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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
Cwotjut uotffklii <L clcinapt)-
TOE SOUTH SHOULD STRIKE LoiTcOM-
mercial independence.
The Columbus Enquirer thinks it will he
many year*—five or six at least—before the
South will pet hack into the I mon and the
full enjoyment of her constituts-siul rig its.
Inthcmeantimc.it says, w- have a policy,
and thus proceed* to uisc.ose :z:
i ut the cove ruing sections manage for
themselves the whole Federal policy, never
concerning or distressing ourselves as to bow
threw running the machine, only paying
•11 r taxes and attending strictly to our own
State and individual interests, we will have
the more time to develop our liomc resources,
to extend and establish our domestic mdus-
trv. and to build up again upon a firm foun
dation our shattered prosperity and [dasteu
private fortunes. These are. indeed, tbc ob
jects that most need our attention. The.»c
are the interests that will give us more power
and influence in the Union »han representa
tion in Congress or votes at Presidential clec-
Snppose, for instance, that the Northern
ocoplo perceive that wo are employing the
interim of our probation, or punishment, in
the production at home of all the fabrics and
commodities that we have heretofore bought
from them—that we are silently working out
•ur industrial independence of them, while
they are holding us off at arm’s length. AWmt
would be the effect ? Depend upon it, Pha-
roah never made greater baste to send for
Moses in the periods of his several * plagues,
than the calculating Yankees would make to
negotiate with us for a return of our trade and
a restoration of our political rights!
And why can't we do this ? Why can we
not manufacture all our own cotton, make all
our own shoes, clothing, machinery, iron and
wooden fabrics, and even raise the fruits amt
-provisions that wc now buy of them ? We
can do it. We must do it, it we would pros-
T»cr hereafter, cither financially or politically.
Let ns have State aid to establish the princi
pal manufacturing establishments. Let us
have private associations to promote exclu
sive home trade and patronage. We are to
he scourged tor many years. Let us not.
spaniel-like, during all that time lick the
bands that smite us ! . ’
The idea ot our contemporary is a good
jbc and we approve it in the main. The
thought of our leccling and fattening the
North when it disfranchises our people and
bears down upon them with heaviest exac
tions, is as inconsistent with common sense ns
it 19 repugnant to our manhood. So far as
aiav be practicable we should, as suggested
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. jXELEGrRAPHIC
OF THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH. |
By Whom is the Constitutional Amendment to be
sent to the States?—Minority Kejiortof the Com
mittee of Fifteen—Discussion In the Heuseontlie
A>my Bill—Scheme of the Radicals in Congress 1
to make War against Mexico—Tliadden* Stevens
Proposes to lend 130,000,000 to the Juarisls—Mo
tives of the Scheme.
Washington, June 21, 1806.
It lias not been decided yet, by the Radical lead
ers, whether to send the Constitutional Amend
ment directly from the Capitol to the Governors of
the respective States, orto lay it before the Presi
dent for his signature, in order that it may be trans
muted by the Secretary of Stat e. The question wa
raised by. Mr. Speaker Col&x, in the House, on the
ISth Inst., end Immediately decided by him, to the
effect that it was not necessary to trouble the Pres
ident with it! Unquestionably, if it was presented to
President for his signature, he would veto it.—
But it is equally certain that it would pass the
Houses again by a two-thirds vote, or perhaps even
the Radicals would disdain to pass it again, saying
that It had already passed by a two-thirds vote 1 In
the meantime, as the Constitution plainly requires
it to be presented totbe President, it is very doub
fnl whether Mr. Seward will transmit it to tlicGov-
emors of the respective States, merely in obedience
to a mandate from Congress. The Secretary of
State receives his orders irom the President, not
from the Speaker or Clerk of the House, nor yet
from tnc President of the Senate. Every amend
ment that lias heretofore become part of the Con
stitution, has been transmitted to the Governors of
the respective States by>Ue Secretary of State; and
he is the only public functionary who can officially
perform that net. The Governors of the respective
States, therefore, may well look with suspicion up.
on any such document which reaches them without
any evidence of its having passed through the
hands of the President of the United States. And
yet, I presume, that is the way in which it wUl
reach them. I believe Ike Radical leaders in Con
gress will take the responsibility to direct the Clerk
of the House and the Secretary of the 8cnate to send
certified copies of the amendment to the Governors
of each one of the twenty-five Northern States. —
Whether they are to be sent to the eleven Southern
Statesnlso, i do not know: but if .they arc thus
sent, I presume no Southern Governor will take
the least notice of such a communication.
The Minority Report of tho Committee of Fif
teen was represented to Congress yesterday—in
the Senate by Hon. Reverdy Johnson; in the
House by Hon. Andrew J. Rogers, of New Jer
sey. It is a documentof great logical power,and
the force and ability ot its reasoning is warmly
commended by all intelligent and dispassionate
men. The Intelligencer says of it:
“It shows conclusively that the recommenda
tions and reasonings of the majority of the com
DESPATCHES TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Alleged Defalcation.
Washington, June 24.—The record of the
case of George A. Carlton, special agent and
acting Surveyor of the Customs at Memphis,
Tenn., is now before the Bank Committee of
Congress, with instructions to examine into
the whole subject, and report at any time.
It is alleged that he lost more than half a
million dollars lor the Government.
lions auu * T 11 " Li 1
mav oe practical^; » e HL-.Jf .» — ea mittee are radically wrong, and the)t the cenciu
&Y the Enquirer, “manufacture .Uour cotton, ^
make all our own shoes, clothing, machinery, ca i c ulatcd to work permanent and irremediable
iron and wooden fabrics, and even raise the
fruits end provisions wc now buy ol the car et- u i n ess, the whole reciprocal duty of tk«
North n It will be many years, however, be- Gorerment towards the Southern States, and the
Aonn. it "in j j . ’ . . . neonle of those States towards the Government,
lore we can succeed in perfecting this revoiu- J ia3 i been completely set forth, not in a simple
lion in capital and labor; but we should do expression of individual or partisan opinion, but
. bv the lieht of the Constitution and the laws, the
it aa far as lay in our power. decisions of leading judicial tribunals and the
There is one way, however, in which wc #< . t j on of Congress itself in calmer and less preju-
«u ,~«rt on, iudupemtac.ofopt.r~un. SSffihfa ~
md that right away. Wc can. instead ot | jaa not bee n presented to Congress ortho public
telling everything to, and buying everything an argument upon public affairs more complete,
telling, ei . . t, ’ . . V -X convincing and thorough mall its details than
from, the North, inaugurate direct trade with t{j . g ni ; no fj t y report of tho Reconstruction Com-
Sttrone send our cotton, rice and tobacco ,„ittoo. It covers all the points in issue. It
J . . , „ , . ,i„. deals in facts, laws, and constitutional maxims,
here, and there purchase all we neeu m »ae . g cnt ; re ]y devoid of party or sectional preju-
wav of foreign supplies. Some of our dice. It ignores individual opinions or disputed
uutauuu 1...0 already lata upon the plan
md we hope soon to see the day when all p rem j ges a nd reaching inevitable conclusions.’*
will direct their trade in that channel. The The House is at present engaged on tho Army
aatter is with the people. When they cease bill, and the Republican majority show .1 dispo
se buy Northern goods, thev will cease to be sition to swell the ranks of the new army to the
° Dny ' ** .,, .. 3 ... . utmost possible limits, assigning therefor two
Drought here. Nor will it result in any vio- ^ f ^ bccause a ^ ^ fa needed
lence to the laws of political economy. in the Southern States. Second, because we may
icct trade with Europe is our true policy. expect to le invoivea in tuo r-uropeon war. in
We shall get better goods of every sort, and tho course of the proceedings yesterday the fol-
»n better terms, and such a trade is obliged lowing took place:
to be better for the great body of the people. Mr. Le Blond, of Ohio, proposed an amend-
™ ha™ mentto reduce tho number of infantry regiments
Thus far since the close ot the war, wi 1. VC ^ forty. He was opposed to a large army in
been dependent on Northern capital, but a time of peace. ,
roou mil. writ put ud on our feet again, ana Mr. ScWic argued that the proposed array
5 * 1 _ was not too large. There would be use for every
man on the frontier, on the border, and in the
South.
the amendmont did not prevail.
Mr. Woodbridge, of Vermont, moved to amend
by providing for ten regiments of cavalry instead
of six, and forty-six regiments of infantry
instead of fifty. In advocatijg the rmend-
ment, Mr. Woodbridge said he was as ..^xiousas
any one to reduce the military expenses of the
Government, but he argued that this was not the
time to reduce expenses, on account of the con
dition of affairs in the South, and the prospect of
war in Europe, which might involve this coun
try.
The amendment did not prevail.
Mr. Niblack, of Indiana, moved to strike out
the clause providing for eight regiments of col
ored troops, bnt the motion was rejected.
Your readers will remember that this Schenck,
who is engineering the bill through tho House,
is the brutal and brainless tyrant who, for a
long time during the war, was “Military
Governor” of Baltimore, where he bad full oppor
tunity to indulge bis hatred and malice towards
the South and Southern people. Many a family
in Baltimore, many of the ladles who were lustra-
mental in the management ot the great Southern
Relief Fair, at Baltimore, were insulted and made
to suffer deeply by him and his minions. He is
now trying to impose upon the already overbur
dened country, the maintenance of a large stand
ing army, four times as large as the necessities of
the country require. Tho greater part of this ar
my he wishes stationed in theSonthcrn States.
As for Mr. Woodbridge, he has let out of the
bag a cat which the radicals were keeping careful
ly concealed. For weeks past the radical leaders
have been fomenting a scheme which they intend
ed to spring upon the country a few weeks hence,
and which is nothiog lees than actualJWAi: against
Mexico'. The pretext, of course, was to be the
enforcement of the Jionroe Doctrine, and the re
establishment ot the Republic In Mexico; and
the idea is that the Emperor Napoleon will be so
entirely engrossed with tho war in Europe, that he
will be unable to render the slightest assistance to
Maximilian. The ultimate design is to seize upon
the Mexican States of Lower California, Sonora
and Chihuahua, as compensation for the expenses
that may be incurred; and the Radicals profess to
bellevo that in such a war, thousands of Southern
volunteers will rush forward, aud stand shoulder
to shoulder with the volunteers from the North;
and that this,. of itself, will do much to
wards causing the Southern States to acquiesce
In all the measures of legislation proposed by
the present Congress. If this war with Mexico
should involve us in war with France, which
they profess to disbelieve but whieh thoy hope
will be the ease, they maintain that it will have
a most Happy effect in drawing together the North
and the ttouth in the bonds of amity.
Such is tbo monstrous scheme which will soon
we may then curry our trade where we will
in this mode the whole country will prosper
and our Southern towns be built up into cit
ies of the first magnitude. Wo hope to see
Southern Legislatures take this matter in
hand end give it their patronage. We shall
he more than met half way by European cap
italists aud manufacturers.
This is no temporary expedient suggested
by the pressure orindiguity oftlie hour. We
are satisfied that it is required for the perma
nent prosperity of our people. We can sec
no sign of a disposition to do us justice and
treat us os brethren in the North, and we
aliouid set upior ourselves commercially if
we eimtot politically. There is no disloyalty
m that.
At an early period of the late war, the
Slate of Georgia took steps for opening direct
trade with the German States. A Commis
sioner was appointed to visit the various
commercial countries of Europe, confer with
their business men, and report progress to
tho Legislature. This office was filled with
distinguished ability and efficiency by the
h»te lamented Thomas Butler King, and the
fruit* of his labors are mutter of record. Of
late nothing lots been done or said on the
subject, but we hope our Governor will take
the whole matter into consideration and press
it upon the attention of the Legislature at its
next session.
This is a question of vital importance, and
we hope to see the Southern press give it due
prominence.
SOUTHERN SOLDIERS NOT WANTED.
Aa worthy of sjiccial note, we reproduce a
Washington telegram to the Charleston Cou
rier, which was copied into Sunday's Tele
graph : j
“Tlie New Army Bill wns passed by the
House to-day. It rnoiizniTs anybody- who
» HIVED IN THR CIVIL OK MILITARY SERVICE
•f Tint Confederacy, on of any insurrec
tionary State, from entering the Unitf.d
States army.”
It, will’ thus be .seen that tlio Congress of
tiic United,States not only declines the service
expect to le involved in the Europeon war. In
OUGIt T »MO "in OWM
c United States not only declines the service ^ “xS.l *to Vndo»e *The
her armies of Southern men who engaged j,- ort h makes wor upon the South; the Northern
i* the into war for independence, but has armies invade the Southern States, burn and lay
. , .... . , waste the SojtUern cities, desolate the Southern
Munllv pa. 3ed n prohibitory act excluding coun try, carry mourning and anguish into ten
tern from such service. . We hope cverv thousand Southern families, reduce ten thousand
uu. », r u uud ci.ua in lliu Southern Siuto’.
ill .recollect this. The United Staten can refuses to the South any voice or representation
?ht its battles without the aid of the South-
n people, says Congress, and letevery South- constitution without giving the Southern States
n man say ttuun. an opportunity even to be heard on the change,
n.. ’’ r ,a,r„.„,i ,i,„ n and then turns around and says, “Come! you
Be it remembered, then, that hereafter it whipped and subjugated rebels: we are going to
ill l*e unlawful for nny Southern man who fight against that government under whose pro-
ok part in .he lute war In enter the army °f
« l nited States. place of those we burned. Fall in! and march
— - for tbo Hall of the Montesumas! If this in-
Who is Responsible ?—Tho New lork volvcs us in war with France, we will want you
, nild says the officials at Washington seem pK tb.t this army bill
be attempting to shift the responsibility of will pass tho House to-day, bnt will be defeated in
e very foolish and cruel order putting poor the Senate. _
- ' . . . T _ TT® ”, On the 16th inst. Mr. Thaddeus Stephens offered
If. Davis in irons. It appears that the a resolution autliorizlng tbe Government to lend
r&idcnt hud nothing to do with the matter. *30,000,000 to the Mexican Republic Thia resolu-
, , . , , . ,, tloB will be referred to the Committee on Foreign
id that the order lias >»ecn traced to the Affairs, and vriU not be acted on before the 4th of
ior fit' Secretary Stanton. July. Bnt thatlt will paas the House there 1* lit-
tledoubt. The Juaristagenta here, I rcraont, Bcn-
Ti , n..—. jaraln F. Butler, undSenor Romero, have secured
].» itaxm. Guns were fired m Augusta on a ]j tfre prominent Tffpcbllcan members of the
lursday, by tbc militury, every thirty min- House, by a tree distribution of the shares in the
.v „ -vifiot „ _ speculation in Lotfor Colitornin and Sonora, in
toHrom live O clock, a. m., until one, p. m., Fremont and Butler are engaged. The
cpmplinuce with an .order from the War scheme will be opposed by every Democratic meni:
Jmujeuff oa a token of respect to the l &
s«*>ry of General Scott.
*4 I - ’ sdidH
NAPOLEON AND MAXIMILIAN.
IMPORTANT LETTER.
Washington, June 24.—A letter from a
distinguished source in Paris, communicates
the subjoined information to tbc Mexican
legation at Washington:
“The steamer which is about to leave St.
Nozare for Mexico will carry, I am assured,
an autograph letter from Napoleon to Maxi
milian, which demands that the Mexican
Custom. House shall be placed under French
administration as a guarantee for the Mexi
can loan connected with these per cents, and
in default of the acceptance of this proposi
tion by the Mexican Government, our troops
will be immediately re-called; on tho contra
ry, if the arrangements shall be effected, tbo
time already ann ounced for the departure
of the French troops will be maintained.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Arrival of the Germanin.
COTTON FIRM.
ISTo War Yet,
New York, June 25.—The steamship Ger
mania has arrived from, Southampton with
dates to the 12th inst
Commercial News.
Sales of cotton on Monday 10,000 bales—
market firm, prices unchanged.
Breadstuff firm. Provisions steady. Pro
duce steady and quiet.
London, June 12.—Consols 86 1-2 to 86
5-8; Five-Twenties 05 1-4 to 05 3-4.
Latest.—The very latest markets by the
Germania is to the evening of the 12th. The
sales of cotton for two days 18,000 bales.
Market firm and unchanged; Middlings.13 l-2i
Flour firm; Wheat steady; Corn steady
at 28s to 29s. Cel. for mixed. Beef and Pork
quiet and steady. Bacon steady; Lard quiet
and nominal. Tallow easier. Sugar steadier.
Coffee quiet.
London, June 12tb, P. M.—Consols closed
at 86 1-2 to 80 3-4 for money. American
Stocks nominal, 5-20’s, 013-4 to 05 1-4.
Political News.
La France believes the rumor of an expect
ed imperial message and issue of new loan
unfounded, and should M. Rouhcr be ques
tioned on the policy of the Government, he
will only repeat his 3d of May declaration.
Marshall O'Donnell has expressed apprehen
sions that 1800 will not pass without Spain
haring to defend her territory.
The passport system in Austria has been
introduced., Tbe Emperor has started for the
Headquarters of the Army of the North.
The Austrian Ambassador has not left
Berlin.
The popular indignation in Bavaria against
Prussia continues. Efforts are being made to
induce the King to change the Ministry, who
maintain the policy of declaring against the
power that shall commence war.
Austria protested against the entering of
the Prussians into Holstein, declaring such to
be in violation of tbe Gaston Convention.
The Prussians have occupied three impor
tant points, and will immediately occupy
three others.
Suit for Libel.
Washington, June 25.—In the case of
Francis McGhan ngninst Lewis Clcphon,
for libel, in sending a letter to the War De
partment during the war, clinrging him with
disloyalty, plaintiff recovered $3,000. This
is the case in which Secretary Stanton de
clined to produce tbe original, alleging that
it was a privileged communication.
New York Markets.
New York, June 25,—Cotton dull at 37
a 39 cents.
Gold 152 1-2.
Sterling Exchange 110.
New York Markets.
New York, June 26.—Cotton firm at 38 to
40c. Gold, 155 1-2. Sterling Exchange, 110
1-2. Wool, firmer, at 20 to 28c.
Arrival of the Kangaroo.
New York, Jund 25.—The steamship
Kangaroo has arrived from Liverpool, but
her news has been anticipated.
; DCr oi mu udu.-'i, us ii is wen unucroiuuu tv u
1 ! based merely upon tho most mercenait motives.
WARWICK.
Further by the Germanin.
She American Minister Demands
His Passport.
Angry Correspondence.
LETTER FROM NAPOLEON.
New York, Jane 35.—Additional foreign newa
presents points of importance.
The London Times ol the 13th says diplomatic
rupture between Prussia and Austria ia now com
plete ; the Austrian Minister had demanded his
passport and was to have left tint day. Such a
consumation was to be expected after the corres
pondence which passed between the two Govern
ments duriny tbe last few days.
Tbe despatea oi Count Birmark went beyoud
every such document in discourtesy, invective and
provocation, and it has been replied to by Count
Menchikofl in a more guarded style, but in
language which shows offended pride and uncon
querable resolution.
Tbe Austrian Minister for foreign affairs makes
solemn protest against the proceedings in Hol
stein, and the statements by which it has been at
tempted to justify them. He declines all respon
sibility for consequences, and declares that for
months Prassia has taken up a position whieh en
dangered the former settlement. In conclusion,
Count Menchkorff reserves to the Imperial Govern
ment tbc right of taking anch steps as may he
found necessary, since nothing remains for Aus
tria hut to defend her honor and guard her rights
from contempt.
The previous intelligence that Garabaldi had
reached Como is announced. Here was the scene
of his former brilliant exploits.
The letter of Napoleon to his foreign minister
was read on the 12th. He says, had the con
ference met that France would have repudiated
all idea of territorial aggrandizement so long as
the European equilibrium remained understood.
Much preferring a good understanding with her
neighbors to any tirritorial acquisition, Frsnce
would have desired for the Gerraanie confedera
tion a more worthy position ; for Prussia better
geographical boundaries, and f>r Austria the
maintenance of her great positron in Eurojie after
the ceSsion of Vcnetia to Italy in exchange for
ierritorial compensation. Though the confer-
fersnee has, failed, Frsnce, tbe Emperor thinks,
will not have to draw tho sword, but will con
tinue to observe an attentive neutrality. The
letter was received with loud cheers by the mem
here, and on the suggestion of Rouher, the
chamber, by a Urge majority, decided against
entering on the debate upofi the afl'airs of Ger
many and Italy.
Three Days Later From Europe.
REPORT /THAT AUSTRIA ILLS DE
CLARED WAR.
COTTON ADVANCED.
Farther Point, June 25.—The steamship
Moravian passed here to-day .with European
advices to the 15th.
COMMERCIAL.
Cotton in Liverpool had advanced l-2ald
Sales of the week, 70,000 bales; Midling Or
leans quoted 14 l-2d. Stock at Liverpool, a
million bales.
Consols closed at 86 5-8; Five-Twenties,
05.
POLITICAL news,
It was rumored that Austria had declared
war, but latest advices do not confirm the re
port.
The Emperor of Austria said in a speech
on the 14th, thnt he had done everything
else, and should now have to resort to the
sword.
VERY LATEST COMMERCIAL.
Liverpool, Friday Evening, via Londonderry :
Sales of cotton for the week 73,000 bales, includ
ing 4,700 to speculators, and 10,500 to exporters.
The market ruled firmer for the week, And an ad
vance ot half to one penny per pound was conced
ed for American. Other descriptions slightly
dears r.
QUOTATIONS.
Fair Orleans 10d.
Middling Orleans UJ jd.
Fair Mobile 16d.
Mildling Mobile 14^p.
Fail Uplands 10; ^d.
Mldlling Uplands Md.
Stock In port, 1,010,000 bales, including 441,000
Americas.
Breadstufis firmer; holders of Hour and wheat
demand an advance. Corn dull and declining-—
Provision market steady.
Londor, June 13th, via Londonderry: Consols
closed aS6%; Five-Twenties C4^a65; Bank
increase «f bullion for the week, one million two
hundred ud three thousand pounds.
The Gerpan diet by a vote of 0 to 6 resolved
to mobilise the federal army. A Prassia mem
ber protestsd irom the decision of tho diet.
Austria’s representative insisted on the indis,
solubility of tht Confederation and the diet voted
its adhesion to Austria’s diet declaration.
New Orleans Markets. \
New Orleans, 35.—Cotton Steadier ; sales 1,000
bales, low middling 25a26c. Gold 150 1-2; bank
rates for sterling 105.
CONGRESSIONAL. NEWS
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
Washington, MayB5.—In the Senate to-day,
Mr. Poland offered a resolution instructing the
Committee on Pnblic Buildings and Grounds to
inquire whether a tract of land, about 350 acres,
adjoining or very near the City of Washington,
can be obtained at a reasonable price for a pnblic
park, and a site lor a President’s mansion.—
Adopted.
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee
on Ways and Means, reported the tariff bill, which
was ordered to be printed and made the special
order for Thursday next.
A resolution was adepted increasing the salaries
of certain classes of employees of the House 35
per cent.
The House refused to entertain a motion for the
introduction oi a resolution calling on the Presi
dent to inform tbe House what steps, if any, had
been taken to interpose the good affairs of the U.
S. Government with Great Britain, in behalf of
tbe Fenians recently captured in Canada.
Tbe tariff UU, introduced to-day, is the longest
ever reported, and its consideration in the Honsc,
is likely to last tbe whole week, as there ar-
many points which will occasion discussion. Con
siderable idditions have been made to the free list
hut not to the extent demanded by certain inter
ests.
Extensive changes have been made in levying
specific, lastead of ad voralem duties. The clas
sification of iron is entirely different, (and much
more minite thanjn tbe present tariff. The doty
on coffee md tea is unchanged; on cigars two dol
lars and fifty cents per pound, and fifty per cent,
ad voralea duty on champagne wine is unchanged;
duty on call reduced from one dollar and twenty-
five centeper ton, to fifty cents per ton; dnty on
all kinds afiron will be increased from % to 1 cent
per pound; iron pigs, nine dollars per ton; rail
road iron; which now pays seventy cents per hun
dred, is raised to one dollar; iron bars, one and
one-qnaiter cents. The dnty on steel of all kinds
will be doubled. On Paris white one and a half
cents p:r pound.
The dnty on paper lias not been changed, but the
internil revenue tax has been taken off. The du
ties on cheap wines are very largely increased both
on the specific and ad valorem taxes. The princi
pal fight over it in the House will be on the iron,
steel, lumber and cool clauses. As a general thing,
the wool growers and manufacturers seem to he
satisfied with their clause of the bill. Pennsylva
nia protectionists are highly dissatisfied, notwith
standing the duty on iron is largely increased.
In the Senate, debate on the bill allowing pey-
mentof not exceeding five hundred dollars for
stores furnished the army, Mr. Ho ward said the
bill was very sweeping, and would involve a
great outlay. He asked if the Committee on the
Judiciary hid inquired how much money would
be taken out of the Trersury under this bill.
Mr. Poland said the Committee had not made
inquiry; no matter what tbo amount was ho
thought the (lovernment ought to pay it. It only
cantcmplattd tbe payment of loyal men.
Howard v*s opposed to paying anybody South,
loyal or dia'oyal. Mr. Trumbull thought loyal
Southern men ought more promptly to be paid
than Northern men.
Mr. llonartl retorted: They were alien ene
mies and out of the Union, whieh Mr. Trumbull
denied. 7he matter was deferred.
New York Markets.
New Y6kk, June 25.—Cotton closed dull at 37
a39c. Flour declined lSa20c. Sales 5,000 bbls;
State $S.20a9.S0; Ohio $8.90al3.75, Southern $10,-
20al7. Wheat dull and unchanged, quotations
nominal. Corn declined laSc; Sales 33,000
bushels at 90 l-2a93c. Beef steady. Fork heavy;
sales seven thousand barrels $31a31 621-2. Lard,
Sugar and Naval stores dull. Freights active.—
Gold 153.
GENERAL NEWS.
■Washington, June 20.—The President is
endeavoring to secure the release of all Amer
ican citizens now held as Fenian prisoneis in
Canada. It is believed the intercession will
meet a favorable response from the British
Government
The Democrats in Congress, with perhaps
the exception of Senatorllarris, ot 3Iaryland,
endorse the call of a Union Convention at
Philadelphia. This is considered by them
paramount to all other political ideas.
Bishop Lynch, of Charleston, has been pre
sented with $2,000 to assist in the rebuild
ing of the Orphan Asylum, of that city, by a
committee of the War Prisoners’ Associa
tion.
Minister to Bogota.
Special Dispatch to the Charleston Courier.]
Washington, June 24.—Ex-Provisional
Governor Johnson, of Georgia has been nom
inated by President Johnson as American
Minister to Bogota.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, June 26th.—The precise po
sition occupied by the Democratic members
of Congress in reference to the Union Con
vention called atrPliiladelphia, is thus stated
They are favorably disposed towards such a
convention. Believing that the representa
tion of Southern States in Congress is not
only a right, but a necessity to the harmony
and prosperity of the country, they are wil
ling, therefore, to co-operate with the Union
Convention for that purpose. But if it shall
be prevented from its original and patriotic
design for the foundation of a new party,
they prefer clinging to their ’own. At pres
ent the Democrats seem desirous to further
the movement.
Charges, affecting the private character of
Genl. Kilpatrick, Minister to Chili, are said
to have been presented to the State Depart
ment; if true, it will no doubt cause his
speedy return.
It is thought the House will adhere to its
tax of five cents on cotton, which will cause
a conference committee. The action of that
committee will probably lie a compromise in
tlie Senate amendment and the rate he fixed
at 2 1-2 cents.
D. II. Strother, of West Virginia, has been
confirmed os Consul to Buenos Ayre3.
The Secretary of the Treasury will redeem
all certificates of indebtedness falling due
after August 31st, with accrued interest
theeon, if presented for redemption on or be
fore July.
Markets.
New York, June 2Gth.—Cotton firm at
38 to 39c. Flour declined 5 to 15c; sales
700 bbls.; State at $0.16 to $9.80; Ohio $8.50
to $13.75 ; Southern, $10.15 to $17. Wheat
Beef firm. Pork heavy ; sales 10,000 bbls.
at 31 to $32. Lard unchanged. Whisky
dull. Sugar firm; sales l!j,000 libds.; Mus
covado at 12c, Havana 1134c. Coffee dull
at 18c. Naval stores dull. Freights steady.
Neyv York, June 2Gth.—Evening.—Five-
Twenties, 103 34; Seven-Twenties, 102 34.
Gold, 150 to 158.
New Orleans, June 20.—Sales of cotton
to-day 700 bales, at 35a3Gc. Stock 113,000.
Gold, 154. Bank rates of Sterling, 167.—
New York Exchange, 14 discount.
Congressional News.
Washington, .Tunc 20.—The Freedman’s
Bureau bill passed the Senate to-day with an
amendment to the House hill, which peremp
torily confirmed the negroes in possession of
lands under Sherman’s order. The Senate
amendment is that the negroe shall surrender
all Sea Island lands to their owners, except
ing those sold for taxes. Tne bill is to con
tinue in force for three years. It. goes hack
to the House.
Congress passed the nou«o bill. amendato
ry of the organic act of Washington Territo-
ty. It makes the sessions of the Territorial
Legislature biennial instead of annual, and in
creases tbe compensation of members from
three to six dollars per day.
The President has approved the bill for the
disposal of the public lands for homesteads
on actual settlement in the States of Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Flor
ida.
Nothing of interest in the House.
lines, and to secure to the Government- the
use of the same for postal, military, and
other purposes, was called up and some dis
cussion ensued. Mr. Brown, in some re
marks alluding to the recent report ot the
Postmaster General on the suDject of tele
graphing, said that in this report tlio
Postmaster General had shown liimself utterly
incompetent for the position lie holds. His
report was made up in great part of commu
nications from persons interested in the
great monopoly that now controls the tele
graphing ot this country. He, tbe Postmas
ter General, had redacted more discredit on
himself in this connection than perhaps had
transpired with regard to any other officer
of the Government. Men in his position
heretofore had striven to advance the public
interest, but he had stood in the way of a
needed reform.
Mr. Sherman regretted that Mr. Brown
should have made such a personal attack up
on Mr. Dennison, whom lie, Sherman, knew
to have the public interests at heart, and to
be as desirous as i anybody of advancing
them.
The hill for giving suffrage to negroes in
the District of Columbia was .
The House passed a bill for the prevention
of smuggling.
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Commit
tee of Ways and Means, reported the Senate’s
amendments to the Tax bill. The House
concurred in nearly all of them, hut disagreed
to the Senate’s amendment of a tax of two in
stead of five cents a pound on cotton. This,
with other amendments, Yvere reported by a
committee of conference.
The President yesterday authorized the is
sue of a pardon to A. S. Bledsoe, who, in the
early part of the rebellion, occupied the posi
tion of Assistant Secretary of War in the late
Confederate Government. The pardon of Mr.
Bledsoe was recently recommended by Hon
A. H. Browning.
Cholera in New York.
* New York, June 27.—Dr. Bissell reports
from the lower quarantine that there are no
more cases of the cholera in the hospital
ships.
the 10th to decide on tin;
that Austria and Bavaria be requeued
FROM EUROPE.
RUMORS OF AN ENGAGEMET
Threatening Position of A flairs on
tlic Continent.
BRITISH GRATITUDE FOR THE OVER
THROW OF THE FENIANS.
COTTON UNCHANGED.
Neyv York, June 27.—By an arrival to
day, we have European advices to the 17th
inst.
political news.
The German Federal Diet, having on the
24th, by a vote of 9 to 6, agreed to the Aus
trian proposal, for the mobilization of the
Federal army, Prussia, agreeably to a pre
vious notion, carried out her threat to consid
er it an act of hostility on the part of those
States that supported it, and on the follow
ing day commenced the Yvar, by sending
dull; quotations nominal. Com declined 1 troops into Saxony and Hanover. It is also
to 2c; sales 00,000 bushels at 89 to 91c. rum ored that the Austrian troops had enter-
Call of a National Union Convention.
Washmoton,' June 25.—A TV. IUndall, First
Assistant Postmaster General, Senators Doolittle
and Cowan, and others, forming the Executive
Committee of the National Union Club of this
city, have issued a call for a National Union Con
vention cf at least two delegates from each Con
gressional district of all the States, two from each
territory; two from the district of Columbia, and
four delegates at large irom each State, to be lie!d
at Philadelphia on tbe Second Tuesday of August
next Such delegates will be chosen by the elec
tors of the several States who sustain the adminis
tration in makitninlng unbroken the Union of the
States under the Constitution which our fathers
established, aid who agree in certain propositions,
including the maintenance Inviolate of tbe rights
of the States, and especially ot the right of each
State to order acd control its own judgment ex
clusively, subject only to the Constitution ol the
United Stated as essential to the balance ofpswer
on which the perfection and endurance of our po
litical fabric depends, and the overthrow of that
system by the usurpation and centralization ot
power In Cotgrcss would be a revolution danger
ous to Republican Government and destructive ol
liberty.
The holding of tho Convention is endorsed by
Senators Dixon, Hendricks, Norton and Nesmith.
Fenian Meeting and address from Stevens.
New York, Jane 25.—The Fenian gathering
at Jones’ Wood yesterday comprised ten thou
sand persons. Head Center Stevens delivered an
address, in wbl^h he handled the leaders in the
Canadian aflairvery severely. He ciosedbi3 ad
dress by advising his countrymen as regards
their duties to their adopted country and the
work now before them, which was to repair the
injuries done to Ireland by the late fiasco.
Fire in Schenectady.
MAINE AND THE AMENDMENT.
Schenectady, N. Y., June 20.—The ex
tensive Locomotive Works at this place Jiavo
been destroyed by fire. Loss, three hundred
thousand dollars and five hundred hands
thrown out ot employment.
Augusta, Me., June 26.—Gov. Carey man
ifests a desire to convene the Legislature for
the Ratification of the Constitutional Amend
ment. if sufficient number of States concur in
the same action to accomplish tbc purpose.
A Sectional Vote in Congress.
Washington, June 27.—Yesterday, for the
first time during tho session, the members ot
the House from the Middle and the Western
States co-operated against the members from
Noyv England. The latter tvere defeated in
their efforts to secure the Northern Pacific
railroad route, the majority adopting the
route of Yvhat is termed the Union Pacific
Company, which runs by wr.y of Denver City
and Colorado.
From Mexico.
Neyv York, June 27.—The steamer Moro
Castle brings Havana advices to the 23d.—
Estafette says that the Mexican War and
Treasury Departments are establishing a Na
tional army, hut Yvhilst the Empire has no
men nor money its situation is precarious and
endangered.
In Mexico, Puebla and Guareto, the Empe
ror has ordered a draft.
Ncyv York Markets.
New York, June 27.—Cotton dull at 38
a40c; sales of the week 10,000 bales. Gold
155 84. Sterling Exchange, 111.
Congressional News.
Washington, June 27.—In the Senate to
day Mr. Wade, from the Committee on the
District of Columbia, reported a) bill to re
peal an act to retrocede the county ot' Alex
andria to the State of Virginia. The oh-!
iectof the bill is.to make Alexandria a port
of the District of Columbia.
The bill to aid the construction of telegraph
'ed Saxony, bnt not confirmed, though it was
believed that Benedek would immediately
move to attack the Prussians.
After the action by the Federal Diet, the
Prussian representative protested against it
as unconstitutional, and declared that Prus
sia considered the confederation dissolved
immediately.
There was great commotion in’ financial
departments throughout Germany.
Baron Ricasolo is forming a neYV station
ministry.
La Marmora goes to camp Yvith the King
os minister Yvithout a portfolio.
News from other points is unimportant.
The Atlantic Cable was finished and the
Great Eastern is to leave Sheerness on the
13th July.
The ex-Confederate cruisers, Tallahassee
and Sumter have been sold at auction at Liv
erpool.
The latest from Liveipool by the Java is to
the 10th. The action of our Government to
wards the Fenians in the United States gives
great satisfaction. The London Times of the
10th eulogizes the Washington Government,
and says ; “It would be impossible to exag
gerate tbc good faith, the friendliness, the
sincerity, and the regard for mutual obliga
tions Yvliich have prompted these energetic
and decisive measures. Tbc American Gov
ernment has acted in a manner which even
exceeds anything that could honorably have
been expected from the most friendly
nation.” The article expresses grati
fication that such distinguished officers
os Generals Grant and Meade should
haY-e been sent to the scene, and says:
“These energetic acts of genuine
friendship will be long and cordially re
membered. The Fenians are almost entitled
to thanks for having given the Americans
an occasion for displaying their friendliness
and good feeling.”
At the closing of this dispatch, there is no
news of any collisions liaY-ing yet occurred in
Germany. A Prague telegram of the lGtli
says: The Prussians occupy Lahon, Brelton,
and menace Schinditz and Seitz.
The railway between Risaand Dresden has
been destroyed, and passengers and postal
communication bctYveen Prussia and Saxony
is stopped.
The Crown Princes of Saxony proceeded
to Vienna.
The Saxony treasury, valuables and pro
visions for the army have been transported
for security to Bohemia.
A Frankfort dispatch says Prince Charles
of Bavnria will be appointed commandcr-in-
chicf of the federal army.
It Yvas expected that Nickclbong Yvould
afiord an active defence of Schleswig, Hol
stein.
It was ascertained that the federal diet had
determined several ot the Powers who signed
the treaty of Vienna of 1815 to declare that
iu their opinion articles 54 and 03 of that
treaty, which form a part of the European
International Law, have lieen violated.
The Austrians had interrupted ail lines of
communication on their side of the Po and
Mincio.
LATEST NEWS.
Via Queenstown by telegraph: Liverpool,
June 17th.—The Federal Y\ - ar vessel, Augusta
Mawteolimali, arrived at Queenstown on the
eve of the 16th.
London, June 17.—The entry of the Prus
sians into Saxony is fully confirmed, Prus.-ia
having previously declared Y\-ar. The entry
of tlie Austrians is hourly expected.
The Baris Press publishes a report that the
first engagement took place near I.cipsic, ou
the 10th, but the rumor is unconfirmed.
The diet held an extraordinary meeting on
J motion by Sa* 00v
. .. ia be requested
adopt, immediately, such measures M ~ ^
necessitated by Prussian mission. **
Prussia has issued a declaration to «,
great poivcrs justifying the invasion, on t h
grounds that tho decision of the diet, on *1
14th, broke up the confederation, and tb
law of self-preservation compelled Prussia i
secure herself against the neighboring Stat ■■
in open or concealed hostility; that she h s
previously offered a conditional alliai^
which was rejected.
The report of the Jamaca commissioner
will be laid before Parliament on the 8th *
Sunday papers say that the fate of the rc .
form hill and minority will be declared to
morrow. The Conservatives arc determined
to attempt tho defeat of the Government.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Liverpool, Saturday, June 16, P. M—-Cot
ton—Sales to-day 7000 bales, including io^
to speculators and exporters. The market
is quiet and unchanged, and the quotation!
are partially rather easier.
The Breakstuffs market is firm, with an un.
ward tendency.
The Provision market is steady.
London, June 16.—Consols closed at 861-j
a 86 7-8 for money.
American Stocks—U. S. 5-20's, 64 12 a Go-
Illinois Central R. R., 74 34 a 75 14 ;
R. R, 40 1-2.
Paris, June 16.—The Bourse is flat, rentes
closing at 02 francs, cx-dividcnd.
marine news. •
Arrived—the Win. Tuchu at Liverpool
from Wilmington; the Constancr at Lon-
donderiy, from Baltimore; from New Or-
leans, the Lawrence' at Cadiz, the Bolivia at
Liverpool, and the Sportsman at Havre.
From Washington.
Special Despatch to tho Charleston Couri« r .
CALL FOR A NATIONAL CONY'ENTION H0X
JKFFER80N DAYTS.
Washington, June 25, I860.
The call for the assembling of a National
Union Convention is intended as a checkmate
to tbc Radical programme. It is underlie
direct approval of the President and endors-
ed by all the leading Conservative Republi-
cans. Renewed efforts are progressing to re
lease 3Ir. Davis. Ex-Governor Pratt, his
counsel, had an interview Yvith President
Johnson to-day, and represented that either j
release or a change of air is indispensable to
the health of the prisoner.
Horace Greeley has also Yvritten another
strong letter urging the President to release
Mr. Davis.
New Orleans, June 27.—Cotton feeble
and unchanged; sales 000 bales. Gold
153 34. Bank notes of Sterling 170. New
York exchange par.
The cotton worm is ravaging the plant in
Western Texas.
New York Market.
Neyv York, June 27, p. m.—Five-twen
ties, 100. Seven-thirties 103. Gold 153 7-8.
Flour steady—sales of 8,000 barrels; South
ern 10.20 to 17.00. Wheat firm for good and
dull for inferior; sales unimportant. Com
quiet; sales 90,000 bushels - at 90 to Ole-
Beef steady. Pork firm; sales 12,500 barrels
at 31.30 to 31.81, Lard dull at 19 14 to
22 14. Whisky dull. Cotton firm; sales of
10,000 hales at 38 to 40c. Sugar dull. Na-
val stores quiet. Petroleum dull.
COTTON PLANTERS’ CONVEN
TION.
TO THE COTTON PLANTERS OF THE
SOUTH.
No interest suffered more by the late war
than tbe cottou planting interest of the
Southern States. None needs the fostering
care of the government and people more.
The success of nearly eY'ery branch of in
dustrv and the general prosperity of our peo
ple depend, in a great measure, upon the suc
cess of planters. The destruction ot that
system ot labor to which Southern planters
were educated and a new system thrust upon
them about which they knoiv nothing, and
wliich tliey have yet to learn to manage suc
cessfully, together with many other conside
rations, all point to the importance of a Cot
ton Planters' Convention. Our lands, stock,
provisions and agricultural knowledge is our
only capital. IIoyv to work it to the best ad
vantage, is yet to be developed. The fate of
Jamaica may be averted by timely steps.—
The system of free labor may be made a suc
cess. Wise councils and concert of action
would doubtless result in great good to tlie
cotton planting interest of the Southern
States.
To accomplish this and other objects, the
writer would suggest a Convention of cotton
planters to meet in Nashville on the first
Wednesday in September next, and that
every cotton producing county in the South
ern States be represented by one or more of
their most intelligent planters.
Editors throughout the South, who maj
l'aY-or these Y'ieYvs, Yvill please copy.
Cotton Planter.
Sumter Co., Ga., June 25, 186G.
The Losses by Crey'asses in Louisiana.
—A late Washington despatch says the report
ot Governor numphrej’s, of 3Iisaissippi ; con
cerning the losses by crevasses in Louisiana,
shows the breaks to be numerous and unusu
ally disastrous.
lie recommends appropriations as follows- -
Yazoo bottoms. $305,000. Eight levees on
the Texas bottom, $295,000. Three levees on
the Mississippi delta, $217,000. An aggre
gate of $817,000. He says that crops of .'otto^
growing in the regions above Red river ia
1800 would amount to $108,000,000, and the
sugar crop beloYv that would be at present
prices, $50,000,000. Tho complete repair of
all the levees Yvould require $3,900,000, divi
ded between Arkansas, Louisiana and Missis
sippi. He estimates alluviate lands at three
hundred and seven thousand square miles, ol "
Yvhich one hundred and twenty-three thou
sand are in the sugar regions, of which one-
third might he brought under cultivation
or a million and a half acres for sugar,
seven million acres to cotton.
and
Warning to PersonsJAbout to Trayw-
Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, has addressed
a circular letter to the Governor of the States,
saying that the Governor of one of them h*-‘
issued passports to its citizens to forei-?
States and countries, as citizens of the
States. In calling their attention to this, *>•
states that it is in direct violation of the l 011
stitution and laYY-s of tlm United State-, a® 0
will neither be recognized by ths Stat-'
partment, nor the sovervigns of the eountr-
to which the citizens may have ptt»cd-
Til ;;:- oc Lipi:.—A dispatch from New 0rU-~
ilu’e 3t ■rd:iy l’5th says: --Tlir-v :f; ' '
committed here tc-day.