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ll wf I |L 31 f I A(9 • T »t*» Pum P W|W*i Ikan KM •••rt," ■ *.! I 1 ■ ... AmOk* Baited H*»k fwr ttov *«iui to to liti* at. Om of (He objection*! fentnres of the Itofll ? Cfl—Qtatimul Auitoduu nt vs tie lUMWttmtkw TTomiaittee, is tie third see to, tofciefc provide* that nntil the 4th of Jglj, 1870, »N persons wha volontarily adhered to the late iranrwtino, giving it aid and comfort •halt be each del trorn the right to tote for Representative* is Oongrrw and fir eketors for IVoldent and Vice Piaitot of the United States. In a reccat dehato tpoa the quest ion. Mr. Blaiic, of Maine, Conservative, called the attrition of Mr. StrteM and and the House, to this pro viaiaa, atating that it appeared to bin that that *as a violation of good faith in refer cnee to tl at large elasa of people in the Sooth wBo came within The term* of the ’ Aainestj ProcUmztioo of President John son, and who were thereby n stored to all their civil rights. He ntketi Mr Sunn* to an explanation on that point According to the published debates, V r Stevens replied that the pardon extinguish!*! the erinte—after pardon there was no meh crime in the individual Those who wre fulij pardoned did not eernc within ilici operation of the thirJ section. Mr. Blaine said he under* rood the gen’le- M from I Pcnnajlvania to any that th,.** who came within the 'erm* oi the pr oatua Ban of an.neatjr, would not be ceusidctoti as having adhered to the late insurrection. Mr Stcveaa assimtlatcd their condition to that of t pet son convicted ot tel<DV. and threhj rendered mcompe'ent to testify . but who, if pardoned, and if hi* toafituony Were ehallragrd. eouhl product In* pardon and thereby allow hi* competency. Mr. Blame m.iosttd that, if that »n< th< pmiper eeostruciioa to bo tiveu th. section, it ahonld be m atmemlod u 'A il lArrr multi he ae tpvatim ahotul it* and hr shonld at the prop* r time m i c an amend menl to that eff-et We think Mr Steven*’* reasoning eom-ct as to the effect of the pardon, but h * inter prelation » very different Irom the one gen orally givau to this m eftoo We hope he and hi* friend* will stand by it —NatkcUK futon ami rimrr>V<m. Here i* another of those rtd flannel bait*, wrapping around and concealing a barb ed hook, at which the Conservative*—the poor South among them—will spring, we fear, like a foolish fish ; and the result will he, that, with gills transpie re* and, (to keep up the figure,) they will sgain, or rather continue to be, but powerless victim* swinging to the rod of the adroit fisherman, the ILdica' Faction. „ In two ro’ahln instance*, to mention no other*, the South lias been swindled just pr> eiacly in this way. In the formation of the federal Constitution, all parlies agreed then, that that compact was to be tnlrrjirc. te>l to the <ffct that any S ate signing it, pat no longer to be bound by it when its letter or spirit was palpably \ iolatcd ; that tbere waa DO rocrcivr r to be evoked ftora atty construction of that htstiument ; and the antithesis—that the State bail the nudeh ■gated right to secede therefrom, if she chose, wheii a sufficient reason justified her—w*» no lew than an axiomatic truth, evolved by the very iutmulul lo laws of thoaght itself. If there is no inherent right, or power given, to coerce one to stay where be wishes not and chookei not to stay, in the name of nil reason, human and Hitiuc, win nee er«K« the right or the pqwer to coerce him back when he baa once left ? The Constitution-makers talked largely how the instrument wu to be, and would be, con. •trued. They were acbuUra, most of them, •uAlumu bow to embody thought* and ideas in plain, auambtgu ms, v*mUimterprrltl>lt language. Why did they not uo it ? Why did they not put it down iu black on white— for they war* ski# to do it—“ in words that hum," a* impossible to be misunderstood, ■tfaapprrdated, or misinterpreted, “ that he run that readetb it?’' No; ihcie were tttohaten than, a* now, overrid iny. the more 'tKWuk.awd wi—apecting ot tha' body, who paipwylHkiHi tbe vital portions of the .QflfpftiwtiiHi, with louse generalities and di. flnuata* JssWe-cw/iWre*, to inveigle the oMaa iato the l mop , and when once in, * jBSn&S& f* 6 **** ** ,0 *bc it; • rpreting ,#Si| :: ?,« it; -• io. WtHTrd vilhont 1a npli utanj -f the nv i •i BUtef, MwrMHMJkfJfcmth- ' irj f mSi? &3S™ “* kotod '* - «V ; Jp| •; liesmetto* has *t» lujt mp&&Np It *JI by the GomtpenMM af MM- And that fraud was%a«H ;-»»d)M» %» frws» waa ripeniaff tnNkll in tWhap Ulin Suuih, th- gv«pt mover of the biff, grating weak kneed from the effort, or in conciliate the threatening wrath of tbs enemy, summon. J from th* depths of seducing sr.ph stry the blighting phantom of “ unfriendly legists fit*,” alia*, “SqTtfattcr S •vnrrigntj.’* Thu*, the pri uils< i| Kden-fruit turned out hut a Sodnte’s apple, sheeny in*l fiir without, but within full of bitter drat and rahea And now again, the arch-trickster, Thad Steven*, proposes to p!»y the very sam,- game to bamboozle the Sooth—or rather the Northern friends of the South, for the Uuc r at present, is but an ignored nullity. He i* homhwg.'iag the (' wistTvsti res and the bet ter pert es the IL Ii sU, in the way he is soft soaping Mr I laine, in th.; above ex tract, that form* the Lit «,f this article.— To hear his hypoeritcal tip* tvli il. that third section is r.«bbed of much of il* offen sivetlos*. It can unit disfranchise the very few who may not b- par Junes! by the l’rcni dent. I*ct the bill j •*•-, Loxcrcr, ami th n ask Mr. Stevens an 1 bis pvrty to >tkk up to the promised in'erpretation. an’i they wili laugh outright st T'*u ; \e.t, and th-y will have -uch a content ft f r you. but that they had lurihcr u*e for you, they would, ami > ugbt to, create a -pecLi in-titut'nm tor your bene tit to be cilled the *• Fool Kill' ra’ Bureau." hup . i it>* Court. The May Term of our Superior Cour commenced its S, *-ion on Monday la*', — his Honor, Alexander M Speer, ol Forsyth, presiding. I'uring the week, there has been a largo repr<s< nutioii of the liar, fr >in thi and other Circuits; beside* our own bar. .fudge Floyd, Judge Tab mis-*. Col. Trip pc. Col. Smith. Col Lyons C»pt Hall, and the Solicitor General, Col A. D. ILmniond, ol this Circuit; Col. A \V. llnuiuioud, Col Bartlette, Col. de Grah ntetd, Co' Tidwi.* 1 ’ Caps. Fears, and Capt IVcvy. from surround ing circuits, being presuit. His Honor's lucid charge to the Grand Jury wss listened to with great intenst by all present, lie pertinently alluded to tin fact that hiilurto he had not been allowed the use of the Court House, owing to its military occupation—a disagreeable fact which had reminded all that wo were not a frr* peeiple On the subbject es the oducs tion of the pe'or, he was elaborate and full, and we feel assured piod rou’ts must fob j lew his praiseworthy e ffiirts to iti’ensify pub. lie interest on thin'important subject. The bu-imss of the Court lias progressed ' wiih cmutcndaMc speed, and it is thnnglir his Honor will dispnso of th* I n.-ine*- <>n the dncfiß, by the end of the present week Fcott's Maoazive. The May nuiuber of this excellent Monthly, which, by the way, was tardy in reaching us, >s on our ta bic. Asa general thing, it is fill and with very readable matter—some pieces really good—ail of which is original, either edito rial or from original contribtitots. We take an unimportant exception, however, to au Kditorijl paragraph, wherein it is cl> a-' j implied, if not clearly announced, that mote than one third of the lir*t class poets of the South cither reside, or intend M> reside, in Atlanta, while a preponderating moiety of the balance live in Georgia, or around, close to the Georgia line. The tribute to the Gate City poet*—saving th" restriction—is just enough; but why exclude from the cat- I egory—for tbere is no rt a Itrn to the enu- I mention—the names of Mrs II C. Barrow, I)r. tilackburne. Dr I'imkney, aid a half . doxen more that might be mentioned. | Surely, the “sweet Heavens” arc ample erough. and unconstcllated enough, for all , the irttr Prgasus-riders—not merely a favor ed few—to “ make their j urney ” tl it her, . to find a place atmd “ the s'ars " Term* s.’* a year. Address Bev J. W I Scott, Atlanta. Cs. | “Wi.at will lie «li* With it!*’ t 4*cward bat found out that the French j troops are not being withdrawn from M iiro ‘•in good faith.” but, on the contrary, addi taooai troops are com-I jihly g -ing to that «untry. What would the Secretary give if that tom foolery, the Monroe- lbv-'rinc, had never been started— ot, rather, if he himself had never hitched on toil? This Monroe Doctrine is n good deal uke one of those pistol-shaped faucets—a pretty go and thing to point towards a timid green-horn, him, but a wretched pour thing to fnnttwuh if your antagonist stand* hit Luis NapoletttwgpA M**i»U»um d|tM get ftrnti, til* bnak thflff m the SeeretoTy to ijb—if really le In sot seeking a light—is to dan Ike %fa*» thing a joks. It k true, -IWA- .frl —J >n W-irrlnw Ti<i a'irw tm ifha W > Uuw i<W*niMiiWl i»t«V* wort**’ to tm invslradia which mats so Unag* w tl^4*h«fs« BMOth (loM.) . f . ihS**' '*d*BEMiiTi irr 11 mH D.. M. L mara watoHwsmts. V Ban- tw At* dealt' The af*»vrat>*n.ad g*»tlera»u, a native of Georgia, a off, for some time prat, a practis ing physician of Atlanta. po*se-*in<r. Gsscity. high talents, with fine prufcsaMfnai pnsjvd*. wc are grieved to learn, commit ted suicide in t. J "Uin, Mo., oo the of tins inooth. Amidst other noble traits of character, there Waa om thing remarkable about the deceased. In that city of a hun dred phvst. iaos be never failed to be first, or among the first, to welcome the admit of s new professional brother, and extend him those beautiful coortesiss that ever make •be heart of the stranger glad. We, —who knew him well,— vriH merer believe (bat odur than noble aud righteous impulses fouud*a home in that now tbrob i<~* heart, that shall beat no more in sympa thv with fellow-heart, or respond tbrilltrglv to the strict influences of woman's virtuous charm* What he may have done, »!e.i angutnh and despair had trncktd him— when cruel fortune had furred reason from i - s throne—shall find no place in our memo ir. Wc but knew him as the accomplished, logit toned, generous-hearted a <1 noble I*r. 'Sca"n, of Atianta; and as such, and only a* sneb, hi* u mirred iiiia-vc. in our cherish ing rccull' c’ion shall ever cling. J/,i i from life * history, Glad to death'* my»*-rv , >w ift *o Ik- hnrt-d.— Anywbere. any s tiere, • tot of the world." Additional to our individual grief for the oss of this ts'iuiable and promising young map. our Queerest condolence is tendered to hi* many admiring friends and effect lonptc relatives. "The h«nd of the reaper Take* the esr* that sre hrmrv. Hut the voice of the weeper Waits manhood i" glory ; The amnflwi winds ru*bing. Waft the leave* that nre se.ire*t. Hot our flow'r »»< in flustiiug When bliclitu g was near.-**."' lItiTTENNKSS <>F THE 111 KF.At —Gens .'*'C( Oman and Fullerton have i xamined but two Si airs Virginia and North Carolina, on the perations of the Kreedmen's Bureau, and in both they are proved rotten to the core. No doubt the same verdict will be pro nounced, with perhaps isolated exceptions against the Bureaus of the o'! er States. 11 Bureau*, in sight, as it were, of the Federal Capital, have lni.-uianaged so eu'publy, what can be expected of those farther removed from the sphere of critical observation T Many sshanky leg ofthe Bureau function aries must be very shaky about tlrs time, in 'ion of the approach of' Stcediuan and Ful ler!.in. llitiicLUirs Farce Two K i lien’s and our Conservative, the *</< rt Comni.Uie Pi visit Mt nipbis for the purpsise of inn*stigat ing the cau-es which led to the late riot in tlmt city—l ft Washington on the ft<th instant, for the scene of the ir labors. What the two thirds, and pxtssiblv the three thirds, of the trio will do, requires no Yankee to "gue**.” Why go to all ti e trouble at. I expense of ing to Memphis, and the fur ther txpens : ol p erhap'S a long a id useless examination, when they could decide the whole matter without budging an inch front i loir-eats, or having a particle of evidence in the case, pro or con ? Kx-Gov Allen—the confirmation of whose p< aied among our Telegraph ic itcti last week—died ia Mexico, whjilier just alter the surrender, be had exiled him self, “fearing that he was among the exempt ed from amnesty.” He died from h;s old wound received in the Confederate .service breaking out afresh, and just as he was on ■ the eve us starting to Europe f>r mcdica) ; ad' ice. He was editor of the Mexican ; and, it will be remembered, the wii-1 ter of the letter to Horace Giecley r< pro- j I duVed in this journal a few weeks ago. He was truly a gifted man —in heal ar.J in [ heart—and a- true to his ioved South as the ; s‘C' iis to the star Mark him a- another 1 hen and mireyr gone! j C.v.v IT BK So —The surgeon appointed ,to examine -Lffereon Davis, urges—th • | telegraph says this precisely—“a i system of contir.i mint, if his i, Davis-; rc-s --| taxation to health is at nil desired. Thi-; ! evidently implies that even those apparently in the secrets of the Government have an idea, not very vague, tbat the object of con fining the prisoner may be to wear out or rot out his existence in the vile malarias of the dungeon. It is estimated that there are seven of Jews iu the whole world, half of wbom afftio Europe—the rest scattered ever cverygipdiucnt and Lie of the habita ble earth, Were St. Shjwj jfo write to day to thbl BtnguUrty prcscrved people . uait»gli*f all nations, bat sot of them, be fewthf haVe to •Mrusa them as be did eighteen centuries ago —" T* the twelve tribes which arc scat g&?ltfe estimated that tbe notional reve Ewue «f the.present fiscal year. • ending July ['MtA%kWtag customs, income tax, and pre. IMUSi as gold, will amount to five Luodrcd pLlpySoes *f do Kara. A g«ntletE*n (?)> from Alabama, in [fiaMMNorthern Rau.sJ r per, tbat there BfrjfafcgUlAfwf eighteen tbou-aed men in biHr'ffr- £ to the Union lea-mcs, ffai thirds of them can take the test mi~H t{nsta tie as ever wa- : i spi* Might trains—freight as well a* tsPKs*bh!MWcr sttachment—on the Mac -n -ic Railroad, were discontinued on and Bflw* the T7fh iaetant. ludlcmrat af Jiff Davis. Tto followiag it tk* itoictiuaM fiwad by the Grand Jury of flba United Bt*fca Cir cuit Court, at Norfolk, Va. agaiuat Jeff. Dai it: | The United Pint** of America, District es Virginia, to wit: In the Ctrcei* Court of the Uutied Mates of America, itt and for the District of Virginia, at Norfo.k. May Term. IMXi, the tirarai Jurors of the United Suus of America, in and for th" District ot Virrinta. upioo their oath and zffirmaiiou ra -1 spec ively, do present that Jefferson Ltavis, ! late of the city of Ric. tn-wid in the county ' ot Henrico, in the District of Virginia afore said, yeoman, being an inhabitant of, and \ residing within the Idnited BLate* of Ameri -1 ca. a ft owing allegiance and fidelity to the •aid United Bmtes of America, not having the fear of God before h;a eyes; not weigh ing the duty of his allegiance, bat being moved and seduced by the instigation of the j devii, and wickedly devising and intending ; the px ace and tranquility of the said I'oittd State* of America to disturb, and tc stir, move and incite insurrection, rebellion and ' war against iLeaaid United States of Amer ica, on the 15th day of June, in the year of our is rd 1804, in the city of Richmond, in the c-uotv cf Henrico, in the District of Virginia aforesaid, aDd within the jnrisdic • ion ofthe Circuir Court ol the United States for the I'oarth circuit, in ami for the District of Virginia aibri-said, with force and arms, unlawfully, falsely, maliciously and triitori'U-l did compass, imair'tic and intend to raise, levy and carry on sir. insurrection and rebellion against the said United States of America, and in ori r to laltili and bring to effect the said traitorous comp issing, iru aiunings and intentions of him, the said 1 Jefferson Davis, he, the said Jefferson Davis, alter, to wit : Oo the said 15t*» day ol June, in The vearof our Lord, 1864, in the *iid city of Richmond, in the county of Htytric». and district of Virginia aferesaid and within the jurisdiction of the circuit court of the the United Stat<s, for the Fourth Circuit in and for the said Distaict of Virginia, with a great multitude of person*, wlio-e namts to the jurors aforesai 1 are at presi nt unknown, to the nuiuber ol live hun tred t ersons and upW'.rJs. armed and arrayed in a warlike manner.that is to say with cannons, muske's. swords, pis'ols. riirks and other war’ike- w a poos, as well offensive and defensive, being then and tin re unlawfully, maliciously and train.rousK a setnbled an f gathered togeth er. did fai-e : y a,id traitoriU*ly ss-emble in i join theniseves together agiiu*t the sail United Ftates of America, and there and thin with |.>rce of arms, did LI e’v and trai torously, and in a warlike and hwi r manner, disp se thnn-eives against the said Un ted States of America, and 'hen and there—that is to sav. on the 15th of June, in the year of our L rd, let’ll, in said cry ot Richmond in the county of Henrico and District o‘ ‘Virginia aforesaid, and within jurisdiction 'of the said Circuit Court of th.; United '.states tor the Fourth Circuit in u ni lor ihe lhs'ric; of Virginia, in pursuance ol *u h t! eir traitorou* intentions and purjx*ses al’ore-aid, he. the said JetUr-oii Davis, with the .-s .1.1 pr* ns so aitwcsiid. traitorously 1 assegnbh and. anted and arruved in m inner 'aforesaid, most wickedly, maliciously, and traitorously did prepare, levy and carry on war against -aid l iiited States of Ameriei. contrary to the duty of the allegiance and fidelity ofthe su’d Jefferson Dav i*. against the- ('onstitniion, peace and dignity of the said 1 "nited St ites of America and against the form of the Statutes of said I 'nited States of / meiica in such C-iS- made and provided. This indictment was found on th' ' s:im > nv of.Jair.es F. Milligan. George 1’ Z.iibury John G “ J Jr.. Hardy ID-nh- n and Patrick o’Hricn. sw rn in op-n (Jourf, and sent feu tiy the Grind -Jury. [Signed] I. II Chandh-r l". S Attorney for the I'ist. es \ irginia. A Fbakle-vS Jl !>OE. — We have a'r aly noticed the case of the cotton »e xcd at New Orleans, and the oonfiiet of jurisdic ion be ►tween tTcn». Ganby and Jtoige Darrell, and , the order in the case receive ! irom l'r si dent Johnson, We extract with plea-ure the foilovnng remarks from the Judge’s cie Cision adj turning the court; “ And now, as I aui unable fen cany out the laws a* l deem I should, I adjourn this j court until a time witen the army shall have been remove«f, and I beiti" able to iuipr s»>i and punish as I judge as deserving in the i premises ‘ The Autocrat of the llus-ians with the | lives and propertc of his subjects at his j corn man and, the Sultjn of the Turkeys, with his oriental vassals, much less a Major Gen cral of a Republic like this, lias not powu r such as i as been sought to be enforced in this case by the military- No such power was found even with the comma idcr> ol the : Roman Legion. i “ I thereto re adjourn this court until next Saturday, when 1 will dee.de all cases pend ing now, when I will adjourn this court ln . deUnitely, until such time as I uiay have . power to enforce the laws l atu placed here to execute.” Tnesc are nnnlv utterances from the, bench, a id docs honor to the a id just , I estimation tbe Judge entertains tor the dis tinguished position he occupies War With Europe—John Mitchell! writes to the New York Daily Ah tn : I ean see no escape from a Eur >pcan war. , and if i: breaks out it will be tremendous It is pronable, too, that America would prof it by it, both in commerce and in population Beside.', there must be several large bouses ia the wooden leg hu-vosasiu Boston. Also. thereininent crutch and manufactories of Connecticut, whose btufflfigit was unreason- i ably cut short by the too su JSpa termination of the American war, just whew tha* bad laid I in large stock* of seasoned bickoryjhad had . their machinery brought to * high sifts ofi perfection, for turning out their uares vfWr, the utmost punctuality, neatness, and dis patch. ’t is to be hope-! that they have not. taken down their machinery nor chopped up ; into fire wood sit that hickory ; for now, as 1 j seriously believe, they are going to have a ; Sae foreign market opened to their enter prise. Legs trill be lively, and splints and crutches in good demand. TRrrn is a Travzstt.—A Georgia oo lempor&ry is responsible for the following, touching off the insolent demands of the Radicals on the Sooth : “Good *ir Radical.! Yon eali u« liars, traitor*, murderer*; You drprivs u* of ail our OwtCUotiona! richt* ; And for all these —“talk. »• »*“• *hy aaiue and Offer th e our grateful homage.'* TTrr.BCTKAHPIo From tb* Allan--a rad Jkaruw paMisa. VAIOiMTOII, *•7 22 —Ttenna tele gram* report that Minister Motto j f roiemtr ed agata-i the furtherrhip»?r.eu« of Austrian* to Mexico I he troop* were then returned home on a limited furlough. The financial panic to London culminated May 10ih in the suspension of Overend Gnerncy, t Cos., wboae liabilities are from ten to twelve mill loos rterliog. eau-ed by heavy spteculative rale* of* harm at heavy dpCOBBhi. The bill in relation to pubfic lands in Alabama, Mi-sissippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Florida ha» passed the Senate. ?t pro vide* that they be disposed of acojrdir.tr to the provision ofthe bon»e*uad law of Ih>J, without discrimination of color. Price of patent, five dollars, aud allows the privilege of securing lands to every person who served in the Confed' ra e army after taking the I oath of allegianee. The Bankrupt bill has passed the House —yeas 68, nays 59 i Nkw York, May 22.—The Academy of Music Lutheran church,Medical University, two piano factories and other build.ngs on j Fourteenth street and Third Avenue, were destroyed by fire. Kstimatcd loss three to ; four millions. Cotton firm, with sales of 3,500 bales at 38 to 40 cents. Gold bloscd at 33 34. I Washington, May 17. — Official reports confirm the exceeding frcblonrs* of Jeffer son Davis. It is reported that his indict ment ha* been drawn under the Act of Con gress of July 17, 1862, to punish treason. The Act fixes the punishment of any per i son convicted of rebellion at imprisonment not exceeding ten years, and a fine not ex ceeding ten thou-and dollars It is said this Act repeals all previous provisions for the punishment of treason. The Senate to day pa-sed the Wot Point appropriation bill It contains a provision prohitiiting the appointment of any cadet who served in the army or navy of the Southern Confederacy. Munir t. May 17. Lightning struck the city *are Imus. this afternoon, burning 500 ba c of cott m. A Sea (.’aitain's Remedy for Chole ra.— Mr G S Peabody, muster of th* pack . t ship l*aa? Wright, has written a letter, 1 giving nn account of a cholera c *e which .*c tired '<n his vessel in J ii.tiarv last, do ting a trip 'rom Liverpool to New Aork Captain Peabody say* that within fury-eight s hours after -ailing, cholera appear,;!, and 'in ten day*, twenty-seven pt-s. ng'-rs had ' died ol it. though they were treated “ by the book ” The Captain then applied a method of tr a’rnent that had been recommended by bis pred eessor in command, an j did not !o*<‘ another patient on that voyag*, or since The remedy was this ; A tahlespoonful of -alt and a tablespoonful of red pepp r in a ' half pint of hot water Th ■ Captain say* he w.i* hims'df attacked by \i .let t e-b lem, wi'h crimp- Ae . but the nti.-djcine “ cirri- and him throujli.” He adds: ‘The Hied.-ine acts quickly as an *-metic. *-iys in -me or two minutes It brings up a verv i fi- rtsive nutter whie.i s'i k* ! k* g ! ue It was given, among other*, to one r.i ! w m n ttf ctghtyvfouTyetrs of age, wh . w k m i dec k. though weak, ol course, the mx day. I I ave known it to be sueces-l'ully u*ed on board their ships by af leas' a d< z a ship in ist* rs besid* s m .sclf. Its u«e is quite general in Liverpool, where even some of the rt gular doctors find it to their advantage to resort to it. l’rovi :cd with this simple recipe. I no longer eon-ider the cholera an until nageabie disease ” Linoi.f.i’M—A* substance is now tnm ufiettire i from flux-ee l called iin ileum. It * -aid that it will supercedo India rubbi r which it very much le-mib'e*. and ol which it possesses most of the proper!i s—in the various manalacUires in which it is used i.iko India rubber, it can be dissolved into a c ment and used in the ut .nuf.ctute of water-prool clothing. It can be ue! for the co-.iting of iron or wood, or for ca'ing ship bottoms. It is as good as common I cement, having pr perties similar to the in i rioe glue made front India rubner and >.110! lac. It is readily vulcanized by exposure j to heat, and by this me t s becomes a* hard ias the hardest wood, and capable of file pol ish. The variety of the u-es to which it can be applied in this form wili at on*-e suggest themselves to the reader Hitherto it lues been made so'eiy to produc* fio r cloth, for which it is well ada; ted. These Lets will 'doubtless bo interesting to the Canadian fir mer, a* in consequence of this new di-uovery, flax—for the successful cultivation of which the soil and climate of Canada are so well adapted—will probably become greatly en hanc and til value. , Sourn America.—The Spaaish fleet bombarded Galiao, the Fort of Lima, Peru, on the 2nd of this month. They were re pulsed, however, doing little damage. Ad miral Nouez was badly wounded The Pe ruvian Secretary of War was killed by the explosion of a battery. The fight lasted four houis, and terminated by the withdraw al of th; Spanish fleet Only a few hun dred dollars worth of property wera destroy ed. The Spanish loss is suppos'd to be heavy. The news of the Spanish repulse was received with great enthusiasm by the inhabitants. Valparaiso advises to the 17-h of April report the blockade rai ed. The Govern m- nt is enforcing import and export duties. AsT* General Steedman —one of the Pres ident's Commissioners to examine into the affaire of the Freedmen’s Bureau-— is smtfirt" ed to have said recently, in Sswßnan : “ Tbst he sh iinijyi the agents ofthc judicial fune not contemplated their he gave Gen. Tillson author ity to apply to the Stats Convention far the appointment of civil agents of the bursas ; lie would examine into the matter when h# I ! reached Augusta, and hare the Freed men’* Court* abolished in Georgia. . Admiral—and aJm/reUe—Raphael Semmes, the “ heroic sailer” of the Gohfed crute Navy, and “ the Pireto" es Yankee slangwhaagere, has bees eieoted Jwdge of j the Probate Court of Mamie County,, Ala. ' asr The Psgfish'Admindtef are kfeetft havo the whole of the Japansse eoasts sad rivers accurately n/rnyrd 4 ) The P°« r kaow 001, U j seems, that what Bitty Cowper sang, John BBWB AND FACTS. The wife of Albert Sidney Johne!®* • teaching school in California to .-.□poor* i* self and children. The North Deterxiwg» toHanom Davis.—The Washington curres- jh<L»i H the Baltiwtorc Son, of says : ‘ I* »* the tettled purpose of certain Wt . • high petitions here to have Mr. Davi* W euted, U U is within the range •fpoeribilk!' and they are not slow in asaetting people of the North will never a!W the K terptfeifion of Executive clemency. U " A plan is rat on foot for building a ment at Gclumbus, Ga, in fi on ~ r .UT 1 ' Confederate dead. **• i’resident Johnson will be fifty-eight t of age on the 29th day of December he lives till that time, having be n bmC * Raleigh, N. C-, December 29, 1808. ** The celebrated W. Byrd P„welf CC; f_ brated as a popular leeturer on PhrenolL, —died recently in Cincinnati. ® AH the failures of the National Bank* arc traceable, it is said, to their grcediaeJ to make more out of their funds th an legal rates of interest—lending to a few reek less .* - oi;k gimblers and ST'ceof l .t cr , > they should have given accommodations to a multitude of perfectly solvent tnaall bor rowers. It s; pears from the New Orleans that there is considerable emigration going on from that quarter to Brazil. Planter* in every portion of Georgia Bre complaining ofinjury to the cotton bv the heavy and continued rains. New Orleans. May 10.—luUe Abell of the Firs' District Court, has decided the Civil Rights bili unconstitutional and nut binding on the court, and argues that the present Congress is unconstitutionally con stituted. The United States -Supri me Court ha a- e ded that the Missouri Test Oath is un constitutional. 1 l.ate*r ndv ices from-tt.Tliomas rej»o r t the Jo. pasture "f twelve liunjre.l French troop, for Yen t'ruz. A w dav* previon, a steamer ha<f arrived from Mexico, wi'll seven hundred tio-.p, onlwaij en route for France. Th* "il davelojiuient* on oil Creek, Pennsylv*. oil. makes property worth >: is»i_lf„„ r time* a* tigu-b n* the wliwle t .\»hi« propritr.jf Katt TVn.essee. XzGro Srvrt«CE—There nre only 'wo Fitter in the I'i.ion where tie* negro is allowed to rot* w 'hoot ;u. perty qu r . >tion. Ihev are Yer, moot an 1 Xea 11 vopso.i e. the lorioep aliid, hr.« eighty negro voter.-, ami the .UNr , te ban dred and iiine'y. Five hundred negro* , ivor* slerf in Jamaica a 1.-rtlie late instilei-tron. The people of Texas are rontri using ft*- th, farniiv "f Albert Sidney Jolnso. wts* are hi watt in t a ilormi. A nr heme for 1* i iging the Mi*s**-ippi ' >t 1, ‘Ul* is bri g agitated by capitalisri in ( A 110-hue.iiJ piper suy* tbere is n nte-i fv rat* of en.'g'-.iliou .o' - '■ ;s k* fi*>in that city north«ank A writer in the V. V Pn*t - iy* tt.eee niillioaa of tnr* of rai fell on New Ymk Is’and d'.iring the inoutl, of April. In the tos-t of -ir-.-ite-r ’ Vng'i.f.i Cos., Va., there is ot a fitirie dram-shop, th- eurreat of pa igsosl ong agniual the pracliar, ■ I-.- J dare leave it by vending liquor. I' I'r-*.'• ’’ riti*-J the thiioia<lo bill on tbs g-'.iioj ..f aear.-i' v ■ f population. and i -.-T-rmiiiL 1" .(■ ,Ti‘i.,aui —P. rsorv harirr r *> ~ or fii• • d*. w h*e died at Camp f'. orii', rt- 'ir ' -Ol iL-o. I Hi' oi- .-,n h-iirn the .1 i'r of death, .1,,. ~r. Vo. nod 1 oca* on ofthe grave, bv a-hlr-s. t: g - Jin dan, r. Undertaker 11 U Box -«*i. Test«> Mil* Uncusstitcitus.ii,.—lLtr. 1 P. Biair. in n speech l est, week in Mis souri. made the tallowing Matrnient: •• I am h -re to-d iv. my friend*, to tellyotr that the Supreme Court of the United States have already decided that thi* Constitution is invalid and roil. I was toldao myaclfby ; one of the Judges of the Supreme Court in’ \Yii-hington. and he t<>ld nie inaddition that .the only rru-am why the announcement of the derision was not made was that the mi nority of those who heid hit the law was constitutional I four Judges holding it con stitutional ard five declaring it unconstitu tional} was the four who begged that the announcement might bo postponed till the next term. wh : ch meets in December.” lion John Honan, a member of Congrem from Mi-couri, also made a stitemcnt to the same effect. Pulverized Turpentine.—The Rus sian Admiralty are experimenting upon th - u-' « to which pulveriz' and turpentine can be app’ied. By adapting a lamp to it, a flame two feet high was p oduced, which easily melted steel aid copper. A small stv»Hiboat. twenty four feet long, with en giro sos tw '-horse power, attained a speed of «ix knots by lue consumption of twelve pounds of pulverized turpentine The steam was raised in ten minutes by the use of the . turp ntinelamp. Several steamboats, whose ; engines are moved by turpentine fuel exclu sively, are already plying the Neva. Killing Comes natural in Ireland, for one half the places begin with kill. There u Killhoy, (for all Irishmen are called boys;)i and. w .at is still more ungallant, there u Kiilbride ; Killbaron, after the landlords; Killba T Tack, after the English soldiers; Ktilcrew. for the navy; Killbrita>n, for the I English proprietors ; Killcool, for delibew ; ate mnrd>*r ; Killraors, if that’s not enough | and last, though not least, Killpatriek, aodl 1 Kilkenny. Erip A correspondent writing to the BaU timore Sun, from Lynchburg, says - “Now the negroes are beseeching their former masters to take them back, and wherever the master or mistress can be assured that they will be safe in doing so by the negroea gemaiuing faithful, and tt#infod **y 1180 “T Tkfflw at *U,.th<J aro kyiKn in, clothed rlHllillUi' 'll' of the half jtpm* IveedmenTrJut ihuosasds are still Wtthott homes where they are deemed untrust worthy- Monitor mention*' the singular fact that on monday night w® 31st ult , thn.e men, one in Mufressboro, i one in Shethrvillo and the third in hashvtlle. c-Uttmitted tuicide, abont the same hour, by shooting themselves ; and strauge to say n o<no of them assigned any cause tor lac ras set Cut 80-xo?—Thelisr. R- M- ? a^ d ' r ' and Mr* J. T. Saunders, recently ofTas » looss Female College, purpose to estobli®" Berda, Prussia, a school lor American youn ||L I* fe ettimWe* that not less than hundred cows have died in the Pis’-ri’ 1 « [Cohtmbha and its vicinity, daring die » disease known as < uc cait 1 * pWtjne.