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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
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THE NORTHERN STATES AND THE CON
STITCTIOXAL A MEXD.M ENT.
. The movement of Governor Curtin, of
itiJiens of Dade county, Ga., pub- I Pennsylvania, for an early co-operation of all
.jriwi c acknowledgment to the i l he Northerh States in adopting the constitu
tes ^' Clnuabcr of Commerce for 1,000 I tional amendment recently passed by the (so
^*^ B# * , f corn just received as a donation to called) Congress, is somewhat sygnificant—
gdl«hlg gfItgrapfr ■
Y ne(
J^itotepoo^ _
„ __ l lad, Willie Ott, son of Coil.
rs " w Xi«r
n Columbus, was drowned iu the
^ Hxhic river at the latter place Sunday
swimming in'company with his
San**-
• '^frions proposition has been mad
.1 Center Stephens to unite with Sant
ti, e purpose of founding an Irish
1**/ i n Mexico. The Canada corollaries
if f0 ived before the original proposi-
demonstrated. ...
... yviecs from Mexico state that Cor-
- iatfered » complete defeat on the 2?th
o ril »t Polito Blanco. Several Americans
* ported to he among the killed. It is
I " , Sported that the Juarists were repulsed
' t|tr if on Scatillian. Several other en-
; t! nfnts have occurred, all said to be in fa-
I ^fihe French.
y oB aE Basks.—The Mobile Tribune
vances that the “Bank of Mobile” and the
^ilicrn Bank ” commenced redeeming
, ir circulation at par in the United States
v^irv notes, on the first of June, instant.
i' rt the only State banks in the South,
•o mat through the war, which have been
* ,*> f»r a* we know) to make so good a
[ ^ t < |
if! .metE TO the Ladies or Baltimore.
* Wr Orleans they talk about the Confede-
^ pi doners erecting a monument in each
N>mb to the ladiea of Baltimore, with
l a inscription as this: “We were bun-
^ jad they gave us meat; we were thirsty
d ikj g*re us drink; we were strangers
icy took us in; wo were naked and they
jotted u; we were in prison and they came
B. F. Butler, in his recent speech
t^oa claimed that “as conquerors we
Xorthem people) have acquired the title by
.vainest to all the people of the Southern
jute? hare of life, liberty, land, rights, con
ditional or otherwise.”
If the share of the Beast should be propor-
•joocdto his part of the fighting and con
>-t.s the addition to his fortune would not
;.st him a dinner.
— r-
Satiox.u. Union Club.—A National Union
bbbas Wn reorganised at 'Washington
xjth the following Executive Committee
ywtiir Doolittle, of Wisconsin; Senator
via, ol Pennsylvania; Hon. O. H. Brown-
of Illinois; lion. Green Clay Smith, of
Kentucky; Hon.W. A. Burleigh,ofDacotah;
hu. Knapp and Samuel Flower, of District
iOdumbU The Club is now engaged ac
ini; and with good effect in distributing
■peeches and other documents in support of
the President’s policy. Dr. J. B. Ferguson
> the Corresponding Secretary of the Club-
Tue Politic* of Generals.—The genuine
•oUlicrs everywhere manifest a “disposition
to vote as they fought,” to-wit, for the Union,
some of the real aud bogus military men are
lisscd as follows;
Titk tlx Prteuleut.
•lea. Grant,
Gen. Sherman,
'ha. Meade,
'ha. Hancok,
'ha. Grawford,
ha. RosecraVs,
'ha. Sheriil/n.
ha. Coulter,
With Thod. Stevens.
Gen. Butler,
Gen. Sigel,
Gen. Scburz,
Gen. Schenck.
Gen. Cameron,
Gen. Banks,
Col. Forney,
Gen. Geary.
The FitEEDMEN’a Bureau Superseded.—
j Knoxville, Tennessee, a negro boy had
*ta taken from bis grandmother by the
wm of the Freed men’s Bureau in that city,
ulboand over to his uncle. The grand
er petitioned to the District Court of
-e United States to release the child from
wiint put upon it by the Freedmen’s Bu.
X which was granted by Judge Quigg,
■P* the ground that the functions ot the
•’Httlmen’s Bureau had been entirely super-
by the Civil Rights Bill. The Judge
s«ted that the Freedmen’s Bureau is now
'fprivtd of all judicial power, and that its
prince lies only in issuing rations to tho
‘eJmea and disposing of abandoned lands.
Xtw Mvstc.—To the accomplished com*
, J X Mr. A. 3. Schliciiter, Prof, of Music
■*'!« Wesleyan Female College, in this place,
ue indebted for the following pieces: ■
«UTIONS OX THE AlR OK ‘HOME, SWEET
" i!tt —one of the sweetest of the many
^positions that have been suggested by
* tt grand old air.
***** Waltzes”—which are very pret-
: '-iloflif e and the “poetry of motion.”
4 Cascade Gallop”—very good, no
***' ln its line, though we never had any
••■ticulv taste for that irregular and fitful
of compositions.
•'-oftbe above are handsomely got up by
, »**1 Publishing House of Lee «te
A**; fhila., and may bo had at the book
• °* J. W. Burke & Co., in this city.
- ^ rR * T Marttb.—Several of the Rich-
^ Papers, in their notices of tho memora-
^tttnonis^ % few days since, spoke of
U&^yitt, who was killed at the battle of
*s the first martyr of tho war. That
“T* the Whig, belongs to Capt J. Q.
,’ ' ,u > wm killed some two or three
W Court House, in a
A°-i made into that village by a
'ittthil States cavalry. Several
“ Pntvionsly occurred on both sides,
circumstances, bnc the first to
pettier ride by an act of war, was the
aboT * named. It is to be
monument will be
tWi 3 t^toains which will record
nt be was “the first martyr.”
Al) ttDNg
The hot paste with which lie would secure
the approval of the Northern States to the
change, means something, though wc may
not be able to comprehend it fully at the
present time.
The question naturally occurs: why does
Governor Curtin not invite the co-operation
of the Governors of fiU the States? Why
does he confine his movement to a part, and
thus give to it a purely sectional characteri—
Are his motive catholic, national, and friend
ly; or arc they designed to '■ compass some
favorite purpose of tho North to tlie, ”di»ad
vantage of the South? If the latter, he is
simply a political mountebank and trickster,
unworthy of the place he fills at the head of a
great commonwealth ot the American Union.
How peace and fraternity can exist when
such underhanded and unpatriotic conduct
marks the policy of Northern officials, we
cannot see. The great body of their states
men and politicians seem to regard them
selves as antagonistic dements in the Amer
ican system, whose mission is to divide, alien
ate and make war, and not top oar oil on the
waters of strife and bring our whole people
together ia a spirit of concord and harmony.
We again ask the question: what means
this movement t Perhaps a recent declara
tion of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens in tic House of
Representatives, may throw some light on
the subject. He is reported to have scouted
the idea that the late seceded States had any
thing to do with amending the Constitution
nnd to hold that the ratification of an amend
ment by three fourths ot the Northern States
was amply sufficient to make it part of the
fundamental law. Suppose this to be the
policy of Governor Curtin, and that after such
ratification, he and bis friends intend to in
sist upon the amendment as part of the con
stitution without any agency on the part of
the Sonthern States—what then ? Wc shall
have a divided Government as to wliat Con
stitutes the fundamental law,, the Congress
maintaining that the amendment is effectual,
and the Executive holding that no amend
ment has been adopted according to the form
laid down by that instrument We shall thus
have two constitutions—one for the Legisla
tive, and another for the Executive Depart
ment. Each will insist on its own,and the Pres
ident is sworn to execute only the true one.—
From such disagreement a collision must
arise, and what will be the end of it no man
knoweth. *
For ourselves, we care not how soon the is
sue is made. Wc have believed all along
that the dominant majority in Congress in
tend to revolutionize the government and
set in operation a consolidated despotism;
and furthermore that the bayonet is the on
ly effective mode of putting down the revo
lutionists. To this we must come, sooner or
later, and the earlier the country is brought
to the test—whether it wishes a Constitution
al Union or a consolidated tyranny over these
States—the better it will be for all concern
ed. Cn that point the South, tired as rite is
of war, is ready to assert her views and vin
dicate them in any way that may be necessa
ry for their triumph or overthrow, as the case
may be. Her sons will rally around thestand-
ard of Liberty consecrated in blood and hand
ed down to them by their fathers of 1776, and
with our heroic President in the lead, do
their best and leave the issue to the great Ru
ler of Events.
LETTER FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
The Mansfield Hattie Ground—Patriot Female De
votion—Spirit of impr. vain at—Southern Pa
cific Railroad—Soil, Climate and Beneficlcnt
Laws of Texas—Tho Osage Orange Trade-
Floods In tho Western Rivers—Crop Prospects,
Ac., Ac
Maxsfiei.d, La., May 22, ’06
.1fettr*. Editor*, Telegraph :
After a tour of -observation which lias ex
tended over a large anil important portion of
Texas, and &ver much, also, of the upper part
this State, I imvc.rcached this pleasant little
town, rendered forever famous by the battle
fought in Its vicinity on the eighth of April
1864, in which tho adraned of the invading
force of Gtn. Banks' met with such a signal
and summary check*
It was my good fortune in a visit to the
battle: fiekl, to have been .for it part of the
time in the company of “ex '-Adjutant Gen
eral of Polignac’s Division, wlip, having in
liis official capacity posted many of the com
mands which were engaged, wa» enabled to
define with accuracy our brilliant manoeuvres
on that memorable day.
The original position chosen on the morn
ing of the battle by General Taylor, in which
to wait the attack of tho enemy, was three
miles east of Mansfield, on both sides of the
main road to Pleasant Hill, and upon gently
rising ground. In the front of our whole
line, there stretched a scries of open fields of
nearly a mile in width, across which the ene
my would have had to charge in attacking us,
but the disadvantage of which eventually oc
curred to our forces in having to • make the
charge upon them.
But alas! the details' of this fight, as of
many others, are so fresh ip the uiemoiy of
all, that it is needless for mo to attempt “s’n-
fandum dolorem recocare" " ■ i :
The battle marks have in greater part been
already obliterated by the culti,ration of the
fields; and the bleached bones which lie scat
tered through the dark, dense woods where
the enemy vainly endeavored to stay onr vic
torious pursuit, arc the only visible memen
toes of the past.
In gazing upon tho broad expanse of yel
low ripening grain, with sheep quietly feed
ing upon the adjacent pasture, it was difficult
tv realize that so short a time since this was
the arena of a scene so exciting and so
bloody.
An admirable custom, and one most highly
to .be Commended, has been adopted in the
celebration of the anniversary of the battle.
On that day the ladies of the vicinity proceed
to the neat cemetery and reverently scatter
early spring Sowers upon the graves of those
gallant men whose blood was the price of the
immunity of the defenseless from insnlt and
indignity.
GENERAL NEWS. f
Gen. Mnrphjr Refused Bail.
Release of a Tribune Correspondent De«.
mamled.
THE RADICALS MOVIXG IX TnE STATES.
New York, June 14,—Gen. Murpliy and
other Fenians are refused bail at Maloie and
await their trial, which occurs at Cananda-
gua on the Montauk.
The United States Consul General has de
manded the release of a Tribune correspon
dent, atTested by the Canadians some days
since for unexplained reasons.
Another death from cholera occurred yes
terday in :15th street. j
Philadelphia, June 14.—Anticipating the
adoption of the Constitutional Amendment
passed by the U”. S. Senate, and just concur
red in by the nouse, Gov. Curtin, of Penn.,
lias addressed a circular to the Governors of
Northern States, suggesting the propriety of
union in action and the calling together of
the Legislatures for the immediate ratifica
tion of the amendments and before the ad
The spirit of improvement is abroad in this j ounnnen t of Congress.
Western country,.as well as in the older
States. Thi9 is shown by the character of the I Congressional News,
enterprise now being undertaken. The mag- Washington, June 14.—Senator Morgan
nificent scheme of the Southern Pacific Rail-1 presented the memorial of tlio New York
rood, which laid dormant during the war, has Chamber of Commerce in favor of tbe Bank-
been again revived : and work upon it begun rupt law. He exprcsied himself in favor of
in earnest It is confidently expected that the bill, and hoped it would be reported at
under the energetic and able supervision of an early day from the Judiciary Committee.
President Wascom, the whole distance from The House pa sed bills establishing assay
Shreveport to Marshall, Texas, will be com- offices in Oregon and Idaho,
pleted by the first of August next, there be- The debate was continued on the bill to
ing but thirteen miles of track yet to be laid, restore the political rights of tbe Southern
The iron necessary to finish it is on band. States. Among the speakers was Mr. Harris,
Beyond Marshall the road is graded fortwen- of Maryland, who reiterated the right of the
ty-five miles in a westerly course, but the | Southern States to secede,
want of funds will probably prevent the work
telegraphic
despatches to the associated press.
New York Markets.
New York, June 14.—Cotton nearly norii-
nal at 39 to 42 cts. Gold, 147. Sterling Ix-
cliangc nominal at 109 1-2.
From New Orleans.
New Orleans, June 13.—Sales of erfton
to-day, 900 bales; low middling at 39c.
Gold, 142 1-2. Sterling Exchange, l.'A
South American News.
New Orleans, June 13.—A revolution hns
broken out in Spanish Honduras. ■
There has been a grand emancipatioi cele
bration by the Jamaica negroes at Rtia:an.
The Health of Havana is good.
Oregon and Washington Elections.
Sax Francisco, via Washington, June
12.—The result of the Oregon election is
doubtful. Both parties claim the Sate by
about 600 majority.
’ The returns of the election in Wamjngton
Territory show large Democratic gaits. The
entire Democratic party is successful in nine
coilnties, and, it is thought, the sami in four
more. i ;
Health of Bishop Early.
Riciimond, June 14.—Bishop Eaily, who
was so seriously injured by an accident on
the Danville Railroad, is better, asd it is
thought will recover. ,/
The Cetton Tax.
Washington. June 15.—The Finance Com-
mittee of the Senate have fixed the cotton tax
at 2 cents per pound. It is probable the two
Houses will compromise on three cents.
The general principles of the House bill
arc not altered.
Markets.
New Orleans, June 14.—Sales of cotton,
300 bales, Low Middling, 39c. Gold, 145 14.
Sterling, ICO.
New York, June 15.—A. M.—Cotton
steady at 39 to 42. Gold 149 1-2. Sight 'll.
Texas wool 20 to 28.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Washington, June 15.—The President re
turned to the Senate a bill incorporating the
New York nnd Montana Iron Mining Com
pany, with his objections. The President
thinks the bill gives a monopoly to a cor
poration of unknown Corporators, and to the
detriment of settlers who have the right to
claim land under the Homestead Law.
In the House a committee was appointed
to invesf^fhte the facts of Rosseau’s assault
on Grinneljj and to report the same with a
Resolution looking to a vindication of the
dignity of the House and protection of its
members.
Mr. Bingham submitted a concurrent reso
lution requesting the President to inform
forthwith the Governors of the States of the
passage by Congress of the proposed Consti
tutional Amendment, so that the Legislatures
may act on it at once. It was objected to
and remarks followed which led to a decis
ion by the Speaker that a joint resolution did
not have to be submitted to the President for
his signature.
Alter some debate on the special order, the
bill restoring the Southern States to their po
litical privileges, the House adjourned.
Ctli, is to the effect that Prince Frederick
Charles was to leave next day for the head
quarters ot the Prussian army in Silesia.
There was great excitement, on the 6tb, at
Venice, owing to a forced loan and the mu-
nicipility to co-operate in collecting it. A
large number of persons lied the city to avoid
conscription.
FINANCIAL AND COAUffiKCIAL.
Markets.
Mobile, June 15.—Sales to-day, none.
Middling, nominal; sales of tho week, about
2,200 bales; receipts, about 1,505 bales
against 1,903 last week. Exports for the
week, 3,095. Stock on hand, 87.596. Gold,
145 7-8.
New 1 ork, June 16.—Cotton market dull
and drooping, at 39 to 41 cents. Gold 153 34.
Exchange nominal. Sixty days, not quota
ble. Sight, 1114.
Ileavv Exports of Specie.
New York, June 16.—Four steamers left for
Europe to-day, taking out two millions eighty
seven thousand dollars in gold,
FROM WM. BRYCE & CO.’S WEEKLY COTTON*
CIRCULAR.
Nkw York, Friday Eroding, June S, 1600.
Since our last circular was issued, bearing date of tbe
1st instant, the steamer Africa has arrived at Halifax,
with Liverpool advices to tho 26th nit., one week later
than those considered in our Ia9t circular. T' e pori-
'tion of the German question still indc.ited war, tut
strenuous efforts were being made by the neutral pow
ers to convene a European Congress, where the points
in dispute might be amicably adjusted. The violence
of the financial storm in England seemer* to have sub
sided, although the Bank rates still remained ten per
cent, and several additional failures were reported.—
There is but little doubt, however, that comparative
monetary ease has ere this been established by the en
ormous shipments of specie from this country during
the latter half of May. Over twenty-nino miltious of
gold went forward in twenty days, and our shipments
still continue free. The market ot Liverpool had ruled
very quiet during the week under review, 46,000 ba'cs
being the amount sold, of which the Trade took almost
all. The receipts had been fti I, and the stock had run
up to 1,050,000 bates, of which more than two-fifths were
American. On the day of the sailing of the Africa the
market entirely changed, and became fairly active, 10,0, 0
bales being sold, and priess ruled firmer, although no
change in quotations was established. The prospects
^ of the large amounts of specie coming from this coun
try, of which intimations were that day received, no
New York Market.
New Yobk, June 14.-p. m.—Cotton is
^ „ ,, _ . , ^steady; sales to-day 0,200 bales at 39c. to 42c.
The advantages offered by Texas to the Groceries> quiet gp i rit8 Tuipentine, dull
from being carried, during the season, furth
er than that point.
BL * u trahtt in Europe.—By last
^rivals we learn that the latest
_ Emperor of theFrencli has made
is to adopt a policy oi armed ncu-
tb*t if the Con forence should prove
and England might as-
w a ttitude, and force an accep-
“ e decision* which a majority of the
^ ^°Wer» may come to. It is not
ijjjJjrtliis proposition of the Emperor’s
tDc d to. But, as is already known,
English fleets aic about to
together in the Black Scar- ■
MfoA* 18 between Turkey and the Princi-
added to the other European
f 0ns ' tbe Government of the Sultan
r °" n d it necessary to order a large
orcc °f observation to the line of the
A i
tat Mltvl|ili
Distribution of Corn.
As a matter of interest to the needy of the
State, we take the liberty of copying below,
from a private letter, addressed, to the senior
editor by the efficient agent of tho State, for
the distribution of corn among the poor. He
writes under date Chattanooga, June Ttli;
“I expected, when I saw you, to make At
lanta my headquarters, but Mqj. C. Wallace
thought I could distribute most expeditiously
from this place, and I came up on Sunday
night. My plan was, and is, that as Chcro
kee, on and near the railroad, was overrun
by both armies, and the poor arc suffering
much for broad, 1 would first give these
counties one month's supply of corn. After
getting through wilti that, next to furnish the
counties below Atlanta, that had been over
run by Sherman, with a month’s supply, and
after them, to send to the other counties. In
consequence of the Central IbiHroad not be
ing done to Savannah, I was delayed in send
ing to Jefferson, Warren, Bryan, Effingham,
Lilicrty, McIntosh, «fcc., &e.. but as soon as I
am informed that the Central Road is done, I
will ship some to them, if tbe corn comes
fast enough.
“I have already sent forward a month's
supply to most of the Cherokee counties, on
the railroad, and to Carroll, Campbell and
Gwinnett, and hope, in a few days to get
more corn, when I will go on with the other
counties, sending first to those which are most
needing it, at present. The com is not
stopped here any longer than it can be taken
out of one car and put in another. My plan
is to keep it moving all the time, and thus
far the States’ Railroad Agent hascomeup to
my requirement. As the com comes from St.
Louis on boats there is no dependence upon
regularity. I have sent off all the com—have
none now—and am waiting for more.
“I have thus far received and sent ofi about
10,000 bushels.” *
imigrant are unsurpassed. In the broad ex- firnu Gol(J 147 j.o
tent of that great State every variety ot sou 1
and climate can be found. There the best of
cotton and grain lands, in healthy locations,
Address ot Santa Anna.
5>ew York, June 14.—Santa Anna has is-
can now be purchased at from one to five I sued a stirring address to bis countrymen,
dollars per acre unimproved, and from five to I from Elizabethtown, N. J. The Gen. defines
fifteen dollars when improved. By the Con- his position in reference to the present aspect
stitution and Laws of the State, a homestead of Mexican politics. Regarding the reports
of two hundred acres, with the improvements of his truckling to Maximilian, he says he did
thereon, one years provision for one’s fami- not in any manner compromise himself with
ly and perishable property to tbe value of the Emperor; he belonged entirely to the
one thousand dollars to each bead of a family, Mexican Republic. He expects all Mexicans
are exempt from forced sale.. On the death to unite and drive the usurpers from their
of the household insolvent, that which is so I soil, and offers his own services to the cause—
exempted rests absolutely in his wife and mi- a monarchy in Mexico, he declares to be an
nor children, none of the property owned by impossibility, and the restoration of the Rc-
the wife previous to her marriage, or after- public is the hcigbtk of his ambition. No
v jrJs acquired by hor, is liable for the debts | other purpose, he says, could draw him from
ot the husband. One tenth of the annual his retirement; and this accomplished, he
revenuesof the State, and more than 5.000,000 will return to private- life. I* conclusion, he
acres of land arc appropriated as a perpetual sajs lie will not close his life with falsehood,
fund for the support of Free Schools aud for I but seeks for his tomb a new laurel tree
the endowment of Colleges, Railroads, and] whose shadow shall cover it in tho midst of
other works of public utility arc encouraged I peace,
by similar liberal concessions. From Washington
Should any of your numerous readers enter-
tain the idea of attempting to start afresh in SUICIDE Ol- AN EX-CLERK
the world in a new rather than an old coun-1 Rnilicnl Trick to Carry the Amendment
try, they could not do better than to obtain
pnrriboa information ot tbe prospect by ad-1 bousbeau canes orinnell.
dressing themselves to the reliable firm of, ,, r T _, _ . TT
„ , .I Washington, June 14.—Samuel Hanson
Samuel F. Mosley & Co., General Land and I. . , ' . ,, _ , , . _ ^
, . . , 'V - T _ „ , formerly a clerk in the Contederate Postoflico
Immigration Aiients, of Jefferson Texas, who . . ... , . .. , . ,
° 3 . . . . | Department, committed suicide here to-day.
GENERAL NEWS.
New York, June 15.—L. Morton Mont
gomery and A. H. Goulds, late of the Con
federate army, and representing themselves
as agents of Santa Anna, in April purchased
the steamer Agnes for §100,000 in gold from
W. J. Taylor & Co., of Philadelphia, to be
paid on delivery of the vessel at St. Thomas.
The purchase was repudiated by the General,
and tbe owners of the vessel returned to this
country and gave the purchasers one bond to
fulfill terms of the contract. They tailed,
however, and were yesterday arrested on a
warrant and committed to jail in default of
bail in §20,000 each.
Washington, June 15.—Rumors of the as
sassination «f Judge Underwood startled the
City to-day, bnt turned out a canard.
R. L. Buckner, of Louisiana, and Wm. Al-
thnm, of Texas, have been pardoned by the
President.
The custom receipts at four principal ports
for the week ending the 9th, were three and
a quarter millions. Upwards ofa million of
this was collected at New York.
The trial of Pay Master Paulding was con
cluded to-day. It was shown that he dis
bursed over a hundred and forty million dol
lars in the Department of Washington, and
large sums in the South, and nothing was al
leged against his official acts until bis depos
its of large sums with the Merchants’ Nation
al bank just before the failure for which he
was arraigned for violation of orders. None
of the evidence showed corrupt motives.—
The findings of the Court Martial have been
sent for by the Pcrsidcnt.
New York Market.
New York, June 16, p. in.- Cotton isdull; doubt etinsed this change of tcelin?. Monetary matters
sales to-day 1,000 bales at unchanged rates.— **‘"6 restored to their normal condition, and the war
_ , , , , , j „ question settled, speculation would probably seize on
Pork closed buoyant at §33. Sugar t.nd cof- cotton tto m08t l depressed of lhe grea t staples, and
fee quiet. _ ' . ' force quotations t- a point more in proportion with the
Gold closed at 159 1-2. ■ P JoI>ab,e 8U PP>y in prospect.
Our own market for the week has been extremely
Congressional.
Washington, June 16.—The Senate was
not in session to-day, and nothing of interest
occurred in tho House, the day being devoted
to unimportant political speeches.
GENERAL NEWS.
Discharge of Head Center Roberts.
The Cholera in New York and Jamaica.
DEATH OF W. W. SEATON, AND OTHER DIS
TINGUISHED PERSONS.
PARDONS BY THE PRESIDENT—CHINESE
AND JAPAN STEAMSHIP LINE.
New York Markets.
New York, June 10, P. M.—Cotton steady
and unchanged. Sales, to-day,' 2,000 bales.
Rice steady. Sugar steady; Muscovado, 10
1-2 to 11 cents. Gold, 148 1-2.
New York. June 10.—Roberts, the Fenian
President, was discharged from custody yes-
day by the U. S. District Attorney, Mr.
Courtney, and the prosecution is for the
present withdrawn.
The Tribune prints detailed accounts of
thirteen cases of cholera in tue city since the
1st May, five of which proved fatal. Four
cases were reported yesterday, one of which
was fatal, and the others are in a state of
collapse, without hope of recovery. Two fa
tal cases are reported in Schenectady.
An arrival from Jamaica reports that the
cholera has extended to that island, and is
still prevailing at Gaudaloupe.
Washington, June 16.—W. W. Seaton, for
many years editor of the National Intelligen
cer, and Mayor of Washington, died here to
day, aged 81 years.
Hon. James Humphrey, a member of Con
gress from the State of New Yprk, died to
day at his house in Brooklyn.
The mother of Senator Sumner died in
Boston, aged 81 years.
The President has pardoned Gen. George
Maney, of Nashville, and Wade Keys, of
Montgomery, Ala., the late Assistant Attor
ney General of the Confederate States.
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
have recommended to Congress to pass an
Act to relieve the China and Japan Steam
ship Line from stopping at Honolulu, by
which ten days arc lost on each trip. They
suggest the propriety of subsidizing a line of
small steamers between the Sandwich Islands
and San Francisco.
The Russian Telegraph Fleet have gone
North. The report from its officers is highly
encouraging.
Arrival of the City of Paris—De
pression in Cotton.
Important Bank Failure.
POLITICAL NEWS THREATENING.
The Conference Abandoned.
WAR INEVITABLE.
Want of employment and reduced circum
The Star asserts that the votes of the more
^Turkish fleet of thirty vessels
S
made its appearance in the
ready to repay the
nia in the Crimea, if actual
“ould commence.
poasibly to he
Sardi
A General Fight.—Fighting, says the
N. Y. Express, seems to be the business that
is liveliest tho world over, just at present—
Let us sec: Here arc the Fenians fighting
the Knnucks, there the Mexicans are fighting
Max and the Imperialists. A little farther
down on the map the Peruvians arc fightin,
the Spaniards, with Chili to help them. Then
just over the way, Paraguay is fighting Brazil
and the Argentine Confederation. All Eu
rope is getting ready for a big light. The
Russians are fighting tho Bokharras, the Chi-
neese arc fighting the Mongolians and the Tar
tars. In fact, this wicked world was, some
how, never so brimful of fight as it is just
now. The Peace Society, we fear, is drifting
sadly astern. To which wc may add the
Rjdicals are fighting the Constitution and
everybody nnd everything that is good, and
the Devil is fighting generally with good pros
pect of success.
i^r T lie ten richest men or estates’ in
Boston, according to recent official cstimatos,
aro the following; Estate of Aug, Semenway,
§2 406,000; Moses Williams, §1,271,500; Na
thaniel Thayer, §2,302,500; estate of John
Bryant, §1,500.000; ^ears estate, §1,742,500
Di vid Sears, §1,401,000; estate oi E. Frances,
§• 010 700; William Phillips, §858,000; H.
11.’ llunnewoll, §818,600; John Simmons
§832,000.
will be happy to give them all the infonna
tion upon the subject in their power. . I JP
The great demand for the seed of the “bois ' ancC;> was t le caUbC ‘
il'are” or Osage Orange i-o \v>-ll suited for a The Star asserts tha
hedge growth) with the surprising rapidity conservative Union men were obtained for the
of its rise in Commercial value, has ntlbrded | Constitutional Amendment by a pledge from
I' ac " ca ' colleagues tint no ««<» -Ml
streams which flow through the prairies ofj he taken during the present session upon the
Northern Texas. There the bois d’arc is in- hills also reported from the Joint Committee
digenous and attains to great size,being some- 0 n Reconstruction. This virtually refers the
times found in the river bottoms with itsl -
trunk measuring two feet in diameter. wb ° 1 le mattcr to the P eo P le ‘ .
One family alone in Dallas county gathered Therc was considerable excitement on the
ICO bushels of the seed, which realized twelve steps in front of the Capitol to-day. General
dollars per bushel, netting, therefore, the neat Rosseau, of Kentucky, who had a rattan, np-
sutn of nineteen hundred and twenty dollars. I xr- In i ,
Such torrents of rain as have fallen at in- f r0adlC .f Gnnnell, of Iowa, and said he
tervals during tho past three months, and I l:l(A waited several days for him to apologise
particularly those which fall on the nights for the outrageous assault made on him in
following successively that of the Cth inst, debate. Mr. Grinnell said—“ I have no apo-
l*«vc been unprecede.g.ed in this country, and , to Kousscau thereupon, caned
have been most disastrous in their effects.— ,. . 1 ’
In many instances the smaller streams were ^m. Gnnndl making no resistance whatever,
swelled to a rise never before known, and al- ?? l' cn Rousseau had finished the flagellation,
though the river did not reach by a few inches Grinnell merely said, “It is all right,” and
the height attained by the frcslict of 1849, the parties separated.
the destruction hns been ns great as in that
year, and certainly much more keenly felt by General News
those interested. To such a depth wasapor-1 Hbw York, June 15.—The Republicans of
tion of the city of Jefferson, Texas, sub-1 New Hampshire have nominated J. W. Pat
merged, that large steamers ran up the main terson, of the present Congress, for United
streets nnd aided in saving quantities of val- g cnator '
Ua, l'lIe~whole valley of Red River, from hill Fcars arc entertained for the safety of the
to hill, is ovciflowed, and all hopes of a full I clipper ship Monarch of the Seas, now forty
crop of cotton to be raised are blasted.— days over due from Liverpool, having sailed
Should the waters subside early in June there f rom that port March 30tli with 700 passen
may he still an opportunity ot making a part I _ 1
of a crop, but hardly more than a third of S er ‘"'
that originally aimed at. Another death from cholera is reported on
The wheat crop, which was doing well just Cherry street, and two more cases not fatal,
previous to the last heavy storms, has suffered I There were several new cases at quarantine
r “ cri ’ csi «*“•
bv a few days of bad weather. On the up
lands both corn and cotton are looking well
though the “stands” of the latter are iu many
instances poor, owing to the defectiveness °f j Orleans,
seed used.
There is much despondency observable
here, among all classes, relative to both our
social anil political future.
Y’ou may hear from me next in Arkansas.
“Vim."
here. The special milk inspector says it is
the common swill disease.
The steamer Raleigh lias arrived from New
The Honduras Insurrection.
The insurrection in Honduras is progress,
ing. The Government troops have been ’de
feated.
New Y’ork, June 16.—The steamship City
of Paris has arrived at this port with Euro
pean intelligence via Queenstown to the
6th instant. Her mails go south this even
ing- ^
Commercial nnd Financial.
A Liverpool date of the 5th says that the
sales of cotton for three days were 35,000
bales. The market opened buoyant with half
penny advance, but closed heavily with im
provement more than lost.
Breadstuff's were firmer, except corn, which
was quiet—mixed 29 shillings.
On the 3d Beef was dull—Pork, inactive,
but steady’. Bacon was firmer. Sugar, quiet.
Rice, without sales. Rosin, dull. Turpen
tine, fiat.
Liverpool via Queenstown, Jan. 6.—Cot
ton has declined half a penny. Breadstufls
and provisions have a downward tendency.
Middling Uplands are quoted at 13 14.
In London Consols for money, 85 7-8 to 86. ]
Scene in Rothschild's Bank—Inter
view of an Indiana Official with the
“Money King.”—The Indianapolis Herald
gives an account of an interview of an In
diana official with Rothschild in his Bank in
London. It shows how poor and pitiable a
wretch a man becomes when his soul is ab
sorbed with money. No doubt the story is
true, nnd that the great money king of Eu
rope, in all besides his balance sheets, is little
better than an idiot:
Enter an American official. Rothschild
sitting at a table writing. He is an aged
German Jew, with wrinkled, yellow, and
withered face, speaking broken English :
Rothschild—Sit down, sir. You’s from
Indiana, I b’lieves.
American official—Yes, sir.
Rothschild—Is your State good; will she
pay?
American official—Yes, sir.
Rothschild—All! Ise glad to hear that;
Ise got ’bout §300,000 bonds on her. Ise a
man of business. (Turns to his writing.)
American official tarries a little, and then
rises to leave.
Rothschild—Sit down, sir. You’s from
Indiana, I b’lieves; you hold office there ?
American official—Yes, sir.
Rothschild—Is your State good; will it
pay?
American official—Yes, sir.
Rothschild—Ise glad to hear that. Ise got
’bout §300.000 bonds on her. Ise man o’
business. (Turns to writing. American
about to leave.)
Rothschild—Sit down, sir. Y’ou’s from
Indiana, I b’licve. Had some trouble in your
country, I b’licve ?
American official—Y*es, sir.
Rothschild—Is it all settled up now, so as
you think your State’s good ?
American official—Y'es, sir.
Rothschild—Ise glad to hear that. Ise got
’bout §300,000 bonds on her. Ise man o’
business. (Turns to writing. American
leaves.)
Important From Jfcxico.
dull, though a degree ot (innness has been manifested
evan greater than wc imag'ned possible. Spinnsrj arc
holding aloof, awaking quotations here to decline to
those of Liverpool; while holders are perfectly wil ing
this course of action should be pursued, knowing bill
well that every day is reducing still farther the already
low stocks in spinners’ hands. Any quick demand on
the part of dinners would provoke a sharp advance,
which would be assisted by the movements of specula
tors—who rarely operate without an export or spinning
support. The market for cotton goods has ruled firm
at the !atq advance, although it has been moderately
quiet, as is usual at this period of tho year.
The present position of cotton Is most peculiar, and
the circumstances by which it is surrounded are per
haps unpantlle ed in tt)e history of the staple. By force
of these circumstances, cotton is selling in England,
where the largest per contago of our cotton is consum
ed, at prices from 6 to 10 ft cent lower thru in the great
markets of America-New Orleans and New York. The
dread ofa Geiinau war, and a monetary p,,..:-, are the
partial causes of this state ot things; but the real and
vital cause is the lack of appreciation of the true condi
tion of matters in the Cotton States. This is an error,
how ver, which iriil correct itself as the season ad
vances. Cotton here is supported at present by its in
herent stren. th alone—there is no port to which it can
He shipped with prof.:, and the immediate demand for
home consumption Is almost nominal, yet tts price is
firmly mat uaiueil, and advances demanded on the
slightest pretex . The fluctuations of gold have but lit
tle effect—the only efficient lever is the coming crop-~
This we recognize here to be a small one, while England
has visions of an < normous y.oid—which views aro ftir-
tbered by the opinions expressed by those Negrephi-
lists who seem determined to ignore the (acts of disor
ganized labor, poor seed, and unprepitious season,
which practical men aceep*, aud l-asc their views rv
cordingly.
Advices this »eek from the South are even mor»
gloomy than before; the amount of damage by freshets
in the trans-Mississippi region is almo.-l incalculable,
and thousands of acres of the best cotton lands in Am
erica ore hopelessly flooded. In the more eastern of
the cotton-growing States the heavy raius have also se
rious y injured tho prospects of the crop, and caused a
luxuriance of grass, which threatens destruction in
many localities to the backward cotton plant, which is,
in many sections, at least two weeks bchiail hand. Wo
hear of many complaints concerning the labor of the
freedmen, now that grasg begins to coniront th ui. nnd
yet the hot season has hut fairly begun.
We remainjyour friends,
WM. BKYCE 11,
VAX,cz or cotto.y ix kzw ronx, jcjiz 8, JS«.
Orleans. Apalachicola. Savannah, if. C
Middling Fair.. 44 43 43
Middling 41 pj 38
Low Middling..30 ?.* 36 ! 3*
Good Ordinary .37 25 32 34
Ordinary 33 33 &
orcsiprs, exposts, ac.
Rec. at New Orleans,
weekending Jnnc 8.. 4.639bales
Mobile
•- 2.. 2181
Galvealon
*« U
w 2o.. 1.176
«
Charleston
2.. 18VJ
k
Savannah
- a.. 22no
k
Horldft
.4 U
June S.. 5"0
M -
Now 1 ork, by Rail, *•
June 8.. 1,382
*•
Total
13,849
«
Exp. from N. Orleans.
week ending June 2. 7.003.
M
Mobile
“ *.
“ Z, non*.
•*
Charleston
2, 4,400
&
Savannah
»• .»
“ A none.
*»
Galveston,
“ 25, 1,200
«•
New York
4. .4
June 8, 500
Total
13,100
••
Stock in New Orleans, June..* 140,000
Mo ile,
Savannah,
Charleston,
New York,
Galveston,
Florida,
Tots I
S 41,000
* 15,003
8 6800
June 8 100.000
2 9,003
2 4,000
.... 315,S?0
Stock of Cotton, all kinds, 'in Liverpool,* May SSth,
1,050,000 bales; May 11, 970500-increase,.15,500 tiles.
Banker’s 60-day Sterling Bills, 110.
GoId,13S>£
St. Louis Market.
Sr. Lotus. June 11.
FLOUR steady and unchanged.
WHEAT easier, at SI 8S»}1 90.
CORN advanced to e55*70 cents.
OATS firmer a' 44@li cents.
BAOON-CIrar Sides, l»J4®19>$c; Shoulders, 15c.
WHISKY—§882.
Ihe Cordova Colonists—List of
the Captured.
United States-Five-Tiventics at 04 to 64 1-2. Raid 011
The failure of Agreil & Mash man’s Bank '
caused considerable depression. Their lia j From the Galveston Bulletin, June rth.
bilities are heavy. | Wo learn from some gentleman who arrived
here yesterday on the schooner, Santa Helena,
that on the 16tli of May, General Figaro, a
Liberal officer of the State of Oajaca, where
he had been very successful against the
Political News.
The crisis on the continent continues. The
Conference has been abandoned, consequent I French, advancedto the"high"roa'cfs'between
upon the demands of Austria, which render- • Paso del Macho and Cordova. He crossed
ed the meditation of the neutral powers an ! the Rio Blanco and established himself with-
impossibility.
Neutrals have broken oft all negotiations
and it remains for belligerents to negotiate
among themselves or inaugurate a war.
in two and a half league of Cordova city.
The French pickets were drawn in, and
the ground occupied by those of Figaro. A
Colonel in his service, a creole of New Or-
I leans, while advancing, captured 25 American
It is believed that hostilities will commence colonists, most of whom are still in confine-
in the Elbe Duchies, and that Austria's great
move will be to seize Silesia. Prussia will
probably commence the war, and lias sent cir
culars to neutral powers charging Austria
with flagrant violation of treaties.
The Prussian army comprises 452 battal
ions of infantry, 329 squadrons of cavalry
1086 field pieces artilery.
The Italian volunteers number 95,000. The
Austrian army is now 900,000, and it is sup
posed that 350,000 will operate against
Prussia and 25,000 against Italy, exclusive
the reserve corps.
It is reported that if Prussia seizes Hol
stein, Austria will cross the frontier.
Spain’s forces have been augmented to
85,000.
The London Times declares that all hope |
of peace has vanished,
ment.
The Liberals claim that the Rio Blanco is
; still the boundary, and that Maximilian
; could not grant lands beyond it.
They have not molested the colonists at
1 Cariotta. Some preparations have been
I made for defense of Cordova, and the colo-
| nists were in general consternation. It is not
probable that they will be molested any fur-
i tlier, as a French force has been sent down
I into the valley in pursuit of the Liberals.
I Our informant was only enabled to obtain
■ tbe following names of the party captured:
; Col. Marshall, Mississippi; Judge Snead,
1 Ruskin, J.Costa, do.; Col. Cooke, Missouri;
Dr. Rogers, do.; Capt. J Rogers, Victoria;
Mr Scott, do.; Mr. Lester, Louisiana; W.
Gibbs, Texas; Mr. Wright, Georgia; Mr.
Anderson, Alabama; W. Downs, Texas; Mr.
Cox, do.; Mr. Bogan, Missouri; Mr. Dryer,
Fort Bend.
Nashville Market.
Nashville, June 12.
COTTON.—Under (lie inspiring news from Europe
therc we* an improved demand, at mn advance of fully
2c, yesterday; but ta'es were light on account of the
firmness of holders. A* much as 32c wna offered and
refused.
UROCERIES—Yesterday was as dull iu :rmia<u»it
was hot in air Very little doing in tho way of whole
sale trade, and tvhat was done was to supply local de
mands.
FLOUR is slightly weakening, without any m .U rial
change in prices.
BACON and COFFEE are in good request at former
figures.
All the other leading commodities remain at prerioas
rates.
Cincinnati Market.
Ciscissiti, June 11-
FLOUR—Superfine, do extra, tltflll]L
family to fancy $U!£&$12}£.
WHEAT—No.2, red, $2 13(52 35; No. 1, {2 400245;
No. 2. old red, Si 55®175: No. L $2 80.
__ COUN—Steady, at ol@62s for mixed in elevator,. 73JJ
'’oATS^JiA -ff'e for No. 1 and 45c for No. 2.
RYE—90: l -5c for No. 1 and $1 for extra choice.
FKOVJSil >: M.-.-Pork. M. I'-JP;
cl? vt 2> for S;. lor Side-, am! 17-07}.;
for Clear Sides.
BACON—Shoulders, 14>£; Sides, 17c, and Clear 8ktea,
19'Ze; Sugar- ured Ham,, 21 c'-a.
LARD—Dull at 20@2i;^c.
GROCERIES quiet, bu: hoii firmly.
SUGAR—for Raw aad cents for
Refined.
COFFEE—21'*(a27J4 cents. •
RYE—Dull; ttSsGc.
BUTTER—na23c.
COTTON dull Nothing doing.
EGGS—l?019c f* dozon.
PO I'ATOES—*3 SOfiSt for choice.
GOLD—138.
WHISKY—Dull at 2 51 ? gal ia bond, and It 59, duty
paid. J
Savannah Market.
Savaksaii, JunoS.
COTTON.—The receipts since the 1st ins-, have been
as follows, vi^: 2927 bales of Upland and 4u laics Sea
Island. The exports in the same time have reached
2752 bales Upland and 53 do. Sea Island, as folle-.vs : To
B'.-ton, 283 bales Upland and 34 bales 8ea Island; to
New York, 23S2 bales Upland md 23 do. Sea Island] to
Baltmore, 87 balsa Upland Colton—Isa ring on hand and
on shipboard not cleared a stock of 15,743 bales Upland
and 481 bales Sea Island.
COTTOX STATEMENT.
1SC5—66.
Parties from the North are to put up
five hundred r.eat dwelling houses ut Newport
The Government Reform Bill, in the Brit- j News. Newport News was for a long time
Received since June 1
ex «
Exported since Juno 1
•; Previously
Total Exports
STOCK.
Stock on hand Sept. 1st
Received since June 1
“ Previously
Sea Island.
40
Total Receipts 9,35:
Exports since Sept. 1 8,87:
Stock on hand June 3 4S4
There has been but little business t
COttor. market during the past ivoelt, owing t
tinuec. stringency in the money mark
Upland.
1927
2.737
203,911
3,7*14
2.474
219,835
21’C63
ish Parliament, has been referred, without i important point during military operations
division. It is the impression that the Gov- i ° n the £ ninsuI ^ 13 at junction of
eminent will withdraw it, but there is no 1 the scene oftbe engagement between tbe
sucli indication. j Merrimac. the frigates Cumberland aud Con- ^
The latest intelligence from Berlin, on the gross.
13,743
cd ia th«»
► the con-
and the conth-
... urope, and ii decided down
ward tendency is exhibited. The business in cot*on,m
oar opinion, is pretty much over for tint season, the tew
kales r ow making hardly warranting us in cettiD*; up a
report- Wc quote as follorn;:
Ordinary Nominal
.Ocwr Middling Si
Middling o.’J (<(>—
Strict Middling
Good Midd ing
There has been noticing cono in Sea island <’ottos
;ind w< arc without quotations