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&|)f Soitljjtvn gfrali). D- F MARTIN. t&tor- ORIFFIN, OA.. MAY IT, ltS«. **Thr IVn in TliuUiirr Ilian (be Snord« n Tnu Memphis Riot.— lt (urns out that only twelve negroes were killed—not thirty as we reported last week ; our information having been reserved from the diapetebee sent fro* Memphis. ftdJr We believe that, a a a general thing, tiia Railroads, Ste&mb.ats, and Express Companies, throughout the country, are transporting free of charge the provisions that were bought for the poor and needy of the South, out of the funds realized by the Baltimore Ladies’ Fair. 1&. Santa Anna, who has been making for » leng tifiae the St. Thomas his home, is said to be ea row's for Mexico.— Whether he goes there as the frieud _ of Mazimillian or Juaroa, or of Atm«e'/,‘u not ta-rly understood as ye*. ‘ The lion and the unicorn fighting for tha Crown, A little dngjuttiped op, aud knocked them both down.” .' ‘ I I@L General Fbk, it is announced, hus arrived in Memphis, Tennessee, and has published twopronunclamcntos, wherein it is ordered that all the colored school-houses burned down in the lato riu\, are to be re placed by new ones within ten days, and that the cost of the luilding is to be levied upon the city. It will be called upon to pay also every dollar of other damage done to the Frccduicn by the ri iters. Tim Bureau System,- -The two com missioners, Generals Sited man and Fa liar ton, who were appointed by President Jolin soii, to investigate the operations of the Freedman’s Bureau in the Southern States, have reported as to Virgiuia and North Car olina, They give it stances of the dixhon oety and arbitrary powers exercised by some of the officers and agent's of the Bureau in ■taking arrests, imposing fines, inflicting punishments, disregarding the local laws, and especially the Salute of Limitations, thus creating prejudice against the government. The Commissioners therefore recommend Uie withdrawal of the officers of the Bureau, «nd the transfer to officers commanding the troops of all such duties os it still may b e neocssary to perform in connection with the freedraen. Some Hotly must II ck down or Fight. France agrees ilijdnmaiirnl/i/, that is, with as many mental reservations ns will avail her, to withdraw her troops from Mexico, makes a feint of doing so, thereby apparent, ly satisfies the Monroe Doctrinists, while Austria, with pre announcements to that effect, prepares to send recruits to Maximil ian. The Monroists tell Austria, if she sends troops to Mexico, it will be a emus MU. — Austria, whose stomach is used to the diges ting of foreign food, as for instance, Boland, Rungwy, and Venice, opens her anaconda mouth, and is determined to appropriate the trans-Atlantic morsel—if not for herself, at least for her lineal offspring, the Imperial Government of Maximilian. If Austria persists, which we believe she will do, and the Monroists are as good ns their threat. then war is inevitable. Then will come the drafting of nations in the programme.— France will, of course, take the side of Aus tria—England will be mockingly noutral, working for the United .Slates, while the Fenians will be against England—and poor Dixie ! what will become other '! Os course, the North would not have a b ind of out Ihwcd traitors to help them fight their ba‘- tles. What use will they be but to stay at home, work bard, and give the proceeds to the support of the Federal armies, or to pay •ffthe debt incurred in making tin m slaves ' But then there will be no war, and neve fheleas Maximilian will hold his imperial throne; and some how or other, it will at last turn out that the Monroe doctrine is only to bluff with, not’to fight on. 44 What will ihf fr’rpi:chinnn <io next »»* Every ev.c has heard tin; nncc.lalc of tho Dooch man, who was witnescii g a ITcnchuiai.'s fcalsuf lungic and sliglit-of hand, and who, upon ihe m - eider'ul blowing-up of tlic whole affarr— ap|Mirat r house, spectators, bnd «ll—happened to light undamaged, in the midst of a cabbage patch hard’ Hv, nnd, clewing it-a» iv port of the programme naively eufg out: “ What will the Wench Hum do next f’ Jo reading the article, beach <t: “Athat's the use oft&e m«o»!" Copied in the Hp.itD this treelcl we are foieed to eXctelm du the language of the Teuton: “What will the French man do next f’— Wm?** the moon!—Whc ever cfcril of such l odtMnee! We ifiigtt get along '• without poeanio 'iflS wc get along siTOiit the " •yeasg Fh ei,eea of aonl-rc— lining, spiiit eunohli: g poeay—as musk under th e . control of Uiat slandered satellite as th#W w4fc„ f water. 'lh'ti.wisest of men disdained it not, when h«»ung: *• Who i* she that looketh forth us tho moruiig./uir os rdf moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.” No" ai ever indited a love-ode. that .was «t a. ret,» i* ieh mis uot conceived or u rillen, J*." . ~ - V, under the inepiringe of the tna«> * f- . tpwen of night. The moon her i heat beams of the tun climi «»»-• ; .: aa ling process, is the very iinstcl -*■- p*, -ni.d pure po«Uy of thys kind, is Vi.- -ut a : a—. .odiment of that genuine heart** asst ' -‘a-. ,1 i f.-t in every taint of pensunlisiu.— >1; planet liom our skies, and the *' god of day” rule supreme and alone, with his ferv energies and his blood inei.ing warmths and poetry and [itirc love would hid the world adieu, and prose and passion would mount to th e fierce ascendant—and man would lower limit to 'he savage and the brute. Our voice, then, is ■ •*ltoll on, silver mien!” Sellinz the I iouLSkiu. Tl.e Mexican |H«fo»r at Washington, accredit (4 fr«»m the Li ber.it ( action (not (jomrnwtrnl) of Mexico, lisa ceded, ijp certain lea.ling American capitalist*—Hi-**t Hotter among them, prggiuiun i*i«v molof) atiaty tba entire pyyinsuta of Lower California, for colonization purposes, and to rot-ore tlie development of tlia extraordinary mineral wealth of that territory. The so-called and so recognized Mexican Government, ulius the Liber als, retain an interest ia the proceeds of the enter 4ni" e ; bet it is understood thutlhe sum advanced by the parties who have secured the giant is up ward* ora mtttton of dollar*, which, at thlrtimv, will be of important sc re Ice to the waning fortune of that oh-oleseeiit concern. They mny be reck oning without their for it may U« Unit Mux ituilliau has something to say or do in the prcin isea. M e have heard .rs individuals he fore uow.ae!)- iug au untuned h«*e or cow, eery rliruji. before the day ha thought it was going to die, or ‘get on the lift ;** but thi*,is the first time we have hud to record a similar thing of a recognized nation. However, we hope the Mexican GuvotuuMmt, e& 'willed, will get Uie money in wiwtnct, and not stultify itself by having any “ifs or nods” in the oou'.iiiot. It might do wyll to re study the fable whose moral read* : 11 The man llrat sobHtrc Hen** skin, Wj»» killed while hunting him.” General Grant and yiiK Radicals. —Just at this time, the Radicals arc be stowing the must fulsome flattery upon Gen. Grant, having also forostallingly nominated him as fheir candidate for the Presidency ft ts a shrewd trick, and too often succeeds, arguing fram abundant precedents that might be cited in confirmation. The ultcri ori;-m of their purpose is, that they wish to wtet him and the army on their side, in case their revolutionary schemes culminate in civil war. Now,,if they,will but nominate General Torch fur the Vice-lVesidcpcy— with iho understanding ihe. General Grant is to dic-rff in a reasonably short time, the latter, h .weVcr, not to be in the secret —then they will have a programme all to their own notion. The South need not bo any more alarmed than she already is—fur she rims’ hnve learned by this time, that in the limit less Universe she has but one true, nliuhlr Friend. “ Cursed In the min that trusteth in man, and inaketh flesh his arm, and whose heart duparlcth front the Lord.”— Jei., XVII, 5. (■enrral J.'dward D. Tracy. The remains of this ia neiiteil officer arrived at Mnoon, at. four o’clock on tli« morning rs the loth instant, and were* re interred, about noon on the ?nme day, at Oak liidgo Cemetery, near that city- The ceremonial demonstrations on the monrnful loeraaton, which are elaborated at by the City papera, show whnt a deep hold the deceased* —as gentleman, (Im.-lian, patiiol, and soldier— had on the nflYotione nmi tainriration of the com munity. We append a &ifmniary->'ketuh oi hid pfe, collected froir the Macon journals. r*rig. Cenera! Edward P. Tracy "’ns a native of Macon, Georgia, and was about thirty-two \enr* of age at the time ol his death. Ue graduated at. the Tnivemty of (ieoigia in 18.31, after which lie taught a school for a few years, and was then ad mitted to the Har Mid practiced in Macon, .hist before the war broke out, lie moved to Huntsville, Ala., where he became the copartner in bis pro. session of Hon. L I‘. Walker, late Confederate States Secretary of War. I’pon the commence meat of hostilities, to<»k tU<} lield as Captain of a coMtpimy in the Fourth Alabama, which was at taelo'd to the Army of .Vortliern Virginia, lie was made a Brigadier Genera! for cofts| te o»K galUlitry, and placed iu c<(i|iiiiaod of un -Malu.ria brigade which was U-anslcmd to the army of Mississippi, and stationed at Vic'i;shurg. He wes kil'ed at Port if* May, lMs4.jn«t afrer General (Irani crossed the river at Grand Golf. Gen. Tracy was a young man oi nuucli promiiM, and his early dentil was a loss, not ouly to his family and friends, but tn l.is country ! At the Cemetery, t!*«* funeral services were rend by the Rev. Paviil Wills, of (lie Fivshytei ia* Church—of which the liuacutcii deceived h»ui long been a member—aud at the coiKlusioii <»2 the impressive service, all that was ftmrtint of l’d ward i>. Tracy was forever hid from nn-Hiil ken. to slumber atuid th soptudes of Oak Ridge, till the final reveille shall summon the deeper forth. “ Rest in your quirt home, ye Wave, Let the pines murmur o’er your grave; Tour dirge be in the moaning wave—- Wc call you back no more. “ (>h there was mourning when you fell In your own vale* a deco-toned knell— An agony n wild farewell, Rut that bath long been o’er. “ Rost with your still and solemn fume, The hills keep record ol your name,! Amt never can a touch of shame, Harken that buried brew." “ Among tfii: Faithless, Fmi’iih l li’k.’’—I'* 1 '* Old Ilea Wood -the proprietor and editor ol the A Vie York Atir* -having been taunted for his adrueney of the South, by Raymond,of tht Anr York 'linos, thus nobly As eloquently replies: “ There are some of «tir cotcniporai ios that do rail si-oiii to in,.lei stand that * journal can be guided strictly by convictions of <si ty The South, to us, is no more 11 an a proi. of onV com mon country; lull it is lio !es<. If t !;<• pidit-'cal system ia dissmbod in any ol io parts, li e «). nnist sutler; «nd when Wo see incr.idial'i'in in at ) quarter of the labiia that shelters us, we aerie our own nnd the general interest in munnsKirg (Tio vlttiany and poibllig out Its remedy. No sectional feeling eatci-s into our protest agnii.st tli ■ outlawry of the Southern States, it is the repub licanism of our laud that wc vindicate, am) in it * name w* demand u complete and K-gidur oign i zatjog tiaUuwM L:gi-lalure, ucvordiug to ihejnovision* of the Cov stit ution. Tlie bitefesG of 'the N«I lb arc Concerned jnst ns lwW| ff*tfi6»te Os tba 80tn l\ami the polit.ie&l exist encjp'l Sl«p»fti*Skyja at Make. '1 lie luatiou of the Uafneals nt \V.isi.i.iulon is revolution. Wc Cu'l ujmn :hs l.xeeuliiu to sate lit. Republic from tlie [jßttyjiAlion of a faction. There it ao secljttialiaui' 'in that. We ask no m-ni.than the resiorntiou of The pWFiSStf.sivjfeui 'Wits normal eoinfjtlpn; If the Radi.-ulsi otlT r no nppositior. to the faVnmtiofwi of a 'hgitkimte National Legislature'. *<he,e Mill he no t.eoehle. Hot if they persist iiHioLling u niouo)s)ty,ut ejotlh! legtslaiion, Ltu.il i. vjiiljona IV projoit. st llk i life at the Very life of rrjp'Jdic.in ism. must b» defeated by strong, in.modiiir to and deuis.ic imu-uris on the part,ufthe Kxcstu <v" Tn.i.tM. tin: I‘i.ai.n Tr.vTit.—Soction four ofarti ele VIII of tlia now Constitution of Texas, thus tends: a. “ Afmtnn slaverv, as it heretofore existed. Am iari ii’i n O'intiv-rtml in this St«tr ha i/ir tfotn rn "no ul of thr I ath U Sit. tea -aw-.1-re of arms, aud its re establishment he: g piotriliited hy Ihe ftmeifd uieul to the Constitution of the I'nited Slates, it is diehoed that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except ns. a punish incut for crime, \\ hereof the party shall liavSbeen duly convioted, shall exist in the Suite." In connection with this, the New Toil; Day /.'on/,- pertinently rcu ntlD, ''This is puttii tr an ugly fact oi.jiveo: and, nt.d is just uich a fact ifsiniglit tie placed n letters "f light all ovei ■!.. land " [com M L'NIC A TEI)] Mb. Eovtob, Situ— l know too have jour hand* full; 1 fuel t-iwc, however, that you aTC equal to the talk, &um the improved .Condition el the II i all. As you devote :t corne-r’’ of your newspaper to “ Religion,” I »»k to intrude a few thoughts on you, up on the subject of I’raycr. I would say to the reader in connection with this, that I liuvo been engaged in business, also was a member of the fuiapndy of which tbo Editor of the If'rail was Captain, and bave never kr.own him to engage in anything without duo regard to rewgion. But to tbo subject “ That men ought always to pray.” IDalcr, is this so? Look nt Luke, 18th chap., let verre and see; yes, it is there; and is it not remarkably strange that so many prof siod Christians, who believe ihrat “ God is, and that he i* a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him,” should so much neg lect such area arnable and necessary duty ? < Sue that is wo firmly established among the followers of our Lord and Master. Let us remember that we are all created beings, and in view of this fact—without the aid oi revelation—nature itself should teach ns to pay that which is >o justly due from ths creature to h : s Creator. Let us think for a moment, with wlmt eagerness men pursue their worldly inter est-, when they know, from pa 4 experience and observation; “ that the fashion thereof passeth away. Not only so, hut they know, that in « very short time, all the attain ments of this rurtfr will Barely end. Yes, after wc have heaped-up wealth, fame aud honor, behold I it is all “ vanity and vexa'ion of spirst.” let in the faee of all this some men, yea, professed followers ol C.irist, seem to gite their undivided attention to these things Thus going on in sin, against light and knowledge, to their own everlasting de struction. 'Jruly the harvest is plentiful, hut the laborers are lew. Why stand yc here all the day idle. “Goye nL > into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive” (Hr! slothful man, how little we sent to think of tho answer we are to make lor the manner in which wc hare ob served the precepts ei‘ our Lord, “ That men ought always to pray.” Again, God hath declared himself to be a “ prayer-homing God,*’ and, by many invi tations, and precious promises, hath greatly encouraged-this duty. Their,- let. us observe thegoldoi rule, and do our whole and lty to God, our neighbor, ami ourselves. Let ns. therefore, pray for our rulers; yes, pray for the I’rcsident, that ho may be sustained, and that lie may guide the groat Ship of State safely through t.iis violent storm; may the Lord help him. Let us remember those who are sick and in prison, if we cannot visit them; oh! let. the let vent desire of our heart go up to God, who heart sh and ans wcretli prayer. May the Lot dbe our sure support iu this unfriendly world, and finally admit us to bask in lha sunshine of eternal bliss. \V. 11. Harden. I’ltctioii Returns. The following returns —additional to those published htretjfora—are all we have re ceived . Ilrih/ici'i) —Cnpt. 'j’hos. \Y. White, Judge ; T. F. Newell, Solicitor Han's —(’apt. D. G. Chandler, Judge > M. j r Madison 8011, Solicitor. Harlow. —T. 11. Trippe, Judge; TYtii. J Conyers, Solicitor. JJurf:e. —ll. 11. I’crry, Judge; 11. C Glesson, Solicitor. Cluittpotju. — John Taylor, Judge ; Joseph Flournoy* Solicitor. f’/or/.r— Asa M. Jackson, Judge; Jas. C. Barton, Solicitor. Cfay —R A. Turnipsecd, Judge; S. A. McClendon, Solicitor. Coliif/, —Col. Phillips, Judge. Early. — J. B. Jones, Judge; Holmes Powell, Solicitor. EU V ,l. 1). M. Hood, Judge; Jas. P. Perkins, Solicitor. f>refits —Columbus Heard, Judge; J. W. Robinson, Solicitor. flu-Imirtl. —T. MV Peeples, Judge; W E. Simmops, Solicitor. Ilahrrsham. — Cic.ro Sutten, Judge; A. S. Ervtin, Solicitor. Ifniroel'. —Jos. 15. Gonder, Judge. Jar/,-son. —Wm. L. Marler, Judge; \Y. J I’ike, Soli itor. Lilcrty. — Capt W. S. Norman, Judge; R. (j Baker Solicitor. J/ij>•/</«.—Edgar 31. Butt, Judge; W. 1) Elam, Solicitor. Mrriwdlur. —Adams, Judge; Loftin, So licit! r. icton. —,T I>. Summers, Judge. J’il/:. — Daniel Roberts, Judge; Irvin Xlaunij son. Solictor. ru/vd i.— P- F. D. Scarborough, Judge ; I T. L. Taylor, Solicitor. Randolph. —3l. Gormley, Judge. S’rhli/. —Seaborn Montgomery, Judge; .J. Walls, Solicitor. So ml r. —J. A. Ansley, Judge ; Wm. R. Gucrry, Solicitor. TalUul. —George X. Forbes, Judge; Win. A. Little, Solicitor. 1 lahoH. —Dr F. S. Colley, Judge; J. W. Arnold, Solictor. Wad,ha,ion —S. B. Jones, Judge; J. W. Kendrick, Solid or. R lihJirU. —J, P. Frcunan,Jude; Jamc II- Field, Solicitor. Tuk Tmj.no is a NcT-*nrt.n—FToin tho Atlanta Eta. ari extract the following, as a good example of mnllum ia parvo —th* eliminating of a very niisetl-up businew of its vexations complicity. Two profeseiotisil rotibers, Austria and Prussia, rgn e to canted cinle to plunder Deumai-k, a quiet, wnuffimifitig ..citizen. They throttle their victim, i-lnln iii and turn his pockets inside out; the pi i/.c,il|e aue-mes of Sililesw'g-llolstein, fujle t" the g'-odiA The Victim is gcnwSii«itf released, who s<-ud« iiwfyt.obnppy to make his ejnspe with hi- life, the thieves then fall out over# division ol the spaiis. and their alurciitions «iftrm the m iuhUuiiood, A burly neighbor, Charlie Chipenu, step* i-i, ami dowkiols flic pence. Upon the'Oasis of i « -tilnUfiu to the rightful owner. A note.Mnnd p rate, Itu-dn; cumes-in,' mid deinnmls the author" ity for Charlie's intiuloienee. At lids stage of the game, u gaunt-U'okhig iniiividuul, in striped trousers aud swallow -1 ailed coat, makes his «p pcura. ee, iu ,1 deniai.ils of Justice tTi-ij can t > show cause Why he should continue tc. htDy liitlDrlf in Mexico, Iho |<oli(g b'ronchman Bp-ologise*. an,', ngi-ccs .to timid aauie in obedience to Jonathan's request. Win re'upoii, one of the ganders, Aus tun, tuj-ii’s his attention to iho field just vacated, nod ptoeojlls l a adnifnisti r upon tlie assets. Joir nthsh ot.jeOts to this, and threatens violeneo to the ruflian in case he does not nU-indon tins pio j- el. Meantime, one ,Mepiil.-t 1 ,p!ilies is in the rear, grei lly annoyed and hede'iieit hy His own FetiTad gnloeipieis. Snob is tfu-politicul i‘.aliou. I Ue lisnntr (laid Miuts. From the Allan** Intelligenter.] Then# mines, sttaatei-eigh* mile* Sowli wet* from C. frollaw, (Jeor it, have at the iustacec of Dr. (iambic, Istclyr L-eeß twittoi by Jad go (!. II Strong »:f oBT eity, wiiojur nishes m various uie me raw! a concerting them. On a recent visit to New York, Mr. Strong made the acquaintance of Mr. A. L. It. Ilallo woll, of Nevada, a gentleman thoroughly -Tarsed in everything that appertains to gold 'mining, and gavs him an outline account of these valuable mines. Mr. 11. was to much struck with the description, that he came to Georgia with Mr, Strong, to make apcisonal inspection of the property, and has just re turned after a thorough examination. He war bo well pleased, that lie has made an agreement to purchase, and will, in a very short time, put the whole thing in motion. It is nut out of place to give a few items in relation to tfie vast resources of this valuable property. It embraces within its limits Ul7j acres, being seven lots of 20JJ acres each. Gold is to be found in cveryjut. and two of them possess it ia a high degree. Au immense ledge or vein of flint quartz rraver ses the whole width of thigro tvo loU ior at least 1J miles, having a breadth of one to two hundred feet; Throughout this entire length and breadth, it is impossible to find a pan of soil, x that does not possess gold. The ore also is reported to be very rich, though the quartz mine has never been ope rated to any extent. A feeblo effort was onge made with a shackling old mill, and if the parties who erected it had possessed the means and requisite e icagy, they would, without duuht, have met with the uust en tire success. The owner of this valuable property lias grown rich from the place. Before the war he owned nearly ouc hundred slaves, whose labor during crop time he devote! to fann ing, nnd, when the season was over, cm ployed it in bis miti.s. He is now a man advanced in years, and under the changed system of labor has concluded now to do, what he has heretofore always steadilv re tused to do, that is, to soil out. His remark was, that Lis gold was in a good hank, and ho knew where to find it its ite need, and it.— Mr. Bonner has operated on these minis for ten years, with an average often bauds.— With common rockers, washing the surface and the deposits on the branches, he is ton fident that in that time, he has taken out largely over BIUO.OQO in gold. The quanti ty of land yc-t remaining, equally as good as the above, is iin men so, one may almost say, inexhaustible; the precious metal being dif fused throughout tho dirt from the top dowuwards, the deposits varying from ten to twenty-five feet. It is “good for sore eyes,” says our in formant, after viewing the devastation made by tho war in this country, to take a look at his farm, 5(10 aerts of the finest lands in Georgia, under fourteen-rail fences, every fence corner clean, a good wagon way around the whole plantation, 2ao acres of wood land also under fence for a pasture lor his cattle, about oOU acres of the finest bottom land, one half of which is in the highest state of cultivation, and has now on it the most fa vorable prospects ior wheat. 'Mr. Bonner has an < logout two story dwelling, fine out buildings, the best barn and stables in the country, and perhaps the finest apple orchard in the fJtato, containing over 1,000 trees iu lull hearing; he has aisohbout 2,500 peach trees and a great Variety of other frui'. Be sides these, his timbered lands are of tiie best kind, comprising, in every variety of growth, a noble forest of pines, large bodies of Oiik, hickory, white,ash, eh stout, dog wood, black haw, sycamore, elm, buckeye, Ac. T heyc is also on the place a caue brake containing some fifty acres, sufficient for a large number ol stock. On every lot there are good springs, and running water in every field ; it is emphatically a well-water ed plantation, and that too of the purest and LeO-s ift free-stone water. Not a bt on the whole property that does not yield gold of tho finest quality, worth at least S2O to the ounce. With proper ma chinery, it is not unreasonable to say that it will yield millions af money. Together with its otln r advantage*, it is very near the railroad, being only tweuty threo milts from Ncwnan, on the Atlanta and West I’oint Railroad over a very fair road. It is forty-five miles from Atlanta, on the dirt read. Thesarvcy of the Bavan na.i, Griffin and Alabama Railroad passes through this properly; this road is already graded within twelve miles of the plaeCj and there is a strong probability that work will soon be rc-commcnced, as it is a highly im portant auxiliary of ihe great Central Rail road of Georgia, for which reason, ns well as others, its completion will not long be delayed. It ra indeed very now that red war is over, that we will again begin to tee the great mineral and agricultural re sources oi Gccr.ia deve'oped. There is not a shadow of doubt that our State possesses more of t|ie precious inetals than any other blast es the Rocky Mountains, and has al-o many rare advantages tljkt cannot ho found in those distant regions Here we are in easy distance bf'ahj' part of the United States, with abubdanefe of fine timber, and possessing the finest climate on earth. Wo rejoice to see peace and- a resumption of business intercourse-; and cordially invite capital to assist us in developing the im mense wealth now hidden in our midst. Ik &' Tho “ Reconstruction Amendment to the Copstitution” passed the House of Representatives on the 10th of Jlay, hy a majority of sixty-eight votes. It prohibits any Btate from making or en forcing any statute denying to any per--on equal firotection under the law, Ifappbr tions representation according to the num bers, but restricts it to the extent that citi zens above 21 years pf ago are excluded from vOtipg( - ’) It disfranchises, until July, 1870, all' who voluntarily adhered to the late insurrection. It prohibits the assump tt?m or payment of the Confederate debt and compensation for slaves. On the ova; ol h s departure from Fortress Monrcc, Ihe llou (J. 0 ClayaJ dressed the annexed note to two officers of the garrison at that, pdaoe : Euuihexs Monroe, April 20th, ISGG. Captain Bbikeinan mid Landis : I i t:.\ r 1.1: M ! s—On the eve of dcpurltire, and as a hist act, l tender you all I have to offer —my thanks and grateful acknowledge ment of your repeated kind offio. s nnd cour tcribs to one dearer to mo than myself, when i.i deep affliction my beloved wife. I may forget it, fir lam hut a man. The good G°d never will. May lie reward you. ViTy truly your frieud, C. C. Clay, Jr. -T—z —-—.. _ -.aja 1 ■ ■ « ' TELEGRAPHIC. Frwn the Saco* and Atlanta Dintu-ft ) New York, M*/ls—Cotton firm. Bales fourteen hundred bale-at ol(«;35. Gold, 2R;. • Woniu, May 15.—Cotton quiet at 32 to 33 cents. New York, May 15.—A panic is report ed to prevail iu foreign markets, csptctally in London. Stocks and tcc-utitus were greatly de|«'*s*c-d. The British Ministry have refused to re gard the close vote cn the Reform Bill a> | equivalent to a defeat Washington, 3lay 15. —Messrs Wash bum, of Illinois, Botifweh, of Jlassachusetts, aud 1 eland, of Ohio, have been appointed a Special Committee to investigate the late riots at 3lemphis The Mexican Legation here say that they regard Banta Anna as a French spy, and hope that if he reaches Chihuahua, he may be speedily hung. Mb. Davis to be Tried--The special Washington correspondent of the Time* says that 3lr. Davis will be tried in Rich mond in Juno, if Mr. Chase will consent to preside. 31 r. Chase has signified his wil lingnets so preside over u Court ia Virginia, if the ITe.-fident will issue a proclamation abrogating martial law in that State. Mr. Chase had an interview last week with the President on that subject, and the prob abilities are that the President will listen to his suggestions. Fortress Monroe. May 15.—1 tis un derstood that the Post Surgeon, in compli ancc with instructions from the President, has made an oflieii-l report on tho health of Mr. Pavi*, in which, it is thought, his phys ical condition is not mentioned very favora bly. The Su geon urges a lers rigid syMein of confinement, it his restoration to health is at all desired. New Orleans, 31 tv 15—3Iayor 3bn roa was inaugurated to-day with m st i:n posing ceremonies Ilis recepti >n by the President, and by the Mayors of cities North and West, is very gratify ing to the people of New Orleans. The accounts from River arc most gloomy ; nearly all the river cotton lands are under water. Advices from Jlexico confirm the report of the death of Fx-Govcrnor Allen. Washington, May 15—The President has signed tho hill amendatory of the Ha beas Corpus act, intended to protect Union officers and soldiers from prosecution for acta done during the war iu obedience to military orders from tlieir superiors. The veto message of tho Colorado bill was received, but the Bauate adjourned with out its being read. “Atlanta Literary Society.” At a meeting lirl.t a' tlie Louse of Mr. II C. liar row. in Atlanta, on Wednesday evening, May 2d, 18116, This following resolutions were adopted uuaui munsly : Ist. That a Sue ety he formed under the name of M The Atluntn I.iteinrv Society.”■ liavit e for its object the advancement ot its members in literary ta-t e. 2d. That the said Society consist r.f a Prsident, four Vice ITosi cuts—two e£ wlimn shah he l adies and two gentlemen, a l'oiresponding S, ,-retaiy. a Uncording Secretary and such number o! members as may be elected. Sd. That a Committee of three he appointed to prepare a Constitution and lly laws, lor the gov ernment of said Society, nnd report loan adjourn ed meeting, to he held at Mr. 11 C. Harrow's, on Wednesday night. !Mh in-t. 4th. That l)r. .1. I’. le uan be requested to act as I'resident ot the Society: Vice-President, 11. C. Harrow; “ “ J. K. Herrick; C’orresp tiding Sec’v, Mr*. 11. C. Harrow, HecorJing “ 'lh'»s. W. Chandler. slh That a Committee of three be appointed to wait on the President and Vice I’re-ideiits an 1 request them to act in the various offices to which they have been elected. 1 ho following Committees were then appointed : Ox "Co.NsTlTtlio.N axii Hv Laws : Messrs. A. It. Watson, J. It. Harrick ami Capt., V. T. Sis-on: To Wait ox Parson:,i axo VicE-PaEstnnxTs. Messrs. Thoa. W. Chandler,Vl. C. Harrow, am! IT. S. (lime. The meeting then adjourned, there being r.o other business. THUS'. W. ('HANDLER Recur. Sec: etary. Beauregard and Davis —“lt is spe cially to be remarked that he (Gen. Beau regard) was uritjatlais in withholding his const nt i'l regard to Jordan’s censure on 31r. Davis, published in the New Yurk (Harper’s) .Magazine. Tile, a Love extract taken from a Richmond paper—the Examiner, in ai! likelihood, ever an enemy of Davis —has been going the rounds of NcwspCrperdoni, for tome tune couiincntingly reproduced and apparently endorsed. Wc would respectfully ask said journals to copy Beauregard's letter to the Harpers, touching Jordan’s publication, and show therein the boasted magnanimity of General !>. Un reading it, it struck us as any thing else but “ scrupuljusness.” “ I ween lie mist must have ontios keen Who sees what ia not to be seen.” What’s the Use oethe Moon ? —M. Ge off royv of I’aris, asks, in an article in the Moniteur, what may be the utility of the moon with regard to our planet, and whether it is only there for raising the waters of the ocean twice a day. To this ho replies that, besides the great planets that are carried along a regular path around the sun, there exists an unlimited number of bodies of d.ffercnt sizes, moving through space iu every direction, as the almost daily discov ery of a vast number of astero ds proves. In his opinion, the moon was once one of those crrattic bodies, and tmppening, one day to get within tho sphere of attraction of our planet, was forced to become our sa tellite, instead of continuing its own course. Hence the moon is but an accident. The earth had done without it before, and might do w ithout it again, Venus was about Fife size of the earth, andfgoes regulary around the sun, although it has no satellite. Why should the earth rieed one ? He continues to say tha.t our moon is'of no use to us, be cause we might perfectly well do without oceanic and atmospheric tides, tho best eulo gium he can pass cn our satellite being that it is utterly useless; he goes further, and declares that we owe it to the mi rest chance, it having boon picked up, as it were, on the way ; and as fueh a thing might happen again, the author secs no impossibility what ever in our gc sing some day another, and perhaps more moons still added to our stock. M. Geoffrey is one of those who deny that the moon is inhabited ; first, because the ex ecutive cold there must, prevent the possbility ot any animal life ; aud, second, because the moon has no atun sphere. MEW3 AND FACTS A d“*tt%c(jre fir* occnrcd in Vk i onlhe ffth uTfimo, fosfihing i„ y Uc tv^* f the staldcs of the Southern Division of*' tilth street Radroad, and other build;*' 1 Uero w<*c ljfl sumsdi in lhe , U iWe. fox oi which were roa.->tt.U ahve. BixU-cQ ea and all the h»rne*s aud ton»to i a p,,;,',* JjJ Werc a ‘“ ,J wmsuuicd. Th* loss is The wife of Tin,mas Cailyle died T rrv suddenly a lew weeks sinee while takia* . Carriage ride in Ilyde Park. ° * A li uuL-uma iu AiUiuam. a* the Mem phis Aval ache learns, i- engaged in writer a history ol the life of (jen. Patrick R. (V Lurue. An inexhaustible salt mine has been dig. covered near Summit, Mississippi. The salt is darki.-h, hut compares favorably with the best Liverpool table-salt^ The Central Presbyterian, estimates the strength of the Presbyterian Church (South) as follows : forty-six Presbyteries; one thou*, and one hundred and twelve churches • nii hundred and for t\-live ministers; eighty -five licentiates; forty live candidates, and seven ty-two thousini six hundred and ninety-six communicants. The Indian Springs hotel will be kept the piesent season, hy Dr. Wm. 11. Whitehead who promises good music, good faro, and ali the aecc. sarie.-; of a watering place at mod erate prices. The American Consul in London, *tate» that he cannot learn that there Ls or has been a single case of cholera in England. A True Bill Ahaiskt Mr. Davis The telegraph announces the finding 0 j a true hill lor treason aga'nst 31 r. Davis bv t ho Grand Jury of the U. B. Stales Circuit, Court at Norfolk. The gold of ths Richmond hanks is held by the (l OVei riment as contiseated Coi.f.dcrate property. The Boston Post remarks that the trans fer of negroes from one State to another, u n . der the Freedman’s Bureau agency, is so much like the inter-Slatc slave trade, in some instances, that it is hard to distinguish the difference. The Nashville Banner says that Alexan der 11. Stephens is expected in Washington about this time to counsel with his friends upon the reconstruction policy of the Presi dt lit. The Post Mister Genera! has notified Governor Orr, of South Carolina, that he will sood discontinue the delivery of mails at all Post offices where there arc no legally appointed Postmasters who can take the re quired oath. • Knowledge of the whereabouts of Mr. Wm. Bay e/a member es the 22d G cor'd* Battalion is earnestly desired by his father, Mr. John Baye, Athens, Ga. The la-t words ofßlon. wall Jacksen were: “ Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade ol the trees;” and then, without pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the God who gav, it. 3lr \\ e: m an aiti-t of Columbia, S. C., is about to lake pl.otoguq Lie \ ievs oflhe ruins ol that city, lie las obtained a ma chine on wheel* which will enable him to t..ke, at ptrlcet case, and from the must ad vantageous points, all the interesting fea tures. The Tennessee House of Representative* have pa**'d a nsduiion, declaring Davi.q Toombs, tind lfreekenridge to he “ infamom Irai'tirx" aud that “ they ought To be arrest ed, tried, and Ininyd Ihe President is expected to visit Xrw ’t ork ear yiu July He declines to receive public or private receptions ol'any kind. Twenty one of tl.e present members of tlie l uited States ,Seuate, are natives of New England. — Exrlininje. That accounts fur the iniik in the cocoa nut. ft seems to be agreed among the mem bers of Congress to take a recess from about the first of-July to the first of October, and then continue in session until December. The President, it is reported, has written a veto message on the Colorado bill, but it is not yet received in Congress. The Rover nd Doctor Staley, Bishop of Honolulu, says that tl.e result of the teach ing of the American Board of Missions there, has rcu lered the natives ten times worse than they were under the heathen system. They must surely have introduced the Bureau system of doing things over there. The N. Y. Tribune is aged 25 years; old enough to behave better. The Texas Convention Ins passed an ordi nance making five years residence a qualifica tion fur voters. Nearly all the post offices in Texas ate in charge of leuiales. It works so well that the males now urrivo every hour ot the day, but depart only semi-oecasioually. Confederate Geneisils- Beauregard and \V irt Adams have goue to Europe to negotiate the Jack son (.Mississippi) Uuilroad bonds. President Jtdinson has modified their paroles to go and return. General Braxton Bragg is living on a farm in Alabama, noting as agent for another person, lie has lost all he owned bforc the war. General Cable, Who was captured with General Marthmluke, during the Confcd crate invasion Missouri, is keepings boot and shoe store pt Fort Smith, Arkansas Everybody recollects that generous, gallant and “ cussing Major.” At Corinth as * Brigadier be led his column to the assault with reckless courage. Gen. J. C. IVmbeton has purchase 1 tn* place of Mrs. Sullivan, three miles and a hair front Warretitoii, Ya., containing 203, acres, for 5 000. Gen -I. B Gordon is now residing 1-runs* wick, Ga. fu’ly impressed with the iking importance, and working energetically to promote the growth of the ci'y ot, his adop lion. He avers it will take but a few jears to make it the lumber market on the Atlao tic const, from the Capes at Florida ® Hcart's Content The Gciierul is also \ I’resident of an “ Aeudeut JAl'c Insurance Company.” «_ General Finnegan lias located ac I' ernan dina, Florida, devotiug bimseif to develop ing the future metropolis of.that State. General Hick Taylor, in association wit a Northern General is about to cotuni eßce the guid-uiiuing liusiae.-o near I)uhlunc«*i Georgia.