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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