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DAILY NEW ERA.
J W rmtLIM. J. *. FhATHKR.
PHILLIPS & PRATHER,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
Wednesday Morning, Aug 23,1865.
THE OCEAN CABLE.
The b..t information that can be had so far
leave* ne in doubt as to whether or not the
■ubmarine Atlantic cable ia another stupend
oua acienti&c failure. The tardiness with
which the newt io regard to it is received
leaves nt little ground on which to base a
conlcu.ioo
That the Cable parted on the 21, there is no
longer a dont't; but a report says that tn ■ de
tached end ta still buoyed up according; to
last accounts. The time of the reported parts
Ing corresponds with the time the signaling
At Valetitia ceased. Twelve hundred and fifty
miles of the cable had then been payed out,
and the fleet bad probably reached the deepest
water tnat it could bare met in it* progress.
The (teamship China, which left Liverpool
the 6th and arrived at New York on the 16th,
reports much anxiety and excitement in Lon.
don in o<>a*equeuce of nonaintercourse with
the Cable fleet
Tue general feeling is said to bare been one
-«« of bopeie-.neas and depression though there
were many who were still sanguine ot ulti
mate success and confidently expeced a re
newal ottbe communication.
The Timet is not entirely without hope
though its ton* is despondent.
Tbe .Veter cli g to the hope that as the
weatner was not unfavorable the accident may
•till be nmedied and the fleet still be able to
goon with the work of paying out.
The Star hope* that on beard the Great
Eastern they are employed in hauling back
the cable to the affected part, and that the de
fect m<y be remedied.
u .-Jdie shares of five pounds sterling experi
enced rapid fluctuation* On Friday the 4tb,
they were down I, 2 discount; rallied to, and
clo.-el heavy at to 1 discount.
The New York papers are not yet settled in
the r opiuii ns in regard to the success of the
•U'.erprise '1 heir appetite for sensation had
becotn.- .-o whelted oy the the anticipations of
publishing things that transpire in London
sum* few hours before they come off, that they
ar* bo<h toyie d the cause as hopeless. They
have little to say on ttie subject at present.—
No doubt bey are waiting for further devel
opment*.
It tbe fleet snrceed* io raising the separat
ed end an.’ reuniting i , they may yet make
tbe thing a success. If it fails in that, how
ever, we must w> it for news of the failure
nntil the fl et returns to Valentia and we get
it by steamer.
As to tbe final accomplishment of the en.
r terprise we entertain no doubt. Though this
effort, and the next, and tbe next may be fail
ure tue girdle will yet be put around the
* earth in forty minutes Science is not so easily
to be cueated of ber triumph The cable laid
in 1858 was -noagh of a success to demon-
* strata the absolute feasibility of the project,
Aod though we injy have to wait years for the
floaraccomplisTmenTof the end, we believe it
to be one of those grand result* which the
fu ore has ir. store to be bound as a wreath
aronnd tbe brow of science.
There are some who are incredulous of the
enterprise, but there were more who were in
cr -dnlous when Morse announced to tbe world
the invention which has since immoi talized ni,
name. Tbe people, wrapping ab 'Ut it the
c.oak of its own wisdom, scouted tbe idea that
a man io New York would be able to converse
With one tu New Orleans by means of tbe
wonderful invention. Even tbe Congress to
which be applied for aid, and which it is rea
sonable to tuppoae was composed of the wis
dom of tbe country, waa disposed to turn the
cold sboxlder on tbe invention, and finally
did pass tne required bill, but more to get
nd of a persistent petitioner, than for any
faith they bad in the enteiprize. But for all
tbe oppoiN Ob be bad to encounter, Morse
taught the 1 gbtning to bear the thoughts of
nan on its fiery wings, and the world which
booted at him then, now pronounces him to
be one of the greatest benefactors of modern
times. America is proud of him, and placing
’’Rhim betide the great philosopher Franklin,
she bolds them up to the world and says
**produce me another such a twain.”
And we believe th .t america will have tbe
eredt of originating an enterprise which will
place toi.gues in tbe mouths of two hetnii—
pbers wbieb will enable them to span the
ocean with their speech and whisper congrat
ulations □ each others ear*. Though it may
fail a doz*n limes, each failure is a step on
ward and a step upward and the tiptop round
of tbe lander of success will finally bo reach
’ ed, affd people who are now living will see
tbe great ocean cable a .uccesa.
»©- Tbe Louisville Journal and the Demo*
tiat are con tsnily tor owing each other’s ug
ly faces at each other. We suppose each of
them are ugly enough if their words are any
index io tbeir features, for we are certain
.ore u/iy paragraph* never passed between
two kaigbtsot the quill.
It is now pretty defiinitely decided
that Mi. Davi* is to be tried before a civil,
instead ut a military court, and Richmond is
mentioned a* tbe place of trial. We should
think ibat there would be great difficulty in
empauoeln.g a jury at ibat point, or in fact
anywhere else iu the United Blates.
16F Tbe trial oi Cuamp Fergusions which
v» suspended two days in consequence of
tbe sickurs* of tbe Judge Advocate. It has
now been in progie s more than a month,
and tbe court is still engaged in tbe examin
ation of witnesses.
IST Some loyal papers are so intensely
*V*I that, though tbe ooues of dead Seces
are buried, hyena like, they will not let
st, hut must needs exhume them and
naw* ff tbe dead carcass which
*er it.ee while living.
->n Whether pork can be
u ig ism is about to be
* brought about by
’odged ofby
'writ they
SOMKTHISa NKW.
While the Pre s and the people of the coun
try have taken different stands on the itns
portant questions which tbe war has left open,
it has remained for that new flsdged bantling
of the Chicago Republican, one C. A. Dana
to enter hi* rightious (?) protest against Gen
eral Lee's remaining in the country. The
people of the North are not les* unanimous
,n tbe praise ot General Lee than are tbe peo
ple of the South. They see in him a brave
Christian warrior and great Captain whose
only fault is a failure to end bis campaign in
triumph. General Grant acknowledged the
bravery and worthiness of General Lee when
be refused to take bis sword from him ; and
it is left for this man whose blood is as cold
as that which runs through the veins of a tad
pole, to say there can be no peace while Gan
eral Lee remains in the country, and not only
does he say that, but he would, if be could,
impeach General Grant, whom all the North
is at present delighting to honor.
We do not believe there is a private who
served in the Confederate army, iu whom
there is less harm than there is in General
Lee. The fact that he has applied for par
don : s sufficient proof that he is cot only
ready—but really desirous of becoming a
quiet and loyal citizen of the United States.
No one can impeach bis honesty. No one,
not even tbe cautious editor of the Republican
can do that. And if some of the Lilliputian
thunderbolts which be is hurling at General
Grant and General Lee were directed at
marks less high, they might perhaps not re
coil on him who burls them.
What a Jove is this 1 What a Daniel come
to judgment. He has the audacious loyalty?
to fight General Grant out ou a new line. It
took him sometime however, to discover this
loose linchpin in the wheel of the Union. He
has discovered the spot on the sun ; and is
fast proving himself something new under
the sun.
The whole upshot of the matter is, Dana
wants to be somebody’s organ. He would
like to be the hub around which some clique
revolves, and, while be cannot yet aspire
quite to tbe hub tie is proving himself to be
a pretty good knave, which is much the same
thing. The real aim of the spite which he is
vending in such unamiable volubility is not
General Lee, but General Grant. The Lieu
tenant General is getting too popular to suit
the notions of the Radicals ot whom Dana is
trying to be one. But on the Grant-Lee sen
sation, we think he is entirely too ultra radi
cal to suit even the Radiaals. That party,
audacious as it is, would not dare risk its fi
nal existence on a discharge of its batteries
at General Grant, though we doubt not it
would be glad to do so if they had the shad
ow of a hope of success. They would drag
down the proudest hero the war has given to
tbe North, if they could, and place in his n>cbe
some advocate of negro suffrage and South
ern .humiliation. But of all the Jacobins
there are as yet, none so vulgarly bold as
Dana as to endeavor to becloud the sun which
at present is so worshiped in the North and
admired throughout the whole country.
WHAT CONSTITUTES GOLD CHECKS
Gold checks, are-explained by those who
are deeply versed in the arts and sciences ap.
pertaining to tbe transaction of business up
on Wall street, says the Louisville Journal
are simply certified checks of the bank
New York, supposed to stand in the place o
the precious metal stored by the parties ob
taining the certificates in the capacious
vaults of that establishment—that is, to be
more explicit, a party having five thousand
dollars in gold, or a larger or smaller sum,
would take the same to the Bank of New
York, deposit it there, and receive for the
same a certain form ot certificate of deposit
specifying the date and sum there placed to
bis credit. The indorsement of the officers
of the New York Bank, or clearing-house for
gold, made the checks in effect gold, and as
such the check passed from bank to bank and
from individual to individual as gold de facto.
This was deemed necessary, some time since,
to pre.vent loss by swindlers, who carried lead
in tbeir gold bags to save the trouble of trans
porting valuable parcels through a crowded
street, thus offering temptation to those sup
posed to be unable to resist it, and for the
more general convenience of the gold mer
chants in tbeir daily transactions with each
other. In some cases these certificates would
circulate through tbe various channels of
trade and commerce, and several days would
intervene before they would finally reach the
bouse making them for redemption.
The partition ot Virginia during tbe war is
likely to lead to a lively controversy res ect
ing the Counties of Beikely and Jefferson.—
These counties were not included within the
original boundaries ol West Virginia, but were
afterward annexed, we believe, by actol tbe
Legisliture. They are now claimed by O d
Vnginia. Tbe dispute will be carried to Con
gress, when we yjiiy expect the whole q lestion
ol State division and creation to be d s -iissed,
and it is hot improbable that tbe fin d setHe
ment ol tbe matter in controversy w.li be left
to tbe Supreme Court.
■^ea-A Chicago dispatch says: “A pretty
close investigation establishes the tact that tbe
account of our Chicago bankers with Ketchum
Son, & Co. were drawn close. The whole
amount of balances io tbeir bauds will not ex
ceed seventy five thousand dollars. A broker’s
house in this city, one of tbe partners of which
resided in New York, and held clo’e relations
with the Ketchume, will probably suspend to
morrow.”
11. H. Parsons had a wife. Detriot
was her abode. She fell in love with a rail
road clerk, and behaved improperly. H. 11.
P. recently left Detriot. Then his wife tat
tled of the railroad clerk. The husband’s
rage was terrible ; bis honor and the honor
of his wile were at “steak.” Ho demanded
satisfaction of the railroad clerk. They came
to terms. Parsons took tbe youth's note for
three hundred dollars, payable in three
months 11 hat note must be met.
Alfred Tenycon writes to his American
publishers, Messrs. Tlcknor <fc Fields, of Bos
ton, that be is in bis usual health, and that all
i t porta to the contrary are unfounded.
There is t, Ik of creating a pardon bu
reau. The pi e sure on President Johnson con
tinues. He works very hard, takes little or no
exi'cise, end grows pale and careworn.
SEW YOKKCITYAS IT IS, COMPAK
•ED WItH WHAT IT WAS-
Unhealthy Financial Condition—Petro
leum Kxeilemeut versus Petroleum
Shoddy” lie Phoenix Bank Kobbe y
Ati «n<lv Cablt -S’. Domingo—Politics
.vcA'.. *tc
Corr spendi nce of th" Daily New Eja.
New York. August 15, 1865.
Editor New Era :—According to promise,
wee nd you a few items from the Metropolis.
Tbe tour long years of bloody revolution,
which rolled its fearful tide over the South,
devastating, yea, even tearing tbe very vitals
from her luxuriant bosom ; converting her
blooming fields into a howling waste, and fi
nally, crowning the tragedy by the disruption
of her social system, has not passed wholly
unfelt in the great City of New York. Yet,
the passing stranger who sees nothing but
the gilded sign-boards of Merchants, Bank
ers and Brokers, with her million inhabitants
that teem her streets daily; fancies that the
shock of tbe terrible conflict has never been
felt here But such is not tbe case. The ex
ternal appearance is a deception ; the interior
alone telle tbe true story.
Many of the old, influential and wealthy
merchants, whose trade with the South prior
to the war, was counted by the niillio , or
hundreds of thousands, are to-diy, doing a
small business comparatively, under the
s'yle of “ agent,” which, as we interpret it,
means “ my losses have been greater than I
could bear.”
Many have “ kept up appearances” in tbeir
business relations, but their drajte which, be
fore tne war would be cashed without hesita
tion, are to-day, refused by the Brokers.—
That universal confidence which business
men once placed in each other, no longer ex
ists.
The continual beating and throbbing of
Wall street, the great financial pulse of New
York, and its feverish excitement, exhibits
anything but a sound and healthy state of af
fairs, and in which the close observer per
ceives the "erm of a powerful financial crash
at no d’sfant day.
The stock of that presious “ointment.” bet
ter known in this market as Petroleum Oil has
been, and is still creating considerable excite
ment. anmrg tbe money sharks, who are ever
on the jut vice for a “big speck.” Many have
emasseu in.im use fortunes from it while some
as suddenly as tbe flashing of a meteor, be
came mil luuuiers from tbe developement of
Ibis wonderful “ointment.” Tbe principal
watering places North are filled with “petroa
leum snoddy,” while but little of the “royal
blood,” indeed, if there be any left, is found
at these fashionable places of amu-ement. —
One branch ot the old family that in days gone
by, constituted a respectable portion of tbe
aristocracy of these summer resorts, we know
is not there. Alas 1 for tbe house of poor
Y rick.
The Phoenix Bank robbery has been creat
ing no little excitement in Wall street for the
past few days, and we fancy, there has been
a general “haul ng over” of old Bank records
from Trinity church to East river, since the
developement of tbe recent embezzelment, the
facts of which are about as followe as far as
known. One Henry B. Jenkins has been en
gaged as a clerk, with the rank of second tel
ler, in tbe Phoenix Bank for a number of
years. A few days since, it was discovered
that a heavy robery bad been committed in
tbe bank, and suspicion immediately rested
upon Jenkins, whereupon be was arrested
He confessed all, implicating several other
parties among them James H. Earle another
clerk in the same Bank, who was also arrest
ed, but subsequently committed suicide in bis
prison cell.
Jenkina confessed that he commenced rob
bing tbe Bank Borno tour years ago, in small
sums of 50 and 100 dollars, as he needed
money, eventually engaged in heavy specula
tions losing nearly all he invested. The to
tal amount abstracted by him, is estimated at
S3OO 000, all of which is a clear loss to tbe
Bank except $30,000 which was invested in
Petroleum stock and is good. A large portion
of this amount it appears from his own con
fession, he loaned, or gave to his friends,
among them a pretty Bowery girl with whom
he became enamoured in one of those
Broadway hells, that are ever luminous with
lascivious transparences of full-bosomed wo
men, beckoning in the wayward, and beneath
tbe rattle of music respondent to tinkling feet,
calling into tbeir wild and dissolute kennel the
passing uninitiated.
He unfortunately leave, a wife an 1 four
children to inherit his shame and disgrace.
As no information of the Great Eastern bad
been recaived at Valentia on the 4lh, since
the 2<l when her signals became unintelligible,
doubts are manifested as to ihe success of tbe
enterprise, and he Atlantic Cable is regarded
as a failure. Cable stock in London on tbe
4tb was down and Insurance up, which is a
bad omen.
Tue Herald’s St. Domingo, correspondent is
creating a hullabaloo about the non interfer
ence of liie United Stales iu Dominican af
fairs. If we are not mistaken St. Domingo is
a part of Spain, and if she is desirous of dis
solving tu- uuion tuat exisis heiwa in them, and
wake* au itf'.ri to secede the great doctrine
receutiy established by this Government, as
weil as every olhir, by tnis non intervention,
clearly says, she has no such rights, and can
never maintain them; and we believe this
doctri e now so firmly established con'
tiuent will bold the Union of the States to.
getber amid tbe rise and fall of a hundred
Empire*.
The political aspect of affairs is indeed
cheering, aud we believe tbe meeting of tbe
next Congress will wi ness the defeat of the
black republican fanatics of the North in
their darling project of negro suffrage at the
South, and their opposition to the restoration
of the seceding States in the Union under
their former status.
President Johnson has adopted a sound
policy, based upon wisdom, justice and mods
erution, and is determined it shall be carried
out, though it clashes with tbe interest of a
large party at the North, whose blood-thirsty
vengence ha* not yet been satiated. We re
gard him as the great benefactor of the South
ern people and they will yet see it, by the ex
cise of patience and fortitude.
The work of pardoning those excluded from
the Presidents Amnesty Proclamation is going
on bravely, and if the South is but true to
ber interest, we believe the last one of her
fettered sons will receive lull pardon at the
bands of the executive. We have reasons for
making this statement, which it would not bo
prudent tomentiou. 11 C. B.
[Tbe following poem was published some
years since in one of tbe Athens papers ; but
the author having seen fit to revise and ex
tend it, it is again laid before the public. It
is from a young gentleman of promising tai"
ent*.]
For the New Era.
THE PARTING SCENE.
Inscribed to the few survivors of the Graduating Class of
1861, University of Georgia.
K V. CI.AKKI.
The hopes of youth, us gaudy dreams,
How rapidly they fadeaway,
As fades a dew-born floweret
Beneath the W'tti’ring boat of day.
Bucli Ropes a,e merely .‘uinmer logs,
Rising above Hie sea of tile ;
Such di earns are but the bright-hued spray,
Dashed upward by -no angry strife.
Realities destroy ido ils—
Tbe romance of a coin go boy;
A as I bow lew nave realized
Tue plans they torined lour years ago.
Four yeaie ago I Tbe lune seems brief,
Anu yet bow i i»g ibose blood-stained years!
Aim isi ..u age, wiieu wo r count
Their uug uy wuu uni mid tears I
Where are ih.-y now—ibe class-mate friends,
Wuo went - aiw .” m 'aixty-oue?
Four you* n_o I aI, so. mu bought,
H-w many all., too* ,e . a nave gone—
Forever g n-I > x>:b.u.gi <g ear b
For au luimorm , end -..uere,
Humuuiiy lor Ire uu-wept
By num .n a.siou, i.cpe and care I
‘ I roam the city on the bill.
Who., g.mvd by on c uege days ;
And *<■■ aaaill luo auu.-el gild
Our Hater w -u u iiy mg r.. s.
I treau vu • uo. arcus ■ mod wa k",
And eel e b. gave -n. wins one maid*,
Who oiesse . .u..o< gmuou, h ppy Uay*,
Aud wwKeU our u gb. y Serena .< s
This morn .he old boil wo-e m i uo,
Winch cat en ua once io mat n prayer;
II struck sad mu.ic i m in;, ua. I,
Aud surred a luuusaud m muriee taere.
1 uni ri d lo >ne vid pray < r room,
Aud took my oid accusiouieu seat.
And here ana tuer lu fauoy plain d
Each form 1 once was wool io greet.
Ist upon the o d sloue-steps,
Wueio morn and eve we loved Co sit;
Ann beun my gaze -m yonder ual ,
Where ouve in nveiy w < k we met.
Ob, how we lance I ..n I cauuier.anced,
And struggled iu the war ol words,
And buw with yuutii'a rasb,tlvry blood-
Invoked the threat mug war ut swords.
I stand beneatl tbe grand oid oak,
That trouts tne Chapel ou the green,
And -inger ruuud the hallowed spot
Where sadly passed our parting scene.
We used au Indian calumet,
(Wlucu many a buried ba.chet spoke,)
To embem.ze iraterual love ;
And p edged us in tue curling smoko.
B it those wr re there, who we e not frlen's,
Whose heut.- 1 with angry throbbing- beat?
A m-men.’a tbuugiit,—they roe and me.,
And t a.upled hate oeueaib .heir leet.
Au -in.el’s wing li d tuuc.-ed their heart*;
Toe r ads w<-ie clasped ; each pard n gave ;
’Tw j» w.-il I they never since have met,
And never will this si-.e tbe grave.
Amid tue brauci.es overhead,
(Iu which the . 1 i o k seemed to join,)
Mo b.nke I uow cau bear ihe song,
Our p.irtmg song “auld Ling Syne.”
With saudened nearls we turned away,
Ea- h with bis Erg ol life unfurled ;
Beumil ua lay the -‘euatlered vaie,”
Aud out before, the “wide, wide world.”
A mist is gathering o’er my eyes,
For memory paiut* i-acb youthful form,
As lorth they weu ; lik. you, old oak,
Ta uieast aod bravo the future stuim.
But unlike you, who proudly stand,
Triumphant o\r the storm cloua’s wrath,
Many ol Hum 11. lifeless now,
Or ruius in too wrn -storm’s path.
But iiubly done I One gallant soul
l‘e -isbed b- neath the 11 g he bore ;
Anu one, tbe uouiest of us ad,
Foil clieei lug mid ibe battles roar.
Bui bark I tbe storm bursts forth anew,
Fierce as an earth quake from its bed ;
What facw IS that, so pule and Still,
Tbe wreck reveals ? Another dead.
Again I start with trembling nerve ;
Ha I did you bear that quick, sharp crash ?
Wbat unknown terror chokes my breath?
As gleams that lurid, rapid Hash?
Alas ! it means that still one mure
Hath gone,—aud made ou<- number less ;
Departing ou th.- very sve. •
That o’er us burst toe sun of peace.
The fury of the storm is spent,
We’ve t,availed tbr, ugh tbe dark, black night ;
Aud peace m radian, beauty icigus,
Eutbron. d m beams ot lie -venly light.
And now I fam would meet again
Our deatu thmued, waniug little band,—
The lew war leu ursai rihced
Upon .he altars of uur laud.
Let’s meo benea h the same oid oak,
Sing "Auid Lang Syne,” clasp banns again I
Aud listen io tbe to.l-worn sage.
Wuo nobly taught us to be men.
We’ve wandered “inouy a weary foot”
And weary day “sin Auld x.aug feyue ;”
Still, brother-, up I be brave, press on.
While “bg..t ami life” are yours aud mine.
A Washingion gossipor says the reg
iment of Bridndeir-General* that we used to
see about the steps at Willard’s has gone
home. They are understrappers no longer—
the stars are falling. We are still a great
military people, but we have taken off our
shoulder straps and spurs, blue coats and
buttons, and gone to money-making again.—
Out of sixteen hundred male cl rks in tbe
Treasury Dep irtnu-nt about six hundred of
them are ex-military gentlemen. And ap
r pros of the Treasury, (here has been a great
deal ot bad feeling 'here recently, iu conse
quence of the distribution ot the two hundred
and fifty thousand dollar* fund set apart by
Congress last season.
R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, now
Confined in Fort Pulaski, has ap: lied, through
iuflueniial triend*, for a par. leof twoor three
weeks 'o visit bis family, who are suffering
under heavy domestic affictions.
Mr Hunter recently lost a daughter aged
16 years by death, and a few days afterward
a son aged 15 years by drowning.
The United States Deputy Marshal has
served a notice on tbe Petersburg Railroad
Company that the 1.193 shares of capital
stock therein have been seized, and will be
held subject to the provisions of the confis
cation law.
T e citizens of St. Louis have colloc
ted $30,000, put it iu bank to tbe credit of
General, Sherman, and informed the General
to use it in selecting a huuso suited to bis
taste.
CHARLESTON ITEMS.
We learn hom t.ie Cliarlei«mn Courier <f
iSiturdHy, that the 54tb and 55th Massaebusetts
Volunteers (coion d) nod the Ist Ohio Veteran
Cavalry, are to be mustered out ot service im
mediately. The 54 h are in Charleston, aud
the 55'b at Oral gb.u rg, S. C.
Gen. Hartwell while i n the passage from
Hilton Head to Chat lesion, i ti tbe steamer Ann
Maria, was robbed of hie val ce, containing,
b-sidesbis personal effects. < large number of
official documents, order* and other valuable
official papers. The Gen. d scovered his loss
belorb the sieatn-r reached the wharf, and bad
the vessel thoroughly overhauled and searci ed
but no trace of the missing piopeny was ob
t.ined.
Mr. T. D. W agner, a prominent merchant
and popular citizen ot Charleston, has received
from President Johnson a lull anil uncondition
al pardon.
The Evening Star Troupe gave their Inst, en
tertainmen. in Charleston, previous to making
a tour through Georgia, on Saturday evening.
The Courier regrets that they have not met
with tbe patronage mid encouragement in
Charleston that the oampany deserve.
The Charleston Daily N<*ws was announced
to make its npp-aiance yesterday morning.
T. Tupper & Sin, a firm nearly half a cen
tuary old, has resumed business ut 163 Meeting
street.
A misque is about to be erected in Paris
for the use of the Algerian troops quartered
there
BY TELEGRAPH.
. From the Chattanooga Daily Gazette.
Mississippi Convention,
New Orleans. Aug. 17.—The Mississippi
Convention to-day deba ed an ordnance r inly
ing the action ot all ihe Judicial Courts in mar
riages, judgments, decease contracts, sales,
deeds, and indictments, under the Sit ate law
during the war. An otdinance prohibiting the
Legislature from passing any law imposing any
civil c’isability or punishment tor tbe future
upon any cit z'n engaged in tbe late war with
the Uniled States, for bis political opinions oc
casioned thereby, was presented. Both passed
tbe first reading.
A memorial was presented requesting the
President not to garrison the State with negro
troops. Referred to'Gep.’Osterhaus, command
ing.
A memorial was presented, praying that steps
be taken in behalf ot Jeff. Davis and Gover
nor Clai k.
Tbe Monitor contains news of several de
feats of the Liberals near Sau Louis and Pueb
la. Small bodies eng iged, with unimportant
results. Many excited Confederates in M'-xico
are becoming naturalized citizens of tbe Em
pire.
The steamer Matougas collided with tbe
Cnrlonta opposite the City. The latter sunk,
and is supposed lo be a total loss. No lives
10-t, and ihe Matongas is uninjured.
Jackson. Aug. 18. Tne Convention Consti
tutional Committee, report such changes by
which ihe Constitution hereafter prevents hav
ing an inv duntary servitude, except where by
legal authority, for crimes, and striking out all
provisions relating to slavery.
F.om Npaln.
New York, Aug 19. Tbe Herald’s Paris
correspondence m k> j s au important statement
that the Queen ot Spain and her Prime Minis
ters are not on good lerms.
A s'n.og Republican ieeling exists among
tbe officers of the army. The revolution may
be considered iininent.
The World says the total loss by Ketchum s
foigery will am n > I nn millions.
VVlrz’ Trial.
Washington, Aug. 18 —Major General Jno-
W. Geary, Lew. Wallace and G. Mott have
been added to the Commission for tbe trial of
Wirz. Wallace as President.
Heavy Train.
The Quartermaster General has ordered
five hundred six mule teams to be at once or
ganized, for an overland march from this city
to Leavenswortb, Kansas.
Ohio Convention.
Cincinnati, Augnst 18.—The Democratic
State Sovereignty Convention assembled at
Columbus yesterday. Alexander Long was
nominated for Governor, and Cbelton A.
White tor Lieutenant Governor. Strong State
Sovereignty resolutions were passed.
Conflagration,
St. Louis, Aug. 18.—The Jackson Iron
Works were destroyed by fire last night.—
Four firemen were injured by falling walls.
Pirate Shenandoah.
Boston, Aug. 18.—The whaling barge,
Pearl, of New Hondra, while on passage from
Hondula to tbe Arctic Ocean, was destroyed
by the pirate, Shenandoah. This capture is
in addition to the fleet before reported de
stroyed.
In Quebec from sixty to eighty buildings
were destroyed by fire last night. Loss not
yet ascertained.
Ketchum Again.
New York, Aug. 18—Upon an application
of tbe creditors of the firm of Ketchum &Co.,
the Supreme Cot rt has granted applicants an
attachment against firms, tbe property consist
ing of real estate, valued at over half a mil
lion.
Mississippi. Convention.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 18.—The substitute
offered for the emancipation clause was re»
jected by a vote of 62 to 26. Tbe substitute
denied that slavery had been legally abolish
ed ; also claims compensation for emancipat
ed slaves.
Asking for Panion.
Washington, Aug. 18—Rebel Gen. J. A.
Smith, of Tennessee, is among the applicants
for pardon.
Markets.
New York, Aug. 18.—Cotton firmer, 43 to
44c. Gold firmer $1,43|.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
IN MAINE.
Portland, Aug. 15.—The Democratic State
Convention met at 10:30 this morn ng. Paul
8. Merril, Chait man of'he Democratic State
Committee, called the Convention to order,
nominating Hon. E. F. Pillsbury, of Farming
ton, temporary Chairman.
Mr. Pillsbury addtessed the Convention,
congratulating them on the return of peace.
He said if the Demacratic principles bad pres
vailed there would have been no war, but
notwithstanding the great bloodshed, peace
was again restored and great responsibility
now rests upon the Democracy. Au attempt
is being made 'o destroy State sovereignty,
which the Democracy must irustrate. The
policy of tbe Republican party can only be
forced on the South at the p int of the bayo
net, and but for one man that policy would
have been adopted at all hazards, and that
man is the present President of the United
States. [Great applause.]
Tbe Democratic party, which is the true
party of the Union, seeks ascendency, not for
power, but for the good and tbe welfare of
the whole country. He hoped President
Johnson would receive assurance of 500,C00
men in Maine, good and true, and would seek
to stay up bis atm so long as ho sustained
the ark of the covenant.
John R. Hutchinson, ot Paris, and John
Varney, of Bangor, were appointed Secreta
ries.
A Committee on Credentials was then ap
pointed. A Vice President in each county in
the State was chosen.
The Committee on Credentials reported the
whole number of delegates present as 574.
The temporary organization was then made
permanent. A committee of one from each
county was appointed to propose a set of res
olutions.
Tbe Convention met again at two o’clock.
Hon Bion Radbury presented the report of
the Committee on Resolutions The first ex
presses profound gratitude to God that the
crash of arms is no longer hiard Tbe second
resolves that we should sacredly cherish the
m mory of the dead, fallen in the struggle for
the constitutional Government, and honor the
living who have perilded life in tbe same
great cause. The third asserts that with the
cessation of war, its bloody and barbarous
spirit should be banished from our midst, and
hatred and vengeance should yield to Chris
tian charity and magnanimity.
The fourth asserts it is the duty of the Fed
eral Government to re-establish at the earliest
moment, with the least possible interference,
true constitutional relations between itself and
tbe late revolted St*tes, and exert all its legi
timate power to promote that fraternity and
universal harmony necesstry lor the happiness
and glory of the Republic, destined to be one
and indivisible forever. The filth resolves that
tbe Democrats of Maine reassert the lundamen
tal principles of equal aud exact justice to all
men and all nations, with entangling alliances
with none ; the support of State Governments
in their constitutional rights, and the preser
vation of the General Government in its whole
constitunonal vigor ; a jealous care of the
rights ol elections ; absolute acquiescence in
the will of the majority ; a well disciplined
mililia, arid the supremacy of tbe civil over the
military uuihority. Tbe sixth resolves that the
ballot is the right of every American citizen, to
be restricted only as the public safety demands,
and that each State possesses the constitutional
recognized right ot prescribing the qualifica
tion of electors. The seventh pledgas the par
ty to demand equal taxation. The eighth as
serts that the sums advanced by towns, cities
and the State are a li'gitimate charge upon the
Federal Government. The ninth lesolves that
beni-h ng narrow considerations we will cor
dially support Andrew Johnson in the policy be
has taken tiw»rd placing rebel Slates in a
proper situation, aud limmou'zing coufl oting
questions. The tenth congratulate* the whole
country that among the acts ol President John
son, we find him returning to the first princi
p'es ot our Government, in reliving to accept
gratuities. Th“ eleventh resolves that tbe as
sassination of President Lincoln was an act ot
uiinitigated b-iharism.
M. S. Littlefield, of Bridgetown, with a pre
liminary address, moved that tbe Hon. Jas.
Howard, of Portland, be the candidate for
Governor. He was unanimousiy nominated by
acclamation. After addresses by Judge Rice,
ot Augusta, and L. D. Clay, of Gardner, and
the President, the Convention adjourned sine
die.
New -A.dvertisern.ents.
CALVIN FAT. | L. P. GRANT.
FAY & GRANT,
ARCHITECTS
AMD
CIVIL ENGINEERS,
Will Rive their attention to the preparation of Plana and
flpeciflcatiot e for, and superintend the erection of every
clans or buildings in Atlanta and vicinity They will
also negotiate pu-chases and sales of property.
Surv< ys and Maps of Lands and Railroads carefully
executed
Mr. Grant refers to Riceard Peters, Esq , and Geo G
Hull. Bupt A & W P R K. Atlanta; Hon Jno P King,
Pres G R R, Augusti; Chas T Pollard, Esq, Pres M A
W P R R, Montgomery; J Edgar Thomson, Esq, Pres
Penn A Centra R R. hiladelpbia.
Mr. Fay refers to R C Briukiey, Esq, and Sam’l Tate,
Esq. Memphis” J S ('laghorn, Esq and D H Baldwin,
Esq, Savannah; Mitcreii A Smith, Maoon; RH Ram
sey, Milledgeville. Aug 23—-ts
C. POWELL
WILL sell at Auction TIIIB (Wednesday) MORNING,
at 10 o’clock,
3 one hundred and sixty acre lots ot Land in
Pickens County. '
*l*o,
Furniture, Queensware,
Cooking Stoves,and Sundries.
Do not fail to attend. Sale positive.
Aug 23 —lt
Wanted*
A SMALL House with four or five rooms for a private
residence. Also, one with two rooms and a
kitchen. Enquire of
H. MARSHALL,
Real Estate Agent, at Godfrey A Oatman’s Auction and
Commission House on Peachtree stn et, next to
Kyle’6 building.
Aug 23—ts
“ Z= COTTON
45 BALES FINE COTTON,
For sale by
Abbott & Bros..
Comm ssion Merchant, Whitehall street.
Aug 23—tt
A BARGAIN
TO ANY ONE DESIBING A
GOOD HOME.
I OFFER for sale my House and Lot in the town of
LaEayette, Alabama It is one of the most desirable
aud best improved situations in town.
THE DAVELLING
Is large and completely finished, with seven rooms, 20 x
20; a paasage, 12 feet in width, ruuning through, and a
pantry attached to the dining room.
The out houses are good, consisting ©f kitchen, smoke
house, meal house with two rooms, dairy hen house,
three negro houses, with two stables, carriage house
large enough for two carriages, and a buggy bouse for
three buggies. There is also a comfortable office—a well
affording an abundant supply ot as good freestone water
as can be found in the cdsintry, and a good garden con
taining au acre or more. Adjacent to the garden is a
peach orchard containing several hundred trees of se
lected fruit. The enclosures are of heart lumbei and
painted.
ihe dwelling is situated on the southern side of the
town, in a beautiful grove, with twenty acres of land
belonging to the lot. There are male and female schools
and three churches in the town.
Possession given immediately.
W- s. Reid,
A ng 23—Im LaFayette, Alabama.
zWETMirnffißi,
GROCERS, PRODUCE
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Corner Broad and Marietta Streets,
Atlanta, Georgia,
Will buy and sell all kind of Produce and Merchandise
on Commission.
Prompt and personal aetention given to orders on con*
signments.
R. P. Zimmerman, S. A* Verdery,
Late of Late of
Scranton & Zimmerman, Jackson, Miller A Verdery,
Augusta, Georgia. Augusta, Georgia.
Aug 23—Im
DURYEAS’ MAIZENA
Was the only “Preparation for Rod from
Indian Corn”
That received a medal and honorable mention from the
Royal ('om.nissioners, the competition of alt prominent
manufacturers ®f “Oom Starch” and “Prepared Corn
Flour” of this and other countries notwithstanding.
MAIZENA,
The food and fuxuiy of the age, without a single fault.
One trial will convince the most ”k«ptical. Makes Pud
dings, C akes, Custards, Blanc Mange, Ac., without isin
glass, with few or no eggs, at a cost astonishing tbe most
economical. A sli/ht addition to ordinary Wheat Flour
greatly improves Bread and Cake. It is also excellent
for thickening bweet sauces, gravies for fish and meat,
soups. Ac. For Ice Cream nothing can compare with it.
A littlu boiied in milk will produce rich cream for ccffee,
choco ate. tt a, Ac
Put up in one pound packages, under the trade mark
Maizena, with directions for use
A most delicious article of food for children and Inva
lids of all ages For sale by Grocers and Druggists
everywhere.
Wholtsale Depot, 166 Fulton Street,
NEW YORK.
WILLIAM DURYEA,
Aug 23—3 m General agent.
Warren’s Celebrated Needles and Fish Hooks.
ANDKKW CIZECRK Jt CO..
48 Maiden Lane, New York,
BOI.K AGENTS AND IMPORTERS.
Onr former cn.tomera will find a rednctlon In gold
prices of the Needle., while the quality la alwaya kept
up to the highest aiandard kuown to Engliah umnumc
tor*.
A. 0. k Co., respectfully solicit a renewal of the mer
cantile relations ao long aud favorably esteemed by their
bouse. Aug 23—3 m
HOTJSIE A X I ) LOT
FOR SALE.
THE Lot Is situated three or four hundred yards east
of the Depot, contains about tiro acres, has a good
garden and orchard. The improvements are a good
substantial cottage, containing three large rooms,
tluiahed. with Hre-plac.es, and one room without flre
plac ■, dining room and pantry, wide hall through th*
centre of the house, and shutters to the windows, a
frame house, back of the main dwelling, containing two
large rooms finished with fireplaces, kitchen and two
aorvanta' rooms, smoko house, roomy stable, crib and
loft, and well of good water For sale cheap. Apply to
A. E. COX A, < O ,
Aug 23—It LaOrange, Oc rgla.
A CARD.
rjIAMTLY affsirrT.bllglng me tn leave the country fnr
/ a time, I have transferred my prof««saional biiainefa
to L. P. Grant, C E . who, in c«nii• ction with Cai vim
Fat. Architect, will c<>u i ue the t.nxin as <>f arcbitecia*
Civil Engineers and Laud age ts m»d»T t e name and
style of Fat A Grant. The i>,t•»!> fahed reputation of these
gentlemen run de is aay commendation of milieu work
of supererogath u. 1 may. however, be pe rnit'cd to say
that they conibiwea* much pr »fessintial skill, experience
and professional u.t grity as cau b' fiend in Uteir de«
partment, iu this But *
WILLIAM GABBKTT.
"NOTICE.-
All debts due Fay A G »bt« it wi I be paid to Fay Ac
Grant, whoaie to receipt, and who will
pay all claims agaiuft th ■ same
WILLIAM GABBETT.
NOTICE
LP. Grant Esq, is my auroolz d agent for tbe
. transaction of inv novate buMn' sa
VVILLIAn GABB CTT-
Bagging and Rope.
FIITY PIECES BAGGING,
FIFTY COILS ROPE,
For sale low by
Clarke Hester,
Aug 23--2 w Trout House Block.
FOR SALE?”
QA ROLES KENTUCKY BAGGING now in stere at
OvJ Macon, Georgia, and a Urge Jot of
BAGGING KOBE AM) I WINE
in store at AH ar ria. and to airlve which w II be sold f>r
less than market value wholesale 01 retail, in order lo
close consignment.
Address by letter or telegraph Imme dately.
A, K. SEAGO,
Commission Merchant,
Corner Whitehall and Mitchell Streets, Atlanta. Ga.
aug 22—6 t
Wanted..
50,000 SHINGLES best quality by
’ A .K. SEAGO,
aug 22—fit Atlanta, Ga Coutmission Merchant*
FOR SALE.
10 000 POUND 3 CHOICE BAC JN SIDES by
’ ABBOTT & BROS.,
Whitehall Street. A junta. Georgia,
aug 22—ts
CORN, CORN.'
600 BUSHELS PRIME CORN
JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE BY
A. K. SEAGO,
Cominiasiou Merchant, Atlanta. On.
aug 22—3 t
For Sale.
DOZEN assorted Door Locks, a’so, Butt, Screws,
XtJ Jacks, Ac.
25 Barrels of Sugar
10 Bales Cotton Yarns.
H. J. L )wry Jfe, Co.
aug. 22—Iw.
WANTED.
ftAA BUSHELS Cut off unpsaled Dried Psachss,
y W 300 Bus. “ •• pealed “ ••
For which we will pay Cash
E ’ J - L ° wr ? & c °’
Wanted.
A DWELLING house containing four rooms, with a
Kitchen, located conveniently to tbe business part
of tue City ; for arrangement of term-* apply to
aug 22—ts. JNO. VERDERY A BROS.
OXFORD -
FEMALE SEMINARY.
THE regular exercises of this Institution will be re
sumed on Monday, the 4tu of £epikmbbr.
In addition to the English branches, Greek, Latin,
French and tbe Mathem ••tics are taught.
Terms: $3 00 and $4 00 per month.
Good Boarding can be obt-ained in tbe village.
MISB UOK.NEI.iA JOdix>ON.
Principal.
MISS LAURA A. HAYGOOD
Assistant.
REFERENCES:
Dr. A. Miami, and Ker. Mr. B.anuah,; Oxford. Rav
A. G. Hatoood, Atlanta. aug. 22—if.
~ PHILOSOPHICAL
Entertain m ent.
By the request of many Citizens
W. O. HOUGHTON,
THE AMERICAN FIHE FLY.
ON Thursday Evening at tbe < ity Hall* will exhibit
his extraordinary experbi ents with Live Ooah,
Mt.lted Leads Blowing Scalding Wax. Oil healed to up
wards 500 degrees. <c , with various explanations.
49" He will introduce various other novelties, (See
Bills) S'ngiugand Dancing Tickets 50 cents, or $1 OO
admitting Gentleman an.i two Ladies. Good order will
be perserved. Mtl g 22-.tf.
AUCTION SALE.
POrT QUARTRRMABTIR R f FFICB. )
AU nta, •a , Aug 28 W». /
On Saturday, August 26, i will sal .at pub *c . « i >n* it
the Government Corrals near th U j di, ut Ai -uu, Ga.»
400 OAVALHY HOUSES,
the property of the United Steles* .Miles t<» commence at
10 am., and continue from day to da.,, uuli t»« bloc*, is
ail sold. Terms cash.
By order of < app C. K. bMICH. Jr.
Chief Q'ia t i master, Depl. Ua.
Otto Boticber Jr.
Ist Lieut & Q M, 68th N Y V V and A A Q M F
aug 2 Ids
Notice Tax Payers.
IN consequence of the failure of the City Assessors to
complete their labors as early as they had antici
prted, the books for receiving an 1 collecting the City
Taxes will not be opened until T urs lay next, 24th Inst.
Robert Crtewitird,
Aug 20—If T»lll. und C.C. A.
( otto I.
TWENTY BALES OF COTTON
FOR SALE BY
A.Y»lx»tt Ac Iti-oiH..
Aug 15—ts Whitehall street.
Gunny Bagging.
Ten Bales Gunny Bagging,
For ,*le by
Abbott & Bros.
Commission Merchants, Whitehall Street.
Aug 10— ti
Cold! Cold!
1.000 DOLLARS Io Gold for mIo by
A. 1€ SScutfo,
Commi s on Merah<*nl«
Corner Whitehall and Mitchell streets, Atlanta, Geoicia.
Aug 19—ts
Bagging and Rope.
100 rolls Kentucky Bagging
100 coils Rope,
For .ale by
Abbott & Brothers.
Aug 13—ts Whlt.li HStrw,
Notice.
mHE Purtnemhlp of th. firm of I’owrll & M«r,h*ll I.
.1. till*day dissolved by mutual conwoHt.
0 POWKLU
Atlanta, July 37, IS: 5, H m»K.'IIALL.
The business will be carried ou by C Powell. who will
pay all claims of the late aud i-.vectfolly .obcitt
patronage. j u iy »—if