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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1869)
. >Li> SKKIES, VOL. I,XXVI. cl hvonicie & J>rutmel. Ar;(.i> i v. : IVKIIVF IHV VBIKM.Nb A"RIL 21. C siplimkntauy.—Dud Piatt write*: “1 ho vilest Copperhead I ever encounter • I r ar, honest man by the side of Ben. Butler. The roughest rough of the De mocracy is a gentleman hy the side of Chandler. And the stupide.it a•,« that ■ how's ‘nigger’ at the cross-roads is a .statesman by the side of Kelley.” Bt r.LocK's Catechism. —A paper con taining the following quegtioDS was recent ly -cut by B. B. DeGraffeoreid, the Execu tive Secretary, to Mr. John L. E ls, re cently elected Magistrate in the First Ward of this city. The missive roads as follows: “Sir. —lam directed hy His Excellency the Governor to request you to furniih this Department wiih answers totho fob , lowing questions:*Firßt, did you, previous tott.i year eighteen hundred and sixty one, hoid an office underand take an offi cial oath to support the Constitution of the I 'uited States? If so, what office did you hold? “Second—Did you hold office under tho | Confederate States or State government during the wik ; if so, what? “Third— Havcyou, since you took the of ficial oath aliV'-aid to support the Consti tution of tho United States, given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof?’ ’ The Truk Dispatch.-In the Chron icle & Sentinel of last Sunday, there was published a batch of dispatches, which were said to have passed between the Postmaster of this city and Governor K. B. Bullock iu Washington city, in rela tion to the action of Congress on Beast Butler’s Georgia bill. Oo yesterday morning we received a letter, written by a Republican of evidently more zeal than discretion, denying the genuineness of the celebrated correspondence, which we pub lish below. It will bo seen from this com munication, which the author was pleased to send anonymously, that “Justice,” who wri'es as one that hath the confi dence of our toil little Postmaster, denies the passage of but one dispatch between tl.e two distinguished gentlemen in ques tion. We would like to know, however, if ‘Justice means to institute a parallel In wee-; Mis Kxpresseleney and Francis the First, and uses the term “honor" as ap plying to the former? 1 COMMUNICATED. 1 Augusta, Ga , 11th April, 1869. Editor* Chronicle <& Sentinel; SIRH--The collection of dispatches pub lished m Hunday morning's issue of your paper, purporting to have passed between Governor Bullock and Mr. Blodgett, is unt ue. Instead of th dispatches publisher! by you, them was but one brief and pointed telegram s°tit by Governor B. to Mr. Blodgett, when it was certain that Con gress would adjourn without further ac tion on the Georgia bill, and this was in the memorable words of tho gallant Francis on tho battle field of Pavia, so proper to this occasion--“ALL 18 LOST ! SAVE HONOR! !” Disabilities Bill. —ln the United States Senate, on Saturday last, ou motion of Mr. Sumner, a bill was read twioo and referred to a Holeet Committee, which re moves the disabilities of I)r. Francis T. Stribling, Dr. J. W. Parker, Dr. T. F. Green and Dr. Porter Boyce,Superintend ents of lnsano asylum iu Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia aud Alabama. Tho bill prescribes an oath for persons whose disabilitieshavo been removed. Cuba in the Cabinet.— The Washing ton special of the 6th, to the Baltimore Sun, says : “The Cabinet meeting to day was not ouly long, but highly import ant, as rumor insists that the question of Cuban independence was discussed. No definite line of action in relation to the Cuban revolutionists was decided upon, but thou ease is receiving mature consider ation. and a movement of great political impor anee, it is contid ntly believed, will result from tho deliberation of tho Presi detit and his Cabinet the ques tion.” Strawberries in New York.—Tho New York Nun, of Tuesday, says : Strawberries have been selling here for some weeks at sl6 a quart, and some of our luxurious citizens, blessed with palates tl\at relish tho tusta of silver, have been enjoying them, literally regardless of ex Dense Strawberries at $lO a quart in Broadway, and within a stone’s throw of hundreds of poor people who can’t get. bread enough to eat at ten ceuts a loaf! City of contrasts truly is this. Strawber ries are, delicious, but not when the sum paid for them would keep many a suffer ing family in comfort for a whole week. One must have a very dainty palate or a very quiet conscience to banquet ou food that suggests such unpleasant opposites. Circular from the Agricultural j Society.— ln obedience to the request of the Secretary of the Goorgia Agricultural Society we publish the following circular: [circular 1 Okfice or tiie State Agricult. So'y, 1 j Atlauta, April 9, 1869. j 1. The Department of Agriculture at j Washington City, have called ou me for the names of theafficars and members ot all. County Agricultural Societies in the Sta e. j The object of the Department is to form in Agricultural Directory to aid the De :<ar:uient in making its communications *id its distributions of documents and ,ds ~:;d plants, directly to those Individ- j ta's who, from the fact of their organiza . ;ou, arc supp i-ed to bo most likely to ap- ; predate these favor* of’ the Department, ami comply with its rules aud eomJitious, and to aid the various State and couuty , organizations in their intcrccurse and cor. ’ respoudonce with one another. 1 therefore request all county societies to report the names of their officers aud members to me as sooC as possible. I>. It is particularly important to have this information in my office note, to enable me to send out the premium list for the Fair 11 November 69, at Macon. \\ ita this premium list is p «btished tbc proceed ings, in full, of the Agricultural Convec a, while assembled io this city on the i.o.h of February, These proceedings t..-brace not only the action of the Con i': mien but the views written put by themselvo. of the planters who participated iu the hi. ■ -,ous of the meeting on the i subji. c:> plows, plowing, freed men s labor, . iers, Ac. The documeut is v:i , in 1 i'oerves the attention of all titough j-.. progressive men. Copies will be sou. • members o the Executive Com mittee 'u -ueu numbers as they may request. Copies will be sent to officers and me a. r- ot C unty Agricultural So cieties as soon as ti»eir naan. arc reported to this c.ffiec. I’. age one cent, per copy. Copies of the pamph.et will be placed in the offices of the Ordinary and Clerk- of each couuty, with the request that they be kept there for reference by ali citizens whomay uot receive a copy. Th Oniiraries and Clerks arc requested, under no circumstances, to permit the copies tent them w be taken from the office. 4. A number of copies of valuable Public Documents will be sent to couuty societies reporting their organization. Some new rare imported seed will also be sent. 5. The press of this State are requested to publish this notice. Acknowledgments are due ior their prompt attention to such requests in the past- Day. W. Lewis, See y. Four thousand two hundred and sixty eight bales of cotton have been shipped from Forsythe the present season In Clayton county » house oocup ied by negroes took fire and two oolcred persons were burned up with it. THE CHKMTfcXIJfti OF THE “OKOBoIA.” The Parade of the Fire Department- Large Turn out—The Procession—At the Stand - Th'- Speech of Hon. IF T Gould—Sp*ch n f the Orator of the Day Triad of the New Simmer— The Col lation, etc., etc., etc. Some time since the members of the Georgia Independent Fire Company, one ot the most efficient organization-! in this city, finding that the day of hand engines was over and that the steamers had entire ly supplanted them, held a meeting and de termined to sell their machine and pur chase a steam engine. This accordingly was dot e. They sold their old engine to a company in Tallahassee, Florida, and had a fine steamer built for them by Button, of New York The steamer was brought to this city not lotig ago, tried and, filling the biil in every respect, was accepted, and yesterday was the day chosen for the ■‘christening” and other ceremonies usual upon occasion,, of this character. OLD ORGANIZATION OF THE OEORCJIA. It will, perhpi, out be out of place, to give some account of the first organization of this company, which took place some forty years ago. In the year eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, tho old residents of our city will remombofthat a most disas trous conflagration took place in Augusta, by which,in the short space of three hours, the greater part of the city was reduced to ashes. It was felt at the time that this great destruction of property was caused by the miserable apologies for fire engines, which were then used in this city, and an association was immediately formed undtr the name of Georgia Independent Fire L’o , for the purpose of procuring what, in those days, was styled an improved en gine, with Alfred Gumming as Captain, and VV. T. Gould as Ist Lieutenant. This was the first organization of the Georgia. Ofalltheold citizens whobelonged to this company at that time, but four, we believe, are now alive. One of these, Judge W. T. Gould, has been a member of the com pany from 1829 up to the present time, and for a number of years past has been its President. The other survivors are Gov Alfred Gumming, Messrs. John Bones, Jno. D. Smith and • Archibald Boggs, Ward Force, of Atlanta, aud Ilubbel G fits ley, of New York- THE PARADE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. As soon as it wa known that the members of the “Georgia’-’ intended hav ing a public christening of the new steamer, the whole Fire Department, and tho Me chanic (independent) Company, determin ed to turn out on tho occasion in h mor of their comrades. Accordingly, ou Tuesday afternoon, at a little before three o’clock, tho companies all rendezvoused at the hall of the Ilook and Ladder Company, on Jackson street. From thenoothey marched down Jackson street to Broad, and down the latter street, to the engine house of tho “Georgia.” Tho companies were without their onginos, but were clad in full uniform, and presented a very handsome appear ance. The companies were preceded by a brass band, ami marched in the following order: “Officers of the Fire Department, “Pioneer llook and Ladder” Company, “Washington Fire Company No. 1,” “Clinch (steamer) No. 2,” “Vigilant (steamer) No. “Fillmore (steamer) No. 4,” “Augusta No. 5,” “Blannerhassett No. 6,” “Richmond N0.7,” “Citizen No. 8,” and “Mechanic (independent) Fire Company.” At the ongine house of tho "Georgia” was found tho new steainor and the reel, beautifully dressed with wreaths and crosses of flowers, and surround ed by the members waiting in full uni form. Here the ropes of the “Georgia” were extended from the engine house far into Broad street, where they were seized by tho whole department, and the steamer drawn in triumph through thp streets. The procession marched up Broad street to Gumming, through Gumming to Greene, down Greene to Ceutre, through Centre to Broad, aud up the latter street to the platform, where the christening was to take place, erected in front of the Masouio Hall. As the procession neared the plat form the view presented to the spectators and tho latter place was inexpressibly beautiful. More titan four hundred fire men, formed in a hollow square or parallel ogram, advanced along the centre of the street, drawing the steamer, gaily decked with roses aud evergreens, while the April sunbeams flashed on their picturesque dresses of blue and red, and (best of all) the dearly loved “Confederate gray”—last relic of a conquered but not forgotten cause. • AT THE PLATFORM. In frODt of Masonic llall a platform about three feet in height and twenty-five feet square had been erected to serve as a rostrum for the speakers and for the ac commodation of the “veteran” members of the company, invited guests and officers of tho department. Among the “veterans” present who were enrolled at the re-organ ization of the Company in 1843, we noticed Messrs. G. W. McLaughlin, W. C. Jes sup, B. B. Russell, Heury Moore, Ber nard Bignou, D. B. Plumb and E. H. Rogers. Among the invited guests were Messrs. J. Sibley, J. M- Clark, Tfiomas Barrett and James Garga\ members ot the City Council, H. B. Plant, President of the Southern Express Company, andß. H. Warren, Vico President of the Augusta National Bank. I KMINISCENCE OF CAPTAIN MAHARRT. Placed on thi platform was a handsome picture of the ate Wm. H. Maharry, Esq., one of the Captains of the Augusta Independent Fire Company, and to j whose efforts, supported by our j prominent oitizens, is chiefly due the revival of the Independent Fire Company and tho subsequent organizition ol the 2d Division, or “Mechanic.” In 1843 the company had been reduced to some six : active members- The corporation of Au gusta at that timelooked chiefly to the de velopment of the city organization, which had uo great amount of disposable means at command. A debt pressed upon the city. No aid could be expected from the City Council tlwrcfore. It was under such circumstances that the Captain, W. H. Maltary, let Lieutenant, W. T. Gould, 2d Lieutenant. Philip McGraw. an! Henry Moore, Secretary and Treasurer, were newiy elected. It was resolv.d, through the pertinacious demand of Capt. Mihary, who would accept no compromise, to ap peal to the liberality of the citizens. On the following dzy oqr esteemed fellow citizen asked the Treasurer what . wilt be done? Will the company be broken up? Upon a fair expose of the i com pay's condition and a statement of the resolution wh’ch b and been framed— he placed io the hands of the Treasurer a check fir tvro hundred dollars, with the injunction that “nothing should be said about it—no fuss made about it. This was the beginning of an era at which the company revived and became more pros perous than ever. THE SFEECHES. A large number of gentlemen had gath ered around the stand aud many lined the doors and windows of Masonic Hall and the balconies of the house adjacent, in order to hear the speeches to be delivered on the occasion. The cold weather and the high wtnd prevailing during the ceremonies, to gether with the clouds of dust which were wafted down the street, very greatly marrcl the,pleasure of the aucraoon. The wind also inconvenienced the r porters no little, and we observed one unlucky knight of the quill, in the midst of om of the heaviest gales, hodling on his tiie with his right hand, clutching his paper with his left and actu ally trying to write with a pencil plaoed be- tween his teeth—it is but fair to add, how- | ever, that his efforts did not meet with much jueetts. Judge W. T. Gould, a* President’*of tho j "Georgia,’‘called the meeting to order aud ; made a few reniutks prior to the iatrodue tion of Mr. Black. He said that it was not his intention to make them any long speech. This would be the duty of another gentleman. He was lorcibiy struck, by what he saw before him, with the truth of the aphorism that this was an ace of arugress, aud he felt that nowhere lad mire progress been made than iu the art of put ing oat fires The old residents of the city would remora ! her that just torty years ago Augusta had been visited by a conflagration which, in . three hours, reduced a greater part of the J city to ashes. On that occasion the only l apparatus in the place for extinguishing tires was the “tub cogin a.” This had to. be carried to the cistern, pumped full ot j water, then carried to the fire and emptied, i then back to the pump again. It was after j this fire of 1829 that a company of gentle- j men associated themselves together in ; order that they might procure an engine which would be more serviceable. The i results of this movement you now have be fore you. In place of tha old-fashioned | tub yoU see the latest and most improved j style of steamer. He had spoken merely to call attention to this great change which had taken place and would not detain them longer, but would introduce the Orator ol j the Day, Mr. J. C. C. Black. Mr. Black 1 made ash irt speech appropriate to the I occasion, and it is considered by many, one of the happiest efforts of the kind ever listened to in this city. He commenced by portraying the dangers to which mm is exposed by the rebellion of the elements generally under bis control and particu larly those experienced from the fearful ravages of the flames He spoke of the many defeats this enemy had sustained at tho hands of the Augusta Fire Depart ment siuce the first organization of a body of firemen in this city. The Augusta Fire Department for promptness, efficiency and heroism had ranked as high as any in this j country. He said that the “Georgia” had done much toward winning this reputation I for the Department, and the members of | that company might well be proud of their record. Tnev were worthy successors of the men of 1829; worthy successors of Gumming, Jenkins aud the warrior-Priest, Bishop Leonidas Polk, who now slept in a churchyard by tho Savannah. Tho enemy they had to contend against, and who was liable to make his attac at any moment, was a surly and j cowardly foe, leagued with the fiends of | night, but notwithstanding this, rich and poor in this city lie down and sleep in peace, feeling assured that their lives and proper ty would be protected by the Augusta Fire Department. In other cities of the coun try the monster holds high carnival, but here he has been made subject to the will of the Firemen. He gave to the Georgia their new engine, confident that they would not prove recreant to their trust. In conclusion he told them to use their steamer as becomes their own name and that of tho State which they bear; to Geor gians he committed the “Georgia. ’ ’ As the speaker pronounced the last words he j broke a bottlo of champagne on the wheel of tho uew engine and the “christening” was complete. CONCLUSION OF THE PARADE. As soon as the steamer had been christ ened, it was taken by the Company to the cistern, in front of the Central Hotel, steam put on, hose attached, and its play ing capacity fully tested for the space of half an hour. This finished, the compa nies marched down Broad street to the va cant store just below the office of the Southern Express Company, where was spread the collation. In this building several long tables were spread and laden with an abundance of plain but wholesome food. Crackers, cheese, ham, pickles, &c., were liberally supplied, with plenty of lager and claret punch to moisten thecla>> of tho thirsty firemen. The eating of the dinner closed the exercises of the day, and at seven o’clook last eveniug our streets had resumed their usual quiet condition, and order reigned in Warsaw. The Contemplated Expansion of Our Territorial Republic. The New York Tribune advocates the purchase of the Dominion of Canada, and of course the vast expanse stretching far away above it to the North Pole, which is marked upon the map of tho world as Brit ish America. Gen. Banks advocates the immediate annexation of San Dornin o. Cuban patriots and rebels, both Creole and Republican filibusters, not fearing either thefamousSpaoish garote nor the tripartite treaty of England, Franee and Spain, by which the possession of the Queen of the Antilles is guaranteed to the Spanish throne, are preparing the “lovely isle" for its manifest destiny—annexation to the United States. Mr. Caleb Cushing has defined the Southernmost limits of the Great Republic which, of course, will in-' elude Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama, &c. The history of our territorial acquisitions may bo briefly summed up as follows : Sq milts Territory acquired by rebellion against England A. D , 1783.. 815,615 Louisiana, acquired from France, 1803 930,928 Florida, acquired from Spain, 1821 59,268 Texas, admitted to the Union, 1845 237.504 Oregon, settled by treaty, 1546... 280,425 California, conquered trom Mex ico, 1847 049,762 Arizona (New Mexico) acquired from Mexico by treaty, 1854 .. 27,500 Alaska, acquired from Russia by treaty, 1866 577,390 Total 3,578,392 A country that has increased from 815,615 to 3,578,392 square miles in eighty six years, may well look forward to a con tinental Empire. Senator Sprague. ■ As the recent remarkable utterances of \ the Rhode island Senator have drawn up- ! on him a large snare of the public atten tion, our readers will no doubt be interest ed in the Following description ot him, written by Don Pratt to tho Ciacinnati Commercial. Ho says: This gentleman, who has occupied, with becoming punctuality, his chair in the S nate for years, saying little or nothing. 1 has suddenly broken out in an oratorical way more astonishing than pleasant. After closing my letter yesterday, I passed over to the Senate Chamber and found the Senator in one of his spasms of : talk He is not distinguished by h’s per sonal get up, nor attractive from his graces of oratory. S nail of statue, and very slender, he throws his iittie round j skull forward from his shoulders like the figure head of a vessel, and jerks his words i out in a crack whip sort of a wav, that is m-de yet more striking by the jerky ges ticu’iticc with which heaecompauies them. He reminds one ol that feeble minded Tite I Barnacle by a continual contest with his gold rimmed eye glasses that will not re main on his nose. He was attacking the Providence Jour nal, that had said that the Senator’s close application to his business bad made Lim unhappy. The reference was well under stood, and the paper said in the mildest way precisely what his brother Senators thought, and the public openly asserted, and that is, that the honorable little Sena tor is not in his right mind. These are the sort of stories in circulation' about Washington. It is said that the Senator is mad. F earing these, I must say I was some what astonished while listening to the lit tle Senator from the little State. He not talking like a lunatic by any manner of means His address was not the most polished or in the best taste, but it was full of meaning, statistical facts, and what I consider sound sense. Do you know, j after reading the results of David A. Wells’ investiga ion, and being well awari my-elf of the unhappy condition of the coun'ry, the shrill, clear, earnest voice o the Senator, coming up from such a strange place, sounded to me live the iD spired Castandra foretelling ruin and dis aster. Senator Sprague and his brother ar said to be worth over thirty millions. He is the head—the business manager ana guide in the vast operations that involve towns and counties, huge factories and thousands of laborers ; and yet here is cry ing out ruin, and warning us that our financial policy means bankruptcy. He may be insane, but for all that he utters a deal of good sense. He said yesterdav ; "I am not troubled about my private af fairs. They are well enough. I have what I have through a process that lias crushed others engaged in the same pur suit.. as myself.” JJf course he needs not trouble himself We have so legislated that money takes care of itself, and makes money. The small capitalists ami mechanics and labor ers alone suffer. The rich grov richer, and the poor poorer. The New York Money Pressure. The marvel of our redundant groenback currency is the ready and frequent recur rence of “panics,” “stringencies,” “lock ups, ’ and “money pressures.” Para doxical as it may seem, the superabund ance of paper money issues seem to facili tate rather than cheek such financial disorders, and occasions unvarying usurious high rates of interest throughout the country, a-t loan outside of the money centres. The New York journals are now busy in discussing the cause of the enrrem “stringency.” The New York Times says: “This state of things, though in some sense unprecedented, is not without its ex planations. 1. The supply of monoy both yesterday and to day appeared to be a question of price. The banks plead pover ty as a rule, and the private bankers have been tied up with an excess of foreign ex change, which they were unwilling to sell at last week’s very cheap figures, and which they c nnotsell freely at the advance established on Monday ; yet money come into the street, and partly, it is rumored from some of the National banks, from in numerable quarters at the high price made for its daily use ia front of the Stock Ex change- 2 The speculators, embracing the lea ling cliques in the Railways, confident of the future of their stocks as readily pay a sixteenth to one eigth of 1 per c nt. a 'lay for money aa they formerly paid I@2 per cent, extra interest per month ou buy er’s options. 3. A fight, somewhat hotly contested, is going on, for tho moment, to get the Public Funds down to I@2 per cent, for the purpose of placing some of the great dealers in Stock, after realizing hands meiy by selling out before the Monty pressure, while a rival interest embracing other houses of the same class, and a num ber of the foreign firms and agents is equal ly determined that cheap 5 20’s shall not be sold without their participation in the operation. 4. General trade is by 20 per cent more active than last Spring; the Railway traffic from 10 to 16 per cent larger; the Railway Dividends, especially on the Western lines, of a more certain and as sured nature, and the value of the great New York lines under the Y’anderbilt ad ministration more highly appreciated.— And, under these circumstances, until it is demonstrated that. Money is to continue very dear for an indefinite period, and the scarcity of Currency at the great centres chronic, speculators will buy Stocks at any reasonable, and, it may be, aDy unreasona ble cost, and old holders will refuse to sell except at a decided advance.” ( Herald , money article.) The continued stringency in money is a puzzle and annoyance, on the one hand, to the cliques and pools who are “long” of stock and desirous of a market and a source of great joy and profit, on the other, to the “Sbyloeks,” who revel in extra legal intere.-L In these times, when few people are disinterested enough to view the market with impartial eyes, it is difficult togetat the facts which really enter into .ts composition. Money is had and always had, provided the borrower pays the rate demanded. Tho lenders by the present system of a sidewalk exchange are enabled to gather the borrowersinto one group,and thus aggravate their need by its apparent magnitude* The warning that easy money was not to be looked tor with the passage of the Ist of April, has not been heeded. (IF orld, financial article.) The stringency in the money market arises from excessive “bank expansion.” The banks all over the country are carrying more loans than their reserve ol lawful money is capable of sustaining without embarrassments to themselves and the mercantile community. This morning the aggregate legal reserve of the following six Banks was shown to be $106,25-1 short of the 25 per cent required by law. Some of these Banks were within the law, hold ing a fraction over the 25 per cent. The following statement gives the amount of specie and legal tenders held by each, and their percentage as a legal reserve on the amount of their de -and liabilities, “de posits”and '‘circulation: ” Percentage Legal of Legal Specie. Tenders. Reserves. 4th Nati0na1...5338,043 $3,720,686 26.78 Metropolitan.. 484,736 1,027,148 23 78 Park Bank 424.628 3,386:859 23.73 Central 134,896 2,832,281 25 29 Ninth 92,815 1,382,720 25.12 Importers it Traders 146,702 1,747,269 25 Total $1,621,817 $14,096,933 Two of these banks, the Metropolitan and Park, are below the 25 per cent, re quired by law, and the others are a frac tion better. It is well known that the banks generally are short of currency, and there is no doubt that this is owing to an undue expansion in their loans. The act of Congress requires that they shall keep on hand a reserve of 25 per ceot. in lawful money of the amount of their demand lia bilities. The banks have reckoned the specie they hold as a portion of this legal reserve. This may be a compliance with the letter of tho law, but it i ; nevertheless a violation of its spirit. Meeting of the Board of Trade.— In accordance with a notice published in the city papers of Wednesday, the regular quarterly meeting of the Augusta Board of Trade was held on that morning at.the new office of the Board, near the corner of Mclntosh and Ellis streets, in this city. Understanding that the Board numbered among its members nearly one hundred merchants of the best business stand ing in this city; that it was iu a most flourishing condition, aod expected to ac complish much good for the city; that on yesterday it would meet for the first time in the new office which has been recently secured aod neatly-fitted up, at an early hour of the morning we made application to the President of the Board for permis sion to be present at the meeting, in order that we might furnish oar readers' with a full report of the proceedings, convinced that they would prove of great interest. The required permission was most gra ciously granted. As the proceedings were not very long, and entirely harmonious, wo are enabled to give them verbatim : The Board of Trade met at half past twelve o’clock. Present: Wm. E Jack son. Vice President, W. J. Pollard, Secre tary and Treasurer, and Tbos. Branch. The meeting was called to order by the Vice President. Mr. Branch moved that the Board ad journ sine uie. Ca'rried unanimously, and the meeting adjuqrned. Vfier the above was written we iearn that sometime after the adjournment nine members arrived, ar.d the meeting was re organized. Mr. Branch, from the Committee ap pointed at a previous meeting, reported that ha had made ?n arrangement with the Young Men's Library Association, by which the Board of Trad: secured from the former the room it was io for tme hun dred dollars per annum. A resolution was introduced and carried that a dozen new chairs should be pur chased for the use of the members of the Board. A resolution was passed inviting Hon. Geo. A. Trenholm, of Charleston, to de liver an address to the Board of Trade, at an earlv Say, in this city. The Board then adjourned. The Wheat crop in Upson county is very promising. Fruit has not been injured to any great extent by t&e recent cold snap. AUGUSTS, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 2% »869 Indian Cotton Supply. Our English files furnish us with the subjoined extracts from Indian Cotton Cir culars, which, we have no doubt, will be read with interest by 311 holders of cotton whether farmer or merchant. It will be remembered that a rupee is a silver coin, estimate* ia consular returns at Calcutta, at fifty on ts United States coin, and a candy is equal in weight to 560 lbs. aver dupois. Messrs. Finlay, Clark & Cos., in their cirtukr, dated Bombay, February 20th, make the following important re marks : From the Government reports just pub fished, and the news gentrally that ha» been reaching us from native dealers, ir would seem to be certain that we cannot this year send forward near ly as much cotton as we aid in 1868. she general opinion now is that the crop will be 20 per cent, less than last year,and, taking into account the absence of old cot-' ton, of which last Spring at least 200,900 bales went forward, we think it is safe to assume that exports to Great Britain iu 1869 will not exceed 800,000 bales, as the Continent at present promises to take off fully as much as last season, no less than fourteen ships with considerable freight en gagements being on the berth for Havre. From this district we have the following :—ln Oomrawutty prices con tinued very stiff, ruling sr. to lOr. above Bombay ratoa. of cotton offer ing there is small, but alter itm rrooiee holiday-) larger arriv 'ls are looked lor From Khandeisb there are complaints of the high range of prices that has all along been maintained for a very inferior style of cotton- Last year’s good crop induced many native firms to open es-ablishments there, but this season the yield is said to be 50 percent, short,an i the quality is inferior. Agents in Broach find that Kupuas are very scarce,and they are painting toasmall er outturn th >n they anticipated some time ago. The ginning factories are not very busy, whilst many of the large Churka establish cents are quite idle. The best machine-ginned cotton that has yet come to the Green is from Surat, though we be lieve that we shall still receive a better quality from Broach and the neighbor hood. Estimates of the Dharwar yield point to a crop about 25 per cent, in excess of last year, but it is learned that the staple of the later cotton will not be equal to what was fully ripe before the blight. The Cornpta crop will suffer severely both in quantity and quality ; tho official esti mate allows as much as 50 per cent, of loss The chief demand still runs upon new Ooomrawutty, which continues of ex celled quality, though not coming up to the first pickings. Barsee and Xuggur are now not easily found good, being stained, and many docras badly adulterated. The fines; of the Hingunghant crop has gone forward, and for what remains a com paratively high figure is asked. Machine ginned Broach is the best cotton in the market, but requires care ful selection, there being much inferior Neriad and Boroda cotton offering. A few bales of new sawgiuned Dharwar have been placed at 285 r. per candy. Messrs. Feel, Cassels & Cos., of Bom bay, under date of February 20th, says: In the Dharwar c,Electorate the weather till lately was excessively warm, and con-rn quencly unfavorable for co ton plants, es pecially for the indigenous (Comptah), which are less advanced than the exotie (Dharwar sawginnned.) The first picking has been completed ia the most forward districts, and is now proceeding in others Small lots of Yingoria (Comtah) and of Dharwar sawginned have arrived here, and 25 candies of the latter found a buyer on the 17th at 285 r. The color is good, and the sample, though rather weak and ir regular, is better than teat of the early ar rivals of last crop. In old cot'on the pur chase reported consist of 600 candies of Dharwar sawginned at 265 r. to 272 r., and 1,675 of Dhoilerah at 245 r. The recent ar rivals'of these growths are of good quality The Cotton Commissioner, ia a report dated the 15th instant, estimates the de ficieneyof 1 he cotton crop of this presidency tor the year 1868-9 at "25 per cent, as contrasted with the crop of last season, the out-turn of which amounted to about 1,250,000 bales for export,” and attributes the same to want of rain in sundry zillahs, of which the chief are Khandeish, Kulladghee, Sattara, and Kolaporc, as also to insufficient or ir regular and unseasonable rain, combined with a decrease in the area under cotton euitivation, in Guzerat, tho latter cause being in some measure due to the former. In Broach and Ahmedabad this decrease is set down respectively at 31,967 and 46 - 345 acres. As to “the crop in the Dharwar districts,” he states that it “hassuffered severely from the unseasonable prevalence of a dry and scorching easterly wind,” the “sudden and injurious effect” of which “upon the strongest cotton plants is more than can be accounted for by mere want of moisture 1 r t e dryness of the wind,” and that “it would appear as if it carried with it some other blighting influence” In a postscript he gives news from the districts up to the 18th instant as follows: “A fa vorable change in the weather was reviv ing the plants; the estimate ol loss in the American variety is given at 20 per cant.” on what “the plants promised a month ago, but the quality of the staple is also very materially affected, as tue ‘blight’ caught the plants just at the time that the fibre was maturing in the bolls. * * * The native plant has suffered more severe ly. the loss being ..estimated at 50 per cent., but owing to the increase in cultiva tion the whole crop of those districts will, notwithstanding, be considerably in excess of that obtained from them last year.” FROM WASHINGTON. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette, under date of the 11th instant, says: It is now understood here that the States i of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas will be j fully represented in Congress at its next session. Late authentic advices from j Texas state that the Constitution to be I submitted to that people will be adopted i by twenty-five or thirty thousand majority, j In fact the only organized opposition to its j adoption will be with a small faction of extreme Radicals who failed to have things all their own way in the late Convention I The opinion expressed by Gov. Hamilton and others is that there can be no doubt j of the complete restoration of Texas by the j reassembling of Congress in December next. _ ' As to the States of Virginia and Missis- | sippi, there is good authority for saying that President Grant gave assurances 1 yesterday to gentlemen from those States ! that he would, in executing the late lie- j construction act of Congress,, order the ! Constitutions of the States named to be j submitted to a vote of the people in such a manner thst the obnoxious clauses could be voted on separately, and voted down by a'majority, without affecting the validity of the rest of the instruments, thus secur ing the reconstruction of those States, and, at the same time, defeating the objectiona ble clauses in their Constitutions. This was the proposition of Judge Baldwin and the rest of the Richmond committee, and also ot the Hon. Albert G- Brown, of Mis sissippi, when here as the representative of the Conservative elements of his State. President Grant assured those gentlemen of his sympathy with their views, and promised them that everything in his pow er should be done to secure the necessary legislation to carry them out; and it is but just to say that to the influence he brought to bear in the premises is due the passage of the iaw leaving the question of a “di vision of the vote” to the discretion and judgment of the Executive Department of the Government. The people of Virginia and Mississippi will now havesecured them a fair vote upon their Constitutions, and there sterns ,o Le no good reason to doubt they will be adopted by large majorities, the disenfranchising and other infamous clauses being voted down. Hence tbe im pression now prevails here that by Decem ber next these States will be here with a full representation in Congress, The great Federal pie will be regularly ! opened tnis week, ana the struggle as to who will be able to puli out the plums, ! will, no doubt, be desperate. Senator Cockling is a ready mowing over his sue cess in defeating the nominations sent to the cenate last week for appointments in New York. These nominations had been manipulated by Senator Fenton, and Conkling determined lo interfere. He, therefore, went to work, aod -uceessfuily. too, to prevent any confirmations. Now the nominations have all to be made anew, and Conkling is open in the declaration that Fenton can have only his share of the plums, and not a single one over. Here, then, we have a prospect for a “war o the roses,” and at present writing there is no celling how far hostilities may extend. As the Senate has been convened in ex traordinary session for executive business alone, it is understood th it tho Executive i Department for the next few weeks I will be exc.usively employed in removals and appo ntmeats. The official guillotine I will be put in active operation to morrow, : and heads are expected to fall thick and ! last, without respect to age, sex or ooa- I dition. xhe outside pressure for place has never been greater, nor has there ever been before such a det- ruination express ed to make a clean sweep of political op ponents. There is cause for rejoicing that the edi torial batteries heretofore exclusively di rected against the imaginary Ku klux klans of the South is to be hereafter level ed also at the “barbarities” in Cuba. The Radical organ of this (Sunday) morning is redolent with “brutal •„ utrages” iu that unfortunate island. In reading some parts of this Radical sheet, one can scarcely avoid being deluded into the belie that he has a veritable secession journal, printed about the “year 0f’62,” before his eyes. With a slight change here aud there, the “bar barities” in land and “outrages ou the high seas' might well apply to another state of things and at quite another epoch of time ! See the heading in black letter, of the Chronicle's tirade : “Brutal Execution of Patriots —Sedi- tious Cries from the Spectators—A Volley Fired by the Troops aud Several Persons Kdled and Wounded—A Spanish Omragt on the High Seas—An American Vessel Stopped by a ifan-of War and Fasten f/ers Seized —The War and the Troops- Further Arrests of Cubans, &c-, &c. ” But in the coiumnsof such a "loyal’ ’ sheet it is a little surprising to see such extraor dinary new born “sympathy” with seces sionists and “insurrectionists,” as is evinced in the whole of its current leading articles. It further says this morniog, no ticing the “Brutal outrages iu Cuba:” “The Spanish volunteers, who now ap- P »-«- Piu uenancu eu esanerai Dulce, are committing all sorts of savage oruelties. on men and helpless women and children whose protectors are suspected of sympathy with the insurrection." The Railroad Committee.— Messrs. J. T. Gardiner, J. V. H. Allen, John U Meyer and W. H Goodrich, the commit tee appointed by the City Council for the purpose of going to Charleston, conferring with a committee from the South Carolina Railroad Company and endeavoring to ef fect a compromise between the latter and the Columbia & Augusta Railroad Com pany, by the terms of which the hostilities now existing between the two corporations would cease and the hatchet be buried for ever, returned yesterdav morning from their mission. At the late of their de parture no terms had been agreed upon. The proposals made by the Augusta com mittee were still in the hands of the other parties and no answer to them had been received. The committee of the South Carolina Railroad had stated, however, that on Wednesday (yesterday) it would submit the propositions made by the City Council of Augusta to a full meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company to be held on that day and telegraph the result to this city. We sincere ly trust that some arrangement may be made by which this great railroad controversy may, at last, be definitely settled, but candor compels us to write that we have not much faith in aa early settlement ofthe difficulty. Brave Words of a Brave Old Man. —ln reply to a note from the citizens of Lynchburg, V irginia, tendering him a pub lic dinner, General Early writes: “I am constrained to decline the pro posed entertainment. In doing so. 1 desire o express to you my most heartfelt thanks for tho cordial greeting you have given me, individually and collectively, and to assure you that neither in wandering abroad, nor on my return, have I seen any cause to abate in attachment to the land of my birth, or to wayer in devotion to the principles which actuated us in our late struggle for all that was dear. “It is the hour of defeat and adversity that really tries the hearts and souls of men, and those who shall have passed through all its temptations without an abandonment of honor or principle will be entitled in tho end to be regarded as the true heroes of our cause. “Very truly aud resp’y yours, “J. A. Early - .” The Strike of the Preston Cotton Operatives —The Lm ion Star, ofthe 23J ultimo, has the fullowiag about the strike ofthe cotton hands : With the continuance of the lamentable strike of the cotton operatives at Preston he excitement in the district increases On Sunday a meeting of sixty seven delegates from surrounding districts was held for the purpose of considering the advisability of continuing the strike. The deliberations lasted six hours, during which it was elicit - ed that the operatives generally sympa thized with the. Preston hands in their resistance to the proposed reduction of 10 per cent. Resolutions were passed promis ing s ipport to them duriug the struggle, and it was agreed that no delegates should be employed while it lasted It is said that from seven to ten shillings per head has been apportioned from local union funds for those on strike in the spin ning and weaving departments. The Man Chester Examiner says it is distinctly stated that the bulk of the masters are, and have been for some time, losing money. In about three weeks, unless some conces side be made by the operatives, nearly 16.000 of them will be thrown out of work. The aggregate number of operatives in Preston is about 30,000. Georgia items. The City Council of Atlanta has ex empted the properly of the Atlanta Cotton Factory from taxation for ten years. The number of students in the Franklin University for the present session foots up 344, divided as follows : Seniors 44, ju niors 53,50 'homores 43,freshmen 22, elect ive course 22, civil engineering 7, law 7, University High Softool 146. We saw, yesterday, says the Columbus Enquirer, of the 9th, a head of green wheat, some three inches long, grown by Mr. T. J. Riley, of Taylor county. It is known as the “Raines” variety, and Mr. Riiey has about an acre of it in full head. No sign of injury by the late frosts was visible on it-. The Columbus Sun says ibat work has been commenced on a 'tew cotton mill— Eagle & Phoe tix Manufactory. It is ex pected that this structure, which is to be as large as the present one, will be finished by the first of next October. The factory building and office will cost; it is esti mated, $65,000 When it if completed, the company will have accommodations for 20,000 spindles. The editor of the Sandersvfle Georgian has seen a stalk cf Whett coma three feet ia height, the head measuring about fo*r inches. Mr. Giles says that this is a speci men of a field of 16 acres, some perhaps not quite so good, but considerable of it the same. This is very early for this lati tude. Tits Crops IN Carroll. —Every- where through this section the farmers are preparing for a very large crop of corn and cotton. The growing crop of wheat, which is unusually large,looks well, but that which was sown early,or in a for ward state, we regret to learn, a good deal of uneasiness is manifested among the farmers in consequence of the heavy frost which fell on the night of the 6th ins f ~the peaches being entirely destroyed beyond all hope. Cor. Atlanta Constitution, 12th. Destructive Fire.—On Friday last the premises of Col. John B. Wright, of Johnson county, were almost totally de stroyed by fire. Ail his buildings (except the dwelling house} including cribs, gin house, Laras, fete , were laid in ashes. He lost, also, one hundred bales of cotton, about 3,000 bushel- of corn, and fodder in proportion, some 15,000 or 20,000 pounds bacon and 30 tons of guano; 30 or 40 head of bogs were also burned under tbs gin hou<e. Entire lose estimated at about S4O 000, The fire originated in the lint cotton while ginning, and was. of course, purely accidental.— Sandersville Georgian. Monroe County Treasury Notes.— The people of Cuiloden, Monroe county, have held a m ,-eting and passed the fol lowing resolutions . Resolved, That we will no 'longer receive the Monroe County Treasury Notes for produce or services rendered, or in pay ment of any debt whatever. Resolved, That we respectfully request the citizens of each district in the county to meet and give public expression to their sentiments relative to the subject h rein embraced. — Monroe Advertiser, 13 th. The Athens Watchman states that the late frosts and freeze not only destroyed all, or nearly all, the peaches here, hut also Irish potatoes, beans and other tender vegetables. Crimson Clover.— The Macon Tele graphssys: “Mr. Jacob Schallsends us a bunch of crimson (Italian) clovertrom his place in this county. At this early season ■n the Spring it is between two and three feet high and is surmounted with a beauti fill oonical blossom of a rich crimson color. This olover is from foreign seed imported oy Mr. Schall last Fail” OIK TKAYEUIXG COBRESPOXDEJiCE. On the Wing, April 10,1869. Ed it 01s Chronicle & Sentinel: — A man in costly suit, with trinkets of gold dicgliDg about him, everything in keeping with his haughty, proud and aristocratic airs, should be very careful when he struts to win the gaze of others, for fear of an abrupt descent from his dignity. With the yeoman such wateh care is unnecessary, for a blunder would only draw an innocent smile, commingled with more or loss of sympathy, but iu the other instance a roar of laughter, steeped with contempt. The gentleman who walked the train as if every limb and muscle was put together by magic art, all touched with the very extract of creations —mechanism,evidently intending,as he did become,an object of curious wonder,should have maintained his dignity. But this he did not Jo, for while grace fully pacing along the aisle, with hands locked behind him, he stumped his toe and head foremost he went against the door as if he would *" urst every pannel out of it. One fellow hollowed at nim not to but the door down, and all shook with laughter. It seemed that the ladies would split their sides and the fellow seeing the sport made over this sudden and violent collaDseofUis dignity soon dis ann axed. Whatever eliange the accident ■nay have had over him he certainly veri fied the proverb, “a haughty spirit before a fall.” The Warren County Superior Court con vened on the sth instant, Judge Andrews presiding Very few people were in at tendance besides jurors and those on busi ness with the Court. The bar was repre sented by the presence of Messrs Coombs, Reeee and Dußose, of Wilkes, Lewis, of Greene, Stephens Dußose, and Little, of Hancock,, and resident Attorneys. Tho Solicitor failed to appear ,owing, 1 suppose, to an under standing belore he left Washington, that there would be no court in Warren. 1 think though there was very little crimi nal business, and one week would hardly suffice tor dispatching the civil docket. The people of Warren have invested largely in phosphates ; are hard at work on their farms, hoping >o reap an abun dant harvest from the present year. I have heard of a lew farmers in my travels who want to mortgage their crops for fertilizers to put on cottou. lam afraid they will bo anxious next year to mortgage these same farms for meat and bread. Judging from the low price of corn at Warrenton and the little demand for it, the farmers must have raised a supply the past year and some to spare, and it is to be hoped will do so again. Old citizens complained seriously of instances of law lessness in the county, and thought it j should be suppressed. I think this ean be j done very easily. Let the Courts of the j country enforce the laws and give to evil- j doers the penalty their crimes deserve, and j then this responsibility will not devolve | upon Col. Lynch. But so long a- rape, 1 arson, murder aud all the crimes in the black catalogue are allowed to go un- ; punished, so long will the necessity exist j for the evil complained of. I cannot weary | the reader with an enumeration ofthe hor ! rible murders committed within the scope of my acquaintance, and in not a single instauce of which has the law been enforced. One negro waylays another and mur ders him in cold blood: he is arrested, con fined in jail; great efforts are made to in duce false swearing in his behalf, but all fail, and the night before tho Court meets the Jail is opened arid the murderer and a squad of thieves are all gone. No reward is offered, nothingsaidabout it. Whether quiet on the subject is concerted or not, it' prevails. A man decoys bis neighbor out at the dead hour of night, knocks his brains out, cuts his throat from ear to ear, rifles his pockets, confesses his guilt, is sentenced to thePenitertiary for life; but in ten days is released ftom prison wails by a Governor’s pardon, for public work, and in another ten days makes his escape; a whole community is thrown into commo tion again, innocent lives are in jeopardy, but nothing is said about it, no proelama tions issued, and no reward offered. These are instances of a common evil, the original cause of the K. K system of punishment, and the purging of the one wi l ! correct the other. The idea that the law i:s a terror to evil doers is all false; it is not sustained ia the experience of those who live where the latter system of punishment prevails We are all opposed to outlawry, and are jealous of its results to civil government but let the latter be trictly maintained and the provocation ofthe former will no longer exist. I have sufficient confidence in the virtue and intelligence of our poo pie, to believe that whenever the civil government affords them ample protection to person, lite and property, they wili respect and obey it. And I know enough of them to believe that they will only have a contempt and utter disregard fir a sham and perverted system of judicial adminis tratiou. There seemed to be a good deal of trade going on at Warrenton Merchants and their cierks were quite busy waiting oo customers. Ali seemed active in one de partment of business or another- But few if any loafers about the streets, hangers on to corners, wall rubbers, boasters wbotalk big of what they can do; I don’t think they have any of these about Warrentoa. Traveller. P. S. —Permit me to acknowledge my thanks to Mr. 8. G. Watson, of Athens, for » present of a very fine set of stencii brands, plates. &c., out in the highest style of the art. He does as good if not the best of any work I have seen in his line, and merits patronage. T. Jeff Davis, What a Radical Correspondent says of the Southei-n ex-President. (from the London Cor. of the Cincinnati Gazette) I had an admit to the “Speaker’s Gal lery,” which holds about fifty, who get their names put down ihrec days previous. While I am standing in the group, eagerly watching the Police Sergeant, who will presently caii the names of the prßi j leged few, I hear: “Isn’t this Mr. Davis? I turned round, and right behind me stands Jefferson Davis. But zounds ! what a change in mortal man ! I would scarcely have known him if my attention had not been called to him. And can it be possible, i I mused, that this shriveled-faced, thin voiced, shrunken limbed, elouchy little old man is the eloquent acd commanding Sena tor from Mississippi, ihe prompt, resolute j and coveytly . Seereiar- of War; that was really President when Franklin Pierce was ! ostc sibly. I tell you the truth. A feel ing of pity stole all over me. I was touched, and there is no knowing what my impulses of tender magnanimity to our fallen foe would, have driven me to do and say if it had not met in the impulse of the man who put the question I have quoted that obse quious sycophancy toward the slaveholder’s rebellion, which for these tern years past has been the pre eminent characteristic of anti-slavery England. Mr Davis quietly replied: “That is my name, sir.” ‘ I W hat, Jefferson Mavis r ( ’ ’ “Yes, sir._ May I ask your name, sir ?” “Harris, but I am nobody; I am simply an Englishman who deeply sympathizes with you. I have often wanted to see you; I have your picture hanging up in my house and prize it very highly.” This was said in an agitated, fervent way, while bands were shaken, and then Mr. Harris, wno is a gray-haired, well-to do-looking g otlemaa, put his mouth close to Mr. i>av»s' ear aod whispered, what I did dot bear, but what i could not but imagine was: “England was with you: and il you could have held out another year, we would have joined France in recogniz ing your Government. Mr. Davis sailed feebly, and I thought sadly. His name wag called ana in he went. If bowed immediately, and saw him met by one of the House attaches, the gentleman in black sword breeches and shad belly coat, with a silk sunflower on his back, who absolutely beDt double (I am not exag gerating) at the approach of Mr. D , and went dancing ana flushed, and smiling I be ore him, whimpering to <-verybody. "This is Mr. Jefferson Davis,” and gal lanted him to a sort of pew there is for specially favored strangers on the floor of ! the House, deep in a recess, aod where ■ Mr Davis sat down with Archbishop Man : ning and Dean Stanley. What the Arch | bishop said, and what the Dean said, and l what the President said, I know not, for I I must hurry to my seat, far over their ; heads or lose it. Sorghum Suoar. —The evidence accu mulates that sugar, of some good quality, can be made of th Sorghum plant. A few days since we saw a quantity at the store of J. R. Towers & Son. They bought it for-syrup from Mrs. Lumpkin, of this county, but found a considerable portion of k to be sugar. The Black Impee, or African Cane, is aaid to be best for making sugar, while the old fashioned Chinese, or Black Top, and the Siberian, o Red Top, are best for syrup. — Rome Courier. NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVIII. NO. 16 F. S. Supreme Court. j TEXT OF BILL AS PASSED BY CONGRESS. Be it enacted, dec , That the Supreme i Court of the United States shall hereafter consist of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom shall constitute a quo rum ; and for the purposes of this act there shall be appointed an additional associate justice of said Court. Sec. 2. That for each of the nine exist ing judicial circuits, there shall lie appoint ed a circuit judge, who shall reside in his circuit, and shall uossess the same power aud jurisdiction therein as tho justice of the Supreme Court allotted to the circuit. The circuit courts in each circuit shall be held by thejustiee of the Supreme Court allotted to tho oireuit, or by the circuit judge of the circuit, or by the district judgeof the district sitting alone, or by the justice of the Supreme Court and circuit judge sitting together, iu which case tue justice of Supremo ourt shall preside, or iu the absence of either of them, by the other (who snail preside), and the district judges; and such courts may be held at the same time in the districts of the same circuit, and cases may be heard and tried by each of the judges holding any such court, sitting apart, by direction of the presiding justice or judge, who shall desig ua e the business to be done by each. The circuit judges shall each reoeive an annual salary °f 6 vo thoueaud uuiiui«. Seo. 3. That nothing in this act shall affect the powers ofthe justices of the Sa preme Court asjudges of the Circuits, ex eept in the appointment ofthe clerks ol the Circuit Courts, who, in eaob circuit, shall be appointed by the circuit judges of that circuit, and the clerks of the Dis'rici Courts shall be appointed by the judges thereof respectively ; provided that the j present clerks of said court shall con inue j iu office till other appoint neats be made . in their place, or they be otherwise re- I moved. ' See. 4. That it shall be-the duty of the Chief Justice, and of each justice of the I Supreme Court to attend at least one torw ofthe Circuit Court in each district of his circuit during every period of two years. Sec. 5. That any judge of any court ot the Uuited States, who having held his commission as such a' least ten years, shal, after having attained the age of seventy years, resign his office, shall thereafter, during the residue of his natural life, re ceive the same salary which was by law payable to him at the time of his resigna tion. From the Baltimore IBun, April 7. The Return of Arnold and Spangler, the Dry Tortugas Prisoners. Samuel B Arnold and EJuian Spangler, the prisoners eoently released from the Dry Tortugas, under the pardon of Presi dent Johnson, the ibrrner having been senteneed for life, and the latter for six years, l>y the Military Commission ihit tried the assassination conspirators,reached this city yesterday. They came passen gers on tne steamship Cuba, from Key West. Arnold appears in rather delicati health, but Spangler is well, and both ap pear in good spirits. They are set free now, after three years and eight months in “durance vile.” After their trial and sen tence, they reached the Dry Tortugas with Dr. Modd, their late fell .w-prisoner and O’Laughlin, who died during imprison ment, on the 24th of July, 1865. and were released on the 22d of March, 1 869 Both Arnold and Spangler reply readily to queries concerning their imprisonment, and the treatment they received from the different commanders of the post. Daring the season of the fearful rage of the yellow fever iu 1867 at the fort, they state that after nearly all the troops had been at tacked and either recovered or died, Dr. Mudd, who had so faithfully and advan tageously labored among the sick, was tak en down with the disease, and there being no medicinal man left fit for duty, vas nursed solejy by themselves, his only remainingcom panion, O’Laughlin, having previously died. During its prevalence there were thirty seven deaths in that limited community, two of whom were prisoners and the bal ance officers and soldiers They speak highly of the late Major Stone, who com manded at that time. His wife having died of the epidemic, of which ho had re covered, he carried his little child over to Key West, with the intention of sending it to his relatives in the Worth, and 'shortly after reaohing there he was'taken with a relapse and died. Theirtreatmeut depend ed much on the disposition ot the com minder of the post, but after the season of vollow-fever they fared/ much better than previously. They received a telegram or the 9t.h of Maroh, inform ng them of their pardon, and Spangler says it appeared to him that from that time until the 21st, when Arnold’s father reaohed there with tne pardons, he gained in flesh every hour Arnold was cm pi >yed as olerk at head quarters, and Spangler as a carpenter, and both at times were compelled to work very hard. After their release they left the Tortugas in a Government sailing vessel, and went over to Key West, where they remained several ■■ays, awaiting the arrival of the Cuba , and were treated iu the kind est manner by the oitizens. On the terrible ordoal of their trial, under the circumstances by which, they were surrounded, it is not to be supposed riiey would delight to dwell. Spangler says that, from the tortures he endured, he was mostly uucooscious of the proceed ingsin the case, and often knew nothing of what was going on around him. When the padded hood was piacr.d upon his head in prison, oovering over his eyes and tighten ed about his neck and chest, with mp.naefcs already on both hands and feet, he was toid it was by order of Secretary Stanton, the subordinate thqs excusing himself for his action. After arriving at the fort, and up to the time of his release, Spangler avers that the sense of his entire inQooonoe only made his chains more galling, while at the same time itofteu fcert him from utter despair. Both Arnold and Spangler speak of the kindness and attention they received on board the Cuba from Captain Duke .hart, his officers and passengers, who gen erally were disposed to make them com fortable. FRANCE 4-M» AMERICA, AN EXTRACT FROM TH* MEMOIRS OP PRINCE DE TALLEYRAND—FRANCE AND GERMANY. A Paris letter in the Gazette de Lau sanne says: “You are aware that Prince do Talley rand left some memoirs, which were not to be published till thirty years after his death, and which are now in the hands of an eminent barrister, M. Andral. I have been able to'cast a glance at them, and I am much surprised at their contents. 1 was especially struck by a page relative to the Congress of Vienna. It is a real prophecy, and I cannot resist the tempta tion of giving you the substance of it. At that period M de Talleyrand said that the balance of power in Europe founded at that assembly was menaced by great dangers - one from beyond the sea, and the other which might arise in the heart of Ger many : “ ‘On the side of America,’ said the Prince, ‘Europe must always have her oyes open, and not furnish any pretext for re crimination or reprisals. America is in creasing every day. She will become a colossal power, and a moment mast arrive when placed ia more easy communication with Europe by means of new di.-eoveries she will wish to. say her word in our affairs, and have a Land in them. Political pru deuce, therefore, imposes on the Govern ments of the old Continent the care of scrupulously watching that uo pretext shall be off- red for such an intervention. The day when America «hsjl plant her foot in Europe, peace and security will bo banished for a long time.’ ” The Prince afterward speaks of Ger many. Here the prediction has no longer the form of a conjecture, but is in some sort an anticipated recital: “‘No illusion must be formed; the equi librium we hwe founded i-i the Congress of Vienna is not eternal. It will succumb some day or other, but it promises us some years of peace What condemns it fora term, more or less distant, is the aspira tions which are becoming universal in the centre of Germany- The necessities of defence and of a common peril have pre pared men’s minds for German unity; this idea will continue to be developed, and some day one of the great powers which form part of the Conference will desire to realize this union for its own profit. Aus tria is not to be feared since she is com posed of pieces and morsels, and having no unity at,home she cannot think of ex porting it. Therefore, Prussia it is that must be watohed. She will attempt the adventure, and, if she succeeds, then all the conditions of equili' rium will be changed, aod new bases and anew organi zation will have to besdueht to Euro >e.’ ” The Prioce continues to examine the cir cumstances more or less difficult under which this reconstruction will be effected, and he points out France as the nation most interested in combating the movement for unification, or in seeking a compensa tion. Wm. P. Hunter d.ed in Savannah in the 70th year of hie age. Jfews Items. L. B. Curtis k Cos., New York import ers, have suspended. The only State out of debt is lowa. She has $1,000,000 surplus. Miss-Fidelia Bates is a regularly coni' missioned Notary Public in St Liuis. Fisk’s engagement of M'llo Nilson is tor six months from October 15, 1870. A bill abolishing the canal contract sys* tem has passed the New York Assembly. The ice blockade in the Hudson river, at t'ludson, has broken, and navigation is open. Mile Stephanowska, a Vienna ballet girl, daughter of a chare >al woman, is engaged to marry the liussiau Prince Wittgenstein. A correspondent declares that the late speeches of Senators Fowler and Sprague indicate that they are .going over to the Democracy, The Mew Orleans & Opelousas Railroad has been ordered to pay its past due cou pons, some $660,000; ’ and iu default, the road is to be sold. Hon. Horatio Seymour is still at Keo kuk, lowa, laid up by the injuries he re cently received by the railroad disaster near Peoria, Illinois. A Salt Lake dispatch says that Wells & taigo’s ooacUes commenced their ooouec iious with the Uuion Pacific railroad at Ogden on Tnursday. The Pittsburg Fctst say the gain of Democratic strength, as extiibited in the Spring election in Allegheny county, is as wholesome as it is decided. W orsle> dedicated his translation of the Laid to “Gen, 11E Lee, the most staiuless of living commanders, and except in for tune, the greatest.” The revenue of the Atlantic cab es is now $3,500 in coin per day. Every reuuc tiou of the tariff so far has largely increased the receipts and profits. Ofiarlotte Thompson, the actress, will go to San Francisco to play as soon as she gets in the cotton crop on her plauiauou, near Monigomery, Alabama. The Galena Gazette says that the Hon. E. B. Washburue will leave there for Washington on the 15th instant, and go thence for France on the Ist of May. The' Board of Directors of the Pacific railroad, in St. Louis Friday, elected James H Lucas, President; Dan. K.Gar rison, N ice President; J. Porter, Secre tary and Treasurer, and J. M.Cooper, Auditor. Ihe Liverpool Chamber of Commerce have petitioned the House of Oommous, Mr. Gladstone and the Postmaster Gen eral to suport the p.eseut contract with the steamship lines for carrying the mails to America. The New Jersey Legislature has passed a bill imposing a tax of two per cent, on the net income ot bankers, brokers, ex press companies, and all other corporations, save Camden and Amboy, which pays a contract tax. A little girl at Keokuk was discovered doing the Mile. Tumour business in a barn, before an admiring audience ot school fellows; they had fitted up a trapeze with an old clothes-line and a broom-stick; the elevation was some twenty feet, but the party was brokeu up before anything else was broken. It is stated tha 1 while the Committee on Elections was holding a meeiing the other day, an altercation took place between two oi its members, Messrs Stevenson, of Ohio, and Barr, of Illinois. The latter struck the former, and in return was struck himself, but tho contestants were separated before any serious damage was done. There are in Massachusetts about 700 hundred colored Free Masons, who have seven flourishing lodges in existence. They have never been acknowledged or recog nized by the white Free Masons of Massa chusetts, and have for a long time been trying to secure what they term iheir rights. The Masonic publications are discussing tho subject, and so is the Grand Lodge (white) of Massachusetts. When Bishop Asbury “run” the Metho dist Church, there was one circuit in Vir ginia where the ladies were so fascinating that all ti e young preachers sent there were soon taken captive. The Bishop thought to stop this by sending thither two decrepit old men, but to his great stir prise, both wore married the same year. He exclaimed in disgust: “I am airaid the women and the devil will get all my preachers!” Miss Wil kins was a beautiful blonde, aud she wanted to go to Scarborough—so she told her mother to look for something .very particular tor her dear papa. ‘‘And what is it, pray,” asked her mother “that you so much wish to find for your dear papa?”, “.1 son-in law,” was the gentle reply of the blushing maiden, The Secretary of the Treasury has made several important changes iu the form of reporting tne oondiiion of the public debt. His present statement, to April f, there fore, in place of afftiding material fir an exact comparison wiih the last report of Ins predecessor, may be considered the starting point for future eomuarison. The most notable reforms—for such they may be considered—are first, a more complete detail or classification of the debt, as ori the bucks of the Treasury at the close of the month, without waiting, as heretofore, five or six days for distaut returns, Second, Lie separation of the public debt, proper, from the currency bonds of the United States,lent to the several Pacific Railroads, and upon which they are responsible, for the accrued and accruing interest; and thirdly, a complet; audit to the clone of each mouth of the aeorued interest upon the public debt proper. CobA.—There is a dead set upon Cuba. Every day or two, sensational and spatehes from Havana bring us news of some “American citizen” arrested and thrown into prison; and the dreadful circumstance is inflated for tho purpose of exciting a war feeling against the Spanish authorities. St. Louis. —There are foriy-threc miles -of street railroad ia St. Louis, fifteen parks, containing four hundred and twelve acres of land, nearley tea miles of Nicolson pavement and thirty miles of macadamized streets, and over one hundred miles of ewers. The area of the city is nearly fif teen and a half square miies. Gold Fish. —One of the Virginia papers says that gold fish, three or four of which were intrduced into the Potomac from the fountain in the Capitol grounds in Washington a few years since, are rapidly populating the whole river, and that many are sent to Alexandria, Va , as offal fish in the vessel loads of shad and herring. There are said to be more gillers employed on the Potomac this season than were ever before known. The Mississippi river is up to Reed’s Landing, except a gorge just above La Crosse. Prosecutions, both criminal and civil,are to be instituted by the passengers of the horror ship James Foster. The consignees wilt b 8 sued for damages, and those of the officers who are still alive, will be sued for homicide or cruelty. It is certainly time there was some penalty for the outrages often perpetrated upon emigrants in pas senger ships. Mr. W. Gilbert, of London, hc.3 pub lished a life of “Luoretia Bor.gia,” in whchbe endeavors to prove that the lady was a pious, virtuous, and moral : woman, much maligned I# cotemporary 1 and subsequent slander. When Grant was inaugurated he said to j his brothers-in-law and all his other kinsfolk and personal friends, “auk and ye ! t-hail receive.” Every-son of a gun of them | took him at his word, and he has kept his word to the letter. A floating hotel is to be opened on the Hudson river. A steamboat is to be towed to PolKpell’e Island, in Newburgh B y, near Cornwall, wHere she will be per manently anchored. She will be thoroughly overhauled and repaired, refurnished and repainted, and so altered as to convert her iuio a first class Summer boarding house. The Evening Post says Collector Grin ned is an hoaorabie merchant, but may fail to :ee the knaveries which more jealous eyes would detect, and a severer and less indulgent temper would repress and punish in an examplary manner. In ibis way, if at all, his administration of the Customhouse will be defective. Gas. —The Supreme C art of the State of Ohio has lately decided that the Gas light Comp my of Cincinnati hasuotan ex clusive right to use the streets for gas pipes, and that the City Council has a right, within reason, to regulate the price of gas. This the first really practical step taken in this cou try to remedy an evil common to every city in the Union. CROPS in Texas.— The Houston Tele graph has news trom all parts of Texas, to the effect that planters are actively engag ed. Corn is generally planted, and a groat deal of it is already up. A larger breadth of land will be put in cotton than any year since the war. The freedmen generally having gone to work, aod there is less com plaint of their idleness than usual. The friends of Hon. Pierre Soule have written to Dr. Chipley, Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, at Lexing ton, to engage apartments for Mr. Soule in the asylum.
