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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
(Smjia M tfh (5 cT flrgrajiis •
That Dr. Rodgers, of the Georg>4 •>
troleuin Company, stnick oil near Gadsden
at n depth of240 feet.
Liter Any.—Miss Augusta Evans is engaged
on n work at present which she hopes to be
able to get out in tho course of the summer.
Though n considerable portion is written, she
has not yet given it a title. The scene is laid
in the State of Georgia. It is said that she
has purchased a marble mausoleum, to be
erected to the memory of the Mobile soldiers
who fell in tho war.
the: TOCS1X OF XVAlt.
On Sunday, the Cth of May, I860, a cortege
splendid and gorgeous in all its appointments,
set out from Paris, headed by the Emperor
and Empress, and numbering among its train
generals, ladies of honor, and officers of the
imperial household service,, all habited in a
manner suited to tbeir exalted rank. Whirl
ed rapidly to the Railroad depot, they take
the train at 9 o’clock, aud at n uuartcr before
1 o'clock they enter, the city of Auxerrc, 93
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
OF THE GEORGIA TELEGRAFII.
Washington, 3[ay 23, 1SC(5.
The Constitutional Aamnulment—Urns the
Third Section Could hate been Defatted in
the House—The "■Moderate’' Depublicans—
Probable Changes in the JSegro's Bureau—
The Indictment Against Jefferson Davis—
Object of Santa Anna's Visit to the United
States—Probable Stability of the Mexican
Empire.
In a recent letter I ventured to hopo that
The Empire Shingle Machine, with only
miles southwest of Paris, and containing I the Third Section of the Constitutional
about 15,999 inhabitants. Large masses of Amendment proposed by Thaddcus Stevens
tbe expectant population arc assembled at the and the Committee of 15, the section which
railway station, and they fill the air with en-1 disfranchises the whole white population of
thusiastic shouts of welcomo and congratula- the South, would not pass even the House,
tion. The Mayor of Anxcrre, the municipal This hope was based upon tho manner in
one horse power, makes 3,000 elegant Shingles council, Senators and Deputies, and other no which it had been denounced by 3Ir. Ray-
per hour, and from tho same amount of tim- ted personages, ore there to receive their au- mond, of New York, and others who have
l>cr one third moro Shingles than can be goat visitors, and to deposit at imperial feet been known as “Moderate” Republicans in
mado by any other macliino in this country, the keys of their city. distinction from the “Radical” Republicans.
This machine presents great inducements for Addressing tho Emperor and Empress, the The section in question was denounced by
our enterprising young men to purchase it Mayor spoke as follows: them quite as strongly as by any Democratic
and build up for themselves a splendidly I “ Sire : Fifty-one years since, the Emperor member of tho House. Could I have bcliev-
, paying business. Sec advertisement in an-1 Napoleon I. vvas received in this town with I cd that men who thus denounced the Third
other column. 3ection - M its atrocit y deserved, would delib-
“The Lost Cause,” is the name of E. A. WSTm fnThe^t I f™telyX-m «onnd and vote for it! This
Pollard's new history of our late war, fiom g-fiE ^
Romero repudiates and denounces Santa An
na, and Romero’s friends accuse Santa Anna
of being in the interest of Maximilian. But
the fact is, Santa Anna has come here in the
interest of the Mexican Republic, although
not in the interest of Juarez. Santa Anna’s
object is to get himself endorsed by Mr. Sew
ard and Congress, and then to go to Mexico
and announce himself as tho liberator of
Mexico, under tho auspices of tho U. S. Gov
ernment. His idea is that his presence on
Mexican soil is all that is needed to arouse all
the Mexicans and unite them under his ban
ner, and that supplied then with arms and
ammunition from the U. S. ho will bo able to
dethrone and expel Maximilian, and restore
the Republic. The success of his plan will
require Mr. Seward to throw Juarez over
board : hence the ire of Scnor Romero, who
represents, not Mexico, but Juarez.
The following paragraph appeared in all
the New York papers a few days ago:
SANTA ANNA.
ON I)ITS;
Tilvt Francis E. Spinner. U. S. Treasurer,
has decided to resign his Government posit
ion, to accept the presidency of an insurance
company in New York city.
That the President is preparing a procla
mation to explain that his recent peace proc
lamation abrogated Martial Law through tho
South, and that this one is necessary to dis
abuse the public mind that military inter
ference in the coming Jeff. Davis trial will
prevent an expression of a jury.
That a number of the patriotic and sym
pathetic leaders of Baltimore arc now engag
ed in getting up a supper, Jstrawberry festival
and promenade concert, to take place during
the present week at the New Assembly Rooms,
as a means of securing relief for many cases of
Southern distress which the funds of the late
fair failed to reach.
That Admiral Semmes will soon prepare
I his adventures cn the hieh seas—while in
Gen. Santa Anna’s professions of adhe-
c . . . . , , , , de Sainte Helene. YourMajesty has just heard whole amendment, third section and all, was
a Southern stand point, soon to be published t , enthusiastic acclamations, the same passed by the House by more than a two-
by E. B. Treat & Co., of New Tork. The cries from tho depths of the heart of a popu- t , tt,
advance sheets indicate, that it will lie pro-1 lation. whose devotedness to the Emperor, as ’ J . * . 0
duced in anelegnntmanncr; the paper, typog- y° ur Majesty we11 knows, has no more been I ° r 1 • re cr 0 10 ma r er °
, , . , . , .. I found wanting in davs of trial and advers'ty expose the meanness and duplicity of the men
i p lyand engravings being scarcely suscepti- tban j n those of prosperity and triumph. Let who have been supposed to be “moderate”
blc of improvement. It will be^comprised m the-Emperor, therefore permit,me to present Repn blicans. Their “moderation” is not
0110 largo royal octavo volume, the initial en-1 to him the keys of this faithful town, in which ., . _ „ , _ .
graving being a superb portrait of President I the sacred fire of attachment to the empire wort 1 * cent - They are as radical os Thad.
n . , , .. . I has alwavs been kept burning, even in the Stevens himself when tho votes come to be
Davis, and will boreadv for tho public in a I , , V! n . . . ,. , ... .
lew w vk* * r I darkest times. I to taken. It is their votes by which this de-
' “ Madame : Come and receive the ardent I testable Third Section passed tho House. If
blessings of our population, who venerate, I they had voted against tho whole amend-
America which took place at New like liis great uncle and his father, he may * 3ccn ^oted down. One hundred and ten
York on tho 2flth, and was won from I cver rely on the affection of his old and loyal I votes were required to constitute a two-third
Deety, by Dion of Mobile, by 134 points, B. town ot Auxcrre * votc - ^19 of these “moderate” Republicans
F. Sutler of “Bottled" lamo was present. At And again the air is rent with shouts. But had voted with the 37 Democrats, tho Radi-
one time there was a prospect for a row and suddenly a solemn silence reigns, for the Lord cals would have only had 109 votes, and tho
B. F. Butler, who was present, seated near of tlie Tuileries, inscrutable in his plans, and amendment, including tho Third Section,
the reportere’ table, suddenly disappeared at in tlie influence of his power steps wonld have been lost They could then have
the prospect of a fight, and was not seen dur- iorward to re ply : - instantly proposed the remaining sections of
ing the rest of tlie night at the hall. The I am happy—says he—to see that the rem- fh° amendment, just as it was reported
general, during the melee, had evidently iniseenees of the First Empire have not been by Thaddeus Stevens, leaving out the
found some Dutch gap through which he had I aide?/ Imvc'^herftcd^tlie 6 »entimente I T J** rd ^tc demanded the prc-
,r: — 1 of the head of my family for the energetic and l vloua question, which demand would
patriotic populations who supported tho Em-1 ' ,aTC been sustained, and the amendment
peror in good ns in evil fortune. I have, more- without the 3d Section, would have been pass-
One hundred and ten members
unbottlcd himself into the street.
Bill Arp—Sir: You appear in this num
her of tho Telegraph; and you make an lion-1 over, a debt of gratitude to pay to the de-1 ed a t once.
orable appearance. We like your style of partnient of the Yonnc. It was one of the H ^ . . . __
<loin- tiling and wesnrend vour oniniono to I ^ ret to give me its suffrages in 1848, because , wou * d ? ay « enough, and at least one
. ® f ^ it knew, like the majority of the French na-h ,undrcd and twenty would have voted for it.
case jour fame and credit. But you tion, that its interests were mine, and that 11 This would have been entirely parliamentary,
sun t—(wo don’t like to say it)—you ain’t detested, like it, those treaties of 1815 which and the amendment would have been carried,
(pardon us for plain speaking)-you ain’t I some parties of this day wish to make the sole I and sent to thc gcnatc without tb(J M Section
XS “ "f T '°Y ° '* Ucr >-r nil“j r o; , fof , jS?r C Liim,nl i I» the % did not tl» “modem!,,” Republican, do
.1 r. non o journor . ou promi.ci to I m jj„ of jou i breothe at ease, for it is nmonp I this? Because, really and in fact, they bate
wnte to tlie Telegraiih; and we believed you. | the laborious populations of the towns and ru- the South as bitterly as the Radicals do Mr
Fral!cc triCt3ihatI ^ ^ gCDiU8 0t Raymond’s paper then sought to throw the
odium of the passage of the 3d Section upon
Loud acclamations again fill the atmos- Ui, e Democratic members, by saying that the
plierc, and the proud speaker inwardly ex- j tactics of the latter compelled them to vote for
BiU Arp, Sir: Do you see what we have I ults over the dismay he knowshis speech will it> Doea Mr R aymontl t i,i nk tbe public is
written ? Wc ’’pause for a reply.” cause, and he goes back mentally to the time ent irely devoid of common sense ? Is it not
The ToiLERS^nTsETbv Victor Hupo I in , 184 \ Le was elected a representa-1 plain t h c comprehension of a child that by
Surrt, of Eagle’s Nest, by John Esfen tldl^d^^fAimc^^c^^his ^‘in^ tbe above l ),an - tbc “moderate”
Cooke of Vinrinin edited from the L^ 13 ** ty f Auxerre - He compares his | Republicans could have secured the passage
’ ” 1 the -LS. I s j tU ation of that day with lus present position | of llie amendment without the 3d Section?—
of regal splendor and power, aud he returns The truth is> tbe ..moderate” Republicans arc
We even went so far as to tell the public you
wonld. But you have not.
Will you stand up to your word ? Or shall
wo cat ours ?
of Col. Surrj*. We will give these works a
fuller notice hereafter. At present we can
only say that the former is a brilliant work
to Paris filled with complacency.
But tlie news, on telegraphic wings has
by a brilliant author, and the latter appears llovvn a il over Europe, and is accepted as
to bo a very interesting nnd excitingly enter
taining book, containing tlie memoirs of a
staff officer ip our army of Northern Virgin
ia. *
Messrs. Patrick & Havens, who place them
on our tables, have them for sale, and also all
other miscellaneous books, together with all
tlie periodical literature of thc day. They
sell at publisher’s prices and will be glad to
rencivo calls from their friends and customers
for anything in the literary line.
r. s.
REAL.
DIRECT TAX OX
ESTATE.
For thc relief of the public mind on this
subject, ns tbero seems in sonic sections to
prevail a wrong impression about it, wc will
state, from information derived from Judge
Wicker, Collector, now having an office in
this citj*, that it is tlie intention of the officers
at present having charge of this matter to so
order it as to prove thc least inconvenient to
thc people.
Thc object is to collect first, in those coun
ties where the people arc supposed to lie best
able to meet the tax.and to visit the counties
which were overrun by tbe armies and so
badly injured, afterwards. This postpone
ment will be very acceptable to the people
who are now struggling to recuperate tbeir
wasted fortunes.
Wc will stato also that there is no one at
present connected with the Direct Tax Com
mission who belongs to the Radical school of
politicians.
The tax is three dollars and thirty-three
and n third cents on tiic valuation of one
thousand dollars, tho officers accepting the
valuation placed upon real estate bv owners
in 18C9, ns appears by the tax returns for tho
State of Georgia.
Those interested, in this county, would do
well to call on Judge Wicker and settle the
tax, and'not be returned ns defaulters at the
end of sixty days.
ALABAMA BUSINESS DIREC
TORY.
The citizens of Alabama will enjoy, soon,
an opportunity of reaping the benefits of a
fkill State Business Directory. to which wc
wisli to call their attention, and that of our
Alabama exchanges. This Director}’ will be
published by Mr. John Clibbom Bruin, of
Savannah, Ga., whose general agent is Chas.
B. Graybill, of Macon, Ga., and whose travel
ling agent is Tlios. B. Gorman.
The Alabama Directory will give thc names
of all' tho business men, manufacturers, pro
fessional meD, etc., residing or doing business
in any city, town or village in the State. It
will also give a general list of New Orleans,
3Iemphis, Nashville, St Louis, Louisville,
Cincinnati, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York merchants who transact a general busi
ness with Alabama; and 3Ir. Brain’s object is
to secure advertisements from those in that
State who desire to have their occupation
made known all over thc State, and to all the
prominent business houses of our principal
commercial cities. Mr. B. will print thous
ands of his Directory and circulate them all
over the State, And it will be to the advantage
of individuals in business not only to send on
advertisements, but their own business ad-
dress proper. Onr exchanges will find it to
their interest, and to that of their readers to
copy this notice and call attention to it.
C ■ r :‘~ John Porterfield, formerly a banker
and old resident of Nashville, lias been ar-
r.-ted and lodged in prison in tliaL place, it
■' 'lal' 'i, in cotiM-..lieneeof ilnplii u it},
the oonspirators in Canada some time previ
ous to tho death of President Lincoln.
the tocsin of war: thc Bourse immediately
feels it; every exchange in Europe is disturbed
by it: wild panic sweeps over the continent,
and rages in Englunel with terrible fierceness.
Throughout Europe funds fall, and all pub
lic securities arc shaken : credit, commerce
and industry are paralyzed : a million
of armed men arc set in motion. Prus
sia musters 305,000 men and holds 210,000
more in reserve. Austria puts her 030,000
men under arms. Italy springs to her feet
with alacrity, and her call for her 400.000 war
riors rings throughout her borders. And lie-
sides these, all thc minor German armies, con
siderable in numbers, ore put upon a war foot
ing.
What a continental tumult can one man
cause—one arbiter whose word migbtliave pre
served peace, and warned back tbe world -
lie belligerent powers, but who, instead,
“speaks only to spread dismay on every ex
change, by some doubtful utterance!”
Can we gain an insight into thc cause of
this move on tbc part of Europe's wily and
astute chessplayer ? Listen.
On the evening of fourth of 3Iay, M. Thiers,
the French statesman, is speaking before the
legislative body ot France, in opposition to
the government Twice during the evening
thc Emperor had an account given to him by
a confidential, person of the manner in which
31. Thiers’ speech was received in the Legis
lative Corps; and he was particular in inquir
ing whether those who applauded were thc
majority. Ho could hardly believe it when
assured repeatedly that thc House was unani
mous in its approbation. He remained silent
for some minutes as if in reverie, and then
abruptly dismissed his attendant with thc
words, “Raison de plus, raison deplus." lie
spent the rest of the night walking up and
down bis room, or writing, and did not retire
to respose/till long after daybreak; and the
second day following, he makes his reply at
Auxerrc. It is in reply to 31. Thiers’s and to
the enthusiastic reception it met with in the
legislative body, that the Emperor trumpets
to the world his detestation of “those Trca
tics of 1815 which it is desired to now make
the basis ofour foreign policy.” These words
strike upon the cor like thc first notes of de
fiance to Europe. They are the revenge tak
en upon thc commercial, thc bourgeois classes,
whose hopes of peace are so cruelly dissipa
ted. They are the answer to thc educated and
intelligent populations of the great towns for
their opposition to official nominees in the
lost elections. They sound like a declaration
of war against the enlightened classes, for
it is not among them, thc Emperor says, he
can “breathe freely;” and it is not among
them, but among tlie workingmen and tho
peasants, that ho finds the true genius of
France.
What will be the result! We know not
But visiont of tho future show us armies in
conflict—shaking thrones—fierce commo
tion—ruin, dismay, death.
Commuted.—Henry Wilberby, freedman,
convicted at the late term of the Circuit
Court of Barbour county, Ala., and sentenced
to be hanged on the 18tii inst., had the pun
ishment commuted by Gov.Pattcn,to ten years
in the Penitentiary. We understand the or
der lVoni the (JoM-rnor arrived just as the
prisoner was nbout to ascend the cart that
was to convey him to the gallows.
[Columbus Eng.
It is a curious fact that, notwitlistand*
ing all the hardships and abuse the radicals
declared the negro was subjected to by South
ern employer*, the officers of the Bureau in
Washington were all the time busily engaged
in shipping darkies southward to supply these
“barbarians” with labor.
as bitter enemies of thc South as the Radicals.
Nay,’they are worse. Early in tho session,
3Ir. Raymond made an able and eloquent
speech, in which he denounced the policy of
the Radicals towards the South, (as he did
indeed, in the debate on this very amend
ment) and spoke of how necessary it was to
act justly towards tlie Southern people, lie-
cause they arc, and must be, our fellow citi
zens. And yet, when thc votes come to be
taken, he always belies his fine professions.
Neither he, nor any of the other “moderate”
Republicans can ever be relied upon again.
I shall not venture any prediction as to thc
fate of the constitutional amendment in the
Senate, but fear that it will pass there too. But
there are indications that thc 3d Section will
be stricken out. The amendment proposed
by Senator Wade, as a substitute for that of
Thaddeus Stevens, is growing in favor daily,
and* may, after all, be adopted. Although
3Ir. Wade is a bitter Radical, his proposition
is far less objectionable than that of the com
mittee of fifteen.
I think it quite probable that some sweep
ing changes will soon be made in the Negro’s
Bureau, beginning, perhaps, with thc remov
al of Gen. Howard himself. The whole thing is
under the control of the War Department,
and therefore under orders of the President.
Tlie latter has permitted the institution to
continue, solely for tlie good of the blocks.—
But the reports of Gen. Stccdmanand Fullar-
ton have shown too plainly that the institu
tion lias been made an engine of the most
cruel oppression and wrong, and the Prcsi
dent will not allow this to continue. I un
derstand that Gen. Howard is to be invited
to resign, and that if he does not take the
hint that he will be removed. Tlie reason of
this is, that Gen. Howard, instead of show
ing any disposition to correct thc abuses al
luded to aboye, actually excuses and accepts
the responsibility for them.
There seems to be no end to tho trouble
originating in tbe attempts that ore being
made to bring Jefferson Davis to trial. The
latc^ difficulty appears to have originated
from thc indictment which the infamous and
blood-thirsty Underwood caused to be drawn
up at Norfolk. This document, as being sub
jected to legal scrutiny is found to be fail of
flaws, and to lie so leaky tliat all hopes of a
conviction under it have been abandoned.—
Some lawyers, therefore, under the direction
of the Attorney General, are engaged in draw
ing up a new indictment, which will be sub
stituted for thc other. Another awkward
fact is, the indictment must be drawn in ac
cordance with thc provisions of thc act to de
fine and punish treason, approved July 17th,
1802, tho second section of which provides
that “any person who shall hereafter set on
foot, or engage in any rebellion against the
authority of the United State, shall be im
prisoned not exceeding ten years, or be fined
not exceeding $10,000 and the liberation of
all liis slaves.”
And that two of the Judges of the Su
preme Court who have been consulted on thc
subject, have decided that this section repeals
all previous provisions of the law for the
punishment of treason. A desperate effort
however, will be made, to have the trial come
off in June, at Richmond, no matter what its
result may be.
Gen. Santa Anna, of 3Iexico, now in New
York, is expected here in a few day, to con
sult with 3Ir. Seward and 3Ir. Romero in re
gard to the officers of thc 3Iexican Republic.
Did you ever hear the story of the London
tradesman who had under his sign the con
spicuous announcement, “No connection with
the house over the way:” the fact being that
the two proprietors were partners ? It is just
so with Senor Romero and Santa Anna.—
rencc to the Liberal cause arc believed by the
friends of Juarez in this city to be solely in
the interest of tho French, who, they say, arc
seeking to get up some combination by
which, on thc departure of 3Iaximilian, a
new Government, apparently Mexican, shall
be made to appear, with which a treaty of
peace can be concluded, recognizing the
claims put forward by France, and the loans
which have been raised for 3Iaximilian. If
is said ttese plans are fully known by Presi
dent Juarez and the Liberal leaders in Mex
ico.
It was telegraphed from here by tho Asso
ciated Pass, which, so far as Mexican affairs
are concerned, seems to be completely con
trolled ly the Juarist party here. I repro
duce it fa order to call the attention of your
readers to a single phrase in it namely, “on
thedepirture of Maximilian." The editors
of maqy Northern newspapers are never tired
of tiymg to inculcate thc idea that 3Iaximil-
ian i> going to leave 3Iexico; that thc Empire
there is not permanent; that 31aximilian wijl
soon be dethroned, and will be compelled to
abandoi Mexico; and that the republic will
be restored there. There are plenty of peo
pie silly enough to believe such stuff,
trust that at tho South, people are
more iitclligect. I may add that I re
ceive every two weeks, letters from Mexico,
which keep mo informed of all that passes
there, aid that I know from this and other
sources of information that the present Gov
ernment of 3Icxico is as likely to be per
manent as any other Government on earth.
It is founded on the will of the 3Iexican
people themselves; it is a government ex
actly suited to the country and the people;
it is making the people happy and the coun
try prosperous. Warwick.
Stevens Floored.—For once the leader
of the Radicals overshot his mark. For once
he calculated too laigciy upon his influence;
and for once he has been fairly floored, and
by members of his own party. We are not
surprised tliat his own followers should rebel,
and declare thc public sentiment created by
the course Stevens is pursuing is bad, for it has
been long apparent that the time is at hand
when forbearance, on thc part of the
American people at large, in regard to the
selfish and unpatriotic course of the extreme
Radicals in Congress, will cease.
Wc refer to his discomfiture by Wade and
Delano, on Saturday, as may be seen in onr
tclegraphrcolumns; we 6ay that liis con
duct and flie 'conduct of thc extreme Radi
cals in Coigress is infamous.
For 6ix Months a cabal of 'corrupt politi
cians and partisan tricksters, without the
shadow ot authority or the substance of law.
have been holding their secret conclaves and
public demonstrations in the capitol at
Washington. The former arc held for tlie in
convenience and annoyance of gentlemen
thc latter for the hilarious enjoyment of a
mixed and depraved population. When a
Radical Senator or Representative (as they
style themselves) delivers himself of a diabol
ical diatribe against his superiors in intellect
and social position, he is applauded by the
hoarse voices of men with broad flat noses
and long flat feet like unto those of a darkee,
and is cheered by tbe waving of handker
chiefs and overwhelmed with showers of bo-
quetsfrom thc hands of black women.
To this assembly thc Southern people, for
months, have been applying for admission to
a participation in the administration of the
Government, upon thc plea of submission to
the authorities that be.
They have used every means and exhaust
ed every argument to show that they are not
still contumacious, and to prove that they are
ready and willing to submit to the authorities
of the United States. They have employed
more words to defend a truism than would
be necessary to support a paradox; and yet
they are refused admission as rebellious sub
jects in a conquered province. One of two
things is certain, we are either in the Union
or wc are out of it If t’n it, let them admit
us to our rights, for we arc not asking a privi
lege but demanding a right. If out of it, then
be it so If this be treason let them make it
-odious. How long will these disgraceful ex
hibitions be tolerated ? Why are the people
so patient ? Why slumbers the indignation
of Americans ? Have the people no relief ?
I command of the Alabama—for the press.—
He has been offered £5,000, in England, for
the copyright of the work, but the offer was
declined. It will probably first appear in
numbers, in a Southern monthly, and after
ward be gathered up and published in book
Tiiat no less a sum than fifteen thousand
dollars has already been raised in England as
a testimonial to Capt. 31. F. 3Iaury, the former
superintendent of the Washington Observa-
toiy, “in acknowledgment and appreciation
of the eminent and disinterested services,
which, through forty yearn of incessant labor.
Captain 3Iaurv has rendered to science and
mankind.”
That Mr. Miller, the member of Congress
from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, District
—a Radical of no doubtful color—in a speech
on the Star-chamber report to disfranchise the
South, urged his fellow Radicals to hurry up
their business, as the prospect was they would
never have another chance to put through their
measures.
That a new indictment against Jefferson
Davis has been drawn up in thc Attorney
General’s office since 3Ir. Speed’s return, and
that Underwood’s indictment will be with
drawn and the new one substituted.
That the President expressed to 3Ir.
Campbell recently his earnest desire that he
would be careful not to allow himself to be
influenced by any 3Iexicans now in the
United States, and not allow himself to be
mixed up in any new scheme for the libera
tion of 3Iexico. The President also repeated
his determination to preserve the most abso
lute neutrality towards Mexico, so as to af
ford no pretext for delay in withdrawing the
French troops. The President does not wish
Mr. Campbell to go to Mexico at present.
That tlie Spanish Government was active-
National Banks.
The followin'; copy of a letter from the
United States Treasurer explains itself:
Treasury of the United States, Wash
ington, 3Iay 1G.—Dear Sir: Your letter of
the 10th inst., has just now been received.—
You ask to what extent is the Government
liable for the redemption of the notes of the
National Banks? I answer to the full nomi
nal face value of every noto issued by thc
Comptroller of the Currency to a bank and
by a bank put into circulation. You ask
“should the bank deposit witl^ the United I deter James II.?
States Treasurer to secure the circulatin
notes of the banks depositing them be inade
quate for the redemption of the notes of thc
bank, by reason of a decline of thc securities
deposited, is thc Government bound to redeem
the notes at par !” The 57t’n section of the
National Currency act not only gives the right
to forfeit all the securities held, but for any
deficiency the Govsrmcnt has a first and par
amount lien upon all the assets of a default
ing bank. I, therefore, answer this question
affirmatively.
You ask again, “Could the absolute failure
of a National Bank impair the value of thc
circulating notes of a bank making such fail
ure ?” I answer, no; on the contrary, the
notes of a national bank that has failed are
rather better than those of a bank of good
standing, if away from thc business marts or
commercial centers of the country, from the
reason that thc Treasurer of tho United States
becomes the cashier of such defaulting banks,
and will through his assistants and all other
'Government officers, redeem such circula
tion. .
You ask fourth, if “thenotesof the United
States Treasury, beyond the fact of their be
ing a legal tender, are a greater security to
tlie holders than thc currency of thc national
banks? The United States legal tender
notes afford no greater security to thc holders
than thc currency of the national banks.—
Tho only real difference between the two is,
that while the latter are only a legal tender
from and to the Government, former are such
legal tender from and to all parties, whether
municipalities corporations or individuals.
Very respectfully yours,
F. E. DP inner, Treas. I
To R. C. Dowe, Esq., Merchants’ National
Bank of Memphis.
political, and m reasoning can persuade rx-
to regard political offenses as crimes j/ r ‘
any man suppose that if convicted re?
would be hung ? To ham; him would D. .
error as huge as to try him. To-day he i;^
baffled conspirator, and practically'the dead
est of dead men. Hang him and he becon*
a living power to sedition, and an eternal?
morse to the country.
Every-reader of history condemns Chari I
L until iie mounts the scaffold; thenherati
him. Did his father'* «/•■ffiM
preparing for the coming shock of a ^ut thc defenses of Cdlao were quite for-
great European war. 3Iarslial O’Donnell had
been clothed with extraordinay powers by
the Cortes, and the 3Ieditcrranean possessions
of thc kingdom were being reinforced. It
was thought that an offer on thc part of the
United States of mediation between Spain
and her enemies in the Pacific would be veiy
agreeable to the Cabinet of the Queen.
SOUTHERN
BAPTIST
TION.
CONVEN-
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, SPEECHES, ETC.
TI10 Spanish Fleet at Callao.
The fleet, according to the accounts of our
correspondent, reinforced by the frigate A1
manza, raised thc blockade at Valparaiso on
the 14th of April and steamed for Callao.—
The American squadron, under Commodore
Rodgers, followed thc next day, for the pur
pose of protecting neutral property in case it
should be the intention of thc Spanish Admi
ral to bombard that port. On the 25th of
April the fleet found itself lying off the har
bor of Callao.
The first intelligence of this movement re
ceived by tho Peruvians at Callao was by tbe
English mail steamer on the same day that
the dreaded visitors arrived. The greatest
alarm ensued, but it subsided as it became
certain that the Spaniards did not meditate
an attack that day. On thc next day, how
ever, formal notice was given the city that
the Spanish fleet was then to operate against
it and that four days were allowed for the
removal of non-combatants and foreigners.
Thc greatest activity was then manifested for
the removal of the private property ot citi-
ITEMS.
Secretary Seward has returned to Wash
ington.
Gen. J. B. Hood is at the head of a stock
company forming, capita], two hundred nnd
fifty thousand dollars, for draining and sweep
ing the streets of the city of New Orleans by
machinery.-
It is believed that the Senate will either
reject the constitutional amendment or over-
lard it with clauses that will create an issue
with the nouse, nnd will postpone action dur
ing the present Congress.
On the 13th of June next, the grave of
Stephen A. Douglas, one of the most distin
guished of tho many public men of Illinois,
will be the sceno of a solemn and imposing
ceremony. The corner-stone of the monu
ment that is to be erected over his remains I
Russellville, Ky., 3Iay 23.—In the Con
vention this morning an animated discussion
nrosc upon a motion to rescind the resolution
passed yesterday inviting visiting members of
the Baptist faith to participate in thc delib
eration of the body.
After a lengthy discussion and debate, in
which considerable feeling was evinced, the
whole matter was, on motion of Dr. 3Ianly, of
South Carolina, laid upon the table. It is ev
ident that there is not the slightest disposi
tion in this Convention to co-operate with the
Baptists of tho North.
Mr. Poindexter, from the committee to
revise the constitution, reported to strike out
the words “Confederate nnd other Southern
States.” This occasioned a spirited debate.
Thc report of the Board of Foreign 3Iis
sions was read. During the war the mission
aries were entirely dependent upon the con
tributions of 3Iaryland and Kentucky. Last
year Kentucky contributed one-half of the
receipts.
The afternoon session was devoted to the
consideration of the claims of thc Southern
Theological Seminary at Greenville, South
Carolina. Addresses were made by Professor
Boyce, Dr. Sampson, Dr. Fuller, Dr. Tichcnor,
Mr. Poindexter and others.
In thc course of thc remarks of - Dr. Samp
son, who is President of Columbia College,
Washington City, he alluded to certain sus
picions attached to himself and others who
were over the border. For himself, he could
say that since 1844, at thc disruption of thc
old convention, he had known the Southern
Baptists were right; and he knew too that
the Southern people were right. His Bible
told him tlicir peculiar institution was right.
He had suspicions attached to him before,
and came near imprisonment in Baltimore.—
He was near saying be had no country now,
for he resided in the district where there was
not a vestige of civil rights left. If he had
said anything that might offend any one at
tlie head center from which he came, all he
could say wus that it would pnly cause him
to have a free passage home.
A subscription for thc Theological Semina
ry was then taken up, to meet thc current ex
penses of the year. Ten thousand dollars
were in a very short time raised. The Semi
nary saved, from an endowment of $185,000
it possessed before the war, only $85,000.
A mass meeting of thc friends of domestic
missions is being held to-night
midable, and an attempt was determined up
on to beat off thc Spaniards. Tbe Peruvians
evidently dreaded the heavy weight ef metal
that thc Spanish fleet could throw at them,
and looked forward to jhe issue as doubtful.
But they went manfully to work, throwing up
earthworks and preparing for the combat.
Thc 1st of 3Iay being foggy the attack was
postponed, and on the. 2d thc grand test of
strength commenced. The fight lasted till
4 o’clock in tlie afternoon; then it terminat
ed by the withdrawal of the Spanish fleet.
Sixty Peruvians are reported killed and
one hundred and twenty wounded. Scnor
| Galvez, the Secretary of War, was killed.—
The loss of the Spaniards is not known ; but
it is supposed to have been heavy. It is ru
mored that Admiral Nunez is severely wound
ed.
After going out thc fleet resumed their old
position, and commenced repairing. Thc
future movements of the defeated are not
known.
scaffold frighten«,
\Y c have subdued this t«-
rebellion by force of arms. The blood it shej
has beci) avenged upon the same field b»
blood. Its argument, its objects, and th
characters of those who caused and control!,,]
it, arc committed to the terrible justice of I
history and thc conscience of mankind. Onr
present duty is not to hang those whom ^
(lid not shoot, but to secure ourselves by no.
litical measures against political perils. 1
Of course we speak of Davis merely -
political offender. If he be guilty 0? co a *
plicity with the horriblo massacres at Ander
sonvillc and Salisbury and Belle Isle, or trill
the crowning crime of the assassination,
mnnity itself calls for his punishment ’ TV
evidence of this latter charge is in the hands
of the Judiciary Committee of the Hons»
Before the Richmond trial we hope tin
Committee Will give the country a phjj
statement of the grounds upon which ff,
President offered a reward for Davis’ arrest"
a conspirator in the assassination plot '
How Southern Statesmen and Gex.
ERALS ARE REGARDED AT TIIE NORTH.— \ftfi
such indices to future public opinion befbr,
us. it is interesting to observe the state of
opinion here respecting tlie various leaders of
thc South. As to the generals of the Soqth.
intelligent public opinion with us differs d*.
terially from that prevailing at the South
Jefferson Davis is regarded as a man ofgrejt
ability and not at all obnoxious to the ebanjy
made against him by Colonel Jordan andlj
friends. His only great mistake was perW
his idea of an “offensive-defensive” politr
If3Ir. Lincoln had possessed a tytheof Mr
Davis’ executive capacity and military judj!
ment, the South would have been crushed a
1802, before it thoroughly understood tie
weight of force being brought against it,
when Sydney Johnson could muster ba
14,000 against 85,000, and Joe Johnston ba
35,000 against 1 GO,000. But Mr. Davis, who
did so many things well, finally made a blna-
der which lost him his cause. He displaced
Johnston with Hood before Atlanta and pro I
vided General Sherman with the only po». I
blc favorable solution to his campaign. Qe& I
oral Grant had come to regard Sherman’s pc-
sition with the greatest solicitude; but who
the new tactics that came in with Hood wen
discovered, he expressed the greatest satis
faction.
Of Southern officers, Johnston is, I think, I
regarded as the greatest General—Lee the I
best field officer, but lacking Johnston’s coo-1
prehension of the principles of a great cant-1
paign., As to Stonewall Jackson, the South-1
ern people need feel no surprise that heisic: I
regarded in thc same light, even from a cold, I
critical military standpoint, as he is at the I
South. Longstrcet, Picket and Kirby Smith I
stand high.
With respect to the great battles of tbe I
war, Northern men will admit hut ono posi
tive disgrace—that is thc battle of Chanci
lorsville, and but one absolute rout—that of
Chickamauga. It is astonishing how mud
Gen. Bragg was traduced, when he, alone, at-
solntely routed a Federal army. The Hercu
lean efforts put forth by the Federals to me
the remnant of Rosencranz’s army at Chatta
nooga, compelled them to suspend niilitan
operations at all other points, and gave the
South time to recover trom Gettysburg and
Vicksburg, just as Lee, driving McClellan
from before Richmond, nullified the edvat
tages gained by the Federals at New Orleaii
and Donelson, except that Bragg's victory
was marked by no such useless murder as a:
3Ialvem Hill.
A Lesson from Italy.—The latest news
from Italy tells ps that “the proposal to make
the king a dictator during the war has been
overruled by the king hqnself, who has de
clared liis determination to maintaiu thc
parliamentary system as hitherto,”
It ought to be rather humiliating to us, as
Americans, that such a manly protest against
the old Roman maxim, “the laws are silent in
the midst of arms,” should conic to us from
a king of Italy in stinging contrast with the
record of these four lust years of our own
history, during which the plea of “military
necessity” lias so often and so widely availed
to make communities, sprung from British
blood and inheriting British principles of
liberty, bow tlicir necks under a minute and
degrading tyranny of their own creation.
[World.
J3F“Thc recent report of Generals Steed-
will, on that day, be laid, tho Governor of the | man and Fullarton ^concerning the workings
State being thc orator of the occasion.
The House on thc 2-ltli, by a test vote, de
monstrated clcarlj’ tliat they intend to pass a
new Frcedmen’s Bureau bill. A good many
voted to postpone tho whole question till
next Congress, when the reports of Generals
Fullerton and Steadman will be ready.—
Thaddeus Stevens succeeded in getting an
amendment tacked on prohibiting thc Bureau
from surrendering tho Sea Island cotton lands . lation nccessarj to protect them
to their owners.
Our cotton market continues quite active
and jirices continue to advance. A limited
amount is offering at from 31 to 33 cents.—
Eufaula JYet/xJ
A steady and gentle rain fell here most
all of yesterday. It will much improve the
com crops in this section. Weather this
morning clear, cool and pleasant.—Ibid.
of the Frcedmen’s Bureau in Virginia and
North Carolina has fallen like hot shot into
the enemy’s works and kindled a conflagra
tion that all hands are vainly attempting to
extinguish. Their perturbation was betrayed
by the haste with which they passed a resolu
tion under the previous question for the ap
pointment of a joint committee of two from
the Senate and three from the House to make
a tour of the Southern States, and report upon
the condition of the freedmen and the legis-
A Superfluous Jury,
It is verj* authoritatively announced that
the Government of the United States is about
submitting tbe decision of the justice of thc
late war to twelve chance men in Richmond,
Virginia. For what purpose this is to lie
done is not clear. If the twelve men decide
that the Government ha£ no right to wage
war, what then ? If they declare that it was
justified, what then ? Will anybody’s opin
ion be changed ? In thc former case, will
those ot us who supported the war regret our
conduct, or feel that we connived at the mur
der ot the brave men whom all true hearts
forever honor ? In the latter case, will those
who opposed tlie war acknowledge their pro
longed ' and miserable mistake ? The sole
question which can engage the consideration
of thc twelve men is, whether secession is a
right reserved to the States by thc Constitu
tion ? But can that question be more abso
lutely and finally decided that it has already
been by tbe war ?
The plea ot Jefferson Davis precedes the
question of treason. He would willingly
agree that treason should be punished. But
he would contend that he has not committed
treason. Treason against the United States,
says the Constitution, “shall consist only in
levying war against them, or in adhering to
their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.”
But this is true only of a citizen of the United
States, Davis argues that he was not a citi
zen. He contends that his sovereign State
had withdrawn, and thereby relieved him
from allegiance to the United States. There
fore, while lie would not deny that he levied
war, he would insist that he did so not as a
citizen of tlie United States but of a political
community with which thc United States
were at war. Consequently he is an alien en
emy, r.j\ -1 traitor.
(ffippidU, however, that the twelve men de
cide that this plea is of no avail; that a State
is not sovereign, ancl can not withdraw from
the Union, and that the allegiance of every
citizen is due to the national authority; yet,
we ask again, what have they decided which
the whole country lies not already decided
by the most tremendous ordeal ? This de
cision certainly gains nothing in weight or
solemnity by the approval of thc twelve men.
Mr. Alexander H. Stevens and his friends do
not change their opinion. Certainly loyal
men doi not change theirs. In the estimation ? n
of the first, Jefferson Davis does not become a in a
criminal, even though hung upon a gallows;
in the judgment of the last, he is not a hero
or a a patriot though he go untouched. Upon
Fenian's Departing fop. the Seat orffi
War.—During the last two or three days s
number of Fenians—from twenty to fifty—
have left this city for the scat of war, vrhicl
is supposed to be in the vicinity of the fron
tier of the State of 3Iainc, and others arete J
follow to-day or to-morrow. Thc telegraph H
informs*us that they are assembling, frnmallH
portions of the country, at Calias, Maine:
and those initiated lu this city make no se
cret of thc fact that another attempt is to b I
made on thc British Possessions, to thc None
of the United States; but on the other hand I
arc rather, with indiscreet zeal, parading tin I
boast that a blow will be struck, within 11
few days, at either Canada, New Brunswick I
or some of the coast Islands, where the fix: I
of the Irish Republic is to be unfurled tott-H
breeze. ■
Whatever may be the conduct of the lead-
ers, one thing is certain—the masses arc a ■
earnest; the hatred of England is so deep!; I
impressed in every mind that while Irishmti
may differ in regard to everything else
they are a unit far thc cause of the indepea- If
dence of the Green Isle.
[Hash. Union, 26th H
Egg?” We have tlie lollowing account of tfc: I ere v
breaking out of the fire by which the XcG (Hid
Academy of 3Iusic was recently destroyed:-1 th- ]
On 3Ionday night 3Ir. 3Ianagcr Grau enti- temj
tained a few friends at thc Academy ofMosil Jj C
in Irving place, little thinkipg of the trel w: gi
mendous house-warming that his frier oppr
were preparing for him about the same tim: I m, ;n
The curtain had slowly descended, the tej hem
payor had retired, and the lights were tune: I di
down, and Eugene with his friend, tlie watd BBno
man, lantern in hand, prepared to make
grand tour in search of lost articles, sleep? I Lc
lodgers, or dangers of any kind. As the t*c| IP
sauntered Ieisurly down the mam aisle, p- -
gene pushed up his silver spectables,
liis lantern, and said “how infernal dusty tbH
place is to-night” A second passed, iffe
then with the revelation of a glance, he cii«B <jj
“we’re on fire-r-fire! fire! fire!” Instsr-.' ter
he rushed, followed by the watchman, to tb j gJ,.
street, whose friendly echoes joined the 1<* :
hurrah, and notified the world that dw, : ptf p
and trouble were at hand. a g: a
3Iorr about the Riot in Quincy Fu'l
We learn by private advices that ft riot -■
Quincy, Fla., on Sunday night last, result* 4 1
in the killing of Jesse' W. Diekson, To®-|
Marshal, and the woundirig of four oft* j
whites, by freedmen. The extent ot the oi=-■
turbance, we are unable to state, and no tu 0 *!
than that a large, reward is offered for H .
apprehension of two of thc negroes, who ww g
identified—Gabc Zeigler, and another. I
The rumor on our streets is to the c&v |
that freedmen made an organized attack sf ,
the whites, and for effecting their oes? •
x concentrated manner, rang tlie bells** I
all whites who left their homes to l carJ l‘' ||
cause of so unusual an occurance, were n®? : i
Thc whites thereupon gathered
upon. ...w I
whaYpoint, then/ and to wl.at purpose.''are ; s( l llalL ' - in d repulsed the freedmen by sn*j
the twelve men summoned to decide ? | g"**** 1 attack.-Ranbridge Georgiy - ^
Is it to determine whether there is such a College.—Speaking of the Atlanta
crime as treason ? But the Constitution dc- j mercial college, the Intelligencer say* :
lines it, and there is no question. Is it to de- “jt is gratifying to know that we navo
cide whether Davis is guilty r ~ e * *
! ^j? - The war between Spain and thc South
American Republics continues without any
tangiblo results. It is not easy to sec why
Spain should thus continue a strife so hope
less. Her system of blockade lias proven a
complete failure, and her bombardment of the
seaports of Chili and Peru cannot possibly
bring the war any nearer to an end, since
there is really nothing gained by it.
an institution here in Atlanta. It bi^
commendable and noble undertaking) M
likewise an indispensable aid to comnin* "j
anil should receive encouragement from
our citizens—and more especially f
merchants and business men. We are P le r. I
to learn that its prospects are bright?-;
and we trust it will daily incrca.-e » f .
estimation, and thereby prodG£*-J
of c
public
suits beneficial to the interests
ing city.”
ourgrf’j
of treason ?—
But tliat question is already settled by tbe
refusal of the country to admit the plea un
der which lie levied war. Is it to make trea
son and traitors odious ? But how can that
be done by convicting and hanging Jeffer
son Davis, when General Humphreys, of 3Iis-
sissippi, who is guilty of exactly the same
offense, is elected Governor of Mississippi by
his fellow-traitors—all of whom arc equally
guilty with Davis—and who is pardoned by
the President that he may exercise his office ?
Tlie odium of treason in the person of Davis pa^^EEi
hanging upon tlie gibbet is entirely destroyed | ^ pnnr ‘ ta nre
iu the person of Humphreys sitting in the
Governor's chair.
But suppose the twelve men differ, or
agree that Davis is not guilty ot treason. Is
it worth while for the Government of the
United States to have placed itself in such a
ludicrously humiliating position ? If the ju
ry be packed, the trial is a tarce. It it be , - ■ ■.». — ., , #
free, there is the chance and the probability | George T. Downing, 1 resut - ^
of this humiliation. Now, is there any con- i nenro delegation at Washington nn-
ceivablc advantage to be gained by the trial
American Shits Destroyed bv
New York, May 2-1-
reports prepared b} the Chamber -
mcrce it appears that thc number ( 1 IJ
: captured by Confederate privateers "- ? r
I their tonnage being 132,307. The r
[ value of the vessels and cargoes was I
I 000. Some of these were bonded and re* .
I leaving $20,000,000 as the value of > ri D
j actually destroyed.
o - a letter to their friends in Congress-
whieh can authorize the Government to take the report of the Reconstruction <-‘’“7.,
such a chance as this? If the accused be He says it throws a damper over
convicted he is not disgraced. His offense is men.