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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1867)
v*- W' * {*•*> # . OLI) SERIES, VOL. LXXVI. ffhvonuk & i'cntmcl. m i: n k v Mooiti A. It. WHIG I IT. I’AT ICK WALSH, Associate Editor. j TERMS OF Sl HSI UII’TIO.N. dUlt. r- t *1 00 Tnrc- ■ 5 M One j-» 10® WEEKLY. ' Ol'.tS* 75 i to»® a i:«; i.ht A. G A : WEDNESDAY MOR.MVG, NO7F.MBER6. When Milo, tlie Roman Cc -u., was banished to Marseilles, Cicero, his lawyer, sent him the revised copy of a speech in bis defence. Milo wrote back : “If Cicero had spoken what Cicero had written. Milo would not be eating oysters at Marseilles. —Augusta C nstilutionalist. Our Auiflsta contemporary is much fresher from the schools than we are, and wo do not intend by authority to impeach the above ouotation, nor have we time to search through the books; but our recollection of the great Homan exile’s sarcasm is this: “Ah, Cicero, hadst thou spoken thus of Milo, he would not niw lie eating the figs of Messina.” We will at 1 ast venture this version as the correct one, hut feel too rusty in the classics to swear to it. —Macon Tel. Roth wrong. Milo’s remark upon re- [ ceiviug a cojiy of the speech which Cicero Bad prepared, but, through fear, had saned to make in his defence, waH: “llow | fortunate it is that this oration was not > delivered, for then I should have been i acquitted, and have never known the delicious flavor of these Massilian mullets.” The Charleston News.—The Charles ton Daily News has passed into new hands, Messrs. M .Mill an & Morton having sold ! out their interest to Messrs. R. It. ltiordan, Francis W. Dawson and Henry Evans. The latter have formed a co partnership under the name and style of ltiordan, Dawson & Cos, Messrs. Riordan ar.d Daw.ion are two of the most ac complished newspaper men in the country, being educated to the profession. The impress of their journalistic skill and ability is evinced in the changed appearance of the number of the News before us. \ There is vigor and originality in the editorials, and tact and vitality in the gen- I era! make up of the paper. We con- ! gratulate the new firm and wish the News and it s proprietors a brilliant and successful career. The editors conclude their salutatory as follows: The now proprietors of the paper will bend all their energies to the task of giving fresh interest and vigor to its columns, and i enlarging, by every means that enterprise can suggest, the sphere oi'its influence and usefulness. In the shaping of its past politi cal course, they have had no part. Their record, as independent journalists, begins from to-day. Round to the fortunes of no clique of impracticable extremists, nor yet the facile mouth-piece of the timid and | time serving, tlie News will henceforth \ deal witli public questions as they arise, J honestly, fearlessly and consistently, with hut the single aim—to maintain the honor atnl promote the welfare of the Southern people. Du. H. 11. Tucker.—We were pleased to receive a visit Wednesday from this dis tinguished and patriotic gentlemen. His many Irieuds will be pleased to learn that lie is in vigorous health and fine spirits, j The Dr. informs us that the University, I over which he presides {Mercer), is in a flourishing condition. Harpers' Razar. — Wo are indebted to Quinn, the enterprising newsdealer No. 189, Rroad streot, for the initial number of this new candidate for popular patronage. The Baear iafl. weekly journal ®f fashion, issued, by t,b»-well-known Radical publish ers, Harper k Bros, and wo doubt not that South' sh ladies will find in its reading | matter much to make thorn love the Yan kees, the Harpers and the balance of man kind. Subscription price—$1 00 per year. Pop t Gerrymandering Bebulted by j Gen. Grant. j The National Intelligencer of the 25th ' instant, states that Gen. Pope’s Orde j fixing and prescribing the Election Districts i in this State bad been disapproved by \ Gen, Grant, who decided “ that the allot- ! luent of delegates should be made by i Counties and not by Senatorial Districts , but as the day of election was so near at I hand he did not see how the matter could j be remedied, but ho telegraphed to Gen. Pope, asking if it would ho practicable to j make correction.” This is a poor excuse to be made by ; Gen. Grant for his acquiescence in the illegal order of Pope. If ho was really de sirons to have a fair expression of tho pop ular sentiment, and was opposed to the | unfair gerrymandering of Pope, ho should j have ordered him to revoke the order 1 bringing on the election on the 29th, and make anew assignment of delegates by ! counties, as the law plainly directs should j be done. General Grant’s disapproval i amounts to nothing. Every sensible man knew, before Gen. Grant acted in the mat- 1 ter, that Pope’s order was illegal. We needed no information on that point. We asked Gen. Grant for a remedy and he simply tells us wo are right but it is too late for relief. “Equality.” Subjoii lar s ene figures showing what is meant by Radic: : : “equality.” in the processed reconst ructieo it is made ncces ary to elect delegates, and obviously the way was to divide the total of voting pot .- lation by the number of delegates to be chosen and then conform the apportion ment of electoral districts, as far as prac ticable, to this quotient. Rut of such is not the comprehension of the saiuts. Radical equality means Radical ma jority, and to insure this majority the fundamental rule of apportion ment has been grossly violated in the Southern States Inflow mentioned, from all of which there are now full returns. By the tables given it will bo seen, first, the number of delegates each race would be entitled to at the same ratio of repre .-•entati- a; and, secondly, the existing assignment at the ratio of inequality resort ed to in order to give a majority to the blacks: I. WMUS. Hacks, Total. Ratio. Virginia ( » 49 105 2,053 iitHirjiia m S3 100 I,ll* Mississippi 42 oS 100 1,212 Florida 19 27 46 578 11. Black. White, i Whit,*. Bilks. Raii\ Rati-'.* Virgil i:\ 4(5 59 2,503 1,750 tteorgi.-i ..to 104 1.406 807 Mississippi 30 70 1,705 100 j Florida 10 36 1,115 42 From those figures some carious facts appear. In the first place a gerrymander ing of 'ussissippi and Florida, is a purely gratuii us rascality, the blacks having a majority there anyway: and, secondly, it appears from the whole array that in the eyes of those who deafen us with this cuckoo cry of “equality," a white man's j vote in the South is only from a third to a half as good as a negro's. To put this 1 exactly, a white man's vote in A ir ginia i 8 forty sic (46 per cent, less valuable than a blacks man's ; in Georgia. sixty- j three v 63) per cent, less ;in Mississippi, j seventy-one 171) percent. : and in Florida, J one hundred tuui sixty (160). In other : words it takes one and a half white m n in \ irginia to equal a negro ; ,n Georgia one and three tilths ; in Mississippi, one and sew--tenths ; and in Florida two and a halt! Mow this is a pretty exhibit, isn't it, for a party that is forever holding up the absolute equality of all menus something not to be infringed without mortal sin. Why, these selfsame gerrymandering Rad icals were of such tender conscience that' they could not abide even the old three- rule of the lathers. They never rested till they overthrew that rule, tnd in order to stamp their eternal reprobation of the inequality it embodied they have now ordained in the South the same kind of rule, just thirty-seven percent, the other way. Equality, equality, what knaveries are done in thy name ! — N. Y. WorhL Seriously Dismantled. Our neighbor across the street in his reply, yesterday morning, to our previous charge, that he had dodged the question ; in issue between us, shows so much spleen I that we fear bis digestive organs are sadly I out of sorts. We know that the editor of ; the Constitutionalist is an amiable, clever j gentleman, strongly inclined, however, to j pflace a very high estimate on the value of i his own opinions. If it will appease the I ire of our friend, and tend to soften his bitterness toward us, we will concede that, • occasionally, he is right in his exposition !of legal and constitutional principles. We cannot say, however, that he has succeeded in showing that our charge of “dodging” was incorrect. We state again, the point in controver sy, and the only point which the conserva tive press of the State made against the Constitutionalist, was, that its construction of the 3d section of the Supplemental Re construction Bill was incorrect. It had declared' its opinion to be, that under the terms of that section, voters were required to vote either “for or against a Conven tion,” or the ballot was void. We denied this proposition, and straightway it refer red to Mr. Hill’s Washington letter to this paper, as an authority in support of the point it had made on the. 3 d section. We said, and repeat it, that there is npt a single allusion, to this point in the whole of Mr. Hill’s long letter. The Constitutional ist now charges us with garbling the ex tract from that letter, upon which it relied to prove that Mr. Hill coincided with it on the question as to the validity of bal lots cast without endorsement.; In our former article we gave all that we thought necessary to a full understanding of the case. To please our neighbor, we repro duce from its columns the entire extract: “Let black and white abandon the illegal attempt to organize a civil govern ment by fraudulent and unconstitutional military force, and let no man vote on the question. But if the negroes will not receive the counsels of their best friends and persist in voting, let them vote alone and let them alone be responsible for the consequences. ” If there is anything in this which sus tains the position of the Constitutionalist on the issue between us we confess our inability to perceive it. Long before Mr. Hill’s Washington letter was written, his position on the propriety of voting at all on the Convention question had been made known to the people of Georgia through the columns of the Chronicle tfe Sentinel. The Constitutionalist also called to its support the views of the Richmond I \hig and the Enquirer. Wo had never seen in the columns of either of these papers the question raised by the Constitutionalist as to the legality of ballot'- [which had no endorsement of “for Convention or against Convention,” canvassed or dis cussed, and wo called upon our neighbor to refer us to the authority upon which it seemed to rely. In reply to our request he quotes the following from tho Enquirer : “It is plain, that voting for or against a Convention, and voting for delegates to serve in case a Convention shall be held, are done by erne, act—expressed by one bal lot.” Certainly, that is plain enough. No one in this State had contended that there should bo two ballots, on one of which ‘ for or againita Contention” had to bo written, and on the other the names of the candi dates. The Enquirer docs not say—nay, it does not even hint that all ballots which are cast, without endorsement are illegal and void. We say again that this ques tion, as far as wo observed tho Virginia canvass, was not raised by any portion of .{he press of that State. It ej>eir , from.URL extract produced by tho Constitutionalist from the Enquirer, that some persons in Virginia thought that two ballots were re quired, upon one of which the candidates names should be written, and on the other the endorsement “for or against a Conven tion.’ No such question has been raised here, and hence wo cannot see the rele vancy of the testimony which the Constitu tionalist produces on that point. In conclusion wo assure our friend that he is mistaken in supposing that wo wish ed or intended eithor to impugn his motives or to degrade his position. Noth ing in the language which we used can be • fairly attributable to such a design. We attacked his position because we thought lie was wrong. We exposed the fallacy of bis argument to prevent injury to the cause which we knew he was like ourselves earnestly supporting. Our otTence “hath this extent—no more.” Another Radical Swindle. Wc have been reliably informed that the Radio'd managers of the election in this city finding it a little troublesome to 1 compare tho names of the negroes who j presented themselves at the polls with the j lists of registered voters, determined to i receive the ballots of all who offered to j vote without question as to their right to | vote, or whether they had been registered. \\ e learn that after this determination was made known the negroes poured in, | and in a few hours more than one thousand ballots were cast. Every candid man knows that this pre j tenea of difficulty in comparing each name presented with the lists furnished by the | Board of Registration is a mere trick to enable the Radical managers to admit and receive the hundreds of illegal votes pre sented y the Carolina negroes and others. ; who had not registered. It is known that j there are hundreds of names on the regis try lists for whom bona fide voters cannot ; bo found. Here we have a reason for the I illegal action of the managers to-day. We i have never before known such an open and bare faced fraud perpetrated upon the j purity of the ballot box in any portion of i thi.- wide extended country, j The announcement is made; tho invita . tion is given to all who wish to do so to go forward and vote. If the Conservatives should attempt to avail themselves of this 'invitation, their ballots w uld be thrown j out unless their names could be found on ; the Registry Lists. Upon the whole, this ; is in strict accordance with the Radical programme, and doubtless owes its pater nity to the cunning and trickery of our Military Mayor. The Radical managers have at last thrown off all disguise, and i openly show that they are determined to have as many votes cast here as may be necessary to accomplish their purpose. This illegal and fraudulent conduct of the managers, is sought to be paliated by the statement, that at their leisure they wi.i compare the names on the ballots with the registry lists, and if the latter do not show each voter to have been registered, that his ballot will be thrown out. Is any one so siuy as to believe that a single Radical ticket (and there are none other j east here), will be thrown out by these managers? Retribution will as sure as there is a just God, come for these out rages upon the dearest rights of the white people of this country. Sticks to the Jigger. Some of our friends in this part of the State have been weak enough to believe that Joe Brown had become disgusted with the shameful and corrupt course of the leading Radicals in the State, and that his long silence of late was indicative of a coming change in the Governor's position. This hallucination has been dispelled. , Joe made his appearance at a negro gathering on Monday night in Atlanta and was. by invitation, the leading orator of the occasion, lie swallows, at once, the negro, Pope's gerrymandering order, Hulbert, Dunning. Ashbnrn, Bradley and the whole tribe of Radicals who infest the State. What a capacious maw our Joe’s got. Uall Virginia! ] Under the above heading the Tribune , of the 26th, has a double-leaded article of ; nearly a column, devoted to extravagant | glorifications over the result of the late j election in Virginia. It is delighted to note that, in the counties having the j largest negro population, the | Radicals are elected, just as though any sane man ever believed in a different result, where the masses-of the voters weie besotted negroes. Greeley rejoices that the Convention will he, by a large :na joriiy, extremely Radical, and expresses the hope that the Rads “ will be moderate and cautious in tning their triumph so as not to endanger its popularity.” White people of Georgia ! it is not too late even now to strike a blow for intelli gence, for virtue, for civil liberty, and the Constitution of the United States. Let each lover of his race and country deter mine to day to use his influence so as to prevent one ballot from being cast for the Convention, and our good old State may be saved from the degradation which over whelms gallant Virginia, the mother of States and of statesmen. ASSEMBLING OF SWAYNE’S CONVEN TION. —We publish elsewhere in the Mail ■ to-day, the order of Gen. Pope calling to gether the delegates elected to the so-called Alabama Constitutional Convention. They, are ordered to meet at the Capitol, in this city, on Tuesday, sth day of November, 1867. —Montgomery Mail. The Mobile Advertiser &. Register very properly says: “We beg to suggest to our brethren of the press whether there is any propriety or utility in publishing the tyrannical orders of Pope and Swayne. Certainly Done of these orders have the slightest reference to the good of the peo ple of the State, and it is equally certain that the press owes nothing in the way of comity or courtesy to those two Satraps. Let Pope depend on his own papers—those that he is feeding with patronage plunder ed from the press of the State —for the publication of his commands. If the Southern press in the State would follow this rule strictly, Gen. Pope would find it somewhat difficult to work his party league machine. The less we touch or have to do with S. S. S. bills, and the tools that are enforcing them, the better for us all. The Cotton Crop of 1867.—The fol lowing is a return of the cotton crop for 1867, taken by the Bureau of Statistics. The returns are from four hundred and eighty-four divisions, several divisions yet remaining to hear from, and show that 5,067,025 acres have been planted in cot ton, and that the estimated yield is 1,568,- 357 bales of four hundred and fifty pounds each, equal to 1,764,401 bales of four hun dred pounds each, the latter being the weight assumed in the census of 1860. The yield of 1860 was 3,656,086 bales of four hundred pounds each. It is estimated by the bureau that the returns yet to come will not materially alter the above figures. Gen. Sherman. —A correspondent of the Philadelphia Morning Post writing from Hanover, N. 11., says that in a recent letter from Gen. Sherman, the latter “ said that under no circumstances would he make any speeches ; that he did not desire to occupy the attention of the public, and would never permit his name to be used in connection with any office in the gift of the people. His brother John, he said, had a taste for politics, but he had not.” Commenting upon the loss of the German vote by the Republicans in the late elections, the Chicago Times observes i that, as slavery no longer exists in this country, the free-tuiokinar Gormans will •: gradually drift back to the Democratic j party, which they left because they hated ! slavery. This, the Times contends, they will do because the Democracy arc with the Germans in opposition to Sunday laws and prohibitory liquor laws, and in advocacy of the largest liberty. Petersons’ Philadelphia Counter feit Detector. —This periodical, which is a regular sate-guard in Banks, offices, Counting-houses and stores, is issued on the Ist and 15th of each month, and has become a necessity to all business men. Some few people think that a Detector is not of any use now, as wc have nearly all National Bank currency. This is a great mistake, as to-day there are more connter feits, and broken bank notes in circulation than there ever was; so you see that Petersons’ Detector is actually a greater necessity to all Rankers, Merchants and Storekeepers, and we would advise all our j readers to subscribe to it at once. Terms of subscription to Petersons’ Counterfeit Detector , corrected by Drexel ! & Cos., Bankers, is for monthly issue, (per annum) $1 50; Semi-monthly (per annum) $3 00; single numbers, 15 cents. To agents, $lO a hundred net cash. Sub scriptions may commence with any month, and are payable in advance. Address T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. •* [communicated. J Lespedeza versus Lespidasa. Editors Chronicle dt Sentinel: Gentlemen: “A rose, by any other name may smell as sweet,” Rut, for all purposes, not poetical, it is best to call it Dy its old-fashioned name — a rose. Your excellent journal has contained several very interesting and instructive 1 articles on “the new plant,” which is rapid ly spreading over the State. Through in advertence, the name has, in my opinion, I been mis-spelled, and the misnomer is in a fair way of being perpetuated. I think that the generic name is Lespe deza —not Lespidasa —and for the follow ing reasons: Ist. The genus Lespidasa is not found : ; in Forrey and Gray’s Flora of North) America, nor in Loudon’s Encyclopedia of \ Plants. Prs. Forrey and Gray are the | highest authority ou American Botany, i and Loudon’s Encyclopedia is a standard ! English work on plants from all countries [ of the globe; were there such a genus as Lespidasa, unless very recent, it would j have been mentioned by these authors. | 2nd. The Lespedeza does occur in these l works, and in most elementary treatises on j botany. 3rd. The description of the genus Lespe deza applies to “the new plant.” I copy the most striking part from Forrey and Gray’s Flora of North America : '''Lespedeza. sl. Flowers of two kinds, viz: perfect, although seldom maturing j fruit; and fertile, but mostly destitute o'? I stamens and petals: the latter either on the same few-flowered peduncles, or in sub-sessile giomerules. * * * * The fruit in this section is chiefly produced by the apetalous flowers, which are small and commonly escape notice until the legumes are formed. On examination of the plant now, it will be found that the one-seeded roundish pods occur at the axiles of the leaves, in groups of from two to four, their stems frequently branching from a common centra l stem. Intermixed with the pods near the ends of the branches will be found : some of the withered purplish flowers, but | with no seed pods at their basis. Earlier in the season many flower- were examined i but in no instance was a seed pod seen con nected with the flowers. The seeds are produced by imperfect flowers, which are inconspicuous, from having no colored parts. The genus Lespedeza is not ncic in Geor . via. I- orrey and Gray describe six species iin North America. Drs. Elliott and Chap man and Professor Darby give all these in the Southern States and probably all in Georgia : Loudon gives seven species, all North American, except one from Ind’a and trom China, and says, the genus was named by Miehaux. in honor o fLespedes, a Governor of I iorida, who protected that t botanist in his botanical researches ’ ’ i , The species Lespedeza Striata 'seems to be new in Georgia, and is referred by Dr. Gray to Asia. . Dr. Chapman calls the genus bush-dover, a name more applicable to the taller Ameri can species than to this Asiatic stranger: but this may serve as a trivial name until a better is suggested. Very respectfully, J. E, Willet, Mercer University. AUGUSTA, GA., MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1867. Special Oorretpondevce of the Baltimore Gazette. From Washington. | The Retrenchment Committee are “peg ging away” in attempting to whitewash : the Treasury Department. The public I has been given to understand, and I have f no doubt upon authority of someone of the committee, that Mr. Clark, the Super intendent of the Printiog Bureau, has been or will lie suspended (temporarily at least). One of the dispatches northward goes so far as to assign the particular grounds of the committee's recommenda tion to that namely : That he re fused to submit his books to their inspec tion, and to afford the necessary facilities for an insight to his operation of flooding the country with the vile trash called “fractional currency,” or to explain the modus operandi of manufacturing to order any number of 7-30's, &c. Now, I am authorized to say there is not a word of trutii in all the statements. The process is very simple of printing either the bonds or notes, and it is easily understood, it is aid. that if anyone could manage to get inside of the sanctum, and remain but a few moments, supplied with a small quan tity of lead, a sac simile might be taken of the plates, and a verv respectable counter feit manufactured. Mr. Clark uas never interposed any difficulty whatever to a full examination, was at his office this morning, .eceiving routine orders from the Secre tary of the Treasury, and acting in all re spects as if nothing at all unusual was the matter. This committee must hunt up some other subject upon whose head to keep the accumulated weight of Treasury corruptions. The committee charged with your affairs are still engaged in examining witnesses as to your political and social condition. The members of this committee have an understanding that their proceedings are to be kept secret for the present, and con sequently no official information is ob tainable. But the witnesses themselves in public places blab the substance of their testimony. In this way it is under stood that the main complaint is that, as things now stand, the Radicals are almost sure of being virtually proscribed from public office, whereas, if the negroes were allowed to vote through an act of Congress, they might possibly be relieved from this disability. Mayor Chapman and Sebley, of Frederick, add to this crowning griev ance a long catalogue of Copperhead mis demeanors of particularly obnoxious indi viduals, embracing maltreatment of ne groes of African descent in our midst, such as the brick-batting at the corner of Mulberry and Howard streets, and of a general indisposition of the whites to place the negroes upon a footing of social and political equality. Lieutenant Gov ernor Cox ,has not yet been examined, unless he went through that process to-day. To him, I hear, has been as signed the heavy business of showing the inequality of your representative system. Otherwise this committee will adjourn ou the 28th to November 13. The organ of the Secretary of the Treas ury (the Chronicle of this city) has this morning a very curious paragraph to the following effect: “Secretary McCulloch has decided upon a policy regarding the manner in which his Department is represented in the delibera tions of the Metropolitan Revenue Board in New York, which, although not de cidedly complimentary to the honesty of his subordinate officers, is likely to bo pro ductive of great increase in the whiskey revenue. lie proposes that Deputy Com missioner of Internal Revenue Parnell, who is now in New York, shall soon be re lieved by some officer experienced in revenue matters, who will in turn be re lieved by another officer of the same char acter. He hopes by this means to prevent the formation of whiskey rings, the in fluence of which lias operated so perni ciously on the Board in times past.” I understand that a meeting of the Na tional Democratic Resident Executive Committee, formed at Chicago in 1864, will be held at the Metropolitan Hotel in this city on the Ist of November. It is given out that the Radical Presidential Convention will bo held in Chicago in June. During the proceedings of the Supreme Court of this District yesterday it was de veloped that the summary dismissal of Joseph H. Bradley, _Sr., Esq., by Judge Fisher was not recognized by the Court. It is probable the case will be formally noticed hereafter. —— It would seem there is some truth in the report that the Southern States are to be left at the discretionary power of the District Commanders. It is understood that neither the President nor Gen. Grant will interfere except in the way of advice. It is also an admitted fact that Mr. McCul loch has thought it necessary to his pres ent political status to authorize a plump denial that he intends to imitate the Post master-General in publicly endorsing the President’s course. The Cabinet meeting to-day was attend ed by all the members. It was quite pro tracted. It is understood that the delib erations had reference to subjects other than political. The bids for building the new district jail will be promptly considered by the Secretary of the Interior, and the award made in a few days. There are quite a number of Maryland bidders. The Star learns that Mr. R. T. Mer rick is about bringing suits before the Court here for the restoration of the prop erty sold under the Confiscation act, in the name ofDr. Cornelius Boyle and Colonel H. B. Tyler, and in case of an adverse decision the cases will be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Merrick brought a similar suit in reference to the confiscated property of Daniel Rad elife, in Franklin,Row, which was argued some months since and settled. preparation for the meeting of con gress. Washington, October 25. —Yesterday the new carpets were laid on the floor of the Senate Chamber, and the furniture will soon bo put in its proper place. The Hall of Representatives is now almost cleared of desks, chairs, &c., preparatory to the laying down of the new carpets. The Supreme Court room is also being thoroughly refitted, and afi through the Capitol carpenters, upholsterers and paint ers are making the requisite repairs in an ticipation of the reassembling of Congress. ANOTHER GRANT BY PRESIDENT JUAREZ. Informal ion has been received hereof the issuance of anew grant by President Juarez to Mr. E. Lasere for the opening of the Tehuantepec route. It is substan tially the same as that issued October 15, 1866, to Charles Knapp & Cos., but which collapsed, owing, it is said, to the non fulfillment of the contract by them. NATIONAL UNION REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE, j ! Governor Ward, who is here now, says j | that at the recent meeting in New York, J I of the Executive Sub-committee of the ! I National Union Republican Committee, ] | there was some conversation as to the best i ! place for holding the next Convention for j i the nomination of candidates for the | Presidency and Vice Presidency, and that j I Chicago, St. Louis and New York were ! mentioned in that connection, but that no j ] action was taken by the sub-committee, j | as the determination of that question be- I longs to the full committee, to assemble i here in December next. ADVICES FROM SITKA. Washington, October 26. I The Treasury Department has received dispatches from the steamer Lincoln, sent ;to the new territory. Leaving San Fran cisco on the 20th of July, she proceeded | by way of Victoria and Fort Rupert, and j Vancouver Island to Fort Simpson, i Three attempts were made to take ob | servations to fix accurately the boundaries i between British Columbia and our new territory, which were, however, unsuccess ful on account of the rain and fog, although six days were consumed in the trial. The vessel then proceeded to Sitka, by way of Chatham sound and Dixon passage, arriv ing in the bay on the morning of August 12th. They were still surrounded by a fog which completely hid the town from view, so that its exact locality could not be made out. After the fog had cleared away the steamer entered the port, and the officers and men received a cordial reception from Russian officials. The latter exhibited every disposition to forward the designs of i the cruise, and immediately preparations were unde to proceed with it, going first to Onnalaska Island. At the date of the | report it was expected to set oat on the f 23d of August. Little had been learned | m the short time that had elapsed since I their arrival in these waters, but the offi ' cers expressed themselves already satisfied that the resources of the country in timber ’ and fisheries, have not been overrated. A MYSTERIOUS TRANSACTION. Several weeks ago Secretary McCulloch received from an anonymous source a package postmarked Urbana. Ohio, con | taining nineteen thousand dollars, the larger portion of which was in seven-thirty bonds. The money was placed to the credit of the “conscience fund.’’ Re cently a letter was received from a man in Wisconsin claiming that he sent the money to be invested in other securities, such as the Secretary might think proper to send, and gave as his reason for lor warding no communication or signatur with the money, that he was sick at the time and not able to write. The officers of the Treasury are of the opinion that the letter is. from son* party who saw the publication that Dqeteen thousand dollars had been received, jmd thinks that he can claim the same. ; - Vl om tkt Courier, II H\. Spicy PolltlealCorrespondence. A chatauqua respolican responds to A PiRXY APPEAL. The following gerruiue correspondence will amuse and instruct our readers. Th Radical Stare committee is begging money to carry on its wo A of corruption, and the following is the circular letter sent out to “the faithful THE CIRCULAR LETTER. Republican Campaign, 1867. Com. Rooms. Metropolitan Hotel, 1 New York, October 7, 1867. J To J. T. Wilson, Esq., Jamestown, N. Y. : Dear Sir : Forthe purpose of defraying the proper and legitimate expenses of the approaching eleoion, the State Commit tee are soliei’flg contributions from the friends of the l übn cause and the bene ficiaries of the Republican Union party. The amount wlich we have deemed it proper to ask you tq contribute to aid in conducting the campaign is sixty dollars, which you wiil please remit to Waldo Hutchins, Esq., No. 40 Wall street, New York. In view of the shortness of the canvass, an early response i| requested. Yours, very truly, Hamilton Harris, Chairman. Luther Caldwell, Secretary. THE REPLY. Jamestown, N. Y., Oct. 15,1867. My Dear Hamilton— Your affectionate letter of the 7th was duly received, and in reply I would say that I am very well, never was better; lave you heard from Pennsylvania and Olio ? Have you beard from them Hamiltdi, and how is your health? Your friend l * here don’t like it, and say, quite disgvetedly, that this trad ing off white votes at the North for nigger votes at the South “ don’t pay.” Do you regard it „s a profitable investment, Ham ilton, and how mud more of the stock do you want ? It is foi sale very cheap among the members of tie Union Republican party in this locality. But in regard to hatsixty dollars (don’t you wish you ma* get it) which you so persuasively expect me to fork over as one of “ the beneficiaries of the Republican Union party.” I yill own, Hamilton, that I have derived many and great benefits from the party last aforesaid. I don’t deny it. For instance, they have beneficently accumulated for me, in common with the rest of the people if the United States, a great national debt, which, we all admit, is a national blessing. They have replaced the base and cum brous metalic currency, that used to weigh a man down and impede locomotion, to say nothing about wearing holes in his pockets and disappearing inconveniently in tho lin ings of his trousers, by light and airy curren cy that costs but iittle t o manufacture and nothing to redeem, and which a man can carry around with ease in large amounts, if lie can only get it. (Oh, if you could but get sixty dollars of mine.) They have granted me the glorious privilege ofheiping to furnish board and clothes to my odoriferous brethren of Afri can descent jn the Southern States, which blessed privilege, they have wrested from the hands of their late oppressors. They have multiplied offices and office-holders, and raised all their salaries and enriched contractor and by thus adding to the wealth of each individual have increased the aggregate of national treasure. (Don’tyou see it, Hamilton ? I don’t.) They have done away with the slow, solemn and cumbrous forms and ceremo nies of constitutional and civil law in the administration of the Government, and adopted the more expeditious and jovial ways of military commission. They have given the odoriferous, &c., as aforesaid, a chance to vote, sit on juries, hold office, and do everything but work and get an honest living—that is, in the Southern States. (They did go back on him in Ohio). Now, ip view of these and countless other benefits I have received at their hands, don’t you think you were altogether too modest ip asking lor only SOO ? I assure you, Hamilton, if you had asked for twice or even ten times as much, it would have been sent just as cheerfully, and you would have go: it just as soon. .Please give my love to Waldo, and tell him when ho gets, this S6O I shall expect him to spend it all in putting down corrup tion, as you advertised to do at Syracuse the other day. Tell him, also, “in view of the shortness of the campaign,” not to unnecessarily fatigue himself by going too often to the po3toffice after that S6O, for if he will only wait patiently a few days ho won’t get it. Adieu! Hamilton. Be virtuous and you will be hap, /! The rose is red, The violet’s blue, The lily’s pure, And how are you? Yours, as ever (just about), JohnT. Wilson. Hon. B. H. Hill’s Speech.—Last Thursday evening itwas“norated” around town that the Hon, B. H. Hill, having just returned from a Northern tour, would address his fellow-cititens atbis residence after night. A considerable number, we understand, waited on him, and were ad dressed at some length. Those who heard the speech assure us that it was a practical talk, in reference to the impressions made by his Northern tour, the presentcondition and future prospects of the country. Mr. Hill, in common with everybody else hero, considers the reaction which has commenced as an earnest effort on the part of the masses to save the institutions of the countryfrom impending ruin, and believes that, now being aroused, they will not stop in mid career and leave the work unaccomplished. lie assured his auditors that the best informed politicians in New York count on a majority against the Radicals of at least 40,000 at the election in November. We understand that Mr. Hill advises the people of Georgia to have nothing whatever to do with the proposed Conven tion —to stand entirely aloof from it. He appealed to those who were giving it their support, because they heretofore believed it to be inevitable, to retrace their steps — as the light which is now dawning in all sections gives assurance of approaching relief. —Athens Banner, 23 d. The State Road Out of Debt.— We understand that this Road is now in funds, and will remit, during the present week, the full baiance due the Government, amounting to about four hundred thou sand dollars (400,000). This will place the Road clear of debt; so that its future earnings can go to re plenish the Treasury of the Stare. This is perhaps the only important rr.ilway in the South that has been able to liquidate the full amount of its obligations to the Government; and when we consider this important fact in connection with the ad ditional fact that the Road is now in better condition, and has a better supply of roil- 1 mg stock than almost any other road ! South of the Potomac, it is no ordinary I commendation of its efficient management. When M l Wallace was appointed Su perintend-. at of this Road he found it in a very iudiff rent condition ; most of the bridges were temporary and unsafe affairs; the rolling stock was scant, and of an in- I different q: .iity, and the road was greatly in debt to the Government, Now it is in superior condition; well supplied with stock; and is out of debt. No higher commendation could be pronounced in favor of the ability and efficiency of that officer. —Atlanta Opinion , 2bth inst. “Grand, Gloomy and Peculiar.”— That wonderful new Ivertisement of Gray &’1 urley ! Grand in its proportions as it ought to be for Gray & Turlev ; gloomy on 3CConnt of the darkly crowded letters : and peculiar on account of its i thoroughly comprehensive style. And I not only with the advertisement, but also • jfith the actual establishment \ excepting of course the “gloomy.' Certainly there i is nothing gloomy ab at the famous store l of Gray & Turley ! Ou the contrary, ail is • light, and cheerfulness, and geniality, and i beauty. Os course no one will deny to 1 Gray & Turley that “grand ;” that part is j quite a settled fact. And as to the “pecll - iiarity,” in what does it consist? AVhy ! in the absolute certainty of getting always i the very newest, finest, most fashionable 1 goods, and the most profoundly advanta j geous bargains. _ ! And vet all f his is nothing new ; our ; people have known it well for at least a dozen years past Yes, a dozen years ago. Gray & Turley, by their hofior, honesty and (strict attention to business, and by their high character as citizens and mer chants. established the enviable reputa tion which they now so securely enjoy. Yet it may not be amiss to inform their old friends that they are still at their old stand, prepared to serve and to satisfy any class of customers .—Edgefidd Advertiser. Yellow Fever <kc. at New Orleans. New Orleans, October 28, p. ni.— Ten deaths trom_ yellow fever yesterday, and 16 to-day. No frost, and absentees are cautioned to remain away for a short time longer. The Picayune has the following later advices confirming the destructive effects of the late storm upon the Rio Grande: El Correz of the 12th inst., says the hur ricane was the most terrible in the memory of man on this irontier. Perpetual bom bardment for a year could hardly have done as unieh damage as happened from this one night's storm. Twenty-six persons I were killed at Matamoras. ten killed and twenty-one wounded at Brownsville; at Brazos, so far as known, twelve persons perished. The schooners Ella and Cadosh were blown i . ashore and only two houses left at Clarksville, none at Bagdad. Loss of life at t..e latter is not known. Ninety of the inhabitants escaped by going on board a vessel which rode out the storm, the rest must have perished. Negro soldiers and their officers at Brazos are said to have acted infamously— not only refusing all assistance to struggling and suffering families, but retired to a sheltered part of the Island, and the soldiers returned next day to rob the wrecked goods under the remains of the warehouses and dwellings. One of them shot and killed a citizen who detected him robbing. Their officers said they could do nothing to check their brigandism. From a long list of damages at Browns ville we extract the following : King & Kennedy’s warehouse, roof blown off and building very badly damag ed; county court-house and jail completed destroyed, land prisoners Sfat large; tne entire square between Fort Brown, 14th levee and Elizabeth streets, was destroyed, including the Ranchero's office and Ma sonic Hail ; office of the Conner lias roof off; residence of Mr. W. J. Stark, corre spondent New York Herald , was com pletely destroyed ; Custom House wall is down ; Presbyterian Church destroyed ; postoffiee building, roof off; hotel and ele gant billiard saloon of Miller are almost in ruins ; iron building of Wilkins, Heye & Cos., totally destroyed ; Episcopal Church destroyed; between lOtli and Ist streets, seven brick and four frame houses were either totally destroyed or so badly injured as to be uninhabitable. In Matamoras 1,500 houses and huts were blown down and the greatest distress and want prevails at all points, and appeals are made for relief. Out of seven steamers only two can be repaired. Phillips’ Provision Exchange. Cincinnati, October 25th, 1867. Editors Chroiticle <£ Sentinel: There has never, perhaps, in the history of the provision trude, been a duller week than the past, everything has been at a perfect stand-still in this market, and bnt little more doing in others; and, in the total absence of orders from any quarter, it were useless to oiler anything at any price, as there were no buyers. This state of affairs has led to declines in all articles. There is neither speculative nor consump tive demand, yet prices ofall articles now on hand are lower than new can be made, unless there be quite a decline in the price of hogs. There has been about 6,000 hogs cut up to this time, but the weather has been so unfavorable that it has nearly all spoiled and can only be made into grease, thus cutting off ail prospects for any early new meats. The weather is still too warm to undertake to cure with safety, and the experience of early cutters should deter them from going further until the settled cold weather sets in ; yet some has been killed within the past few days. Hogs —Receipts from September Ist to the present date were 32,473, and exports 4,306, most of which have been used by the butchers. Sales are being made on the spot at s6@7 for fair to choice. No contracts for future making. Grken Meats, for present delivery, are difficult of sale, but, when sold, bring 7i, 11, and 13Jc for shoulders, sides and hams. Mess Pork has dragged all the week with light sales at s2l, but most holders decline to accept this price, believing it can’t be made so cheap out of the new’ crop. Yet if forced on the market it would not sell for over S2O. Hard is dull and would not bring over 12), though held at 12$. Kegs same. New Lard sells at about the same though its quality is nos so good. Bulk Meats about exhausted. The shoulders leit are held at 13c. loose. Bacon dull, but held iirmly at 14, 17i, and 181 for shoulders, clear i-ib and clear sides, the stock being very light; no old hams leiY ■ new Ice cured .... and packed. Plate Beef dull at slß@2o. Dried Beef 17@18, cauvased and pack ed. Exports of the week were 4,221 barrels and 1,354 kegs, nearly all consigned and none shipped on orders, except Bacon. Imports 318 barrels and 17 kegs of Lard, and 149,850 pou is loose bleats. Freight unchanged. Very respectfully, Geo. W. Phillips, Jb., Provision and Produce Exchange. The Tribune's special says the President to-day referred to the Secretary of War ad interim, for consideration and report the petition of citizens of Georgia, men tioned in the dispatches of Wednesday morning’s paper, in which complaint is made that Gen. Pope, in appointing dele gates for a convention, gives undue advan tage to tho colored over the white race. Gen. Grant returns the petition with his indorsement substantially, that it seems to him tho allotments should be made by counties instead of Senatorial districts, as directed by Gen. Pope, but as the time for the election (the 29th) is so near at hand he cannot sec how the matter can be reme died. He has telegraphed to Gen. Pope, asking if it is practicable to make the change sought, and whether it would not be better to fix representation by counties instead of by Senatorial districts. The reply of Gen. Pope is not received. It is to be observed that Gen. Grant does not claim the power to direct the district com mander, and therefore his communication is merely suggestive. Secretary McCulloch is considering what action he shall take in reference to recov ering the money on the counterfeit 7-30’s. Demand has been made for reclamation but the bankers unanimously refuse com, pliance. The Sub-Treasurer at New York has written a letter, in which he takes the f round that the Department can recover. le says that all business men understand that he receives these notes merely for trans mission to Washington. He advances the money upon them, but they are sent there at the expense of the holders, who are re quired to indorse them that they may be returned if not found correct. It is known that notes and bonds of this character are frequently returned for one cause or ano ther, and there is but one instance in which a banker demurred to receiving his note when thus returned. Curious. —The most psychological point 1 in the recent elections is their effect on the J minds of certain Congressmen as regards j the impeachment question. The number j of gentlemen who have found it necessary to state that they “are not now and never have been” committed in favor of im peachment is something marvellous. The curious point is that, until recently, these gentlemen were quite willing to have un contradicted assertions made just the other way. They have now discovered that it is wrong to let the public longer be deceived by careless reporters. Impeachment Testimony in the hands iof the Printers.— The work on the im j peachment testimony is progressing at the Government printing office, and twelve or j thirteen pages are daily put in type. The whole work will be completed by the last !of November. Great care is taken not to let it get out, and as each sheet is read it jis locked up. No one is allowed to be near the press upon which it is printed, and the : compositors engaged in putting it in type are sworn to secrecy.— Wash. Cor. N. Y. Herald, Oct. 25. Eating Cars. —The Wilmington Jour nal alluding to the eating ears on the Wil- I mington and Weldon Railroad, says: “Yes, ! and we can assure our friends that one can | get a very comfortable and good meal, , while moving on his journey at a most rapid speed. Good fare, attentive ser | rants and comfortable quarters may be j expected in the 'Saloons’ which accom pany the trains on the Wilmington and I Weldon Railroad. ” Murder.—'We learm from the Colum bus (Miss.) Sentinel that, on Thursday of last week, Mr. John McDaniel, an old i citizen, was murdered by some unknown ! person or persons while returning in a buggy from Columbus to his home near West Point. IT" was shot from behind, and his pockets jooed. A negro named Tom, living on a plantation near the scene of the murd r, was arrested on sus picion. An Amusing Incident.— A very large and enthusiastic jollification of the Demo cracy was held in Hamilton, Rutler coun ty. Ohio, on Saturday. Several thousand ; jubilant Democrats participated. The first part of the programme was a torch : light procession, in which were to be no : ticed ma .y very ingenious transparencies. The best hit was “Ben Wade and found ! wanting,” which . represented a pair of i scales with the Ohio Senatonn one endand a gentleman of African descent other, i The latter was altogether too heavy for j the former, and weighed him down, the \ moral being that the darkey was too heavy for old Ben in the recent elections. Humors of the Alabama Election. HOW THE NEGROES VOTED IN CLARK COUNTY. The Mobile Tribune , of the 23d, con tains the following : We learn the following from the most reliable source, and as it shows conclusive ly how highly the negroes appreciate the elective franchise, and how much they un derstand its value and importance, we publish it. During the recent farce called an election for convention in this State a number of negroes came in from the sur rounding county to Grove Hill, Clark county, for the purpose of voting. The Radical sharpers had supplied them all with tickets, and told them exactly how to vote. A waggish individual was sitting a short distance from the window at >* hieh the votes were deposited, and seeing a squad of some twenty niggers passing he called to them and asked them if they were going to vote. They replied yes. lie then asked them to let him see their tickets, when several handed out their bal lots, on which were printed the names of the Radical candidates. They had been told it seems to vote this ticket, and they would secure a mule and forty acres of land. The wag_ knowing this told tivni that each one of the ballots for the above, i. e. “a mule and forty acres,” but in quired of them what good they thought that would do them if they were such fools as to give them to that little man in the window, as he would secure them himself. The negroes they smelt a rat, stuffed their ballots into their pants and left, remarking that no “sich looking white man as dat are fallow waa a going to get deir certiflkits, ” started for home, fully satisfied that they were about to be swin dled. They told their friends about it. and the consequence was that numbers of them refused to go near the polls for fear they would be swindled outof their “certi ficates.” Important Meeting of Cotton and Woolen Manufacturers. We extract from the Philadelphia Ledger the following report of an impor tant meeting of cotton and woolen manu facturers in that city: An adjourned meeting of cotton and woolen manufacturers was held yesterday afternoon at the Board of Trade room. Mr. Win. Devine, President of the Asso ciation, occupied the chair. The Presi dent stated that the object of the mpeting was to take into consideration the abolition or reduction of the five per cent, tax on cotton. He said the manufacturing in terest still feel that this tax is an unjust one, and it was important chat, proper measures should be taken to have the tax removed. He hoped proper committees would be appinted to take the subject in hand, so that the measure desired could be properly brought before Congress. Mr. Devine also stated that this association was in communication with associations in other portions of the country. Mr. Kelley read an an abstract of a letter from the Rev. Dr. Bellows, of New York, now in Europe, in reference to the labor question in Europe, and the neces sity of protecting the manufacturers in this country. A paper was also read, giving the prices of labor in Belgium anil other counl ries. Mr. Garsed said we were here to ask our law-makers to do us simple justice. Textile manufactures cannot exist in this country unless they are protected against the pauper labor of Europe. He could not imdetstand the policy of Congress pro tecting manufactures by a tariff, and then taking more from them by a heavy tax upon the raw material and upon the articles manufactured. In Belgium wool-assorters were paid, a few years ago, 50 cents per week, and the superintendent of seven sets obtained $7 per week, while he (Mr. Gar sed) was paying $2 50 per day to a super intendent over three sets. Personally he asked no favors, but it was suicidal for tho Government to fix a tariff of seventy per cent, and the demand thirty-three per cent, internal taxes. There must he a total an nihilation of the tax upon the industry of the country, or tho mills will be stopped. The tax on cotton at present is impolitic and disastrous, and unless removed great distress will surely follow. It the manu facturers could get the machinery to over come the cheap labor of Europe, Congress would not be troubled upon the subject, but wo use the same machinery, while the price of labor is four-fold. Mr. A. Campbell contended that the politicians were euGeavorlug to tnl,-> mere from the people than they were willing to give. He thought it would be better for the manufacturers if every Custom House was abolished, and excise men discharged, than it is under the present system of taxes. The men engaged in producing should agree not to vote for any man for office who is willing to tax cue producing interests for the benefit of the politicians and other non-producers. Gen. Patterson stated that there was no country on the globe.so ground down with taxes as our own. He asked no favors of Congress, but simply justice by taking off the grinding tax upon the industry of the United States. Tho country is maintain ing a large number of men to collect taxes, and a large number of other men devising means to spend it. Ho would not say the officers of the government did not perform their duties honestly, but ho was satisfied that it took the entire tax of two and a half cents on cotton to pay the salaries of the officers appointed to collect it. The system also draws from industrial pursuits a large number of men who ought to he producers. Every article used by laborers is taxed, and none of them can live com fortable unless they get large wages. We must insist upon an economical adminis tration of the government by the discharge j of the many loafers who live upon it. Mr. Blakely said his country could not go back to the old expenditure of $17,000- 000, because our country has grown and expenses have increased. He believed the officers of the Government were as honest now as in previous years. He thought it would be better to ask that the five per cent, tax be abolished than to abolish the entire system of customs, as had been sug gested by several of the speakers. General Patterson was in favor of custom houses and collectors, but lie thought it would be better to abolish them altogether, than for the present grinding taxes to be continued upon the industry of thecountry. He said goods could be imported through New York at one-third the rate fixed upon by the Government. M r . Garrett submitted the following: Resolved , That the Manufacturers’ As sociation of Philadelphia ask our members of Congress ip use all honorable means to remove all taxation on the industry of the country, where such industry requires to be protected against the cheaper labor and capital of Europe. Agreed to. Mr. Kelley offered a resolution, that the whole subject be referred to the Executive Committee, and to take measures to have removed the five cents on goods and 2) cents on cotton. Adopted. A motion was made and agreed to to take up the subject of fixing the tare on cotton bales, the same as the trade have in Liverpool. Mr. Kelley stated that the tare on cot ton bales bound with rope amounted to four and four and a half percent., and about six per cent, on bales bound with iron. Mr. Garsed thought tho manufacturers should fix upon some regular rate of tare, and unless this is done the tare will be increased by the planter. Some of the bales have cast iron hoops, and in some instances pieces have got into the picker, doing great damage. Mr. Kelley moved to refer the subject to the Executive Committee, for the pur pose of having a regular tare fixed on bales of cotton. Agreed to. Adjourned. French Opinion of Irish Girls. — A gallant Gaul, M. Felix Belly, of the Cmstitutionelle, who has been wandering through Ireland, has found some things prettier than even her green valleys and far-famed lakes : The most remarkable element, the rich est, and certainly the most full of life, of this land so life full, is the population itself. No European race, that of the Caucasian excepted, can compete with it in beauty. The Irish blood is of a purity and dis tinction, especially among tht females, which strikes all strangers with astonish ment. The transparent whiteness of the skin, the absorbing attraction which is the attribute of one of a, thousand, is here the ■ general rule. The daughter of the j -or man, as well as the fine lady, possesses an opal milky tint, the arms of a statute, the . foot and hand ot a duchess, and the bear ing of the queen. In the wretched streets of the olden quarters of Dublin, the most ideal thing of the pencil would grow pale ; before the beauty of the children, and in ; the compact crowd which each daj oe | cupies Merrion Square there is certainly j i the most magnificent collection ofhuman ! beings it is possible to meet Blondes with black eyes, and brunettes with blue, i are by do means rare. Ihe race is as ‘ strong as it is handsome as vigorous as it ; iis charming. The girls of Connemara • with their queenly shoulders and eyes of j fire, would put to shame at this day those daughters of the East, from whom they are said to have descended. NEW SERIES VOL. XXVI. NO. 44, The Policy of the Young Men of the South. SPEECH OF EX-GOVERNOR HENRY A. WISE, OF VIRGINIA. Special Telegram to the Herald. Washington, October 16, 1867.—The Horticultural and Pomoiogieal Society of Virginia was opened to-night i:i Richmond. General Wise delivered the address. He commenced by saying that “never in the history of nations has revolution been more sudden, shocking and severing in its effects than the late conflict of State and Federal sovereignties in the United States, in respect to all our relations, political, social and economical. The Constitution of federation has boon broken and set at naught, its compacts have been consoli dated in the irresponsible and unchecked power of some, only through most of its units, and the other State constituencies or units in the minority have been met amorphosed into fractions or fragments of conquered provinces, in which the su premacy of civil law, civil rights, and civil jurisdiction has been dethroned bymilitary domination. The result is, that the foundations of the whole have been so shaken and shattered that no repairs only of the fabric can make it firm and stable again ; but it must be entirely rebuilt anew, from corner stone to dome. The Union as it was does not exist, and States as they were have been demolished.” After describing the mode in which the Union was formed, he said : “The common government was so plural in that it had no name in the singular n'u, ber. Its very name is plural of States —the United States—not plural of people in the sense of population. There is a Maine man, a New Yorker, a Virginian, a Kentuckian, a North or South Carolinian, but even the great expounder himself was never so immodest as to call himself a United States man. He was a Massachu setts man, a son of tho eider sister of Vir ginia, which hailed her cheerily in the night of the revolution or rebellion against George the 111, by the grace of God King of Great Britain, when Virginia and Mas sachusetts were States in the exercise of the rights of war, the highest act of sov ereignty, before the United States even were. ’ ’ He then spoke of the manner in which Sargeant S. Prentiss made the two words “fellow-citizens” embrace and express the full grandeur and greatness of our country, and inspire the holy sentiment to preserve, guard.' perpetuate and defend it, and said: “Alas! we are no longer fellow-citizens, no longer citizens. Our own, our native land, its civil liberty has departed; its governments, its State and federal, have been dissolved and changed. Tiiere are no longer any guarantees of the rights of the one or checks upon the powers of the other, and its soil lias been trampled in mire and filth by the invasion of a fraticidal civil war. YVhere now its separate State identity ? Where now internal sovereignty? Where now equal dignity? Where now self-pro tecting power or the tegis of constitutional law ?’ Where now separate State inde pendence? The wrecks of powers and of rights point to Congress. Congress has stationed commandants over districts num bered by proclamation. They have order ed the civil to be subordinate and obedient to the military authority. The conven tional as well as municipal powers and capacities of State peoples have been ignored, and enacted and proclaimed out of existence. The Executive courts rule and override the courts of the judiciary. The benches of justice are suspended by epaul'-tted commissions, who need no sheriffs nor sergeants, nor marshals nor posse comitatus —who drill to order, who substitute criers and tip staffs with drum ar.d fife, who serve no civil process, but note the minute of the proces verbal, and are armed with gloves of steel to do martial execution. “The ifee white people, who were masters hut yesterday, ate humbled to become the u ditical slaves of the black freedmen of to day. The American slaves of yesterday, the freedmen (not freemen) of to-dav, are exalted to become the political black masters of tho white free men of yesterday. What a chauge in a single day 1 It was, rather, a night of the blackest of darkness—of surrender; a sur render, not of the black man’s chains so much as of the white man’s natural rights of race and civil rights of citizenship. It was a change, not from slavery to liberty of the one race, but a change of black slaves into black masters, a change of ttUluj masters Into white olaycft. Not a change of the Ethiopian’s color and nature into white, nor a change of the Caucasian color and nature into black; not a change of the races, but a change reversing the relative conditions of the two races and merging the rights and relations of both in an unlimited, unchecked, undefined des potism. There is no more fellowship in citizenship. The vase of Union is broken, not cracked merely. It is broken to pieces through and throughout, from tip to base. If held together, it is not in arniiy and peace, and by compact and agreement, or by ratification. It is now pinned by bayonets, bound by brute force, cemented, not by fraternal affection, not by common love of country, not by com radeship of common fate or fortune, or cause, or sacrifice, or glory, or suffering or triumph, but by an amalgam of the coagulated blood of enemies in war, not yet, in peace, friends. “This revolution had wrought thorough and fundamental changes in our social sys tem and our economy in every branch of j business, particularly that of the culture of the land. The lands are all that are left us. They are the only fountainof our life, the only source of our supplies. The only earnest of our renovation is the earth we live on, and the lands are left desolate and waste. This land, of every land the pride, is bereft of its verdure, its bloom, its fruits j and its flowers, of everything, except its i ancient renown, its late glory in army, and | its present honor and pride. The former laborer* have been enticed from the fields ; and ate now the pupils of politics, the j dupes of fanaticism, “hunuy-iuggled” by the fatal caresses of co-operations, and are but too certain to be the demoralized vic tims of the demagogues and whiskey of elections, and to be decimated by the diseases of the now licensed vices of their j race —laziness and lust. These changes ; demand an absolute change in agriculture, ; a change from the plantation to the farming system. This requires anew mode of cul ture, new laborers, new implements, now crops, more various, on a smaller scale, j more contracted and concentrated, requir- ; ing more skill, more care, and yielding the j most profit on tho smaller space. Virgin- I ians, if they would not be driven out from i their own inheritance, should themselves do the work of farming for themselves. They must not call on Hercules, nor freed men, nor German, nor Swede, nor immi grants from any clime.” After speaking of tho favorable geograph ical position of the State, her soil, climate, mineral and other resources, he advised the landholders of the State to give every encouragement to our own white labor and the young men of the State to apply themselves to the study of agriculture as a science. They would save the real es tate of their lathers and keep sacred the altars of their own birth places and homes. It is far more honorable to do this, he said, than to skulk into professions by the back door arid become pettifogging lawyers and quack doctors, who practice their arts to rob clients or kill patients, or to seek places in clerkships, or bv drumming or running, or standing and waiting at the beck and call of somebody else’s business. It is much more respectable and certainly more independent. He appealed to tho manly, proud, brave apd strong men of the State who had neither means nor set tled pursuit to adopt agriculture as a busi ness, and concluded his address by an ap peal to the young men of the State to labor earner ,y and faithfully, never to de i spair, and they to-night have the assurance that better and happier days for them I were in the near future. At the celebrated battle of Copenhagen, ’ Nelson, who determined to continue the fight, but whose attention had been cahod • to the signs of the commanding officer to ! cease hostilities, placed his hand oyer h:s i p 0(K l c .y ej and, pretending to look with his 1 blind one, said : “I don’t see it,” and at. I once ordered a brisk renewal of the engage ment. It is claimed that the slang phase | go common thus originated. Green-room gossip at New York says j that Edwin Forrest is soon to marry the [ young actress, Miss Lillie, as the play ! bills style her, who has been supporting him at the Broadway. She is twenty, and the eminent tragedian is over sixty. She was left an orphan and Forrest took her as an infant and reared her. He adopted her at first as his daughter, but his and her affections changing in char acter, he is to make her his wife., On the night of the 16th inst., in the town of Entaw, Greene county, Alabama, a man by the name of Simon Almont, a merchant of that place, was killed by Henry G. Clause, agent of the Freedmen’s Bureau, at that point. The facts as stated are that a trifling quarrel arose between the two men, and that Almont, though entirely unarmed, advanced upon Clause | in a threatening manner, when the latter drew a pistol and shot him. The Lincoln Scaudal. From the Lynchburg Virginian: The Radicals, having damaged Mrs. Lin coln irreparably, are now engaged in heap ing what may or not be obloquy on the grave of her husband. There is in the West a newspaper edited by a person well , , I } ot favorably known on both sides of tho • Atlantic, ol the musical name of Don Platt He was intimate at the White House and knew all about it. He is of course eernbiy shocked at Mrs. Lincoln’s recent conduct in New York, and thus account for it. We quote his very words, adding none," withholding none, and we especially beg our readers to note the one point which he makes against the late President in this : that if judge Smith was removed from, or forced to resign the Secretaryship of tho Interior because he would not connive at Mr. Lincoln’s fraudulent vouchers, surely Mrs. Lincoln is not the only one to blame. But let Radicalism ■ peak for itself. The de. scription of the Executive Mansion from 1861 to 1565, is certainly what tho news paper press calls graphic: iFrom the .Uac-a-ChcekPress, Radical ..] It was known to the wide circle that business or social life brought in contact with the Executive Mansion, that its inte rior was as gross, vulgar, and corrupt as it was possible for any house to be and retain even a semblance of respectability. The startled public now reads its history in a forty-thousand dollar wardrobe, made up of shawls, laces, and diamonds—the gifts of “dear friends”—how “dear” the poor public is now realizing in the millions that [ shameless thieves have stolen and arc yet .. j|«|p». The saddest part of all this Is , flnjK»rnajji it casts Mpon the sainted 1 the martyr President. How Wfs it possible that these gifts from “dear friends” were paid for in lucrative offices, given under the signature of Abraham Lincoln, without that shrewd man being aware of the infamous character of the official, and the nature of the bargain that brought him into office ? This is a surmise only, but Thurlow Weed seems determined to bring the business home to the late President. Mr. Weed might have added the fact that this refusal to approve of a bare-faced swindle cost Mr. Smith his seat in the Cab inet. Mr. Lincoln, so far sympathizing with his wife in this extraordinary trans action. Mrs. Lincoln was not only as un principled and avaricious as the late sale indicates, but she was and is exceedingly ignorant and stupid ; and yet how arc we to account for the control she exercised over the domestic life and public affairs of the lamented I‘resident. We remember how pained the loyal hearts of the Union were to learn that in the darkest hour of our national pride, when our armies wero paralyzed by imbecility, and our treasury was being robbed by dishonest agents, while the artillery of the enemy echoed through the very halls of the Capitol, a dancing, drinking entertainment, or ball was given at the White House. This was shocking, but it became horrible when the fact leaked out that, while the noise of revelry shock tho time-honored mansion, in one of the uppers chambers a child of the host and hostess lay dying of the lover, that had set in and alarmed the family physician, when the cards of invitation were being issued. Wo turn away from the inner life of this White House, that was indeed a whitened sepulchre, in sor rowing disjust, and leel ashamed through ail our being that the curtain was ever lifted to let light in on its loathsome con tents. Social Extravagance—The Home Circle.—The Journal of Commerce is readme a lecture to a good many people who, it is certain, live beyond their means, and thereby preparing the way to bank ruptcy and ruin. The editor calls on all such to moderate, and thinks wives and daughters could, if they ouly would, make a’good beginning : “It rests with the wife and children, oftentimes,” we are told, “to initiate such a reform as is needed. The head of the family cannot find it in his heart to deny those around him that which he thinks essential to their comfort, and he will not ask them to save him. They must move in the matter themselves. How many of our lair readers, whose eyes would glisten with tears at tho bare thought of any trouble to one so kind to them, have ever asked themselves in earnest whether they were not personally responsible for over taxing the means es their provider '{ It 1 a good time to ask that question now. Business profits arc not large; financial affairs are unsettled ; the future is not altogether radiant with promise; the deep est purse has been a little drained, and some of the shallower ones are running low. If exhausted there may come some thing worse than insolvency or honest beg gary. The temptation to fraud and defal cation is very great in these times, and the spendthrift stands in the thickest of the assault. There is a voice mightier than ours calling to all in the home circle for their aid in this emergency, and we trust that many will listen to their profit.” Fire in Mobile.— Damage from $35,- 000 to $40,000. —The lire last night broke out at the saw and planing mill of King & I’urdy, on Canal street, between Clai borne and franklin streets, and owing to the combustible nature of the material exposed to its ravages, rapidly got under headway and was in a condition to defy the utmost efiorts of the lire department when they arrived on the ground shortly alter the alarm was given. The damage sustained by Messrs. King & I’urdy, the owners of the mill, will reach i at least 250,000 feet ol valuable lumber, i all their machinery, their buildings, &c. The ground occupied by them was the property of Mrs. CclestineEslava, and had been obtained by them on a long lease. Kasper Nelins loses about S7OO. Both Messrs. King & Purdy and Mr. Nelins are j entirely without insurance. Mr. C. J. j Leonard loses $2,000 by the destruction I of his house, SI,OOO on his stock, and I about S3OO damage sustained by other i houses, also his property. He is insured | for about $1,500 with C. W. Dorrance & j Co- — Register, 25 th inst. Kentucky. — rlow this celebrat ed racer came not to win in 7:20 is explained by the New York Ti hies in this way : The racing yesterday at Jerome Park was magnificent. The day was perfectly beautiful—tho air mild, the attendance very large, and everything as delightful as it could possibly bo made. Kentucky failed to run his four miles in 7:20, hut did i it in 7:301, and made the fastest two miles ! ever run in this country. He is very ! peculiar in his temper, and requires other I horses to run with him to keep hint up to I his work. Three horses were run with him yesterday, but the rider of the last milo evidently thought he was bounu to win tho race, so he kept an eighth of a mile or more ahead of Kentucky all the time—nearly out of sight ! What tho object of this very curious performance was we are quite at loss to understand. One very obvious result of it was that Kentucky, finding himself entirely alone and very tired, bolted the track. It looked very much a3 if this bad management lost him the race. Judge Chase and the Trial of Mr' Davis.— The letter of Chief Justice Chase to Judge Underwood, in relation to the trial of Jefferson Davis, the substance of which was given to the public in Washing ton correspondence, has appeared in fuß, and is as follows : t Washington, October 22. —Dear Judge Underwood : On reflection I think it best | that you advise the District Attorney, Mr. Chandlier, that I wiil join you in holding court at Richmond on tho 13th of November, if any important business is to be transacted. Mr. Chandler, I think, should notify the counsel for Mr. Jefferson Davis of this, in order That ho may appear and take his trial if he sees fit. As his j bail was taken for his appearance on the fourth Wednesday of November, he is j not, it is true, bound to appear earlier ; i but, as it will be impossible for me to bo present except during the first week of the term commencing on the fourth Wednes day, because of tho term of the Supreulo Court commencing on the following Mon day, it may be that Mr. Davis and his ; counsel wiil prefer the trial to take place jat the earlier period. It is understood j that they wish that the Chief Justice may i be present. j Yours very truly S. P. Chase. To Hon. J. C. Underwood, District Judge. ! Senator Wade.—We see~lt statc-d i that Senator Wade does not intend to quit ; public life, butthat he will seek a nomina ! tion for Congress in the district of General | Garfield. Is this because he cannot live without office, or because office cannot live without him '( Mr. Wade has some quali fications for some j üblic positions. He is honest, fearless, and straightforward. But there area good many men in Ohio quite as able and useful as he in any place of responsibility. The Cleveland Leader no tifies him that if he attempts to cbntest the nomination with General Garfield lie will get beaten. — N. Y. Times. An Event Foreshadowed.—The New York World says : “The whole Radical party may foresee its fate in the operations of a woman now in New York trying to sell her dresses and jewels. In a little while that party will be driven to sell their old clothes to eke out a miserable exist ence. The fate of the individual is the fate of the party,”
