Newspaper Page Text
OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXVI.
tT luonitlc & J'tntiufl
II i: \lt V MOORE,
A. It. WItIOIIT.
PATRICK WALSH, A»«orl»to Editor.
TERM* OF *1 ItrtCUII’TIOX
WEEKLY.
1 month. 7S
* n'oUrt . 1 5»
l ■ :) lit)
-VI I. I S I A . <■ A :
WIDHWPiI MOKMM.. ahlTKMflbi: ii>
Report of the A'iijig ArroRNEV-
Gun dual.—The length of the report of
ties Attorney-General in the ease of the
removal of General Mickle", prevents giv
ing our rentier* tie usual variety of news
and iniH'-ellat.fcoUM reading this morning.
The importance of the Tuitions discussed
are <-f so inueh Interest to our people in
their present condition as U, warrant us
in laying tl. s official (Joeuiuent before < ur
r -del- at the earliest moment. Its
length should not dator the report from
being attentively rea-l.
Another Bale of Nkw Cotton.—
Me--r*. (bighorn, 11 erring it Cos. received
i lade of new cotton Monday, frpm the
plantation of Mrs. A. C. Boaue, near I.a
--1 >katii of Hon. John McQi len. —
lion. John McQueen, lor many years a
member of Congress from the .First Con
grcK-ional District of Booth Carolina, died
at Hncicty Hill, in that Htatc, Friday last,
in the c;-l years ofhis age.
J. J. KobertHun & Co.—The Abhc
villc Prat* Iran the following notice of this
firm.
J J. Robertson & Cos., Cotton Factors am]
General ('orntiii ion Merchant-, at tilt* fire
proof warehouse, on Jackson St., Augusta,
• ■a., publish t heir nurd in another column.
Augusta is the market of all our friends
who live on the Savannah side of the J dis
trict, and we commend to their patronage
these gentlemen as men of character ami
integrity, who will give their personal at
tention to all buidncHK consigned, and spare
no pains to give entire satislaction to their
employers. They will furnish supplies of
bagging and rope at the lowest rates. Wc
extract tl, following from the Washington
(l)i j tte of a late date • “Again we call the
attention of our patrons to the card of Dr. J.
J. Robert non A Cos, it in useless for us to
cominend this firm to the citizens of this
and adjoining counties, for they are all
aware that Dr. Robertson, the Senior part
ner, i one of the best and most reliable
business men in the country.”
Ctiti: of Nkrvois Diseases.— All
medical writers of authority concur in the
opinion that we art* an overtaxed people
mentally. Nervous exhaustion, mental
depression, confused ideas, softening of the
brain, paralysis, imbecility and madness
an* the result. Turner'* Tic Douloureux
'a I Internal Neuralgia Pill is a safe, cer
tain and speedy cure for Neuralgia anil all
nervous discaies. It has been # usod with
great success in private practice for eight
een years, and is now presented to the
public with the assurance that it will effect
ually remove this distressing malady,
which of late years has become so alarming
ly prevalent. A single trial will establish
it reputation as the undoubted cine for
all excruciating ills known as neuralgia or
nerve-ache.
Ska Island Cotton. —Our reports from
the coast of Carolina and Georgia con
tinue unfavorable. The caterpillar appears
to have commenced its work in earnest,
and on many plantations the crops arc
being deserted by the planter, as no labor
can -uve them from the ravages of the
worm. •
betters from James' Island, John’s Tsl
land, vVadmalaw, Edisto, Paris and Lady’s
Island., and from Beaufort, Christ Church
uud iiu Andrews',. report liaise iieaiuus
infested by the worm, and though wc feel
at a loss what to estimate the Island crops
at the impressiou is that a third will hardly
be made.
letters from Florida arc also gloomy;
the heavy rains have caused the plant to
shed and take the rust. They also report
the caterpillar in many parts of the State,
and as their season is longer than ours, wc
have reason to suppose they too will suffer
greatly from tho worm. Their crop is now
calculated at half oflast year’s.
Firemen Not Subject to Jury Duty.
-'The following correspondence is of inter
est to. tho members of the Fire Depart
ment, from which it will be seen that Gen.
Pope's recent order does not annul their
exemptions from Jury duty :
Augusta, August 27, 18i>7.
(’attain : I would respectfully ask
throin-.lt you of the Major-General Com
manding, if General Orders No. 53 abro
ates all privileges granted by several nets
of the Legislature of this State to regular
ly organized and chartered Fire Compa
nies 7 Vours, respectfully,
P. E. Gleason,
Secretary \ igilnnt Fire Go.
(}. K. Anderson, ('apt. 33d lb S. Infant
ry and A. A. A., Third Military District,
Atlanta, Ga.
Ukadij’rs 3h Military District, 1
Uuuf.au Civil Affairs.
Atlanta, August 31, ISU>7. )
lh-poet fully returned. The order in
*jUestion does not affect exemptions from
Jury service under tile laws of Georgia.
By command of Major-Gen. Pope.
J. F. Mei.ink.
Chief ot Bureau.
I’lIE Kl*lSi-OI*ALLANS ON DIVGRUE. In
the Episcopal Diocesan Convention, held
ui Chicago last week, a resolution was
adopted instructing the deputies of the
diocese in tlu* next General Convention
“to procure by general common law, with
suitable qualifications, a prohibition of the
use. of the marriage service oi' the church
in eases where either party contemplating
marriage shall have been previously
divided by the civil law on grounds other
than that ol adultery.” The deputies are
also instructed to procure a rule of duty
t > l>e followed by the clergymen, whose
i vices are thus applied for in ascertain
ing the facts bearing on such prohibition.
IH'-une in tub Prick ok Coal. —Tho
regular monthly sale of Scranton coal was
hold in New York on Wednesday. There
was a fair attendance, but the bidding !
was not at all active. The prices obtained
show an average decline of forty-eight cents
per ton on lump, forty-one and a quarter !
cents on steamboat, forty cents on grate,
an increase of three and three-eighth eeuts
on egg. a decline of fourteen and one
fourth cents on stove, and twelve and a
half cents onchestnut. About So.uk) tons
were sold.
The Bureau of Repel Archives
Closed.— It is stated that the President
has ordered the Bureau of Rebel Archives
of which l>r. P. Lieber was chief, to be
closed. This bureau was organized by
Secretary Stanton, and contains all the cap
tured records of the civil and mil 'yy ad
ministration of the defunct Confederacy.
It is presumed they cau be kept without
a learned professor iu charge of them at a
high salary.
A ilEfrr tiiai is a Beet.— Mr. George
Dainw has sent us, through P. S. Jacobs,
Esq., a Beet raised in his garden in Ham
burg, S. C., which is certainly the largest
specimen of the beet kind wc have ever
u-en. It is about thirteen inches in height
and fourteen inches diameter, and weighs
seven pounds. If any of our friends can
beat this Beet, let them come on with
their specimens: and, as we are fond of this
vegetable, all we have to say is that we are
open to conviction. Let them tear in
mind, however, that thicket has not com
pieted us growth, the producer assuring
us that it would, if replanted, grow to
double its present size hut we think we
shull stint us growth with hot water and
vinegar.
W. B. Bourne, once a earner or the
Providence JoitmnJ, returns an income ot
#KJS,OOO in Stun Francisco
fceorgfla Items.
Fourteen trick stores and three framed
ones are either completed or in course of
erection at Albany.
The Bainbridge Georgian, of the 2'Jth.
says: “We notice a hale of new cotton,
one of the first of the scawn, brought front
the plantation of W. L>. Harp, and stored
at Patterson & Powell’s.
The Fall Term of the Superior Court of
Calhoun county is adjourned to the fir.-t
Monday in November next.
We see it stated that James Duncan,
commissary to Win, at Andcrsonville, es
caped from Fort Pulaski last week. If
was sentenced for fifteen years. He La
gone to France.
The Atlanta Opinion says: “Miss Bar
ber of Mins limiter * Wield)/ has changed
her name. She now writes it—and has
written it since the evening of the 2'Jth ul
timo—Mrs. John C. Towles. Henceforth
let her paper be called 'Mrs. Toxics'
WijJdy.' Wc wish her and the fortunate
gentieman much joy.
The Talbotton Gazette says: “We saw
an apple last week which measured 14j
incite.-, in circumference, and weighed 21
ounces, li grew on the place of Mr, W.
G. Mathews, of this county, is a North
Carolina Pippin, has an agreeable taste
and flavor when ripe, and is the largest
variety of apples known.
Tho Columbus Sun states that orders
were received yesterday, through Captain
Mills, Commandant of the Post, from
Dictator J. Pope, removing James Lynah
from the position of Justice of the Peace
and Coroner, and appointing one Cadey,
of this city, in his stead. So they go.
Who next ?
Dawse Walker, says the Columbus Sun
(U Timas, whom the last Legislature of
Georgia raved front obscurity to the Bench
of the Supreme Court, and who W'-nt up
to (lie mountains with Joseph Brown and
Thad. Stevens, has written a very weak
letter giving his heart and soul to Radical
ism. His head is safe, whether level or
An attempt was made FriJaP^night by
a crowd of negro leaguers to mob the Ten
nessee colored orators, Joe Williams arid
Benjamin Holmes. Words passed, but no
blows. Owing to the courage of the
freedmen and their friends, and the vigi
lance of the police, the scoundrelly, cow
ardly leaguers were dispersed. The affair
occurred near Cook’s Hotel. This ruffian
ism is the result of the teachings given
the “spits” of the league.— Columbus
Sun & Times.
A young lady named Miss Daly, of
Savannah, while landing from tho steam
ship Herman Livingston, on her arrival at
Savannah, Saturday night, slipped off
the gang plank and was drowned.
Two cargoes of ice have arrived at Sa
vannah. This will be good news to our
citizens.
A white man has been lodged in the
I,aGrange jail, for selling land scrip to the
negroes in that section. The Reporter
says his name is Gray, and that hois
from Carroll or Heard county. His “scrip”
reads thusly:
“(■on end pope Gives 40 ac kora of land.”
The commanding officer of the post of
Dablonega has warned all persons against
holding any intercourse whatever with
prisoners in confinement, and has issued
orders to the sentinels on guard to fire
upon any one who disregards this warning.
The officers ol’the Savannah, Griffin and
North Alabama Railroad have made a
contract for the early completion of the
entire line from Griffin to Decatur,
Ala. This route will material y shorten
.ilbitlistmiw between. Savannah and Mem
phis.
Wo learn from the Savannah Advertiser
that Bishop Verot is in Thomasville for the
purpose of organizing a Catholic Church in
that city.
The Bainbridge Georgian urges the
building of anew hotel in that thriving
city, sayiug that it is one of the greatest
wants of the place.
A letter from Twiggs county says the
corn crop is the best they have had in
twelve years, and everybody is preparing
for the promised heavy cotton crop.
The commencement exercises of the At
lanta Medical College took place on Fri
day, when the degree of M. 1). was con
ferred on eighteen young men.
The Reporter says there will be more
cotton made this year in Troup county
than at any tiiuo for the last ten years.
Some time since a Mr. Driver exposed
the ceremonies, signs, <&c., of the Loyal
League. This rendered anew ritual ne
cessary, and tho LaGrange Reporter has
received a copy of it, which it promises to
publish next week.
Equinox. —As September is regarded,
not without reason, as the month for
storms, we have already experienced the
beginning of tiro Equinox. Sunday night
it clouded up, all Monday the sky was
overcast, and Tuesday, just at two o’clock,
the windows of heaven were opened and a
real old foshioned equinoctial rain storm
prevailed, pouring great pearly drops upon
the devoted head- of pedestrians who had
the misfortune to be caught out of doors,
and turning our streets into young rivers.
This rain was accompanied with thuuder,
lightning and high wind, which prostrated
corn just maturing, and did no good to cot
ton. We have read of localities in this
State suffering tor the want of rain. We
sincerely sympathise with those so situated
and can assure them, that had our wishes
been consulted, we should have equally
shared with them the surfeit the month of
August let down on us with an unsparing
hand.
Brvtai Murder. —The Maoon Journal
<fc Mt.tscngrr coutains the following par
ticulars of the shooting of a railroad con
ductor by a negro :
Brutai Murder. —Our community
was much agitated last night by a dis
patch received by the operator, about 8
o’clock, to the effect that Mr, Jacob 0.
Cozatt, the efficient and popular conductor
of the S. W. li. R., had been killed by a
negro, and the train was in consequence
delayed. A large number of the friends
and acquaintances of Mr. Oozatt met the
train on its arrival about 9* o’clock.
The particulars of the affair, as wc learn,
are as follows:
Mr. Cozatt s attention had been direct
ed to an advertisement of a stolen watch
in the Columbus papers, and learning that
a watch had been traded by a negro pas
-e tiger to a Jew, he examined it, and
finding that it corresponded with the de
scription iu the advertisement, arrested
the negro Having occasion to leave the
train at Butler, he left him in charge of
Mr. Daniel.*.The negro then reached
down in his boot as if searching for a
weapon, whereupon Mr. Daniel caught his
arm, a struggle ensued during which he
escaped from the ear. drew his pistol and
fired, the ball passing under the train.
Several then attempted to arrest him, but
breaking loose from them, he ran in the
direction of a blacksmith shop near by,
Mr. Cozatt nearest in pursuit, about 50
feet behind. On turning the corner of tuo
shop, the smoke of the pistol was seen,
and Mr. Cozatt turning round, ran toward
the train crying, “I’m shot—run for the
Doctor- don't let me fail in the sand.”
He survived only a few moments, being
shot through the heart. The negro escaped.
Gen. Stkehmax.— The presence of Gen.
Steedman in Washington gives the sen
sationists a central figure for rumor. One
evening papier has him already in the M ar
Department, and a dispatch sent from
here makes him a candidate for the Corn
misaonership of Internal Revenue iu
Rollins’ place. Neither of these stories
is true. Gen. iiteedman, however, to-day
had an interview with the President, and
is popular enough to receive the tender ot
most any office, ne may yet land in the
Cabinet.
Jesse D. Bright is named for the Speak
ership of the Kentucky House of Repre
sentatives.
Horrible.
General Halpine (Miles O’ReiUy), editor
of the New York Citizen (gemi-Radical),
does not like the idea of giving up the
South to the negro. Here is what be
says :
“The daily papers are making a great
muddle over the opinions of the prominent
Generals and tke people at large on the
question of reconstruction. They tell us
that Grant approves of the course of the
President, that Thomas agrees with Sheri
dan, and that SL- iman favors the plan of
Congress or via versa, according to their
political bias. We an tell them all that
if the Congressiou i system Ls to put the
South in possession of the negroes, it does
not meet the views of the people, the
sailors in our fleets, the soldiers in our
armies, the merchants at their desks, the
farmers at their ploughs, or any other
large body of our eitiz.ens. A St. Do
mingo is not what wc fought for ; we do
not want it and will not have it.; and that
the niggers, whether white or black, may
understand as we!! first as last Nations
are cruel when driven to dispair ; and.
rather than surrrender our white nationali
ty, we will massacre or enslave every col
ored tuan in the States. This nmy be
bold languga and unconventional, but we
ask our readers whether it does not meet
the confirmations of their hearts ! We
have sacrificed too many whites for a prin
ciple to stop at taking the lives of a few
worthless blacks. ’ ’
This is the doctrine of Helper, and the
colored people of the South will act wisely
iff they withdraw themselves immediately
from the deadly clutches of the Radical
party. When this aggressive war is made
upon the negroes their only friends will be
the white people of the South. The Radi
cals are too mean and cowardly to resist it,
and likely as not when the time comes they
will turn against them and be foremost in
hounding on the persecution of the blacks.
Radicals have no love for the negroes.
They want their votes to retain the balance
of power. But when the white people
of the North wrest it front their hands the
poor negro will be deserted. lie must then
look to his former master for protection
from this new Radical crusade against Ills
race. The only true friend of the negro is
the Southern white man. Time will verify
the truth of what is here asserted. The
negro has been taught to believe otherwise;
but wo shall see, and so shall tho colored
people of the South.
Are the Negroes of (lie South to Control
the Legislation or the Country !
The above is the great question which
should determine the action of the whites
of the North at the ensuing elections. In
its connection with the other issue of the
Radical Disunionists, to extend suffrage to
negroes of the North, by acts of Congress
overriding State legislation, the Radicals
must go to the wall, remarks the National
Intelligencer, if the canvass against them
be tolerably conducted. The Southern
States, as things are going, under the im
perious rescripts of military satraps, in
fraud of the rights of whites to register
under even tho law of Congress, will be a
unit of negro ascendancy. So being, the
representatives of said States, negroes
and whites, will very easily, in connection
with the representatives of the Northern
States of the New England stamp of poli
tics, overbear Li the councils of the na
tion the great States of New York, .Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Ken
tucky, Missouri, <fec. Thus the present
stamp of reconstruction is of deepest
interest to the latter. They should prefer
white ascendancy in the South ; but they
are now powerless to effect the object.—
They can only act on the defensive, and
.seek by an overwhelming condemnation at
tho polls within their own borders to in
augurate a public expression in the North
that shall overbear and destroy tho mis
chievous effect prospectively, thafls me
naced by a united negro representation of
the South in Congress and the electoral
college.
This should be the idea that Democrats
and Conservatives should tender to the
negro party in the South. Speakers and
presses should “ cease not day nor night,”
in expatiating upon it, until the last battle
is louglit in behalf of the people against
Congresssional usurpation, military despot
ism and negro ascendancy. In a word, are
negroes, acting as they do, in a solid body,
under the lead of white demagogues, to
rule this country, or the mass of the white
population ?
The Conservative Meeting at Columbus.
The Columbus Sun of Sunday gives the
following particulars of the Conservative
meeting held in that city Saturday, 31st:
Tho meeting yesterday was largely at
tended by both whites and blacks. Ex
cellent order was preserved. Tho meeting
was organized by the election of the follow
ing officers, all of whom were colored:
Barney Hawkins, Chairman; John Wells,
Jas. 11. Disham, Aaron Hurt, Ed. Wool
folk, Wee-Presidents; Bcnj. Holmes, Sec
retary; Jno. McDuffie, Assistant Secretary.
The following resolutions were read by
the Secretary, Bcnj. Holmes, and passed
unanimously:
We, the colored Conservative Union mou
of Georgia, adopt the following platform of
principles :
Ist. We are in favor of the Union of the
States under the Constitution of the United
States.
2d. We are the friends of peace and civil
law, and these great objects ean be best
promoted by legislation recognizing equal
and exact justice to all—exclusive privi
leges to none.
3. We are in favor of immediate resto
ration of our disfranchised fellow citizens
to all rights, privileges and immunities to
full and complete citizenship.
4. That our colored fellow-citizens, be
ing now citizens of the United States aud
Georgia, and'.votcrs, are entitled ui all the
rights and privileges of citizens, under the
laws of the United States.
5. We are opposed to the repudiation of
the National Debt, and we are in favor of
equal taxation as a proper method of pay
ing the same.
C. And we arc in favor of repealing the
heavy taxation which is imposed upon us,
for we believe it m be unjust altogether.
7. Wc are in favor of peace and har
mony between the races and equal political
rights to all, and immediate enfranchise
ment indiscriminately.'
Eminently Conservative addresses were
made bv John Wells, Benjamin Holmes,
J. K. Williams. Barney Hawkins, Aaron
Hurt, Holland Mitchell (all colored), and
Col. Saulsbury and A. R Lamar, Esq. All
the speeches were effective and will be pro
ductive of good. All were severe on the
Radicals, yet all must admit their strict
ures were just, Barney Hawkins took a
very bold stand, as did all Among other
tliiugs he announced that he would be an
opposing candidate to Bob Simons for
Sexton, if the latter ran on his new plat
form. Aaron Hurt said he would’nt trust
Ashburn to lead hts daughter down the
street in the day time.
The Tennessee orators, Benjamin Holmes 1
andJ. K. Williams, delivered lengthy ami
able speeches. That of the latter was a
highly logical effort, and astonished all. It j
was a spendid campaign speech.
Wc have the addre-- of Holmes entire i
and copious notes of the others, but for
unavoidable reasons we are compelled to 1
’elay their publication until our next paper.
We regret it but it cannot be helped.
There was a slight interruption toward
the close of the meeting. Mr. Lamar was
speaking, when a soldier of the garrison
commenced calling out — Tort \\ agner '
Fort Wagner !” and stated what colored
troops had done there, and ‘‘Down with
the Rebs.' ’ He was quickly by orders of
the sergeant on duty, rushed to the guard
house, and all fears ofa disturbance allayed.
The Leaguers endeavored to prevent the
negroes from attending the meeting but
they failed in a great measure. Ash
burn s spies were busy. John oils and
the various speakers deserve the thanks
of all.
We have been authorized to state that
the officers of this meeting, as given above,
constitute in Colurn; ; a a permanent Con
servative Union Committee, to look alter
the interest ol the party in Georgia.
Marine Disaster. —Capt. Durkce. of
the British bark Clour/' H. Jenkins, which
arrived at this port yesterday from New
York, reported that when off Barnegat he
passed the wreck of a vessel, apparently
of about 3tX> tons. A part of her mizzen
mast and her stern was above water. Her
name was washed off. but lie could make
out that she bailed from some port iu
Nova Scotia. — Savh. A lv., Ith.
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1867.
The Cabinet Difficulty.
A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE WHOLE AFFAIR.
The Facts Relative to the Reported Rup
ture between Grant and the President —
Interview between them on the Right of
Control in the South — Grant's Right
Under the Law acknowledged. by the
President, but a Supervising Power
claimed for Himself.
The W ashington correspondent of the
New York II raid, writing on the 29th
ult., gives the following interesting ac
count of the late troubles between the
President and General Grant :
So manj* absurd statements Lave been
made relative to the last correspondence
between the President and General Grant
that it is worth while to let the public know
the real truth of the matter. It Las been
represented that an open rupture occurred
between these officials; that General
Grant signified his intention of resigning
the arduous duties of the War Office, aud
that this rupture and this proposed resig
nation were caused by an irreconcilable
difference of opinion. What is the simple
truth ? General Grant, on receiving the
President's order assigning General Han
cock to the command of the Fifth Military
District, wrote the President another pro
test. In this protest he gave several rea
sons why the thing should not be done, tbe
main one being that Congress had given
the power of enforcing the Reconstruction
laws almost exclusively to the Gcueral-in-
Chief, who was thereby compelled by law
to assume the duties aud responsibilities
thereof. Ho (Grant) could not relieve
himself of this responsibility. Among
other reasons adduced wefe these :—That
General Hancock ought not to be removed
without fir.-, consulting his wishes ; that
New Orleans was in a most unhealthy con
dition, owing to the prevalence of yellow
fever ; that s , eral officers had been given
leave of absence in consequence of the
prevalence of (his terrible disease ; that
the step would be contrary to the wishes
of the people, and that the reasons given
by the President for the change were not
sufficient, in his (Grant’s judgment), to
justify it.
It may be stated parenthetically here
that rvhen General Thomas was ordered to
command the Fifth District Grant never
asked whether he had any objections, but
instantly issued the order and received
Thomas’ objections to “yellowback,” which
ought to have been as strong in his case as
in Hancock’s and that it is hardly kind to
expose Lit tie Phil to the dangers of tho
unpleasant fever, and thus cut him off as
a candidate for the Presidency. It may be
thought that T am exaggerating General
Grant’s letter when l state that this was
really one of the objections ; but you may
rely upon it that I do no such thing.
However, to return to the main point.
After the President received this protest,
General Grant called at the White House
and hau a long interview with Mr. Johnson
on the subject. The interview was not
stormy nor passionate, nor unfriendly. The
Commander-in-Chief and General-in-Chief
talking the matter over at great length and
in a calm, dispassionate manner. The
President, with tho protest before him,
took up all the objections of Grant and
answered them seriatum. He called at
tention in a very blunt way to one part of
the protest—that referring to General
Grant’s powers and duties under the Re
construction Acts, and remarked that
Grant’s language rather smacked of in
subordination. General Grant explained
that the reason he used such language was
because he believed Congress had imposed
such powers and duties upon him inde
pendent of the President.
The President replied that, though Con
gress had invested the General with such
powers, still they were subject to the su
pervision and control of the supreme Exec
utive head of the nation. Ho explained
that should any other construction and in
terpretation be given, all discipline, subor
dination and good order must bo lost, and
the army itself demoralized. The General
in-Chief would construe one way, the Lieu -
tenant General another, the Major-General
another, and the Brigadier another, and so
down to the Lieutenant of a company. It
was plain, then, that such a view would
lead to the reductio ad absurdam. The
only rational view would be that the Presi
dent, who, under the Constitution, was
Commander-in-Chief and the Chief Execu
tive charged with the duty of “seeing the
laws faithfully executed,” should be the
party entitled to construe the laws so far as
their enforcement is concerned. How else
could Government go on ? Congress might
give Gen. Grant many powers as it gave
powers to the War, Navy, State, Treasury
and Interior Departments, but it could net
take from the President his constitutional
power of supervising and faithfully execut
ing the latvs. The. President alone was
responsible to Congress and the people if
he abused his power or committed errors.
How could he faithfully execute tho laws
if his subordinates under the Constitution
were his superiors ? Under the laws of
Congress, where a general power was
granted in the Constitution, all the inci
dental powers to carry it out were neces
sarily granted also. Thus the Reconstruc
tion laws empowered the President to ap
point District Commanders. The right to
remove and assign new commanders was a
necessary incident to the original power of
assigning them to duty. The President
continued at some length, to answer the
objections of General Grant, and finally
concluded by saying frankly that if every
order he should issue was to provoke a po
litical. essay from General Grant, affairs
would necessarily come to a stand-still.
General Grant did not make many ar
guments during the interview, and conclud
ed by saying to the President that lie
would like to withdraw his Avrittcn protest
to the order assigning General Hancock to
the Fifth Military District, and that he
would send a written request for the with
drawal. On rising to depart, the General
again said, “With your consent, Mr. Pres
ident, I should like to take my protest
with me now.”
The President simply said, “Certainly,
General; I have no objection. ’
The protest was thereupon returned to
General Grant, who departed declaring his
intention to issue the order without delay.
The order was accordingly issued to-day,
bearing date, however, August 27.
The statement, you will notice, contra
dicts entirely that which represents the
I’resident as requesting General Grant to
withdraw li is protest, and that Grant re
fused to do so. The facts ore exactly as I
stated. The President never made any
such request, but on the contrary, told
I Grant that he should reply to the protest
! as he did to the other.
While on this subject it is worthwhile
to contradict another misstatement and er
roneous impression. Gun. Grant was not
ordered to accept the position of Secretary
of War, but was authorized to act as such,
and was at perfect liberty to refuse or ac
cept as he saw fit. A General cannot be
ordered to accept a mere civil position;
but should he accept he can only receive
compensation in one capacity, cither as a
civil or as a military officer. Thus, Gen.
Kilpatrick, who is now a Foreign Minister,
claims pay as a civil officer, and not as a
military officer. So with Gen. Grant ; he
only receives pay as General-in-Chief of
the army, and not one cent in his capacity
as Secretary of War "and interim.
As to whether Gen. Hancock is to be
the permanent Commander of the Fifth
Military District, or only until General
Thomas’ recovery, I am not fully informed.
The wording of the order leaves one in
doubt as to the meaning; but this I can
say now. that the President at this time
foresees no cause why Hancock should not
retain the position permanently. No idea
is at present entertained of making a
change.
As much has been said about General
Grant's protest, marked “private, ”in the
case of Mr. Stanton’s removal, a few words
of explanation on the subject will not be
amiss. The President is not at liberty to
give it to the press, or he would have done
so gladly long ago, as his published reply
in the case of Sheridan is a full answer.
General Grant is at liberty to give it to the
press whenever he sees fit, and knows that
the President does not object. The only
point in kis the one that the President
has power to remove under the provisions
of the Reconstruction Acts, and that remo
val should be with the consent of the Sen
ate. The General says in this protest that
it was taking advantage of the adjournment
of Congress to suspend Stanton at the
present time, and that it should have been
dor,.- while Congress was in session. From
the above statement it will be seen that it
;is out of the power of the President to
1 give to the public Grant's protest in the
case of the modified order for the removal
i of Sheridan (that havingbeen withdrawn),
and equally so in the case of the letter
marked "private.' Grant can publish
both whenever he chooses.
It will also be seen that no open rupture
has occurred, and I may add that I am in
formed General Grant has not expressed
any intention to resign. What a day may
bring forth, however, the writer saith n t.
TIIE EXCITEMENT SUBSIDING—CHAGRIN OF
THE RADICALS.
Washington. August 30, ]m)7, II 43
o'clock p. m. —The political excitement of
the past week is beginning to subside. The
Radicals here, generally speaking, seem to
e a little disappointed with the late movc-
ments of General Grant:, they do not, how
ever, blame the General Tor the course he
has taken, but blame the incompleteness
: of the Reconstruction Acts. They claim
that if the acts in question do not explicitly
confer upon the General-in-Chief full
powers for their exeeutiorg such were evi
dently the intention of Congress; but as
General Grant cannot base his action upon
the intentions-?-?Congress, he is in a fair
way to lose the distinguished office of
standard bearer for the Radical party.
I SPECULATIONS REGARDING TIIE PRESI
DENTS LATE TALK WITH GRANT—AN IN
GENIOUS THEORY EXPOUNDED.
This being Cabinet day, tbe usual batch
of rumors concerning everything in general
relating to removals, resignations, &e.. has
. been set afloat. Nope of them are entitled
to any credit. The talk between General
Grant and the President .concerning their
respective rights and duties still occupies
public attention and gives rise to a vast
amouut of discussion, but the general
opinion here seems to be that the President
has taken impregnable ground, and com
pletely turned the tables on the Radicals
by his bold assumption of a superior super
vising power over the whole reconstruction
machinery. Thad. Stevens’ late letter, ,
making extraordinary confessions as to the
understanding of Congress whefa the Re
construction Bills were passed, has had
much to do with turning the feeling in
favor of the President’s polity, and seems
to have damaged tho Radical cause in no
| slight degree.
In tbe discussions which have arisen on
: the subject, attention has been called to
I thediftbretwein thewMjLigofthe origin;
I al order first” aflignitfSrtniC taflitary tfitlr
manders under the Reconstruction laws
| and the late orders appointing command
ers in the Second and Fifth districts. In
the first order the five commanders are
merely assigned to districts. In the Han
cock and Canby orders these two generals
are assigned to take command of both dis
tricts and “military departments.” Why
this addition of tho words “military de
partments,” is a question that is exciting
some interest. The supposition is that the
President has used these words it: order to
avoid difficulties that might arise in the car
rying out of orders. Should it turn out that
the President has no right to issue orders in
certain cases to more district commanders
it is contended that he would have the
right to enforce his orders through these
very district commanders in the r capaci
ties as commanders of departments. Thus,
in ease of a difficulty or conflict o: - authori
ty between General Grant and tie Presi
dent, the former could not mote a single
soldier contrary to tho Commander-in-
Chief, who could thus control the army and
give! directions to the department com
manders whereby the Congressional plan
might bo wholly obstructed anl his own
views radically carried out. This is per
haps merely an ingenious theory ; hut as it
lias been talked about very extensively it
is worth this much notice. The change in
the wording of the orders has some mean
ing, and perhaps this theory may be the
true explanation.
EXPECTED REMOVAL OF COMMISSIONER
ROLLINS.
The President had a long interview to
day with Generals Steedman and Hillyer.
It is understood that the business discuss
ed was the removal of the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue. It seems pretty well
settled that Mr. Rollins will be removed,
and Steedman will be his successor. An
effort has by certain parties
here in behalf of Colonel Mossmore, but
the President is said to be decided in his
disapprobation of that scheme.
The announcement in my dispatch to
day. of a revival of the movement for the
setting aside of Mr. Rollins has caused a
good deal of talk and much consternation
among the officials of the Internal Revenue
Department.
FERNANDO AVOOD AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Fernando Wood was here yesterday in
consultation with the President It is
said his object was to urge the removal of
Assessor Frauklin. The arrangements, it
seems, betweeu O ’Cal lagan and Franklin
have not worked satisfactorily, and the
official guillotine is invoked to set matters
smooth.
Washington News and Gossip.
The President and. General Grant—Cause
'of Ifisdgreeinehf—Antlwntg of the Exec
utive Against that of the Gcneral----
Claims of both Under the Reconstruc
tion Acts-—Freedmen's Bureau and the
Colored People.
\\ ’ashington, August 2S. —Dispatches
sent lienee last night, indicating an irrec
oncilable difficulty between the President
and General Grant, are calculated to mis
lead. The variance in the views of the
Executive and tbe General of the Army
relate only to details of the orders reliev
ing General Sheridan and the assignment
of General Hancock to succeed him.
General Grant is understood to be op
posed to relieving General Hancock from
command of the Department of Missouri,
and objects to directing General Sheridan
to go without delay to Leavenworth. Gen
eral Grant also raises a legal question up
on that paragraph of the President’s or
der which directs General Hancock to ex
ercise any and all powers conferred by the
acts of Congress.
This authorization isconstruedas annul
ling section five of General Grant’s order
of the 17th instant, and the General re
gards it as an onroachmeut upon his func
tions, as fixed by the Reconstruction Acts,
which give him supervisory control over
the acts of the District Commanders.
The President holds that the law gives
the District Commander original and ab
solute discretion, and that although the
General oi the army may annul or disap
prove the acts of the District Commander,
he cannot in the first instance direct that
officer as to the course he shall pursue, as
Genera! Grant directed General Thomas,
in section five, above referred to—in other
words, that Genera! Hancock, as the suc
cessor of General Sheridan, has power to
revoke any order heretofore made by the
latter, such as the removal of State of
ficers ; hut General Grant may afterward
disapprove such action, and thus annul it.
And further, that the section of the army
appropriation bill fixing the headquarters
of the army at Washington, and prevent
ing General Grant’s removal without the
consent of the Senate, does not vest the
General of the armies with any power
over the orders of the President as Com
mander-in-Chics, but simply requires that
any such orders shall pass through the
General of the armies.
Though this variance of views exists be
tween the President and General Grant,
there is no irritation felt or exhibited l>y
eithcr of them, and General Grant does
not, as reported, refuse to issue the order.
The interview between the colored orator
Langston and the President, yesterday,
was not sought by the latter, hut by the
former. It was not for the purpose of
considering the removal of Gen. Howard
from the Freedmen s Bureau, as reported.
Langston gave an account of his visit to
the South, stating that he was well receiv
ed by both white ami black people; that
the Freedmen’s Bureau had ceased to be
of use for any other than educational pur
poses, and asked the President if he would
receive suggestions on the subject from
himself and other colored people. Mr.
Johnson said any such suggestions would
be gladly received and respectfully con
sidered. - Balt. Sun.
CABINET TROUBLES ADJUSTED—HIGHLY j
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON—FINAN- j
Cl AI. APPREHENSIONS SET AT REST.
There are no Cabinet rumors to-day,J
and no prospect of an immediate retire
ment ol'any of its members. The relations
of ail of them with the President continue
of an agreeable character. It seems to be
settled that Secretary McCulloch win con
tinue in office for financial reasons, if for
no other, as it has been represented by
gentlemen of different political views that
his resignation would disastrously affect
the public securities both at home and
abroad. . „ .
Corroborative evidence is furnished to
day that General Grant yesterday sent to
the President a decidedly firm letter
against the removal of Generals Sheridan
and Sickles. The differences were known
to be so wide between the President and
General Grant that prominent gentlemen
supposed them to be irreconcilable, and
that the retirement of the General from
the War Department was inevitable, but
this afternoon General Grant and the
President had an interview at the r.xecu
tive Mansion which resulted in the ad
justment of the trouble.
Financial men in Northern cities were so
much interested in the announcement m
: the morning paDors that numerous tele
i grams were sent hither by them inquiring
into the truth of the published statements,
| but it was not until after the interview
1 herein alluded to that responses were made
to the effect that there was no troub.e.
ROY. ERS OF DISTRICT COMMANDERS REVo
j LCTION OF OPINION —MISAPPREHENSION
j OF GENERAL GRANT.
Washington, August 29.— A complete
j revolution iu the views of parties upon the
prospect and effect of the Reconstruction
Acts, so far as they apply to the powers
i and duties of the General ol the armies,
j lias been worked within the past twenty
» four hours. Heretofore the opinion has
: prevailed that General Grant had full
powers over all matters provided for in the
acts of Congress, but upon a close reading
it is now discovered that General Grant's
authority only extends to removals of
officers, and that District Commanders have
full and absolute power in all matters ot
registration, elections, &c. Such is now
conceded to be the proper construction of
the laws, and General Grant, it is under
stood, has hut very recently discovered
that he had misapprehended the nature of
his letter to the President with reference
to the removal of General’ Sheridan and
relieving General Hancock. It was based
upon a misunderstanding of functions under
the Reconstruction Acts, and it is stated
by those who are well advised as to move
ments at the headquarters of the army,
that General Grant, finding that he was iu
error, on Tuesday last, addressed a note to
tho President, withdrawing the letter first
above nientioucJ, and it was immediately
surrendered by Mr. Johnson.
The only correspondence now remaining
unpublished is the first letter of General
Grant upon the subject of tho removal of
Mr. Stanton, and marked “private.”—
Ibid.
I GENERAL SICKLES’ ORDER NO. 10—
| CAPTURED POSTAGE STAMPS —.MEETING
OF THE CABINET —GENERALS POPE AND
I STEEDMAN.
Washington, August 30. —General
Riukly, Assistant Attorney-General, is pre
paring, and will give for publication to-
u detailed resume of the •fticial
acts of General Sickles in relation to Gen
eral Order No. 10, for which he was re
moved from command. The. correspond
ence between Generals Sickles and Grant
and President Johnson, on the subject,
will not be published at present. It was
so decided in Cabinet to-day.
Joseph A. Ware, a solicitor of tho Post
office Department, has gone to Europe to
collect evidence in regard to a suit of the
Government in Canadian courts for the re*-
covcry of ten thousand dollars worth of
postage stamps captured by a Confederate
privateer during the war.
General Rosscau telegraphs here that
he will sail to-morrow for Sitka.
It has not been decided positively to re
move General Pope.
General Steedman is here, and had an
interview to day with the President. He
is not a candidate for the Secretaryship of
War or head of the Revenue Bureau.
The Cabinet meeting this afternoon was
brief and harmonious.
CABINET RUMORS.
A rumor was circulating this afternoon
that General Steedman is to be appointed
Secretary of War, but on inquiry at the
proper source the report is ascertained to
bo entirely devoid of truth. The General
called at the Executive Mansion to-day
merely on a visit of' courtesy. There are
no new developments affecting the Cabinet;
changes do not now appear probable.—
Baltimore Sun.
«en. Sickles and Ills Clerk.
We recall a historical fact. On the 7th
November, 18C0, the District Court of
the United States for South Carolina was
in session. The presiding judge, sworn
to fealty to the Federal Constitution, and
to administer justice in a court created by
Federal enactment, and sustained by the
Federal Treasury, rose in his place, and in
the presence of a erowded audience an
nounced that the election of a sectional
President by a sectional majority was a
sufficient cause for the freemen of South
Carolina to assert the inalienable rights ol
self-government, and for the State to re
sume her unquestionable sovereignty, and
snap the bauds which bound her to a hated
Union. lie, therefore, divested himself
of his robes of office, threw aside the gown
in which he was arrayed, and declared the
Federal Court for that district stood ad
journed forever! That speech inflamed an
excited populace. It roused a frenzied
people to madness, and led to a violent
public meeting that night, at which a
transparency was exhibited which repre
sented a Federal judge in the act of firing
a gun which was to shiver the Federal
Union into fragments. This same judge
made one of the most violent speeches
delivered at that meeting, and took the
lead in the mad crowd that, hurry
ing to the State Capitol, threatened and
coaxed the Legislature into authorizing the
election of delegates on the 6th of Decem
ber to a convention which was to meet on
the ITih, and' on the 13th lie was made
the Secretary of State of the sovereign
State of South Carolina ; so that foremost
among the secessionists of South Carolina
was Judge A. G. Magrath.
To-day, as we learn from an article in
the New York Weekly, that ex-Judge is
the chief clerk of Major General Sickles,
autocrat of the Oarolinas. To-day he has
the ear of that Commanding General, and is
found to be one of the readiest andmostful
some of his defenders. It is a spectacle suffi
cient to rouse the indignation ofevery honest
Union man throughout the country to find
that this man who thus led in the mad
movement against the Government of the
United States is not only more potent than
he ever was when a Federal Judge, but is
tne right-hand man of one who, in the
name of the United States, enacts codes,
sets aside Legislatures, and tramples upon
the authority of the Federal courts. Ls it
from Judge Magrath that Major General
Sickles has learned to despise the au
thority of a Federal Judge!— National
Intelligencer.
From Panama.
Panama, August 23. —A revolution to
restore Mosquera was discovered and the
leaders were arrested.
The cholera is dying out at Nicaragua,
but still raging in some districts.
The Peruvian. Congress will allow Span
iards to remain in the country.
The apprehensions of the return of the
Spanish fleet are dissipated and work on
the batteries is suspended.
There was a rumor of a storm at Val
paraiso, by which shipping and dwellings
were damaged. One hark was wrecked
and ten lives lost.
Mosquora will bo tried for treason.
From New York.
New York, September I.—There were
580 deaths here last week.
A De Mariheau, French commander, and
the remnant of Maximilian’s body guard,
together with sixty members of the corps
diplomatique from Mexico, departed for
Europe yesterday in steamer llm. Venn.
Mexican detectives are here in pursuit of
a young man named Medarick, suspected
of robbing the Liberal Government of
$200,000 in gold bars. Ilis wife left for
Europe, it is supposed, with the spoils.
Medarick has not yet been found.
From Fort Hays.
Washington, September 2, noon. —A
dispatch from Fort Hays says: “The sav
ages in this section say they don’t want
peace; that they will kill the Commission
ers if they can. They are driving all the
buffaloes toward their villages, on .Republi
can river. They attacked a train near
Fort Smith and were repulsed. Twenty
Indians, one officer and four soldiers were
killed.
From Washington.
Washington, September i.—The recent
order of’Geu. Grant that district command
ers will make no appointments to civil office
of persons who have been removed by them
selves or their predecessors, does not make
anew issue between the President and
Gen. Grant. There is good authority .for
asserting that the rumors of a difficulty
having arisen on this subjectare groundless.
The reconstruction acts vests in the Gene
ral Commanding the same powers that are
conferred upon District Commanders, in
regard to removals and appointments, and,
therefore, the order of Gen. Grant is mere
ly considered as a notice in advance that
he would disapprove of such appointments
as he indicates.
Washington, September 2, noon. —
Gen. Grant has ordered the discharge of
one hundred and forty clerks of the Pay
Department.
Washington, September 2, p. m. —
Nine regular army surgeons have died
within three weeks.
Simon Cameron favors impeachment.
Revenue receipts to-day one million and
a half dollars.
The Secretary of the Treasury has re
ceived a dispatch from special agent Bell,
stating that only three of twenty-six Cus
tom House officials are on duty at New
Orleans. The Secretary' ordered the Cus
tom House further down the river, outside
of the city.
Maximilian s adopted heir, young Itur
bide, with hie grandmother, is on George
town Heights.
The change in the cotton tax from three
to two and a half cents goes into effect to
day.
From Kichmoud.
Richmond, September 2,_p. m.—John
Cady, a soldier in the 11th U. S. Infantry,
cut his throat at headquarters this morn
ing. He was from Newark, New Jersey.
Applications for bankruptcy in Virgin
ia during the last week have exceeded the
total number made since the Bankrupt
Law passed.
The assessors return Z. Chandler at
$150,4;#), and that is why his constituents
return him to the Senate.
The Jf«w Presidential Orders.
i Tho President improves as he becomes
accustomed to the situation. His new or
ders, which we publish elsewhere in to
day's paper, appointing General Cat.by in
the place of General Sickles, and substitu
ting General Hancock for General Thomas
as the successor of Sheridan, are direct and
strong. They go straight to the mark,
over tho head of General Grant, who, in
all this business, is but the President’s
secretary and subordinate. The latter is
instructed to carry them into effect; .not
consulted as to their expediency. The
President made a mistake-in asking Gen
eral Grant's opinion with reference to
Sheridan’s removal, unless he was pre
pared to follow it. Having the power,
and being satisfied iu his own mind of the
necessity of the change, he ought to have
made it on his own responsibility. \Ye
fear that it is too late now for the Pres
ident to build up a reputation for decision
of character; but oven his opponents can
not help thiukiug bettor of him after l oad- j
ing those last orders. There is an echo of
the Jacksonian ring in them, which all
Americans have been taught to respect.
They have not even Mr. Johnson’s com
mon fault of being behind time.
U was only a lew days ago that General
; Sickles placed himself in such decided
j hostility to the President, to'tho Constitu
tion of the United States, and to the best
interests of the whole country, that 'the'
President had a clear case against him, one
in which no persona! hostility or party pre
judice can he discerned. In his famous
order No. 10 General Sickles denied the
authority of tho courts ot the United States
iu his district, and assumed tho power to
suspend all judicial processes therein.—
This was complained of by Chief Justice
Chase, and would certainly tend, if
unrebuked, to bring about a conflict of au
thority between the different branches of
the Government. Its author must have
known that its terms were expressly op
posed to the solemn decisions of the Su
premc Court as to the present relations of
the so-called rebel States to tho I Iniou.—
The order was promptly rescinded by the
President; hut General Sickles, instead of
obeying his superior officer, tried to Justify
his original offence in a letter (not yet pub
lished) to General Grant. We find in a
Charleston paper an extract (apparently
genuine) from this letter, which reads as
follows: “If the United States courts in
the rebel States be allowed to control tho
military authorities, the execution of tho Re
construction Acts will, for obvious reasons,
soon become impossible. Some of these
courts will begin by declaring the acts of
Congrcss_ void.” In other words, the
General is so well satisfied of uie uncon
stitutionality of the Reconstruction Acts,
that ho will, at the point of the bayonet,
prevent tho Supreme Court from eon
sidering the matter at all. This is the
argument by which Napoleons drive out
legislative assemblies from their chambers.
It is the logic ot might against right. By
his own confession General Sickles ac
knowledges the unconstitutionality of the
law, and yet denies to the Supreme Court
the right to pronounce it unconstitutional
within his district, in any case that could
fairly come before that tribunal. This is
the boldest instance of military assumption
that has yet occurred in the Southern
districts ; and the President, in removing
the audacious General, can rely upon the
approval of all thinking citizens—and the
number of those who are beginning to
think for themselves, independently of party
leaders aud party organs, is rapidly on the
increase. _ The removal of General Sickles
is, therefore, timely and wise, v fully justified I
by considerations having no Bartizan bear- |
ing. The appointment of General Canby I
in his place appears to be judi
cious. He is an officer of distinction, j
brave, firm, and said to be discreet and j
prudent Duringtheearlypurtof'thewarhc I
was stationed west of the Mississippi, aud
his operations wore but little known here.
Our citizens had an opportunity to become
acquainted with him in 1864, during the
riot times, when lie was placed iu command
of this city, and were favorably impressed
with his abilities, especially his coolness
and judgment. From this point he w-i.
ordered to the Department of the Gulf',
where, as far as we know, he gave general
satisfaction to all parties and all peoples
by hi_s_ steadv, strong, just administration
of affairs. Recently he has been on duty
at Washington, He is a thorough-going
Union man, as much so as Sickles, but has
riot the political ambition, which explains,
we think, more satisfactorily than any
other hypothesis, the aberrations of all the
objectionable Southern commanders. They
seem to be thinking all the time about
Congress and the Northern people, rather
than about the business in hand. We
trust that Gen. Canby will vindicate the
wisdom of the President’s choice, in the
eyes of the world, by his strict conformity
to the new and well-phrased order ; that
lie shall, “when necessary to a faithful ex
ecution of the laws, exercise any and all
powers conferred by acts of Congress upon
district commanders, and any and all au
thority pertaining to officers in command
of military departments.” What more
could any reasonable man ask than this?
Here the President stands on solid ground.
The order substituting Hancock for
Thomas as Sheridan’s successor, is also
well conceived, well expressed, and reason
able. It had been rumored that Sheri
dan’s removal was indefinitely postponed
owing to the sickness of General Thomas.
The President promptly corrects this
rumor —which had been circulating to his
prejudice—by an appointment in Sheri
dan’s place of another officer, not inferior
in the public regard to the distinguished
Thomas. It is well known that General
Hancock was the President’s first choice
for the .Fifth District, and had he been
originally appointed, the selection would
have been generally and warmly approved,
North and South. The President is only
correcting a mistake. That is all. The
same general instructions are given to
Hancock as to Canby ; and under tho new
order Sheridan is relieved from the neces
sity of making a circuitous journey to
Washington, and directed to report at
Fort Lawrence, Kansas, without delay.
This is another improvement. Sheridan
was not wanted at Washington, but he
will be greatly in demand in Kansas, at
the head of our Indian-cainpaigners, when
Hancock has loft.
Wo repeat that, unless we are greatly
deceived in the character and .qualifications
of tho new commanders of the Second and
Fifth Districts, the country will be every
way _ bent fitted by the change, and the
President will have learned the importance
not only of deciding wist !y, hut of acting
promptly in critical aifaiis.— .hurnal of
Commerce.
Phillips’ Provision Exchange.
Cincinnati, August 30,1807. |
Editors Chronicle & iSentinel .
The market for provisions has been
somewhat irregular during the week past.
Some articles show an improvement on
the figures current at the date of my last,
while others are a shade lower. The mar
ket has boon to a great extent free from
speculation, the demand being chiefly
consumptive. The trade is in a healthv
condition.
Mess Pork has met with little at
tention during the week. The unfavora
ble advices from New York checked the
demand, though there was no pressure to
sell, and holders were not willing to make
any important concessions. City inmost
cases held at $23 50, but purchases were in
several instances made at 82.1 25, and this
is the outside rate that could have been
realized to-day.
Laud sold to a moderate extent early in
the week at 12ic for best city, but it is
now freely offered at this figure, with no
buyers over 12ie. Country is nominally
}e less. Keg is not sought for; the nominal
price is 131 to Hie.
Greases are scarce and firm at St to
lojc as in quality.
BI'LK Meats are again firmer — shoulders
advanced to 11 go loose, and are now held
firmly at lljc; rib sides are in request at
131 c, but 4 more is asked; nothing doing
in clear rib and clear sides—the purchases
were chiefiy by smokers, though one or
two lots were taken by speculators.
“Bacon is higher and firm at the ad
vance—shoulders are in request at I '4c
packed, but are held at 12.{c, and this was
in one or two cases paid to-day; rib sides
without demand, but not easily brought
below 15c; clear rib are in good demand at
lojo, &iid clear 10c, though to more is
Asked, and some sales were made to come
out of smoke +e higher; liarnsaro dull,and
to some extent, nominal—plain are held at
Lie, and sugar cured 20jrq,21c, cauvased
and packed.
Beef Hams are quiet at ltd to 20c, can
vaseu auu packed; In pickles3l,
Pi.ate Beef $22 50 to s2l 00.
i Whiskey advanced to 32c in bond.
of the week were 2,201 tierces
! ~ 01 lard, 585 birds, 251 tierces and
-aU) boxes bulk and bacon, CIO bbla pork
I and 88,701* lbs loose meat.-,.
| . t ?J ,po * l 7' s . tierces and 0 kegs lard, 11
! b“ds, 38 tierces and 10 boxes bulk and
bacon and 120,075 lbs loose meats.
t reiohts to the east are unchanged—
to Now Orleans 00c per 100 lbs.
Very respectfully,
Geo. W. Pmr.nips, Jr.,
Provision and Produce Broker.
Professor Robinson P. Dunn died on
j Wednesday afternoon, of erysipelas, at
• Newport, R. I,
NEAY SERIES AOL. XXYI. NO. 3<>
By the President ot the United states—
A Proclamation.
Washr>-( (ton, September 3, p. m.—
WHBRfeys, by the. Constitution of the
United States tho executive power is vest
ed iu a President of the United States of
America, who is bound by a -solemn oalb,
i faithfully to execute the ollie : of President,
j and, to the byst of his ability, to preserve,
I protect anq defend the Constitution of the
I United States, and is, by the same instru
I mont, made Comnnimior-in-Chiof of tho
j Army aud A'avv of the United States, aud
j is required to care that tho laws be i'aitli-
I fully* executed; aud whereas, by the same
j Constitution, it is provided that the said
Constitution and the laws of the United
I States, which shall bo made in pursuance
I thereof, shall be the supremo law of the
I land, and the Judges in every State.shall
he hound thereby; and. whereas, in aud
by* the same Constitution, tho judicial
power of the U. S. is vested inoneSupreme
Court and iu such Inferior Courts as Con
gress may, from time to tinie ordain and
establish, and tlio aforesaid judicial power
is declared to extend to ail cases inlaw
and equity arising under the Constitution,
tho laws of the United states and tin
treaties which shall be made under their
authority ; and whereas, all ofiieors, civil
and military, are bound by oath that they
will support and defend the Constitution
against all enemies, foreign and domestic,
and will hear true faith aud allegiance to the
same ; and whereas, ail ollicers of tho
army aud navy of the United States, in ac
cepting tlieii commissions under tho laws j
of Congress and tho rules and articles of j
war, incur an obligation to observe, obey
and follow such directions as tiiev shall,
from time to time, receive from the Pros
ident or tho General or other superior of
fleers set over them according to tho rules
and discipline of war ; and whereas, i! is
: provided by* law that whenever, by reason
of unlawfa. obstruction,s, combinations or
assemblages of pershiis or roh'eiltnfrajrStTlKt
the authority of tho Government of the
United State.-, it shall become impractica
ble, in thy judgment of the President of
tile United Slates, to enforce, by- the
ordinary" course of judicial proceedings,
the laws of the United States within any
State or Territory, the Kxeeutivo, iu that
case is authorized and required to seenr.
their faithful execution by the employ
ment of the land and naval forces ; and
whereas, impediments and obstructions,
serious in their character, have recently
been interposed in the States of North
Carolina and South Carolina, hindering
and preventing, for a lime, a proper en
forcement there of tho laws of the United
States and the judgments and decrees of a
lawful court thereof, iu disregard of tho
command of the President of the United
States ; aud whereas, reasonable and well
founded apprehensions exist that such
ill advised and unlawful proceeding* may
lie again attempted there or elsewhere.
Now therefore, 1, Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, do hereby
warn all persons against obstructing or
hindering in any way whatever, the faith
ful execution of the Constitution and tho
laws, am! 1 do solemnly* enjoin and com
mand all -officers of the Government, civil
and military*, to render due submission
and obeisance to said laws and the judg
ments and decrees of tiie courts of the
United States, anil to give all the aid in
their power necessary to the prompt en
forcement and execution of such laws,
decrees, judgments and processes, and L
do hereby* enjoin upon the ollicers of tho
army and navy to assist and sustain the
courts and other civil authorities of the
United States in a faithful administration
of the latvs thereof, and the judgments, dc
crees, mandates and processes of the courts
of the United States ; and I call upon all
good and well-disposed citizens of the
United Stales to.remember that upon the
said Constitution and laws, and upon the
judgments, decrees and processes of tiie
courts made iu accordance with the same,
depend tho protection of the lives, liberty',
properity and happiness of tiie people; and
I exhort them, everywhere, to testify their
devotion to their country*, their pride in
its prosperty and greatness, m. i their de
termination to uphold its institutions by* a
hearty co-operation in the efforts of the
(iovornmeut to sustain the authority of the
law, to maintain the supremacy of the
Federal Constitution, and to preserve, un
impaired, (lie integrity of "the National
Union.
in testimony whereof I have caused tho
seal of the United States to lie affixed to
those presents, aud sign tho same with my
hand.
Done at the city of Washington the 3d of i
September, in Uie year one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.
A-NDKIiW Jouxsox,
By the President;
William H.Skward, Secretary ofSlate.
New York and Liverpool Cotton Markets.
FROM THK WEEKLY COTTON CIRCULAR OK
WILLIAM BRYCE iii CO.
New York, Friday* livening, 1
. . August :’..jth, lain. }
Our last Circular reviewed Uie market
to ihe 23d hist.
Saturday, August 24th.—A -fair busi
ness was ilono here on Uie lower grades
fur shipment at irregular prices ; the good
grades were neglected, and quotations were
practically lower for line cottons. Diver
pool was dull at TOM with sales of 8,000
bales,
Monday, August 26lh,—The market was
remarkably dull, sales only 350 hales, and
prices wore off tc. to lc. tier pound. Liv
erpool fell off another id. with sales' of 8 000
bales.
Tuesday, August- 27th.—The ' market
was again lower, and the lower prices
brought out buyers ifiorefreely. Tltesales
footed up 1,100 bales, mostly to shippers.
Liverpool again off id. with sales of 7,000
bales.
Wednesday, August 2KUl—Dock lots
gain pressed for sale, aud Uw market
eased off in tone, although quotations were
nominally* the same.’ Liverpool was dull
at 101(1.
Thursday, August2‘ith.—Liverpool fell
oll'an sd. and closed dull at 101, with sales
of 8,000 hales. There was a shade less
forcing perceptible in .ur market, hut
prices wore heavy, aud quotations diilicult
to realize.
Friday, August 30th.—The market
is very depressed to-day and our figures
represent outside prices.
lUiJAv AttDices have been regularly re
ceived and quote a steady* decline iii the
Liverpool market, Middlings closing at
fold. Stock on hand 704,000 halos, includ
ing 311,000 Amei icaij. Sales ol the week
52,000 hales.
Mail Advices sincoour last aro at hand
by steamer Cuba, with dates to August
llith. From our correspondence and Ihe
Brokers' Circular of ssive.rpool, wo com
pile tiie following facts in reference to the
Liverpool markotfortiie week ending Aug.
loth. Total stock on that dale HBO,oooujpdnst
070,000 bales the previous week, and 038,000
bales in 180(> same time. Increase from
the preceding week 4,ikk) bales. Os tin
stock 310,000 bales were American, mid
15(1,000 bales Indian. The rece’pts for the
week footed up 30,000 bales in all, includ
ing 15,000 from tiiis country, and 19,00 ft
.from India. Total receipts from January*
Ist to August lath, 2,145,000ba1e5, of which
1,035.000 were iioin this country, and
r>,-;o 001) from India, 3)2,000 from Brazil,
140,0(H) from Kgy'pt, 74,000 from the Wes:
Indies. For tiie same period in Imkj th<
lota! receipts were 2,550.000 bales, includ
ing 009,000 from America, 1,015,000 from
India, 320,000 from Brazil. 110,009 from
Kgypt, 70,00-, from ihe \v i. Indies. The
decrease ,u impmi is the - 405,000 bales
from last year. From January sot to
August lath the trade had taken I, i5u,000
bales of all kinds, including 701,001) Amer
ican, 45!,009 Indian, Ifor.bOoßazilian, 111,-
000 Egyptian, •••'•.tiuh West Indian. Las:
year same time the trade had taken
1,5;i5,090 bales oi .-iii kinds, including
0L5,(k10 American, 539,000 Indian, 180,000
Brazilian, 113,000 Egyptian, 52,000 West
Indian. Thi. shows a decrease of con
sumption of 21,000 bar s from las* year.
From Liverpool, Hull, and otoer outports, '
from January Ist to August 15th, there bad ’
been exported 511,000 bales of all kinds, I
including 172,0*r0 American, 275,00" '
Indian, -10,(wO Brazilian, 8,000 Egypt
ian, 1,000 West Indian. in 1880.
during the same p text, there had
been exported '2ls,bales in all, in
cluding 125.000 American, 201,000 Indian,
79,<X*Q Brazilian. 15,1)00 Egyptian, 1,000
West Indian. This shows a doorcase of
export amounting to2I,QOKj Wiles as com
pared with lest year, Males of the week
looted up !'7, r «XJ hales, including 71,000 to
the trade, and 17,000 to exporters. Os the
amount taken by the trade 20,000 bales
were American, and 25,000 Indian, Ex
porters took 5,000 American, and 11,000
Indian. ’lhe «<>tt-.n known to be at sea
for Great Britain August 15th from
America and India, bv mail advices, foot
e : : aVo.ti-'O bale ■ .;>,<) ■ i being from this
amount at sea at this
time Gem Julia and America footed up
514, 0F) bales, including 404,(XX) from India;
increase this year 105,000 bales. The
bullion in the bank had increased during
the week £235,040, ami footed rtp £23,401,-
413. Kate of discount 2 per cent. Sea
Islands had been dull, and the sales footed
up only 510 bags at from 13 to 10.1.
Our own market during the week has
been dull, spiritless, and declining. Spin
ners have come forward very slowly and
purchased only in limited quantities.
Shippers have touched the staple very
lightly, owing to the small margin between
this and the European market, which the
improved range of gold has created. Spec
ulators have sought to get rid of their late
purchases at the best prioes obtainable, and
have only* taken up preixtd lo' . With
buyers in the spirit'just described holders
i have bGeii quietly watching opportunities.
I no one feeling very tenacious at present
: prices with the new crop staring in their
| faces. The offerings have generally been
l of good grades, strict Low Middling and
i Middlings, purchases of last month which
i had been laid aside for the great scarcity
(anticipated to prevail about now. The j
; demand has, however, run on lots of low
| er grades, say Good Ordinaries, which
; would pay to ship. For long cottons there ;
1 has been no demand, either domestic oi
i foreign. Jiegarding cotton for delivery :
next month and October, there has been ,
.me business on a basis of 27c for Hep- '
i teuiber, and 25c for October,
lion. Offers of Middlings from the Son.n
; are plenty at 24 and 25, sellers option for; |
1 the rest of l*o7. On this basis \\c h* .ir ■
ino business. The politi-al excitement
! (liiT-ine-tln* week piWneed bnta slight nur- i
i r v in cotton, although gold ad* incodl to
l lUI OH tiie consequent speculation. Our
specie shipments have been nominal; the
| ]..,-u amount of grain bills offered more
i than equaling the Sterling demand.
I (jfvfkai. Remarks. —Crop accounts this
week are uot nearly as favorable as t\v
weeks .since. Tire rain seems to have ex
tended over a very large area, and caused
considerable shedding and rust to unnear,
i , cotton comes in slowly, all the in
terior points receiving mope or less, and
-rom letters U would - cm likely that our
Septcuiiier receipts would be'pretty full.
Most oi the i>ew cotton received has' been
of very (inequality, and has commanded
outside ligures.
The steady decline in Liverpool has stir
prised many operators here, who consider
ed the last nso to lid warranted l.v
conditions of that market; the decline
seems natural to others who regarded
merely demand and the amount of Indian
cotton afloat India has kept up her re
ceipts surprisingly, and her railroads and
covered cars brought in 30,(kn> bales for
the last fortnight ju July, against!),ooo
during the same period last year.
A large quantity of cotton has arrived
here from Galveston and New Orleans
which the Health Gilmers have sent to
Quarantine, which occasions much annoy
ance to the receivers, many of whom have
sold their consignmemnents “to arrive”
at prices far above those now current Tho
question is still a mooted one whether or
not such detention vitiates a sale.
Estimates ut tho crop continue to be
hazarded, and vary from 2,000,1)00 to
3,000,000 bales, 2,7504100 seeming tho fa
vorite figures with conservative people.
\\ o would call attention to tho fact that on
and after Monday next the tax on cotton
will only he 2Jc in ml of 8c ns at present
\he premium thus held out !>v our Gov
ernment for foreign competition is hi-hlv
appreciated by Great llrituin and Em-one
m genonil. \\ liethor it bo' expedient to
a.tempt to destroy our main article of ex
port is a question which Congress •must
decide. The cotton year of America closes
to-morrow, and wo append:
Tho market opened in September at 330
for Upland Middlings, and under disas
trous crop accounts kept steadily advanc
ing until October 16th, when Middlings
touched-Me. During the next month on
u lower range of gold and a partial subsiti
encOof'tlio crop alarm the price fell :is si,
* uptly as it had risen, and'33c was again
tlio price on November Kith. During iho
next six week ~ owing to variety of causes
prices rallied to 3V.., which was thocurront
priccen January Ist, 1867. For the next
two months prices were weak, and the
market despondent intone, and March
opened with Middlings at 31c. Eroin this
point prices steadily declined til! April
-'•fh when a panic seized tho cotton mar
kets of Uie world, and involved some largo
houses in the crash. A week was tho
duration of the panic ; on tho 2iitii aflei
Middlings had sold at 21c. tho reaction
came and ah advance of lc. per pound was
made in one week. From May Ist to Juno
J'ifh Middlings ruled at 27o.,after which
date the lino crop accounts reduced quota
tions, and prices fell oil' to Sic. About (ho
middle of July prices took an upward
turn, owing to the short supply left in this
country, alul 2!Ue. was reached, after
which spinners retired from tho market
and prices fell oil’to their present range!
The average price of Middling cotton in’
this market during this year has boon )!Uc.
In our last yearly review we referred to
the many misforflmos which had befallen
the tfade during theyear then closing, ~n
account of the mistaken estimates of sup
ply and consequent quotations. We then
expressed the hope that sounder view
would prevail daring the year then open
ing, and that, the misfortunes of the past
might be safeguards for the future. In
these hopes, however, wc wore disappoint
ed ; the same mistaken ideas led to the
same unfortunate results, and the closim*
year has been a perfect shadow of tho one
before it. Almost all the estimates of tho
last crop were about one and a halfmillions
and the estimate of 1,800,000 bales made by
us early in the season was considered out
side aud.visionary—even this proved liii
cent, below the out-turn.
With the great discrepancy that was
proved between tho estimated crop and
its out-turns, severe losses were neeessa
xily experienced by those who pinned
their faith to a million and a half bales*
for many held on for the fancy prices iso
fondly hoped, but never realized! Karlv
in the season wo expressed our belief in
the fallacy of these hopes, aud events
proved tho truth of our deductions con
cerning prices on the hypothesis of 1',800,000
bales. Many’persons were misled by the
amount ol old cotton lull iii tho country
and statisticians estimate the amount to
have been 200,000 bales. The high prices of
tills summer have brought forward the
remnants of the crop with great freedom
and from the best authorities in bur pos
sesion wo would nut estimate the stock m
tho interior at over 50,000 bales at tlio
present time. One of the lessons of tiio
past year is the increased favor of Indian
cotton in Liverpool, while the import has
been two-Ufths less ; the consumption has
only been one-filth less than last year
showing the strong favor of this variety
with the trade. By January Ist this dif
ference will he ovon more marked than at
present. Ts tho consumption had fallen
olf in direct proportion with me import
aud stock, (he fate of Indian cotton culture
would have been sealed ; but as such has
not occurred, we in America must be able,
to sell our staple at a lower price than bos
ruled since the war to assume our old p osi -
tion in cotton. The year imi-7 is over its
events are history, and wo sincerely hop,)
that the experience of tho past twelve
months will serve to prevent a repetition
of Us misfortunes, and that September
1868, will follow a year of greater prosper
ity than the one now closing;
VALUE OF COTTON IN NEW YORK. AUGUST ;j{\ Rdf,7,
TtNiis Mold 1«* Kav&nji ih Nil Ct*
OOod Middling —-
Middling 21 2ii‘i as
Low MuhlllnK ft. s>)t
Uoo<l Ordinary %r, 2i ■
Ordinary n -ji •}>
l'ort.s Date Jtec’tH F’n. Kxi»'f Receipt* stock
Hinco Sop. I, from Scp.i.
\t!W Orlx»n.‘t, Aug. 2.°., sB7 01-L7.N £| •> ih**»
:: sa. 207 lift ill iv .e,
Oharhwton, 23, 1,4.10 h i
amimoii, ;; Kl, I,Kit m,:*M 2iii.’t.v. ].1.1,1
lr* a % , .. -.* a • 1U2.1V. .'..ml
.V;wVork, 23, 701 tanjnss n., tui si
0t1.1Ty.i1,., •• iq, 1,0.1s 41. Nil 232.7'A IM.’Mt
Total S,sil 1/.51.550 1,5.-;j,'as
I.'rom Europe— lly Mail.
New Youy, September 1. —Tim steam
ship llaiixii , from Europe, has arrived. The
Piir.ec and Princess of Wales have arrived
at Dordricht, Germany.
The King of Greece lias arrived in Eng
land.
It is announced that the Queen of .Spain
in mcu ute.
Harvest accounts are satisfactory.
Hungary contributes 28] per cent, of
Austrian expenses.'
Accounts from Sicily arc deplorable.
Cholera rages at Palermo with great
violence.
The insurrectionary < lovorunicnt ofCandia
lias notified foreign Consuls of its intention
to issue letters of marque for the equip
ment of privateers.
In the month of May eighty-nine, million
pounds of cotton, valued at three million
three hundred and sixty-seven thousand
pound .sterling, wore shipped from Bombay.
Napoleon has addressed a letter to the
Minister of the interior urging internal im
provements and increase cf means of com
munication and transportation within tin;
Empire.
Paris papers regard the situation of
afbiirs in .Spain extremely serious. Ex-
Minister Madows had been arrested and
martial law has been proclaimed in Bar
colons.
A battalion of French troops left, per
.steamship Peyttun, for the,Spanish frontier.
The King of Sweden lias arrived at
Berlin.
It is stated tha* the Bavarian Council
of Ministers emphatically opposed the
King of Bavaria’s visit to Salzburg.
Tho Dutch Minister at Y . Ido had been
shot ut by natives but eseuped without in
jury. The assassin, bad not been arrested
In the House of Lords tho Clerical Vest
ments Bill ’.as been postponed to the next
session.
Eire In Ituttkle.
New York, September i.—There was
a fire in Buffalo last night, which destroy
ed property to the value of $150,000, in
cluding two foundries ’ and a tool factory.
One fireman is reported killed.
Jfcws items.
It is reported that cholera has broken
out at St. Mary’s Mission, I’otawatatnio
| Reserve, Kansas.
j Ex-Governor Thomas Brown died at
j Tallahassee, Florida, on the 24th tilt.,
; in the 82d year of his age.
! The tobacco merchants of Richmond
send a delegation to the tobacco convention
! to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, or. the 17th
! instant.
' J. S. Kirby, late telegrapher and agent
of the Union Pacific Railroad at Topeka,
Kansas, committed suicide at Americas,
Kansas, last Thursday. It was reported
that he >va,-. a defaulter to the company in
the sum of $5,000.
A dispatch from Cincinnati states that
the prize fightended disastrously for Aaron
Jones, who is dreadfully punished. He
lias two ribs broken, and his frontal bone
is crushed. MeCool appears uninjured.
A . dispatch from St. Louis, dated on
Saturday, -ays • "Leading Radicals here
arc puzzieu about Grant’s conduct. The
Democrat this morning refers to Grant as
‘a sphinx, whose words are inexplicable,
and says he has forfeited Radical confi
dence.
In Washington, Rhea county, East Ten
nessee, on Wednesday, the blacks and
whites got into a light, when the negroes
were driven from the town. Getting as
sistance of the Loyal League, the blacks
returned to the town and renewed the fight,
with varying success. A number of per
sons were wounded. Fears arc entertained
of a general collision in that quarter,
Tiie ridiculously broad collars, lately ip
style among fashionable young men, are
now voted in bad taAe, and the up|>er
ten shirt makers of Broadway no longer
vend thorn/