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THE GEORG
EEKLY TELEGRAPH
A. D. Bachc, chief of the Coast Sur
vey, is thought to be near his death.
C. C. Clay, lately released from im
prisonment at Fortress Monroe, arrived at
Huntsville on the 37th ult.
Wo see it stated in an exchange that
.Fudge Frazier, United States Judge in Flori
da. has decided the lawyer's test oath consti
tutional.
United States Courts.—Judge Erskine,
of the United States Court, has arrived in
Savannah, and will open a term of his court
at the United States Court Room in the Cus
tom House, on Tuesday, the 8th inst.—(to
day.)
jarWe learn from the Griffin Star that a
few days ago a negro, in Piko county, viola
ted tho person of a respectable white woman,
under the most revolting circumstances. The
negro was arrested and placed in charge of
the Sheriff, from whoso bauds he was rescued
by a party of men in disguise and summarily
executed.
A Florida Enterprise.—The Tallahassee
Floridian of April 34th, in speaking of the.
Indian river enterprise, says that the opera
tions of the Company are progressing encour
agingly. Large quantities of oysters have
been canned and very many fine turtles caught,
which would be shipped North at an early
day.
A Big Transaction.—The telegram an
nounces the sale of Lower California, by Sen.
Romero, Jaurez’s Minister at Washington, to
a company of Northern capitalists. We take
it for granted that our Government will pay
no respect to the transaction ; if otherwise,
we shall propose to sell our individual inter
est in the whole of Southern Mexico, and
sell cheap. Here is a rare chance for capi
talists!
Crops, A-c., in Houston.
Fort Valley, Ga., May 3, 'CO.
Messrs. Editors: Having traveled over
the major portion of Houston county within
the last five days, I propose to give yon the
result of my observations. The com crop
looks well but needs work badly. The cot-
'ton crop is not only sorry, but not more than
half a stand. I lound a few planters plough
ing up and planting over—a great many
more would do the same if they could get
seed. All agree in attributing tho bad stand
to having planted seed from three to four
years old. From what I have seen, I do not
chink that there will be half stand in our
ounty, and that to be cultivated with free
lazy labor, cannot yield more than one-third
of a crop.
Tho free negroes are doing no better than
we expected : while a portion of them are at
work, the balance arc wandering to and fro,
literally doing nothing. The beginning of
the end is at hand. The cultivation of cot
ton in tho South is doomed, unless we can
substitute a better system ol labor.
J. W.
Confederate Dead at Cnthbcrt.
Cctiidert, Ga., May 5th, 18C8.
Editor Macon Telegraph :
Dear Sm: I herewith send you a list of
Confederate soldiers who are buried in this
place; some of whom were killed in battle
and interred here, but most of them died in
hospital. If you will bo so kind ns to pub
lish this you may gladden the hearts of some
of their bereaved friends who may yet be in
ignorance ns to the whereabouts of the rest
ing-place of their loved ones. The graves of
these honored soldiers were suitably deco
rated with flowers on the 20th of April, and
steps are being taken to have them substan
tially enclosed:
B. A. Graham, 1st Lieutenant co B, 47th
Ga., Infantry.
Vincent "Wilson.
J. P. Edwards, 4th G.'M.
L. V. Smith, co —, 3d Engineers.
M. W. Cochran, co I, 20tli Mississippi.
T. O. Turner, co F, 7tli Florida.
Geo. P. Cronshaw, Cheatham’s Escort.
James G. Brooks, co A, 4'7th Ga.
W. R. Coleman, co —, 2d G. M.
L. C. Jennings, co —, 2d Ga Reserves.
W. J. Andrews, co G, 50th Tennessee.
G. W. Jenkins, co A, 65th Ga.
A. G. Morris, co H, 15th Tenn.
Abraham Gurgams, co A, 12th Tenn.
James Barrier, co H, 8th North Carolina.
Hardy J. Bullion, co F, 1st Arkansas.
W. H. Allen, co D, 45th Tenn.
A. J. Moss.
Y. B. Childers, co C, 1st Alabama.
Rolicrt Paul, co G, 48th Georgia.
THE LAWS OF WAR.
It is strange how principles will
NORTHERN EMISSARIES. .
Tho Washington correspondence of a Bos
ton nowspaper says the South is overrun by
emissaries from the North, who are encoura
ging the negroes to form secret associations
“and to make public parades, demonstra
tions and celebrations—and in Richmond
they are often overbearing and insulting to
the whites, which provokes retaliation and
riots. Gen. Terry says there is now probably
over a hundred of these semi-secret organiza
tions among the blacks in Richmond, and the
names they assume are dften ludicrous and
blasphemous, one being styled the * Holy
’Sons of God.’ ”
There can be no doubt that- the whole ten
dency of these teachings of Northern agents
in the South i3 inimical to kindly relations
between the whites and the blacks. The first
thing instilled into the mind of the negro is
that the Northern people are peculiarly bis
friends, that they it is who rescued them
from a galling bondage^ and wish to give
them education, respectability and position,
the argument involving the implication—if it
be not directly taught—that the Southern
people are inimical to the negro and wish to
deprive him of his rights and privileges.—
The existence of “Equal Rights Associa
tions” among us, presided over and directed
by Northern men, is proof conclusive that
there is a political object also in view, and
that our Radical enemies in Congress—the
men who moke war upon the President and
would change the whole nature of the gov
ernment so as to completely enslave the
Southern people—are also represented by
their agents in every Southern State.
Now we ask: is this system of Northern
interference in matters at the South, friendly
not ? If not friendly, ought it to be toler
ated ? Let us state the ease by n simple trans
position of tho parties. Suppose we should
organize societies at the South and send out
our agents over all the North, as missionaries
to the factory hands of New England, the
otevedores and labores generally of New York,
the iron founders and coal diggers of Pensyl-
vania, and instruct them to lecture these peo
ple on the their rights as a working popula
tion—their duty to work fewer hours in the
day—to claim higher wages for their work—
that they arc the equals of their employers
and should claim every privilegs CDjoyed by
the latter—that it is to the interests of the
capitalists to keep them down and degrade
them as much as possible—that the Southern
people are their fast friends, and when
the time for voting' comes they should
go against their employers and neighbors
and for the South. Here is a paralled
case—how does i^look ? Would Hie North
ern people consider such conduct on the part
of their Southern brethren an act of friend
ship and good neighborhood ? Nay: would
such Southern agents and interraeddlers be
tolerated for a single day after their business
became known in any Northern community ?
It is wholly unnecessary to answer the ques
tion.
Tho South has borne much at the hands of
pretended philanthropy, but we hope the day
is not far distant when she will be delivered
of such obstructions to her prosperity und
peace. For the present, wo look to the Presi
dent to protect us against such interference.
One house of Congress has just voted an ap
propriation of eleven millions of dollars to
keep up this agitation and trouble in the
South, and be will do a patriotic act if he will
but crush out the iniquity by his veto.
Whence the power of Congress to feed
people who arc too lazy to work, build
churches and school houses, pay missionaries
to teach reading, writing and arithmetic to
the African race, and cram their heads with
Northern and falscpplitics notions of equal
ity ? These things were all unconstitutional
before the war—universally conceded to be so
—how happens it that all of a sudden they
have become constitutional? Snow us the
change in the fundamental law to warrant
such legislation.
There is no telling what the South will
come to if these moral reformers and Black
Republican crusaders should be allowed to
continue their work amongst us. That a wnr
of races will be the result, we have-not the
shadow of a doubt. It is the legitimate off
spring of their universal equality teachings,
and when it comes, we only hope they may
be found at their posts, to bear their share
of the conflict. Such men and women may
read the first fruits of their labors in the ac
counts from Memphis. The Bulletin of that
city closes the bloody details with tho follow-
remarks :
Many ascribe tho unfortunate events of the
past few days to enthusiasts in African pul
pits. Missionaries of the extreme Radical
From Washington.
\VASHiNGTON COUKEsrOXDENCE
OP THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
Washington*. May 3, ISoG.
Atrocious Features qf the Plan*‘of the Beconstrvc-1 WAsnnlafrox, May 5.—K is not known ex-
tion Committee—-Mrs. Jefferson Davis—The i act ; y amoun l the Government will lose
ISouthem Bel itf Fair—A Set of Barnes* for Gen-\ ^ failure of, the Merchants’ National
THE FAILURE OF THE merchants’ NATIONAL
BANK.
erci Lee-PnibabieSu*pensionof Diplomatic Beta-1 thirty," hut irrespective of tho sum
tions with Austria.
The atrocious features of the “Plan” of Recon
struction proposed by the Committee of 15, and
submitted by them to Congress on tho 30th ult.,
excites no surprise here, as they embody what
were precisely known to be the views, inten
tions and determination ot tho radical leaders.
For months past it has been no secret that they
had determined to retain permanent possession
of the government of the country,, even if they
had to trample on the Constitution, and revolu
tionize tho form of the government in order to do
It was well known that their plan involved
clinngc
when tho tables turn and it is “yonr bull thnt
gored my ox.” From Minister Kilpatrick’s
protest to the Spanish commander off Valpa
raiso, we extract the following:
"While belligerent rights permit a recourse
to extreme measures for the carrying out of
legitimate military operations, they do not in
clude the wanton destruction of private prop
erty where no result advantageous to tho law
ful ends of the war can be attained. Interna
tional law expressly ex.cmptsfrom destruction
purely commercial communities Such as Val
paraiso, and tho undersigned would beg his
Excellency to consider most earnestly tho im
jnense loss to neutral residents, and the im
possibility of removing, withing the brief
term slotted to them, their household goods,
chattels and merchandise.
If, however, his Excellency persists in his
intention to bombard the port of Valparaiso,
in spite of tho earnest remonstrances contain
ed herein, it only remains for the undersign
ed to reiterato in the clearest manner, in the
name of his government, his most solemn pro
test against the net, as unusual, unnecessary, an
and in contravention ot the laws and customs
of civilized nations, reserving to his govern
ment the right to take such action as it may
deem proper in the premises.
The undersigned has tho honor, &c.,
J. Kilpatrick.
To his Excellency the Commandcr-in-Chicf
of tho Naval forces of Her Catholic Majesty in
the Pacific, &c.
This is all sound doctrine—the law of war
os recognized by all civilized nations—but
what became of it when stone fleets were rank
across Charleston lihrbor to destroy the com
merce of tho world with that city—when for
month after month fiery missiles were rained
upon the women and children of the city,
and upon the property of friend and foe—
when the city of Atlanta was laid in ashc? on
its evacuation by the Federal army—when the
lovely capital of South Carolina was levelled
with the earth and thousands of inoffensive
people turned out to starve and freeze in mid
winter—when the city of Petersburg was shell
ed to pieces, by long range artillery, because
tbo army of Grant had not the manhood to
tako it ? Where were these “laws of civilized
warfare'’ when tljc Federal armies perpetra
ted every species of atrocity upon private cit
izens of tho South, and their leaders unblusli-
ingly announced to the world that “anything
that damaged the enemy tea 1 lawful in war T
sort, of misshapen heads, like that pretty
cranium which rises, a gorgeous temple of
thought, from tho shoulders of Smith, of
Hardeman, have exhausted the force of nasal
melody and humdrum philanthrophy in lec
turing blacks upon dignity and the assertion
of social and political rights. We would not
object if blacks understood the sensible and
just of their teachers, or if tlicir stupidity did
not cause sable auditors to exact respect fbr
themselves by its absence in their own
conduct towards others. Their unwise
teachers cause negroes to go arm in
arm along the streets, compelling men and
women to yield the footway. Lessons on Af
rican dignity, taught by sermonizere and in
culcated by political preachers in African
schools and churches have begotten much of
that ill-feeling between races which has been
developed in violence and bloodshed. The
Civil Rights bill has been, of late, tho cx-
liaustlcss theme of discussion among blackB
and negrophilists of this city. Suits pend
ing, involving tho constitutionality of the
measure and social privileges have given fresh
impetus to the idea that African manhood
d perfect equality of races must everywhere
be asserted.
Action of the Methodist Conference.
New Orleans, May 3.—The pastorate was
extended to four years.
Thoro were $27,000 appropriated for the
support of bishops.
Tho Missouri and St. Louis Conferences
were granted privilege to divide.
The revision of the Discipline has been very
extensive.
The report of the Committco on Education
declined to accept the phonetic system. It
recommends that an institute be established
for the education of young ministers, and al
so that biblical schools be established in con
nection with colleges already established.
No one shall be admitted into the Confer
enco without a certificate from the examin
ing committee.
The next General Conference will be held
at Memphis, on the first Wednesday in May
1870.
An Attractive Place.—Tho Waynesboro
News thus writes:
The good people of Waynesboro are now
enjoying tho only luxuries left them by the
war, viz: Fleas, old clothes, poverty, and
dirty streets.
and required the permanent disfranchisement of
tho Southern people,and the permanent exclusion
from Congress of the representatives chosen by the
Southern people. Nor did they attempt to conceal
that their deliberate purpose waa not to regard
the Southern people oa onr fellow-citizens, but to
regard and-treat tho Southern States as conquer
ed and subjugated provinces,and their citizens as
having no political rights whatever. Such was
the purpose of the radicals, even for months bo*
fore tho present session of Congress assembled—
upon these detestable principles, all their legis
lation has been based—and it is.with this object
in view that they now present this truly diaboli
cal “plan.”
Tho main part of this plan is o proposed amend
ment to the Constitution, which, when stripped
of verbiage, ia as follows:
See. 1. Negroes shall be made citisens in all
the Southern States.
2. States which do not givo negroes the privi
lege to vote, shall not count them as population
in the apportionment of representatives:
3. Only negroes, and white men who opposed
the rebellion, shall vote at the next Presidential
election.
4. Slave owners who lost their slaves by eman
cipation, shall not bo paid for them, and neither
States nor tho Federal Government shall pay the
rebel debt.
5. Congress shall have power to pasa any law
it may seo fit to pass, without regard to the con
stitutional rights of the people and of the States,
and without fear of an Executive veto.
The first two sections give equality and fran
chise to negroes, whether they have been loyal
or disloyal; and the 3d deprives a large number
of white men, who have not been convicted of
any crime, of the rights of citizens. This is
something more than negro equality; and it ia
difficult to see the justice of insisting that the
Southern States shall give the rights of citizen
ship to negroes who have given aid and comfort
to tho Confederates, and at the same time deprive
their dwxi citizens of those rights.
Did anybody over doubt the power of Congress
to enforce by legislation every provision of tho
Constitution? What is the use then of tho 5th
section of the "plan”? “5. Congress shall have
power to enforce, by legislation, the provisions of
this article.” What necessity is there for a spe
cial grant of power to Congress, to enforce this
articie ? It is very plain that the illegal body of
men who call themselves “Congress,’’have deter
mined to have more power than thk Constitution
confers upon a constitutional Congress. It is not
many weeks since Thaddeus Stevens threatened
that Congress could and would pass bills without
consulting the President; and nothing can be
plainer than the design of this 5th section. If
the other*four sections should bo adopted as part of
the Constitution, the 5th section is intended to
be construed by them to give them power to
assume the whole business of legislation, with
out any restriction. It is a part of their pro
gramme to destroy the Constitution and to concen
trate all the powers of the Government in their
own hands.
Of coarse, therq is a great deal of speculation
abont the probable fate of the “plan” in Con
gress. When the radical strength in both Houses
is considered, it seems probable'.that the “plan'
will bo rushed through, as the radical leaders in-
tdhd. But it is certain that the measure docs not
command tbo entire support of the Republican
members. Throe or four substitutes have already
been proposed: and it is known that half a dozen
others have been prepared by different Republican
members, and will be s mitted in due time.
Yonr readers will be glad to learn that Mrs. Jef
ferson Davis is now at Fortress Monroe, on a visit
to ber husband. If is reported that she carries to
him, from President JoUqson, the oqpurancc of a
speedy release. And whether this may be so or
not, I am satisfied tbat lie will vei7 soon, be an
conditionally released. As I recently stated, no
arrangements whatever have been made for bis
trial.
Tkc Southern Relief Fair, recently held at Bal
timore, by the Southern ladies of that city, has at
last come to an end, alter being protracted many
days beyond the time originally fixed. People
would persist in continuing to send in contribu
tions, and the ladles of course had to keep on sell
ing. As to tho lntcr->t manifested by the public
In the fair, it continued unabated to the end.—
Among the last ol the incidents was a parade
through the streets of Baltimore of the noble cat
tle which had been presented, accompanied by
bands of music; each splendid steer being adorned
with wreathes of flowers and garlands of ribbons.
When the two finest steers, “Hope” and “Char
ity,” Lad been slaughtered, all Baltimore seemed
to rash to the market to buy tbo meat. A mag
nificent roasting piece was bought for $250, and
scut as a present to President Johnson. Another
of the same kind was bought by Hiram Cranston
of the New Tork Hotel, in New York; and many
gentlemen in Baltimore bought pieces at from $20
to $100 each. Didn’t that meat cat np rich *
The bides of these two nqble steers are now be
ing tauned. They were bought at a high figure by
tome gentlemen ot Baltimore, and when tanned
will be made np into harness. A saddle, and sett
of superb harness, is to be presented to Goncral
Lee, and will no doubt be appreciated by tbat
great soldier as a memento of one of the noblest
charities in which the women of America ever en-
e *fbur readers will have observed among the dip
lomatic correspondence on Mexican affairs, recent
ly submitted to Congress, two letters from the
Secretary of State to Mr. Motley, our minister at
Vienna, in which the latter is Instructed to de
mand bia passports and return home, If any Aus
trian troops are sent over to Maximilian, and In
which also the intimation is conveyed to Mr.
Motley that the Austrian Minister at Washington,
will be dismissed in case any Austrian troops land
at Vera Crux. The troops in question arc to be
sent to.Maximilian to take the place of the French
troops tbat arc soon to be withdrawn: and this is
to be done in pursuance of a treaty between France,
Austria and Miximilhui. - The troops arc to be sent
over in French vessels, and the first detachment is
now probably on the way. It cannot for a moment
be supposed tbat the Emperor of Austria will vio
late a solem treaty, merely because he is threaten
ed with a suspension of diplomatic intercourse
with the United States. The troops, of course,
will come, as per agreement It would seem that
Connt Wydenbrack, the Austrian Minister, con
templates and expects this, and expects to be dis
missed by odr government In consequence of it—
for be advertises in the National Intelligencer
tbat his elegantly furnished residence here is lor
sale or rent
It IS*worthy of note that Mr. Seward’s letter* to
Mr. Motley, were written at a time when war be
tween Austria and Prussia seemed almost certain,
in which case of course, it might be difficult, per
haps. impossible, for Austria to send these troops
to Mexico. But it ia certain that matters now look
vety differently. It eeems probable now, In tho
light of the last news from Europe, that there will
be no war between Austria and Prussia; and this
In consequence either of the mediation of the Em
peror Napoleon, or In accordance with his plaha
and wishes. ‘
Warwick.
that may be lost on account of the deposit
of Paymaster Vaulding, the Government
would be the creditor of the bank, about
$122,000. '^c United States Marshal has in
bonds tasecure deposits $100,000 and $20,000
to sccura the noteaofthc Minks; also $0,000
n goldjtbeing the interest due the hank
-gainst the total amount is to bo charged
180,000fcireuhuion ot the hank, and $4,000
deposit. Ft & understood that paymaster
Paulding bad a diposit in the hank of one
half a miOi-ui otf dollars, supposed to have
been out of sums drawn from other deposi
tories and transferred to tho Merchants’ Na
tional Bank, contrary to an order from tho
War Department which directs disbursing
officers to keep their funds on deposit in de
positories, Upon which the Government
draws in favor of the disbursing officer’s
requisition. The last draft drawn by
the United States Treasury, in. favor of
lymaster Paulding, upon the Merchants’
_ational Bank, was dated January 4th, 18CG,
for $100,000, and drafts upon other deposi
tories to the amount of sevcral hundred thou
sand dollars in favor of Paulding, have been
executed since that date.
the habeas corpus act.
'™A committee ol Conference having agreed
on the amendatory habeas corpus act, it lias
passed both Houses, and only wants the sig
nature of the President to become a law. It
protects every officer of tho Federal Govern
ment who was acting under orders, and who
made what is known os arbitrary arrests dur
ing the war. It also removes all suits brought
by aggrieved parties against such officers,
from the State Courts to tho Federal Courts.
As has been heretofore stated, it transfers
over two thousand of that kind of cases from
the Kentucky local courts to the United States
courts. The hill provides that the produc
tion of a telegram or an order by an officer
for such an arrest, is sufficient for his defense.
Adjourned till Monday at 10 a. m.
the national debt.
The Senate finance committee hnd under
consideration to-day, the bill introduced by
Senator Sherman, to reduep the rate of inter
est on the national debt, and for other pur-
roses. The committee are understood to be
n favor of tho measure. It is stated that
Secretary McCulloch is very anxious that the
measure should be adopted with as little de
lay as possible, and has accordingly address
ed a letter to both the Senate and House
finance committees to that effect. It will be
reported to the Senate early next week, and
immediately put on its passage.
EQUALIZING THE CURRENCY.
The sub-Committee on Finance, to whom
was referred the bill to equalize the currency
of the National Banks, among the States,
mode their report to the committee to-day.—
No action was taken on the subject, and it
was postponed until the next meeting.
INTERNAL REVENUE AND CUSTOM RECEIPTS.
Tho receipts from the Internal Revenue to
day, amounted to $1,395,813. The receipts
from customs from the 21st to the 30th of
April, at the ports mentioned, were ns fol
lows: New York, $2,708,933; Philadelphia,
$320,593 : Boston, $2,031 47; Baltimore, $11,-
433.
In tho Connecticut Legislature the
Scnntorship is the absorbing topic. It is bo-
lieved that the united friends of Bucking-
bain and Ferry will beat Foster.
(SF“ There were only six persons in Mem
phis, in 1801, that voted against secession.—
Now there arc said to not less than six
hundred persons claiming to bo one of the
six.
The Memphis Riot.
Special despatch to the LouIsvill9 Courier.
Memphis, May 3.—'The excitement over the
riots of the past two days lias subsided
some to-day. Last night scenes occurred
which will be a lasting disgrace to Memphis;
but still I am glad to be able to say that the
higher classes of citizens had not anything
to do with it.
The origin of the riot as it comes from an
eye-witness, a highly respected gentleman and
a reliable man, is as follows: On Tuesday
afternoon, on South street, a negro express-
man collided with a hack driven by a white
man. The white man cursed the negro for it,
who apologized by saying he could not help
it. The liackmnn continued his abuse, and
finally A fight ensued. Policemen came to
tho help of tlm negn^ 'afcL then the not be
gun. f ^
The city of Memphis is in a deplorable con
dition. The Mayor has been drunk ever
since the riot commenced. A meeting ot the
citizens was held to-day, in which resolutions
were passed authorizing tho Mayor, Sheriff
and the Chairman of the meeting to summon
a force of citizens to act in conjunction with
the military force placed at the disposal of
the Mayor by General Stoneman; also, clos
ing all liquor saloons and stores until further
orders. . .
The proceedings of the meeting were print
ed and circulated around the city, with W.
P. Truelove and R. C. Rrinkley’s names at
tached, as President and Secretary, and May
or Parks’ name at the bottom, indorsing the
same.
Shortly after the adjournment of the meet
ing, the folowing order from General Stone-
man was issued.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Council :
Circumstances compel the undersigned to
interfere with the civil affairs of Memphis.
It is forbidden for any person without au
thority of these headquarters to assemble to
gether any posse of armed or unarmed men,
white or colored. This docs not include the
police, and will not as long as they can be re
ied upon as preservers of the peace.
[Signed] Geo. Stoneman,
° Major General Commanding.
THE ARMY BILL.
The maximum strength of the regular ar
my, according to the tenor of to-day’s discus
sion in military circles, will be 40,000. The
Senate army bill provides for a standing army
ol* 50,000, with a corresponding increase of
the staff, as the difference in numbers as the
old army now stands is so small, many mem
bers, with one eye to the already heavy taxes
of their constituents, arc favoring the post
ponement of the consideration of any army
increase until next winter, and in the mean
time, asked Gen. Grant to call a mixed board
of liis best officers, and let them agree upon
a bill to be submitted to Congress at its next
session for their action. This programme ,is
gaining strength, and is thought will ulti
mately prove acceptable to all parties, and re
lieve Congress of the pressure for military of
ficers.
THE COLORADO BILL TO BE VETOED.
Washington, May 5.—Tlic President this
morning stated lie should veto the Colorado
bill.
The debate on the Revenue tax bill will be
commenced on Monday, and will probably
continue during the week.
the cholera.
New York, May 5.—Tho Health Officer’s
report shows that no deaths have occurred
from cholera since yesterday, and tho danger
of the disease reaching the city is decreasing.
There were three cases of sickness admitted
to tho hospital ship yesterday, two of which
were of varioloid, and the other of cholera.—
A child of Mrs. Jenkins, who died of cholera
on 93d street, died yesterday of the same
disease.
defeat of TnE liberals IN MEXICO.
Commandant at Almoa, encountered a force
of Maximilian’s troops near Villa DelFuerto,
and was defeated, loosing three pieces of ar
tillery. Garcia’s force was broken up into
small bonds. Thirty-three persons were ar
rested and tried by court-martial for uttering
sentiments favorable to President Juarez.
MR. STANTON’S POSITION.
Notwithstanding tho doubts expressed by
a few newspaper correspondents as to the po
sition Mr. Stanton takes upon the report of
the Reconstruction Committee, it is neverthe
less positively true thnt he did express his
opposition to the report, as stated in the
semi-official report of tho Associated Press.
ADMINISTRATION MEETING.
An immense mass meeting of the friends
of the Administration is proposed to bo held
here next week, winch will be addressed by
members of the Cabinet.
Tbe Day of Reckoning.—The bravo but
gullish sons of Erin at tho North have dis
covered the fraud that has been played upon
tliom and are bringing their betrayers into
judgment, as we always believed they would
do in the end. The following despatch ap
pears in some of the papers:
New York, May 4.—The Fenian fury in
this city appears now to bo turned upon the
leaders. O’Mahony has been arrested, tried,
made to disgorge, and* deposed. It is now
tho intention to meet and try Stephens, on
his arrival here, which is anticipated on the
9th instant He is accused of complicity in
acts for which O’Mahony was tried.
The Fenian Senate meets to-morrow.
Exfurqatory Test Oaths.—Dudley Field
Esq., in an argument before the Supreme
Court of the United States, at Washington, on
the unconstitutionality of tho test oath em
bodied in the Constitution of Missouri, made
the following reference to English history
“England passed through all her changes,
from the Plantagenets to tho Sovereigns of
tho House of Hanover; she swung to and fro
in the throes of bloody and cru,el revolutions r
she saw her kings beheaded or dethroned,
dynasties taken up or laid aside, governments
of kings, parliaments and lord protectors, and
desolating armies sweeping over her island,
without ever, so far as I can discover, subject
ing the vanquished to the injustice of expur
gatory oaths."
MemtoIs, Tenn.. May 3d, 1800.
During the incendiarism last night eight
negro churches and school houses were burned
besides thirty-five negro tenements. One ne
gro woman was roasted alive.
This evening about seven o’clock, as a num
ber of drunken men were returning through
Chelsea from the pic-nic, they became mixed
in a difficulty with some negroes, killing two
and seriously wounding one. An old negro
woman was also badly beaten,
From the Avalanche’s report we gather ad
ditional items:
In company with an army officer, we made
a visit to the fort, and found the feeling of
the negroes to be of the most intensely hos
tile character. They used such expressions
as the “the d d white trash.” and “we
would whip hell out of tlim it we only had
the guns.” No words of kindly advice given
them by tho officers seemed to make any
more impression than mere empty sounds.
They swaggered like dissatisfied bullies, and
hurled back sensible counsel ~ : * 1 '
played out.” „ ...
Wo learn from Captain Ben. Garrett, that
on yesterday, a negro woman made affidavit
to the effect that the negroes of South Mem
phis have been plotting this defiance to the
ows and its officers for the past four days;
that the plan was to kill the police, sack and
bum the city, and that it was approved by
the race for many miles around Memphis. . It
was not confined to this locality, but was wide
spread and general. We do not know that
the truth has been told by this woman, but
the stubbornness of the negroes engaged in
the outbreak here, gives a color of reasona
bleness to the conclusion. .
Mr. Flynn, who keeps a grocery establish
ment on South street, states that a Lieuten
ant attached to a negro company, has for
several days spoken of his desire to have such
a condition ot things brought about in the
city of Memphis by the negroes, as the early
stage of the riot promised. That the Lieu
tenant said he Wanted the negroe soldiers to
have and control Memphis, and by G—d
they should do it. We don’t know whether
this be true or not, but simply place Mr.
Flynn’s statement before the public, who
holds himsqlf responsible for its truthfulness.
We clip tho following from tbe Argus.
While the melee was going on upon Ray-
bum avenue, there was the cry of “Look at
tlic black flag,” and sure enough, on the cm-
inence near the depot, and in the midst of tlic
black rascals, was a regular black flag upon
a staff, supported and waved by a negro boy.
—. -a ill • ~ «!llr la<«4> ? t nnanmpiul
ITEMS OF WASHINGTON NEWS.
A NEW RECIPROCITY TREAT7.
I am just informed—I have no time to in
vestigate the information—I am informed on
what I consider fair authority, that an impor
tant negotiation has been concluded between
the Governments of England and the United
States. According to the information, the
terms of a new Reciprocity Treaty are agreed
upon. Some concessions arc made to tho
United States, but they are not of an impor
tant character. In connection with this com
pact are two important items. One is a formal
:cmcnt to increase the armaments on the
es. The other is an informal undertaking
on the part of tho United States Government
to put down by force any attempt, or prepa
ration to attempt, a Fenian raid into Canada.
I repeat, I have no time before the mail
oes out to authenticate this information, but
givo it on good authority.
expenses of tiie freedmen’s bureau.
Mr. Thaddeus Stevens recently offered an
amendment to one of the appropriation bills,
providing for the expenses of the Freedmen’s
Bureau lor the current year. Heri? are the
items, which, as will be seen, foot up the nice
little total of eleven millions, six hundred and
eighty-four thousand, four hundred and fifty
dollars. A costly whistle, truly 1
Salaries of assistants and sub-assistants,.
$147,500; clerks, $82,800; stationery and
printing, $03,000; quarters and fuel, $15,-
900; clothing for distribution, $1,750,000;
commissary stores, $4,106,250; medical de
partment, $500,000; transportation, $1,980,-
000; school superintendents, $21,000; sites
for school houses, orphan asylums, etc., $3,-
000,000; sundries, $18,000. Total, $11,G84,-
450.
TIIE MEXICAN LOAN.
There is a disposition in Congress now to
take up and rush through the guarantee of
the proposed Juarist loan. The friends of
the measure are greatly encouraged by the
recent decision of Attorney General Speed to
the effect that arms may be exported to the
Juarists across the Rio Grande, without vio
lating any law, and they propose to send
arms in large quantities, as well as money, to
the Juarists. As matters now stand, the Mex
ican question is in a fair way to be settled
peaceably and honorably, but there i9 high
authority for saying that if Congress passes
this guarantee resolution, and if arms are al
lowed to be sent to the Juarists, the Mexican
question, so far as France is concerned, will
quickly assume a very different aspect. The
Committee on Foreign Affairs have refused to
confirm Mr. Campbell as Minister to Mexico,
and the Senate is about equally divided on
the question of his confirmation.
RESTRICTING THE POWER OF APPOINTMENTS.
Contrary to the general expectation, the
Senate to-day passed Senator Turnbull s
amendment to the Postofficc Appropriation
Bill, restricting the power of the President
in the matter of removals and appointments
to office. The vote stood 18 to 11. Six of
the latter being Republican and among them
Senators Fessenden and Sherman. Had there
been a full Senate tlic amendment would
doubtless have been lost, as suggested m our
dispatch last night. The probability is that
it will fail in the House, but should the bill
pass, in its present form, it is probable that
the President will veto it, and it is not be
lieved that it can receive a two-third vote,
which will be necessary to pass it over the
veto.
JEFF. DAVIS’ TRIAL.
The World’s Washington special says:—
Judge Underwood, who is now here, states
that the grand jury which- meets at Norfolk
on Monday next, will bring in a true bill
against Jeff. Davis for treason. This is the
first step. As soon, therefore, as the House
Judiciary Committee have acted upon the
subject, which will probably be within the
next sixteen days, the Government will be
ready to proceed with his trial, provided
Congress throws no obstructions in the way.
The Committee, however, is trying very
hard to Aake out a case which will warrant
them in recommending his trial Before a mil
itary commission. In this they will fail, for
the President docs not intend to have him
or any other person connected with the re
bellion tried in any other way than before a
civil tribunal. '
HABEAS CORPUS IN THE SOUTH.
There have been so many cases of conflict
of authority between the civil and military
tribunals in the South rccentljyeportcd to the
President, and growing out of a misappre
hension of the Peace Proclamation, that it
was deemed advisable to issue an order decla
ratory of the effect of tho proclamation as to
the powers and functions of Military Com
missions, and more particularly setting forth
the intention ot the Administration to recog
nize tho restoration of the proper civil author
ities. In our despatches during the past two
A Negro Demonstration in North Ca
lina—An Armed Mob. r °*
From tbe Weldon 8tar, 2?th
Some opposition having manifested
among Rev. Mr. Mitchell's flock, in tho
cient town of Halifax, he (a negro himJtf
determined to coerce bis followers and!'
vindicate his authority. Accordingly /'
Wednesday last he collected a large niJ
ber of his more trusty followers, and afu,
arming them in a manner as to render the^
invulnerable to attack and terrible in 0 4
slaught, he started on his march to the
voted town to assert his ecclesiastical a -
tliority and enforce his supremacy over k
rebellious and intractable disciples.
began to look very blue in the ancient toy,
when it was announced that Brother Miteii!;:
with his gallant and trustworthy
ready too much incensed populace,
probable that some moro precious blood than
that which had been shed during the morn-
in^ would have been poured out in storming
the heights, if Capt. Allen, 10th U. S. Infan
try, tho officer of the day, had not appeared
on the hill near the fort, coming at a double
quick, followed by about twenty-five Regu-
New York, May 5.—Martin, the Liberal' lj ^'reliable gentleman has just informed us
that the negroes had broken into Messrs.
Taylor & Co.’s powder magazine, situated
beyond tho corporate limits, and had taken
as much powder as they wanted, and that Mr.
Taylor and Gen. Morgan had just started to
Gen. Stoneman’s headquarters to try and get
some assistance in getting it back and secur
ing it against molestation.
We do not think it was silk, hut it answered
tlic same purpose. .. days we have, in*a semi-official form, antici-
This tended a great deal to inflame the ap? a t e ,i the order now issued, and which it is
«Hir tnn much incensed populace, and it is. i,r,KnUn/l lriii niif mirl tn ■fnrtlipr ftftnflicts
An Outrage Summarily Punished.—We
learn that a party of three “bushwhackers”
went to the house of an old negro man named
Henry Cobb in Lincoln county on Monday
night of last week, and demanded his money.
Upon his refusing to deliver it, they hung the
old man, but not succeeding in extorting
money, left, saying that they were going to
the house of Cobb’s son in the neighborhood,
and would rctuhi in a short time. They
went to the son’s house and hung him, but
not till life was extinct. Upon their depart
ure, the old man, who had recovered Irotu
liis strangling, proceeded to ask the aid of
his white neighbors, as he was much respected
in the neighborhood he soon got the assist
ance required, and upon the return of the
banditti they were fired upon by the party of
neighbors, one of them was killed upon the
spot, another shot through the nock, and the
other took to flight, and the horses of all
flirec were captured.
The man kiilcdwas a stranger, the woun
ded man a citizen of Lincoln county and the
third of Columbia county. An inquest was
held on the dead man, and a verdict in accor
dance with the facts was rendered.— IFczft-
ington (Oa.) Oaxaette, May 4th.
believed will put an end to further conflicts
between the military and civil authorities, un
less there shall yet be doubts as to the effect
of the proclamation in the matter of restoring
the writ of habeas corpus. The President,
however, does not now feel called upon Jo
give any special instructions to military offi
cers upon this subject, as it is believed the
proclamation is clear enough in its terms to
be understood readily. As we have stated
before, the President considers the writ of
habeas corpus fully restored throughout the
United States, except in Texas, and wherever
the writ is legally issued, it is the duty of tbo
officer upon whom the writ is served to make
prompt and respectful answer thereto, as was
the practice prior tot the suspension of tbe
writ.
u. s. public debt.
The following is a statement of tlic pub
lic debt of the United States on the 1st of
May, 1860:
Debt Bearing Coin Interest.
Five PerCent. Bonds $1964141,100 91
Six P« cent. Bonds of 1S07-6S ;»
Six Per Cent. Bonds 1881 : 288,744,150 00
Six Per Cent. Five-Twenty Bonds 085,781,000 00
TnE Crops in West Florida.—The Ma
rianna Courier savs that in consequence ot
the failure of the ‘cotton seed to germinate,
in many instances in that county the planters,
for the want of fresh seed, have planted land
in com they had designed for cotton. The
weather, it says, has not this season been pro
pitious in obtaining a good stand of cotton,
and thus far the hopes of the farmer axe lin
gering on the tide of successful experiment.
The stand of com i3 good and the plant
looks well. *
a Governor Hamilton, of Texas, de
clines to bo a candidate for the offico he now
holds by military appointment. His main
reason is that he is poor and without a home,
nnd cannot afford to spare four years of his
life in official duties, while liis family are in
urgent need of his labor.—Exchange..
A better one is, that no such man could be
elected!
Bad “Stand”—Plowing up the Cotton.
—Wc regret to learn that in this section of |. Hi I I _ .
Georgia, and adjoining counties of Alabama, between Washington and Vancouver’s Island
quite a laroe number of planters are plowing in the Pacific. The Governor of tho Island
* .. • . . A. I1..M lwilnn X A? Al.« O4 4-Vi inef Ia PpAQi/lonf
^“Congratulatory messages have passed
over tho newly constructed telegraphic line
up their cotton, on account of there being
such a had “stand.” Considerable seed that
has come up oven, from old agp, or some
other cause, was so puny*that it soon died.—
Beside* ibia, the prospective tax of 5 cents a
pound on cotton so disheartens tho planters
that they have but little patience to nurse the
sickly plant.—Borne (Oa.) Courier, 5.
sent greeting on the 24th inst. to President
Johnson, and the latter, two days after, re
turned a cordial response.
^“General Dick Taylor has arrived at
Dahlonega. He is going to work the gold
mines at that place, in connection with
Northern GeneraL
Total debt bearing coin interest .$1,186,092,841 80
Debt Bearing Currency Interest.
Six Per Cent. Bonds....4,634,000 00
Temporary Loan -. 131,497,853 62
CertSe* of Indebtedness 62,020,(00 00
One and two year Five Per Cent Notes.. 0,038,900 00
Three year compound interest note?.... 167,012,141 00
Three year seven-thirty notes 816^512,660 00
Total debt bearing currency interest..$1,188,313,544 62
National debt not presented for paym’t $877,720 64
Debt Braring no Interest.
United States notes $ 00
Fractional Currency £1
Gold Certificates of Deposit , - 9,036,420 00
Total debt bearing no interest $ «2,392,755 51
Total debt...... ............$2,827,673,871 60
Amount in Treasury.
Coin A 70,676.407 02
Currency 61,310,621 80
''eter?msj
with arms in their hands, were approach^
the town very rapidly and were but a
distance off. We presume that the check J
many a darkey who had rebelled against tb
authority of Brother Mitchell, blanched i>
contemplation of the aspect which matter hjl
assumed. We leam, however, that the whi-^
citizens of tho town, to prevent £he effosC
of so much precious blood, sent out a dele-
gation to meet Brother Mithchell and his ](,
gicn, and importune with them not to enter
the town.
The negotiations of this delegation, wet®,
derstand. proved successful. Brother Mitck
cl was prevailed upon not to press his legion
on the town, and they all marched off I
another direction, much to the gratification 1
wc have no doubt, of seme of the rebellion “
woolly heads of Halifax. Wc do not knot
that any further attack may be apprehend^
or that Brother Mitchell will make any sab-
sequent effort to re-establish his authority b;
force,
Is there no power in this State to teach this
clerical gentleman of color the impropriety
his disorderly demonstration. This may b{
considered a small matter; but if such riot,
ous proceedings are not nipped in the bud.
they may ultimately lead to serious con*,
quences.
Gen. Sheridan on the Negro.
Gen. Sheridan takes a sensible view of
most matters at the South, as will be se«
from the .following extract taken from bj
testimony before the so-called Reconstruct^
Committee:
Q.—State fully your opinion as to the a
parity of the colored people. What do the;
know, and to what extent can they excrci*
the rights of freemen ? Are they willing or
unwilling to work without physical compnt
sion with kind treatment and fair wages, anj
state wliat in your judgment is the best cour*
for Congress to pursue in reference to then I
people ?
Q.—The colored race, like all other races
have different degrees of intelligence aw
capacity. In New Orleans where colored peo
ple are better treated than in any other cid
in the United States, there is an excelled
colored society, and a very high degree ofrtj
fincment exists in it. Starting from this yod
can go into the State of Louisiana, and find
the colored man about as ignorant as it ij
possible for any human being to be. Tla|
freedmen, so far as I am informed, have
great desire to learn; I cannot say wliel
they learn rapidly or not. I believe they »|
willing to work, because their necessities coc
pel them to do so; in this they arc like si
other races; I never have known a white onl
black man who was performing manual laid
for the lovo of it. I believe that the bed
thing that Congress or States can do is tolec
islatc as little as possible in reference to tV
colored man beyond giving him security i
his person and property. His social stau
will be worked out by the logic of the necc|
sity for his labor. It isthe only labor to h
obtained in the South for some time to com]
Cotton Seed.—As a matter of great t|
terest to our planters we publish the folloi
ing communication, addressed to the Mori
gomery Mail:
New Orleans; Jan. 5, 18C6
Editors Mail: The time israpidly approat:|
ing when farmers will be preparing to pli
cotton, and there is one fact which may:
generally be known to them which I wishii
draw .their attention, and it is: cotton see'
which have lain in the lint, unginned,!
twelve months, will not do to depend up
for planting purposes. The majority ofp!z|
ters know that old seed, which have bea
ginned the fall the cotton was picked, are:
good, if not better, than new. This is r j
the case where the seed have lain i
for a year. The lint extracts or absorbs J
the oil (which serves as nutrition to theyowi
plant) from the seed. It does not dest r oydl
germinating property of the seed; th#s«|
will come up, but the plant will died in til
days. The writer knows one planter who!-
two entire stands of cotton last year, t
thereby totally failed in a crop. He pi*®*
seed which had lain unginned for tweb
months. The seed came up and he hw I
fine stand, but in about ten days, all died.-!
He planted the second time with the same *4
results. As this is a matter of vital imp®|
tance to the planting community, will tj
the planters let it be known, if such has K4
their experience.
Plaxteb. I
Lincoln vs. Anna Dickinson.—An
C. having seen in the Journal some remi'^^B
upon Miss Anna Dickinson’s attempt
sex herself, reform nature, and dcnio'-^^B
President Johnson, “reminds” us of a ?<*l *t
joke got off about her by the lamented l jjj,
coin. The member, with a friend,
tlic White House on business after dinci^^H
They met the President striding domi^^H
stairway alone, and after the usual salutatr^^H
the member remarked, “Mr. President. I M
you are just going out and will not ask M -SH
lay you.” To which he replied: “Yes;
you come to-morrow at nine o’clock m
would not like to turnback now. asl^^H
started up to your House to hear the
crow.” The member suddenly recollect^! $•
had voted against giving up the hall«n
House for Anna to lecture in that
and thought the hit decidedly good. . j {■
[Louisville Joumm
Total in Treasury S 187,987,028 82
Total debt 2.827,670,871 60
Am’t of debt, less cisb in Treasury.. .$3,689,6?S,843 78
The foregoing is a correct statement of the
public debt, as appears from the books and
Treasurer’s returns in the Department on the
1st of May, 1800.
Hugh McCulloch,
Secretary of the Treasury.
“Bummer Butler.”—The Richmond Times
compliments Butler again in this wise: •
“There is a strong probability of “Bummer
Butler” being whitewashed into a state of
moderate respectability. During the past
fortnight his prospects have brightened very
matemlly. In the first place two valiant
bank officials rushed into print to vindicate
Butler from'all suspicion of having pocketed
the funds of a savings Bank. In the second
place, the counsel for a New Orleans broker,
named Smith, from whom Butler took fifty
thousand dollars in gold, gave him a Certifi
cate last week that the seizure was properly
made, and the certificate so delighted B. B.
that he straightway paid over the fifty thous
and dollars to Smith’s attorney. The certifi
cate was well worth the money, and so em
boldened Butler that ho at once swore that
the great rebellion had bankrupted him.
“After the skillfull whitewash of Catalinc
by Louis Napoleon in his life of Caesar, the
elaborate defense of Nero and Calligula by
Thomas De Quincey, and the complete vin
dication of Judny Iscariot, by a German
philosopher,-we think there is a strong pro
bability of somebody’s making, one of these
days, a “whited sepulchre” at least of Butler’s
reputation.”
From Washington. j*,
THE RECONSTRUCTION REPORT.
New York, May 4.—The Times’
says: The fate of tbe reconstruction
sealed.
TnE MISSION TO GREECE.
The Committee have agreed to
against the mission to Greece, tlic ,' 3,f * B
justifying its establishment. ‘
THE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRF-S*-
New York, May 3.—The Post's tfca
ton special 6ays: It is the opinion
Chairman of the Ways nnd Means * nfl I wy
nance Committees that Congress canno
journ before the first of July.
The National Express Compakt-'vI
National Express and Transportation “■
pony, an office of which was opened w/™
city only a few weeks ago, is already ia
large business. Yesterday afternoo
noticed, passing our office, two wagons -
ed with freight, and subsequently ■
that over thirty-five thousand F u ^l
freight had been received during tne - J
the agent, Mr. H. M. CotUngham. Tnn>
that the National is growing in laV ^ n y
people throughout tho South; nor
be otherwise, when such a gallant ana .j
man as Gen. Joe Johnston is at the ne»u ■
institution. The National Express
and should receive a liberal Bbareot P p
age. Success attend it — Augusta t/»-
jgsp” Some of the Bostonians are wj jO
escape the cholera by rushing into ana
ing tho suburban towns and villages, j,. (j
thing in the shape of a dwelling l' 01
radius of twenty miles around B
been rented for tbe season, and. a ®>,
$250 per month is paidforafarnisn^
of ordinary size from May until hi
jxgj° \ Springfield nianulacturci
tained a patent recently for a P®
which can be got up for 25 cents am
sweat-proof.
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