The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 25, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Sunday Morning, March 25, 1866.
Southern Enterprise.
A traveler just returned from a
tour through the Southern States,
furnishes the New York Watchman
with some interesting information
concerning Southern railroads. He
says that, with the exception of about
fifteen miles of staging between
Branchville and Augusta, (which gap
is being closed at the rate of three
miles per week, ) railroad communica- j
tion between New York, Montgome
ry, Mobile and all points in the South
and South-west, via the great Atlantic
seaboard route, is now complete.
The Roanoke River at Weldon, it is
true, has to be ferried, but the ar?
rangements are very complete, and
but little time is required. The
bridge over that river at this point is
about 1,800 feet in length, and will
bc completed by the first of April.
The iron-pile bridge over Pee Dee
River, on the Wilmington and Man?
chester Railroad, has been finished,
and trains now pass over it. The
iron-pile bridge over the San tee
River, on the North-eastern Railroad,
between Florence and Charleston,
will probably be finished by the mid?
dle of March, and the ferriage of the
(river obviated A person buying a
through ticket can leave New York in
i the 8 a. m. train from Jersey City,
and go through with great comfort to
Wilmington, N. C., in forty-six hours,
having choice of routes via Washing?
ton, Richmond, Petersburg and Wel?
don, N. C., or by the Old Bay Line
steamers from Baltimore to Norfolk
and Weldon, securing au excellent
night's rest and good fare thereby.
i Jg#We are tolutU?it the; time is the .same
? -'".iv ?feithiar route. ~*
I i ^BEon^fc?- Wilmington and Weldon
; BL>r.cl. between Weldon ami Wilming
C;'B'U5 are as elegant palace sleeping-cars
^^B'cau be found on any road in the
llllljBnited States. The connections with
Hie Wilmington and Manchester Road
'MtlHt Charlotte, KingsTifle, Columbia
Hte-^vTI points South are certain. It is
^l^^fcfidently expected that by the 1st
M^^BApiil the whole route to all South
S^^^^?j?fcfi^^^? - De unbroken, and
^ii^iJ^li ? 111 yBKaricl baggage arrange
t??tf^j&fr&?"' BBscted.
R '^m*> upon reaching Weldon,
by the Raleigh and
Raihoad to Raleigh, whose
Ramodations are excellent, and
S^?wilMpe to Charlotte, and so connect
ppiWwitritlie' Southern line. We are in
W??f formed that this is about as straight a
llRAine to the South-west as the others
BR^nentioned in this article.
^SMB The railroad route to the South
f^fif?^B?i via Washington, Lynchburg,
V" W'V* Rix vii le and Chattanooga, to Mem
I i Rrj and New Orleans, is now un
fe?^^Hrjcn, with the exception of a
\>?S:'RSffeft over the Tennessee River, on
'jj^jj?W twine of the Memphis and Charles
???K iVm Railroad, at Decatur. This
^^?itmlge has been contracted for, and is
R , ^tu^ter rapid progress, and will be a
W ^^Magnificent structure. At present,
? passengers cross by sleam-ferry.
H Wreat credit is due to Colonel Samuel
fi I mte, the enterprising President of
Rfcgr'the road, for what he hos accom
8fi plished in so ohort a time.
R We learn, also, that two of the
||||RGeorgia railroads have been abie to
Hdeehire dividends from their earnings
Rsi nee the close of the war-a decided
||i||Rrn,oof of increasing business and
|P?a?rosi>erity.
The Greeaville Raihoad now runs,
^r^^^^S^^^RK.0 ^oud* tnat tne short
|^^^?;^^-^^^t^?^?pine will soon be i-e
S?HW^^M^^^R"^0^ Boad is gradu
f-Rg Columbia, and by
Hfct(d above will be
^^^^^^^^^^^^Be coraP?eted. The
HL men tin LT upon the
R'-v *ne traveler,
Rf I i;it ''it is a raat
^^^^^^^^^^??^^^^^Jfc*recu perati vc
?^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Bli'ish^d by
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K^R*8 smce the
^^S^^?j^SI^BiS^S^R^' consider
Rp '? " i ? r *^^Mp?^ i at ely in
^^^^^^^^LyW^^>n ofime olJotheof the
tr''".'j?.''iK'Rri'? g arm?* ^Mt the /rlicy
I^^^?S^R H* (lt ea(*h wP- * to destrojthe
IPls^lIl?^k machinery and rolling ?ck,
S'^^^?^^P"?vei* !l section of countrfwos
^^^^^^Rdonoil ami they could ii be
^^^^i^^Rl' *Vftk railroad eoirAnies
^^^?4^^^Bvit?ut any f:icilities for Ipair
^^^^^i?^Rn Rpds or replacing w?i-out
^^^^^^?ei?and cars; that ff four
^^^^f^^BfctjB^I' were worked feyond
^^^^^^^^^Mte in carrying ?ppkes,
S^^^^^^^^^R?iiniiti<uis|i W> tlmt
they performed all this service with?
out adequate compensation, being j
paid in funds that had a local value j
only, and which subsequently became
worthless; that nearly nil their |
depots and otlier property were dc
stroyed, and their assets rendered
unavailable- or of uo value, as the
result of the war, and the fact of the
disorganized condition of labor, aud
dimculty of inspiring confidence in
capitalists, and negotiating loans,
while the Southern States occupy
their present status toward the Gov?
ernment of the TJnited States. "
Soutirera Convention Proposed.
We extract the following paragraph
from the New York Herald, a paper
always fertile in suggestions :
"Let all the Senators and Repre?
sentatives elected to Congress from
the lately rebellious States meet
together in Washington, or some
other convenient place, in the form
of a convention, for the considera?
tion of their present position and the
j course? best adapted to secure the
recognition of the claims of their
several States to an early re-admission
into Congress. In such a conven?
tion the discussion of what the States
interested have done, what they are
doing and what they expect to do, as
loyal members of the Union,,?nder
the new order of things, would con?
tribute, no doubt, a vast amount of
useful information to Congress and
the people of the Northern States.
Finally, in the shaping of a memo?
rial to Congress, submitting their
claims and asking what additional
safeguards and securities for the
Uuion and the freedmen will be
deemed sufficient to re-open the
doors of Congress to the South, the
convention may bring the Recoil
struction Committee at least to a
clear understanding.''
The correspondent of the Rich?
mond Dispatch, writing from Wash?
ington, says that this suggestion is
regarded, in that city, as very plausi?
ble, and that ?lthough the matter has
not taken any definite form, yet
there arc many who believe such a
meeting would be invested with ex?
cellent result?, and says further, that
it is not thought uncertain that such
a meeting will take place before long.
We are not of opinion that such a
meeting or convention would resull
in any benefit. The Herald suggests
a memorial to Congress, and thinks
some such proceeding has become
necessary to secure the people of the
Southern States a fair and full oppor
trinity "to lay their claims before
Congress and the country, and tc
secure, if possible, a statement of the
conditions essential to a re-admission
of the late rebel States into the
councils of the nation." It furthei
says that it knows of no other move
ment better calculated to effect ?
speedy understanding between Con
gre8s and the South.
We do not believe that such a meet
ing is at all necessary. We do no
wish to see the Southern States stul
tify themselves by (figuratively speak
ing) going down on their knees te
"Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania
Charles Sumner, Wendell Philips
and others of the same stripe," ane
begging admission to such a body a
now controls the legislation of tin
country. We have had humiliatioi
enough; let ns not put the finish in;
stroke to it by becoming abject sup
I pliants to the hortic of radicals win
j now wield the power in Congress.
Besides, has not the President sai<
j all that can be said in defence of th
rights of the Southern States to be re
presented in Congress ? Has he no
used every argument, and, in fact
exhausted the argument, that cou!
be offered to ineluee the raelical ma
jority to yield to our just claims
Has not the Supreme Court of th
Uniteel States, as will be seen by
paragraph from the National Tntell,
gencer, affirmed that the Souther
States are in the Union ? Could an
convention of the Southern Senatoi
ami Representatives lay anything be
fore Congress and the country mor
potent and cogent in argument tba
the speech of the President anti til
Supreme Court ? We think not; an
for the sake of the elignity and sci
iespect of the Southern States, xt
hope that the suggestion of ti
Herald will not be acted on. Let v
bide our time patiently, anel we hov
no doubt but that inthe enel, throng
the firmness and patriotism of Ai
elrew Johnson, our rights will be si
cured without the sacrifice of dignil
and high-toned independence, wine
such a meeting, for such a purpose i
inelicated, would exhibit.
A destructive fire occurred ?
' Jacksonville, Florida, on the Uti
I which destroyed the office of tl
I JacksonyjMe Union ane? two otln
! buildings I
Financial Crash.
T??t the United States is over
traditig is beyond a question, and !
that, if this state of things continues, !
ii collapse, a financial crisis, com?
pared with which those of '37 and
'57 will have been but a breeze, must
necessarily ensue, is equally true. Up
to the end of November last, the
value of the dry goods alone import?
ed into the single port of New York,
from the beginning of the year, we
i see stated, was $81,386,000, against
$70,031,000 the previous year in thc
same period. While the imports have
steadily increased, the volume of ex?
ports of domestic products has as
steadily diminished. Thc people, in
! stead of retrenching and economizing,
j are thus steadily building up an addi
j tional debt, that must be paid; a debt
! that will tax them for the next thirty
j or forty years.
I "A wise man foreseeth the evil and
hideth himself," and all prudent busi?
ness men should now take in sail and
endeavor to reach safely a harbor.
The Secretary of the United States
Treasury, in his able report, warned
the country that disaster was ahead.
We had hoped that Congress would
j have listened to Mr. McCulloch's ad?
vice and suggestion; but it appears
that body is not in accord with him,
and refuses to listen to Iiis compre?
hensive financial schemes.
We .doubt if, since the days of Mr.
Hamilton, the United States has had
so able a financier as the present Sec?
retary. We have little hope that his
plan for the contraction of the cur?
rency, funding the floating debt, and
a gradual but sure and safe resump?
tion of specie payments, -will be put
in operation at the close of the pre?
sent fiscal year. It will evidently re?
quire two good crops of cotton, ere
we can hope for a resumption of spe?
cie payments. And is there any pros?
pect that we shall soon have tbat hope
realized V From all quarters of the
South, the tidings are, that the ne?
groes are working but indifferently,
and that the planters will not have
their sanguine hopes of large crops
gratified. We all know how it is here,
in Virginia. If, then, the cotton is
not made, the imports must bo paid
for in Government securities, and
those securities must be sent abroad
as gold. What they will bring will
depend upon the estimate in which
our ability to pay the enormous debt
overhanging us is held in Europe.
Already enormous quantities are held
abroad, which, if sent home for sale
and realization, would ruin us. We
cannot tell what would be the possi?
ble effect upon the securities thus
held when the currency becomes par;
for they were mostly sold at one-third
less .than their face. One tiling,
however, is very certain-that, from
present appearances, there is little
hope for an early contraction of the
currency and resumption of specie
payments. Certainly the South, with
her system of labor destroyed and
her present unsettled condition, can
do but little in averting the impend?
ing disaster. Our condition is far
different from what it would have
been had the Southern States been
brought back into the Union in a
different way and by different means.
We can do scarcely anything as mat?
ters stand, and as it seems determined
! they shall stand, to aid the North. If
j the North, instead of practicing re
j trenchment and economy, both public
i and private, goe.? on in the career of
extravagance, importing at the rate of
$400,000,000 a year, all of which hus
to be paid for in gold, the crash must
come with terrible effect. Prudent,
wise reduction of expenses and legis?
lation might lessen the force of the
blow, but we fear we cannot escape it
altogether. This seems to be the
general impression among the best
informed and most intelligent busi?
ness circles at the North, and they
are accordingly setting their houses in
order. We warn our people of it.
There must be a settlement, and we
i might as well look facts and figures in
j the face, no matter how disagreeable
j such investigations and disclosures
; may be to us. The Federal debt
! alone-the war debt is in round num
j hers $3,000,000,000 and upwards, and
j the municipal indebtedness of tho
Northern States is estimated at $20,
I 000,000. With this burden hanging
I over the people, and the additional
j indebtedness that is being acciimu
' lated month after month by the prodi
? gality incident to the inflation pro
j duced by the war, the prospect, com
j mercially and financially, is not a
j flattering one. As far as wc are cou
i cerned, we will not feel it so heavily
i when the tornado does come, for wr
i are already prostrate.
[Richmond Times.
I ACTION- or THE SUTIIEMB COURT.
j Yesterday, in regnlax order of busi?
ness, the case of Newell, appellant,
j ns. Norton, libellant-a case in admi
i ralty, arising upon a boat collision in
1858. on the Mississippi River, was
called under the order referred to,
antT the Conrt entered upon thc
merits of the case as of course.
The laws of the United States nn
i in unobstructed operation throughoul
all the States, and therefore thc
i practical constitutional relations oi
the severin States, so far as they con?
cern the Executive branch, are re
stored. To this may now be added
a second of the three co-ordinate
branches, the Judiciary. The othei
' of the great tripod of tile nation i?
; still out of practical relation th<
Legislature or Congress,
I National Intdl'ujencer.
Half a ton of silver has been rv
|ceived from Idaho by a New York
i firm.
M f?? li ?m i
From "Washington.
There is no probability that the Se- j
nate will concur in thc proposition of
the House to adjourn in May, or at
any other time, until the political and ;
financial condition of the country
shall bc settled in some manner in
accordance with their views.
The Senate is behind the House in
the extent of its radical power. But1
the Senate hopes to regain the two- j
thirds majority which it has, for the
present, lost. They lack but one
vote, it is said, to enable them to j
cany Mr. Broomall's constitutional t
amendment fixing the basis of repre- j
sentatiou. Some scheme of repre-1
sentation they nr? determined to pass ;
before the termination of the session, I
and possibly they may effect it.
The Committee on Ways and Means
have had no meeting since the loan !
bill was recommitted to them. It is j
supposed that they may favor the ?
proposition of Mr. Hooper, which
was referred to them yesterday; but I
thc opponents of the defeated bill !
will object that it gives power to the !
Secretary of the Treasury, and that
that power will be used to contract
tho paper currency.
The friends and supporters of a j
conservative financial policy in the
House o? Representatives are not dis- !
couraged by the votes of yesterday, j
They will not yield ground, and will
go before the people upon the issue ?
offered.
[Cor. Baltimore Sun, March 20tft. !
Tho Government does not seem to j
be apprehensive that the Fenians will
attempt an invasion of the British
Provinces, nor is the British Minister !
seriously alarmed on the subject.
Nothing is known here to justify the
belief that the Fenians have as yet
gone beyond holding meetings, and j
making collections of money in aid of !
their cause. Nothing of a belligerent ?
character has been done, thus far, to <
authorize direct Governmental inter- ?
ference.
The case of Senator Stockton comes i
np to-morrow. Although the Judi- j
ciary Committee has reported in his '
favor, there is but little doubt that
the majority of the Senate will oust
him. Votes are needed to override I
Presidential vetoes, and the radicals I
have determined, if possible, to have
them, without regard to justice or i
precedent. A Republican Senator
will be returned by the present New
Jersey Legislature, and Senator '?
Stewart having gone over, a vote or
two more wi'l be all they need.
[Correspondence Ballimore Sun.
The President has approved the
act in relation to the Court of Claims. .
It allows money to be paid ont of the i
Treasury for any claim passed upon j
by the Court, either party to appeal j
to the Supreme Court of the United
States from any final judgment or
decree which may hereafter be ren
dered in any case wherein thejamount
in controversy exceeds $9,000. Al
lows an appeal at any time within :
ninety days, excepting in eases where ;
the amounts found due by the Court
have been paid at the Treasury.
Astute politicians in position think :
that the Stewart resolution will not j
amount to anything in legislation or j
in public opinion. I was astounded .
to find that they are the work of
Foote, of Missippi.
The conservative Republicans iu ;
Congress have organized a national I
committee, with headquarters, from
'which documents are to be sent to !
the country. Associate clubs are to
be established throughout the Union, j
ALPHA.
The correspondent of the New York
Times, writing from the city of Mexi-1
co, says:
"Mr. Saillard arrived here a few !
days ago. His despatches, it is said, \
were delivered verbally. They con- j
sisted in these very few words: 'Tho
Emperor, my master-, wishes to come ;
to some understanding for the with- \
drawal of his army.' The answer- was :
as short as unexpected. 'Let the
Emperor Napoleon withdraw his
troops; the sooner the better.' This i
was a poser, and Mr. Sailiaad is likely !
to go back with n flea that he will |
transmit to the ear of his master-.
Accordingly, Mr. Saillard took the :
back track, and arrived in New York '
last Monday night.
COMFORT AT FUNERALS.-The pro?
gress of luxury is rapid - -especially
in New York. A company advertises I
that they have a convenient and
beautiful cemetery near that city; that
it is reached by railroad; that the cars j
are warmed in cold w eather, so that !
mourners sutler no exposure; that, in
fact, they have introduced all the mo?
dern improvements, and can under?
take to bury the dead in the shortest
time and in a style which leaves no
thing to bc desired in the way of,
ease, rapidity and comfort. Compe?
tition may be the life of trade; but it
is slightly shocking to have that life
carried np to the gates of the grave.
I Boston Transcript.
? - -< # ? ?
The Israelites, on a certain occa?
sion, wearied of waiting for their
leader, exclaimed : ' 'As for this Moses,
that brought us up ont of tho land of
Egypt, we wot not what has Become
of him." Let us hope that the mo?
dern Moses (President Johnson; is
only tarrying in the mountains.
[Memphis /'os/.
The impatient Iraelites, whilcwait
ing for Moses, mad?: and worshipped
as au idol a brazen calf! And when
Moses did come down, he waxed
wroth, "and there, fell of the people
that day about three thousand uren.'"
How do office-holders like the pa?
rallel ?-Richmond Dispatch.
Under the heading, "New Recon?
struction Resolutions." the reports of
the proceedings of Congress, on the
6th instant, gives in full a series of
resolutions offered by Senator Stew?
art, of Nevada. Why these resolu?
tions are supposed to embody any
new plan of reconstruction, is as in?
soluble a mystery ns why Mr. Cop?
perfield called his country place "Thc
Rookery."
Mr. Stewart sets forth that "where?
as one of the most prolific scourers of
unfriendly sentiment is thc conflict
of opinion on the subject of ucgro
suffrage," and "whereas it is now
most evident that there is no proba?
bility whatever that Senators and
Representatives for the Southern
States will be allowed to occupy the
seats to which they have been eleetetl,
until such States shall have complied
with certain fundamental conditions,"
therefore, resolved, that universal
negro suffrage, repudiation of the
Confederate debt, and relinquish?
ment of all claims for compensation
for the emancipation of slaves, shall
constitute the leading features of
these fundamental conditions.
Mr. Stewart has heretofore been a
moderate man, and a friend and sup?
porter of the President. His atti?
tude is now truly pitiable. Having en?
dorsed tho President in his d?liant
declaration to play "hardest fend off"
with the radicals, he now acknow?
ledges himself hacked and cowed.
He even shows enthusiasm in his loy?
alty to his conquerers. He takes
their must ultra designs and parades
them before his late associates and
friends as a "compromise," to which
they all may consistently subscribe.
In advocating his resolutions, ho
said: "This proposition avoids all
odious provisions attached to others
which appear like coercion." This
idea is expressed in the last resolu?
tion:
"Resolved, That in the adoption of
the aforesoid resolution, it is not in?
tended to assert a coercive power ou
the part of Congress in regard to thc
regulation of the right of suffrage in
the different States of the Uniou, bul
only to make a respectful and earnest
appeal to their own good sense ami
love of country, with a view to tin
prevention of serious evils now threa?
tened and to the peaceful perpetua?
tion of the repose, the happiness one
true glory of the whole Americar
people."
Certain propositions are presentee
to the Southern people-arnon?;
others, negro suffrage-and they are
told that when they conform to thes<
requirements, they will be admitted
to the enjoyment of their Constitu?
tional rights. On the other hand,
they are notified that so long as the}
refuse compliance, they entail upoi
themselves perpetual disfranchise
ment. If this is not "coercion," it L
the very strongest sort ot" an "ap
peal."
If these conditions are ever sub
mittedto the vote of the Southeri
people, they will, we hope and be
I ?eve, be calmly, but firmly and une
quivocally, rejected. If we dispur
patience, fortitude and resolution
and will only wait, we will regain ou
rights and our Uberties, without firs
depriving ourselves of the means o
enjoying those blessings, thus render
ing ourselves unfit to possess them
I Richmond Times.
FKEEDHEN'S BCREAU.-The Wash
ington correspondent of the Ne^
Orleans Picayune gives the followin
opinion as to the duration of th
Freedmen's Bureau, under the Act c
Congress creating it. According t
the writer, it expires by law in Maj
1860, one j-ear after the ending of th
war of the rebellion:
I have read Geu. Howard's letter t
February 23, but 1 do not know c
any power which can continue th
Freedmen's Bureau in force for
year longer. Thc Act of Congres
creating it says it shall "continu
during the present war of rebellioi
and for one year thereafter." Man
persons seem to think that the war :
not over yet, that it is still raginj.
and that it will continue to rage unt
the President issues a proclamatio
declaring that the war is over. Win
an absurd idea! lt is as easy to te
when the war was over, as it is to te
when the winter is over, or when tl
night is over. The war of the rebe
lion came to au end in thu month (
May, 1865, when the Confedera!
armies had surrendered and laid dow
their arms, and when thc Norther
armies were disbanded. There lu
been no war smce that time. Wi
implies opposing armies in the fiel?
Mr. Trumbull himself, in a speech i
the Senate, on the 20th ultimo, d<
monstrated clearly that the war of tl
rebellion ended at that time; that tl
present Freedmen's Bureau would e
pire by limitation of law in Ma;
1866, and therefore the necessit
existed for enlarging its powers,
think Gen. Howard entirely misui
derstood the President, for the latt
is not the mau to assume authority :
extend the existence of this Purer
beyond the time specified in the la
creating it.
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As SCANTY AS TH E G ?<. ?BOXA. ( JosTC M
AL newspaper correspondent, descri
ing tho costume of a belle at a recei
ball, says: "Miss H., with that r
pugnance to ostentation in dress whit
is so peculiar to her sex, was attired
i simple white lace collar, fasten*
ivith a neat pearl button solitaire."
The Raleigh Siandardfhas ceas*
ts a daily paper, and is only comb
mt now triweekly.
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ed to tlie following advertisements, wb
arc published this morning for the li
time: I
Edward SUI-A Card. /
.1. A. Enslow A- Co.- Cotton Pactoif
Miss M. L. C.- Situation Wanted./
E. and H. O. Kinsler- -Executors' J
IL Solomon-Great Attraction.
Shiver A- Beckham- Calicoes at ll
Calnan fi Kreuder -Family Grace 1
J. L. Boatwrifrht-Administrais ]
Nomination of Dr. Sill for Mayor.
Turner ?V Fahey-Dissolution.
John IL Wilson-Kentucky Slides
A. R. Phillips-Variety Sale.
A tender tetc-n.-tete loses half its cl
if tbc sweet words of either party q'
mated with a fragrant breath. Sozul
the only article that will asrure tlu.-^^
Kiileratiini by keeping the teeth speckl^ r**J|
thc gums healthy, the whole mouth \
and" undefiled. It literally embalms*,
dental substance, preserving it from d?i
through life. Use it daily. Will lind \
pleasure. \
Kiu-ope not Alai-jiieil by Bancroft
The Hon. George Bancroft has i\
reason to feel complimented by tn
reception which his memorial oratio?
of Mr. Lincoln has received in
Europe. In the oration, it will be\
remembered, he directed little atten?
tion to the subject of his address, but
paid his respects principally to the
effete and barbarian Governments of
Europe. There was scarcely one of
them which lie did not arraign as
guilty of high crimes and misde?
meanors against humanity; he pluck?
ed all the feathers out of the Aus?
trian eagle; cut the comb of the
Gallic cock, and belabored the British
king of beasts till there ought not to
have been left a whole bone in his
body. We confess that we felt some j
apprehensions of the effects in
Europe of such a furious assault
upon nearly the whole of civilized j
Christendom in the presence of its (
representatives assembled in the -
council halls of tho nation to do
honor to the memory of the late Pre?
sident of the United States. We
feared that it might complicate the
relations of this country with tho
rest of the universe, and that it
might become necessary for the Pre?
sident to call for 000,000 volunteers
to defend American soil from the
vengeance aroused by Bancroft's
thunderbolt?. But we are agreeably
surprised by the fortitude and com?
posure manifested by unhappy Europe
under this dire infliction. We have
not heard that the Emperor of Aus?
tria has deemed it necessary to make
a levy eti masse of his subjects, nor
that Napoleon has sent additional re?
inforcements to Mexico, whilst Eng?
land treats the whole, subject with
what looks like scornful indifference.
Doubtless, this is the result of fear,
though it looks very much like con?
tempt. Tue London Times, that
areat organ of the public sentiment
af Europe, speaks coolly of Mr. Ban?
croft as ''a mischievous old man."
The British Lion has treated the chi?
valrous Bancroft precisely as the lion
lese ri bed by Cervantes treated the
valiant Knight of La Mancha. That
mirror of chivalry approached the
don in his cage, inviting him to como
forth and try conclusions in mortal
combat, but the only response was a
.bange of position on the part of the
ion, who lazily rinsed himself up,
ipproached the open door of the
:age, tinned round and lay down
igain, presenting his rear to the face
>f the challenger.
We trust Mr. Bancroft will feel
miniated by this encouraging result
;o resume his historical labors, giving
is a history of the British Lion from
lis beginning to his latter end.
[Richmond Disjxtlcli.
ANOTHER FKKKI>MEN'.<? BUREAU BILI..
Che announcement is made thatSe
?ator Doolittle is preparing a Freed
nen's Bureau Bill, which will har
nonix.e with the views of the Pre
ident. We are not positively ad*
rised who is at the head of the
novement, but, undoubtedly, efforts
ire making to frame a bill which will
ie acceptable to Congress as well as
he President. The whole question
ontiuues to furnish a subject of
mich vexation in committee circles,
md the country would feel a sense of
chef if a settlement could be speeihTy
.rrived at.
A negro named Ess?
ii ung in Augusta, on tl
br the murder of Dr.
)f Burke Connik