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Iticchli) Jutelligeurer. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, August 29, 1806. What the Radical* Propose. Much lias been said and written of the address of the Philadelphia Convention, and its declara tion of principles, by those who opposed the South’s being represented in that body. Admit ting that there may be declarations in those pa lmers which arc at variance with the long settled convictions of Southern men; against which they long contended in the National Council and then in the field; and expressions used in them, from the endorsement of which they naturally shrink; would it not be well, admitting all this, lor those who seem to delight in animadverting upon these, to them, objectionable features of the "address” and "declaration,” to turn their batter ies for a time against the common enemy, and cease directing their fire at friends ? We think so, and trust it may soon be so. There is no hope for the South, nor the Southern man, should the Radical Party of the North triumph over the Conservative Party there in the coming elections. The "declarations” oi the latter, view them as we may, are saving declarations to property, liberty, and life in the South, and to Southern men, when compared with the “declaration)?' of that Radical Party against whom we have to contend ; who have, in the arrogance of their nature, doomed the South to destruction, and her people to a de gradation more intolerable than was ever im posed upon any since Christian civilization tri umphed over the pagan barbarity of ancient days. First. The President is to be impeached and deposed by this Radical Party should they suc ceed in the coming elections. This i3one of their declarations, boldly promulgated by their rump Congress, their press and their stump orators in every Northern and Western State. Second. Negro Suflrage is to be forced upon the South, and the negro, politically and socially, placed upon an equality with the white man of this section. Third. Confiscation of property, and with it, the banishment, if not the death penalty, impos ed upon the representative men of the South, and the leaders of her armies, during the late war. Fourth. A radical change in the spirit and form of our Government—a new Constitution, new laws, and the inauguration of a reign of tyranny and terror over the South, by which it shall be come only as spoils for radical leaders and the freedmen who may inhabit it. It is against “ declarations” like these, and “ addresses ” promulgating audacious purposes like these that the Southern press should protest and denounce. And as the Party created by the late Philadelphia convention stand pledged to op posite purposes, no barrier to its success should be placed in its way by Southern men, or Southern presses. Woe will it be to the South, if the rael- ical Philistines triumph over Andrew Johnson in the coming contest! Good men should pray for their defeat, and for the success of these who would save the South from the spoilers and usurp ers. It is said “ whom the Gods wish to destroy they first make mad.” May the solemn adage, in the coining future be applicable to that jacobinic Northern host only, upon whoso black ensign blazes “ destruction to the mouth," and not to the Southern people for any obstacle they may pre sent in the way of their Northern friends, in the mighty efforts they are now making to overthrow a common enemy, and to save the country, the whole country, from anarchy and destruction! The people of the South, should be alive to the designs of their radical enemies, and the dan gers that threat en them. They stand, as it were, on the verge of a precipice into which the Northern radicals would plunge them headlong. Thus far one extended arm has saved them the dreadful plunge. It is that of Andrew JonNSON. Should that arm grow weaker in stead of becoming stronger; Bliould it become paralyzed iu its efiorts to uphold the South, through the success of the South’s enemies; what then of the South’s rights under the Con stitution ? what then of political abstractions, the nature and character of our Government ? Peo ple of Georgia, see to it that moderation pre vails, and that wisdom, not passion, governs you in your policy. Look to the situation, to the contest, in the North, and lend no aid by word or deed to the common enemy! Sound policy, self- prestrvation, the women and children of the South, demaud this of her sons. See to it, col lectively and individually, that the demand pass not unheeded, disregarded 1 Ratification Reeling. Tho Columbus Enquirer of Friday morning last says: “The meeting last night to ratify the action of the Philadelphia Convention, was very largely attended. Speeches were made by Hon. A. H. Chappell, Chairman of the meeting, Ex- Prov. Gov. Johnson, and Hon. M. J. Crawford. All the speeches urged the endorsement of the action of Hie convention, and applauded its pro ceedings and the course of the President. Reso lutions to that effect were reported and unani mously adopted, and all the proceedings were marked by the utmost harmony and good feeling. The Columbus Sun, referring to the call for a ratification meeting, says: "The contest for our rights and liberties is to be waged on Northern soil exclusively. The Radicals will be too closely pressed to give us further annoyance or trouble at present, and we intend to give to those whom we regard as our friends, all that is left to us, the moral support of our endorsement of their action, and our encouragement of their efforts. In so doing we believe we shall best subserve .the in terests of the South and the country at large, and wc shall continue in this course until some of the opponents of the proceedings and plat form of the Philadelphia Convention shall point us to a better plan for securing the rights and privileges of which we are now deprived.” Returned. Judge Nicholson passed through the city on Wednesday evening, on liis return from the Phil adelphia Convention. Judge N.’s hopes for the early and constitutional restoration of the Gov ernment are greatly improved. He left home dubious and anxious. He returns confident and elate. This effect was prcyluced by the Conven tion on all those who participated'in it, and it is the effect it will produce generally throughout the State. Ex-Gov. Campbell was in the city yesterday. He concurs in the glowing reports of Ex-Gov. Brown and General Spears and Judge Nicholson as to the Convention, and is prepared to go to his work as the member of Congress from this dis trict, in full faith that Radiciilism Will be sent to the wall. Hon. John S. Brien returned from the Conven tion ou Tuesday evening. He reports, as do all others but embittered and jaundiced Radicals, that the occasion was a great one for the coun try. The President's confidence in the tuture is grand, and his purpose to preserve the Constitu tion inflexible. We clip the foregoing from the Nashville Union <£• American. On yesterday we had the pleasure of seeing Col. W. F. Wright, en route irom the Philadel phia Convention to his residence in Newnan.— The.C-olonel. as our readers know, was a dele gate to the Convention lrom his Congressional District, and participated in its proceedings. He speaks in encouraging terms of the beneficial effects already resulting from the proceedings of that body upon the popular mind in the North. The Radicals are at bay, while the friends of the. mo' ement are enthusiastically hopeful of its suc cess. Georgia Manotbcture*. The Cheistian Inder, of this city, says : “ The last Legislature granted a charier incorporating the ' Georgia Manufacturing and Paper Mill Company,’ located at Newnan ; M. P. Kellogg, President, ami Win. Amis, Secretary. This company has organized, has already secured a capital of $50,000, and has commenced the erec tion of buildings for a cotton factory. It is their intention also to erect a paper mill with a capaci- to turn out one ton of paper a day. This is the kind of independence for our people to achieve.” EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE. Paris, August 10, I860. Editor Atlanta Intelligencer : Sir—Clouds still hang about the horizon! Napoleon in. who had gone to Viclij' to take the waters and rest, after so many weeks of anx iety, has returned post-haste to his capital. Some say from hygienic, and others from political mo tives—both are right. The truth is, that the Emperor is far from well. The waters at Vichy, it is said, have done him more harm than good. He has had a slight touch of the reigning epidemic, cholera ; howev er, what is still more serious is, that there is a screw loose somewhere in the political situation. FIRST SYMPTOMS. The King of Prussia’s speech at the opening of the Prussian Chambers, is considered a slight to France and to Italy ; not a word is uttered in allusion to the good services of the Emperor. A few phrases even of simple'politenessjwould not have been inopportune in such circumstances. The cabinet of Tuilleries is now obliged to drain the cup of political defeat even to the dregs. We hear that Mr. Benedotte, the French Ambassador at Berlin, was ordered to fee 1 the ground as to the cession of the Rhenish frontier to France, but little encouragement was given to his Excellency. What is worse, the German papers, one and all, talk of Alsatia and Loraine, as German provinces, and wish to annex them to the new Prussian kingdom. Great disappointment to the cabinet of the Tuilleries, and much joy for Count Von Bis marck. The Emperor of the French, it appears, is very irate at the slighting way in which he is being treated by the haughty Hohenzollom, and is determined to declare war on Prussia, should territorial compensation be refused him, to which he thinks he has a right. It must be owned, that the situation of the Emperor is embarrassing in the extreme; after having said at Auxern, that the odious treaties of 1815 must be torn up, he sees Prussia destroy ing those alone which w r ere favorable to France. The feeling in England is too evidently in favor of the victors of Sardona. an important dispatch Was, we are informed, sent yesterday by the Emperor to Monsieur.Chazal, Belgian Minister of War, asking him, incase of Belgium being wil ling to side with France in war against Prussia, if she could dispose of 50,000 men. The Emperor’s plan, which is of long stand ing, would be to extend Belgium to the East, making a rampart of that country against Ger many—the most important is, however, to break up the Pmsso-Italian alliance. It is asserted that Prince Napoleon, who was sent to prevail upon his father-in-law to shake off so dangerous an ally, has almost, if not quite, succeeded. The Prusso-Italian alliance has no longer any raison iVctee, as Venetia has been given up to Victor Emmanuel; however, it seems that His Italian Majesty, like Oliver Twist, is asking for more. He now wants a part of the Tyrol, to which Austria will not consent. Whilst an armis tice of a month was concluded between Prussia and Austria, an armistice of but eight days was concluded between Italy and Austria,which expir ed yesterday; it was more than likely that hos tilities between these two powers will recom mence, and should Prussia fail to back Italy, a rupture of the Prusso-Italian alliance will be the consequence. Prussia once separated from Italy it will be easy lor the Emperor to bring Count Von Bis marck to reason. Another version runs thus: some say that all is arranged, and that Prussia consents to France extending its frontiers to the Rhine, and that this good piece of news will be made known to the public by the Emperor on the day of his lOte, the 15th inst. The Seicle of to-day informs us that the French Ambassador at Berlin, Monsieur Benedette, had, by order of his master, asked for some compen sation in the way of territorial extension, but which had been flatly refused by the cabinet of Berlin. This is the first time that any French journal has made any' mention of the steps taken by the cabinet of the Tuilleries in order to extend its frontiers, and that tbe result has been with out success. THE CRISIS is therefore very important for France, so much the more so, as a very wonderful reaction is tak ing place in Germany at the present moment.— A month ago, the federals assumed that they would prefer to belong to France than to Prus sia—the wind has now turned. Bavarians, Wur- temburgers, Hanoverians and tutti quanti con vinced of the weakness of Austria, wish to be annexed to Prussia. Germany is rising from its ashes—there is a general antipathy to Prussia proper, but all now wish to form a part of a powerful and united government, no matter what its name; just as did the Neapolitans, the Tus cans and the Florentines, who would have had great objection to be called Peidmontese, but were desirous of uniting under one banner—that of Italy. United Prussia, or Germany, if you like better, will become a power with a population of 46,000,000, not a very accommodating neighbor for France. It can hardly be supposed that Napoleon III. will quietly submit to this. It is now asked, are we strong enough to cope with Prussia ? The tenor of the English papers is also in no way calculated to calm the general feeling, as many articles daily appear on the other side of the channel expressive of satisfaction, in seeing Fiance likely to have a rival on the Continent.— On the other hand some assert that the health of the Emperor is tar from good at present, which will prevent his pursuing an energetic policy.— The sudden return of the Emperor from Vichy was explained by A NOTE IN THE MONITEUR which appeared this morning; it was a follows: “ The return of the Emperor has given rise to various erroneous interpretations. His Imperial Majesty, by the advice ot his medical men, has discontinued the treatment he was undergoing at Vichy. The health of the Emperor is much better since his return to St. Cloud.” Whereas it was last night asserted at St. Cloud that Napoleon III was too unwell to see any one. The success of Prussia, and the annexations it is meditating have attracted the attention of Rus sia. The Court of St. Petersburg is not at all pleased with the encroachments of Prussia in the Baltic, where it has been accustomed to reign supreme. The Baltic lias ever been a Rus sian lake, notwithstanding it washes the shores of Denmark and Sweden, countries which are too weak to be dangerous to the Muscovites; the case will be otherwise should Prussia be very much aggrandized on the ruins of the ancient confederation; it will then become a maritime as well as military power of the first order. Riel will be turned into a Northern Gibraltar and the Russian lake will be no longer Russian but a Prussian power; it is tlieretore very nat ural that the new order of things in Germany should be anything but pleasant to the Russian bear. The Emperor Alexander has already expressed his repugnance at seeing a new German Empire formed by the spoliation of several of the minor sovereigns en attendant ; every precaution is beiBg taken to protect the Russian frontier. England, before the war, knew no terms hard enough to condemn the policy of Bismarck; now there is nothing but applause for the bold premier who will be a constant check on the am bition of France. But let us return to our own home affairs. The French press still continues to be worried and liarrassed by the present government An other paper, the Courrieur de Demanche, which has ever shown itself friendly to the House ot Orleans, has just been doomed to die for having written an article which is considered insulting to the present dynasty. The article which was the cause of the martyrdom of the Courrieur de Demanche, was as follows: “France may be likened to a Court lady, beautiful in the extreme and much beloved by the gallant, who leaves the dwelling of splendor and refinement, to go and live with a groom who beats her, and ill- treats her in every way; the lady, however, gets accustomed to it, and nothing can make her leave her paramour.” Our government has already complained to the Cabinet of Brussels of the pamphlets which appear from time to time in the Belgian capital, containing attacks against the reigning dynasty of France. The consequence is that two French authors living in Belgium have been condemned to 10 months' imprisonment. Though the Emperor has returned to Paris the grande raonde is now either at Baden-Baderi Ems, the Pyrenees, or Aix-les-Bains in Savoy, and would think itself dishonored if seen in Paris at the present most unfashionable time of the t ear. The toilettes of the ladies at the sea side and watering places are now more than gro tesque. Every lady, it appears, adopts the -style of dress most suited to her fancy ; so much so that the sands at Deippe and Arcachon give one the idea of a bed masque, minus the masks. Short petticoat, high boots, small hat eocked on the top of the head, plenty of rouge and poicdre de riz, and a long walking stick, is the costume of the present century. There is little going on in Paris to amuse those who are obliged to remain within its walls. The breech loaning needle gun and its perfections is still the theme ot conversation. A new rifle by Monsieur Jarre has been added to the list of murdering instruments. It fires a hundred shots in a minute. Fortunately, a still more clever person has invented an invulnerable coat which is to set all these new inventions at naught. The Duke de Grammont Caderousse trial has at last come to an end, and the doctor to whom he left all his money will have to refund to the family, as the French law explicitly prohibits the medical man. and tbe spiritual adviser to inherit a sum of money from either a patient or a peni tent. It will be remembered that it was the Duke de Grammont Caderousse who killed the English sporting writer Dillon, (the son of so- called Bishop Dillon) in a duel some three years back. scraps. The Volcanic phenomenons which have taken place for some months past at SautQrin, (Greek archipelago) augment daily. The two islands of Rea-Kaimeni and Palco-Kaimeni seem destined to be united before long, owing to the eri.ption of the submarine volcano; this transformation would be of great benefit to the harbor of Sau- torin, as it would then be effectually protected against Northerly winds. The Messager cf Odessa, informs us that the work of raising the vessels which were sunk in the harbor of Sebastopol is being actively carried on under the superintendence of of M. Teliatin kou. The steamers and other small vessels have been long since raised from the water, as well as a portion of the war vessels which were sunk. The workmen are at present employed in do ing the same with the remaining portions of the ships which had been sunk from two to four sageues in the mud. The keel of the 120 guns ship Douze Opotres has been lately raised, and the workmen state that it has required three years to clear the mud from it. Two diving bells are employed in order to carry on the opera tions. The Russian Government has given proprie torship of all the vessels raised to M. Taliatinkou, and he is bound by contract to finish clearing the harbor in the space of five years, of which two have already expired. It is stated by the Epoque, that a new engine of war is being tried by the officers of artillery, at Mendon. It consists of a sort of cannon, which can destroy an entire battalion at one fell swoop. It is asserted that it covers a space of a hundred square metres, with bullets in a few seconds. This terrible engine has been nam ed a Fancheuse (mowing machine.) A curious accident, states the Memorial de LiUe, has lately occured at Dunkirk. The axle-tree ot a wagon loaded with ice, destined for the ice house of Paris, was broken, in consequence of the refrigerating influence of the blocks of ice. The steamboat le Pereire, belonging to the campagne generate transatlantique, has lately ar rived at Brest from New York, having made the passage in the extraordinary space of eight days and twenty-two hours, thus steaming on an aver age of 14 knots an hour. The only vessel that can compete with the Pereire in speed, is the Scotia, belonging to the Cunard Company, which once in July, 1863, made the voyage from New York to Liverpool in eight days and twenty-three hours. The Standard, in its Calleten scientifiqae,informs us that the workmen employed in leveling the ground at Escadero,have lately discovered,at some depth of the soil, a bed of marly clay, contain ing vegetable remains, and bones of animals, the greater portion of which closely resemble the race of animals and plants of Central Ame rica. It may be concluded from this discovery, that the temperature of Paris at some distant period was analogous to that of the Isthmus of Pana ma. extraordinary feat of swimming. A gentleman a fjw days ago swam across the lake of Geneva, from Belotte to Bellevue. The time taken was two hours and a half, daring the whole of which timq, the courageous swimmer did not rest himself for a moment even by swimming on his back. * * * “Old Fayette.” Dear Intelligencer—I believe you allow your friends to ask as many questions as they please, but reserve to yourself the right to answer or not, as you think best. With such an under standing, will you allow me to ask you why it 1s that Fayette and some adjoining counties have been occupying so unenviable a position in the minds of many of the Georgia people ? It is to me quite a mystery. I was not aware that such an opinion existed until the beginning of this year, when a circumstance occurred that opened my eyes to the fact. The circumstance referred to was this: As the pastor of the Baptist Church of Fayetteville was returning home, he was ac costed on the way by quite an intelligent old gentleman, when the following dialogue took place : Farmer—“Stranger, which way have you been traveling ? You seem to be pretty well fitted up tor traveling.” Minister—“I have only been to Fayetteville, sir.” F.—“What have you been there for ?” M.—“To preach to the people of Fayetteville, sir.” F.—“Do you expect a man of your looks to do any good by preaching at such a place as Fay etteville ?” M.—“I hope so, sir; I must try.” F.—“Well, you had as well give it up. The people there are too wicked; no use preaching to any such folks; no hope for them at all.” M.—“Well now, my old friend, if you will meet me there on the first Sabbath in next month, I think you will admit the fact that you have come to a false conclusion with regard to the cit izens of Fayetteville.” F.—“I can’t promise to meet you there; I never go to church there; all I know about the place is from hearsay." Mr. Editor, this honest old farmer clearly de monstrates the cases of hundreds of those evil surmisers, who are ready to catch at every idle rumor which they hear. Such men are disposed to blame a whole community, for an isolated act pacifies; the physicians of Fayetteville are equal to any in Georgia; for the legal profession of that place, I will only say they are an honor to any county or circuit. Are any disposed to ask, “Gan any good come out of Fayette?” Let facts speak for themselves! Where did the pride of Spalding county come from ? From Fayette. And again, where does that man hail from who is ever foremost in works of Christianity and benevolence, and all that tends to advance the cause of God and good men ? Dees his country need his services ? He is ready to do his duty. Perhaps you ask his name and where is he from ? His name is writ ten upon all the public institutions of Fayette county, and is engraven upon the hearts of all who know him; and yet he was raised in Fay ette county. The two most eminent surgeons of Atlanta, are from Fayette county. The great jurist of Alabama also went from Fayette. And, where will you find a more successful tteicher, in any respect, than George C. Looney ? He is not sur passed by any in the State. His younger broth er, Mr. M. Y. Looney is “one more of the same sort,” which is quite a compliment to a man so young. Mr. Barney Strickland is also quite an accomplished scholar, and is worthy to be asso ciated with the Looneys. Let the citizens of Fayette and adjoining counties discharge their duty to the institution they preside over, and a a more intelligent section will not be found in any country. I spent twenty days—and nearly as many nights —there recently, and during that time I heard but one profane utterance. There are two churches in the town, both in good condition.— A protracted meeting of twenty days has recent ly closed, during whichtime, the Lord poured out His spirit in a most ^copious manner. His children were made to rejoice; sinners were converted; mourners were comforted, and back sliders reclaimed. During the meeting forty were added to the Methodist Church, and eighty-two to the Baptist Church. With me the people of “ Old Fayette ” heads the list, What say you ? Justice. We respond to the query of “Justice” in the foregoing, and say that “ Old Fayette ” and her people have always had our highest respect That she and her present, hardy, industrions and intelligent population have been maligned, may be true, but only by those who know them not. Ed. Int. Prod; Mon. BT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Gea. Martin Luther Smith. We announced but a brief while ago, the sud den death in Rome, Ga., of the above distinguish ed gentleman. We wellremember to have often looked in silent admiration upon the soldier-like form of General Smith during that fearful cam paign beginning at the “ Wilderness ” and ending at Appomattox Court House. Especially during the bloody struggle at Spottsylvania Court House did his watchful eye scan that hastily thrown up line of entrenchments, against which the enemy, like the great billows of tbe ocean, surged in vain. Calmly, silently, he was seen riding to and fro amidst the shower of shot and shell, as if in admiration of the heroic manner in which Lee’s gallant veterans were defending the lines his mathematical eye had drawn for them. Since that day other forms than his have passed to the great beyond. General Smith has gone to join his comrades. An exchange thus speaks of him: In the old army of the Potomac a silent-look ing gentleman, but one whose restless eye seemed to notice every shrub and bush, wearing the star ot a general, accompained by a full staff, could be seen riding along the lines. His presence seemed to create an awe as he rode along and the most noisy even hushed. Also the staff that rode behind him were perfectly quiet. They in dulged in no conversation, and no smile wreath ed their lips. Like shadows they rode after a spectre. The soldiers would say, “Who is that ?” “Why, that’s General Smith.” “Who’sGeneral Smith?” would be the next inquiiy. “I don’t know;” we have repeatedly heard these remarks, as this great scientific man passed the lines, and never without the thought of “What Is fame?” General Martin Luther Smith was a graduate of West Point, and served through the Mexican war with distinction. He had the reputation of being one of the best officers in his line in the service. He entered the Confederate service, and from that time until the close of the war, labored industriously in his duties as general and chief of engineers. It was he who selected the sites for the defenses thrown up from the Wilder ness to Petersburg; it was he who selected the line for our heroes to dress upon, and night and day, with industry, genius and perseverance, this great man labored under his distinguished chief tain, Robt. E. Lee, for the cause he loved so well. He died in Rome, Ga. only a few days ago, and he goes to the grave almost nnchronicled.— His body was carried to Athens, Ga., for inter ment. At the time of his death he was chief engineer of that system of railroads which is to connect Selma, Ala., and Dalton, Ga., of which Gen. Johnston is president, and which is now in process of construction. of one man. That there are men in the vicinity j of Fayetteville not as orderly as they might be, j nitude of the issues involved, would be guilty of From the Columbus Daily Enquirer. Good Effects Already. It is truly cheering to note that the sharp defi nition of the true issues involved in tbe politics of the day, made by the action of the Philadel phia Convention, is already having a good effect. We have seen that leading radical papers attempt to shove those issues, aside, by suggesting that Congress, when it meets again in December, will admit tbe representatives ot the Southern States without further preliminaries. They make this suggestion, not because there is any assurance whatever that this will be done, cr indeed that there is the least cause to believe it, but simply because they see that they cannot stand before the people on the plain question of the represen tation or exclusion of the Southern States. The dodge is nevertheless an auspicious one, because it shows the weakness of their position and the strength of that assumed by the convention. We have also cited one radical paper at the North that unequivocally applauds the action of the convention and endorses its “Declaration of Principles.” That others will be forced to this course, we have not a doubt. We expect shortly to hear that many presses and politicians of the radical school have received new lights from the action of the convention and its approval by President Johnson, and are seeking a refuge from the popular wrath to come. It is stated that the chairman of the Illinois Union (radical) Executive Committee has pursued this course. Here in Georgia, the supporters of the Presi dent’s policy are daily receiving reinforcements and help from so-called exclusive Union men, whose countenances have not heretofore cheered them. Whence the convention of “Southern Unionists” (radicals), shortly to meet at Philadel phia, is to draw its Georgia delegates, is a puzzle to us now. We do not believe that their popular meetings in this State to appoint delegates would average a President and a Secretary to each county. The Savannah Republican, heretofore a supporter of the measures of Congress, and re garded as a radical sheet of the most decided kind, declares that it “stands on and approves every plank” of the convention platform, and says that it “wants company”—such company as that of papers that have ail the time supported the convention movement. We are glad that it has at last gotten into such good company. The importance to the people of the Southern States of the issues involved in the political con test now going on in the North, can hardly be overestimated. The lines are now distinctly drawn, and the party vanquished will be power- less in the national councils for years. “P. W. A.”, a delegate to the convention from Georgia, and well known as a man of sound judgment and close observation, writes to the Macon Tele graph from Philadelphia : “I may add that the conservatives of the North are in dead earnest at last They see the danger, and appreciate its magnitude. They frankly admit that if they do not succeed in tlie Fall elections, the country will be lost—that the President will be impeach ed—that negro suffrage will be forced upon the South—that neither person nor property in the excluded States will be sate, and that the spirit, if not the form of the Government, will be com pletely changed. It was for this reason that Southern delegates were anxious that the action of the convention should be such as the exigen cies of the situation seemed to call for, and it is for the same reason that they hope that the re sults arrived at will be received with favor by the people of the South.” The people of the South, in view of the mag no one will deny. But can yon name a single town against which the same allegation cannot be made ? I know of none such. From personal trifling with the great occasion, should they per mit themselves to be soured by the expression of some objectionable opinions and the use of some distasteful terms, when all the practical results observation, I feel safe in saying, that in point of aimed at are for their advantage, and when the morals, intelligence and respectability, Fayette ville will compare favorably with any town in Middle Georgia. Some of her mechanics are the most efficient judicial officers in the country; her merchants are all men of fine business ca- main principle contended for is the preservation of the forms of government most dear to us. Ccthbert Bcllett, United States Marshal of Louisiana, has been charged with complicity in the cotton frauds in that State. Whereas, by proclamations of the fifteenth and nineteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixty- one, the President of the United States, in virtue of the power vested in him by the Constitution and the laws, declared that the laws of the Uni ted States were opposed and the execution thereof obstructed in tbe States of South Caro lina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too pow erful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in tbe marshals by law; And whereas, by another proclamation, made on the sixteenth day of August, in the same year, in parsnance of an act ot Congress approved July thirteen, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the inhabitants of the States of Geor gia. South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkan sas, Mississippi, and Florida, (except the inhabi tants of that part of the State ot Virginia lying west of the Alleghany Mountains, and except al so the inhabitants ot such other parts of that State, and the other States before named, as might maintain a loyal adhesion to the Union and the Constitution, or might be, from time to time, occupied and controlled by forces of the United States engaged in the dispersion of insur gents,) were declared to be in a state of insur rection against the United States; And whereas, by another proclamation of the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, issued in pursuance of an act of Congress approved June seventh, in the same year, the insurrection was declared to be still ex isting in the States aforesaid, with the exception of certain specified counties in the State of Vir ginia; And whereas, by another proclamation, made on the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in pursuance of the act of Congress of July thirteen, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the exceptions named in the proclamation of August sixteen, one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-one, were revoked and the inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, and Virginia (except the forty eight counties of Virginia designated as West Virginia and the ports of New Orleans, Key West, Fort Royal, and Beaufort, in South Carolina) were declared to be still in a state of insurrection against the United State; And whereas, by another proclamation of the fifteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, made in pursuance of the act of Congress approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, the re bellion was declared to be still existing, and the writ of habeas corpus was in certain specified cases suspended throughout the United States— said suspension to continue throughout the dura tion of the rebellion, or until said proclamation should, by a subsequent one to be issued by the President of the United States, be modified or revoked; And whereas, the House of Representatives, on the twenty-second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, adopted a resolu tion in the words following, namely: “ Resolved by the House of Representatives of the United States, That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the Southern States, now in revolt against her constitutional Government, and in arms around the Capital; that in this national emergency, Congress, banishing all feeling of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppres sion, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjuga tion, nor for the purpose of overthrowing or in terfering with the rights or established institu tions ot those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to pre serve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired, and that as soon as these objects are accomplished, the war ought to cease.” And whereas, the Senate of the United States, on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, adopted a resolu tion in the Words following, to-wit: “Resolved, That the present deplorable war has been forced upon the country by the disunion ists of the Southern States, now in revolt against the constitutional government, and in arms around the capital; that in this national emer gency, Congress, banishing all feeling of mere passion or resentment, recollects only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not prosecu ted upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to maintain and defend the supremacy of the Constitution, and all laws made in pursuance thereof, and to preserve the Union -with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; that as soon as these objects are ac complished the war ought to cease.” And whereas, These resolutions, though not joint or concurrent in form, are substantially identical, and as such have hitherto been and are yet regarded as having expressed the sense of Congress upon the subject to which they relate; And whereas, The President of the United States, by proclamation of the 13th of June, 1865, declared that the icsursection in the State of Ten nessee had been suppressed, and that the author ity of the United States therein was undisputed, and that such United States officers as had been duly commissioned were in the undisturbed ex ercise of their official functions; And whereas, The President ot the United States by farther proclamation issued on the 2d day of April, 1866, did promulgate and de clare that there no longer existed any armed re sistance of misguided citizens or others to the authority of the United States in any or in all the States before mentioned, excepting the State of Texas, and did further promulgate and de clare that the laws could be sustained and en forced in the several States before mentioned, except Texas, by the proper civil authorities, State or Federal, and that the people of the said States, except Texas, are well and loyally dis posed, and have conformed or will conform in their legislation to the condition of affairs grow ing out of the amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting slavery within the limits and jurisdiction of the United States; And did farther declare in the same proclama tion that it is the manifest determination of the American people that no State, of its own will, has a right or power to go out of, or "separate itself from, or be separated from the American Union; and that, therefore, each State ought to remain and constitute an integral part of the United States; And did further declare in the same last men tioned proclamation, that the several afore-men tioned States, excepting Texas, had, in the man ner aforesaid, given satisfactory evidence that they acquiesce in this sovereign and important resolution of National unity ; And whereas the President of the United States, in the same proclamation, did further de clare that it is believed to be a fundamental prin ciple of government that that the people who have revolted, and who have been overcome and subdued, must either he dealt with so as to in duce them voluntarily to become friends, or else they must be held by absolute military power, or devastated, so as to prevent them from ever again doing bar n as enemies, which last named policy is abhorrentfto'humanity and to freedom ; And whereas the President did, in the same proclation, further declare that the Constitution of the United States provides for constituent communities only as States, and not as Territa ries, dependencies, provinces, or protectorates; And further, that such constituent States must necessarily be, and by the Constitution and laws ot the United States are made equals, and placed upon a like footing as to political rights, immu nities, dignity, and power with the several States with which they are united; And did turther declare that the observance of political equality as a principle of right and jus tice is well calculated to encourage the people of the before-named States, except Texas, to be and to become more and more constant and perse vering in their renewed allegiance; And whereas he President did further declare, hat standing armies, military occupation, mar tial law, military tribunals, and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus are, in time of peace, dangerous to public liberty, incompatible with the individual rights of the citizen, contrary to the genius and spirit of our free institutions, and exhaustive of the national resources, and ought not, therefore, to be sanctioned or allowed ex cept in cases of actual necessity, for repelling in vasion or suppressing insurrection or rebellion; And the President did further, in the same proclamation, declare that the policy of the Government of the United States, from the be ginning of the insurrection to its overthrow and filial suppression, had been conducted in con formity with the principles in the last named proclamation recited; And whereas the President, in the said procla mation of the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, upon the ground therein stated and hereinbefore recited, did then and thereby proclaim and declare that the insur rection which heretofore existed in the several States before named, except in Texas, was at an end, and was henceforth to be so regarded; And whereas, subsequently to the said second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, the insurrection in the State of Texas has been completely and everywhere suppressed and ended, and the authority of the United States has been successfully and completely established in the said State of Texas, and now remains there in unrestricted and undisputed, and snch of the proper United States officers as have been duly commissionedwithin the limits of thejsaid State I are now in the undisturbed exercise of their of ficial functions; And whereas, the laws can now be sustained and entorced in the said State of Texas by the proper civil authority, State or Federal, and the people of the said State of Texas, like the people of other States before named, are well and loyal ly disposed, and have conformed or will conform in their legislation to the condition of affairs growing out of the amendment ot the Constitu tion of the United States prohibiting slavery within the limits and jurisdiction ot the United States; And whereas, all the reasons and conclusions set forth in regard to the several States therein specially named now apply equally and in_all re spects to the State of Texas, as well as to the other States which had been involved in insur rection; And whereas, adequate provision has been made by military orders to enforce the execution of the acts of Congress and the civil antliorities, and secure obedience to the Constitution and laws of the United States within the State of Texas, if a resort to military force for such pur pose should at any time become necessary ; Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim and de clare that the insurrection which heretofore ex isted in the State of Texas is at an end, and is to be henceforth so regarded in that State, as m the other States before named, in which the said in surrection was proclaimed to be at end by the aforesaid proclamation of the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six; And I do further proclaim that the said insur rection is at an end, and that peace, order, tran quility, and civil authority now exist^ in and throughout the whole of the United States of America. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed, Done at the city of Washington, this twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one [l. s.] thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and of the independence of the United States of America the ninety-first. Andrew Johnson. By the President: Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State. From the Louisville Courier. Au Attack of Cholera, anil How It was Mastered. I have had the Cholera—(writes our old friend, Victor)—not quite so far as collapse and blue spasms—I killed it before it run that far. But it was the real Asiatic. I have had the tjger hold of me twice before in my life, and I knew the incipient symptoms in a wink. I aai only just so far out of the depth that my pen wab bles wilfully, but while impressions are fresh and vivid, I fancy is the most proper time to tell the people how I killed cholera and cured myself—or how Madge and I did, for at the worst I was on my “beam ends,” incapable of much action. Imperative business brought us to town about the time the mercury got up to the top of the tube, and the same necessity held us here through the “heated term.” We occupied our own quarters, lived as we pleased, and certainly moderately and carefully. There was nothing in our diet to induce cholera or any other ugly visitor. All through the melting period, we had kept shady through the daytime, and at night lying about in the parlor, promiscuously, each of us iu several places—suffering but slight ly either night or day, until that night of the 19th of July, when the quicksilver ran down between noon and midnight from among the lower hundreds to chills and double blankets. Our windows were up, shutters wide open and I awake at midnight with teeth chattering like castanets, and such sensations as I had had serious experience in twice, and after ten min utes’ study I made my diagonsis, and said to Madge: “Cholera, as sure as you are a woman 1” We had ice in the water-cooler, rice in the closet, and sage in the lierb-box. So in about twenty minutes I was flat on my back on the sofa, munching ice, and swallowing as much as I could. Madge was parching rice in the oven, and steeping sage tea on the top of our hydro carbon fire-king that burns water, and will heat up very hot in five minutes. By the time I had got down half a pint of sage tea, hot, very strong, and forty drops of laudanum in it, all the pre’iminary symptoms, symtoms of the blue Asiatic tiger were devel oped. I knew them unmistakably—copious rice-water like discharges, without pain, diz ziness, a blur before the eyes, collapse of the abdomen, languor and considerable lassitude of the muscles. The sensation produced by the early stage of Asiatic cholera may be summed up in a few words. You feel as if you were Tbe Blowing Cave of Georgia. „ Gainesville, Ala., Aug. 2, 1866. pig of lead, just on the point of melting, and Editor MohUe Daily Tirne , , 1vaa tntd 11 \r inrh ttoronr Trhor oliona ttah urn a 1a I *r From the Dubnqne (Iowa) Times. Eniff'U and Chloroform-All Affair in* Dubuque Boarding-Mouse. We had room and time to refer only very britfly to the burglarious* entrance of u 1(; ‘ Ga ; nes House” yesterday morning. This house, occui ied as a boarding house, formerly by Mrs.’ Town; en 1. for a week past by Mrs. Kent, is sit uated on Bluff street, between Fourth and Fifth In the rear of the building is an addition, a bed room containing two beds, in each of which slept two young ladies. This room has two doors, one connecting with the hall of the main building, one leading out into the yard in t ] u . rear. About half past two in the morning, on,, of these ladies was awakened by feeling that some one had hold ot her feet ami limbs. Though conscious of this, she tilt stupefied and benumbed, and for a while could not move or speak. In the dim light pervading the room sin- saw a person—a tall man, heavily built, with black hhir and whiskers, lie felt along np her side and arms to her face, feeling over her cheeks and chin to discover whether there was any whiskers upon the face. The lady, by the way, one possessed ot much common sense, self-pos session and “ nerve,” was now beginning to re cover control of her muscles, :uul partly rose up in bed, and attempted to make an outcry. Upon this the man ceased his manipulations, took a large bottle in one hand and a cloth iu the other, shook the bottle, poured some of the con tents upon the cloth, and attempted to apply it to the lady’s nostrils; but she struck it away from her, and continued her outcries, pinching and striking her sleeping companion, but without being able to awake her for some time, although she declares she heard all that was going on, long before she was able to speak or move. Mean while the burglar laid down his bottle and brought a revolver into view, pressing its muzzle hard up on the temples of the first lady mentioned. While in this position the second one mentioned, who slept behind the tormerjrecovered her conscious ness and the control of her muscles, and sprang from the bed. The burglar started towards the outside door, while the other started for the door leading to the main part of the house, and called for help' The house was soon roused, but it was not till a lamp was lit and several of the house hold were advancing along the hall that the burg lar left. Early in the affair, after feeling along the first young lady’s feet and limbs, the burglar stopped, leaned over to tbe back of the bed to see it the lady there was sound asleep, went to the other bed and watched to see if they were, then slipped the catch on the outside door,J(having entered by the window which had been left open for venti lation) partially opened the door so the light would shine in, then went around the room ex amining closely, and feeling of the dresses hang ing upon the wall, &c., then he came back and finished his explorations along the sides, arms and head of the first young lady, till she regained the use of her limbs ami lungs, as before men tioned. The young ladies in the other bed, when first coming to consciousness, saw the man and his operations, but were unable to speak or move for some time afterwards. When all four had recov ered, the ontcry was appalling, rousing the lodg ers from the fourth story. The young lady who- first recovered her consciousness, could not avoid! inhaling some of the chloroform administered after she began to recover her consciousness and ability to move; and recognized it instantly as. chloroform, bringing the bedquilt between her mouth aud nose and the man’s hand. The room, was intolerable from the stench of chloroform, when the other lodgers came in. Outside the window was certainly one, and probably more confederates, who were heard speaking in subdued tones to him or to each other. The intruder, in his retreat, left the outside door open. He halted for a moment at the en trance, evidently with an artist’s ey T e for a strik ing scence. One young lady in the hall, one on the way there, two just recovering from the effects of chloroform sufficiently to raise from their beds and to raise a yell, any number of lenmles gathering from all parts of the house; the gen tlemen boarders not far behind; none in what Prof. Mahler would call “full dress,” and all in dulging in one majestic, though discordant cho rus of screams and shrieks, was a scene winch does not occur in a boarding-house every morn ing at three o’clock. Of course, it will be understood from what has been already written, that the chloroform had been already administered to all around! once, and the first young lady who awoke was, just recovering from its effect, when the thief began tampering with her toes. was totally indifferent what shape you was to ran into next. In about an hour there w r as nausea, retching, and slight vomiting. A tablespoonful of salt and mustard, mixed in warm water, brought up an immense amount of cholera, and then ten drops of camphor spirits, on a cut lemon, and dessert spoonful of the juice sucked'down the throat, quieted the stomach beaitifully. By this time Madge had got a pint of rice parched as brown as roasted coffee, ground in the coffee mill, and boiled it in a quart of milk. Then keeping me perfectly quiet, flat on my back, she fed rice and milk, half a dozen spoonfuls at a time, alternating with chips of ice. It was a pretty stubborn case. About sun rise there were symptoms of a collapse; hands and feet got cold, and I careless. Not a doit did I care about the Constitution, crops, or Con gress. But the little woman fought the fight bravely. Rice and milk, ice, flannel wrapping, and hot irons to the feet, were the weapons, and with them the victory was won. By noon the discharges had ceased, circulation was restored and the cholera killed. But one don’t get quite clear of the effects of such an attack very speedily. This is the fourth day of my con valescence, and I still fee 1 as if I had passed through a corn-sheller, and been squeezed out in a clothes-wringer. I am not going to say positively that such course of treatment will cure every case of cholera; but it has brought me out‘safe twice, and in very many other cases I have seen the practice successful. I have seen the cholera, and people dead and dying of it in a good many quarters of tlie world, and my own opinion is that no precautions of sanitary measures will always fence out the pest Precaution and preventives should never be neglected; but alter all to be prepared with proper remedies, and then to. begin to fight the enemy resolutely and presistently at the very beginning of his onslaught, is the only safety. Victor. From the Griffln Southern Herald. Public Meeting. At a meeting in Zebulon of a large and i _ spectable number of the citizens of Pike county, on Tuesday, the 14th instant, on motion, P. H. McDowell, Esq., was called to the chair, aud W. C. Beckham was requested to act as Secretary. On motion, a committee of five were appointed bv the chair, to report matter for the considera tion of the meeting, who after due deliberation reported the following preamble and resolutions Whereas, The Government of the United States have emancipated the negroes, the former property ot the Southern States; and whereas, the State of Georgia has ratified said emancipa tion by the action of her people in solemn con vention ; and whereas, said convention did re pudiate the State and Confederate debt, without extending any relief to the masses of the people, thereby leaving the good citizens of the State without an}- means of paying debts formerly contracted; and whereas, the almost entire failure of a crop of grain as well as cotton in the greater portion of the State the present year, will make it impossible for the people to pay any portion of their indebtedness; and whereas, there is a manifest disposition on the part of the capitalists and moqey dealers to press their claims to the great sacrifice ot what little property is left the citizens of this State; and whereas, the relief contemplated by the General Assembly in the passage of the act known as the Stay law, re quiring one-fourth of the indebtedness to be paid annually for four years until all the debt be paid, in view of the great depreciation in the value of property, the whole of the real estate now owned by the citizens of this State would be consumed in the payment of the one-fourth of said former indebtedness, thereby failing to render the relief intended by the passage of said act to the people of the State ; therefore— Resolved 1st. That the citizens of Pike county feel it to be a duty we owe to humanity as well as society, to call upon our Senators and Repre sentatives of the General Assembl3', when con vened, to pass a law relieving the people of their present embarrassments, either by' stay law, ex emption or repudiation, by calling together a convention or otherwise. 2d. That we most earnestly request that the people in the various counties of the State favor able to this cause, to call the citizens together and unite with ns in this great and important movement. 3d. That the public gazettes in the city of Griffln, and others throughout the State, be re quested to publish these proceedings. Upon the motion to adopt the report of tlie committee, Col. W. D. Alexander moved to strike out so much of tho 1st resolution as had reference to repudiation, which motion was lost. The preamble and resolutions were then adopted nearly unanimously. P. A. McDowell, Chairman. W. C. Beckham, Secretary. The awards to tlie captors of Mr. Lincoln’s assasins are now ready for delivery. The total amounts to $105,000. Among many other interesting items contain ed in your last issue, I noticed a paragraph in re gard to one of Georgia’s greatest natural curio sities. I allude to the “Blowing Cave,” as it is called b3 r the inhabitants of the section in which it is located. Thinking that a few particulars in regard to this truly strange phenomenon might prove in teresting, and lead to further inquiry, I dot them, down. Blowing Cave is situated on the plantation of Col. David Barrow, in Decatur county, Georgia twenty-seven miles from Thomasville, the lev- minus of the Savannah and Gulf Railroad. The cave is at the bottom o<’ a small natural basin, (whose diameter will rot at any point exceed thirty feet) in a perfectly smooth plain, and sur rounded with a dense copse of wood. There are no indications to lead to the supposition that it was occasioned by any eruption of a volcanic, convulsive nature, as the face of the surrounding country, as well as the immediate neighborhood of the cave itself is wholly free of stones, rug gedness and other marks of convulsive action. When first discovered and brought into notice by Colonels Barrow and McKinsley, in tho year 1836 or ’37, the orifice of the cave was three or four feet to the left of the present one. and much larger. Colonel McKinsley proposed exploring it, but in attempting to sound it w'th lead and line, and failing to touch bottom, gave up ilie un dertaking as too hazardous for further venture. The present mouth of the cave is about one and a half feet in diameter, through which at one period of the day there issues a strong current of air, not in puffs, but a continuous stream, with a roar that is heard at a distance of si.\t3' or seventy yards. In the winter of 1864, in company with sev eral ladies, I visited the cave at the time of his “blowing out;” and by way of experiment, one of the ladies threw her veil into the mouth of it, which was blown into the air to the height of six or seven feet. I then threw my hat—a heavy woolen one—into it with a like result. Several articles, heavier than either of the above were, tried, but were immediately expelled. At another period of the day the suctiOD is re latively as great. Any light article held near the orifice is instantly drawn into the cave. . ® r - Cotton, the State geologist, a gentleman of high scientific ability, visited it at the solicitation of Cols. McKinsley'and Barrow, and gave it as his opinion that these reversed phenomena were caused by the ebb and flow of the tide, and that the cave was originally one of the fathomless lime sinks so numerous in that part of Georgia. I believe the doctor’s theory correct. Leading from all points into the basin are In dian trails, deep worn, indicating much visiting to the cave by the red men ere the axe of the white man woke up the echoes of the forest, and it was probably regarded by them as a place of sanctity where they held commune with the. spirits in the great hunting-ground above t J. J. McK. More About Beau regard. This gallant gentleman creates quite a sensa tion in France, as will be seen from the following extract from a Paris letter, of the 12th instant” “General Beauregard has returned lo Paris • but, in a few days, he goes to Vicheyjor the ben efit of the waters. While here, the illustrious Confederate has been the object of a sympathiz ing and very flattering curiosity. There are few- eminent, especially among those belonging to the army, or connected with the government, who have not sought the honor of seeing and enter taining him. The Emperor has invited him to visit the camp of Chalons, and General Fave, Governor of the Polytechnic school, has kindly volunteered to guide him through the various military establishments of the capital.— General Beauregard is astonished by all that he sees here. At Versailles, the battle-pictures by the great French masters, made a profound’im pression on him. Before some of them he re mained more than half an hour in contempla tion. The things which most interested him however were the artillery museum and the cu rious collection at the Hotel des Invalided of P in relief, of the fortified places of the orld. The General has likewise received from Government which I am not permitted to name, an extremely brilliant offer, which, how ever, he declined. He was offered the chief com- an arm y of 80,000 men, a salary of 100,000 francs per annum, and a donation of lands worth a million of dollars, with the “ grand naturalization” of himself and his family. The General declined, say-ing that his sword Ix-fonged to his country, and he w-ould never draw it ex cept for her. There is one question which is asked him almost every moment—“ in case there hould be war between a European power and the United States, would tlie South revolt ?” The General always replies that he thinks not, and this answer invariably seems to cause as tonishment —why, indeed, I cannot say.” : An extensive fire occured among the oil boats and yards at Jersey City, New Jersey, yesterday. The loss is not given.