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Orijc lllcclvln Press. SATURDAY January !), 180'.) The Ogeechee Riots There is no denying that there is an organization on the Ogeeche river, near Savannah, which recklessly takes hntan life, seizes property belonging to , other people, and resists the legal au thorities when an attempt is made to arrest any member of the gang. So far, they have been too powerful for the officers of the law, and those en . tiered to assist them - . It is the inter est of the white and colored popula tion that this band should be summa rily crushed. If possible, the blacks have a deeper interest in the suppres sion of the outbreak than the whites. They’ should show that they have neither affiliation or sympathy, with these infamous members of tlieir race. There can be but one conclusion to all such' emeutes. Those engaged in them will meet with a terrible fate, if it takes the entire power of the State to accomplish that result. No part of the State can or ought to be surrendered to any lawless class. The people of the State have an equal interest with the people of Savannah in bringing these murdering marauders to j ustice. And we would most respectfully suggest that all the facts should be officially laid before the Governor and he called upon to use his influence and authority, as the Chief Executive of the State, in sus taining the legal, authorities in sup pressing the mob. If the Governor responds, these ignorant and brutal men would see that they had no sym pathizers anywhere. If the Governor declined to interfere, the responsibility would rest on his shoulders. If the State authorities would take some action, these negroes would see that they were not only fighting the officers and people of Savannah, but were making war on the people of the State. We throw out this suggestion for the consideration of our Savannah friends, hoping it may meet their approval. Spirit of the Georgia Press. The Constitutionalist, of Friday, lias a leader devoted to the recon struction of Georgia. It quotes, with hearty approval, an argument of the .Journal of Commerce , taking the ground that reconstruction is as much needed in Indiana as in Georgia: Apropos of this subject, it gratifies us to learn'that Senator eicct 11. V. M. Miller writes from Washington that he has had a lengthened interview with General Grant, during which the Georgia imbroglio was passed upon in full. The President elect virtually declared that “if we can manage to hold our present status until the till of March, all will he well; that there will he no more reconstruction by Congress, so far ;i> Georgia is concerned.” "If we can hold our present status until the 4th of March”—there’s the rub. Just as the f’amilia affair was stirred up for Con gressional purposes, so the Ogecclice outrage is traceable to the same source and inspira tion. Aaron Alpeoria Bradley rallies his “Ogeecliees,” and Senator Edmunds and the Bnllockites jubilate and feel happy thereat. The true people of Georgia are most willing and most anxious to preserve their present status, bad as it is, until the 4th of March ; but the evil-minded and desperate are evi dently determined to keep up tlieir infernal agitation to the last. They sow tl*e wind ; they shall surely reap the whirlwind. We may be thwarted in our endeavors for*pcacc; they shall not always triumph. In another article our neighbor con tends that “State Eights is not dead, but slcepctli;”—and quotes Re vmtuY Jon ns o.\ to prove it. The Chronicle <0 Sentinel lias very little politics. In addressing its read ers it says: If we have given offence to any one—if we have, in the excitement of the moment, and under the influence of strong feelings, aroused by what wc considered foul wrongs, j-.poken too harshly of some who, in other and hotter days, wc were wont to consider as gentlemen, and esteem as friends, we plead in extenuation the great interests at stake, and the helpless and dependent condition of 1 our beloved native State. We have endeav ored to sustain, untarnished and undeiiled, the fair escutcheon of the glorious old Com monwealth, and have contested with her enemies every inch of ground in their at tempt to enslave and degrade her. The policy which we have advocated, and t!ie principles for which we have contended, we still maintain and cherish. Wc take no steps backwards on this point. But if, in our advocacy of these, we have been un necessarily rude or personally too bitter, with the ushering in of hapfiy New Year’s morn, we express our regrets, and crave the indul gence of our friends. Mr. P. J. Berck.ma.ns lias a very neat Salutatory as Agricultural. Editor of the paper. The Savannah Republican of the 31st, in a very temperate article justi fies the recent sale of that city’s Rail road stock to the Central and other Railroads. One paragraph will give the reader an idea of the spirit ol the article : We regret to set that some of our interior cotemporaries are disposed to discuss the question with considracblc acrimony, and wc hear that persons interested in other roads arc denouncing all the parties to the recent trans fer, taking it for granted—as one of our Savannah contemporaries did—that the ob ject of the move was to break down the .Macon & Brunswick road. The grounds of this idea we cannot exactly comprehend, and wc feel pretty sure it did not occur to either one of the contracting parlies. We do not sec how it is possible for any combination of interests, not including that road, to prevent its extension through to Brunswick, and con sequently its doing business vvilli the seaboard on its own terms. If the idea lie that the Brunswick road is to be allowed no freights to or from Savannah, it is simply to charge the parties, nearly every one of whom 1 hat took an active part in this matter is identified with Savannah, with downright stupidity.— To build up Brunswick would certainly ben efit neither Savannah, nor the purchasers of her interest in the Gulf road. Yet such would lie the certain result of a refusal to deliver freights to, or receive them from, the Macon and Brunswick road on equitable terms. The News of the same date de nounces in unmeasured terms the Ogeechee rioters and those responsible for them. The Savannah Republican ol yes terday refers to the Ogeechee Rebel lion, and from the following it would seem the editor is by no means satis fied with the efforts of the authorities for the suppression of the outbreak: The extraordinary condition of affairs on the Ogeechee plantations, full details of which have been given from day to day, continues to exist, not only without abatement, but with an excess of lawlessness and outrage which promises to make what is already seri ous, most alarming. The management of the civil authorities in its measures for the suppression of the outbreak, has up to this time most signally failed. Sensible men, wc apprehend, looked for no other result, for the whole thing has been managed with a degree, of indecision and purility that is little short of disgraceful. The Sheriff, witli his possee, made a second attempt yesterday at something —we don’t know exactly what —but be had papers in bis pocket for somebody’s arrest , and returned without accomplishing any thing, his means being inadequate to the end. In the mean time the AvliitS inhabitants, men, women, and children, have all been driven from their homes, their or de livered to the flames, and the results of the entire year’s labor and capital of one of the Wealthiest districts of the South, eitlieqde stroyed or appropriated by the insurrectionists. The Macon Telegraphy of yesterday, in reference to the report that General Grant demands the repeal of the tenure-of-officc bill, uses the following language: These facts borne in mind, the vital char acter of the issue made by General Grant will be clearly comprehended. He means to go into oflice armed with- the whole constitu tional panoply of the lofty position ; for be knows he will need it all, in bis great-pend ing struggle with the hydra of universal corruption, waste, misappropriation and mis management, which pervade all branches of the public service, and which have raised our Government expenditures to $372,000,000 in 1868 from $03,000,000 in 1860 ! If he means to confront and correct abuses, the whole success of his administration de pends upon liis being a constitutional Presi dent, armed with all the rights and remedies established by law and precedent, and not the mere powerless and defenceless creature of Congress. The law and the Constitution make him a co-ordinate department of the Government — as supreme in his sphere as Congress in its — and the people will back him to the fullest extent in his efforts to reconquer the ancient Com titutional boundaries of the Presidential oflice. Congress must yield to these just and equitable demands—no matter how reluctant that body may be to give up power and con fess error and wrong-doing. If they refuse a repeal, the President will disregard and defy the act, and a second issue of Presiden tial impeachment under its Constitutional provisions will not end so favorably to Con gress -as the last one. Wc hope the matter will be settled by an amicable concession by Congress of claims and powers which they will find it impossibic to justify and retain. The Constitutionalist ol Sunday, in an article on the “ Old and the New,” has a glowing word-paiuting of the losses of the South during the war, and speaks hopefully of her ability, by an improved agricultural system, to regain her lost wealth. The Chronicle & Sentinel oi the same day continues its arguments in favor'of the farmer obtaining all the profits that is now realized on cotton by the middle men. The laws of trade are inexorable, and can neither be changed by the farmer or the Chron icle. The Macon Telegraph, of the 3d, opposes any general legislation by the Georgia Legislature when it assembles on the 13th. It thus advises the Gen eral Assembly : We hope the Legislature will realize the momentous nature of the crisis, and be ex ceedingly chary in relation to its course and attitude.' We see no proper occasion for much talk or action when its own legal right to existence is called into question by the United States Government. That fact alone properly precludes all attempts at general legislation, and renders any prolonged dis putation equally needless and untimely. The plan of Senator Burns strikes us a natural and just one—that the Legislature, by a single resolution, should make its appdhl to the supreme judiciary of the State aqd the United States—disclaim all intention to con travene the reconstruction legislation of Con gress, and adjourn. That is enough Jo do, in our judgment. If there he any point of compromise-short of the extreme purposes of the Radical ma jority in Congress, that will indicate it. Congress, which undertakes to pronounce sentence oi condemnation ex cathedra and ex parte , will rest upon a proposition for a judicial decision upon the points in contro versy, or it will accept no compromise at all. The experiment will be -an appeal to that body in behalf of th’c simplest principles of law and justice, and* if it fails, nothing would serve us. That, and all other previous and subsequent action of the Legislature, will probably be annulled in case the Senate judiciary bill prevails, and therefore it will he idle to attempt general legislative business. , The Telegraph, also announces the tact that flic Judge of lire Superior Court of the Macon circuit, at suit of certain stockholders of the Southwest ern Railroad, had granted a bill of in junction “against the Southwestern Railroad Company, forbidding the purchase by said companies of stock in the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company recently transferred to them, or either of them, by the city of Sa vannah, and restraining said compa nies from all attempts to control, through said stock, the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, and the commercial and bustness interests of Central, Southern, and Western Georgia! This looks as if tho Savannah monopolists were to be met with vigorous opposi tion to tlieir selfish and grasping policy. The Columbus Jhhiquirer of’the 3d spoaks favorably of the proposition to refer the Georgia question to the Su preme Court of the United States. This seems to us a fail* and just means of disposing of a much-vexed ques tion. The Atlanta Constitution of the 2d has been given fresh courage by “a gentleman of Atlanta just-.returned from Alabama,” as follows. All such reports are very cheering, and will cause those mischievous politicians who feed on our country’s misfortunes to tremble in tlieir boots: From a gentleman of Atlanta who has just returned from Montgomery, where he had been spending the holidays, wc learn that, as far as liis observation extended, then; is a general disposition among the white popula tion to eschew political matters, for the pre sent at least. Conscious of their inability to arrest the evils already upon them, they are wisely directing their energies to the estab lishment of trade in its "various departments, and more especially to the dcvelopcment of the agricultural interests of the State Though the cotton crop of last year fell far short of the year proceeding, yct_ planters, in consequence of advanced prices* have real ized sufficient profits to more than counter balance the difference. Hence the bouyancy of farmers generally as to the succeeding crop. The negroes having obtained all they can hope for, in a political point of view, are seconding the efforts of planters and readily contract for another year, on the basis of a certain'interest in the crop. This seems to bo the plan universally adopted, and most of tlie freedmen, after having got fairly at work, generally adhere to tlieir obligations. They do not, of course, work as industrious ly as in times past; but tlieir indulgence in that idleness so peculiar to tlieir race, is in a measure counteracted by tlie fact that all hands having an equal interest in tlie pro ceeds of a united labor, even tlie obtuse in tellect of Sambo can perceive that a drone is the common enemy of all. Does the Test Oath and the Four teenth Amendment Conflict? Those who conceived and advocated to its final adoption the much-agitated Fourteenth Amendment, evidently in tended one of its principal provisions to operate as a punishment of a par ticular class of tlie people of the South who aided" the Confederacy in her late struggle for independence. It specifi cally prohibits any and every person who held a United States office or a Stale office that required an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, before the war, and afterwards voluntarily aided the Confederacy, from holding any office under the Government, or in any State, unless relieved of his so-called disabilities by a vote of two-thirds of Congress. Now*, wo hold that by the ratification of this Amendment, the. people under stood and intended to declare that the class wc have just mentioned should not hold any State or Federal office without Die consent of Congress. It absolutely bars politically that class from holding official position except by the consent of two-thirds of (lie U. S. Senators and members of Con gress. The Constitution says to these Con federates, “ you cannot hold office except on certain conditions;” and, according to our interpretation of the meaning of tlie Amendment, it means that all other cx-Confcderates have a right to hold office, and that the Test Oath is in direct conflict with this fundamental law of the land. As the authorities now construe the law, the most conspicuous leader of secession, with hi/3 disabilities removed, has a decided advantage over the humblest volunteer in the Confederate army. Wc will illustrate a case from Geor gia. At the election for members of Congress, Gen. P. M. B. Young and J. 11. Christie, Esq., of tlie Athens Watchman, were elected to Congress from tlieir respective districts. Gen. Young, from the fact of liis having been a cadet at West Point, was ineligible under the Fourteenth Amend ment —he had to be re moved. Mr. Christie, oh the other hand —who has ever been and is now a very moderate man —had none. Gen. Young’s disabilities were very properly removed, and he is allowed to take liis seat. In this case the Fourteenth Article meant that Chris tie, not coming under its prohibitory clause, was eligible, and that Young was ineligible. But is Christie al lowed to take his seat? Not at all. He is confronted with the test oath, a mere statute of Congress. He cannot take it, and it is at once announced that he has disabilities to be removed. Nonsense! He is not proscribed by the Constitution. A law which is in conflict with the Fourteenth Amend ment prevents the carrying out what we conceive to be the only legitimate interpretation of its intent and meaning. Decidedly Personal. We hope wo may be' pardoned for transferring to the Daily Press the following from the La Grange Re porter, the neatest and Host conducted paper in the-South. Tho . editor, has known us for many years, and, whilst evidently over-rating our capacity, does us no more than simple justice in his reference to our aspirations and in stincts. Here is his cordial New Year’s greeting: The National Rki’Ukltcan. -Mr. E. 11. Pugtte, the proprietor of this paper an nounces that the Augusta Daily Press will bo resumed, to supercede the liepiililtytm, to be continued as an independent news, Com mercial and agricultural journal, and to be published and conducted hy that old veteran of Georgia journalism, Col. C. It. 1 bin loiter, whose reputation as a printer, editor and journalist is second to no man in this State. # -x- * With open anus and a joyful hear.tj we welcome Col. Hanleiter’s return to journalism, a profession lie has adorned as lew men have in Georgia. It is truly Ids legitimate profes sion in file. Trained from early boyhood in all the dutios«of a printing-office—-ascending by regular gradation, from “printer’s devil” to tlie editorial tripod—no one knows or un derstands better the duties and requirements of tlie profession, or is more capable of cater ing for the cultivated, intellectual tastes of an exacting public with success and honor to himself or the journal over which ho will preside. A Georgian by birth, interests and all the associations of a long and useful lil e, every aspiration of his heart, every instinct of his nature, every impulse of his soul, are in perfect unity and accord with the true and honored people of his State. When we say that wc receive him back into the editorial fold with open arms and joyful heart, we but feebly express our sin cere pleasure at his return. Under his able and judicious management we wish the Au gusta Daily Press a career of usefulness and prosperity. Remember Your New Year’s Vows. In this professedly Christian land nearly every person—save that degen erate class lost to all sense of responsi bility to Society and to God —on the first of January of each year, make many brave resolves to reform great and small faults. It is highly probable that the first of the present year fur nished no exception to the general rule. On the presumption that most thoughtful persons determined, on Friday last, to “turn over anew leaf ” for the year, we venture to remind them that promises arc more easily broken than observed; and that, if they would faithfully fulfill their New Year’s vows, it will be necessary to constantly remember their purport and importance. Reader! this is only the third day in the New Year—have you not already violated some of: your bravest pledges? If so, don’t abandon your resolves. Stick to them. The first and greatest resolve which it was the duty of every person to make was never to forget that every “good and perfect gift” comes from the Christian’s God ; that wc are not the mere creatures of accident, but were placed here for a wise and good purpose, and that our Maker will never turn a deaf ear to the earnest, honest prayer of Faith. Those who do not forget will not be forgotten by Him. If all other pledges arc forgot ten, be sure to remember your Maker. If, during the last year, there lias been too much extravagance in your family expenditures, you have doubt less Solemnly promised to * stop all leaks this year. This is a very im portant matter to every adult. I3ut those who have not educated them selves to practice rigid economy, will find it' a hard matter. A book where in every cent expended, and the arti cle or articles purchased, will serve as an oxccllent monitor of economy. The keeping of pass books, to set down weekly or monthly family sup plies purchased of the grocer, is an extremely bad practice. It is so con venient to pick up a pass book and run to the grocer’s, that, before heads of families arc aware of it, they are heels over head in debt for articles, many of which Avere entirely unneces sary. Let a little book of daily cash expenditures take the place of the pass book, and, our Avord for it, thoughtful families will consider well before making purchases. It is the duty of every man to live within his income, and to save some thing—be it ever so little—of each day’s, Aveck’s, and month’s earnings. For that class of healthy men who arc continually complaining that they can obtain no Avork, Avehaveno sympathy. There is Avork for every able-bodied man in America. There may be a surplus of labor here in the city ; but the tOAvn is of man’s making—God made the country. The fields of Georgia are inviting all out of employ, ment to come and dig an abundant support out of the earth. After all, this is tlie honest, manly, innocent Avay of making a living. Then, our advice to those out of employment, is to go to the country. Don’t hang round the streets, eating Avhat you can catch, and disgracing humanity. ■ls you did not make that resolve on New Year,.make it now. If you Avill, in less than three months you will feci Di’oud of yourself and thank us for the advice. A multitude of pledges to reform arc Avholly unnecessary. All avlio Avill faithfully observe these lour rules, viz.: 1. Be moral; 2. Industrious ; 3. Economical; % 1. And charitable ; and aid in the circulation of the Daily Press—the cheapest and best daily newspaper in Georgia—entirely inde pendent of politics or cliques, and wholly devoted to the interests oi the People, they Avill be prosperous and happy. That eaqh of our readers may realize that pure happiness which springs from the conscientious dis charge of all social and domestic duties, is our most devout prayer. Miscellaneous Editorial Items. Brick. Pomeroy’s New York Dem ocrat says that Avhen in Washington, a few days siuec, General Frank Blair expressed the opinion that -“Grant, as President, will load, not follow, and will be far more likely to demand new power instead of relin quishing a single prerogative.” Notwithstanding .-the dullness of the times, the Government receipts for customs at New York for December wore $0,557,573 —being $1,109,229 more than was received during tlie same months in 1807. The United States District Attor ney for the District of Columbia is making an effort to get up anew in dictment against .John A. Surratt. Perhaps he deems that the best means of securing the favor of the next Ad ministration. - - -#* —A Chinese printer works on tlie San Jose (Cal.) Mercury . ‘‘Keeping the Babe for his Mother.” . Among my beautiful memories, Os a summer beside the sea, Is one of a fair young mother, With her baby on her knee. How proud she was of her treasure, How solemn and sweet her joy ! You had but to glance at her features, As she bent and kissed her boy. Oh! oft in that beautiful summer, That summer beside the sea, I prayed for that fair young mother, And the baby on her knee. For, pale as of winter, And gragile as flower of spring, It seemed as 1 gazed on the darling, I could hear the rustling wing— The rustling wing of the angel, That beareth the babies away, To that distant yet beautiful heaven, Where life is eternal day. And watching the boy and his mother, And hoping amid my fears, I prayed that the Father would spare him, For many beautiful years. But, alas! ere the llowcrs of summer, Had faded and fall’ll from sight, There were tears in the eyes of that mother, One gloomy and sorrowful night. Iso longer she’s proud of her treasure; Gone is her solemn, sweet joy, Alas! one glance at her features, Will tell she has buried her boy. Oh ! friend of that beautiful summer. That summer beside the sea, Oh! gentle and son owing mother, My heart is aching for thee. Too well do I know the anguish, Os losing one’s beautiful boy— Too well do I know how it shadows The light of our dearest joy. Oh! my lips are yearning to whisper, Os God and Ilis Blessed Son, Who are keeping thy baby in heaven Till tliy earthly work is done— Keeping thy beautiful darling, From sorrow and sin so free— Till by and by thou slialt hold him, Once more upon thy knee. The Gold Now in this Country- The Commercial and Financial Chronicle shows that Senator Morton’s estimate of the gold now in the United States, is far too high. The Senator thought that the amount had actually largely increased since 1860, and might be now as high as $5 72,000,000; certainly above, $400,000,000. The Chronicle , assuming that trav ellers in Europe have taken out as much as emigrants have brought in, and leaving out the circulation in the Pacific States, as of no use to the banks or people of the Atlantic States, makes the following estimate : Gold in Alantic States in 1861 $165,000,000 Product of mines for 8 years endiag June 80, 1868 485,01)0,000 Imports of spccio for 8 years ending Juno 80, 1868 141,900,000 Total supply, 8 years. $791,900,000 Exports of specie last 8 years $548,100,000 Sent from South during the war 15,000,000 Total loss in 8 yea?s. 568,100,000 Stock in 1868 $228,800,000 “It would thus appear that the present stock of the precious metals in the Atlantic States is close upon $230,000,000. It is not to be supposed, however, that all this exists in the form of coin, nor even of coin and bars. A certain portion of the supply of gold and silver has been taken for commercial purposes. That form of consumption lias been largely increased within late- years, under the high duties on jewelry and plate, and perhaps could not be safely estimated at less than $10,000,000 per annum. Assuming this to be a full estimate, and deducting only $70,000,000 from the foregoing balance, we should have about $100,000,000 as the present stock of coin and bullion in the Atlantic States.” If there is so much gold in the country, where is it ? It is difficult to account for much more than half of even that sum. Oath to be Taken by Persons Believed of Political Disabilities. The public generally arc ignorant of the precise form of the oath required to be taken by persons whose disabili ties, under the fourteenth article of the Constitution, have been removed by Congress, and who may be elected or appointed to office, under the U: S. Government. For the information of our readers we insert the law passed by Congress on the subject, which contains a copy of the oath, as follows: An Act prescribing an oath of office to be taken by persons from whom legal disabil ities shall have been removed. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled , That whenever any person who has participated in the rebellion, and from whom all legal disabili ties arising therefrom have been removed by act of Congress by a vote of two-thirds of each House, has been or shall be elected or ap pointed to any ollice or place of trust in or under the Government of the United States, he shall, before entering upon the duties thereof, instead of the oath prescribed by the act of July two, eighteen hundred and sixty two. take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : “ I, A. 15., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that 1 will support and defend tin? Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that 1 will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this oath freely without any men tal reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the ollice on which 1 am about to enter. So help me God.” Approved July 11,1868. The Cotton Trade at New Orleans. The Times , of the 30tli, has the .following, which will he read with interest by factors and farmers: An enlarged trade was noted yesterday in cotton at a fractional advan« in prices, the reported sales making an aggregate of nearly 7,200 hales, 'flic estimated supply now here is about 30,000 bales, and at all the shipping ports of the country, at latest dates, about 295,000 bales. The receipts at the ports since September 1, add up 981,000 bales, hgtiinst 807,000 bales same time last season. The exports .since September 1 amount to 458,000 bales against 401,000 last year. Thus, it appears that the exports since the commencement of the current son, have been equal to nearly fifty per cent, of the receipts at the ports, or approximately in the same proportion as during the first four months of the year 1807-8. Middling grades closed in this market yesterday at 25hv20j- cents, against 15|a16-] cents per pound a year ago. The currency value of exports during tf:o first, four months of the current cotton year, will be probably forty per cent, more than that of the shipments from the port, the corresponding month of the hist cotton year. — Our market, says tho Macon Tele </?ap/t, 'is getting chock full of mules. Tennessee, Kentucky and Northwes tern drovers find Georgia a fh*o place to sell this year. Our planters are selling out their old brbken down stock and replacing them with young and healthy animals. [From our ow r n Correspondent. Our Washington Letter. Washington, D. C., Dec. 31,1808. The latest sensation comes from the Quar termaster General’s office. It is alleged that a Government officer was ordered to aban don a post on the Western border, and dis pose of all property on,hand at auction. This wa3 done, but the property, winch was appraised a.t over four hundred thousand dollars, only brought four dollars and fifty cents. There was one bidder at the sale, and it is believed in some quarters the officer was an interested party in the purchase. The affair is to he thoroughly investigated. 1 remember, during the Mexican war, several quartermasters and commissaries, it was generally believed, made fortunes; and one way they contributed to this result was as follows: Os course hard bread was issued to the army, and it would not keep a great while in that climate. Upon the arrival of each new regiment of volunteers from the States, a Board of Survey was called, composed of inexperienced officers, to pass upon large quantities of commissariat stores. These officers, never having indulged in hard bread before, were ready to con demn what afterwards they were very glad to purchase at any price. This property, as condemned, would be sold at auction, and generally at a mere nominal sum; but some how or other the exigencies of the service” always compelled officers to purchase sup plies for issue to the army on the spot, and in some cases a good round price was paid for condemned provisions. A quartermaster interested in such sales and*purchases, at such a depot as Brazos was in 1866-7, could very easily make a fortune. Anxious politicians of all persuasions are busily engaged in making a Cabinet for General Grant; but rely upon it, thus far the President has not intimated his preferences to any one, nor is there any foundation for the statement put forth as to any particular line of policy lie intends to pursue. His ad ministration of the War Department should admonish him to be alive to the importance of exercising economy in all the departments of government, and this necessity he has fre quently given utterance to before as well its since liis nomination and election; but then, at the same time, he proposes to exact of his subordinates a wise economy, and not that kind to which alarmed theorists would urge him to adopt. So also has lie expressed him self in favor of the aid extended by Govern ment to the Pacific railroad, now nearly com pleted, but not as hearing upon any future policy he may see lit to adopt in regard to Government subsidies. The General is as reticent to-day as he was before his election, and all the reports which have gone abroad as utterances of his, indi cating the policy of his administration, arc nothing more than what every one knew be fore his nomination. Every movement, every word of General Grant, in the absence of anything definite, is caught up by hungry correspondents, and very small matters are greatly exaggerated. As an illustration, take the case of Treasurer Spinner. Gen. Grant called upon him soon after his- election, as a warm personal friend, and I am assured no thing passed between them of a political character at this interview; but the quid nuncs at once arrived at the sage conclusion that Mr. Spinner was to be the next Secre tary of yic Treasury. It may prove to he so, but Treasurer Spinner has neither applied for the place, nor has it been offered to him as yet. . The season was inaugurated last evening by a children’s party at the White House. The attendance was large and the whole af fair was a success. It is hardly necessary to say, that though invited, Gen. Grant’s child ren were not present. Some people have been puzzled to know what Grant would do on tliefirst of January. It is customary on this occasion for officers of the army and navy to pay their respects to the Chief Magistrate. Grant lias solved the problem by visiting friends in Philadelphia: The arrival of a fresh delegation has given anew impetus to Georgia affairs. It is prob able that a bill will be framed covering all the unreconstructed States,including Georgia, I am unable to give you positive informa tion regarding Caleb Gushing’s mission. All that has been said heretofore by correspon dents at this point, has been pure speculation. Mr. Cushing has gone to secure the right of way to construct a canal across the Isthmus of Darien. There are five Central American powers claiming an interest in this Isthmus. An attempt will be made to make a treaty with all these powers so as to place the right of way across the Isthmus exclusively in American hands, and then defend that right against all comers. France only claims such right under a charter granted by a defunct President of New Granada; but it, is not sup posed that cither Napoleon or England, or both combined, will risk a war to break a treaty with the United States—because it is designed to make the canal an international highway, only a small toll being demanded to pay tor the investment and repairs. The route has been surveyed by American engi neers, and the est imated cost of the work-is only one hundred million dollars, while prac tical men reduce the amount to eighty mil lions, a very small sum when compared with the immense benefits to be derived. The canal will he 300 feet wide and 25 feet deep —large enough for the largest merchant ship now alloat. It is estimated that on a small toll per ton, the receipts for the first year will reach four hundred million dollars. When it is con sidered what a revolution such a canal would create in the commerce of the world, it is not to be wondered that Andrew Johnson is anxious to take the initiative in tho move ment, and wind up his administration with so creditable an act. But it is hardly proba ble be Avill be able to gain the credit of Ibis undertaking. The residents of the hot lati tudes are proverbially slow to act in diplo matic matters, and It is hardly probable that Mr. Cushing will be able to accomplish the object of bis mission and return hero before Congress adjourns. Senator Abbott, of North Carolina, who has remained here during the rcCcss, looking after Southern interests, leaves this evening for Now Hampshire to attend the funeral of his father, who died yesterday at the ripe age of three score and ten. He will hot return until January sth. Capita],. Improvement of the Navigation of the Tennesses River. The Chattanooga Daily Republican contains a call for a Convention to assemble in that city on the 24th of February next, to Bike measures to induce Congress to make an appro priation of the necessary means to construct a canal round the Muscle Shoals of the Tennessee River. We quote a portion of the call: We, the Governors aforesaid, most earn estly recommend that the cities, villages and counties of tho Tonnessco Valley, nnTl the counties adjacent thereto, the Boards ot Trade and other business associations through out the country, be represented in the Con vention. 'flic ‘importance of providing free transportation by water for tho vast products of tho country drained by the Tennessee River cannot be overestimated. To the people of tho whole South and West, to the entire country, tho measure is of the greatest importance, and as a com mercial'matter an imperative uooossity. A consultation of representative men cannot fail to advance it. * ‘ It B. Buli.okk, W. G. Bkownlow, Gov. of Georgia. Gov. of Tennessee. Sam’i, Mrciumm, Wm, 11. Smith, Gov. of lowa. Gov. of Alabama. Tuos. O. Fr, etcher, J. W. Stevenson, Gov. of Missouri. Gov. of Kentucky. The Engineer of the Ail* Line Rail road from Atlanta to Charlotte, N. C., lias advertised for contractors, and the Constitution is “pleased to learn that it will soon be commenced.'* J B YUUT E EE GR A P H. Later from Savannah ! Tlic Negroc* still | n Position ! ARRIVAL OF TROOPS! Families Going to Savannah ! Savannah, January 3, 1800. Affairs on the Ogeechec remain in slalu quo. Nothing has been done on either side. IVbite families from Bryan county arc moving into the city. They report the troubles spreading to that county. Two companies of United States in fantry, under General Sibley, arrived here to-day. The civil and military authorities are in conference. Wild rumors arc afloat but they arc not reliable. ■ Still Later*! THE MILITARY IN CHARGE. The Negroes Willing <o Surrender to the Military. Savann.(ij, Jan. 4—afternoon. Tlie military have taken charge of the Ogeechec troubles. The preliminary organization ol citizen* to act as the Sheriff’s posse lias been dis continued. The Sheriff will be supported by the military in the execution of warrants. Two U. S. officers visited the scene of trouble, and report that the negroes are willing to surrender to the military, and there will doubtless be no further troubles. + + + THE LATEST! FOURTEEN INSURGENTS SUR RENDERED. MO R E W ILL CO M E IN. Savannah, January I—night. The trouble on the Ogeechec was quieted on the military taking charge. Fourteen insurgents surrendered them selves to the authorities last night. Others implicated expect to come in to-night. , Ti ■—.1.1.11.1 I, ■ i NATIONAL Fitlillil’S SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY. (Jharlercd by Act of Poiirit^s. Banking House, Pennsylvania Avenue, corner ot 19th streot, Washington, D. C. BRANCH AT AUGUSTA, ff A., NO 10 JACKSON ST. 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