Morning journal (Columbus, Ohio), 1867-05-09

              . i . ' . ' ' ' . i. , i '- t T. '(' : ".'iu: t.-.. ... . . , ... ,( f . ' tiiMWIlb -'V;.rJsi'".l:0' '4 :::::::::::: VOL. XXIX. COLUMBUS, OHIO : THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1867. NO. 260. 7 f..,J ..I J TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTED FOR THE JOURNAL. FOREIGN NEWS. 15 V TIffi ATL..VNTIC CAHIJ3. Troop Concentrating In Poland. London, May 8 Evening. Reports from "Warsaw state that the Russian Government are concentrating troops . and muuitions of war in Poland. 1 WASHINGTONSPECIALS. It ichmoad Papers Indicted Chief Jus-lice Chaw to Preside at the Trial of Jeff. Davis President to Gen. Sheridan Arrivals. . "Washington, May 8. A. Washington special says it is reported that two of the Richmond papers, supposed to be the Examiner and Times, have been Indicted for inciting treason and rebellion. ! The. Republican's Richmond special says Judge Underwood had stated in open Court that Chief Justice Chase will preside at the trial of Jeff. Davis on the adjournment of the ; Supreme Court ' 1 The President telegraphed Gen. Sheridan to-day not to close the registration on the 15th, as he proposed to wait for the decision of the Attorney General. . . - . : . Gen. Banks and Judge Bustced arrived today.Examination of Cadets-Storm Subsiding. The examination of cadets at the Annapolis Naval Academy will commence on the 20th inst. The midshipmen will start on a sum mer cruise. In the sloops of war Dale, MacC' (Ionian and Savannah, about the 15th of June. The severe Northwest -rain storm which commenced Monday is just subsiding. A heavy freshet in the Potomac is anticipated. NEW YORK. Prize FightSevere Gale Railroad Mat ters. New York, May 8. 'A prize fight took place yesterday, in Bergen county, N. J., between Kclley and John Grady. One hundred and eighteen rounds were fought scientifically, lastln: three honrs and ten minutes, and both men were puulshed shockingly. A general fight among the spectators ensued, and the referee withdrew, making the contest a draw. There has been an easterly gale all day, with rain. Ihe tide is unusually full, cans lug considerable damage to merchandise in basements in buildings along the river. There were very few arrivals from sea to day. On the coast occurred quite a number of "marine disasters, but no loss of life as far . as known. " - The National Railroad Convention met to-day, Edgar Thompson, President of the ' Pennsylvla Central Koad, in the Uhalr. Nearly all the roads were represented, In eluding a number at the South. The sub jects of signals, rates of freight, &c, were considered ; also a resolution looking to an increased charge to Government for trans portatlon of mail matter. It is reported that the franchise of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad has been sold to the Baltimore and Ohio Road for half a million dollars. Injunction Tobacco Crop, A mot ion is to be made in the Supreme Court cnFriday, for an injunction to restrain the Prairie Du Chlen Co., from purchaslngthc Mc Gregor. Western Ss Minnesota Central Rail Road, and the constructing of 800 miles of track lor connecting them : also, to resrtaln them from issuing tko 13,000,000 worth of ..stocks and bonds, to carry out the scheme, Judge Smith granted a temporary Injunction a few days ago, and this is the motion to con tlnue it. If is estimated that In the counties of Hall fin. Snottsvlv&nia. Franklin and Ilenrv. Va and Rockingham and Casswell, N. C., the tobacco Is worth $18,000,000. The crop of tpottsylvanla alone Is placed at f 3,000,000. Re-elected American Tract Society, The American Anti-Slavery Socoty re-elec ted Wendell Phillips President, At tho annual meeting of the American Tract Society, of Boston, the annual report was six and a quarter millions pages of tracts printed during the year; the receipts "wore 100,509, and expenditures $157,020.. At' the annual meeting of the Society, also held to clay, Bishop iUcllvalno was re-elected Presl ,lent, with the entire old board of oQlccrs, The receipts of the year wcro $34,413, aud the expenditures about tho same. 'Ihe repori Mated that $300,000 was wauted annually to push on the great work in the south, Press Awtoclatlou Constitutional Con vention, The State Press Association is holding Us annual meeting at the Metropolitan Hotel for the election of officers, and the arrange lucnt of news matters. John M. Francis, of '1 roy, is likely to be the new President of the .Association. The Iiclund brothers In a letter from Sara, toga, to the members elect of the- Constltu tlonal Convention, have tendered the free use of the Oaera House, with board at tho new hotel for 2o per week Manufacturers' Convention The Canals Opened. A Convention, composed principally of Western Manufacturers, was held -to-day, Peter Cooper presided. Letters wcro read from prominent manufacturers and political economists, expressing a desire for organlz lug a movement against free trade. Gov, Plerpont, of Virginia, and Horaco Greeley were among the speakers." Representatives irom -Massachusetts, JNcw Hampshire, Ver mont, Connecticut, JNcw lork, flew Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, lllluols, Michigan, and omer Slates announced their names.,, A tern Krary organization was cflVctcd. but the temper of those from a distance did not correspond with that of the New Yorkers, who wauted an immediate and permanent assocl ntlon. The formation of a protective society lu each village "was recommended, to act In concert with thcNatlonal League. , . The Canals of the State were officially open- icu ou ;u ouaay 'ft ; FORTRESS MONROE. Gratifying Intelligence from the Registering Officers Conciliatory manner in whieh they are Received by all Classes Naval Matters. Fortress Monroe, May 8. The most gratifying reports have already been received from the counties and registration districts of the State south of the James river, which furnish conclusive evidence of the conciliatory manner in which the inhabitants are receiving the registering officers, and assisting them in the preliminary measures of the reconstruction bill. This feeling among the people is general, and even those disqualified as voters by the bill, have in many cases proffered their assistancti and impressed upon their neighbors the actual necessity and policy of non-iutcrfereuce with the registration of the duly qualified voters. The utmost good feeling exists toward the colored people, now that the question of their suffrage Is no longer unsettled. The education of the negroesand their moral arid, social elevation is' uowacknowl- idged to be a duty incumbent upon an tne people, and is the only proper and judicious means which will advance the interests of both classes and promote the prosperity of the State. The capitalists and land owners are beginning to see the prime virtue of cre ating modes of employment for the negroes, and are offering them lands on favorable terms and furnishing them with agricultural implements and materials. The fever patients from the busquchanna are convalescing. The Susquehanna goes to Portsmouth, JN. 11., Admiral rainier having transferred his flag to the Desoto. AVorkincn are now engaged in removing the old boilers from the frigate Lancaster, now lying at the Gosport navy yard. A new set of boilers will be placed In her. ! SOUTH CAROLINA. i Republican State Convention. :., Charleston, May 8. The Republican State Convention assem bled in this city last night. Six of tho forty- two districts in the State were representeu. The delegates were almost exclusively colored men. A negro from Beaufort was elected President of the Convention. U. S. Marshal Apping, of Charleston, was the only white man among the Vice 1'residcnts. Several persons, including Miss Harper. colored, addressed the Convention, when it adjourned until to-day. . . MONTREAL. Steamer Wrecked. Montreal, C. W., May 8. The steamer Grecian struck a rock while shooting through Lachlne Rapids yesterday, and began to till rapidly. She was run upon a sand bank) where she sank, with her main deck above water. The passengers were all saved. Twenty vessels, Inward bound, are re ported at Green Island. PENNSYLVANIA. A Foreign Clerical Delegation. Philadelphia, May 8. Rev. Drs. Falrburn, Denham, aud Hall, and Rev. Mr. Wells, a Scotch and Irish Pres byterian delegation, received a formal wel come here last night, at Dr. Wylle's church. They start to-morrow upon a tour through the principal cities of the Union. KENTUCKY. Lynch Law-A Plan Hunj. Louisville, May 8. A party of mon, numbering about thirty. took Glbbart out of the county jail on Mon day, and hung him to a tree. They gave as their reason Tor hanging him that he was a murderer and a pest to society, and would probably escape the law if tried. WASHINGTON. Virginia vs. West Virginia Secretary - - iirownuig. Washington, May 8. In the Supreme Court, the argument in the case of Virginia vs. West Virginia, was concluded to-day. , ' becretary Browning is still very weak from sickness, but Is slowly improving. Indianapolis, May 7. The election for city olllccrs here to-day, resulted In the success of the Republicau ticket by from one to two hundred inaiorlty. The Democrats gain four or five Council- men. ., At Lawrenccbiirg, Ind the Republican ticket was elected by from 50 to 100 majority.At Fort Wuyue, Intl., the entire Republican ticket wns elected. In Cambridge City the Temperance ticket was successful over the Democrat and Republican tickets. Richmond, Ind., elects a Democratic Mayor by 11 majority. At Terrc Haute tho entire Democratic ticket was elected by from two to three hundred majority. , " "Exposition" and " ExninrnoN." Napoleon's great show Is an " exposition" and not an " exhibition." Tho difference bctwecu the terms is not so trivial as a cursory look Implies. They are approximate but not absolute synonyms. " Exposition" Is demon-tlration that Is, something designed and destined to produce a predetermined result, be It mental or tangible. "Exhibition" la but numifaMion show, display, which may either be barren of or brlmmluir with effect, Every " exposition" Is thus an " exhibition," but not vice verm. Every horse Is an animal. but every animal Is not a.horse Pari cor reywndent oftiit Jfett York World. A Maine mail lu ono day and night last week caught seven salmon In the Penobsoot, weighing In the Bggregato 125 1-8 pounds, and for which he was paid $115. It Is said salmon are frequently caught there weighing rrom twenty iotwenty-nve pounus cacn. I, . The Buffalo Commercial tells tho story of a man rrom. the country,; who called at hardware store iu that city and after being shown a large assortment of scissors, turned to tho clerk, remarking, " my wife s putty b'.ck, and its 'boat an even thing If she go$ any better; guess I'll wait and see If she gets wcu rore i ouy any scissors. ' .PEBSONAL. Florence Marryatt has written another novel : . . A Philadelphia base-ball player named Bell lias lately died in consequence of a blow from a ball. Matthew Arnold Is writing a series of articles la the Pall Mall Gazette in favor of ihe. Mooiie papers announce tne aeam or otamey iuouk, u pwmer, prnuaoiy me oiuesi- i ir...i. . ..i i. i i-1. xi. . i i man iu Alabama. He was 104 years of age, Tub Montgomery, (Ala.) Mail reports that Gen; Joseph Johnson is a heavy loser by the Selma bank "robbery." The Nevada Transcript announces the marriage of Ah Sam to Ah How, at You'Bet, on the 4th ult. Benjamin T. Reed, of Boston, is the doner of the one hundred thousand dollars for the education of Episcopal theological students at Cambridge. . ' Hon. Daniel Williams has presented to St. Mark's Church, in Augusta, Me., a beautiful stained-glass window, as a memorial to his sou, Gen. Seth Williams. i An unusual ceremony, it is said, is to be performed , at Hartford, Conn., on' Saturday next that of a Christian woman renouncing her faith and embracing the Jewish persua sion,. ; ;The Concord, (N. II.) Statesman says:' As we were standing on the sidewalk last Frl day, in conversation with Asa Low, of Brad- fordj Vt., he pointed to the Columbian as the tavern where George Peabody, Esq., sawed wood to pay for his night's lodging about fifty years ago. ' ) The Atlanta (Ga.) New Era says of Gen Grant : "This distinguished soldier Is being widely spoken of iu connection with the next Presidency, and we sec no cogent reason why the General should not prove successful if put upon the track at the right time and under proper auspices. The General's mag. naiiimous conduct toward the illustrious Lee and his brave army, at the time of sur render, has won for him golden opinions and warm friends in all the States. There are many unwritten facts in connection with Gen. Grant, which, when known, may add even more lustre to his present national fame." Some funny anecdotes of the niggardly character of M. Cousin, who has recently died, have been circulated, flls youthful washerwoman, whom he had known as cniiQ, ana was very partial to, cailea upon him one day when ho asked her if she had ever read any of his works. "No, Monsieur Cousin." "Would you like to read one?" "Certainly." M. Cousin took down a volume Le Vrai, Le Beau, Le Sim. At the end of the month the washerwoman presented her bill, 13 francs 25 cents. "That is quite correct," said M. Cousin, "but we must deduct 3 francs 50 cents for the book, which leaves 0 francs and 75 cents ; there are 10 francs, you may keep the 5 sous, my little dear, for your self. Thu following Is the cable dispatch to the New York Herald, giving the emancipation decree of the Emperor of Brazil. The com muuicatlon from Rio Janeiro Is dated April 8. The Emperor Don Pedro the Second, of Brazil, with the advice of his ministers. signed to-day an imperial decree, by virtue of which slavery is abolished throughout the Brazilian Empire. This most important executive order Is to take effect in a period of twenty years, so that no violence will be done to what is termed the "right of property" in the slaves. Children or every class born within the limits of the empire after this day, the 8th of April, are declared absolutely free by birth, so that it may be truly said we now Inhabit a land or freedom, in which industry and labor will soon find a fair reward The government of Brazil has, for many years past, sympathized with the action taken bv the tutted Slates Government In eoiiluiic tion with some of the irreat rowers of Eurone for the suppression of the slave trade on the coast or Airica, and a lew years oniy imve elapsed since the Emperor signed a decree prohibiting the importation of slaves into his dominions. The Issue of the present decree completes the work of emancipation in Brazil. The following Is a description of tho "silk plant," discovered In Pern, und a specimen forwarded to the State Department at Wash ington by our Consul : The shrub grows three or four feet In hlght, and the silk Is enclosed In a pod, of which each plant gives a great number, and is dc- clared to be superior In fineness and quality to the production of the silk worm. It Is a wild perennial, the seeds small, and easily separated irom the fibre. The stums of the plant produce a long nnd very brilliant fibre, superior lu strength and beauty to tho finest linen thread. Small quantities havo been woven In the rude manner of tho Indians, ami the texture and brilliancy arc said to be mv surpassed. Preoaratlons are being made to cultivate It upon an cxtcnslvo scale. Sellkck & Co. have received tho Ladies National Magazine, (Peterson's,) for June, from which we are ablo to discover not only what the fashions are, but what they are go- lug to be next month. Also, The New York Ledger, with tho first chapters of Heury Ward Becchcr's Novel, and other light reading. Union County Conventions. Knox Is set .. 1 " Convention to be selected In tho townships ami warns on aaturday, mc loin. holmes. Extract from a Business. Letter.) t Editors 'Journal Dear Sirs : I And that it is impossible to do without the Journal. . I would about as soon be without a wife. . . I eend you the names of a couple or three that want the paper for one year. I have, hot thejequired number, but I had not time to see about getting any more. " The condition .and I think If Gnrflold i- m,mi. nated toi. Governor, that Old Holmes will do ' better than last Fall. Nevertheless, there is as much bad whisky drank as ever. That speaks unfavorably. Yours truly, State op Holmes County. Donn Piatt on the Legislature. The Doctors , had a great supper at Cincinnati, Tuesday night the American Medical Association holding its session there . this week. One of the regular toasts was " The Legisla-ture of Ohio," to which Lieut.-Col. (he repudiates the General) Donn Piatt was called to respond. ; He " responded .in damages" as follows: i : ,i ' The Legislature of Ohio. . Tho presence of Gen. Donn Piatt no doubt suggested this toast, for he was immediately called out.. '.'lie responded in more, than his usual happy way. !, Jly medicated friends. Great lauffhter.l I.dou't know that I ever responded to a call with as much reluctance, I may say embarrassment, as en the present occasion. In the first place, I was a good deal worried to know how I came here, until I happened to mm tuat, as an officer in the late army, I was commissioned to kill, and on that ground had . a right to associate with you Doctors. ureai laugntcr.j Jiutt must sav, that in responding at this time . I am in no condition to do justice to myself or to you. It is after supper, and I am too full for utterance. Now, mv medicated friends, T.had not the remotest idea that there was so much fun in you, so much capacity for good eating and drinking. My acquaintance with the profession has been with your long, solemn faces, when vou would put a blister plaster on the back of ray neck, . and say, "Let It remain nntll it draws beautifully," Laughter ; or give me a aose or meaicine, ana tnen stand off and see, what the effect would be. Increased laughter. But I say now, in the words of tne goou oiu song, there is something else In it. i aon t know that you are familiar with it, not being or a musical turn ; but you re collects Old King Cole, the jolly old aoul, He called for his wifu, he called for hi pipe, And he called for his doctor three ; And every doctor had a Tory long bill, A very long bill had he ; , , Tweedle, deedle dee, There is none so rare An can compare With your jofly doctors three. That is, when you meet in convention, and enjoy such a sporadical season as on the present occaslou. 1 am very happy, my medicated friends, tc meet you on the present occasion. You have done me a little Injustice lu calling mo out under the toast, The Legislature of Ohio. I recollect that, getting en the cars last winter to go home, I attempted to get into good society , by taking the hindmost car. The brakeman stopped me, saying: " lou can t get inhere." "Why?" said I. "Why this car is reserved for ladles and gentlemen." Says I, " My friend, I don't want to interfere with your regulation patent screw and au gur Hue, but I would like to know how the devil you found out I was a member of the Ohio Legislature." Great laughter. And iiOy I have been found out on the present occasion, and been called upon to respond to a toast to that honorable body. wen, my medicated friends (You will pardon the phrase;) but of course if you are finished doctors you are medicated, and if you ain't; you ought to be. We had a great deal to say about you last winter. We had nine teen JJoctors there, and that many Doctors never could get along a year without disagreeing. . . They disagreed upon everything but the question of eating and drinking, and of course we had a variety of disputes arising out of subjects connected with your honorable profession. We don't try to do you jus tice, for like the Irishman s bird this Is the last thing you wanted. But we did our best to do justice to the other side. That ornithological specimen called the "quack," we went ror film, drove him Into quarters, and If his life was not Immortal he would have boon dead long ago. He Is still alive among UH nnd as well as ever, 1 he Legislature cant Kin mm. Gentlemen, lu the name of the delegated stupidity of Ohio, I return you my thanks for the honor you have done me to-ulght. And the General disappeared, auikl roars of laughter and general applause. Interesting details with regard to tho strength of the Union party In the South are given in a Montgomery letter to the New : Orleans Republican, which Is published on ono of the Inside pages of this Issue. The exhibit Is encouraging. The leaveu will con tlnue to work. The Mobllo (Ala.) Register, speaking of the negro vote, says: "The only question now Is: Shall Wade Hampton or Senator Wilson use this voting power 1 We say, Wado Hampton, all the time." At the municipal election In Indianapolis ou Tuesday, the Democrats tried to recover their lost, power under the disguise. of "Worklngmen's Ticket," but they were pretty .veil cleaned ou.'. Tho working men easily (iiw through tho thin covering. Jubt as we go t9 press we have received the Information that Governor Murphy has is sued a proclamation, based upon an order from General ord, dissolving the legislative Iwdy of the State, and transferring the pub lie treasury Into tho hands of Colonel Pagi-, M" the Quartermaster !i Department of the umtca Biatcs Army, we nave not been am to obtain a copy of the proclamation, aud give the alwvo as its substance upou lufor. ;; matlou. Helena ArK.) virion, May 1. . The Insult to Tiia Flag at Cha'rlrstav The Charleston Courier, of Tuesday, no nces tne arrest and commitment to Cast'.e Pinckney, on Monday, of tho man who cut a piece out of the United States flag at Charleston, on Saturday. The Mercury says on Tuesday: :.(: . . - ; , : ' "We regret to announce that on vesterdnv Mr. Stephen Calhoun Smith, a resident of this city, was arrested for cutting the United Mates flag on Saturday last. -We have no sympathy for the act, which, we consider wituout excuse, but we are sorry for tae man, whom we knew as a soldier of Company K, Second South Carolina Cavalry, Hampton's Brigade, who distinguished himself by his auant conduct at the battle of Gettysburg." 1 r: i Sir Morton Peto Justified. Sir S. M. Peto has made his promised" motion in Parliament for an investigation of his conduct in the affairs of the London. Chatham and Dover Railway Company. Ho desired the opportunity to demonstrate his innocence of the charges made' against him. The Chancellor of the Exchequer,1 MrV Disraeli, opposed the motion, on .the ground that that the House could j not enter upon an investigation of such ' a character. He spoke in" terms of eulogy of Sir S. M. Peto, and his praises were emphatically repeated by Mr. Gladstone. Thus a much and vilely slandered man, about whom the tory press and Punch have said the most shameful things, is suddenly vindicated by the onen aud official praise and approval of the two great English party leaders. . : The National Debt op Great Britain. From a Treasury return just printed, it ap pears .xnav in lauu tne total amount of the English national debt, was 803,843,945-, of which 773,313,229 was funded: 8,187,700 unfunded, and 21, 842,020 the estimated value of terminable annuities. ' In the same year the terminable annuities created were 102,-283, those expired 79,704, the value of those reduced iai9,04-; obligations were cancelled to the amount of 3,554,800, and funded debt paid off to 3,455,000. t . ... The Atlanta' (Ga.) Intelligencer says that "the natural allies of the colored race in the South are those (white folks) among whom their lives have been spent from youth to manhood." This is indisputable if there is any truth in the doctrine that the ties of nature are the strongest known to men. We are glad to observe that the white people of the South are disposed to acknowledge their poor relations. It will not be long before the whole Democratic pack, North and South, will be hailiug the negroes as "our brothers," and the Southerners can do so with peculiar propriety. "Blood will tell." Dayton Jour. .i , - The Debt op Turkey. The national debt of Turkey now funded and Inscribed amounts to 73,400,850. Of this amount 1,818,180 has not been Issued, and deducting that sum, together with 2,440,400 which has been paid off by the action of the sinking funds, it seems that there remains a sum now due of 09,140,270, Tho charge of this debt at the present time is 3,070,238 for interest, and 1,137,104 for amortization. What proportion of the nominal capital of the debt actually reached tho Ottoman treasury will probably never be known. German-Americans in Prussia. Negotiations have been resumed between the Berlin and Washington Cabinets, with a view to enable Germans that have become American citizens previous to acquitting themselves of their military duties toward the mother country, to return home unmolested by the conscription officers. The proposals of Mr. Wright, the American Minister, who has long labored to secure this benefit to his fellow-citizens, seem to be favorably entertained by this Government. Count Blsmark recently called upon Mr. Wright, who, I regret to say, continues in, and had a long conference with him. Berlin Cor. London Timet, April 20. A Clergyman's Calculations. The cure of a Swiss village in the Canton du Valals, named Jucraptcn, has amused his leisure hours by compiling a comparative table of the annual expenditure of the forty-nine States of Europe in the year 1864. The total is eleven milliards of francs. But what shocks the good cure is, that while five mil liards of this vast sum are absorbed by war budgets, ouls one hundred and twenty-live millions of it was applied to public Instructionand yet 1804 was a pacific year. The Supreme Court of the United States has reversed a decision of the Supreme Court of Iowa iu an admiralty case, ou the grounds mat tne laws or congress of 1849 and 1845 give tho United States District Court exclusive jurisdiction without limitation, both on the rivers aud lakes, or wherever ships and steamboats float nnd engage lu commerce. The Court below had acted upon a steam boat collision case. ; Grace Church, Brooklyn, has in Its new lectern one of the most beautiful specimens of ecclesiastical furniture In the country. It Is au eagle of brass, with outspread wings, supporting the Bible, the head of the symbolical bird being adorned with an ornamented coro net. 1 he pedestal and shaft are also of brass. It was an Easter offering to the church. ' New York, it Is said, devours $2,000,000 worth of eggs a year. One hotel lu that city consumes a barrel a day. These eggs are gathered from a largo extent of country around New York, and many of them are forwarded from Philadelphia, one dealer alone forwarding a hundred barrels dally. Durino the spring and summer months the amount of fresh llsh brought to tho Boston market Is 8,000,000 to 4,000,000 pounds per week. These are brought by the Bay boats, about 125 in uuinber, which ruu In and out every day. f . An old miser who was notorious for self-denial, was ono day asked why he was so thin. ,"Ido not know," said tlui. miser, "I have tried various means for gsttlng fatter, but without success," " Have yon tried victuals J" inquired the Mend. A western editor has placcd'over'hts marriages a cut representing a large trap sprung, with this motto t f,'The trap down-uuother ninny-hammer caught 1" , , . .A neoro woman in Kausos City, Mo., ,sf ii' tuo recent earthuuake was nothing but th " bottom 'cross ue river having de ager;" ,' i a ..1