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MKMPHIHi Wednesday Evening, reb. 13, 1867 A SOCIAL QUESTION- " ,''" To be at war with the society in which one lives, is a bold and desperate situa tion I but when a down or two plot the overthrow ofiha civil rights of a great community. .there U something amaxing in their effrontery.--And yet we? ace nround us a little cluster of metj who boldly deny to this community the right to vote and sit. as jurors.,- Claiming everythiug for themselves, they accord to tie people nothing but the bnsi- ness . ol bearing ine uurueua TiAmnerinz'' them in office.' It' . an is a matter' of astonishment, - urst,: .tnaf men. will alieinpt role so dangerous, and second, that they, are permitted to succeed. Take the prominent leaders of the Radical party ia Tennessee, .and tell us who they are. ' Two thirds of them are foreigners Bnd Yankees who came 8outh during the war to make money. '. Very few of the old citizens have joined them. Most of those who - hve,: were con nected in some way ' or ; other with the , rebellion. ' " They ' shifted .their gronnd and became intolerant of those who remained true to their principles. Stokes is one of this number,.' Jle boasts of having chaDged in a day. . How long it required to euecs ww tuuBo uium is best known to themselves. : Put taken nltogether, they would not afford popula tion enough to entitle-them to form a State government,' or apply for admis sion into the Union. s Yet, .they claim eight members of Congress, all the State offices, and the -right -to disfranchise those upon whom representation is based. The meeting oh1. Saturday was in favor of negro suffrage, 'and white exclusion exclusion of every man who lent his aid or his sympathy to the South. The negroes, say these politi cians, are better than the rebels and their friends. This city is composed of rebels and their friends, therefore the negroes are better than the white population. Very well, then, let these taen not pre1 sumeto associate with the rebel element Let them mingle with thoso whom they think better. It is not noble to proscribe a man and then seek to enjoy his friend ship and society. 't We do not think the proscribed should countenance such a proceeding.' ' Political affiliation with the negroes should be followed by personal association. Why not ? Should our rulers effect to look down upon those whom they have elevated, and who are expected to elevate them ? But the main point is, the rebel clement, denied politi cal and civil right, and therefore brand ed as infamous, should hold no personal relations with the proscribes. Self-respect should dictate this course. Even the leading Radicals at Washington hold this class of men in contempt. Why should the rebel element admire them? A Washington letter says: "The Radicals, in private conversation, do not hesitate to express tbeir contempt for "men of Southern birth who are hanging to their iliris for place and plunder. I heard a very prominent one the other day affirm, with an oalh not quite proper to be repeated to 'ears polite,' that he would sooner 1 touch pilcbJ than the hand of Bond, your recreant Judge.' ' The compliment ' was paid in the way of assigning reasons for re ' fusing to be 'introduced 'to the 'Judge' upon his recent visit here, 'it is one of the most offensive necessities of party,' said the same gentleman, 'that men ca pable of betraying their section, their fellow-townsmen, tbeir neighbors, their very flesh and blood, for mere office and its emoluments, should, to advance party ends, be permitted to contaminate the society of gentlemen.' " " C050VERED.. It is singular how names pass into Ian ' gua and become terms of reproach and infamy. There is nothing offensive in the combination of k-tters that make the name Conover; nor is there anything offensive in' the aonnd But associated with perjury, committed to procure the murder of Jefferson Davis, it is disgusting in the highest degree. Hereafter whea a r.crson is prosecuted, or convicted oa false testimony, it will be said that he has been Conovered. This villain has heea coavicted of perjury, and will ge to prison to serve a term of years. The great prisoner, utterly dtfeuwieaa urLing Lis prison bars, seems to brt been pro tected by Providence. Never was there on earth a greater combination arrayed against ary man.' At one time, it ie aaid, it roaHj appeared as if the plot to connect Sir. Eai with the assassination con spiracy coulJ be not ba!2ed. But erenu hastened the exposure. All who were tlll.lK oa'KX. SO. W.M. Moon, concerned !' Hl ll"t havo not yot been ( lirosct-uli'd. B it a nliuuce on the J tice of heaven innpire's the fuitb. that not i,i a nf them will escapo his doom even in this world. And' it is alleged that there is a plot oa foot to enlist perjured testimony against President Johnson, Wa have telegraphic stories of disunion il disunion letters which are charged upon him. .There ia nothing a i inetina him directly with the as snisination, bat aoon probably wajball have it intimated that such testimony ia at hand. This plot, however, will' no doubt share tha fate of the other. a LOYALTY IE10HTSSED. : Tha Columbia Herald has this para graph: The Loyal Militia Bill ia the grand theme of talk at Nashville. The Radicals regard its pasisge aa essential to their salvation in official liCs. Hence they have ordered their Master of Lies m apt his machine to rnnning, to get up a hue and crv in behalf of the poor down trodden and oppressed loyalists. Twa days in succession this macuins oas poured out a oatcU 0 Slanders inut nro magnificently grand in proportions, auu. wonderful in structure, Ia all the tiara and glitter of big Muck-faced capi tals, and swollen marks of exclamation, it ia one day announced that Wm. B. Stokea and othcra are to be assassinated. That a price Las been set upon their heads, and a reward offered to any one who will kill them.' The nextdny it is announced that Union men have been ordered to leave West Tennessee in twenty days on DerU of certain death. The whole- mat ter we believe to bean Infamous and de- lir.m-atii'batcVof lies, gotten bp express- y to be published, and e are very glad indeed, that Judge Brien baa promptly demanded a committee of investigation. We hone the inquiry will be pushed home, and if, as we suspect, the whole thing was manufactured at Nashville, then let the outlaws be known ana aeau wuu. i m GIFT OF CF.tr. SHERIDAJT. I The following story ia going the round of the press: T "A few day a ago General Sheridan sent to Miss Rebecca Wright, of Winchester, Virginia, a gold chain set with pearls and charms', one of the latter being an exquisitely wrought miniature aword ornamented with diamonds. Ar? coropanying' the gift was a letter from General Sheridan, acknowledging Miss Wright's aervicea, which led to the Gen eral's success at the battle of Winchester, on September 19ih, 18G4. Miss - Wright was a r-ealous advocate of the Union cause; and willing to aid it at any sacrifice.-; When in the course of the battle General Sheridan was in great doubt how V act, he aent a acout to the lady, who writing upon a piece ot' paper the needed information, and inclosing' it in tinfoil, the scout carried it in his mouth, and successfully eluding search, gave it to General Sheridan. This paper con veyed to, the General, the information which enabled him to achieve the vie tory." " - " EXERCISED. The Mobile Tribune says: " The Phil adelphia Inquirer is considerably exer cised on the Bubject of the late action of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce in indorsing Governor Isham G. Harris, now a resident of Liverpool . The i quircr thinks Harris is the most atrocious of all the late Confederate leaders, and that in indorsing auch a man the Mem phis Chamber bai entailed upon itself an everlasting disgrace. It hopes, too, that ' the people to whom the villainous rebel is recommended will resolve that the in dividual who is deficient in the mainte nance of every principle of true honor and trustworthiness, is not the person to whom they will accord (heir confidence.' With many people of Liverpool and other parts of England, 'to their honor be it said, this protest by the Inquirer will be the best recommendation Governor Har ris could have." ' QUESTIONABLE FKAISE. The Vicksburg Herald has the follow ng obituary: Ex Governor John J. Pettus, whose death has been announced, died in Arkansas, to which State be had removed since the surrender. He had been Governor of Mississippi from 1859 to 1SC3, serving two terms. He had ta ken a conspicuous part in "precipitating the cotton States into a revolution," and as particularly' distinguished ' for ob structing the. "tree navigation ot the Mississippi, by establishing a battery just above Vicksburg. . It was a stupid blun der, 'and public opinion soon forced Pettus to revoke his order. He was probably the weakest man that ever filled the Gubernatorial chair, but honest, kind-hearted r.nd well-meaning-. ' May he sleep in peace. SLAVEET IW MASSACHUSETTS. Upon this subject the Detroit Fret Prttt very pertinently esys: The fact that Maryland, through her Stale Legis lature, has just abolished the sale of black criminals into servitude, reminds oa that Massachusetts still continues the sale of white paupers into slavery. , In credible aa it may eeem, the same pun ishment which the old Maryland code inflicts for crime, Wendell Phillips' "dear old Commonwealth," inflicts for poverty. Godly and philanthropic Mas sachusetts, which sheds so many tears over the oppressed negro, shocks the moral sense of the age by making the poor white a mere chattel! Ia such widely-diverging grooves do Purilaa profession tad practice run! . CORSTITUTIOHAl IUIUT. The New Orlcana J'irofUHt aaya that no constitution of Louisiana has ever contained a single provision on the sub ject of slaves, or mentioned the topic of slavery. It is a further fact that slavery was never established by the constitctioa of law of any Southern Slate. It was reroznuej and expeJ, hut it existed by ?-, and by the aaihority which founded it. Mr. Benjamin attributed its existence, except ia Louisiana and Flor ida, to ibe (SuiBtl law, ri'ed acts of tale and decrees of title ia England, aad t. 1 I ' . . - 1 1 - It luu, Slates. J k j vrtROPiAM CITIES, i : ' In censuse were take-in Great Britain and Franee, aud the -reports show the following population of the principal citiea : London, 3,037, .Ul Paris, .1,823.271; . Liverpool, 481,337 Glasgow, 432,203 Manchester, 35X,F.VS Birmingham1, 835.7U8 j . Lyons; 323,9:s Dublin, 810,437 I Marseilles,. l0lU31j Leeds, 228,187; Sheffield, 2,257 Bor deaux. m,?ir, Edinburgh,' ' 173,1 2H; Bristol. 1G3.6H0: Lille, ,131.779; Tou louse, 12G.936T Newcastle on Tyne, III, 277 ; Salford, 112,901, Nantes, 111,950; Hull. 105.233. anJ"Ttouen, 100,6,1 Philadelphia, it will be seen, has a much greater population than any of these cities, after London ana runs. - ' THE PROGRESS OF PARIS It ia an interesting study to watch the progress of great city like ran.. In tha thirteenth century the population of Paris waa 120.000. In 14.4 it had receded to 100,000;' under' Henry 'II it waa 210.000. and in 1590 it had agnin re ceded to 200,000. I Under Louie .XIV it waa 492.000; in 1719, 509,040; 177G, 638,000; 1778, C70.000) 1784, ooo.uuu; 1798, 640,000; 1802, G72.000; 1817, 713,- 9CG; 1827, 890,431; 1836, 909,12$ ;; 1841,. 912,033; 184G, 1,053.897; 1851,1,053,202; 1856, 1,174,346; 1801, 1,696,141, and in 1800. 1,825.274. The population has therefore doubled eiuce 184L( !' .Ot' A RELIC OF NAPOLEOH S WARS. It ia announced from France that the skeletons of aJfeorso and its rider, nod. a long rust-eaten lance lying close by, have been discovered in the midst of a tuft of bushes pt extraordinary thickness, in a forest near Caen. ; An examination Las led to the conclusion that the remains are those of a Cossack and his steed. The supposition ia that the-niuf.l, being wonnded, fell with its rider into the thicket, which liea low, and that they were enable to extricate themselves, and tbeir remains have been there more than half a century. ' ;':' ' - OLDEST HAS IN ENOLARD. A correspondent of the London Timet writes to that journal an account of a person whom he aaya ia V the oldest man probably now existing in England." This man ia named Percy, and lives in the parish of Lockhampton, near Chel tenham.' In November last be was 1 10 years of age, and is still alive. At thai time he walked about" with the aid of crutches. Hi; ,birth, jfl shown by the parish records to have taken place in 17aGf and the i Queen of England, on hear ing of his great age and necessities, sent im a present of $25 in gold. .. .; . - - ,.;,. GENERAL JOS. E. JOHKSION. We learn from the Selma Times that General. Johnston reached' that city on Tuesday morning, after a delay of. sixty hours on the railroads between that point and Baltimore yet In good time for the meeting of the directors of his road, which he had called. The Times elates that the General'a wife accompanies him, and that they will remain in Selma uutil the heat of summer and then will probably go to Shelby 8prings. They are at pres ent the guests of Genoral Hardee, who is permanently located there. . Wanted-'-A Radical meeting a colored man can speak in. A photograph of St Peter' face as it will appear when Thad. Steven's applies for admission through the gates. A cast of Ashley's head when the impeachment failure transforms him into a donkey. .. A birds eye view of Boa ton when the devil is turned loose a thousand years. . i .;v, JOT A Boston clergyman named Mor gan speaking of early marriage says: Politically, socially, morally and spir itually, man requires a, wife. The Ro mans gave bachelors no legacies. Atbe- ians scourged them.- In Plato s com monwealth at the age of 35 years they were fined. ' ' - t&" The Wilmington,' N. C., Dispatch says that an association oi oacnetors and widowers, embracing somo of the handsomest and most intelligent gentle men of that city, have formed an asso ciation and bound themselves by oath to marry no girl worth less than $10,000. JOT The Senate of the United Slates of the North, after defeating the Bank-( rupt bill, has reconsidered it, and, it is said, will pass fend become a law. An attempt to deprive the South of its bene fits was voted down. - ISr Banks, wh' set op the - present State Government of .Louisiana, has in troduced in Congress a bill to overthrow it It is too liberal for the advanced views of " Stonewall Jackaon'a Quarter master." Ita?" A Id ridge, the negro actor, who is setting Paris wild orer his personation of "Othello,"! was a slave, and went to England thirty years ago as the body servant of the elder Wallace. 0 It ia said that a third had of Richelieu has been found, and more are expected. Not satisfied with having proved him a Cerebus, they are trying to make a Hydra of bim. toTA fakhionable damsel in Louis ville recently tried to "cut the pigeon wing " on ice and fell, when seventy-five young men rushed to ber assistance. ,. WTThe proprietor of the Miltonian Tableaux was robbed ia Columbus, On., of his cane and a full suit of tolhea. Darkey said to have them. feaT The A'ortk MUsiitippian, is the title of a new paper just commenced at Tupelo, It is aa txtelkat paper, and w wish it success. ' ' ItjTTWa is no truth in the report that tie Radicals of lioalou Lava a sxi ety called the Dirty LV. returns its icgamj m " "" as apart of the polity of tho American LF.rOIiT OF TIIK NEW MU.LANS K10T COMMITTEE. Wahhisoton, February 11. The New Orleans Riot CommitUio re port that they closed limit labors on the 24 of Febru ary, having examined one hundred and seventy-nine witnesses, forty-seven of whom were examined at the request of thopeyiile of New Urleatw.. Our history shows that the . Now Orleans riot m destitute of justifiable carmes, resulting, as It did. 1a a runuuore so Jnhunm and fiend like. The direct' cause of the riot was the reassembling of the Convention tiurauaiit to a call made bv Hon. R. II, llowcll. aotiiiK President- vTha commit tee gives the history of the Convention aud riot, Some ot li e poncemen en deavored to save, not - ta destroy . life. Several mrmbera, including Fialr, wero saved by being arrested, liov. Iluhn waa protected by pussing from the hall to prison, though be received many blows from other policemen, before full ing Into the hands tnat saved mm; lucre were some oilier instances of kindness by the police, but these were exceptioDa. Cases. J ne police ana moo in moouj em nlatioa continued the butchery .unti nearly two hundred wera killed and wounded ; only ten policemen wonnded and uouo killed. If the convention hud been armed, or the colored people been failed in advance to protoct the eonven tion. this would not have been the ease. The riot was not au accident, but it was (he determined purpose of the Mayor to disDerse tho Convention,. I he Commit tee nroaoeds to discuus the .question, quoting Hegrams from the President to Lt Gov. Voorhic.i, which they say, es sured Voorhiea of the President's sup- tiort in the proposed action. J. ho i res dent is censured ' for overlooking the Governor, whom he knew to be loyal, in addrcssiiiit the Lt Uovernor ana Attor ney General, known to be disloyal to the liovernmunr, ana giving airecuone, woicn if carried out as the Lt Governor and Attorney General understood them, would have 1 placed the military with the Mayor in arresting the-members of the Convention. The President knew the condition of affairs in July, and he knew that the ' rebels, " thugs and diuloval men controlled Monroe's elec tion : he knew such men chiefly composed the police, and be knew Mayor Monroe, an unpardoned rebel, waa suspended by the military, but. he had subsequently pardoned him; he' must have known Voorbies', and ' Ilorron'si rebel ' antcce denta; knew that iot and bloodxhed was apprehended; knew that 'military orders were still in force, yet without the knowledge of the Secretary of War, cave orders, by telegraph, intended to compel the soldiers to aid the, rebels ntfninat men loval during the war. The committee , discusses ; at', length, the 1 right of Congress to legislate, to place Louisiana within control of loyal men. The military must control until the poo rile of Louisiana adopt the Constitution, assuring safety to the Republic, and re ceiving the sanction ol Congress. ' Jttiese resultB would not follow had it been "in surrection instead of civil war. Until a loyal state of affairs exists in Louisiana in full accord with the United States -and a republican fprrn of government guar anteed, the object of the war is unatj tained, and the accomplishment of this requires a temporary provisional gov ernment. The loyal people of Louisiana must form such a 1 constitution, mean time their safety' requires a provisional government.: ! ... i,. ,i -.-. ,'..:. , George W. If eCracksn to the President of - ; : - the United States., : ' Pakis Uotkl, Madhid, 0ctobor23d, 1800... Mb. President i I have traveled a good deal in Europe during the last year, and had occasion to see something of our Ministers and Consuls In various coun tries. A large majority of those whom I met with were bitterly hostile to you and your administration, and expressed that hostility in so open and offensive a man ner as to ''astonish Amerioan travelers, and to leave a very bad impression on Europeans who were present This was particularly true of those from the New England States, of whom a largs major ity of our foreign representation seems to be composed, and a very indifferent set they are, individually and collectively. ' ' Mr. Motley, Minister at Vienna, does dot pretend to conceal his " disgust," as he styles it elegantly at your whole con duct Having been appointed exclusive ly by Charles Sumner, he applauds him and his revolutionary doctrines, despises American democracy,, aud proclaims loudly that an English nobleman is the model of human perfection. There ia not in all Europe a more thorough flun key or a more un-American functionary. He tells every traveler that Sumner ia entirely justified, aud that you have de serted from pledges and principles iu common wilh Mr. Seward, who, he says, ia " hopelesaly degraded.1' ' ''' At langier, the- consul, Murphy, who is said to have cleared more than one hundred thousand dollars through hia office, declared repeatedly that the threat of bis friend "Xach. Chandler" would bo made good, and ought to be, by your im peachment This is notorious, and a public' scaadaU The fellow himself is vulgar, ignorant aud unworthy, and is one of Chandler's tools. Hale, at Mad rid, condemned your course in a malig nant manner to various Americans, and so did Morris, at Constantinople. Some of my friends, who went to Morocco, heard McMoili, at Tangier, rail violently and shamefully against you, saying he was ready to retire from "such a con corn.'1 .... Perery, at Tunis, was equally offensive in hia language. There are many others in the same boat, and it is time that bet ter men were appointed men who will at least repect the President and the dignity of bis office. Radicalism of the worst sort makes war on you and your friends, and on every pretext, and yet the instruments of that faction are as blatant all over Europe in condemnation of both. It is a shame and a stigma to permit this loogc-r. Massachusetts seems to monopolize a lion's share of the con sulates, and Boston has no less than three of the brt'. missions, Messrs. Adams, Burliname and Motley. - - - Ia no other part of our country to be considered or worthy of notice 7 Must Sumner, Butler, Phillips, Chandler, and the l.krt, engross all the honors for their satellites T I want nothing at your hands of any sort; bat lit and decent men should be sent abroad, who will not slander ibe Chief Executive of the Gov ernment The Consul at Genoa is a common drunkard, and a disgrace to the country. When sober, he abuses the President in tho hearing' of everybody. Hp-rtabln Americana are very much mortified by the presence of sue"h tin worthy pi-r.ons in places of trust and r siionsibility, and few like the task of let ting their experience be known as I have doue. There are hundreds who know much more, but prcter lo remain silent Mit rr "prct'uMv. G. u. Mt CaACKSK, of New Toik. Incident at tha Faacral ef the Feet Willis. E t"n C--r. Clrclan4 HeralJ.J N. P. W illis -was bnriej today, Vi" f.ineral services being haid at St Paul's Church, KoaUm. The church was crowded. Most of the literati of Boiton lrf!ent, I,owtlI, fl ..il J -.1 J .,.Hdll:.Vn.t I authors being among the pall bearers. 1 A curious inci'l'Mil in roiuierlioti wilh ll funeral was not gcneially known " I llionii who onmlm'l'.il it. , A fiudiioliah! niurriiiL'o hud beii uitoiutud in St Paul's Church about an hour before th time set foe the funeral. A great nuoi her of the liriiuly and fusbion of Jloston braved the perils of the suow-blookaded streets to attend it. and the church was nearly filled. At the appointed hour, instead of the blunhing bride Mid ex ultant bridegroom, appeared the .grave sexton, who. with sonorous -voice, pro claimed Unit thn Warns? waa t' pot tinned on account of the weather. Whether one or - other " of the-parties was snowed up st eome diugy and on Comfortable provincial town, li lie linn dreds of other unfortunntes; or that' the bridal party dreaded the omen r meet ing a corpse, and having the shndnw of the cypress darken tho orange blossoms, is hot known, but many who enme to a wedding remained to tuko part in a tu ncral instead, their proKpcctive sympa thetic joy being changed into decoroOs monrniug. : There was somethiiiL' inexpressibly fad and painful about the funerul of Willis. ' A ninn of no settled convic tions,' of no depth of character,' a gilded butterfly of society, whose onbj' clysium was to Imsk in the evanescent sunshine of social favor, he became at last crushed and broken thing, his powdered tiluninie soiled and shattered. 'The story of his closing days is a painful one and the hand of death, was a merciful one, both to the sick man' and those around him. ' The Status of Froodmen In Mississippi All Bostricttons to Be Bemoved. Ou the "th thi.' Mississippi House passed the following V'" by a vote of 43 to 32: ;.' -.. i!.'io :- f . Section .:: Be il e)iarfl bv the Leais- atureof the Slte of Missiteimi, That warn-ever tne word lreeumen - ia used in any of tho laws of this State; it shall be construed to mean' and , include all negroes and mulattoea who were free on the Sllth of August, A. D. 1805, and their descendants, and all who have since that time been emancipated. ' Sec. I. He tt turf her enacted, Ihnt the first section of "An act to confer civil rights on frcedmen, and for other purposes, approved 2oth of November, A IX 1805, bo so. amended as to give to freedmea the- same tights of acquiring, holding and disposing of real estate, us is allowed by first said section In respect. to personal' property I and that the pro viso of the first section of the above re cited net, be, and the same is hereby re pealed. " - . .'" Bee. H. He il further tnaeted. That ar ticles 102; of section 17,' pnge 610, and article 02, of section U', page 219,'of the revised code, be and tha same are here by reponled and that the restrictions mposed on the competency ot lreedmen to testify by the fourth section of the Act to conlcr civil rights on lreedmen, and for other purposes," - approved No vember the 25th, A. P. 1805, bfl and the same are hereby removed' and repealed. Sec 4. Me it flirttier enacted, lhat all ': laws imposing discriminating pun ishment on freednicri be, soismerided that for all offenses; committed by freed men against the criminal laws of this State, they shall Be tried in the same courts, and by the same proceedings, as are the whites, and, upon conviction,' shall be subject to the same, pains, penalties, for feitures and-punishments as are the whites."," ', ' ' ' '.' ' - Sec. 3. Be it further - enacted, "That tins act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. A . " Harmony of Races. " "'"' ,v ' The Clarksvillo Chronicle "tells this pleasant story: ' ; '.; '." ' ;' .' ' ; , As witn dog and gun, wo returned trom a rabit hunt, rjnr homeward' steps car ried us by the University of tho Celes tial city. Hero we beheld a picture that more than repaid us lor' our fruitless trudge through the Bnow after game. It was au hour of .recess' with the school, and all its inmates, pupils and teachers, were engneed In a merry bout of snow balling. A rather mora) featuro of the sport was the ' separation of tho mnle from the female schools, and teachers in Confronting line of battle somo fifty feet apart. From this1 distance the males made a charge upon the urones, agree ing to use no rnissiles,"'' whilst the latter' attempted to repulse them with snow balls. If their lines 6f war were reached by the assailants in the face of this storm of missiles, then they were to be kissed by the captors until they cried enongh. The two opposing lines had just been formed as we came up. We noticed that the white gentlemen were placed opposite the colored fair oneE and vice renal Whether this was by design or by occi1 dent, we' could not' ascertain ; but it, nevertheless, seemed a satisfactory ar rangement to the parties thus disposed, when the -closing grapple took place. Altogether, it was a charming picture of harmony between the races. ,;! Impeachment Certain. -' The Cincinnati Enquirer thinks im peachment of the President is certain, and employs-this language: ' " Under this impression we advise our readers and friends to avoid the entan g!ments of debts and other business contracts that are' dependent ' upon a state of peace and tranquility for their performance, and to keep all sails set for an impending storm aud convulsion. A crisis is at hand, for such a step will, be yond any doubt, create a cenerul state of uncertainty as regards the future, will destroy all confidence in the Soulh to meet its engagements, and unsettle trade and busiuess in every direction.' The impeachment of the President will lead to consequences the most serious con sequences that those engaged in pushing it on have little contemplated or dreamed of in auy respect It will open a new aud revolutionary chapter in our history, when all ihe checks and balances of the Government will be destroyed, and every thing like permanency in it forever dis appear. In its best aspects, the usurpa tion would bo dangerous to the public peace and tranquillity, and in its fruits will be followed by results that we can hardly consider without a shudder. John Varrissey and Bimoa Cameron. The Tidcoute (Pennsylvania) Journal, a Badical newspaper, draws the following comparison : ' - " A very few month, since a treat hue and cry was raised because the lVtnoe racy in the lowest district in the United States had elected John Morriey to Congress; but compared with Morris ey, t'nineron sinks intci insignificance ; let us ri'.e John Morris? ey no longer we have a poor hand now. Morrissey was a pugilist and fought fair; Cam eron is a moral coward and always dodjjf-s. Morri.'-s'-y gamble with indi- vwltiula- f'.ninrnn with tbe Stnf M..H. 'rissf v payj nis d-ws witn tin own mm- ry ; lamcron tun Tnc peoples, jior ri'ey is an bonorsMe mnn ie many rea rms : Cameron in none. Mirriey is trying to do better ; Comeron todowyrne. To sum it all tip, and let Morrieoey r.r.d Cameron figure r"fn f -ntative., John Morr:ey has all tbo C"od qnalitir.. while Cameron is a man ho would s ll his bet frier.d to srcoir r'ih a personal end. Better a theoind times hare Ibe i.AB.l,r..t vft.n llin tK ink (Vrl Cameron. I Wt- TELEGRAPH i . ' THE NOON DISrATCIIE3 . ' Nt Yon, Febrnary J.l George D 8ayor, -axuhange broker,' waa 'robbedjof fifleon hundred dollars oa a street car. The woolen cloth mills at Glenhnui Ilucliesa ' "couhty, were hurried. Loss $00,000. ' " - - - -: j . The .Ways and Meatif Commttte baa raised tlie duty on jute v from five to twenty livo dollars. Hemp and fla.x have ruised accordingly. VlaX 'has idvanoed to12o per pound. Increased rates on foreign looks probable. ,v. i r: K V It is reported that the-North Carolina Legislature ' has' virtually' rejected th reconstruction plan devised by the South- eri Governors... i. , O '. 'i III' , A Washington speoial aaya the free traders are not represented in the dele gation interested in the Tariff bill. ' Ev erybody goes in for the highest' figures, and they got what they wast Lsbbying is ao great that the passage way to tho Committee is crowded. The feeling to wards the admission of Colorado ia more favorable. "'" !M-.rt The "restoration, yesterday, of. thi House rates on woolen and worsted goods seemed to have settled tho long vexed question, but 'twas reopened to-day by the efforts of the State of Massachusetts. There ia much opposition toDjx's con Crmation as Minister to France. ' The result is doubtful ' '""m- ;J" WisniKOTotf, Febrnary 13. SeKATU-i- The Bankrupt bill waa passed, 22 against 20, and goes' to the Ilonse for concur rence in the amendment : ,'- - -Sherman reported a bill for tha relir- ng and redeeming of the compound in terest notes. !... u i :i Morgan reported a bill for tho safety of passengers by steam, vessels. ' ' Ihe Ilouse resumed the consideration of the bill from the Select Committee on the New Orleans riot ' '' ' ' : 1 T5f." LoiJis,' February 13. The west" word .bound express train, ion the Pacific railroad, waa thrown from the '.track, thirty miles from -Jefferson City, last night, down a twenty-five feet embank-tueiit1'-A number are badly bruised, but none seriously,, , i London, February 12.--Conaols,, Doi; 5-20'a; 73. '! ."! '': i -. 'Frakkfoet, Telruary 12. No riotous. proceediqghava taken place at Chester: as apprehended. The city ia quiet i The presence of aT number of supposed Fe nians; recently from Ireland gave those apprehensions, , but they left wilhout creating any disturbance. . 1 ; , Paris,' February '13. The American squadron, if , is understood,' will visit Cherbourg during the International Ex position, r.i t! J i.Vmi:. BebuS,1 February 13. Prussia will sc rid a Plenipotentiary to treat with the ex-Jung. of ,! Hanover ia regard to, the disposition ef his private property. Madrid. February 12.-Cortea will bo opened .by the' Cjueen on. the '30th of March.,, It ia reported that, the Govern ment intends imposing a foroed loan. ; A jNew i ork special from London says the Eelorm demonstration on Mon day was .a geeat Buccess. .There were 20,000 in procession and 200,000 spec tators.' ' American, French and Italian flags were disployed. Tho ;' bands played " Yankee Doodle," " Marseilles,". "John Brown," "' and "Garabaldi Hymns." The Prince of Wales and rrinca Alfred observed the display from the United Service , Club, but their pres. euce elicited no cheers. A superb ora tion was delivered at the American em bassy! , The procession held an immense meeting at tbo Agricultural Hall, about thirty thousand persons being present. Resolutions were passed denouncing the Derby government, and demanding man hood su&ago, D'Israoli was expected to nnnonnce the government programme In the House of Commons on Monday, but delivered a long historical essay on reform and the English Constitution. Chester advices say 1400 strangers ar rived from Liverpool and Manchester, on Monday, dressed in the style of the Canada raiders, causing great alarm. u St. Louis, February 13. 'Nothing- of special interest occurred ia the afternoon session of the River Improvement Con vention, except preliminary business. W. McPherBon,1 of St Louis, was elected permanent president.' Between four and five hundred delegates were present! The river is falling alowly. . The gorges in the Missouri are breaking up, and eavy ice will be running here again in a ay or two. Weather very mild and wet Arrived J. S. McCune, White river; City of Alton, Memphis. ": Departed Adam Jacobs, Memphia; Illinois, Johnsooville ; Zephyr, Arkansas river. . , '. , : . Tobacco more animated; 1 Hour and corn quiet, lower grades easier : oats, (ai0c; whiskey, $2 25 ; lard quiet, liic; hay, $22; provisions quiet and inchanced; hogs scarce, 6 7c. '. " PiTTsnrRo, February 12. The weather s warm, luo snow and ice are melting rapidly. The river ia falling, with aeven nd a half feet water in the channel The Silver Cloud leaves to-day for New Orleans. Beconstraetioa. In the lower house of Congress oa Saturday, there waa ao exciting debate. Says a dispatch : The debate opened as soon as the House met Mr. Banks led off in a pecfh of an honr and forty minutes, at be conclusion of which he submitted a lan of reconstruction to be applied to ouisiana and other Mates, by providing tommifsion to inaugurate new State governments. Mr. Houtwell fol'owed In an exciting speech, and demanding that Con crest hoc!1 no- lorger d-lay the work of ra otistrnc tion. and de latin that the Preidenl was here in the interest ol the rebellion, an4 ws a great obstacle ia Ibe war of re.rbratmn. Mr. P.nymond favored tha proportion to refr th pending plan to a sleet committee, with power to report at any time a Ml to provide for law and oraer in the Svutb, I , v ; r ii ii . ; .' ' K KKUAN. Al Im rfio-lnice, ouruor of Jcf ft nion (attend. J) and l.au lrolal. trauta, Mr., Pull li-tc Ksesun, at H n'cliK-k lliis uiufuinf, ia . th. Villi roar of hia as. . ; 1 Tb. filcnJiof th. fltmlly are rc-i-paetfully l" -riled lo atund hl fuaerul on Thursday, Fh- I pury 1 lih. t V ; o'rlorV p m, ' ' ' AMUSEMENTS. NEW; MEMPHIS '.THEATUE. r.Mwao and Managar Mf. O. THOMPPO StHK. Mauasur is. l.ANAOAtf Irwiiurar-.. ...C. lt. bTk.14. k Uil v Third appearanca of th. Ctlebritcd ArtlttM, j Mr. and 31 ra. W. J. FLO HEX CE. WKONESDAYEVKN 1 N( ,"Pahrii.ry li 1807, 1 will h. iTCKont.-it tbo R-ro.t dmma aiililml , DuItN TO (lUdl) LUCK : Oa, AN Illte'll. , MAN'S FO ltTUNU. l'audonn O'lUflortv, ) ilr. W. J. Hurcnoo. To oniii'luda wilh I ho protMnn f.rea, by tV. J. Klor.nea, .iitlik-j A Ml.sClllliVOl'H ANN IN K, In hk-h Mrs' W. J. Flurenc. will iipperr in flrerhuracitun ' .Oil si us tliros sobks, including her icrrut . snooiiinr aon and ilanoe; Xiui 8ouos, Mr. I I V. J, Florouo.. ,., , , ... J XDMLSSTOrT Prors Ciil and Parqaetts, $1 btl : family Circle Mo I Uullory. 2S. G UK i N LA W 01 E BA II0LSK. ', ' .-. i ; .' 1 '.. ,., ..'a.,;,, j. , .- ! l :U e-r - . , --.( er, ..;';. (; Tuesday Evening, Febi 12 th , ;i .:. . ..' .; ..r ;,;. . ,. ,,. i , t'or a Vey Nlchta Only, Tae Colobrated ' : .'I... i . ... BUISLAY. FAMILY,; l.riaU.ts, Pantouiimists and AthUtos, In their1" Marvelous : Performances.'. I ;!.. ii ,.- - , : r , : ,v. .i ' - i ,-;.; i . 1 I "T,t?RIN(l TflEIB STAY WILL I1K PRE-"' J sented. for lb. first tjiua bora, the sxtraoM i flinary fuut eailaU ihw , I BPIItAL MOUNTAIN - ana wa w onrlorrul ana Startling . 1 , -1 ; Niagara Leap, Double L'EoheUe, Peril- leuse, Horizontal Bar, Etc, Tab L leaux. Balletto and Pantomime. ' i i? n i a.!, innMunMi...j o . Family Circle, AOo; Cojoracl Gallery, 60e. wvrm uwo at i xomraunoe at o precisely. BLUDD' city 'museum! : 'Corner of Joffarson and Boeond Streets. . . WM. M. ALLEN, - Manager. FINE COLLECTION OF LIVINt . CJUItlQHlXlKS. consisting of Beautiiiil lilrds, runny Rlonlceyis), , ( ' Apes and lin1ooiiN, : .' ' -v'-' of all kinds, and every description. The great BOHEMIAN CLASS - BLOWER I EDUCATED HOG, and cthor Curiosities too numerous to mention, to be seen at ull hours during the day and eve- ninir. . . ; -i 81 Front Street . Jlu8ciim, Now on Exhibition THE BOHEMIAN OLASS;BL0WR, , WAX STATUARY,' THE GREAT PANORAMA, ETC., ETC. ' Open from 9 a. iij'.to 5r,u. i ., 153 THE NEW OLYMPIC, Second Street, near Jefferson. . ' Saturday Evening- January 12th. NKW MANAGKMKNTI NI3AV ATTUACTION ! TN REOPENING THIS BEAUTIFUL L Hall, the New Manaemelit winh to assure the public that tt shall be Ih.ir endeavor to present novelties which can nut foil to pleae. Thor also announce a reduotion in oriee xS cents to all parts of the house. ms- Twenty young ladies wanted for tne Corns da Mullet. - H NEW ADVERTISEMENTS I'AQUIN F.. FANCY DYER AND PCOUR er. Clothing made to order, 102 Jefferson st JOalPH WILLIS- . , rLKTUHSR BLOAN. WILLIS SLOAtf, ARCHITECTS, 'a OFFICE Room No. S, over the Desoto Savings i , ' j 1 Institute, Ho. 20 Madison St., Memphis, Tenn., .... - 1. t i - . WILL FDRNISH PLANS AND PPKCI ticntions for all kinds and stvleaof build Inirs, and superintend their erection, and mea sure all kinds of mechanical work connected ith buildinirs, ' H 4QJ ceived by Mi-CO.M BS it CO. W WM. II. AND11EWS, GROCER AND COSIMISSIO.Y MERCHANT, :' : i.: i.y..- . e, u 291 FRONT STREET, MEUPHIH,, .TKNN. AM, AS HERETOFORE, PRFPAKFDTO i.ffor inducaaiwiu to CLoSK CASH HnV. ,KS e-iul to any house ia the city ; my terms ..ing Eeftusiv..y t.a.u or cjny Acccptanoe. '.II and cxamiite aar stock and DricM : t-i.n will not go away dL-watisned. . Jl. A.MIHEW S, . 21 Front Ktrt-et. Omeial Drawing's of tho Missouri Stale MIIWCT. CLASS No. 171-DSAWg Feb. It IHT.7. IS, 15, 37. a. SS, 5. 17. li, 7, 4. 29. S. , 11. CLASS 17-Da.w Feb. 12. UCT. 17, JT, 14. M. 2", M. . 1l. 47. ftt, 7i, M, ;7. NO , GIFT ENTERPRISE I Or stny olbrr 8m Indie ( MISSOURI AKD KE3T3CKT STATS AID BATAXA LOTTEKIES. OXLTJ.EGAL LOTTERIES L U.S. fMTKT ARK DRAWN ITNDKR STATE I . h.rteca; have beea drawa lor er ollli' B".l int We and are deposited wiih I'. 8. rH.or a. rserarity. 1 h. prite are drawa in pohti. Ky two sworn .foil, Montr. l,j ,h. !-UI.. Wm drtwa a UHimj ar told or a - t. pmzi;.- ai.i cvwut Thrartww Pt.M Imwina. nrk d.y.asd w.li.v.na l'mwinr e-K Kuril h. l.vt.r ca b M.t.. koirt sf . r bnr. Aim of 'i ik r-t. 'r..h.!f '.h. Ti'Vcf sr. Priw. T-a. lo .Jvxriie l rvriMr... rniM ! e ti'1 .-or.'n. to rnnnil lMl.i.ti I WW AN' V (..- T. KV J" Jn.. irt t. hat A' i .1 J 7 1 Jt4NM,,wJkiH ft.tl : It.4 tolir stnel, rviisa h-s .waM .itmS. )