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VOL. 1, NO. 36
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in Washington comity on Monday
I To StU. oft Rent.—-An excellent planta-
j^pted to cotton, corn and small grain,
j'iseawd on Turkey Creek, Laurens coun-
Ttill be found advertised in our columns.
I gPGens. Steadman and Fullerton closed
I - r isrestigations of the abuses of the Bu
j at »* Orleans on the 20tb, and were to
L left that city on tlie next day. Their
Liaation is not stated.
Ifsrnrrt—Our subscribers in East Ten
complain that it seems impossible to
tkeirpapers. Some strange fatality meets
aaii soon as they cross the Georgia line,
mt offices on the railroads. There is
x loose up there somewhere, and we hope
e Special Agontof the Postoffice Depart
-t will look into and correct the matter,
h warrant Brownlow’s Whig never fails.
| A “Bio Indian Me’’ Case.—The contro-
nes of rival newspapers would be sorae-
tt amusing were they not a trespass upon
public. We find the following specimen
r lofty contempt in an Alabama exchange
| The idea that the Advocate is in the way
T the Independent, is the most ridiculous
ling we have heard in a lone time. That
Let is no more in our. way than a puppy
[ould be in the way of a locomotive.
I Moke Relief.—It will be seen, from the
Ircular which we publish to-day, that the
J>ble women of Missouri are coming to the
Jlief of the suffering women and children
' the South. They propose to hold & Grand
ar, or Fair,at St Louis, in the last week of
kptember for this lienevolent purpose, and
I’icit the cooperation of those able and
lling to help, in every portion of the coun-
k Success to their praise-worthy undertak-
HTCongress, says the Cleveland Herald,
tot be too careful of its phraseology. For
luce, Mr. Bingham's resolntion admitting
[tauMsee says, “the State of Tennessee is
‘by declared to be restored to her prop-
pnctical relations to the Union.” The in-
ice might be drawn that she has been out
lie Union, hence, if out of the Union, it
[ould follow that her vote ratifying any Con
’national Amendment was void. It required
ratification of two recusant States to make
Amendment abolishing slavery part of the
astitution—Tennessee being one. Can a
ue out of her “proper practical relations to
Union” pass a valid vote ratifying an
idment to tho Constitution ? Such vote
tie most solemn act she can do. If she has
• power to pass such ratification resolution,
•he not the power to elect Congressmen ?
Liberia.—As an appropriate sequel to our
®*rks on the Liberian emigration scheme,
f* *> popular among the negroes of Middle
* a, 3 ] \ we copy a despatch dated Mobile,
tor Utli:
“A sloop was overhauled in the lower
•y. early this morning, by a United States
,:( rr, having on board one hundred and fif-
issgroes whom the parties were about to
*•■7 to Cuba and sell into slavery. These
W* had been collected at different era-
•■'tnt offices in Louisville, Nashville, and
otnpbis autl brought down to New Orleans
thence by rail to this city. They had
■ n promised thirty dollars per month to
; 0,1 * plantation, and were otherwise de-
j’ tJ- The captain and crew of the sloop
tf been heavily ironed and placed on board
■ sloop of war Augustine for safe-keeping
they can be forwarded to Washington.’,
After Tiikm.—Mr. Williams, the member
tbe Legislature in Tentesse, who was ar-
[ M ‘l for non-attendance on the sessions of
y House has brought suit for false impris-
-~em, against those members of the House
°>nthorir.ed his arrest. The damages are
w $‘>0,000. The Union says that on
Tuesday, as the House was about to take
Mr. W. C. Shaw, Deputy Sheriff, cn-
^e Hall and served warrants on the
wiug members, commanding them'to ap-
** tue next term of the Circuit Court, to
«the charge of falsely imprisoning Mr.
1 lla ws: Messrs. Anderson, Amell, Black-
Doughty, Fuson, Grimmett, Hudson,
^ — air, Mullins, Murphy, Norman, Patton,
. Rodgers, Underwood, Waters, Wal-
nines. Woodcock and Woods.
.yjvants were also served on Cap?, neydt
* ‘‘ s Deputy, Frame, for being the imme-
"7*® *gente in the arrest and imprisonment
**'■ Williams.
V® denbt very much, if the people
^ wy conception whatevi*r, of the enor-
ofTh. ** to which th «y nre subjected, or
Irtinl q ro . un ^® on w hieii taxes have been
„ U . 18 . onoof *h e instances in which
•'“°r»nce is bliss.—Mont. Ado.
***>*«, t°°, « another source of bliss
in* that most Of of have noth-
» wft to be taxed.
MESSRS. STEPHENS AND JOHNSON—A
TEST.
These two gentlemen, ns appears from the
proceedings, were nnmed by the Fourth Dis
trict Convention, which sat in this city on
Wednesday, as delegates from the State-at-
large to the Philadelphia Convention. We
are glad that it is so. Tlieir reception at
Philadelphia will test the sentiment of that
portion of the Northern people who profess
to desire the maintenance of the Constitution
and the equality, of the States and people.—
It will show whether they nre willing to fra
ternize with the South on the only terms she
can accept with honor and safety to herself,
or are resolved to make demands to which we
can never respond in the affirmative. There
are grave doubts in the Southern mind on this
point, and tho time has arrived when they
should be cleared up to our mutual satisfac
tion.
In the outset ot secession, Messrs. Stephens
and Johnson were not the representatives of
public sentiment in the South. They oppos
ed it with all their powers, and in the face of
fiery opposition, as both wrong in principle,
and uncalled for by ar.y emergency of the
time. Their counsels and their protests were
overruled; the Southern States voted them
selves out of the Union, formed an independ
ent government, and, upon an intimation of
force from the authorities at Washington,took
up arms to maintain it There was no alter
native left to true-hearted Southern men—
their country, right or wrong—they were
with it, and to the last extremity. Wishing
in a time of fearful peril to call to her
aid her wisest and most prudent states
men Mr. Stephens and Mr. Johnston were
elected to high positions in the new gov
ernment. The former was chosen its second
executive officer, whilst the latter was sent by
Georgia to represent her soverignty in the
Confederate Senate. These men professed
devotion to the cause so long os a hope re
mained, and when the sun of tho Confed
eracy set in gloom, they were among the first
to acknowledge defeat, and counsel their
countrymen to foiget the past and return in
good faith to the Federal fold. Such is their
position to-day. They have grounded their
arms and are ready to respect and uphold the
authority of the Union and the Constitution
for the future. In this they are representa
tive men of the South. We apprehend they
are not willing to brand their countrymen as
criminals, or concede that the war has changed
the Constitution or destroyed the rights of
any portion of the American people
under ‘it If in the Union, they arc entitled
to its protection and all its immunities; if
out of the Union, they owe no allegiance
either to the Government or the Constitution,
and should he allowed to depart in peace.
Now, with such sentiments, will Mr. Ste
phens and Mr. Johnson be received at Phila
delphia and tendered the right hand of fel
lowship as patriots and citizens of a common
Union ? Will the fact that they held high
offices under the Confederacy be a bar tosnch
a reception ? If so, then are the Conserva
tive men of the North unprepared for the
beneficent order of things which they pro
fessedly desire to inaugurate. If so,
the ’time has not yet come for
re-nnion. Mr. Stephens and Mr. Johnson arc
the exponents of the very best and most con
servative sentiments at the South, and os such
they have been sent to Philadelphia with the
olive branch in their hands. No man will
question their honor; none can doubt their
good faith; none object to their present
soundness and reliability; they can only bo
objected to on principles that will cover a
whole people, and strike at the very root of
reconciliation. If they are rejected, tho South
is rejected. If they are not good and true
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
OF THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
The Constitution Amendment not Ratified by
Tennessee—Question of the Admission of Ten
nessec—The President icill Veto the Bill—
Congress to tale a Recess of Ttco Months—
Mr. Raymond on the need of a dietc Cabinet.
Washington, July 23,18CC.
The Constitution Amendment has not been rati
fied by Tennessee. The beastly Brownlow’s dis
patch, stating that it was ratified, was a falsehood.
A dispatch aas been received here, from the Speak
er of the House of Representatives of Tennessee,
in which he says that there was no quorum present
when the rote was taken in the House, and that he
haa and will peremptority and positively refuse to
certify that any resolution, ratifying the Constitu
tion Amendment, has been passed by the Legisla
ture of that State. Fifty-six members are required
to constitute a quorum, and only fifty-four mem
bers voted upon the question of ratification. 01
these, only forty-three voted in favor of the Amend
ment and eleven against it
The Home of Representatives of the 20th, pass
ed a resolntion for the admission of Tennessee.—
It is true it was coupled with a very offensive pre
amble, but the vote was taken on the preamble
and resolution separately, so that the Democratic
members could aDd did Tote against the preamble,
and for the resolution. On the 21st the Senate
took up the matter, and modified the resolution
by prefixing to it, a preamble which contains
the enunciation of doctrines to which President
Johnson can never subscribe; which are directly
at (variance with his policy of restoration, and
which he bu denounced as pernicious and un
constitutional time after time. When the joint
resolntion for the admission of Tennessee is sub
mitted to him therefore, he will probably veto it.
He cannot act otherwise. For him to sign the
bill, as it hu pused the Senate, wonld be to
abandon the fundamental principles of his poli
cy ; for the preamble recites and reiterates the
principles upon which the radicals have acted
during this whole session, namely, that the
Southern States cannot be admitted to the Union
unless the rump Congress first deigns to give
their consent. Monstrous doctrine! On no less
than three occuions President Johnson hu pro-
nouneed ( this doctrine to be unconstitutional,
and a flagrant usurpation on the part of the
members from the Northern States. From this
position he cannot recede; and he will maintain
it now, although it will place him in an unpleu-
ant and embarrassing position. (The President
bss found a different solution of the question, by
signing the resolution without committing him
self to the principles involved, or even to the po
sition that it is an act of legislation.—Enas.)
As I intimated in my lut letter, the House of
Representatives have passed a resolution to take
a recess of two months, from the 1st of August to
the 1st of October—the idea being to resume the
session then, and remain in session till the time j
THE CONVENTION The Quadrilateral.—The Quadrilater- Something abuot Sunstroke.
We prepared a comment of -erne length al, which figures so much in accounts of mili-j The present intensity of solar heat lias, as
on the District Convention for yesterday’s tiry operations in Italy, is, as the name im- U3l,a l» given rise to a considerable number of
paper and supposed it was in tie hands of plies, a four-sided area, of which the strongly ; f at ?} r . es “ lts consequent upon direct exposure
If, .... . i . T7L . ... t , . ° J I to its influence. A few words of information
the printers, but somehow it was mislaid, and fortified cities of Pesclnera (pronounced pes- upon the nature of thia dangerous affection
s did not discover the omission until after ke-a-ra,) A erona, Legnago (pronounced len- ■ will, no doubt, be interesting, and may also
we bad gone to press. yak-go) and Mantua are the four corners.— j have their use in enabling the reader to avoid
Suffice it now to say, that the Cbnvention Peschiera is at the northwest corner, Verona , so sudden an exit from subsolar existence. the northeast was the Lombardo-Venetian
,. v-A- wi« „f ♦?.. .. aALb-J I It is1 rather _asingular fact that sunstroke is kingdom, forming part of the Austrian Em
pire. Bordering these divisions, on the
was a highly respectable body, both, in num- at the northeast, Legnago at the southeast,
hers and character. Eleven of the fifteen and Mantua at the southwest. The distances
counties were represented, chiefly by old men
of sterling worth, intelligence and patriotism.
As the proceedings developed, Messrs. Thos.
Hardeman, of Bibb, and P. W. Alexander, of
Upson, were elected delegates lrom the Dis- j
trict to the Philadelphia Convention, a selec
tion that will meet with general approval.
The Convention alsoinsde choice of Hon.
A H. Stephens, Hon. H. V. Johnson, Hon. A
H. Chappell and Judge D. A Walker, of the
Supreme Court bench, as delegates-at-large.
and earnestly recommended ‘.hem to the oth
er District Conventions. Asthis is the only
practicable mode of appointnent under the
circumstances, it is hoped thattlie ticket will
be promptly adopted. It w-*. g'ectrl with an
eye to the w ishes of evciy portion of the State,
and should there be any disagreement, the
whole thing may fail, so lar as regards that
branch of our representation, a most import
ant one. One Convention—for the Sixth
District—had already been held, on the 24th,
so a regular endorsement cannot be had from
them; their District delegates, however,
might express their approval, which, no
doubt, would be satisfactory to the ap
pointees-
Circular of “Missonri Southern Relief
Association.*'
Repeated and urgent appeals for aid to the South,
in this her hour of great need and suffering, coming
to our citizens from tkese sections of onr eoantry
so devastated by the late war,' have induced the
ladies of St Louis to form an association foriome
organised plan of relief in reply to those piteous
appeals.
Not only the present destitution and Buffering in
the Southern States is to be considered—for this
the coming crops will measurably relieve—bat the
appalling nnmber of destitute widows and home
less, friendless orphans stand out in bold relief the
saddest feature in the picture of want and misery
wc arc called on to contemplate, and which this ef
fect Is intended to relieve to what extent wc may.
Especially for these great objects of charity, left
by the casualties of the late strife, the ladies of
Missouri intend to bold a Grand!Bazaar in St. Lou
is during the last week of September, rclyiag for
between these respective cities, arc from twen
ty-one to twenty-five miles, so that the Quad
rilateral is of comparatively small extent.—
The eastern boundary is the Adige river,
which flows past both Verona and Leguago,
and the western boundary is theMincio, flow
ing by Peschiera and Mantua. It was at the
city of Custozza, within the “jaws of tho
Quadrilateral,” end not far from Peschiera,
that Victor Emanuel was recently whipped,
and driven back over the Mincio.
the success of their effort on the characteristic
for the regular meeting of the last aesssion I liberality of onr city and State, and confidently
of thia Congress, in December next There | hoping for contributions from all parts of the
is little doubt that this resolution will be
adopted by the Senate also; and thus
this wicked Rump Congress will remain virtu
ally permanently in session, until it expires by
constitutional limitation on the 4th of March,
1867. If the retention of Stanton and Harlan in
the Cabinet is owing to the fact that Congress
continues in session, there can be no hope of a
reorganization of the Cabinet, therefore, for many
months to come. But I do not believe this is the
fact; and I hope that very soon the President
will dismiss these two enemies of his, and call
around him men who will be devoted to hia in
terests and who will laborxealously for the suc
cess of his policy. ,
In a recent article on the late news from Eu
rope, the New York Herald says: “Should peace
in Europe be declared, Napoleon will be at lib
erty to resume bis Mexican projects, and no
promises will restrain him from improving his
golden opportunity. Austria will eagerly listen
to Napoleon’s proposals to build up the empire
in Mexico. With the Austrian and French ar
mies, it is beyond question that the government
of Maximilian could bo established,” Ac.
Is not this laughable? Here is a paper which
haa been croaking over the misfortunes of Max
imilian, has been declaring that Napoleon had
entirely deserted Maximilian and had left
him to shift for himself; has been for
months predicting the speedy downfall of the Mex
ican empire; Las assured its readers that the Eu
ropean war wonld pnt it ont of the power of either
enough to sit in council and patriotic com-! Napoleon or Austria to help Maximilian; now
” .. ... „ — „„„„I turns around and admits the truth of what I have
munion with the people of the North over the , ^ main1ain< . d> that N#poleon never intended
dangers that threaten the Constitution and toalandon Maximilian: that the European war
tlie liberties of the whole American people,
then we arc all unfit associates in such a
cause. The dark clouds of disunion must
still hover over our devoted land, and
the demon of faction continue to prey
upon its vitals. Liberty and Union must
await the departure of one generation and
the advent of a wi3er and better. The South
has drunk deep of the waters of affliction but
she can drink deeper still and not bo utterly
destroyed. Self poised, and assured that she is
in the right she can bide her time, leaving it
to the civilized world to do justice to her
would not prevent him from extending to Maxi
milian all the aid required by the latter: and that
the Mexican empire is already firmly and perma
nently established.
! Hero is a good thing, which I commend to your
i readers:
I “The ends which the radicals have in view, are
| revolutionary, and they are not unwilling to em-
l ploy revolutionary means. Tlie extrsordinsry reso
lution which has been forced through the House
under the pressure of the previous question—as
alluded to in these columns yesterday—admits ot
no misinterpretation. It contemplates as a not
improbable contingency, armed resistance to the
country in aldoi the holy cause they plead.
Great encouragement lias been given by the gen
tlemen of Missouri to the enterprise, committees
of whom will set in concert with tho ladict, giv
ing their personal attention to business requiring
special exertion.
It Is earnestly desired that every county in our
State should be represented hi this benevolent un
del-taking, and for this end editors throughout the
State are requested to notice it in their columns
and to urge upon the ladies to co-operate with
those in St Louis, and to forward to the offi
cers of the Association here the names of ladies
who may be selected as managers in the differ
ent localities. A circular will he sent to such la
dies, and it is confidently hoped that, by concert of
action, a sum maybe realized worthy of our State.
Contributions are solicited from merchants, man
ufacturers and all inclined to aid in this work of
benevolence throughout the length and breadth of
the land, and certainly Missouri has claims on all
the important and manufacturing cities and towns
in the country sufficient to insure a liberal response
to this appeal of her people.
A grand Tournament will beheld in connection
with the Fair, followed bya “Tournament Ball,” at
the Southern Hotel. Due notice will be given of
the exact day on which the Tournament will take
place. Invitations will be issue! to Knights from
all the States who may teel disposed to enter the
lists in the cause of the widow and orphan. This
pageant will take place at the ‘St. Louis Agricul
tural Fair Grounds,” the hambomest in the Uni
ted States, and best adapted foi the accommoda
tion of both actors and spectator
A committee of gentlemen wll preside over this
entertainment, whose names, whm published, will
be a sufficient guarantee of Its belnj the most attrac
tive affair of the kind ever given tie United States.
The ladles earnestly hope for representatives from
all the States on this occasion, conbining as it does
attractions unnsnal in our county with the most
exalted of charities, “aid to the widow and the (ath-
crless.”
Mas. Kebxcva Sinn, Pres.
Abusing the President.—Gen. Logan and
Gov. Hamilton addressed a meeting at the
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Fair Building to-niglit,
and charged in unmeasured terms^ upon the
President. It is but a few weeks since Logan
was a visitor at the Executive Mansion, ar.d
expressed hi9 approbation of the President’s
policy. The cause of this sudden change of
constitutional authority ot the Executive; In other j ^ntiment is the hope of elec tion of United
words, another civil war, to be gotten up by the | states Senator from Illinois.—Wash. Cor. N.
position and motives.
- T I Radicals, to enforce tlieir doctrine ol Southern • V Times.
University of Virginia.—It is with c na-1 7 rt
. . , ., j subiugation and negro suffrage. It Is clear, not »
tural pride that we sec our venerable Alma j on ] ytba t the Radicals are averse to the restoration < Railroad to IIawkinsvhle.—A corres-
Mater rise lrom the prostration of war, and j of the Union on a constitutional basis, but that j pondent in to-day’s paper, recommends the
again enter upon her honorable career of use- they are prepared to trample upon the Constitu-' building of a railroad from this place to
fulness. The annual announcement of the j tion whenever it impedes their schemes, and, if nawkinsville. Our citizens seem to favor
University will be found in our columns, from ’ necessary, to precipitate another bloody struggle , the enterprise, and have taken hold of it
unnere j ... r 1 to establish Radical supremacy. with the determination of pushing it through,
which it will be seen that the coming sessi n, ( ^ president, then, is entitled to, and must • Before giving our views on the subject*
to open in October, will find all the depart-, ^ a cm,,* heartily, determinedly, courage-. we shall await further developments.—Su»i-
ments. acrdemic and professional, fully re-es- 0 aj]y united iu support of the autho lt\vested in fee Republican.
tablished and in the hands of the best in-1 him under the Constitution, and of the authority! Riot nt Colnmbns Ky.
ririirtnM to be found in tlie country. The 1 of which ho Is irrevocably committed for the re- , *
. ., , . f e _ rf , nr ,i. I construction ofthe Union. There must be unity • Cairo, July 23.—A not between negroes
University presents advantages for a tliorou 0 U , ^ ^ CtWnet n0Tr or the p„ ccruI completion ot and whites, occasioned by a railroad eonduc-
education to be found in no other Southern j th4WOrk of re£toring fhe UnIon wlll ^ impossi- tor attempting to cut a button off a negro’s
college. Asa Georgian, wc regret to say this,) coat, occurred at Columbus, Ky., Saturday,
but it is nevertheless a truth, however disa-. ^ere do you readere suppose that Is fromS- nn! known
greeable to our pride, and Virginia should That is the language ol Mr. Raymond of New „ r ,i, e Vw ( . w V-1ll,wl V^ .,nt
have the credit that is due her. The large
Bible Dissemination in Mexico.—Tee
patronage that it enjoys from all the Southern
States and many of the Northern, is proof of
tlie wisdom of her policy, and it is hoped
that other States, attracted by her success,
may be induced to follow her liberal and en
lightened example.
But why does not the President act, when the Hew y ork Herald’s Mexico correspondent,
necessity for bis action is so apparent? Aye, that xvriting on the 14th instant, says; “The
is the question: Why does he not act? May American Bible Society is flourishing finely
H aven send him speedy determination. j n Mexico and other cities, notwithstanding
One word in regard to the Philadelphia National a determined opposition from the priesthood,
i Convention: Let the Telegraph continue to speak w j,o recently raked up an old law and confis-
; out, and to urge upon the people of every South- cated tho stock in several places. The Em-
m cotton- Pi wrrns’ Convention. ' cm state to send their best men as delegates.— peror cmne to the aid of the Bible agents,
* . , , ‘ 1 Evervthim: depends unon a full delegation of the however, and they are free from persecution
Lest it should escape the memory of some, | f ro m even- Southern State. for the present.”
wc would remind our readers of the Planters'. Warwick.
Mr. Davis and the Assassination Charge.
—For their own sakes, we are glad to see that
there is a prospect of even the Radical Con
gress washing its hands of the vile slander
that connected the name of Mr. Davis with
the murder of Lincoln. TFe observe that on
Saturday, in the House, Sir. Boutwcll, of
Mass., in some remarks growing out of a per
sonal explanation by Mr. Roberts as to what
were his rights as a member of the Judiciary
Committee, stated that the Committee had
never yet come to any conclusion as to what
should be advised as to the action of the
House, or even that any action should be ad
vised at all, with reference to the matter ot
the complicity of Jefferson Davis with the as
sassination of Mr. Lincoln. He also said that
they had not arrived at any conclusion as to
the value of the evidence, or that it possessed
any value at all.
Corn for Georgia.—The St. Louis Repub
lican, ot the 14th. instant, thus refers to Col.
Maddox, who was recently sent to the West
to purchase com for the destitute people of
this State: “Col. R. F. Maddox, acting here
as the agent of the Governor of Georgia, in
the purchase of corn for the benefit of the
destitute in that State, has purchased and for
warded one hundred and eighty-three thou
sand bushels, the last shipment being made
Thursday evening on the Stephen Decatur.
This com will l>e delivered in Georgia at a
cost of less than one dollar per bushel, iuclu-
ding freight and charges.
Re-admission of Tennessee.
The following is the text of the resolution
and accompanying preamble by which the
Radical Congress went through the form of
re-admitting the State of Tennessee into the
Union:
Whereas, In the year 1861, the Govern
ment of the State of Tennessee was seized
upon and taken possession of by persons in
hostility to the United States, and the in
habitants of said State, in pursuance of an act
of Congress were declared to be in a state of
insurrection against the United States; and
whereas, said State Government can only be
restored to itsfonner political relations in the
Union by the consent of the law-making pow
er of the United States; and whereas, the
people of the said State did, on the 22nd of
February, 1865, by a large popular vote adopt
and ratify a Constitution and Government
whereby slavery was abolished and the ordi
nances and laws of secession and debts con
tracted under the same were declared null
and void; and whereas, a State Government
has been organized under said Constitution,
which has ratified the amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States abolishing
Slavery, and also the amendment proposed
by the Thirty-ninth Congress, and has done
other acts proclaiming and denoting loyalty;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States in Congress
assembled, That the State of Tennessee is
hereby restored to her former proper practical
relations to the Union, and is again entitled
to bo represented by Senators and Represen
tatives in Congress.
Convention, advertised to take place in this
city on the 12tb day of August, proximo.— j
Alleged Disturbances in Stewart.—
Tlie report of the N. Y. Tribune of continued
disturbances in Stewart county, between the
Important to Cotton Holders.—Tlie JHL .
The Convention is without means to defray , ^ct apnroved June 30th, increases the negroes and whites, is authoritatively denied
the expense of advertising, and os the object I tjlX on unn);in ufaetured cotton from two cents tyf the Columbus Sun of yesterday. No such
one of general interest, we hope our breth- j t0 three cents after 1st August proximo. It l^ofriic FrcedmS’s Bu-
ren of the press throughout the State will therefore, a matter of some importance to reatl) all(1 uo ()le , rt . mortJ law-abiding
briiHT the matter prominently before tlieir ........ n r<.ntmn nnnn which the taxes have tkm mnaiv. •
before tlieir
readers and urge the attendance of intelli
gent planters from every county. They would
owners of cotton upon which tho taxes have than those of Stewart county.
not been paid, to attend to the matter of —™ . , ,* „„ , , , .,
not veuj u- B5P A large peach has been laid on our
„ I Government due- nt once. Lut n tew dajs table, raised by Mr. Samuel Akers of this
also con^r a favor by copying the call, to l>e ; lemu ;n in which to tftke advantage of the place, measuring ten and a quarter inches in
found in our columns. 1 ( . ban „ e circumference’ -La Orange Rqxjrtor.
Florida Delegates to the Philadelphia
Convention.
Tallahassee, Fla., July 23d, 1865.
Having received satisfactory evidence that
the Constitutional Union people of the State
of Florida, who favor the reconstruction pol
icy of President Johnson, comprising almost
the entire voting population of the State, de
sire to be represented in the National Consti
tutional Union Convention that will convene
in Philadelphia on the 14th August next, and
that, 00 account ot the want of time and to
save the expense and inconvenience of meet
ing in State Convention, they advise that
their delegates to said Convention be appoint
ed by myself: Now, therefore, I do hereby
appoint the following persons to be delegated
to said Convention, to-witr:-
From West Florida—B. D. Wright, O. M.
Avery, Geo. Walker, Geo. S. Hawkins, F. R.
Pitman, J. L, Dunham.
From Middle Florida—J. B. Love, Robert
Davidson, W. Call, J. L. McKibbcn, Geo. W.
Scott, K. H. Gamble, M. D. Papy, Thomas
Randall.
From East Florida—F. McLeod, T. O.
Holmes, J. B. Dawkins, M. Solano, John Ste
phen Maxwell.
Prom South Florida—Wm. Marvin, W. C.
Maloney. James Gettcs.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my
hand, on this tlie day and year first above
written. David S. Walker.
Tiie New Attorney General.—One of
our Northern exchanges gives tlie following
history of the successor of Mr. Speed;;
Henry Stansbury was born at Zanesville,
Ohio; graduated at the Ohio University, at
Athens, Ohio; was admitted to tlie bar in
1824, and commenced practice at Lancaster,
Ohio, soon after, and b at present about
seventy years of age. He studied law seven
years before commencing to practice, and
took higher rank among jurists at the outset
than any lawyer of the present generation.—
He was Attornev General of Ohio under a
more fatal and more frequent in the temper
ate than in the torrid zone. New York lias
more cases than Havana or Rio, in proportion
to population: even in Quebec the danger is
quite as great in the few days of intense" heat
allotted to that region as in any part of the
world. The indications of the thermometer
are every imperfect guides in regaid to the
action of heat upon the animal frame.
“ The true indication of the force of the so
lar rays,” says Ilerschel, “ would seem to be
not the statical effect on the thermometer,
but their momentary intensity measured by
the velocity with which they communicate
heat to an absorbent body.” It is this “ mo
mentary intensity” which causes the phenom
enon of sunstroke, and which seems to be
greater in regions without than within the
tropics.
■When the head is exposed to the sun’s
rays in times of their greatest intensity, the
heat seems often to cause instant inflammato
ry action in the ontents of the skull. The
sufferer experiences intense headache, suc
ceeded by vomiting; lie thnn falls breathless,
and, unless instant assistance be given, turns
black in the face and expires. Victims of
sunstroke are most often laborers, and intox
icating drinks strongly predispose to this
sudden infiamation of the cranial organs.—
Any constriction about the neck, from tight
cravats or collars, also predisposes to sun
stroke, and generally any depressing agents,
mental or physical lessen the resisting power
of the body to tlib as to other diseases.
Terrestrial radiation of the sun’s heat seems
to bear an important part in the production
of sunstroke. At sea, and on small blands,
such a result b very uncommon, no matter
how intensely the sun’s rays beat down
while inland, and especially in large cities,
where stony pavements and long-ranges of
buildings combine to add their radiant calo
ric to the direct action of the sun, fatal cases
most often occur.
One of the best protectives against sun
stroke is the sun umbrellas, universally used
in our Southern cities, but rarely seen at the
North, where, during our short but fiery
summer, they are even more necessary. If,
in addition to this, cravats and dress-hats are
discarded, the hair clipped close, all alcoholic
beverages strictly eschewed, animal food re
duced to a minimum, and ice-water, soda-
water, or lemonade, freely but temperately
indulged in, we may confidently continue our
usual out-door avocations without danger.
Laboring men, who cannot carry sun um
brellas, will find the greatest safety in tetotal-
ism, at least during tbe heated term, with fre
quent washing of the head in cold water
while at work in the sun, and the immediate
abandonment of labor, on the occurrence of
dizziness or sickness at the stomach. For
one sun-struck, the most effective plan is re
moval to shelter, free application of cold wa
ter to drink if the patient can swallow, and
medical aid without delay. A favorite treat
ment of sun-stroke, in the army, said to have
been very successful, was the continuous
dashing of the patient’s body with cold wa
ter, until revival took place—often for an
hour or more—with plenty of water to drink
when swallowing was possible. A trial of
this, in civil practice is certainly justifiable
seeing that under the usual treatment, every
case terminates fatally.—Boston Commercial.
Tho New Kingdom of Italy.
From the New York Tribune.
_ Eight years ago the peninsula of Italy con
sisted ot eight sovereign and independent
States. In the northwest was the kingdom
of Sardinia, to which belonged also the
island of Sardinia, in the Mediterranean. In
Condition ol Ex-President Davis-—Ilis
Visitors at Fortress Monroe
A Fortress Monroe letter dated the 16th
inst., thus mentions this distinguished pris
oner of state:
“Visitors innumerable come every day to
see Mr. Davis and he receives all with great
politeness and suavity of manner, but he
does not enter into conversation with them
more than the most common-place saluta
tion. To lib intimate friends, however, he
devotes all his leisure time, and discusses
with them the leading topics of the clay.
“A gentleman who passed several hours
with. Mr. Davis informs me that on political
questions he will not touch at all. The stir
ring news from Europe has no interest for
him, and hb main thoughts are religiously
inclined. He is called upon by a number of
clerical gentlemen, who share his unbounded
confidence. To these he talks altogether on
ecclesiastical subjects, and courts and receives
from them instructions in the holy gospel.—
One of his most intimate friends is
the Reverend O. S. Bartem, rector of
Christ Church of Norfolk, who spends
one day every week with Mr. Davis. This
gentleman has been here to-day, and stopped
during the hours of 7 and 3 at the casemate
occupied by Mrs. Davis and family. No one
ever dreams that during the dog-days any
tribunal will convene for his trial. We shall
have to wait for three months longer, or
probably more, ere Mr. Chief Justice Chase
can muster courage to bring the alleged “arch
traitor” to trial, and perhaps, it E. M. Stan
ton is in the meantime removed by President
Johnson from the cabinet, Davis may be given
up to the civil authorities. Should Stanton,
however, hold on to his office, the arrival of
fall, and even winter, will bring no ameliora
tion to the prisoner. It seems to be the in
tention of the Secretary of War to kill his cap
tive rather than let him bo tried. But what
motive can he have in such procrastination ?
Fourteen months’ imprisonment has com
pletely immortalized and martyrized .Jeffer
son Davis. It makes no difference now what
the government may do to this man, his fame
is world-wide as a martyr, and all the white
washing of Stanton could riot produce a
counter effect; nay, not even an unconditional
pardon could eradicate the feeling from the
minds of the Southern people that Jeff Davis
is a martyr to Jlie “lost cause.”
Tennessee.—The Jacobin conclave styling
itself the Legislature of Tennessee, fizzled out
and expired on Wednesday- Before adjourn
ing, they expelled Messrs. Martin, Williams,
Porter of Henry, Foster, Brittle, and Marable.
The cases of Brown and Dunuaway will be
investigated next Fall.
The following comment on the action of
the body by the Press and Times, looks very
like satire, and of the keenest sort:
“The session, though short, has been mo
mentous in its action, which has given a new
portion of the administrations ol Governors impetus to the great l nion enine. and lias
Bartley and Bebb, from about 1845 and 1848, served to illustrate some of the most notable
and resumed his profession in Columbus, triumphs of late and order, nndfdelity to prhi-
Ohio, until 1854, and then moved to Cincin- eiplefor its oKn tale, that hate occurred in the
nati, where he has been ever since, though ' history of Tennessee."
nominally residing in Covington, Ky. In : . , . , , .
politics he W:.s first a whig, then a republi- ^ llls highly respected
can, and finallv a staunch member of tbe | Christian Patnot and beloved Prelate of the
south, were tlie duchies of Parma and Mode
na. The central portion of the country was
occupied by tlie grand-duchy of Tuscany, to
which Lucca had been annexed in 1847, and
the States of the Church, while the southern,
end of the peninsula formed, with the island
ot bicily, the kingdom of Naples, or the two
Sicilies. Surrounded by the Papal States was
the little republic of San Marino, while-about
6,000 people on the Sardinian coast were
governed by an independent prince of Mo
naco.
The union of these various States under
one powerful Government has been for years
the lavorite dream of a large party among
the Italians, and the traditional policy of the
House of Savoy. It was in the hope of car
rying out this scheme that Charles Albert*
when tbe revolution broke out iu Lombardb-
\ enetia, in 1878, placed himself at the head
of the movement, and marched with his army
into Lombardy. The idea of uniting the
different Italian States under any one crown,
wn« far frcmi tho flinughts of niailV of the
popular leaders, to whom national unity
meant also national republicanism; but the
popular enthusiasm aroused by Charles Al
bert’s course, and his well known liberality*
and reformatory tendencies, were too strong
to be resisted. The hated rule of the Aus
trians in the Peninsula seemed about to bo
broken, when two victories by Radetsky over
the Sardinians and Insurgents, turned the
scale, and seemed to threaten tlie very exist
ence of the Sardinian monarchy. Charles
Albert was forced to abdicate in favor of his
son, Victor Emanuel; and the Austrian hold
upon Lombardy and Venice, seemed fixed
faster than ever. Meantime, revolutions in
the Papal States, in Naples, and elsewhere,
were likewise put down, and were followed
by severe reactionary measures, while in Lom
bardy, notwithstanding the efforts of Austria,
by works of material improvement, to recon
cile tbe people to their political subjection,
the uneasy feeling still continued, breaking
out again in 1853, in a revolt which was easi
ly suppressed.
Victor Emanuel, on the other hand, had
been securing his position as the leader of the
party of unity by fostering liberal institu
tions, while at the same lime he had augment
ed the material resources and- foreign in
fluence of his kingdom, and had cemented an
alliance with France, to aid him in his ulter
ior designs. Austins took the alarm, and
made preparations for wait A few words
from the Emperor of the French, spoken at a
ceremonious reception of foreign ministers,
precipitated the contest. The people of Italy
believed that tbe moment of national unity
and regeneration was at hand, and there wa*s
bitter disappointment when, after the bril
liant campaign of 1859, a peace was arranged
at Villafranca, whereby Sardinia became the
purchaser of nearly all of Lombardy, except
the important fortresses of Peschiera and
Mantua, for the sum of $42,000,000, while the
rest of Lombardy and the whole of Venice
were retained by Austria. The Duchies and
a part of the Papal States had, meanwhile,
thrown off their allegiance to tlieir old rulers,
and expressed a desire to be incorporated
with the Kingdom of Sardinia. The people
of the Two Sicilies, aided by Garibaldi, drove
out their King and linked their destinies like
wise with those of the House of Savoy, and
on the 17th of March. 1861, Victor Emanuel
assumed the title of “King of Italy.” He had
ceded Savoy and Nice to France. All the
rest of the Peninsula, except the portion re
tained by Austria in the north; a small terri
tory around Rome, in which the Pope wa3
supported by a French army, and tlie petty
State of Monaco (part of which was also ced
ed to France) and San 3Iarino were now unit
ed under one crown.
Since that time the great question in Italy,
up to the present year, has been at the disposal
of Rome. The day has seemed close at hand
when that city, too. must be added to the
new kingdom * of Italy; but, unexpectedly,
Austria has been the first to loose her hold
upon an unwilling people, and the Pope still
clings to his temporal power. The accession
of territory whicn Victor Emanuel has made,
or probably will make, by the war just closed
comprises tha entire government of Venice,,
having an area of 9,198 square miles, and a
population ot 9,166,000; and the small rem
nant of Lombardy, with a population of per
haps 40,000. This territory, however, has not
been ceded directly to Victor Emanuel, but
to France. There is no doubt that the Em
peror will transfer it to the King of Italy, but
Napoleon may demand the island of Sardinia
in Exchange. The superficial extent of this
island is about the same at that of Vfenetia,
but its population is only a little over half a
million.
Victor Emanuel, when he came, to the
throne, had about 5,000,000 subjects.. He has
reigned seventeen years, and has now nearly
25,000,000. He has acquired with the Lom
bardo-Venetian kingdom 5.000,005; the Two
Sicilies, 8,700,000; the Pontifical States,
000,000; Tuscany, 2,000,000; Parma, .500,-
000: and ilodens, 600,000. On the other
hand, he has lo?t about 700,000 by thecession
of Savoy and Nice to France.
Thus we see that u long stephas been made-
toward Italian unity;, hut tho great move
ment is far from being finished.. The Princi
pality of Monaco and the Republic of Sam
Marino, thus far protected' from annexation!
by their insignificance, have between them
14,000 inhabitants, and the remnant o£ the
Papal States, protected by foreign bayonets*
have 700.000. There are no other Italians in-
the Peninsula, except those subject to France*
who have rot been incorporated into the
new kingdom; but thc-rc-are.230;009 in Cor
sica, which belong to France, ancl over 100;-
000 in the Swiss Canton of Tessin.. Austria
has still about 500,003 Italian subjects. The
southern half of the Tyrol, containing nearly
half the inhabitants, is almost exclusively
Italian, and the eastern coast of the Adriatic*
about Trieste, opposite Venice, is largely
peopled by a race who difler from these of
the Peninsula only in slight variations of dia
lect. Of the Italians in Europe, therefore, we
see that about 23,000,000 owe allegiance to
the new kingdom, while there are 1,330,000
subject to foreign powers, and 714,000 under
the dominion of minor Italian sovereigns.
Union party that elected Lincoln and John
son, to the platform of which he still adheres.
He is certainly ono of the most accomplished
lawyers in the United States.
“Do you know who I am said an
officer to u fellow whom he had bv the collar
“Not exactly, sir,” the fellow replied; “hut I
think you must be the malignant cellarer.”—
Albany dour.
Episcopal Church, is now on • visit to our
city. He administered the right of confirma
tion to six candidates on Sunday last—two or
three of whom had been members of the Me
thodist church. The Bishop seems to be in
excellent health and retains his vigor of body
and mind completely. May he long be spared
to tili his sphere of great usefulness in the
church ami society.—R .ne Ga. Court r, July
1 24tfl.
An editor out West says: “A female
correspondent -ends us an interesting piece
of poetry and requests us to publish it. The
moon is called bright; tho stars are flattered
with the original appellation’of ‘meek-cyed,’
the trees come in for a full share of eulogy ;
and tlie falling spring is pronounced silvery
plated, or something to that effect. Besides
the poem is equally instructive on other sub
jects. If Mary will send us an affidavit that
she has washed her dishes, mended her hose,
swept her house the wrck after she was
‘struck with poetic tire,' Wo will give iu, and
startle the literary world from its lethargy.—,
For the present wc say ‘darn your stockings,
and darn your poetry, too.’”