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HON. A. H. 8TEPIIEN3. i J t -
'Th following fs Mrl SeVpheM letter
psitietjr reluung the nt tf hit nime in
roDieetioo with tbt tenatorihip be rare the,
GeorgU IisliUret--! fv
MHMffvitk. C.. Jn. ili. I86.M ,
Memu J. Ft Johm, Cksrk$ II, Smiik m4 oiktrt i
GeDttenent Yob r note of imitation to
me tttdtlreii the General Anembljr un the
ttat ef the cooutrr, and aiurtnsf rot that
it U the almost onlrerial dciire of the mem
htrt that I ahoold do fa, if coatutent with
wj Iflin, kc, wti received t daja
a jo. J have considered, it tnatercljs end
be aured if I saw an j good tht could be
sccotiipIUhed by ttjr comnlrin; with joar
rrtjoeit, I woold cheerful! yield my per
nasi retoctance to o general a with of
the tnttnbtra of the General Aistmbl, thea
nasifeited. Bat at it ia, arcing no proa
prct ef cffertlng any good by saeVan ad
dre $i, yon end your associates will, I trett,
eicast me in declining. if j reasons neetl
not be stated they will readily, sorest
themselves to your own minds epon reflec
tion. J a reference to the aabject ol the
election of United Stales Senators, which
ia now before yea, allow me to avail my
arlf ef this occasion to say to yon, and
through you, tn all the members of the Gen
eral Alterably, that I canaot give ray con
sent to the est of my name in that conoec
lieu. This inhibition of seen ae of it i
explicit aid emphatic. I with it so an
derttoHl by all. . Aa willingly as I would
vield ray own contrary inclinations to whtt
I am assured ia the general and unanimous
withef the Legislature in thia respect if
I aaw any prospect of my being able, by
thua yielding, to render aay essential ser
vice te the people of Georgia, and, aa er
nettly desirous aa I am for a speedy reste
ration ol civil law, perfect peace, harmony
and prosperity throughoat the whole coun
try, jet, ucJer existing circumstances, I
do net see each prospect of the availability
of my services to these ends in any public
position. Moreover, so far as I a per
sonally concerned, I do not think it proper
or politic that the election should be post
poned with any view to a probable change
of present circumstances, or a probable
change of my position on the subject and
I do trust that no member will give even
a complimentary vote to me in the elec-
.. tie.
Voara, truly,
ALEXANDER U. STEPHENS.
THE PROPOSED NEW NATIONAL RETE-
NI'E 0T8TEM.
The Com mission authorized by the last
Congress, and appointed bv the Secretary
ef the Treasury, to retise the revenue sys
tem, and simplify the machintiy for col
lecting taxes, lias made its first report te
Secretary llcCullech. The members of
the Commission are David A. Welles, ol
tfew York ; Stephen Col well, of Philadel
phia; and S. 8. Ilajet, of Illinois. They
entered upon their work in June of last
year, and aince then they have been con
stantly engaged in the ditcharge of the du
ties assigned them. With what they claim
to be a lest oppressive, and consequently
snore popular mode of taxation, they pro-
' poie raising nearly twice as much revenue
as was obtained by the present system to
1864. The secret of ucceful taxation,
aay they, ia te raise the most money with
the lett't pntsibte inconvenience te tbe peo
ple, and the Commission has proceeded
' upon this principle throughout. Among
the changes they propose are aa increase
ef the tax on raw cotton from two to five
cents per pound, the tax to be collected
cot en the plantation, but from th mauu
lictarera and from the eioortine merchanta
at the port of ahipmentt an exemption of
an incomes unuer one inouuna uouars
from the present income text a repeal ol
all taxea now levied unon wearing BDDareL
books, magazines, pamphlets, repaira of
engines, can, carriages,. ah1 ps, watches,
tlaeos, iit.i a reduction of the tax cow
levied en brokera aalea of atecks from 15
per 11,000 te $1 per $1,000 a repeal of
the taxea bow levied eo pig-iron, (12.40 per
ton,) coal, (six cents per too,) tod crude
petroleum, (It per gHop ) a reduction by
onehaIf on the duties now levied upon
h erne manu factures generally a reduction
or taxea on distilled liquors from 52 to 91
per gallon. The general effect or all the
changes proposed will ' be a redaction ' of
about one-fnrth of the present burden of
Internal taies. With these reductions.
the Commission is of opinion that the In
ternal revenue will yet amount to 237,
000.000 per annum the duties en imports
to 130 ,000.000 making a total revenue
of $367,000,000. If this can be realized,
there will remain about $100,000,000. ti
ter paying the current expenses of the Go
vernment and the interest on the national
debt, to apply annually to the reduction
oi the principal ct tbe debt. The success
of this calculation would result in the ut
ter extinguishment .of thtj cutire debt in
less than thirty years. ' .',"
. ' Richmond Examiner
THE SOUTHERN COLONY IN MEXICO.
General Ster ling Price writea nnder date
of Cordova, Mexico, Dec. Iflih, as follows:
" I write in camp and without shelter,
but epn my own six hundred and forty
acrea near the town of Cordova and the
railroad leading from Vera Cruz to the ci
ty of Mexico. The tand in this vicinitv
are not surpassed by any of the Platte lands
in fertility of soil, and is the finest lev
er saw. The thermometer never above
ninrty degrees or below seventy, and io
foil view of mountains covered with per
petual snow. I am graced te br able to
say that aa aoon as the sarvey waa com
pleted, the thirty . Confederates now brre
unanimously tendered me choice of sec
tiont. I think 1 bave made a jadiciouaae
lectiun. I bave donated to the colonists
twenty-four acrea for e town site on a rash
in; stream of water and br a larre snrios
of excellent water.
' We have laid olTthetround into towns
and lots, and nsmed it Carloits. alter the
Empress, and we are all epon our lots clear
ing away the broth to erect houses. I write
to my family to day to join me here as
soon as they can raise the means tn do so.
I cannot think of returning to the States
and be required to aik pardon for the ac
tion I took ia theatreggle. I am entirely
satisfied with the part I took. 1 would do
the same again ender aimilar circumstan
ces. I did all that my tatenta enabled me
to do to avert the calamity of war. I was
note secessionist; but when the atruggle
came I did not hesitate to take the side ol
the South.
" I pray to God that my fears for the fu
ture ol the South may oeter be realized ;
but when the right is gieo to the negro
to bring suit, testify before courts, and
vote in elections, jou atl had better be In
Mexico. "
There is no doubt of the stability of
this government; French troops are arriv
ing every week, and the marauding bands
that have infeated the country for agea past
are fast being exterminated; no quarters
are given.
"When the character of our lands is
well understood, immigration will be a fix
ed fact uader any circumstances, and the
finest lands that can new be procured at
low rates will command large pricea. 1
have nevr known the cultivation ef lands
to jield soch large profits. My neighbor,
Mr. Fink, (a man of science,) cultivates
eighty acres in coffee with ten hands, and
sold his last year's crop for $16,000. His
cofee field, shaded with every variety of
fruit trees, in full besring, and the walks
fringed with the pineapple, ia the most
beautiful eight I bave em seen.
, Yeur friend truly,
STERLING PRICE.
. iqaWBooeariSosaawaatfoWNhev
COUNTERFEITING OF THE UNITED
STATES NOTES.
The New York Post referring! to the
number of counterfeit notes ia circulation,
rcmirkst 1
Compare the note of the National Dank
in Maine and one of & National Dank In
Misiouri, of the same denomination, and
you will find them exactly alike. They
are printed from platea made from the same
dies; face and back, lettering, scroll work,
fixuies. all are in everr oarticolar alike.
Only the . name of the bank is peculiar to
each. Thete are, it ia said, some, two or
three hundred persons in the country whose
chosen profession is the manufacture, and
circulation of forged notes. These men
must bave, been gieatlv delighted when
they became aware of the national curren
cy scheme. Under our former banking
aystera ever bank in the country had its
own devices, its own plates, and took es-
fiecial precaution to guard ita notea against
orgery. Great akili and ingenuity were
developed in thia way; and though we had
hundreds ol banks, the tribe of counterfeit
ers had a hard time of it, and a false note
could not long pass undetected. But since
the national bank svatem hit been obtain-
ed, it is complained that counterfeiting has
incressea leariouv."
Illinois is a great state. One million
five hundred thousand pounda of cotton of
good staple, nave been raised in the vicin
ity of ('arbondale, Jackson county, the past
season. The gins are in operation at the
present time, preparing the cotton for mar
ket. Preparations are being made in the
county of Jackson,' to devote a large
breadth of land to the growing of cotton
the coming season. Illinois farmers con
sider that at the present pricea it is the
most profitable crop that can be raised. In
addition the state produced -in 1865 one
hundred and seventy-millions of bushels ol
corn, twenty-five millions of bushels of
wheal, eight hundred thousand bushels of
rve, one million of barley, and twenty
eight millions of bushels of oats.
v' MANUFACTURES IN THE SOUTH.
Nothing would prove more useful in re
storing the prosperity of the war-stricken
South than the establishment of manufac
tures. They would lurnishahoroe market
for agricultural products, render the onde
veloped wealth of foresta and mines avail
able, and provide profitable employment
for all their population, not otherwise en
gaged, who are willing and able to work.
A lull cotton crop can be sold for a large
sum, but the value of raw material, in that
or any other form, ia but slight compared
with that conferred upon it by skilled la
bor aud machinery when it becomes a man
ufactured fabric. When the Southern
States ditersify their industry and fairly
begin to reap tbeir shares of the profits
which other communities have derived
from converting their great staple into
muslins and colicoes, they will be on the
highwsy to solid wealth.
rkilaJtlphin Prut.
Passion and D sadly Wiapsxs. A ssd
but prsctical lesson is taught by the sui
cide in this city of Dr. S. Mejer. Paa
sionate men should ntver carry deadly
weapons. In this case (a boarding house
dispute, trifling at the start, went en until
Dr. Meyer, in a fit of passion, attempted
te kill one of his fellow boarders, and
thought' that he had killed him. He fled
away from the consequences of this rash
act, and was almost inatently seized with
such remorse that he killed bieiself. - His
intended victim, however, was uahutt. In
niutiy-iine cases in every hundred where
murder is committad, the murderer regrets
the act almost sa atoa as it is dene, and
would undo it if in bis power. Yet men
will not learn that priceless letson, ea
forced as it is by alter history of nearly
every murderer. Instead of holding before
their minds the teachings ef experience,
they give way to the fit ol momentary pas
sion and do deeds which no subsequent
regret or repentance ctn recall.
I'hikdaphia Ltiger.
6TR0NQ CHARACTERS.
Strength of character consists ef tare
things, power of will and poer of aelf
restraint. It requires two things, there
fore, for its existence, strong feelings and
strong command over thea. Now it ia
here we stake a great mistake we mistake
strong feelings for strong character. ' A
man who bears all belore him, before whose
frown domestics tremble.'and whose! bursts
of fury make tbe children of the household
quake because he has his will obeyed,
and his own way in all thing we call hia
a strong man. The truth is, that is the
weak man; it ia bis passions that are
atrong; he, mastered by them, 'is weak.
You must measure the strength of a man
by thai power el the feelings he subdues,
not by the power of those which subdue
him. 'And hence composure is very oftei
the highest result of strength. ' Did we ne
ver,' see, man receive avtagrant insult,
and on 1 grow a lit tie' pale; and then reply
quietly r That is a man spiritually strong.
Or did ' we never see a man in anguish,
stand as if carved out of Solid rock, mas
tering himself? Or one bearing si hopeless
dailv trial remain silent, and never tell the
world what cankered his home-peace ?
That ia strength.' lie who with strong
passions, remains chaste; he who, keenly
sensitive, with many powers of indignation
in him, can be provoked, and "yet restrain
himself, and forgivethese are the strong
men, the spiritual heroes." : . "
; Rev. F. W. Robertson, '
BUCKWHEAT CAKES.
A lady of culture, refinement and usual
powers of observation and comparison be
came a widow. Reduced Iron affluence
to poverty,' with a large family of email
children dependent on her labor for daily
food, she made a variety of experiments to
ascertain what articlea could be purchased
for the least money and would at the same
time "go the farthest, by keeping her
children longest from crying for something
to eat. 'She soon discovered that when
they ate buckwheat cakea and molasses,
thty were quiet for a longer time than af
ter eating any other kind of food. A dis
tinfuished judge of the United Statea Court
observed that when bo took buckwheat
cakes for breakfast, be could sit on the
bench all day without being uncomfortably
hungry ; if the cakea were omitted, he felt
obliged te take a lunch about noon. Buck
wheat cakes are a universal favorite at the
Winter breakfast table, and scientific in
vestigatien and analysis has shown that
they abound in the heat-forming princi
ples, hence nature takes away our appe
tites for them in Summer.
Ralft Journal of Jleetlh.
CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH.
' Yery few ef the sudden deaths which are
said to atise from diseases of the heart, do
realty arise from that cause. To ascertain
the real origin of sudden deaths, an expe
riment has been tried in Europe, and re
ported to a scientific congress held at Stras
bourg. Sixtj-six cases of sudden death
were made the subject el a thorough post
mortem examination ; in these cases only
two were found who had died from disease
ol the heart. Nine out of the sixty six had
died from apploplexy, while there were
forty six cases of congestion ef the lungs
that is, the lungs were so full ef bleed
they could not work, there aotbeiag rota
enough lore sufficient quantity of air to
enter to support life. The causes that pro
duce congestion of the lungs are cold feet,
tight clothing, costive bowels, sitting still
until chilled after being warmed with labor
or a rspid walk, going too auddenly from
a close, heated room, into the cold air, es
pecially after speaking, and sudden de
pressing news operating en the bloed.
These causes of sudden death beiag known,
an avoidance of them mar serve to lengthe o
many valuable Uvea which would other
wise be lost under the verdict ef heart com
plaint. Tbe disease is supposed to be in
evitable; hence many may not take the
pains they would to avoid sudden death if
they knew it lay in their power.j
, -s i r,rr,ri,riir" .
, Dispatches to the State Department in
dicate that immigration from Europe to the
United States will this yrar exceed that of
any previous year. All the German ports
especially are filling up with persons de
siroas ef securing a passage te this coun
try. . '