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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1870)
Clmmitlt & jrntinfl. M KBNRBDAY MOBNINL, MARCH 9 Brave Word* from Boston. The Honorable John Quincy Adams delivered an address before the "Constitu tional Club" of Boston on the 22nd ot February. It takes us by surprise when we find that there is such an organization , as a Constitutional Club in Boston, the Mount Moriah of American Higher Law. Still we rejoice that it exists, and feel as sured that in future no section of the Union will have more use for the guarantees of the Constitution. Mr. Adams, in the speech to which we refer, charged solemnly that the Radicals in Congress had abused power to perpetuate a mere party, and had leagued together to destroy the Constitu tion. "1 mean to say," said Mr. Adams, “and I say it with a sense of responsibility, that to-day there is nothing of the old Constitution of our fathers left to us ex cept what was always understood and be lieved by them to be a mere incident of constitutional power, and that is this war power." * * * “The old constitutional edifice of the fathers was built of the white marble of the Btates, which they brought together voluntarily as a work of love, and piled up there one by one each in pride and delight, adding stone after stone to the beauti ful and symmetrical edifice under which we all live. [Applause.] But what is this thing which we now see there in Wash ington ? Is that built of those stones. Is that put together by any such hands as those which cemented the old capitol ? Why, gentlemen, it is built of the volcanic lava, hot yet from the results of the out pouring of the mount [applause], and it is clamped together by great bands of black, rusted, iron tetters. [Applause.] It’s no i iuch edifice at all, and now we have in the i'residential obaii a man who, whon ho swears to protect and defend and preserve the Constitution, seems to think that this is the Constitution which he swears to pre serve.” Alluding to a proposition which was made in the Massachusetts Legislature, a few days before, to fire a hundred guns on Boston Common in honor of the passage of the Ffleenth Amendment, Mr. Adams said : “I was only sorry that I was not in the Legislature to propose, as an amendment to it, that the United States be humbly solicited to allow the State of Massachusetts to fire that salute from Fort Warren, and that the guns might be shotted, in order to show the procesb by which the amendment had been carried.” Tlie Mediterranean Steamship Project. Captain Jewett and Mr. Sinolair, of New York, representatives of the Mediter ranean and Oriental Steamship Company, have appeared before the Spocial Commit too on American Commerce of the House of Representatives. Statements wore made by theso gentlemen to the effect that so soon as Congress should pass the bill now belore it for the benefit of this Com pany, the Company could and would raise capital sufficient to build fourteen first class iron steamers, a dry dock at Port Royal, wharves, emigrant stations, &c., at various other points. They stated that this Company did not seek or ask for a Government subsidy, but simply the privilege of sailing under the moral sup port of the Hag of the Government, and to carry the mails of the United States at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster General. The members of the Committee expressed approval of the objects of the Company, as represented, and promised to give their bill careful consideration. Free Trade vs. Protection—The West vs. the Bast. / The loyal Cincinnati Gazette, of Cinpin nati, joins issue with the loyal New York Tribune, ot the East, upon the prohibitory tariff for protection. The Gazette adorns a tale and points a moral in a paragraph thus : To this heresy has the doctrine of pro hibition brought its worshippers. The following declaring perpetual war prefer able to freedom of trade, is from the New York Tribune: Better lor a developed nation uninter rupted war, one hair’s broadtb short of tinal conquest, absorption, or extinction, than the crushing, debasing peaoo of con tinuous Manchester free trade. The latter makes Portugal?. The former can but make Irelands. War may not kill the soul of a nation. The peace whose olive branohos aro imported through the ever open doors of a custom house destroys na tional life. How more fatal than uninterrupted war to tho national life is that peaoe whose im ported olive branches come through the Custom House without duties of 10 cents per yard and 75 percent, advalorem I At anything short ofa prohibitory duty on the olive branches of peace, perpetual war is to bo preferred. The Tribune howls with anguish whon a murderer is hangod ; but it declares the slaughter ot populations by perpetual war preferable to freedom of trade. How long before a signal reveals the cause of the late war and discloses the foundation for the next, if we fail to get up a little foreign amusement lor Republi can gratification ? The Tribune's new doctrine of “uninterrupted war" marks the latest progress in the tnod'rn science of American Radical political eoonomy. Butler’s NoniinatToiiTs the Next Kadi tin Candidate for the Presidency. Benjamin F. Butler is the first te receive a nomination lor the Chair of the Chief Magistrate of the "Nation” for the next Presidential term. Butler’s name is a fair exponent of the principles of the party, Spoons in War, in Peace Plunder. • His nomination, however, does not seem to awaken much enthusiasm among his Kopublican allies. The New York Tribune coldly enquires, "Is not this a little pre mature'?” and, "is Mr. Butler impatient, or is it that he has inconsiderate friends?” A band of his own "contrabands” sere naded him on Saturday, and after listen ing to a soul-inspiring speech—there was nothing of a fluid nature to arouse enthu siasm—nominated him for the Presidency. On the same evening a crowd of his own clients, thanking him for his advocacy of their claims as the captors of New Or leans, also suggested him for the same desirable place. Was this nomination a retainer in the one instance and a bribe in the other? We beg Mr. Butler or his friends to relieve us of these grave doubts. At anv rate let them ei»e ns "s to entertain others of the good sense of the nominee or nominators. Southern Agricultural Maxims. Cotton is King; the world seeketh for his power; his sway is unlimited, and his locks are fine gold. Plant cotton and buy bread. Look to the merchant for advances and mortgage independency but increase cot ton. The relusc hay of the Yankee farmer is sweeter to the tooth of the ootton plan ter's mule thau succulent fodder, aud Western flint corn eontainetb more nutri ment than Southern gourdsced. It is better to handle much money than to make sure gains, and a harrowing debt to be preferred to a sure surplus. Look abroad for meat; but at home brave, gnawing usury. Starve the cattle upon a thousand hills, but buy guano. Great is he who buyeth meat and bread and many oxen and asses, but cheapeneth garments for the world, he extendeth his labors; he sendeth abroad for woodware and utensils and field implements; be handlem much money and giveth the stranger the profit, thereof; but he is ac oounted great, and the trading man maketh obeisanoe to him; but the contentment of him who oweth no debt bringeth no lame among them that go to and fro over the face of the earth. University of the South. The University of the South says the Nashville Banner, began the Lent term, at Univer sity Place, on the 24th, and has already as many students as can be accommodated. The Vice-Chancellor desires us to remind parents to communicate with the authori ties before sending their sons. Whose Property has been ton Unrated ? | This is the question a-ked tauntingly by Benjamin F. Butler, loyal Representative of "(he Nation," affrontingly unri valled by him whom Milton pictures as a- archfiend, and in fold effrontery well j sk i;1 to make “the worse appear the j b:r r reasoD-’’ Butler, for whom the fair v." non of New Orleans exhausted the power of language to express scorn and conempt and loathsome degradation—the brute in hardness of heart and grovelling sensation, who looked upon humanity as beasts of the field, and forced it to herd in ! filthy dungeons irrespective of sexual refine ment or natural demands—boldly asks it with all the air of virtuous indignation I and with all the innocence of Godlike j magnanimity, well knowing the truthful answer. True to educational training, he makes the question to exert the force of logical argument. Unanswered it is irri futable. True to natural instinct, it is made to cover skulking, cowardly robbery. It conceals under flimsy legal technicality that accomplished both in the name of legal forms and by the practice of subtle artifice. Uttered upon the floor of the House of Representatives of the Republic of the United States, aod falling from the lips of one accounted a Loyal Representa tive of the Nation and a soldier in the cause of Loyalty, it carries all the force of j high authority, and ail the weight of of Christian morality and Christian be nevolence. Naturaiiy, and with logical ; soundness, the world would assume that ; not a single dollar’s worth of property in j the South had been harmed, save in actual ; opcD warfare. Even honest citizens would be deceived, those who fought, aDd suffered and bled to preserve the invio lability of the American Union, and would honestly believe that not one cent of pri vate property had ever—either during the war or since the surrender ot Lee and Johnston, and the failure to establish the rights of a constitutional government, and to i tay the march of autocratic empire— been seized and appropriated cither in tho name or for the use of the Government of the United States. Yet such a deduction would prove false, false in truth, and false in very deed. True the legal form of con fiscatiotr was avoided. There was no trial. There was no attaint of treason. There was no condemnation by commissioned judges. There was neither the form nor semblance of a judicial decision. But there was all the effect of judicial decision; all the detriment and loss, and consequent suffering to individual citizens, whether loyal or disloyal, which proceeds from solemn judicial decree. There was not even the pretext for actual hostilities, nor the justification of open warfare, for Lee and Johnston had surrendered, and the authority of the Government of the United States was complete and universal, with not a single rebel or implacable guerilla to oppose the enforcement of the Federal Government. Yet such a deduction would be wholly false. Such a belief would be utterly and absolutely fallacious. The legal forms of confiscation were ingeniously avoided, but, nevertheless, were ingeniously but thor oughly consummated. Many hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property waß seized and sold and a moiety of the pro ceeds turned over to the treasury of the Government of the United States. Many tens ol hundreds of Southern citizens were debarred claim, whether loyal or disloyal, whether decrepid octogenarians, widows or isolate orphans, plunged to the very depths of desolation, were debarred restitution or recompense, for greater or for less amounts, and defrauded as of right by official refer ence to the Court of Claims and by the offi cial thrust of an oath which tested loyalty “directly or indirectly.” Butler knew this when he gave utterance to the ques t:on upon the floor of the House. He knew the acts of Congress. He knew the ingenious theft that had been peacticed. But be sought, as he advised the default ing cashier of Boston, when, after the cashier had stolen the money, to deliver to the directors the keys and ask them to count the assots, and claim that defalca tion might occur in the interval of the directors' possession, that liability had ceased. He knew, also, that investigation would lead to investigation as to how far Butler, representative and solaior, would lead to Butler’s honesty and fealty in the observance of the laws of the United States. But pretermitting all acts of hostility, of open warfare, and acts under authoriza tion of tho aot of Congress, entitled "an act to suppress insurrection; to punish treason and rebellion; to confiscate prop erty of rebels, aud for other purposes,” and of other acts of Congress which humanely proposed to take charge of abandoned lands and of captured property, and of the ingenious device practiced, which advertised at Omaha or Bangor, and sold for tax the lands and property of affrighted women and their households, and their all without notice for special tax; there was, at least, in the State of Georgia a large amount ol personal and private property—-cottonj seized by the agents and officials of the United States Government, a moiety of which went into the Treasury and a handsome proportion to the agent or official. This property was jjt the property ol the Confederate Gov ernment. All de facto lien had been dis charged. It was strictly and truthfully the property of citizens, over whom the Government claimed and exercised control, and from whom they had demanded and received the oath of allegiance. This property was seized, shipped and sold after April, 1565, and a moiety of its pro ceeds paid into the Treasury of the United States. Fortunately for Southerners the testimony as to who did this and how it was done, does not rest upon Southern witness es. It was done by contract; all was seized that promised emolument; right was tried by the wants of the Secretary of the Treas ury and the ironclad oath furnished the bar to recovery, as hundreds of citizens of Georgia will testify. The courts of Ohio have clearly demonstrated that the gov ernment of the United States let confis cation by contract, and offered a premium to detectives. It was quite sufficient that private property was sworn to be Confed erate prt perty. The return of a moiety of the property to the Treasury was quite sufficient evidence of loyalty. The test oath was quite sufficient as a bar to recov ery. That this was accomplished by “the best government the world ever saw,” it is only requisite to refer to the following ex tract from the Cincinnati Gazette, refer ring to proceedings in the United States Court in Ohio: We published, yesterday, statement of an attempt made in the United States Court, on Saturday, to impeach the char acter of Revenue Agent B. P. Brasher. Oar account was obtained from a United States officer whom we supposed to be, and who probably was, unprejudiced and reliable. It seems, however, that the me--'I count did Dot do Mr. Brasher full justice. By the courtesy of Mr. M„ J. Day, phono graphic reporter, who is reporting the tes timony for the use of the Government offi cers, wo are enabled to present the follow ing report of the affair. The matter was first brought up by Mr. Butterwortb, in his cross-examination ot Mr. Brasher : Q. Were you, in ISOo, in the State ot Georgia^? A. Yes, sir. Q. 1 will ask yyu Vie Lot there is an 1 indictment ceding in Gcu.gia against you for grand larceny ? A. Not that lam aware of. Q. Did you not go to Europe for | the purpose of avoiding a trial upon an indictment pending there ? ’ A. No, sir. When did you leave the State of Geor gia. A. lam Dot positive, but in March or I April of that year. Q. Well, did you not immediately go to Europe after you were there. A. I think I went about the latter part of April. Q. You were in Europe eighteen months or two years ; what called you there ? A. Pleasure. Q. Did you not go there to prevent your being arrested and tried for taking cotton in Georgia ? A. No, sir ; I never heard of it until within the last two or three weeks. After counsel oeased to examine Mr. Brasher the latter asked leave of the Court to explain his transactions in Georgia, which was granted. Mr. Brasher stated that he obtained a contract, such as was allowed at that time by the Government, to recover Confederate property- Acting , I as contracting agent for the Government ] he secured and turned over to the Govern- ' meat 700 or 800 bales of cotton. Os this amount he received one-third. This he shipped to Europe, and then closed tip his business and went to Europe on a pleasure ; tour, and if aoy indictment were found | against him in Georgia it must have been ' for s< curing this cotton for the Govern ment, which he was authorized to do by j bis contract with toe Government, and which was recognized by the Government as legitimate and legal. It may be well to ask who among the horde was B. P. Brasher ? What was his district in Georgia ? In what court was he indicted ? But it is certainly well to an : swer Benjamin F. Butler’s question as to i confiscation. Let, therefore, every man, md woman, aod child, answer Butler’s question, and publish the answer as to how much was confiscated; seized and ap propriated in the name and for the use of the Government of the United Btates af ter the surrender of Joe Johnston in April, ' 1865; how much private property was confiscated, if not by legal form, at feast, in very deed for the public use and private emolument, under the sanction and by the i act of officials of the United States. “National Education” Bill. Mr- Hoar has presented his plan of what he calls a system of “national educa tion.” It provides for the appointment, by the President, of three State superin tendents for each State, who shall have control of the educational interest of the State. The State is to be divided into as many divisions as it has representatives ; each division is tohave a division inspector, and each division is to be divided into school districts* No books are to be used or instruction given calculated to favor aoy religious sect; and the expense is to be borne by the people themselves ; a direct tax being laid for educational purposes. The whole matter was referred to the com mittee on education and labor. We presume that some Hoar will pres ent his plan for national intermarriage and for “national” begetting. Indeed, in na tional consolidation it is requisite that past events, as well as future consequences, should be looked to produce homogenity and unity by raceas to sentiment and color. A New Route to the Southeast from St. Louts. The St. Louis Republican of the 24th chronicles the opening of anew route to the Southern Atlantic coast. It says that “the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad were contracting upon ’Change yesterday for freights to Richmond, Va., Charleston, S. C., Savannah, Ga., via Baltimore, from the latter place by steam, and with insu rance assumed by the railroads. The rates offered on this route, which we are assured will be kept open hereafter, for the pres ent are: Flour to Richmond, $1 40; to Charleston and SavaDDah, $1 60; and fourth class, one-halt these figures per 100 lbs. The Langley Manufacturing Com pany.—A lew days since there was pub lished in the Chronicle & Sentinel, an account of the movement which had been recently set on foot in this city, having for its object the purchasejof the Kalmia Mills property, a few miles from this city in South Carolina, and starting a cotton manufactory there, as was originally inten ded by the former owners. Since that publica' ion the scheme has been received with such favor by our citizens that its success is now fully assured, and a few additional particulars of the affair will prove of interest to our readers. ‘ In the former article we gave a short history of the original company prior to its failure and tho abandonment of the buildings, which had been erected at so large a cost and after so much labor. Os the present and future prospects of the new company we have received some valua- ble information. To start with, the cor poration has obtained a very broad char ter. This instrument has no clause which makes the stockholders personally liable for the debts of the corporation, and it is most liberal in ail its provisions. The charter makes the capital stock of the company to consist of three thousand shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each ; but allows it to be increased to double that amount if it is deemed necessary or expedient. The property to be purohaaed consists of a large, substantial and costly briok building, in the construction of which great architectural skill was employed. This is the manufactory proper, and we believe is just ready for the introduction of machinery. There are also surrounding it sixty new and neat cottage buildings which were built for the operatives and aro now ready for occupation. A large dam necessary for the operation of the ma chinery has been partially completed, and there is now on hand a large amount of material which has been procured for and can be used in the establishment. Attached to the building, and belonging to the corporation is a large body of land, containing about four thousand five hun dred acres. In addition to this there is a quantity of valuable water power, suffi cient to run a much larger number of | spindles than will be used in the rnanu | factory. j On these mills more than three hundred : thousand dollars have been spent by the I former owners. Having failed, this mag nificent property will now be purchased by the Langley Manufacturing Company for ; seventy-five thousand dollars, one hun dred and fifty thousand dollars more will be expended to put the manufactory in complete running order, and the remaining seventy-five thousand dollars will be em ployed as working capital. So far the soccess of the scheme has been as remark able as it is unprecedented. More than two-thirds of the capital stock of the new : company has been already taken, and two ; of the subscribers —capitalists of this city—have'each subscribed to one hundred shares, while others have taken fifty i shares. The leaders in the movement are Messrs. Josiah Sibley, John M. dark, George T. Jackson, W. 11. Tutt, T. G. Barrett, B. S. Dunbar, and others of our business men. The indications now are that the whole amount ot stock will soon be subscribed an I work commenced. As if to give still stronger assurance of the success of the enterprise, a dispatch was received here yesterday by Mr. Lang ley from the Agent in Columbia, South Carolina. who represents Senator Sprague’s interests, stating that the Leg islature of that State had just passed an act exempting all manufactories from taxation for four years after their comple tion. . A Remarkable Case of the Suspen sion of Life. —A daughter of Josiah King, brother of ex-Governor King of Rhode Island, now lies dead in StoniDg. ton, Connecticut, yet such is the remarka ble preservation of her features and oom plexioD, and such the retention of warmth in the body, that the best medical men are in doubt as to whether the case is oc.e of actual death or only temporarily suspend ed animation. All the ordinary tests of life and death lead to the inference that she is really dead, while absence of other phenomena of death leads to a counter con clusion. The case is considered one of the most remarkable on record. It will not ODly start new discussions in the scientific world, but it will bring into importance the inventions for protecting the buried against the dangers of tho grave or vault, where inanimation is in doubt. Completion of the Charleston k Sa vannah Railroad.—From the Charles ton Courier, we learn that after a foroed separation of more than six years, the two sister ports on the South Atlantic coast have once more achieved a happy union— to be cemented still more closely, and never again, we hope, to be broken. The Savannah & Charleston Railroad is com pleted, and trains are now running over the entire distance. We congratulate the President and Directors of the road cn this happy contummation. The following telegram was received at 8 o’clock Wednesday night by the Presi dent: Hardeeville, March 2,1870. To Alexander Isaacs, Esq. ; Closed the track, 2:15 p. m. to-day. Engine and train passed from Georgia into South Carolina at 3 o’olock—return to morrow, 0. 8. Gadsden, Sup’t. THE MEDICAL COLLEGE. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF YESTERDAY. THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES UPON THE GRADUATES. THE SPEECHES OF DR. TUCKER, ALDERMAN BLACK AND DR. WHITTAKER. On Wednesday the session of the Medical i College of Georgia terminated, aud the usual exercises of commencement day took place. Masonic Hall, the place chosen for the bestowal of degrees upon the gradua- j ting class and the speeches of the orators t of the occasion, contained by twelve o’clock in the day a very select and fashionable audience, composed in greater pait of ladies. At twelve o’clock the procession, which had formed at the Medical College, entered the hall in the following order: First came the Dean of the Faculty and the memioeis of that body, the Orator of the Day, and Rev. Drs. H. H. Tucker, President of PeDfield University, and Dixon, Pastor of the Greene Street Bap-! tist Church, and Dr. William S. Jones; following came tive students of the Medi cal College of Georgia and the graduates; and the rear was brought up by the stu dents of the Richmond County Academy, clad in their uniform of Confederate gray. The Faculty, orator and guests having taken their seats on the platform, and the students and graduates on the benches pre pared for them, the ceremonies opened with a prayer f’-om the Rev. Dr. Dixon. Dr. L. A. Dugas, Dean of the Faculty, then read the following report, which, on motion, was received and adopted: Augusta, Ga., March 1, 1870. The faculty of the Medical College of Georgia have the honor to submit the fol lowing report to the Board of Trustees: The session now about to be brought to a close completes the thirty-eighth year of our institution’s existence. The remark ably sucoesslul career of this College, after having been most seriously checked by the financial ruin of our people, consequent upon the late war, is slowly but surely re covering from the shook. Oar classes have been gradually increasing at each session since 1865, although still far below ; our former numbers. We have had in at tendance upon the lecturers this session, 104 pupils; of whom 88 were from Georgia, 7 from South Carolina, 5 from Alabama, 1 from North Carolina, ] from Florida, 1 from Louisiana and 1 from Texas. The following named gentlemen, having complied with the rules of the institution and been duly examined, are respectfully recommended for the doctorate : Seaborn James Monroe Cox, of Burke county, Georgia. Isaac Perkins Cheney, of Columbus, Georgia. John Oliver Danforth, of Macon, Geor gia. Lewis Ravenel Ford, of Augusta, Geor gia. Benjamin Jesse Foster, of Chambers county, Alabama. John Anderson Hollinshcad, of Milledge ville, Georgia. Joseph Stafford Horsley, of Decatur, Georgia. Thomas Dick LoDgino, of Palmetto, Georgia. Georgo Lovitt Mills, of Scriven county, Georgia. Joshua Robert McCall, of Quitman, Georgia. Isaao Cheney McCoy, of Columbus, Georgia. Edward Alonzo Perkins, of Lawtonville, Georgia. Charles William Salter, of Bartow, Georgia. James Harrison Strom, of Edgefield county, South Carolina. Tavoer Threatt, of Chesterfield county, South Carolina. Charlie Archibald Webb, of Hartwell, Georgia. John Augustus Asbury West, of Au gusta, Georgia. Absalom Whitaker, of Hickory-Flat, Alabama. James Murph Whitaker, of Milledge ville, Georgia. The Faculty would also recommend for tho Ad Eundem Degree : Dr. John Scott Coleman, of Augusta, Georgia. Dr. Robert Campbell Eve, of Augusta, Georgia. Dr. Christopher C. Pritchard, of Au gusta, Georgia. L. A. Dugas, Dean. The Dean announced that the Rev. Dr. Tucker would deliver their diplomas to the members of tho graduating class, and Dr. Tuoxer spoke as follows : Gentlemen of the Graduating Class : I have the honor of appearing before you to-day the representative of the Faculty of the Medical College ol Georgia. I have never seen many of vour number, and might be called a stranger were it not lor the fact that being the representative of Alma Mater, I am not a Btrangtr, but a lriend, and as such feel the happy assur ance that you are not unknown to me or Ito you. The Faoulty having made its report, in accordance with it I will now bestow the diplomas which have been awarded. The speaker then called the names of the graduates, and handed to each one of them the coveted sheep-skin, and, as the last name was called, con cluded as follows : Gentlemen, I now have the honor of being the first to salute you by your title of Doctor. And while I do so, I thank God that he has put it into the hearts of some men to devote their labors and their lives to the alleviation of suffering. Your profession is second only to one other, that of the ministry—the one oures the body and the other the soul. When our Savior was upon earth He went about healing the sick and doing good, and if this work was worthy of Christ it is creditable to you to follow His example, at least in this respect. Go then, young gentlemen, upon your mission of love and benevolence and may the blessing of God rest upon your labors. At the close of Dr. Tucker’s address the Dean introduced the Orator of the day, Alderman J. C- C. Black, who spoke as follows: Gentlemen : The Curriculum prescribed by the Medical College of Georgia has been finish ed. The last ordeal of final examination has been passed, your triers have pro nounced you qualified. The ceremonies of this hour afford ample reward for the days and nights of laborious study you have spent in making yourselves worthy of the distinction thus conferred. You are this day admitted to the privileges, and are so: n to assume the solemn and responsi ble duties, of one of the most honorable professions amonr men. In the 13th century Frederick 11 published an edict that no one should practice medicine in the Kingdom ofNsples until he had been ex amined by the faoulty of Salems. The candidate after passing bis examination upon the Therapeutics of Galen, the first book of AvioeDria and the Aphorisms of Hippocrates, was required to take an oath that he would be pure in life, submissive to the laws, would not share the profits of the apothecary, and would attend to the poor gratuitously. Thus early was made a condition precedent to the privileges and honors of your profession an obligation, the observance of which ever afterward ranks it as one of the oblest pursuits in life, and the genuine Doctor of Medicine as ODe of the noblest benefactors of mankind. It is well upon the threshbold of this a Dew career to pause and consider, for a moment, the im portance of this eventful period in your histories and prospect the way that lies before you. It is always wise to discern the difficulties that beset our paths, as it is manly and noble to meet and overcome them. Whatever your attainments may be, you enter upon the practice of your profession under the same disadvantages that attend the commencement of every other pursuit. If you cast yonr lot among strangers, they are not quick to test your skill. It you locate among the friends and amid the scenes of earlier days, you will soon learn that a prophet is not without honor save in his own oountry. Now and then you will find a man at whose ap- j preach every difficulty vanishes as if terror stricken by the boldness of his step and | the intrepidity of his mien it would de cline the contest so bravely offered and leave bis path unobstructed. Sometimes, J though rarely, the world furnishes a man who plods no weary way to the goal of his j ambition, bat fixing his eagle eye upon some glorious height, with oue swift, bounding flight attains the lofty eminence, “not timed and worn as if he from the earth had labored np, but like some proud bird, of heavenly plumage fair, who down from higher regions came and perched him there to see what lay beneath. ” With most of us our fledgling pinions are leaden. "The way is long and rough, ] the moors are dreary and the woods are ’ dark.” The obstacles that beset our path, instead of fleeing at our distant approach, put on a grimer visage, and we must meet t hem squarely and grapple them witn the ooorage of a sublime manhood before they yield the way for our advancement. If you have pursued the study of medi cine not for intelleotual accomplishment, but expect to enter upon its practice, your lives must be lives of unceasing mental and physical toil- You are to wear out your own in mending and keeping in repair the bodies of others. To you alone among the toiling sons of men the Sabbath brings no hallowed rest from duly labor nor night sweet, uninterrupted sleep. A thousand difficulties encompass the young practitioner of medians or law, but even these arc not without their sure ro ward. Adversity is the experimentum cruris by which Fortune tests tho compo sition of men’s characters. Ordinarily her favors are not bestowed upon those who have not first proven then.selves worthy, or, if otherwise, they come as curses, not blessings. That these obstacles may be surmounted, you have but to look at the achievements of the science of med icine and the bright examples of its early devotees. Like all the others, it has had its periods of darkness, its struggles with ignorance and superstition ; hut, keeping paco with the progress and development of the human mind, it has gloriously tri umphed over all, and grown from a system of superstitious rites into a noble science, guided by the soundest reason and the wisest philosophy. While called upon to overcome obstacles so formidable, endure hardships so trying, and make sacrifices so great, these should excite a resolute pur pose to reap the rewards and achieve the honors promised by a close, diligent, hon orable pursuit of your profession. It holds out to you triumphs less oonspicuous, per haps, thaD those offered by other pursuits, but no Las glorious. It affords rewards not attended with such public demonstra tion, and yet more valuable because more substantial. The honorable degree of Doc tor of Medicine just conferred upon you is a key with which to unlock the secret chambers of private life. It is a passport of admission entitling you to enter where the closest friendship would be an intruder. It insures you a welcome to the hallowed precincts of the household, consecrated to its members aod the family physician. While other men pursue their professions in the outer world, it anoints you High Priests, whose sacred sanction it is to offi ciate in the very sanctum sanctorum of private domestic life. The popular orator finds his reward in the unmeaning plaudits of the unthinking multitude that to-day cries “huzza,” to-morrow “crucify him.” Youhave a higher reward in the simple but earnest “Goa bless you” of some poor suf fererwhohas been relieved by your patient vigilakce and skiil. The warrior achieves his faite upon fields of carnage and death ; desolation and ruin are the monuments of his greatness. It is your province t j follow in his trick like angels ot mercy and peace, and heal the wounds he inflicts. “I he drying up a singl? tear hath more of honest tame than shediing seas of gore.” The Min istry, Medline and Law may be called the great intellectual pursuits nt 'ifo Not that other pursuits do not require the ex ercise of the intellectual faculties, but these do in a pre-eminent degree, and are generally held in higher favor by those aspiring to tie greater distinctions among men. The frst is unquestionably most important, because without it man must - lapse into barbarism, and because of its greater importance should be most highly esteemed. Os the other two, medicine and law, thert are those who believe that the science if medicine is a system of charlatanism; its practice mere guess work—that kils a* often as it cures; that most lawyers are rascals—all must neces sarily be liars; and tbe law a system of trickery to kelp those versed in it to cheat the initiated. These opinion”, however, are oonfined to the uneducated and the ignorant, and in every community they are most highly esteemed as the two grand rival professions in life, and re garded as both honorable and useful. The one unquestionably opens a wide field for distinction, and perhaps upon no arena in life has more mental power and culture been displayed than at the forum. Tho other employs in its theory research as profound, philosepfiy as wise, accomplish ments as varied ; while its practice greatly tends to develop, cultivate and mature the cardinal virtues of the heart. The highest honors of the one are attained upon the bench, and judicial preferment, in the days when it was sought by honorable means aod bestowed only upon the meritorious, af forded honors to satisfy the most exalted aspirations. The other has its positions of rank and eminence, and you, geDtlemon, may attain them by an unswerving pur pose and patient industry. The one has its Coke, its Blackstone and others, whose resplendent genius illumines tho brightest pages ot legal love. The other has its Hippocrates, its Harvey and others whose researches and labors shall bless the world as long as humanity is the victim of dis ease and death. The one has its upright, illustrious Judge, who has been painted by a master-hand, as seated in his chair of office “with a ray of glory about hu head; his ermine without spot or blemish; his balance in his right hand; mercy on his left; Bplendor and brightness at his feet, while his tongue dispenses truth, goodness, virtue and justice to mankind. The other has its model Doctor of Medicine, whom I would picture as clad in a robe of light, tbe noble impulses of his soul beaming from his tace with a radiance surpass.ng even that of his shining garment His feet shod with gentleness, he goes from palace to hovel, among the poor as well as the high, by night a3 well as day, with a pa tience that never tires and a vigilance that never sleeps, scattering with his right hand life and death, and with his left joy and peace and gladness wherever humanity suffers. The one is oftencr brought into disrepute among others, and brings shame and humiliation upon its own votariess, because it is more liable to be prostituted to wicked purposes and base uses. The law intended, always to be a blessing, is yet sometimes a curse —medi- oine never. Law is the soul of liberty, and yet its power is sometimes wielded to effect the purposes of the vilest despots that ever cursed the earth. An upright judiciary is the last hope of the people. 0 that I had the eloquence of a Burke, and the invective of a Curran, to speak of that worst enemy of liberty, a venal judge. No man need employ a quack, and he who does deserves to suffer fro n b : s nostrums. Each is free to select his own physician, whereas we are often compelled to yield to the mandates of an officer of the law whom we justly despise. Both are fountains from which blessings flow in crystal streams. The one with a calmness thatis never perturbed; of a purity that is ■ever completed, while every storm that sweeps over the adjacent sea of politics and stirs its dirty depths, lashes into fury, and contaminates the other. Whether then we regard the necessity that demands it, the universality of its blessings that come like the rain of heaven, and as copiously t io, upon all classes and conditions o) men ; the genius of the great men whose lives and labors mark distinctive epochs in its history —the distinguished intellectual attain ments and private moral worth cf those who pursue it, yours must ever be esteem ed among the most honorable pursuits of life. Go then upon your holy mission, maintaining asinviolablo as your private honor every law of your professional code. Remember that you are to sustain the far famed reputation of thejMedical College of Georgia, an institution that has ever stood the peer of the proudest in all this Southern land, an institution that shall yet live when its original founders, three of whom still fill eminent positions among its corps of Professors, shall have gone to join their departed compeers in reaping the eternal rewards of lives spent in assuaging the sorrows, comforting the distresses and relieving the sufferings of their fel'ow men. Do you ask for examples worthy of your imitation and achievements, worthy your highest aspiration, I point you to these sages of your profession who wear its highest honors as an every day gar ment, and the attainments oft hose Junior Professors who gite certain and honorable assurances that hey will be the worthy successors of those who have gone before. Remember that to live is not to eat and sleep and drink, nor even to enjoy a “sano mens in sano corpori,” but to think, to feel, to act, and may the career of each be such as to perpetuate in honorable memo ry, the names of these, your distinguished teachers, and that of your illustrious Alma Mater. j Dr. J. M. Whitttker, of Milledgeville, one of the graduates, who had been select ! ed by his class to respond in its behalf, was introduced by the Dean. Dr. Whittaker made a very appropriate and pleasing valedictory address to the au dience, his fellow students, and the faculty of his College. [communicated.] Crawfordville, Ga., Feb. 28, 1870. Editors Chronicle dc Sentinel: In yonr daily paper of the 25th inst. was a notice of a "distinguished visitor” in your city. The person so distinguished by your informant is my son. He was raised in this county and has never hired anywhere else until this year, and there has never been any charge of dishonesty, whatever, brought against him. He can establish as good a character for honesty as any young man in ’.his county, and has, at this time, as many friends, and the citi zens of this county wll sustain me in the assertion. I say your informant has told a positive falsehood and the citizens of Talia ferro will sustain me h this also. T have made inquiry and can learn of hut one horse being stolen in this county since the surrender, nor can I hear of any band of thieves or horses stolen in the adjoining counties. Your inforcant is the only one who seems to have any acquaintance with this band. A man so degraded as to lose all respect for truth and honesty to slander the innocent ought not to be countenanced. I refer to all respectable oitizens of Talia ferro to show that my ion has never rested under the shadow of sispicion of being a korse thief. Atlanta Constitution please oopy. m W. J, Rees. Dr. Wimbish, an enterprising planter of DeWitt county, Texas, after the over flow of last July had swept away his entire ootton and corn crop, immediately went to work and planted a good portion of his field in broom oorn. It yielded him 700 pounds to the acre. This he shipped to New Orleans, god after deducting all ex penses realized SB4 per acre. Disability Bill in Congress. Mr. Butler (R<a.), of Mass., from the Reconstruction Cotomittee, reported back the Senate bill removing political dis abilities from between four and five hun dred persons in various States. Some eight of the persons embraced had been elected to office in Mississippi, and if this bill were not passed they would be dis qualified. Mr. Whittemore offered as an amend ment the House bill, embracing about two thousand names. Mr. Cox, (Dem.) of N. Y., inquired of Mr. W hittemore whether there was any principle stated in the bill on which these names were reported. Mr. Whittemore replied that there was not. Mr. Cox—ls it proposed to attach to the original bill or to the amendment any system or amnesty, through the courts or otherwise ? Mr. Whittemore—Not at all. This is in a separate bill. Mr. Cox—l will never vote for a meas ure picking out meu I;- r.am.e. I want a general amnesty. Mr. Butler, said that no man in the House was more anxious than uimself to • get up a general bill to remove disabilities. Such a bill had been reported, and he i would press it at the earliest possible ’ moment; but that would take up consid- ! erable time in the House and Senate, and he was anxious that in the meantime this bill should be passed. After this he would not report any further personal disabilities bill until the House had passed upon a general amnesty bill. He was only sorry to feel himself obliged from the position of j the business to report this bill first, but he ! did feel so obliged. Mr. Brooks, (Item.) of N. Y., declared j himself opposed to the whole system of, peddling out pardons in detail; it was wrong from beginning to end, unworthy the character of the government, undigni fied and improper, and if there were no other member to vote against it he would vote against it alone. Tnere was much to be said against the people of the South, but there was also much to be said in their favor, of their heroism, of their Anglo- Saxou, native American pluck, of the wonderful resources they had exhibited. He desired to have them welcomed back, so that in ease of a foreign war they would fight alongside the people of the North in the common defence of the country. He had to feel proud ot their heroism and had felt proud of the generous terms accorded to them at Appomattox Court House by Ihe General of the Army, and he only wished that distinguished offi cer was as generous now as he was then — that he were less of a politician and more of a general. He wished that such gen erosity should be exhibited to the people of the South as that the government could safely calculate on the aid of their half million rifles in any war that it might be engaged in against England, France or Spain. There was no self-government in the South. More had been imposed on that people than had ever been imposed by any civilized people upon any subju gated nation. They had been robbed of self-government; the military had been placed over them ; their States had been reorganized by force ; they had been made slaves of slaves. Was not that punish ment enough? Was not that revenge enough? Had not the amplest desire of punishment been gratified ? He appealed to the House to rise to the magnitude of the occasion and threw wide open tho doors of pardon. Mr. Beck (Dem.,) of Kontucky, while agreeing with his friend from New York as to the propriety of passing a general am nesty bill, expressed his surprise at hear ing him say he would vote against this bill. For his part, he would vote for every bill removing the disability of any person. Mr. Vorhees, (Dem.) oflnd., ooncurred with his friend from Kentucky, and hoped the day of the promulgation of a general amnesty bill was not far distant. Mr. Farnsworth, (Rep.) of 111., express ed a like sentiment. Mr. Wood (Dem.) of N. Y., wasoppos ed to dealing out the clemency of Congress in these doses, and was sorry to believe that thev were prescribed by partisan com mittees outside and inside of Congress. Mr. Hotchkiss,. (Rep.) of N. Y., was in favor of rejecting this bill, so as to se cure the more speedy passage of a general amnesty bill. Mr. Maynard, (Rep.) of Tenn., moved to strike out the names of Messrs. Brown, McKennon, Wright, Thomas and Dun uington, of Tennessee. Messrs. Golladayand Randall opposed Mr. Maynard’s amendment and favored the passage of the bill. Mr. Maynard’s amendment was rejected arid Mr. Whittemore’s amendment was adopted. Mr. Porter (Rep ) of Va., moved to strike out the names of A. 11. Stewart, R. T. Daniels, F. Manzy, Willis G. Dance, R. S. Graves, James li. Cox, Asa Rogers and John H. Meredith, of Virginia. Re jected. Mr. Butler, Republican, of Massachu setts, said there was uo n' me in the bill of any person who had not applied for par-- don. If any of them should afterwards deny it then either his name was forged or he was a liar. As to the punishment in flicted on the people of the South, le should ask, who had been put on trial for treason? Whose property had been con fiscated? Who had been denied any right or privilege, except the opportunity of destroying by his vote the government which he had once attempted to over throw by arms? The Republican party had, with a magnanimity never before witnessed, been guided simply by the proposition, “nothing for punishment, everything for safety.” Just as fast as it was understood to be safe, and perhaps a little faster, disabilities had been removed, and if it were proclaimed that in every State of the South any man could express his sentiments on any subject, in a proper manner, without molestation, he would vote for a general amnesty. But that time had not yet come. Mr. Stokes, (Republican) of Tennessee, spoke in favor of the bill, and declared that he had been uniformly in favor of the removal of disabilities. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. i Captured and Abandoned Property. In the nited States Supreme Court, on Monday, decisions were announced in the case of he United States vs. Nelson Anderson, nd there are three other simi lar cases, all appeals from the Court of Claims. These were actions brought to recover the proceeds of captured and abandoned I property under the third section of the act of March 12th, 1863. The act provides that any person claiming to have been the owner of such property may at any _ time, within two years after the suppression of the rebellion, prefer his claim to the pro ceeds in the Court of Claims, and on pro- f of ownership and of loyalty, the residue shall be paid over to the claimant after deduction ol expenses attending the dis position of the property. The Government urged before the court below that the actious were not brought within two years from the_ time of the suppression of the rebellion in the sever al localities where the claim nts resided, and that such a limitation was the intention of the act; also that the Court of Claims I could not determine the amount of the net proceeds of the cotton and give judg ment for a specified sum. Both objections were overruled, and judgment given for the claimants. The Government appeals to this court where the judgment below is now affirmed, Mr. Justice Davis deliv- ering the opinion. Tbe court say, in substaned, that it can not be supposed that this act was intended to operate specially in respect to localities and the date of the suppression of the re bellion therein, but it must be considered to refer to the date of the suppression of the rebellion throughout the country, and to apply generally to ail sections; also that it could not have been the intention of Congress to leave that question to be determined by the people for themselves, or that the people were bound to take notice of the date of the suppression of the rebellion whenever it occurred, and to govern themselves accordingly, in regard to these claims and ail other matters. Some official mode of determining tbe question must be considered to have been contemplated by Congress. Accordingly rasa, by the act of Marea 2d, 186 1, recognized the 20th of August, 1866, as the time of the close of the rebellion, the date of the proclamation of the President, and that date is to be regarded for P® r * poses of litigation as the day on which the rebel ion ceased. The objection that the Court of Claims could not determine the amount of the proceeds and give judgment for a specific sum, could not be maintained without holding that that court was a mere commission, which this court de clined to assert. Mr. James Lawrence Bcruggs, a promi nent citizen of Holly Springs, Miss., is dead. m The Chinese Coming.- -Our planting friends on the coast, who are suffering from a deficiency of laborers, will be gratified by the information contained m the following note to the editor from an entirely reliaole source . g AVANVAH) March Ist, 1870. Editor Savannah Republican: gm ; —I learn from a friend in Hong Kong, under date of the 11th January, that two Southern gentlemen, Messrs. Gift and Williams, were then there making arrangements to send one thousand (1000) Chinese laborers to Savannah and New Orleans. My eorresf ondent adds that these gen tlemen found no difficulty in engaging She Chinese. Ha does, not, however, specify the terms of their contracts. Yours, faithfully, Devon. FROM OUR TRAVELLING tORRKSPON- I DENT. On THE Wing, Feb. 26, 1870. Editors Chronicle <fe Sentinel: There are many scenes in travellers’ life, pleasant and agreeable, that conspire to his admiration of that which is noble, generous and good; that strengthen the tie3 of social life and make the otherwise irksome hours pass softly away. While this is true he is often compelled to wit ness scenes not only repulsive to every sense of propriety, but reflect very seri ously upon tin future of society. The occasion to which I must allude was one rather rare in the history of my observa tions. Every passenger coach was crowded, the different shades of person and charac ter, age and sex were represented. Bot tles and cork screws, cold water and fresh air were in great demand. Criticisms and witicisms, frolic and mirth were the legiti mate results. These things, though wrong, may be allowable among men, nor do they detract from the manly and noble traits of character which 1 know many of them possess, but when ladies contract such habits and carry to excess the indul gence of a passion for intoxicating stimu lants, I must consider them, to say the least of it, highly reprehensible.— However bluDted in their moral sensibili ties and unscrufulous of the evil results of such a habit, they belong to what the world calls the upper-tendoni of its society, and for the honor of the sex, the protection of its virtue and happiness, they should scorn such nefarious practices. I would that such an embargo could be put upon the isms and customs of Europe and Yarkei dom, that they never would find a votary in Southern society. With the demorali zation of the times, there is no telling the inroads of vice upon th, purity and inno cence of our social worth. And though such instances as referred to are isolated, few and tar betweeu, they ought never to exist. After a sleepless, restless, and wearisome jaunt of near three hundred miles, at about daybreak I arrived at Social Circle. A sumptuous breakfast at the splendid railroad eating house of friend S >encer, and I took the hack for Monroe, in Wal ton oounty. Arrived about noon and found quite a crowd in attendance upon the Su perior Court Judge Floyd and Colonels Clark, of Newton, Billups, of Morgan, Thermond, ot dark, tilcon, of Gwinnett, and Hilyer, of Fulton, were present, and participated more or loss in the business of the Court. Entering the Court room, Sheriff Amor sons approached, and took me by the arm, and thence within the bar to a comfortable seat near the stove, where in about five minutes I was asleep. Though brief was the snooze, it was truly refreshing, and l arose, returned to the streets and found the heavens growing darker with clouds, and the winds piercing every-pore Late in the evening the sleet and si ow began to fall, as wo rarely witness it in this climate, and by night the hill tops and valleys, were covered, and the air ringing with the yells of the little boys, ready for tho frolic. On the next morning it commenced raining, and soon the bending trees and house tops wero relieved ot their load, and the streets filled with water and mud, which rendered them quite disagreeable to pedestrians. Altogether the weather was exceedingly unpleasant, and doubtless the people’s feelings correspond with it. On Thursday evening General Clark, of Social Circle, was thrown out of the hack by the team running away, and had his thigh broken, and received a severe, though not serious, bruise upon his bead. The sad affair, I learned, was occasioned by the negro driver being drunk, and fall ing from his seat over between the horses, at which they took fright. A few days previous a gentleman not far distant from Monroe, while engaged in felling a tree, which, in its descent, broke off a limb that flew back, striking him a blow from which he died in a few minutes. Os course these calamities fall heavily upon the friends of the unfortunates, who cherish a high appreciation of their merits as citizens of the county. Our friend, E. Nebhut, ot Social Circle, was on tho ground looking out tor agents to canvas for the illustrated History of the Holy Bible. This history is said to give a condensed and connected account of the most important events and distin guished characters of the Old and New Testaments, including the life of Christ and his Apostles, and embracing a period of four thousand years. Dr. Kitto has made many valuable contribu tions to Biblical literature, and by 'he aid of others no less distinguished in antiqui ties, this is, doubtless, the crowning work that hears his name. The book is gotten up on beautiful paper, with substantial binding, containing 780 pages, and is sold only through agents, some of whom Hearn are realizing from thirty to fifty dollars per week. Friend Nebut is anxious for agents to canvass every county in the State. I am under many obligations to Judge Clemons and his excellent lady for their kindness, and shall esteem it a great pleasure in visiting Monroe to stop with them. It is no drudge for them to enter tain the Chronicle & Sentinel, which they do with a hearty good will, and in a manner worthy of our admiration. Traveller. THE LATEST CHICAGO SENSATION. Mr Storey and the Blonde Burlesquers — What Caused the Difficulty and which Whipped in the Fight. The Chicago Times, in its account of the difficulty between its eaitor, Mr. Storey, and the Lydia Thompson Troupe, says that io the beginning the limes commented *e~ verely upon the character of the perform ances of the company. Tne blondes re plied by letter writing. The Times then threw out the advertisement of the opera from its columns, and denounced the whole affair. One of the company demanded a retraciou, to which no reply was made. The manager of the troupe then obtained an interview wit h the Times editor, but with no better success. The assault upon Mr. Storey was then p'anned and exe cuted. Iq regard to the affray itself, the Times gives the following testimony; This is what Levurett B. Sidway says about it: “When I got there, it was right in the midst of the thing- There were two women and four men. They appeared to be trying to get away from Mr. Storey. He bad in his hand a cowhide and a slim walking cane. As I came up to Storey,Jto speak to him, he turned around, facing me, as if he had just seen this man Hen derson, who was standing some fifteen feet away. He started towards Henderson, when Henderson said: “Don’t come near me, or I will shoot you 1” “He then nut his hand in his right hand coat pocket and pulled a pistol half way out. Alexander, somebody else, and myself then caught hold of Storey and stopped him from going toward Hender son—with a view of stopping the fracas. At the moment we caught hold of him, Lydia Thompson jumped from the car riage and struck him with a rawhide two or tbree times. Then somebody caught hold of her and shoved her in the car riage. A policeman then gqt the women into the carriage, andiwanted Storey to go to the police office, to which Storey said: ‘No. I have oleaned out afi these scamps and this is all I want.’ “At this time there was a large amount of loud talking and slang. He whipped the whole party like the devil.. I asked Storey why he didn’t use his pistol, and he said that he couldn’t get at it at first, and that when he could reach it he was afraid of shooting some of the bystand ers. ” I)r. B. P. Reynolds made the following statement : “1 was going up Wabash avenue in a buggy, and my attention was called to a crowd collected near the corner of Peck court. Mr. Swallow, of the firm of Swallow & Partridge, was with me. I said; ‘There is Mr. Storey, sure, and the blondes.’ I got out of the buggy, and they were lashing about; but I couldn’t tell all - who were engaged in the melee. Canes and cowhides were flourished; and I could see that Mr. Storey was in a brush with a tall man. He beat the man by taking away his cowhide. “Mrs. Storey was crying, and saying they would kill Mr. Storey. I tapped her on the shoulder, and told her to go home, and not to be so foolish, and that we would take care of Mr. Storey. “Mr. Storey then commenced talking to his assailants. He called Lydia Thomp son a low prostitute, See., and to the men he said, ‘You are pimps.’ They then went for him a second time. One man bad hold of him by the hair of the head, pulliDg him down, while another was slashing him with his rawhide. I went between them, and said ; ‘There are too maDy against one ; let us have a little more fair play.’ One of the men replied, ‘What have you got to do with it ?’ About this time a policeman came, and they all started to get into their carriages. As they did so, Mr. Storey said ; ‘See, I have beaten you all, you low set !’ I told the policeman if it had been anybody else, he could have arrested them before. He was a Dutchman, and replied, ‘Pi cot, I rinks I will arrest them now and as they started to go away, he said : ‘Stop ; you are under arrest. He then wanted Mr. Storey to get on the haok and go with him ; but he replied ; ‘I wouldn’t ride with the crowd ; Igo to the armory with that crowd ; I would not be seen on the same avenue with them.’ The party in the hack then drove off. There was four men engaged in the affair, and Mr. Storey had the best of it by a loDg way. Theie was a out on Mr. Storey’s ear, but it was not bad. I do not think I ever saw so much spunk as Mr. Storey exhibited. I patted him on the back and told him to pitch in.” Mr. E. S. Alexander tells the following story: “Last evening, at about ball-past five o’clock, I left my office with Mr. Cluskcy, of St. Louis, for my home. On driving up the avenue, just before arriving at Mr. Storey’s residence, I noticed on the side walk two or three women and the same number of men. I remarked that the blondes were there lor the purpose of whipping Mr. Storey. We drove up to the sidewalk, and Mr. Storey was then en gaged in a conflict with Miss Thompson and a man. Mr. Storey succeeded in ob taining from them a cowhide, and with that he drove them hack ; they attacked him again, and he drove them back a second time. He then followed up the man, who retreated backward, I should say forty or fifty feet, at the same time carrying his right hand in his right over coat-pocktt. At this time bad names were called by both parties. Mr. Storey called them harsh names, and they returned the compliment. Miss Thompson then made a third attack upon Mr. Storey. He raised his rawhide and eane with the in tention, evidently of striking. At the same moment, the man who had been en gaged in the matter stepped forward and received the blow over his own head. Im mediately the two men grabbed Mr. Storey by the hair. I then jumped from my carriage, and caught one man and took him away from Mr. Storey, and by the time I had turned around Mr. Storey and the other man were separated. “I then turned to Miss Thompson, and said she had created exoitemeut enough ; the best thing she could do was to get into her carriage and go home. She looked at me, and said : ‘I will do so, sir,’ and very quickly stepped into the carriage. “PauiiLe Markham was standing upon the lawn, evidently acting the part of a spectator, rather than a participant; I suggested that she should also enter the carriage ; she started to do so, and just at that time Mr. Sidway took Mr. Storey a little from them, when Miss Thompson jumped from the carriage again and ran to Mr. Storey, and with her little whip struck him over tho head and shoulders two or three times, although the blows were so light they could not injure him ; she then immediately returned and got into the carriage, and one of the men or dered the dr.ver to drive on ; at this moment a policeman came up and insisted on arresting Mr. Storey ; but Mr. Chase, of Chase Bros., Mr. Midway, and Mr. Sargent, of the firm of Sargont & Lee, all of us said: ‘You know you cau get Mr. Storey at any time,’ and tbe policeman then got up into the box and drove away ; I think Mr. Storey had the best of the thing by all odds; notwithstanding Mbs Thompson .and Miss Markham had suc i eeeded in striking him with a whip at the i same time, they had rot injured him at j all ; considering the number of his assail- I ants, he got along remarkably well.” The Gold Panic. Reports of the House Committee—Con clusions oj the Majority. Washington, March 1. -Gen. Garfield, Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency, made his report to day on tbe gold panic. It gives a circumstantial acoount of its history and comes to the following conclusions in view of all the testimony : 1. Prominent bankers and merchants who testified before the committee were neatly unanimous in the opinion that there was no sufficient reason for the exis tence of the Gold Exchange and Gold Ex change Bank; that they were sources of measureless evils and ought to be destroyed. 2. The gold conspiracy dealt a heavy blow at our credit abroad by shaking the faith of foreign capitalists in the etanility of our trade and the honesty of our people. Hundreds of firms engaged in legitimate business were wholly ruined or severely crippled. Importers of foreign goods for many days were at the mercy of gamblers and suffered heavy losses ; in fact, the en tire country was injured, the foundations of business and morality wero shaken, and numerous defalcations shortly followed that were clearly traceable to t' e mad spirit engendered by speculation. U. S. AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW. 3. The Committee find that the wicked and cunningly devised attempts of tho con spirators to compromise the President of the United States or his family have utter ly failed. Corbin, using the opportunity which his family relationship to the Presi dent offered, and uuder the worst form of hypocrisy which puts on the guise of re ligion and patriotism, used ail his arts to learn something from the private conver sations of the President which eould be profitable to him and his conspirators. MRS. GRANT. The report relieves Mrs. Grant and Gen. Porter Irom any suspicion of gold gam bling. All the public funds entrusted to Gen. Butterfield were faithfully accounted for. BUTTERFIELD. It is not conclusively proved that he was interested with the conspirators in the ex ercise of the price of gold, though, on this point, the t< siimony is conflicting. Gould swears positively that he bought two lots of gold for Butterfield, amounting in all to a million and a half dollars. But terfield, also under oath, denies this state ment. Both Fisk and Gould swear they received messages from Butterfield and answers to messages they sent during the day of the panic in reference to news from Washington, and this statement reoeives somesupport from Brown, a messenger of the sub-Treasury. It is proved by tho testimony that dur ing the days of the panic two firms— brokers— sold gold by Butterfield’s orders and for his profit, and that during bis whole term of office he was dealing largely in United States bonds on his own accoum. When asked by the committee whether he knew of any officer of the United States who was directly or indirectly interested in gold, he answered unqualifiedly in the negative, but when afterward confronted with the testimony of Seliguiao, concern ing his purchases of gold, he admitted it was true. REMEDIAL LEGISLATION SUGGESTED. •. The Committee recommends the adop tion of the following resolutions ; That the Comraittoe on Ways and Means be instructed to report a bill levy ing such tax on the transactions of the Gold Exchange and Gold Exchange Clear ipg Houes as in their judgment the inter ests of the aountry demand. That the Committee on Judiciary be in structed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill to define and punish con spiracy against the credit of the United States and the business of its people. That the Committee on Banking and Cuireney be instructed to inquire whether any further legislation is necessary to pre vent the improper use of certified checks by national banks, and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise. MINORITY REPORT—THE INVESTIGATES PARTIAL AND INCONCLUSIVE. Messrs. Cox and Jones unite in a mi nority report. They contend the inception of the gold plot was involved in the ap pointment of the Assistant Treasurer at New York ; that it was encouraged by chaoging the policy of Secretary McCul loch ; that sales of gold, if at all made, should be regulated by law ; that the com mittee refused to investigate theconduct of persons, inch ding the President, in Wash ington, and that, therefore, the investiga tion was partial. NEW YORK—-WHITEWASHING. New York, March ].— The testimony before the Special Congressional Commit tee in regard to the gold plot is published. It is volumn'ous and dearly indicates tbe cause of the panic. The Times this morning in reviewing the report says that the whole story comes to this : Boutwell undoubtedly acted as he believed, in the interest of the public. Fisk & Gould, though they were going to make a fortune by sending up the price of gold, and they believed that Corbin would further their scheme. They also tried to get Gen. Butterfield on their side, and it must be owned that he does not come out of the affair with perfectly clean hands. Fisk and his associates did not find the plot to work well, but Gould modestly declined to say how much they made out of it on the whole. Finally, the President and OQe or two others, who were scandal ously traduced at the time, are shown to have acted throughout with the highest indignity. Acts of the South Carolina Legis lature.—The Governor has approved the following Acts: To incorporate the Wil mington and South Carolina Railroad Company; to incorporate the Enterprise Railroad Company of Charleston ; to in corporate a Homo for invalid clergymen ; to provide for a Sinking Fund and the management of the same; to limit the cost of Criminal Prosecutionr.to provide for fill ing vacancies in County offices; to authorize the State Treasurer to issue Certificates of State stock to Richard P. Buck; to restore to the family of Isaac Haithcock, de ceased, a tract of land in Sumter; to incor porate the Plymouth Congregational Church of Charleston ; to incorporate the Charleston Banking and Trust Company ; to provide for the appointment of Trial Justices; the joint resolution authorizing the Attorney General to institute proceed ings against tbe South Carolina Railroad Company, for violation of charter ; the joint resolution authorizing the State Treasurer to reissue to Alex. Robertson, J. F. Blacklock and E. P. Coachman, certain Certificates of stock. The Masonic fraternity of Gaudaloupe county, Texas, propose forming a joint stock company for the purpose of erecting a Masonic Hall. Fifteen hundred dollars has already been subscribed. Tb® Colton U maid act! Suppij. The arrivals of cotton at the Southern ports up to the tl.se of the cotton on Friday last continued to be large, ~i «l showed important gains on the previoi s season. The receipts for the week closi, y with Friilay were 96,424 hales, against 98 544 the week before, and 74,378 for tl e coriesponding period last year. New (J - Fans has been the receiver for the laie r vi lurne of the increase, the arrivals there having been 46,836 bales, as opposed to 25,659 last sea. on. The steady and full amount of the receipts has exceeded the anticipations of ina. y, and the largest C. ti mates are now finding advocates, the Lears having the field ; but there arc those who still look for such an early and rapid reduction of supplies as will bring „ ext , re! *.’ e tsfi-'uutes now made into smaller limits. Ihe receipts a‘ the South ern ports have been about as follows up to the latest dates: 1870. 1869. New Orleans, Feb. 25. 804,059 659,715 Mobile, Feb. 25 242,783 182*869 Savannah, Feb. 24 387,769 282 864 Charleston, Feb. 24 190,199 152,:56n Lxas, Feb. 18 148,881 100,3:>6 Florida, Feb. 19 14,652 15*41 ;> N. Carolina, Feb. 19... 44,757 30,019 Virginia, Feb. 19 158,740 113,140 „ 1,991,840 1,537.706 Newkork, Feb. 18 ... 66,869 59,185 Total receipts 2,058,709 1,596,891 1 his table shows the leceipts to be neat ly half a million in exess of those to the eor responding date last year, aud only about a quarter of a million less than the en ire receipts ot the crop of 1868. The stock on hand amounts to 349,189 bales, against 369,735 at the corresponding date last ycai, showing that consumption keeps pace witu the large excess in the receipt over the crop of 1868. The following table shows (lie quantity of cotton in sight at Liverpool, Feb. 17th o’ each of the two past seasons; 1870. 1869. Stock in Liverpool bales 316 000 277,000 Stock in London 91.088 119,426 Stock in Glasgow 350 * ’414 Stock in Havre 70 020 50,850 Stock in Marseilles 5,209 4,450 Stock in Bremen 5,900 7,750 Stock rest of Coutinum... 32,000 10,000 Afloat tor G reat llritaiu (American) 217,000 125.000 Afloat for Havre(Ameri can and Brazil) 42,134 33 995 Total Indiau cotton afloat for Europe 97,556 104,042 Stock in United States Ports.... 546,727 419,545 Stock in inland t0wn5....111,129 90.708 Total 1,535,104 1,302,860 These figures indicate an increase in the cotton in sight of 232,224 biles compared with the same date oi 1869. Stock of cotton held by Manchester spinners at the mills now, 60,000 bales ; same time 1869, 85,000 bales. What the course ot the market may be for some time to come is, of course, a mat ter of the deepest importance, not only to the special interests more immediately concerned, but also to the great mass of consumers. Upon this point, however, the data are not sufficiently reliable to warrant anything more than conjectural estimates- But assu p ances are sufficiently clear, says the New York Economist , that nothing like the breakdown in prices, an ticipated in some quarters, is probable or even possible. The grounds for anticipa ting the extreme reduction are based upon the similar codapse of the grain market in the West. But there is very little analo gy between the two races. The South is in a much better condition to hold the balance of the cotton cron, and is much more certain of a market for it than the West was in relation to grain. The world’s supply of cotton is widely known, and so far nearly one-third of tho Ameri can crop still remains in planters’ hands. Hitherto they have sent the crop forward in large quantities under the inducements of high prices. But any material decline is almost certain to reduce receipts, aid this event will not be without its influence upon the market. The London Times gives the following estimate of the sources from which the English cotton spinners will draw their supplies i'or the current year, commencing Jan. 1 : Bales. United States 1.275,000 India 1,600,000 Brazil 550,000 Egypt 230,000 West Indies 150,000 . 3,805,000 Estimated exports 850,000 Total 2,955,000 These estimates leave a supply of 55,- 000 bales of cotton per week for English consumption during the year, against 50,000 bales a week last year. Tho actual consumption last year was 3,347,000 bales (of4oo lbs. each.) This year 800,000 bales additional will be required to keep the cot ton mills in full supply. The United States will probably Hend forward its anticipated quota, but it is extremely doubtful whether India will sustain her proportion. The accounts from that quarter are deoidedly less favorable. Mail advices from Bom bay, Jan. 8, state that the market is com paratively bare of stock, that the receipts are consideraly less than at tho correspond ing period in the preceding year, and that the accounts from the interior are less en couraging. Telegraphic dispatches from that port represent the shipments to Jan. 28 as 25,000 bales less than at the corre sponding period last year. Western India will scarcely reach an average, and from Brazil we learn that tho competition of China will prevent any increase in the ex ports for Europe. Altogether the accounts from India are by means reassuring, and as a large portion of the increased supply must come from that quarter, it would ap pear that the misgivings of the London Economist , respecting a plentiful supply, were not a'together unfounded, it is to be* remembered that prices have an im- Eortant influence upon the Indian supply. frates are high the cotton is sen; forward in abundance ; but a reduction cain - h o be retained for the home marker. At any rate the English cotton manu facturing districts are beginning to present a more prosperous appearance tliau t,t any period since the cutting off tin- supplies by our civil war. Factories are starling up, and, at last accounts, the cot sum. - tion was at ti e rateof 57,000 b Ls prr week, an excess of 2,000 bales over ih estimates ol the London linus. It wa favorable sea ure that while raw cottoi has declined in price, the manufacture has not increased. This indicates a healthy activity in the go eral trade rn d promises well for the future. It is an es tablished feature of the English oo ton trade that the. demand should increase with low and diminish with high prices. The present exception to the rue, in Lan cashire, shows how closely the supply has been limited to actual consumption. There were no stocks of goods on hand, and prices necessarily advanced with an im proved demand. A similar condition of affairs is likely to occur on this sido of tbe water. In case of an improvement in business we may see an advance in the price of cotton goods in the face of a de cline in tbe raw material, simply a.-; a re sult of the l educed stocks oo hand. While a review of the cotton market may be regarded as unfavorable to high prices, yet it by no means warratts the an ticipations of any important reduction. The demand and supply are so Dearly equal that, in the absence o( finan ial em barrassments, no important fluctuations are likely tooocur. The increased activity iu Lancashire will cause a sharp compeli tion for cotton. The same causes that produce an increased consumption io Eng land also operate oo the continent of Ku rop‘, with the result of an increased de mand for the staple. It is so much to the interest of the foreign manufacturers to keep down prices; and they know so ex actly the amount that is likely to he thrown upon the market, that they will not bid against each other to any serious extent. But still the improved consump tion is so likely to keep pace with the in creased supply that there is no good reasou why American holders should yield any material concessions in price. It is to ho remembered that there is always a bear movement in cotton when the new crop comes forward, and last year those who held their stock the longest realized the highest prices. Heavy Telegrams.— The New York, Newfoundland and Lncdon Telegraph Com pany have brought suit, in ti e Court of Claims, against, the Uoited States, for pay for sending five dispatches in “code, or cipher,” from Hon. W. H. Seward, Secre tary of State, to liie British and Frcuoh Ministers from the United States, as fol lows : Nov. S<. law. Sew.-d to Bl.olow tVJ.uo to Nov. <9, beward to Adam* 1,400 Cos Not. 80,1866, Seward to Bi/elow M»7 16. 1867, Howard to Adama 2 W 75 00 May 28,1867, Seward to Adanii ... .... 4.54) 0, Total in gold SsJmTtTi Mr. John Guthrie, sen., for many years a ruling elder in the Presbyterian churches of Tinkling Spring and Waynesboro, Au gusta county, Va., died at a very advanced age, about the year 1840, leaving a family of ten children,.four sons and six daughters all of whom are now living. The age of the family aggregate six hundred and seventy years, making an average of sixty seven years. Mr. Guthrie never lost a child ; his entire house hold remain until this day. Five of the daughters are now widows. His sons aro all citizens of Au gusta oounty, where they have spent long and useful lives. An extwuive oarriage and buggy faotorv ii 1a proaaaa of areetion in Ralaigh, N. (j,
