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propagandism to bring nil Constitutions,
Governments and people into complete
subjection to its will. t
Alas! our country sinks for want or
nerve in its defenders. 1 ruth is weak
onlv because its disciples will not support
ah well as assert it. Radicalism is strong
milyin&scof impunity. Unlimited
it loses all consciousness of guilt, and
throws away all restraint upon its will.—
Assured of assistance from its enemies
there is no excess at which it will hesitate.
Jiut boldly and fearlessly opposed, and
denounced and treated as the most dan
gerous enemy of all government and law,
its own conscience will at once become
fiercest accuser; it will grow weak, wm
tremble like the detected thief, and
soon sink beneath the weight of
Fins, aliundoued by the ineu
spised by the good. Butunw.su . . ,
Stevens and Sumner, seeing
and indifferent and unnerved the frmud
of the Constitution have become, euco
JSS,?;blood, La,ly Miwbetii
when urging her faltering husband to this
crime: , . ,
“When in swinish sleep
Thrir drenched natures lie ,cs in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
ThswSEW i,n( " tn? wh /, t ', no, ,r" 'V
Hl*»pon*y oltlcers, who shxM bear, the >juiU
Os our great murder ?”
NO. XIII.
I have said in all cases of doubtful con-
BtituUouality the Executive Department
could not become a court or judge m tne
matter. Neither can Congress be a court.
Dut it was necessary there should be a final
arbiter, and, therefore, the Constitution
provided a third department of govern
ment called the Judicial. This Judicial
power is expressly declared to extend to
all cases arising under the Constitution,
the laws of the United Staten and treaties,
etc., etc. Rut here again differencesbave
arisen, and it has been insisted that the
word a ctws” has a legal technical sig
nification and must be confined within it,
and therefore, that the judicial power does
not extend to all questions arising under
the Constitution. This position was a
favorite one with persons ot the stric t
Construction State-rights school.
When South Carolina declared the l anti
Act plainly and palpably unconstitutional
she refused to reler the question to the
Court, but proceeded to nullify the act in
her borders. The Union men and 1< eder
alists insisted that she should refer the
question to the .Supreme Court as the final
arbiter, but South Carolina refused to do
»o, insisting that that State was an inde
pendent,separatesovereignty.outsideot the
»xpress powers granted to Congress that
this was a politico! question, affecting hei
Separate sovereigbty, and that she would
not permit any other power to sit m judg
ment upon questions involving her sover
eignty; that in this respect Soutli Caroli
na stood to the United States as she did to
France or England.
ft was supposed that the peculiar <loc
triues of State Eights had been decided by
the war against the position taken by
y ( ,ulh Carolina, and that hereafter the
Supreme Court would become, what the
old Union men always contended it was
intended to be—the final arbiter upon all
questions arising under the Constitution,
no as to leave no excuse or necessity for an
appeal to arms to settle controversies be
tween the General Government and the
States.
Georgia and Mississippi were the first to
act on the new idea. They did what
South Carolina refused to do. They ap
plied to the Supreme Court tin, I think, a
proper case made) to enjoin the enforce
ment of bills palpably unconstitutional—
admitted to be so—in their borders. The
reply was the question made is a political
question, and not a judicial case. The Su
preme Court refused to entertain the juris
diction, and thus simply affirmed what
was called the ultra State Eights doctrine
of South Carolina. lam glad the ques
lion was presented. lam especially glad
they were presented by Southern States,
showing a disposition thereby to abide the
decision claimed to have been made by the
war, and to recognize an arbiter of future
disputes short of arms.
These decisions, therefore, so far from
showing there is no remedy against these
Military Hiils, show clearly the reverse. —
They proceed on the very basis that these
Slates are still separate political communi
ties, and as such it necessarily follows that
their internal domestic governments cqn
mot be abrogated, regulated, or interfered
with by Congress. Hence the way is clear
for every State, citizen and corporation to
make a caso and test these Military Hills,
when any person, by their authority, shall
interfere with aright of property, or of
person, or of liberty.
1, therefore, beg every citizen, black and
white, even thd humblest of the ten mil
lions who inhabit these ten States, to re
member—never forget—that it is his right
his glorious, unpunishable, unimpeach
able RIGHT —to resist interfere act:. bv
any officer, high or low, with his property,
or his person, or his liberty, under these
Military Rills; and that each citizen owes
it to every other citizen and to his State,
and to posterity and to Constitutional lib
erty, to assert the right boldly and fear
lessly against every such interference.—
Nor have military officers in such cases
one particle more of protection from such
resistance than civil officers. The law is
superior to all—is master of all; and the
strength, the majesty and the merit of the
law make the citizen’s panoply in this
issue. Hear what a distinguished Ameri
can writersays on this subject:
“it is now settled in England and the
United States, that an officer of the forces
who executes the unlawful order remains
personably answerable. If the highest in
command, the Jlrilish monarch himself ,
order, contrary to law, an officer to quarter
his soltlii rs upon tin citizens to annoy and
oppress them, as Charles 1. did, the officer
remains responsible, in the fullest sense of
the term, tothc. law of tlui land. All that
has been gained by the arduous and pro
. traded struggle w hich began to show itself
most signally under Charles 1., may be
summed up in the few words, that the
law shall b< superior to all and every on<
and every branch of Government ; that
there is nowhere a mysterious, supreme
and unattainable power, which, despite, of
the clearest law, may still dispense with
it or arrest its course. This is the sum
total of moderncivil liberty, the great,firm
and solid common’s liberty.”
Our (institution—our supremo law,
which no Congress, nor President, nor
other earthly power can violate or author
ize to ho violated with impunity—is our
ruler, our on*/ rider, and all the highest
office holders—civil and military—are hut
its*' ■rants and hound, under penalties, to
obey its commands.
Our Constitution declares
“ The privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus shall no suspended, unless when
in cases of rebellion or invasion the public
safety may require it.”
“ No bill of attainder or exj -t facto law
shall be passed.”
“ The trial of all crimes, except in cases
of impeachment, shall be by jury.”
“No soldier shall in time of peace, be
quartered in any house without the con
sent of the owner.”
“ Congress shall make no laws abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press.”
No citizen “ shall hi held to answer for a
capital orotherwise in famous crime, unless
on a presentment or indictment of a grand
jury.”
“No warrant shall issue, but upon
probable cause, supported by oath or af
firmation.”
These are the commands of the only im
perial power in America— tin Constitution.
They areso plain that a wayfaring man,
though a fool, cannot err id reading them.
They cover every rotate and territory, and
province and foot of soil over which the
jurisdiction of the United States can pos
sibly go. Yet every one of these positive
commands, and others besides, are vio
lated and ordered to he violated by these
Military Pills. They are, therefore, as
saults— unmistakable, traitorous assaults
—upon the Constitution ; and every man,
woman or child, or officer, civil or milita
ry in the United States, who votes for
these Bills, or approves them, or accepts
them, or executes them, or passively sub
mits to them, is an enemy of the Constitu
tion and an enemy of every citizen whose
rights are protected by the Constitution. I
care not what excuses are made, nor what
pretences are whined out about the power
of Congress and the progressive Radical
party. Such pretences only show cowardice
of the treasonable intent in those who use
them. The only way to crush the Radical
party is to bring down upon it that power
which is greater than the Radical party—
the Constitution. If the President is
a slave and bound to execute the orders
of traitors, the people are freemen and en
titled to resist. The only question and,
therefore, the only danger is, have they
the couraye to resist ? A freeman should
know no master hut the law, and bend the
knee to no earthly power but the Consti
tution.
As the result of reason and settled author
ity—l affirm.
That every officer, high or low, who
seizes the property of a citizen under these
Military Bills, is a trespasser, subject to
I indictment and suits for damages as indi
viduals. , ,
That every such officer who arrests a
citizen under these bills is guilty of false
imprisonment, and subject likewise as an
individual; and is amenable to the writ of
habeas corpu- before any court, htate or
Federal, having jurisdiction to issue the
1 wr i t
Tliat if a single citizen, white or black,
js tried by a military commission and
executed, the officer ordering the court,
the individuals composing the court, the
■ counsel prosecuting the case, the officer
I approving and executing the sentence, up
i to and including the President, each and
all are guilty of murder, and indictable in
the country w here the crime is committed.
And I again beg our citizens, every
where, to assert these remedies, and assert
them fearlessly. Do not be prevented by
the sickly, cowardly,criminalstatements,
that the courts are prohibited from taking
jurisdiction. This is the poor defence
with which those authorizing the crimes
have sought to shield those silly creatures
who may obey them, and is itself uncon
stitutional. The power which cannot vio
late the law'cannot annul or escape the
processes, or remedies and penalties of the
law.
Hue in damages for every injury; indict
for every crime. Be sure and include the
thieving treasury agents who were lately
stealing your cotton or other things. Sue
or indict in the county where the iujury
was or may be done, or the crime was or
maybe committed. Whether defendants
are present or absent, uet the true bills.
Don’t let lapse of time bar yon. When
ever you see me at a court, uuderstaud I
will aid you without fee or reward. The
written Constitution is my client, and the
preservation of its protection the only fee
I shall ask. The time for the law’s tri
umph over passion will one day come.
If our people will now, everywhere, assert
these rights, not by again abandoning the
Constitution, but by claiming its reme
dies, that time will come quickly; and
then we shall demand the criminals
wherever found and they will be delivered.
If the President himself should commit
murder in the manner I have indicated,
I do not hesitate to say that I would urge
a true bill against him and demand him
for trial when his term has expired. We
owe it to ourselves, to our children, to free
institutions, to teach all, however high or
low, who take advantage of degenerate
times like these, to violate the great
guranties of the law, and trample on the
rights of the citizen, that when the politi
cal spasm is over they can find no hiding
place from the law’s avenger nor take
shelter from its penalties anywhere in the
jurisdiction of the Constitution.
Let this generation teach this lesson
now and teach it faithful ly aud well, and
we shall have no return of such periods of
sorrow and crime for us or for our chil
dren. If we do not teach this lesson, then
sorrow and crime wili increase their com
ing and prolongtheir stays, because rogues
will steal; tyrants will oppress; little offi
cers “will cut fantastic tricks;” and trai
tors will use fraud and force to perpetuate
their power, just as often and long as they
think they can do so with impunity.
1 also earnestly hope the people of each
of the ten States will go boldly forward and
preserve and continue their existing State
governments, and hold all elections in the
manner and at the time prescribed by ex
isting State Constitutions; will choose
officers qualified according to existing
Slate Constitution and laws, and by voters
qualified according to existing State Con
stitutions and laws. If any citizen or offi
cer shall be interfered with in exercising
his rights under theselaws, or in discharg
ing rights under tiiese laws, or in dis
charging the duties of any office to which
lie may be chosen, let him make the issue
fearlessly.
I would have them continue this until,
and even after, pretended constitutions
may bo formed by deluded negroes and
their designing inferiors under these Mili
tary Bills; and if an attempt were made
to} displace existing Constitutions and
governments by pretended constitutions
so formed and officers chosen thereunder,
I would indict every officer so attempting
to subvert existing legal State govern
ments, and I would then have our Govern
ors or the Legislatures (ifin session), make
application to the President, under the
Constitution, to protect existing State
governments “against domestic violence,”
and thus compel the President to decide
whether he i« bound to displace by force
what headt:. : to he existing legal State
constitutions and governments for those
he admits to be illegal, unconstitutional
and tyrannical.
T will add-two important considerations
why our people should thus resist and
never consent to these usurpations:
. In the first place, if we once allow these
new governments to become legally fixed
on us by our consent, we can never get rid
of them. The power will be in the hands
of those who make and administer them ;
mi. i though destroy, as tliev will, they will
hold on to their iniquity. It will also re
quire three-fourths df the States to concur
in theadoption of the odious Constitutional
Amendment, but if adopted it will then
require three-fourths of the States to get riel
of it.
But, in the second place, if, as is clear,
these bills are so grossly unconstitutional,
then they can never be legally established
if we continue to resist them. Let us com
mence cases now and continue cases as
fast and as often as they arrive, and if, even
after these military constitutions are
framed and organized, and have oppressed
an unwilling people for years, the Court
finally decide the acts authorizing them to
be unconstitutional, then, unlike a case
of onus between belligerents, everything
done under them will be declared void —the
wicked governments will be displaced,
every man who lias administered them will
be a criminal, and our existing State Con
stitutions will be restored to us.
Then will patriots meet again at Wash
ington nndat every State capital, and, gath
ering the records of t hese Radical traitors,
and of all their State subordinates togeth
er, swill do. as our fathers in Georgia did
when corruption had usurped power and
soiled our honor as a people once before —
we will catchJlrc from Heaven and burn
them up.
If, then, we yield now, our remedies are
gone and we are conquered forever; but if
we refuse to yield, our remedies will con
tinue, and we can never ho conquered.
BPSJu SEIZE RE OF TUB SyIjVAN SIIORF..
The steam tug It. Webster, which was
chartered to go in pursuit of this steamer
for the alleged violation of the Revenue
laws, and bring the latter vessel back to
this port, left her wharf at one and-a-half
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon last, with
Mr. R. V. Robinson, Assistant United
States Marshal, and a corporal with a tile
of soldiers on board. After leaving Tybee
the tug went out to sea, steering for Fer
nandiua, which place was reached at
seven o’clock the next morning. The
\\ ebster remained there until information
was received by ihe Marshal that a mes
senger had been sent to St. Mary’s to in
form Captain 'Pucker of the fact that his
vessel was pursued, when steam was at
once raised and the tug ran down to Fort
Clinch, and upon reaching the Fort, the
Marshal had an interview with Major
Cole, commanding, and requested him to
assist the Government in bringing the
Sylvan Shore to by the guns of the Fort.
Major Cole immediately ordered two gnus
to be loaded, one with blank cartridge and
the other with shot.
, About live o’clock in the afternoon the
Sylvan Shore appeared, making for the
river so as to reach Fernaudina. The tug
was dispatched to intercept her and bring
her up to the Government wharf. As the
tug gi and aim gide of the steamer the latter
stopped, when officer Smith ordered herlto
the wharf. When she reached the wharf
the Marshal boarded her, Captaiu Tucker
making no resistance, but acting in a very
obliging manner, and lending proper
assistance to ihe officers in their search.
After reflection the Marshal determined to
allow the steamer to proceed to Palatka
(the end of her route) for the purpose of
discharging p:issengers and mails. Ac
cordingly, after placing officer Smith on
board with a guard of soldiers, the Sylvan
Shore was allowed to proceed on her voy
age, it being understood that as soon as
she had landed her passengers and mails!
she was to return to this city in charge of
the United States officer who had been
placed on board.
[.Vac. Jo publican.
A letter from Consul I‘ike to the State
Department, dated Mauritus, May6,says|:
“Sincemy last dispatch, the fever has
greatly increased. All persons who can
are leaving the colony. Nearly thirty
thousand deaths since the 10th of
February. The medical faculty suppose it
will continue through live year; cold
weather eeina rather to agravate it. Busi
ness suspended.” Consul Pike was sick,
and ordered by physicians to leave Mauri
tus, but declines leaving iris post as there
are a number of American vessels iu die-
I tress.
lournal ipessenge^
MACON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1867.
Authorized Agent.—Mr. Clarence
Aldrich is our authorized Agent for
collecting and receiving subscriptions.
Uesideut Agents for the Journal aud
iHcaienger.
Americus—WM. C. GODWIN, P. M.
Cutlibert—J. M. BROOKS.
Dawson—J. C. F. CLARK, C. 8. C.
Albany—E. RICHARDSON, P. M.
Thomaston—l. H. TRAYLOR.
Forsyth—F. O. MAYS.
Perry—J. 8. JOBSON, Esq.
Fort Valley—J. A. McKAY, P. M.
Eufaula, Ala.—B. B. FIELDS.
Hawkinsville—L. C. RYAN.
Oglethorpe—W. J. J. SMITH.
Montezuma—lCHAßOD DAVIS.
Marshallville—J. A. SPERRY.
Talbottou—J. CALLIER, P. M.
Griffin—JASON BURR.
Milledgeville—F. L. BRANTLEY.
Notes on the Situation.—We regret
to learn from the Chronicle & Sentinel of
Sunday, that pressing business engage
ments of the author, Hon. B. H. Hill, will
compel a delay in the appearauee of the
future numbers of these masterly papers.
We will publish No. 14 next week, and
will lay the rest before our readers just so
soon as they are received. To lose such a
weapon just now is a sore calamity to our
cause, but we must compensate for it as
best we may. Extra exertion on the part
of every true believer who has set his face
to the front, must fill up the gap till its re
turn.
Nobly Spcken.
Truly our brother of the Mobile Adver
tiser <t- Register weilds a glowing pen. It
is pointed with a force and fervor, a con
tempt for tyranny, its minions and men
ances, aud a knightly devotion to principle
that should shame weak-kneed “best-we
cau-do” croakers—yea, even apostates
whose fingers have not already closed upon
their price—back to the path of duty and
honor. There would be some hope for our
poor, bleeding, Soutli, that seems about to
he slaughtered by her own sons, if upon
every tripod in her borders there sat so
laithful, fearless aud loyal a champion.
Says this brave spirit: “If we know our
selves, we think only of the good of the
country. But we do confess to a strong
and over mastering personal ambition to
keep our own record clear and to do no act
in these times of trial that will bring the
blush of shame to our cheeks or to those
who bear our name. We will not, there
fore, ratify and endorse aud pronounce
good a system of legislation expressly
framed to degrade the South and dethrone
constitutional liberty in our whole country
and thereby give rule and power to the
open enemies of free government. Others
may bend the knee to expediency aud
abandon principle, submit to tyranny in
the blind hope that humility will purchase
liberty In the end, but as for us and our
house we will serve only the constitution
of our couutry in our hearts and in our
deeds. If the demolition of the temple of
freedom is decreed, let it be the act of
others who hold a resistless power to ac
complish it. It cannot obtain our consent
or countenance in any shape or form. We
say to our brethren of the Press who con
sent to the overthrow of the State Govern
ment and Constitution of the United
States in their efforts after restored
political rights and freedom, let us all live
five years and the logic of events will de
monstrate whether they ,or we are right
in our present positions. Whilom and
blatant fire-eaters are throwing themselves
aud their Slate under the wheels of the
Radical J uggernaut a? the best they can do,
in the puerile hope that they will not be
crushed. Juggernaut may ride us down
by brute force, but it shall strike us stand
ing upright, and protesting in the name
or Clod, human justice and a violated Cuu
stitution. Our consent shall not be pleat
ed against us hereafter to constitutionalize
the outrages of the presend upon every
thing that men of the English tongue have
held sacred for eight hundred years.
Who is President?
The New York Express says, certainly
not Andrew Johnson, because first, Con
gress is convened, not by him, but by
Thaddeus Stevens; second, because the
military Caliphs at the South send their
communications and edicts direct to his
Secretary of War, and not to him. He is
sufficiently President, the Mobile Adver
tiser thinks, however, to raise issue and
declare sound principles, for which we of
the South get all the punishment. We
are lashed over his shoulders. We wish
he would would either defend, like a man,
the grand principles he puts on paper, or
leave us to die the death of liberty in peace.
He but torments us with vision feasts of
Tantalus, to let us die of starvation.
If Heaven would send another Andrew
Jackson, how quickly would we find this
Radical monster to boas craven as it is
cruel!
Hon. 11. S. Fitch at Tiiomasvjlle.—
We see from the Enterprise that this gen
tleman, as was expected, spoke to an“ im
mense audience” at the above place on the
4th inst; and that, forgetting and dishon
oring iris noble words in that letter so re
cently published iu these columns, lie ad
vocated “ a full, complete and immediate
acceptance” of the terms held out in the
Sherman bill, upon the ground that our
refusal to do so “ will incense the North!”
Ah ! Mr. District Attorney, eloquent and
plausible as we confess you are, you can
not reconcile your speech and your letter.
You have declared that” next to usurpa
tion of power, the highest grade of politi
cal crime is a timid abandonment of
rights,” and then, almost before the ink
dreis upon your paper, you implore your
countrymen not only to legitimatize and
sanction the one, but to commit the other,
of these crimes!
Characteristic. —The Radical press
are adding their hypocritical howl to the
chorus of horror that goes up from the
civilized world over the murder of Maxi
milian. It is characteristic, but it does
not, and can not, wipe out the “ damned
spot” of their responsibility. The world
w ill not forget that it was their aid, moral
and material, that made Juarez and the
monster Escobedo,mastersof the situation,
l hev were both marvellous proper men
when being used as tools to break the
power ot a man who dared to sympathize
with the cause of the South in her late
struggle.
1 hese champions of‘‘human progress”
can not escape the irreversible verdict of
history, and that verdict will write them
down “ accessories before the fact” to this
foul deed!
Os Course. — I’lie Atlanta correspon
dent of the Constitutionalist m his descrip
tion of the “ black ;uid tan” mob meeting
in that city on the 4th inst., says that Col.
(?) H. P. Farrow, (of the Potash Bureau,)
boldly announced in his speech on that
occasion, 44 that there was not a time dur
ing tile whole war, that he would not
have sold out the Confederacy if it had
been in his power.”
Why take the trouble to make the an
nouncement? The public miud has been
sufficiently clear on this point for many
moutLs.
Brevities.
There is a split in the New York Con
stitutional Convention oh the suffrage
question. The majority report, signed by
“H. G.” favors admitting negroes to this
right without a property qualification.—
The minority propose to submit the ques
tion to the people, separately.
The New England cotton spinners, we
are highly gratified to learn, are not mak
ing as much money as formerly. Since
January, dividends are light. One or two
corporations have lost money.
The mail service for the South has been
restored as before the war, and foots up
about 1,000 routes—all to commence ser
vice on Ist iust.
As will be seen by telegraphic advices,
“yellow Jack” is on the “ rampage” in
Texas.
At a grand tobacco fair in St. Louis on
the 2d inst., the first premium hogshead
sold for $25.3 per hundred jiounds, and the
second premium of same class, for $270.
Swavne’s Mayor of Mobile, Horton, has
appointed four negroes policemen,and thir
teen on the force of street laborers and
scavengers.
The editor of Jthe Griffin Star says there
were about 1,000 negroes present at Mark
ham’s 4th of J uly mass meeting at Atlanta,
and about 50 whites—and such whites!
A wretch named Harris, one or Brown
low’s commissioners of registration in
Chatham county, Tennessee, murdered,in
cold blood, last week, a young man named
Brinkley. He fled to Nashville, but was
pursued and arrested in old Satan’s office.
Two year old mules are selling in Bour
bon county, Ky., for $l5O per head.
Thirty nights acting in Chicago, recent
ly, cleared Edwin Booth S3O,(MX).
The Louisville Democrat informs us that
negro women in men’s clothes are register
ing pretty freely down South.
Two beeves were recently sold in Clark
county, Ky., whose united weight was 7,-
000 lbs.
A private letter received by a friend in
Bourbon county, Ky., from Gen. Breckin
ridge, states that he will soon leave Paris
for Switzerland, and will sail for Canada,
in September, with his family.
W. L. Scruggs, editor of the Atlanta
Opinion, has sued Sargent, the Illusionist,
and the editor of the Era, for libel —dama-
ges laid at SIO,OOO.
The Opinion, of yesterday, says some
one placed obstructions on the track of the
Macon & Western R. R., the day before.
It was discovered in time to prevent any
accident.
The Livingston (Ala.) Female Academy
was st-uck by lightning on Thursday, and
although a claps was reciting at the time,
no one was hunt.
The Memphis Appeal has been present
ed with a corn stalk ten feet high and
seven inches in circumference. It was
from De Soto county, Mississippi.
Anegro man 112 years of age, died on
the Ist inst., at Shelhyville, Ky.
Professor J. Lawrence Smith, State
Commissioner to the Paris Exposition
from Kentucky, has been created a Knight
of the Legion of Honor, by the Emporor
Napoleon.
The Emperor Maximilian’s last words
before he was murdered, were: “Poor
Carlotta!” He was shot with his face to
the front—Miramon and Mejia were shot
in the back.
One firm of real estate agents in Rich
mond, Va., advertise 197 farms for sale.—
These farms embrace 87,000 acres, aud are
valued at $1,743,809.
Fisher, one of the Jeffreys who is trying
John Surratt, aud Mr. Bradley, one of
counsel for defence, came very near ‘‘mix
ing” the other day, after the court adjourn
ed —at least Bradley shook his fist in F.’s
face, and F. very courageously fainted
away.
The Secretary of the Union League for
Floyd county denounces, in the last Rome
Courier, the secresy and oaths features of
the concern.
A mulatto femme at Vicksburg, has
.made three attempts at suieidevT.ecently.
She is in love with a Federal MajW, lately
on duty there.
A big thing in the shape of a negro
tournament, at Harrisonburg, Va., last
week, wound up in a free tight. The suc
cessful knight slept in the calaboose —and
did’not crown his queen.
Three hundred persons, tired of Brown
low’s despotism, will leave Davidson
county very soon, for Brazil.
Old Jacob Barker, the banker, who has
been aud gone and smashed again, recent
ly, was assaulted the other day by a lusty
Irishwoman, aud severely beaten. She
had been a loser by his failure.
The Albany correspondent of the New
York Tribune, says that 318, out of the
160, members of the Legislature of that
State, openly sold their votes to the high
est bidder. It is well to "remember that
the Jacobins are largely in the majority, in
that body.
As we Expected. —Mr. Bradley, of
counsel for John Surratt, now on trial at
Washington City, opened the case on Sat
urday for his client. He told the jury that
he would prove Surratt’s absence, 400
miles away,on the day Lincoln was killed,
and would produce the original agreement,
signed by the conspirators, upon which
neither Surratt’s name, nor that of his
mother, were to be found ! The Beast was
right, then, after all, just as every honest
man mthe land believed. This “innocent
woman” was foully murdered, and to-day
her bloods calls aloud to heaven for ven
geance. We would almost doubt God’s
justice if it did not fall on the right head,
yet, and upon this side the grave, too.
Messrs J. W. Burke & Co.—lt would
be almost like “painting the lily” to in
dulge in any commendatory notices of this
well known firm, now, but as a good many
of our friend's will probably be iu the city
this week in attendance upon the com
mencement of the Wesleyan Female
College, we would suggest that they drop
in and see for themselves, the large stock
of books, stationery etc., kept constantly
on baud. This establishment is really a
credit, not only to Macon, but to the
State, and one need seek no further for
any and everything usually found in such
houses, anywhere.
Baby Carriage.', —the best invention
for darling little helpless Infancy—can be
found at Messrs. Wrigley & Knott’s. They
embrace every variety of style, with com
fort and facilities for locomotion. To the
young married folks they are indispensable
for the healthful exercise of the little living
pictures of innocence. No family should
be without one.
Major Sam, Captain Jim, Doctor of M.,
old brother 8., brother S., and brother F.,
have all examined them and engaged.—
Others must come up early for registry on
the order-book. Demand increasing.—
Our Junior pronounces his vehicle splen
did, and is as much pleased with it as the
occupant.
Eijier House, Indian Springs, we learn
from a guest, keeps up its former enviable
reputation, the table being loaded with the
best that the country affords? Its general
cleanliness, large and airy rooms, elegant
, location upon the summit of the hill, shady
' groves surrounding it, polite and attentive
landlord and servants—all tend to lender
it attractive. Tls proximity to the Mineral
j Spring, and quiet locality, make it every
i way adapted for invalids.
Moral Theft.
It is not our present purpose to cousider j
the subject of stealing in the common ac
ceptation of the term, and according to the
settled interpretations of the criminal eode.
The professional thieves in the communi
ty, we remand for trial to the proper tri
bunals. It is the moral and not the legal
aspects of the eighth commandment which
we now propose to take into brief consid
eration.
The first species of theft we will mention
may be styled pious frauds. The sale of
indulgences was a popular and lucrative
traffic in the middle ages, and in later
tinv s Christian people have often leut
their sanction to the stupendous fraud of
Loyola, that “the end justifies the means.”
In pursuance of this false maxim they
have employed unwarrantable methods to
raise money for religious purposes, in
proof thereof, they have enacted farcical
scenes on the stage to excite the risibles ot
the rabble and the compassion of the more
intelligent classes. Raffling for church
purposes is liable to numberless objections ;
religious lotteries are based upon a wrong
principle, and never can receive the bless
ing of God. On the whole subject of re
ligious fairs, we remark that they are al
ways marked by so many abuses as
neutralize ail the good which is supposed
to acrue from them.
A second method of stealing consists in
wilful misrepresentations. A man, of
course, lias a perfect right to use his best
judgment in ail his business transactions.
If he has been endowed with greater talents
than his neighbor, it is certainly not wrong
for him to employ them in promoting his
own interest aud welfare. If others are
( dull whilst he is keen in his perceptions of
the laws of trade, 'that is their ruisfortun e
and not his fault. But if a merchant rep
resents his goods to be more valuable than
they really are, for the purpose of securing
rapid sales and exorbitant profits—if one
man contracts with another to perform a
certain piece of work and intentionally
conceals from him the real magnitude of
the undertaking—if the owner of houses
declares that the original cost of the build
ings was far greater than the truth in the
case, that lie might have a plausible pre
text for raising the rents of his tenants —
or if an employer of the poor pur
posely pays them less wages than their
work is worth; all these are instances of
a plain violation of the commandment
under consideration. This is a system of
stealing which it is feared prevails to a
wide extent in the land.
Contracting debts without a reasonable
prospect of payment, is a third species of
theft. Some persons are accustomed to
make big bills in the stores and shops of
fashion, when they know full well that
their means are disproportions*! to their
debts. Home borrow large sums of money
and lose it in wild speculation, and thus
defraud indulgent friends. Others make
pitiful appeals to their neighbors to obtain
their signatures to certain instruments of
writing, when it is apparent to the ap
plicant that the sureties will be the final
sufferers in the operation. Now, what is
ai! this but stealing, in a modified form ?
“Owe no man anything” is the apostol
ical precept, and is the grand remedy for
this particular class of evils. John Ran
dolph once rose in the Congress of the
United States, and, with his shrill voice,
aud long, bony finger at full length, ex
claimed, “ Mr. Speaker—l have found the
philosox>her’s stone, which consists in four
words : * Pay as you go.’
Fourthly. “A false balance is an abom
ination to the Lord, but a just weight is
his delight.” We charitably conclude
that there are no weights and measures in
the community but those which conform
to the requisitions of the lawon the subject.
But in the sales of certain articles there is
a process of cheating which is the very
essenceof the evil we are now condemning.
You send your servant to the store for
ten gallons of syrup, and but eight gallons
are measured out in the dark cellar. You
are charged for twenty-five lbs. of beef
when only twenty are actually received.
You settle for fifty yards of muslin, when
no more than forty were rolled up by the
seller. Those who cheat in this clandes
tine manner, are to be classed with those
thieves whom the Holy Rook declares
shall not enter the* kingdom of Heaven.
We may say of such characters what Bis
hop Doane said c*f Bishop Onderdonk,
when couvicied of n series of gross immor
alities.—“lf the devil does not get such
men, there is no use for a devil.”
We come now to consider the great sin
prohibited in the eigi ith commandment,
which is Gambling. There are but two
laws ul methods of acqu iring property from
others; the first is by Tree gift, and the
second is by rendering an equivalent for
what is received. Any other way of ob
taining money is at war with the first prin
ciples of morality. But the gambler re
jects the means Proviileneo has appointed
to procure a competent sup] >ort, and seeks
to obtain a living by the successful shuf
fling of cards, or by the luoky throw of the
dice. There are five serio us objections to
gambling.
1. It is an unwarrantable waste of time.
Time is a treasure of incalculable value, and
hour of it is to be appropriated to the
great ends of our existence. H»i who spends
his nights or days in the bii liard saloon
or at the faro bank, is ther< 'by unfitted
for the sober realities of life.
2. It is a plain perversion, .of the noble
faculties of our nature. It doe*'not culti
vate the higher powers of the i mderstan
ding, which is intended to st retch its
golden sceptre over the grand e tnpire of
truth ; it does not purify and elec /ate the
affections, which are suited to fill the
world with their rich fragrance; audit
seriously conflicts with tiie healthful func
tions of conscience, which is the ki.’ig in
the commonwealth of human nature. It
is a sin of no small magnitude to misa pplv
the wealth of the immortal mind.
3. Gambling is a wanton waste of
money. Property is a Divine trust,, and
the trustee is bound to execute tiie- will
of the All-wise Donor. He dare not ap
ply the funds placed in his hands to any
other objects than those specified by' the
sovereign ProprietorJofall|thiugs. Butthe
man who is addicted to this vice will
squander his substance in a few hours' of
gaming, or by a feat of skill or a streak: of
luck, he robs his neighbor of the oi tdy
meaus of support for his family; so that
innocent wives and helpless children ;ire
suddenly reduced to wretchedness and
want by his recklessness and folly.
4. The loss of character is the legi ti-
mate consequence of professional ga m
bliug. “A good is better than gfvjat
riches, and loving favor than silver a ad
gold.” Whenever it is known that :vu
individual has become the frequenter of
gaming-houses, the star of his reputation
has lost its lustre. The forfeiture of tho
confidence and esteem of the community
is the necessary' sequence of such associa
tions. The gamester in the first stages of
his career is so afilicted with a sense of
shame aud ill-dosert that he selects some
retired room or the darkness of night to
execute his unworthy enterprises. Ho
would be thunder-struck if his father,
mother, wife or children should detect him
in the company of this class of men.
5. This popular vice opens the door for a
flood of evils. ‘‘The gambler by what is
called hair play, fails of being successful.
A series of ill successes tempts hitn to
play unfairly. Ultimately lie is charged
with it. He denies the allegation, and i»
thus guilty of falabood. The charge is
reiterated. He swears to the truth of the
denial; aud is thus guilty of peijury. His
oath is doubted. He becomes angry, pro
fane and furious, aud his quarrel is not
uufrequently terminated in a duel. The
wretched man contracts the habit of hard
drinking to drown the grief occasioned by
repeated losses and disappointments;’
and when artificial excitement no longer
relieves the torments of the mind, his last
desperate resort is self-murder. In the
horrors of despair he plunges the knife
into the bossorn, applies the razor to the
throat, or presses the poisoned chalice to
the lips. Who could bear the idea of
baviug a father, husband, son or brother
exposed to such dangerous temptations ?
The very heart bleeds and breaks at the
bare contemplation of perils so great. Oh!
my soul, come not thou into their seciet;
unto their assembly, mine honor, be not
thou united.”
Col €Jeo. A. Smith.
The remains of this gallant soldier
reached hereon yesterday. It is not our
purpose to write a eulogy, but to give
credit to a noble soldier—an unobtrusive
gentleman. Col. Smith was a native of
our city, known for his modesty, his firm
ness of purpose, integrity and intelligence.
Wheu the war commenced, he raised a
company in this county—the Brown In
fantry*—and was ordered to Pensacola. —
He was among the first to fire a gun at
that important post. General Bragg pro
moted him to the command of the first
Georgia aud Mississippi regiment of vol
unteers, stationed on the Florida coast. —
He mastered the science of artillery, and
could have received higher promotions,
but he preferred to remain with the gal
lant boys who left Macon with him. After
th© evacuation of Pensacola, he, with his
little command, were placed in charge of
Fort Gaines, near Mobile, which post he
held against all the fleet around Mobile
bay.
He was afterwards ordered to the Ten
nessee army. During the battles around
Atlanta, he was placed in command of a
brigade, his senior officer, Gen. Anderson,
having been killed. He load his command
forward with his accustomed gallantry.—
His horse was shot under him, and lie re
ceived a severe wound in the left shoulder
disabling his arm, and was borne helpless
from the field. After a few days relief,
and before he recovered from a suppora
ting wound,he joined Gen.jHood with his
brigade, his old company and regiment
being with him,and marched on to Frank
lin, Term., and there fell, like a brave
soldier, at the head of his command, in
charging upon the invader’s breastworks.
Col. Smith was about forty years of age.
He never asked.a furlough the whole time
lie was in aervice. He never was absent
from his command but twenty days, until
he was first wounded, and then he was on
business of the department.
The writer was with him in his second
battle, and frequently with liim in the
army. He enjoyed the respect of his su
perior officers, and we have heard com
pliments from the lips of our old comman
ders, Generals Bragg and Johnston, be
stowed upon him.
His remains weredeposited by the ladies
in the soldier’s burying ground, near
Franklin. They regretted to surrender
them to his Macon friends, and gave them
up only by the urgent request of his kin
dred iiere.
They arrived on yesterday morning,and
were escorted to Rose Hill cemetery by
numerous friends, old comrades-in-arms,
and the Odd Fellows Lodge. Rev. Mr.
Bonncll, President of the Wesleyan Fe
male College, officiating as clergyman.
The estimable daughter of this distin
guished soldier is now instructing South
ern orphans with commendable zeal at the
Orphan’s Home in this county.
Thens lid the mot her to her son,
And pointed to his shield :
“Come with it, wheu the battle’s done,
Or on it from the field,’’
W. T. Brantly, D. D. —This eminent
divine, now pastor of the Second Baptist
church of Atlanta, was in our city last
Sabbath. In the forenoon, at the Mulber
ry street Methodist church, he delivered
the commencement sermon before the
faculty aud pupils of the Wesleyan Female
College—one of his masterly eflorts. At
night, in the First Baptist Church, Dr.
B. preached a most impressive discourse
suggested by the sententious supplication
recorded in the thirteenth verso ot the
eighteenth chapter of Luke—a sermon
which will never be forgotten by the more
thoughtful among the large audience who
listened to his unanswerable arguments
and truly eloquent persuasions.
Lift Me Over.
BY M. E. M.
“Oil Father, lift me over!” It was a little
child,
Who stood and poised one slender foot
across a stream defiled;
Her robe was fair and spotless, the current
dark and slow,
Wherein thecity streets’ debris was tossing
to and fro.
The father stooped and lifted, with fond
caressing cure,
The little one whose silver voice had reach
ed his ear in prayer,
The throng came swiftly onward; I saw
the twain no more;
But all day long, in every strait, I said her
sweet words o’er.
Home at the city-crossing went swiftly
splashing through.
Borne faltered long, or turned them hack
another way to view ;
Some, holding byastronger hand, with all
a child’s sweet faith.
Cried, “ Lift me, lift me over!” aud reach
the better path.
Our Father up in Heaven, whose ear i*
ever bent
To hear the prayers thy children raise,
whatever their intent,
Will thou not heed and listen, and when
the floods are high,
Oli, stoop, aud with thine arm of might
bring salvation nigh ?
Oh ! lift me over, when the waves of sor
row come too near,
Whene’er the tempter’s siren voice shall
wiiisper in mine ear;
When fever’s flush is on my cheek, when
aches my throbbing head,
Then let me lie within thine arms; then
soothe my painful dread.
O, H(t me over, Father ! O, lift me at the
last;
When earthly hopes and earthly fears are
all forever past;
When roll the waters at my feet, oh ! take
my trembliDg hand,
And lift me with one strong, sweet grasp,
home to the better land 1
“It is a Dakk Day.” —Thus writes an
editor at theconclusion of an article on the
present state of politics. Truly it is a dark
day: but there is consolation for those who
are willing to receive it. “Unto the up
right there ariseth light in the darkuess.”
Inasmuch as it is the future about which
we are principally concerned, it is well for
us to look at the power of God as well as
the power of man: and to remember that
His creatures can go no farther in any
course of action than He permits them.—
Indeed, it is necessary to our comfort to
forget tiie rod of chastisement as far as we
can, and look principally at the hand
which wields it, which is our Father’s
baud.
It is well for tw to bear in mind that all
political combinations however complex,
and however unjitMuising for us, nave
their being under Hia eye; that it is He
who sets up aud puts flown, turning the
hearts of men, aud defeating or prospering
men at His will. In a word we are to
walk by faith rather thau by sight— to
eontemplate infinite power, wisdom, good
ness, faithfullness, and truth, rather t, an
the poor weak efforts of misguided aud
wicked men, who, while they in their
pride deem themselves a) most omnipotent
are in His lutud as clay in the handsi>f the
potter.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
fßy the New Yorfc Associated Press.|
Congressional.
Washington, July 7.—A majority of
the members of Congress anxiously hope
to finish I usiness early next week.
July B.—A bill has been prepared by the
committee of nine. It places the State
governments in complete subjection to the
Military commanders, whose previous acts
are validated ; makes boards of registrars
judgesof the qualifications for registrat i<>n;
forbids the removal of commanders with
out the advice and consent of the Senate,
or sentence of court-martial; forbids civil
courts, whether Federal or State, from
interferring with the commander or agents
acting under his authority, or from enter
taining civil or criminal proceedings
against them for any act done under the
laws to which this is supplemental.
House: A large number of bills were
introduced and referred without debate.
The committee on Elections reported
that no person who had given aid or com
fort to the rebellion should be allowed to
swear in, but the disloyalty of constituents
or illegality oi elections should not prevent
a member holding certificate from being
sworn in, Report laid on table and order
ed to be printed.
Resolution calling for proceedings of
Cabinet on reconstruction, passed—lo3 to
26.
Butler moved that a special committee
of five, with power to send for papers, be
appointed to investigate the assassination;
aud that the committee promise protection
of the House to accomplices, who have not
been tried or sentenced, who may give
valuable evidence. Rules suspended, aud
resolurtion passed.
Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of
Niue, introduced the following Bill:
Be it enacted, etc., That it is hereby de
clared to have been the true intent ami
meaning of the Act of the 2d day of March,
1867, entitled “An act to provide for the
more efficient government of the rebel
States,” and of the Act supplementary
thereto, passed the 23d day of March, 1867,
that t’ne governments then existing in the
rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas ami
Arkansas, were illegal and void, and that
thereafter said governments, if continued,
were to be continued subject in all respects
to the military commanders of the respec
tive districts and the authority of Con
gress.
Sec. 2. That the said Acts to which
this is a supplement shall be construed to
authorize the officer assigned to the com
mand of any military district, under said
acts, whenever he shall deem it necessary
to the due performance'of his duties, to
remove or suspend from office any munici
pal or State officer, or person exercising
authority under or by virtue of any so
called State government existing in bis
district, and the said officer so assigned to
command is hereby empowered to appoint
another person in the stead of the officer
or person so removed, if lie shall deem it
proper so to do ; and wherever he may
deem it necessary to prohibit, suspend or
set aside auy act or proceeding of any
such State or municipal governments, or
any act or thing done under or by virtue
of the authority, and all acts heretofore
done by any such officer in accordance
herewith, shall be deemed valid.
Sec. 3. That the boards of registration
of the several military districts established
by theacts to which this is supplementary,
shall admit to registration only such per
sons as they deem entitled to be registered
by the acts aforesaid. They shall not
regard the taking of the oath prescribed
conclusive evidence of the right of the
person taking it to be registered, but
prima facie only, and may receive such
evidence under oatli relating thereto as
they deem proper, either from tire 'person
applying to be registered or others, and
either of the members of said boards is
hereby authorized to administer oaths or
affirmations and examined witnesses
tpuching the right of any person to be
Registered. Said boards of registration
may strike from the list of voters the name
of anyone already registered wiio in their
judgment improperly took the oatli pre
scribed in the acts to which this is sup
plementary, or was not entitled by said
act to be registered. Recorded evidence
shall not lie required by said boards to
prove participation in the rebellion, but
parole evidence shall be sufficient to estab
lish the fact of such participation; and
said boards of registration shall not be
bound or governed in their action by any
opinion of any officer of the United States
Government.
Bee 4. That no civil court of the United
States or of any State shall have jurisdic
tion of any action or'proceeding, civil or
criminal, against any such commander or
any officer or person acting by his author
ity, for or on account of tiie discharge of
the duties imposed upon him by this act
or the act to which it is supylementary.
flee. 5. That no district commander shall
be relieved from the command assigned
him under the aforesaid acts, unless the
Senate shall have first advised aud con
sented thereto, or unless by sentence of
eoutt-martial lie shall he cashieredjor dis
missed from the army, or unless lie
consent to be so relieved.
Sec. 6. At the time for tiie completion of
the registration of persons properly quali
fied to vote, it may be extended by orders
of the said several district commander, to
any day prior to the first day of October
A. D. 1867.
Mr. Stevens accepted the following as
additional Sections:
Any person who shall attempt to prevent
the execution of this Actshall he guilty of
misdemeanor, and on conviction shall he
liable to a fine of live thousand dollars or
imprisonment one year.
The right of any person to be registered
as a legal voter shall in no respect be
changed or affected by tbo President’s
pardon for participation in the rebellion.
Mr. Stevens moved the previous ques
tion, and the House w ill vote to-morrow
at one o’clock P. M.
House then adjourned.
Senate: Mr. Trumflull, from Judiciary
committee, introduced a bill on recon
struction.
The Executive was called on for infor
mation* regarding Indian hostilities, and
Mexican affairs.
By a vote of thirty-six to five, the Senate
refused to take up the joint resolution of
thanks to Sheridan, Sickles, Schofield and
Pope. Mr. rGimes thought it would be
very premature to pass these resolutions
at this time; they were not sufficiently
informed of the merits of the cases to be
able to judge; formerly, the thanks of
Congress were only tendered on extraor
dinary occasions, and it was considered a
great compliment to any one to receive
them but if this kind of precedent was to
be established, they would next he tender
ing thanks to the Governors of the Terri
tories and to the Governor of our new
Russian Possessions.
Several other ineffectual effort* to intro
duce general legislation failed, and the
Senate adjourned.
The following is the 6th Section of the
Bill reported by the Judiciary Committee
of the Senate :
That the true intent and meaning of the
oath prescribed in said supplementary act
is, among other things, that no person
who has been a member of the Legislature
of py State, or who has held any execu- 1
tive or judicial office in any State w i
he has taken an oath to support
stitution of the United States or not C ° n '
who has afterwards engaged i„ ’ awl
tiou or rebellion against the United
or given aid and comfort to the <. %
thereof, is entitled to be registered'", ''
vote; and the words ‘executiveor j„!c
officer in any State,’ in saidoath Bieur - ’ 1 * 1
ed. shall be construed to include all !'
officers created by law fortheadiainjl'J''
tiod of (he several laws of the State '
Washington Items.
Washington, July 7.-Custom s r .
ceipts for June, eleven millions; j nt( ,
revenue, twenty-one millions, j), ' U
first three days in July, receipts from I ,
sources, nine and a half millions.
The Japanese Commissioners have].,
three hundred thousand, and on their \
turn will pay the balance, one hun,| r .
thousand, for the ram ‘Stonewall.' j
‘Stonewall’ leaves on the first of Augi
Information has been received at
War Department that the Kearnev v
sacre grew out of the placing miiitarv
on the Man tala road, by Powder \ .
without consent of the Indians. ;
Cheyenne war grew out of llieap] r
troops ; the'lndiaus abandoned the v
and afterwards burned it. An offi'
port will be submitted by the
to Congress, recommending B '
which will insure peace among
Indiau tribes.
Surritth
Washington, July B.—Thu def, ;
commenced. Three witnesses test if
including an ac‘or named Hess,
theatrical costumer named Ca«lan.
who was to sing, asked the time. (v
replied, “Ten minutes past ten.” l|
exclaimed “Ten minutes past ten I—lTi
wanted soon.” Witnesses knew l;,
well. He was notin front of the thea'r
None of them saw Surrat there?
The brothers Ford testify that 1;;....
from the position of the doom and ]»as.
could not have seen Surratt in the h
dent’s box on the day of the assesinat>
Ucmral N<«,
Savannah, July 7.—E. J. Westmore
land, British consul at Brunswick,
was killed at that place, on the :,th, l,
Captain Martin. The deceased had <>i i
been married four hours. Martin me
rested and brought to this city. Ci,,
mystery exists regarding the affair.
Nkw York, July 7. —The* Uunderbeu
sailed Noilh, bill put buck oil account.'
disarrangement of machinery; w ill l,
layed two or three days. She perfoin
admirably until the accident, which i
character liable to happen to any ve—
Washington, July 7. Kx-Gov. L,
rus W. Powell, of Kentucky is dead.
Boston, July B.—John K.Fuller, ca
ier of the Merchants’ National Bank,
beeu arrested, charged with illegally
structing funds of the bunk.
Washington, July B.—(Jen. Tins.
Meagher was drowned, at Fort Benton,
the first instant.
Ex-Governor King, of New York,
d ead.
Kori'lgn Noun.
London, July B. —The English govt:;
ment is about to send a body of troops
Abysinia.
Parks, July 8. —The International Mon
Congress proposes to fix the standard
gold coin at five francs and its mnltipl*
Trieste, July 8-—A fleet is under pre
paration to proceed to Mexico, !o demand
Maximilian’s body.
Markets tty Telegraph.
New York, July 8, Evening.—Cott'Ki
quiet but. firm. Sales !)<)() bales at 'itiic.
Flour, State 6,50a10,75 ; Southern",.
15,25. Wheat firmer, new amber Gen.
$3. Corn, western mixed 10lal0S;old
Baltimore, July B.— Cotton quiet.
Coffee steady. Flour searee. Win r
new red, 275 ; new white 2!MI. Provision"
scarce, in demand.
Savannah, July 8. —Cotton dull, im
tive; Low Middlings 21a214. Receipts 1
bales.
Wilmington, July B.—Spirits Turpi
tine firmer 51. Rosin steady 2,»>0:t5,50.
Charleston, July 8. —Cotton quiet.
Sales 54 bales. Middlings 25c. Receipt)
260 bales.
Augusta, July 8. —Cotton dull. Sal*-
26 bales. Middlings 214.
Mobile, July B.—Sales 200 bales. I
Middlings 4J4a22. Receipts 103 bales,
Liverpool, July B.—Cotton m s
Breadstuff's unchanged. Bacon 42. Ta '
54. Others unchanged.
New Orleans, July B.—Cotton: 8
1,200 bales ; Low Middlings 23j. Iteo
250 bales.
Financial.
New York, July B.—Stocks dull, heavy.
Money sao. Gold 138f. ’62 coupons h
London, July 8, Evening.—Consols a
Bonds unchanged.
New Orleans, July B.—Gold
Sterling 411ju53. New York Sight, 4 j
mium.
THE NTRAWF.K E. w. It Hook
■ tout and Cargo Insured, Itolibeil- e"*
net on Fire.
The St. Louis Democrat, of Hal nr
gives details of a character that cl
resembles the celebrated Martha
ington ca u e, tried in Helena, Ark., m
the U. S. Court, Columbus Ohio, four
years ago. Our readers will reniem
that at St. Louis on Monday last
was made known that the steam' ■'
W. Brooks had been robbed of■"
set on fire. Wm. A. Hitter, cU
half owner of thoboat, wrote an a™
of the loss to tiie chief of police, aim -
thing in the letter awoke that
suspicion. On Wednesday, Kitteji ,
Hueffner, and J. A. Johnson, tl
of the boat, were arrested, vhen f(
Johnson confessed that they '' l .. ~
the guilty parties, and on ’ The
of the missing money wa- t"
scheme the men had cl,nc
plunder the creditors, Ya
defraud the insurance i
originated with Huetf'ner, J
one of the coolest villains ill
The plot was to purchase a large
of goods, send them South and sel
and rob the safe of the money r s I
In pursuance of this plan, H §
bought the goods, engaged a mail:
the boat, effected insurance on t.y m
and cargo, and promised to <b' |
spoils with Johnson for aiding in tl-’ ‘
cutlon of the scheme. The b° a: »
issued for $5,000, the goods (on the f- J
trip) for S3,(XX), aud the cash on f
SIO,OOO. I
Ritter states that Johnson unfold |
plot to him on board the boat nea r ?
Rock, aud that Johnson was to ' . I
the burning of the boat. The ms . W
frequently talked over by them. I
ner’s part of the diabolical work
arrange to insurance. On the ve
st. Louis Ritter and Johnson [ I
money from the safe ami ilividb “ I
tween them. Johnson taking I
Ritter the balance. At IfeniP 1 • I
sent, as ho says, S2OO to bis » rU “ m
ably $2,000. The culprits n '/; W
setting the boat on tire : why Mr
the project was not complete W
appear.
The Theatre A Schooia* 1, » ■
Will any of you who have been ■
tres please tell me whether '
received important accessions
galleries of theatres? pit ‘ 1
Will you tell me whether jit
place where an ordinary n,o |
would love to seat his children ))(lo i fc J
How does it happen that in k
morals, the teachers never learn
lessons? urlih I
Would you allow a son or a
associate alone with actors or a I(] J I
Do these men who promote
zealously when acting, take »i > f .* I
pul die moral enterprise when
dresses are off?