The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, April 26, 1866, Image 2
"COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, April 26,1866.
The Kwtlonal JnhiiMn Civil?.
We liave already noticed the for?
mation of this elnb in Washington
city. The association, through it?
Chairman, Montgomery "Blair, ha?
issued an address to the people o!
the United States on the politics'
condition of the country. Its lengtr.
.prevents its publication in oui
columns, but an extract or two wil
yjive oar readers au iden of its tenoi
und purport. As to the radicals mu
their purposes,.it says:
' 'Now, the whole radical party hav<
v assumed, as their party principle, th?
anti-constitutional doctrine that th?
Stages put in abeyance by rebellioui
usurpation shall only be recognizec
as in the Union when submitting tx
terms prescribed by an Act of Con
gress. This attains the point a
which the Essex junto-the high
Hying Federalists of the North
would, at the beginning of the Gov
ernment, have fixed the power of th
General Government. The who!
policy of this aristocratic body o
politicians has ever been, and is now
the consolidation of the supreiu
power in the hands of Congress. It
legislation is to pervade the State
and supplant that of their Legishi
tures. They make a full manifesta
tion of their design in their Freed
man's Bureau bill and their civ:
rights biD, by which they undertak
to establish a nation of negroe
among a nation of whites, and rende
'them independent of the laws an
courts of the State iu which the
reside, and in contempt of all sen*
of justice and humanity, their revc
lutionary measures invading th
rights of the States, and annullin
their municipal laws, by excludin
them from their rights in the Unioi
aud their representation from tl
halls of Congress, and governiu
them os England once governed Tri
land, refusing to hear her voice i
the Imperial Parliament. As Irelan
was governed hy laws sent to hi
from England, so the eleven Stat
of the South, still excluded fro
representation in Congress, althou?
they have given proof of entire sn'
mission to the laws and Constitutio
and acquiescence in nil the issues d
termined by the war, are govern?
hy laws shaped in a caucus, ni
passed by a Congress representa
another section of the country e
elusively."
The address thus puts the win;
question in a nut-shell. Tho ('ons
tution expressly provides that tl
President of the United States ai
Congressional representatives shall
tho voters of each State authoriz
by it to elect the members of t
popular branch of the Legislatui
This right is expressly reserved
each State to prevent the consolh
tion of all power in the Congress
the United States. But it would
as profitable to try and teacli an c
pliant to read the Latin and Ort
tongues as to indoctrinate the ra
enls with the principles of the C?
stitntion.
We extract another paragraph fr
this address:
"Congress has not yet ventured
annul the clause in the Constitu?
giving the creation of electors to
several States; hut Mr. Sumner, v
speaks for the Senate, has asser
that tho lato emancipation ame
ment to the Constitution warrants
concession of suffrage to thc negr<
' and a measure has been introdu
into the House of Repr?sentative!
deny it to all the white people <
qualified by the test oath. But j
ther of these expedients need
resorted to now. Congress, by
eluding from the National Legislat
the whole race in the South t
fought the battle for our in dei
dence, and who contributed lar(
in founding what has hitherto b
looked upon ns the white man's
vemment, established by hiseoun
intelligence and labor as his own f
hold, and as the inheritance of
children, renders any further disfi
ehisement superfluous, and his de;
dation is completed hy putting
negroes upon a higher ground t
the white race in other respects; <
eating their children at the nuti<
expense; feeding, clothing and s
tering the hundred thousands
reject the tempting wages which
vite them to return to employ mei
the South; according to them sen
tho galleries of the two houses
males attired in every variety of
tumos, the fenn 'es (at least the Ix
looking of them) rustling in silk?
is to be hoped not at the expens
the Treasury;) the men repaying"
applauso the recognition by Sens
of their service that saved the cc
try, and the women repaying by
quets the glances with' which
are honored from below. It is
sonable, indeed, that they sh
occupy positions in the chara
fro^i which multitudes of men
women of our kindred nre tu
away daily."
Instead of Freedmen's Bun
with their expensive and anno
machinery, the address says, it w
bo much bet tor and wiser for tho
vrrnment to provide homes foi
freedmen ou the public domain,
wl>ere they might enjoy au _ actual
equality among themselves, establish
aCJovernnrent for" themselves, under
the protection and instruction of <?nr
great republic, where .they might at?
tain substantial independence, and be
stimulated by the highest motives to
cultivate the nobler faculties of man.
Thc publication and extensive cir?
culation of this address, wc trust,
will render good service in rousing up
the public mind of the North as to
thc pnrposes of the radical faction.
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Cotton.
The exports of cotton from New
York, for the week ending April 17,
amounted to 21,7<>0 bales, valued at
83,f?97,51S, and since September 1,
1865, there have been exported 394,
538 bales, valued at. ?70,-000,000.
Thc w hole amount of cotton which
the South has given to the commerce
of the country is estimated by some
of the New York papers ot2,000;000 of
bales, which, at ruling rates, amount?
ed to something over 83,000,000!
This, the New York Herald justly
says, is equal to six or seven years'
production of the gold mines of Cali?
fornia and the other States and Ter?
ritories of the Pacific. Cotton is an
article of prime necessity, and?not
only employs millions of hands ant
hundreds of millions of capital, bm
takes the place of gold and silver ii
the exchanges of the world.. Tlx
Herald considers it great good fortuw
for the United States to find so mud
cotton in the South at the close o
the war, and remarks that had Ung
land been so fortunate as to discove
8300,000,000 in gold immediate!
after her exhausting war with Nape
leon, how easily sli'? would hav
passed through her tron?les!
These figures develop the gren
wealth and resources of the Souther
States under their former system i
j labor; now this system has been ovei
turned, the resources of the plantan
I interests so sadly crippled that it wi
be years (if ever) before they cn
send to the marts of the world eve
her old supply of cotton, while tl
political status of these States is sue
that their business confidence is nea
ly prostrated. And what for? '1
j gratify tho fanaticism and greed ?
I power of a dominant faction in Coi
j gress, who ure doing all they ea t
: ruin thc country to subserve the
I own selfish ends and interesta. We
i the Southern. States, in accordant
j with the President's policy, reston
I to their full and just position in tl
j Union, we are confident that a gre
! impetus would be given to the dev
j lopnient of their resources and t
j resuseifttion of their producing eu?
gies in every department,
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SOUTKKKX DEBTORS.- At ameeti
ot the New ?ork Chamber of Co:
? tnercc, last Thursday, the commitl
recently appointed to petition t
. President to exact from the Southe
( States payment of debts contract
at th. North before the war, report
I that, in their opinion, no interpu
j tion on the part of the Govornmi
j is necessary, as the States in questi
j seemed willing to pay their law
debts without coercion. Tho Cn
mittee add:
"No one of the States lately in
: hellion has shown any disposition
i repudiate their liabilities incur)
prior to the war. On the contra
! most of them have already ackno
; edged that liability, and many
j them have also been engaged in
j vising ways and means for paying
. the accumulated interest, and \
viding for the future payment of
terest and principal.''
The conduct of the individ
i citizens of the Southern States is ?
; referred to by the committee as hi
t ly honorable. Few, if any, of tl
! have failed to acknowledge ti
' obligations, or to provide for the
I turo payment of such portion of t!
' as their reduced assets will allow.
THE SOTJTHEBN RELIEF FAIIC. '
lady managers of thc Southern fl?
. Fair have commenced the sale of
: limbic donations remaining over fi
their great exhibition. This en
prise will be the means of inerea.
the general fund. The soiree of
fair took place on Monday nighi
the Front Street Theatre, and w
grand affair. Mrs. B. C. Howard,
President, and Miss Mary E. Fl
the Treasurer of the Association. |
lish a card of thanks, in which t
j acknowledge the receipt of more 1
' $100,000.
j The track-laying for tho UrRt
J railroad in Charleston will bo ?
meneed in a few weeks. Ho the
aident of the road reports to tlie
Council.
A. JH. H. STUART, ESQ-Vntooria.
Greeley Is well pleased to leam that
Mr. Stuart is a protectionist. "The
war," hf exolaima, "has left states
men in Virginia," and "one of them"
is ' elected to represent the Staun?
ton district in Congress." Then,
make your radical friends admit liim
to his scut. Greeley adds:
"Old Slate! throw off 3*our depen?
dence on Now England us well as Old
England. Quit buying of both and
go to making! There arc the germs
of greater Lowells than Lowell in
your .Richmond, Fredericksburg, and
Petersburg. Protect your industry
hy proieotang that of all the States;
give a guarantee through politics that
this protection ahull be permanent;
?ind moif money will bu sent to you
to develop your coal, iron, copper,
gold and petroleum, and to set your
fulling waters to work, than your
wildest dreams ever hoped for. You
can make yourself tho richest State in
tho American Union by protection.
If you will only make war on fice
trade as you made war on free labor,
you will in a quarter of a century
have earned and won the re-baptism
of your name, the 'Old Dominion,'
and be known in American politics,
arts, commerce and wealth us the
New Dominion. You have but to
sei/.e your destiny."
SUSPENSION OK THE SENTENOH OF
THE MILITARY COMMISSION. The fol?
lowing explains itself so well that we
are quite sn rc (?ur readers will be
sufficiently informed and delighted
without further comment from us:
H EA nu/KS? DEPARTMENT OF S. C..
Charleston. S. C., April -J4, ISml.
(ieneml Orders So. 32.
In obedience to the order of the
President of tho United States, th?
execution of the sentence of th?
Court in the cases of Francis Gainet
Stowers, James Crawford K?-ys. Ro?
bert Keys and Elisha By rem, pub?
lished in General Orders No. 30, eur
rout series, is hereby suspended anti
tho further order of tl ie President.
Dy command of
Maj. (b u. D. E. SICKLES.
O. H. ll.\KT, Brevet Brig. Gen. mn
A. A. G.
A CANARD. -We find the following
paragraph in one of our exchanges
Kieh Southerners are buying nie
residences in the fashionable parts o
Boston, and are going to live there
Over twenty first-class houses then
have lately been purchased by South
erners, who say they made fortune
during the war. and have come Sort]
to invest it.
We don't believe a word of it
"Kieh Southcrm rs" are few ami fa
between, <d this time, and if thor
wore any, tiny would scarcely seek t
make their homes in the so-callei
"hub of civilization." lt is very like
ly, if any of those migratory fortum
makers, hailing from tin- South, h.av
settled in Boston, they ur?' natives t
tin' manor horn.
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M.V?OR Mex ROI-:. We have airead
published the statemeid of the S'c
Orleans pupers that Mayor Munro
bad cone to Washington to proem
a pardon. The obtaining ?>f it seen:
to be merely a formal matter. Tb
Philadelphia /.. A/ r's Washingto
correspondent says that "a pardon :
ready for Mayor Munroe when b
asks for it. He will receive it pe:
son ally in a few ?lays."
. ?
A terrible disaster occurred at Ai
pin wall on tho 2tl inst. There was
fearful explosion on the steamer El
ropean, destroying the ship and IC
feet of the wharf. The cause of tl
explosion i-< supposed to be fro:
nitro-glycerine oil on board. Aboi
fifty persons were killed amor
them the captain and officers of tl
ship.
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THE CAR-DRIVERS'STRIKE.- Afb
a deal of fus-, and a great deal'
public speaking and resolving, il
ear-drivers'strike hi New York is
au end. The drivers have rosunu
work at old prices, except on tv
lilies, where the new drivers are i
fained, and <>n which situations n
promised tbe old when vacanci
(.eelir.
SM VII I L\ t 'i UT -. liri?. I n i he il
trihution of thc reward offered f
I i< "??li, I >etective Baker's ex j ?ectatio
were greatly disappointed, lie .
terell :i el.lim lol' S .">">, I M lt t. and V
S3,750.
The Nashville Union, in sjn'aki:
of C?en. Jim Brownlow's attack oi
member of the Legislatura nam
Williams, accused bim of [licking
quarrel with a well-known non-co;
batan t, saying. "We admire Jin
discret ion: he never challenges a in
who he believes will try the virtue
cold lead w ith bim. Brownlow til
went after the editor. Mr. Woodm
but. tlie display ol' a |>i<to! chang
his intentions.
A new prima donna, M lb* Sb-;
made ber debut on the stage in N
York, recently.
mt
Napoleon a.?d I?ruHslj? ---Tin KM ro?
pe M a Programme
The^ pamphlet recently published
in Paris, entitled "Napoleon IU, and
Prussia," sketches distinctly the pro?
gramme for the reconstruction of
Europe, to which we alluded a few
flays ago. lt may be tnken as an
indication of the purposes of the
Emperor of the French, and if it
argued strictly the advantages of an
alliance between France and Prussia,
it would be a deeply significant fact.
International flatteries, an entente
cordiale between two great powers, is
i at any time an ominous fact for the
peaee of Europe. Au entente cordiale
' means war. Alliances, such ns this
proposed, are the preliminaries of
aggression; and are especially a favor?
able means with the Emperor Napo?
leon for thc accomplishment of a
: great purpose. An alliance with
England secured the balance against
Russia for thc Crimean war; au alli?
ance with Victor Emanuel against
Austria secured the Emperor's objects
in Italy, and the alliance to be made
between France timi Prussia will lead
to equally momentous events.
According to the pamphlet, France
is not to take any active pavt in thc
1 war. The Empire is at peace'. The
j alliance is to make Prussia sure that
' France will not be against her. and
for this little assurance she is willing
1 to cede a "rectification of the French
frontier." Could an aUiauce be put
before the French people in anymore
tempting shape than this, fluttering
! the national vanity, offering territory
! and requiring nothing? As for the
advantages to be secured to Prussia,
they will excite sympathy rather than
objections in the French mind, for j
they are based upon detriment to i
Austria and the humbling of Haps-J
burg. This is the Ley-note of alli- ,
anec bet ween the two peoples. Here
is a point, on which France and l*rus
sia can fraternize far mon1 earnestly j
than France ever did with any other ?
power. To humble Austria is a tra?
dition of French history and the po- I
litical necessity of Prussia. This
appeal to the people is skillfully made,
and it' it shall stimulate ti Prussian
sentiment throughout France-if the
Emperor, who luis already arranged I
i the alliance, shall seem tobe forced
into il by national necessities, the
pamphlet will have accomplished all
it was intended to.
Must the expressions made here in
reference to the Rhenish frontier be 1
accepted as the Emperor's sentiments
on that subject? If Europe is to be :
shaken by a great war, with the terri- |
torial aggrandizement of Prussia for
its object, will France, ?is the ally of ;
Prussia, bc satisfied withn coal mine? ;
No one can believe it. lt is well
enough to say to Crerinany just now
that France only wants a eoal mine, .
and it is also well enough to promise
to the French people that they shall j
I uot be called upon for war cxpendi
* tures. By that means, both will con?
sent the more readily to this alliance; !
but by anti by ?.unforeseen" circum- '
stances will ?irise making it necessary
to change this simple plan. France
may be forced to arru and even to
occupy thc Rhine. There is no tell?
ing what may happen when war is
once begun; and if France does oe
cupy the Rhine while Austria and ,
Prussia are contending for the mas- j
teri', then, it' Prussia wins, she -will
have enough to leave those provinces ,
magnanimously to France, while, it I
Austria wins, France, i. self-defence,
will be compelled to hold the Rhine
as a natural frontier and safeguard
against the colossus. Thus, whoever
triumphs, France will get more than
a coal mine, though it is not expo-1
dient for ber to say much about it ut
present. j
Since Bismark is praised iu Paris ;
as tho "Richelieu of I 'russia, " and
accredited with having revived the
Schleswig-Holstein question "with
admirable ability," it cannot be longer
doubted that the question of the
Duchies is a mero pretext, that it is
brought in by Prussia only to give
her ti mond foothold for difference ;
with her great neighbor, ?iud that
war for the aggrandizement of Prus?
sia, and the abasement of Austria, is
the fixed programma of Bismark and
Napoleon. Tf the sentiment of hos?
tility to Austria shall run high in
France during this ivar, as it proba?
bly will, what is to become of the al?
liance between Napoleon and that
unfortunate member of the Hapsburg
family now in Mexico? France, sym?
pathizing with Prussia, will hat?'
Austria more than ever; can she.
then, at snell a time stomach un alli?
ance with *he Emperor of Austria's
brother, the more especially when
this latter alliance may embroil her
with the United States? No; and
this will be to Napoleon an additional
advantage of the Prussian alliance.
It furnishes a solution of his difficul?
ties in the Mexican muddle. His
withdrawal from Mexico will be forced
by the necessities of France, and this
is a plea that will render precipitate
retirement a virtue rather than a hu?
miliation.-JVetr York Herald, 21s/.
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The ex-officers of the United States
army, \sho were prisoners of war in
1S61 and 1K62, are about to tender to
Bishop Lynch of Charleston. H. C.,
thc proceeds of ti lecture, to bc de?
livered at the Academy of .Music at
an early ?lay, for the purpose of re?
building the Orphan Asylum of
Charleston, which was destroyed by
fire in the latter p:irt of 1861. Tho
Bishop is said to have been kind to
the prisoners, conferring on them
many substantial benefits; and the
officers tender this as? token of their
respect and esteeil)
Thr Ken lan?.
j Gen. Meade ?tuted, at n public re- j
ception in Eastport, yesterday, tu?t
he was there simply for the enforce- j
ment of the laws. He is expected to
go to Calais to-day. . Two companies I
of United States regulars had arrived i
at that place, and others were expect?
ed, a portion of the 1st Artillery and 1
the 12th Infantry at Fort Hamilton
being already under orders.
The Fenian arrivals are not so nu- j
ruerons as they were. Those now in
Calais are orderly and quiet. On j
Thumlay, a warehouse on Indian
Island was barned by a band, sup- '
posed to be Fenians from Eastport. j
Another English gun-boat had re- ;
ported oft" Indian Island.
Col. Wheeler, one of the prisoners
at Cornwall, and formerly of the rebel
army, became so pugnacious in court, i
during his examination, yesterday, j
and dwelt so effectively on the fact of j
being an American citizen and living
under Andrew Johnson's administra- ;
tiou, that the Canad' n magistrates
unanimously decided to let him go.
He is now on his way to New York.
Tho other Fenian prisoners were re?
manded to await important evidence, j
Cornwall despatches via Toronto]
are to the effect that the Mayor, who
is au Oraugemau, had formed his.
court to the exclusion of Catholic
magistrates, and that it is thought
the prisoners will be severely pun - ?
Lshed whether found guilty or not. I
A detective, who wormed himself into 1
the confidence of a Cornwall Feniau, :
stated on affidavit that the latter told j
him that the Mayor would be the
first victim when any movement was i
made. The people sympathize strong- ?
ly with the prisoners. Gen. Killian j
is now reported at Portland, leaving ;
Sinnott in command of the Fenians j
at Eastport.-New For/.- Herald, 21s/. !
REPORTED EXPLOITS OP FENIANS ON
THE FRONTIER A HOAX. There is no i
'border war and has Leen nolie; liol
j fights occurred at Calais, nor did the j
j Fenians capture any English Hag. j
' Then- is no excitement on this side j
of tlie. boundary. The presence of a i
j few Fenian organizing circles, cou- J
pied with the Provisional Confedera- j
tion schemes, is the foundation for
the sensation, and the special de- j
i spatches sent to the New York papers |
have been villainously false, and they i
have drawn hither many strangers j
who come to join in the strife. Gen.
Meade, who arrived this morning,
will officially explode the bubble.
THE PHILADELPHIA MURDERER.
The fend Probst has been indicted
and arraigned for the murder of the
Deering family. It is understood
that Probst expresses a willingness to
plead guilty to the charge of murder?
ing Cornelius Carey. Tin- District
Attorney designs, however, to try
him upon the bill charging him with
the murder of Mr. Deering, which
shows the confidence of the Common?
wealth's officer in the strength of his
case without availing himself of the
pretended confession of the mur?
derer. From information received
from persons who belonged to the
same regiment and company as I
Probst, it is learned that he was a ?
bounty-jumper, who had entered the
service several times, and had re?
ceived large bounties. It is alleged,
also, that he shot his thumb off deli?
berately, in order to gain his dis?
charge. Among his comrades, his
character was anything but good.
.V NICK WAY or DISPOSING OF NE
OKO CONVICTS.-Yesterday evening,
forty-right colored prisoners at the
jail, (men and women, boys and girls,
contrabands and natives, ) were escort?
ed by the police to the Baltimore
depot, there to take a train of cars,
by way of Parkersburg to Cincinnati, .
and thence by water to Lake Provi?
dence, Loni: iana, in charge of Mr.
C. L. Howe, agent, and an officer r-f
the Freedmen's Bureau. These nri
Boners are all charged with petty ,
offences. The District Attorney has
entered a nolle ?iron, in each of the
above cases, on condition that they
would go South, and the court will
issue an order for the goods stolen to
be turned over to the proper persons
by the property clerk.
[ Washington Star, 2lst.
THE PROCLAMATION. -Tho corres
i pondent of the Richmond Dispatch
says:
"Those who interpret the late peace
proclamation of the President to mean j
a restoration of thc writ of habeas
: corpus are thorougly correct in their
, opinions, lt not only means a return
to the laws of peace in that respect,
but in all others, as the President
; very lately informed a gentleman who
was conversing with him on the sub
i ject. Tt is further understood that
where there is now n military power
in any part of the country, that
power, ora tribunal based upon its
presence, has no . ''rarity whatever
! to try cases arising under civil law.
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The Hon. George W. .Tones, of
Iowa, who had two sons in the Con?
federate army, and who was locked
; up in Fortress Lafayette by Mr. Se?
ward, gives Forney :i terrible drub?
bing in a recent communication to
the Washington Union, in which he
replies to some of the Chronicles
stories about bim.
Fifty-three armed negroes, trying
to rescue from the Sherill of Jones
County, Georgia, a negress charged
i with murder, were captured recently
by a detachment of the United States
I troops at Macon, and lodged in jail.
A negro preacher w as at the head of
! the gani?.
i
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i_iooal X*texxxis.
Mortgages and Conveyance* of Heal ro?
tate for n?le at thia office.
KKMOVAI..-By reference to our adver?
tising column*, it will bc seen that Mr.
Bateman, of ice house notoriety, 'ms r> -
moved to his old stand.
We heard accidentally that "Uncle" is to
perre up some excellent- turtle soup for Iii?
friends to-day, between |10 a. m. and 12 m.
We i>Loi>n*e to call on him. What say yon/
A SK.vKKK Bnow.-All day yesterday, wo
had a severe blow from the West, which
prostrated a number of I recs and laid low
several fences, lt prevented the ladies
from promenading or shopping, and those
of the other sex who had to face its rough
music were blinded by *imoous of aand.
April giH-s out very churlishly. Several
chimniea and walls were also toppled over;
among them a portion of the standing
walls of the Branch Bank, demolishing thb
pillars of the portico. The chimney of
Mr. McKenzie'.-, hake-house was also blown
down.
(Jo RON UK'S IsyCKSTs. - An inquest wa?
held on Tuesday on the body of a frosdmau
found in Dent's Pond, a few miles from the
city. The verdict of the jury was that
the deceased came to his death by acci?
dental drowning. Another freedman, who
waH in Company with him, is missing, and
it is n>>t known whether there was ion!
play tn the matter, or whether he shared
thc tate of his comrade.
Another inquest was held yesterday
morning, hy Coroner Walker, on the body
of a colored girl, named Cora Lacy, about
twelve years old, who was accidentally kill?
ed t.y the discharge of a gun in tho hands
of a freedman, named Green Washington,
who alli gt s that the gun went off at half
cock. The verdict of the jury in thia case
was itt accordance with the above.
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NEW Ai>vKh.Ti.sca?i?jcrs. -Atteutiou is call?
ed to the following advertisements, which
arc published this morning for the first
time:
B. T. Bent Mare and Colt Taken Up.
Acacia Lodge Key ular Communication.
John B. Bateman-leo, Groceries, Ac.
J. McKenzie -Ic? Cream Garden.
T. P. McCarter-Trunk Notice.
WHO CAN B?AR ARMS?-In our
local column a statement will be
found full of bitter significance.
Private gentlemen were stopped and
searched for arms on Thursday night.
By what right? On whose order?
We have repeatedly urged the dis
armment of the blacks, and have had
more than one melancholy text
wherewith to enforce our suggestion.
No attention was ever paid to these
remonstrances. Bat now, when in?
nocent blood has been poured out by
the hands of brutal assassins; now,
w hen there is danger to white men
and women ; now, when this state of
affairs occurs, the. whites are dis?
armed! We hear nothing of a dis
armment of the blacks. They went
through the length and breadth of
this town, with their procession,
without molestation; they did the
murders; and now we are to have the
means of sci'-defence wTested from
us.-Norfolk Virginian.
A French journal publishes some
facts respecting old winters that were
remarkable for their mildness. In
1172, 1280, 1421 and 1527, the trees
were in leaf in January, and the birds
had begun to build their nests in the
branches. In 1538, the gardens were
filled with flowers on the 1st of Feb?
ruary, and swimming parties were
organized iu Varis.
"J. N.," the philosopher, does not
seem to have a happy time o f it in
the South. He was pelted with rot?
ten eggs recently, and now some un
couscienable wretch has carried off
his satchel containing his valuable (?)
papers.
The New Haven Common Council
have been petitioned to abate as a
nuisance one of the colored Metho?
dist Churches of that city for un?
reasonable l)oisteronsness in singing
and praying.
Cien. Grant and the President aro
represented as of one mind upon the
subject of a general amnesty, and to
this party Secretary Seward may be
added. The matter is said to be
under advisement.
New Hampshire farmers who are
owners of the maple tree are pre?
paring to make an unusual amount of
maple sn gar and maj de molasses. The
season promises well for a large busi?
ness among the maple orchards.
Adelina Patti recently sang a cava?
tina from "ll Barbiere de Seviglia,"
at Rossini's, when the venerable
maestro asked by whom it was writ?
ten He did not know his own com
position.
When the sewerage of Paris is
complete, the canals will contain not
only the water and gas pipes of tho
city, but also the telegraph wires of
the city companies.
The fossil remains of a gigantic
bird, estimated to have stood twenty
five feet high, have been discovered
in some beds of limestone at Nelson,
in New Zealand.
Millard Fillmore approves President
Johnson's policy iu a private letter to
him. The Tribune adds that he w as a
friend to the South throughout the
war.
The cholera is creeping along the
Western coast of France, and threat
ens Spain.
A cow belle - a beautiful milli maid