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TUF PHILADELPHIA CO NVEXTION—AP
POINTMENT OF DELEGATES.
"With two or three exceptions—and they
are reasonable men and will, we feel sure, on
further reflection change their views—onr edi
torial brethren of Georgia have all comeontin
favor of a Southern representation in the ap
proaching Philadelphia Conservative Con
vention. This is gratifying. The country
needs nothing so much as a meeting together
cf the people from all sections ard a frank
interchange of views aud feelings. The pop
ular mind has no representation in the so-call
ed Congress, and it our people can only see,
talk, and intermingle with each other, the
doom of Radicalism will be a foregone con
clusion. Already it trembles at the prospect,
and scents the danger from afar. The North
and the South have only to understand each
other for the voice of discord to be hushed,
and comparative harmony reign once more
throughout onr borders. It is impossible
that such a convention, animated by the spir
it of the men who have called it, to result oth
erwise than most beneficently to the cause of
liberty and the well-being of our whole coun
try. Their proclamation will be the voice of
the people, and disobedience will be not only
futile but suicidal.
It is earnestly to l>e desired that the South
shall do her fkll part in this work of recon
ciliation and reconstruction. From what wc
know of the movement, we believe it design
ed for great practical ends, and that the
Southern people will be called on to" commit
themselves to no speculative dogmas' but
solely to a firm and cordial maintenance of
the Union under the Constitution. For this
they are fully prepared, unreservedly and in
good faith. It is all our Northern friends
have a right to, or will, ask, and wc are ready
cheerfully to make the pledge. There may
be a few amongst us who feel differently, be
ing unable to rid themselves catirely of the
asperities growing out of the terrible past and
present efiorts to oppress us, but we are con
vinced that they are very few. and will soon be
found following the lead of the great body of
their countrymen.
The question arises: how shall the dele
gates from Georgia be appointed. It has
been suggested by our neighbor of the Jour
nal & Messenger, that they be appointed from
the several districts by the Governor. Upon
due consideration, wc are inclined to fall in
with this recommendation. It- is a busy sea
son of the year, and the sickly season; our
people are much engrossed with private pur
suits and have no money to spend in travel
ing and paying hotel bills; and under these
circumstances it would be a great relief to
them,'as well as saving of time, to give the ap
pointment to the Governor. Mr. Jenkins is
the representative of all the people of Geor
gia, has the confidence of all, and we feel sure
they would be perfectly willing to confide
this trust to his hands. He knows the peo
ple of every section, and would be sure to
make judicious selections. There may be
some difficulty on the score of making known
the popular wish on this subject, for he would
not take such an office upon himself without
a clear conviction that the people desired it
On this point we feel quite safe in saying that
a unanimous endorsement of the proposition
by the press of the State will be accepted by
him as satisfactory. Let our brethren, then,
speak out, and without delay.
PROPOSED EXPORT DUTY ON COTTON.
THE FREEDMEN’S BIRE1U RILL.
The following is the Bill to amend and
continue in force the Frcedmcn’s Bureau Act,
as it passed the Senate and was agreed to by
the House with immaterial amendments by
the Conference Committee:
Section t That the act to establish a Bu
reau for the relief of freedmen and refugees,
the passage of this act.
Sec. 2. That the supervision and care of
said Bureau shall extend to all loyal refugees
and freedmen, so far ns the same shall be ne
cessary to enable them, as speedily ns practi
cable, to become self-supporting citizens, of
the United States, and to aid them in making
the freedom conferred by proclamation of the
Commnnder-in-Chicf, by emancipation under
the laws of States, and by constitutional
amendment available to them, and beneficial
to the Republic.
Sec. 3. That the President shall, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, ap
point two assistant commissioners, in addition
to those authorized by the act to which this
is an amendment, who shall give like bonds,
and receive the same annual salaries provided
in said act; and each of the assistant com
missioners of the Bureau shall have charge of
one district, containing each refugees or.freed-
men, to be assigned him by the Commission
er, with the approval of the President; and
the Commissioner shall, under the direction of
the President, and so far as the same shall, in
his judgment, be necessary, for the efficient
and economical administration of the affairs
of the Bureau, appoint such agents, clerks,
and assistants as may lie required for the
proper conduct of the Bureau. Military offi
cers or enlisted men may be detached for ser
vice and assigned to duty under this act, and
the President may, if in his judgment it is safe
and judicious so to do, detail fromthe army all
the officers nnd agents of this Burenu, but no
officers so assigned shall have an increase of
pay or allowances. Each clerk or agent not
heretofore authorized by law, not being a
military officer, shall have an annual salary ot
not less than $500, nor more than $1,200, ac
cording to the service required of him, and it
shall be the duty of the commissioner, when it
can be done consistently with public interest,
to appoint as assistant commissioners, agents,
and clerks such men as have proved their
loyalty by faithful service in the nrmies of the
Union during the rebellion, and all persons
appointed to service under this act, and the
act to which this is an amendment, shall be
so far deemed in the military service of the
United States as to bo under the military
jurisdiction and entitled to the military pro
tection of the government, while in the dis
charge of the duties of tlieir office.
Sec. 4. That officers of the Veteran Reserve
Corps, or of the Volunteer service now on
duty in the Freedman’s Bureau as assistant
commissioners, agents, medical officers, or in
other capacities, whose regiments or corps
have been or may hereafter be mustered out
of service, may be retained upon such duty
as officers of said Bureau, with the same com
pensation as is now provided by law, for
their respective grades, and the Secretary of
War shall have power to fill vacancies until
other officers can be detailed in their places
without detriment to the public service.
Sec. 5. That the second section of an act
to which this is an amendment, shall be
deemed to authorize the Secretary of war to
issue such medical stores or other supplies
and transportation, and afford such medical
or other aid as may be needful for the pur-
mav be authorized to issue the same; but no
warrant shall he held valid longer than two
years after the issue of the same.
Skc. 10. That the Direct Tax Commit^
ers of South Carolina ar^liereby author
and required, at the earliest practicable day.
to survey the lands designated in section^
into lots of twenty acres, with proper routes
The Express Companies.
I B. F. Ficklin, General Superintendent of the Na
tional Express Company, vs. the Virginia Cen
tral, the Orange and Alexandria, the Virginia
and Ten t«--~.ee, and the Petersburg and Weldon
Railroad raajpahles.
These are four separate suits brought in
, , ^ | the severalcircuit courts in which the princi-
and bounds distinctly marked, so that the pal officers of the railroad companies are lo-
ievenl tracts ttall be convenient in'form and I cated. .Bat, for convenience the judges at ■ instant, beferethe-Corps Lcgisl&tif:
U near as practicable haveoR .average of fer- | those Jre'fita have agree! to aaahble in r this
The proposed export duty on cotton, whe
ther two, three or five cents a pound, is, says
the N. Y. News, really to that extent a pro
tect he duty in favor of New England manu
facturers. Are their interests so paramount
that they should enjoy a “ bonus” at the ex
pense ot the country at large ? Who consti
tuted them the “privileged class” among our
people? Congress would do well to pause
before imposing snch a tax, and consider
whether it may not prove “ a sword that cuts
both ways.” While injuring the South and
temporarily benefiting New England, how will
it affect the great Middle and Western States,
the chief markets ot cotton goods? They
will have to •* pay the piper” for the pleasure
of going in snch good company. They fur
nish cheap food to their New England com
panion, but must take dear clothing in ex
change—why should not the obligation be
mutual ? One branch of industry ought not
to be fostered to the injury of another.—
“ Equal Rights” should be the motto ot trade,
and not a narrow selfishness that is always
striving to get more than belongs to it. The
agricultural and commercial interests have
achieved their own greatness and built up the
power of the nation without the assurance of
& governmental nurse. TTis time that this
puling and whining New England baby
shonld walk alone. If kept always on “Fed
eral pap,” like Charles Pumner, it will never
be a man.
We endorse and adopt the views of our
New York contemporary. The evil effects of
the tax on cotton will be universal, with two
exceptions. One of them the News has sta-
ted—the New England manufacturers will
reap a rich harvest from the protection afford
ed them. The second is the cotton growers
of Asia, Africa and South America. The tax
here will be a bounty to tbcm, and in time
build up tbe foreign culture to snch magni
tude that the world will be, in the course of
& few years, pretty well able to get along
without American cotton. And all this, as
stated by the News, to pamper “ the puling,
whining New England baby.”
If the West does not unite with the South
to pnt down this wholesale robbery, its pros
perity will as surely depart as it is sure that
her great customer, the South, can raise her
own corn, wheat, bacon and tobacco.
Ex-President Davis.—The Fortress Mon
roe correspondence (June 29th) of the Norfolk
Virginian says; “The much talked of theme.
Jeflerson Davis and family, remarkable to re
late, has remained doimant for some weeks,
and very seldom is now seen any icature or
incident of his imprisonment transferred to
the columns of the daily papers. All that is
known is that since his parole, and the free
dom of the Fort, which was granted him, his
health has improved, nnd that he is in the
very best of spirits. The casemate tendered
Mrs. Davis by General Miles, shortly after her
arrival here, as is well known, she some weeks
ago accepted, and it has been furnished in a
very comfortable manner for her family. At
any hour of the day, when so disposed, Mr.
Davis may be observed walking along the
different shaded paths inside the Fortress,
quietly and meditatively smoking his cigar,
and carelessly swinging his cane, und under
the circumstances has now as many means of
enjoyment ns could be desired. The efiorts
to obtain his release, even by the irrepressible
Horace, having proved ineffectual, it is pre
sumed that he will still be confined in the
Fortress until the November term of the
United States Court.”
support within the meaning of this act who
is able to find employment, and could, by
proper industry and exertion, avoid such des
titution, suffering or dependence.
Sec. 6. Whereas, by the provisions of an
act approved February 6,1863, entitled “An
act to amend an act, entitled an act for the
collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary
districts within the United States, and for
other purposes.” approved June 7. 1862, cer
tain lands in the parishes of St. Helena and
SL Lake, South Carolina, were bid in by tbe
United States, at public tax sales, and by the
limitation of said act the time of redemption
of said lands has expired; and whereas, in
accordance with instructions issued by Presi
dent Lincoln on the 16tli day of September.
1863, to tbe United States Direct Tax Com
missioners for Sontli Carolina, certain lands
bid in by the United States in the Parish of
St Helena, in said State, were in part sold by
the said Tax Commissioners to heads of fam
ilies of the African race, in parcels of not
more than twenty acres to each purchaser;
and whereas under tli^said instructions the
said Tax Commissionere did also set apart, as
school farms, certain parcels of land in said
parish, number on their plots from one to
thirty-three inclusive, making an aggregate
of six thousand acres, more or less; there
fore, be it further enacted, that the sales made
to heads of families of the African race, un
der the instructions of President Lincoln to
the United States Direct Tax Commissioners
for South Carolina, of date of September 19,
1863, are hereby confirmed and established;
and all leases which have been made to such
heads of families by said Direct Tax Com
missioners shall be changed into certificates
of sale in all cases wherein the lease provides
for such substitution; and all the lands now
remaining unsold which come within the
same designation, being 8,000 acres, more or
less, shall be disposed of according to said
instructions.
Sec. 7. That all other lands bid in by the
United States at tax sales being 38,000 acres,
more or less, and now in the hands of the
said Tax Commissioners as the property of
the United States, in the parishes of St Luke,
excepting the school farms as specified in the
preceding section, and so much as may be
necessary for military and naval purposes at
Hilton head, Bay Point, and Lands End, and
excepting also the City of Port Royal, on St
Helena Island, and the town of Beaufort,
shall be disposed of in parcels of twenty
acres each, at one dollar nnd fifty cents per
acre, to such persons, affd to such only, as
have acquired and are now occupying lands
under and agreeable to the provisions of Gen.
Sherman’s special field order, dated at Savan
nah, Ga., January 16, 1865 ; and the re
maining lands, if they shall be (Imposed of
in like manner, to such persons as had acquir
ed lands agreeably to tbe said order of Gen
eral Sherman, but who have been dispossess
ed by the ri-'tonition of the >:ime to former
owners: Provided, That the lands sold in
compliance with the provisions of this and
tbe preceding tsection shall not be alienated
by their purchasers within six years from and
after the passage of this act
Sec. 8. That the school farms in the parish
of Saint Helena, S. C., shall be sold, subject
to any lease of the same by the said commis
sioners, at public auction, on or before the
first day of January, 1867, at not less than ten
dollars per acre, and the lots in the city of
Port Royal, as laid down by the said tax
commissioners, and the lots and the houses in
the town of Beaufort, which are still held in
like manner, shall be sold at public auction,
and the proceeds of said sales, after paying
the expenses of the surveys and sales, shall be
invested ill United States bonds, the interest
of which shall be appropriated, under the di
rection of the commissioners, to the support
of schools, without distinction of color or race,
on the islands in the parishes ol St. Helena
nnd St. Luke.
Sec. 9. That the Assistant Commissioners
for South Carolina and Georgia are hereby
authorized to examine all claims to lauds in
their respective States which are claimed un
der the provisions of Gen. Sherman’s special
field order; and to give each person having
a valid claim a warrant upon the Direct Tax
Commissioners for South Carolina for twenty
acres of land; and the said Direct Tax Com
missioners shall issue to every person, or to his
or her heirs, but in no case to any assigns,
presenting such warrant, a lease of twenty
acres of land, as provided for in section,
for the term of 6ix years. But at any time
thereafter, upon the payment of a sum not ex
ceeding $1 50 per acre, the person holding
such lease shall be entitled to a certificate of
ale if said tract of twenty acres from the
Direct Tax Commissioners, or such officer a s
surveys shall be paid from the proceeds of sam^dotnciples are involved in all the cases,
sales* of said lands; or, if sooner required, I Thefi j distributed as follows:
out of any moneys received for other lands on C r ,,ral railroad, Judge Lyons; Orange and
these islands sold by the United States for I AlLt^Vlria, Judge Meredith; Virginia and
taxes, and now in the hands of the Direct To*. VVce, Judge Marshall; Petersburg and
Tax Commissioners. Weldlih. Judge Chambers.
Sec. 11. That upon the completion of the Judge Meredith sits in place of Judge
transfers of the said lands in the manner Tboroaq. who is a stockholder in the Orange
specified in the preceding section, the Presi-1 and Alexandria road, and Judge Lyons in
dent of the United States shall have power to place of Judge Meredith,
restore to their former owners the lands now The suits are brought to set aside the con
occupied by persons under General Sherman’s tracts Igtwcen these railroad companies and
special field order, dated at Savannah, Ga., the Actions Express Company on the ground
January 16,1865, excepting such lands as that they are against public policy, illegal
may have been sold by the United States for and vonl because they require the payment
taxes; butsuch restoration shall not be made of such immense sums of money for express
until after the crops of the present year shall privileges as to amount to a denial of said
have been gathered by tbe occupants of said privileges to others.
lands, nor until a fair compensation shall The respondents will not deny the con-
have been made to them for all improvements tacts, but will defend them as not contrary
or betterments erected or constructed thereon to law, and not against “ public policy,” on
'and after due notice of the same being done the ground that the money procured through
shall have been given by the Assistant Com- the contracts with the Adams Express Com
missioner. pany enabled them to improve tlieir roads, so
Rgp 12. That the Commissioner shall have seriously impaired by the late war, at a time
power to seize, hold, use, lease or sell all when money was procured with great diffi-
buihlings and tenements, and any lands a>- cul^Jnd that thus they promoted the pub-
pertaining to the same, or otherwise formerly lie cmflRrt and public convenience, nnd
owned bv or claimed as the property of the therefore did not violate the “public policy.”
so-called Confederate States and not hereto- They will, at the same time, declare their
fore disposed of by the United States, and roads open to all express companies who com-
any buildings or lands held in trust for the ply with the terms of the agreements with the
same by any person or persons, and to use Adams Express Company,
tbe same or appropriate the proceeds de- It is well known that the Adams Express
rived therefrom to the education of freed {Company has paid large sums of money, either
people; and whenever the Bureau shall be I as loans or advanced payments for tbe use of
withdrawn, the States which have made pro- the roads, upon condition that no other ex
vision for the education of their citizens with- press company shall enjoy the like privilege
out distinction of color, shall receive the sum without the payment ot like sums in advance
remaining unexpended of such sales or rent- The sums thus advanced by the Adams Ex
nls which shall be distributed among said press Company are os follows:
States for educational purposes in proportion To the Virginia Central railroad annually,
to tlieir population. prepayment for freights, $50,000.
Sec. 13. That tbe commissioner of this I To the Orange and Alexandria railroad
Bureau shall at all times co-operate with pri-1 $58,000 prepaid for the first year, and an
vatc benevolent associations of citizens in aid equal amount for three successive years, pro
of freedmen, and with agents aud teachers vided the freight charged shall not exceed
duly accredited and appointed by them; and that aggregate.
shall hire or provide by lease buildings for To the Virginia and Tennessee railroad
purposes of education whenever said as6oci-1 loan of $50,000.
ations shall, without cost to the government, To the Petersburg and Weldon railroad
provide suitable teachers and means of in- $70,000 per annum, prepayment for freights,
struction, and he shall furnish such protec-1 Judge Marshall had not arrived yes-
tion os may be required for the safe conduct terday, but is expected here to-day. If so,
of such schools. the argument of counsel will be at once pro-
Sec. 14. That in every State or district ceeded with. There is a strong array of legal
where the ordinary course of judicial pro-lability enlisted on both sides. The counsel
ccedings has been interrupted by the rebel- are:
lion, and until the same shall be fully restor- For the plaintiff—J. B. Baldwin, of Augus-
ed; and in every State or district whose con- ta, and John D. Imboden, Page «fc Maury,
stitutional relations to the government have I and Ould & Carrington of this city,
been practically discontinued by the rebellion; For the defendants—Lyons & August, and
and until such State shall have been restored John B. Young, of this city; Deane Smith,
in snch relations, and shall be duly represent- of Baltimore, and R. G. Pegram, of Peters-
ed in the Congress of the United States, the | burg.—Rich. DU.
right to make and enforce contracts,, to sue,
be parties and give evidence to inherit, pur-
The Emperor Napoleon’s Letter
ON THE SITUATION IN EUROPE AND THE POSI
TION OK FRANCE.
The following is the full text ot the Em
peror Napoleon’s letter to the Minister of
Foreign Aflairs, of which a portion lias al
ready been given. It was read on the 12tli
A Bio Thing !—Under this caption the
chasej lease, seU, hold, and convey real and I Atlanta Intelligencer of yesterday records
C rsonal property, and to have full and equal the following bold attempt at robbery:
nefit of all laws and proceedings concern-1 About the hour of eleven o’clock, Mr. Tul-
ing personal liberty, personal security, and , cashier of the Atlanta National Bank,
the acquisition, enjoyment, and disposition WQ8 startlcd at observing a man making a
of estate, real and personal, including the j ias ty ^ from one ot the windows of the
constitutional right to bear arms, shall be se-1 han £ which onena into thfi littla t „ fIlA
pose named in said section. Provided, that constitutional ngut ro Dear arms, anau oc se- ■ b an k which opens into the little alley to the
no person shall be deemed “destitute,” suffer- cured to and enjoyed by all the citizens of l ar of tbe building. Rushing forward he
ing or dependent upon the government for such State or district, without respect to race c^ght the fugitive by the leg and detained
■ — - 1 - or color or previous condition of slavery; I hin ° un(it wa3 La *j from tho out .
and whenever in either of M id IStates or is- s j dCj w i, en ;t was discovered that the alley
tncts the ordinary course ot judicial proceed- j was f a i r |y blockaded by packages of “green
ings lias been interrupted by the rebellion,1 backn," which the thief had, in the twinkling
and until the same shall be fully restored, an C y C) collected from the cashier’s desk
and until such State shall have been re- an d thrown through the window. It seems
stored in its constitutional relation to the gov-1 that Mr Tu „ erhadbcen engaged for but a
ernment, and shall be duly represented in the m0lncnt - n conversation with a gentleman,
Congress of the United States, the I during'which time our hero effected an en-
shall, through the Commissioners and the oft I trance through the window. In another so-
ficers of the Bureau, and under such rules and cond the would llaTe be en a 8lIccesSt
regulations as the President through the Sec- and the perpetrat or at large with $10,500 of
retary of War shall prescribe, extend milita-1 die bank’s money.
ry-protection and have military jurisdiction The m an gives his nameas William Young,
over all cases and questions concerning the I ;md h 0 bails trom Mobile, lie was taken
free enjoyment of snch immunities and right-, I |^.| ore j ud g e Butt, and in nnswer to the
and no penalty or punishment tor any viola- c b ar g e brought against him plead “guilty”
tion oflaw shall be imposed or permitted e- I without an examination of witnesses. He
cause of race or color or previous condit ion of now reinains in j ai , lIia appearance is
slavery other or greater than the penalty or I youthful, and he is aged some twenty-one
J iumsliment to which white persons may be Te ars.
iablebylaw for the like offence; but the
i by 1
jurisdiction conferred by this section upon j A portion of the constituents of Mr.
the officers of the Bureau shall not exist in G r i nne ii ) the Iowa Thersites, feeling probably
32 £?K2 !"= «*> '■ "«<* consolation, ca,,«<l a
the rebellion, and shall cease in every State meeting for tne purpose, and applied a plas-
wlien the Courts of the States and the United ter to liis hurts in the shape of a scries of rcs-
States are not disturbed in the peaceable I olutions. The following may serve as spcci-
course of justice; and after each State slia.ll I mens .
be fully restored in its constitutional relations I _ „ TT _ ,
to the government, and shall be duly repre- , Resolved. That Lovell II. Rousseau lias con
sented in the Congress of the United States. I ferred on lion. J. B. Gnnnell the highest
Sec. 15. That all officers agents and cm- comp hment in Ins power by bis practical ac-
ployes of the Bureau before entering upon the knowledgmcnt that lie cannot cope with the
duties of tlieir office shall take the oath pre- member in debate,
scribed in the first section of theact to which , Reared, That this bruta a^ault associ-
thia is an amendment, and all acts or parts of «*« name of Gnnnell with those of Sum-
acts inconsistent with the provisions of this “«■ “ nd Lincdn madc nnmortal by similar
act arc hereby repealed. attacks, incited by the same spint-a spint
f...... s r\ Palace of the Tuileisies, {
June 11,18GC. \
if. le MinUtre : At the moment when the
hopes of peace, which the meeting of the
Conference made us conceive seem to be van
ishing, it is essential to explain in a circular
Latest Foreign Xe-iv< by fiffail.
SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.
New York, June 28.—The following is the
speech of the Emperor of Austria to the Com
mon Council of Vienna on the 14th:
I received this manifesto from the city of
Vienna with great satisfaction. I have done
everything in my power to preserve the peace
and liberty of Germany, but it bas been im
possible, in ill quarters, tor me to do so.—
This is tlie most arduous period I have ex
perienccd since my accession to the throne.
I now resort to the sword with confidence in
God and my righ), my valiant army and the
which the policy of conciliation, so-called
never will correct.
According to these philosophers, immor
tality may be acquired at a very cheap rate.
All that is necessary to do is to play the black-
High Rents.—The Augusta Chronicle has
some remarks on this subject that arc appli
cable to all Southern cities. It says:
We learn that rents in this city are incrcas-. .. . .
mg. In one instance, a firm that paid $1,500 S™? 1 F, ow ? r<1 aftcrwa rd ; but
in currency last year, are notified that they we fear th <»t. despite ^cheapness, such un-
must pay $2,000 in gold for the next year.- mortality will hardly be in great demand-
Thero is no excuse for this, although i and . outside of the Radicalpart^-N: T. Neict.
lords allege that an increase is necessary be- Bostox ^ Charleston Steamship Line.
cause of tho high taxes they are called on to |_ It will bc remembered that we some time
pay We suggest the following as the most i announced a project in contemp
equitable manner of settling the qucs ion of £ establishment of 7i direct line of
rent The tenant pay the landlord the rent
of I860, twenty-five per cent added, in currcn
cy, and pay all the taxes accruing for the
year on the property rented. Tho landlord
lation for
steamers
between Boston and Charleston. Our enter
prising lYUow-i itiz. n. A. J. Saiina8,Esq.,now
on a visit to Boston, informs us, by telegraph
that the arrangements have all been comple
cannot murmur at this, for he is a ££ S*"flSTew Th^
good pneefbr his building, and pays no taxes dor ’ e D Wagncr of sevcn hundred tons bur-
on it. If landlords are wise they will bear;in hi£n advertised, in the Boston na-
rather than pay such exorbitant rents. Loin I ”°On°thc departure of the T. D. Wagner, her
Association stock is looking up in cemm-1 another new steam ship of thermo
quence. | aQ( | accommodations, will be immediate-
land.—-In a repoit of the Secretary of ^ Agent at this port. We wish the new line
State, just communicated to Congress by the the highest success.—Charleston Cour.
President, Mr. Seward says:
“Ho has the honor to subjoin a list of the I The Early County News of the 30th
names of all aged citizens of the United ult., says:
States, who, according to tbe information if all the land that is now in cotton was
in tho Department, have been arrested since planted in corn, there would be some pros-
tho recent suspension of the habeas corpus act pect for our poor to get something to eat
in that country. Pursuant to the instructions another year—while, as it is, we verily be-
of the Department, the United States Minis- lieve there will positively be suffering among
istcr, at London, and Consuls of the United the non-producers in the summer of 1867.—
States in Ireland, have made such represen-1 From what we can learn, we do not believe
tations to the British authorities in regard to I there will be com enough made in this coun-
the cases of these person*, that they have been I ty this year to last until next March or April
released, except two, who were held for trial at best If cotton planters were to be the on-
upon grounds supposed to be sufficient by I ly sufferers, wo would be glad to know that
the judicial authorities. It is believed, how- they wouldn’t make a bushel to the acre.—
ever, that in consequence of the aforesaid
representations, even the two persons referred
so, one of whom is a Col. Burke, have been
tet a liberty before this time.”
A Murder in Camden Countv.—Wc learn
from a gentleman who arrived in this city
last evening by the Gulf road that Dr. H. Ea
ton, residing in Camden county, in this State,
was killed last Monday night by a squad of
negroes, who called the deceased out of his
house and shot him down as he approached
them. Considerable^ excitement prevailed
among the negroes in the neighborhood on
Monday morning, the origin of which is not
known to our informant, which led, doubt
less, to the murder at night The civil au
thorities attempted to arrest the murder
ers on Tuesday, but were successfully resisted
by a mob of negroes who proclaimed that
the guilty parties should not be arrested. It
was reported, however, that the Sheriff had
raised a sufficient posse on Wednesday to ar
rest the murderers and their accomplices.
[Savannah Herald.
they'
Some people would plant cotton if they knew
every body would starve. “Every dog has
his day.”
Another Monster Turtle.—Quite a com
motion was created in the market on Satur
day afternoon, occasioned by six freedmen
who were endeavoring to carry a huge turtle,
of the loggerhead species, to the scales for
the purpose of being weighed. The darkies,
after grinning and straining, and falling over
his turtleship several times managed to get
him on the scales, which his oceanic majesty
brought down to the tune of two hundred
and seventy-seven pounds.—Sat. Her.
Railroad Convention at Columbus.—
Wc learn that His Honor, the Mayor, has ap
pointed the following named gentlemen dele
gates to the Convention to be held at Colum
bus, Ga., on July 11, 1866, called for the
purpose of taking steps for completing the
Memphis and Savannah Railroad: Aider-
man Francis L. Guc, J. F. Gilmer, and Hiram
Roberts, Esqs.—Savannah Herald. •
to the diplomatic agents abroad, tbe ideas co-operation of my faithful subjects. But
which my Government contemplated present- must (specially express my fullest satisfaction
ing in the Councils of Europe, and the con-1 with the unanimity and attitude of \ lcnna.
duct it means to follow in presence of the I Notwithstanding that considerable sacrifices
events which are preparing. This communi- have already been imposed upon the Capital
cation will place our policy in its true light. tl,e stoppages of business and the want of
Had the Conference taken place, your lan- employment for tho population, the most cx-
guage, as you are aware, would have been I emphiry order prevails here, in comparison
explicit. You were to declare in my name I "’hh other countries, and T cannot sufficiently
that I repudiated all idea of territorial ag espniss my recognition of this tact
grandizement so long as the equilibrium of war in Europe—financial position
Europe was not disturbed. In effect, we could of the belligerent powers.
not think of an extension of our frontiers ex- A French financier and political economist
cept in case ot the map of Europe being re- has examined the financial position of the
modelled for the exclusive benefit of a great three Powers about to engage in war, and
Power, and of the conterminous provinces de- setting aside the advantage which each may
manding, by votes freely expressed, their an- derive from the gallantry of its army and the
nexation to France. * skill of its generals, he seeks out the one who
Outside these circumstances, I think it more shall be best served by its material resources,
worthy of our country to prefer to the acqui-1 He begins with Prussia, whose finances pre-
sition of territory the precious advantage of I vious to Count Bismark’s Administration
living on good terms with our neighbors by were in excellent order. Her funded debt
respecting tlieir independence and their na- was only about £40,000,000, and her annual
tionality. expenditure £24,000,000—only third of that
Animated by these sentiments, and having of France. Count Bismark, however, called
only in view tbe preservation of peace, I ap-1500,000 men to arms, and all the savings of
pealed to England and to Russia to address former Ministers have been expended Cou
nt tbe same time words of conciliation to the fidence. moreover, is destroyed, so that Prus-
parties interested. sian paper money is at a discount, and the
The accord established between tlie neutral Prussian Bank lias found it necessary to raise
Powers will of itself be a pledge of security its discount to 9 1-2 per cent
for Europe. They showed their impartiality Turning to Austria, he says the financial
in resolving to limit the discussion of the picture is very dark. Austria has not ceased
Conference to the pending questions. In order to increase the deficiency in her budget du-
to resolve them I think it was necessary to ring the last 18 years, and to contract loan
address ourselves to them frankly, to disen- upon loan. Consequently, her debt is in-
gage them from the diplomatic vail which creasing, and her credit is diminishing in an
covered tbcm, and to take into serious con-1 equal proportion. Tho Austrian debt is esti-
sidcrution the legitimate wishes of Sovereigns I mated at £240,000,000. Tho Austrian Minis
and ot nations. I tar of Finance bas increased all the taxes so
The conflict which has arisen lias three as to arrive at a revenue £40,000,000. The in-
causes—the geographical situation of Prussia I forest on the debt absorbs so much of the
imperfectly limited; the wish of Germany de- revenue that it will be impossible to maintain
manding a political reconstitution more con- he present standing army with the balance,
formable to its general wants, and the neces- Her bankruptcy is becoming imminent, but
sity of Italy to secure her national indepen- the loss will fall chiefly on Frankfort, Amster-
dence. dam, Antwerp and Brussels, from which Aus-
Thc neutral Powers could not interpose. in tria gets her supplies of money.
the internal affairs of foreign countries. Ncv-1 Leaving the Government of Francis Joseph,
ertheless, the Courts that participated in the he arrives at that of Victor Emanuel. The
constitutional acts of the Germanic Confeder- Italian debt in 1860, after tbe annexation of
ation had the right to examine whether the TuscaDy and the Marches, amounted to
changes demanded were not of a kind to en-1 £100,000,000. It has been since doubled.—
danger the order established in Europe. We The Italian Rentes was quoted at 84 in May,
should have desired, in what concerns our- 1861; at present it is quoted at 37. The
selves, for tho secondary States ot the Con- Italian Government has been constantly in
federation a closer union, a stronger organi-1 creasing its army since 1860 without engaging
zation, a more important position; for Pros- in war. It has, moreover, contracted engage
sia, more homogencousness in the north; lor ments with railway companies which amount
Austria, tlie maintenance of her great position to above £2,000,000 a year. The two-thirds
in Germany. j of these railways arc completed, but their
We should have desired, moreover, thatfor bonds have fallen considerably below par.—
an equitable compensation, Austria should The Italian Government has just issued paper
cede Venetia to Italy, for if, in concert with money, which, according to the Finance, is at
Prussia, and without regard to the Treaty of a discount of 20 per cent, and, according to
1852, she made war in Denmark on behalf of the Semains Financier*, at 8. The truth is
German nationality, it seemed to me just that that there is do fixed rate at which Italian
she should recognize the same principle for paper money can be converted into gold. It
Italy by completing the independence of the is under these auspices that the Italian Gov-
Peninsula. ernment is about to attack tbe Quadrilateral.
Such are the ideas which, for the repose of the war to become general.
Europe, wc should have tried to carry out. [From the Avenir, June ia I
To-day there is reason to fear that they can The Emperor’s letter explains and completes
be decided only by arms. . In such an emer- the speech at Auxerre. The clear and precise
gcncy what is the attitude it becomes France impression left by tbe reading of this letter
to assume ? is that the war commenced in Italy or Ger-
Ought we to manifest our displeasure be- many, cannot fail to become general; that
cause Germany finds the treaties of 1815 in- the Powers to-day neutral, will be drawn in
sufficient to satisfy her national tendencies, to it willingly or unwillingly, and that France
and preserve her tranquility ? In the war | especially is called on to play an important
which is about to break out wc have but two | pa rt in the matter. The Emperor is evident-
interests—the maintenance of the European I jy convinced of that result, and if allowance
equilibrium and the maintenance of that I ; s made f-r the reserve imposed on him by
which wc have contributed to constitute in I bjg position and the circumstances, it will be
Italy. _ • seen that he says so very clearly. As regards
But to save these two interests does not the Italy the Emperor’s resolution stands out with
moral force of France, suffice ? In order that I such remarkable precision as that the Aus-
her voice shall be listened to will she be I trian Government must certainly be struck
obliged to draw the sword ? I do not think with it. Italy bas a right to assure her inde-
• _ _ pendeuce, and for her that is not only aright
If, in spite of our efforts, the hopes of peace | but a necessity. In thus expressing himself
are not realized, we nre nevertheless reassured the Emperor only renews his declarations and
by the declarations of the Courts engaged in his engagements of 1859. The deliverance
the conflict, that whatever be the results of I G f Lombardy was not then the only object of
the war, none of the questions which touch the war he made against Austria, audit was
us shall be resolved without the assent ot to all Italians without distinction that he
France. said in his proclamation trom Milan: “Profit
Let us, then, continue in.a vigilant neutral-1 by the fortune which is offered to you. Be
ity; and, strong in our disinterestedness, ani- to-day only soldiers; to-morrow you will be
mated by a sincere desire to see the nations of j tbe free citizens of a great country.”
Europe forget their quarrels, and unite in the | [Berlin (June 13) Corns, of the Loudon Times.
from w. c. watts .t co.’s WeexTT''
' REPORT.
COTTON—In our report of FridaTstTi*’
mated stock was siren at 898,770
quoted middling American firm at 13V<i 1
On Saturday and Monday a (Mr bu^
without quotable change in prices, »u d n""-
Mo' ile. ship named, was sold to arrive lt ,!, ? >
there were more buyers than seller*.
On Tuesday' lhe market was rather
prices were maintained.
On Wednesday advice* from New y or -..
were received, quoting cotton dull , t
1 Uplands, with gold at 111, and reporting **
shipments of coin to this side; and fronm
the advices were snch as to leave little
an early commencement of horilith ^
FINANCIAL AND
however,: a good trade demand fo- cott . H
closed about »*d deilrcr for America*. ^
Yesterday it was generally supposed th. • I
would be reduced to 0 & cent, which w
firmness among holders, but when it ,
chango bad been made in the rato the
more quiet, and prices closed rather in >'1
buyers. * 1
To-day advices from the Continent are
than ever, bnt there has been a fair demtcT
been freely supplied at our quotations, **
The Bales of the week sura of *1,T101-
S6,C00 wero taken by the trade, 10,400 dci.’^ *
port, and 4710 on speculation. The w. 1 '
say 114.0*8 bales, of which OO.MO were in'"
estimated stock now stands at L0J9J6} Y/ 1
creaso on last week of 41,1T0), against jjjV
an increase of 6SCJC0 bales. Counting t^
as half bales, the cotton now at sea fen
adds up 716,500 bales, against 490.500 U-t
crease of 880,000 bales, which, added to tiJ-
stock, makes the total apparent excess jn?
In onr report of 8th iustant the total »pr_,
compared with last year, was gir en u ;i
This was a typographical error, and sh ou |
876,780 bales. From the above it will I*
ply here and at sea amounts to IJSUSOta
bales more than on 25th ultimo, when w*
maximum supply for the present year
cd. Since tho commencement of the p:e^ '
twentv-four weeks—the consumptive detn-i
aged 58,728 bales (48^60 to the trade, niu*
ed) per week, whereas for the past *U
standing the financial panie and apprti-'..
on tho Continent, the trade have takeauj
60.082 bales, and the exports average n.,. 1
getber 00,040 bales; but estimating the 1Vf ^
bales, it wil be seen that the stock bereat}-
about supply the demand for tlie remilnimi.
weeks of the present year. That acton! t*«
tinent will lessen the export demand then
no donbf, bnt to what extent it is impoH<>.
with any degree of accuracy. On tbe eb
on the Continent would perhaps stimntiitis'
mand in tills country, but the difficulty ia-
obtaining operatives.
Bnt referring particularly to Amnion
stock here and at sea counts up 590,790 hil-
consumptive demand this yeir has avert*'
about the same lor the past s:x,weekt.
erage be maintained tlie appsrent supply
about twenty-two weeks. Should this in
tained the apparent supply would liut for
ty-two weeks. Upon the subject of fiutre
this country, we have nothing to add M
tained in onr reports of 1st and 8th in-**.'
latest telegrams from Bombay report hetrei
than were anticipated.
In Manchester the demand for goods ud
tinues about equal to the supply, and tin
mutation of stock. The Money market ii
ing more ease, and, notwithstanding tbe
ment yesterday because the Bank rate wu*
the returns are so very favorable that an
is considered certain.
P. S.—Advices from New York to 7th
crane to hand, quoting cotton 3* to#;*
With gold up to 143%. Receipts for tbe wteh
15,500 bales, exports to England 10J100.
ports 836,000 bales.
QUOTATIOXB FOR COTTOt! TSII Pit
Ordinary. Middling. Far j
Sea Island
.34
27
S3
Stained Ditto...
.16
18
SO
Orleans
.11
1f->.
Mobile
.11
tell
16*
Uplands
.WA
IS
Estimated stock,
1,039,050 bales, ofwfc
cause of civilization, liberty and progress, let
us still remain confident in our right and calm
in our force. Whereupon, M. le Ministre, I
pray God to keep you in His holy guard.
Napoleon.
•-J
SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENTS IN RUSSIA.
Strange news reaches us from Cracow. The
Russian force which has been long concentra
ted in Southern Poland, and is now slowly
advancing in the direction of tbe Silesian
frontier, will, as it is surmised in Austrian
The Penitentiary.—Five weeks ago, we Poland, take up such a position as to bo at
made mention of the Penitentiary and its tIie tlis P 0S! ‘ 1 tiie Kaiser. This may be a
. _ , , . ., . .. . . mere report, the ephemeral offspring of anxic-
inmates. In looking through it a few days ty and credulity; still, os so many other
since, we find that from 40 convicts the num- things thought to be impossible arc on the
ber has run up to 90, rather a rapid increase point of being realized, it is not perhaps ill
we shound say. We find now 47 negroes, the I advised in a correspondent to repeat the iin
rest white. Col. Anderson, tho Principal probable. No doubt Russia has of late been
Keeper, is wideawake with liismongrel crew, more favorable to the Vienna than tlieBer-
and no idle bread is allowed to be ate. He I lin Cabinet; but if the Emperor could resolve
says that he never saw better hands to work so far to forego the almost filial respect he
than the negroes, and he has sometimes to tell ever evinced for the person of his revered un-
them, that they need not go at such a rapid a cle William L us to fight him in the open
rate. No talking is allowed, and the novel- field, it would be as unintelligible why he
ty of the position they find themselves in, and does not go a little further, and veto the’ war
the exercise of the paddle for violation of altogether.
rules, acts as a wholesome stimulant to their TnE KIU endly action of the united states
muscles and brain. acknowledged.
There IS Still a laigc quantity of debnsto rF*>m tho London Daily New, Jane 16.1
be removed, but is growing less every day.— I Reproaches have been addressed to tbe
Col. A. is now building a smoke house, eating American Government on the ground O? pro
room and other buildings of absolute necessi- crastination in their action against Fenianism
ty. With a little aid from the State, he I It is alleged, that they needlessly allowed no
thinks that he could build freight cars and borious designs to become accomplished facts
realise a profit, as he could work-100 men in tefore taking preventive measures. If the tu
that line of business. The Tan Yard is doing quoque argument were admissible, the Federal
a good business, aim as tlie leather is fit for Executive might reply by pointing to the es-
use he intends to increase the number _ of cape of the Alabama and her consorts from
workers in the shoe shop. The steam engine British ports, and to the Confederate raid
will soon be in running order, and machinery f rom the Canadian soil into the United States
up. A corn and tan bark mill will then beat territory. But the Americans need not avail
work. It is also the intention of the Keeper themselves of the mote in their brother’s eye
to turn his attention to the making of brick, to excuse the beam in their own. The Federal
and a number of hands will be put to that Government has done all that could be re
work as a regular business. quired of it in acting vigorously against the
A number of the negroes display an apti- perpetrators of overt acts and the instigators
tude in doing plain work with the saw, ham- to such action.
mer, &c. The worse punishment of the ne- As for the rest, the American law courts
groes is that of forbidding them to talk; the -were open to the British authorities; and the
same rule is also applied to the whites, and principle often insisted on by Lord Russell,
the Colonel is UDder the impression that when I that a neutral Government is not bound to be
his colored pupils graduate, they will be I more vigilant on behalf of a foreign Power
slow to return to his institution. e do not than that Power thinks it necessary to be on
see why the building of cars and the manu- Jts own account, applies strictly to the Fenian
facture of shoes and tanning leather could not trouble. There has been much threaten in
be made a profitable business; at least the and war ]jke language ; but all talk is not an
State ought to be freed from expense in main- offense against tbe law of nations. Liberty
taming the institution. . of speech and the right of asylum arc princi-
An outbreak was planned a few days since p] es as d ear to the Americans as co ourselves;
by two of the Yankee convicts—the two that and they are principles the application of
robbed Col. Alexander ot Pike—the leader I which cannot be made a matter of moral and
was shot some three weeks since in an at- personal discrimination. In the opinion of
tempt to escape, and as soon as he got well of most persons, whose opinion is worth liavinc
his wounds, he was ready for another attempt. Mnzzini is a patriot, and Stephens a charla
The plan was divulged and of course thwart- tan.
ed. Wc will at some future day again al- Except Mr. Kinglake nnd Lord Cranborne,
lude to the subject—So. Recorder. | ver y f evv persons consider that the cases of
Venetia and of Ireland are parallel. But it is
It appears from the report of Governor I not for a foreign nation to sit in judgment
Humphreys, ot Mississippi thac the losses by upon political character, or decide that the
crevasses in Mississippi and Louisiana have wrongs of Ireland do not, and the wrongs of
reached a total of alarming magnitude. He Venetia do, justify rebellion.^ Different as the
estimates that the complete repair of the men are and the circumstances, the principle
levees in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas on which England refuses the extradition or
will require an expenditure cf about four prosecution of Mazzini, justifies the impunity
millions of dollars. He further estimates hitherto extended to Stephens and to all Fe-
that a million and a half acres of sugar land nians who are not implicated in tlie attacks
and seven millions of acres of cotton land are on Canada. The friendly and loyal action of
now rendered unfit for cultivation by the tlie United States lias been acknowledged in
breaks in the levees. As these breaks were the frankest manner by the British authori-
n great measure the work of the United ties. It is impugned only by the plotters, who
States troops, it might perhaps, be well some years ago endeavored to make England
enough that their Government should repair the accomplice of the Confederate raiders by
them. I land and sea.
American.
Imports of the week, 114,890 bales,of wti
Ameican.
, Exports of the week, 16,333 bales, of whit
taken by the trade.
At sea, 90,000 bales American.
Bullion in Bank of England, £14,4-11
over last week, £1,308,934.
Very respectlollr,
W. C. Kill
Atlanta Market.
The market opened quiet yesterdsj i
have undergone no change, though Grul
ward tendency. A private dispatenfrom-:!
the price of White Corn at from 80 to Sittl
tern advance must cause a correspondmrq
here. We now quote a good article of Vi*
$1 37, and Mixed at *1 28 to $1 30.
Charleston Market.
COTTON—The depressed state of the J
ket and the character of the foreign nett*
Jy unsettled the cotton market, and the -
depressed. The sales were confined to it
mostl by one purchaser, for Northerns
28 to 33)jc ft B>, (he grades being irregotrl
New York Money and Stock)
Hull
The Post says: The regular open Stodf
closed, but at 10, A. U, New York ftmf
al9SM> Erie, 64; Michigan Southern, s- L
83X ; Northwestern, 3tiijj; do. prefenal
WayneriBU. F 1
The Gold rooms were open, hot i
limited. The quotations opened at 15311
and rote to 153te.
The loan market Is unchanged,
Foreign Exchange is a shade lower,
n Loudon are q oted at 1O6J4@10!/££|
108for Nmkers’ do.; at short sight. >4"
States On of ’81,107; 6-20s, ’63, coupon 1
103,; do. ’66,10S«; 10-40 coupons, 9% ,
The Money market is steady st
Sterling rather easier, at 10SQ1Q&.
in at 159, declining to lit)*. #dw' -i
closing at 153te. Government stocki* 5 -
Freights to Liverpool are firm.
New York Weekly Banks
Si*»
Loans $850,884,168 Sped*--
Increase 3,447,360 Deere**,.
Circulation . .. 26.706,632 Legsltt
Increase 131,228 Incres*--
Deposits 204,357.272
Increase 3^87,084
Cincinnati Maik*H
FLOUR—Dull but prices unchanged
Q$9 25: extra., $9 75£591075.
WHEAT—No. 1 new red. «t
<S$2 :m : extra spring, *215@$3»;
CORN—firm at C2*63c in elevator, »*1
OATS-dull at 40@45c for No. 1JW**
KYE—firm and scarce at 90 to Wo
WHISKY—*2 25 for duty psidsM*'
PROVISIONS quiet.
MESS PORK—$33.
BULK HEATS 14U, 17V, and Wf-
BACON 16,19, 20-V. and 21^c.
LARD—-dull at 31te@23c.
SUGAR—I3©16*B>.
COFFEE—35©31c *3 fa.
GROCERIES— irreeular. .,,, I
COTTON—Dull at 35®36c for
TALLOW—12i5l2-\.-. and!
LINSEED OIl^-Sl IS^JlSOwith* 1 -
BUTTER—Dull at 24,-y26c.
PIG IRON—50652c for hot blast
SPECIE—nominal.
GOLD—152.
Louisville Markdj
TOBACCO—Leaf advanced 50
Sale* 265hhds.
FLOUR—Superfine,$7 75;
111 50. . „
CORN—Mixed, bu’k 78c. Pr‘®' *
OA7S—ISO. 50c.
MESS PORK—*33 85.
bacon—shontders, tec;
Cured Hams 24c.
LARD—in tierces 22c.
WHISKY—nurSK.
COTTON—Nominal.
CesrS-'I
i Markf 1
St; Loui ■
FLOUR—Medium low t,rad*' s - , . I
extra, $8<a$8 25; double extr.- f
WHEAT—dull: club Jr
unchanged. Spring. $1 lbtr.fi•_
CORN—heavy and lower xtt, „ ’
OATS—easier at 41 £i45. ,
BACON—clear sides, T.LJe: -
PORK—Lower, at 33.
COTTON—Neirmal.
WHISKY—$2.20.
—:—
San Francisco, June
Allen brings Honolulu a-.'-:
The Princes# Victoria,
Kamohamehn, died May *‘^1,
state, in which sLc Wtf
months previous to burnt -
ja^“An entire J-."'‘An
two centuries back (1 u' c . .
to have been excavated , ::
erers claim to have |
the five books of Moms, t
and another Hebrew boo