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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-25
Obituary.


MAJOR ALExANDgR CAROLYN, OF TIE FOURTH
REGIMENT UNITED sTArBs INFANTRY.
Died. in this city, the 73d nst, Bsevet Major Alex
ander caron, Of the Fourth regiment United States
Infantry Deceased was q son Of x-Alderman Caroln,
Of the Fourteensh ward, and born In the city Of
New York December 81 1888, ana has been taken on IN
the prime Of hts manhood He was educated at g.
Johns College, westchsster county N r After leaving
college he vss engaged In msrcante pursnts with his
father On the breakng ous OF ths rrheinn he accesn
panied he Sixty regiment New York state Militia
70 the seat Of war; ana took part IN The hrst battle Is
Bull run Immediately amer which he received from
President Lincoln comn,asion 90 second lieutenant
in the Fourth regulars, and with ~ vseimens waa
engaged in every battle Of the Army OF The PotomAc.
Bat afcw months ago he received bic brevet for llAns
end merorons conducs IN the feld; bat u had been
destined that he shosd held the mink but shct tias
with conssNuecn n time ton robust bis health bad
become mssh impaired from tho hardships necessarily
undergone and % last he snecpmbed 70 dscasc. He
was greatly esteemed BY tina officers Of the regular army,
much or HE geMslsasss and kindness Of heart a. MS
he vii y ssssS dom hs ss,hsv~ ~ssdsu~s m Tues
day. The 2eth insN ---.-.-..-..-.-....--
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Declaration OF Americas Policy Ex-
pected.
The time Is near at hand when the President
must begin to prepare his message to Congress.
Within three months he will have to review
the state of the country, with all the great and
various interests involved in our domestic and
foreign relations and policy, and to lay all this
before Congress and the people. And never
has such an official document been published
since the foundation Of the government under
circumstances so extraordinary as those of the
present time. The events Of the last four years
have given new form and life to the republic.
In that short period we have bounded through
half a century in the ordinary life Of nations.
And we stand at the verge Of q new era-of Q
new career and mighty future-braced up in
every nerve and inspired with the highest
ambition.
Our domestic affairs, which were thrown into
chaotic state by the action Of the rebellion,
and which appeared almost inextricable
short time ago, are coming out Of the volcanic
ordeal readjusted and with the best promise Of
future stability. The progress OF restoration
under the statesmanlike policy and able man.
agement Of the President is 80 rapid, and yet
sure, that we may expect to see the next Con-
gress full one-every State being represented,
and there being complete reunion of all the
members Of this former happy family Of States.
All that the head of the family, President John
son, will have to say in his message will be to
advert to the measures adopted, and point to
the happy results. We apprehend no serious
difficulty In the settlement Of our domestic
affairs. The radicals may rave and factions
plot, but the conservative masses of the people
will sustain the President in bringing about
speedy restoration Of the Southern States, and
the harmonious action Of all, and we do not
doubt that Congress will act In conformity to
the recommendations of the President and SEN
timent of the people.
But while our home affairs look 80 promis-
ingly we must not neglect giving due atten-
lion TO our foreign relations. We must not
follow the trimming policy of Secretary
Seward, putting of or covering mp with vol
umes OF words and diplomatic plattudes the
great and Inevitable issues of the time. The
laissez fdire policy cannot be pursued without
danger. II Is just what France and England
want; they expect TO gain by delay. To
defer the settlement Of international questions
on which we differ with these European Pow
ers, or 70 treat them timidly, would be very
unwisc, would not comport with the dignity Of
the country and senti@ept q the people, and
would lead to complications In the future
Now is the time to settle them. LIZ: the Presi-
dent in this matter be governed only ~ his
own strong mind and practical views, not per-
hitting the Secretary Of State, with his volu-
minous red tape diplomacy, to interfere. Mr..
johnson ia clear in his views Of things, and
he Is terse and direct to the purpose in giving
expression TO them. We call upon him, then,
70 follow he Dictates Of his oxR powerful In
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spiritualists did not and could not discover the
assassins of President Lincoln. Finally, he Is
astonished, as we were, that none Of the spirits
interfered TO help Colchester during his trial,
when single manifestation in the court room
would have brought him of triumphantly and
established the reality Of spiritualism beyond
doubt Judge Halls opinion is very read
able, and we commend II to the public gene
rally and our friend ex,Jndge Edmonds In par
ticular. Spiritnalism is now jugglery by
solemn judicial decision. ..s as,...sd ..sa \
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NEW FRACTIONAL CUbkkkCr.
new issue OF fractional currency Of the denomnsfD1
OF nifty cents win shortly be made TO replace far -
possible the last Of half dollar sssnbacks whish
have been extensively countorfsteA The engravess
have been at work for time upon The head Of Gem
era Spinner which will adon tho nDss In place OF
the figure Of Justice familiar 10 holdsSs Of the Last
ssue The artist has succeeded In produsing picture
Of the energetic old Treasurer with benign and pleas
ant expression Of oounsnance, which VIII BE- hard 10
counterfeit. The ten cent currency 81 The same
general form other fractional notes viii shortly
be ready They printed common bark note paper.
THE coUNrERvErr ONE HuNpRsD DOLLAR NOTES.
Al various conscsurss soat conccrniag the method
Of producing the lately detected husdrcd dollar
counterfeit. Treasury nots and satemeusss In crcu
IatIon that attempts have been made by Measnrj on
cls to reproduce them By eleotsoyping, shonid b
generally known that eecrotypes Of Treasury nots
plates have been taken with the knovasage or con-
sent Of the Treasury Department Unsuccessful attempts
have been made on government bonds bnt nos on any
denomination Of Treasury notcs
MOVEMENTS AND CONDITION or TROOPS.
The batteries of UnAsd States regular asscry lately
sncampcd near Bladensburg, Nd, have been put N
garrison the forts north Of the Potonac with we
ceut,on or those OF the Second and nfsh regiments
which have been ssnt 70 The South sad 70 The Pacific
coast. The Tenth United S>Ases infantry and FIN
United states csvsavy, now duty tn thin CITY, have
had new uniforms and eqs'pmenn issued 10 them. ana
present q vsvy ans millssxy sppssrsscs The Veteran
Rssssvs regimsass this city have bssn very muoe
reduced in nubs by the dtschs<se Of uen whose orr
asnal regimenAs have bsen mustered QUA The remain
ma members are very anxious 70 be mustered ou ane
are cIruulans pssissns for thsi purpose rns's ocs
arc oppcesA 70 these pctiticrA
psrp AMINO ron rmR nssrro or CONGRESS-
The work Of rsncvAsss and repairing the csp'so' scs
the spproachiss session Of Congress being pushed TOT
ward vIsoroasly Masens end paasssrss N WOW ~
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The END or THE CoLMEsrsR CAR.--In
another column we publish the decision Of
Judge Hall ON the appeal In the Colchester
case. II will be seen that, as we predicted,
Judge Hall sustains the verdict Of the jury
against Colchester, and upon the very grounds
foreshadowed in the HsRALp n Colcbester's
lawyers had taken our advice they would have
ssved their client the additional expense Of
thls appeal. The learned Judge regards spirit
uelism in vefy practical light He asks why
Colchester did not enrich himself, II be pos
sesssd such supernatural powers, instead OF
pandering TO the credulity Of the public by
juggling seoncss. He calls attention to the
feet that with all thsir boosted knowiedgs. the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-25

The DEMOCRATIC PLATToRM-LrrTER FROM
Mn. CALVERT Coxsrocx.-We published . few
days since letter from Mr.. John B. Heskin,
the boss carpenter Of the late Democratic State
Convention, explaining how the platform was
constructed, Of what timber II was composed,
who framed II, and, what was still more inter-
esting, whose work was refused. We now pub
lish letter from Mr.. Calvert Comstock, who, 1t
appears, was one Of the journeymen carpenters
Of the same remarkable construction, throwing
additional light on the way II was built In
the effort to correct Mr.. Haskin's statements II
confirms them as TO the rejection Of the defec-
tive work Of the impertinent outside clique
Tilden, Mantilini Marble and Confidence Cas-
sidy-who attempted to take hand In the
labor as volunteer apprentices. These imper-
tinent outsiders unwittingly built their own
gibbet, on which Haskin and Comstock have
hung them as high as Hannah f48t vt
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CONFEDERATE C0NFIsCATI0Ns.-We print else
where two important orders from General
Terry, commander Of the Department Of vir-
ginia. One Of these extends the Jurisdiction
Of the Court Of Cancellation Of Richmond city
over the whole department, and enables that
court to render judgment in cases where the
property of Union men had been conflscated
by "the pretended Confederate government"
The other prohibits, "during the continuance Of
martial law all suits against United States
officers and agents Of the Freedmen's Bureau
for acts done in their ofncial capacity. The
latter order is timely and wise, and Its effect
will undoubtedly be to prevent collision be-
tween the civil and military authorities over
questions gotten up by the factious politicians
who did most to cause the war. II two ride o
horse one must ride behind; and so long -
the government judges that the condition Of
Virginia requires the continuance Of martial
law so long the military power must be SUI
preme in It's sphere, and the factious suits
against officers for their ofScisl acts must be
rendered impossible. The public peace re-
quires this. The government must sustain the
army in what It requires IL 10 do, or II must
withdraw It. The order giving power 10 tho
Court Of Cancellation is satisfactory evidence
that however rapidly reconstruction may 90
on, II can take time by the way to undo the
many evils done by the rebellion.
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of the United States In our late strug-
gle. Almost entirely IMMERSED and nm
skilled In the art Of war, the Chinese
resort TO the moral arbitrament In the settle
ment Of ell troubles; but the governing classes
there early appreciated the issue at stake be-
tween freedom and slavery in this country, and,
under their education and code, could sympa-
thize with but one side, and that side was free
dom. Living within themselves, and only
sending to the outer world for market those
products which were not to be obtained in any
other quarter, the Chinese empire has long been
the receptacle of vast amount Of the gold and
silver ofthe other portion OF the world, where 1t
has remained. But while we may have much to
learn Of her In moral and Intellectual point
of view, and in the practical application Of
the natural sciences to the cultivation Of the
soil, her people have much to learn Of us in
the application Of steam TO machinery, inven-
lions Of all kinds, and the use Of electricity in
the telegraph This 10 the field 70 which the lead
ing men there are directing their attention ct
the present time. Already American steamers
are ploughing the waters Of her rivers and re-
volutionizing her internal trade. Thus far the
preference has been given to the American
built vessels, as the experience Of the crafts
men in navigating our rivers has enabled them
to construct vessels better adapted to the
rivers in that country. Rapid progress is now
being made in all this the doors to the internal
traffic are gradually being opened wider and
wider TO the outside world, and the European
nations are already aroused and at work to reap
the reward thus offered to commerce. Let not
our government and people be behind, them II
Is important that our Minister, Mr.. Burlingame,
should return TO his post ct Pekin ~ soon as
possible and attend TO the interests Of this
country at the Chinese capital, that the bonds
between the two nations may be made stronger
and no advantage which we now have be lost,
but increased day by day. Itisan important
field, and II is the duty Of the government 10
develop Il 10 the fullest extent 4.
swnpLmo AGENTS. print below, and for
x-~l~~lxh liza "A
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-11

TAXATION N rae SoUrH How faxSs
shalt b. collected insthe Southern state,
until the distress occasioned ly h sEsr
is IN some measure aileyiated i n suf5fcs
that already excites some inquiry. sfbe
phatdrlphia Press, having heretofore
laideeHsIderable stress upon the necessity
of proceeding at once TO make the
South pay her full share of the national
debt and expenses of carrying on the
Government. now tasks the attention os
rejecting men 10 the obstacles whiclls
seem TO interfere with this poicy,and
which we should strive ta oyercoFae, as
well for our own sake as for that OF cur
common country" Oar colemporary.as
sists IN the examination by specifying
some of these obstacles. such as the sus
penSe in which the title 10 all landed
property is involved by the ConfiscatioTl
act; the terrible havoc OF war the desc
lation caused by q. mics and guerrillas !;
The exacu1nssof the Confederate Guvern.
ment. That the condition shall not be
come more aggravated, President john
son IS urged 10 prohibit, under severe
penalties, all seizures OF the property OF
civilians, except under due process OF
law. The editor says: /" We have looked
in vain for some effort to show, under ali
these ways OF pauper;za,ion and imp 3v9
erishment, the South can be brou ght o n
condition TO sustain her share oi the huf-
dens OF taxation No one even mska-
he effort to show that such result can
be reached by such means"
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luz PAPER MAKERS We have INTEL;
GencA, says the Chicago Times of ras
caily movement by the paper makers. A
private dispatch from New York saws :.
| am reliably informed that The paner
makers have combined to run on half
time Tor several months. and that The
comoinauon is likely to extend through
out the country. Arrangements in the
rost begin August /, alter which prices
WIN 6e advancrd. The market 10 day
STANDS 10 TO 10 cents for news" These
are are, 'he honest chaps on whose petition
Congsess At the last session refused to
take of the duty on foreign raner. VIZ
they deserve just now Is a iittles wh.,la
some banging. What anewspapar ra,b.
iisners had best do isto ogointo the mar.
'a'facture of their own paper.
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Ex Governor Clarke, of Missis<inn:
had been opposed 10 secession. A stead
FAST Uniorist." after the sect of U.nrv
Clay, he accf ptrd the issue put upon This
ate by Northern sec'ionaiism as an nm
avoidable necessity. lie fought in the
struggle OF arms until be became sba,.
tered almost TO pieces by the casualties
81 battle. In the re action from he pas~ior
OF secession 10 the more sober cnunsels
at bitter rial he was borne into tha Fv
ecntire chair of the State Of Mlssissin,i
true to the last of the struesla trorr
whlch he saw no escape that he held f.r
from dlsbonor. he surrendered himself
on me return to peace, to tho Frd.r.l
authorities. His limbs mutilated his
constitution shattered d. his health and
strength almost exhausted. he. of all tho
Governors OF the. South, Is the only one
who has been fung into the Federl DIM.
geon. And with his feeble LUNGS and
SINKING lite. what prison has he been as.
signed to? To y prison in swamp oil
ihe Savannah RIVER. without 1ree III
shelter 1t from the blaze nf the Sou,hern
sun at midsummer Fort Pulaski. Mas.
ma is poisoning his blood. Heat is 81.
nausting his little strength into lassit,,d-
:, roor Clarke the gallant and the true. is |
thus. without charge, trial Or convictior
y undergoing the penalty Of death IN. ".
News, 25th uit. 80 q = : 4
Maj Gen. Milrov, q. S. 4 has to,,y..,.
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SoUTHERS GENERALs.-An English paper
has put out c,llsction OF biographies
sketches of southern Generals" in
which the lives of seventeen of the most
prominent are told. Gen. Cooper, The
rebel Aoju ant General is New Yorker
by birth FIs was Adjutant. General o.
The United States army befrre the var,
and 1ined the South in 1861. He is q
brother in-law OF Mason, OF Virginia Lee
and Polk were the oldest, and Hood and
J. E B. Stuart the youngest, Of he psom
inent r@btl Generals. Virginia furnished
seven of tie seventeen iuciudsd in the
eight volume, viz: Lee, Stonewali Jack
son, Johnston Ewell. Stuart. A p. HUI,
md Sterling PrIc., who was born in the
Old Dominion. To Kel,ucly belonged
S. Johnston, Hood and John Morgan
hHby Smith Is the son of Conn ecticu,
iawver, who happered to get Judg shl.a
IL Florida. Bragg and Polk We're Nor,b
Caroiinian~. Hsrdee a Georgian, long.
street a South Carollnian, and B-aure
gard L3ulsianian.
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GEN McMAcKIN. TIE hero of nil
lions of good dnners-the unrivalied
landlord and warm hear.ed, noble gentle
man, Gen. McMeckin, Is capd ,dale FIR
Sergeant -at-aims Of the State Convention.
He viii be elected, of course; for 10
member who does not wish his sani =
called into question, will refuse to vote
for the great feeder of the peopIe-lJ ack-
son News
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important Orders.

4HpO1IaLL
The ORD. re- rom Gen. Siocuin's head
quarters which appeared in our paper the
other morning. aresthe most important
yet issued. Cen. Slocum, who long
since gave evidence Of being an un,
exceptionable administrative officer, re-
cognizss the importance of civil law in
every part of the South and is rapidly
turning his department. over to the legit-
innate ciHcers OF the State O:der No. 5
shows thet officers of the Q1artermaslers
department are not authorized to gay rent
for vacant and unocccpied lots which have
been or may be taken and used for mil
ta.y purposes during the existence oil the
war. No claim against TIE Uaited States
for mules, horses, or other Qlartermas
ter stores, nor for Subsistence stores, will
be considered by any officer in this de.
partment, but claimants will be instructed
that when their claims are presented in
conformity to the prescribed rules, they
Will be forwarded through the Chief
Quartermaster or Chief Commissary OF
for settlement" Ord.r No. I, alludes TO
Gov. Sharkey's special court. 1t proLib
It's military officers from interfering in
cases involving the tile of cotton, or any
other property in dispute between CHI
gems. District and Post commanders are
author zed to prevent the removal OF
property in cases where there is a conflict
of claims, and one party attempts to re-
evil authorities, holding it at all times
sutjsct to the order OF the court. Tie
next order-No. 10, calls-tlludes to the
powers Of the Freedmen's bureau. Aban- |
Col. Thomas. Claims for restoration |
of property must go to Gen. Howard |
Applications for ratioDs must be approved I
by the senior Office Of the bureau at the |
post where the requisition is made
Local commanders will assist the bureau,
but must not go beyond law and orders. |
Until the laws of the States are so
as to secure the rights OF the
by the Bureau of Freedmen for the pur
pose of adjudicating difficulties which
may arise. But is particularly stated that
this order gives the colored man no i'm
munities not awarded to other persons.
State laws inconsistent with the rights of
the negroes are declared null snd void
When courts grant the negroes the same
privileges as are accorded to white men.
~ interior ence on the part of the military
'uthorltles Will oe permitted. In the clos
ing paragraph Gen. Slocum says: "The col
ored man can be improved and elevated
not by making him the enemy of the
dominant race among whom he must live;
not by making him the tool of politicians
bat BY impressiug npon him the impor :
tance of education and OF forming habits
of industry ard economy"
General Orders No IL, saws thu ad
of municipal affairs shall be
left with the people hereafter. The mil {
tary will impose no fines and levy none ,
IN property or trade except pursuant to I
sentence of a military commission. s
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hThe Macon, Ga, ,Telegrsphissys all tho
Jeweiry belonging to the citizens which
was sent off on the approach of the Fed
rails and afterwards captured near Athens.
mas been turned over to the owners. ard
the gold captured from the Central Rail,
road company last April, has been return
ed by the military authorities.
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FREEDMEN IN MEMPnIs.-An order Is.
sued oy the agent of Freedmen in Mem
Phis, shows determination oethe author
itles to have the blacks perform faithfully
their contracts to labor, and will punish
tlose who, by offer of temporary high.
wages entice them to abandon the work
they have stipulated to perform. s.sFsse
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GEN. RoDDY
IpGcaiion for
5nself in regar|
rpity;
lie says that
lends TO bury |
. old Union, |
Iuntry and Stat
re no refracto|
at class of peo|
! the war or
'sitions in spec
ers have been
2 sensible of id
kpnwiedge it.
huking "stayl
ldeavor to diss
lsaHpction
On the other 4
- his leg in th
lly speech at
We of the arni|
csc rebels, canI
EN- as btothers|
poll
me. 4
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CONGRESS; The Federal Congress in
1907 raised the basis of representative
population: The Southern States under
II are entitled TO the following members
Of Congress:
Virginia, North Carolina. 6: South
Sarohn"' Georgia, Z; F:crida | !; Ala
,r Tama' o; mississippi, 5; Louisiana, S
Texas, S; Arkansas 8 /; and Tennessee g
Total So.
The following, it is said will be the
parry complexion of the coming Con
gress: noe
% c., Rep Opp
% Itates pa nave eiected IA Sc
=, Ky, and Nevadal estimated 4 6
II Southern States, 5S
~, -
io'ai' e.. l4S 100
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DG- The proceedings of the Conven-
ton will be published in full in the
Clarion. Those wishing to keep posted
should send il their subscriptions at once.
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The line of guards leading to the Presi-
ieuts room, aud the. bnrrcades which
have been standing for some time have
all been removed by orler of the Pcesi
dent
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The bust Of stx-President Tyler has.
9een removed from the Virginia State
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L odaiszof : ets s.fsY at tss Riyv.on taarlV
for@he snFn of iva huaire dol d bear
'fG dat- sb Ut lit, 2y OF y 1868 nc 0,
titrn! paVtbi, tn fe-, of Jaeaary 500. rni II
Ia pi lc on tde + s. day ] ~ :, 1857 The
ca4s'tf II n r I" len said -.es g iiav;h
uht 50 np#lied by Iaw fsa"o. ~
Au. io-''3t AME2T' L : A ..GtyIV
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Daily, enc M
DO. ono yC
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DO. one
RATES
Advertisements.
ban one mouth,
AND FIFTY
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ADVERTISEMENT
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Address CLAIR
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cd his resignation. 1'S s's''