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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION.
VOL. I—NO. 9.1
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1,1867.
ITERMS—$3 00
TUESDAY MORNING! i s:!lit SEPT. 24.
Rsoitsration in Geougia.—We are In
debted to Col. E. Ilulbert, State Superin
tendent, for tlicconeolldatod retunie of tbe
registered voters In tide State, wblcb are
Write* warn
Colored .99,417
Total .WOO
He informe ua that he will. In a few days,
commence to fhrulsh ut with a statement
of the registered voter* by countlc* and
districts. '
Til* OriNios o* thk8t*t*Koid.—Com
plaints of the non-arrival of the Dally and
Weekly editions of the Opinion continue
to reach us from offices along the Western
and Atlantic ltallroad.
We assure our patrons on that route that
the fault does not lie with this office. The
packages are made up regularly, and fully
up to time. Nor have we any cause to be
lieve that the fault Is with the Post Office In
this elty. It must be either along the'route
or with the Postmasters at points where
non-arrival la complained of. It la hoped,
however, that the culpable or negligent
parties will take warning, else we shall
lie forced to ferrltout this matter, and re
port accordingly.
Mb. Johnson and Reconstruction.—
Events in the First and Third Military
Districts go to show that, although Mr.
Johnson Is able to keep tbe country in
turmoil, he cannot defeat reconstruction.
The Washington Star says: The nppear-
ance of Ills Amnesty Proclamation brought
here strong delegations of the disfran
chised under those laws. lie Is said to
have held to them that Ills proclamation
enfranchised them. They then demanded
orders from him rc-openlng registration,
and commanding that his reading of their
rights be enforced upon the registers. This
be declined to do, alleging bis Inability,
under tbe law, to order the register* to re
ceive any particular class or classes of
votes, and referring them to the Courts of
the United States In which to secure their
rights. If denied by tho registers. Those
gentlemen went off very huffy over the
idea of waiting fUU eighteen months or
more before any United States Supreme
Court decision In their case could be pro-
cared, with military reconstruction surely
going on under the auspices of Congress In
the meanwhile.
St* ah boat Disaster on the Ciiatta-
uoocueb—Six Persons Killed and Four
Wounded.—The Columbus Sun and Times of
Saturday contains particulars of a sad oc
currence on Thursday last. The steamer
Cblpola, while rounding Uclice Shoals on
the river, eighteen miles below the city,
exploded her boiler, with frtghtfril results.
We condense the particulars:
The boat was terribly shattered. Near-
S all her upper deck was sent burling
rough the air, and portions of tho boiler
and chimney were thrown to the Alabama
shore. The steamer Is a total wreck, and
has floated Into the channel some four feet,
where she will Impede all passage until she
Is removed.
Tho explosion lifted everything above
the boilers. The following persons were
Instantly killed: George Couch, (white.)
pilot; Alfred Berry, (white,) clerk; Bill
second cook; Dave Broadmax. or Brown,
(colored,) fireman—two whites and four
"Oiowlng were wounded: Van Mar
cus, captain, shoulder hurt, not seriously;
Ben. Berry, engineer, blow on leg, slight;
BUI Davis, struck In breast, not badly In
jured; and Mr. White, passenger, connect
ed with the revenue office In Mobile, slight
ly scalded on back. Those wounded are
whites. A negro boy, George, It Is thought,
will lose H* eye from being scalded. Tho
life of Van'Marcus was saved by the In
trepidity and fearlessness of John Shaw,
the colored steward.
The passengers (we could not learn
names) were sitting on the aft part of the
boat, and were thrown Into the stream,
when they escaped to the Alabama shore.
They lost tlielr baggage. With a portion
of the crow they reached tho city on the
Girard train yesterday.
Troiiui.k in Charlton Countx—Fight
icltli the Freedmen.—'Tho Savannah New* of
Saturday, the 'list, says:
We arc Informed that a serious difficulty
took place at Camp Plokney, Charlton
county, on lost Saturday afternoon about
:i o’clock, between Mr. Jjiueaster, overseer
for Col. E. Bucks, who Ims a distillery at
that place, and some negroes employed, re
sulting in the shooting In the thigh of olio
of the negroes. No further difficulty oc
curred during that day; but on Sunday
afternoon two negroes, armed with double
barreled guns, made their appearance at
Mr. Lancaster's house and demanded satis
faction for tho Injury done the other negro
on Saturday, stating, at tho same time, that
they Intended to take Ills life. Three per
sons who were In a back room of Mr. Lan
caster's residence heard the re|»rts of
eleven shots, and on repairing to the front
of tho house they found Mr. Lancaster
standing In the door, pistol In hand, and
one or the negroes lying dead almut sixty
yards from the house, and another wound
ed, with their guns hear them, which were
found to have been recently discharged.
Mr. Lancaster was seriously wounded,
having received several buckshot in his
hands nnd body; mid his horse, which was
hitched In front of the door, was killed.
On tho succeeding Monday Mr. Lancas
ter and Captain Tim Nungaxer. a gentle
man who was In the liouso at tho time of
the difficulty, w ere arrested, but, after a
full hearing before Judge It. A. Baker mid
a magistrate, were acquitted.
On that day Messrs. Iamcaster and Nun-
gazer started for St. Mary’s, and on arrival
there were arrested by a sergeant of the
Federal troops, but, upon showing that
they had been examined by tbe civil au
thorities and acquitted, he released them;
Boon after this abodttwynty armed negro**
seised them and threatened vengeance. Mr.
Nungaxer succeeded In escaping by swim
ming the river, but Mr. Lancaster was
taken off by them, and It la feared he has
been murdered. Much excitement exist*
in Charlton county.
CANDIDATES FOB THE CONVENTION.
Tho question as to whether there will be
a Ktato Constitutional Convention la no
longer problematical. Even tho lion. 11.
U. Hill has admitted this. The only
mainlng difficulty will be In getting the
right kind of men Into that Convention.
Efforts will be made to defeat In that As
semblage what Is now despaired of. befbro
the people. To tills end, men In tbe Inter
ests of the Democratic antl-Iteconstructlon
party will seek to control the Convention,
and, by evading the law of Congress, de
feat the whole scheme of reconstruction.
It, therefore behooves the Union Repub
lican or Rcconstrution party to act prompt
ly and with unanimity lu making nomina
tions. None butgnennfchanictorand posi
tion, and upon whom we may rely In tile
coming emergency, should be permitted to
run Into the Convention upon this ticket.
Let there be no Juggling, no tricks; but a
square, stand up light upon the leading
Issue. Let tho Democrats nominate and
bring forward their own candidates. There
are but two parties, and they are separate
and distinct organizations. Their Princi
ples are at right-angles. There can, there
fore, be no swapping, ho log-rolling, be
tween the aspirants of the two parties,
without a palpable Intention to deceive
and betray.
Editor! Opinion: A writer In the Intelli
gencer of Sunday morning uses the follow
ing language:
A few days ago a prominent Radical of
this city expressed Ills platform to he
ist. unqualified negro suffrage and social
equality.
2d. Repudiation of all private and public
debts.
3d. An eight hour system of labor
throughout the country, aud extra pay for
every minute's work beyond that.
4th. A homestead for every man.
fith. A reduction of rents In all cities.
Who Is this “prominent Radical f” Will
the Intelligencer give us his name? Until
this Is done, the public will take the liberty
of doubting the truth of tbe whole story.
The statement bears the marks of false
hood upon Its very face. No man of sense
can bo made to believe such a transparent
fabrication. It Is an electioneering trick
of the Opposition; nothing more.
A few months since Dr. J.P.Hambleton,
Col. Alston and others promulgated a plat
form Ibr the “Union Conservative party,"
In which they advocated an appropriation
of forty acres of land to every freedman,
free of taxation for ten years. Tbe “poor
whites” were not Included In this munifi
cent scheme. They were to pay taxes and
remain landless, as heretofore. The Intel
ligencer Is now acting with that party.
Does the Intelligencer go in for “a home
stead for every man” except tho poor white
man f That 1s clearly the Inference.
E. X. Rkb.
Debt, Usurpation and Nxoro Equali
ty.—In his speech lu Ohio, Hon, Schuyler
Colfax said: ■
There were three charges upon which
the Republican Party is arraigned by
Democratic speakers, vlx: Debt, usurpa
tion and negro equality. These changes
were considered In order. The debt hod
sprung from a Democratic rebellion, and
the nation has It pay. He. himself would
rather retire into private life foveverthan
to repudiate one dollar of that debt. The
great party with which he had acted In
Congress was determined to pay every
dollar of It. He contended that the Presi
dent, and not Congress, had been guilty of
usurpation, and he dwelt at considerable
length upon the policy of Congress, con
trasting It with that of tho Presldeati and
claiming that ttalonc could give peace and
security to the country. The rebels had
shown no signs of repentance. They bod
not voluntarily surrendered a tingle gun,
and now they were in hot haste to get
back to the scats which they had surrend
ered a few years ago. They haven’t got
these teats yet. He should be willing,
when the work of reconstruction was com
pleted. to grant a general amnesty to nil
except a few who concocted the rebellion
while holding high places of trust quill
profit under tho Federal UovflM
These he should never consent t.........
place and (lower III this land. Tlioy should
never, by Ills consent, hold office under the
Government. The Southern States must
be reconstructed under the leadership ol
men In the South who were fulthliil among
tho faithless, loyal among the disloyal.—
Mr. Colfax spoke for two hours. He was
In of
positive
tee the President arraigned before the Scut
ate of the United States, charged with no-
raltlifolly executing the laws of the United
States, and usurping power In Issuing his
last proclamation of amnesty.
Election Story Spoiled.—The Wash
tngton Star, of the 30th, says:
There Is no truth In the current newspa
per story that General Grant was urged by
u Radical delegation to write a letter to be
published for effect In the Interest of the
Radical party In the approaching elec
tions, and declined dot * * ""
story grew but of the ______
Thayer, Colonel J. W. Forney aud tho Hon.
Mr. Stuart, or Maryland, accidently met,
one morning, at the War Department, and
were all three admitted together to an au
dience with General Grant, wherein noth
ing whatever was said upon tho subject of
any such letter as Is said to have been
naked of him.
Prospective Mareiaok op Maucie
Mitcuell.—It Is . rumored that Maggie
Mitchell will retire from tho stage utter
playing a series of farewell engagements
throughout the country next winter, pre
paratory to marrying a Journalist in Bos
ton, who has been .long devoted to her.
Tbe diminutive commedlcnne bos been
very successftil. dramatically and pecu
niarily. on the stage, end though very girt-'
Ish-looklng, Is quite old enough to marry.
The Journalist and the are said .to have
been engaMd, for, fifteen years, which It a
test of the heart, as well • as of patience-
Long courtship* are troublesome some
times; but they are good guarantees for.
the ftiture. M.; ■ . :
We pity that journalist.
THE COTTON TRADE.
Cotton In considerable quantities Is be
ginning to come Into tlio Augusta mar
ket. The price palil forgood mlddllngson
Saturday and Wednesday was 20'uC.
A correspondent writes from Gainesville,
Fin- on the 12th Instant, to a factor In
Charleston, that “the crop prospccta'aro
most distressing to think on and we can
scarcely trust ourselves to wrlto on the
subject. They have, In feet, within tlio
past four or five days, even taken Cttr
more gloomy aspect than before. The
ruin among the tea Island cotton planter*
(and It 1* of sea island crops alone we
write) la widespread, and tho consequences
can scarcely be conjectured. The rain is
beyond anything the writer over witness
ed here or elsewhere, and of Itself would
ruin the crop. But the caterpillars have
actually denuded the field of a green leaf.
Nothing bat straight lines of brown stalks
In sight.”
Lying in Round Nunders.—For robust
and idiblushlng falsification, the Demo
cratic Journals bear tho palm. For In
stance. here Is a paragraph that seems to
lie kept as a standing advertisement In
most of the organs of that faith:
DEMOCRATIC CAINS FOB 1807.
The following are tbe Democratic gains
In round numbers since last Spring:
In Connecticut..... B.ooo | In California. 80.000
In Kentucky *>,000 In Maine 14.000
In New Hampshire o.uou la Montana 1,000
III ltliode Inland... il.000
In Vermont 5,0001 Total .10,000
Here Is a total Democratic gain In seven
small States snd one Territory of nearly
80,000 votes—noarly onc-qunrter of the en
tire popular majority for Lincoln In 1804
In the loyal States.
Now let us compare this with the truth,
and to uiake It more clear wo (dace It ill
tabular form:
democratic vote in 1806 and 1867.
OtAtes. 1800. 1887. Gain.
4X174
44.B08
00.895 lots 6.764
08,048 9.107
(noretuini)
,810 if,701 4.8S6
Connecticut...
Kentucky .S6.0RI
New llampehlre .. S0.4B1
Rhode bland 4 si*
Vermont
California...
Malaa
Total *3,119 *85,901 8,000
In the first table the Democracy claim,
for the Stateo we have given above, a gain
of 49.000 votes. We show, by actual re
turns that cannot bo'dlsputcd, that tbeir
entire gain la only two thousand, or not
quite one per cent All this shameless
crowing over pretended gains lo done to
affect tho result In Pennsylvania and Ohio;
but they must be very tame birds who can
be caught wltb such chaff.—New York Tri-
JonxsON Men and Gen. Powl—A Wash
ington letter to the New York Tribune
•ays
The Johnson men here are greatly cha
grined at tbe action of Gen. Pope and
Gen. Schofield In not adopting the sue
gestlon of tbe President to make a uni
form day for the elections In the Southern
States. News has reaehed here to-night
that Gen. Pope hat named the 29th of Oc
tober for tbe day of elections In Alabama
and Georgia. Gen. Schofield bad pre
viously named tbe 22d of October for the
election In Virginia. In Louisiana the
election le let down for the 90th Inat. Gen.
Pope’s action following on top of Oen.
Schofield's, It Is laid, will probably Induce
the Prealdent to extend registration, and
compel the military commanders to name
• uniform day for the elections In all the
Southern Statce.
Mr. Johnson teems determined that the
Southern people, shall never forget him.
He has kept ut In s state of nudity for two
dreadful year*; and so long at he hat the
power, he eeeme determined to exercise It
to the end that we Continue out In tbe
cold.
A Man Waum S.l«>‘ Miles in 145 Dart.
Mr. Henry DoMtther. formerly a Captain
In the Confederate army under Gen. Ster
ling Price, went to Mexico tftcr tho sur
render of the Southern army, and being of
French descent, ns hit name Indicates, took
up arms with Maximilian. While In the
Confederate State* army lie received four
gunshot wounds, blit they did not Injure
him to any [great extent. Alter joining
the Impcriarnriny he received two more,
one of which was In the ankle Joint, disa
bling him for life, nnd forcing him to use a
crutch. Mr. DeMatlicr. ut the time of the
greatest trouble lu anil about Vera Crus,
decided to return to Memphis, but licing
without means. It would have been utterly
lm|n>sslble for a less courageous man to
have succeeded. To will nnd to do were
the same thing with him. Taking Ills
crutch he started on fooL and III Just 143
days this encrgetlu man, with Ids many
battle scar*, arrived In the Bluff City, hav
ing made ill that time 8.190 miles—being a
little ever an average of 23 miles per day;
74 hours of this time he was oil one of
those extensive plains so numerous In
Texas without cither food or water. Mr.
DeMatlicr la certainly eutltled to wear tho
belt.—Memphis Ledger, 181*.
The United States Courts in North
Carolina.—A letter from Washington,
dated Sept. 21st, aaya:
Tho Attorney General's olllco rocclvcd
Information to-day from the second mili
tary district, showing that while General
Canhv had not In any official order modi
fied or suspended Gen. Sickles' Order No.
10, he had, nevertheless, directed his officers
not to Interfere with the process which had
been Issued from the United States Courts
In North Carolina. Tlio United States
Marshal woo. therefore, proceeding to ex
ecute the writs to him directed, and In one
Instance had already sold property to sat
isfy a Judgment obtained by a Northern
creditor. Owing totho unsettled state.of
afialrs, the Marshal's talc broughtjustono-
tenth of tho appraised value of tlio prop
erty.
A petition Is circulating In North Caro
lina asking Gen. Cnnby to also prohibit
fife execution of tlicrt *
ground of the great ha
ingamong the people.
Forty emigrants from East Tennessee
nnd North Carolina, Including men,‘wo
men and children, (lasted through Kansas
.City, on the 13th Inst., en route for Colo
rado. . ■ : I . :i
John W. n. Hill, of Culpeper Court
House.* Virginia, died of yellow fever In
New Orleans. 12tli Instant. He was a
brother of Geu. A. P. Hill.
The Kxocutlon of Maximilian,
Several accounts of too execution of tho
111-f.itcd Mexican Emperor have found
their way into print, but tho following
from the Pall Mall Gazette, comes so well
verified that It can safely be taken as the
true history of that great political tragedy.
It Is compiled from thetcstlmony of Tudos,
tho Emperor's faithful Hungarian body-
servant, who was nn eye-witness of the
scene, and Is corroborated by tlio prlcat who
attended Maximilian and the officer In
command at the door of tho prison:
At 7 o'clock, a, M., on tho 19th of June,
Ills Majesty left tlm room where ho had
been confined in the convent of the Capu
chins, accompanied by two priests (poor
Mexican calionlcl of Qucrertaro), a ser
geant ami tho guard. Three carriages
awaited the prisoners. Ills Majesty, with
the two priests, got Into the llrsL Mlramon
and Mejfa Into tlio two others. Tile Em
peror was very pale, hut calm. The pro
cession was headed by thirty rltleros; then
came th1*( roe carriages, followed by fif
teen tlrrddres, four battailous of Infuutry,
find two squadrons of cavalry. They
marched slowly to tho Ccrro de la (,'iun-
K it—the spot at which Ills Majesty
d surrendered on the 15th of .May.
On the road people publicly displayed their
:hy nnd Indignation. No men of
. . .es, who folk
riage, fearlessly manifesting their sympa
thy. The Emperor acknowledged these
demonstrations liy bowing on either side,
as was Ids usual custom.
When they arrived at the foot of the
“cerro” the carriago stood still, and as the
door would not open, the Emperor had to
get out through the window into the arms
of his servant Tudos. Ills Majesty said to
him: “Do you really think that they are
going to kill mo this time ?” Tudos an
swered: “No; 1 cannot believe It even
yet.” The Emperor then had to walk
about a hundred paces up tbe hill to where
the powder magazine had been during the
siege. Tho officer In commend of the exe
cution was General Diax (not I’orflrio
Diaz); the Captain who commanded the
firing party was Don Simon Montemayor.
For each of the prisoners there bad been
detailed four soldiers snd one man In re
serve ; they were placed at five paces dis
tant from the three prisoners, the latter
standing three paces from one another.
They were not arranged by the officials,
but took their places by chance, the Empe
ror being on tbe right, Mlramon in the
middle, end Mel la on the left, facing Quer-
etaro.
When all was ready his Majesty took off
his hat and gave It to Tudos, telling him to
convey It to his father as the lest he bad
ever worn: he wiped hie ftcc with his
handkerchief as the day was very hot, and
gave that also to hts servant, with a re
quest thnt It might he given to tho Em-
E l If alive, if not, to his mother. Be-
the prisoners, higher up the hill,
stood the people, nearly all poor Indiana.
Ula Majesty gave to each of the soldier*
who were to lire et him an ounce of gold
(£3 4s.) and told them to aim well ana not
ahoot at his head, and then turning to those
stood around and spoke In Spanish: “l’er-
donne a todos, y pido qua tod os me per-
donne. Desco que la tangre mia, que se va
a derramar, sea para el blen de este pals.
VlvaMlejico! Viva la Yndepencia!”
His Majesty then placed bis band on bis
breast to sliowlbe soldiers whereto fire,
and opened his arms to“rcceive tbe allots.
The signal was given, and the four men
fired. The Emperor looked upward, aud
fell slowly, la a sitting position. He wu
struck by ell four balls, by three In tbe
lower pert of hit waistcoat on the left tide
and.by one high upon the right. He moved
his eyes and arm, and looked toward Todoa,
who had been standing only three paces
from him, es If be wished to speak, but he
wu not able to articulate. One of the
priests sprinkled him with holy water.
The man held In reserve then came up end
gave him the fifth boll, bat It only went
through tbe lungs on the right tide. Tbe
muzzle of the gun wu to dote that the
waistcoat took fire, snd Tudos hod to
pour water on It to put out the dame.
The Emperor, In his agony, pulled at his
wdstcoaLulf to open It, and tore It at
the fifth button hale from the bottom. He
continued moving, to another soldier wu
brought up, but hit rifle missed fire. Gen.
DIu came up on horseback, and tdd them
toraakehute and finish; again a soldier
came up and pulled, and again dhl the
piece miss fire. There were no more men
ready with their arms loaded, and somo
moments were lost In finding one. At
Inst one was found, who stepped up dose
and fired, anil this time the shot went
through the Emperor's heart, and put an
end to hia sufferings. He gave a convul
sive start, gusped, and fell back dead. 1IU
dress Imd again caught fire, and Tudos had
to extinguish It with water. The Empe
ror must Imvc lived about two minutes af
ter lie received the first shot.
Four cargadores then brought n rough
kind of coffin, too short for the body, which
was pushed lu. with tlio legs hanging over
the edge, and In that manner It was car
ried hack to Queretaro, unaccompanied by
any official. It wu followed, however, by
a great number of poor Indiana weeping
loudly. Every drop of blood wblcb fell to
the ground wu quickly wiped up by the
handkerchiefs or these poor people. Me
jia did not die till after the Emperor; It
took uven ball* to kill him. Mlramon
wu tho only one of the three who died
Immediately. All three were fired at at
the same moment. It was hla Majesty’s
particular with that. In caso they were
condemned, they should he executed to
gether. <
Mb. Johnson tor President.—Tho
Washington correspondent of the New
York Time* uye:
Many people queitlon whether Mr. John
son entertains nny ambition to be a stand
ard hbarer in the next Presidential cam
paign: With a platform In which profes
sions of loyalty to the the Constitution are
to bo tlio chief planks, he would chcerftilly
accept the candldaoy, and, u things stand
at present he Is certainly the most promi
nent candidate fortho Democratic nomina
tion. . _____
Hon. Joshua Hint.—Tho many warm
friends of this most distinguished son of
Georgia will be glad to learn that he has so
ftr recovered from his recent severe Illness
lu Washington as to be In a convalescent
state, and that hit physicians pronounce
him sufficiently recovered to be out of dan-
We sincerely trust thst the life of
noble hearted man may be spared
many you*, and that ha may yet be able
to serve hit native State In ber hours of
tribulation.—Saeannah Kepnbliean.
The Nlckles-Orr Correspondence
Tho following Is tho corrcspondcm o be
tween Senator Orr, of South Carolina, and
Gen. Sickles, published os part of the his
tory of these remarkable time*:
Executive Department,!
Columbia, S. C\, Sept. 18,1807. J
Ma). Gen.D.E. Sicklet, Charleston, 8, C.:
Sir: I have learned from tho nubile press,
although I have received no official notice
ol the fact, that you havo been relieved
from the command of tbo Second Military
District, embracing this State nnd North
Carolina, aud that by order of tho Presi
dent Major General Cnnby Ims surccoded
to tbo snine.
I desire to express to you tho great re
gret I feci, personally nnd officially, nt tho
course taken by the President nnd his ad
visers In this matter. There are many of
tho orders which havo been Issued by you
tlnco the passage of tho Reconstruction
BUI In May last which did not meet my
approval, but It Is duo to you and your ot-
iletnl action that I should bear voluntary
testimony to the wisdom and success of
your administration, and to express tlio
opinion thatalmost unlimited (lowers witli
which you were Invested by tho acts of
Congress have been executed wltb moder
ation and forbearance. Your General Or
der No. 10, so fer as this State it con-
ceroed, was, last spring, In my opinion,
absolutely necessary, looking to tlio Im
poverished condition of tho country, the
shortness of tlio provisions and staple crops
last year, to tlio great pecuniary distress
pervading tlio country, and to the necessi
ty of protecting the small means of farm
ers and planters at that time from process
of tbo courts. This crop promises to be
the most Important nnd largest which has
been grown for many years, and when har
vested you could, without hazard or ap
prehension, havo executed your purpose,
as declared to me, of modifying General
Order No. 10 so that creditors could have
enforced their demuud without prosccut-
' Ing the general distress. |
also due that I should say, In
own judgment, If General Order No. 10
had not been Issued last spring a very con-
vklerable Increase In the number of troops
In this State would have been necessary, to
have been stationed at many of the court
houses to preserve the safety of the sheriffs
in executing any civil process which had
been placed In their hands, or which they
had been ordered to levy by thoughtless or
heartless creditors. In my opinion General
Order No. 10 received the approval of a
very large majority of thecItizensofSouth
" ” a, and your general administration
aandaut of this district is approved
by a majority nearly as great. In all the
official Intercourse we have Imd 1 beg to
tender you my thanks for tho uniform
kindness and courtesy with which 1 have
been treated personally, and for tlio dispo
sition yon have always manifested to make
the burdens of military government as
light upon the peoplo whom I represent as
It was possible under the circumstances.
I have not the pleasure of a personal ac
quaintance with your successor, Gen. Can
ny, but hope my official relations with him
may be marked with the same harmony
snu klud feeling which has characterised
our intercourse for nearly two years post,
I have the honor to be. General, very
truly and respectftiUy your ob't serv't, ■
[Signed] James L. Obu,
Governor of South Carolina.
Washington, Sept. 21.
Sir: Your Excellency's letter of the 2d
Inst, was forwarded to me at New York,
and received an the 14th.
The cordial terms In which you are
pleased to refer to our official and personal
rotations during my service In the Caroli
na* are gratefully appreciated. In my
successor, MaJ. Gen. Canby, you will meet
with an officer whom ample experience
I distinguished service have justly colli
ded him to tbe confidence of the Gov-
Ieminent. In view of tbe advancement
already made by Gen. Canby, adopt^H
coadlrmlng tbe orders heretofore
in the 2d Military District, It la not proba
ble that any material change In the con-
daet of officers will result from the change
lu tbe commend. In my :etlrement. It It a
I Source of much satisfaction to compere tbe
B resent condition of South Caroline with
net which I found in assuming command
In the autumn of 1865. The system of free
labor bos been successfully inaugurated.
The emancipated blacks have been Invested
with elvll right* by the voluntary act of
your Legislature, the tranquility andorder
which hat been maintained, attest to the
general desire of all classes of the people
to observe the obligations of good citizens
and mn abundance has rewarded Industry.
Grain Is now exported from Charleston.
Registration has proceeded almost to com
pletion without disorder, or tumult, or any
serious Interruption of any of tbeardinnry
avocations of the people. Since October,
1I866, the courts of the United States nnd of
the State have exercised nearly all their
ordinary power* without hindrance. Tlnn
Jurisdiction of the courts, although n per
mitted Jurisdiction, has never becu restric
ted except In particular cases Impera
tively demanded by the exigencies of the
situation, and the civil authorities have
been upheld, nnd civil taw has been
administered with exactly only such llin-
itatlona ns became necessary In the cxecn
tlon of tbo several acts of Congress. The
particular measure of my administration
which you are pleased to mention with
special commendation, General Order No.
10. woo, it Is said, the occasion of my dis
missal from command. Yon have Justly
described tho order In question, at Intend
ed to enable the people to make a good
crop this year, aud thoreby obtain the
means to support themselves and pay
their debts. If my removal hail been pro
voked bv some act of oppression or cru
elty It would have been a matter of more
regret to myself. As It la 1 find no reason
to reproach myself for endeavoring to re
store. in one degree, tbe material prosperi
ty of an Impoverished population, aud to
avert the serious disturbances that would
havo followed the prosecution of more than
30,000 such for debt pending In South Car
olina, when General Order No. 10 was Is
sued In April Inst.
Although my official relation to tho De
partment of the Carolina* has ceased, I
cannot lie Indifferent to the welfare of
communities whose Interests were so long
confided to my charge, nor Is their pros
perity a matter of Indifference to tbe
people of tho United States or their Rep
resentatives In Congress.
Daniel E. Sickles.
, Tin. Maryland Election,—All of the
counties thus far heard from give majori
ties for the Constitution. As stated a few
days ago. the majority In the State will
probably not be less than 20,000. The offi
cial returns show the total vote in Balti
more city to be 21,747, and the majority
10,498. ;
ExTiuonDiNAnv Story—H7iut has been
Done \cith Maximilian’s Remain*.—Before
departure from tbo Capital, I heard thnt
tho body of tho late EmpmrJiad left this
dace, and waa well on It* way to tho coast.
PI _ ______
Imagine my surprise when I was asked thl*
morning If I would like to visit the corpse:
and If It Is u possibility, my horror nnd
disgust when I saw and heard what X note
below. I cannot express iny abhorrence
of what X havo lo-Uay witnessed In thl-v
city, now so widely celebrated as the placo
of the assassination of Maximilian and 1:1*
Generals. Nor can X form any structure
of language which will, adequately Im
press tho reader with a faithful represen
tation of all I would like to publish to tho
World.
I found the coffin containing the remain*
In a room In tlio second story of tho lioaso
occupied by Sr. Don Munos laffio. A sol
dier Htood guard at the door, ready to giro
admittance to all who might desire to look
at tho body, which willingness was, In out
case, somewhat' accelerated by the Influ
ence of a few reals. Tho apartment boro
ft
, vfly 1
and extremely filthy. Tho coffin stood
tho centre of the room, resting upon a
couple of rude benches. It Is covered with
black cloth, adorned with u cheap quality
of gold laee, tlio top of which has u fal-o
cover or lid, the opening of which case re
vealed three glosses, through which the si
lent form of tho Ill-feted Austrian was
shown by the aid of a penny tallow can
dle kept by the soldierforvisftors’use. Tho
Emperor was dressed in a suit composed of
a bluo coat, with a row of buttons (a front,
dark blue pants and heavy cavalry boots.
His hands were covered with a pair of
white gloves, very much soiled. Ills mouth
and eyes were partially open, plainly show
ing Ills teeth and the color of his eyes. Ills
beard Is quito gone, as well as the greater
E art of his lialr, which, I am informed, lias
ecu cut off by Dr. Llsso, who had charge
of tho embalmment, and sold, ho receiving
’' ’i as flvo ounce*—eighty dollars—for
locks of the same. Tbo body of tho
Emperor remained at Lisso’s house until
last week, when It was removed to It* pres
ent location, during which time ho made
uso of It as a means of speculation.
He alto disposed of whatever effects be
longing to Maximilian he could obtain,
charging targe sums for small pieces of hi*
blood-stained garments which he ent up
snd sold. It to also alleged that he has
even removed a small portion of the skull,
for which he obtained a large sum, replac
ing It with wood. I cannot vouch for this,
but It has general belief here. The doctor
affirms that the Government has felled to
pay him his bill for the cmbalmmenhof some
840,000, and declares his intention of
making his money the surest way possi
ble. '
This same man, Llsso, together with a
human being called Refoglo Gonzalez, de
livered up General Mlramon. The General
hiftl been wounded In the face, and called
lb Llsao's assistance, who extended the
operation to as long a period a* possible,
and when Mlramon learned the elty had
been sold, he attempted to leave the house,
but found a soldier awaiting him at the
door, who took him into custody. At he
Wat being removed to prison, Mlramon
banded his purser containing money and
f irlvata papers, to I.lsto, who, In tarn, gave
t to Escobedo. That officer ordered it re
turned to Its owner. Llsso Intends accom
panying Maximilian's remain* to Europe,
expecting to receive a handsome recom
pense from tbe Emperor of Austria.—
Queretaro Correspondence, New York Tri
bune.
Disguised as a Man—Fifteen l’eart in
Male Attire—Sleeping in a Room with Twen
ty-two Men, and Unsuspected—A Pretty Mys
tery.—The last arrival 'of English papers
brings ns the following romantic stoir:
The west Minister Coroner Investigated a
vary extraordinary caso at the Prince
Orange Tavern relative to the death of a
woman unknown. The deceased, who has
fer fifteen years been dlsgulied a* a man,
was exceedingly well educated, and forth*
last eight or nine months has been a lodg
er at a common lodging house. She Was
generally known as -Scratchem,” but pro-
fessed to have another name, “Fred. Mitch
ell.” She had occupied one bed the whole
of the time ehe had been In the lodging
houee, and elept In a room with twenty-
two men.
The superintendent, and In feet every
one who knew her, believed her to be »
man, although ehe possessed a small hand
and effeminate voice. Her short cut, white
hair, slight beard, and a man’s attire de
ceived them all. Her mode of obtaining a
livelihood was a mystery. Sho was ex
tremely abstemlousftaklng nothing strong
er than tea. She was perfectly correct In
mind, there being no appearance of Insan
ity. Sho would converse on all topics, nml
was highly respected by all her fellow-
lodgers. She was peculiar In her habits,
always making her own bed and attending
to herself. One night she retired shortly
before twelve o'clock, and about one
o’clock next day she was found insensible
In bed, with foam about her mouth. Med
ical assistance was called in, and while
carrying out tho surgeon’s directions de
ceased was discovered to be a woman.
Sho had gained a subsistence by begging
ingeniously In disguise.
An EriDKMio South.—An old citizen of
Texas Informs us that tho epidemic which
rages with such malignity In some parts of
tho South, and la gradually extending,
cannot he arrested at present by any hu
man agency. Frost will check Its ravages,
but even the limit thus prescribed allows
a period of four or flvo weeks in which the
disease will prevail unrestrained. The
middle of October I* the earliest date that
can bo fixed for the return of cold weather.
It Is remarked that the disease thus far has
prevailed chiefly omong those In middle
citizens recently arrived from other State*.
For this reason none shonld now venture
to enter Texas who luve not already had
experience with “Yellow Jack.” Even the
latter are llablo to attack If brought Into
contact with Infected clothing, or If thev
enter rooms lately occupied by sufferer*
from tho disease. Thus ftr very few
children are numbered among the victims,
In which respect the prevailing epidemic
differs essentially from the severe visita
tion In the year 1863.—New York Journal
of Commerce.
Personal.—Desperadoes nml cut-throats
arc swarming lu nearly ull the frontier
towns, anu a reign of terror prcvslls. The
citizens of Ellsworth, Kansns, nrc organiz
ing a Vigilance committee to drive them
*" ut R 0l, e on a visit to
the White •nlpliur Springs. The Rlch-
nwmd Whip says tliathU health Is ftr from