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About The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1866-1868 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1867)
DAWSON JOURNAL. DAWSON GA , JUNE 21. 15G7. It is said thiit Chortifcoe Georgia has made wheat enough to supply the entire Ptnte. The Milludgeville papers say the wheat crop in that section has 1. en harvested, and tl.o turnout is very good.- The Boston t), mmereul wants Max imilian shot “without hesitation and without anger’’ in vindieat on of the Monroe doctrine, and because Jefferson Davis has not tarn hung. It is said that tho preliminary ar rangetrents for the registration of vo tent in Georgia will be completed the present week, 'i lie work will doubt less begin within a very few days Hence it is h'gli time that our minds were made up in tr.e matter. Dick Carter, the negro porter who robbed the post office in Lynchburg, Virginia, in February last, was tiled j in Underwood's court on Friday, and found guilty. The sentence was de ferred. The case presented a singular anomaly in the history of criminal pro. eeedings in Virginia, nine of the jury being colored and throe white men. Amxloamation in Virginia.— Considerable talk and excitement late ly occum din the neighborhood ui Winchester, Virginia, at tl e reported marriage of a negro to a white I irgin ia lady. The Winchester, Times, there upon, made inquiry, and found a “true bill” as to the piebald wedding, but the case stands thus : The groom was n Virginia negro, and the white bride lroin Ohio. Under the present law of Georgia, indigent maimed soldiers of the State who have purchased artificial limbs on their own account, and those who have , lost limbs, leaving such stumps as wi ! not admit of artificial limbs being used, are entitled to draw from the State 1 Treasury the government price of an artificial limb. Mexico.— Tlie Mexican bondhold ers in New York, it is said, arc agita ting a propo ition to send Santa Anna to Mexico, backed by a strong force of volunteers for the purpose of up setting the Juarez government, and organizing a movement for the union of Mexico with the United States ; a guarantee of the Mexican bonds by our Government being, of course, an important feature of the scheme. It is not likely to be consurnated this year nor next. "Whenever an arrangement of that kind is perfected somebody will be cheated, and it won’t be Santa Anna. Registration. In the course of a few days, the board of Registration, tor the District embrac ing this eounty—together with Clay and Randolph—will be ready to begin the registration of voter?, and vre trust there is not a man in the District so blind to fcis own and his country’s interest as to peed urging t rt perform the duty of reg istering. WLatevei" may be our opin ions of rjgLt and wrong in the premises —whatever may have been the objcv* of those who f-amed the military bill— one fact is patent to every man who recognizes our status ns the result of the war:«. that might for once tem porarily controls; and it is the only al ternative left us for the maintenance of our position as component parts of the government. If wo can see any hope in a Convention, let us Register that we may vote for a Convention—if we see danger in a convention, let us Reg ister that we may have the right to op pose it. After the Convention is held, we arc ■till free to accept or r< ject the Consti tution flamed by it—let us register, thea, that wo may have a right to ac cept or reject it. Never, io the history of our common wealth, was it more important that every man should participate in the politics of the day ; and while many of our most trust-woitby men are debarred from the privilege of voting or holding office, yet their influence for good can be brought to bear for the preservation of what few lights have been loft, and we bold that this influence should, in a quiet yet effective manner, be exerted. And when we consider the mass of voter? in our State, there are compara tively few disfranchised, and when we remember (bat the interest of the white and black man are bound together by nature’s indissoluble ties, and the large number of intelligent blacks who know where their interest lies, and will vote accordingly we cun see no reason to fear that our State Governmeut will pas> from the Lauds of its natural custodi ana. If we have been despairing ml des pondent, let us cast its the putrifying cloak of lethargy, as becoming only those who do not deserve self-govern ment, lest our own memory and the hope of our posterity be buried beneath the waves of that great sea of progress which is now sweeping over our land. Register! Register! and let no op portunity to have a voice at the b--Hot— box, pass unimproved. L»it I’rvgnostteuton*. Ever since we have paid any ntten I lion t) p'-l.tie-, we have in irked a class of men who were ever foreboding evil to the c uutry, arid at every turn in the political scale were ready to cry i u ‘•lluin ! Buiu I s ’ There weie men of. this class in the days of our first elce j tions under Republican ins'i'uirns. In fact, the ballot b x has produced but few results ia the history if our country, but that there were some to point out in tliat result the elements of irretrieva ble rum. The influence of such politi. eal proaci ii.g bar always been injuri ms ; but if there be one source of danger to the S >uth now, greater than all others, it is the influence of such politic:;! teach ing as will cause n.ea to give up all hope for the future, and grepe in the dark dungeon of despair, while freedom and light is a short distaucc above them and action is only necessary to is full enjoyment Bight here in Dawson, within a few days past, we have been pained to hear men say, “We are as bad off as we can be, and can be harmed no more.” They can occupy this position no longer, if they will but a’l 'tv themsflvcs to re member that the same power which has disfranchised eight or ten thousand voters in Georgia, is still potent, and by j the same means employed, can disfran-; cbise every man in Georgia, who par- ; ticipated to any rxteut whatever in the jate war, that the same power which Las \ swept from our hands m : llicDa and mil lions of dollars in slave property, may, at least, by further attempts in that line, blot out every ra y of hope from tho present gei eratiuta of Southerners. Do you acknowledge and necessarily submit to a power which has disfran chised a few thousand voters, while such a large majority can still be reli ed upon to protect Southern interests at the ballot box, and say that “things can be no worse,” and if we hold eff “things will light themselves?” There is more danger to-d iyof “fall ing through” from this platform, than from the rotlenest plank in the Radical platlorm of Thad. S’evens. While we are in such a sad predica ment, to-day, and have good reason to {ear still greater evils, and tl ere is ore hope at least in action, and none in con-actioe, does it not behoove us,as en lightened men, to act? Are we do ing our duty to ourselves or out poster ity, by sitting idly down, and seeing our government pass into thip bands of others, while it is in our power to pre vent it ? Let each and every one weigh well these questions for himself, and de termine what his duty is under the circumsfarces. Who are l.'nli I !<■<! to Vole 1 ]? This question has not received the attention its importance demands.— There is indeed, u degree of ignorance on the subject which is much to be la merited. Even among well informed persons there is a lack of information which under the circumstances, is al most inexcusable. Such of our read ers therefore, as are familiar with their rights under the law, should not only indulge, hut aid us in our efforts to explain them to others : Id the first place, it is a great rnis- as many suppose, that ull persons who hottl oulfo prior to the war, are thereby excluded from the ballot box. Lsy no manner of meting is this the contrary, w e undertake to affirm that no man is excluded simply be cause he happened to hold an office either Federal or State; nor does the law prescribe any man merely because he engaged in the rebellion, no matter whether the engagement was volunta ry or by compulsion. Two things are necessary under the law to work di-—! franchise-men:, and these things must be concurrent—that is to sr.y, the par ty must have taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, (in the sense prescribed by the law,) 1 and afterwards voluntarily engaged in the rebellion to deprive him of the right of suffrage, or render lum inelli gible to office. YYc therefore under take to lay down the following j repo sitions as incontrovertible: (1 ) A man may have held office either Federal or State, and in that capacity have taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, not afterwards engng'ng in the rebel lion, and ho is a voter. (2.) Or he may have voluntarily en gaged in the rebellion, not having pre viously taken the oath in the capacity aforesaid, and be is a voter. (3.) Or he may have taken the oath and afterwards engaged in rebellion by force of conscription, anil he is a voter. It follows, therefore, as we have be foro remarked, that two concurrent circumstances are necessary to exclude a man from the bal!ot--that is to say, he must, under the law have taken an oath as a member of Congress or as an officer of tho Federal Government, either civil or military, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an ex ecutive or judicial officer of any Sta’e to support the Constitution of the Uni ted States, and afterwards voluntarily engaged in rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. What is me nit !y engaging in the rebel ion is not defined bv tho net, but it is held by high nutboiity tlmt the bicre expression of ‘'disloyal senti ments’ is not sufficient to bring the puny within the range of tliecxcllded clues. It wftul 1 seem to require an active fun ticipntion in the rebel ion, such as bearing arms or hold uga com mission ; ii tho rebel army, to worn on exclusion. For it appears clear enough by the act itself, that tho man who happened to 1 e elected Judge, or a Justice of tho Peace, prior to tho war and con inued in office and performed its fnne,ions during the whole period of its existence, not having o herwise engaged in the rebellion, is not there by excluded fn,m the ballot. Tin: Wheat Crop —Tbc Rime Cum merci.d of Thursday says : The wheat harvest in this sectiou is now in full blast, and a splendid j rospcct for a good yield. The samples wo Lave seen sre very line, grain largo aud heavy.— We may safely say, that Cherokee Georgia will raise wheat enough to sup ply the entire State, if judiciously used. Wo have heard of the sale of one crop i at two dollars per bushel. Ercry farmer should sell his wheat at once, as we are of ojinion, from the prospect through out the Union, that the crop will be largely over an average one. From ev ery section of the State we receive sim ilar rcpoits. The suggestion of tbc Rome paper to sell on the mar ket is perhaps a good one. Gitoil ileus. The New York World notes tbc fol lowing facts: In Chicago, corn that sold fur SI 10 per bu=hel the third week in May, fell |to 90 cents per bushel on the 5h of June—a difference of 20 cents in less than three weeks. Good ! Oats, which sold for 90 cents od May 28, f 11 off to GO cents on June s—a difference of JO eents in a lew days. Better and better. Rye, which sold for 81 57 in May, wanted purchasers in June at 8! 02 — fifty-five cents difference. Splendid, this. Wheat, No. 2 Spring, which was quoted at 82 85 per bu>hclin May, sold as low as 81 90 in June—a decline of 95 cents. Hurrah, and a tiger. Tnis is good news, indeed. Well may a “hurrah and a tiger” be given for it throughout the suffering and impov erished Siuth. Thank God, the wheat harvest in our State promises an abun dant yield—more than our fields have produced for many years. The weatbci, too, for harvesting has thus fir prov and propitious. In a week or two more from the seaboard of our Slate to the rooun tains, tho wheat crop will bo gathered, ready for market. Aud the corn, and the cotton, both promise well. With good seasons. Georgia will bo, cs she has been of old, blessed with plenty. Pennsylvania —There is some talk of {lacing this State in a condition far reconstruction. Thcro are, according to no less authority than Forney’s Press, fifteen thousand colcrod meu iu Pennsylvania, many of whom were in the Federal army during the late war. now without the ballot. The urbane and generous patriots whoruu the Rad ical machine arc more than anxious to bestow uniierscl sufrage on the South but will have n; ne of it at home. If a black man would enjoy the priviledge of voting he must keep out of the State where Forney and Stevens Western Corn.—The Clayton Ban ner says that it is OijJ re Sfiog to hear of the number of mules that » 1 0 dying from the effects of Western corn fed to them. It thinks that the injury conies from fecdii g the corn in its whole and shelled state; that the stock cat it rap idly, without sufficient mastication, and | die of indigestion. The Columhus Sun says if this be so, tho remedy for this year is to grind the corn ; and a far better remedy thereafter :b to have nothing to do with Western corn in ary shape, but to raise enough corn at home. leon-Claps. — The United States Government has already sold the Dun derberg, the Stonewall, and the Onan dago, though the transfer of the latter to France is not yet completed. If tho United States would now sell the bal auce of the iron-clad vessels, and then kn ck the hottom cut el that iron clad oath, instead if rcquir.ug n.arly every decent white man in the South to take it under certain circumstances, we should begin to have hopes of a return to the ‘‘Dent government the sun ever shone upon.” A Memphis letter says: It was re ported yesterday that cholery has reap peared on the Missics ppi. I observed this morning an ordinary fact—you know that bayou Gayoso rises iu the Southern suberb?, and flows northward ly through Memphis. To day its wa ters arc as black as ink. Negropolie, the colored suburb of Memphis, where the Radical Pest mainly circulates, is at the head of the bayou. On Saturday last the United -States Treasurer held the largest amout cf money ever held at any one time since the organization of the Government, to wit; §180,000,000, of which $102,- 000,000 were gold, and §78,000,000 currency. I’ower* of tlie ilifiiiti-y iiiuii (lets. OPINION OF THE ATTORNTV OH NT. I! AI. Washington, June 17 — The opin ion of the Attorney G i.oral, on the' powets of Mditary C. mman.lers, under the Rceonstui! tion Acts, is very elabo rate, and the reasoning is too cl ise for a synopsys. Tho following verbatim I ('x'raets tv er the conclusions : I ti id it impossible, under the pro. \ vision of tl is Act, to comprehend such ! an < fficial s.s a Governor < f i-t e of these States appointed to iffiee by one of these mli.tary c •uimaoder*. Ucrtaialy 1 I he is not the Governor r eognizid by tl o laws if the State, ('ectcd by the peo ple of the ip ate, and clothed, as such, with the chief executive power. Nor |is he appointed as a military G ivemor | for a S: it? which has no liv.tul Gover- I nor under tho pressure of un exi ting necessity to cxciciso powers at largo. Tho it,ten ion, m douht, was to ap- I I o'nt him to fill a vacancy orcarinrcd ; by a military order, anl to put him in : tne place of the r in >ved Governor t> execute the functions of the tllivc ts f rovidtd hy law. The law takes no eogtrzancc cf such an < fficial, and he is clothed with no authoriiy or color of authority. What is true as to tho Govcuor, is* equally as true os the oihcr legislative, executive and judicial < fficers of tho i State If the military commander can oust one from his tffi •*■>, he can oust' them all; if he can fill one vacancy he can fill all vacancies, and thus usurp ali civil jurisdiction into his oion hands or the hands of those who hold their np- ; pointments from him and subject to ! his power of removal, and thus frus-> Irate tho very right secured to the pee-' pie by the Act. Ccitaiuly this Act is vigorous enough in the power which it! gives with all itsfeveiity The right' of electing their own officers is still left, with tbc people and it must be pretcrv- j ed. j I must cot bo understood as fixi'g limits to the pow, r of the military com mander is case J an a itual insurrection or riot It may bar pen that an insur rection in one < 1 these Sta rs may be so general and formidable as to re quire the temporary suspension of all civil government and the establishment of marshal law in its place; and tho same thing may be true ns to local dis order or rio‘, Ia reference to the civil government of the city or |iace where it breaks out, whatever power is necessa ry to meet such exig reic.s, th.o military newer may properly cxeui-e. I ccn fine myself to the r per authority of the military commander when peace and or der prevail. When peace and order do prevail, it is not allowable to displace! the civil oflJ#br? and appoint others in j their place Hcdcr any idea that, tho mil i ary commander can better perform his duties and carry out the great purposes’ of this act hy the agency of civil , ificers 1 ot his own choice rather than hy the lawful incumbent. Tho act g’ves him ; no right to have a sufficient military force to enable 1 i:: to perform lis du- ■ ties aid cttf> fee Lis authority. So, too,! in the trill and punishment it crimi- ■ nals and offenders ; ho may super.-edej tl.o civil j iirisdic in in his pow. rtobe ! cxcrobed in th; s> special emergencies,! and the means are put into hi- hand- by ; which it is to be exercised ; ihat isto| say, a sufficient military firee to enable j such officer to per'erm his duties and, enforce his authority, and military tribunals rs his own appointment to try and {finish offenders. These are strict ly military powers to bo executed by military authority, net by the civil offi cers appointed by him to perfirtn ordi nary civil duties. If these cmergonci. s do not happen, |if civil order i< pr.servcd and criminals 1 tire duly prcsecuted bv tho regularcrira | inal courts, tho military powP?, though present, must remabi p as: ive. .ts prop er function ; s to prrs.rvo tho peace, to act promptly when tho peac- is broken, and restore order. When this is done, the civil authority may again safely rc sume its functions—the military power bceomqs again passive, but on guard ctnd watc! ful. iu my judgement, is the whole scope of ttfc r ;ili,ar 7 rower conferred iby this tet, and in J. r ' v ' D o at this 1 ! onstruction of the pet, I have r r)t fcnr.d jit necessary to resort to the s'liet con struetion which is allowable. Says the Savannah Nows & Ilerald : Some time since a man named Mc- Laughlin was found hanging to a tree on the Albany and Gulf Railroad, but' nothing concerning tho perpetrators could, at the time, be learned. The military anthorities took tho matter in hand, and proceeded to invetigatc it,! Lieutenant Carson, at present stationed 1 in tLis city, being pent for that purpose. He found, up; n investigation, that the man had borne an ill-roputc in the coun try, and had rendered liiinseld very ob- j noxious by bis scandal us conduct to the neighbors. This conduct, in con ncct'nn with an undue familiarly with peoples’ wives, induced a regulating l committee to Lang Lim. No arrests have been made. The Savannah Republican is inform ed that early on the morning of the 12 h instant (Wednesday,) it was discovered that the keeper’s house at Mrs. Jcncks’ bridge, over the Ogoechcc Hirer twen ty-two miles from the city, was burned to the ground. The remains of the keeper, an old man, were discovered in the ruin?, and it is cor jeclurcd that he waH murdered for money supposed io bo in the hous 1 , and tha house burned to hide the diabolical deed. * Neal Dow bas made an honorary tea servioe out of the misguided people of Burslem, in England, “for his labors in cause of temperance.” In tho war, he presented himself with tea-sets and table?, pianos and all he eould lay hands on. co i tit j> i* on i! i:\ci: lithe tun a Committee cf' citizens ami to/ <). 1/ Howard, Agent Bureau 11 F. if- L. Albany, Ga., June 14, 18G7. The undersigned, :t Committee of Citii'.'uv, respectfully represent to you, us the lnenl ugeiit of the Government i bulged with a supervisory power for tho administration of the laws, the pre setva’.ion of order, aud tho protection ; of the lights of every citizen, that evil : disposed persons have circulated fa'se i'ttitemenis and orders among the Freedman, on the plantations and else i where, which are having n bad infill ence upon them and if not speedily tot rented, will interfere with tho indus try, and the peace and security of so cietv. 1 The Freedman have worked con tentedly and well according to con tract until recently, when misrepresen , tution has excited false hopes and en g ndered discontent. Many of them now neglect tli ir work, are disrespect ful to their employers—go armed with guns and pistols, exercise military drill on the plnntati ns, or leave their work and go to tow n without tho ci n sont, or against the orders of their em ployers. I They say that they are ordered by |rr.en who represent themse ves as speaking for the»Government, to ex ercise in mili ary drill, and to attend i political meetings under penalty of .fine They have also been told, and profess to believe, that tho time is mar at hand when they will take posses sion of the Government divide the jpr per:y of die country among them j solvei, and have everything as they de ire. ! It is true that many of the colored people are too inte’ligent to believe j , the gross misstatements of the interest; ed parties, and have too clear a sense of justice and propriety to desire such representations to b& true Rut there are thousands of ot' ets, who in Un it simplicity and ignoreneo, are easily imp sed up n by designing and wick ed m n We mike these representations with" (lie request that you wi 1 examine the subject, and adopt such means, as in your judgement, will correct ir isappre : nentsiou, protect the industry, tin! se cure the peace and good order of our community. NELSON TIFT. ) (Signed) T. II JOHNSON, \ Com. .1 NO. A. DAVIS. S Con O 11. Howard, Agt. Bureau R. F. & A L , Albany, Ga. Airany, Ga , .June 12th, 1807. To Nelson Tift, T. 11. Johnson, and John A. Davis, Esqs., Committee, &<5. Gentlemen:—l havetho honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication ol this dale. 1 had already noticed with r.ueh concern, tlie unsett cd state of affaire which forms the subject of your 'tetter and prepared a circular letter for dis tribution throughout my Division, in which 1 have attempted to c rroct tho mi repr si ntntlons which have been m industriously circulated by bad men. A copy of this eircu! r, 1 transmit herewith. It stems unnecessary to deny to gen t’i men of y our good sense that any person antho.ized to spunk for the government has made the representa tion which have caused the statu of af fairs whi h you s> much deprecate, but for the bem-fit of the unthinking, I do most positively deny it. I should be guitv of a neglect of duty should I fail to use every exer tion to promote peace ar.d good order in the counties over which my juried c 1 tior; extends, an 1 you may rest us ured that I shuli endenver to do so under any circumstances. I am gentlemen, very respectfully, Your obd’t serv’t, O. 11. Howard, Agent. Circsi tar to Hie Fro «lrisen of Donshcrtr, Lceaud Terrell Comities. Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned lands. Office Agent Divis ion 'f Albany, Dougherty, Lee, and Icrrcll Counties. Alany, Ga., June 10, 1807. j It is cor stantly reported to me that yuh have J ‘ ccn deeded as to the inten tions of the -‘haunt, and that re 'portscalculated to # labor and to give rise to disorder ana r ' r: K have been industriously circtilatiC. amongst you. This has been done through ignorance, perbads, but it is mure likely tbit is has been done by perse ns who are disposed to do evil. It is said that y< u have been told that lands are to be taken frirn the' present, holders and divided an ODgst; you. This impression, wherever it ex ists, is wrong. By honest iuduilry and . frugall y you will bo enabled to pur- j chase lands, but none will be given to you. i It is reported that you have military | organizations and are drilling. Such ! unauthorized organizations are uotoo [lv pcriicirusly wrong, but tiny arc in j direct violation of existing ordeis, and must be disbanded at -r.ee. The story that arms are to be distributed to you fr m this, or any [other office is false and Witeout foundation in truth. Tho gov ernment will r.ud r you all necessary pr lection, hut it will not protect you iu wrong doing. J t is reported to me by people of your own cold ibutsume cf you arc not mind ful of your obTjjations under your con tracts. Your oontract is to work so ycur employer six days iu the week, in the manner cos tom ay on a plantation. Boring there fix day* your time is not your own but your employer’s, who pays you for it, and every hour of tbet time should be devoted to bis service, and you must take turns in doing the work which is necessary to be dono on Sun day. You must labor industriou?ly, obey ingall reasonable orders promptly and cheerfully, ans bearing iu mind when you stop work, or arc absent from the plantation during the working hours without tho permission of your employ. you are vi da’ing your contract, and tl at \t u aie liable to lose a part or the whole of your wages or your share of the cr p. A c ti tract violated by you is no longer binding upon your employer. Tb e reports that you havo been re quired to mine to Albany on any par ticular day, under a penalty of live dol lars, or any other tutu is false. It will be ycur duly to go to the registration at the prt per time and rig istr-r your name us voters, and go to the polls and vote, and that you may vote understauuingly, you should avail your setves ot every proper means to obtain information Should yeu disagree with you employer upon political matter, that fact should nit affect your duties as laborers. Your contraot ia for fi :ld work, not f, r political servitude. 1L member always to avoid every thing which tends to sir up strife be tween y u as a people aid the white race. Do yo-.r whole duty to yourselves and to your employes?, remembering that yo U r success in life defends upon yoursrlver, upon your own conduct, your industry, your honesty, truthful ness and frugality, ard that be among you who is the most iudmtri ns, the most bonest, truthful and frug t, will have the greatest mea-ure if success. To your employers 1 would sty that cont nets have been brought to my no tice which do not allow tie f.c dmen reasonable compensation for their labor. Unless good wages are paid, and "aid when due, the employer canuot expect his labor to be either reliable or p i fit able. Neither can tie expect me to in terfere to compel the freedmen to ful fill their part of tbc c infract, nor can he expect the government, to permit fib contract to bo enforced. Ailiffortsot mine in that direction nust oc { reced ed by fair compensation and kind treat ment. O. 11. HOWARD, Agent. Mexico-Ttie Trearliery of Lo pez. A letter from Satillo gives the .following particulars of the mode in which Q icretaro was taken : Up to the 7th inst., the Imperialits, as now admitted by the Liberals, were successful in every t-ng-rg?ment, from the 7th to the 15, nothing of imp' r u r, co had taken place. On the morning of the 15th, tlie Imperilists Wer.e to have made a general attack, and if cot sue ce s'ul iri rou’ing the liberals, at least compel Escobedo to raise the scige. The plains were wel j lad and sued ss wa.s probable ; but there was a traitor n camp who, for several and .ys previous to th • 15'h had been in consultation wi b the Libefii! General Veilr, ■formerly a K action rio, and on the 15'hi he deliv ered the sacri 1 charge of human t! . h up to his enemy. Escobedo was aware of tbc trees ena ble plot, but was far from expectirg such rern’t '. As evidence that he dis believed t.i the last, ho would sct.d but two hundred nun to take possession of the invulnerabh t rlifieatiops us LaCruz; but he apprised ti( the occupa tion of that tniiii for t without firing a shot. Theretfpftu he Ard ore 1 a force to enter the city under command of Co lonel 1M cm, who took tho place by rurpiise lie surrounded the hut cf Maximilian end dem;:>led a surrctid-r. The emperor advanced, sw rd iu hand, in n dignifi and and undaunted manner, lie told Colonel lbl .ci > that hej c uhl not Burrctidi rto an t.-slicer t f inferior grad-c, and demanded the pretence of the commacder-iu chief. General Escobedo, who was a league distant, was seut for, and on h s arrival received the sword of Maximilian, which report says, was richly dicurated with diamonds, and valued at an immense sum of m ney. Escobedo now reports that he tiok 15 otliiers of tho rank of general, 8,000 prisoners, all lli ir arms, and immense quantities of amuuition. The result, was not credited by the L hi risls here until the matter was explained by the exp si tioa of the successful treasonable plot. No fighting whatever recurred, and the only shots fired were ly the traitors up on tbeir farmer compani's in arms. The delivery 1 the garrison of tLe Cross was complete, at.d was done under the supers Lion and by onLr of tho cflicer of the day, in p.: nan. It was C 1 mcl Miguel Loppz who commanded at. Cliapultepeo ns Governor of the castle and afterwards C T n-l of the Empress Regiment r f Bival > He acted a? escort to the Empress, lie ! was the bosom friend to Maximilian ; ' a man that hrd bccu load?d with fivors I by ‘hat Prince. Maximilian was gv>d fattic.’ traitor’s first, child. lie was uncle to i>a ßall IS JT—ne, and hud by his pirowess and gallantry »'„.R a Coration of tho Legion of Honor— all to conclude with an act of treason and in famy. llis price wan one thousand ounces, or sixteen thoueand dollars.— That was cheap, but Christ was sold cheaper. But they have alracdy commenced shooting by executing Uol. Marian) Campos, who was taken puisoncr at Qnrotara with all the others. Men dez is also reported shot. Ou the lS:b, 15,000 men had left Quarctaro fir tic capitol under E.cobc do. A letter of tho same date from Mon terey states the same particulars as to the cause aid modo of surrender, and adds: On the arrival of Escobedo the Em peror gave up his sword and a diamond ring, and then made preliminaries for a general surrender. Genera's Mendez and Campos were at the same moment shut. The usual butoheries attending a l (heir acts closed the scene. The butcher, Escobedo, in person, commit thc most atrocious assassinations—with pistol in hand killing wounded and sur rendered prisoners ! Irrespective of the wishes ts the Gov- ! eminent of the United States, Maxi milian and his general? wiil be shot, as the strong and irreconcilable feelings of Jauriz and his party to all foreigners arc that all should bo shot down like dogs. Strict quarantine regulations have been established at Femandina by the officer oemwanding the post. Horrible Miuu,.,.. A fearful and diabolical murder - committed near Quaker Sprim- * 8 seven miles from this ci’y WV.’tn fight The facts as or ■ : Mr. John \V. Brice, a yonne US » Rttttvc ofEdgrfi;)d Districts {’ > liv’d in this city Wednesday wi ’ t i ar " r ad of country produce, acouipaniJ i'}’ a negro man nml boy Ir • disposed of his produce, ho converted lis greenbacks into cold „i- . f a bought from one (four brokers, and do. trimmed on starling f, r home l» fa ■ -he afternoon of Wednesday On ‘ D nving at the w- ;on yard of’Messrs Mel Keen k v) Br'en, in tl 0 upp cr , Broad street, Mr. Price / at, re and informed Mr. O’Brien a f l n t ntion lo start for Lome m i , 018 said you had better remain wjffi J, night and Malt early in ihn -° Mr. Price replied that it v as Li, turn to g. as far as Quaker Spring, and there camp f r tho night, ttarting carlv Thursday morning with the hcr 0 -each'; ? bis home yoMerday affirnoon Air],ico then left, accompanied bv the negro man and bny. The rart reached Quaker Springs in safety- ar j t.’ir rrcamped for tho night. g om time asti r•; ir arrival, tix .ir seven n c grocsairived with ntiu-ki Is rr shot gun, surrounded tho wagon?, and commerced a search. One of the {sir'y asked Price what he hud in a jug, to whom he repfi. ed that it contained melureee. The uc" grees then asked if he did ert Lava whisk- >, to which he replied uo. Tbev then asked him if he had any more/ He said he had a little. Price, su? p cting their {urposo to berobery, made a movement in too wagon as if to pm tiet himself, when one of the negroe? placed a gun to his side and fi m ! the entire load into his body, which killed him almost instantly. The party took from his person what ever money he had. This is one of the m<st cruel and unprovoked murders which it has been our tniefirtnne to chrrjiic'c in this vicinity. We have been informed by a gentleman who knew Mr. Price, (bat In was a worthy y-'-ung man. ard very respectably coi. nceted in Edged Id, where his'family resides. No clue has I een discovered is to the muidi rore, nor have no heard ct ... y steps liayii o hi en taken to sicure their arrest.— Chronicle if- Sentinel. D is understood in ofiieial circle* that j Attorney General in his opinion j u .c prepared, holds that tLe rcoustruction ae’s provide for two Governments, JJ ]j. tary and Livil-tbat beth are provision al a '“ ! to be obey and. but to cease \vhr n i reorgatiiz ii n■ f the S:?te Goverrmct 6 ! tikes foae■•. lie alto tikes positrn I :bat the military is to protect aihu ; their right of per-onai property, and for I the | reservation of ordir and the sup prerthm of violence and crime. Time is no authoipy in the law for removal hy ‘ l7.tr mili'ary c uiniandrr, r f the j rop er ffttiers cf tLe Slate, mit her cx.cn trvo nor jadi< iR, or tlie appoiptment . f th-.ir successors The mili’ary com mander is t.o* authorized todettrtlf, but is b und to protect, civil officer-—a military commander being regarded as con’orvator of the peace, and not rn abrogate r of tho law. llvDaoriicmrA. A writer in tho New I I oik Tribune makes some statements respecting hydrophobia that, wo think J aro worth re producing. Ho disposes of some popular errors—for instance* that hot weather is the season, in I which dogs mi stly go mad. Obser vation shows that hydrophobia is most prevalent at the close of wii.tcr, and especially at the close of a very hard winter. The caution the writer gftea against nllowin j dogs to Jink the bands or face, should not bo unheeded; nor the fact that dogs rormtimes show most affection for ih ir masters when in the rabid condition, when their sib via is poisonous without any bite. Toq rnuc-l) altcnt'ori mid thought cannot le bestowed on this subject, ar.d the pub lic should welcome all well-prepared cominiinieat’ons to en’igbton it on this dreadful malady. There is much excitement in certain portions of Texas, over recent discov eries of gold find co: j>or on the front ier. Not floating adventurers alone, but stable i itiz'm?, are I caving their farms and families and hurrying away to tne found El Dorado. 3ha same exaggerat ;u 7! oneH "ddeh in fi’ r mcr years ln;ed tho foituno riuM er 10 wealth o' poverty in California, or at Pike's Peak, arc now being repeated with equal effect. Some are for cop* per, some for gold. Cube fob llydroiuiobta. —A writ r sends to a paper the following prescrip -1 tion fol hydrophobia, which cannot do harm : “Eat the green shoots of aspar agus, raw ; sleep, and perspiration will be induced, and the disease can be cured in any stage of canine nalncs.” A nrn n Athens, Greece, was cured ly this remedy after tho paroxysm? commenced. __ A splcndily executed counterfeit fen dollar note onthoTbird National Bank of Philadelphia, has been detected. R is in all respects a perfect sac simile of genuine i??u», even to tho signatures, which were executed with tho pen. Hl - can judge of ihe dangerous char acter of this note from the fiot. that it passed through the M ohanio? anil F jr mera’ Bank of Rochester without de fection. Tho only safe way is So rc us all tens on this bank. The famous TredegaTTron works are in full blast near Richmond, employe •100 men.
