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Hbadq’s, District of Georgia, ) Macon, Ga., May 1, 1867 j General Orders No. 6. I. The use of the ‘‘Chain Gang” as a mode of legal punishment in this State, h iving been abused by the au thorities empowered to inflict such punishment, is hereby discontinued, except in cases connected with prison* ers sentenced to the Penitentiary. All Post Commanders within the limits of this State arp hereby directed to enforce this order, and report any action on the part of the civil authori ties who refuse to obey the same. By command of Col. Caleb S. Sibley, U. S. A. (Signed) Jno. E. llosmer. Ist Lt 16th U. S. I. & A. A. A. G. Official: (Signed) . Jno. E. Hosmer, Ist Lt. 16th U. S. I. & A. A. A. G. State Convention of the Teachers at Tallahassee The Teachers of all public schools in the State, and of the neighboring counties of Georgia, and all others who as teachers, feel an in terest in the cause of elucation tho’h not now actually engagud in teaching, are earnestly requested to attend a Convention to be held in Tallahassee, on Monday the 20th of May. All persons expec ting to attend the convention, will notify the Rev. Chas. Kenmore, of Tallahasse, the chairman of the comittee of arrangements of such intention, on or before the Jslh of May, and report themselves imme diately upon their arrival at TulleLas lee to this committee, who will be in waiting at the Capitol. Our Great National Reproach— The Indian War. The statement recently published by Mr. Bogy, late Commissioner of Indian Affairs, sub#tantiates»the view which we have all along taken of < ur difficulties with the Indian tribeß, and of the management rs our Indian af fairs generally. According to this showing the impending war is due, not to the unreasonable demands of Xhe chiefs, nor yet to the rapacity of the Government agents or traders, upon whoso shoulders the blame bus been so freely laid, management in Washington. With the exception of a band of Sioux, headed by a chief named Red Cloud, there are in reality none of the tribes liostilely disposed towards us. Even this chief, irritated as he is by bad could easily have beep kept quiet if a disposition had been shown to conciliate them.— He is represented to be manly and honest, and he has taken to arms simp'y because, after repeated remonstrance with the agents of the Government, he has been suffered to acquire the conviction that nothing remains for him and his followers but the alterna tive of fighting or starving. He now serves as the leaders around whom all the malcontent spirits of the other tribes rally. Mr. Bogy thinks it would be easy to Satisfy the requirements of this chief and his tribe, and that it would be a much more humane and 'economical policy for the Government to spend a few hundred hundred thousand dollars in providing them with reservations and cattle for stock raising, than to al low itself to be involved in a general Indian war, which, if once started, will extend from the .Missouri River to the foot of the Rocky Mountains, and from the month of the Yel.owstonc to acd including Arizona and New Mexi co, costing, as he b iieves, many tril lions of dollars, thousands of lives, and the entire suspending, and perhaps destruction, ot the railroads now being built upon the plains. The expedition sent out under Gen. Hancock is, Mr. Bogy thinks, a grent mistake. All that was wanted was the sending of a sumll number of men to the Yellowstone to chastise the chief. Red Cloud, and his adherents. The effect of the appearance of an army of the magnitude of that under General Hancock’s orders will be to alarm nil the Well disposed tribes, and render a general war inevitable. These views, he says, he tried months ago to im press upon the Governm- nt, but no atten.ion was paid to them. This he attribi tea to the influence of the Indi an Bureau at VY’ashington, where, he contends, have originate 1 the numer ous frauds that have permeated our Indian affairs, and thut have created all the present difficulties. The head offices there, he asserts, is surnuiudcd by a set of heartless cormorants, who Care but little for the consequences, provided their rapacity is satisfied. In all this there is but too much truth, and it is a melancholy reflection thut repeatedly as it has been urged, it has tailed in producing any iuiprcs extermination against the tribes—and we do not see what elso is to result from Hancocks’s expedition— the world will, in tiew of these statements, hold us responsible for blood unnecos aarily shed, while the addition to our public dept of the millions of dollars which the war will cost will render such of us as are insensible to the morai guilt ultimately convinced of its' impolicy, lt is not, as yet, too late to retract the steps that have conducted os it,to such a criminal and danger us t error. In the name of humanity and jjustiee let tbefe be no delay in back ing out of it.—- Reic York Tribune. *§rlt ia said by those who have conversed with Gen. Pope on the sub ject, that he intends to appoint tr/o white men and one negro on the Reg' istratiou Board in every county of bis district, t&T The Registration of Voters in Georgia, will commence on June 12th. E Huibert, of Atlanta, has been ap pointed by Gen. John B, Pope, Gen era! Registry Agent for the entire £tate ol Georgia. »«igent Enterprise TsEMLWEEKLYT) la. C. BRYAN, t : : : Editor. THOMASVILLE, GA.: FRIDAY, MA Y 17, 1867. U. S. DISTRICT COURT- During our recent visit to Savannah, we had the pleasure of accepting the invitation of Hon. John Erskine, to witness the last day’s proceedings of the late term of his Court in Sevani nah. Accordingly, we repaired to the Court room, and found that able jurist already in his seat, and dispatching business with that dignity, courtesy and ease, which always distinguishes the noble mind, the true gentleman, and the man of business. Every thing was in keeping with the charac'er of the man—periect order, under tho rough discipline, reigned throughout the large and splendidly fitted up Court room, and in no case is that noisy bustle, so common at the bar of our Superior Courts permitted Notwith standing this, Judge Ersxine has never been charged with want of courtesy to the bar. Even those olio do not agree with him in sentiment, and disposed to find fault with a man, who (being a Georgian ) was plac- and in his position as a reward for loyalty to the U. 8 Government, aro heard patiently with attention, ana treated with the utmost courtesy. He h U B no axe to grind, has been placed above the influence ot party, and having the interests of t'>e whole country at heart, we believe he will do as much for our people as any other man eould do under the laws of the United States. Effort- have been made, we notice, to force him to the decision of questions militating against the interests of those who were enga ged in rebellion against the Govern, ment, with a view perhaps, of injuring his rcDtitaticn among the Somhern people, but these questions have, in a spirit of conciliation and forbearance, invariably been avoided, or staved off lor time to heal, or for an evil day to devefope, which will be time enough for our people to have such decisions. Whatever may be the prejudices against Judge Erskine, on account of his ‘-loyalty” to the North, we think the time will couic, when none of out people will regret his administration. Indeed, we consider ita matter of con. gfatulatinn, that amid the troubles of the South, and the animosity and ha tro*d of the North, a uiun (a Georgian) wm found and chosen, who would prc. side in that high position, without pre> judice over Ins fellow citizens. MASONIC INSURANCE COM PANY. Our old friend and fellow citizen, F. H. Remington, so well known to the fraternity hereabouts, as well at to the meicuntile trade, has placed in our hands a Circular, issued by ■ Hoard of Directors from the Masonic Frater nity of Macon, Ga., and directed to the Bielhren. Its purport is, that they have organized themselves into a Ma sonic Insurance Company cal lad the Georgia Masonic Mu -rtf at. Life In surance QoMPAnV, upon the follow ing basis: Each Brother in good standing, in tolerable health and able to work for a living, tnav, upon the payment of six dollars, become a mem ber or stockholder in the Couptny. At the death ot any and every mem ber ol the Company, each surviving member will be required to pay one dollar and fen cents ft r the family of each Mason who dies a member of the ohi pony. No room is left lor specu lation, and llio plan is so simple, that the most unlearned can understand it The Directors do not urge the Bre thren to invest in the institution, but they submit it for careful considera tion, believing it presents the easiest, least expensive, and surest method ol lilc insurance now before the public Masonic luith is pledged to its support, and it, mtist therefore accomplish tne object proposed, while the annual pay men's will doubtless be less than those of any other Life Imurance Company. Let the Brethren look into its opera tions and judge whether it be worthy of their patronage. MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. The ladies ol Spottsylvania County, Virginia, have organized a Men (trial Association, for the purposo of rescu ing from oblivion and desecration, the Confederate dead ol Spottgylvuiiia C. H., 0hano“lloi8\illo, the YY'ilderncss. and all the dead in tho vicinity, em bracing a large area of teiritory. In this area every Southern State is re presented and interested, and the la dies appeal, hi their.circular before us, to every State for help. They have already done much toward their ob ject but their funds arc now exhausted and they look to tho South lor aid. Mr. S. M. Oolding, of Savannah, a gentleman of high character, will re ceive und forward such sums as may be contributed by our people. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING- Wo have uc room to-day for tho proceedings of tho Atlantic & Gull' Railroad Stockholders meeting, held in Savannah, on Wednesday, but will publish them in our next issue. An address was rend from the citizens of Decatur, resolutions passed, looking to tho extension of the road, and a stir ring appeal made by the President in an address to the citizens of Savannah, urging the fulfillment of tho pledge made to the people of Decatur county, WfTyranuy, however oppressive, i always has a limit, Cheer up! MRS. MARY E. BRYAN. It will be interesting to the many friends and acquaintances of this tal. ented and accomplished lady, to learn that she is connected with the preisof Louisans, and is at this time editing the Natchitoches Semi- Weekly Times. A friend has h ude J us a slip from the Times embracing i:s terms motto &c, and we take great pleasure in re ferring to the matter. The Times is offered to subscribers at $3 per uni nutn or six months for $4, while Agents are all- Wed twenty per cent on the above rat- s. Those who are ac quainted with the writing ability of Mrs. Bryan, will accord to her j nirnal spice, wit, humor and u fund of lue ary know edge that few journals in the country may approach. We judge her by the promise of so mer years, for, though we have seen but very few ur tides from her pen since the beginning of her residence m Louisiana, yet, we havi no legitimate grounds lur suppos ing the light ot her geniou# has paled, or that a single spark of that prome thean fire has been extinguished. Wo rather ii cl ; ne to its iuorouse - the pow er to gather strength toward the years of maturity, and, like gold from the crucible, shine with a brighter lustre from having passed the ordeal. We congratulate the members of the press in Louisiana upon this valuable access, ion to tho fraternity, and venture to predict a commensurate popuj iffy and hucqis" for the Natchitoches Semi- Weekly Times. RADICALS DEFEATED. The Democrats have made a clean sweep in Kentucky, and defeated the Radicals in every district by increased majorities. Kentucky takes her stand for the Constitution, by tho side of brave little Connecticut. PROM RICHMOND. V Mr. Davis Released on SIOO,OOO Bail-His Proposed M vements. Richmond, May 13. As Mr. Davis came out of the Court House and en tered the carriage after his release, there w; s a loud cheer from the ciowO of negroes outside. About fifty of them gathered around the coach and shook hands with him. He remained quietly in his hotel all the evening. ~ He will visit Canada in a day or two to see his children. The first name signed t ) the bail bond alter that of Jefferson Davis, is Horace Gneley, then Schell, of New Y- rk, and J ck man, gs Philadelphia. A little lower down is John Minor Botts. The Vir ginia residents who signed, were pro minent citizens of Richmond, me r chunts and lawyers. There seems to be a general feeling of relief among the citizens and autho rities that Davis is at last at liberty. It is stated that the grand jury has indicted Vice-President J. 0- Breck inridge, Judge 11. W, Thomas, of Fairfax, aud four others, for treason. Richmond. May 13.—The Unite 1 States Court was opened this morning A military guard was stationed around it and a strong police force inside.— About twenty ladies were among the si curators, also filly negroes At 11 o’clock Mr Davis was brought in and took his seat in the prisoner’s box with General Burton and tho Marshal A servant accompanied him. Mr. Davis, sitting by an open window, remarked, •‘lt is a little Cold, isn’t it V' and he was then removed to a seat near Ins counsel, in front of tho .Judge. Bur ton's return to the writ was read, and the Judgo complimented Burton in obeying the laws, and relieved hint of the custody of Mr. Davis, The Mar shal immediut ly served on him a bench warrant to answer at Norfdlt to the indictnenf. O’Conor spoke of Davis’ long imprisonment and feeble health, and asked that, he bailed.— There being no opposition on the part of the prosecution, who fixed tho boil at $100,060, the Judge announced his rea-linos# to aooept it, stating, at tin same time, the delay in bringing Da vis’ case into Court rested u'<on the Government., not upon the D’stric? At torney. He aiso said that half tin bail should be given by persons resid ffig >n the State of Virginia. The sureties then oamo forwarl, lloraoe GJeeloy being among the first, follow ed by Schell, of New York, Jackman, ot Philadelphia, and others. A num ber of gentlemen residing hi Virginia, offered their names as bail Davis was congratulated by several friends, but there was no dumonstration or noise of any kind. Alter giving hail to appear at the November term of the Court, ho wm takon in a couoh tQ the Spottswood Hotel Washington, May 13.—Mr. Davip was bailea in §<oo,otk'. The Do Hura oaso from California has lieon doubled adversely to De Hara's interest. • Virginia v*. West Virginia, involv ing jurisdiction over certain counties, ! was continued. Georgia and Mississippi injunction cases were d'Snnssod want of jur a d otion. Argument ot court to be do> livired hereafter Richmond, May 13.—1 t was dcci dod to-day by those having Jefferson Davis in their immediate charge, that he should be conveyed to tho court room as privately as possible. In the beak with him*» ere General llurtm. Dr. Cooper and Major McKlrath, and in the other hack were Captain Mill wood, who was a Union officer during the war, and is now one of the ooui te ous propriett ra of the Spotswood Ho tel. Also, Dr.’ Macgill and the Rev, Dr. Minnegerode On the return to the Spottswood Hotel, Rev. Dr. Min negerode; in company with Mr: Davis’ family, and a few personal friend*,, rendered up a prayer in thankfulness for the release of their fraud, and his restoration to tho bosom ot his friends and family, and for his future protec. tion. A large number of visitors were afterwards reeeired by him. Tho following dispatch was received by Judge Underwood in the Court room toiduy, a short tirno before he admitted Davis to bail: 'Washington. May 13.—Judge Unde wood: Beware of Greely.— Remember Libby Prison, Anderson ville and Belle Die, Fifty millions are lo< king on, and are expecting you to do your duty, while 800,600 patriot graves cry aloud soy revenge. Your friend. • Mr. Pavig, on his release, telegraph ed his brother, Joseph C. Davis, in Mississippi, the fact and inlormed him that, he would write him. Mr. Davis and wife visited the grave of their son lute this eveuing at Hollywood Cemetery. . Important Decision. New OiDans, M.y 14 —Two im portant decisions were render* and in the Sup eme C urt of Louisiana yesterday The duse of YVijinwright vs. Bridges, in which the Court hul ls that no re covery can be had on notes given for the purchase of slaves, and the case ol Brewes vs. Shackleford, in which the Court holds, as previously, that no recovery can be had on notes based on Confederate money—in other words, that such money was illegal and of no consideration ; and further, that notes signed before the passage of the stamp tuw, don't requtre to be stamped to be used as evidence, ' The ILst National Bank is in the hands of an examiner ; payment sus pended Uoii. Henry Wilson arrived to-day. Ex Confederates Forbidden by Or der of Gni..Griffin to serve on Juries in Texas.- The Houston Telegraph publish s a very important order of General Charles Griffin, commanding in Texas Its object and effect is, to deprive all the citizens of the .State, who ever gave any support to the Con ■ federate cause from serving on juries, and at the same time to limit jurors to tho black--, and the few white men who can take the test oath This or der, taken in connection with the man ner in which registration is carried out in New Orleans, confirms the lears en tertained by imtny, that in Texas and Louisiana, we are destined to have the reconstruction law interpret id and ad ministered in the most severe and hu miliating man nor. The Injunction Cases Dismissed. The long agony is over. 'The Su preme Court has at la.it washed in hand# of a troublesome question, by deciding that it has no right to enter tain it. On the ground of want of jurisdic*ion, it has rejected th s peti tions of Southern States for protection ogaimt congressional laws that over throw their governments, erect tempo rurv military despotisms in their stend, and provide for permanent institutions organized under the biyonet and in acoordanco with the views and wishes not ■ f the people to be governed, but of a domipunt party at the North Wl on finished this will, ho called a ' Republican ynvernment *” This decision, wo may bo permitted to say, is a sad thing for the whole American people. It shows thut they have not thy government that t'-oy h ive thought and been taught to be lieve they had —th t the Supreme Court is no linger to be looked to as tho final interpreter of flic Constitu tion where the liberties of the people are in peril — that the will of u iu .jori ty is the -uprente law of the land and over and above all constitution#, and the minuet y a ewh->l’y at its marey— thut revolution is the only remedy against oppression In this decision the South stands vindicated before the world. It has seen her oont nu -d reproach that she resorted to arm-* and not to the eo uis though now it ap pears shq ad >ptcd the only remedy left her. If tho Nrtrth can gefaVmg with tins decis'on it is likely we at the South shall be aide to do .so too. Le: her beware, though lest it 'eturii,, to haunt her before many day* 1 —Macon Telcyrajds Aahburn in Trouble. The Columbus S-tn of Sunday, re lates the following incident in the ex perience of a somewhat t otod charac ter It is probable tn.it Ashburu get just what he deserved : On Sfiturilay afternoon tho notorious G. YY ; . Ajhburn, who le't Col mu bun immediately alt r the abrogation of military law, and has returned *iuce its r»<-establishment, without warrant or invitation, walked ill’o the law office of our yfcung feloyotown#mao, YVm. 11. Denson, Esq. Mr. Pennon not nowing.and suppo-ing h in.to bes-me one oil professional busine-w. invi ofi him to tuko a seat, wht*h lie did, and pr iceoded to open hi# bud-cot. He informed Mr. D. that. Gen. Grant wa a man of genius, und General Loe a mere creature ot detail ; that the first would lie - in glory whilst the l.it'- r would die in meiited infamy Upon being inlorim-d by Mr. I). that tlte latter statement was a lie, he changed the eonvormtiort to polities, staling thut lie was hero for the pu p-woof organ izing a Radical Party, that in a tew days he would 1 ty Ins pla is before the citizens ut t Multibus, and that all who did not come to the high p-Miuou oc cupied by hiutself, would le persecu ted, At this point Mi. I>. very pro perly knocked him down, and proceed, ; e.d to kick him out of h s office down the stairway into the stro t. W« mention these facts, merely to put before the public a correct repm senuliou ot t^is‘affair, w inch will no doubt bo reported to Northern Radical printj, by. Aahburu. as.au unprovoked oud diabolical assault npon e loyal man for prioorpM* sake, T*' * • » .«**— * - • * Gov English’s Inaugural. The inaugural message of Guv. En glish of Connecticut, was delivered on tho Ist instant. We make a brief ex. tract, as follow#: >*. •L. ~ Tho right of a State voluntarily to withdraw from the Union lias been abandoned by those who attempted to carry it into effect. Four years of sanguinary warfare brought ibio result to the country ; and yet the great ob jeet of that War has. thus fur. been defeated. The Union is not restored. Ten States are, by the action es Con cress, denied all participation in the national government, the laws of which they are required to obey. Measures suen as these tend to empire—not to union. If persisted in, they must in evitably destroy the fe Jerativ* charac ter of our government, and transform the republic into a desp-tisin The course of legislation pursued by Con gress towards the ten States of tue South is, in my judgment, wholly un warrants I by our fundamental law, and as fatal to the Union and the Consti tution, as the principle of secession which has been suppressed. Tho legislation of the Thirty-ninth Con ress, was to a large extent a se ries of usurpations and infractions of the Const tution, commencing with propositions to ens re; amendments of thut iu trument, in the inception of which nearly one-third of the States and fuliy one-third of the people had no voice, and eventuating in placing that people, in a time of profound peace, und r military domination. . The bill to establish miiitay govern ments over tl e fen Southern States, and which assumes to annul the State and municipal governments and the legal tribunals of that portiou of t.:e country, has justly alarmed the appre hensions of considerate and reflecting citizens. It is, in effect, establish in - martial law over those States. But whence does Congress derive the power ro .subject any portion of the ci.izens of the United States to maitial law 7 ! Martial law is hot military law. 1< em I braces the eitizeas us well as tho sol i dier. It is the substitution of the #nll ol the commanding officer in an cne j rny’s country to the time of war for the mini eipal law-whieh previously pre i vailed, lt is a creature- of necessity, j an J exists pnly where no municipal | law.is in force, or where the success | of military Operations renders its su~ j pension for the time being necessary 1 The deliberate enactment of martial j law by a legislate e is a solec sm. For | a legislature has time and opportunity to enact municipal laws to be adminis i tered by civil tribunals io conformity I to the Constitution or orga:.ie iaws.— I Congress has no power not grained t > j it by the Constitution, and martial law j is something wholly withiut the Con- I sf'tmion, existing only by the absmiee iof law. It lias no more power under j the Constition to establish military governments in the Southern States than to institute an order of nobility iu New England. But the evil consequences of this lcois'nt on do not stop with the estab lishment of in irtial law. Congress ha j assumed that power only for the pair pose of more thoroughly accomplish ing the subversion gs authority But the military ann has not only j stricken down nil focal civil govern | lit ort in those States, but, by its aid, Lt determines Who shal' and who shall not participate in forming the govern ment# that may be allow and to them for the regulation of their local Con cerns It. 4M»mu«s the power to ds j franchise the white inhabivn ts oi j there States and to enfranchise the black—thu- ooridi-mmir, without con viction or trial, a large portion of their ntejligen* population, and placing the pel tical power in the hands of thus who have never participated in the af fairs of gov rniuerir, and a largo mnj ir. iry of whom cmnot read the ba 1 its they are authorized to cast/ This is not reconstruction. It i# not a T.eras tyre of war. Local s If.government is the very em-nsi -stone of our republican I fit-rio AH stab e govern neti's rocog. | nine it# p»v»< r a# a mere principal of governmental p d*ey. For a govern, j ment to discard it is suicidal. ! If Congress Can thus legislate for I 'hose States, it is not difficult to fora see, in the not dVta- t future, like in. | torlerenoa in other States. If these powers, llim exercised, have been I rtglitiully sxoi cis and. then the CoUsti- I tudott o*' Connecticut ml ill-' ancient. | righ) of the people, (o often asm rte-l 1 when a c dotty of Qreal Britain, to ‘■regulate their internal affairs iu their • own way,” are henceforth suhj -et to the will or eapriee of a Congressional j majority. The 1 'onslitution requires that the ' President ahull take care tint the laws !he faithfully executed ; but Congress | ha# seen fit to change the prescribed - time of i's tu'eeting. so as to secure a ! c-*nti mous ‘s-weiun for the purpose of enforcing laws by it# owil decrees, and i to hoi I tho eoi-s'itQtionil authority of the K#«euttva -objeafi to -ts will For lit » change, uncalled for and one*- pepted, ihe c-mutry was unproparod. In o-msi-queitcu of th s, (Jonnecticit was unrepresonfe 1 in the popular body during the late session, convened at an extraor dumry time, daring which law of m imontou# intei ;St Were hurriedly passed, m thu absence of the repre#*n tatrve.s of seventeen of tho thirty-seven States ol the Union* So broken and depleted wa# thfo ffagoi ntary U n <re»s, that it did pot venture to -ap. point the rngitl.ir standing committees, though adopting without hoaitatfou laws of vital C -nsequence to a large section of our common country, and in conflict with the fcottiod policy rs vur republican system. — Exchange. The Axe.At Work Mobile, May 14 - -The Msvor and Council of Selma. Ala., were removed to-day by order of Gen Swsync, and new offiew- appoint’d brhim were in stalled. Opinion of Judge Underwood's Charge. \ The principal topic ot conversation in political circles here, *ays the cor. respondent of the Baltimore Sun, is the extraor inary nnd remarkable com. postion which Judge Underwood de livered as a charge on Monday to the Grand Jury of the Uni ed States Dis trict Court, which convened in Rich mond on that day. It excites general di*g»“t. and meets with disfavor among even those whose political views aoc nrd with those of Judge Underwood; and it e icted in a publ c saloon, and in the hearing of at*least a dozen people, the remark, from a somewhat prominent Virginia R- publican, that the senti ments expressed in the charge would do incalculable injury to the embryo Republican party ol that State, and that, it they had been uttered from the stump, the man uttering them would have been withdrawn irom par ticipation in any canvass, as one whose intemperance of expression could not be tolerated. The whole charge stands alone and without a paral el in the history of ju dicial proceedings. It cmveys no in struction to the minds of the jurors as vto their duties, but. is, from begining to end, a political harangue, evidently conceived in the - most malignant and abusive spirit. Instead of instructing the colored people, who now tor the first time occupy tire high and respon sible position of grand jurors, the Judge attempts to inflatue and excite their minds by vilification of tbe-peo pie of Richmond, and devi tes bo little ip Joe to a fulsome eulogy of Mr. Thad deus Stevens. What; Thad. Stevens’s opinions, ad policy Inve to ifo with the grand jurors ol a United States district court, acting in their official capacity, is a question that no i?rain but'that of Judge Underwood could possibly solve. -. Important Discovery—Chloride of Lime for Vermin. A correspondent of the London Builder remarks : tl Some years hgo I read in a French scientific | eriodleal, that chloride of line would rid a house of all vermin. I treasured up the information until ari opporttin ty offered for testing its value. 1 took an old country house, infested with rats, mice and, flies. I stuffed every rat hole and mouse hole with the chloride. I thenw'it on the stono-flo r o. the dairy and cellars. -I kept i-auetrs of it under the chest of drawers, or some other piece of furni ture ; in every nnrsefy, bed or dress, ing room. Ah ornamental glass held a quantity at the foot of each stair ease. Cow sheds, stables and pigstyes, all had their dose, and the result was glorious. I thoroughly routed my eti etnhs, and if the rats, more impudent than all the rest, did make renewed attacks upon tho dairy, in about ten mon hs, when, prohub y, from repeat ed cleansing, flushing, all traces of the chloride had and sappeared, a handful of fresh chloride again routed them, and left me master of my own premises —- Last season was a great one f>r wasps. They could not face the chloride ; though in the dining-room, in which We had none, (as its smell, to tue most wliobs.iuio anil refreshing, is not ap proved of by a! 1 , persons,) wc had a perpetual warfare. And all this com fort f reialn pence ! Only let house wives beware that they | l.icft not Lie chloride i.i their cljinu pantries, or in too close nr ximir.y to bright steel wires, or tVe result will be that their g 1 foil thin a will be rcdqced to plain, and their steel fenders to rusty iron, in a short time. “We advise a trial of the chloride of lime for the vermin that infe-t tho grape vinos ; thos- pests, the rose bugs, a’ao the squash bues, and the cucnui bet bugs, and, indeed, for all the bug lamily, so well k nowu to farmers.” Important from Richmond Richmond, May 12 —'lr. Dav •< remained at the Soots wood Hotel ajl , day, and was called on by a large num ber of citizens. There is no guard over his movements Several bouquets were sent to him. The following is generally under stood to be the programme in Court to-morrow : The prisoner will be pro. ! dneed by Gen. Burtodi, and the Judge will discharge bi n. lie will then be ’ immediately arrested iw a bench war. rant to answ r tho indictment found against, him by tho Grand Jury at i Norfolk Mr. o’Coner,.his counsel, has stated to friends that he will in. sist oh an immediate trial. Another of his ctiuisel states thut, if a trial ia ‘ not grtintc), a motion for bail will be insisted on. The general opinion is that no trial w II lake placu now, and not perhaps until June. Horace Oreelley and Augustus Schell, of New York, and A. Welch aud Gen Jackman, of Philadelphia are here tor the purpose of going bail for }ir Davis. Uhas. O’Uonor, of New York, and Wm. B. Reed, * T Philadelphia, c mn s*l for Mr Davis are here Wm. Ev-*rt-«, of New Yofk, whops si#ts in the prosecution, und L. II Chandler, Pro ecuting Attorney, arri ved this aftern-nyi from Washington. lt is generally* battered that Mr Davis w.ll he held in custody uutil his trial. l»ajfThe Democratic victory in Ken tueky ie spoken of by tho Uoumfille Jourual, as tho greatest and most srg. naJ ever won by any party in flat Ht ito. We send, says the Journal, a glad greeting to the Northern Demo ’ oraev. We have fuliy redeemed *ll ‘our promises to them. We stan£ proudly beside them. W* behold them struggling in a minority, but, it is no hopfeless struggle. W e aee them gaining u|>oi» their opponents, making great headway against them, and a confident belief takes possession of oar m'nds that their triumph s not far off Preceedliig* of Council. (. ouuoil convened at a regular meet ing, on th* night of the l?,h instant. Present his Honor Rob’t H. Harri*. Mayor; Atdermcu Bower, Taylor, Reid and Hamel!. Coi. P. McGlasban und G. A. Jef fep, E#q., a Committee appointed on behalf of the Fire Company, appeared before Council, and proposed to abol ish the Fire Company for the time be ing, and until an engine eould be pro cured, and establish a Hook and Lad der Company ; asking pecuniary and other aid from Council, and excmp’ioo from street tax for th* members of Fire Company. The change was ogrecd to, but ow ing to the embarrassed #ta'c ol the Treasury, it was out of the power of Council to afford any pecuniary aid for the present, arid owing to a Seetiou of the State Constitution prohibitin'' '• class, legislation,” exemption from street taxation could not be allowed. Aid. Reid made a verbal report tint the work on the cut at the Railroad wus finished ; and the bill for the same $185.00 was ordered to be paid. ' Aid. Bower made a similar report on the fencing ot Laurel Hill Ceme tery, and the bill, $69.75, was ordered to be paid. McCallister Davis, collector from the people of color, appeared before Council, stated the extreme poveity of most of the colored population, there inability to pay the whole of the street tax at once and petitioned lor relief.. Council assured him that while they could not now reduce the tax, every relief in their power should be afforded to them. A bill ofE. 0. Thompson, for was ordered to be paid. ’ WM. CLINE, Clerk. A Scrap from the Record of “ Mo ses ” Brounlow. - In 1857, in a public discourse at Knoxville to the delegates of the Southern Commercial Conven tion, W G. Brownlow uttered the fol lowing as his deliberate opinion. We give it in capitals, that it may be read of all tnen as proof of his insinereity, and his infidelity to Democratic Re publicanism : “ We endorse , without reserve, that much-abused sentiment of a distin guished South Carolina statesman, now no more, that ‘SLAVERY IS THE CORNER STONE OF OUR REPUBLICAN EDIFICE ; while we repudiate, as ridiculously absurd, that mii'di lauded, but nowhere accredited and gma of Mr- Jefferson , THAT ALL Mj.N ARE BORN EQUAL.” If any white Republican who think# that slavery was ‘Mhe sum of ah villa* nil s,’’ or any negro who has been de luded into the support of Brownlow because he thought lie waj bis “Mo ses,’’ can still have faith in-hiin, it cer* taitily is of that sort that can remove mountains. — Chattanooga, Union. Slay'Tte New York Times gives the following mysterious and fearful an nouncement: “ YVe have received, di rectly, from the police authorities ot the city, information of recent organi zations which nro now in progress for ti e purpose of resisting, by violence and bloodshed, it necessary, the exe cution and enforcement of the excise and o'her laws which are obnoxious tc a large class of bur citizens.” Fiiekdom of 1 the Pit ESS (in a lliihn ) —The Liuiisville Courier snys: Murk Jaooein Tyranny.—Advi. ees from New Orleans state that the T-.ines, Crescent and Picayune have received official warning that they must not publish articles reflecting upon th* Reconstruction Act, although, tho di*r patch goes on further to inform us, they are to be graciously accorded tho priv lege of attackimr the Radical par ty or the Administration. Collection of Direct Taxes Suspen d'd.—An order from the Secretary of the Treasury, dated Ist instant, sus pends the collection of direct taxes in the Southern Suites. The law sus pendin'; all collection, of direct taxes until January sot, 1868, was pnssed by Cong'ess in July, lHOf}, and the clos iii2 of the Uo mmi dinners’ ol floes natu rally followed, though no act closing them was passed until recently. • IF YOU WAITT \OOOt> Two flora* Doubt* Soiiletl Biiviyy cheap, on lonic time, rati on May 17-*t I-N VICKERS JAS. J McGOWAN, DKAI.ER IN I O ES! WHOLESALE and RETAIL AT THK Otll KIRERO ICE noi’SE, rm|rm Hirer! I.nne—ftriwrrn Bull nnd WMinker. OAVANNAII, i t CKORUII. {"p*Orilcr» from the country accompanied by romittnnen#, promptly ntramled to, and par tfeiitur attention vi v «* to paehin*. Mny If ‘Jm* tiroitt.lt Th-ini.it County. C»uv: of Oriliunr) , May 13th, 1887 write rent. W u fonder aud H Wolf. AdiniU4»tnit<>™ on the r«iue of P.mil Klnseh. dt-ta-jtsi-d, niiikei- appltmtion by p tition to wid Court for lauter* of Diantienioti front snid Ad titimetrutrtta: —Alt pcr»m> intere»lcd »re there fore notified to lie ttu-iy objection* in laid Court, otherwise euid letters will be (rattled in term* of the law H. H TOOKE, ‘ M«y 17-hm OrdittM-v «;>:«KI<M Tbem*< County• • Court ot Ordinary, Slay 13th, iMr Wherru. K A. Atdernuut make* applies thou to thi* Ciutrt, for lyttm us (iunrdinn*htf» for ths pt-mma, property sod effects at the minor he'* of W ill turn Alderman, aesessed All person* interested srv therefore notified to tile their objection* m mid Court, otherwier •nid l*tter* will be granted in term* ot the law H. H TOOKE. JUjFjTWd Oeditmry. UCORIHt Tkrat*. C*miy. ttu-mhi nfter date May M. ISS7 the naden-iyued will epplv to ths honors'll* Com# of Otonunw. o< sst-l County, for letter* of Dndnlranui front the Adtnimslnmoa of the Ksutr Ol EoUotn. late nt said Cousty , deeesssd .roAiAM ,r i-vßfrfE 44m n