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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH*
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•^TiMKsnAVE Changed! The N. Y.
flO* . ujit |y says: “Formerly, here and
niter bloody and protracted wars.
t s omcthing-was accepted in
p* ® hby both sides. Here and now,
^“'l.ctically, means*
nrtCUWJi J a( l UaS ‘ CODdltlon 0f
P*** L,,retracted by legislation for fonr
..Enemies in war—in peace friends,”
xtf - bf# popular Fourth of July sentiment.
ifc-iSuU'
nU ExruE&a.—Our business men
^^rstified to learn Ant the lino of this
* i!l Impress Company will bo opened to this
the course of a few days. Captain
p’ jTl . j[ Williamson lias been appointed
V yjgcon—a most excellent selection
^1,'hc large store-room across the alley
I rf ,!„■ Post office, in Third street, is being
I**. n n office. The locatiort^ central
:? tW buiMing admirably adapted
ir . f _. „( the company. Wc wish
I j^hat success.
I LuATEGBNEJtAL E. D. TRACY.
The remains of this gallant officer, who fell
tort Gibson on tlic 1st of May, 1803. reach-
1 Montgomery yesterday. At 5 o’clock p.
‘ t l,fV were escorted by the citizens ^from
I tc ,:eam packet to the State capital, where
\ e s , j„ s t a tc last night, and from whcnco
V will he brought to .Macon for burial.
1 j; e v will reach Macon via Atlanta, on
-,-Vluv. (10th) at 4 o’clock a. m. His
. • are invited to escort the remains from
■■depot at 10 o’clock, a. m. on the 10th, for
Lment at Hose Hill Cemetery
The lluJimis Hiot.—The Nashville Press
I ,i Times (Radical) says: “General Fisk
.receiveda letter from General Ilunkles
I j.pinntendent of Freedmen at Memphis,
•atiit" that tiic late difficulties had com-
[ 11„.tween a squad of discharged col-
(1 ‘ 1 jni.iiors and a party of policemen; that
iVre was a good deal of had whisky nt the
bottom of tl*« trouble; and that tho negroes
were most at fault at the commencement of
Clay Connty Election.
Fokt Gaines, Ga., May 4,18CC.
. Sutat tC Boykin, Macon : The fol-
ujjis the result of tho election in Clay
| County lor County Judge and Solicitor:
For. judge:
A. Tumipsced, received, 1Q1 votes.
T. R. Appling, “ 55 “
KOtt SOLICITOR :
S, A. McLendon, received, 216 votes.
Yours, very respectfully, &c.,
O. W. Cose, Sh’ff.
Mexico—Sailliard’s REroitT to the Em-
—The Washington correspondent of
,y. Y. Daily News, writes:
1 hare seen letters from Paris, written by
)„!>,)!« there whose positions enable them to
•i ik l*y authority, which say that the report
-j.‘e to tiiu Emperor Napoleon by Baron
'jPiard upon his return from Mexico, in rcla-
::, a to affairs in that country, was eminently
atisfactory. Baron Sailliard described the
;:>t improvements which nre being made in
[lexico, ami represented tho Government of
Maximilian as working to the entire satisfac-
ion of the Mexican people; of the stability
; the Government after the withdrawal of
'if French lie lias not the least doubt. Maxi
milian already lias 15,000 Mexican volunteers
a Lis army, common cfed by French officers.
Is Dies Springs.—Many visitors to the In
to Springs will be pleased to learn that the
Indian Spring Hotel, which so many have
preferred on account of its being so near to
the Spring, lias gone into the charge and di-
rctlon of Du. Wv. II. Whitehead, for some
espa-t a resident Physician of that place,
r. Whitehead announces* in to-dny’s issue
•> intention to refit the establishment, and
that he lias in the different departments
fper perrons to superintend,
lie promises good music, amusement and
ixnries for those who desire such things; a
jenty of everything good to eat, and at mod-
prices, a very important matter to tiiose
wish in these days of scarcity of money,
ill to have the pleasure of drinking that
ie health-promoting and invigorating Sul-.
la ‘* water which tlie Indinn Siting affords.
COUNTY SCRIP—OUR DUTY.
It is well-known to onr people that there is
a large class of widows and orphans of men
whose lives were offered up as a sacrifice for
what all deemed the interests of our section,
besides a large number of men who have been
deprived of tlicir limbs in the sam ccausc, and
thus prevented from laboring for their own
and families’ support, who arc now obliged to
live upon the charity of the public and tho be
neficence of our State government. The Legis
lature of Georgia empowered by law the
Inferior Courts of the several counties to issue
notes of such nn amount as was limited by'
their wants for the purpose of affording relief
to these unfortunates. Money has been scarce
and it has been impossible for tlic Courts of
tho several counties to borrow tho necessary
amount. So they liavo gone forward and
issued, agreeably to law, notes which are
receivable for county dues—the Inferior
Courts of tlic several counties having the
power to raise by taxation for .county pur.
poses an amount sufficient to pay the same
from the whole taxable property of the couu-
The issue being limited it is therefore
good. ' Some counties pay interest
on tbe’foce of their notes, and others hone.
This issufe of currency lias become an actual
necessity to clolho and feed the poor, whom
wo are nil bound to take care of by command
of our Creator. This money is furnished to
these people, and it is all they hare to pur*
chase the necessaries of life with. The coun
try merchant will take tho same from them
provided be can replenish his stock with (he
same money from tlic city wholesale dealers.
It affords us pleasure to state that some
leading houses of this city, to their credit,
have manifested a disposition already, to
receive the same. They arc thereby doing a
ood and charitable act as well as making for
themselves friends everywhere. Now, one
[Per the Daily Telegraph. |
Jfettrt. Editort: In view of tho fact that
suffering, want and starvation arc abroad in
the land, and that many of ns so often forget
the condition of those less favored among us,
especially those who havo been left orphans
by the results of war, I desire briefly to allude
to a scene which I witnessed in your city a
few days since, and which, I think, together
with all similar cases, demands attention.
Being in Macon on the first day of the pre
sent month, I was highly gratified at the dc :
qionstration ot tho little foil*, in their “ May
Day Celebration.” As each school passed by
in procession, amid Bounds of sweet music,
with banners and appropriate mottoes,
gazed witii emotion on the multitude of hap
py children whose tender smiles and cheerful
looks indicated that neither care nor sorrow
had e’er touched their pure, innocent hearts.
They were indeed happy, and the sight beau
tiiul. Very soon they had all passed up the
street and assembled themselves in a bcauti
ful grove where they were to make musical
the air with tlicir voices, listen to speeches,
and partake of a bountiful repast by kind
hands prepared for them. Everything being
again quiet, I was interrupted in my medita
tions on tho good old halcyon days of yore,
presented to my mind by tho many happy
and tamiliar faces which had just passed on,
by a call to business. Passing along by tbe
store of Dr. Mosscnbnrg, I observed lying on
tbe pavement, under the window, a small boy
—perhaps not more than five or six years of
age—fast asleep. His delicate features and
pale face arrested my attention, and I paused
to see if indeed the child was alive. I soon
discovered that he breathed, but felt assured
that disease of some kind had fastened itself
upon the unprotected and uncared-for child,
and passed on. Not being content that he
. ... , . should remain there without knowing Jus
step farther—the wholesale merchants can .... T . . , . ,
° y . .^y._ I condition, I soon returned to the spot and
found him sitting np. 1 asked what was tbe
have no objection to this currency provided
the bankers .will receive tbe same in their op
orations. We were gratified to hear from Mr.
Cubbedge, of tbe Banking House of Cub-
bedge, Caldwell & Co.,that their house would
receive these notes on a par with United
States currency. This act speitks volumes in
their favor. Doubtless our other liberal and
public spirited bankers will do the same.
So let all lend a helping linnd in this mat
ter. There is no danger of loss, though capi
tal may in some instances remain inactive for
a time. Let all in trades of all kinds receive
this money, and it will be generally distribut
ed. The burthen will be* but light on each
person, and they will be blessed with the
matter with him and where he lived. He an
swered that he was sick, and had no home;
that his father and mother were both dead,
and there was no one to care for him or to
give him bread; innt tlic woman he had been
living with was entirely destitute, and could
get nothing to cat herself As I heard his
talo of sorrow and remembered the joyous
faces just gone by, I'could but turn my eyes
upward and exclaim, Be Thou the orphan’s
friend! Without father, mother, or friends,
the sick and homeless child lay upon the
damp pavement, uncarcd for, unnoticed, and
nearly starved. I thought of tlic tender af
fection a mother has for her child, of the abi-
, . t « . «i icuiuh u luuiuur uas iur uur uimu, ui uic uui*
thought of having assisted in the great work , . ’ . .-
. ” . ,. . . „ , ding fondness of a father for his son, and if
of relieving the distressed; and will have the . ,, , ’
- ”, * . .> „ from that unknown world they were permit-
constant wishes and prayers of the poor for J . .*
... . ted to look back, their yearning spirits then
their future prosperity and well-being. , , , , _. J , ° 1 t . .
_ m watched over their darling boy, an outcast in
TIIE AMERICAN ISSUE. tbe world. With iccblc voice he thanked mo
lion. John Bell is publishing a series of | for offering to supply him with food, and
will extend from the moutlifo!' Trinity River
up its course to a point near Dallas. thence
in its extension northward. The vote of the
coantics interested will bejnkon ns to which
State they will be attached. Th • State of
East Texas thus constituted will be made up
of counties containing a large share of wealth
and influence.
There will be but little sea front,'being on
ly that of the counties of Jefferson and Cham
bers, with Sabine City as tho sole port.
Speculation is rife as to tlie location of the
new capital. The contest for that honor will
lie between tbe towns of Henderson, Tyler
and Rusk, all central points. 1 lie fact that
the regular sessions' of the Federal District
Court are held in Tyler may somewhat influ
ence the decision in its favor.
Another act of tho Convention was the as
sumption by the State of the Federal tax now
in process of collection. This, in itself, is a
great relief, for in the present scarcity of
money, a peremptory tax ot sixty.cents upon
every hundred dollars is heavily felt.
Tho fourth Monday in June next has been
appointed tbe day for tlie election of tbe
civil officers of tbe rfc-organized State, and
already has the canvass begun.
Prominent among tbe candidates for the
Governorship is the name of Ex-Governor
Pease, who, at an early period of our recent
struggle, left the State for a region where he
could more peacefully enjoy his political sen
timents.
There is quite a disposition among those
dissatisfied with the present state of affairs to
cross over to Mexico, there to seek new
homes. Numbers of individuals have al
ready gone, the precursors of colonies which
are to follow.
The mass of tbe people, • however, have
quietly accepted the situation, and have dili
gently set about to repair the losses incurred
in our late terrible straggle.
The bold and determined stand which
President Johnson has assumed lias exrited
the admiration of every one, and has done
more than all else to reconcile to the govern
ment those who justly have had cause of
complaint. Long may he live to see tlic re
sults of llis wagnunimity and steadfastness
in the prosperity and unity of our great
country! “ Vim.”
and that “he shall take carctliat the laws be
faithfully executed.’
The Constitution provides that “ the Pre:
dent shall have power to fill up aU vacancies'
—not merely those which may take place by
other means than removal—“to fill up-all v*
cancies which may happen during the recess
ot the Senate, by granting commissions, which
shall expire at the end of their next session
The revolutionary Radicals propose to nul
lify this part of the Constitution, by refusing
to the persons so commissioned any pay* for
their services. Congress would have just
as much right to cut off the salary of the
President, or those of the Justices of the Su
preme Court. To say that officers appointed
to fill vacancies shall- receive no compensa
tion is equivalent to saying tho vacancies shall
not be filled; which is in* the very teeth of an
express declaration of tho Constitution. Ac
cording to this revolutionary scheme, if
if he
if hp
officer is embezzling the public money;
is indolently neglecting his duties; if
violating tho law or the regulations of the dc
partment of which he is subordinate; if he
is beastly drunk evciy hour of the twenty-
four when lie is not asleep; if he daily reviles
tho President with foul-moutlied ribaldry, the
President must not remove him, or if he does,
it must be by suppressing the office at the
same time be displaces the officer, since it ~
a virtual interdict on the appointment of
successor.
And why is the Constitution to bo thus
violated T Why is President Johnson to be
thus dealt with as no President was ever
dealt with by a hostile Congress before ?—
For no other reason than that lie is a iriend
of the Union, and desires its speedy restora
tion. It is because he will not lend himself
us an instrument to keep it sundered and dis
severed. The.veto power is already virtually
annihilated, by excluding from Congress
States enough to render it effective; and now
the executive power of the President is at
tacked, and, it the scheme succeeds, will be
annulled, by rendering bis subordinates indc
pendent of him, and making it safe tor them
to thwart his wishes and contumaciously re
sist his authority.
letters, on public affairs, that are marked with slowly wended his steps to where he was pro-
great ability and the highest order of states- vided for, and we saw him no more,
mnnsbip. In his last lie discusses the issue This boy, Messrs. Editors, and many others
between parties in America, which he eluci- similarly situated, remain in your beautiful
dates us follows: “Though it be for the city, and the Lord will not hold him guiltless
thousandth time, I too must repeat what oth- who suffer little children to perish in the
ers havo said, felt and expressed, of the sin- midst of plenty, and die.withhat asfriendly I more revoTuriomi^t&an thcattempritis now
gular fact that history is found repeating it- hand to smooth their pillow. In their behalf tanking to subdue nnd subordinate tlic exccu-
self with such marvelous sameness, and in I would appeal to the charitable of Macon, tive by destroying the powers with which the
periods of great excitement, nnd in all great and particularly the ladies, who have cvcr I tio^of Ws^bidc 3 endence h ' m ^ <llC ^ rotcc '
revolutions. The coincidences between what been ready to administer to the wants of the amendment'offered by Senator Trum-
we have seen and now see passing in our own J suffering and provide for tho homeless orphan. I bull to the Postofficc Appropriation bill, is
From tho New York World.
Muzzling the President.
It has always been deemed a fundamental
principle of free government that the legis
lative, tlic executive, and the judicial depart
ments sliouh} be separated, and each made,
within its own proper sphere, independent of
the others. By the federal Constitution, the
independence of Congress is secured by lodg
ing in its hands the sole power to make or
withhold appropriations. The judiciary nre
made independent, by tlicir tennre of office
during good behavior, by the prohibition to
diminish their salaries while they remain in
office, and by their authority to set aside anil
declare null all laws which, in their opinion,
conflict with the Constitution. The indepen
dence of the executive is guaranteed by the
power of the President to veto objectionable
laws, and his power of removing subordinate
officers. If Congress should atte mpt to con
trol the decisions of the judges, by withhold
ing tlicir salaries,tlic proceeding would not be
times in America, with tlie events with their
attending circumstances in the last years of
the eighteenth century on the other side of
the Atlantic, are most remarkable.
“The struggle now pending is between
Conservatism in its true sense, nnd aggressive
destruction. ' The false nnd impossible ideas
Clinton, Ga., May 7th, 1SCG.
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
Nacogdoches, Texas, April lfltb, ’60.
Messn. Editor* 7 elegraph :-From this good
ly old town, cooval in its foundation, so tra-
sometbingniore than a declaration of hostility
to the President It is an attempt to annihil
ate tho independence cf the executive, and
break down the separation of powers estab
lished by the Constitution. The constitution
declares that “ the executive power shall be
“vested in a President of tlic United States of
‘America.” The Constitution establishes a
plural legislative department, consisting of
Stanton —The Radicals, loth to give up
e ' ,r k'Trat divinity, are in quite a stew about
Miton's supporting tlie President in oppo-
|ion to tlic Reconstruction Report. Tlic N.
k Tribune tries bard to deny the defection of
■Secretaty, nnd the Philadelphia Press
discourses:
pie statement telegraphed by tbe Associ
! Press yesterday with regard to the Cab
• meeting oa Tuesday, it not Idicted to far
>#Ntary Stanton it concerned. The most
•’ ’■ttfriendt of Secretary Stanton are firm
; ‘o mfiction that he it in facor of the Lon-
-mlplan of Becomtruction, and that he
; • •* myport that of the Prestfent in the Cab-
f ’oiti'iy. A prominent memlicr of Con
"i pronounces the whole thing a boax, on
’ ua -'Jdiority. The despatch in question
the White House to the agent
Mi Associated Press, and is understood
' -Mve I icon manipulated by President Jobn-
pand Secretary Seward.
suppose this to be true, wc consider
e - ! *ttment of a fact by the President and
• --ward as much better evidence tlian any
.''I s "conviction*,” no matter how good a
of Mr. Stanton the latter may lie. It
Irir, | for the Radicals to realize that their
-Me Mumbling to pieces'over their heads.
‘ n: VANDALISM OF GEN. SHERMAN.
“e New York World, in commenting on
<• letter of Gen. Hampton, in relation to
l . 1 '"traction of Columbia, so nearly ex-
sts our own views of the military char- i„» A
•i and achievements of General Sherman,
nri,i ° B,ve P' ace to its remarks. The
°nu say 9 .
^X l ; K n Nrtoiy comes to make up its verdict
• tn ’.i** ° n ot,| tr questions of the war, it is
i 0 ,",Story of tlic Great March,” or
’•cial bulletins, that it will search for
these are too notorious and
e ft*bhshcd to require the aid of even
rJi 100 s testimony. Thousands of people
oinmbia knew—tor the soldiers told them
Ul.! le,r ci G Wft8 to be homed and
-trod General Sherman had promised
oty-tour hours’ loot to bissoldicra: and
i tk. roclcet8 i thrown up from the bights
■ west bank of the Congarce, would be
*» j/ or eoooocncing tue work of pil-
«H1 destruction. They remember how,
■u , C0W;erte d signal, all tlie devils in hell
iil«t t0 hove been turned loose in their
itoki , k° w * ft ftcr twenty-four hours of
tk. an ' unutterable horrors, the repetition
Jaiwiir 11 ® & 'S n,d heralded the return of
Ps^stive order. They know, and their
nnd 1,10 wor,d will one day
S . . r Wi l5a . m T- Sherman is alone rc-
mie for the burning and sacking of Co-
its attendant atrocities; and
ted wT°,. hTes “ bi *h>ry, the infiuuy of the
e IS! c ' ln £ to *t forever: The memory of
° f , c °ld-blooiWd cruelty and unre-
Ul which he conducted his
outlive tlie recollection of the
ldier wiii U vL attcn<led 5t i his merits as a
’ eru ( .ii;, V mt sorvc lo point the moral of
ujusn; and he can hope, at
or the fkmo of a Sylla or an Alva.
true philanthropy or the sentiments of a I nmnicatc with you. Such however are thelgiigie officer^ aniba^
practical statesmanship. They are lyntjatut, irregularities of tlic mails that the speedy ar- employs ten thousand times as many persons
which lure but to destroy, and which, ul- rival at its destination of my letter can scarce- as the legislative and judicial departments
though in tlicir pursuit the whole nature of jj jj C expected together, unity of administration and concen-
■tc Republic “L S of • fT 1 " , ‘ d - , “ S afe
persisted in to gam the mere supremacy of this region, as well ai m other portions cer j n whom the whole executive power is
party.” of tho South, against the s iringent oath which vested. If tho President had control only of
“The question, therefore,” as Mr. Bell well must be taken before any one can receive an b ’ s personal acts, and not of those of lus sub-
remarks, “which presses for solution is, will appointment in the postal department. But | ortlinat ^; it would be absurd to hold him
the Constitution, or can it, with the preva- f ew persons are to be found who cau consist- Sbdcxe^
lencc cf tho new ideas or definitions of tree ently tako the oath prescribed, and of that instead of being vested with the whole exec-
government and patriotism which have small namber the greater part are incompc- otivo power, lie would only possess that in-
sprung up iu the last fivo years in this conn- tent for the duties of office; consequently, I significant lraction of it which he can excr-
try,be repaired or stored to its original many commuuiUcs even upon tho main routes. tr^mor^utordhiaL 01 necessarily results"
vigor ? To this the answer: Never, until arc still deprived of their mail facilities. lrou , the fact that he is etothed with the whole
this or a new generation shall have learned In a village not far from this place, and executive power, and that it is made his duty
the principles and guarantees for the security where no “proper” man for the office has yet the laws are faithfully executed.—
of free governments in the schools fo ’nded been found, quite a primitive arrangement inf 11 bis ^ordinates refuse compliance, lie is
. r .hi ,.i __» Tr „ ’ ., , ,. r , , ® . , powerless to enforce tlie laws, and the rc-
by Locke, Milton and Hampden in tlie first the way of mail delivery has been adopted- sponsibility with which the‘Constitution
half, and Halifax and Somers in the last half tho mail bag which regularly passes having a I clothes him ceases, unless hfeb lias power to
of the seventeenth ccntuiy, and their follow- convenient opening in its side through which I displace the unfaithful or-ciffitumacious offi
ers and disciples in America in 1776 and | tho letters and papers intended for the pco-' ccr ‘
1789.”
pointed to the business. I every President from Washington down—and
Recent investigations of the oil region of prevent removals from office during the recess
Visitador Creek in this county, distant some I Congress. Mr. Trumbull’s amendment is
fourteen miles South-east of Nacogdoches, “ * be lo ^° w * n o words:
county, who arrived in town on Saturday, disclosed surface signs of Petroleum in <j n ties of any office, which bv^aw is required
the particulars of a bloody affray between tWo I sucb quantity as to have caused the formation to be filled by the advice and consent of the
youn" men natives and residents of Mont- of ona or more Companies for its futnre devel- Senate, shall, before confirmation by tlie Scn-
gomery, which resulted in the death of both °pmcnt ' ° T co FP eas f. on
combatants. Tho facts as related to us areas The existence of these Oil Springs has long J taddoil ?J fil l up a ^neyThich'ba^dur"
Morn, and Seaborn ITnll neouain ^ k “° W ’ “ th ® ° U ““ L ° X9 * Mj PT °' ^ tho recess of the Senate, and since its last
tancesMd^frirads from boy ho«d, met atBell’s j ® ured ^n considerable ammmt from the snr-\ 1,7 death . resignation,
Ferry, on the Oconee Rivir, on Sunday the foce of th « water » 14 has for a number of to i i. he on i
2Dtiiult .-In the conversation which follow- years been used for a variety of purposes, m bT^iu^d bTufe P^Uidmt’a r^
ed reference was madeto some recent occur- principally for lubrication. movd The^inSLft ThfiTc^bo no
rencc, and a dispute arwo bctwemi ° n a deep bed of lignite underlies the whole question that this is the intent, and would be
bavin" been uiven voun<* Morris of tho barren and ^dj waste in which the tho effect, of this amendment: for no of-
Slnffietod signs ofpetroleum occur. ment wfthout^vIt £
upon him a deadly blow under tbe fifth rib. As there ha^been comparatively little in- on t j. c President’s’nnwor nf
Levi Hall, the brother of the wounded man, terfercnce with the labor system in this vicin- holding tho salaries of the jmjges would be
J I Sflm nonroef. nfliPA of 4lin Prnorlmnn’o T?n. I nn illflioinl inrlnivmrlow/tn Hut if 4lm
pic of tho vicinity arc take 1,, o„o
Tragedy iu Montgomery County.
TWO YOUXO MEN KILLED IN AN AFFRAY.
We learn from a gentleman from Telfiiir I
From the N. Y. Daily News.
Jefferson Davis.
There is no sentiment that ennobles human
nature like magnanimous conduct to those in
our power; nnd when a nation is governed
by this characteristic toward a vanquished
and a fallen foe, it presents to the world and
to history a spectacle which, though not rare,
is always grand and sublime. It should be
the crowning chaplet in every Christian’s
character, to forgive liisn enemies, and to en
deavor, as far as possible, alterum non Itxacre.
Tlic captivity of Jefferson Davis defeats
the grandeur ol the triumph which was gain
ed by the successful termination of the war
for the “Union,” and the “Sun of Austcrlitz”
is shorn of its brightest beams by the bitter
ness with which a temporary leader and chief
is imprisoned, and deprived of the light of
Heaven, for a resistance that pervaded u
whole people and actually shook the Govern
ment to its very-center. There is no nccessi
ty forit. Treason has always been odious.-
It has not been committed knowingly by
these men. They deemed it the highest evi
dence of patriotism to resist tlie attempt to
coerce them. When General Washington was
nppronched by Howe with promise of par
don, during tho revolution, his answer was
emphatic, and ought to nettle this assumption
of the Radicals, that “they needed no pardon
for the people of tlic Colonics had committed
no wrong.” If they repudiated the stigma of
being rebels, then surely those very men never
meant to place whole communities in that cat
egory for asserting the same doctrines. In
dividuals might rebel and commit treason;
but States or communities, never, as such. It
is purely impossible. Try a State for treason!
Indict her! convict her! hang her! You
might ns well attempt to stick a pin in the
air, or pluck the moon from her place with a
pair ot tweezers. Jefferson Davis, backed by
a unanimity of his fellow citizens, so wonder
ful as to require considerable exertions, and
no smali loss of life and treasure to subdue,
was our antagonist. His character as a ruler,
as a patriot and Christian gentleman, docs
not seem to have suffered outside of the
United States. We are informed that for his
coolness, humanity and control over the
Southern people, many a lilo would have ad
ded to the excesses that were incidental to
the situation. He wa3 constantly berated for
liis want of nerve because lie listened to both
sides. The humanities of barbarians instruct
us better than to persecute a noble or fallen
foe. Why can wc not say with Fingal, “I
love a foe like Catlimor—his soul is great,
his arm is strong, and his battles are full of
fame. But a little soul hovers o’er the
marshy lake, and rises not to the Green moun
tains for four of the winds there.” No man
can put his hand on his heart and say that
Jefferson Davis has ever brought disgrace on
tho American name. His temporary govern
ment carried on war against the United States,
but only the searcher of hearts can decide
who is responsible for such a national cahun-.
ity., Baltimore, May, 1866.
The Newly Discovered Mexican City.
[From tho H. Y. Herald, 86th ult.
Cordova, Mexico, March 27, 1866.
No little excitement prevails among the
Americans in Mexico in regard to an unex
plored district of country, hitherto unknown
to the authorities, lying about 300 miles north
west from Jalapa, and which Gen. R. Lyon,
lato of the Confederate army, is now engaged
in surveying. In nearly every department of
the Empire arc to be found immense bodies
of land which the foot of the Spaniard never
trod; many of them impenetrable forests, in
habited only by beasts of prey, and whose
shades the imagination of the native Indian
had peopled with demons and evil spirits, up
on whose domain it was more than death to
tresspass. Such Is the land which Lyon has
gone to explore. •
how the city was discovered.
While the Imperial Commissioners were
investigating Government titles to lands to
be allotted to emigrants, they learned of the
existence in the “Ticrra Caliente” of the dis
trict in question, and early in October last an
exploring' party was dispatched to this
“tierra incognita.” Upon reaching Mesa de
Mccatepqne, a small village nearest the bor
ders of the forest, they were counseled by the
Indians to proceed no further, as no human
being ever passed the confines of their cleared
lands and returned alive; demons were said
to dwell in every hill; giants of hideous mein
made their abode beside every streamlet,
while monsters of every form and guise stood
JACKSON IS DEAD.
Jackson is dead! and the tears of a nation
Rise with tho prayers qf the millions that
pray.
Jackson is dead, and the sad reyelation
Lifts the sweet incense from altars to-dav. ,
Liberty bent o’er her champion sleeping.
And shrieked as the conqueror fled from the
earth;
His country betide his still coffin is weeping—
Tear-drops of blood from the land of his birth.
Jackson is dead! weep, matron and maiden,
For him who his life for your safety didspend
Weep o’er the urn with his honored dust laden,
The hero, the husband, the father and triend.
AVeep, for his arm was wielded to save you
From insult and outrage, from ruin and shame-
Weep, for his life ho willingly gave you,
A stranger to fortune, a spur^er of fame.
III.
Jackson is dead! and the camp is in mourning,
Its veterans honored by many a scar;
And warriors who, life and suffering scorning.
Have breasted the angry tornado of war,
Bow down their heads when they hear his name
spoken,
And weep scalding tears for the hero they love,
And kneeling they pray that tho spirit, now
broken,
May kindle its flame—the hero’s above.
IV.
Jackson is dead! Bear softly his ashes,
And lay them to rest near Mount Vernon’s green
vale. uE
ready at every footstep to seize and devour -He hears not the cannon, he heeds not their flashes,
the unwary traveler; all was “mala,” and not
one syllable of good could be uttered in favor
of the land.
Unable to procure sufficient assistance from
the natives, the party proceeded. to .make
their explorations as best they could. The
forest was peculiarly dark and dense and
the jangle almost impenetrable. With diffi
culty they cut their way through the under
growth. aucl, being unacquainted with the
Yankee method of “ blazing ” trees, they
marked their way by tying liine ropes to trees
and bushes to mark their trail. At the dis
tance of several leagues in the interior they
discovered the ruins of an ancient city of
great extent, and of whose existence not the
slightest tradition prevails. Becoming ex
hausted by their labors, the party,
without prosecuting their discoveries
any further, returned hdiue, reaching the
capital late in December. The Emperor
expressed great interest in tlic result
of tho exploration, nnd at once endeavored
to send a strong and more efficient party
to prosecute it, selecting General Lyon, of
Kentucky, as commander of tlie expedition.
The General is admirably adapted to the
post. He was Lieutenant Colonel of the 2d
(rebel) Kentucky Infantry, and was captured
by General Grant at Fort Donolson. Subse
quently exchanged, he was promoted Colonel,
and afterward*commandcd a cavalry brigade
in the rebel army, serving with For test.—
Since his residence in Mexico he has been
Surveyor General of the Imperial Coloniza
tion Association. General Lyon was unable
to perfect his plans for the work until the Oth
of February, upon which date his party, con
sisting of Americans, started from the city of
Mexico. They traveled in stages and carts
about two hundred and filty miles; the bal
ancc of their journey was completed upon
the backs of donkeys, arriving at their jour
ney's end about the first week in March. The
country is called Metaltalpyuca, and is situ
ated some one hundred miles west of Tuxpan,
in the State of Vera Cruz.
For Washington greets him a happy “all Hail.”
Together they sleep, proud rivals in glory,
No longer they toil where tho wild carnage raves;
But history gilds the bright laurel of story
To beam with new luster above the twin graves.
Jackson is dead! Disturb not his slumber.
But smooth the soft pillow that raises his head;
While living he spurned the foul foe without
number,
Let not their pollution disturb him when dead!
Then, soldiers, come swear, and tho oath as yon
word it
Let angels record with their pens from on high,
Swear by your swords, anil God shall record it,
Swear to avenge him, or by him to die!
VI.
Jackson is dead ! place the sod on his bosom,
Tho wreath of his glory let history twine;
For his grave shall be sought by thJ pilgrims of
freedom,
The Mecca of Nations, his proud country’s
shrine. h
Then, youth, maid and matron, and grandslree
hoary.
Kneel by his grave, ’tis blessed and free;
Great in his goodness, and good in his glory,
The spot where he sleeps must be sacred to thee.
LATEST DISPATCHES BY OCR
EXCHANGES.
REPLY OF JEFF. DAVIS TO A TENDER OF 8Y1I-
: PATHY FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
Washington, May 5.
The following letter appears in the South
ern papers:
Fortress Monroe, April 22, I860.
Mrt. J. R. Kile, Fayetteville, N. O.:
My Dear Madam.—I have tlic honor to
acknowledge yours of the 14th inst., inclosing
a check to be forwarded to Mrs. Davis, as
present from the ladies of Fayetteville.
Sadly remembering how your home* were
desolated during the war, I conld not havo
expected you, in the midst of rain, to have
been mindful of those nt a distance. Noth
ing could add to my admiration for the he
roism and virtues of my countrywomen, for
tho measure was full to overflowing, nor
could anything increase tlie gratitude with
which I will ever recur to their confidence
and sympathy. It only remains to assure
yon and the ladies whom you represent that
lam,
Most gratefully and respectfully,
Your friend and obedient serv’t,
Jefferson Davis.
ran up to 80 P a ™ 4 ® 4b ; : ,<***« nearest office of the Freedmen’s Bu- on judicial independence. ButTif the Presi-
^••KnSd"'^SLS^Pl->g Crockett, ™ dhtat.)\X..“T*Jih
-. ’ . , it u,iA v:_ I * ..l, t,nn i.„™ . I petent, _ or contumacious officers, ho is
Frispistol and fimig upon Morris killed him I farm work has been continued much in the I ''otThr^Sve^ower ^with
on the spot, the bullet passing through his 0 ia way. which the Constitution clothes Sim. If the
bead -„ . ,, ... , . „ . • 1 Tho amonnt of cotton which will be plant- executive power, or any part of it, is to be ex-
U r»;r^ aS His*wound* was iust bencatl/the cd tbis 863500 throughout Texas and North I ercised by officers whom he cannot control, he
heart, and the blood flowed freely from his Louisiana, will probably be about two-thirds
mouth. Although not informed of his death, 0 f what was planted in 1860: but those who im punity dlfy Wm! or to the body to which
tlie gentleman who gives us^-tki3^ account fe are wc n posted, think that en account of I thoseofficcrs are made responsible/ The con-
CC Th in /‘ ia i t Hril lra^ctl vhad caused great feel the lack of control of labor, the unsound- stitutionnl unity of the executive authority is
41* of tea »*d, »<.otho; th. Prtddc -redeff;
a gloom over the' entire community. Both not more than half a crop can safely be anti- f h ° e p o Wer ot rcmoval may l^ aTnullcd in re-
the parties were promising young men and cipatod. spcct to one class ot officers it may be in re-
belonged to families ■ The growing wheat is looking well, with spcct to all; and the President, who, in our
best Montgomery. Tboffather isc ° o{ ft fi ° c yield. . "klely ramified system of administration,
the Legislature for several terms.- j On the 4th inst, a furious tornado swept I
Savannah Herald 7th.
A Prediction Verified—,In 1859 a gen
tleman by the name of Talbot Green, of Ten
nessee, afterwards on officer in the late rebel
army, published a popular work entitled “A
Winter in the Federal City,” in which he pos
itively asserts that “Andrew Johnson, in spite
of tho fates, would be Chief NIagistr&te of the
United States before tbe close of the year
1863,” that “his administration would bo
stormy; that he would labor under extraor
dinary embarrassments, but would eventually
make one of tbe most popular Presidents that
ever ruled iu America.”
♦ .
53T Miss Adah Menkin is described as
superbly dressed in two acts of Mazcppa and
not much dressed in the third act.
oypr the face of. the country, in its track dis- removable Secretary ot State, and bis irremov-
roofing houses and uprooting trees in large able subordinates, would manage the Depart-
numbers mer }t of . F °re»gn Affairs as they pleased.
Immediately following the storm there was toe^reS^
a heavy fall of rain, which * welled the water Secretary of War, and every department of
courses to such a degree as to render travel the executive administration. But as every ex-
impracticable for days after. c6 ? tive . power (except that of nominations to
BfJ. C<» r t»» a^jonrned I
on the 2d inst. after final !., disposing of the j p] e t c jy denuded of all indepondcntautliori-
most important measures introduced. | ty, except that of sendin..' m nominations,
The question of the division of the State which tho Senate is at fall liberty to reject
has been ordered to be submitted to a popu- K ^?uld be a complete absorption of tlic cx-
, • _ ,, ' ccutive authority into tho legislative branch
lar vote. In the present juncture ™ can Lf the government, in defiant disregard of the
bo little doubt that tbe vote will be in tho af- constitutional declaration that the executive
Ogf~Sweden, is going to send- the world an-
. . . other nightingale, equal, it is said, to Jenny
firmative. The line,of division as proposed,'authority shall be vested in the President, Lind—Marie Taskatt.
ARRIVAL OF MRS. JEFF. DAVIS—AN INTER
VIEW WITH nER HUSBAND.
Fortress Monroe, May 4.—Mrs. Jefferson
Davis was permitted to have an interview
with her husband in tlie presence of one cf
the officers of the garrison at half-past eight
o’clock yesterday morning. All her baggage
was moved inside the fort last evening.—
Since her arrival she has made her home at
tlie residence of Dr. Cooper, post surgeon.—
Mrs. Davis is constantly receiving letters of
advice and inquiry from all parts of the coun
try. She has secured the services of Messrs.
Charles O’Connor and George Shea, of New
York, in whoso hands the case of her hus
band rests.
MEXICAN LIBERALS DEFEATED.
New York, May 5.—The Herald’s Havana
correspondent says: Martin, the Liberal
Commandant at Almoa encountered a force
of Maximilian’s troops near Villa del Fuerto
and was defeated, losing three pieces of artil
lery. Garcia’s force was broken up into
small bands. Thirty-three persons were ar
rested and tried by court-martial for uttering
sentiments favorable to Juarez.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY.
After a dangerous and wearisome work,
the lost city was finally reached, aid for the
first time the foot of the Anglo-Saxon pressed
its streets. With awe and wonder the party
gazed upon the works of an extinct race.—
Trees hundreds of years old were growing
among the ruins, showing that the city had
been abandoned before the days of Cortez,
and the architecture of the buildings is of an
order before unknown upon this continent.
Some few houses are in a tolerable state of
preservation and still habitable, while their
jails arc adorned with paintings of rare
beauty and merit. Carved doorways and im
ages abound in every street, evincing in their
former inhabitants a knowlenge of the line
arts not found among the most civilized abo
riginal races. 3Ibst remarkable of all is, some
of this sculpture indicates among the people
the existence of the Christian religion. Places
of worship are said to be numerous, and upon
the reverse of a statuette of a man is careful
ly carved that emblem of Christianity, the
cross.
Whence this race or what their fate is a
mystery. The existence of this city was un
known to the Aztees, and not a tradition con
cerning them is extant among the Indians,
who when spoken to respecting them reply,
“Antique,” “Antique.” The doors of tlie
houses were generally closed with rocks,
showing the abandonment of the city having
been a preconcerted movement; but whether
this was caused by civil wars, fears of savage
foes or earthquakes, is mere conjecture.
General Lyon will make a thorough explo
ration of the Metaltaloyuca country, and his
report will be received with rare interest. As
the letters received at tho capital from the
party state facts, tho lost city will cause a
commotion in the literary world, as its devel
opment must throw light upon the history of
the lost races of America. The Spanish party
who visited it in October say the ruias bear
little resemblance to those of Yucatan, or any
other portion of Spanish America, and tlicir
paintings and sculpture show them to have
been fully as far advanced in the arts and sci
ences ns the most enlightened European na
lion of their own day.-
The Radicals of Boston cannot stand the
abuse of Wendell Phillips when directed
against themselves. This is the language one
of them usps in addressing him: “The (the
Radicals) will endure no more of the moral
bullying to which, they think, you are be
yond measure addicted. And if yon wish to
know how they propose to help themselves, I
can tell you. They will either cut you dead,
and leave you without an audience, or they
will have you indicted for libel by the grand
jury, and convict you," too, as sure as your
name is Wendell.”
ESP The following remarks of the Rich
mond Times on extortion - of landlords, by
which tho business of the country is broken
up and their own interests sacrificed for the
sake of a year’s heavy rent, is of general ap
plication, and may be read with profit:
“For Rent.”—This legend adorns many
windows. We fear it will become even more
common before midsummer. Tlie rapacity of
landlords has been destructive of the business
of the city. The owners of the few business
houses left standing after the evacuation de
Qianded for them rents which in 1860 would
have been considered fair prices for the fee
simple. Only Yankee sutlers, who had largo
stocks of staple goods on hand, which had
made all the campaigns of the war—canned
roosters who were present at the^rst Manas
sas, canned milk that might have been fresh
at the time of the first draft—conld afford to
pay the rents. They paid them for a time;
many left before the end of their last quar
ter and without rendering any account. Our
old merchants knowing that the business
could not justify the enormous rents demanded
were frightened off Those who went into
business here were obliged to charge f.uch
high prices for their goods, in the hope of
making their rent, that country merchants
were driven from this market to Baltimore.
Thus the trade of the city has been, we fear,
permanently injured, and the ticket in the
window—“For Rent”—will daily become
more common. It is the old story of the
goose that laid the golden eggs. The land
lords have killed their goose.
A Serious Affair in Philadelphia.—
There was an important hearing before Uni
ted States Commissioner Smith, in Philadel
phia on Monday of last week, in the case of
ten persons for resisting the U. States Mar
shall, While executing a warrant of the Uni
ted States Court against certain parties for
infringement of Goodyear’s hard-rubbed pa
tent. The testimony showed that the mar
shal and his officers were forcible resisted,
several shots having been fired at them. The
prisoners were held to answer.
What Does it Mean ?—The Washington
correspondent of the World telegraphs os fol
lows on the 3d:
Gen. Rosecrans.—Gen. Rosecrans is in
San Diego, looking out for mining properties
and interests. It is reported hcreto-day that
the President has scut lor him, and that cro
long wc shall see the great Westerner in a
political field as original as it will be start
ling.
Jackson is dead! and tlie amrcls in heaven
Gather to welcome his soul from the sod,
And strewing his path with selcstial flowers,
They led him with songs to the presence ofGod;
And blushing he takes the bright crown with the
greeting
He hears in the voice of Jehovah alone—
Then heaven applauds, and the angels repeating
The sentence eternal, good servants, well done..
A Very Bold Paper-A Specimen.—There
is a journal published at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire called The States and Union, that
evidently does not care a fig for provost mar
shals or "tlie military.” Rebuking a Radical
paper clamorous for the blood of cx-President
Davis, in its issue of the 26tli, it says:
“If a jury can be organized who will, like
the Journal’s party leaders, commit perjury
and damn their own souls, to appease the Af
rican Moloch who sits enthroned here iu New
England and in the halls of Congress, why
then let Mr. Davis be tried. Otherwise “he
ought to be sent out of the country” without
judge, jury, law. decency or anything else.—
They want Mr. Davis tried by a military com
mission of packed Jacobincs, and then they
would be sure of tlicir victim. But they
can’t quite play that game. That sort of tri
bunal has played out, and those who have
heretofore been engaged in them, and ren
dered their infamous decisions, stand a better
chance of being hung than does Jefferson
Davis. Dayis was a lawful belligerent, and
has committed no crime, and can be convict- •
ed of none whilst these scoundrels are guilty
of every crime in the calendar. So guilty arc
they that their fellow conspirators in Congress-
are now at work making a law to shield them
from the judgment which is upon their track.
This law is desigued to protect not only the
members of these military inquisitions, but
scoundrels of every grade and hue who have
been committing all manner of crimes under
orders all over the country for tho pa9t fivo
years. It is e.v post facto and unconstitution
al, and, if enacted by Congress, will probably
meet another ;eto from the President. .
We allude' to this bill incidentally to show
the lawless aims and objects of those perjur
ed men who have betrayed their country and
their God in the Federal Legislature. These
are the men who would murder Jefferson Da
vis, regardless of every principle'of law’ and
justice known among civalizbd humanity.
Abolishment of Military Tribunals.
War Department,
Adjutant General’s Office,
Washing-ton, May 1,1866
Order in Relation to Trials by Military Courts
and Committiont. .
General Orders No 26:
'Whereas some military commanders are-
embarrassed by doubts as to the operation of
tlie proclamation of the President, dated the
second day of April, I860, upon trials by mili
tary courts-martial and military offenses, to
remove such doubts,- if is ordered by tlie Pres
ident that—
Hereafter, whenever offenses committed Jby
civilians are to be tried where civil tribunals'
are in existence which can try them, tlieir
cases are not authorized to be, and. will not
be, brought before military courtsmiartial or
commissions, but will be committed to the
proper civil authorities. This order is not
applicable to camp followers, as. provided for
under the 60th Article of War, or to contract
ors and others specified in section 16, act of
July 17, 1862, and sections 1 nnd 2, act of
March 2, 1803. Persons and offenses cogni
zable by the Rules and Articles ot War, and
by the acts of Congress above cited, will con
tinue-to be tried and pnnished by military
tribunals, as prescribed by the Rules and Ar
ticles of War and acts of Congress.
fW~Advices from St. Domingo are to the
14th of ApriL The late revolutionary move
ments on tho southern portion of the Island,
induced at tUc very moment of its suppression
a large insurrectionary party to rise in an
other portion, and suddenly seize the towns
of San Costobol, Bani and San Jose de Ocoa.
The Government acted promptly and with
energy. Troops were marched rapidly from,
different points and concentrated so judi
ciously that the insurgents were dispersed.
Two of the most active of their leaders es
caped, and order was restored.
Important Order.—We congratulate tho
country upon an order issued from the War
Department, yesterday, by direction of the
President, declaring that military commis,
sions and court martinis arc not authorized-
and therefore will" not assume jurisdiction in
the trial of persons other than those belong
ing to the army and navy of the United
States, camp followers, contractors and such
others os are indicated in the articles of war
and tho Acts of Congress.—Nat. Intelligencer,
2d itttt.
Serious Affray.—On last Monday night,
some fifteen miles north of Quitman, a man
by the name of Thomas, r shot, with intent to
kill, Mr. Alderman. Mr. Aldeman is still
alive but no hopes of his recovery are enter
tained —Quitman (Ga.) Banner.
Valparaiso has been rained upon by
the shot and shell of a Spanish, squadron,
merely, because Chili declined to , coal Span
ish vessels, last year, that were engaged in at
tacking Peru. Spain deliberately picked a
quarrel with that State or. no other gTOun
~<T* It is reported that Governor' Brown
low’iS going North lo c snsult- tfe Lexico
graphers about coining some new words, fo:
a reply to Prentice, who exhausted the vo
cabulary. ,