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NEWS &HKKALD. MASON St EST1LI., EDITOR3 AND PBOPnlKfOBB. Col. W.T. l'HOMPSOS,) AMBOCiMt* Editor* Dr. J. S- JOffiS* i Official Paper of the City. L&R8EST MHUIIH I* #ITT AM MHTM. THURSDAY. MAY 1W8. IMPEACHMENT DEAD. The news of the defeat of impeachment, published in our telegraphic column yester day morning, while it gave very general satisfaction, was quietly received by our citizens. There was no demonstration— “Not a gun was heard nor a funeral note,*’ until last evening, when our luminous neigh bor of the Republican burst forth iu a \jUz~ of exultation, every window in his establish ment being in illumination. Later in the evening he discharged a number oi sky-rock ets, and exploded several packages of fire crackers, while a band of sable musicians di#cua?ed appropriate music. Haywood’s barber-shop was also extensively illuminated in honor of the important event. There was, besides, a bQQ-fire lighted somewhere in the eastern part of the city. We learu since that the engine house of the Metropolitan F^rc Company was also illuminated. Wfittt tile Acquittal or the President Amounts to. On Monday, the day before the last vote on Impeachment, Forney : s Chronicle declared that all the cardinal principles laid down in the Chicago platform would be subverted by the acquittal of Andrew Johnson. More than ali that, the Reconstruction policy of Congres3 would be turned backward and undone, impar tial suffrage in the South and everywhere else would be abandoned, the National credit thrown away, its financial system given up to irretriev able chaos, the very fundamental principles of the Government overthrown, and the Executive power made supreme above ail law, Constitu tion and the Congress of the people. And yet, in ths face of all this fearful array of conse- quenc23, those “recreant Senators,” not having the fear of Forney, Ben. Wade, Thad. Steven nor the d—1 himself before their eyes, voted for acquittal on the second article, which had been pronounced by Hon. George Tylor Bige low, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, as entirely conclusive against the President. Is it any wonder, after such an act of perfidy and treason, those virtuous, in corruptible pillars of the State, Sumner, WilsoD^ Stevens, Butler, Logan and Force/, shaulu despair of the Republic ; that Stanton should quit the War* Department iu disgust; that Wade should curse himself ont of breath ; How ard have an attack of delirium tremens, and Cranny Greely go off into a fit of raving hysterics The failure of the High Court of Impeach ment to perform its duty to the Radical party iu this trying crisis, ha3 been product: re of the most momentous consequences, and fearful, indeed, is the account which Chiaf <Iu- Chase aud the “ recreant Senators” will hav« to reuder to those disinterested but disappointed patriots, who were ready, under Bluff Old Ben, to take the offices and come to the rescue of the nation. Notwithstanding this great national ca lamity, American securities are advancing in Europe; the Southern State bonds have Improved, and gold declined. Incendiary Fire la ftevrnau, Ga. The Newnan Herald, of the 23d instant, gives the details of a destructive fire in that town on Wednesday night last. The fire was first discovered in a building on the west side of Bay street, known as the Long house. The Herald says: Rapidly the flitaes spread until every house on that aide of Bay and on tU« north side of Mineral Springs street as far as the Brptiat Church, \va9 consumed. As staled, tne fire originated iu the Long lion*), the front room of which was occupied by G. B. McDonald, retail grocer, while .the rear noma were filled with hay, belonging to -John M. Moyers. McDonald’* loss was $25 ur $30; Moyers', $325; Jeff. ScroggiiiS, books, notes aod accounts, $400; Coweta county, in tax fL fas. in the hands of Jeff. Scroggins, $500; the estate of J. T. Morris in the house, $500. The next baildfcig be longed to Mr. E. A. Brooks andD. A- Cook. One room was occupied by Hilton A Co., re tail groee«s— loss $400. The other room was occupied by D. A. Cook, {teller in plan tor*' supplies—loss in stock $500, covered by insurance. The Imliding. was insured for $1,500, but worth $2,000 to $2,500. i'be next iu order was the business house of Mr. Dan. Swint. Loss In family supplies and staple goods, $2,500; In house, $1,500. No insurance —his policy expired cn the 8t& ot May. Mr. R A. Powers and Freeman & Beadles occupied the next aud corner houib. JLoss cf Powers reported at $2,000—iopuiunce $1,200. Beadles and Freemao’s loss*, no thing. The house, worth $2,000, belonged Vj tuo estate of J. T. Morris. No ln*ur- ance. The nest of buildings in rear of powers’ aud east of the Baptist Church, Ldoagixg to Me. Dick Edwards, was totally clessroyed. Lusa $600. No insurance. Af ? er a faithful investigation we. aie satis fied that the tire was the* work of au incen diary. Mr. G. B McDonald who occupied the front room of the Long House, in which the fire originated, states that be weaat tiome at the usual hour, locked the door and had tne key in his possession when the alarm was givf-n. Moreover, he adds that there was neither fire nor matches left in the house. It is evident from this statement, that the house did not catch by accident, but that all these serious losses have beeu it .dieted upon many individuals of this com munity by some gallows-deserving incen diary. The Herald says the soldiers of the United Btates Garrison, and a few negroes assisted the citizens in their efforts to attest the flames aud save property, while most of the blacks were apparently indifferent specta tors of the disaster. Who 19 Gibson V -The question having beeu a9ked, who is William Gibson, who figures •among the scalawag delegates from Georgia in the Chicago Convention, the Radical organ in Augusta replies that he is William Gibson, Judge of the Middle District Superior Court, and a member of the law firm of Wright & Gibson, of Augusta. Like Joe Brown, Judge Gibson was a most irrepressible rebel in the early part of the war, but like his friend Brown, he was not successful »in all his aspirations, and consequently ‘‘knew when he was whipped.” As, however, he was not in the Quartermaster’s Department, we were not aware that he had the same motive for playing the spaniel to his conquerors. A Movable Extension Platfok*.—The New York Herald, speaking of the Chicago nominations, says: 44 Grant and Colfax are a strong ticket, and they are provided with a movable extension platform on the negro suf frage question and on the money question, .which will accomni|dat€ all comers of all shades of opiniOQ- ,; While we. may doubt the strength of the nominees, there can be no question about the flexibility of their platform. Quxax?—Did tbfl builders of the Chlesgo platform, in mMcfog tbeir ,charge of extra?* gant expenditures against President JoM- son, take into their count the half million of dollars expended in Unpfldw^t Wniaa? This question now recurs to the honest men of the country, -as It has to the Cincin nati Efnquirer, since Gen. Grant’s nomina tion. If he does not resign, he will sflord tne best practical evidence that hi9 confi dence in his election is not of a very vivid character. “There is a manifest impropriety,*’ re marks the Macon Messenger, “in the leading general of the regular army running for President, and at the same time retainin g his military position. Past experience has shown, too, that there is danger to public liberty in it, as well as personal impropriety. 4 *Tne military despotism bill places the whole control of the political machinery in the Southern Slates in the hands ot General Grant. Will ho have the effrontery louse that dictatorial power which has been put in bis bands by a Jacobinioal Congress for bis own elevation? Will he use the bayonets directly in one-third of the States to secure electoral votes friendly to him? We shall In the meantime public sentiment should thunder in his ears ‘resign i ’ ” Under ordinary circumstances it would be very indelicate tor a oandidate for the Presi dency to hold the chief command of the army. Bnt especially is it *:> when under the unconstitutional legislation of his own party the office of General is clothed with all the powers of a military dictator. To day General Grant is exercising through the agency of his military subordinates more Than imperial powers over the Southern States, io these States he is an absolute military despot, above the Constitutions, Federal and State ; and independent of the civil law. At present, he exercises these powers in behalf of the interests of the Radical party—in tho future he will neces sarily exercise them in favor of his own pro motion to the office of President. Can any man, reared in the ideas and principles of free government permit himself to occupy a position so inconsistent with the spirit of enlightened republicanism ? To do 30 would be to take a bold step towards assuming Milituy Dictatorship, and hi9 continuing to exercise the extraordinary powers of his mil itary office &3 General while a candidate for the civil position of Preeident, could not be regarded otherwise by the people thaa as evidence of his willingness, perhaps ot a de sign, to make himself Dictator. AKW PtBUCAilOSs. Pobtf.ait3 or Cxleeeated Wowsn. By C. A. Sainte-Beuve. Translated from the French by Miss H. A. Prestou. Boston: Roberts & Brothers. This is a very accurate and skillful trans lation of nine essays by Siinte-Bsave on celebrated women, to-wit: Madame de Be- vigoe, Mrtdame de Lafayette, Madame de Souza, Madame de Stael, Madame de Duras, Madame de Remusai, Madame deKrudener, Madame Guizot—all of them prominent in letters, or politics, or both. The author has a perfectly independent way of treating all his characters, and never flatters in hia por traits. Without thorough examination, we still feel authorized to recommend it as a boot which should 4*s in every library. It hue for a frontispiece a portrait of Madame de Sevigae. Uen. Hancock and file I'resliitncjr. {From tba Georgetown (3 C.) Timej } No people on the face of the habitable globe have more ot the appreciative of the brave, the generous, the magnanimous, thun the people of the South. The chords of sympathy soon vibrated responsively to him wlio is determined to live and act according to the mission of peace on earth and good will towards mankind. It matters not what differences may have existed in a past that wo are certainly not ashamed ot ; all con cede that a benign and just policy is sore to cement those elements tuat were apparently irreconcilable, Justice. like * ‘the ipiality or mercy, is not strained.” To exercise power, regardless of these qualities, because the possessor is conscious that “might is right,” is unnatural to a coun try that boasts ot Christianity and a high or der of civiliz tliou. General Hancock has been entrusted with those plenary powers, which ire coaid have used to the oppression aud degradation til' that high and nohle race of which he may well boast ae a representa tive type. Hal lie has shown himself to he brave—he baa dared to recognize the mili tary as the protector cf the civil code, aud not a nsurper of those rights that are inher ent in the people in time of profound p eft ee—he is brave because he has with stood the storm of denunciation of those who are the exponents of tyranny aud revo lution. Bach a man, wnlte he has all of the trae metal of the soldier and statesman combined,must win the admiration and till c tion of a brave and generous, but down-trod den, people. Spurning all of those issues that distracts the hour, he clings to the Con stitution of his country, as the ivy does to the oat. He has enlarged views of State policy, and is above the petty intrigues of party. What man is more deserving of the highest office in the gift of the people? A. soldier in time of war, he is a brilliant example of what a soldier can be iu time of peace. He is more calculated to harmonize those diverse elements surrendered by the bloody drama of war, both as regards race and eeetioo, Utah any of the Presidential aspirants that are to engage In the struggle in .November next. Beiug a man of no politics, he is the slave cf no party, but obeys the Constitution of bis country- He is the only man that the peo ple can unite npon and save their liberties, while they can restore their oountry to that grandeur she is entitled to. We trust there will be a united effort to secure his nomina tion, and we arc very hopeful of the result. J. L. 8h*a vs. the Soctheen Expekss Couvasx—Suit fob $12 0OO—Vekdict fob ire Plaintiff of $10,700.—Yesterday the case of -I. L. Shea against the Southern Express Company was the liibb Superior Court, la October, 1865, Mr. Shea purchased a stock of goods in New York for his Merchant Tailoring Es tablishment, and bod them shipped by the Adams Express Company, via Savannah to Macon. At Savannah the Adams transferied tho ahipmeat to the Southern, which Com pany put them on hoard the steamboat ba- vaunab, and started tbem up the river. The Central Road was not in operation. On the river the Savannah was run into and sunk by another vessel, and the goods almost ruined. Suit was at ouce commenced for (he re covery of $12,000, their full value, but the cate was delayed from court to court, until yesterday, when, all parties being ready, a jury was sworn in- Cobb *fc Jackson, O. A. Loohrane and A. O. Bacon appeared for the plaintiff', and Judge WUiiam Dougheity, of Atlanta, and the Messrs'.* Nisbets lor the de fence. The facts brought out on the examination Of the witnesses were substantially as above stated. The legal point involved was as to the responsibility of a common carrier for f ords placed in iu charge- The charge of udge Cole and the decision of the jury were that the Express Company was in this esse responsible, and a verdict was rendered of $10,700 for Mr. Shea.—Macon Messenger. The National Intelligencer recommends General McClellan as the Democratic candi date for the Presidency, and asks Grant to yeelgo his position in the army, now he is a candidate. A demand with whjch he will, of conrte, be sure to comply. Cattie Disease is the Webt.—A very subtle and terribly fatal disease is now raging among the cattie in, some portions of Illinois. Over ooe hundred head have fallen victims to it within the last few days, it usually kills in a few hbnra. No premoni- rarnings are given, and although all Ui^rpoaeaden of ordinary practi tioner* has teen brought to bear upon it, it yield* to no remedy or treatment, and is fe. tal in sway inetanoa. Rename and nature hav# not yet been determined.—Macon Tire- prgpA The Op In lows of s »r*TOUo» eftto sources oT tbst Stoto-Iosportaneo of Immigration Ooclelt.e Isrssssb and her Trade—The Policy of lew Boll- rood Tolls Dlsedssod. Lake Citt, Fla., May 25, 1868. 'Editors News aid HeadS; I had the pleaenre of meeting a few day* since a most intelligent nod accomplished Northern gentleman who ha, spent the last two month* travelling in Florida aa the agent of n large number of person* residing in Pennsylvania and Connecticut, whp con- templates sending here, if te report* fevor- ably upon the commercial and agricultural advantages of this State. He will extend his observations to that portion of Georgia of which the Atlaatio and Gnlf Road is tho commercial thoroughfare. In the highly in teresting report of his observations io Florl ds, which he placed in my bands for pern- 1, he treate elaborately of the advantages that the land of magnolias presents to the im migrant. He describes the State as having several fine commercial porta, at the head of which he places Fernaodina with the noble 3L John’s, the tortuous Suwannee and the Apalachicola, all flowing through the inte rior. With railroads running in every di rection; with a mild and salubrious climate; with a soil easily cultivated, and susceptible of the highest improvement, upon which can be grown almost every production suited to the necessities of man. Fruits of every kind grow end ripen to perfection. He says: “Those wishing to engage iu egricul- ture can do eo much more profitably than either in tho Northern or Western States. The best and finest cotton In the world (sea island) is raised almost exclusively in this 8 ate. Fruit and garden vegetables can be made speoislties with great profit, as they can he produced every month in the year, should one’s fancy incline thereto. Tne wool grower will find aa fine sheep wslks in Florida as can bs lound anywhere. To such us would engage in cattle aud mule raieiog, we would sty the grass grows indigenously ,n the woods aud on the prairies.” The intelligent and impartial writer sug gests to hil Northern friends, who wish to settle lor life, to give Florid* an examination before going to the far Wed. He rays: “In telligent Floridians now invite Jew, Gen tile, German, Irish, Yankee, one and all, to come and welcome. ” I cordially endorse all that this writer has 6aid of this’State, and assured him lh»t the industrial advantages poa»essed by her are not exaggerated by him. I assured him also thut southern and southwest rn Georgia possessed the same elements of prosperity, which, in my opinion, placed tne section named above in competition. In addition, by means of their'trade facilities and extended seaboard, they have market conveniences thut enable producers,at email cost and little trouble, to convert their products into money. Their chief rivals in the laud market are the new States in the West, all of which have to send their productions hundred*, and iu some instance* thousands of miles to market at great cost and haz ird. In some of these States there are vast expanses of prairie land as bare of trees as the bosom of the ocean. It is said that in some localities fuel costs the prairie farmer more than hia bread. The absence of trees for timber aud fuel is SO severely left that in some iostauoes rewards are provided by the loeai legislature for the planting and preservation ot tree* la Florida and Georgia wood is abundant as water, and iu the latter State we have coal beds of vast extent and supposed to be in exhaustible. Oar advantages are oi so impo sing a character, and wilhal so varied, that I look torward confidently to the lime when our lands will not only be sought alter by immigrants from abroad, but when there ■will be a rush to them from the New Big land, Central, Western and Northwestern Slates. I cannot forbear saying a few words upon another subject suggested by the foregoing: It is the importance of forming Immigration Societies. The Conservative masses of each 8tate, though powerless to accomplish any thing good, for the body politic cau form State Agricultural Societies which etfould have a Vice President iu every county, whose special business it should ba to carry out iu hi3 locality the views ot the associa tion. In several of the Southern States the people, I am glad to see, are forming such societies, aud In Virginia espeoially, with Staining results. Georgia and Florida ought to unite their energies for the furtherance ol lhi3 grand object. Tuere should be an organization by the white people for the purpose, as there used to be for the furlber- ance of party interests. There should be a central committee for the purpose in each Stale, which should take the place ot the Radical Slats governments about to lie foisied upon us by the sword aud bayonet, iu carrying out that which is of the greatest importsore to our future welfare. If half the land in the two Stales war offered free to emigrants, our population would be quad rupled in ten years, and the lands remaining in the hands of their proprietors would be increased in value at least ten fold. We caonot, Messrs. Editors, loo highly esti mate the material benefits that accrue to any c luntry, and espeoially this down-trodden land, from tbe enriching aiream of white immigration. Whithersoever it turns, i* carries along with it the “Star of Empire;’ it awakens new eras of comusrciel develop nient and of civilization. The gentleman to whom I refer io the first preceding paragraph directed my attention to what he declared to bs “extortionate and ruinous’’ fares and freight charges on our .Southern railroads. As my attention was thus particularly called to a subject which has special reference to the commercial in terests of Savannah as the favorite commer cial mart of an immense area of country, in cluding at least two-thirds of that of Florida. I feel that I am not transgressing tbe rules of propriety in discussing it frankly and with a conscientious desire to oenefit ail elaxsss of our people, not excepting the stockholders and managers of the railroads themselves. The News axd IIxiiaui has more than once urged tbe general policy of low tolla on works of internal improvement, aa practised abroad and in tbe Northern nod Western S.ates, and noticed the happy effect of this policy in augmenting population, etimui»tin| production, increasing transportation, am swelling tbe revenue* and profits of such works, and we feel assured that It and the public would be pleased to learn that the managera of the Georgia and Florid* roads were engaged iu revising their tariffs and ar ranging them on a baais in aooordance with these ideas. The correct principle upon which such action should be based, in my humble judgment, is that of graduating the chargee according to the value of the freight rather than its balk. It may be said that our railroad officials generally, not only in Georgia and Florida, bnt throughout the South, inherited from former management! the plausible but fallacious system of high tariffs. I hope and believe they are begin- ulng to perceive the error iu ; ttet eystem, and will addrrsr themselves to the reduc tions ot their claims. I understand that one road in Virginia, admonished by the ex perience of English and Northern railroad^ some while since, carried into operation this principle ol reduction, and iadbw reaping much benefit from it, In the augmentation of Height and the increase of net reveno^. . > As soon as the farmers and planters hying in the various fertile regions commercially tributary to Savannah find that they can produce the smaller crops and transport them to their favorite market off eueh terms as will leave them a margin of profit, as in the case of staples, they will proceed at once to cultivate and ship them. Those commodities, track feature u, —.——.. —- - of. Great attention re paid to ante! products throughout the Northern States. practise tolls, with immi- u growth of cities, town* and Tillage*. Way stations have expandsd into prosperous towns. AU of oor Georgia and Florida road* will have » ><*»“ *" “ this valotbie lcfon of low threti^ rtvaoug* <* . . aod increasing ot conferring, it will becomettoduty"of the railroad directories to see that there is uniformity in the man agement of the dilftreat roads, their charger for freight* and pssaengei*. and their pro rata rates with connecting roads We ham tried the system of high tods longenotigbforevery one tote convinced that it has failed, while tbe system of low tolls has been infflcianfiy tested in other lo calities to convince ip that it to the true system. I am informtd that at the North the charge for passenjers is two oents per mile; her* from four tf eight cents. Tbe railroad systemjot Georgia and Flor id* are, with some excretions, most judicious ones in their geograpfical features. Their roads traverse almost VKJ territories. Yet tbs vdalth of both to this day largely locked up.! H this to tbe result of a wrong system o( charges, aa many of our beet informed citbrns believe, it should be corrected at once. Our works of inter, oil improvement sbonl| all be so mam to format) a vent lor everything, indr etc be raised and sold., I do not deem an apdogy necessary for the length pi ibis communbation, at the subjects discussed are of parammnt interest to a large majority ol your reader. J. B. J. 1I3PATGHE&, 7 _ AfiJ4 \ War Offlce-Tfce Woolcy Ca^ WisHcwtos. May Senate are engaged in nniiDp.^**®* routine ^Theefficacy « f 1,13 the Wooley case is doubted," ther weight of opinion being lhat the House ofRsprewnU- ^ tives ia too mgb to be disturbed in Ww - r liberations by this writ Stanton vacated the War Office tonlay. Parties complying with the amnesty pro clamation of September were registered Jrt- terday. This concession adds considerably to the white vote. EVENING DISPATCHES. fao» wAsmuroToi. as that Making TiMwb Odtoma. It is a little retnarkalle that the Chicago Convention should haw called for its first aet speech attar organization upon ex-Governor Brown, of Georgia, lb* only undeniable trai tor io that State. For, the others there is at least tbe plea of aeceafoo, bnt this man seiz ed, vi *t armu, upon Fit Pulaski even be fore his State “wept o|h” Yet the Conven tion, this “foil" CooVWtion, invited him to open its deliberation, md by thie superior compliment put itaeif *n record as preferring a renegade aeceaslonislto any of its five hun dred loyalists tried io ne fire. Befog invit ed, the ex-Governor ot coarse spoke, and in his remarks it is imposibfo not to see that he more than doubts he ultimate triumph of Radicalism. Atterdeolaring himself to have been a Democrat he is very careful to udd, “The eword has feetabUahcd a different doctrine, and hence it ijthat I am no longer bonods by allegiance t<tbe Democratic par ty,” leaving it to be iifcrred that if by tbe aword, or by the ballol or iff any other way that party is hereafter to triumph, he is to be at liberty to renew lis ancient allegiance to it. This is but coin comfort, and we are not astonished, therefte, to see that the ap- plana abundantly greying his remarks other wise was plentifully lurking here.. Having thus secured his retie*, the ex Governor by way of a make-weigh! we suppose, goes on to retail the slander liat the .Sooth rejected the proposed fourteenh amendment, becruse of its suffrage section when no one should know baiter than bim-:if that that section was not the one speciaiy obnoxious to the South, and that tic amendment would have beeu ratified but lor the con* current requisition hat tbe Booth should herself affix tbe stgma of disfranchise- meot of her leaders. This disgraceful con dition, aud not the suffrage clause, which was very generally ouce tied to be fair, oc casioned the/ejection aud Governor B- might have redeemed icmr of the obloquy justly attached to him had tie, whatever other were his statements, containing to the truth In tbU. ^ The third point aide by the captor of Fa l&9ki Is, that whereat he was once popular in Georgia he ia now Bforned, aud that, unless the RUmp give hlm/ukd those with whom he ia now politically associated, “the control of the State Government and its patronage, which we fonght fofand won,” Georgia can not be carried forjGrant. The shameless staceweut here that: tbe contest iu Georgia was for pap is only ^arelleled by the equally brazen admission tbit reconstruction has on ly beeu a part of thf plot to foist a candidate into the Presidency py tbe aid of oegro votes. But what an optmpg for ail the loyalty—a speech from the oiy mao upon whom the North and South, secessionist and Union man, judge and poliician, can alike unite io calling a u*itor.— N Y. World. Rv-Gqvj(kS9R B»wk.—A dispatch from Chicago report* Joeph & Brown aa having said in a speech to tfe Convention, that “bar tag surrendered tbeloclrtae of secession, he could not now ally bn9elf with tbe Democratic party, which •till Mtained if.” If Governor Brown said so, he mowingly misrepresented the white people of Georgia. Be well knows that the Georgia Site Convention, called in 1865, distinctly an<j unanimously repudiated the doctrine of seeesiou, aud put in the new State Constitution a section recognizing para mount afiofiance to tie Federal Government. He knows that thee is no “Democrat” ta Georgia who now coneroplates secession as a remedy for political frisvanoes. And since Governor Brown so emphatically disclaims' any sympihy with the Democratic party, let us ask how long has It been since he last declared that le was still a Democrat ? Reports from Atlana and lliUedgeville. have greatly misrepresents! him, if he has not made inch declarations rtpeatedly since the war closed: and we havia faint recollection of the publication of one o' bis letters in which he intimated that hit pdicy was to accept negro suffrage for a wbilt, but to go back to first principles again aa cgm as practicable. Tbs same dispat* accords to Governor Brown the bad disthetion of being the only prominent Southern mao, and one of a very few^of any standing, vho turned op at Chicago. It says : “ Govemo] Brown is remarkable aa being not only the mist prominent, but one of the very few genuile Southern men in the Convention. Nearly all the Southern delega tions are made Up of Nor them-‘men, who have settled South since th> dose of the war, and a large proportion of ttem were Union soldiers.” The Catholic (dcacs in 'titii United SiATis.-r-Thwe are iow seven archbiihop9, forty bishops, three nitved abbots, about three thousand one hundred priests, sixty-five Cath- 'olie colleges, fitty-sh convents of men, one hundred aud eighty-dhe convents of women, and four million eight hundred thousand Cath olic population. In <ther words, in 1800 the Catholics were sometkng like one-seventeenth of the whole populatUn of the United States. They are pow about one-*ixtb. They have, aleo, increased foster hen the general popula tion of the country, fhus between J8f0 and 1850 the general inu-eaed wae thirty-six per cent. The Catholic imrease one hundred and twenty-fire per cent. Judging froth the past, our Roman Catholic boethren conclude that in the year 1900 they wll form one-thirdjof the •population of the couitry, and perhaps a ma jority in the controlling cities and State* ol it.’ Dsatb of Gen. John W. Goedon.—We are pained to announce that Gen. John W. Gordon expired yestetday, after a protracted Ulneto at tbe residence of his daughter, Mrs. SofreH, in Tfosville. Qtn. Gordon was bom in Hancock county, and was well known for many years aa a wealthy planter, both In Georgia sod Texas. Fur the last sight or tan years bp Jias resided entirely In Georgia, and tdr 4 considerable part of the time nas been in declining health. Hia aefenty-twp.—Macim Tfegrapko W* are no prophet, yet we venture to pre* diet that if oaitenal suffrage shall become the settled policy of the government, the North will roe the day each a policy wu in augurated. U will not require much persua sion to induce the Southern negro to vc*~ again* Northern tariffs, internal revem bills, or any other measure* which increase the burdens of taxation. Perhaps they majr age wa* .— —, conclude to vote to repudiate the national ►dities, or what » known ** the debt! We wmfotno* be eurprised if they feature in farming, will be availed |ld.— , naiil tn Min r \ ^Ty -Si Potatoes, beans, peas, finite, butter, chick ens, eggs, and manr otter article* are pro- duced and thrown Into market. There ia scarcely aa article (if the tort that cannot be produced in tte nfiow W*jt* " margin of iobacco—in tte Katnosist x.pi« General Ocufiwn, at OWcago, Rev. ;bam offered a, taj strong resolution tobacco, aad ca to prohibit ty candidate tte naaof it *itb the It wa* re- NOOV J- FROM WA< Congressional.Proceedings, Ac. Washinoton. May 27.—Striate.—Tbe bti| incorporating tbe National Iteuraoro Com pany was passed. Trie resolution accepting Forney’s retig- nation went over under the-rnlos. Mr. Seward was asked for jibe document* and correspondence regarding Ure Alabama claims. ’ Mr. Ross made a personal explanation re garding tbe bribery reports. Mr. Daviff resolution, as amended by Ur. Ross so as to make the committse consist of five instead of three to investigate tbe corruption re ports, was passed. The admission of Arkansas was dilcniMd to adjournment. Tbe discussion was minor detail*. No RepaMican oppesM admission of Arkansas under the sew Con stitution. House.—Tbe Post Roads Committee were directed to inquire into tbe expediency of a general law forbidding bridges, acroea navi gable atre rms, of less than live hundred feet span. The Committee on Commerce re torted a River and Harbor Appropriation fill, which was referred to tbe Committed ot tbe Whole. Tbe bill amending tbe laws for collecting fines, penalties and forfeitures in tte cus toms, was passed. The tax bill was introduced as heretofore printed. Mr. Scbeock said there were sev eral amendments which would be offered, moat of tbem verbal. Indian appropriations were diwmssed to adjournmeot. Tbe keys of the War Office are still with Gen. Townsend. Half tbe guards have been removed. Mr. Woolley was before the Corruption Committee to-day, but refusing to anawer how be spent his money, wa* recommitted. It is slated that Gen. Grant favors Scho field's confirmation. In executive session, tbe Senate referred Schofield’s nomination to committee. Tbe revenue receipts to-day amount to §829,000. There are plenty of rumors of Cabinet re- signal ions, but nothing reliable. Tbe Senate tabled tbe nomination of Phil lip Foulke as Naval Agent at New Orleans. This action continues tiuilivan in that office. rail far s Qlscrsi Amnesty Proclama tion. New Oeleax’3, May 27.—The Picayune is out iu an editorial advocating the issne of a General Amnesty Proclamation by President Johnson. It says now is tbe time,and until tbe ban of political vassalage is removed irorn tbe thousands of btr best citizens proscribed by tbe exceptions ' in the amnesty proclamation there can be no political reconstruction, nor no restoration of tbe peace, good will, olvil order and natural prosperity so essential to the suc cess and perpetuation of tbe republic. General Buchanan yesterday appointed another of tbe lately elected assistant Aldermen to » vacancy occasioned by resignation. Four of those elected, now have seats. Street light In Richmond. Ricaxroxo, May 27.—Official circles were excited here to-day by a strict assault by Hon. Jas. Sugar on Mr. Van Winkle, United elates Marshall of this distriot. The fight was stopped by tbe Mayor before any anrlona damage was done. Itfccool", the i rix.-Flghter, In Llale. CixcrxsATi, May 27.—McCoole is in custody iu Dawrenceburg, Iud. - 7 he fight has been postpgnsd, Prom Ohio, Cleveland, May J7 —Cobarn has been arrested and the fight Is probably put off. The These Ben’s wiibas F.— 1 Three of tbe most prominent and illustrious' light* In theRrdie .l party write their Cbrtotian Dames Benjamin F . viz : Benjamin F. Bailer, Chief Manager in tbs Impeachment plot. He Hole spoons and bullied women in New Orleans. Benjamin F. Rice, csrpct-b'tg Senator from Arkansas. He stole §5,000 of a client’s money in Kentucky, gambled it off and ran away in the night. Benjamin F. Wade, President of-tbe Sun- a'e, aud Professor of cursing and swearing. He voted to make himself President of the (Jested States. Wbnt a lovely trio of Bans to be fare. Poor Benjamin Franklin I ll’a lucky for him that he did not live to see his name ao disgraced.—Louisville Courier. -There are no Inrtber accounts of Volcanic action in Hawaii, Sandwich Island*, bnt afigbt shocks of earthquake* still continue. Full details of the first eruptions more than confirm previous accounts. . At KatuPa, April 7ih, the lava burst forth throagh a fissure three miles long, and ran in i few hours twelve miles from a height ,of 9, feet to tbe sea, .where it caused aproji half a mile in length. 1,800 t projection THE frt'K.AMirp OfTY PGfNT, Carrara 8. ADKI38, tewing Sevaoaah MAT noth, will go to 8T; AITGUS. mg. Pa«*ta for the rond trip, iadadtag am. For particulars applF to mapn L. J. quickartim a ool. Agents. Eer Freight or Charter. The AI Norwegian Bel* JEMIMA, Waspartiealsreapply to” ***’ tanw-R amnHAM. hoist a co. FOR SALE, A Nearly New, Light, Open Trotting Buggy TITM. DUNLAP, Maker. Philadelphia, T? pwm-k* - j. iTstood aid. f mfgg-ilf J. I. aTOUUAHP. EXCURSION — TO ST. AUCUSTINE! THE KTEAMEH DICTATOR. Captain OHhA *ILLT, Will site aa IXCTHKOM TO Mr, AUGUSTINE, fit ooonicttoa With her repwar muta to Vernandina, aad ap the ST. JuHR’U RCVXR, LEAVING SAVANNAH JUNE lGrs. 49*?«M*gefor foe round trip, including Ant-dan atattroon aad fare, •*<». 43»Tfee oaletmed Palmetto Braae Bapd ol Charlea ton will accoapaajr foe excursion L. J. GUILMABTIN A CO.. maj27 A 01 STS. COURSE OF PUBLIC LECTURES UNCBB in AUSPICES OP THB Savannah Hebrew Colleg'ate Institute. Second Lecture — by — HON. HENRY S. FITCH. - AT - MASONIC HALL, Urn miiHHiiV, nap aa, nas, at s A*, m. Subject : - “ THE FOURTH ESTATE.” ■Wr TICKETS 53 cents, to to obtained iroa foe laemtom ot the Council and at foe drag etosee cf A* A. Solomons * Co., Jacob -Llppmau and W. W. Lincoln; also at foe Bali on foe evening of tbe Lec ture. J9* Tojre open at T, Lecture at 8 o'clock. ~€S ma>aT—at HAY! HAY! 1 Q/• BALES HAT, bow landing from iLunfolp A 6AN JACINTO, Aad for tele by auffg—St BELL * HULL. IU1LLA ADD STRAW Wrapping Paper! JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE BY ■M * - . Mallon <& Frierson. NOTICE TO SHIPPERS. OF net aSNtBAL PMIRUT AQKKT, I ItLASnO A3D OtTLP KilUOAS CoUPAST, | BAYAanus. Qa , Maj Sl'b. ism. ) onFPUli *T TBld BOADaretoreby noliaed that Q nmeafter all Eoaee ot Peote, Saoee, Dry Goode. Hate, Bardvare ana Becoa mate be aecurtly etrap- pte,«.urn,win.tab.tign.nw St Geaeve^Freiaht Sweat. ■aya*- AL1T. Be3. STETSON >P. B. STETSON Special Notices. ESSAYS FOR YOUNG MEN. On tbs errors end abuses incident to Youth and Early lianhood, with the humane YJew of treatment aad core, sent bjr mall free of charge. Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, meySO-Snos Box F, Philadelphia Pa. BATCHELOR’S HAIR DYE.—TWi splendid Hair Dye la foe beetla the world. Tte only true md perfect Dye—Harmleea, Sellable, IaetaalA- neona. No disappointment. No rldtonlou* ttafe Benedict foe ill effects of Bad Dye*. Invigorates and leevea tne b*ir,soft end beautiful, black onbrawm. Bold by all Druggleta and Peafamtae, and p^iopmdy applied as Satchelor'a Wig Foolery, If Bond HieA New York. lallUy The Brest Preserver of Health. TABBAhT'S KFFEBVJSgST 3KLTZBB ’ APBB- 1KNT cad al ways be relied npon «e a pleacaal. mild, speedy aud positive cure in all cases of OoettYeaeas, Dyspepsia, Heart burn, Sick Headache, Indlgeatloa, flour Stomach, Liver Complaint, BUiouanaap, Flatu lency, Fullness of Blood, and all Inflammatory Com* plaints whose e gentle cooling cathartic fo required, ao aeys tha Chemist, so says foe Physician, so aayafoa greet American public of foe Nineteenth Century. Heed ye them and be not without a bottle la the bouse. Before life is imperiled, dpi jadieiooity with foe symptoms, remember that the aUgp la aal disorder of to-day may become an obaUnete in curable disease to-morrow. Manyfactured only by foe sole proprietor*, TAB- BANT BOO., Wholesale Drogfista, STS Greenwich and 100 Warran streets, New York. Sold by ell druggists. aepl2*ky Special ITotica to Pilots sad Masters of Yeaada. oirr of savannah, Orexca hxaltb umcn, 1 from, «r fc.ri lost tachor I JsckMB,m hating at t Bontit Hgdtor hundred tend*, ' togtemajaar V.W aliflMgoods From iftd alter 1st 4qr of quarantine regulation a will be enforced: L All vessels arzivlag ta thUvtat fiom, touched at foe West Indie moi t theQnsvsatiastitsaag, oppotita Fort Js< Inspected tad reieteed bj the Heelth Odicer. It AUvrestisfidwtetisiteters tafitifedasti tSdtooe Uleeeee U known, ot supposed to talst, dta vessel hating hud tiptawe on bond dot thd puatge trill uchor at tho QaainaUM aVonad. til shove directed. Ktesand Button of veoele wlU tahtM zfeMl, reeponsihle toe tnj tioltitoa ta the abovA ordor. ' J®f ABO O., J.V.'WafcAisitot*. »>,’• - v '* MMrMMr. * retiam AST0RH0D8E, Now York- Agios BOUSB 1* now open, karlaf beam lEOnB^lRS'ffiSSSii; oad to eo Hotel la foe country. Country; Otis BntfceFb’ IbvntnI Sufalj Elenfltr ottvejrtfMta to fob difltoeot loos quietly _ caBI ran directly *0 and from ton,BedapaHireraadlltw ~ Hotel. V Of Har- to the Chas. A. Stetson, Sr,, tte* S?T-—, aaeomacettot noib- r pauroae oomTdrta- Chas. At. Stetson’s Sons. tlT TOWS Mrnrleicrta tho ASTOE, ttlUeotiettu ..soeanaglta tetiatao so oar eta panom " —■- -taaeulh — tawMstal, He jotae u tag fkatt ta irezad to B*u NEW BOOKS !] MAOAOOK. A Hovel. Flit fix; or, Tho Xeoter or Qreeooay Otawt. John Bstea Coots. *JF, W. Beblo tatter OARtnqoncrur. ahotsl Taout wogur IN 1X8 SXWFAGff fftiagltt- aarepata\to7 aadlSCS. By Heat, asyis Cooper, Olcott A Ce. Dry Salt I’iTrl i OK BOXSI nmrnwBLA-wn CUT BACON, W Laadto, 1AU Jer, - m Mo tor “ — - W. M. aTABX A OO..,, " lironOE. A uitMBKM 'sit OACnONBO Igataat -rod. rugtiV'nllt, SanoCff URatlwfiiatapsFMl - ip. jacobio. MtoMtk,to*d. . M Tk firat Iimtkiut ul -J >tdF.s< , li'hSLJjlilf. J .11 ■ •mW—tr, ! w. Auction Sales—Thisiu |YEU. «* 1° tof (08trf trill Kabaij. •V BLUB fo KAY THXB DAY, flflfo foflk. \ «toee. will be sold IS tons Flog Tobacco. 100 dozGirid Dust Smoking Totoer, 3 bbla Sugar House Mota*e^/ CCo » 4 • Tuba Butter larisas 80 ^ inbotu “. w dez bTbSiS; 19 boxes ink. # ^' - amo, , lee Boxes, eod Foroltare Auction Sales--! Underwriter’s Sale IV BILL A HULL. OB FBIDAYgJfay tSh, at 11 o’clock .t ,v H. t. McDonald, corner Bay and * Tbe balance of the stock demmwi h* « morning ot tho 23d last, ' aw at ^ Ooaaiatiug of— Liqnora, Wooden Were, And aa aasortmeat of— Terms ca»h. Groceries, Fixiuree, dc. BIT flidtia AND MBVia, Wlllb*soldettTT7l£.IlAT, Jane 21, UUtf . L M., In front of the Coart Horae- Kittio: teoo av.jeen ouh prir^. f, B Bevel, lerme cash. ****“•«• ete ALSO, Two barns dwelling looms i„ ^ M seat Irootinz on Minis slreet, tte ,®fe street, both ettoetel ou lot So. t ’J r -* atuched la each souse set,on, :n «,»!!? J!" other conveniences; ground eaigset 10 rant; lease for three jeers. “*» c Ji:it IX 1LV> ae AIKVKR. WlU he sold on 1USADAV. June it, , t 11 M., in front of foe Court Huaw: Ihree-enertereof tot No. r*. Chariton Vui atid residence coutslonig eight r,o«,. ,rS“; hoasas roar rooota, ttUi.o., o gool „, vl thojard, and » flower *,rdut: ..id oi Tfi fence now stated*, aabjcct to b g.-oand rta: oi ^ per Annum. Terms cbsh. **“' ALSO, On*-half of lot No. IO, Gaston Ward, corign, 85 Let on Jefferson street, by 35 it*t on Screes, with impoTemeota consisting ol tbnt ZL inenta, iraaebu laing; gruoad, lea aimpia. ALSO, Tbe Tacant hair ot lot No. 10, auton Ward, s»k on Tattnall attest, by 3* feet on uutoa street: groui' fee eimple. ALSO, The adjoining quarter lot on Tattnall stmt, maytf-td HOUSE AT AUCTION. ■V BILL « MUAdL. Oa flrst TUB-DAY In Jane next, In (rut of Cooxt Hones, wdl be sold: Tto House on Txnst Lots No. 28 and SI, Clutra street. 42 by 60 feel, unde; lea%e or eight yuu. Terms cash. a;3?*d AT PRIVATE .SALE. BY WILLIAMS. WARD A AIcISTIU, 20 berrels POTATOES, marti-u (Jechscn Whlta.) 50 by mayio-tf STOCK! STOCK!! Atlantic A Gulf Railroad Stod, tea . BILL A BULL W ANTED CENTRAL RAILROAD ' apvfeMf BY BULL 4t HILU FOR RENT, A FINE STOKE NEAR THY MAKE thirty feet front and sixty feet deep- fi be rotated low to *|Q°db|mit ^^yto^ ffilMf Jones* DpperBenge, Bey <nit H. Furnished House to Rent A FLEAS ANIL Y 8ITCAXI FURNISHED DWELLING to M urnii let November. Apply 'to may is—rf J. T. TB0IB 117 Bay Km WANTED, A SITUATION either as TEACHER OS Q0T1 NBttfl in a private family. Terms modw Haoy year* experience. Can famish ths ben W icee. Country preferred- Apply at ■a?l—4f r THIS OFTKlJ Wanted to Hire, H08SK AHD SCOOT for the naasraiM Apply to null—tl fitLKTTBX * mom JCttS.’ Upper Seer WANTED, !QQ 8HABM CBRBAL EAILBOAO 8100. IDO Shares SOUTH W£STSKN A B 1W Shares A. A a. £ A STOCK, ■tyti—tf a BILL * Htfi Wanted, QBE oa TWO ROOMS, tm'orni.hed, li a f reepectshle hoosc, at a moderate zeal, for ose is —a lady. Bojoh with water and gts prefsrred. dgrAddress “A. P.,- Newt e»d Hrrtld o«»; . For Sale, Lets silaaie JeashiuasiW 11 stee, aad Isdlas-ste Luc* II. COJtigS: Fov terms apply to Bttyxr-»t* For Sale, retire gKr-resraatwa »onA attasa* 1 X cooipioto red ta good order. rt TWO BEAUTIFUL OOUNTXB WASPS OOOLKM, *11 complete. „ HgABXAS Bwffctrn end Ball , BOARD. retiro OBHTLIMZH CAN BI AOCOKMO 11 ^ talh UiaOHABU BOARD. Is • plMtat t#‘ tho city. Apply htTHIB OFFICE. nsl**, fltoard in a Private Family- A FBIVATti FAM1LT Wtidfitgl; X cootral psvr.nc.^ry-it: 1 ^,Ttt. v* g a n. i ttonld keen then tor O 1 ® f^ms A* :■Sub.'fo hCtaptsbie oconpsuts. Addrs^j,. ijSwaafl* ta o£co. VERNON HOUSE WHITE BLUFF. a CNDEXPieXID BEWE^ryCG-T KV* tableau* h* has reoonfiy leeeed the Vernon House, || .are MtiltiW BLllFFl me wam »lvvw. _ ladereoao a thoroajh .iwjUlni conasetod wife » pte* 4 ThoLABOSB wfii he svppiied with desof toeeearea. ■ n» ureutifi moom win u n*** mmtmrn fita BAB aad piUIAm AOti* W X s0 * mP-. ttiiiima BOAT0 * JJir - ^ _ "otlC0» > bmm