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ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Sunday Morning, July 91, 1807,
The Weekly Intelligencer,
Onr Weekly of Wednoalay will contain tlio re
port of Bsn. Hill's Atlanta Bpooch; and, also,
a correct copy of the Supplemental Reconstruc
tion Bill—together with a general assortment of
nows and other interesting matter.
Mr. Reward on Santa Anna's Capture.
The paper which is styled a “Memorandum,"
prepared at the Stato Department by Mr. Seward,
and purporting to bo “ an official account of tho
seizure ot Santa Anna," is too lengthy a docu
ment lor these columns, although it embraces
many disclosures of tho movements and Intrigues
ol Uiat remarkable man which would bo interest
ing to tho reader. Our object now in referring
to the paper prepared by Mr. Soward for tho pub
lic eye, and which is being published in the North,
is to bring to tho notice ol our readers, tho con-
elution at which tho Secretary oi Stato arrives in
regard not only to the seizure of tho porson of
Sauta Anna, but of our relations witli Mexico,
and what ho, Mr. Soward, regards as the proba
ble fkturc ot that “ Republic”—a Republic only
in name, like our own, more ot a military despo
tism than anything elso.
Upon bis “ roviow ofnff the facts," intheatlnir
ot Santa Anna’s seizure, Mr. Soward said in con
elusion, “ it seems proper that tho Government
should wait for tbrthcr and more definite infor
mation before entering upon communications in
relation to the complaiut of Mr. Naphegyl with
the Government of Mexico. That nation seems
at last to have triumphed over all its internal and
foreign enemies, and to havo rcachod a crisis
when, if left alone, it may bo expected to restore
tranquility, and to reorganize itself upon perma
nent foundations of union, freedom nnd Repub
lican Government. Only some great national in
jury, wroDgor oilense, would justify this Govern
ment in suddenly assuming a hostile or even
an unfriendly attitude toward tho Republic of
Mexico.”
Tho foregoing, so far as Mr. Seward is con
cerned—and he suggests, we have no doubt,
what the relations of this government will be to
Mexico—is demonstrative of twb important re
sults : fnt, that there will be no rupture between
the “United Stales" and the prevailing party in
Mexico on account of the seizure ot Santa Anna;
and, second, that every aid and comfort which
the “United States" can give to the Liberals in
that distracted .country, to organize a permanent
government—if such a tiling be possible in Mex
ico—will be given. The Secretary’s pronuncia-
mento goes farther, not in words, it is true, for
here "his words conceal his ideas,” but at the
samo time they plainly indicate, where ho says,
if Mexico be "left alone," that she must bo "let
alone”—that no interference with her by any
European, or other power, will he permitted by
this government in the future—that Mexico must
he left to ‘‘reorganize itself upon permanent
foundations of union, freedom, and Republican
Government.” Perhaps, alter all, the Secretary
is right. However we may loathe the men who
murdered Maximilian; however much we may
reprehend tho seizure of Santa Anna and the
evident intention of Mr. Seward to wink at and
apologize for it; however much we may be im
pressed with the convi«ion that the mongrel
Mexicans are incapable of self-government; still
we are opposed to interference by any European
power with that so-called “Republic,” trusting,
as we do, that time will make it the great outlet
for that portion of tho Southern population, de
nominated freedmen, and that time will also
bring it under the political jurisdiction of the
"United States.” If Mr. Seward’s policy, or
i upttiuamuisliip, will bring about these events, it
regards either Santa Anna's seizure, or his Mex
ican policy. We arc, therefore, content to let
Ipur relations with Mexico remain subject to Mr.
Seward’s direction, whatever we may see in them
that docs not exactly comport with our views ol
what is due to an enlightened civilization and to
the honor of tho “Stars and Stripes.”
Washington Gossip.
Tho fetter following, irorn the pen of tlie well,
posted correspondent of tho Charleston Courier,
will probably interest the reader, though some
of tho facts alluded to huvo been dwelt upon in
these columns before:
Tho suggestions of tho President, in his spe
cial mossago to Congress in relation to tho obli
gations assumed by tho reconstruction nets ior
the payment ot tho debts of tho ton excluded
States, present a grent political issue for tho fu
ture, and will glvo rise nlso to somo important
international questions.. Tho President's con
struction of the military reconstruction acta
would havo avoided this difficulty.
Tito Attorney General’s opinions wero to tho
cfloct that tho Stato Govornmcnfs wero not set
asido, but that Congress lmtl reserved tho power
to alter, modify or abolish those Stato Govern
ments. Congress lias now exercised that power
by tho third reconstruction act just passed. On
Sunday morning, Mr. Seward accompanied somo
Radical Senators to tho President ior an inter
view on this subject.
Tho President explained, in ndvnnco of his
message, that tho bill now passed rendered the
Federal Government liable for the debts ol the
Statoa constituting the late Confederacy. Those
Stato Governments being set aside and placed
under absolute military rule as conquered foreign
and hostilo nations, must nlso be supported and
carried on by the Federal Government. It is
necessary that fourteen millions of dollars be im
mediately appropriated for lids purpose, besides
the millions which will bo ultimately necessary,
if lml more, for tho expense of reconstruction.—
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Congress will, of course, ignore .the President s
views, aud accuse him of ail attempt to dispar
age the national credit. They have reduced the
additional appropriation called Tor by the mili
tary generals, aud estimated by tho War Depart
ment to a million of dollars; but it was explained
that as Congress would soon bo in session again,
more money could bo appropriated then lor this
purpose. Congress already perceives that flic
people are alarmed at the prospect ol repudia
tion, as tho consequence of Radical policy. The
President-makers among the Radical members
appear to ho alarmed at the state of public feel
ing in the North.
There are a number of aspirants for the \ ice-
Presidency in the field. Mr. Wilson, ol Massa
chusetts, Is now tho foremost man in the race,
and lie is working hard for the nomination ol
General Grant ns President, lie claims seven
out of tho ten Southern States for Grant and
himself.
The demonstration has been made too early,
and
Registration in Gwinnett County.—A
friend in Gwinnett sends us the following as the
result of registration in that county to the 19lh:
Whites, 1118; nogroes, 225. There are yet two
of tho strongest districts la the county where no
registration has been had. These will increase
the white majority by at least 250 votes.
Tito final result will not be far from the fol
lowing figures—many who were entitled having
failed to register when the registrars were in
their district, but will do so before the opportu
nity closes: Whites, 1000; negroes, 275.
Don’t Want to Go Tukue — Aaron Sweat,
a colored man ol Cheraw District, South Caro
lina, who had been published in some of tho pa
pers of that State as a candidate for Congress, is
out with a card, denying tho facts of his candi
dacy, and says lie lias no ambition or desire to
become a member of the body to which his too
attentive aud partial friends would assign him
Aaron is a sensible “man and brother,” and
would avoid such demoralizing associations as
necessarily follow an election to Congress as at
present constituted.
Ship Buildino.—A member of Congress has
moved an inquiry into the cause of the total
stoppage oi ship building in this country. He
need not stir out ol Washington to find out all
about it. Tho tariff passed since the breaking out
of the rebellion tells tho whole story. Iron and
all the materials that enter into tlio composition
of ships have been made so dear, artificially,
that we cannot compete with foreigu nations in
the construetion ot new steam or sailing vessels
Peru.—All tho officers of the late revolution
in Peru have surrendered and received their
pardons from Congress. A law had been passed
giving high honors to Custilla, the chief ot Ihc
revolution, who had died recently in Arico, aud
settling a lull portion on bis widow. A propo
sition was before Congress declaring the Minis
ter to the United States unworthy of the coufi
deuce ol the nation. Heavy guns and munitions
of war were continually arriving at Callao.
Society in New England.—A woman writes
lo the Springfield Republican to advise all women
to carry revolvers to protect themselves aud their
daughters from tlio attacks of ruffians, as she
considers that our laws and society make very
inadequate provision ior the protection of women
and if they cannot get revolvers, to carry a box
of red pepper to throw into tho eys of tho ras
cals. Society in New England must l»o terribly
demoralized.
v.il
is subject to defeat through a coalition ot rl-
interests, political aud personal. Therefore,
the Southern electoral vote must be a toot ball
for the Radical politicians. Those who are cer
tain that this vote wifi he captured by them, will
go for tho admission of the South in time lor
articipution in the next Presidential election.
Wiiat the President Wili, Do.—The fol
lowing, from tho Pittsburg Republic, was proba
bly written under the inspiration of several
glasses of old Monongahela:
The President will not strike until he is pre
pared, and can make the blow efleclive. If pos
sible, he will endeavor to get along without con
vulsing tlie country, but if peace cannot be se
cured without desperate means, lie will use them;
aud when lie does, tlie blow will prove effective,
and tlie shackles will drop from both tlie North
and South. The only fear we have is, that when
Andrew Johnson does strike, he will punish
those who have been endeavoring to destroy tlie
Constitution and tlie country, with severity. It
is better that the South should suffer fora time
than that tlie whole country should be destroy
ed. They will find that there is a strong, brave
man to take Radicalism by the throat, and that
that man will prove not only tlie equal, hut tho
superior of Andrew Jackson, and make the
world know that we iiave a President.
Snow.—The world js crazy for show. There
is not one person in a thousand who dares fall
back on his real, simple self for power to get
through tlie world, and exact enjoyments as he
goes along. There is too much living in tlio
eyes of other people. There is no end to the
aping, the mimicry, the false airs, the superficial
airs. It requires rnro courage, we admit, to live
up to one’s enlightened convictions in these days.
Unless you consent to join in the general client,
there is no room for you among the groat mol)
of pretenders. If a man dares to live within
his means, nnd is resolute iu his purpose not to
appear more than he really is, let him he ap-
More HccoiiNtriiclIon- Old Thud’s VI-
nallty.
AVc invito attention "to tlio copy of tlio bill be
low, Uitroduood Into Utb House of Representa
tives of Tuesday last,' by Mr. Tlmddous Slovens,
of Pennsylvania, and is designed, as its author
states, to enable tlie Inhabitants of tlio into rebel
Slates to form Stato governments:
Re it enacted In/ the Senate and Uovee of Repre
sentatives of the United Sluice of America in Con-
greet neeembkd, That all governments ami pre
tended governments within that portion Ol tho
territory which lately claimed to belong to tlio
Confederate States oi America, and which tho
United Slates havo conquered, to-wit: Tho ter
ritory lately called the Stato of Virglna (here fol
lows names of all tlie Southern States, desig
nated ns Virginia is, null tho hill then proceeds
ns follow!:) are hereby declared null nnd void
and of no effect, other than that which they shall
derive from the action oi Congress. Tlio mini -
cipal corporations auil ofllcos existing dc Judo
for local purposes shall bo continued until Gon-
gross, or those authorized by Congress, shall do-
termini) their existence.
St-'.o. 2. And lie it further enacted, I hat until
the said territories shall lie prepared with a pro
per constitution nnd regularly admitted in tlie
Union as new Slates they shall be governed as
follows: Throo commissioners, civilians, shall he
chosen by tlio Joint nclion of ihc Senate and
I louse ot Representatives for each ol' tho divi
sions now called military districts, two or whom
shall ho nominated by tlio llottso and one by tlie
Senate, who shall ho called Commissioners ol Re
construction. They shall discharge all the duties
W htc!i, by the act. of March 2, 18(17, and its sup
plement of March 22, 1807, are now enjoined
upon Uni military commanders, except so turns
is altered by this act, and they shall proceed to
correct and complete the registration already in
progress with all convenient speed. When tlie
registration is completed they shall take the same
action with regard to the formation ol the con
stitution as is now prescribed to the military
commanders in Hit* acts aforesaid, and whenever
any portion of said territory shall have been
formed into n proper Stato, and its constitution
submitted to Congress and approved by it, it
diall ho admitted into the Union mid declared
rapahlo of representation in the Congress ot the
United States. The military commanders and
all military authority are hereby relieved from
any duty within'said territory, except the pre
servation of peace, which they shall enforce
upon tlie demand ol tlie Commissioners of Re
construct ion or any of them. The admission ol
new States into the Union and the recon
struction of old ones is the sole duty and
work of Congress, and neither t ho President
or any head of department, nor tlie judiciary,
nor’tho military, leave any right to interlcre in
such matters, unless required by the Congress of
the United States. The opinion oi the Attorney
General upon any point connected with the ad
mission ot new States, or tlie reconstruction of
destroyed ones, is unauthorized and ought not
to be obtruded upon the government. Lest
there may be a misunderstanding with regard
to who arc entitled to exercise tlie elective tran-
eliisc, both in l lie election ot delegates to form a
convention and in the confirmation or rejection
ol any constitution they may form, it is declared
that all such persons who voluntarily engaged
in the late rebellion shall ho excluded from re
gistration, nnd such fact may lie proved by parole
evidence, and lor that purpose the Commissioners
of Reconstruction, or either of them, shall have
full power to call witnesses, administer oaths,
ask questions, and conduct tlie examination in
such manner as may lie necessary to ascertain
the truth. Any false swearing under this law
shall he deemed felony, and punished as such.
Tlie residence required iu said acts must lie con
tinuous, immediately preceding tlie election at
which tlio vole is offered. No person who, du
ring the time of tlie rebellion, held any judicial
or executive office under the government called
tlie Confederate States of America, or under
either oi said States, slmll lie registered, nor
military officers who, dining tho existence ol the
government of the Confederate States, held
office either in ils army or in the ainiy or militia
of cither of said Slates; and nothing in this act
shall he held to admit to registration any of the
classes excluded by the act to which this is a
supplement.
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That Ihc
Commissioners ol Reconstruction, each within
ils own Jurisdiction, ahull have lid! power to
remove any municipal officer or magistrate or
Stale judge, and, if it sees proper, to „
vacancy by new appointment wlir^.y
deem the public good ‘■■■^^fe^ardVand
BY TELEGRAPH.
Slew YORK 3mbCUTSD PRESS DISPATCHES
Washington, July 20.-A Surratt Juror was
taken with a violent cholera morlms attack, and
the court took recess. .
It is considered cortain that Congress will ad
journ this afternoon.
General John A. McClornard, of Illinois, has
boon nominated for tho Mexican mission.
Ills stated tliftt all the Cabinet, except Air.
Stanton, approved tlio liiessago. Somo passages
wore stricken out during Its consideration in
Cabinet.
John L. Goddard, Grand Master Pennsylvania
Masons, is dend.
Tho Post Office Department has ordored con
tracts for mail service from Urashcar, Louisiana,.
by Sabine Pass,'. Texas, Beaumontc and Lib
erty, to Houston and back six times a week, by
steamboat and railway, oil a schedule ol twenty-
lour hours. Route, three hundred ami five miles
long.
New Orleans market.
New Orleans, July 20.—Sales of cotton 1,000
bales. Market firm. Low middlings 24*. Re
ceipts 740 bales. Exports, 7,820.
Louisiana Sugar, fair, 13*; prime 14*; strictly
prime 15—stock being vory small. Now Orleans
molasses nominal, 48 to 52. Flour, stock light;
double oxtra $11 75; clioico $18 00 to $10.—
Corn, stock light; firiroo yellow and mixed,
$1 25 to $1 35; wliito $1 40 to $145. OaU firm;
stock light, $1 05. Pork quiet, $24 05 to 25.—
Bacon, good jobbing demand; shoulders 13;
rib Bides 14; clear sides 15*. Lard quoted at 13*
for tierco, and 14 for keg.
Gold 89$. Sterling 51 to 54. New York sight
* to J premium.
HBH
New A.dvertisements.
U. B. Mawiiui.'b Orrici,
Atlanta, Ga., July, 1007..
DIB IS TO OtVB NOTICE:—Th»t on tho 18th day of
T"j"nly, A. I)., 1887, a Warrant In SaBkrnptcy was Ib-
auod agximt tho cBtato of .Elijah K. Winn, of tho city of
ButSQ nuBIUBV Mil vniaiv aaniuii an, vv aaaai- vuv oib/ ,,a
Atlanta, In tho county of Fulton and Btato of Georgia,
who has 1)0011 adjudged a bankrupt on hla own petition ;
that tho payment ofany dobta and delivery of hny pro
perty belonging to anch bankrupt to him or for hla uac,
and tho truant of any property by him aro forbidden by
nrovc their dobta nnd to cliooae onc OTmnro..», K i,r,.. ...
blB CBtato will bo hold at a Court of Bankruptcy lo Ins
lioldcn In room No. 60, in tlio United UtatoB Hotel, In At
lanta. Oa„ before Lawson Black, Register. on the (1th day
of Huptcrabor, A. D., 1887, at 10 o’clock, A. «•, y] , A
Jy21—8t Pep. Marshal, as Messenger,
Augusta Market.
Augusta, July 20.—Cotton, holders’ prices
too high for buyers; very few lmlcs sold. Mid
dlings licit! at 24.
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
Ob' HARTFORD, CONN.
tlongrCNMlOllltl.
Washington, July 20.—Excitement iu tlie
House to-day very great. Tho impeachers, tak
ing advantage ol a thin House, carried their
point ol ordering the evidence- reported and
printed, but Mr. Wilson, Chairman of tlie Ju
diciary Committee, who has strongly opposed
tlie movement, tustled over tlie matter until tlio
Speaker’s hammer fell for adjournment. This
again defeats thorn.
Senate.—There was some irregular discussion
regarding adjournment, in which the President
was denounced os contumacious. Mr. Chandler
said there was a Sort of hybrid concern iu tho
Senate called conservative republicanism. Air.
Fessenden took tho remarks of Mr. Chandler as
personal, and said lie bad but one thing to say.
The Senator from Michigan says what is not
true. Mr. Chandler hnrlecl back Sir. Fessen
den’s contempt with scorn, when the contro
versy was interrupted by a motion to go into
Executive session.
The Senate adopted tlio report of the Com
mittee on Conference, and adjourned to the 21st
ol November next.
Tlie President nominated Horace Greeley us
Minister to Austria, but objection lieing made
under a rule of tlie Senate that nominations
cannot be considered the same day, tho nomina
tion goes over.
The Senate took no action on Capron’s nomi
nation as Commissioner of Agriculture.
John Nethcrland, of Tenn., is confirmed as
Minister to Bolivia.
Gen. McCletnand rejected for the Mexican
Wilmington market.
Wilmington, July 20.—Cotton nclivc; good
demand and advancing. Sales 200 bales. Mid
dlings 24* to 25. Receipts none. Turpentine
firmer at 52. Rosin steady at $2 75 to 5 75.
1'orclgii Markets.
Inv TUB CABLB LINE.]
Liverpool, July 20.—Noon.—Colton firm
and unchanged. Sales 15,000 bales. Breadstuffs
quiet. Corn 35s. to 30a.
A Florida Item.—Tlio paragraph following
appears in some of our exchanges:
Two of the Radical delegates to tlie Territo
rial Convention recently held at Tallahassee,
were arrested after that concern adjourned, and
put in the guard house at Lake City, tor tying a
negro in a swamp, and heating him almost to
death. One of them was a member of a com
mittee appointed by tlie Convention to report
outrages committed by “rcbbils” on “loyal
men I”
mission.
Edmund Bollingen confirmed Postmaster for
Gonzales, Texas.
our power.
Maximilian’s Avengers.—'Tlie New York
Timee hasn't much faith in an organization in
that city styling itself “Maximilian’s Avengers.”
It says of the concern:
Wo suspect that “Maximilian’s Avengers” arc
a parcel of discreditable and mercenary hum
bug!. Their main object is to levy contributions
upon each other, and none of them in this coun
try will ever get within a thousand miles oi
Mexico lor the purpose of avenging Maximilian
or any other man. It is not by any such scheme
os theirs that Maximilian will ever bo avenged,
or Mexico regenerated, or tlie American De
mocracy started on their revels iu tlio halls of
tlio Montczumas. So these “Avengers” might
as well give up their ridiculous project at once.
They will not make much by it in any event.
Stolen Goods.—Tlie Rock Island Argue, air
hiding to tlie advertisement for tiie return of a
silver communion set, says:
“ New England is not tho only placo where
stolen articles from tlie South may he found. A
senro.li in Rock Island county would disclose the
fact that some very fine professors of religion are
using the articles iu tlioir houses which they ought
to lie ashamed to keep from their proper owners.
There is a very large and valuable silver waiter
in a certain house in this city, tlie true history of
which wo should be glad to know. There are
other articles ol silverware in the city and county
which are reported to have been stoleu from tlio
people of tlie Soutli. There are also horses, har
ness, carriages, and other articles, in this city aud
county which were stolen Irorn the people of the
South.”
Crops.—The wheat is all cut and is being
rapidly thrashed and prepared for market.—
Though not so good ns was anticipated, there is
ytt un abundant crop made. Captain King in
fo .mod us this week that his thrasher hail thrash
ed over 4000 bushels, and that on throo farms
above here there wero 2000 bushels to thrush,
btsides a great number of smaller crops in all
purls of the country.
The corn crop in every section of the country
is represented us being unusually fine, superior
to anything seen in tins region for many years.
S .• mid tavo:
tuvorable seasons continue, we have ev-
ih./ reason to hope tliero will he no more com-
p lint oi scarcity of bread from any who are
willing to work.—Dalton Georgian, With.
The Great Pestilence at Mauritius.—
13 ” tho steamer Ajax, from Liverpool, ami Hong
K ing May 24, we liavu additional particulars oi
tl. dreadful pestilence at Mauritius. It was at
fi st confined to the natives, and is supposed to
h ivc originated from unwholesome food. When
the Ajax left tlie people were dying at tlie rate of
2'IU per day. The disease was a malignant bilious
fever, similar to that of the West Indies. The
slate oi theislaud was dreadful; the people were
lying in tlie streets dead and dying. Every other
house is closed, and the hospital accommodations
are insufficient, miserable and neglected. Iluts
were occupied as temporary hospitals into which
tho sick went to die.
The Man in White.—In ludianupolis, on
Thursday, an officer arrested a gay and festive
looking young man dressed in clean, white linen,
with a beautiful mustache and curly hair. The
telegraph brought news from Kentucky pi this
gent, who, it is alleged, committed a robbery in
the above named State of $134. He bad hardly
got ofi the cam until he was arrested and lodged
in jail, to await a requisition from Kculucky.—
Cruel, cruel telegrupli.
Seized Property.—An investigation at the
Treasury Departmental Washington,shows that
no return was ever inailo of tlie proceeds of large
amounts of property seized in Tennessee and
other border States by government agents, so-
called. The matter is to iiuve a thorough ven-
tillation iu a slmrt lime, when the thieves will
not only be exposed, but made to disgorge tbeir
ill-gotten gains.
The Last Supplemental.—The provisions
of the new reconstruction law arc.it will he seen
by reference to tlie last section, to be construed
liuerai.lv—a fact which it is important all con
cerned in the, execution of the law, should keep
thoroughly impressed on their minds.
Bankrupt’s Names.—The New York Tri
bune thinks that the names of Bankrupts should
be published. It says:
“ An honest man cau iiave no good reason for
keeping his insolvency secret a single day. If
ho cannot pay his debts, the public ought to
know it, though he limy not be to blame. If he
cau pay them hut don't want to, then the sooner
that fact is advertised the better for everybody.
That Riot.—We suspect tlie .story about a
riot at Alliens, Alabama, in which two whites
and nine negroes are reported to havo been
killed, is a pretty considerable hoax, lor which
there was very little, if any, foundation. At
least the papers from that immediate section
seem to know very little about it.
The National Banks.—Tlie New York
Herald urges that no more National Banks shall
be made depositories of tlie publie funds, hut
that they shall be placed iu tho custody of sub-
Treasurers, as a matter of safety. There sre a
good many instances on record where these Utter
have proved anything hut honest agents.
Fire in Takuoro’, N. U.—Wo learn from tiie
Wilmington Journal that on Tuesday night a
most destructive tire occurred at Tarhoro’, by
which one of the most cosl’y-built business
squares of that beautiful town was entirely de
stroyed, except the residence and office of Dr,
Hugh McHalr.
public good
the acts nnd doings of tho
Congress.
Sec. I. And be. it further enacted. That so
much of the net of March 2, 1807, aud ils
supplement of March 23, 1807, ns is not al
tered by this act shall remain in full force and
virtue.
Added to tlie bill, but without any words ol
enactment, is a paragraph in these words :
“If the Commissioners of the State ot Texas
and tlie State oi Louisiana shall adjudge that
tlie interests ot the country require tho division
of Texas into two States, they shall proceed to
run and mark tlie division lino, and prepare
them for admission into tho Union as herein
prescribed.”
This hill, with another presented by Stevens,
was referred, under thoTiiles, to the Committee
on Reconstruction.
Washington, July 20.—House—Tiie Judi
ciary Committee was authorized to send for per
sons and papers on the question whether Ken
tucky, Maryland and Delaware have Republican
Constitutions.
Preamble and resolutions ordering the Ser
geant at Arms to bring Lafayette C. Baker be
fore tlie bar of tlio House for contempt, iu re
fusing to appear before tlie Judiciary Committee,
were passed.
Resolutions ordering tlio Judiciary Committee
to report tlie evidence taken ou impeachment
were passed by 57 to 43. This result was ap
phuided by tlie impeachers.
Conference Committee reported on adjourn- .
, .... , . . gentleman—is not enrr.
incut from 4 o’clock to 21st November—•>«—•» * —
.tiisou was about re-
to, yeans ol, uav« * , ,
' lrv , ..... evidence on impeachment when tlie
Speaker's hammer fell. Adjourned.
TnE War Department is in receipt of infor
motion, furnished by Governor McCormack, of
Arizona, that Indian captives are a standard
article of merchandise among the troops at Fort
McDowell, being given in exchange for goods.
Iu somo instances female Apache captives Iiave
been sold for tlie purpose of slaughter.
Crops.—The Ilawkinsville Dispatch says
The prospects for a fine crop arc now most pro
pitious in all this part of tlie country. The re
cent rains have secured tlio older corn, while
tiie younger is fast approaching maturity. Tlie
countenances of our farmers arc evidently bright
ening, while our merchants are living in hope.
Homicide.—Tho Romo Courier learns that
Dr. Witt, a dentist, living near Gaylesvillc, Ala
bama, was killed on the Oth instant, by Rice
Puckett, bis brother-in-law. Alleged cause—the
seduction ol his sister by Witt.
Contagious.—Bob, you say you believe most
diseases aro contagious. How long have you
entertained such notions ? Ever since I sat
alongside a blue-eyed girl nnd caught the palpi
tation oi the heart.
Sunday Reading.—Persons addicted to what
iB known in some of the papers as “Sunday
Reading,” will find much that will interest and
instruct by turning to tlie Old and New Testa
ments.
Not Correct.—Tho report that Salnave has
offered to surrender his position as candidate for
the Presidency ol Hayti in favor of Wendell
Phillips—supposing Mr. Phillips to be a colored
(ten. Howard.
Washington, July 20.—Ueu. Howard nas
....1 ..’i order I.. i.la ...iLordinatcj) regard-
iug employees in the bureau. Preference
must bo given to loyal men, and they must take
tlie iron-clad oath.
Horhiiilk.—The tale of the Orissa famine, ns
fold in an elaborate Official report to the Gov
ernment oi India, is heartrending. Tho horrors
it reveals aro of mi almost incredible character.
When it is stated Hint tlie mortality represented
a sacrifice of about 000,000 souls, some idea may
he formed of the magnitude of this awful cala
mity. People (lied helplessly in swarms; mo
ney was spurned as worthless; employment on
Government roads was offered in vain, since the
living skeletons for whose relief it was provided
were too weak to walk, and far more so to work.
Such was the distress ol the starving mosses that
it was impossible to keep any order in the famish
ing crowd which struggled for llie daily dole of
rice, “and for miles round was heard their yell
for food.” So impossible was it to Satisfy all,
that extreme emaciation became the practical
test, aud those who retained the least reserve ol
flesh on their bones wero compelled to hear the
pangs ol hungora little longer. Yet tho English
seemed fo pay but the least attention to this, and
wero much more concerned about our affairs.
Justice and Temperance.—II all the Wash
ington Police Justices are like the one whoso re
cent movements the Chronicle of that city records,
they must be a nice set. Tlio Judge in question
having “got u full cargo of gin aboard,” went
“on a bender” through the city, bringing up at
a well-known concert saloon, where ho was
welcomed familiarly by the actresses as “Justice,”
and was eventually escorted in triumph behind
the scenes. The on lookers seem to Imvo been
a good deal disgusted ; hilt we are happy to
note that in the same paper no less than nine
different temperance meetings are reported ns
being hold within twelve hours in Washington.
E.c-GovKitNpu Weller, of California, de
livered a Fourth of July speech iu New Orleans
which was mainly devoted to stirring up popular
feeling against Mexico, lie said that since the
declaration of the “ infamous, bloodthirsty tyrant
Escobedo,” forbearance bad ceased to be a virtue,
and “ it 1 had my own way I would crush out
her nationality and proceed at once to adminis
ter upon her effects.” This seems to be the ground
now assumed by those who Iiave had tlie great
est opportunities of comprehending the condition
ol Mexico.
A New Wav to Recover Old Debts.—
Wc learn by telegraph of a most novel end cer
tainly very efficacious manner ol collecting
debts due by railway companies. Tlio train
which left Chicago lor Cincinnati lost Wednes
day morning, over the Chicago and Great
Eastern road was forcibly seized the same day
at Logansport, Indiana, by one hundred em
ployees, who took this means to procure ar
rearages of wages. The raiders switched off
tho two careful of passengers, and permitted
tlie engine to proceed with the mail. The
passengers had to ride fifteen miles in omni
buses iu order to resume their journey. No
personal violence was offered. This style of
obtaining collateral security is very telling,
doubtless, hut if carried too far might have
unpleasant results.
The Richmond Diepatch, after analyzing tho
new acts of Congress construing its former acts
hearing on reconstruction, says :
“So far as We in Virginia are concerned, we
iiave reason lo raj ok© that Congress lias re-as
sembled ; lor while it has made no change in
tlio law lo which we would reasonably olijei t, it
has buried tlie Alexandria Constitution, and cov
ered those who sought to use it for basu put puses
with contempt and infamy.”
Dihuandkd.-—Tho Montgomery Adcertieer
says: The military organizations of this eily
iiave been ordered by head)puttiers to " break
ranks,” until there is a liullei; prospect for an
other war. Wo are glad to uolo that they have
(til obeyed Ujo order,
Tlie Surratt Cave.
Washington, July 20.—August Bissell, a
physician from New York, testifies that ho was
in Elmira on the 4th of April, and saw Hu mitt
there. The witness had a suit with tlio Erie
Railroad Company. . He suspected that Surratt
was a detective employed by the Railroad Com
pany to watch. Witness noticed him closely.
Recess.
A sick juror was brought into court on a
lounge; Bissols’ cross examination was quite
lengthy.
Tho court took a recess to six o'clock, and ad
journed to Monday, when the defense cau exam
ine and expiate witness.
From ItlclinioiHl.
Richmond, July 20.—The Justices of the Hus
tings Court will meet on Monday to consider a
letter from Gen. Schofield, which w:is sent to
tlio Recorder to-day, The case of llovcy is
that of a teacher of tlie freedmen who was as
saulted by Holtz. The other cases mentioned
are those of persons charged with exhibiting
faro.
Gen. Schofield's letter says it is represented
that llie records ol flic Court of Hustings for six
months show that tho highest penalty imposed
in the most aggravated ease of assault and bat
tery was $150, while in ordinary cases the pen
alty wai merely a nominal tine and costs; that
in the cise ol llovcy for an aggravated case of
a»8au t upon the brother of Holtz, the same
court thnight proper to add to the fine of
one hundred and fifty dollars imposed by the
jury, thirty days imprisonment in the county
jail; and tlmt in tho case of Win. Hnellings,
Win. A. Duke and others, above relerrcd to, tho
Commonwealth Attorney was permitted to en
ter a nolle prosequi, and tlie prisoners were dis
charged upon the ground as stated, in substance,
by the counsel for defense, that where parties
were horn uorlli of an imaginary line, the judg-
mait ol the court was set aside; and also that
ot r courts were how intended solely for tho trial
of Confederates. Tho action of tho Court of
IIcHtiugs in these three cases seems to require
explanation. The above,statement is therefore
referred to you ns one of tlie Justices of that
Court for any explanation you may wish to make.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
8. F. Chalfin.
Texas—Bad Neiri.
Galveston, July 20.—Military headquarters
are overwhelmed with reports of outrages in the
Red River country. Colored persons dare not
accept tlie appointment of Registers. Judge
Litmere, a prominent Texan, has resigned his
appointment because be is afraid of his life. A
bad stale of society generally exists, the freed
population being assaulted on many occasions.
BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
Foreign New*.
London, July 20.—The Tories in the House
of Lords sustuiu the Reform bill. Earl Grey
opposes it.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
DY TEL AUD APR.
New York Market.
New 1 ork, July 20.—Stocks strong. .Money
•i |>er cent. Gold 89|. Bonds of 1802 coupons,
1118.
Flour dull. Common grades drooping. Wheat
a shade tinner. Corn lower. Fork, $22 05 to
$23.
Cotton quiet and steady. Middling Uplands
20* to 27.
The Indlvk War—Tho iu*. w i C09t o( ,i, e
Indian war now being waged someWUe.. t j le
Far West, is two millions per week. Bestuw
it is likely to prove a quite damaging afhiir to
ti...
»r avvmiisclflHherumii
Attention! Everybody I
FT
SEASONS WHY YOU SHOULD INBUHE
P. L. BIERCE & CO., |
or Memphis, Tern., will mil
AT AUOTlOx
CORNER WHITEHALL ANI) ALAR AM A AT*.
I T pays nil Its losses promptly, during sixteen ycara of
its existence never having cohteetcd a claim.
Tho Company has paid, in all, oyer Four Hundred
Thousand Dollars since its existence, on claims or losses
by death, and never contested a claim.
Its Policies aro all Non-Forfeiting.
Restrictions on travel, residence, and occupation are
thrown out.
Its dividends ape fifty per cent., yearly.
Tho poor man ought tc insure, because ’tl
tin a support
for hls'famlly.
The man of moderate means ought to Insure, because
the property he has may all be swept awav.
The rich mau ought to Insure, because r tls the .best in
vestment ho can make.
THE PH(ENIX MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO
Of Hartford, Conn., presents superior advantages for the
consideration of an enlightened public, aud for the spe
Information to all.
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It. 13. DAVIS, Agent,
Oflico James’ Bank Building.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
\V. in. HILL, Auctioneer.
B Y virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of Ful
ton county, I will sell, on the first Tuesday in Sep
tember next, before the court house door in Atlanta,
within the usual hours of sale, one dty lot in At
lanta, Ga., lying on the corner of McDonough nnd Jones
Btreets, and known as a portion of city lot 5 of block a
of land lot 53,14th district of oiiginally Henry, now Ful
ton county, containing half an acre, more or less. This
lot lies nearly opposite the residence of Wm. Rushton.
A Nkw York prcnchcr recently advertised
for a country minister to come and take his
place for six -weeks at a salary of $20 per week.
MORE LI FRI
JUST RECEIVED AND TO ARRIVE
LIVE DRUG STORE:
500 LBS ' No ' 1 S1 ’ ANIM1 float irwino,
1500 pounds best Madder,
10000 pounds White Lead—all grades,
500 boxes Fronch Window Glass,
'2000 pounds best Putty,
10 barrels English Copporas,
‘200 pouuds Quick Silver,
'20 casks Bi. Cart). Soda,
100 Swodish Leeches.
O IN II ANI):
All kinds of Paint, Oils, Machine Oils, Burning Oils,
Tanners’ Oils, nnd Varnishes. Ab purean assort
ment of pure Drugs, Medicines, Fancy
Goods, Perfumeries, Combs and
Brushes, Patent Medicines,
&c., Ac., Ac.,
As can ho found this side of New York; all of which we
offer vory low, for cash.
Wo are giving special attention to onr
PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT
Which is OPEN AT ALL HOURS. Proscriptions care
fully and neatly tilled at any hour of tho uigh t; no disap
pointment. The famous
ARCTIC SODA FOUNT
Is Still dispensing its sparkling waters aud pure fruit
lly the Ladies, whose superior taste Is universally ac
knowledged. Call ami try It for yourself. Buy Tickets
and save SO per cent.
RED WINE A FOX,
Conior Whitehall and Hunter streets,
jeUl—c Atlanta, Georuin.
M. & J. HIRSH,
TV li o 1 c s u 1 u a n .1 It o t a 11
CLOTHING EMPORIUM
Whitehall Street, - - - -
(ADJOINING DAVID MAYK
• Atlanta, Georgia,
I OLD STAND,)
L .lir.i’l o, l)UI o. Him 1UU I
n I’cnerul stock uf Gentlemen's
HATS, TRUNKS, VALISES, Ac., nil ot
ODD OWN UANUFACTUDK,
uMtw advantage of selling cheaper than any other
establishment of the kind this side of New York.
The wholesale trade, or merchants from tlie country
can bo supplied at oar Establishment, and a liberal din-
count allowed them. apr!7—Sm
SLATE ROOFING,
Of the Georgia Slate Mines.
, in now the ihcap-
t riic i roul Jtwouug until COStillQ Um thtlH Till.
W«? arc prupuied lo deliver in auy quantity, ut any mo
ment, or to contract for the rooting compfotq.
GLENN, WRIGHT A CARR,
Solo Agents.
CHEWAKLA LIME,
Je*2rt— lm
From Leo County, Alnbamu.
1 WIK most superior Lilno made in tho Sonth, to bo trad
tu any quantity nt our ware-house, or delivered by
ear loads to any point desired, at irroatly reduced prices.
J.SM-lm Ul.ENN, WRIGHT A C'Altlt, Agiuts.
levENwn]
New 1 ork, July 20.—Colton firmer.
TIBBS HOUSE.
By H. T. MARTIN.
unicon, - - - Ocoraln.
f|lHE undersigned would respectfully announce to hla
J patrons and the public tl at he has receutiy opened
a large, elegant, and commodious Hotel, newly furnish
<lif or , of boarders aud trausieut custom,
i he pleasure-seekers or invalids, or persons dusirous
or spending the summer mouths In a healthy locality, of
pure water, fresh air. free from the malaria so common to
I -i-*-vnuu. ntv iiuui iuu uiamna w common 10
3,800 bales. Mi^ldlln^ uplands 20* to 27. Flour I tim.. 'ltoisn w 11 flna 1110 t * clr “ dv “ ut4 S L- lu »«> k
dull—State $7 lo 11 25; Southern $1) 00 to $17.
\S lieat $3 05, and butler. Corn dull. Fork
steady. Others uuclmugcd.
Mobile Tlurkel.
Mobile, July 20.—Cotton sales 100 bales. Mar
ket quiet Low middlings 32. Receipts 17.
The tables are kept lu the stylo of the ffrst-daes hotels
cf our country, abuudant with every delloacy amt luxury
of the season. Every attention la gtveu to boardera-no-
thtug withheld that would contribute to their enjoyment
or comfort. In addition to this, the Hotel is tarnished
with a due span of Horses aud Carriage lor the accom
modation ol its customers.
Commit yoor luteftf(ad *lT9 the Tlbbi House •
Wl, Jets—lm
cash, onc-tbird three months, aud ono-
third six months. July 20,1807.
GEO. EDWARDS, Admin’strator.
jy21—td Printer’s fee $10
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Commencing Monday, June 24th, 1867
I
VAN EPPS & TIPPIN,
GROCERS, AND
Commission Merchants,
ALABAMA STDKET.,
ATLANTA, -
- IlKimtilA,
In Stoi-o and to Arrive :
FLOVD,
CORN.
sua.ui,
COFFEE,
DA CON,
HAMS,
LADD,
MOLASSES.
And a general assortment of
Staple and Fancy Groceries.
j;l:i 3m VAN EPPS & TIPPIN.
BACON, COFFEE, SUGAR, CORN, &c.
JULY It*, 18(15
75000 Pl
OUNDH CLEAR HIDES,
100 kogs Prime Leaf Lard,
200 barrels Sugars,
300 sacks Virginia Salt,
2 car loads Prime White Ct
500 reams Wrapping Paper.
Which, with my heavy Hud assorted stock, I offer t
the trade for cash, at wholesale only.
J. R. DOST WICK,
jylft—3t No. 1 Granite Block, Broad Street.
IP OK SALE.
A VERY DESIRABLE LOT, containing one aero,
improvements.
Ten Shares of Mechanics’, and ten of Gate City Loa
and Building Association Stock.
Inquire of G. T. ANDERSON.
Jy 10— 2w At Georgia Railroad.
WOOL MACHINERY FOR SALE.
Machine attached
COTTON AND IIA V SCUlilV.
A Largo Stock of
Clotting, Biots nt m
HATH AND CAPS, D It V GOOD!
NOTIONS, DOMESTICS, PRINTS, k.
These Good, will he closed out at LOW FIGURES
Re^ardleNH of* C 1 o»t
fy“Hales will commence at 9 o’clock, A. M., and coo
tlnue until 8.30 P. M.
A COMPLETE SET of Wool-Carding Machlues, in
good running order, with Wool, Gin, and Buirlug
W RIGHT’S PATENT IRON COTTON aud HAY
SCREW, with recent improvements, is now beiug
manufactured lu Atlanta. All necessary Information fur
nished on application. Sena iu your orders immediately
that youV Screws may lie ready by llrst of the season.
TOMMKY 2b STEWART, Agents,
Jy4—lin Atlauta, Ga.
STREET, BROTHERS & CO.,
Olmi-IeKtou, S. C..
A RE prepared to advance liberally ou consignments of
Wheat, to be sold In Charleston, Philmitdphla, amt
Nqw York, • * July 16 lm
GBAPtun GBA'PE* t
JjNRESH GRAPES received every day, aud forage at
Jy20-8t
K. VAN GOIDTSNOVKN’S.
Next door to John Ryan’s,
Whitehall street.
WM. L. 1IENSLKK,
PROFESSOR OF MUSIC,
ATLANTA, (.KOltCalA.
Now is your time to get your goods for a small arnonn
of money!
P. L. BIERCE & CO.,
je!8—3m Corner Whitehall and Alabama Streets.
k
Whitehall Street,
(OLD STAND,)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Orders may be left with U. Branmoller, Whitehall
twst- »ap9—ly
Importers of, aud Dealers In Foreign and Domestic
HAR I> WARE,
CUTLERY, GUNS,
IRON, STEEL,
NAILS, HOES, &c
MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS FOB
Brown s U. S. Standard Platform and Counter Scales,
Old Dominlou Nall Works Company,
Vulcan Iron Works’ Bar and Plantation Iron,
Wheeler, Madden & damsons* Circular, Mill, and
Cross-Cut Saws,
Clifton Mill Company's Carriage and Tire Boltis
Brlnley's Celebrated Kentucky Plows,
Calhoun’s Standard Kentucky Plows,
Collins’ Casteel Plows,
Gibson’s Patent Cultivator Plows,
Dupont’s Rifle and Blasting Powder.
If HA V Y AND SHELF CJOOPM,
Which wo offer at LOW PRICES, for cash.
MoNAUQHT, ORMOND A CO.
TOTAL LOSSES PAID,
$21,271,973 57 !
JULY 1, 18(5 7.
as quick as by any other route.
G. J. FOKKACRK, Gen’l Western Afent
K. A. ANDKKSON, Agent M. & Vi. K- K
jy!7—3w
E. g. JAFFKAY As CO-
DRY GOODS,
330 Broadway, .... New York.
RATES ON FLOUR
The attention (if io .„opcctfully exiled to our
arge nnd well assorted stock of
96th SEMI INNUAL EXPOSE.
RATES ON FLOUR
FROM ATLANTA TO
New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore,
.Attorneys at I^avr,
ASS K T M :
(At Market Value.)
Cash on hand and in Bank $ 515,»d 25)
Real Estate 248,993 M
Mortgage Bonds 695,560 00
Bank Stock... 1,900,400(0
U. States, State aud City Stock, and other
Public Securities 1,064,906 S
$4,650,9‘8 f
Less Liabilities, Claims not duo and nuad-
Jlisted 377,068 «
Not Assets $-1,278,269 81
FlltE AND INLAND
NAVIGATION RISKS.
%MTAgencies in all the principal cities and town! in
the United States. ,
Applications for Insurance will bo promptly ftttcndw
OFFICE—With C. I. Brown, on east side of WhilsbiH
street, one door from Alabama,
jylft— N. L. ANGIER, Agent.
VIA MACON AND SAVANNAH.
To N. York, Philadelphia,and Baltimore. $1 75 ^ Barrel
To Savannah lOOV^ 1
Flour in sacks charged At same rate.
Tri-Weekly line of splendid Side-Wheel Steamers lur
ing Svannah Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. 1
Flanuels, Hosiery, Dross vioods, Silks,
Gloves, !)rc*s Shirts, White Goods,
Collars and Ties, Linen Goods,
Ribbons, Shirt Druids. Embroideries,
Lace Articles, Laces, English c*rej»es«
Shawls, Cloaks, Yankee Notions, 2tc.,Ac.
Jyl7—lm
FROM \TLANTA TO
New York, Philadelphia, aud Baltimore,
17-1 AUOUSTA AND CHALESTON.
Ne>y York, PhiladalphU, and Baltimore. $i 75 B Iktrril
Charleston 1 ui V D* m ' 1
Sacks of 100 Tbs each, charged aa half barrel?.
tVAverage time from Atlanta to New York,#i- r
U. T. ANDERSON, Agyut Ga. It. It.
Jyl6—1 in C. D. OWENS, Oen’l Western Avent_
ROBT. BAUGH <& B. H, THRASHER.
H AVK removed tlielr otUro to KAWSOK'S i
ING, cornet of Wliltekalt «ad Hunter .treeU. il ]
lanta. Ua. ,a r ■
Will give attention to all business entrusted to ta<» h
care. ^Applications lu Bankruptcy atteuded to.