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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
(gforaia Sol ccli ly ® clr tirap Ir.
' or We arc again indebted to Capt. Wil
liamsoh, of the National Express, for Savan
nah papers of yesterday, in advnnce of the
mail.
pan Alexander P. Crane, one of the first
settlers of Tallahassee, Fin., and a highly res
pected citizen, died in that place, on the 12th
instant
Nkw Firm aw Albany.—We invite the at
tention of planters and merchants to the card
of Messrs. Rust & Johnston, Commission
Merchants at Albany, Go. Though a new
firm, the gentlemen who compose it are well
known in business circles and occupy a high
cjMMation as merchants.
H. 'tictde.—--Wo learn from the Columbus
papers that a Mr. Goolsby, a wheelwright,
•was killed-art Geneva, Saturday last, by one
of two men named Mansfield McBride and
Frank McHridc, his son. The three were
together in a room and engaged in a quarrel,
when Goolsby came ont mortally wounded
mnd fell dead.
Foreign Appointments.—Commodore
Jno. R Tucker and Lieut. Walter It. Butt,
both of Virginia, formerly of the U. S. Navy,
and latterly in the naval service of the Con
federate States, has received appointments in
the Chilian Navy. The former as High Ad
miral,•and the latter an Flag Lieutenant to
the Admiral.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT—DU- and ignominious proposal > For the honor
TV OF THE SOUTHERN STATE?. ; of the human race, we hope there is not one. j
The joint resolution amendatory of the j even among the Union men of the South, who,
Constitution of the Halted States, as passed | however they may have differed politically
by the so-called Congress and to be submitted j from tlieir brethren, have never given n.
to the Southern States as a condition of their
reinvestment with constitutional rights as
WASHINGTON COKKKsPONDKXCF.
OF THE GEORGIA TEI.KGItAl'II.
Maximilian.
iunts of our own cor-
members of the Federal Union, reads as fo»-
lows:
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both
Houses concurring, that the following article
be proposed to the Legislatures of the several
States as an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, which, when ratified by
three-fourths of said Legislatures shall be valid
as part of the Constitution, namely:
John Mitchell writes from Paris under
date of May 28th, to the New V-* r k News,
that a great European war is ‘•inevitable.”—
He-says all expedients to preserve peace will
.‘fail, and that France herself is “qiietly arm-
dog” for her part in the fray. John is not the
best authority, but we shall not l*» surprised
if it should turn out that he has guessed
.pretty near the truth this time.
Judge Underwood.
We eopy the following extracts from the
Richmond Examiner of the 7th:
Judge Underwood cannot be said to have
• gotten liis greatness, such as it is, in any of
the ways enumerated by the poet. He was
not born great; he did not achieve greatness:
he did not have greatness thrust upon him.
rLikc Topsy's origin was Underwood’s great
ness—“’spec it growed!” Accidents have
favored him, ns they are said to favor most
men of his stamp, and the special portion of
that wil ole class, the Devil. As a lawyer, he
might have practised, but could not have
succeeded as a Tombs’ Shyster. But the
war came, and blood was spilt, and maggots
bred fast, and Underwood had his chance.
Early in the. contest he was playing the spy
somewhere within our lines; was chased out
by our cavalry; fled to Washington, and was
made a Judge by Mr. Lincoln.
"While the war lasted he did not seek dis
tiuction. but confined himself to pelf. It is
donbtful if the narrow circumference of Alex
ander or the blasted slopes of the Piedmont
region afforded him a fair space upon which
to,eam his wages. He gave his chief atten
tion to the “abandoned plantation” business,
we believe, and is reported to have developed
:a rare faculty of colonization. He found nice
family snug houses, choice retreats, in every
direction, and be squatted upon them assidu
ously, himself and bis wife, his sons and
daughters, his man servants and maid ser
vants, and all the strangers within his gates
who would provide him with a sufficient con
sideration. These properties thus made into
avail, be clinched the matter by most reso
lutely-selling them up for taxes, for treason,
for abandonment, for this, that and the other
new pretext for spoiling Egypt, and bought
them, .or had them bought, in a most legal
manner.
Judge Jeffries, of England, has credit in
history for some signal proceedings, such as
the trial -of Alice Lisle, etc.; but we fancy
Judge Underwood has surpassed him. For
example, we conceive that Jeffries never seiz
ed a man’s ifcorse without title or right, and
then, after having slept in that man’s bed,
and risen and washed nis face in that man’s
basin, and wiped his face upon (bat man’s
towel, and eaten that man's provisions at that
man’s table, with that man’s knives and forks,
went out and summoned his court, and tried
that man absent, and condemned him un
heard, confiscated his aforesaid house, sold
it without appeal, bought it unopposed
and went back again, comfortably secure
in the possession and enjoyment’of pro
perty thus acquired. History has not been
lenient towards Jeffries, but history has not
charged him with enormities such as these.
But the war censed, and Underwood, prob
ably finding that it was no longer practicable
to. scavenge among the camp-followers at the
tail of tue battle, turned his attention to
other matters. He bad been a buzzard as
long as be could; he would now become an
•eagle. He bad hauled over and picked
-among the entrails of the dead secessionists as
long as there was anything to pick; be would
now essay a flight at living game. So he
organized' his court—that is always the first
Step with him when he contemplates mischief
—and scattered abroad indictments for treas
on thick as leaves in Vnllainbrosa. He in-
dieted General Lee and nearly his whole
army, ifrom the LicuL-Gcneral down to the
negro groom. But it would not avail. Gen.
Grant protested, and Underwood was foiled.
There-was no blood for him yet, and he
chafed, for his weary palate palled at the one
diet qf.carrion. True, lie bad some slight
pickings—lie had the pleasure to convict some
innocent and obscure poor devils of Under
wood’s .crimes, and to send them for the
longest term possible to the penitentiary ; but
this oouldnot satisfy his vaulting ambition.
Docs it beoomc a Judge to condemn before
trial I
Does any one recall an instance of whole
communities being abused in a charge to a
Grand Jury ?
Trial by jury used to be considered a high
privilege. We learn that it is quoted below
par on the street*.
Judge Underwood reviles Richmond for
having been a mart for the sale of “human
beings.” Wc .are glad the city has never
been charged with dealing in inhuman beings
like—somebody wc could name.
The charge of a Grand Jury is not half so
dangerous ns the charge of a battery. Those
who shrunk from a twelve-pounder are very
daring before twelve jurymen. He who fear
ed to smell powder has a keen scent for trea-
.son.
It has frequently liven maintained by divines
philosophers and poets, that it is better to
bear reproach than to deserve it We com
mend the idea to the press and people of
Richmond, and also to him who vents bis
Tcncm upon them.
It .is well that the audience in the court
room .on Tuesday had a specimen in full
bloom before them, or they would have bad
a difficulty in comprehending the term “mor-
,al monster." It was a complete case of pre
cept teaching by example.
Richmond, it seems, is more fortunate than
the duvotod cities of antiquity," in that she
con produce #nore than ten righteous men to
save her from destruction. Wo believe, how
ever, of the twelve holy persons referred to,
.that only one-half are of this city. Wc are
fraid that six saints cannot deliver us from
the twOddosni. Let us prepare for a shower
of tire apd brimstone.
The Mud of Mi. Davis was postponed on
account of the heat. It is undoubtedly a
good idea to keep cool, and persons who
know wliat they are coming to are very wise
in enjoying the “drop ol' water" ami the
limning breeze while they may. Neverthe
less, it they shrink from the heat of a
Virginia summer, how will they be able to
stand the hot climate of Pluto's dominions?
Section 1. All persons bom or naturalized
in the United States, and subject to tlie juris
diction thereof, are citizens of the U. States
S I of the State wherein they reside. No
te shall make or enforce any laws which
Shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States; nor slrall any
State deprive any person of life, liberty or
property without duo process of law, nor deny
to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.
Sec. 2. Representatives shall be apportion
ed among the several States accordingto their
respective numbers, counting the whole num
ber of persons in each State, excluding Indians
not taxed; but whenever the right to vote at
any election for electors of President and Vice
President, or for United States Representa
tives in Congress, executi ve-or judicial officers,
or the members of tbe Legislatures thereof,
is denied to the male inhabitants.of such
State, being twenty-one years of age anil
citizens of tbe United States, or in any way
abridged except for participation in rebellion
or other crime, tlie basis of representation
therein shall be reduced in tbe proportion
which tbe number of such male citizens shall
bear to tho whole number of male citizens
twenty-one years of age in such State.
Sec. S. No person shall be a Senator or
Representative in Congress, or elector of
President and Vice President, or hold any
office civil or military under the United
States, or under any State, who, having pre
viously taken an oath as n member ofCongress,
or as an officer of the United States, or as a
member of any State Legislature, or ns an
executive or judicial officer of any State, to
support the Constitution of the United States,
shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the same, or given aid or comfort to
the enemies thereof; but Congress may, by a
vote of two-thirds of each House, remove
such disability.
Sec. 4. The validity of tbe public debt to
the United States, authorized by law, includ
ing debts incurred for tbe payment of pensions
and bounties for services in suppressing in
surrection or rebellion, shall not be question
ed; but neither the United States, nor any
State, shall assume or pay any debt of obliga
tion incurred in aid of insurrection or rebel
lion against tbe United Slates, or any claim
for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but
all such debts, obligations and claims shall
be held illegal and void.
These 'sections are to be submitted, nc
cording to their terms, to the Legislatures of
the Southern States for their ratification or
rejection, and the question arises : what is
their true policy and duty in the premises ?
We propose in this article to offer some sug
gestions on this proposition, and wc shall do
so without prejudice and with an honest re
gard for our duty to the cause of liberty, as
well as to the honor and well-being of our
proscribed countrymen of the South.
dence that they would thus degrade tlieir
countrymen and do violence to the highest
emotions of the human heart. Every lione>t
Southerner will reject with scorn the inlamous
condition, and despise the craven spirits that
suppose us capable of such base submission.
But finally: suppose we take upon our
selves voluntarily this deep degrada
tion, and ratify the resolution ns part
of the Federal Constitution, what guar
antee have we that the dominant party North
will act in good faith and give up the
consideration of our humiliation and dis
grace? Absolutely none, for they have al
ready shown themselves incapable of respect
ing ui honest compact We have already
been deceived and betrayed into submission
by the faithless pledge that if wo' laid down
our erms wo should be promptly restored to
all ouT constitutional rights in the Union, and
our representatives to their seats in Congress.
Our present condition is a living commentary
on their good faith and regard for truth—
then liow are we to trust them in tho future ?
For one, we have no faith in such men, and
would trust them in nothing. Better stand
as we are for twenty years than submit to one
solitary condition of our admission to the
privileges of tbe Union. Wc arc outraged,
’tistrue, by. taxation without representation,
by forced obedience to laws which he have
no part in making, by the importation of men
from Northern States to fill offices in the
South, and by a thousand and one annoyances
to our rights and interests and insults to our
pride, but all these we can stand without a
compromise of honor, as we have. not the
power to remedy the grievance. But never,
never let us voluntarily and without com
pulsion forge fetters tor oar own limbs and
bring disgrace and contempt on a noble race.
On this point of good faith, we are not
without a warning from those who would de
grade us and then betray. Northern repre
sentatives have already proclaimed that even
though the South should ratify the amend
ment, they will not feel bound to fulfill their
part of the bargain. We cannot more appro
priately close this article than by copying
from a Northern exchange, some remarks re
cently made in a speech at Boston, by Mr.
Boutwcll, a leading member of the House
from the State of Massachusetts, and a promi
nent representative of the Republican party.
Let our Southern people and legislatures read
and take warning from its frank admissions.
He said:
“We have now pending in Congress certain
propositions to amend the Constitution of the
United States. Those propositions arise in
three directions. First—Equality of repre
sentation. Second—Security for the future.
Third—To some extent to punish the rebels
by disqualifying them fora certain time from
holding office. Many of you know that so far
as I ain myself concerned I am not quite con
tent with those propositions, because they
omit to secure suffrage to the negro. I say
here what I shall have occasion to say else
where, that the Republican party will not be
committed to the adoption oy those States of
these proposed amendment* to the Constitution.
shall demand something more, and
Mexico 1'n (It
In addition to thu u
respondent, published some days ago, the
following particular* from a letter to the N.
Y. New* will be read with interest:
the WKAI.T1I AND INTELLIGENCE OK MEXICO
IN FAVOll OK MAXI MI MAN.
Tim policy of Maximilian, under the cer
tain withdrawal of the French troops next
year, is now quite evident. It is to mnke a
bold stand here upon the merits of liis excel
lent Government, and trust to the good sense
of the Mcxicuns themselves, anti his own
daily increasing popularity among all classes.
Mr. Wright arc lick. These three votes would not! j llftT(! n „ doubt that lie will be generally sus-
have prevented the passage of the bill. ~ '
'the Constituti-mal Amendment—Its /Wfi
Jfouse-—IbsiiMit* ment of the Trial qf JeJJerwik
a . /V. im- ■ •
—Sickness in Xfe'hlnyhm—Thaddeus St< - ns I nt
Charles Bummer Sick—final Report of tin /,’■ .•.
struction Committee—James Sit n ns In liiishingti
—l.’ailroad Conrr.ition.
Washington, Juno 10, '-go.
TbeConstitutioixl Amendment pas»« d tho Si nato
at last, on Friday, by a vote of to 11. Sir Nes
mith is absent at West Point, on duty, with the
annual Visitation Committee, and Mr.'DUon ahd
Brigham Voting's
INTERESTING T(
PRESIDENT ROBERTS.
The arrest of President Roberts was a
subject of general conversation yesterday,
among Fenians, and the was denounced as a
gross outrage. Indeed,so great was the indig
nation among liis followers that it was feared I the Mormons, that
by some that an attempt would be made to I Hurd it Houghton.
Hare,,
>Hcations reUt- I
take him by force from the custody ot the L. nence. Mrs. \\. is the wife of an Ti
States Marshal. He had been at the Astor j official who spent some years in ^
House undir the surveillance of an oflicer.aml } One of the mo-t ur.iqucan :
rumor says, the waiters (Irish) of the hotel. tares of the book is an elaborate dc'
refused to work longer it he was retained j of Young's herein and its inmates, t*?*
there as a prisoner; also that tho insurance something which only a ladvir ‘
agents, fearing a mob, notified the proprietors j likely to get accurate information a" I
of the house that they would not longer be j u lady can best describe,
responsible for the safety of the building; also,
Wc
T „ ... I" j ,i. t \in the enforcement of that demand we shall
In the first place wc contend that no South- ^ determine<1 We shall deniand tIlat those
States severally, before they are admitted to
representation on tbe floor of Congress shall,
by their own fundamental law, provide for
the enfranchisement of the negro. [Applause.]
We shall expect nothing less. [Renewed ap
plause.] If the work -of rt-con strait ion is to
be performed by the disregard the ne
gro’s rights, it is a work so unjust that I
will not participate in it. If the people of
this country, when they arc appealed to in
October of November next, insist on this
work being done, they must provide other
hands than mine for the doing of it. [Ap
plause.] I am assured by testimony and by
statements upon which I rely, that whenever
Congress shall say that Tennessee, Arkansas
and North Carolina can be admitted, if they
provide for the exercise of elective franchise
by the negro, that that provision will be
made. There are thousands and tens of
thousands of Union men in those States who
know perfectly well that if tbe negro does
not vote, they will be powerless in the midst
of Rebels who control these States. They
only desire that Congress shall say you must
do this before your State can be admitted,
and they will proceed to argue with and in
duce their people to adopt a system ot im
partial franchise for the black and white peo
ple in those States. So the adoption of this
proposed amendment to the Constitution is
but part of the work. More remains to be
done. And • my chief desire has been to in
duce you and the people of the State to see
to it, that no arrangement, no compromise,
no system of reconstruction is adopted or
agreed to, which does not recognize the right
of the negro as a citizen of the State where
he is and as a citizen of the country to which
lie belongs.”
era State can consistently with its self-respect
and a sacred regard for law, entertain the
proposition, much less meet in council and
argue its policy and effect upon its own dig
nity and welfare. The resolution as it stands
is null and void. It has not been adopt
ed in accordance with tbe forms laid down
in the Constitution. That instrument provides
that each State shall be represented in the
House of Representatives in proportion to
its population, and shall be entitled to two
representatives in the Senate without regard
to population. Has this resolution been
adopted by two-tbirds of such a body ? No
one will say that it has. The represen
tatives of a portion of the States have met at
Washington and after excluding the delegates
to both houses from eleven States, represent
ing twelve millions of the people of the United
States, have set themselves up as a Congress.
No such body is contemplated by tbe
Constitution.; to the contrary it is organ
ized in express -contempt of its' plain
provisions. No act of legislation coming
from them can bo valid, much less those
mcasnres of highest dignity that seek to
change the fundamental law of the land. It
evident that no provision of the Constitu
tion can be valid and binding in tbe original
enactment of which tbe States to be bound
bad no voioe or election, and which, if repre
sented, they would certainly have defeated
The highest authority in the government has
declared that the Southern States are still
members of the Union; if so, ho constitu
tional amendment can have the slightest
force without tlieir approval both in Con
gress and through the State Legislatures.—
This is too clear to admit of a doubt. If,
on the other hand, the Southern States arc
not in the Union, they are foreign States,
and the Congress has not the right to
submit to them amendments to the Feder-
Constitution, nor have they tlie right to
entertain and pass upon such amend
ments when so submitted. This is equally
unanswerable. Should the Southern States
determine to act upon such measures, they
will have yielded everything for which the
Northern Radicals have contended, and sanc
tioned every encroachment that has been at
tempted by those political ruffians upon the
spiiit of liberty and the Constitution of our
fathers. We hope that Georgia, at least,
will never place herself in such a position.
Our duty is, even though the proposed amend
ment should be wholly unobjectionable, to
ignore'it entirely, as an act of usurpation,
without one particle of authority of law to
support it Once sanction such dangerous
innovations, and wc slmll have wiped out
every land-mark of public liberty, and
launched the ship of State without chart or
compass, and under the guidance of an un
controlled and irresponsible mob.
But suppose our people and State author
ities should prove insensible to these high
and solemn considerations, and consent, in
their present anomalous condition and for
the sake of peace and union, to take this
constitutional amendment into considera
tion—what should be their action ? We
hope there is no division of sentiment on
this point, in the South. We are called upon,
in consideration of the privilege of sending
members to Congress, to brand ourselves as
rebels, to disfranchise our ablest and best
men whom ice put forward to fight the
battles of Southern independence, and to
write “traitor'’ upon the graves of our sons
and brothers who fell fighting in defence of
our homes and firesides. This is the
demand ; and now we ask is there a heart
8qve«t<nm
votes would hnv: been repulrcd to do that. Its fate
in tbe House isaot so certain, although the proba
bilities arc In floor of its passage there too. It will
be oposed there, however, by Thaddeus Stevens,
(If he Is well enough to be present) and all the Re
publicans whom he con rally around him. Master
Raymond, of New York, will probably speak in fh-
vor of it, and then vote against It, if Thaddeus or
ders him to do so. The bieknesa of Mr. Stevens
increases the probabilities of its passage.
As I have be lire intimated, tbe trial of Jefferson
Ijavte has been postponed, nominally till October,
really till Deceffber. There has never been any
purpose on the pirt of tho Radicals who rule mat
ters here, to have Mr. Davis tried in a civil conrt
His counsel were not only ready,, but they almost
implored that tbe trial might take place. But a
trial was not on tlie cards. If the Radicals can have
their way, Jeffcnsn Davis is now to bo compelled
to languish in prison daring the intense heats of
the four summei months. I do. not believe he can
survive such coninement. I do not believe Presi
dent Johnson rill permit him to die in prison;
and therefore I lave strong hopes that he will soon
be released on pirole.
It is a singular fact that Washington, with tlie
exception of a few wells, is entirely destitute of
pure water. The city is abundantly supplied with
water from the Potomac river; bnt this water is
entirely unfit to drink. For months past It has
been strongly impregnated with a putrid, fishey
taste. Unsuccessful attempts have been made to
remove this taste, by cleaning ont the pipes and
resorvoir. At the bottom of the latter were found
immense mases of decayed vegetable matter dead
fishes, &c. Trout tbe few wells and pumps in the
city is dmwnthe only pure water that can be got
here. A pretiy condition for the Capital of a na
tion to be in! Owing to this and other causes,
there is a great deal of sickness hero now. The
typhus fever prevails to an alarming extent among
the persons at the jail: and more of the members
of Congress are sick now, than before.
Mr. Thaddeus Stevens is very sick indeed. His
disease is dropsyon the chest aggravated by the
excessively hot weather of the last week. His
friends are seiimsly alarmed about him. It was
with tbe utmest difficulty that he was able to take
bis seat on Friday. He rode to tho Capitol in a
carriage, and leaning on two ot. bis friends, walked
slowly and vilh difficulty to his seat Having,
with great effort, made the report of the Recon
struction Committee, be left the Honsc and return
cd to his lodgings greatly prostrated and exhaust
ed. Apparently his intellectual (acuities are still
strong, bnt it is evident that liis physical powers
are nearly gore. It is doubtful whether he can
survive till the close of the session. Would that
he had acted more like a patriot, and less os a par
tisan ! In the very first week of the session he
announced hl» purpose to be to pursue
such a policy as would perpetuate the power of
a sectional party which lias revolutionized
the government, so os to lorover exclude the South
from representation; and he has exerted himself
to the utmost duriDg tbe whole session, in making
a restored Unlou an impossibility. Happily, all
his exertions will be in vain. All he can do will
be to thrown obstacles, for. some mouths, In the |
way of re-union.
_ _ | Tlw description of «be. various room,
taint'd by the'gradTbody pTintolBgOTt “re- the proprietors of-the Astor nouse noti- j faced as follows:
simnsiblu Mexicans. Even those who ureoD- die Marshal that they no longer c.eaired
to entertain Ins distinguished prisoner; also,
that, die Marshal hesitated about transferrin,
sponsible Mcxicuns. Even those who arepp
posed to him in principle begin to count the
cost of his possible departure from Mexico,
and tremble at the prospect of a return to the
scenes of anarchy and murder of past times.
It is difficult to overestimate the horrors of an
overturning of this Government The party
strifes which have been nurtured by years of
hatred and political jealousy would reappear
with renewed virulence the moment the
mfived.
1 MEXICAN DISLIKE OF NORTH AMERICANS.
The departure of tlie Emperor would be
the signal for general license. The hatred of
foreigners, especially Americans, which has
characterized these mongrel populations from
the earliest time3, is now intensified among a
race, 'who, in their ignorant exclusiveness,
consider every innovation us- an additional
step toward tbe decline of their existence.
That hatred of Americans has existed since
the war of 1840, and has never-died out.—
People in the United States are wofully mis
taken when they suppose that Mexicans en
tertain the slightest partiality for them, or
consider them, nationally or individually, in
the light ot champions of Mexico. Foreign
ers, of whatever nation, are repugnant to
your true Mexicans, and the Americana del
Norte more than any, for it is from them that
the raids upon the fair and fertile' provinces
of Mexico may one day l>e expected *V.nd the
present generation have been educated to re
gard Americans with especial dislike. Were
the United States Government- in the place of
the French at this time, tlieir presence would
be just as distasteful to these anti-progressive
n le, whose overweening apd exclusiveness
nost Japanese in its grotesque absurdity.
Americans, therefore, in tlieir trades against
the Empire, should not make the mistake to
suppose that they would be any more accept
able here than interloper of any other country.
CONSEQUENCES TO MEXICO SHOULD MAXIMIL
IAN LEAVE.
The overthrow of the Empire need not lie
regarded by Americans as opening any par
ticular field for our countrymen or our insti
tutions in this country. On the contrary, it
would throw Mexico hack twenty years, and
rathor intensify the hatred against the North
men. Such an event would expose to the
passions and cruelty of the so-called “Liberal”
partisan bands all the respectable and well to
do classes who, for their own protection, had
taken shelter UDder the wing of the Empire,
nnd the scenes of license and butchery would
be only equaled by those of the wholesale
massacres which have made Mexican history
a marvel of savagery and shame. Upon the
United States in its strange animosity against
the present mild and beneficent Government
of Mexico would rest the awful responsibility
of destroying the only semblance of orderand
progress‘hat Mexico has ever known. Has
not the Government at Washington given
their moral support to the lawless bands who
have infested the Northern Department, those
marauders would long since have ceased their
depredations, and hrve been enjoying the
same blessings of peace nnd prosperity now
known so generally throughout Central Alex
The “Lion House” is a three-storied i
3g- First, a basement, built of stone■ «
. - | the main building, ot wood with neatj'
his prisoner to the jail lest that institution , l,l e , and narrow-pointed Gothic wind -'1
should be pulled down. All these reports steep ropf. The house cost over thirt l
were flying about' yesterday, and having saiul dollars, and would have cost m-M
reached the ears of Mr. Roberts, he assured , for the economy of the owner It\v1
the Marshal that he need be under no appre-1 pleted ready for the shingles, and the J?1
hension ot a mob, and prouiised that he j were waiting. At a meeting in tlieT- i'- H
would not allow his followers .to exe- cle on Sunday, lie announced that he hi
raiccinn fnp all tlvo fi »
wholesome restraints of government were re- 9 ut0 tlieir threats. In the afternoon
i - he was taken before Commissioner Betts
for the purpose of executing a bond for
his appearance to answer any charges which
might be brought against him. Acting Dis
trict Attorney Ethan Allen having consented
to accept liis personal recognizance in the
sum of $10,000. Mr. Allen stated to the
Commissioner that he desired to have Mr.
Roberts released upon these terms, providing
he gave his parole not to enter again upon
those acts for which he was arrested. This
Mr. Roberts reluscd to give, but said that, on
the contrary, if he were released upon his own
recognizance he should renew his exertions
mission for all the carpenters, and ask^l
they would accept it. They raised si
hands, and were then coolly told to --) -f
the Lion House, in the name of the Lor •'
by the authority of tlie Holy Priesthood’!
A large lion, carved in stone, is placed.!
a pillared portico in {front of this
“resting but watchful.”
The internal arrangement of afiairs ••
Harem is very similar to that of a voun.'l
dies’ boarding school. Each woman kt J
her own room, her affairs are all cent, 1 *
there. The culsinary department is
the control of such of the wives as Brig
from time to time, appoints. She is the"
in behalf of the invading Fenians with re- j ardess, and carries the keys. A cooky
Senator Summer, too, te quite unwell. Singular | ^£j ,en the Im P erial s ' Vi ^ is cheerfully
The Emperor and the Flower Girl.
A novel incident, according to the Paris
correspondent of the Irish Times, occurred
at the Paris races on Sunday: “One or two
celebrated personages were present. For in
stance, the Emperor was there, and he walked
about for a good hour, familiarly leaning on
the arm of the Marquis do Lavnlctte, his
Minister of the Interior. Isabella, the flower
girl of the Jockey Club, had between her
tapering fingers one of the lovliest little roses
ever seen, and 6he looked long and anxiously
toward the most powerful man in the world.
‘Courage Isabella!’ she said at last, and walk
ing up to the great man, tremblingly but
gracefully, held before him the beautiful rose.
Napoleon has much natural kindness ol heart;
besides, he never refuses anything nice from
a pretty woman, and so with a bow and a
smile he took the blushing flowar from *he
blushing girl, nnd placed it in his button
hole. But the Emperor is not accustomed to
receive favors without recompense, and his
hand immediately sought his pocket. This
is the strangest part of the story—not that
the Emperor had pockets, but that in them
he had not a single sou. His purse had been
forgotten. Perhaps on that great course,
with its hundreds of thousands of grouped
spectators, the mighty Emperor of the French
—a man whose civil list is twenty-five millions
of francs, and who beside can put his hand
in the nationai till when he pleases—was the
only person present without gold, silver or
copper in his immediate possession. His
Majesty was rather amazed at his position,
and, after vainly feeling in his pocket, uudged
Lavalettc in the elbow. The minister saw at
once what was required, and beckoning to
the fair Isabelle to return, handed her a gold
twenty franc piece. Money is no great object
to the flower girl, so she is getting a hole
drilled in the coin to wear it suspended round
her neck.”
Mr. Jefferson Davis’ Refused Bail.—
Washington, June 11.—Jndge Underwood
in chamber at the United States Attorney
General’s office, heard the arguments of
Messrs. O'Conor and Shea, counsel for Mr.
Davis, why the prisoner should be admitted
to bail. Attorney General Speed replied on
the port of tbe Government. Judge Under
wood refused to admit Mr. Davis to bail,
to relate, at tbe very moment of his greatest tri
umphs, when he has the Constitution under lite
feet and when he has revolutionized the form of the
government, be te attacked with a return of the
mental disorder which was the result of the severe
and mental punishment administered to him ten
years ago by Preston 8. Brooks, of South Carolina.
The cerebral and nervous affection which he 1s now
troubled wltb,.te so great as to render him unable
to perform cohtinoout mental labor. Sleep te a
stranger to his pillow, and frightful dreams dis
turb lite slumbers. His condition, indeed, is truly
pitiable. But perhaps he te justly puutebed.. No
man at the North was more instrumental in bring
ing about that persisteef meddling with the affairs
ol the Southern Status, on tbe part ot the North,
which led the Northern States to refuse to comply
with the requirements of the constitution, and
finally caused tbe to, than Charles Summer.
As intimated by ms, the final report of the com
mittee of fifteen wai presented last Friday. It 1s
voluminous; but it te far from luminous. It te
nothlugmore than si elaborate and lame apology
lor the continued 1 exclusion from Congress of the
Southern members. The baste ol the report is the
idea that by the act of secession, the Southern
States lost all their lights and privileges under the
constitution, and ceased to be States in the Union:
and that Congress has power to impose upon them
wbstever conditions it may choose, lx fore they
arc allowed to resume their places In the Union.
The House Judiciary Committee will make a re
port in a few days, in relation to the alleged com
plicity of Jefferson DsvB with the assassination of
the late Mr. Lincoln, * subject which they have
been “investigating” (lj for many weeks past.—
The chairman of the Jidiciary Committee ought to
bo the first lawyer in tie House, a man whose legal
attainments are recogpizcd all over the country,
and whoso legal form ie undisputed. The chairman
of this Commttteeis a rude, uncouth, unmannerly
backwoodsman from Iowa, a man who knows as
much about law as a sdiool-bov, but who was se
lected for the post by S)eakcr Colfax on account cf
his bull-dog hatred towirds the South and Southern
men. The majority of the Committee are quite
willing to be led by him, and a report of the most
blood-thirsty character msy be looked for. I need
not say that no evidence wlatever, has been brought
before the Committee, wLich tends to criminate
Mr. Davis in this respect
Mr. Stephens, who calls hinsclf the “Head Centre
of the Fenians,” has been »ere for several days,
but it is difficult to sCc for wjat purpose. If it te
to get himself arrested, he may succeed, but be lias
not done 60 yet Indeed, he his not yet succeeded
in doing anything, and I do not think he will.—
Even if the President’s Proclamation had not been
issued, I do not think he would have accomplished
anything here. The Fenians are completely dis'
gusted at his arrogance and Inpndcnce, in coming
here and demanding that all moneys shall bo sent
to him,and then refusing to account for it Their
eyes are beginning to be opened to tira deception
that has been practiced upon them by their own
leaders in this country. But if they bad any
money left it would go to Roberts and Sweeney,
and not to James Stevens. They have no funds
left however. Tkoy have been fleeced most un
mercifully, and are now squeezed as dry as t
sucked orange. It is a wonder that tho Govern
ment permits James Stevens to come here and
make his inflammatory appeals. He is doing
all in his power to induce the Fenians to violate
the laws of tho land, and it will bo strange, in
deed, if be is not arrested.
An interesting Southern Railroad Convention
has recently been held in this city. The follow
ing roads were represented: Mississippi Central,
Memphis and Charleston, East Tennessee and
Georgia, East Tenenssce and Virginia, Virginia
and Tennessee, Orange and Alexandria, Virginia
Central, Montgomery and “West Point, Washing
ton, Alexandria and Georgetown, New Orleans,
Jackson and Great Northern, Knoxville and
Kentucky, and Baltimore and Ohio. A great deal
of important business was transacted by the
Convention, and a plan of operations agreed
upon the result of which will greatly facilitate
TnE IMPERIAL AUTHORITY EVERYWHERE AC
KNOWLEDGED.
By some of the American press I observe
that the authority of tbe Empire is supposed
to he confined to a narrow strip of country
bordering the ro*d between this city and Vera
Cruz. To these errors the only reply is. that
in all Mexico, from ocean to ocean, and from
Sonora to Tehuantepec, there is not a con
siderable town which does not acknowledge
the Empire. Mexico, Queretcro, Guadalajara,
Leon, Cuernavaca, Guanajuato, Tepic, Colima,
San Luis Potosi, Monterey, Saltillo, Merida,
Toluca, Oajaca, Cullacan, Aguas Calientes,
Durango, Victoria, Moredia, and every seaport
on each side the continent, including, on the
gulf side, Sisal, Minititian, Alvarado, Vera
Cruz, Tuspan, Tampico, Soto la Mariua aud
Matamoras; and on the Pacific side, Acapulco,
Manzanillo, Mazatian and Guay mas, which
control the entire commerce of Mexico and
its revenue.
With these facts present to the world, it is,
to say the least, strange that the Empire
should be regarded as failing, or that a crim
inal encouragement should be continued to
the system of brigandage and pillage which,
for the last year, has disgraced this country,
under the specious name of “patriotism.”—
The rumored massacre of Hermosillo, pM
Sonora, where several hundred peaceful, in
offensive, unarmed people were butchered by
bandits calling themselves “Liberal troops,"
is one of the lamentable results of the United
States Government favoring a “Government”
which exists only in the columns of news
papers, and is, in all respects, a myth.
doubled vigor.
Thereupon Mr. Allen objected to his bond
being received, and Commissioner Betts re
fused to accept tlie bond. He, however, said
he would release the prisoner upon other
surety being offered. A dozen men begged
the privilege of becoming liis bondsmen, hut
Mr. Roberts refused to accept their offers.
He said if he could not he released on his
own terms lie preferred to go to jail. He was
then remanded to the custody of the Marshal,
and conducted to the office of Marshal
Murray, in Chambers street. For several
hours Mr. Roberts’ friends importuned him to
allow them to become hail for him, hut lie
persisted in Iris unreasonable course, and was
finally committed to Ludlow street jail, one
of his admirers remarking, as be drove off in
cliaige of an officer. “ He’s making a d—d
ass ol himself.” The gentleman found many
among the bystanders who concurred ia his
forcibly expressed opinion. Mr. Roberts
was excedingly nervous while at the Marshal’s
office, and was anxious to have tlie matter dis
posed of in some way. Those who have been
conversant with all the details of his arrest,
and bis conduct since he was taken
into custody, express the belief that be does
not know wbat to do, and wishes himself well
out of the difficulty.
While he doesnot wish to array himself in
open hostility to the Government, lie is afraid
ot becoming unpopular with the Fenians if
he succumbs too readily. A little martyrdom
will prove very acceptable to him just now,
and by liis obstinacy in refusing to give hail
for liis appearance, he.is likely to get more
than he wants. A day or two in Ludlow-st.
jail will allow his brain, which hasbeeamuch
disturbed by recent movements, to liecome
settled once more, and he will return to his
friends, it is to be hoped, with the Fenian
cobwebs brushed from his mind entirely.—N.
Ti Times, 9 th.
The
Squeamish for the Times.—What will
Sherman’s men—who stole all tlie gold and sil
ver watches, firgerand earrings, silver spoons
lady’s hoops ani baby clothes they came
across in tlieir march through Georgia—say
to the following cartl from a Fenian Colonel ?
A Card from Colonel O'Neil.—United States
Steamer Michigan, June 5, 18GG.—You will
please make known through the news columns
ot your paper that I have in my possession a
gold mourning ring, engraved with the fol
lowing inscriptions: On the outside, in black
ground, the words “in memory of,” on the
inside. “Lucretia Wrigly, Ob't Gth Feb. -£t.
6,” and under that “Mary Wrigly, Ob’t Gth
Feb. 1830, ^Et. 45,” besides sonic rather in
distinct characters, that the claimant wil
have to describe; also a lady's gold pencil
and mounted gold eye-glass, with chain at
tached, made ot line heads. These articles
were found on tlie person of one of ihe men
in the scow; and I wish to say, to the credit
of the men, that long and earnest threats of
lynching the fellow were made, such was the
indignation at an act calculated to throw
discredit upon all, and so contrary to the
discipline and wishes of our body. And I
wish to say further, that were it not for our
present circumstances and relations, such an
act would, ns it ever will be by me and my
associate officers, have been punished with
all the rigor of army discipline. You will
oblige us all by the publication of this com
munication, both to set us right, and that the
property may be restored to its owner.
Ycu r obedient servant,
John O’Neil, Colonel.
Mr.
Davis aud the Assassination ot the
President.
Washington, June 11.—A New Yorker of
the name of Campbell has just given the
World some queer revelations concerning the
testimony lately adduced by tlie Judiciary
Committee of the House tending to implicate
Mr. Davis in the assassination of the Presi
dent. He shows that a gross system of frauds
and perjury lias been resorted to, to prove
Air. Davis and others conspirators in the
matter, and hacks up his assertions by fact
that startle all who are familiar with the tes
timony. It seems that many of the witnesses
testified under assumed names, and that no
ueb persons ns the ostensible and recorded
witnesses exist.
In addition to this lie states that Air. Conor,
on the ground that lie had no authority to other improvements, the establishment of a fast
travel on all the roads, and afford increased fa-1 who was the priucipal witness and detective
cilitics for the transportation of freight Among | in tlie case, was asked to proceed to New
do so, the accused being a prisoner of war.
freight lino between New York and Memphis
was agreed upon. Tbs time occupied by passen
ger trains between New York and New Orleans
will be hereafter 92 hours. Warwick.
York and procure some corroborative evidence
of his own statements which he had previous
ly volunteered to furnish: that he gave the
officer who was sent with him the slip in
New York, has actually run away, as is sup
posed, to avoid a prosecution for perjury, and
Not long since, Elkan Herzmaun,
Rabbi of a Jewish Synagogue in Brooklyn,
New York, was kicked out of his church by
a portion ot his congregation who objected! Officers who have served in the late ’ hits not been heard of by tlie officer or cooi-
• 0 , , , , . | to his ministration on sectional grounds. He war*.*) numerouslv applying to Brevet Major ' mittee for several weeks. Other witnessess
in the South so craven and debased as to on Thursday brought an action against them | General Ullman for positions under him in have come forward and coniessed to having
lend its sanction to any such foul, ungrateful, 1 and received $800 damages. the volunteer corps of Garibaldi in Italy. : sworn falsely.
Arrogauce and Presumption ol the
Fenian Leaders.
If anything were wanting to justify the
Proclamation of the President for the arrest
and suppression of the Irish raid upon Cana
da, it would be found in the Court and Cooper
Institute proceedings of last Thursday. Here
we have a party, iu the very heart of the
great City of New York, defying our laws,
refusing to submit to the proceedings ot the
Federal judiciary to punish their “Head Cen
tres,” and haranguing their ignorant and in
fatuated followers at the Cooper Institute,
where the very name of the President is
hissed and the performance of his highest
official duty openly denounced as the work
of “a dirty tool of the British Government!”
Air. Roberts said, when brought before* the
United States Commissi jner, that he
“Certainly would not give bonds to keep
the peace to restrain me from the repetition
or continuance of any act which I feel to be
my duty as an Irishman. I have persons
here who would be my bail.”
At Cooper Institute, a Air. James Gibbons
was introduced “as the Vice-President of the
Irish Republic, to apologize for tlie absence
of Air. Roberts.” Gen. Sweeny, he announc
ed, was also a prisoner to the United States,
and he added,- “I take his place.” He then
continued:
“ Sir Frederick Bruce prostrated himself at
the feet of President Johnson, and asked him
to protect the British Government from the
Fenians. [Laughter and approval.] I never
thought Andrew Johnson would become a
dirty tool of the British Government, but I
have been mistaken. The men in the United
States uniform to-day are doing the work of
English detectives. Wliat is our capital?
We have a capital unsurpassed by that of any
race of men that God ever made, and that is
our own right arms. [CheerA] Wc have five
millions ofonr race on this continent who are
fighting men.”
Again we have in the Yeport of this meet
ing:
“ A Air. AIcClellan then addressed- the au
dience in very eloquent terms upon the ingrat
itude of tlie United States Government in not
only refusing aid, hut in using such siren
uous opposition to the cause of Ireland, whose
sons, on every field of the late war, from Bull
Run to Richmond, had upheld the flag and
vindicated the honor of the country.”
It is difficult to comment with patience
upon such superlative specimens of assurance,
accustomed as we have long been, in this
city, to that quality, and from the same quar
ter-—in the shape of blustering, bully
ing and burning. The animus of the
July riots appears in every line of the
above extracts. The spirit that demands
the right to involve this country in
the wild and wicked raids of Irish Fenian-
ism; to openly violate its neutrality and defy
its laws, is only equaled by the insults heap
ed directly and personally upon the President
of the United States, and through his admin
istration, upon our whole people. These
things may possibly be endured lor a season
longer, but if they are not in the sequel in
dignantly resented by our own countrymen,
and severely punished by the public authori
ties we very much mistake the self-respect of
the first, and over-rate the force and deter
mination of the latter.—N. T. Times.
ployed—genera 1 !y a man—and severfl.
vanta besides, who are all under the con?
of the stewardess.
When the meals are prepared and ttJ
the hell rings, and each woman, with
children, if she have any, files down to,
dinner table, and is seated as before
Each, on rising, lias her children to
so, and get ready for breakfast; this on
the commences the business of the day,,
ranges her rooms, and sits down to her
ing or other work, as the case may be.
■A sewing-machine is brought into re^
tion, and one ot the number appointed
use it. For the benefit of those who tn-
sewing-machine, it may he well to statei,,
this one was procured. One day a man :V
St. Louis came co offer one for sale, st^
that his price was ninety dollars. Brigi(
bought it, promising to pay the man v'. ;
ever he should call. The man, being p -
ealled in a few days. He did not gal-
pay. He culled again a number ofti^l
with the same result. One ot tbe wireij
came quite indignant, and said : ‘If I was-^
his place. I never would ask it from one3
high in the priesthood. He had better A
it to him than to ask pay of him.’ The pi
rn an never received his money, and, as sd
as he could get the means, left the territo-]
This is the manner in which the Prophet -
comes possessed of much of his property
“Alost of the women spin and make thd
every day clothing, doing their own colored
They are quite proud cf the quantity ofchd
manufactured in their establishment erJ
year. All work hard, and take bnt lid
out-of-door exercise. Parties and theatm
are the favorite amusements. At the thra?,
Brigham and one or two of tlie favored win
sit together ill thj ’King's box,’ bnt the n
mainder of the women and the children i
in what is called ‘Brigham’s corral.’ this isa
the parquette, about the centre of the tm
The Prophet goes down once or twice durinj
the evening to the corral, >>nd chats for afn
moments with one and another, but in a shot
time he can be seen beside his ’dear Ameh 1
again.
dAt the Alorinon parties much gravity pe
t-ails. Appearances are maintained, sour
what, by paying more respectful deference:
the first wives on such occasions. Gentile
with whom the saints are on good terms, ut
well received and kindly entertained nt tlw
parties, and all join in giving themsefresci
to tbe influence of mirth and festivity. Diu
ing is not only a favorite amusement, it i
more; it is cultivated to such an extent tit
it becomes a passion.
Brigham’s women, though better cloth
than formerly, still work very hard. Tt
arc infatuated with tlieir religion, am! &j
voted to tlieir husband. It they cannot ob
tain liis love, they content themselves wit'
his kindness nnd endeavor to think tl
selves happy. ' As religion is their only sol
they try to make it their only object. If
does not elevate their minds, it deadens
susceptibilities, and as they are not pci
ted to be women, they try to convince thi
selves that it is God’s will they should
slaves.
“A music master, a dancing master, andi
teacher of the ordinary branches of an Eel r<
lish education, arc employed in the fan: I
school. Also a teacher of French. Uischl j,
dren have much better advantages than a'Wk
other in the territory. Dancing and mci| ¥
are the leading accomplishments, and erenl a-
thing else is made subordinate to these.” A
An Officer of ALvximilian's staff in
Washington.—Count Ilesuguirer, who hails
from Austria, but who, it has been ascertained,
is an officer on the stall' of Maximilian and
here in the interest of the Maximilian govern
ment in Alexico has been stopping at Wil
lard's for the past few days. He is reported
to have had since his arrival frequent inter
views with the Assistant Secretary of State
and many of the Committee on Foreign Af
fairs. The numerous party interested in this
country in tlie success of Alaxiinilian are be
coming satisfied that tlie Committee on For
eign Affairs will do no practical harm to the
Monroe doctrine. A prominent New York
merchant who accompanied Count Itesugui-
rier from that city here gave a dinner at Wil
lard’s Yesterday, at which Senator Nye, Speak
er Colfax, Air. Garfield and other prominent
members of Congress were present to meet
the Count. During the dinner it leaked out
that the Count was connected with the Alax- j
imilian government in Alexico, when Senator |
Nye, Speaker Colfax and others denounced I
the attempted establishment of a Alonarch- j
ical government upon this continent, and
declared it to he the policy of the govern
ment to support the Alonroe dectrine. Sena
tor Nye was particularly emphatic in his de
nunciation of the occupation of Alexico by
Alaxiinilian. It seems the party was brought
together without much knowledge of who
was to be present, hence the awkward con
tretemps.— Cor. N. T. Times.
The Possible Consequences of Was.-
We have much to hope from the strong di-l
position of the greater part ot Europe f |
peace. Of the temper of the Germans it 's
unnecessary to speak, and the French
scarcely less unwilling to sec war again brefil
out. A great, if a gradual, change in therl (
character has long been in progress, and 1
nation which for so many years was the tel
ror of Europe is now, as a nation, devoted »|
the pursuits of peace. The finance oftheEpt
pire lias given almost every individual an hi
terest in the imperial funds, and railway#!
other stock is held very largely by every clef
of tlie population. The savings of every #
whether tradesman, artisian, or peasant, hie
been impcrrillcd by the fall in all kinds*
securities since the first rumors of war.. 0*
people see with apprehension the inten#
tion of commerce and communication,
cause of Italy has never been so popnltf*
might have been expected from a past il
ance and the remembrance of common vir-
ries, and Prussia lias never recover-.-
France the memories of 1814 »{
1815. Tlie Emperor Napoleon, too, *
well as tlie other sovereigns of tlie co#
ment generally, may well see with coscO
the dimensions and the direction which
conflict is taking. The Italian governs:--
has called popular enthusiasm to its aid, i r'
in continental parlance, allied itself with®
revolution. The King of Prussia is tife
about universal suffrage and a radical ref- : '
in the German constitution. What
the relations of the Austrian Emperor tovj--
his less well-affected and non-German J#I
vinces three months after the outbreak of#I
war is as yet hidden in the future. But tb#;
is a feeling that this war, if once begun, *'•1
assume a revolutionary character. If ^
millions of men meet in conflict, thrones^
not remain wheie they are. German, Its# 1
Alagyar, Czech, und Pole will be moreu
they never were moved before. Such t
vulsions may he inevitable in the prog® 1 *
nations, but they are not pleasing to
rers and Kings. Tlie position the
have taken in these countries, the inters’ '
terest of all classes, the enthusiasm ’.'J
country, tlie indignation of anoti cr, "
proof which has been given that if the soy-
eigns raise a tempest they will not be *o.e ■
lay it, must have its effect upon every
ruler, however exalted liis rank or cxte’->-
his power.—London Times. May 98.
Supreme Court.—Among tbe legal g ea
men present in this city daring tbe past
in attendance oil the Supreme Court, we
tice tho following: ...
Ex-Gov. Brown, Hon. Howell Oobb,J# 1 ?
Lochrane, W. K. DeGraffenreid, Esq ,
Dougherty, E-q., Col. J. W. II. Umle^'V
Col. E. II. Pottle, Judge Starnes. J. C• ^ 1
Esq., F. H. Aliller, Esq., C. People 5 ’ £■-
Hon. W. T. Gould, Col". L. D. Lailerd 0 ;;'
lion. R. P. Trippe. Hon. Warren Aiken.
Jena. Rivers, Y>‘. A. Hawkins, Esq-- '
Wootc-n, Esq., Judge Bigham. A. B- * |
mond, Esq., and Judge Floyd. , -
All of the Judges of the Court 1 a vc . ’
present from the beginning of the sessi
Fed. Union, 12th.