Rail road.”—The attention of our readers is called to a communication headed “The Radicals and the Georgia Railroad,” which is from a respectable citizen. At first we were loth to beliovq the. statement yfifio writer, thiukjng that someone hail sWftght to mislead him, but we received suektesti to. „ tu Juan o ve it. Now we respeef'ully submit to llio stockholders of the (ieorgia Railroad, lion. John P. King, aud Col. Cole, that this attempt to ostracise a man because he is not a Loyal Leaguer,is a studied insult to the intelligence and respectability of this community. We therelore suggest to the gentleman who appointed Mr. Garganand afterward notified him to defer taking charge for a few days until further investi gation was had, to confirm his first ap pointment. We have known Mr. Janies (i argali for many we know him to he an upright citizen and a first elass mechanic. That game of forcing the Irish into Loyal Leagues won’t go down, and Head Centres and all, as you are, we tell you now that the day will eoiue when you will hide your heads in shame. .This first open move is checkmated, and so arc you, sweet Leaguers. Mkktixo ok Tenants in Monies.—A , largo mooting, composed iiniinlv of mer- | chiuits, was hold in Mobile on the ovoning of the 25th inst., to take into consulera- j tion the present high rents, and the adop- ; I^hi of sonic concert of action whereby the | tenants of that city could be heard in their demands for a reduction of rents. The nicotine; passed resolutions declaring that: First. In view of the disastrous re- j •mlts of the last year’s business, and the gloomy prospects for the future, the rates demanded by landlords were excessive and [ oppressive. Second. That the continuance of the present rates render it impossible for j the merchants and business men of Mobile to maintain successful competition with their commercial rivals, and will drive Cn orgy and capital from the city of their j choice. Third. That with so uncertain a j future before them they deem it unwise at present to make contracts for the coming \ ear. believing that the, surplus of vacant IcaildiuL's will he larger the coining season i than ever before known in Mobile. We call the attention of our landlords i to this action of the Mobile tenants, with the hope that they will so reduce their rates for the coming year ns to render unneces :irv Mich action on the part ot Augusta , tenants. If they do not, tenants here will be forced to combine for their own protec-! tion and safety. (iKORttiA News via New York.— “Quondam," the Georgia correspondent of the New York Times , closes his last letter, dating from Augusta, the 17th, as follows : You may have remarked that Hx-Gov ornor Brown took no part in the recent Radical Convention held at Atlanta. It is slid that he absolutely declined to do so. and that he has cut loose from his asso eiates of a few weeks ago, being unwilling to go the length to which Farrow and Mar coin have gone. The Convention will certainly be adopt ed. Os the white votes registered in Georgia, a majority will vote against it : but the negro vote will be all polled and wiil be a unit in iavor of it. It will be controlled and directed by such men as Farrow and Bryant, Marcomand Eberhart, and will adopt such a constitution as even Sir Thadeus Stevens will approve. But what then ? Will such a consummation l , reconstruction such as the intelligent un -es of the North desire in the interests Vhc whole country ? These are ques tions which thinking men ask, and which I hear every dav , )ITrY 'Will somebody be good enough to inform us of the whereabouts of the • Republican party, which was formally organized in this city on the fourth day of l e present month ? Its platform appears lave disappeared from public view! We are a little apprehensive of foul play on the part of some pretended friends.- Era. , The Griffin Star says: Just as we ex pected Old Aguecheek has lost his party. He learned to close bis rear, but forgets another important military manoeuvre-to keep closed up. He's been stragglmg he’s missed one or two meetings of the “Timoney Guards,” of which ngment he run for corporal, and got beat (so rumor says), the guards preferring Sice ruggs You must keep close up, dear AguMc You need nt stray off thinking you 1 be missed and Mowed after. That s p.aj -1 out .” You arc the only solitary indi vidual’living that counts presence your support, or opposition, as of the leaa consequence. Close up ' The Mulatto Republican. The first number of this mongrel—th , offspring of the African Loyal Georgian and the Dirty I/iaper , which expired in the act of parturition—was issued from the press of the latter on Sunday morning*, as we had anticipated. The editor of this miicegenating organ 'D. G. Getting, Esq.), naively say.-, in his salutatory, “the name of the paper is a sufficient indication of its principles." Os course we are forced to accept this naive declaration as the sole guide as to its course and policy. The bare announce ment of its parentage would have been sufficient. However, its nursing mother assures us that it is “an out andout Radical paper.” The Radical party in Georgia is com posed of a tew Africanized white men and a body of colored people, a large majority | of whom are the most ignorant and de- I ecived, or the most vicious amongst this class of our population. The object tor' which this organization has been establish ed, as shown by its creed and constituent elements, is to build up a party here hostile to the white race. That the i legitimate consequences of such an organi zation will culminate, sooner or iater, in a j war of races is apparent to every reliecting I mind- This dire calamity can only be avoided by the cool forethought and pru dent action of the true men of the country. The respectable people of the South should spare no efforts to prove to the colored peo- j pie that these would-be friends, with white faces and black hearts, arc their most 1 deadly enemies. The colored people are generally ignorant and confiding. They arc easily cajoled by the Africanized whites and lend a willing car to all their profes sions of brotherly regard, and promises of social and political equality. Their minds have already been more or less inflamed against the decent whites, and it will re quire some efforts to disabuse them of these wicked calumnies. This cannot be done by supporting the men and presses who are known to be tampering with the poor negroes for these base purposes. If the black people of» Georgia choose to be arrayed by these Africanized whites in hostility to their true friends, they must expect that the Jatter will be driven to the alternative of organizing against the blacks. We had hoped that such an array of antagonistic classes would not be made in this State. We are still not without some hope that it may be avoided. But it can only be done by a firm and united determination on the part of all the Conservative ele ments in the country to treat, these Loyal Leaguers, as their conduct shows them to be, enemies to the best interests of both races. The decent people of both races are bound, by every consideration of in terest and safety, to use every measure in their power to cripple and destroy this insidious enemy. The old enemy, under anew name, is now before them as a candidate for popular favor and patronage. Those who are in favor of the supremacy of the black over the white race, will support it. Those who wish to make a cat’s paw of the ne groes with which to gather for themselves all the roasted chestnuts in the way of fat offices will place their names on its ! subscription list, and give it the material i aid of their advertising patronage. A few days will develope who these are, by the i appearance of their names in its list of ad vertisers. On the other hand, every true constitu tional union man will spurn the dirty thing from their homes and avoid its con ’ffVPßßS'flrniey would that of the most loathsome viper. The high priests of the mulatto Republican party have,in a printed circular which has been sown broadcast throughout the Union, declared that “only money was wanted to carry every Southern State for the Radicals.” Will the true- j hearted Southern people become co-work ers with this Radical Executive Commit- \ tee in furnishing the means to destroy their own happiness aud safety 't The mulatto Republican is but the “ Loyal Georgian ’ in disguise. While it may essay to wear the lion’s skin, the . EARS are unmistakable. The careful avoid- I anee of any allusion to the pet of Bureau I Bryant, while it showed considerable tact j in the management of the concern, has not ! deceived any of our citizens as to their true identity. In another column of our paper j will be found a few extracts from the vale dictory of Bureau 8., which we cut from the Georgian of Sunday morning. It will ] be seen, by reference to these, that the “mulatto publishing company”'will issue, ! in connection with the daily Republican (Loyal Georgian) under the supervision of Bureau 8., the weekly Loyal Georgian , I also. The Realities of the Radical Legislation. lu its fanatical attempts to destroy the prerogative of the Executive office, and j degrade the President, the Radical Con- i gress have been guilty of not only palpa- : bio violations of the Constitution, but their crude and revengeful legislation hasentailed upon tho country a series of laws the mere | mention of which should cause the cheek of any honest man in the land to mantle with shame and disgust. Asa specimen of this legislation we call attention to-day to the “Tenure of office Bill” passed over the President's veto by the Thirty-ninth Congress. This act provides that “every person holding any civil office to which he' 1 has been appointed by and with the advice of the Semite, and every person who shall become duly appointed to act therein, is ! and shall be entitled to hold such office until a successor shall have been in like manner appointed and duly qualified.” The practical working of this disgrace ful and revolutionary act is aptly illustra ted in the report of the following case, i which we clip from the New York Tribune : The tenure of office law lias had an un expected result, which we hardly know whether to call deplorable or comical. A postmaster was suspended for defalcation ; the Senate rejected the person nominated as his successor, and under the law the delinquent had to be reinstated. In com municating to him this amazing result, the Postmaster General politely requested him. "as a favor to the Department, to use as little of the money ot the Govern ment, and make as few false entries j as possible.” It is not said whether there is any legal punishment for stealing in the State wiiereinthis gentleman lives.” Further comment upon this thief pro tecting law and its infamous authors is un necessary. The time will surely come when the sober second thought of the people will hurl from power and place the infernal erew that now desecrate the places ones filled by Webster, and Calhoun, Clay, Randolph an 1 Adams. Another Royal Decree from District No. 2. In every State ot the I’uion, North and South, we believe the iaws prohibit the intermarriage of the white and black races. These laws arc based upon sound ethno logical reasons, and have received the sanction of not only the scientific savans of the world, but of all classes of statesmen aud politicians. We do not propose to argue to-day in support of these whole some restrictions against the amalgamation of the races. It would be an insult to the intelligence of our readers to attempt it. Our purpose is simply to call attention to the following edict, whieh we find in an ex change. of King Daniel the Ist. of District No. 2, upon the application of a dergy ; man in North Caroliua, asking if he would be authorized to marry a negro man tea white woman : “The commanding officer is of opinion that under the Civil Rights Bill the«e inter marriages are legal, and Rev. Mr. Hood is authorized to solemnize the ceremony in i case, notwithstanding the objection of 1 the county officers. brant and Pope on Confederate Paroles. A paragraph is going the rounds, of the paper.-, as yet uncontradicted, to the effect that Gen. Grant had written’a letter to Gen. Pope, declaring his concurrence in the views of the latter that a Confederate officer who opposes the bherman-Sheila barger Acts, jriolats bis parole. We have no idea that either Gens Grant or Pope entertain any such opinions. The absurdity of such a po ition is so plain’that no one who’has the slighte-t intellectual capacity, can fail to acknowledge it. A reference to the parole, which was given by the Confederate soldiers, will demon strate to any one not willfully blind aqff ignorant, that our officers aud soldiers are not committed to the acceptance of these laws in any degree greater than all other citizens of the United States—that is, to support them if they believe them to be constititutioual and right—to reject them if they believe otherwise. That we are right in this view is shown by reference to the following parole, issued by Gen. Grant, and which is the paper signed 1A the Con federate army: Headquarters U. S. Font es, t “I, the undersigned, , a of the , do solemnly swear that I will not bear arms against the Gutted States fit America, or give any in formation, or do any military duty what soever until regularly exchanged as a prisoner of war. . Descrip tion : height , hair , eyes I certify that the above parole was given by me on the date above written, on the following conditions: The above named person is allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by the military authori ties of the United States so long as he ob serves this parole and obeys the -laws which were in force previous to January 1, 1801, where he resided. By order of Brig. Gen. - ; —. Capt. and Provost Marshal. Agents for the Mulatto Republican. ; We find the following names of geutle i men in this State, published in the first number of the mulatto Republican, as agents of that sheet, in their respective local ties. We happen to know most of these gen tlemen, and from’ our acquaintance with them, we do not believe that they have authorized such a use of their names in connection with this Hybrid Bastard. If, however, they have turned traitors to their race and section, which we can't yet believe, in thus becoming the voluntary aiders and abettors of these mulatto Re publicans, it is but. justice to their friends throughout the State that their position should be made known, lie that is not for his race in this tight is most certainly against it. agents fop. tiie national republican. The following gentlemen are authorized to received subscriptions and advertise ments for tliis paper: James P. Swain, Warrentoh, Ga. M. 11. Mandeville, Athens, Ga. Sturges & Chew, Waynesboro, Ga. H. A. Merry, Berzelia, Ga. K. S. Womack, Covington, Ga. John W. Mayo, Rome, Ga. Carmichael & Smith, Greensboro’ Ga. Ely Otto, Savannah, Ga. G. P. Stovall, Thomson, Ga. Dr. T. 0. Heard, Griffin, Ga. T. Corbin, Washington, Ga. F. J. Robinson, Lexington, Ga. • J. F. Maddox, Fort Valley, Ga. J. W. Darracott, Crawfordville, Ga. J. D. Perry, Lester’s District, Ga. E. S. O’Brien, Barnett Station. G. R. R. E. Nebhtit, Union Point, G. li. R. [ National Republican. Southern Royalty. Our readers have already seen elaborate royal blazonings with which the sovereign of No. 2 regales the eyes of his potty serfs in the good old republican city of Charles ton. It seems that his “royal cousin” of No. sis determined that the insignia of royalty in his own court shall not lie eclipsed by that of No. 2. We give the following description of the state carriage of King Philip the Ist, which we find in one of our exchanges, credited to the Missouri Republican: The state carriage used on such occasions is a landau, a covered carriage which opens at the top, so as to give ail unobstructed view of the inmates. Therein sits his little Highness, surrounded by select members of bis staff, lie and they bedecked and begew gawed all over with elongated yards of gold lace, with plentiful besprinkling of gold buttons and other ostentatious orna mentation, for the eyes of wondering nig gers to gaze at. To this vehicle are at tached six horses (it takes six to draw such a weight of character), and these are caparisoned with the most elaborately or namented harmless that vanity and self conceit can invent. But, to cap the climax of absurdity and ostentation, all this fiip pery is finished off’ with a grand display of the long white plumes, tipped with red feathers, which are fastened to the horses’ heads, in such fashion as to cause them to undulate in all the graceful mazes of the j poetic motion. It is altogether anew and unique display of “ fuss aud feathers.” | The royal cortege is completed by a train | of out-riders and guards, all enrobed in the i tinsel of military pomp, and consisting of i two regiments of mounted troops, who, on : such imposing occasions, are admonished to appear in their best bib and tucker ; for nothing common or unclean is permitted to j pass “betwixt the wind and his nobility.” But this style of regal ostentation is not I peculiar to Sheridan, we are told. Sickles, the satrap of the Carolinas, it was charged ill Congress, the other day, is inflated with a similar emulation of royal display. It takes four black horses, with a correspond ing exhibition of finery, pomp, and self importance. to haul this General. Important to Cotton Planters. We find the following letter and certifi cate in the Savannah Republican of the 27th instant. We give it to our readers for what it may be worth, premising that wq have had qp opportunity for forming a satisfactory opinion upon the relative merits of the two methods of baling cotton. To our minds, there seems to be much force in the objections which the Liverpool merchants state the spinners and manu facturers have raised against the iron ties. Whether or not these objections out weigh the manifest advantages which the iron-tie has over the rope in other respects, is a question which our planting friends and the merchants must settle for them selves : Savannah, July 27th, 1567. — Mr. Jno. E. Hayes , Editor Savannah Republican : — Dear Sir:— lt is hoped that for the j benefit of the planters of the South, you will be kind enough to publish the follow ! iug certificate isssued by four of the largest I cotton brokers of Liverpool, and referring i to the comparative merits of rope and iron • ties in the preparation of cotton for market. CERTIFICATE. We, the undersigned, cotton brokers of | the port of Liverpool, having been re ' quested by Messrs. \N . H. and A. Stuart to give our opinion as to whether the rope bound or iron bound cottou finds the most i favor with our spinners, do hereby state, that so far the rope bound bales are much preferred. They complain of the diniculty they find in opening up the bales, from j the'feet of their being so tightly riveted, 1 and of the great danger there is of firing i the cotton in striking off the hoops ; also, that while they are able to dispose of the ropes at a fair price, they cannot get any thing at all lor the old hoops. A\ ere there | two lots of cotton of equal quality aud i value before us, the one rope bound and ; the other iron bound, we should certainly give the former the preference, for by >o I doing we should only be carrying out the ! instructions of our spinners. Thos. Falclough, Jas. Howell & Sons. Per J as. Howell. 0. H. Williams & Cos. Williams & Buckley. j Liverpool, Ist June, 1567. Wheat Market.-Tlm demand for wheat is active and all brought to market jjg readily sold at $1 80(31 95 for red. and $2 a 2 15 for white. We advise our eoun | try friends to bring in their crop. Six hundred thousand people died from i the famine in Orissa. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, }S67. Bryant Hauls Down the colors of the Daily Loyal Georgian. THEV ARE RAISED WITHOUT THE SOU SO OF A SINGLE GUN I! V THE MU LATTO PUBLISHING company. THE WEEKLY LOYAL GEORGIAN STILL SURVIVES, AND TTiLL EE PUBLISHED EY THE MULATTO PUBLISHING COMPANY. Bryant Announces anew Radical OrganT the Mulatto Republican. VALEDICTORY OF BUREAU B. “With pleasure, mingled with sorrow. I announce to the readers of the Daily Loyal Georgian that its publication will cease with this issue.” (Oh, dear, how pathetic !j “A Northern friend promised to loan us money—the failure of some parties from whom he expected money made it im possible for him to accommodate us.' (The wicked and ungrateful dogs.) “We used every effort in our power to raise money, but it was impossible.'' (The poor negroes had put in their last quarter and it, too, is gone.). “We were upon the poiut of suspend ing and of giving up the undertaking en tirely, when a few wealthy Union men in this cit/.came to our rescue. ” (Expressmen, Revenue Collector, Fed eral Tax Assessor, Postmaster, &c., &c.) “They proposed to form anew compa ny, continue the publication of the ‘ Week ly Loyal Georgian buy out the ‘ Daily Press, ’ and establish anew paper, to be called the ‘ National Republican, ’ with which the ‘ Daily Loyal Georgian was to be merged.” (What clever fellows these Union men aro. Os course they don't want the toil earned quarter of the poor darkeys. Then what a splendid combination ! the Loyal Georgian and the Dirty Diaper.) “We were assured that this paper should be an out spoken advocate of the prin ciples of the Republican party, and that the ‘ Weekly Loyal Georgian' should con tinue under my management.” (0 noble miscegenation ! And the Rad ical negro-loving principles shall be kept shining and illuminating the colors of the mulatto concern.) “A meeting of the stockholders of the I Loyal Georgian Publishing Association’ was called, audit was decided to accept the proposition.” (A wise conclusion under the circum stances. ) “The now company was formed. Both papers will be printed by the ‘Georgia Printing Company.” (That's so. We have seen the first num ber of the sheet but it don't look well.) “I have given this brief history of the ‘'''Loyal Georgian ,” because I consider it necessary to answer some of tin? Rebel falsehoods that are now in circulation in this city, by a simple statement of facts. As I have before said, we have been obliged to meet these falsehoods from the very day we commenced to publish the ‘ Loyal Georgian,' but, at length, we have placed .our paper on solid ground. Every attempt made to break us down, has made us stronger.” , (Got so strong couldn’t run at all—col lapsed, but didn't break down—merged and fizzled out.) “We are to-day much very much stronger than ever before. Our cause has triumphed, and our paper lias triumphed.” (Don’t doubt it—Express ineii, Tax-gath erers, Shoe-dealers and Postmasters most always rich—got lots of money.) “The ‘ Loyal Georgian,' the same old ‘ Loyal Georgian but every way im •proved, will be continued, and talk as it. has always talked, but with more ability, I trust.” (But how about the name, dear old Georgian / are. you to be slain in the house of your friends to Ynongret “It will never fail to advocate the cause of the oppressed, and, as formerly, its motto will be ‘Equal Rights’ for all citizens of the United States, except those who have been convicted of crime, or have participated in the attempt to destroy the Government.” (That is, all rights for the darkies, all offices for the Africanized whites, and no rights for gentlemen and honest citi zens.) “Friends of the ‘ Loyal Georgian!' re joice with me ; many long months we have toiled; sometimes full of hope, sometimes discouraged.” (Poor fellow; how his little grey eyes twinkled when the darkeys’ quarters were poured in, and how his stern brow knitted when they didn’t.) ‘‘l never doubted. I always felt that our cause was just, and that we should succeed. My Northern friends will remember I told them that wo should not lu.il. At length, I can say to them, ‘ success has crowned our efforts.’ We have established in Georgia an out and out Radical Republi can paper.” (Bully for you, Bureau B.) . “The Rebels may howl; their political fools may write poetry, it makes us strong er. J. E. Bry’Ant.” (That’sintended for sawkasm. Don’t it hart mighty bad, brother Randall ?) | COMMUNICATED.] The Radicals and the Georgia Railroad. Messrs Editors :—The attention of your readers is called to the despicable conduct of the Loyal Leaguers in a certain case. The vacancy of master-workman in the j Georgia Railroad carpenter shop, caused I by the death of the lamented .Mr. John E. Maemurphy, was tendered to and accepted by Mr. JamesGargan. Mayor Blodgett and the Loyal Leaguers, it appears, do not approve of the appointment, and an effort is being made to procure the position for a member of the Loyal League. Matters have come to a pretty pass when the Loyal Leaguers, net content, with controlling and appointing all the city officials, now seek to control corporations. It. is sincerely to be Imped that neither President King nor Superintendent Cole frill be influenced by the recommendation of these men. Mr. Gargan is a compbtent workman, and an old and respected citizen, and, as sa Irishman, no doubt, heartily despises Loyal Leagues and Loyal Leaguers. Hence the determined effort of this clique to have him deposed, _ and one of their own ilk placed in position, evidently with the remote purpose of securing votes for the Radical party. I have been positively assured that Mr. Gargan was to enter on his. duties Monday morning, but that, in deference to the re quest of the Committee, headed by the Mayor, he received word to wait a few days. The selection of Mr. Gargan is entirely satisfactory to the employees of the de partment. as weil aS to many Stockholders. .Stockholder. Augusta, Geo., July 29th, 1867. [communicated.] St. James’, Again. Memorizing poetry, it is said, greatly improves tiie memory. Nothing, in an cient or modern writings, is more strength ening to that faculty than memorizing the precepts contained in the Bible ; because, what is therein written is inspired, and contains the very essence of all that is ele gant iu prose or poetry. They are not alone beneficial to the retaining faculty, but extend their refining influence over the heart. How commendable is it, then, in grown-up folks, by means of prizes, to induce the rising generation to commit to’ memory words of . Holy Writ, which, if religiously treasured, must prove a savor of life unto life 1 Such an effort is now being made by the Superintendent of St. James' Methodist Sabbath School; it is destined to prove deservingly successful. A short time since vour correspondent reported the name of a little girl, who received a beautiful prize, for having committed to memory the Proverbs of Solomon. Sabbath afternoon a nicely bound hymn book was presented to Miss Mary Belle Crocker for accom plishing a similar pleasant task. The writer .of these brief communica tions does not desire to make them the ve hicle whereby to bring into prominence Sr. ■ James’ Sabbath School, as contrasted with others, but rather his purpose is to praise those who show themselves ambitious of attaining good ends, with the hope at the same time of inciting other> to the emula tion oi their illustrious example. Observed Augusta, Ga., July 29. 1867. Yokohama has gas. a newspaper, diurnal suicides, and villainous whiskey. Thus does civilization interpenetrate Japanese ! habits. Another Radical Falsehood. Soon after the .appearance of the first few numbers of the “ Notes on the Situa tion,” by Hon. B. 11. Hill, a paragraph appeared in one of the Atlanta papers— Little Dingy, we believe —to the effect that ; Mr. Hill’s attacks on Governor Brown was ungrateful and io bad taste, a- he was ’ mainly indebted to ths Governor for his parden from the President. The im pression was sought to be made that Mr. \ Hill had sought Governor Brown s reeom | meedation for his pardon. Os course, we knew that this was a lie trumped up by Brown’s friends to weaken the force, if ■ possible, of the tremendous blows which Mr. Hill was giving to the Georgia Atadi eals, and we should not have noticed it, but recently we find the lying paragraph going the rounds of the Radical press, and copied, in some instances, in quasi re spectable journals. i. The charge that Mr.* Hill ever applied to Governor Brown for a recommendation for Executive pardon, is absolutely false. Neither he or his friends, by his advice or consent, ever made application lor such recommendation. - The facts of the ease are briefly these : During the sitting of the Federal Court in Savannah,. Juse Spring, $5, Hill was. approached by a friend —a leading' citizen and former J udge in that city—who asked Mr. Hill to sign a recommendation, which he held in his hands, for the pardon of General A. R. Lawton. Mr. Hill replied that it would give him great pleasure' to assist the General in any way, in his power, but that as he was himself still unpardoned, he thought it would be indelicate or im proper for his name to appear on the Gen eral’s application. Ilis friend expressed greatsurprise that he was still unpardoned, and said, “I will take the liberty of get ting up a similar application for you. ’ ’ To this, Mr. Hill said, “I card? very little about it —you may do as you please,” and gave the matter no more thought. The next day one of his up-country friends, who was in Savannah attending the Court, approached him and informed him that the leading gentlemen of the Bar, then in Savannah, and some of the most prominent citizens, had signed a. petition to the President asking for his pardon—and added Governor Brown ashed the privilege of putting his name to the paper, which vjas granted. Mr. Hill immediately re plied : “I wish no pardon which may be procured upon an application signed by a traitor to his country. No paper in my behalf must besont with Governor Brown’s name upon it. Go to the gentlemen who are taking an interest in this matter and tell them they must either erase Brown’s name or not send the paper forward.” His friend remonstrated against sucli a course, saying “you- have nothing to do with the matter—it is in tha hands of your fiiends and you have no right to dictate to them in the premises.” Here the matter, so far as Mr. Hill was concerned, dropped, and neither he or his friends heard anything more of Gov ernor Brown’s connection with it until the Governor’s Atlanta friends (doubtless instigated by Joe himself) ■ started the falsehood that Mr. Hill was mainly in debted to Joe for his pardon. Just here we desire to brand as false, also, the statement that Mr. Hill waited till lie received his pardon before he began to write against the Military Bills. He had lost sight of the Savannah application in his favor—it had passed entirely out of his mind when he, unexpectedly, received Aiotice of its success. lie was then engaged in his notes, several of which had. been ir dtli 1 ’ "“ : " ' ' Intolerable Impertinence. It is stated, publicly, on the streets that our Military Mayor, in company with two members of the Military Council, It. B. Bullock and Ephraim Tweedy, called upon one of the officers of the Georgia Railroad a few days since, and insisted or demahded that the vacancy as foreman .in the shop of the Railroad should be. filled by one ■ White, a reputed member of the Loyal j League. Th,is insufferable impertinence was, doubtless, prompted by the thought that these Loyal Leaguers could influence Gen. Rope to remove the railroad officials if their demands were not complied with. Two of these Leaguers, it will be remem bered, are (and it may be that the third is al:3o) reputed members of the new publish ing concern which is now conducting the Weekly Loyal Georgian, and Daily Mu latto Republican. Betivixt Two Bundles of Hay. The Mulatto Republican organ of the Loyal Leaguers seems to be like the ass betwixt two bundles of hay. When it turns its ravenous jaws to take in the Press bundle of deluded patrons, the Loyal Georgian supporters turn their backs upon elm mongrel concern. When in its wild attempt to nibble at the African bundle it makes sardonic grimaces at the “poor negro,” the patrons of the Press snubs it, and withdraw their patronage from it. There must have been a lively time at its counter yesterday and the day before. The negroes were stopping their paper be cause the concern did not have courage enough to carry the old name— Loyal Georgian— and the, whites were indig nantly withdrawing subscriptions and ad vertising because, under a white face, it j supported Radical negro principles. Ail day long this cutting off was briskly | carried on, until, in ths agony of its heart, j the poor, puny little mongrel exclaimed: | “We do hope those who intend to stop ! (their paper), will do so immediately.” ' But the incorrigible, “cutters off” would j not down at the bidding of the cadaverous j little creaature who ruus the mershine for j the mulatto company. Just in time, however, to prevent the little Johnny Bud, who was becoming pale i in the gills, from committing some reckless ' deed, “a gentleman stepped in” (strange j place fora gentleman to just drop in) and j said: ‘Put down all you have lost to me, and send me the bill to-morrow. ' ” Verily, these ex-Press people must have cords ot money! Don’t bite too soon, lit tle mongrel; you haven’t got your money yet. The gentleman did not say that he would pay you for the losses, only that you might put down ail your losses to him. Look out for a Yankee trick when you call for the spiserinctum. The Federal Union. The last number of this sterling old jour nal completes its thirty-seventh volume. The present editor, in announcing this fact, -ays: “We intend to keep the principles under which we have so long fought, in scribed on onr banner in letters of living : light, as long as a vestige ot our liberties remain; and when we can no longer ad vocate these principles we will draw the , drapery of death about the old paper and let her die in peace." The Union was the leading organ of the Democratic party in this State for a num i her of years, and has always wielded a : powerful influence in the State. We are ! glad to know that its columns shows as j much of vigor and zeal for the cause of constitutional liberty now- as it ever did in its palmiest days for the principles of the Democratic party. It. is one of tiie ablest and most fearless opponents 'ot the fcher j man-Shellabarger iniquity winch reaches j our sanctum. Long may it wave! The First Cotton.—The Fort A alley »Ga.) Gazette of the 27 th inst. reports that ! cotton bolls are opening in that section of the State. The Tallahassee Sentinel makes a similar statement in regard to i cotton in that section. Periodicals. M 0 have received from the publishers th August number of the “Land we , Love.' The copy before us is filled with a rich and instructive series of original articles, and fully sustains the previous high character of this favorite Southern monthly. tabee of contexts. the Second Missouri Cavalry, by Col. V.. H. Brand. o£ Missouri; Egomet Ipse, by Mrs. Dourine, of Charlotte, N. C.; | Twelve months in Spain, by V. C. Bar ringer : The Garden of the Tuileries, by G. T. Webster; Perfect through Suffering, i by Mrs. Fannie Downing ; Undertow, by j Mrs. Margaret J. Preston ; Rambles in \ orkshire, by JoiTu R. 'Thompson ; SOll - net, by Paul H. Hayne ; Mary Ashbur i ton: Song and Chorus, by Dr. F. O. I Ticknor ; Strawberry Culture ; Personal ! Recollections of Eminent Men, by a Yir ! giuia Matron; The Eloquence of Ruins, | by Mrs. Virginia French; Cavalry Scouts, by General Wade Hampton; Editorial; Book Notices ; Die Modes welt. —This is the Title of an Illustrated paper, of recent origin, de voted exclusively to Fashion and Fancy work, for the Ladies. It is edited by F ranr Lipperheid, Berlin: Published by E. Fidel man Leipzig; and sold by the agent, S. T. Taylor, 349 Canal street, New York city. This enterprise is unquestionably one of the direct consequences of the Battle of Sadowa, and the Prussian triumph in the Luxemburg Congress. The Prussians seem determined to invade French pre rogatives and French Imperialism at all points. Hitherto Paris has dictated the laws oi Fashion to the civilized world and particularly in the Haut-Ton and Bon-Ton —to the Beau-Monde and Demi-Monde of the Imperial Democracy of the so-called United States of America. Now we have thfe Die Modenwelt, Now Prussia contests the supremacy of France and enters the field against Paris, which is France. Fortified by German care and minute economy, she invokes the learn ing of Leipzig and the elan of Berlin to refine and diffuse correct taste, and instruct the world in feminine elothes-philosophy. Although the German title is retained in this Art instructor, the language used is the English, except a single article under the English heading of “ Important to Ladies.” This exception we take to be in a world-wide feminine dialect or angelic language, and not understood by man’s radical nature. It is quite evident that the editor de nies his knowledge of American mankind through British representations. Per haps he has read, and has been shocked at Sydney Smith’s talk about pulling off bis flesh and sitting in his bones, or dis gusted with Carlyle’s picture of the British Parliament sitting without clothes, and therefore communicates his Berlin clothes philosophy in a cabalistic dialect, which cannot be understood by the vulgus pro fani. Or it may be that this teufetsdroclct, or has heard that our Radical Congress is about to reform, under legal penalties, all constitutional conditions of every politic, corporate and individual me, on this conti nent, and asserting, under paramount authority, what every one shall eat, drink, swear to and believe ; that they will regu late as a matter of course the what and the wherewith we shall be clothed. The how, . the wherefore, and the how much even to j sans culottesism. Hence he speaks in a tongue not known of men. What the editor soys in his article “Important to the . Ladies''lypcaimucconjecture, .Itisesidenfc. 1 that however well he may understand I red-republicanism, he does not understand i the procession of colors on this side of the ! great waters; and fears to write plainly lest our Radical Congress may take ad vantage of what he should disclose and legislate on fashion. But Franlein Freida Lipperhide is not so cowardly. She speaks plainly. She scouts the Parisian decollete style openly; and rejecting every approach to the primitive fig-leaf economy of Eden, discusses fully the latest mode ; gives its exact admeasurements in inches, and says firmly that “any attempt to show more o f the foot can only be regarded as vulgar co quetry.” The issues of this paper are bi-monthly —illustrating by over one hundred cuts •everything from the nethermost to the up permost garment and embroidery. Lest by possibility the reader should err, a ty pographical map, gotten up with all the exactness of Smith’s survey of the “lines around Petersburg, ’ ’ giving the character of the lines and the dimensions in inches, is added : and ail for $3 00 per annum. The Pope. —Addresses to the Pope are pouring in upon his holiness from various quarters. The Bishops assembled in Rome have assured, him of their fidelity to his throne and to his teaching, and declared that neither princes nor peoples will permit j the rights or authority of the Pope to be ignored. In reply to an Italian deputa tion, the Pope said lie had always done what lie could to aid Italy, and he liopod those who had charge of her destinies woufd save her from moral and religious ruin. Merchants’ Un ion Express Company. —We have been kindly permitted to read a letter from the Secretary of' this Gom- | pany to a citizen of Augusta, in which it is j stated that the . recent attempts of the i Adams’ Express Company to break down \ the Merchants’ Union Company lias sig nally failed, and that the latter Company is stronger now than it was before the | war was made against them. Wo are glad ! to hear this, as it gives assurance that the • Southern business public will soon have j the opportunity of selecting for their ex- ; press business a corporation which has not i yet invested any of its funds for the build- j ing of a Radical negro party in the South ; in hostility to the docent white people. Court Martial, —A court martial has j been in session in this city for several days, trying the case of General Sweeney, against whom several charges and specifi cations have been trumped up. So frivo | lous, untenable and groundless were two ! of the charges and four of the specifica ! tions that the court threw them out. Gen. | Sweeney has been in command of this | Post for nearly eight months. So far as ; -,ve have observed or can learn, be has dis- I charged his duty in such a manner as to I aid in the preservation'of law and order. There has been no effort on his part to I humiliate our people, or to make them i feel that the sword of the conqueror stil hangs'over them. We believe that he has ; generally discharged his duty impartially ! and'faithfully. It ruay he, however, that he has only discharged his duty as an officer, and not permitted himself to be used to promote j political organizations, and hence his per- I secution. 1 V, e learn that the court is composed of brave, intelligent and honorable soldiers, and in their hands the reputation of Gen. j Sweeney, as a brave and gallant soldier, is not likely to be tarnished. A Wide Platform. —The Charlottes-| ville (Va.) Chronicle says the following arc- the planks of its platform : ! “\V c- are in favor of railroads, free trade, i a gold and silvercurrency, low taxes, ships, : canals, steam, machinery, patent wringers, rifled cannon, photography, solidified milk, newspapers, gas, and congregational singing. ''We are opposed to test oaths, to Po land, Ireland, and all forms of oppression; | to standing armies, passports, juries, tax i ou paper, political disfranchisement, sec- ; tional tyranny, military government, kero- . sene, hoops, stav laws, usury laws, free • ‘ tickets, and chewing tubacco. j Our Oxford Correspondence. j THE RECENT COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF EMORY COLLEGE, ETC., ETC. Oxford. Ga., July 29. D67. Messrs Editors ; —Having looked in vain 1 for a brief and explicit account oi' the late Commencement Exercises of Emory Col lege, and believing that some :u;n ac ; count wiii prove interesting to very man; ; of your readers, I have determined to i submit, for in your columns, ! the following facts : 1 As is generally known the graduating CLASS OF 1861, in company with other class,--, left J Oxford in the Spring - ot that year, to enter j the Confederate army ; therefore, until j the present year, no .opportunity of pre j senting those young gent Ami n their • diplomas was afforded the faculty. COMMENCEMENT DAY, July 17th inst., a few members of the j elass were present, delivered the customary ! addresses, and received, in due form, cer j titieates ot‘ graduation. Diplomas were j forwarded to those of the class whom eir ! cuinstances kept at home, and, in cases of death, io the graduate’s relatives. Three gentlemen of the class mentioned, who delivered adresses, were: A. S. Florence of Thomaston, Julius Gardner of Macon, and. W, Travis Weaver of Thomaston. 0 I'UE CLASS OF 1562. The class which, but lor the war, would have graduated in 1862, was composed' of the following named gentlemen : S V Bailey, Clarke county, Ga ; W P Baldwin, Macon county, Gu : W F Bass. Smith county, Texas; *L M Boring, Americas, Ga; SS Brown, Newton county, Ga ; Martin V Calvin, Augusta, Ga : T J Dobbs, Carrolton, Ga; Charles G Good rich, Augusta. Ga; II L Graves, Newton county, Ga; Cliff B. Grimes, Columbus, Ga ; G W Hardaway, Barncsville, Ga; J G Harrison, Macon, Ga ; J F Henderson, Tampa, Fla; W Steele Hoard, Woodville, Miss; *G R W Hubert, Warrenton, Ga; *T S Jones, Fort Valley, Ga; XV B Leake, Starrsville, Ga; *H S Mapp, White Plains, Ga; TM McClesky, Athens, Ga; *G B Medlock, Culverton, Ga; *F F Page, Coweta county, Ga; R E Park, Greenville, Ga; *J C Shaw, Oxford, Ga; W A Shaw, Oxford, Ga; M R Simmons, Sparta, Ga; 1111 Shatter, New Orleans, La; B 0 Smith, Macon, Ga; P F Smith, Coweta county, Ga; *ls F Stewart, Americas, Ga. • Abandoning college halls, and laying aside text books, the members of this class . entered the Southern army, and those who survived the storm of buttle were found at their post until the surrender of Lee and Johnston’s armies metamorphosed their liope’r cause into the “Lost Cause.” THE DEAD. Those marked with an asterisk fill sol diers’ graves. Perhaps others of this class, of whom we have not heard, fell victims lu the same fell-destroyer. They fought well, and nobly illustrated the State and section that gave them birth. Full of promise, they died yodng. Peace to their souls ! THOSE PRESENT. At the recent Commencement, the fol lowing named members of the elass were present and delivered brief speeches; Joseph Murrell, W. P. Baldwin, P. Franciso Smith, Chas. G. Goodrich, 11. L. Graves. Diplomas were dispensed just as in the case of the class alluded to in the out set. It affords the writer great gratification to say that he has heard the speech of your young townsman, Mr. Chas. G. Goodrich, spoken of in the highest possible terms of commendation. Mr. G. is an accomplish ed gentleman, and one of sour most promis ing young merchants. . THE BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS. The usual Baccalaureate address was delivered by President Thomas, and is spoken of as a splendid effort, which did honor alike to the speaker’s great head and heart. It made a profound impression upon all who heard it. General J. B. Gordon’s oration, before the F'ew and Phi-Gamma Societies, was a real literary treat. DEGREES CONFERRED. - -The JLL upon President Thomas, by Bishop Fierce. •in a \%ry happy speech. Dr. H. V. M, Miller was the recipient of a similar honor. Rev. Josephus Anderson, of Florida ; Rev. J. M. Bonuell, of Macon Female College ; XV. P. Harrison, of Atlanta, and Professor L. M. Smith, of Oxford, Ga., received the honorary degree of D.D. Isaac S. T. Hopkins, Joseph T. Derry, of your city, and Julius Gardner received, in course, the degree of A. M. The same degree (honorary) was conferred upon W. A. Shaw, of Oxford. The exercises passed off very pleasantly and? it is hoped, profitably for “Old Emory,” than which there is not, in Geor gia, a college more deserving ot mention Air worthy of more generous support at the hands of the people. THE PRESIDENCY. President Thomas having accepted the '■ charge ofa College in California, Dr. Luther Smith, formerly Professor of the Greek : Language and Literature, was appointed 1 President pro tem. of Emory. THE CONDITION OF THE COLLEGE. During the scholastic year, just closed, : the College was in a very flourishing eon j dition. IMPORTANT CHANGES IX THE COURSE OF STUDY. The Faculty propose, at an early day, j introducing several important changes in I the course of study, that are imperatively j demanded in the existing condition of the j country. They propose incorporating in their economy the normal element, and hope to have soon a department of SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. I It has been wisely said: “An improved | agriculture is a necessity of the South, and j •will contribute largely to her future wealth, prosperity, and power. A*I:LK TEACHERS WILL ISE NEEDED j to educate the rising generation—to train j them to the responsibilities and duties 01 ! coining years. Emory College is an indis- j pensahle instrumentality for the aceoni- | plishment of these grand results—in a | word, a necessity of tiie Church and State. The institution has been eminently useful j in the past, a blessing to the country. I lei - j graduates are, today, the foremost men in ! every noble enterprise, in every good work ! in the land.” THE country’s GREATEST WANT. Men constitute the country’s greatest want. “Send Emory College the boys, and ’ she will give yon the men.” The next session of the College* will open I the third Wednesday (21st) us August, ' proximo. Mignonxe To the friends of the Loyal Georgian , who have stood by it in the past, I wish to say thatit (the Mulatto Rrj/nblican) will be as true to the cause we love so much, in the future, *Us it has been in the past. [Bureau Bryant. The Radical negroes are assured by this high Priest of Georgia Radicalism that the new Mulatto paper, published by the hybrid publishing company, will be as true to the cause of social and political equality of the two races as was the Loyal Georgian.— The negroes have a few quarters left yet, though, the poor things, thegreater portion of their little savings have been swallowed up in the capacious maw of the Savings concern and the Loyal Georgian, and it i important to the success of the new paper that they should have the support ol' the colored people. But what will the white people say who are solicited to receive the mongrel bant ling in their houses and places of business, and give to the slimy thing their support and assistance? Will the assurance of Bureau Bryant, that it will be true to the cause which he has been advocating in the South for the past two years, give it an additional hold upon the patronage of re spectable white people? The next f'ew weeks will settle this question. No Separate Ticket in Decatur.— We believe that the sensible course adopted by the colored people of Decatur county, Ga., will be more generally pursued than is generally believed. The Bainbridge Argus says : “Registering in this county has reached seventeen hundred names, the colored largely in the majority, but it is not yet known the exact number. We are informed that the colored people will run no separate ticket, but will be satisfied to vote with the whites for any good, reliable man for the Convention. — Talla hassee Sentinel. Caterpillars. —We were shown yes terday, by Mr. Baszinsky, a stalk of cot- j ton perfectly covered with caterpillars. The stalk was taken from Mr. N. B. Lanier’s place, a few miles out in the county. — I 1 iekxlrurg Herald. A Norwegian artist is to perpetrate a j full length portrait of Abraham Lincoln. 1 NEW SERIES VOL..XXVI. NO. 31. The Roman Centenary. CANONIZATION OF TWENTY -FIVE MARTYRS IN ST. PETER S—RICH AND GORGEOUS SPECTACLE—A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF j THE CEREMONIES, ETC. The correspondent of the London Times \ furnishes the following, detailed description : of the recent imposing ceremonies in Rome, of which the cable has already given a brief account : ] , Rome, June 29.- -I Lave just returned from witnessing the magnificent ceremony of the canonization of twenty-five martyrs ti the Roman Catholic Church, and any thing so gorgeous, anything so unique aud | out of harmony with that world in whitjj : we live, and move, and think, it has never been my lot to witness. The fetes began last night, which was the virgil of St. Peter, and. as I entered Rome by the Porta San Pancrazio, there rose on the korizou, still blushing with the gorgeous colors which an Italian Summer’s sun had left, a thing of light, a nisgic cupola, so exquisite in its beauty and so rapid in its birth, that one might have fancied it had been created by Him who said, “Let there be light.” All the world was out to view it, and though no novelty to myself, still it was a pleasure to hear the admiration which every one expressed at witnessing a : spectacle of which they had dreamt far i aerossithe Atlantic on the one hand, and I across the Pacific on the- other, for there is a multitude here of every race under the i sun. i Os the number of foreigners I fear to | speak. Os bishops there are 500. Eccle siastics of all ranks are said to amount to 25,000, of Yvliotn 15,000 are calculated to be French. Certain is it that 10,000 ap plied to tiie Cardinal Vicar for permission to say mass, aud, for various reasons, they are believed to be French. In short, never tvas Rome so full, Especially of the clerical element, and many a stranger has had to pass a sleepless night, or lay his head on j the boards. The great day of the feast was, however, yet to come, and wearied \ travellers wore appalled to hear that by six o’clock the Church of St. Peter would Ihe full. A brilliant morning it was when 1 I started at half-past five o'clock-, and found crowds in carriages or on foot, all tending toward one point. Many a window was hung with crimson tapestry ; the Papal banner was floating over the Ponte St. An gelo, and Papa! troops were dashing about in all directions. I entered the church by a private gate, the Porta Santa Martha, and from my place under the ambassador’s loggia, and close to the Papal throne, will now describe the scene which thousands besides my self were gazing at even at that early hour. The taste displayed in the decorations is much more pure and siuijilo than that which was shown in 1862 at the last great canonization. The effort has been to give the effeefof color, and this has been done so as to bring out in bolder relief the archi tectural ornaments, ft would be useless to note the materials employed. One looks at the whole, at the general, effect, and this was rich and gorgeous in the ex treme. Richer still it became when about 7 o’clock the Scrvitori began to light the greafewax tapers which hung suspended in festoons beneath (lie arches, under tiie colossal statues. Twenty-five thousand tapers were thus soon made Jo shed their light upon the building, giving to the crimson tapestry a deeper hue, now that all daylight was excluded, and lending increased brilliancy to the gilding. Sometimes a puff of wind blew aside if curtain, and then down stream ed on one particular spot a sunbeam so bright and unexpected that it seemed like a flash-of lightning, startling those around as if danger were near. Grander, how ever, than all else in thet*iy of light was a colossal inverted cross formed of prisms of glass, which has been sought for far and wide. Above it were the keys, gigantic in their proportions and formed of the same material, while above them still was suspended an enormous tiara of colored glass. Hanging, as did these brilliant symbols of the Roman Catholic faith, in ! the centre of the nave; and flashing :tnd ; glittering with direct and reflected light, ! the spectacle, was. indescribably beautiful. Meantime, all the great people are I Prussian' ana Austrian and Spanish and 1 Mexican, in fact, all the ambassadors now 1 in Rome, not excluding the ambassador of the Grand Duke of Monaco, who has been i recently appointed, together with the wives and families of those who have the good fortune to possess them, and their attaches. In tiie opposite loggia were the ex-King of Naples and the Dowager (Yiieen with her family aiid a large suite better adapted to better times. The Portuguese Princess, the aunt of the present King of Portugal, is also there, together with her ladies in waiting. There are few English of the laity. Lord Nortlicsk and Mr. Howard of Corby, who has lately had the misfortune to lose his daughter, are in the same loggia with me, and n(Tt far from us is the gene ral of the -Jesuits, who attracts much at tention, Cardinal I’eiitini, unable from iH-healtn to take part in the procession, walks in feebly and seats himself. Soon after eight o’clock some minor or ders began to enter, and then came the bishops, two and two, amounting to four hundred and eighty. Wearing a red cope in honor of the martyrs, they presented a grand spectacle. Many of them wore a violet-colored berretta on the head, in stead of a black one. Each carried his mitre, white for*the most part, though there were varieties, as in the dress. Some had mitres resembling imperial crowns, studded with precious stones, while some wore over the cope, a dress resembling Ti Hussar’s jacket with upright collars rigid with gold. Os European bishops France lias the greatest show, Austria perhaps t lie smallest, being represented only by the Primate of Hungary, who is followed by four servants in Hussar uniforms. Eng-j land send; more than half her bishops ; Ireland has 14. Scotland, too, is not lie hind. There are bishops also from Canada | and the United States, four from India : and China, besides many other arrivals. Each bore a lighted taper, and as soon as 1 they were seated and the archbishops had arranged themselves on cither side of the j throne, the silver trumpets in the cloister j announced the approach of tiip Pontiff, j They always perform the same music, but. j sweeter notes ii is impo.-i-.iblc to conceive. 1 In advance were the cardinals. Dr. Cullen 1 among them, and Anionelli, looking, as he \ has done for Twenty year.;, calm and im perturbable. These took their seats on the ! lower 1 ouches mi cither side of the Presby tery, forty-three in number, andin the cen tre of fivs hundred and twenty-three princes and dignitaries of the Church Pius IX.. vas borne in on bis chair. So large a 1 number lias never. I believe, been as- ; sembled together, at least in modern ‘ times; in 1. ii 2 there were not more than : two hundred and fifty bishops. Altogether the Church posses.-.s between eight and nine hundred, and fifty-three or four cardinals; so that more than one-half of her staff, so to speak, met on this occasion. Call it vanity, or wlmt you like, I’ius IX. must have been more or !es.-; than hufcian, had.he not felt deeply moved and gratified at the homage which lie received. TIIE CEREMONY OF CANONIZATION. Rome, .June 30. —Two hundred years have passed away since the fete of the Uen tenary of St. Peter was celebrated. In that interval, thrones and dominions, principalities and powers, have been swept into oblivion, while the Church of Rome exists, and, externally, never presented a grander phase than it did yesterday. I do not urge it a an argument in its favor, f state a simple fact, arid a hard one it is for those who think to upset in an hour an institution founded in the traditions of antiquity, and in the faith and affections of many millions of human beings. What Pius IX. felt aud thought as he was borne into the centre of this gorgeous see fie,' it would be imp®.dole to conceive. Leaving his chair and a sending his throne, he stood for several minutes as if transfixed, cardinals and bishops, with their lighted tapers, surrounding him, and a sea of heads surging and stretching away to the extreme distance. I thought he looked pale, and no wonder if he did : for if a heretic trem bled with emotion, what must have been sensations of one who regarded himself as the representative of the Great Apostle whose centenary they were celebrating, the very centre and depository of truth ! Yet there were no indications of weakness in his voice, which was as firm and clear as I ever heard it. The cardinals having paid their homage by kissing the hand, and some of' the bishops by kissing the knee of his Holiness, the great function of the day, the canonization of" the martyrs, began. I abstain from all criticism, and merely report what I saw aud heard, describing great general effects. To Roman Catholics the* ceremony which added so many advo cates to those already before the Throne of . Grace was most interesting, and everything that art could supply was borrowed to i make it more effective. When all was ready the Cardinal charged to conduct tiie j canonization advanced to the throne, ac companied by a master of ceremonies and an advocate of the consistory, who, in the name of the cardinal, begged instanter that his Holiness would permit t: e names ot the twenty-five lleati to be enrolled in the I catalogue of saints. The Prelate Secretary ! of the Brefs ad Pnncipcs replied in Latin | that die Holy Father was well acquainted : with their virtues, but before deciding on so important an affair exhorted that iuter ■ cession should be made to the Apostles and all the Court of Heaven for light to guide ! him The Pope and all the mitred host , then knelt, while two singing chaplains in ! toned the Litany of the saints, rite ecclesi ; astics joining in, and the vast multitude in ‘ the church responding as with the voice of many waters. There is a plaintive monot ony in the notes which is very touching, and familiar as they are to the members of the Roman Catholic Church, not a voice was silent, and a body of sound rose and swelled through the vast edifice that made one’s nerves thrill. The same forms being observed as in the first instances, a second time the cardinal advanced, and the request was made in stanter et instantins that the lleati should be canonized, when, in answer, prayers to the Holy Spirit, the soni'ee of light and holiness, were implored, Again the Pope and liis prelates knelt and prayed, and, rising, his Holiness intoned the Veni Cre ator Spirit ns with a voice so clear and loud, and with a precision so remarkable that people looked ujion one another with astonishment. A third time the postu lants advanced and entreated mstanter instantius. et instantissine that the canon ization should take place, ami an answer was returned that the Holy Father, con vinced that the act was approved of God would now pronounce his definitive de* cision, which he accordingly did, seated in his chair of state, with his mitre on his head. After some other forms the Con- Jiciemus or Dicemimus, was repeated, the silver trumpets sounded, thecannon roared from St. Angelo, and all the bells in the city were rungfcr joy at the consumma tion of the hopes of the Church. The Pope now intoned the T< Dmm , that fine, old Ambrosian hymn. Oh. how grandly it rose and died away, as it was sung by the choir, and was then taken up by forty thousand voices, pealing forth with a power which lifted one above the world, and then dying away, as if the effort was too great for the human soul to sustain! Do not call this rant or ovor excited enthusiasm. You s'hould have heard and seen properly to have felt. I confess that even now I choke with emotion as 1 recall the impression it made upon me. That glorious hymn, chanted as it was by tens of thousands in unison, will ring in my years forever, and I iimnd my self joining in the universal song of praise, not as a Roman Catholic with Roman Catholics, but as a Christian man with his fellow-man in acknowledgment of that Croat Power whom wo all worship. Iligh mass was performed immediately after the conclusion of the ceremony of canonization. It presents no peculiarity until we come to the ofiertory, which, on this occasion, included the presentation of the offerings made to the Pope by the friends of the new saints, or the religious orders to which they belonged. During the whole of the morning they lay lay on tables on the left of the high altar. They consisted first of five large wax candles, weighing, two of them, fifty Roman pounds, and three 125 pounds. Those were beautifully painted with flowers, intermingled with arabesque, in gold and silver. Secondly, two largo loaves, on silver salvers, one of which was gilt, bearing the arms of the Pontiff Thirdly, two barrels, one plated with gold, the other with silver, filled, one with wine and the other with water. Fourthly, three cages with elegant construction, in one of which were two turtle doves, jn another two pigeons, and in the third various small birds of different kinds. Each saint presented the offerings above described, and the ceremony was conduct ed with great pomp. As many saints, so many processions, each formed by two macebearers and a master of the cer j emonies, two cardinals preceded by their gentlemen, and followed by two members ! of the order to which the saint belonged, or I by two priests or laymen, the postulator of the cause and two cardinals with their gentlemen bringing up the rear. The cer emony therefore continued for some time, and during this interval wo were indulged ; with a Litany composed expressly for the occasion the well-kuown soprano, MusafcJji.jyfeyklhjajunuw afctUw saints were introduced for the first time. To give effect to the music three sever al choirs were formed, one of which was placed under the direction of Mustafa, near the high altar; another over the great window at the entrance of the church, directed by Melizzi; and a third, composed of four hundred voices in the cupola, under the direction of Capocci. Such delicious music surely was never heard, as the dul cet tones floated in a series of echoes through the vast building, first rising from the earth in a full body of sound, then gradually diminishing in power, though not in distinctness, and then softly breath ing forth as though.they were angel whis pers. As the high mass proceeded and the incense began to spread its misty veil over every object, nothing could exceed the beauty of color. IJis Holiness took the sacrament in both hands: the benediction was given, and the loiur expected ceremo nies of a day which will mark an important epoch in the history of the Church were over. The day before yesterday the Pope got a silver yacht full of gold eagles from the American Episcopacy, a gigantic cake, full of bullion and jewels, from the Latins of the Orient, a big silver fish, stuffed with louis d’ors from a religious Transatlantic Sisterhood, £4,000 (lOO.OOOf.) from the Poles, through their Primate, money,, money, money, from North, South, East and West. More than £300,000 have been poured out at bis feet in the shape of vol untary contributions. Maximilian's Will —I have already announced to you that the testamentary executor of the Emperor Maximilian was Count Francois Zichy. I now learn that there is a second Count Hadaik. Con cerning the wills of the Emperor Maxi milian and the Empress Charlotte sonic information of a precise nature has reach ed rae. which cannot fail to excite tho highest interest. From what I learn, which, of course, 1 cannot guarantee, although I have it from the best source, two wills, perfectly analogous, were drawn up by the Emperor and Empress. Each of them, in case there was no issue of the marriage, leaves all the property to the survivor. Thus, Maximilian being dead, bis fortune, estimated at from ten to twelve millions of florins, only calculating bis property at Miramar, Laconna and the artistic wealth collected there, revert to the Empress Charlotte. The will of Maximilian is there to attest it. Jiut now comes the strange affair. It is asserted that the Empress Charlotte’s will, written with her own hand, and which was carefully locked up in one of the rooms at Miramar, has suddenly disappeared, nobody knows how or where. From that circumstance it results that, as the Empress Charlotte has no will and is not in a state to make one, seeing the almost complete absence of her mental faculties, all her fortune, including the part coming from her husband, the ttmperor Maximilian, j and which ought in justice, after her death, to revert to the Austrian Imperial ; family, will now legally fall to the royal ; one of Belgium.— Vienna [ July 10) cor j respondence of the Paris Liberie. Meeting or tiil Heirs of tiif, In <i rah am Estate. —An interesting meeting was held at the Astor House to-day. In room No. 14 were assembled over two hun dred persons, gathered from all parts of the country, including male and female, old and young, who believe that they are lawful heirs of the great Ingraham estate, at Leeds, England, and which is said to belong to persons living in the United States. This property is of immense value, com prising as it does a large part of the ground i upon which the thriving city of Leeds is : built. The sum named in connection with this property would nearly pay one-half of tho debt of the United States —if it could be obtained. The most singular feature in connection with this case is the fact that it is said the present occupants of the property known ! as the Ingraham estate are not only willing but anxious to pay the lawful heirs for the 1 same, thus securing a clear title to the : lands. , The meeting to-day was held for the pur pose of appointing committees and raising money to begin proceedings for the re i covery of the property. The attendance was remarkably large. Women on the shady side of life had come as far as from Ohio and lowa, to see “forthemselves” what the prospects were for obtaining a share of the property. Some of the men j and women were over eighty years of age, and while they could not rea-onably ex ! pect to long enjoy their wealth, they ap peared to be as much interested in the matter as the greater part of tlie audience. After the meeting was organized subscrip tions were taken up and some unimportant business was transacted. — N. Y.Post, 2ith. At Saratoga the gambling .hells as signs a picture of a key with the word “no” under it—keno. Asa general thing the dupes of professional blacklegs need no guide to pilot the way to their tuin.
