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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WILMINGTON, N. C, AUGUST 16, 1866. Andrew Johnson Sprung from what is called the humblest origin ; without the aid of money or advantage of edu cation in early years ; his youth and first man hood devoted to unintellectual manual labor ; without the assistance of friends, family or posi tion, he rose by regular, successive steps, from the ITayorality of an obscure country town to the second position in the Government of a Continent. His own brain, aided only by his own indomitable will, enabled him to remove every obstacle in the way to fame and fortune. These obstacles, in the aristocratic days of the Republic, which have now haVjpily, or unhappily, passed away, were neither few nor slight. Sneered at as a plebian; denounced as an agrarian; as a man who delighted rather to drag down than to build up; as abitterpartizan; an unscrupulous politi cian; an unprincipled demagogue;by hisopponents; by his associates tolerated, and in emergencies court d, because of his daring qualities as a leader of a. forlorn hope in time of the desperate political peril; 3'et distrusted becanso of his4intense demo cracy, his position was a peculiar and a diffi cult one. Always relying on, and always appeal ing to the people avowing special confidence in their wisdom, patriotism and integrity ; owing all his success to popular suffrage ; advocating on all occasions, all Treasures for the freedom and exten sion of that suffrage, he was thought to believe, or pretended to believe that the voice of the peo ple recorded the wiil of Heaven. Late, in his already eventful career, actual war succeeded political strife. Former friends and former foes now unite in denouncing him as re vengeful, as malignant, as being filled with envy, hatred, malice and all uncharitablcness, with feel ings all intensified by the damning consciousness of being a foul traitor to the land of his birth, that land which to him had been so prodigal of honors ; it is said that his brain, now maddened by continued intoxication, never refuses to devise the means for executing the decrees dictated in the hell he carries in his own bosom ; that, rene gade, traitor and tory, after having basely be-; frayed his mother land, he loses no opportunity i of increasing his shame by adding to her mis-1 try. Later still, in his still eventful career, as war ceases, fortune leads him up still higher. Many think and some say, that though the hand of Booth executed, the brain of Johnson conceived the plan which resulted in placing him in supremo control of one of the mightiest empires of the world. "With scarcely a dissenting voice, our whole people at once cry out that our cup of mis ery is filled to overflowing that death itself is pre ferable to being absolutely at the mercy of one who has both the head and heart of a fiend ; but before the cry has been fully uttered, it is sudden ly hushed, and our people stand amazed, for this tiend, ere the reverberations of his victorious can non have ceased to sound, dashes recklessly in front of his victorious hordes and hurls them back from their conquered, crushed and fallen foe ; cheated of the rich spoils they were so eager to clutch. We stand still more amazed. Do these soft, soothing, conciliatory tones ; these kindly words of friendship, comfort, brotherly love, re conciliation, and far more precious than these all, these assurances of restoration to the rights and liberties of free men, do they come from the lips of this passion and liquor-besotted, this malignant man, this conscious traitor? It almost exceeds be lief, vet it is true. In the very first moment of victory, before he could taste even, much less be cloyed with the sweets of revenge, amnesty and reconciliation are proposed ; instead of malignant hate, kindness and protection "are proffered ; in stead of the incoherent mutterings and wild wan derings of a drunkard, a clear voice, in calm, dis tinct tones, enunciates argument after argument, logical, convincing, irresistible ; an agrarian and a leveller, he devotes himself to restoring the shat tered ruins of his country ; an unprincipled dem agogue, who has won an ill-gotten success by .yielding and pandering to the passions of the multitude ; in open field, single handed and alone, lie opxoses the fierce universal cry coming up from a triumphant, united people, clamoring for vengeance, for blood, for spoils ; the advocate and hero of majorities, he voluntarily throws himself with the handful of men defending the breach already carried ; a bitter partizan, his comprehensive policy embraces alike friend and foe throughout) the" broad expanse of the empire ; and unscrupulous politician, he plants himself squarely upon the constitution and laws of his country, and developes the full proportions of a statesman and a patriot ; one single characteris tic of days srone by, and one alone stands out prominent in the daring, indomitable will he ex hibits. Has this man, been during a whole life time slandered, alike by friend and by foe 'i "Was the gall of bitterness in his heart turned in the moment of victory, into the milk of human kind ness ? Was he changed, emasculated of evil, as it were, in the twinkling of an eye ? Is he with still unsatisfied ambition, soaring to yet loftier heights, and is it for this, liis indomitable will is subordinating all these passions so mighty in the human bosom ? Whether wc regard him as the magnanimous, chivalrous conqueror, whose en mities fall with his foes, or as the slave of some daring ambition, we must accord. to him powers that an age rarely sees twice, and do him the hon or to admit, that whatever of life, liberty or pro pertv. we may retain, we owe all to Andrew John son. The Pliilttrtclpliia Convention. This body met yesterday, and a more important gathering never assembled since the organization of the Government ; one fraught with greater in terest, not only to the Southern people, but to the whole country. The South, however, is more particularly interested in its action, for on the re suit of its deliberations depends, in iact, our very existence as a people. Momentous issues hang upon the result. It is for that Convention to breathe into an exhausted body the breath of life, to impart energy to a prostrate and paralyzed people, to recognize us as entitled to all tlte pre rogatives of our race and color. We await the re sult with an anxiety the most intense. Should wise counsels prevail ; should a. spirit of concilia tion be exhibited, and a disposition to "let the dead past bury its dead " be the rule of action, then may we indulge in some hope of the future. But if tests are to be applied ; if oaths that no honorable Southern man can take, are to be re quired of our delegates before they are admitted to the deliberations of the Convention, then it would have been better for us had the meeting never been called. The effect wiil be but to in crease the Radical strength, and give intensity to Radical hate. What that will be we have had suf ficient evidence, by their .action in Congress. JPe are to be disfmuclrid ; our property to be confis- cated ; riot' recognized as a portion of the body politic, but degraded from lour high estate, and a menial class elevated above us.--; All the usages of - society are to be jtorn away, as a subjugated people ; we are to knowtio word, or indulge in any thought, but that of ab ject submission to the arbitrary will of our chris tian conquerors. We are to be turned over to the tender mercies of the Puritans of New England, whose glorious mission is, as they themselves claim, to evangelise our land with a sword in one hand and a flaming torch in the Other, to extend civilization by fomenting intestine strife, and to xi. 1. v,t o wo aQU lO Lilt; liuuwia uit oou kjj uivitjg between the races. Ihese are some of the results iv.oir wro.t. in thft p.vpnt of t.hfi failure of the -PhiWAhia Convention. No wonder then, that , . , ,. . t , T. . our people are anxious and disturbed. It is not for ourselves alone we feel this apprehension, for in the ordinary course of nature we must soon leave the stae of action, but for our children and fnr fW -hn nre to r.omP after us. Hannv would . ixi 1 1 it be for them, had they never been born, than to grow up as subject to a rutuiess radicalism , lo we .... .11 T .I? . A- 1.1... tyranny of an irresponsible majority wrncn is tne worst species of all depotisms. We can only hope fW. tt BTM-rif nf Pnlrtrel conservatism mav prevail it. A x- u tl.wi -,rr tVioiV in the Convention ; that the people through their representatives, may so deliberate, tnat peace may be restored to our destracted country, and that the South, relieved from the incubes that is crushing out its vitality, jiud participating in the common benefits of a common country, may once more become erect, and prosperous and happy. The PliiliMlelpliia Convention. At tin! nrenent writiuff. I P.M., we have re ceived no later advices from Philadelphia than tnrvu rmblislipil in our edition of vesterdav. We must confess to some solicitude us to the reasons which induced Vallandigham and Fernando Wood wmcu iiwii to withdraw from the Convention. They were our strongest friends during our struggle for in- uui 01, o 00 dependence, and were subjected to arbitrary ar- rest and imprisonment lor tlieir action in our oe- half. Without being further advised in the prom- kpq tins a.iiion lOOKS soinuwiiut ouiuiuu. .. . . i i a..., til parties favorable to the enforcement of die Fies- ident's policy were invited to send delegates to the Convention ; old party issues were to be forgot ten, and a union of all conservatives was to be arranged, founded upon the approval of the policy of the President, and in opposition to the arbitra- rv rule of the radical warty. If the peculiar -j - - - friends of the South are not allowed admission ; if they are to be tabooed on account of tlieir friend- shin towards us, as exhibited during the war, it , rtl . , argues oauiy ioi u3 iKucuuua, c . -i e ..i: f a. n.,.r.,; w. to uenveiroui uio ucuuii ui wmcuuuu. c had hoped that the alarming state of public af- fairs, and the desire of all true patriots to avert threathened calamities and give peace to our dis tracted country, would create a spirit of concilia tion and foro-ctfuhiess of the oast. We are afraid that our expectations will not bo realised, tnat the obligations of party are stronger than the energy. Our country was nearly depopulated ; our com .Wi of ,.s,f,nnrisi,i. nnd Xhxt for an indefi- erce destroyed. With no advantages ; no capital where- OHl l' A - nite period, we must bear with that " hope defer ed which makcth the heart .sick." If it should turn out us we sincerely trust it may, that Valla-ndigham and Fernando Wood, voluntarily declined to present their credentials, fearing their presence might jeopardize the har mony of the Convention, or impair its influence at the North, it will but add to our debt of grati- tude to them. While deeply deprecating the teel- inos which should render this necessary, as evi- dence that the desire to restore the Union, has vP.t. rrme.h of Mart v allov mixed up with it. we are i...i i ,.1-1 J,lua.l ,,in ..atrinfi-m 11 ill l filial lliti fJ.J .TV-iJCV f.HV. v...v.i I ....... w... o wnicll lias manned me course 01 tnese uisimguibii- ed gentlemen m Uic past, nas conironeti ineir ac- tion in this matter. Thev feel as we do, that the last hope for a restored Union upon honorable grounds now rest with this Convention. Upon its action the weal of the country depends more than any similar bod' that has met since the for mation of the government. This Convention composed of gentlemen of eminent abilities and enlarged statesmanship, from every section of the Union, assembled in frater nal council, aware of the terrible dangers which imminently threaten the Republic, and animated by the lofty purpose of thwarting the nefarious objects of the enemies of the government, can hardly fail to do much to accomplish their impor- . i . i i . ii... ,i. . tant ana patriotic wovk. ;yimi -no nope mat me apparent want of sincerity in the exhibition of m 1"! 1 1 1 . I teeiings or opinions wmcn ciciuues sucn men as Vallandigham and Wood from its deliberations. and the undignified clap-trap which marked its iii..i -i...: I opening scene, ;uc lacijj im;uttami;iiiiiugsui the new machinery of a JSiutonal Convention. it, i i i. i i a .... i- I vvnen me memuers nave inui lime j.o miugie to- n-AfViAr nTi1 llm ilolipiih's from Massachusetts anil 1 r, - - - r i T South Carolina harmonise in feelings and I nnrnnsA in iwili.'ii us thev doin atiiti'ii riiiic.p. when j " "7" . " 'J'" ' . the novelty ot the situation is menowea uy a sin- j cere reciprocation of good-will, we hope their 1 , i i .... ... aeiiDerations win oe maiKeu oy goou sense, en- lightened patriotism and enlarged conservatism. The countrv with listening cars, in the meantime, stands on tip-toe. We trust our dispatches to- nifrht will rimr us further and more favorable i a - ... . news. .tologe4i'. We know of no slavery equal to that of editing a daily newspaper. The incessant strain upon the brain, the necessity of being compelled to write a certain amount of matter within a given time is, of all things, tin; most wearying and debilitating. It prostrates one's energies, deranges the nervous system, impairs distjon, and brings on a gene- , ,. 4 . T. . .. . . , . nil feeling of collapse. 1 is particularly trying to one's constitution in these days when Jhe dog star rages, and the heat is dense enough to be aL- most cut with a knife. Yesterday was one of the days we had imagined, and read of in history, but J t n i t t-ii ii never felt before. Perfectly calm and still, the ubvx i ' sun poured down with such fury that the earth fairly baked, and biped and quadruped alike dis- solved in streams. It was hot, and the night bmu rht no relief, for myriads of musical insects, with long bills and-very sharp ones too, made lwant of mails is great, and now let the papers and let . , ,., ... ,i- f i i. ters go forward to them with accuracy and promptness, "vw" i " i idea of sleeping entirely out ot tne question. Wehayealwaysregretted theobstinacy of Pharaoh of old, in' not letting the children of Israel go when ' 'w 9 P Moses first made the demand upon him, A pig- Headed, seu-wnieti, cross-graineo o i&iimzn 01 . m ... .111 . i humanity, had he consented at once, we should never have been troubled with the plagues' of j i.gypt, ana coma nave enjoyeu our rest in quiei, undisturbed by the vesications of blood thirsty musquitoea, annoying bouse gh, ftgravating fleas, and divers other nuisances, too nurerons tg mention. We are worn out, collapsed, par-boiled, our brain hisses in our scull like boiling water in a skillet, and we think our physical and mental state a sufficient excuse for any short coming this rnjornjng, ior we can, witn a good r conscience, 3jajgojQW: .eiciacies, not to any wanfcof energy . on our part; but fhe intense heat of the" weather, aad, th obstinacy : -of old Pharaoh of "-Egyptian .memory, v f-- k C 5 : :? Thk Quarantine System. We beard it rumored upon the Btreete yesterday, that the new system of quarantine recently inaugurated, has met with a modification to its present rigid enforcement. After examination by the Port Phyeieiau, if there is no sickness aboard, a report will be forwarded to Gen. Sickels and if it meet with his approval the vessel will then be alio wed to proceed tha wharf and discharge her cargo. "We observe with pleasure 'any measures tending to ad vance the commercial interests of the place, compatible with the health of he community. ' If there is no sickness onboard these vessels of course our. health will not then 00 enaangereu, Fbee Schools. The progressivenes of the age has not as vet extended itself in one material particular. The . - ..... benevolent spirit at times m-imiestea nas not as yei ueen directed in that channel. We allude to the establishment mmnitv. d State, a field is thu8 offered for the extension of our charity, it behooves the community to act in regard to the .matter if they would train the minds and direct the morals of the youth the indigent poor ot their vicinity. Children who, - po J sibly, before the war might have been afforded an oppor- i,.., A w. throng V """"J " "'" " cum8tancea thrown upon the benevolence of the State an(j tjie people at large for the attainment of an ordinary education If we are not miataken.there is at present existing in our city no free school, with, prehaps.the exception of that es- the 0'ccupav of Lthi(! city by the Federal for. thesamtlv ('.) Rev. Jas. Thurston, whose sole object. to judge by his actions, was that of training the minds of the youth of the indifferent lower classes, in a manner conducive to hi own purposes, and those of his IUdical supporters CUCU H. mate Ol HUIlM tfllUUUI liOL w auuniu iu caiou. We, who are not unmindful of our own honor and interests, a:id those of our own State, should see that it is remedied, The condition of the masses should be improved. Their minds should be elevated and retined, and placed in keep iug with the age, Ignorance and inattention to intellect ual pursuits ate productive of viciousDess and crime For the sake of the future, and in justice to generations yet to come, the minds of the youth of the poorer cla&ses . ,. ' i i i should meet with that rehmng influence which education tau a,u,,e ""i"""- """""" 13 h on- ni.fl withnut flm nttnimm-tit of knnwcilL'C onr tMniditlon 18 in(ee jtPioraMe If the pilbii0 desire t manifest their benevoleuce, no more fitting mode could be proposed than the one alluded to. If we are not enabled to observe the advantages of the course, and the benefits resulting therefrom, perhaps in future vearB the coming generations may be enabled both to see and enjoy the blessing best wowed. 1S00 vs. lHtiG-ExroiiTS. As an evidence of the enter prise and industry of the Southern people, and of the en ergy shown by them since their minds have been diverted from the field of strife, and allowed to engage in peaceiul pursuits, we publish below the exports for the wetk ending August, 8th, 1860, and those for the week ending August 9th, 18C6. In 1860, we were then at the height of our commercial prosperity ; the country was fertile and i productive ; every unng necessary ior tne auvancenieiiL of trade was at hand; our shipping facilities were nun.er . . .. . .. oug anrt convenient ; and the benefits resulting from a large and continued peace with the world, had left every avenue open to our commerce Now, the position is somewjiat changed, the country has i been overrun and devastated. We have recentlv emerged from a struggle, the shock of which was felt in every Southern home. Four vears spent in the struggle for constitutional freedom had well nigh exhausted our every upon to build our shattered fortunes ; unable to assist our selves, and none to lend a helping hand, our condition was deplorable indeed. Trade was dormant, agriculture neglected, and the country in a measure depopulated. Well might the stoutest heart have trembled, when just emerging from defeat and utter ruin, with evident starva tion staring them iu the face. Yet. such was the iedom - table and unconquerable spirit of our people that instead of being weighed down with this combination of misfor tunes, thev, with a commendable ardor, while laboring un- der every disadvantage, determined to build up a name for themselves, and engMged at once in the pursuits of agriculture and commerce But little over a year has elapsed since the close of our deadly and sanguinary strife, ud, compare the exports I , . ,o. -.1 11 r 1 I rvf rr iract in IXtfl riMi tliwn rF ruiA wup'j in 1 Kiwi wiU Wilmingt011 as a flourishing sea-port, aiuJ ilC1. inhabitants as a commercial people. Her actions but speak for the whole South. Our future prosperity is certain, if dependent upon our people, who taking but little interest in the affairs of the nation, ana wno oniv aemana tnat their rights oo re- i spected, have given that attention to business second to none others. While this spirit continues we may hope for the best. Iu a few short months we hope to be able to record the exportation of produce, far exceeding that of August 18K), or any previous time EXPORTS From the Port of Wilmington, iV. C.,Jor tlte Week cmiing Aiifusi Hfh, 1860, and AngvslWh, 1SW5. COASTWISE. 1-60. 18G0. 3,27-5 2,724 8:17 C.,01'2 380 100 30 8 104 193 70 2G 34 21) 21 29 4 159.G8S 165,250 38 30 9 65 7 119 : 159 09,(160 0,016 1.860. 1866. j 800 : 1,122 ! 4?0 I Spirits Turpentine, bbls, ruo-e Kosin, Tar, -o j?iour, j!an8tone Copper Ore, Cotton, bales. Sheeting, xarn, Checks, Kersevs Lumber, feet. . , bdls.. cords. , juniper wood. Empty Barrels, Iron, tons. Mdze., boxes and pkgs. hinghJs, Juniper Staves, FOIiEIGN. Spirits of Turpentine, bbls. n0ein " Lumber, feet. 140,565 Although in soine articled the exports of the week given in 1860, exceed those pf (the past week, on the whole the summing up taking intp consideration the changed as pect of affairs is indeed encouraging, and are but an earnest of our redoubled efforts in future. Post Oikice at Rocky Point, Nev Hanover Co. We j Aapoleoii lias demanded irom Prussia the recti e glad to announce that at last thia Post Office has I ficatfqn of the French frontier by its extension to been re-established, and the new Post Master, Mr. Sam'l 8; Beery has received his commission. This desirable ' i 7T y uie mostperse- veriDg efforts, for many months, over many difficulties, on the part of one or two gentlemen in that vicinitv. The maii8 Bhould now be promptly and regularly forT warded fron Wjlnijugtoji JJiat office, for the people of N.cw Pjipoypf Ih jpg neftr tjie Railroad - !i 1 .... 1 1 1 L .. 1 A. 1 1 11 . I have Ion 8U1 fPr WWSU m arp ex- ceedingly anxious to get the mails. The mail matter for . " . . T.. f v , , RiM'liv Pmnt. I.illiii''ton. Mofue'H Crfif?lr. lilack Uivpr an1 placeg contiguous to these points, all pass throuah the Rocky Point Postoftice, and hence the importance nf the re - establishment of this office. The iuconvence to which the IPte of this coonty hve been eo long subjected for tnrougn tne proper omcial cnannels of the Fostoffice De. pertinent. By a11 n,eaU3 let the mil8 at 0Dte to Rocky Point om a11 directioDe. ud ence to the upper part of New IT onAvor Hanover. We trust the old friends and natrons of the .Irmrunl in tbt section, who hve been cut off from mail facilities, will now send forward their names. We shall attempt to pke S8 PPPPtaDle as of y0" ; A pAiNirii Accidint. AU accident, exceedingly painful in its nature, occurred at the residence of Mr. James L. Corbett, on the Phvnk Road about nine miles from the city, on Tuesday morning. Thi$ fcts as received are to fc tvUfiWlfie fffept : ' Te daughter ojf Mr. Corbetj, about jjye 7eara olij, 'hi)B phjjstjan nime waa Serena Elizabeth, vas, aboBi 9 tfpjopk jn the fenflon, performing Bpme task allotted hor by her mother, ami jn attempting to pass through the doorway was killed by the disesrge qf a gun in the hands of youth of twelve years, named W. Francis Alexander, son of Mr. Obediah Alexander, i'he content ! of the gun entered the head of the unfortunate child just above the neck, causing a wound which produced lnetan- taneous death. f ' ! SP":- ': ??;? The lad in whose hands the gun was held at the time of its discharge, was i ngaoetl in raising; and letting the hammer gently upon the cap, in order to fix it on se curely. He had called at the house in order to prevail upon the brother of . the deceased to accompany him to the field to mind crows. The accident, of which he was the innooerit cause, grieved the lad deeply, and it drove him al most madness to think that he had caused the death of his innocent playmate. . . A ;,ury was summoned by Coroner J. C. Wood to attend him to the residence of Mr. Gorbett, and on arriving at the spot an inquest was held. - After an examination of several witnesses, and it being shown that the mostfriend ly relations existed between the two parties (the deceased and young Alexander,) the jury rendered a verdict that, "the deceased came to her death by the accidental dis charge of a gun in the hands of W. Francis Alexander." The deceased was a most interesting and intellectual child, and her sorrowful fate has cast a gloom over the v hole community. New Engine. The Wilmington and Manchester Rail road Company a corporation, the energy of whose offi cers seems to be untiring received on Tuesday another addiiion to their present tine roiling st.:K, in the shape of, a fine new Locomotive, named the II. T. Teate. This engine w of superior make, and was manufactured in Sohenectiidy, N. Y., .iud couveyed overland to this place. A LiCtter ii-om Gc-iieiMl I.ee. The following is a copy of the letter written by General R. E. Lee, to the committee of ladies, declining their invitation to attend the ceremony of erecting a monument over the remains of his daughter at the Warren White Sulphur Srings : Hoi Ki5niJL.OE Baths, 25th July, 18(30. Ladies I have read with! deep emotion your letter of the 17ih instant, inviting myself and family to witness the erection of a monument over tbe remains of my daughter, at V. anvu White Sulphur Springs, on the 8th of next month. 1 do not know how to express to you my thanks for your great kindness to her while living, and loryour affec tionate remembrance of her since dead. My gratitude for your attention and eonsideration will continue through lii'e, and mv prayers will be daily offered to thft t hrone of the Most High for hi.s boundless blessings uixm vmi. j I have always cnerished the intention ot viMting the tomh ol her who n. ver gavu me aught hut .pleasure ; but ffjrd i)u. tu; suti,:fifl.ti,)n ,vlioh i crave, in ninst be at- 1 a' a Wltu mt ie P-nac-v UKlu 1 IU1 u" I SlOU von propose. i liut there are more controlling considerations which will has been amicloil witn a painim (Usci-se, wmcn nas re- duced her to a state of helplessness, is this far on her way to the Miueral Springs, which are considered the best cal culated to afford her relief. My attendance is necessary to her in her journey, and the few weeks I have now at my disposal is the only time which can be devoted to this ! purpose. Tnougli absent in person, my neart win oe witn you, and my sorrow and devotions will b 3 mingled with yours. I hope my eldest sons and daughter may be able to be present with you, but as they are distant from me, I can not tell under what circumstances your invitation may lind them. I feel certain, however, that nothing but ne cessity will prevent tlieir attendance. I enclose, according to your request, the date of my daughter's birth, and the inscription proposed for the monument over her tomb. The latter are the last lines of the hymn w hich she asked for just before her death. I am, with great respect, Your obedient servant, R. E. LEE. Mrs. Joseph S. Jones, Mrs. Thomas Carroll, Miss Brown low, Miss M. Alston, Mrs. J. M. Heck, Mrs. Lucinda Jones Committee. LITEST NEWS BY MAIL. No T.iv on Auction Sales by Exciaturg or Admin istrafors Cotton Ci-ops of the South General Howard ami tlie Freed men's Biirtan. Washington, August 12. The commissioner of internal revenue has written the following respect ing the tax upon auction sales : " Prior to the date of the late act of July 13, 1866, it was held that sales made by auctioneers, for judicial or executive officers, or for executors and administrators, were liable to a tax in the same manner as sales made for other persons. The law has been amended, and it is now held that the sales of auctioneers made for or on ac count of the persons or officers above specified are not liable to tax since August 1st instant, the time when the above act takes effect." It seems to be the impression of gentlemen from different Southern States that the cotton crop the present season will fall far short of the estimate given by the newspapers at the North. The chief difficulty seems to have been the poor quality of seed planted. From the best and most reliable sources I have been able to gather the whole crop will not exceed one million live hundred thousand bales. That will make about one-third of the crop realized previous to the war. The reasou urged for the removal of General Howard, Chief of the Freedmen's Bureau, is the efforts constantly made by him to place the blacks upon a footing of social equality with the whites, aud hi.s refusal to remove agents after they are clearly shown to have used their positions for pri vate gain. General Howard has written a letter in reply to some inquiries made by the Hon. Uoswell Hart, member of Congress from New York, concerning the operations of the Freedmen s Bureau. The General explains the organization and work of the Bureau, giving its statistics from June, 18G5, to June, 1S6(5. From these it appears that the num ber of persons receiving rations is decreasing, and that the poor whites dependent upon the govern ment bounty are equal in number to the blacks. The letter closes with the opinion that in the pre sent condition of affairs the Bureau is indispensa ble. lttpair of tlie Cable Across the Gulf of St. I.aw- Asry Bay, N. S., August 12, G:30P. M. The cable across the Gulf of St. Lawrence was again picked up at 0 o'clock this morning. The weath er being hue the splice was made by Mr. harl ton, aud the steamer headed for shore. The ca he will be landed at ejglit o'clock this evening. when communication via the Atlantic cable wil be almqs; instantaneous between tlje Uruted S.tates aijd luiropp. LrjiOVEN Items by tije Cable. The British Parliament was prorogued on the 10th instant. In the speech from the throne, Queen Victoria recommeds peace in Juirope and a continued ob servance of British neutrality. She thanks the United States government for its action during we reman raius in tjanaua, ana expresses ner iov jjl -I." o.l ... ... . . ac tne completion oj tne Atjaimq telegrapn. Tae A-nilie as it vya marKeu prior to its disturbance .ioi( rm. ... .'l'l -l , , . . r miuiaiy ana navai preparations "iinju. iw.c uciug uaxxxcu. yjxi iu xiuuce miiuceci tne belief thaf the lmperor will make war if his de mand is not " peacefully complied with." A semi-official journal in Berlin recommends Prussia to reponstruct Geiinany, as far as. possible, qn teliasis of tfie preservation of the "vital" an.d constitutional rights of the States which are to be annexed to her. Members of some of the deposed royal families qt uermany were moving towards Berlin ihe Crown Prince pf Prussia recommends the founding of a national' institution for the relief of invalid soldiers. The Italian troops had marched from the Tyrol, taking a position on the line of the Tagliamento river. General Gialdini says that this is a better defensive position, but others assert it is merely the line of demarcation insisted on by Austria be fore she would accept the armistice. The term of the suspension of hostilities be tween Austria and Italy would close at 4 o'clock on the evening of the 11th inst. Napoleon and Victor Emanuel are in accord as to the future of Venetia. An armistice has been concluded between Italy and Austria on the basis of the cession of Vene tia to Italy. Turkey-has reduced her. army of observation in the Ijanube, and it is thought that the Sultan ap proves of the rule of Prince Charles of Hohen zollern as Hospodar in Romania.' '. " ' - : " ; The United States squadron'had a grand impe rial ana popular reception in liussia. The Czar visited the vessels at Propstadt, and took the chief officers fa Mnnsi 1$ hfim After dinner theEm ppruf wjjttjtep, ms: prqsperjty oi te united States ana an nnjnterrnptea friendship with Russia. The Empress of Mexico has reached Paris. . ; ; 1 .: rr iuiuift, vyu.r. My Dear Sib ; ? A writer in your -paper makes severe animadversions on"tli$ Bon. Alexander H. Stephens, provoked, it seems, r'by a letter written by him" to me. 'His assuasive tone; the patriotic feeling, the resigned, VseH-denying devotedness with which he acquiesces in tne fortune meted out to himself in common wiih his fellow-citizens of the Southland would now turn adversity itself to good account by making it redound to a morq close, more cordial and secure Union, than thLt which preceded hostilities, finds no toleration. It is amazing, after tha horrid struggle in which, our kindred of all the States have been decimated, that any one should now be found unwilling to bo appeased and to renew fraternal feeling. Mr. Stephen's great crime, in the eye of the Post's contributor, is, that the same spirit now animates him that made that most eloquent of all appeals his speech to the people of Georgia to arrest the revolutionary conflict at the opening, by prevent ing the secession of Georgia from the Union, and which now pleads for its restoration, having, in the interval, stood by the State and the South. But is there anything unnatural or unpardona ble in this ? Do' we not see the highest intelli gence and noblest sensibility that adorn our na ture drawn to the side of those who have fallen into error from honorable motives, although these motives may have been instilled into the commu nity by artful, intriguing, -selfish men for sellish ends, at war with the public good ? Does not every candid mind now perceive, that looks buck to the thirty years history of secession, that it was a war of sections, that gradually brought to the issue and trial of battle, by the ambition of a few polit ical leaders who availed themselves of the dif ference in the great common interests, North and South, which had prevailing sway over the minds of masses in the two sections, to produce the be lief that there was an irreconcilable incompatibil ity between them, rendering separation inevita ble ? Everybody knows that there were multi tudes of enthusiasts on both sides who urged on this quarrel, under the delusion that it was a mere matter of discussion, which w ould be terminated by peaceable separation, or pass oil like other po litical questions by a collapse of the inflammatory feeling incited by debate. All such disputants and the great body of the people were taken by surprise on the outbreak of the war, organized by the secret cabal ot conspirators ; but when the war came, m spite of all appeals of sober-minded patriots to stay its fury, when tho thun der of cannon had begun, what could the lovers of peace in either section do but submit to the force with which they were sur rounded in tho States to which thev belonged ?- General Lee said to my father, when he was sounded by him, at the request oi President Lin coln, about taking command of our army against the rebellion, then hanging upon the decision of the Virginia Convention, " Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four mil lions of slaves in the South I would sacrifice them all to the Union ; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State ? " He could not determine then ; said he would consult with his friend General Scott, and went on the same day to Eichmond, probably to arbitrate difficulties : and we see the result. It is hard for a noble mind to tear itself from home, kindred, Iriends, and na tive soil, and go into opposite ranks to crush them all. This was the case of Stephens as well as Lee. It was the case of nearly every elevated soul in the South, when the Government of the United States, delinquent in all its duties, had failed to make preparation to arrest violence at the out break, and cure the phrenzy by binding it in the beginning, and prevent its running on until it became a sectional war, and, in enect, a National War, in its influences on the people of both sec tions, who were brought to consider the success ot the one the subluxation of the otner. As the South grew weaker aud began to stagger under the heavy blows of the gigantic North, all her brave spirits rallied to her support. Even the slaves were moved by the natural instinct, for when all the white men, young and old, had left their homes, their women and children to be pro tected and fed by their superior strength, they would not desert to our conquering army as it marched through tho shrinking South, but lied with its panic stricken families and gave them aid and comfort. In this did not tlie blacks prove themselves a loyal people ; would not the white man have proved himself a. recreant, if under such circumstances, he had gone over to the in vaders V When the ali'airs of the South were ab solutely desperate, and President Lincoln had sent a message inviting peace, on terms that Mr. Davis at one time s-;eemed inclined to take, the commissioners appointed by him, Hunter, Ste phens, and Campbell, were all anxious to con clude t he w ar on the terms our President proposed. These gentlemen were for Union and peace. Mr. Davis, who had in charge the cause of the South, insisted on independence. Could the com missioners, violate the trust which, according to the shape given by events to tlie cause they re presented, and which they were bound to consider that of a whole people, was committed to Mr. Davis V Could they take upon themselves to say i it was treason, and commit all that concerned it to the arhitrum of Mr. Lincoln V The aspects to 1 which I thus allude show that the spread and con tinuance of a war puts a new face on that which. at its inception, was treason. The war upon King Charles l,m its inception was treason. It ceased to be treason long before the English Common wealth was established. Our war for independ ence, when the first blood was shed at Lexington, was held in England to be treason. It ceased to he thought so long before our Eepublic was re cognized as a nation. History is full of explana tion showing the distinction between violence and wrong proceedings from the heart of a commu nity, and that without such warrant, though spring ing irom me impulse oi u multitude. The history of ail nations proves also that this singular ajchemy, by which great wars convert great crimes into pardonable offences, and some times into great blessings, is well understood. lliat l'rovidence will bring good oit of tlie evil oi our unhappy conflict, I most sincerely hope ; hut this most devoutly wished for consummation can never be accomplished if the patriotic, be iievojent men who sought to prevent the severance of the Union and avert the war, and even those who passed through it, and whose only guilt was in defending their homes and families from its calamities, and now seek to restore the Union and perfect concord, are to be deemed unpardonable onenuers. I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servaant, , M. Blair Montgomery county, Md., August 0, 18CG. Correspondence of the New York Journal of Commerce, OKI ay Mute SlinUtera Slaveholder. Boston, July 29, 18GG. Messrs. Editors : On former occasions T trnns. mitted for your columns copies of the identical bills of lading of a leading Boston slave and also his letters of instruction to his captain, with the returns of the latter upon the completion of his cruises to Africa, the West Indies. Virgin In and the Carolinas. The slave-trader made no re ligious pretensions, though he may have been a member or deacon of some church Nor did ho exhibit the hesfc model of veracity and hnnfir ainoo he directed his captain to utter, in certain emergencies, the most wanton and absolute false hoods ; and to make a good sale of old and infirm negroes, " to oil them vp well," when he brought them into tho market. His anntain howAvpr seemed highly spiritual and devout, commending his soul to God, his Saviour, in the will he made just as he was starting upon a new eniiso to th coast of Africa to buy men, women, and children, at an average of thirty gallons of rum per ho.ul or to steal them without any compensation. I also gave vour readers an account nf thn rA.i Slave Pen still existing near Boston, built by Col onel Eoyall, the prince of Massachusetts slave traders, and the founder oi the Kovall TVnfossnr- ship of Law in Harvard University, whose bene mcnon, wTougnt out oi tne Dones and sinews, and bathed in the sweat and blood of men: women and children, bought or stolen in Africa and sold in Virginia -and the Carolinas, has educated so nany Massachusetts men for abolition rant find wrath, if not in Greek and Latin, jndging "from Senator Sumner's Quotations, t ti.Ani,i. ding to the .proof of NewEngland complicity in sla- might be ifa defected sins, Ik, thanked ' belter from lion, juontgomery Y that News England had no .cause for blushing for any complicity in theli6rrible'crim6 ofjslavehold ing I To the South belonged the crime, and upon it falls the condemnation and shame. ".Can men bo convinced, and learn, to speak the truth ? I jt me add some new facts on which I latelv snh miuea : Massachusetts MesIstebs webb Slaveholders ! t In the old and honorable town of Medford, half a dozen miles out of JJoston, and which was char tered the 'same year with Boston, viz : 1G30, for more than a century and a half there was a single church only.' From 1727 to 1774 Rev. Ebeneer Tarell - was- the minister, av.,nativa of .. Boston, a graduate of Harvard, and son-in-law of President Colman. Ho was. &tu accomplished crentleman i fine scholar, an exemplary. Christian, and promi nent minister. A member of his church held him in such admiration that for forty-four years he kept an exact record of his sermons, without a single failure, on Sabbath or lecture day, giving the text, the year, the month, and the day, and stating whether the sermon was preached in the morning or afternoon. Occasional notes and the events of the times were also inserted. The whole number of sermons thus registered amounts to 5,5821 Through the courtesy of the gentleman into whose hands these . neatly-written records have, fallen, I have . been permitted to run my eye over them, when it fell upon the following entries : ! : ' " Job ix. 12. Funeral services for Flora,, negro woman of Stephen Hall, Lsq., fcud wito jf Worcester, Mr. Turt le negro man." ' v That .Worcester was a veritable slave, is proved by a clause in his will, made near the timo of his death : Item.: My jjood servant Worcester, Itfivo him Lid free dom, and discharge him from any demands of mv heiiH or executor?, on account of his being a sce : and order my executor to reserve in his hands 50 sterling to go for the use of my said servant, if he should be unable to sup port himself, the same to be given him at the discretion of my executor." , What can be more conclusive? One of the most eloquent and popular ministers in Massachusetts was a slaveholder, through his long ministry of nearly half a century, and that without a blush and without a reproach ! , Public opinion did not con demn him ; no ecclesiastical body excluded him T" LJ1 .11 . "ii ioiiuueH oiuur mmibiers were in ine fame condi tion, both in Massachusetts and other New Eng land States. n Slavery is said to have been introduced into this ancient town as early as the year 1G38, only eight years after the first settlement ; and therefore the spirit and principle must have accompanied tin old Puritans and have led them, most strangely and sadly, not . only to tolerate slavery, but to plant, perpetuate and diffuse it. Nor was it early only; in some places it was painfully common, since in the small town of Medford at one timo there were no less than twenty-seven negro slaves, saying nothing of Indians. The record proceeds : "Job ix. 13. Preached ou account of tho awful death of Colonel ltoyall's negro man. Plato.- aeed about 25. win. was drowned opposite my house by riding a horco in to swim and wash him, about high water last Wedm h day." - Col. Eoyall was a great slave-trader, and Plato. tho negro man, was of course a slave. " Prince, neprro servant of Hon. Stephen Hall. ownn,l the covenant, and was baptized." " Anthony, a negro, waa taken into the church." "A slave, named Sharner. was sick, and Mr. Tnmir preached from these words : My servant lieth at home sick ! Sharper died iust as the sermon waa ended.'" It is a striking fact that the modern apostle. George Whitcfield, seems to have made tho house of the great slave-trader, Col. Eoyall, his home when he was in the town, or passiner through it in his journeyings. - "April 15, 17G.. Mr. Whitefleld came to Colonel lioy all's last night, irom Ipswich, but was not well enough to go out to-day." Slavery, and even the slave trade, existed in New England almost from tho beginning. No one thought them a shame or a sin. Even ministers were slaveholders, without discipline or reproach. Slavery, therefore, existed in Massachusetts, and even the slave trade, almost from the begin ning of the colony. No one seems to have thought it even a shame or an immorality. Even minis ters, as we see, were slaveholders, without being subjected to reproach or discipline ; and even the sainted Whitefleld made the house of the prince of Massachusetts slaveholders his resort and home! Lesson 1st. The Pilgrims and Puritans had their lofty and stern virtues ; but they were men, and had their equally stern and unyielding defects. They hung men and women for withcraft ; they held negro and Indian slaves, the church member and ministers not excepted, and earned on the slave traffic in Africa, making, in tho language of trade, not only 'a good, but a big and fat thiii't of it," Lesson 2d. Let New Englanders all cherish a spirit of forgiveness and kindness toward brethren once in the condemnation resting upon their fath ers, but now is far removed from it as they them selves are. Southern Immigration. The following resolutions have been passed bv the American Emigrant Aid and Homestead Com pany of New York : 1. This Company promises to purchase, for the purpoxr of re-selling to the immigrants from abroad, the wa.stc lands of the owners who may be willing to sell tho same for a reasonable consideration, and who will accpt pay ment in the. stock of the Companv. i.. J.1113 v-oiiipany guarantees to tue owners of tho waxU hinds six per cent, fixed dividends from the stock accented m payment for their lands ; and when their lands shall huve been settled, and the stock of the OomT.nnv hr-iin to bring higher proiitts thoy will bo entitled to the over plus thereof equally with the other stockholders. X To the land-owners w ho would prefer to havo their waste lands noil to tho immigrants, through tho ngencv of this Company, the following1 conditions are submitted': Such landowners are required to consign to this emu pany their lands, for the term of from two to three yearn, for the purpose of selling the same in f,mall lots or fauns. The consignment nhould state tho price demanded the terms and conditions offered to tRo purchaser. U should, nevertheless, authorize this company to gruwt t the purchasers such other terms and conditions, and t demand of them such higher prices for land as tho com pany may deem expedient and proper ; provided tlie toruuv and conditions of the owner of the land remain injitirinllv in force. The overplus of the price over that whi jh tin': owners may demanil is to be allowed to tlie company, t" coyer the expenses of its operations, and tho remainirir balance thereof for the stockholders, improved lands and mineral lands will also be received by consignment on lb. same conditions as above. . .,4- no settling of tho wa&te lands can bo cflVcUd un til it is snrveved and divided in lots or farms, the land holders who uesire to consign their lands to this company in trust ot ajrencv have to fiirniuli Un.i, u,,--, u in descriptions of the quality and adaptedne33 of'tlioir lamW, and of the climate and localities tnerbof. Tho lands t,ilL to this company for its stock will hn Rnrvf.vfi t n. - pense of the company. f Vvif.tlillLi rV 4-1... - 1? 0 J1 l-il. 1. . 1. o. ot other records of tho counties in which the lands art 1, -liota tuo c.iuuiiauoii oi me uuo cieeus, ami cated, shall in all eases be borno by tho larid owners, un less some special agreement, changes this rule. C. Applications for the purchase of lands, and for & ceptance of assignment, should bo mado iu New York t the President of the companv. Hon. P. O. Wvi.rl, ,,r iu Kiehmond, Virginia, -to the member of tliis board, Gen eral (. Tochman. But their arrangements with the laud holders to bind tho companv must ln Rnhtrnitn,! , ma m- proval of the board of directors. w T. G. WIUGIIT, President. G. D, Rogers, Sec y., .. . " Oil Wells in West Virginia. The Parkers- burg Times gives an astonishing statement of the Oak, 1,500 barrels ; Lick Hun, 300 ; Horse Nevi,. j.. , uu vi. me bcvciui wens on implies nei 0,000 barrels per day. The quality is said it be remarkably fine. The Times considers th. oil of West Virginia the best yet discovered." The "Ex-P. G." Holden says tW ha signed tho ordinance of secession with heavy heart. We presume that it waa equally heavy, on tho when he thua glorified over its passage : " Thus was the anniversary of the Mocklenhur declara tion ot Independence GLOiUOUSLY celebrated bv ibe delegates of the people in Convention assembled, iu'i th Carolina has been slow to act, but she is acted, finally. We think she has acted WISELY from nrsti to lat. Hencelorth her destinif-s aro with the States of the South, and she will make good her aefc at the 20th Mav, lsiilr with her LAST IWJ.W. AND US LAST MAN, if such a sacrifice should bo requireat her hands." I .. ' ".' i .,; - Fire. On. Saturday night a fire occurred intlie western suburbs of the city' resulting in the de s,trucfcknTof - two or threa houses occupied by ne groes." The fire department did its dutv but couU not save the buildings. Kexcbern Commercial. An Aged Brar.c.-A wedding took place hst week' near Cambridge, Illinois. The bridegroom- S iie Kfa 1 Ute; '
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