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From the Brownsville Ranchero.
Juarez's Reply to President John
son—No Mercy for Maximilian.
Sa'n Ltiis Potosi. Mexico, j
April 22, 1867. j
Slß—l bad the honor, yesterday, to
receive the communication which you
sent me from New Orleans on the 6th
instant. . , , „
You informed me in that, for rea>
sons which were unde-stood, you did
not come to present to the President
of the Republic, your credentials as
special messenger and Minister 1 leni
potentiary of tho United States, and
that* you have been in New Orleans
grace December last. The Oovern.
aiest of the Republic regrets that
those reasons should have prevented
Vou from coming to present your cre
dentials, in order to commence the du
ties of your office, for it would be veiy
satisfactory for the Government to re.
ceive you in your character of refre
sentativeof the United States.
You also informed me that tho sat
isfaction with which the Government
of the United States looked on the re
treat of the French from Mexico, and
the advance of the army of the Consti.
tutional Government towards the eaoi.
til, has been diet wbed by information
received concerning the severity used
with the prisoners of war taken at San
Jacinto. You also mentioned, that it
was the desire of the United States
Government, that in case Maximilian
and bis partizans were captured, thev
should be treated handsomely, as pri
soners of war
The enemies of the Republic, wish,
ing to produce an unfavorable impres
sion of the same, have endeavored to
falsify and spread inaccurate informal
tioo concerning the case of the prison
ers of San Jaeinio. The greater part
of them, a considerable number, were
pardoned, but punishment was meted
out to some cf them. They were n:t
looked upon simply as prisoners of war,
but as offenders again H the laws of
nations, and of tne Republic.
They had ju*t abandoned themselves
to every kind of excess and crime in
the city of Zacatecas, because they
were fighting like filibuste s, without
country, without flag, and as moreen.
- r .v _
Mexicans who ritfend their iedepeo.
dence and their institutions.
Some, not a few. of those foreigners
taken at San Jacinto, were conducted
to Zacatecas, whe.c they have been
treated with much benev,deuce, the
some as those taken at Jalisco have
been and are treated, because there
were not so many circumstances of
special culpability.
The constant conduct of the Gov.
eminent of the Republic, and that ob
served by the officers of her armies,
has been to respect, life* and treat with
the greatest consid ration the prison
era taken from the French lorces, but
on their part, and by order of their
principal chiefs, they frequently asaas.
sinated prisoners taken from the lie
publican forces. M«ut tl*»o,«ltUut
fclic ncwenMiy OT dll ific pr(i
goners from the French forces have
bpen generously set at liberty.
Many of the principal officers of th<-
French forces have ordered the burn'
'ing down of whole cities. Others
were decimated by what were criled
courtmartials, and, at times, for a sim
ple suspicion, without the least appear
ance of justice, they put to death in
defensible persons and old men who
were not able to bear arms against
them. Notwithstanding this the Gov
ernment of tho Republic iitiri her of
ficers in general, far from retaliating
as they were provoked to do, have
ever observed tho most humane con
duot, giving constant examples of the
greatest generosity. In this manner
the Republican cause in Mexico has
excited the sympathies of all civilized
races.
The French gone, the Archduke
Maximilian has desired to continue
shedding the blood of Mexicans.. With
the exception of three or tour cit'cs
yet domineered by force, ho has Recn
the entire Republic rise against him
Notwithstanding this, ho has denied
to continue the work of desolation and
Tuin by a civil war without object, sur- !
rounded by some men known by their
plunderings and grave assassinations,
and the most forward in bringing mis
fortunes on the Republic.
In case there be captured persons
on whom rest Buch responsibilities, it
dees not seem likely that they can be
considered as simple prisoners of war,
for these are responsibilities defi icd
by the laws of nations, and by the
laws of the Republic. The govern
(cent, which has given many proofs o(
Us principles of humanity, and senti
ments of generosity, is also obliged to
eonsider, according to the circumstan
ces of the eases, what the principles of
justice demand, and the dut os which
it has to perfo: m for the welfare of tho
Mexican pet pie.
The Government of the Republic
hopes that, with the justification of
its aeta, it will! continuo to have the
Sympathies of the people and Govern
ment of the United States, who have
been and are held in the highest esti
mation of the people and Government
of Mexico.
I have £be honor to be, very respect
fully, your obedient servant.
Sebestian Tejada.
To Lewis I*. Omiipbe-'J- Special Mess
enger and Min ster tentiary
of the United States of A 'ucrioa to
the United Mexican Slates, cw
Orleans, La.
An Alarming Fad. —There are
730,000 more nudes than females in
the United States. In the Western
States, this is particularly the case
Illinois has an excess of 92,000, Mich
igan of 40,000, Wisconsin of 43,000,
and so on. In New England, on the
contrary, there is an almost innumer
able number of attractive and unat
tractive spinsters, of a certain and un
certain age
JS>®nt|cnt Enterprise
( SEMI-WEEKLY.) ~~
L. C. BRYAN, : : : : Editor.
THOMASVILLE, GA.t
FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1867.
COUNTY ELECTION.
The first Tuesday in July is the day
for the Railroad Election for Thomas
county. Lot every friend of the South
Georgia & Florida Rnilroad, now rio
his duty. Don’t take it for granted
that every body will voto for the Rail
road ; but know for a certainty, that
its friends are largely in the majority,
and use your influence on every occa
sion to increase ihat majority. Instead
of 8200,000 as we erroneously suppos*
ed the County authorized to subscribe,
the act of the Legislature limits her
to one hundred thousand dnllats. 1 his
is a small amount for so wealthy a
county to subscribe, but the remainder
must be mado up by private subscrip
tions—and we believe it will be done.
The 81000 private list has reached
Sib.OOO and the §s'io list is rapidly
gaining ground. There are at least
fifty men in the County who ought to
sign the first, and one hundred who
ought to sign the last. Dr. Bower is
engineering both these lists, and de
serves much credit for the energy he
| has displayed ; but he should be en
couraged by a corresponding liberality
, on the part of those who are to be
• benefitted by bis labor.
sq ßemember Professor Kayton’s
agent leaves to-morrow (Saturday.)
night for Savannah. Our readers will
therefore see the necessity of supply
ing themselves at once with those pop
ular and standard remedies. Remem
ber the old adage, “ Delays are dan
geromsf d'c.
RELIEF MEETING IN CUTH
BERT.
rue people of Randolph County,
h' Id a meeting in Cuthbert, on the
25th of May, for the purpoee of con
sidering the financial condition of the
country, and adopting some mea ures
of relief again-t the ruinous collection
of debts. An address to the people of
the State was issued, setting forth the
deplorable condition of debtors, and
suggest ons made of probabl.* sources
of relief. Among them an appeal is
made to the General Govetnment and
to the St-to Convention to be held
next fall. The proceedings of the
meeting closed with the adoption ol
the following resolutions:
Ist. In view of the foregoing con
siderations we resDectfully petition
Maj. Gen. John Pope, of the U. 8.
Army, in command of this Military
hid riot, ill cuou llic Miui la vicciJc to
uj.cu Uic Bid* fa » } an vi f«< vase *»n ei«
fort is made before the reorganization
of the State to enforce the collection
of debts, by levy and sale of property,
to interpose his power and grant relief
to the people by prohibiting the sale
of their property.
2d Wo respectfully recommend to
our fell iw citizens in every county in
this State, to select and vote for dele,
gates to represent them in the forth
coming S'ate Convention, who are in
sympathy, interest and opinion with
the masses of tho people, and who will
be prepared to deliberate and adopt
such moans of final relief as will bo
equitab'o and just, and enable the
people to sustain, without despair, the
burthens of the situation in whioh they
are placed.
3d. That tho Cuthbert Appeal bo
respectfully requested to publish tho
proceedings of this meeting, and that
a copy bo furnished ly the Secretary
to each newspaper in the State with a
request for pub ication.
Speeches worn made in support of
tho proceedings by O. P. Beall and
Herbert Fielder, Esq., with such re
markable ability and effect, that the
indications of approbation and delight
from the audience, was lar beyond or
dinary in public meetings
On motion of 11 Davis, Esq., the
Secretary was requested to furnish a
copy of the proceedings to each news
paper in the Slate.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
S. W. BURNEY, Chairman.
D. Jordan, Seo’y.
THE OLD CEMETERY.
We arc pleased to see that our
friend, J. A. Brooks, the worthy Mar
shal of Thomasvil e, is going around
among those interested, with a sub
scription list to raise funds for putting
ihe Old Cemetery in Letter condition.
This is a good w >rk and we hone he
will be suppl ed liberally with funds
Very many of our ciiizens are inter
ested in the Old Cemetery, and we
trust they will not poru it that saored
loculitv to be neglected. Tho grounds
would bo much improved by a little
work at this time.
TAX ASSESSOR’S NOTICE.
Don’t forget to read Mr. 11. M.
Chastain’s notice of appointments for
assessing the State and County tax.
Gen. Sheridan.—A dispatch says
that owing to the lato conduct of this
officer, no doubt is f. It in Washington
that the President will remove him
•t is aS'd, however, that the handful
of Radical Congressmen remaining in
Washington uro : uak,n K “ great deal
of noise over tu° oo’rse ot ' General
Sheridan in LouUia." a > a ' ;i * u,| he-ita
ting.y declare that if t-V® President
dares to remove Sheridan, of 1° W*B
stuto the displaced civil official's in
Mobile aud in Lodisiana, that C -tigress
will be summoned on the sth of Jttly
in full force
From Moxio 3—Maximilian Issues
a Proclamation in Captivity,
Censures Napoleon, Severely.
New Orleans, June 10.—Wc
have dates from Mexico of the 2d inst,
Miramon is still dangerously ill from
his wound. Mondez was executed by
order of Escobedo, on the 16th Cam
pas was shot a few hours after the
amputation of his leg.
When Maximilian gave up his sword
to Escobedo, he said ; “I surrender
to you my sword, owing to aa infamous
treason, without whioh tomorrow's
•uu would have seen yours in my
bauds ’’ Escobedo ordered a court
martial to assemble on the 29th for
trial. The Emperor Maximilian) sent
through Dias a telegram to the Prus.
sian Minister at the City of Mexico,
together with one to Mariano Riva
Publico, and Licentiate Martezzi Dc>
latorre, to defend him.
The official list of officers made pris
oners at Queretaro, comprise the Em.
peror Ferdinand Maximilian, Gener
als Miguel Miramon, Thomas Mejia,
Severo del Castillo, Francisco G. Cas
sandra, Jose De Herrera, Lozsdo
Feliciana, Jose Ma ia Magario, Mari
ano Reis, Pintalven Moret, Mariano
Monterdez, Jesus Maria Calve, Pedro
Valdez, Manuel Escobedo, and Silyrio
Ramarcz total 14, Colonels 18;
Lieutenant Colonels 15; Brevet Lieu
tenant Colonels 16 ; Major 36; Cap
tains 114; Lieutenants 116; second
Lieutenants 168— total 432.
The following !* Maximilian's proc
lamation : ‘Countrymen —After the
valor and patriotism of the Republican
forces have destroyed n y sceptre in
this place, in which tenacirus defence
was indispensable to save the honor of
my esuse and of my race ; and after
the bloody seige in which the Imperial
and Republican soldiers have competed
i in abnegation and boldness, I ; will
explain myself. Countrymen —I came
to Mexico, not only animated with the
best of faith, insuring the felicity of
a l and each of us, but called and pro
tected by the Emperor of France, .Na
poleon 111. He. to the ridicule of
France, abandoned me cowardly and
infamously, by demand of the United
States, after having uselessly sf*nt
forces tnd treasure, and shed the blood
of tier sons and your own.
When the news of my fall and death
reaches Europe, all the monarchs of
Charlemagne’s country will demand of
i the Napoleon dynasty an account of
my blood, and of the German, Belgian
and French bloodshed in Mexico.—
Then will be the end soon before the
world—Napoleon 111 will be covereJ
with shame from head to foot. To-day
he has already seen His Majesty, the
Emperor of Austria, my august brother
praying for my life to the United
j States, and myself a pris >ner ot war
in the hands of a Republican govern
ment, and with my crown on my head
tlrn in pieces. Countrymen, here
arc my last words : I desire that my
blood may regenerate Mexico, and
eci,o aa a warning to all the ambitious
aud incautious, ana mu you will ac
with prudence and truthfulness, and
ennoble with your virtues the political
cause of the flag you sustain. May
Providence sustain you, and make you
worthy of myself.
(Signed) MAXIMILIAN.
More About the Jeff. Davis
Disguise.
The Portland Argus publishes the
following:
I am no admirer of Jeff. Davis; I
am a Yankee, born between Sacoarap
pa and Gorham Corner, am full of
Yankee prejudices, but I think it ,
wicked to lie even about him, or for
that matter about the devil.
I was with the party that captured
Jeff. Davis—saw the whole transaction
from it* begining. I now say, and
hope that you will publish it, that Jeff.
Davis did not have on at the time lie
was taken any garment such as is worn
by women, lie did have over his
shoulder a water-proof article nf clo
thing, something like a “ Havelock.’’
It was not in the least concealed. He
wore a hat, and did not carry a pail of
water on his head, nor carry pail,
bucket nor kettle in any way
To tho best of my recollection, ho
carried nothing whatever in his hands.
His wife did not tell any person rl at
her husband might hurt somebody if
ho got exasperated. She bcha«cd
like a lady, and ho as a gentleman,
though manif. stly ho was chagrined
at being taken into custody. Our
soldiers behaved liko gentlemen as
they were, and our officers like honor
able, bravo men ; and tho foolish sto.
rios that went the nowspaper rounds
of tho day telling how wolfish ly ho
deported himself, were all false, 1
know what lam writing about. I saw
Jefferson Davis many tunes while he
was staying in Portland several years
ago, and think that l was tho first one
who rocognized him at the time of his
arrest.
When it was khown that ho was
certainly taken, some newspaper coi
responoent—l knew his name at the
time—fabricated tho story about tho
disguise in an old woman's dress. I
heard the whole mutter talked over as
a good joke, and the officers, who
know better, never took the trouble to
deny it. Perhaps they thought the
Confederate President deserved all the
oontenipt that could be put upon him.
1 think so too, only 1 would never
perpotrato a falsehood that by any
uiojbs would beooine history.
And further, I would never slander
a woman who haa shown so much de
votion as Mrs. Davis has to her hus
band, no matter how wieked ho is or
may havo been.
I defy any person to find a single
officer or soldier who was present at
the eapturo of Jeff. Davis, who will
say, upon honor, that he was disguised
.into woman's cloth s, pf that his wife
acted in any way unlady-like or un
dignified on that occasion. I go for
trying Jym for hia crimes, and if he is
found guilty punishing him. But I
would not lie about him when the
truth will certainly make it bad
enough. James 11. Parker.
Elburuvilfe, Pa., May 9.1867.
General Robert E. Lee for Presi
dent.
Tho Evanville (Indiana) Daily
Sentinel on the Border, one of whose
editors was an officer in the Federal
army duting the war, writes a double
leaded leader in favor of General
Robert E. Lee for President in 1868.
It says .
We to-day nominate General Robert
E. Lee, of Virginia, as our favorite for
President in 1868.
General Lee stands before the world
an American nobleman ; a Christian
without ostenation, and a soldier with,
out a peer, living or dead
We ask not whether this purest and
noblest of living Americans led forth
the legioni of Virginia in defence of
his native State in an aggressive war
upon its sovereignty by the Federalist
of tho North, or whether paitisan
legislation has stricken down his rights
as a citizen in the Fedcralistic system
of centralization. Me see only the
man, witfi iii.* spotless purity of char,
aeter, nobility of person, true Chris
tian great lies" and peerless honor.
Acknowledged at home and abroad
as the greote-t and purest among us,
we deem him most amply qualifyed
to administer with dignity and truth
the principles tor wK : q!i -hi:, illustrious
kinsman, George Washington, fought,
and which 'he bitter pas-ions of de
generite sons have so long imperiled.
| Gen ral Robort E. Lee is the first
! choice of a grand army of Deinoctats
; m the North who are not afrai 1 to urge
I Iris claim before the country for that
i position for which God especially ei).
dowed him. The timid men of the
; party may tremble when his name is
spoken, I ut the brave applaud.
We believe that General Lee’s tiomi-
I nation by the Democrats ot the North
| would be bailed wi'h delight by every
! lovei of true manhood and nobility ot
I character throughout the world.
The Last of Impeachmont.
Tne Judiciary'Commitreo tomporia
-1 ly ceased its labors this afternoon, a
| resolution to adjourn until the 2 th
j inst, having been adopted without
; opposition. Before adjourning the
j question cimo up whether or not the
| evidence received by the Committee
I ju-tified the impeachment of President
I Johnson, and it was decided in the
: negative. Those who voted in the a'-
| firmative were Messrs. Bontwell, Mas
sachusetts ; Williams. Pennsylvania ;
Lawrence. Ohio, and Thomas, Murv«
land; in the negative, Messrs. Wilson,
lowa, Chairman Woodridge, Vermont;
1 Church'll, New York; Eldridge, Wis
consin,and Marshall, liiin os—the two
latter the Democratic members of the
[ Committee. Immediately afterward,
; one of the Republicans who voted
against the impeachment offered a res-
I i..iau to me eiiect tnat president
Johnson was worthy the censure of the
House of Representatives, and un
worthy the confidence of the people of
the country.
At first the gentlemen who voted in
favor of impeaching were opposed to
this resolution, because they thought
they would be stultifying themselves
in view of the previous resolve of the
Committee, but a't r a little conversa
tion they w thdrew their objections
and the resolution was adopted, yeas
7, nays 2, a strict party vote. It is a
singular fact that tiie new Republican
member of the Committee, hurchill,
voted against tne impeachment, lie
was put on the Committee by Mr. Cob
fax in place of Uook, Republican, who
was in the Committee in the last Con.
gress and is said to favor impeachment
Cook was put on the Committee on
Elections so that Marshall from the
same State, ono of the ablest Demo
crats in the House, could be put on tl e j
Judiciary Committee.
The Committee, it is reported, did
not take all the evidence that was of
fered by those who wore under tho
impression they could prove the com
plicity of Mr Johnson with the nssa*-
sins of Mr Lincoln, tho Cotrmitice
taking the ground that by tho resolu
tions of the House they were not uu<
thorized to investigate fully that
charge.
Most of the members of tho Com i
mittoe have gone home. Messrs. But.
lor and Ashley, the two leaders for j
impeachment, lecl badly over the re- j
suit of tho deliberations of the Com
mittee, but they assert they will bring 1
tho question up in Congress, and have
a square vote on it. Majority and
minority report* will hn presented, to
getlier with the testimony, and after
the members have had time to ex
amine both, these gentlemen will en
deavor to have every mini in the house
recorded on the question as to whioh is
right, the majority or minority report
ot the Judiciary Committee.
N. Y. Stick and Monoy Market.
New York, June 12, no--n.—Stocks
strong ; Gold 371; Money Ga 7 , *62
coupons 9i a 10; \ irginiu sixes 071
a 70.
New York, Ju io 12, p. m.—Gold
1371; ’62, registered, 6| a 6} ; com
pons, ’64, fit ; 'OS. 7 ; new issue 7 J ;
ten-forties, registered. 99i u 31 ; cou
pons, $1 ; raven-thirties, first seiies,
61 a 61; others fa 1 ; Tennessee
sues, now issue 671 a 671.
Brief ami Pungent. —The St. Paul
Pioneer thus comments on the result
of the election held in that city for
Mayor :
One thousand and thirty-six tnajo
rity for a Democratic Mayor of 8t
Paul is glory enough for one day over
a ‘‘straight Radical ticket."
We have met “our masters by right
of conquest,’* and they are “our’n ’
We predicted that sal; wouldn’t save
the Radioa! ticket, and it didn’t.
Further Particulars of the Fall
of Queretaro.
New Orleans, June 7. —The Ram
chero of June 1, publishes a letter da
ied Sun Luis Potosi, May 8, which
states that private negotiations, some
days previous to the turrendor. had
been going on between three Imperial
Generals and the Liberals, to sell one
of the principal forts for 813,000. —
Gen. Miguel Lopez, who was high in
the confidence of Maximilian, was the
principal actor in this treaty, and caus
ed the surrender.
Sdtillo dates to the 26th of May,
says that the L beta Is now admit, that
up to the 7th, the Imperialists were
successful in every engagement. From
that time to the 15th, nothing import
ant transpired.
Escobedo says that 15,000 prison,
ers surrendered, including 13 general
officers, and SUO officers of inferior
grades. He states that no fighting
whatever occurred, and the only shots
fired were by the traitors upon their
companions in arms. The surrender
of the garrison was complete.
Lopez acted as escort to the Em.
press, was uncle to Bazaine, and bosom
Inend to Maximilian, who was god
father to his first child. By his prow,
css he won the cross of the Legion of
Honor.
The Attempted Assassination of the
Emperor and Ciur. —N. York, June
B.—The Herald's special from Paris,
dated yesterday, says the imperial par.
ty had a very narrow escape, tne ball
passing in a line between two of the
distinguished personages, and wound
ing a lady standing in the stieet. The
horse ridden by a groom in waiting
was w unded in the head immediately
after the discharge, and the blood
spurted on the iniper al uniform. The
assassin attempted a second shot, when
die pistol burst. He is aP. le, con),
ing from Belgium, and without accom
plices in Paris. The police saved his
life from an enraged populace. A
magnificent ball was given at the Rus
sian embassy the same evening. The
Czar, with his sons, and the Empeior
and Empress of France, were p esent,
with the members of the Russian le>
gation. The royal party were con
gratulated on their escape.
Cost of Registration.—The cost of
registration, it is now said, greatly ex
ceeds tha first estimates. The N. Y.
tlcruld’s correspondent says :
The estimate of 82,000,000 to de.
fray the expen-scs of registration, pre
viously forwarded to the Herald, will,
as then stated, fall immeasurably short
ol the amount required for the expen
sive job. Officers of the Quartermas
ter's Department with whom I have
conversed, and who can best form an
estimate of tho real expense that may
be incurred, state that half a million
dollars will scarcely cover the amount
required for Virginia afone. At this
rate five millions —instead ot five hun
dred thousand, as appropriated bv
Congress will Do uurifiy sutlioient to
complete the ‘job ”
From the National Intelligencer.
A Despotic Order.
It is difficult to restrain within the
limits of rational discussion our indig
nation at the extraordinary order of
General Schofield, which puts the
whole civil system of Virginia—the
courts, the police, the sheriffs, the con
stables, in a word all the officials of the
State, under the supervision, not sim
ply of General Schofield, but of his
petty subalterns. A more despotic
act we can h idly conceive of. If the
Executive proposes to retain tho re
spect of thoso who believe in ‘‘liberty
regulated by law,” he cannot much
longer refrain from instructing his
subordinates as to the limits of their
authority. Gen. Schofield niay be a
mail of the purest intentions, and we
certainly have no disposition to assail
him; but this order is uncalled-for and
iniquitous, ard embodies the very
quintessence of despot tism. We can
not, however, enter now into a discus
sion of its bearings and exposure ot its
ofleusivc provisions. Want of space
compels us to defer that to a future
day:
Ueadq’rb Ist Military Hist., \
State ok Virginia,
Richmond, Va., May 28, ’67. )
General Orders No 31.
For the pur| ose of giving adequate
protection to all persons in their rights
-f person and property in eases where
the civil authorities may fail, from
whatever cau-c, to givcsucli protection
and to insure tho prompt suppression
of insurrection, disorder and violence,
military commissioners, to be selec
ted from the officers of tho army and
of the Freedinen’s Bureau, will bo ap
pointed and given jnri-diction over
suh-distriots, to be defined in the or
ders appointing them, with sufficient
military force to excute or secure the
excution of their order.
For tho purpose of suppressing in.
surrection, disi rder, or violence, the
military commissioners are given com
mand of the police of the cities und
tho power of counties -n addition to
the troops th-1 they may be placed at
their disposal, and all police officers,
sheriffs, constables, and other persons
are required in such eases to obey aud
execute the orders of the military corn
ui ssioners.
For the purpose of protecting indi
viduals in their rights of person and
property, and of bringing offenders to
justice, the military commissioners arc
clothed with all the powers of justices
if a County, or police magistrates of a
city, and will be governed in discharge
of their duties by the laws of Virginia
so far as the same are not in conflict
with the laws of the United States or
orders issued from these headquarters
The military commissioners will
make prompt report to these 1 cad
quarters of each case of which they
may take jurisdiction,and the disposi
tion made of eucb case Where parties
are held for trial, either in confine
ment or under bail, such full state*
meat will be mado of the faets in each
case as will enable the Commanding
General to decide whether the caae
shall be tried by a military commission
or be biooght before a civil court.
Trial by civil courts will be prefer
red in all cases where there is satisfac
tory reason to believe that justice will
be done. But until the orders of the
Commanding General are made known
in any case, the paramount jurisdic
tion assumed by the military commis
sioners will be exclusive.
All persons, civil officers and others,,
are required to obey and execute the
lawful orders of tbc military commis
sioners to the same extent as they are
required by law to obey and execute
writs issued by civil magistrates.—
Any person who shall disobey or re
sist the lawful orders or authority of a
military commissioner shall be tried
by a military commission, and upon
conviction shall be punished by fine
and imprisonment, according to the
nature and degree of the offence.
This order will not be construed to
excuse civil officers in any degree
from the faithfui discharge of their
duties. It is intended to aid the civil
authorities, and not to supersede
them, except in cases of necessity.
By command of Brigadier and Bre
vet M jor General J. M. Schofield,
United States army.
S. F. Chalfin, A. A. General.
Underwood Rebuked.
Chief Justice Chase has recently
administered a rebuke to that moral
judicial scab, Unperwood, which
ought to ‘‘squelch” him lorever and a
day after. It occurred in the case of
the United States vs. Joseph l’run,
whose property was confiscated and
sold under a decree of the United
States District Uourt sitting in Alex
andria, Judge Underwood presiding,
during the war, on the application of
G. S. Miner, Esq , one of the counsel,
for Mr. Brun, when the Chief Justice
granted a writ of error on the follow
ing grounds :
First. That the District Court con.
demned and sold the absolute estate of
the petitioner in and to the property,
which judgment it was beyond the
power of the Uourt to pronounce.
Second. That the condemnation of
the property was for treason, of which
the party eoulJ not be adjudged guil
ty except by the finding of a jury.
Third. That the proceedings were
in admiralty when they should have
been upon the common law side of the
Court, by inrlbrmatio+i awd not by li
bel.
The N. Y. World, in noticing the
action of the Chief Justice, remarks
with some facetiousness, ‘‘lt is diffi
cult to see what remains of Judge Un
ix. Ft wood after such a revision of his
judical merits as is implied in these
“grounds” of the Chief Justice. The
question, what shall be done about a
monument in this city to the memory
oi our martyred F'resiueut, frarvtug
been just now brought forward again
we submit that it will be consonant
with justice and the truth of history
that “Judge 1 ’ Underwood’s decision
and Chief Justice Chase’* indorse
ment thereon be inscribed upon tlie
cenotaph.”
Outraged by Mexico.
The New Yord Herald, which never
giyes an honest reason for anything it
wishes to do or Ixive done, is terribly
incens'd at tire refusill of Juarez to
honor the petition of the United
States Government for the lit’o of
Maximilian. It says: “What can
they think of it in Europe?” “We
have been snubbed —snubbed by a
paltry taction of a paltry and misera
ble people whom wo have petted and
made much of.” It calls upon Mr
Seward to “quit politics and go into
the real estate busincs” at once. We
extract Iron) a late article:
This official answer shows the ex
act weight of our influence with the
Liberal Government. That Govern
ment will not forego even one single
opportunity of gratifying the brutal
und bloodthirsty instincts of a barbar
ous people, though requested in a
grave and dignified manner by the
only respectable friend it has on earth.
We are responsible before the world
for this semi-organ zed atrocity c lied
the Government of Mexico. We are
disgraced Iby that responsibility. Our
protests drove out of Mexico the ene
mies ol her fre dom. She is indebt,
ed to us t- -day for her existence as an
independent nation —and she throws
in our face the insult that sho will not
keep our good will, though at so cheap
a rate as the lile of one poor fugitive.
It was because the shadow of the
Stars and Stripes fell across Mexico
•hat the troops of France went out;
and now in that shadow are consum
mated butcheries that recall the hu
man sacrifices of former Mexican wor
ship. Our national standard protects,
covers and gives immunity to these
horrors France, with the power of a
million bayonets behind her resp. cted
our utterance, and immediately went
out of Mexico, accepting a great hu
miliation in deference to the express
ed will of the American prop e. But
we tuako a request to Mexico, and see
how quickly she scorns it 1 We ask
her what! Not to relinquish a vast
expedition that has cost many lives
and millions of money —not to aban
don great political purposes and pro
ject*—but simply, trivially, to forego
a brute revenge; and she insults us
with refusal. Can we stand any lon
ger in the position wc now hold before
the world of guardian, and next friend
to such a disgrace of government ?
The average depth of the At.
lantie Ocean is estimated at 25,000
ft et, and of the Pacific at 20,000. —
The deepest water in the Atlantic is
off the Island of St. Helena, which
has been sounded 27,000 feet, or over
five miles
Inferior Court.
IN CHAMBERS, /
Thomasville, Jane «, 1867. J
4 OREEABI.Y to an Act of the Legislature
of the State of Georgia, passed and as
stinted to on 12th of December. 1866 author
izing the Inferior Court to issue Bonds to the
amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars in
subscription to the South Georgia &. Florid*
Railroad Company, which said Act is herewith
published It is ordered, that an election be
held at the several precincts in this county on
Tuesday, July 2d, IS67,and all voters in favor
of subscribing the said amount of Stock to the
South Georgia ic Florida Hail Hoad, will vote
‘‘subscription,” und all voters opposed lo sab
scribing stock to said Railroad, will vote “n*
subscription." - . :
The condition of subscribing stock to said
Railroad is this Every tux payer shall bo en
titled to u speeml X’ax Receipt for the amount
of his Railroad tax, aud when be has receipts
amounting to the value of one or more shares
of stock in said Railroad, the said tax barer
may presentsaid receipts to the County Clerk,
and have turned over to him certificates of
paid up stock in the said It-, lroad Company to'
the full amount of his receipts. SuiJTax Re
ceipts shall he payable to bearer, and when
said receipts shall be presented to the County
Clerk, in sums of one or more hundred dollars,
he shall issue to the holder of said receipts’,
certificates ot stock for the same, in tils said
Railroad
All managers of said election will make
prompt returns of the votes east ut each pre
cinct to the Countv Clerk, properly attested.
It U HARDAWAY, j/i c.
ANSEL DKKLE, J. t. c.
HEN. MITCHELL, a. i. c.
Attest:
Lebbeis Dekie, Clerk.
AN ACT to i.nthorize tho Inferior Courts of
Thomas and Mitchell to issue bonds for the
purpose of taking stock in the South Georgia
& Florida Railroad
2(1. Section 1. He it enacted, et., That the
Inferior Courts of the counties of Thomas and
Mitchell be, and they are hereby authorixed to
issue bonds to tlie amounts, respectively, pi ono
hundred thousand dollars, und twenty five
thousand dollars to be issued’in such sums and
payable at such times as said Interior Courts
may deem proper ; interest of seven per cent,
per antrum, payable severally nt tbejr Respec
tive county sites ; provided , the-cttizeiis of tha
aforesaid counties give their consent thereto
before such stock is taken and such bonds
issued.
21. Set. II The Inferior Qourts of saidcoun
ties shall designate a day when the legal vo
ters of said counties shall assemble at their re
spective election precincts to give their consont
to said subscription.
Sec. 11l Repeals conflictinglaws
Assented to 21st December, 1866.
Juue II (and
Removal of the Negroes. —The
leaders of the,-Republican "party, be
fore the war and during the War. con
tended, says the Montgomery Mail,
ihat the negroes should be removed
from this country and colonized, and
that the South should be settled up
by whites alone. Since the negroea
have become voters, the Republican
party has been silent about their re
moval lrotn their old homes, becauso
their votes would be b-st by incorpo
rating such a principle in th- ir plat
form. That party is however deter
mined to elbow the negroes out of the
way, and introduce Yankee labor to
fill their places. Senator Wilson s>id
so at Atlanta. We a'so find that cer
tain capitalists are coming to Georgia
in the tall to buy up lu r ge tracts of
land and settle Northern whito men
upon them, giving the settlers a good
opportunity to pay lor the land in a
few years. Nothing is said, however,
about buying land for negro settlers.
It would.scam that there rich ltepub
bv.u9, ;r ii.cy were realjy as friendly
to the negro as they profess to*,be,
would give them an opportunity tn
buy and sctile up land*. But D-ey
intend to do nothing of tlie kind.—
The negro is as good as tt wh«e man
when it comes to roving the Repub
lican tickeS, but vrhen it comes to set
tling up lands, the Republicans act as
though they place no confidence in
the honesty and labor of the negro.
Toronto, June G —Mr. Davis at
tended the wedding of Mr. Hyde here
at the request of the bride, a Miss
Benson, and after the ceremony tho
organ struck up “ My Maryland, uiy
Maryland,” as the ex President was
going out nf the church. (St. Jainqs’,)
while a large crowd collected outside
cheered lustily. Davis riiroctly moved’
on, merely bowing his head.
Jeff. Davis went down to Montreal
yesterday by the boat, in company
with Winder, formerly a captain mthe
Cot federate States army, nndor the’
orders of V\ irz at Andcrsonvillc. Mr.
Mason remains hero for the present.
This ends Davis’trip to the West.
The only thine like a review wa»
made before Davis here yesterday.—
Major McLean, of the 13th infantry,
hearing that Davis was to visit Mr.
Boulton, tu r ne t out tho men with
their arms, and passed them, before-
Mr. Boulton’s door, at which Davis
was standing. ,
Maxii/tilirtn Betrayed—Hit Three
Request* on Surrendering. Ban Lui»
I’otosi, .May 18.—Gen Miguel Lopex,
high in Maximilian's confidence, ahJ
two other imperial generals, caused
the fall of Querataru, by selling one of
tho pr>noi|Mtl forts. Maxiiiltlinn, Id
surrendering, made three requests—
that he sfto'ilJ rot be insulted, but
treated as a prisoner of war; if any
were to be shot, be to be the first y if
shot, his body not tt be abused.
Rail Road build : ng
across the continent, by the rival Kan
sas and Omaha Pacific Companies is
becoming exciting. Tt 0 Omaha line
had reached its three hundred and
twenty-second mile post on Saturday
evening, the Uth instant, and tba
Kansas line had, on the 19tb, reached
its one hundred and ninety-seventh
miie po-t. Each li le is advancing at
the rate of two and a half miles per
day, au.i one of tha contractors promi
ses tl rec and one-quarter per day be*
fore long.
EXTRACT FROM Ml.klTl 8
THOM AS fit I'ERIOR i'OITT,
June Term. I*«7.
ORDERED that h Speci.l Term of the So
poriof Umrt of Thoowa County, be held
00 the FOURTH MON DAT in JULY mxi.
for the trial of Criminal Caret and aH panic#
interested in criminal ra»e* and wianwn
tlieiein, ar* repaired to attend a* th# Coort
H-'iia# in Tboauunlt#, at t«n o'clock in to#
forenoon of that dar
Ai’o h ha Swell,
-lodge S C ti D.
ILtaaaca Dana. Clerk 8 C
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