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S37“Tlio Thomnsville Enterprise, announ
•cos tho death of Mr. Tlios. Steele, a highly
respecter! planter of Thomas County.
JST" 'Vo learn from the Chattanooga Union
that the United !'* it« • Government is repair
ing all the ohurehca of that place that were
damaged l>y tlieir army.
Wo have received far publication, n
letter addressed by Rev. Father Peter Whe
lan, of Savannah, to the Secretary of Wat,
hut it rcacliod ns r.tjo late an hour-yesterday
that xtg wero unable to moke room for it in
this issue. It will appear to-morrow.
Secretary Seward and Santa Anna.—
Secretary Seward left Washington on Thurs
day, for Auburn, where he will be absent for
aomn days. Before he returns, he will visit
General Santa Anna, who is in New York.—
It is said there arc certain negotiations go
ing on bewteen these ttvo dignitaries, the
precise nature of which has not transpired.
THE COTTON TAX.
That our planters may have some insight
into the measures now maturing in the so-
called Congress in special relation to them
selves, we copy from the Charleston Courier,
on our first page, that portion of tho Tax
bill in which an excise of five cents per pound
is placed on cotton. It has already passed
the House, and will doubtless meet the sanc
tion of the Senate. It remains to be seen
whether or not the President will affix his
signature to a measure so manifestly unjust
to the Southern people, and so unwise and
impolitic for the whole country. We hope
he will not.
Our venerable friend, the senior editor of
the Savannah Nevea & Herald, who is, perhaps,
better posted in finance and questions of po
litical economy generally than any other man
in the South, gives tho following opinion of
-he character of the measure, and its prac
tical operation against the planter should it
become a law:
“A more exceptionable impost was never
conceived. Independently of injustice and
inequality, it is of an odious sectional char
acter. The plea has been advanced that it
ST Gen. George W. Randolph, at one wi „ on the consumer . This is fallacioU8 .
time Secretary of War under the Confederate It win fa „ on tbe producer without mit5
regime, is now residing in Europe. Ills r
friends will bo gratified to learn that although
iie has been suffering from ill health during
• tho winter and early spring, strong hopes are
now entertained of his complete restoration
to health.
' We learn with pleasure that our young
friend J. W. Avant, of Knoxville, Crawford
county, Ga., was admitted to the practice of
Law, at the sitting of the Superior Court, for
this county, yesterday. His examination was
creditable to him, being conducted by Judge
Lochranc, John J. Gracberry, Esq., Samuel
lluntcr, Esq., and Solicitor-General Branham.
We wish him much success in the profession.
The National Express.—It will be seen,
from the notice in our advertising columns,
that this company lias extended its line as far
west ns Columbus in this State. The Natli-
ioual has adopted a new feature of insurance in
the affairs of the company. All remittances of
money or other valuable packages are, by con
tract, insured in several of the leading In
surance Companies of New York, so that the
sender has that additional security and with
out nnv additional. cost to himself. The
new company teem resolved to leave nothing
undone to suit tho convenience and safety of
tho public, and wc liavc no doubt tbeir efforts
in this respect will be bountifully rewarded.
tion, except where, from the state of the
market, the supply should fall short of the
demand. Why is there, coupled with the
impost, a drawback in favor of the domestic
manufacturer on that portion of the yam
and goods ho may export ? Is not this from
a consciousness that the tax will fall on the
producer, and not on the consumer? If the
impost were a tax on the exports there might
be some plausibility in the pica that it taxed
the consumer; but it is made to assume the
form of an excise, which is a tax on the pro
duct before it leaves the hands of the pro
ducer. The effect of the drawback, there
fore, is to allow a bounty on the exportation
of yam and goods—the product of raw cot
ton. A more unjust tax, os we have said,
was never imagined. , Besides its injustice in
the abstract, its inequality is aggravated un
der present circumstances. The Southern
FROM THE
DEXT.
Veto of the Bill Admitting Colorado ns
State.
The following is the message transmitted
to the Senate on Tuesday by the President:
To the Senate of the United State* :
I return to the Senate, in which it origina
ted, the bill which has passed both bouses ot
Congress, entitled “An act for the admission
of the -State of Colorado into the Union,”
with my objections to its becoming a law at
this time.
First. From the best information which I
have been able to obtain, I do not consider
the establishment of a State government at
present necessary for the welfare of the peo
ple of Colorado. Under the existing territo
rial government all the rights, privileges, and
interests of the citizens are protected and se
cured. The qualified voters choose their own
legislators and their own local officers, and
are represented in Congress by a delegate of
their own selection. They make and execute
their own municipal laws, subject only to re
vision of Congress—on authority not likcyl
to be exercised, unless in extreme or extraor-
They cannot bnt find the security of person
and property increased by their reliance upon
the national executive power for the main
tenance of law and order against tbe disturb
ances necessarily incident to all newly organ
ized communities.
Second. It is not satisfactorily established
that a majority of the citizens of Colorado
desire or are prepared for an exchange of a
Territorial for a State government. In Sep
tember. 1804, under the authority of Congress,
an election was lawfully appointed and held
for the purpose of ascertaining the views of
the people upon that particular question. Six
thousand one hundred and ninety-two votes
were cast, and of this number a majority of
3,153 was given against the proposed change.
States have been devastated. Their fields
TnE Freedmen’s Bureau.—Gen. Howard
is out in a defense of his North Carolina sub
officials against the exposures of Messrs.
Steedman and Fullarton. In most of the
eases he confesses and justifies. We think
the less Gen. Howard says in favor of the cor
rupt concern of which he is the head the bet
ter for his reputation.
Since writing the foregoing wc observe a
Washington despatch stating thnt General
Howard i9 to be removed. Wc hope it is
true. Tho entire concern, from head to tail,
Deeds overhauling, mul an early annihilation.
We also perceive that orders have been issued
recalling all commissions to Bureau Agents in
'he South, which is tantamount to an aboli
tion of the institution itself.
have been laid waste by war. [Their capital in
slaves so diminished as to compel them to
pay a greatly increased price for labor, thus
largely increasing the costs of cultivation.
Is this a period for imposing a discrimina
tion tax on theirprincipal staple ? Are there
no friends of the South in Congress to repre
sent the facts as they exist *”
Packing a Jury.—A despatch from Wash
ington to the the Philadelphia Ledger, says:
•‘Quite a number of Virginians, from the
Northern portion of the State, wliobave been
summoned as jurors ior the Circuit Court of
tlio United States, at Norfolk, passed through
the city yesterday. They arc all men who
Atlanta Bulletin.—This newspaper,
like all enterprises started where there is no
public necessity to call them into existence,
has gono by the board, its proprietors having
disposed of its subscription list and good will
to the proprietors of the Intelligencer. There
has been a perfect wildness on the subject of
newspapers since tbo close of the war, induced
by the extraordinary success of those pre
viously established under the impulse of sud
den and immense trade, the new adventurers
omitting to recognize the fact that the infla
tion of business was but temporary and must
collapse after a while and with it everything
that was founded on so sandy a basis. News
papers cannot be conducted now ns formerly,on
a credit, and all beyond the actual wonts of
the public must perish for want of support.
Nobody supports them on purely patriotic
or charitable motives. The publishing busi
ness is like mcrehandiizng or manufacturing-
tlie supply must be regulated by the business
demand, and all excess must be ruinous to
the adventurers. Wo would rejoice to see all
the newspapers of the State on a firm and
have been noted for their adherence to the prosperonsf ^t ing, and can on! yd eplore the
Union cause during the war.” if , *»’. / r . .
_. ° . . .. i temerity of some ot our contemporaries in
(This may account for the pertinacity of the ... J . , ,, , * .
„ ,, . . . f I risking all they had or could obtain in exper-
President in refusing to give up altogether i. .
* .? e . * - • hments that, in the very nature oi things,
his military control over the State of \ irgm- ’ ......
„ J f, . must prove not only nnremnnerative but dis-
la. He can see, ns well as the rest of us, that I 1 *
\ astreus.
such abolition creatures as Chase and Under-
•woot! have no idea of giving Mr. Davis a fair j jgy-A Washington dispatch to ilio Pliila-
trial, and it is his duty in truth and to the | delphia Lcger states that it is rumored that
law, to secure one to him at every cost. All
this log-rolling by the offices of justice (Heav
en save the mark !) in order to convict Mr.
Davis when they know it cannot be done un
der a fair trial/ will only operate in the end
to the advantage of their intended victim,
and to their own eternal disgrace. The
world has its eyes upon them, and they will
be held to n strict account.
The Bureau Commissioners.—Generals
Steadman and Fullarton have reached Sa-1
vaunah, and an interesting interview between
those gentlemen and the citizens, for which
we arc indebted to tbe Herald, will be found
in another column. We hope the Commis
sioners will find it convenient to extend their
journey into this portion of Georgia. After
examining into the condition of affairs in
the cities, we would be glad to have them
tako an observation of country life in the
large counties below, where the ihfiuence of
tbe Bureau is seldom seen or felt With the
present management of Bureau affairs in Ma
con. we think they will find no just cause of
complaint, though many interesting inci
dents of the past may be brought to their
attention, whilst the existing relations bc-
-tween the two races, we think, will prove to
their satisfaction that the Bureau is a fifth
wheel to the political wagon, and may be
wholly dispensed with without detriment to
'the public interests.
Mr. Seward has asked an explanation of the
Marquis de Montholon with reference to the
dispatch of additional troops to Mexico, and
that the latter has replied that he presumed
they were simply into-nded to take the places
of those who bad been killed or wounded, or
whose terms of service had expired! The
Marquis is evidently as clever in writing a
dispatch as the Foreign Minister of France
himself.
Telegraphic Agent.—We learn, from a
despatch received yesterday, that Mr. Pritch
ard. lins retired from tho agency of the Asso
ciated Press, at Augusta, and is succeeded by
Mr. Patrick Walsh. Mr. Pritchard has been
an energetic and faithful agent, and the Press
may feel every assurance that Mr. Walsh will
prove an acceptable occupant of the post.
f In September, 1865, without any legal author
organization. It docs not seem to me en
tirely safe to receive this lost mentioned result,
so irregularly obtained, os sufficient to out-
weighftlie one which had been legally ob
tained in the first election. Regularity and
conformity to law ore essential to the preser
vation of order and stable government, and
should, as far as practicable, always be ob
served in the formation of new States.
Third. Tbe admission of Colorado, at this
time, as a State into the Federal Union, ap
pears to me to bo incompatible with the pub
lic interests of the country. While it is desir
ed Territories sufficiently matured should be
organized as States, yet the spirit of the Con
stitution seems to require that there should
be an approximation towards equality among
the several States comprising the Union. No
State can have more than two Senators/in
Congress; the largest State lias a population
of four millions, several of the States have a
population exceeding two millions and mauy
others have a population exceeding one mil
lion.
Postal Affairs at .TnE South.—The
Post Office. Department has issued orders to
discontinue tho delivery of the mails at an
early day at all the offices in South Carolina,
and perhaps in other States, where there arc
no regularly appointed and commissioned
postmasters. This order, the Governor ot
?Jouth Carolina says, will subject the Press
ami the business community to very serious
embarrassment unless steps are taken to se*
cure the services at each post office of such
persons aa can take the requisite oath as pro
scribed by Congress; and he therefore re
commends that some person be selected at
each office who con take the oath and give
-the bonds.
Wc fear there will be no relief from postal
derangements so long as the odious test oath
remains unrepealed by Congress, or until it is
declared void by the Courts. At one time
we supposed the difficulty might be remedied
and the mails restored to the people of this
State by bringing forward females as candi
dates for the appointments, their husbands
or some male friend to attend to the business;
but in this we are disappointed. The women
in Georgia who feel that’they can take the
oath conscientiously are almost as few in num
bers as the men, and in a laigo majority of
the towns not one is to be found! We say
this to their credit, and only regret that there
is in our State one human being of any sex
that can take it. Wo are all loyal non, and
intend to remain so if the Government will
perform its part of tho contract—that ought
to be sufficient.
Stay Law in South Carolina Declar
ed Unconstitutional.
Wc publish below in full, an interesting or
der of the Court of Errors, as announced from
the bench on yesterday; also, an important
order of the Court of Appeals, in regard to
extra Courts on the Middle Circuit.
Barry vs. Iscman ct al., reserved for consid
eration. In the Court ot Errors, Columbia,
May, 1800.
The State vs. John E. Carcw, 8heriff. Geo.
Scharlock vs. B. JL Rivers.
These causes were heard together. After
consideration of the argument, the Court is
of opinion that so much of the Acts of the
Legislature of 1801 and 1805, os interdicts the
service or execution of any measure or final
process of any of tbe Courts of this State for
the collection of money, is in conflict with the
article of the Constitution of tbe United States,
which prohibits a State trom passing nny law
impairing the obligation of contracts, and that
tlie said provisions arc consequently inopera
tive and void.
It is, thereupon, ordered and adjudged
tliat in the case first above stated, the order
of the Circuit Court be reversed, and that the
rule against tbe Sheriff be made absolute; and
that, in the second case, tlie order of the
Circuit Judge, setting aside the service of tho
writ, be rescinded.
May 14,1860. (signed) Bfnj. F Dunkin.
Chief Justice.
D. L. Wanllaw, Thomas W. Glover, R.
ifunro, J. P. Carroll, F. J. Moses, John A.
Inglis, T. N. Dawkins, Henry D.. Lesesne,
Wm. D. Johnson.
I disent, (signed) A. P. Aldrich.
A true copy, John Waties, C. C. E.
[Columbia Carolinian.
The Wheat Crop.—We hear conflicting
reports in relation to the prospects of tho
wheat crop. From Murray county we learn
the crop is greatly injured by the fly, and
from other sections we have reports of rust;
but while wc have no doubt the crop, espe
cially that portion 60wn on bottom lands, has
been damaged by the late very wet weather,
we still have reason to hope that if no farther
disaster befalls it, an abundant harvest will
be realized.—Dalton Georgian, 18th.
The celebrated trotting horse, Dexter
was sold at public auction on Union
Course, Long Island, New York, on tbe 9th,
for $14,0(30. Last year, Dexter, in a match
against time, trotted a mile under the saddle
in the unparallcd time of 3 minutes 15 1-5
scconds,thus beating Flora Temple’s previous
ly unequalled record 3 minutes 17 3-4 seconds.
A population of 137,000 is the ratio of ap
portionment of Representatives among the
several States. If this bill should become
law. the people of Colorado, thirty thousand
in number, would have in the House of Rep
resentatives one members, while New York,
with a populrtion os four millions, lias hut
thirty-one. Colorado would have in the elec
toral college three votes, while New York has
only thirty-three. Colorado would have in
the Senate two votes, while New York has no
more.
Inequalities of this character have already
occurred, but it is believed that none have
happened where the inequality was so great.
When such inequality lias been allowed Con
gress is supposed to have permitted it on tlie
ground of some high public necessity, and
under circumstances which promised that it
would rapidly disappear through the growth
and development of the newly admitted State.
Thus, in regard to the several States in what
was formerly called the “Northwest Terri
tory,” lying cast of the Mississippi, their rapid
advancement in population rendered it cer
tain that States admitted with only one or
two Representatives in Congress would in a
very short period be entitled to n great in
crease or representation. So when California
was admitted on the ground of commercial
and political exigencies, it was well foreseen
that that State was destined rapidly to be
come a great prosperous mining and com
mercial community. In the case of Colorado
I am not aware tliat any rational exigency,
cither oi a political or commercial nature, re
quires a departure from the law of equality,
which has been so generally adhered to in our
history. .
If information submitted in connection
wish this bill is reliable, Colorado, instead
of increasing, has declined in population.—
At an election for members of a Territorial
Legislature held in 1801, 10,580 votes were
cast. At the election betore mentioned, in
1804, the number of votes cast was 6,193
while at the irregular election held in 1865,
which is assumed as a basis for legislative
action at this time, the aggregate of votes
was 5,905. Sincerely anxious for the welfare
and prosperity of every Territory and State,
as well as for the prosperity and welfare of
the whole Union, I regret this apparent de
cline of papulation in Colorado, hut it is
manifest that it is due to emigration, which
is going out from that Territory into other
regions within the United States, which
cither are in fact, or are believed by the in
habitants of Colorado'to be, richer in mineral
wealth and agricultural resources. If, how
ever, Colorado has not really declined in pop
ulation, anoiber census or another election
under tbe authority of Congress would place
the question beyond donbt, and cause but
little delay in the ultimate admission of the
Territory as a State, it desired by tlie people.
The tenor of these objections furnishes tlie
reply which may be expected to an argument
in favor ot the measure, derived from the en
abling act which was passed by Congress on
the 21st day of March, 1804. Although Con
gress then supposed that the condition of the
Territory was such as to warrant its admis
sion as a State, the result of two years expe
rience shows that every reason which existed
for the institution of n Territorial instead of
a State government in Colorado, at its first
organization, still continues in force.
The condition of the Union at the present
moment is calculated to inspire caution in re
gard to the admission of new States. Eleven
of the old States have been for some time,
and still remain, unrepresented in Congress.
It is a common interest of all the States, as
well those represented as those unrepresented,
that the integrity and harmony of the Union
should be restored as completely as possible,
so that all those who are expected to bear the
burthens of the Federal Government shall be
consulted concerning the admission of new
States, and that in the meantime no new
State shall be prematurely and unnecessarily
admitted to a participation in the political
power which the Federal Government wields
—not for the benefit of any individual State
or section, but for the common safety, wel
fare and happiness of the whole country.
Andrew Johnson.
Washington, D. C., May 14,1860.
SELECTED TELEGRAMS.
TnE INDICTMENT OF DAVIS.
There is a general growling to-night among
the Republicans about the alleged bad man
agement of Judge Underwood in getting up
Tho Freed mem Bureau Commis
sioners In Snannah—Inter
view will Citizens. I Special dispatch to tho Nashville Banner.]
From the Savannh Neva A Herald, 19th. railroad accident in Tennessee. . c .. -
General Steedmanind Fullerton, who con- Clarksville, Tenn., May 18 —A train of tke Jefr - 1)avls indictment, and it is asserted
stitute a commissionsent out by President I cars heavily loaded with wood, with one of I tlie Attorney-General's office, the opin-
Johnson to investigate th$ operations of the I heaviest engines on the road, in crossing is that the indictment will not stand the
Freedmen’s Bureau n tie Southern States, the Cumberland bridge this morning, broke I of judicial criticism. What truth there
and whose arrival Mhiscity we announced through the West span, making a perfect 19 in tlle latt ® r P art of ‘J 1 ® statement I have
yesterday, held an interview last evening 1 wreck. Six white men, and eleven or tliir-1learned, bnt nevertheless, Judge Under-
with a large numberof the leading citizens teeu ne <rf 0 es were on the train. The white wood is criticised severely, this evening, on all
of Savannah, At alont five o’clock some , nen ^ere all; saved but two—one badly swles. He claims to have managed the whole
twenty-five or thirty of cur most respected WO unded. Two negroes known to be killed. at Norfolk, and is therefore reponsi ble
citizens representingall tie various interests I f p^o supposed to be missing, but not possi-1 ^ form of the indictment whether it be
and professions, had issenbled in the parlor | tively known. good or bad,
of tl» Pulaski house, wlim the commission- The bridge shows signs of being very rot- a reception at the whitehocsp.
ers entered, and Mayor Aiderson introduced t en i „ .. , .
mai^^aften^sVo^^FulfartOT 8100 * 1 freedmen commissions abolished. his daughtera torefghtwas largely'attended.
by Among~t he guests were two daughtersof Pres-
statng briefly the object; of his mission to lie « J V arc A accompanied by M. Romero
to inquire into the opera ions of the Freed- men CemH1,810ns in thc Southern States. the Mexican Minister, and Mrs Romero, with
men’s Bureau, to learn tie influence it exerted „ . Removal of oen. Howard. whom they are sojourning.- This party at-
upoi the relations of tli* two races; whether It is rumored that Gen. Howard, Chief tracted a great deal of attention. A full band,
its tendency was to produce harmony or an- of the Freedmen’s Bureau, ia soon to be re- of music was in attendance,
tagonism botween them; whether, in general, I moved. I Fpnm WniMm-
its effect was for ham or for good; and more aboetthebureau.
whether it was necessaw or expedient to con- Gen. Steedman reports that similar abuses
time its existence. Go*. Fullarton and him- of the Freedmen’s Bureau exist in South I .,,
self bad called upon the citizens of every Carolina, as have been officially reported with ' ld 9 s ® eavl ^. f ^ th®.°P® rat
tow» through wludh tleyhad passed to 3 regard to Virginia. 3Z**SZ* SSlSSS
Front Washington.
COTTON FRAUDS AT MEMPHIS.
Washington, May 19.—The Government
" cotton
summer.
dinary cases. . The population is small, some
estimating it so low as twenty-five thousand, tow* through wliich tley had passed to lair I regard to Virginia. .... , . , .
while advocates of tbe bill reckon iho number before theni any aggricvances they had to Gen. Stoneman has sent the resHlt of the F . OUT n>»lion dollars m Government funds
at from thirty-five thousand to forty thous- com/lain of in reference to thc Bureau, not I investigation into tbe Memphis riots to the
and souls. The people are principally recent holdng public meetings, but conferring with War Department. A detailed statement of
settlers, many of whom are understood to be them in confidence. He invited the gentle- the origin, progress and conclusion of the ”, cotton - coUon was sent North for
ready for removal to other mining districts men present to state what they knew of the I troubles accompanies his report It appears * Government realized
beyond the limits of tho Tcrritoiy, if circum- evils *f the management of the Bureau in f to bear very strongly npon the soldiers who | ^ mlnVnf
stances shall render them more inviting.- Georg a. ° [commenced it, white the negroes are blamed l^nees failed, and. the Government lost the
Such a population cannot but find relief from Genual Fullarton remarked that tbe great I for participating in it Ho thinks that if the JV lole amount, principal as well as prospec-
excessive taxation if the territorial system, pretext for maintaining the Freedmen’s | latter had kept out of thc riot, it would have uve P roDt *
which devolves the expense of the executive, courts vas, that the freedmen cannot obtain I been suppressed almost at its inception. I episcopal reunion.
legislative and judicial departments upon the justice in the civil courts, as the legal judges The latest advices from Georgia to the I The Episcopal Convention in session at
United States, is for the present continued, refused- to receive testimony from negroes, Commissiiner of the Bureau, report no sur-1 Alexandria, Virginia, yesterday, by a large
anil that this opinion had obtained a very plus freedmen or freedwomen in the central I vote decided to return to the Episcopal or-
gcneral btlief in the North through the rep- and northern portions of the State, except in I ganizarion of the United States,
resentatiom of newspaper correspondents. I the contraband camp near Atlanta, where mr. davzs not implicated in the assassi-
General A. R. Lawton in reply, instanced a I there are at present old and deerepid persons, nation conspiracy
SS Sf’ •T 1 ' CrC e a f n « 0rp 5^Sf 1( It is reported upon good authority, that the
negro, convicted rf murder by a civil court, by the Bureau, until the completion of an judicial Commi J tee h avc come to the con-
had been recommended to mercy, and his asylum. Agents of planters in Mississippi, ".““.“"“‘A"“‘V" yV £*“
sentence has been modified accordingly. Alabama, Tennessee and Arkansas, were in MV 5 . 1 . ^ n e f' A. tw^rr
General Fullarton inquired whether any at- tho vicinity endeavoring to precure laborers, . ; ;u f consi)iracv in t f ie as^Lina-
tention was pad to tho rules ot evidence in but met with little or success. tion of Mr Lmcoln nspiracy n 1 ie a3Sas ina
taking testimony in the Freedmen’s Court. Stephens to make a tour of this country ° ‘
Mr. Lovell replied, none whatever; that offi- —gen. bweeney says he is a British spy. I *thk unfaithful servant.
cers had filled tke bench of the court who New York, May 18.—Mr. Stephens is ex- pj tz 0 f North Carolina notoriety, has been
had no legal education, and who had not the pected to start on bis tour of the States on removed from the Freedmen’s Bureau, and is
capacity, even if they had the best intentions, Monday next. J no longer in the service,
to conduct examinations in accordance with | The Herald has a statement that General | FE d E ral strength during the war.
State, wns reported on to-dav bv tlie spei^i
Committee to which the reso’iution had i )0€r l
referred, with a majority report recommend
ing the rejection of the report, and a minori'
ty report favoring it3 adoption. *After con
siderablc debate, the majority report was con
curred in and the resolutions rejected brave*
13, nays 8. ’ '
The project never had any strength. Itr e .
ceived what impetus it had from fears of the
non-passage of the new franchise law, and sev
eral East Tennessee Senators voted for the
resolution only out of respect for those inau
gurating the project, though being themselves
opposed to it.
The attempt to create out of East Tennes
see a new State has attracted much more at-
tentionat the North than here.
GREAT RISE IN RED RIVER—MORE CREVASSES
—GREAT SUFFERING INJURY TO CROPS.
New Orleans, May 18.—Red river and
the neighboring waters are rising into great
floods. There is a crevasse at Gilmore’s, above
Shreveport, and others are expected. Untold
suffering in tbe flooded districts is feared. It
is thought the rise in Red river will increase
to a deluge, anti seriously increase the suffer
ing and ruin. The cotton and other crops i n
Louisiana will be exceedingly small.
A meeting of all foreign shippers is called
to a general conference.
the established rules of courts of justice. I Sweeney has said recently that he was satis-
General Fullarton inquired whether penal-1 fied that Stephens was nothing more nor less I Washington, May 10.—The official records
ity, the question was again presented to the ties were inflicted by the judge in accordance I than a British sdy, and that lie was allowed I of tlie War Department show that when
people of the Territory with the view of ob- with the laws of thc State. Judge Wm. B. to escape from prison by the British authori- President Lincoln, in April, 1861, called for
taining a reconsideration of the result of thc Fleming ansvercd that the penalties were ties for the sole purpose of visiting this couri- 75,000 volunteers for three months service,
election held in compliance with the act of often at variance with the laws of the State; try in their interest. the army of the United States had on its rolls
Congress, approved March 21, 1804. At this that for the some offense for which a white n , rm ... ARP . „ mrCT ,.v LE - 14,000 men. During the ensuing four years,
second election 5,905 votes were polled, and man was sent t. the Penitentiary, a negro was I ov gfv m m- 3,088,532 men enlisted, of which 2,408,103
a majority of 155 was given in favor of State sentenced to Ubor a short period on the ^ President ha9 ^ a message to the If£f r
streets. He refured to several cases in point. Hou3C inclosin „ a communication from Gen. “o
Hon. S. Cobec, also mentioned several sum- L*-..,!. f?.r tlio listed was about 2,500,000; the number ot
lar cases and wert on to say that the action of deaths amon S them a51 - 123 . or onc of ®'ery
the Freedmen’s teourt in this respect had a rcquest - t i ic f act that more troops are needed onlf^f
most deleterious .hfluence on the negro, lead- on t b c frontier and at the South. He also ° 00 ’ of . whom 29 ’ 298 dled > or about one of
ing himto reel tlat lie had a special protec- expresses the opinion that the troops cannot ever J S1 -’ c ’
tion and license, md that it gave nsc to jeal- be withdrawn from the South with safety for the senate, and the fresidmit at war.
ousy and animosity between tlie races. He | some time to come. | New York, May 19.—A special from Wash-
was confident that the better class of citizens
and the well feeling of all classes were dis
posed to recognize ftlly the new relations of
the negroes to then—thc laws- of Georgia
showed it.
Gen. Steedmen asked if any complaints had
DEATH OF JtN EPISCOPAL BISHOP.
Providence. May 18.—Information has
been received of the death of the Right Rev.
George Burgess, D. D., Bishop of Maine,
white returning ftom the West Indies, whith
er he had been for his health.
overcharging freedmen for food.
Savannah, May 18.—General Steedman
and Fullarton arrived here last night They
left Charleston on Saturaday, since which
time they have been investigating thc work
ing ef tbe'Freedmen’s Bureau on tho Sea is
lands. Among the evils that have corns to
light is the persistent system of overcharging
for food and the necessaries of life indulged
in by many persons working'tlic plantations.
The freedmen are paid 50 cents per task of a
quarter of an acre and then charged $3 per
bushel for com that cost tbe planter $1.30.
FACTS' AND RUMORS.
—Dr. J. B. Buchanan, of Kentucky, has is
sued a prospectus-for a Democratic Monthly
Review.
—A plan is set on for foot building a mon
ument at Columbus, Ga., in honor of the Con
federate dead.
—By an order of Court, the newspapers arc
forbidden to publish the proceedings of the
Jacques trial, now in progress at Louisville.
The following is Gen. Grant’s letter:
Headquarters Armies, I j nue Tax bill will be passed by the House be-
Washinoton, D. C. May, 15,1806. ( fore the close next week, and the tariff will
To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: fo,low The Senate will reject all appoint-
Sm:—In view of the long delay in the low- ments of conservative Republicans, even when
—The reconstruction evidence lias all been
printed, and will be given out as soon as it
can be bound. It mokes a volume ct 725
pages.
—The library of the late distinguished Pro
fessor of Ecclesiastical History in the Univer
sity of Berlin, Prussia,. Dr. C. W. Nieder, has
been purchased for the Seminary at Andover.
—The Memphis Argus is hard on Gen.
«»ftp-'
city. It thinks both are a nuisance to the
citv.
wen. oieeuiuen asKca h any compminis naa fWress in a"reein~ imon a nlan they have served in the army or navy in place
been made of unjust discrimination in the de- ® r \ 1 ® USC 01 congress in agreeing upon a pian J office-holders Several nnnnint
eisions rendered hv the ei„!i emirf* for tho reorganization of the army suitable to ot present omce Holders. Several appoint-
army i
! *°|
eisions rendered by the civil courts. i *r* ’w reauirements and the urcent n'e-1 merits have been made en masse, but they will
he promised for himself that the negro should ces s>ty _ . ,,
have the same justice meted out toliim in his ma “ er t0 ? nd RS , k the attention justice to mr. davis.
own coart as the white man. °* Congress, believing that when they have Washington, May 18.—It is reported upon
Rev. Mr. Wynn was here introduced. He matters fairly before them they will do what good authority that the Judiciary Committee
spoke of the Convention of colored clergymen ou £ht to be done, speedily. have come to the conclusion that the evi-
now being held in this city, composed o'fdel- . At the present time, settlements are spring- dence produced before them docs not warrant
egates from the neighborin'* States; he had in g up with unusual rapidity in the district the charge that Jeff. Davis is guilty of com-
. ° . , . . - . nml onunlru l.olirnnn lllrt ATlCOnm*! PMTPF flnfl I al 5 t - . i
been pleased to observe the*feeling that pre- “ ud country between tlie Missouri river and pbcity in the assassination of Mr. Lincoln,
vailed in this convention; it had been pub- tbe Fa “8 c ocean > wbc , re > heretofore, the Indian position
licly avowed in a set of resolutions as the was left in undnputed possession Emigrants santa anna » position
sense of tho'convention that a bad and dan- ar( ; P usbulg , to , ^se settlements and to the Gen. Santa Anna s prolessicns of adhering
gerous feeling was growing out of the inter- fc ,0,d C , e J d ? , of , thc Rock y Mountains, by every to the liberal cause are believed by tbefnends
ference in their relations with their former available highway of President Juarezm this city, to be solely
masters of strangers who came among them - The people of these regions «re citizens of in the interest of the French, who they say
nretendimr to Ire tlieir friends Tlie resolu thc United States, and are entitled to the pro- are seeking to get up some combination by
timis also ?hanked the citizens' of Charleston tection of the Government. They are devel- which on the departure of Maximilian anew
for their uniform kindness to the colored peo- °P“ g "source of the country to its great government, apparently Mexican shall be
pie; in the language of tlie resolutions, they advantage, thus making it the interest, as made to appear, with which a treaty of peace
hurled back the libels upon the Southern peo- " e11 » ‘ ‘,® dut J' f tbe Government to give can be concluded, recognizing the claims put
pie who were their true lriends, and condemn- them military protection. ' forward by France and loans which have
cd the conduct of the Northern emissaries This makes a much greater force west of been raised for Maximilian. It is said these
who had come to incite insurrection. Mr> the Mississippi necessary than was ever here- plans are fully known to President Juarez and
Wynn said he had been greatly impressed to ^[ >re re 9 u,r ® d - . .. . 110 )L ' ra cadcrs ln Mexico,
with the sensible and manly tone of the con- „ A sn ? a1 military forec is necessary in all the southern railroads,
vention which, would have done credit to any °tatc3 lately in rebellion, and is cannot^ Del At the recent Convention of Presidents and
deliberative assembly. In the discussions and £ oreseen tba t the force will not be required I Superintendents of railroads and steamboat
the proceedings generally an intellectual abil- ? or som ® time to come. It is to be hoped Bus I lines between Baltimore and New Orleans,
ity was manifested fur in advance of what lie f ° rce wlH not V e necessar y to enforce the laws held at Richmond, it was resolved that thro’
had looked for. °. f state or nation. But the difference of sen- fiekets be agreed to from New Orleans, Mo-
Gen. Steedman remarked that the negroes Jiment engendered by the great war which bile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Augusta, to
wherever he had passed had borne testimony ias ^ ccn * or * our wdl make the I Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, Phila-
ldncss of the intelligent people of P^ence of military force necessary to give a delphia and New York, on thc basis of the
ted them'as tlieir ,c<d,n S °f security. If you agree with me m prices charged for similar tickets via the Wes-
friends and had no' complaints to make of this matter, I would also ask you, if you deem tern and East Tennessee routes. A system of
them, excepting of a certain class in the cities I ,ro l )cr ’ tbat t us - 8U 5 h “*”“1 “ f hrou S h t^* 8 fr °m New York to New Or
* - - - ‘ you may be pleased to make, be laid before J leans and intermediate points was devised:
Congress through the Speaker oi: the House. I T1IE PRO posed exhort tax on cotton.
° r Your obedient serv’t, I Tbejiroposed amendment to the Constitu-
U. S. Grant,
Lieutenant-General
—It is proposed to hold a great Southern
Educational convention during the coming
summer.
—Gov. Jenkins, of Georgia, has commenced
a large purchase of corn and provisions for
the benefit of widows and orphans of de
ceased Confederate soldiers, in accordance
with thc act of the Legislature.
—A woman, named Ann Eliza Allen, aged
eighteen, and very pretty, committed sui
cide in Chicago on Sunday by talcing lauda
num. She was jealous of her husband.
—Tiie President has declared the rebel Gen.
Bradley T. Johnson, to be under thc thir
teenth exception of tbe amnesty proclama
tion ; also, A. R. Manning, of Alabama, and
G. M~. Jessie, of Kentucky.
—The Mexican Republicans in Washing
ton fear that Santa Anna’s return of Secre
tary Ssward’s visit indicateSy on his return to
Mexico, he may replace Maximilian by a
nominal Republican Government, guarantee
ing the French debt.
—Detectives are in pursuit of a prominent
person who they suspect of setting fire to
Pike’s Opera House. It is claimed that the
evidence is sufficient to convict him.
whom they denominated “ roughs.”
Judge Law spoke at considerable length.
He said tho great desideratum at the present
time is the maintenance of a kindly feeling
between the two mutually dependent classes;
whatever tended to produce tho contrary
state ot things was deleterious and would
cause “delay in thc return of prosperity.”
lion offered by Mr. Stevens, providing an ex
port duty of five per cent, on cotton, was con
sidered this morning by the House Judiciary
Committee, and resulted in a tie vote—three
EspWliy are opera dancers like parricides f
Because they execute tlieir pa*.
tc£?~ Why is the suspension of thc/tafca j corput
act in Ireland beneficial to thc Fenians ? Be
cause it quickens their apprehension.
rnosPECT of an European war.
. . Washtxotov Mnv 1S Tim Krlipf nrovni'k I to three. Had the other members of the Com-
Thc happiness of the countiy depends on - u diloraatic ^J that an European war is “ ittce been P r 1 e8ent ^ it is understood that Mr-
their coming together in tlieir mutual rcla- ine7i f able . That Napoleon will withdraw Stevens amendment would have been agreed
tions. There was a difference in their condi- hig troop8 from Mexic £ at an early day, and t0 the Committee,
tjons. socialand natural; uc cannot expect tbat Maximilian will find himself obliged to TnE new five cent piece.
zft&fSJfss sad—
bri.gtl.cm i.to tbe kindly relatio.5ttbicb ™estate. pSrf“To
nf( ,J Tlie portion of tho Arlington estate which be a legal tender in any payment to the sum
As for the results of the operations of the wa3 , aid off during the W ar as a soldiers’ G f one dollar. There are to be no new issues
Burcau.he^ew only what bis former servants burying place, has recently been reclaimed, e f fractional notes of a less denomination than
had told him—that they had been advised not and the dcad bodies amoved. Sixteen ten cents.
to make contracts, but to wait for the Govern- bnndred and seventy-eight bodies have been RESOLUTION BY THE MEXIC an club con
ment land bounties, and the consequence was a i rea( i v removed | resolution by the Mexican club con
that white he and his neighbors had 50 or 75 J __ ' demnatory of oen. santa anna.
acres of rice planted, instead of 400 or 500 freemens bureau in disi.wor OEN.no New York, May 19.—The Mexican Club,
acres, as formerly Northern men in the same ard to be relieved. of New Yor k, has passed resolutions not at
neighborhood had from 500 to 1,000, acres The report of Generals Fullarton and Stead- ftU compl i me ntary to Gen. Santa Anna, styling
under cultivation, with plenty of laborers.— man on thc operations of the Freedmen s Bu- h,i m among other titles, as the most obnox-
Hc mentioned this to show that the Southern reau in South Carolina, except the coast por- j ous 0 f ad , nen to tbe j[ ex i can people, the
people would bo compelled from interest to tion, has been forwarded to the President. I wbo j e source of her evils and calamities, the
treat the freedmen well. Meanwhile they The same complaints that were made against v j 0 i ator G f ber ever y j aw the destroyer of her
should not lie prejudiced against them by the operation in North Carolina and Virginia, f reedonii tbe oppressor of her people and the
outside pressure. Mutual dependence would are made concerning the affairs in South corrup t er 0 f society. They say that he re
establish the true relations between the races Carolina. A prominent official states that 8t jgat e d the Maximilian intervention, and
if they were left to themselves. But thc Bu- Gen. Howard will shortly bo relieved as Com- tb protest, in behalf of the Mexicans,
rcau had produced alienation on account of missioner of I recdnicn s Affairs, and some a jrainst anv sympathy beinu extended to him
missioner oi p recamtn s iinairs, ana some aga j nst an y sympathy being extended to him
the distinction wliich it made. other ofheer detailed re lus place, for his de- a f r j end pt tbat vmhappy people.
Gen. Fullarton inquired if anv one knew of fense of the North Carolina officers of his I
any instance of malfeasance on the part of Bureau. ' Johnson meeting at Philadelphia,
any officers of the Bureau, such as accepting virginiajiadical convention. Philadelphia, May 20.—An immense
bribes, working plantations, demanding re- New Y ork, May 18.—At the convention of J“ h “ son meeting was held at the Academy of
compense for procuring laborers for planters, Radicals held in Alexandria, Va., yesterday, M “ s,c to ‘? , £ ht * Senators ^Doolittle and Cowan
&c. There was no response to this reterroga- Jobn Minor Botts, President, various resolu- th ? audle “ce.
tory. tions were offered and referred to a committee Tbc Allowing were named among the sup-
After this a general conversation ensued, of fiv# . These resolutions set forth that the P or ters of the President: Gens. Qrant, Sher-
the conclusions reached being that tlie ten- rebellion was a wicked and causeless one, and man ’ Se u ator8 f. eward » Stanton, Wells
dency of the Freedmen’s Bureau was mis- j that some discrimination should be made be-1 and od »crs; the mention of which was vocif-
chievous in recognizing the whites as the tween tb osc who supported the Government e . rousl y cheered. There was great enthu-
cnemics of the blacks, ana that it it were i and those who opposed it, recommending slasm -
withdrawn the responsibility felt by tho peo- J tba t all who voluntarily bore arms in aid ot the reported captuke of fort goodwin a
pie to protect and care for the freedmen would t h e rebellion should lie excluded from the ex- canard.
be increased. ercise of the elective franchise, but if it is de- Washington, May 10.—Licutcnant-Gener-
The commission, after completing the re- c j ded to restore all the late rebels to th« right a l Grant has received a dispatch from Major
vestigation of Bureau affairs in this vicinity, 1 0 f suffrage, no distinction should be made in I General Halleck, in Colorado, in which he
will proceed at once to Augusta, leaving pro- permitting citizens to vote irrespective of gays there is not a word of truth in thc report
bably this evening. | c0 i 0 r; express confidence in the sagacity and that Fort Goodwin had been captured by thc
QiTGen. Grant is becoming sadly addict- patriotism of a majority of the present Con- Appaches and the garrison massacred. He
ed to fast horses. It is found too tbat he is I gress; and tbat they will cheerfully acquiesce I denounces the report as sensational. It will
not wholly innocent of disreputable associates, in whatever measures they may adopt for the J be remembered that at the time the story ap-
as he has occasionally been seen in company reconstruction of the late rebellious .States. peared it was discretited at Washington on
with members of Congress. Some ten days Thanking those of both houses of Congress the authority of J. Ross Browne, who had
ago he drove a fine pair of fast trotters from who secured the final passage of tho Civil j us t arrived from Arizona.
Washington to Baltimore, making the dis- Rights bill, according a hearty approval of American baptist home miastovahv
tancc in less than five hours. Was&bum, of £i?sident Johnson’s policy while he wasiGov- 1 iHE A “ EBI0AH BAPTI8T n0ME missionary
Illinois, wa3 with him. The next day they I ernor of Tennessee and since his election to
spent a part of tlie morning in driving on the the Cnief Magistracy, for declaring that the
up-town thoroughfares of the city, and in the loyal men alone shall govern the State, and
afternoon took thc turnpike for Washington then cites a passage from his speech at Nasb-
—Exchange. ~ ville in 1864 as their creed, where the views of
r, _ c, .. the President were ably dcnunciated, pro-
. i r Co™''-T |llddc “ s Stew the L lairaing that the loyal nien of Virginia under
leader of the Republican party, its foremost thc tyr £ of par f loned rebels and un-rate-
representative man, and the. exponent of its ful foV the kindness of the President, and that
the disqualification of rebels there to vote or
hold office is 'absolutely essential to the safe
and comfortable residence of loyal men, pro
posing repudiation of the act of the Legisla
ture which 1 Jtely met in Richmond, and asks
for the meeting, of a Constitutional Conven-
ion to originate with truly loyal men.
best intelligence, got up in the House of Rep
resentatives a few days ago and said he was
credibly informed that, with free labor, cot
ton conld be produced for one cent a pound.—
Exchange.
Two fools then met—Thaddeus and his
informant.
Boston, May 19.—The American Baptist
Home Missionary Society, in convention last
evening, adopted a resolution instructing the
Executive Board of the Society, to continue to
work among freedmen with every facility in
their power.
defeat of the project for a new state.
[Special Dispatch to the Louisville Courier.
Nashville. May 18.
The resolution introduced into the Senate
some days ago providing for submitting^ to
the people of tlie counties comprising East
Tennessee at the ballot-box, the question of
erecting that section into an independent
What the Leaves Say.—You have often
gazed upon the many colored leaves which
fluttered in tlie autumn breeze, just ready to
fall to the ground. Did you ever listen jo
hear them talk te you ? for talk they do in I
their sweet language : —telling you of thr I
bright spring time, when they drink in the I
gentle dew, and inhale the balmy air, an i I
spread out their delicate fibres to the rays off
the sun, and fashioned by a divine Creator to I
forms of beauty, and painted by his ban !. I
assumed the pleasant green; and how. upbe! I
by his power, they had borne the pelting e: I
many a pitiless storm, and the scorching bet: I
of the noonday sun, white many of hereon. [
panions had faded and fallen to thc gronn.i I
And they would tell you that, one by or?.I
they too should fall. Thus these fading !e*w I
talk to us of life's evening, and whisper to c-l
to be ready, for “we all do fade as a leaf.”—J
And do they not talk to us of somethin;I
brighter and better—of the unfading leaveso l
the tree that grows upon thc banks of tkl
river of life, and urge us to sec that heaveni;|
world ?
An Operatic Mystery.—A letter fr?-|
Paris has the following:
Among thc “professional,” Patti, Thcrea
Miolan. Corvalho, and the new singer, M 1 -'-)
Mclla, are the leading favorites, the UR
possessing a magnifficent tenor voice, R
ought, according to all precedent, to be foc ;
only in conjunction with a masculine c^J
offering an enigma, that is just now excite 1
the curiosity of the gay world of Paris to-
highest pitch. Is the new tenor really t ”
man, or is she a man is disguise ? Her
hands and feet, are altogether feminine:
many youths of tlie other sex P^ j
at the age of the new tenor, an appearand;
feminine; and moreover, the musical
as though designing to irritate still
the curiosity of an inquiring public,;
in making Her appearance only in higb-ned|
and long-sleeved dresses that effectually^
the scrutiny to which she is subjected,
at her, without hearing her, and yon
vow she is a woman; hear her, witboot
ng her, and you would swear she is a
l pa
I far
1 ffiS-'l
The Saulsbury Old North State «* I
late date says:
We learn that a riot took place at M° r :
ton, a few days ago, which resulted i a
United States regular troops stationed
driving some returned negro soldiers 1 -
the town. The negroes who went off’
Gen. Stoneman at the time of his raid •
Western North Carolina, and joined the
eral army, it seems, have been mustered '
of service recently, and have just return?
their old homes with lofty notions oi
rights. They showed some insolence, ‘
said, at other places, but at Morganton^ _j
resented by the soldiers, who drove
groes off.
Dr. Newland Acquitted.—For *
or more past thc attention ot the Floyd
ty (Indiana) Circuit Court, at New
has been engaged in the trial ofMr. *>'
for the killing of Madison Evans, *
the seducer of his daughter. Tuesdsj
noon tlie case was submitted to
when they, after a short absence, i
verdict of not guilty. Tlie verdict
ry was warmly received by all.—
tbe J
ofti'l
|Mr. George Peabody, who ■' j
•journing with his friends in
lias been notified to make a rerun: >
come since September, 1SG2, for taelrji
of taxation under the Revenue Ls
United States.
i^grWhat is tbe most profitable
nesses? The shoe, because every i ,: ‘-
before it is finished.