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* r VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1157. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR EMWB JFMO M WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, November 18. iii public and private business was suspend? ed to-day. The French Government has ordered a war ves? sel to accompany the English and American ves? sels conveying the remains of Hr. Peabody home. General Bazen, commanding thc district of lower Arkansas, apprehends trouble from indians In the spring. THE ILL-FATED HOBNET. Nsw TOBK, November 18. Thc investigation yesterday into the case of | she privateer Hornet shows that the coal was un? it for use, and vindicates Higgins. . THINGS IN EICHMOND. RICHMOND, November 18. Thanksgiving Day was generally observed. The churches were open and places of business closed. Fifteen members of the Washiogton press ar? rived this morning and wero entertained by the members of the press in this city at the Spotswood llotei. They return to-morrow. NORTH CAROLINA. WILMINGTON, November 18. The day was generally observed and most .f the business houses were closed, and there was service m the various churches. About eight thousand people are at the Cape Fear Agricultural Fair to-day. Pickpockets and .harpers were operating pretty extensively, and several were arrested, on suspicion, but were re? leased. THE COMING MAN. DON PIATT ON THE CHASE MOVEMENT. TM? Chief Justice Again boomin- np SW av Candidate for tile Presidency p- Vitality of the Cn terrified Demo er any-How the Chaae Movement was Throttled at Mew York In 1868, die. Don Platt, the Washington correspondent of j tho Cincinnati Commercial, thus spicily venti? lates his views as to "Thc Coming Man : I have been at some pains since my arrival here to ascertain the force of what is now known as the Chase movement. Any one look? ing ??er a collection of exchanges, can get glimpse of lt; but in addition, it has been my fortune to meet and converso with men whose feelings, views and prejudices make unerring indication of tho current. The fact tg the late elections have made the Chief Justice to the Democratic party what Grant was to the Republican-a political ne? cessity. It has been defeated in Pennsylvania and walo, with so small a majority against them, as to bear the morale unimpaired-hut wi thine fact demonstrated that as long as the party looks more to Its history than Its princi? ples, such defeats arc irresistible. The Demo? cratic party, like Lot's wife, should be warned against looking back. There is death in the retrospective business. The people will not l'- trust a party that is forever (?diing attention to its lack of character In the r?ast. Toa know that I have great faith in tl.? im mortality of the Democratic party. I believe r lt W?1 Se on hand ready to regard the last trump to judgment as a call to the polls, and come streaming up "to vote the ticket, the whole and nothing but the ticket" I have faith in the vitality of a party that can take * into its arms Sam. Cary and Lew Campbell and survive. This is more trying to its con? stitution than was its Infamous war record. I can bet on the longevity of an organization that carries successiully the Hebrew Belmont and the publican Tweed. But this grim devil, called defeat, must in the end demoralize, and, if not destroy the party, at least leave it in a deplorable minority. "The day drags on, though clouds keep out the sun." said the gen? tleman, whose morality old mother Stowe is at so much pains to doubt, "and- Democrats de? feated, yet defeated struggle on." "We must have a new departure," cry the leaders, and they look longingly at the tall, imposing form of the Chief Justice, and wish that the everlasting colored man could be so boned under the wood-pile as never to be heard of again. There are live issues press? ing upon the people for immediate solution, ?pou which the Democratic party could ride successfully into power, if they could be In? duced to leave their dead and dying In the rear. A gentleman of high political and social ?Unding fr the South, assured me. the other day, that Chase, placed on such a platform as f . that offered the Democrats at the celebrated Fourth of July Convention, would sweep the Soutk taking up In Its support all parties. Tne shrewder leaders rejoice over the defeat erf Pendleton, as ending forever the monstrous " greenback proposition, that, justly or unjustly, Sad been fastened on Ohio's unfortunate eon. And, on the other hand, they dread these thieves and thimble-riggers of New York, . whose success would not only be the death of file Democratic party, but a Anal winding up rf the Republic. They find safety in the Chief Justice and the new departure. By-tbe-by, I heard, not long since, from a v. gentleman who claimed to be behind the p scenes at the time, that the Chase movement . in New York came to grief through the un? happy condition, for the moment, of an ?mi? sent statesman who went from a wine party at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to the caucus. Mow, the Fifth Avenue Hotel drink, in bottles, does not make one drunk; it makes one powerful, and our solemn states? man made his appearance among the dele? gates like a roaring lion. He mounted the table, and, ina voice that sounded like rumb? ling thunder in the very bowels of the earth, proceeded to denounce the Chief Justice with more force than elegance. His remarks, in? deed, were exceedingly profane. This coming st the very moment when the delegates hau resolved to support Chase, and had, indeed, met on this occasion to devise means to se? care his nomination, was, to say the least, embarrassing. To make it worse, the next ' day this great statesman, sober or sane, found lt necessary to sustain himself, as he had been mnder the influence-and so the weeping Sey? mour was nominated on the pathetic appeal of the tender Vallandigham. But it may be only fair to say that Vallandigham was not the great statesman who passed through the ex? perience related. And, by-the-by again: Do you know that * here, and in Now York, where I was last night, the belief among tbe leading politicians is that Pendkton was beaten designedly by thc disaf jrL fee ted in hie own ranks? In a word, that he i was stabbed in the house of his friends. In confirmation of this, they point to the very quiet condition of the canvass on the Demo? cratic side, in which the once familiar voices were wont to thunder, while the windy Cary alone stumped the State. I can not convince them that this was in consequence of Mr. Cary's advice and high old strategy, looking to the further benefit of Gentleman George. To return to Ute Chief Justice. The rock Sxra which his prospects are likely to go to eces is this Yergcr case. It ls drifting into a general consideration of the reconstruction acts, and this venerable court of ours, with Chief Justice Chase at its head. Is as independ? ent as swine on congealed water and as plucky as bull terriers. Now the country is sick of agitation of this sort, and hoped to be near the end of it This ls especially the case at thc South, where the cotton crop, now sn its way to market, has been unusually abundant, and commanding a high price. The poor peuple are getting a taste now of thc peace and prosperi? ty so long strangers to their country. It ls a little curious that- the Democratic porty, that now stands at the back of the court, urging on such adjudication, was the first to question such power, and, under Jefferson, ^denounced the tribunal dangerous to < ur lib .rtles. But, then, a Democratic pla' orin is Only a spring board to turn somersaui s from. The Supreme Court is made up of aged gen? tlemen. I meet them frequently, m their postprandial vibrations, or morning constitu ; Monals, and they shake as they walk, in a way < fearful to look on. Tki9 ii true of ail save the .j Chief Justice. I saw him last Thursday. He v age^arbwly. What a superb physique ne has ! g aacatb trunk, and such a massive, intellectual ; head i and, withal, a rery winning smile when ke talks to you. THE SURVIVORS OF THE WAR. Convention of Delegate? from the Seve? ral District-Organisation of a State Survivors' Association. In response to an Invitation from the Survi? vors' Association of Charleston District, dele? gates from similar organizations throughout the State met in convention at noon yesterday in South Carolina Hall. The convention was called to order by Colo? nel E. McCrady, Jr., who moved that Gcn'l J. B. Kershaw bc called to the chair and Messrs. T. Pinckney Lowndes and Pierre Bacot .be re? quested to act as secretaries. The motion being adopted, General Kershaw took the chair. He said that to hold the hum? blest position in an association like this would be regarded as a privilege to be prized, and that to be called to preside over its delibera? tions was an honor indeed. He had hoped j that his gallant comrade, General Wade Hamp? ton, the representative man ol South Carolina In this connection, would have been present; but as he (General Kershaw) had been called to preside over the deliberations of the meet* lng, he could only promise that he wonld do all that he could to conduct the proceedings with proper regularity and harmony. As explain? ing the business before the convention, and the purposes for which it was called, he read a circular from the Survivors' Association of Charleston District, and thc following pream? ble and resolutions adopted by that associa? tion on July 13, last: Whereas, The late war between the Con? federate and United States of America are now fresh in the minds of its survivors, and many records do now exist which time and neglect will certainly 'destroy, it is highly de? sirable to have these records ano thes.-; recol? lections put in such substantial form as to re? sist the ravages of time; and whereas, we have no government which will collect and pre? serve the history of those transactions of which we are proud, it is therefore the duty of all South Carolinians to place the history of the late war In Its true light before the world, in order that those who lought and died lor their country may have, nor. only the reward of their distinguished patriotism, but thc justice which their achievements deserve; and whereas, the survivors' association ol any single district may do much In collecting and preserving these records, yet because ot the intimate association existing during the war between all the troops of the State, thc work will become proportionally less onerous and much mort eirectivc il" the survivors of the whole State were to unite in a common e.Tort; therefore, bc it L Resolved, That the Survivors' Association ol Charleston District earnestly invite the sur? vivors of each district in the State, where as? sociations of record do not now exist, to form district associations composed ol'thc survivors of tlie Confederate Army and Navy, to col'.oct and preserve the records of #io late war. 2. That thc various district associations be invited to send Ave delegates to a convention to meet at our hall in Charleston, on Thursday, November 18,1869, to lorm a State Survivors' Association, for the purposes set forth in the next resolution. 3. That thc primary object of the proposed State Survivors' Association is the preserva? tion of all matters of history connected with thc late war; that the proposed means ot ac? complishing this object is the establishment of a State Bureau, under the control of thc State Association, where all original matter sholl bc regularly and conveniently filed away for the reference of such persons as thc association may see fit; that a competent person shall be employed to take charge of this bureau; .that, thc expanses shall be defrayed by an assess? ment of the district associations: that the sec? ondary object of thc proposed State Associa? tion, the future development of which is lett to the action of the State Association, is the preparation of a standard Southern history and smaller school histories, in which the part the Confederacy bore In the late war may be properly related to thc world, and that the rising generation may bc taught that their parents were cot tho vile traitors that the common school histories now prepared by our enemies assert. 4. That a committee composed of the presi? dent, secretar} and five members of the asso? ciation be appointed to correspond on the sub? ject of thew: resolutions, to make all necessary arrangements for the assembling of the con? vention, and to take such measures as they may deem essential to the lui. accomplishment of tho intentions ot the preamble and resolu? tions. Under the foregoing resolution, the follow? ing committee was appointed: Colonel Ed? ward McCrady, Jr., president; Colonel C. Ir? vine Walker, Colonel B. H. Rutledge, Major T. G. Barker, Colonel J. M. Kinloch, Captain F. K. Huger; Captain James Armstrong, Jr., sec? retary. On motion of Major Barker, delegates were requested to register their names, and survi? vors in good standing, from districts net regu? larly represented, were invited to act as dele? gates. On motion of Major Barker, thc presidents of sister associations, present by invitation lu the convention, were requested to enroll them? selves as members of the convention. The following delegates registered their names : Abbeville-I. T. Robertson, G. M. Jordan. Anderson-Colonel James A. Hoyt, A. J. Bit ton, Dr. E. M. Brown. Barnwell-Robert Aldrich. Beaufort-Captain William Elliott, Dr. John A. Johnson. Charleston-Colonel E. McCrady, Jr.. Major T. G. Barker, General James Conner, Colonel B. H. Rutledge, Captain G. H. Moffett. Alter? nates-Colonel C. L Walker, Colonel P. C. Gull lard, Dr. J. F. Prloleau, Isaac Kayne, Lieuten? ant T. P. Lowndes. Ghester-John A. Bradley. Chesterfield-Theo. F. Malloy. Darlington-J.* Jonathan Lucas, E. W. Lloyd. Edgefleld-Captain T. W. Carwile. Captain 0. N. Butler, Captain F. L. Smith. Fairfield-General John Bratton, Captain Pierre Bacot, J. Macfie, A. S. Gaillard. Greenville-W. L. Mauldin, John Ferguson. Kershaw-General J. B. Kershaw, Captain W. L. DePass, Wm. Clyburn. Lancaster-B. J. Witherspoon. Laurens-H. Legare Farley. Marion-S. A. Dunham, D. E. Gilchrist. Marlboro'-Dr. W. J. David. Richland-Colonel F. W. McMaster, General Wm. Wallace, Warren Adams. Spartanburg-C. E. Fleming. Williamsburg-J. Furman Dargan. The following officers registered their names as presidents of sister associations: Colonel Z. Davis, South Carolina Rangers Charitable Association. Colonel A. Rhett, Moultrie Association, 1st S. C. Regulars. A. James Minis, Charleston Riflemen So? ciety. Major G. L. Buist, Palmetto Guard Charitable Association. Major Barker read the follov. lng letter from General John A. Preston, which waa ordered to be preserved willi the minutes: COLUMBIA. November 1?, 186'J. Jiy Dear Sir-lt is a painful regret to me that 1 cannot bc present ut. the- preliminary r-eeting of the StaW; Survivors' Association Up to this hour I had set my heart on bein" thereto join in its organization, and u;d in Iving the first impetus to Ita honorable and oly work, and to meet again many who I hud known, honored and loved in the field. I am very, very sorry that it is so that I ?annot be there. Will not you have the kindness to make known to our comrades my profound and en? tire sympathy ? Wo arc all survivors of our brothers and sons who died gloriously for their country and for liberty, and we have survived that liberty and that country for which they died. We now associato ourselves to keep alive in our hearts, by solemn rite? and good deeds the memory of the virtues and the great deeds of those who perished, that thereby our spirit may be so inflamed ag never to forget th? cause for which they died, although that c did seem to die with them. It does see me that this is a duty near to and very c upon our duties to that God in whose pr'esi the justitiell spirits of our comrades are ll forever-past all survivorship. It is c equal to our duties to theil' and our poste and to our own present Let the Initiatory performance of this sa duty be made with the profoundest impres of all its solemn relations. lu dictating terms ol our association strive to do justic all the heroic dead and to all the-living w God has blessed (although condemned to vive their liberty) by having made Hiern dicrs of the army of the Southern Confeder Many of our fathers have been soldiers oT erty for centuries; but we muy suv with p; humility that we have given a new blazoi their shields, by adding to them the quai ings of soldiers of the Southern Confeder It ls as noble a title of honor as was ever by man. Let us. then, build for it not only n uments of marble and brass, but those e living memorials which will dwell in the man heart as long as there lives one dm Confederate blood. This association, then, is meant to perpcti our own honor and that of our brothers 1 won it at the price of death. We assume thus the gravest obligations, I do trust that thc organization will be as j and free from living passion as if our hu were joined over thc graves of our comrai and that with earnest and patient dclib tion it will bc so constructed as to bini In a holy brotherhood, and as our Charlee comrades have already expressed it, br comfort and blessings to many of the "su vors of the Confederate" army and navy A are disabled by wounds received and dise contracted in the service from earning a li lihood for themselves and their families, i many widows and orphans left destitute the death of their husbands and fathers in cause of their country." Pray communicate to the meeting, in si wise as yoi: may choose, this expression of earnest and acure sympathy. Faithfully yours, . JOHN* S. PRESTO To Major BARRIR. On motion of Colonel E. McCrady, was Resolved, To appoint a committee of five draft a constitution and nominate permain officers. The chair appointed as the coramittc Colonel E. McCrady, General Conner. Gei ral linn ton. General Wallace, and Colonel 3 Master. Tile convention then adjourned until o"clock P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. The convention reassembled at huif-p; i P. M., with a full attendance of the de gates. Mr. F. L. Frost, of Georgetown, Warr Symmcs, of Ooonee, and Myer FJ. Moses. Sumter, enrolled their names as delegates. Colonel McCrady moved that the delega: seat themselves around tho tables. General James Conner, from the commit! appointed to draft a constitution for thc cc vention, reported the same. On motion, t constitution was considered as a w hole, ai adopted unanimously. General Conner, from the committee n pointed to nominate permanent officers for ti convention, proposed the following nam? which were adopted by the convention as ti officers for the ensuing year : Lieutenai General Wade Hampton, president ; Lie tenant-General R. II. Anderson, first vic president ; Major-General Jus. Ii. Kershaw second vice-president; Major T. G. Burke fourth vice-president; Colonel A. C. Haske secretary; Captain W. R. Bachtnan, treasure The chair t?en appointed the following F ecullvc Committee to serve for thc cnsuln year: Colonel Edward McCrady, Jr., Colonel V W. Wallace, General Ellison Capers, Colom J. H. Rion, General James Conner, Colonel < I. Walker, Colonel J. McCutchen. On motion, lt was Resolved, That one thousand copies of th constitution be printed, together with the p port of the proceedings of the meeting of o ganlzation. General Conner said that ho had been ii structed by the president of thc Charlesto Association to state that they weald ussum charge of the printing and distributing th pamphlets. Colonel McMaster moved that the Executiv Committee bc Instructed to assess the distric associations $50 each for thc current expense of the year, and that they bc urged to pa promptly. General Conner spoke of thc great Import ance of collating carefully the historical mate rial and records of each district, and statet that the sen-Ices of a competent man as libra rian would be required to properly arrangi the data sent from thc district associations, His salary would be paid from the assessment: made on those associations. Major Barker stated that he had been re quested by some noble ladles who were cn gaged in a work of charity to appeal to th< convention for aid for thair institution. Th< Home for the destitute widows and children o thc Confederate soldiers was the name ol UH charity, and one that appealed to tile warmest impulses of every soldier's heart. He showed that it was not a sectional charity, but was for young and old over thc broad State. Major Barker closed in an eloquent and earnest ap? peal to the convention to give its support to this Home. Mr. Berkeley Wilkins seconded Major Barker in a few feeling remarks, and moved thal a list bc opened. Major Barker objected to tho members pres? ent bearing the exclusive burden, but suggest? ed that they should treasure up the subject at their homes, and represent the clarity to their own associations, and urge them to ex? tend the aid. General Councr, General Bratten, Captain DePass, Colonel McMaster and Mr. Hobt. Al? dric!) participated in the discussion, the last four mentioned gentlemen taking Hie position that a list should be opened, and that tri? members present could either give or pledge themselves for ar.y amount they felt disposed. The speakers were anxious to relieve the lome from any embarrassment in its career of use? fulness, and stated that Charleston should nol have all tho honor ol supporting ao noble and deserving a charity. General Brullon moved that a list be opened, and Colonel McCrady, Jr., moved lo lay thal ru o tion on the table, which was carried. General Conner then offered thc following, which was unanimously adopted: Resolved. That this convention dr? cordially recommend the "Widow's Home'' to the atten? tion of the district associations in the Slate, and tho members here pledge themselves to use their endeavors to obtain contributions thereto. Mr. William Elliott moved that Hie thanks of thc convention be tendered to tile Survi? vors' Association of Charleston for their zeal? ous efforts in behalf of thc cause which brought them together. No further business being brought to the at? tention of thc convention, on motion, it stood adjourned. -There is a papkr^nach? church, says the Churchman, actually existing near Bergen, Germany, which can contain uearly one thou? sand persons, lt is circular within, octagonal without. The relievos outside, and statues within; the root, the ceiling, the corinthians, capir.l*. are all ttapier-mack?, rendered water? proof by a saturation lu vitriol, llmo-water, whey er .ut whilo of egg?. RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY -Thc Church of the Madeleine, in Pat o? the ?nest and richest in Europe, cost ! OOO to build. -M. Jules Loyson, brother of Pen cinl.be, and a Professor at Sorbonne, is to publish a historical work entitled "?\ Ute du Clcrgi; de. France cn li30'2." . -The question whether free churches supported is answered by the fact that .twenty-eight Episcopal parishes in the i of Maine, twenty arc supported by the tory alono. -In 17S9. there were but 52,000 mern thc various monastic orders in Franc 18GI, there were 108,119 persons of both bound to conventual Life and distributed i U.032 houses. -Latin will be the language of thc (Ec ical Council, and a uniform pronunciatio be fixed, in order tiiat thc assembly, ow the diversity of accents, need not doge into a second Tower of Babel. -The Board ol Visitors to the United N-.val Academy protesten.their report n the regulation which requires tho cadi pursue their secular studies on Sunday, rule is "stringently enforced." -The Manchester Guardian says tho Pope is a great smoker, "invariably tak cigar after every meal.'' Ile was latelj seated with several thousand cigars 1 manager ol' a large tobacco manufactory. -Tiic budy of German Lutherans, for known as the Missouri Synod, has now a ed the official name of "General German I rau Synod of the United States and Can Thc organization embraces four part synods. -Tbcre are two gentlemen, eacli of \ will be enc of one thousand to give $1000 for the establishment ol'a college or nnivt somewhere in thc West, to be under the trol of t he General Assembly, as a meir of i he reunion of the two branches ol'the bytenian Church. -In Liverpool two Low Church dignlu the Bishop and Dean of Chester, have giving addresses in favor of the appoint! of deaconesses-women are to engagt: in gious work in schools, hospitals and pen tlaries-only there must be no vows, no fessions, no peculiar costumes. -We hear from Rome, says the Pall Mal zotte of November 1. that at the approac Council red,blue and white balls will be ena] ed to represent the votes in the following r uer: "The rod will be affirmative, the negative, the white will express doubt oi sent, hesitation or skepticism." -Sir Moses Montefiore, the celebrated. isii philanthropist, has just inaugurated a 1 llam-midrash, or house ot learning, ni Ri gate. England. Il ls said to be a spic: edifice, with a large lecture hali, synugo and ten suites of rooms. Ten thorough mudicul scholars from Bossln, Bohemia Poland nave been appointed teachers. -Thc Church Times hails the practice ol invocation of saints, lately introduced am thc Methodists In America, as "a step in right direction." It wus at a camp-meet where Rev. J. S. Inskip, with both hands i cd, "invoked the spirits of Wesley, Flete and all the redeemed lu beaven, to help tl accept the truth in ali its length and bread -A writer in the Church Times (Engl says that thc rubric declaring the absolutio to be said by the priest alone, does not m that the priest alone shall say it, it only mci that the congregation are not to join in it; I further adds that there ls no absolution al in lt-it ls merely an earnest prayer for giveness-which a layman may use as w There is, it says, no absolution without aurl lar confession. -A Conference of the Free Religious soi ties of Northern Germany was held at Bm wick on the 19th ult., which was attended the representatives of twenty-six congre Hons. The assembly declared their assent the proposition that body and soul, force i matter, God and will, cannot exist separ from each other. A new petition to the Pr sion Landtag for the separation from Chui and Slate was proposed, and Mr. Clich v, requested to attend the Council of Freethir ers at Naples, as delegate of the Conf?rent The assembly resolved that in consideration the "backward condition of the great mass the people the progress cf religious rcfoi must bo moderated." -Tile Roman Catholics are organizing Philadelphia an association under the title "Tile National Institute of A mirica." Its o Ject is allirmed to be "the cultivation of eve species of learning, as well as every soda political and financial interest vhich can l rendered subservient to the causeof the churc in America." The "Iustltute" is to bc divide into twelve schools, each giving Attention to particular branch ol study, its object is Hu defined in the printed prospectus: "Thl academy will devote itself with unremittin zeal to thc extension of Catholic ideas in th education of the people. While acting wit prudence, determination and a just respect lb national institutions, it will lose to oppurtuni ty ol' combatting the false and dliastrous edu cational system which is at presort favored b; our authorities." -A London letter to the New York Time! says: "At this moment two cle'gymen an being tried for heresy-an advawed Rational? ist, Mr. Voysey, for denying the Incarnation and Atonement, and an udvauc:d Ritualist, Mr. Bennett; for teaching the R<al Objeclivc Presence, sacriiice offered by the priest, and adoration ol the Real Presence. Tac caso, as all such cases ure. will be carried ?) the court of last resort. Hut thc decision ofthat highest court will not be, in the slightest decree, ac? cepted by either party. If the Qiuen in Coun? cil declare these doctrines hereticd. they will be preached ali thc more defiantly If they are declared orthodox, the Protestan party will all the inore violently anulhernatl& them; end if her Majesty In lier wisdom (beides that each parly may believe as it likes, both will condemn lier decision, aid pray to be delivered from tho yoke of m heretical government. There is nothing br them but to fight il out, and the sooner the State with? draws from such a eon Lest the beter." -Thc same correspondent wries: "Thc Catholic Weekly Register says a Urge body of Anglican clergymen have determncd to sub? mit to the approaching Council ho question of thc validity of Anglican ord rs. If the Council rhould decide that they are invalid, they will then pray to be receive. Into the Ro? man Catholic Church, ordained a priests, and that those who are married mr/ be permit? ted to so remain, but not to bef confessions. Many English Bishops, (Roma Catholic) the Register says, will support th> petition, and, il granted, the result will bc a accession to the Church of Rome of an immense body of the very best arnon, thc Anglican clergy. This is thc Btory; did, in the ab? sence of any special informtion, I am in ?anal wonder that it should Oe true, or pub? lished in a paper of each staci a.'if not true. There arc, no doubt, two or three hundred Roman Catholic priests in this country who were once clergymen in the Church of Eng? land, and, but for the marriage question, there would be many more-still the idea of such a movement en masse is startling and almost in? credible. But, if Earl Shaltesbnry and the Evangelists succeed In driving the Ritualists out of the Church of England before dlsestab ment, we may still see a still more formidable movement; and what is the object of thc Eirenicon of Dr. Pusey and of the English Church Union but to carry over to Rome the great body of thc English clergy ? -An Archdeacon made a speech at Exeter the other day, which sounds rather odd so near 1670, and in a country becoming everv day more governed by newspapers. He was speaking at an anniversary meeting of some Christian Knowledge Societies, in the report of which it was said that, though less books had been sold than usual the past year, they were of a better quality. Thc venerable Arch? deacon considered this a good sign, and re? joiced in the decadence of "a light, feeble, frothy literature." "I say this," said he, "es? pecially with reference to newspapers. I hate newspaper*. There were no newspapers in St. Paul's time; but hod there been I believe he also would have hated them. I think they arc some of the most injurious things possible; not because they spread abroad a parcel ol' rubbish, but because they arc such feeble tilings. Then there are tho magazines. A magazine to mc is simply a rubbish hole, in which a large quantity of goods is stored up, but out of which you can't lind anything that you want. Nothing in them is sorted ready for use. There is nothing solid in them. A man rea-ling newspapers and magazines is very much like a Brahmin living on rice pud? ding, enfeebling his intellect, und lowering the tone of his mind. We ought to get people to read good solid books, which tell them some? thing, instead of books which really tell them nothing-such, for Instance, as Tristram's Ge? ology of the Scriptures, Instead of silly tales about 'Goody' this and 'Betty' that, who never lived. Speaking of these kind of talcs, a man said to mc once, 'Why I don't believe them-I nm told they arc not true, aud I think it very wrong in you to fdvc them to mer* but when I gave him Jeremy Taylor's Life of Christ he read it for three years night and day, and never stopped." _ _ _ S AT ?OKAL POLITICS. Prescient Grant's McHsagc-A Devout Exordium- Nothing Distinctive to bc Expected in thc Mcucagc-Boatwell'a Labored Report-Thc Western Mem? bers of Congre?* and thc Taxes-Thc Revolutionist* in Ilaytl Demand ..Recognition"-Thc Elections in Mi< nlnsippi and Tcxa?-llayonct Ruk to be Enforced. Thc Washington correspondent ol' tho Balti? more Gazette writes: All account-, official and unofficial, agree as to thc probable length of the forthcoming "message" ol President tirant. It will be very brief, and (as stated some days ago in these letters) will be a mere compendium of tho re? ports of the several secretaries ol' thc depart? ments. Mr. Hoar has finished thc exordium, which I learn, is very devout. Thc conclusion ls not yet completed. Secretary Fish has furnished his quota, in respect to our foreign relations, the main features of which consist of a broad avowal of friendly relations with all foreign governments, and the manifest impropriety of detailing the individual Incidents pertaining to ull par? ticular unfinished negotiations. Tho pub? lic will, therefore, be disappointed, if lt ls expected that any definite Information will be communicated in reference to thc negOr tialions with England, as to the Imprisoned American Fenians, the Alabama claims, or thc Reciprocity treaty. The same may bc said about Cuban affairs. It must not, on this ac? count, be inferred by incredulous Irishmen, suffering merchants, or Cuban patriots, that thc government has been at all derelict. Doubtless, an amazing bulk of correspondence, containing any amount of generalities couch? ed in the customary pompous and senseless phraseology of polite diplomacy, might bc forthcoming. Of one thing we may feel as? sured, and that is that the despot of Russia will come in for a large share of fulsome panegyric. His accomplished minister at this court hos already commanded his serfs throughout our land (there aro probably a couple of dozen yet in Alaska) to pray for the prosperity of the Uuited States on the 18th of the current month.t It is a riddle hard to solve, this excessive cordiality between thc greatest and most despotic government in the world, and the greatest and elaimcd-te-be thu freest republic. Extremes sometimes meet. Is Russia to become another model republic or America another model despotism ? But the chief interest just now seems to be concentrated in the "report" ol' the Secretary of the Treasury. Tills dignitary has again sud? denly departed for his' "home" in Massachu? setts to revise his labors of last summer, some screw seeming to be louse. He has already thus spent about three months upon lils vol? uminous "report." It is said he cannot metho? dize and put iuto language the thoughts of his ponderous mind anywhere except in a certain room of his own dohilcil, "ilxed up" in a pecu? liar manner, ami hence his frequent exits from tho metropolis, lt. is known that he tims pre? pared Iiis tremendous effort delivered with so much effect in the great impeachment trial. It may be thought by some that this apparent singularity is without a parallel. Not so. Biography furnishes many examples of very great men being unable to express their vest or beautiful ideas except in certain situations and under special circumstances. Uold.smith could not for his life make a rhyme except in a garret, with a mug of beer and the remains ol j a leg ol' mutton before him. Hymn was in? spired by Boneo, aud wrote always in the ( breakfast room, and il is said that the most ( pilby and must elegantly expressed speeches of General Grant himself have been composed , under tho Inspiration of a uixth cigar, anil in the solitude of his own bed chamber. It is not probable, however, that the elabora? ted views of Mr. Boutwell, or any of Iiis com? peers, or even of thc President himself, will influence Congress in the slightest degree this Winter. The election in Minnesota has seared | the very lit'.; ol' Radicalism out of Western < members. They see in it a warning not tu be < unheeded. The people ol the (?real West de- \ mund to be relieved from at IcRSt a part of the < burden which oppresses them unendurably- i and tb; ttr.r<\i wiu be reduced, or the Rtuuoal i faction (Hsmcmbered. ( Our adjourned Alabama difficulty wi'li Great i Britain threatens to be further complicated by ? thc peculiar condition of things in Hayti. The | revolutionists ur "patriots'' there insist upon a ? recognition ol' belligerent rights. Sumner r would seem to be cornered in this maltcr. t Two petitions have been received here from i merchants tn Boston and New York insisting c upon "recognition." The petitioners assign i as a sufficient reason for tho government's i compliance with the petition, the lung con- ! tlnuance of the war, aud the fact that tue fol- i lowing important towns are in possession of l the revolutionists: Jacmel, Aux Caves, Jere- t mic: Miragoane, St.. Mare, Gonai'ves, ami ( Acut; while Sainare holds but three: Port-au- t Prince, Port au Paix, and Cape Haytian, This t precise argument was usc! by the Confederate i Government to (?real Britain and Frunce, to- ( getltcr with others, founded upon tacts siiil \ more weighty. t The Texas "and Mississippi elections are lo lie r, carried at the point of the bayonet, if jtracti- i cu'??e. Tile Memphis Avalanche of Wednes- r day (according to a telegram,) publishes a list l of persons residing in that city, who, it asserts, c have been imported by General Ames into s Mississippi as managers ol' the election lhere, s in Hie inlorest of Hie Radical parly, anti calls upon the authorities at Washington to inter- f fere. The authorities at Washington have ul- i ready interfered. At the Cabinet meeting on { Friday, the Secretary of War submitted Gen- { eral Amos' rogulatious and details of officers ] fur thu election in Mississippi, which are ap- c proved by the President. 1 IMPORTAKT MEETING. Tbc Asheville Railroad Extension. In accordance wllh previous announcement, a meeting of thc friends of the extension of tho Spartanburg and Union Railroad to Ashe? ville, North Carolina, was held in the court? house on Tuesday night, the lGth instant. Delegations from Charleston, Columbia, Union and Asheville, North Carolina, were present. On motion, Colonel Gage, of Union, was made chairman of the meeting, and R. W. Shand, secretary. The chairman briefly explained the object of Hie meeting, after which letters from Ashe? ville and Columbus, North Carolina, were read, expressive of the deep interest felt hy? the people of Western North Carolina in the extension of the Spartanburg and Union Rail? road, and appointing delegates to attend the meeting in Spartanburg. By request, Colonel Blake, of Asheville, made some interesting remarks in relation to the enterprise, showing that there are but two gaps to be provided for to make the connection between Louisville and Charleston complete. The one between Morristown and Cumberland Gap-forty miles-is already partially provided for, leaving only the gap between Spartanburg and Asheville-seventy miles-to bc built. An extract from a letter, written by Colonel Fink, superintendent of thc Louisville and Nashville Road, was read, in which the writer expressed the liveliest interest in this extension, which, if built, would intluencc the building of a branch of thc Louisville and Nashville Rail? road to Cumberland Gap. Mr. Jeter, president of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad, being called upon, made a long and interesting speech, In which he pro? posed a plan to remove thc present indebted? ness of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad, and then mortgage thc road to secure and to complete the extension. Dr. Winsmith then made some very inter? esting remarks as to the great benefit this ex? tension will prove to thc State at large, and advocated applying to the Legislature for State aid. Dr. Vandlver in a few interesting and amus? ing remarks, advocated immediate action, of? fering the enterprise a subscription of land. On motion of Colonel Cannon, our members of tho Legislature were requested to act as a committee, and the directors were authorized to appoint a committee to co-operate with Hiern in an endeavor to secure ??tate aid for completion of this enterprise. THE WINTER IN WASHINGTON. Society Gossip-Thc Arlington und thc Fashionable Quarter-Thc Palace of Congress and Its Luxuries. A gosslpping Washington letter, alluding t o Uta preparations for the coming winter in thc capital, says: Members of Congress are thickly here, set? ting their houses in order for Hie session. Whether it is so or not, everybody believes I liai we are to have a festive winter. The be? lief comes in part from the tact that the ses? sion Is to be one ol (hat longer order not lim? ited by the fatalities of March. Every day we are hearing either of some new notable who will entertain, or some parvenu who will be? come a notable through entertainment. Fish and his Assistant Secretary, Fernando Wood and a score or more, are among the Dumber. Then Coreoran's new hotel, the Arling? ton, is to become a ?rand centre of attraction. The whole town is cantering up around that. All about there for a square or two, under thc shadow of Its lofty eaves, will make such a court circle as Washington has not known formerly. For a beggarly Italian to get his peanut stand In the edge of it will be io be in good society; at least it is likely to be so regarded here, where society regulates Itself by very strange caprices. I have spoken with half a dozen gentlemanly elephants already, who, by the right of long purses, propose to take winter quarters at the Arlington. Great business shrewdness was evidenced in thc choice of this euphonious name. It rolls under the tongue iike an aris? tocratic morsel, and to Mrs. Pastedlamonds will bc irresistible. Inside of this huge show temple there will be gathered, from January to April, more members of the Veneering family than ever knotted together in one Washington hotel before. "Fine les bagatelles, vanity and velvet trains!" will be the motto of that house. Meantime, at the other end ot the capital is heard, these two weeks, the unceasing sound of hammer and trowel. The last repairs are being put upon thc capitol, and thc carpets are being laid in the legislative chambers. This laying of carpets is thc last touch to the capi? tol before the coming of a Congress. A Brus? sels carpet lasts the House of Representatives Just three years; the Senate four or five years. In proportion to size, the two chambers have 1 about an equal populousness of members. But your Congressman in the Lower House is al? ways walking thc floor, shullliug his feet, ex? pectorating on thc carpet, and uneasy general? ly until he gets into the Senate, where they have better poised manners, if not morals. This accounts for the difference of time in wear of Carpeta, They aro putting down a masterpiece ot new English Brussels in the Representative hail, a massive green, threaded with gold. This carpet is ex? pected to last a year longer than usual, us Woshbiirne, who was always snorting aud paw? ing there, is happily shilled to Versailles. Let V?mjiereur look out for his tapet. On the whole, thc capitol will never have been plas? tered and polished so elaborately as for the coming session. It has been repaired Inside and outside during the summer, with a cost without stint. Taking everything into consid? eration, it is now the completest palace In the world. All a man's bodily and mental needs can be furnished inside of it. Sleeping on the luxurious sofas of his committee, room, by the light and warmth of hickory-wood tires, draw? ing for his Intellectual wants on the great library, and for those ol' the stomach on the splendid saloons below, a bachelor Congress? man, willi quiet tastes, would not have to go out of the building from December until May. It might be well it the constituents of sonic of | them would swear them before coining herc to keep within such prudent limits. Closing for Hie present this sketch of Wash? ington winter preparation, thc perspective now indicates thal Arlington House and the capitol building will be the two model points of our society-the former for a display ol' the vanity of woiuen, the latter for the vanity ol' men. THE FUTURE OP LAHOR. (From the New York Times.) Organization for the protection of class in? terests is rapidly spreading among the vari? ais ranks of artisans. Like other divisions )f society, they have discovered tho strength .vhich results (rom combination, and thc wls lom of that policy which makes the wel are of the individual identical with thc wel are of Hie mass. As society itself is but >ne organic whole, there seems, however, to ie a growing danger of sectional reforms )eing prosecuted to the negleet of more com ircnensive measures, which equally elevate, md ought, therefore, equally to interest all. Phe truly regenerating forces of society arc hose which tend to break down tile barriers .vliich mark the divisions of rank, and more slosely to assimilate all classes willi the deal of that perfect organism whose grad ml increase is shared by all its parts. The ?rsl requisite of cordial co-operation is a con? viction of identity of interests; tn? second, a >ciief that thc existing relations of one class o another are as they ought to be. Thc de dared aims and purposes of labor organiza ions, cast a doubt on both these facts. Their ?(institution presupposes, with greater or less ilstinctncss, that the interests of employers or ?apitalists are opposed to theirs, and their per? roding tendency is to rectify the unequal dist? ribution of profits, which, it is maintained, at iresent exists. Without attempting to deter nine the relative justice of these positions, it mist be remarked that their existence cannot HJ too steadily kept In view by ali who cn Icavor to cement the bonds of human fellow hip, or aim at effecting any comprehensive ichcnie of social elevat ion. Antagonism of classes has hitherto been bund inseparable from human progress, and t is highly probable that it will be a veiy long icriod before it is eliminated. Kept within iroper limits, if is by no means so much op losed to general advancement as might at first appear. We are familiar enough with the po itlcul vitality whiok regalte front party attife, and contending social influences serve a simi? lar purpose ol causing motion between them; Their consequences are to be dreaded, how? ever, when nothing less than the extinction of Hie one will satisfy the other. Nothing can be more obvious than that labor is indebted to capital for one-half of its power. Left to Its own resources it can neither be properly dif? fused, nor profitably directed. Its results are wasted in a place where they are not required, while in another locality they would find their natural value. A large portion of the grain of the Mississippi valley would be as useless as the carcasses of Australian sheep, were means of transport equally wanting to convey it to the proper market," A truth so obvious is only needed to show thc suicidal tendency of au movcmeats which would exalt any one inter? est of society by the extinction of another. Thc growing Intelligence of workingmen, and the rectifying Influence of practice over theory, will doubtless prevent the diffusion of Buch errors as we have alluded to. Meanwhile thc extension of facilities for international communication, and the gradual weakening of international Jealousies, may reasonably be ex? pected to counteract the deadliest evil which labor has to undergo-its aggregation in ex? cessive masses. It has been remarked, that as the straggle for existence becomes less In? tense, the society thus relieved assumes a high? er level which lt does not readily lose. In our Eastern centres of population we are already beginning to experience some ol the Industrial phenomena which have already been felt by older communities. The recoil from such a pressure, which may naturally be expected, will leave society free to attain a further stage' of development which will serve to prevent the recurrence of such an evil. And so by successive stages, the gradual elevation of the status and dignity of labor will be found to be accomplished. THE FOREIGN CONSUMPTION OE COTTON. Interesting Statistic*. According to statistics furnished by Mr. Trampler through S. H. M. Byers, United States Consul at Zurich, the following are the number of bales of cotton consumed In Europe during the year ending 30th September, 1869: No. of bales No. of bales Years ending S e p - from from teraber 30. America. all sources. 1860. 1.432,000 4,5?3,0C0 1865. 1,735,000 4,604,000 1887. 1,648,000 4,147,000 1866. 1,247,000 3,936,000 1865 . 236,000 3,055,000 1864 . 242,000 2,603,000 1863. 133,000 2,146,000 1862 . 562,000 1,983,000 1861. 3,443,000 4,388,000 1860 . 3,407,000 4,272,000 It will be seen that, according to Mr. Tramp? ler's statement, thc lowest ebb was in 1863. The impression that the cotton manufactur? ers are suifering through a decline in the de? mand abroad ls not correct, the demand being .rreater now than ever. Thc three years im? mediately before the American war, 1859, 1860,1861, were exceedingly favorable to Eng? lish cotton interests; but the return for three years, 186G, 1867, 1868, have a still better as? pect. The lollowing are the returns of the ex? ports ot cotton manufactures of ali descrip? tions: Yards. Yards. 1 K>9 . 2,562.545,476 1866 . 2,575,998,138 I860 . 2,776,218,427 1867 . 2,832,023,707 1801.2.563,409,007 1868 . 2,966,706,542 TOtal...7,902,222,910 8,374,428,387 Showing an increase in the quantity of ex? ported cotton goods of 472,205,477 yards over the exports ol 1859-60-01. The extension of commerce is due to the opening of new mar? kets in India. Ia tho two periods quoted there was a decrease of 311,282,290 yards, or 13 per cent. In Euglish-India exports,, If yarns were included, the decrease would appear still greater. Thc tables of exports and imports show that the sale of British cotton goods In countries which are thought to be outstripping England have increased 6 per cent., whilst the Imports from those countries have decreased 2k per cent. The following are the figures of the exports: 1859-60-61 1866-67-68 Pounds. Pounds. France. 12,247,289 37,590,05? Holland.128,841,125 118,537,380 llanse Towns.142,362,588 138,229,899 Belgum. 4,824,196 11,672,922 Total.288,276,798 305,930,263 The increase in the value of exports is ?16, 160,863 or nearly 90 per cent.; the total amount in the first period of three years being ?18,093. 553, and in thc second period ?34,254,416. It is the home consumption that has fallen off; the amounts of the value in this respect being ?32, 324,000 in the first period, and but ?28,858,000 in thc second. The great depression in the cotton trade occurs through a falling off in the trade abroad. It is a remarkable circumstance, of which notice should be taken, that there ls at tlie same time an Increasing expenditure in Intoxicating drinks, as exhibited in official re? turns. In 1866 the amount in value was ?101, 252,551; In 1867, $99,900,502; and in 1868, ?102, 886,280; a total in three years ol' ?304,039,333. Whilst this large sum was spent ^Intoxicating liquors, England expended upon cotton goods, the staple production of the country, only ?28,858,000. _ A FAMILY PUZZLE.-Alluding to the report that M. Lesseps and his son-wno are referred to as "MM. X. p?re et /??s"-are about to marry two Bisters, thc Rappel suggests the following complications as likely to arise .from these double espousals: To begin with, M. X., the son, will be the brother-in-law of his father, and his wife will become thc sister-in-law of her own Bister. If M. X. senior has a son, and M. 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