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Tlie Georgia THE TELEGRAPH. MAOON FRIDAY, JtTLY 9, 1869. «Until He 'Proves Himself Inconi petenfc.” General Grant, in his interview with Clift, {geo telegram,) says he is going to retain the Macon Post Master “until he proves himself incompetent” This rule of proceeding he has avowed on all appointments, from Cabinet offi cers down; and it is a good one, provided he has taken all pains to determine the question of competency so far as he can, before theap- * pointment is made. Bat it is a strange piece of business to make the public service the sport of general experi ments upon the question of competency. A wise and cautious discretion is first to be exercised. There must be every apparent indication of competency and fitness. The appointee, by his reputation, character and position among his fellow-men—the display of parts and aptitudes in kindred pursuits, must first justify a delibe rate and well-informed judgment as to his com petency. An administration which cares for its own reputation and success—the success of iteparty, or the public welfare, will sedulously endeavor to be represented everywhere—at home and abroad—by the highest order of talent, char acter and influence; and if, unfortunately, it is misinformed, and misjudges, then let it apply the correcting hand as soon as‘possible. No President or party can command the respect or confidence, even of the vulgar and debased who fails to present itself to the people through the most honorable, influential and respectable agents it can command. Post Office General Delivery. Judging from our own experience, Macon is now having what may indeed be well termed a system of general post office delivery. Day be fore yesterday a gentleman brought us two-thirds of our newspaper mail which had strayed into Ins box. Yesterday nearly one-half of our let ters came in the shape of voluntary contribu tions by outsiders, who had undesignedly been placed in possession of them. These are times in which the people must he neighborly. Pass around the letters and documents until they get into the right hands. Since the foregoing we have received the fol lowing, which demands the immediate attention of the party concerned. "We do not know him. Some of our readers may: ' Mr. Charles H. Freeman will receive a valua ble letter by calling at T. W, Freeman’s, Cher- ry street “A House—Mr Kingdom foe a Hoese!”— Mr. Huff sends us a complimentary ticket of free access to the velocipede rink, and a gratuitous use of his wooden steeds. 'When we ride horse, let it be a mule, with four good, honest feet, and a pious purpose to go straight along, slow and easy—this side up with care. If we are to ride a rail let other men propel it, and don’t ask ns to' do it—this hot weather particu larly. Oar corporeal dignity is too great to re pose on any single inch base, and a summer sault is no joke to one of our dimensions. Mr. Half, considerations connected with personal . safety, compel us to decline your invitation. “West Disowned Out.—News from the West, including Illinois, Central and Northern, Iowa, Wisconsin, "MicAugan, and large portions of In diana states that they are pervaded by an al most universal deluge. Creeks, rivers and lakes >»re overflowing, roads submerged, bridges car ried away. Fierce storms and tremendous rains .have overwhelmed the "country, doing great -damage to the Georgia com crops up in that extended section of the country. We are sorry to impart tnis disastrous news to our planters. Wo are afraid they will feel it in their pockets next year. ' r - ■ ^ . Dickson’s Compound.—David Dickson and 3fifteen other parties apply for incorporation with 'a cash capital of $160,000 paid in, to manufac ture the Fertilizer known as Dickson’s Com pound, in Augusts. We think the prospects are that more than twioo as much will be invested in fertilizers next spring as was spent last spring. New Yobk Tribune and the Gband Abut of the Republic.—The New York Tribune does it self credit by boldly denouncing the Grand Axmynf the Repnblic so-called. He says: • These men combine for political purposes.— They propose to keep alive the wrath and bit terness of that dreadful time. They mean to control conventions and nominate men to office —to perpetuate in onr civil system the bitterness of war. A Blow-out at Memphis.—There was a huri- cane at Memphis last Wednesday. The storm unroofed and otherwise injured some twenty boil dings. In various portions of the city it blew •down chimneys. A lady and three men are re ported to have been drowned while crossing the reiver in a skiff. On and after the 1st July, the State of South •Carolina begins the payment of two years back interest on the State debt. To get twelve per •cent, at one time, is not an every day occur rence instate finance, and shows that the old :3tate is gathering up her former strength. A correspondent at Havana puts the strength •of the Spanish forces operating in Cuba at 32,- -500 veterans and. volunteers, and that of the pa triot army at 36,000 whites, 19,000 negroes, with 20,000 f uUy armed. He thinks the patriot army will soon number 80,000. A'Cool Dismissal.—The President acknowl edged the receipt of Secretary Borie’s letter of resignation as follows : Sib : Yonr note of this date, tendering yonr resignation a* Secretary of the Navy, is received - and your resignation is accepted. Very respectfully, TJ. S. Grant. The Needle Gin.—We have from Echols, of Atlanta, General Agent, a circular explaining and depicting the Needle Gin—a very pretty machine—said to be effective and to add from <jne to two cents value to the staple, r Cotton Sales fob Future Deliyert.—Wm. Bryce & Co.’s Circular of June 26th says, that sales for future delivery on the basis of Low Middling have been made as follows: For Oc tober, 28; November, 24'to 26 J; December, 24 to 25J. Either price is pretty good. Hot and Dbt.—The Covington Examiner, of -the 1st, says the weather for the past few days, has been unusually hot and-sultry. This im mediate vicinity is beginning to need rain—gar dens are suffering. The Washington Post Office was honored by the installation of several colored clerks last Tuesday. _ From Talbot.—Our agent inTalhotton, writes as that crops in that county are still doing finely. From Barbonr County, Alabama.' The Eufaula News, of the' 1st instant, com plains of the unusual heat of the weather. The crops were never better. The News says: From nearly all sections, we learn that the •crops were never better. Two or three more good rains, and the com crop will be entirely out of danger, and a large yield expected. Cot ton is doing finely, and if sot attacked by the caterpillar, or boB-wonn. the Urgest orop, ta king the number of acres cultivated, will be made. Murdered Res Adjudicate. That is a honible felony of which Han. Alex ander M. Spxeb has been guilty. He has kiOed Res Adjudicate! Killed him hopelessly—shame fully—ignominionsly. Nay,-worse than that.— In a letter of half a column, this blood thirsty man has slaughtered the entire family, of which old Res was only an occasional and not a very prominent member. We speak of the great dodge family—a very keen shifty set of people indeed: who never can be convinced that the shadow must yield to the substance, or that ex ceptions, demurrers, special pleadings ancl so forth, are not as good in politics as they are in law. The Judge, we say, deals most remorselessly with this whole crowd, and don’t leave one of them alive. He states the case plainly, and conclusively indicates what must be the policy of the Democrats of Georgia, if they would maintain self-respect, or the respect of the people—if they would serve the State or them selves. He shows what folly it will be to fight the decision of our Supreme Court, affirming the equal political rights and privileges of nearly one-half our voting population, with the legal tactics and quibbles by which justice is some times delayed and defeated in a Magistrate’s Court, and that there is only one true, manly, candid, honorable and lawful way of dealing with this question. We heartily commend his letter to the reader. It may be fonnd on the outside of this edition of the Telegrafh. Northern Immigration. Mr. J. R. Butts, who has just returned from a general perambulation through the North and East, reports a great change in the feeling about Southern investments since ne was there a year ago. Then the people would hardly listen to a proposition to buy Southern property. Now, they are all anxious to invest in the South, and he says he knows of a number of parties who will visit Georgia for that purpose very soon, while the prospect of an active demand for Sonthem investments next fall is very encouraging.— While in New York he sought to interest Sena tor Sprague, in some factory property in Geor gia, and received the following note from him: Providence, June 14, 1869. Dear Sir: Your letter is receive A Itwillnot be possible for me to enter into any new busi ness enterprises at this time. If extending my cotton manufacturing business at any time, I should certainly go South for that purpose. Truly yours, W. Sprague. Jas. E. Butts, Esq., 46 Murray street, New York. Mr. Amasa Sprague also told him that he (Mr. S.) regretted that all the vast manufactur ing property of the firm was not located in the South instead of the Northern States. Mr. Butte says he feels a degree of confidence in the financial future of the South which he never felt before, at any time in her history. A Compromise Proposition. A highly intelligent friend in Atlanta drops the jollowing suggestion. It had, in substance, already been made by one of onr contempora ries, and copied into others, but we presume had not attracted his attention: Atlanta, July 1, 1869. Editors Telegraph: I approve and endorse, in the main, the course of the Telegraph on the “negro question.” “ The die is cast” The question has been decided. The highest judi cial tribunal of the State has, by a solemn judg ment, declared the negro, under the Constitu tion and laws of the State, eligible tooffice. From thi3 decision there is no appeal. However re pugnant to onr feelings and prejudices we must row to the majesty of the law, as expounded by the court of last resort. The question now arises, in view of this de cision of the Supreme court, what course shall be adopted in reference to the negro members expelled from the present Legislature ? Some of our people are for restoring them, others op posed. Some believe their restoration legal and constitutional; others entertain a contrary opinion. Our best and wisest men differ in opinion npon the subject. From present appearances, trouble in some shape, may grow out of it to our people. To him who desires to set the State once again up on her feet, politically, the inquiry occurs, is there no way in which this xexata queestio may be solved satisfactorily to all parties ? I think there is. Let the members of the Legislature who were admitted to seats, from which the negroes were expelled, resign, and Gov. Bullock issue writs of election to fill the vacancies thus created. (Of course the Senator from Chatham is not included.) If these members and the Governor will co operate upon this line it seems to me it would settle an ugly question and perhaps save the State from a second reconstruction process. The practical point in the business is whether the Governor will be willing to accept these resignations, and to issue writs of election as suggested ? Upon that point we know nothing, but assume that the Governor, bolding the original colored members duly elected and qual ified, and the occupation of their seats by the persons who received the next highest number of votes, an act of usurpation, would not receive the resignation of the latter, nor declare a new election to fill vacancies which he alleges do not legally exist. The straight way—the politic way—the constitutional way—the sensible way— the profitable and manly way out of this di lemma is pointed out by Judge Speer, of Griffin. In that way we ask no favors—we compromise no principle—we sacrifice no pride in any just or reasonable or sensible interpretation of the matter. Let Us Have Peace.—A Washington special to the Louisville Journal says: Politicians here from Virginia and Tennessee have been very anxious to learn which side the administration would take in the pending con tests in these States where the two parties are Re publican, one conservative and the other radi cal. Several pilgrimages have been made here from both sides, anda Republicannewspaper here and one in New York have been in doubt which ticket to approve until the President should in dicate his views. The matter has been even talked over in Cabinet councils, and Secretary Boutwell declared that there could not be two Republican parties in tnis country, and that the one that was most radical • was deserving of support. The President has backed this up by declaring that be endorses Stokes in Tennessee, and Wells in Virginia, and that the Federal pat ronage shall be distributed accordingly. This, if true, fixes the sympathies and influ ence of the administration, beyond all doubt or mistake, with the worst ultra radical faction —a faction too ultra even for Broumlow! for Brownlow supports Senter and the enfranchise ment of the Tennessee whites, while Grant up holds Stokes and perpetual disfranchisement. The Fonrih or July. The Atlanta New Era says: The Fourth of July falling on Sunday, by common consent, Monday, the Fifth; will be observed as a holiday. The two National Banks will be closed accordingly, and those having pa per due on that day will pay on Saturday, the same as if it fell due on Sunday. The Rolling Mill, Railroad and other machine shops will ob serve the same day. That is our interpretation of the matter. We shall take holiday Monday, and consequently, the next Telegraph after Sunday morning’s edi tion will be issued on Wednesday morning. A Bide'to the Printers.—Cob Halbert ad dresses the following note to the Atlanta Print ing offices: .• A * , Sta: I have the pleasure of tendering the Proprietors of the different Publications and Printing offices of this oity, and all persons in their employ, together with their families, a special free train for a picnic excursion to such point on the Western & Atlantic Railway as they may select, and on such day as they may agree upon. An early notification of acceptance, and of the time and place ‘Selected, is respectfully re quested. Very respectfully, . . :f Arof*.•» V",Hulsibt, Sup't. From Texas. Ihe Canvass in Texas—Prospects—Radicals op posed to Reconstruction—Candidates—Crons — Weather, etc. ^ Correspondence of the Telegraph.] Richmond, Texas, June 26, 1869, Candidates for State officers, although the election has not yet been ordered, are pretty generally making known their aspirations through that medium of universal intelligence, the press, or “norating” their paramount claims to the confidence of the people from the stump. No danger but all the offices will find incumbents, ready and willing to fill them, not withstanding the weighty responsibilities and perplexing cares which their discharge entails on self-sacrificing patriots. ‘ xfc 1 * General E. J. Davis (no kin to Jeff,,) is the gubernatorial candidate of-^Jhat wing of the Radical party desirous of defeating the ratifica tion of the Constitution. General D. was an of ficer in the Federal army during the war. He was a citizen of Texas previous to the war: Ex-Gov. Hamilton is the opposing Candidate, and will be supported by moderate RepuHicans and moderate Democrats who echo the senti ment, “Letus have peace.” Itisnoteasytosay from this standpoint which one stands the best chance of success. In this portion of the State the negro vote largely preponderates, and it is feared that this vote will go for Davis, as many of them belong to the Loyal Leagues. But, on the other hand, I .learn from a gentleman from the region of country around Waco, where the preponderance is in favor of the whites, that this class of all parties will vote for. Hamilton and ratification. Davis will hardly have the temeritv to c.an- w.oa. ah a cut* —:u. xzauiuton. The General, in a contest of that sort, in the hands of the Ex- Governor, would be a mere child in the hands of a giant. Few men in this, or any other coun try, are capable of coping with Hamilton on the hustings. As a popular speaker, he has few equals. In this country cotton is a long. ways ahead of what it is in yours. A week ago I counted ten bolls, and forty odd blooms and squares on a single stalk. If the worm will only spare it, an excellent crop will be realize A Such a con summation is greatly needed after so many suc cessive failures. The weather is warm, and as usual here, too much rain. A freedman was murdered by another twenty or thirty miles below this place a few days ago. Politics and Ku-Kluxes had nothing to do with it It was an unprovoked murder. The mur derer is now in jail at this place. If he gets his deserts he is yet destined to be elevated in the public view. Pab Fois, ,> r ~ The Legal States o# the Expelled Ne gro Members ot the Legislature. A Scandalous Imposition. Fort Valley, Ga., June 29, 1869. Editors Telegraph : Some time ago a man who called himself Dr. Vi. T. Wallace, came to Fort Valley, Georgia, pretending to be very skillful in the cure of all manner of diseases. Having a son who had been afflicted for some time with rheumatism, and having exhausted all the med ical skill conversant to me, I thought I would give him a trial. He very readily took the case in hand, and after getting the very last cent which I possessed, and two chickens beside, in a few days was off and gone to parts unknown. He made a fair promise, that if he did not ef fect a permanent cure upon my son that he would refund the money. I would not say a word about it, Mr. Editor, but I am a poor man—my wife has to toil bard in the burning summer’s sun to make bread for ns to eat, and I want every one to know who this notorious scoundrel is, so that others may not be imposed upon. He has robbed me, my wife and afflicted son of our money. He told diabolical lies—and. in short, he has done, and is mean enough to do, anything for money. Ho calls himself the Indian Doctor, is about fire feet, eight inches high, florid complexion, gray eyes,. light hair,, and teeth project a little in front. Any one who will take up this imposter, and bring him to justice will confer a favor up on a poor, blind man and an almost helpless family. All papers friendly to the cause of hu manity will please copy. A. W. Wall, t . byJ. L. Avant. Mr. Wall is a gentleman in every sense, and deserves the sympathy of alL J. L. Avant. Furlow Masouic Female College. The Sumter Republicaxuof Thursday contains a voluminous report of the proceedings of the Annual Commencement of Furlough Masonic Female College at Americas. Ten young ladies f>f the graduating class were represented in the exercises. Miss Eoline Butts, of Dooly county, took the first honor; Miss Fannie Scarbrough, the second; and the valedibtory to Faculty and Class was delivered by Miss Nellie Patterson, of Americas. Sidney Lanier, Esq., of Macon, de livered the oration, and the Repnblicanisays of it: The oration of Sidney Lanier, Esq., of Macon, was elegant, forcible, eminently suggestive, and eloquent. His theme, “ The Future of the Land we Love,” was discussed in the spirit of a broad and liberal minA which overleaps the passions and prejudices of the present and in tbe light of a noble Catholicism depicts the ris ing glories of the true, the beautiful and the good,-in the bright advancing future. There was nothing of the politician, but all of tbe man of principle and integrity, of lofty impulse and knightly chivalry, in the "positions assumed and thoughts spoken by this gifted son of Georgia. The oration was the production of a cultivated student, glowing with the lustre and fervor of a strong and manly imagination. Chinese Immigration in Memphis. At a preliminary meeting for the purpose of encouraging Chinese immigration, held at the Chamber of Gommerce in Memphis Wednesday afternoon, Charles Kortrecht presided. The meeting was composed of the leading men of this section of country. The following dispatch was read by the Secretary: San Francisco, June 30, 1869. 6. W. Gift, Memphis:—Does the meeting at Memphis takes place on the 13th of July ? Ivaap- mauschoop, principal Chinese importer, at tend if your answer is favorable. J. G. Eastland, . • Captain Gift then moved, that a committee of five be appointed to draft resolutions in refer ence to the same, who reported a preamble set ting forth the great need of labor in the South west, and the difficulties encountered by land-- holders, and the following resolutions: . Resolved, That in the opinion of this Meet ing the best lnterests of the. South require that all legitimate inducements shall be offered at once to enconrege the emigration of Chinese la borers in large numbers, direct from China, to supply the great' demand now 'existing- in the South for steady and reliable labor. Resolved, That in order to accomplish this purpose, a convention to consider questions and mature a plan of co-operation be called to meet at this place on the 13th of July, to be com posed of delegates from all parfs of the South, especially from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee, and that each county, city and town in those States, are hereby requested to send sucb dele gates without waiting for written invitations to do so. The meeting then adjourned. Crops in Terrell rind Webster. Health of Southern Georgia.—The Dawson Journal of Thursday says« For some days, we have' had unusually hot weather, and in the vicinity it has been quite dry, until yesterday when we had rain, though not a sufficiency. The corn has suffered to some extent, but seasons, from this time, will secure to our section a good crop—The report is still favorable'from the cotton crop. From Webster county we get cheering news, as to crops of com and cotton. The health of South western Georgia is alarming good, so say the Doctors. John H. Subatt is a Baltimore commission merchant t9;V(: . 4 LETTER FROM ALEXANDER M. SPEER. Griffin, Ga., June 24, 186t Gen." A."R. Weight--Dear Sir : YoiirsAf the 21st inst., inviting an opinion from me “upon the effect of the decision of the Supreme Court upon the status of the expelled members of the present Legislature,” has been received. Permit me to preface my reply with the re mark that considerations alone, personal to you, have induced me to make one. Thave no desire to express, through the press, any political opin ions ; neither do I suppose that I could influence to any extent the action of t^e Legislature upon, the question you propound Ay anything I might write. ’ ‘ 1 , /' Still, courtesy to you anda common desire with you to see this quistion settled upon the - * common basis of justice and law, forbids me remaining silent under the call you have made upon me. *v Whether the recent decision made upon this subject accords with our own views, should not, in my judgment, influence the course we ought to desire adopted by the Legislature. I am candid to say that my opinion has been that the Constitution adopted recently for the State, conferred the right to. hold office , upon the negro. Such were the views entertained by most of the Democratic press of the State—-by the leaders and organs of the party—and it was made in the canvass one.of the most prom inent objections to the adoption of that Consti tution by tbe people. Were we sincere then, or were we making an objection to a Constitution we did not think well founded ? • I cannot be lieve those who entertained those views then were acting insincerely with the people in urg ing an objection they did .not believe existed. If these were our opinions then—and we so ex pressed them—I cannot see with what consist ency or propriety we can now complain, that the decision sustains our opinions heretofore o«)inmni. A majority ot the Legislature, How ever, npon the question being made and dis cussed, entertained different views, and by res olution declared the colored members inel igible—their seats were vacated, and the white members admitteA As might have been anticipated, this course aroused the indignation of a large portion of the Radical party, and it has been made tbe excuse or groundwork for a determined and persistent effort to place the State again under military rule—have her civil government declared pro visional and subject to the future action of Con gross. M It has been the means of excluding us from a voice in the United States Senate, and has left some of our members of the Lower House danc ing attendance as lobby members vainly seek ing admission to seats for which they had been selected. To break’the force of this storm the action of the Legislature had raised against onr State they, by joint resolution, agreed to submit the ques tion of the eligibility of tbe negro to the Su preme Court and alideits decision. This reso lution passed both branches, and notwithstand ing it met executive opposition, and is not now a “legislative act,” yet, morally speaking, the Legislature are bound to abide by their own pledge. ' .. • , Honesty and self-respect, in my judgment, leaves them no other alternative. But apart from this, is not the Legislature bound by the decision of the Supreme Court to observe it and act upon it ? It is claimed that the decision of the Legis lature as to these members is l ‘res adjudicata." 1 do not understand that the nfle of “m adjudicata” applies to legislative action. The rule is applicable with all its vigor and force to the Courts of the country—for the pol icy of the law has been from time immemorial to settle and quiet controversies between its citizens—by tbe application of this role. But not so with the Legislature. The same session can review, modify, change or abrogate entire its former action. How often have we known again and again resolutions agreed to modified subsequently, and finally rescinded. There is a provision in the Constitution which forbids the same Legislature (at the same ses sion) “from proposing (unless with consent of two-thirds) any bill, ordinance or resolution, in tended to have the effect of law, which shall have been rejected by either House.” But this does not extend to bills, ordinances or resolutions which have been passed or agreed to by either House. The whole question, then, is subject to the action of the Legislature, and the rulo of “res adjudicata” doc-s not apply. And such has been the uniform action of leg islative bodies. i •• It has arisen in every case where a member has been seated, and afterward, upon investiga tion, declared ineligible. In sucb cases the Journals show the member has been found qual ified and sworn. Subsequent, investigation shows him ineligible, and he is removeA And yet, I have never heard the first action claimed as res adjudicata, and plead as a bar to inves tigation and removal. . These negro members at the first organiza tion were allowed to be swomin. Tbe Journals show (I presume) they were declared qualified and sworn as members. It was not claimed that the question was res adjudicata when they were put upon trial; why, then, claim it in be half of those who took their places f One other view and I am done. The Legisla ture are the law-making power but they afe not superior to law. As a body, they are bound by the constitution and laws, as every Other body or citizen, until modified or repealed. The con stitution has established a tribunal for the con struction of laws, where a controversy arises, “The Supreme Court.” To its mandate we all bow and give obedience. Shall it be said that this body may obey or not as they choose ? I hope not. It is not a proper example to estab lish for pur people. If they have erred on a question of law, and it has been so pronounced, let them show their perfect obedience to to law, by retracing their steps and conforming to the law as expounded. • • • >) It is true, obedience to lawin their case may bring evil upon ns in one sense—it may foist into office some utterly unfit and displace (as in this case) others who are of priceless value to our councils. But let us adhere to the old land marks. Let ixs accord in a spirit of justice and of obedience to law, every right the Constitu tion confers upon the colorecfrace; it will be a moral triumph over our feelings and prejudices that will elevate the character of the Georgia Legislature for political and personal integrity, that in due time will bear the fruit of peace and stability, and go far towards crushing out the slanders upon us as a people. . - Let not the Legislature rest upon a quibble that belongs to the courts to justify a departure from the broad path of justice and. right. If reckless legislation and unwise results follow this discision audits legal consequences, the great majority of the white citizens of Georgia are riot responsible, and in due time, intelligence and worth and property will claim and take con trol. : And we may then point with pride to this period in our history—when, amid the clamors of the thoughtless—the prejudices of race, and the evil results that threatened onr State, the Legis lature dared to do right. I am, very truly, your friend, Alex. M. Speer. .STS' TELEGRAPH. .sMon general Hews. FoBTP’r* *°*®a** July 2—The French corvette -From Washington. I croi*- ^ arrived from Martinique, with eighteen Washington, July 2.—Internal Revenue, to-day, "*** oi Tomito on board, and five deaths. The £1,250,000. " Captain, First Officer and Burgeon are dead, and the The Brazilian Minister has received digr-ichea Assistant 8urgeon is dying, announcing that Gon. Lopez has proposed through New York, July 3—Gap. Peabody has given McMahon, to surrender his ariny or ■* guarantee of another million dollars, in bonds, for Southern ed- peraonalsafety. ucation; amongthe bon^jaref19,000Louisiana ffs; Customs from 21sttoS0t*' Jtme ' inclnaive, are $10,000 New Orleans Cijp 6s; £35,000 Mobile City 5 over four million dolla- : P er cents: S79 > 000 ^‘bama 5’s; $69,000 Louisiana Delano left, to-do/, to be absent ten days. Consolidated Bank 5’s. A securities of firetegass Ex-President Johnson has departed for Tonnes- dividends and certain to be paid, see. He will canvass -the State in support of: In addition, he. gives Florida six per cent, bonds, Senter. ;,ja‘ which,with overdue coupons,amount to about $384,- In the Cabinet meeting, to-day, Fish, Rawlings 900. These last, like Mississippi bonds, will re- and Hoar were absent. |y wrB for Payment- The President of Peru, in answering a resolution ! Albant, N. Y., July 3.—The small pox prevails of a mass meeting, that monitors would be sent to ! here. The Board of Health recommends a general the Cubans, replied that he would do. what tended j vaccination. most to honor Peru. ’ - . l Sr. Louis, July 3.—The bonds of this county Two hundred more of a Cuban expedition have ’ have been protested in New York for non-payment in golA The county had plenty of currency, but holders declined. . .. , No flood West or North of Sioux city, but below Council Bluff the damage is very great. The loss of life is very great. The Captain of the . steamer Mountaineer saw twenty-seve^odies taken from a creek below Council Bluff. fp» Tbe Indians are dissatisfied, and say they don’t understand or like the Quakers. Indian outrages have been resumed at Grand River, they having no provisions and having been repeatedly deceived, are firing into steamboats, driving off stock, and threatening death to all whites. v A fearful storm passed over Clinton county, Iowa, to-day. Several lives lost. - The Kansas papers say a colony of Swedes, en- eampea on mnannurer; vn route for the back settlement, were engulphed and about twenty-three drowned. '• ' •••• ■ a San Francisco, July 3.—Seward was enthusiasti cally receiveA The serial steamer Avitor made a successful trip. The steamer rose seventy-five feet and the machin ery worked well, propelling the vessel with con siderable speed. A public trial trip occurs to morrow. Wells, Fargo & Co., have shipped a million and a half overland since the opening of the Pacific Rail road. Foreign News. London, July 2.—Advices from the coast of Africa report the arrival at Fernando Po of two hundred and fifty political prisoners from Havana. The disestablishment bill is progressing through the House of Lords. The ministry promises to in sert a clause whereby the Irish Bishops retain seats in the House of Lords. Madrid, July 2.—The Cortes has passed a rev enue budget and authorized the Government to ex pend the sums necessary. The contemplated changes in the ministry have been postponed until the budget of expenditures, now before tbe Cortes, is adopted. Paris, July 2—The third party in the Legialatiff Corps proposes measures granting to the people more intimate association with the direction of pub lic affairs. Brest, July 2.—There has been no communication with the Great Eastern Bince Wednesday. Brest, July 3.—Communication was re-established at noon yesterday. The cable was cut as a matter of precaution daring the gale. Dublin, July 3.—-The Orange demonstration re sulted in a- riot at Port&down. The police fired kill ing one and wounding one. Madrid; July 3.—The Ropublican Junta at .New Castle has issued a manifesto against the re-action-' aiy policy of the ministers and recommending re-' organization and affirming the right of insurrection. C&rlisto demonstrations are reported in the provin ces. London, July 3.—Carlist risings are reported in Spain. The streets of Yittoria are filled with a revo lutionary mob, armed with scythes and revolvers, shouting for Carlos andCabbera. They murdered the Alcade, and wounded thirty citizens. Similar risings are reported in Chartagena and Valencia.— Troops have been dispatched to suppress them. been captured. Nothing 'has been heard of Col Ryan. . - i o . • ••:••> .•:. The New York Herald say: “At last the finale of the great Cuban fillibustering expedition has been* reached, and its failure is as absolute as its results are disastrous.” Boutwell decides that goods seized, which cannot bo sold for expense of seizure and tax, must be stored, subject to the future action of Congress. Washington, July 3—The Light house Boaid has information that a wreck bottom up lies in the main ship channel to Key West near West Triangle Bay. Vessels entering daring the night should be careful to avoid the wreck. The State Department has official advices that among the articles admitted duty free in Great Britian, are wheat, barley, oats, rye, flour, biscuit ana Dicoa, jrcass, tscaua, pui'dlUco, luOtau wi their meals and flours. There is the best .authority for stating that no present Cabinet changes are contemplated. Revenue receipts to-day over $1,250,000. Solomon Poole, Assessor for the Fourth North Carolina District, has resigned. Bismarck refuses to recognize E. Hoechester, of Chicago, appointed Consul to Bremen. Boutwell asks Hoar whether revenue supervisors are entitled to inform moieties. The question whether the members of the Vir ginia Assembly must take the iron clad has been brought to the attention of the President; but it is too late to make changes in the Virginia canvass, even should the President sustain Canby’s views. The matter will be submitted to Hoar, before the meeting of the Assembly, and the decision will es tablish a uniform rule for Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas. .... It is certain that the President has no present in tention of molesting Georgia as a State In the Union, nor has he asked Hoar’s opinion regarding her political condition. FROM CUBA Cubans here have official accounts of the recent attempt to relieve Los Tunis. The train, guarded by from fifteen to twenty-five hundred, was attack ed by a squadron of Marmol’s cavalry, and a large portion of the train captured. In th8 contest tbe Spaniards lost over two hundred, but succeeded in reaching Los Tunis with fourteen hundred, and found the garrison' almost helpless from cholera and fever. The disease soon attacked the reinforce ments and the encampment was vacated, and after severe Iobs, they succeeded in retreating. Lesca has been repulsed with severe loss, in the Cinco Villa District. The District has been re gained by the Cuban army. Tuesoda has com menced offensive movements and has regained sev eral important positions, and is master of the North western portion of the island. The immigrants, now numbering seven thousand, are acting earnestly with the Cabans. The dis patches state that the Cubans are well organized, and armed with approved weapons, are well provi sioned and in good spirits. Hoff’s report says Havana is quiet. A brigade sent to reinforce Puerto Padre, returned in a pitiable condition and fall of cholera They succeeded in reaching Los Tunis, but were harrassed and finally attacked; but repulsed tbe Cubans. The Spanish loss in battle was 76. The Insurgents behaved bravely and retired in good order. It is reported that the Spaniards intend abandoning the Bailroad between Neuvitas and Principe. The Macon Post Office and Cfeneral Grant. Washington, July 2.—Grant in an interview with Clift, Edwards, and other Georgians, said:' “Hav ing made appointments for the Augusta and Macon Post Offices he was indisposed to change them un til the incumbents prove incompetent. '.During this interview Grant gave no indication that lie was con sidering the political status of Georgia. Examination ai.the Georgia University:.— An Athens correspondent of the Constitutional ist writes, onFriday: : The Senior Class to-day finished its course of study very creditably to themselves and to their beloved instructors. The examining committee appointed by the Governor were highly pleased by the proficiency attained. However,' only four of the committee attendefl-^-Rev. Drs. Scott and Henderson, and Messrs. Schibjey and Chas. Wallace Howard. The latter delivered a most beautiful and sensible address to the graduating class, which was also appreciated by a large au dience of invited citizens. His remarks, I think, will be productive of great good. The farewell address of the ; honored Chancellor, on last Sab bath, was deliveredin a most eloquent and touch ing manner, and will long be cherished in the hearts of the retiring students, many of whom go immediately to their homes; others upend tile interim devoted either to the pleasures of society or to write their final speeches: -. Senator Sprague and the Coixyiria Canal— The Project not Given Up.—The Columbia Phcenix of .yesterday says: “Colonel ,S. A. Pearce, late of the United States Army, who, as an agent of Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island, purchased the Columbia Canal and a large por tion of the Kinder “brick .yard” property, sev eral months ago, is now in Columbia, accom panied by Mr. G. C. Tinslet, a surveyor, who has commenced.making a survey and estimates for widening and deepening the Canal . Colonel Pearce states that he has resigned his position in the army, for the purpose of taking charge of this work; and that Mr. Sprague is determined to push ahead with it. Active operations may not be commenced daring the summer months, but early in October, Colonel P. asserts, a heavy force of workmen will be employed. ” From Cuba. ' - Washington, July 2.—The Cubans here have the following advices: After the Spaniards were repulsed in tbe Cinco Villas District they were reinforced by two thousand troops, making the Spanish forces double the Cu ban forces, and compelling the Cubans to retreat. Eighty-five Cubans, including several Americans were captured,whom Lesca shot. Nearly all thelarge plantations in the Cinco Villas District were de stroyed: It is stated that the Cubans are concen trating to fight Lesca, and news of a decisive bat tle is daily expected. The Cabans are uneasy in j not hearing from Jordan. New York, July 2 Puerto Principe advices of June 22d report the condition of the Spanish troops as being dreadful. The hospitals ate full, and ten deaths take place daily. A foraging party one hun dred and fifty strong were driven into the city, for ty of whom went into the hospital. The Cubans captured a hundred..Regulars at tho first station From Louisiana. New Orleans, July 3.—Enough of the seized sugars have been reweighod to prove fraud beyond doubt. - The schooner Andromeda,lying atquarantine, load ed with sugar and consigned to Coultrie & Co:, has been taken charge of by Custom officers. The sink ing of six coal barges at Choctaw Bend by the steam boat Comet, from some nnexplained cause, is un dergoing investigation by Inspectors. The Pilot on duty at the time of the disaster has been suspended, pending the investigation. From New York. New YorKj July 2 The Cuban prisoners trans ferred the. Catharine Whiting it is expected Willbe re leased this evening. A majority are Cubans. Senor Alfero and-Dr. Rossora have been lodged in Ludlow Street Jail. It is thought that Byan andhis men are nowprisoners.as the Revenue Cutter has been sent to Gardner’s Island, with a fully armed crew, and pos se. The Marshal’s report says they quarreled among themselves. Three were! Ailed and several wounded in a free. fight yesterday. Tl»$ Festival of Jiggepaann^^ About this very time of tile year tens of sands of pilgrims ate making their way fr ro T“' parts of India to the shrine of that has tbh power, as they believe, to obfiterj..? transgressions of all who make their oif H « ■ to him in person. Jnggernanth, the ‘vjS* the 'world,’' has been worshipped in the Jl 01 Town of Pooree, in the Southern partofa? sa, lying about three hundred utiles fromr? 1 entta, for seven hundred years past, pilgrims constantly increased in number*^® , the year of the fatal famine, when the country was strewn with the dead. Five » or so ago the attention of the English jku 1 •was called to a celebration in honor of jnoZ? nauth, within ,a few miles of Calcutta at several natives fell or threw themselves bensi the oar and were crushed to death. Of old iv great festivals were never deemed comply ^ less the triumphant path of the god Wk?' stained with the blood of his worshipper r the priests dare not encourage that now. l0 '' If a devotee flings himself down before a idol, the friendly Brahmins cry out that it ^ an accident The idolatry, however, still hundreds of lives eveiy year. The’weal , sickly perish by the wayside, and a cholera • denoic usually breaks out at Pooree when »? City is most overcrowded with pilgrims, n poor creatures are huddled together in s ^ which seems almost incredible to the Enrona^ Dr.,D. B. Smith, the sanitary tommisnotoji: Bengal, who has recently made an fntcrcsti,. report on Poore, tells ns that in the best W of the best “hotel” eighty men and women » packed, the dimensions of the room beino^ feet long by 10 broad. When this stati! was first made by Dr. - Mowatt evervbodv donht ed it, but an experiment was tried" tn tie ' cipal jail of Bengal, and it was found tint S' ty full-grown natives conld squat in a cell t" feet square, and 120 could stand in the space. It must be remembered that their ciotf ing took up very little room. u; ' The abode of the lord of the earth is a mek- cholly one at any time. There are, of conrsT no sanitary arrangements whatever withinT .town—no latrines, no system of drainage f . Bow Burgundy Is Bade. Good Burgundy has body. It is a generous wine. How it gets “body” is described by Mr. W. J. Flagg in his recent book published by the Harpers. He says: There is a mode of rousing up the slackening process, and at the same time bringing other skins and seeds which have settled to the bot- i tom in contact with' the new-made alcohol, so from Principe. One regiment of volunteers has two j that the latter may combine well with the color- hundred sick. Quesada is in the vicinity. The ] ing matter they contain. This. consists in stir- Spaniards attribute his success to the acquisition i ring up the whole moss from bottom to top. It of the filibusters, and state that forty thousand , is done twice during the process of fermenta- more troops are necessary. i tion. It needs a good hoar’s hard work each Hayana,Ju1v2.—The Catalonvolunteers,guarding ‘ .. It; ** . l4 takes .four men nel has been arrested bj the order of Letona. I into the wine vat—chin .deep they go in, and The Puerto Principe volunteers marched onPuer-: there, with feet and hands, fingers and toes, to Principe, rescued their Colonel, and imprisoned ! torn over, stir about, and mix the liquid that by Letoria, who will probably be shot. j was getting clear with the pomace that was de- Rodas, in a public speech, to-day, advised the. • posting itself,'and .. jounialigta to show more moderation and endeavor-' Make the gruel.thick and slab, to conciliate all classes, and cease publishing irrita- { AbAlike a hell-broth boil and bubble, ting articles; especially regarding ladies. 1 The nice, sweet Bordelais man only pats his : : 1 foot in it, but the Burgundian does the.whole The Confederate Dead at Oettyrturg. Missouri will hereafter pay thfe-interest of its State debt in golfl. v ’' r . U r.-.i isyvr.'-*.!»;*•*»■*** * i^Vr •. Gettysburg, July 2.—Gen. Meade in his speech -custom confined to Burgundy alone, or France urges a decent burSl for the Confederate dead at ] alone. * *" * Stirring up with poles they that place. t ! fried, but the warmth, of the. human body was Morton, the orator of the day. speaking of Cuba ; wanting, and the result, they say, was not good, says:" “She is making a bold, vigorous, and as we ' Besides, it^was hard work- _ . trust, a successful effort to throw off the Spanish : House of La Tony, in Haut Medoc, i, „ ; Mr. Fiagg saw wine made ns follows: yoke and establish^er independence. j A pile of grapes, ready stemmed, was heaped He also said, “In the fields before ns aro the ! in foWon.the pressoir (a large shallow graves of the rebel dead; now sunk to the level,of , box) and five or six men with trowsers rolled tlie plain, unmarked, unhonored, and unknown.— ; above the knees, were trotting about in a circle, They were our countrymen, and of our blood, our trampling the pile under foot, beginning at the language and history. They displayed a courage , outer circumference, and gradually contracting worthy of their country and of a better cause, and ! Ikeir circuit tiff they meet in the middle, a.nd . •. -irfta -- i on the top of the cone. This they call “fouler we may dropa tear to their memory. The news of i a kdr (^htogwitfa the feet) There might thw fatal field owned agony to thousands of South-1 bea cleaner way of doing the thing; Idon’t era homes, and the wailof despair was heard in the think there could be a fouler. * * .* I in- everglades and orange groves of the South.” j quired of _the.workmen if they washed their — —» ^— ' feet before trampling .the grapes, and was told From Virginia. - they did not One of them enlightened my Richmond, Julv 2.—A barbecue given to the YTal- 1 ignorance by explaining that wine had the ker colored men took place to-day on Tauxbaffs Is- 1 5°$* t0 flb3 jS ° ff aU impurities, so that it was land, adjoining this city. About three o’clock the ; C ® MeqU8nC ® how{ree they made chain bridge leading to the Island was so crowded ' «» that it broke, carrying down about sixty persona.— ] The Public Finances, Col. James R. Branch', a "prominent broker and a -u,- T , , _ ... ■ .., . ’. _„ . . . ; Washington, July 1.—The amount in the Cohservative candidate for the Senate, was instantly Treasury ia ooin . belonging to the government killed, as also was policeman Kirkham, who was jg $79,713,672 62-100 ; coin for which certifi- striving to prevent the crowd from rushing on the cates of deposits are outstanding, $30,489,640 ;' bridge. Seven colored men were fatally wounded. ! currency $37,097,810 89-100. Sinking fund, in Tbe barbecue which was ended by the accident, was bonds bearing coin interest and accrned interest attended by about 300 colored men and a large num- {thereon, $8,067,282 8/ } total, $156,167,818 58. ber of whites. A large crowd had co^egated at Jhe amount of public debt leM cash and siuking . *xi , •. , .. . xx Mr r. fund m the Treasury, $2,489,002,480 58; the gate of the bridge leading to the *and, being amount less cash and sinking fund in the Treas- kept off the bridge by the police. Col. Branch, ; ary on the 1st ultima, $2,505,412,613 12. De- managing the affair, while' standing on the bridge, - crease of public debt during the month, $16,- directed the police to admit the crowd, which being 410,132 54 ; decrease since March 1, 1869, $36,- done, the weight broke tbe structure, precipitating a 460,779^43. Thelarge decrease is occasioned by number into the water, when Col. Branch, police- the verv heavy miscellaneous receipts, returns man Kirkham and Robert Ashley, were caught in of which have been to the department within some falling timbers and killed. Seven more were , ^ Aas ^ twenfyioioi hours. wounded, two of whom will die. Branch’s body was . - A . . . followed to his residence by a procession of promi- . i“ oifo tha nent atizens. and the police force in a body escorted Afferent izee—a candelabrum* Kirkham’s remains home. Branch was one of the a i aw ,p several dishes of glass and burnt earth, first business men of the city. General gloom here the mairbfe statuette of a Fawn and. two broken in consequence of the calamity. tables, one oftiuurbla and the other of slate, ' the inhabitants or pilgrims die they are talent I the sands which skirt the sea face of the tow I and there partially burned. This spot is cai£ I Surga-Dwar,” or the Gate of Heaven/: I seems anything but what it is called to the eve 51 the stranger froid other lands. Skills, wfl and still more ghastly relics of mortality stra ff the beach. On another part of the surf-beaten show is, I small enclosure, without a tree or shrnb jJI any green thing to be seen anywhere nearjl It is the English grave yard. “ On every gJI of it there is nothing but sand,and the sea-spsll from the adjoining surf, in stormy weather, y| driven by the wind against the monuments, & P inscriptions of which have, in many cases, tb I become faint and almost illegible tracings," I Such is the' town which some one has ctlki I with no great felicity, the “Jerusalem of Ltia,|f The temple of Juggemauth stands in a h inclosure in the centre of Pooree. There i Grecian column of black basalt in front oi principal gate, brought from Kanarok. , god lives in a large tower and about 640 pen are employed'tb minister to his suppose! i cessities. There is an attendant who puts t idol to bed every night, another who wakes ti a third whose office it is to pnt water aai tooth-pick comfortably-within his reach, a fob to paint his eyes for him every morning, he were a faded London beauty, several o to cook and give him his food, 120 dancinggi to amuse him in his heavy moments, and If priests to worship him—and plunder the p grims. All this goes on year after year—is j ing on in the midst of this hot month of Ju while the pilgrims throng every road which le to the shrine. For months past the priests h been going about the country inviting the i pie to save their souls by prostrating themself before the dread deity. The women every* pay more heed to these appeals than the 1 “They visit houses," says a native writeriih Shorn Prokash of May 8, -1868, “at anh when their male inmates have gone out rah ness, and then they commence to gull the i males. Some of these are induced to leave t! homes from superstitious motives, others i view to break the shackles of the zenana;" he says, with still lower motives. Then thqij away in droves led by the priests. TKevta on with scarcely sufficient clothes to cover the almost worn ont with privations and hardship] suffering often from diseases, exposed to alii severity of the weather, and robbed at eta stage by the Brahmins. Still sadder is the plight on their homeward journey. At PooH every piece they had has been taken from the They try to push on for home, sometimes trn' ing at the rate of forty miles a day, and getti a little rest at night by the roadside. 'When! weather is wet (and the rainy season begins 1 fore the festival is over) the pilgrims snffanj extremity of discomfort. They lie down in n mud, exhaused by hunger and fatigue. Iij wonderful from how great a distance the p creatures will come for the sake of thin: pilgrimage. Dr. Smith says: “While I * passing along the crowd I observed a paitjJ up-countrymen. I spoke to them and ft: that they were Punjaubees, who had just r down all the way from Hazara, some two ti sand miles. They told me they had been tnH ing between four and five months; that tH were going to stay 's -day or two at Juggert and then at once return to their homes, many people of any sect do more than this ^ show the faith that is in them. The great day of the festival is that on* the god is dragged along by "the people. H(| placed upon a car forty-five feet in height, i sixteen wheels and a large platform rnmfflgj around it. The god is hoisted into his par .place amid beatings of tom-toms, cries. > great excitement. He is not beautiful it* appearance. His face is black, and large c?j painted white give him a fierce appear" The nose is a pointed snout,- the mouth as of red paint, curved upwards : chin he has i An arm without a hand projects from eacts of the head. The priests collect togettfH the platform, and two cables of immense letf are attached to the car. The people lay hotj the ropes and pull with all their might. A mense din arises from tho crowd, and shot: “Jye Jaganath! Jye Jaganath'.” (Vicfo? Juggernauth!) rend the air. The low pi cry of the women, “HuMu! Hukun. no one ever forgets who has heard it ‘ mingles with the clamor. The car is t* 1 this manner to another temple, and aft the steady worship of the god begins. of the wildest license take place, ana i wretched woman poisons herself, ratt fr ,- encounter the reproaches of her "* home- “ ■ Tbe priests have invented various tap pretences for fleecing the pilgrims, tec shipper is expected to measure the i a long piece of cloth, which costs ten (Cl.) The poorer sort are let off T ’P 00 ' 1 tion that they give up all they happ® Bess. The native writer, just quoted® with horror that Hindoo femalta ^ affluent circumstances, ” are obliged pilgrimage to sleep in the same roo® “ “A scamp residing at Cuttack ns* 1 ,, Fooree regularly every year, Juggemauth’s attractions, while j was to flirt with the female same writer asserts Ahat.the sell tiie women who come to wors»P ] “They are told they have been p ress ®^ j, company’s service, but when they pore they become awakened to a sens* u real danger—that they are destined Mussulman zenana.” The inhabitants of Orissa, who c°® large proportion of the worshipper*?, the least progressive people in all s superstition is so great that they _*} to worship the figure-head of an MB which was wrecked on the Pooree head was intended to represent tne ■ the Ocean. A toy oat out a box of MB things was also elevated into a del .• smoke Indian hemp, and cook t? eir castor oiL They have no objection and ants, besides rice. During tn® tween 1865 and 1867 nearly a miiuoa died of starvation, or disease prod?",,^ in the three districts of Orissa. ” ^ be the evils which arise from ttie J grim ages, the Government can “® . a ii( unless it made some sanitary P r ® ? Fooree imperative, and assisted t® on their homeward journey. f * mended the prohibition of all the religious exercise is recommen ^ “Shastras,” and its extinction nans _ follow the increas inginteUi«jeuoeo^ ^ Dbt Tikes nr Atlanta.—The says the weather, continues uwntwn and dry. The dust on the street*.® eighteen inches deep. Vegetation to assume that Branded. indicative of dry weather, bunt—all animate existenoe is everybody is exclaiming, ‘‘bless®*. hot?' 1 If it continues eoBtaof Ml have to be an extension of U give the mercury ■ chance to rue- d long**’.