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ERROR CE18E9 TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT."—Jeffenon.
VOLUME XIX.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5,1867.
NUMBER 23.
ATLANTA, GEOE.GIA,
WednMdsy, 4un» O> »8eO.
The Capture of Maxlmlllaa.
It seems that this unfortunate man, after a gal
lant defense at Queratero, 1ms been captured by
Juarez and is now the prisoner of the latter, if be
be still in the land of the living. It is evident
from the reported response of President Juarez
to the United States Minister, Mr. Campbell, that
the feelings of the former towards Maximilian
were most vindictive in their character, and it
will require, we have no doubt, more than expos
tulation and entreaty on the part of Mr. Camp
bell and other diplomats within reach of the vic
torious Juarez, to save the life of Mexico’s late
“ Emperor.” In bis justification of previous
military executions, and in bis declining to
promise safety to Maximilian in the event ol his
capture—and that, too, when solicited to do so
by the United States Minister, we have an illus
tration of Mexican character when triumphant in
arms. We augur from that character but little of
mercy, little of roagnimity to a captured, or con
quered f'ie. In all lime it has been the same. —
It was so at the Alanio; it has been so since on
many occasions, and we fear it will be the same
hi Queratero—the victims now being Maximilian,
Mejia, Gastello aud Mirarnon. While we' fear
this, we hope otherwise. It should be enough to
satisfy Juarez and his army, that the distinguish
ed foreign prince, who has fallen into their hands,
has been defeated, and that his defeat has at
tached ignominy to a cause for which he fought,
and taught a lesson to France and other Euro-
js-an monarchies which they will not soon forget.
Better be magnanimous, we would say to Juarez,
and let Maximilian return to his own Austrian
principalities, than to execute him. He was but
the agent of France, tlu:refore let him go, and
lot the subtle Napoleon feci the sting, and ac
count to the house of Austria, as be will oue
day have to do, for his perfidy to one of their
family under circumstances that render it dis
graceful. We await with much anxiety the action
of Juarez in this matter. W hi le doiug bo, wc ven
ture the prediction that tho execution of Maxi-
iniliau will protract war in Mexico, iu which we
shall not be surprised to see foreign nations in
volved, and among them the United States. We
trust the American Minister’s Influence will pre
vail with Juarez, and that Maximilian’s life will
be spared.
One ol lhe Ltctelci or the Late Civil War.
Referring to the castigation which Horace
Greeley recently administered to the “ Loyal
league Club” of New York City, the Albion
which represents British sentiment and opinions
on this side of the Atlantic, says: “The late
civil war has left many legacies to this country,
which could be very well dispensed with, it they
could but be shaken ofl; and among the rest
it has left a political inquisition,” to-vnt, the
“Union League Club," * * * an “ association
composed chiefly of the mo9t vindictive and
revengeful men of the country.” A uranch of
Use same “ political inquisition" Is uuhappily iu
our midst, but who will have the temerity to
term its members “ blockheads ” ns did Mr. Gree
ley those of the branch “ Club” in New York?
I’crimps tbe following, which we clip from yes
terday’s Opinion, comes as near an entire en
dorsement of Mr. Greeley’s denunciation of the
“ political inquisition,” or inquisitors—“ block
heads ’ and all—as auything we have yet seen
coming from a “ Republican Party" source:
Mu. Greeley and Certain Leagues.—Mr.
Greeley’s tight with the inflated shoddy men of
New York, representing that upstart dogma of
proscription for opinion’s sake, has proved one
of the most remarkable victories of that famed
journalist. He has lashed them iulo that servil
ity ot spirit aud submissivencss to discipline
which interiors in mind so generally exhibit
when the rod of a master is raised over them.
A more lacerating castigation or a more cring
ing submission, alter pompous thundering, we
have seldom witnessed.
But to the legacy itself—the “ Inquisition ”
which the late civil war has bequeathed to the
South, composed as it is of “ vindictive and re
vengeful men," how long will it last ? Like lega
cies to profligate heirs, it will soon disappear; its
fury will soon be wasted; its power will soon be
gone. Ere many moons shall wax and wane, as
Ueter denied his Lord and Master thrice ere the
Cock crowed twice, so we predict will mauy an
“iuquisitor" deny his ever having had connection
with the secret “ Inquisition ’’—call it “ Loyal
League," or whatever else we may.
Boolt Notice.
Mrs. Hili.’s New Cook Book.—This is a
work that should be in the household ot every
housekeeper in Georgia. It has peculiar claims
to the patronage of the ladies of this State, intro
duced to the public as it iSj by the widow of one
of Georgia's most accomplished legal minds and
|M>pular advocates, the late Hon. Edward Y.
Hill. The work is gotten up in bandsom-
style, and as a “ Family Receipt Book," for the
kitchen, particularly adapted to the South, is
preferable to any other. The volume embraces
four hundred and twenty-seven pages, including
an index by which easy reference may be made
to any paragraph of its varied contents. Mr. D.
A. Walker, the agent for soliciting subscribers
to the work, is now in this city for that purpose,
and will remain a day or two longer. We oom-
■ueud his mission to housekeepers in our city.
The double claim which it presents to their pat
ronage—the merit ot ll»e publication itself, and
the *>uroe lrom whence it comes—we trust will
tie acknowledged, and the small tribute suggest
ed cheerfully contributed. The work is tor sale
also at the book stores ot the Messrs. Richards
on Alabama street, and Sheldon & Connor, on
Whitehall street Price $2 25.
•‘The Klgkl* of Man.”
According to Martin F. Conway, the London
correspondent of the Commonwealth, there is one
expression that never meets with anything but
the most unbounded ridicule and contempt in
the British Parliament. One might talk about
almost anything he liked, and he would fiud
members on some portion ot the benches who
would have some sympathy with him, but be
must not venture to mention in the House the
phrase “the rights of man," or he woukl be
stopped by a universal burst ot contemptuous
ridicule.
The Boston Courier says it is not so sure but
that the members of Parliament show good taste
in utterly discountenancing this phrase. It is
certainly a most ominous oue. Wherever it has
been much used, the earth has begun straight
way to stream with blood. Such assassins of
humanity as Robespierre are ever having this
expression on their lips. Thad. Stevens and
Sumner would exterminate the whole white
population ot the South in the name of “the
rights of man.” It is a glittering generality, a
vague, mischievous form of words, which has
generally served as a pretext for depriving men
ol all their rights aud saturating the earth with
human blood.
Truth—When and where "government” is
taken lrom a superior race, and given to an in
ferior race, the curse is soon seen on the surface
and Mil of the country, as well as upon its mind
and foura Beat.
* [KMt TBE ncTELLlaEMCEE ]
CoamaalcauS.
A planter of good sense, and well acquainted
with the freedmen on the large plantations on
the Chattahoochee river, below Columbus, Geor
gia, gives me an encouraging statement about
these people. He sayB they are working well
under contracts, in the main, for a portion of the
crops. Most of them have returned to their old
homes, and their habits of labor have undergone
but a slight change. Each plantation has a bell,
which arouses the bands for the commencement
of work at the break of day. They are very
orderly and respectful to their employers, and
manifest no disposition to assemble, or agitate
and pry into matters beyond the range of their
intellect; but they seem a contented, industrious,
and happy people. My friend believes that these
negroes will remain, permanently settled on the
rivere, with little change of residences. From
reliable information from this and various other
portions of this State, I am satisfied that the
freedmen on tbe farms, where they are treated
kindly and justly, will become the permanent
friends of their employers, and very much in
fluenced, in the exercise of their privileges at the
ballot box, by their opinions and counsels. Take
away mischievous influences from without, and
from quarters where little is known of the char
acter and true interest of these people, and they
would become industrious, faithful eitizens of
the South for life, and fill an important place in
our industrial economy, and in the advancement
of the prosperity and welfare of their native
land. And what an interest have they at stake !
Now is the turning point—the crisis of their
destiny. They cannot live and prosper amongst
us without they are found worthy of our confi
dence—without they do a faithful part in the
promotion ot our welfare, and in building up
our ruined fortunes.
Who would eucodrage them to remain
amongst us, if they should turn out mischievous
allies against the best good of the South ? We
could not, we would not, either employ or trust
a people who we knew wete actively aiding in
riveting permanent shackles upon us.
The course for us to pursue, with the present
pressure upon us, is plain. Let every man who
is entitled to vote, register his name, and when
tbe time comes, be certain to vote. And every
white man whose position or friendly relations
with the lreedmen gives him influence, should
use all honorable means to induce these people
to cast a sound and sensible vote. They are an
important element of power for our weal or woe.
We should endeavor to get their confidence, and
mould them, if possible, into a political oneness
with ourselves. Let us, without hesitancy, vote
for a Convention, and hasten forward the work
of reconstruction, by voting, when the time
comes, for members of that Convention. And
here the great question will arise—towering
above all others—whom shall we send to that
Convention? We must send patriotic, discreet,
conservative men, and men with a confirmed
sense of right and justice. Such men, if they
are in sufficient numbers to control the councils
of the Convention, will m ike but few altera
tions in our State Constitution. None need be
made that wilt have a disturbing influence on
llic affairs of otir State. None need be made
that will interfere with our present State organi
zation. All incumbents of offices who have been
regularly elected and commissioned, according
to existing law, should be considered as having
a right to their offices until the expiration of
their official term. Such alterations as the Fed
eral Congress requires, and such as will bear its
final scrutiny, must be made ; none other need be
made. These are plain and simple. We are
sick and worn out with instability and uncer
tainty. Let us depart from the old landmarks
so far, and no farther, than will give us a voice
in the national councils. When this is done, the
military despotism that weighs us down and
cripples our self-respect and our energies, will
cease, and we shall become a happy and pros
perous member of the great Federal Union.
James Clarke.
Invitation to Bloodshed.—Wendell Phib
lips is literally savage over the release of Jeffer
son Davis on bail. In a letter to the Anti-Sla
very Standard, he says:
“If law is thus a sham, the recourse will be to
the Mexican method, and let rival chiefs shoot
each other after a drum-head court martial. If
this be ail the law can do to punish treason, the
next Jefferson Davis who attempts to escape will
be ruthlessly shot before he has time to lift his
disguise or attain the safe shelter ot a prostituted
court. Mr. Greeley thinks the lesson the people
will learn from this disgraceful exhibition, will
be one of forgiveness. The fawning spaniel is
no emblem or teacher of forgiveness. The sur
vivors in the army of the Potomac—the men
who remember McCook, Memphis, Fort Pillow
and the murders of Belle Isle—will read this act
in a different and redder light. They will resolve
to settle their own wrongs the next time, and
prevent being cheated by law.”
All of which is worthy of a bandit or the
guerrilla.
Terrible Affair.—A terrible affair occurred
last Monday in Madison, Indiana. Preston
Christie aud James McClelland, two well-known
citizens of the place, being involved in a law
suit, the latter sought Christie and asked for a
private settlement of the matter. Christie
made an evasive answer, when McClelland drew
his revolver and shot tbe former through the
breast, inflicting a wound which caused death
in less than forty-eight hours. McClelland, on
returning fiome after the fatal encounter, seemed
so overcome by remorse that he shot himself
through the breast with the same pistol. His
wound also was a mortal one, and he died the
following day’. Both were old men.
The Republican Party.—The New York
Spirit of the Times, edited by John Wilkes—a
most violent Radical organ, agrees with Wendell
Phillips that “the seeds of dissolution” have
“been sown in the Republican party,” and that
it is rapidly going to ruiu. It says :
“The Republican majority in Congress, heed
less of the lessons ef history, and heedless of the
inexorable laws of revolution, has taken its
course, and must abide the inevitable penalties
of error. Those erratic philosophers within its
ranks who are already sighing that its majority
is too large, need sigh no more. The President
will be speedily reinforced, not only by the re
constructed South, but by sufficient defections
trom the Republican party to put an end to the
two-tliirds votes which have heretofore embar
rassed him.”
A Yankee Invention.—Among the speci
mens of Yankee ingenuity at the Paris Exhibi
tion, is a machine for making, in papier-mache,
the mould or matrix for casting stereotype plates
at a single operation. The compositor sits at a
sort of piano-forte key-bench, and “plays off”
his page of copy. At each note’s depression a
type impresses its stamp upon the soft paper,
which retains the form, and against the face of
the matrix thus formed, almost automatically,
the typc-meial is cast to form the stereotype
plate. The machine is invented by Mr. John EL
Sweet.
Booth's Diart.—Many of the people North
doubt the genuineness of Booth’s diary as re
cently published. They think the whole thing
is a forgery of that interesting and virtuous gen
tleman, detective Baker. This is a serious im
putation on tbe integrity of Judge Jo. Holt and
Secretary Ed. Stanton, both of whom bare cer-
tifled in tbe praniMa.
Governor Jeakln*.
The Milledgeville Southern Recorder of Tues
day last, says:
We see that some of our exchanges are still
talking about Governor Jenkins resigning his
office. It is generally understood hereabouts
that the Governor has no intention that way.
We believe that lie and Gen. Pope are working
on harmoniously together in their respective
spheres, aBd as we remarked some time since,
Governor J. is entirely indisposed to any contro
versy with the military authorities, and desires
quiet and good feeling in the State. We would
regret exceedingly it anything should occur to
cause our able Executive to resign, as his wateta-
fol eye and clear head is needed to look after
the financial interests and local affairs of tbe
State as far as permitted. We are denied his
advice on national affairs, for were he allowed to
speak, wisdom and true statesmanship would
doubtless mark every word, tor we conceive that
there is no one in the State, more able to advise
wisely and prudently.
We hope to hear no more of “ Governor * Jen
kins resigning his office,” from the Georgia press.
It has been the device of one or two papers in
this State to encourage an* impression that he
was going to resign, and further, to instruct the
Governor as to his duties in this respect, to wit:
that be ought to resign. Of course the bait thus
thrown out was not even nibbled. The motive
could not be concealed. It was apparent to eve
ry one, and produced only disgust at the idea
that some newspapers could be found to do any
kind of dirty work. !
UepadUlloa.
The Herald has broken ground in favor of a
repudiation of the public debt. This may be se
rious, or only one of that paper’s clumsy jests;
but it is reprehensible in either case.
We clip the foregoing from the New York
Courier. Not having seen the Herald's article to
which it refers, we are nofprepared to advise our
readers of the length to which that paper goes in
advising a repudiation of the public debt. Be
it, however, iu whole or in part—whatever shape
it may assume - augurs evil for the future. Does
the Herald see the approach of universal bank
ruptcy in the North, that it sounds the portentous
key note of “ repudiation of the public debt ?”—
Does it.see in the practical operations of the “Na
tional Bankrupt Law ”—especially in the practi
cal operations of the involuntary clause ofthat
law—the day of financial convulsion approach
ing, which may be so prostrating, so up-rooting
in its effects upon finance, and commerce, and the
manufacturing interests North, as to require a re
pudiation even of the public debt? If this be so,
an evil future is indeed approaching. Whatever
may be said of tbe Herald, no one can deny that
it wields a powerful influence over the public
mind North, and that its demand for repudiation
will find hosts to second it. To the West, this
demand has hitherto been confined. Those-West-
ern papers that have sounded this alarm, will
have a powerful 1 ally iu the Herald. The in
terests of the South in the question are neither
so direct, nor so great, as those of the North and
West. But few of our people hold Government
securities, any large amount of greenbacks or
national currency. And yet repudiation would
still further impoverish us, and protract develop
ments of Southern resources for years to come.
The South needs Northern capital, and with re
pudiation, there will be no Northern, nor any
other capital to come to its relief. In one com
mon ruin will North and South, East and West,
be involved, when the day of repudiation shall
’1 he Spirit ot Enterprise.
The Monroe Advertiser referring to the spirit
of enterprise at work in Georgia, and of what
has already been accomplished by the energy
and industry of a lew individuals, says:
Among the bright exemplars, to whom, in
part, the people of Georgia are indebted tor this
almost universal spirit of enterprise and industry,
may be mentioned Major Campbell Wallace,
Superintendent of the Western & Atlantic Rail
road, aud Mr. Wadley, President of the Central.
Both of the gentlemen, in the management of
their respective roads, have displayed energy and
administrative capacity, unequaled in railroad
history. The destruction of these two great
lines of railway by General Sherman was almost
complete. With wonderful dispatch they were
rebuilt and refurnished, and are now successfully
operated, boyond all reasonable expectation, to
tbe great benefit of stockholders, State and peo
ple. Hence we are indebted to these gentlemen
not only for their example, but for their timely
relief afforded by the prompt reconstruction and
successful operation ot these roads.
Let the example of such men be generally fol
lowed, and all our waste places will soon be re
built, prosperity will be restored and the people
redeemed; not by fanatical philanthropists bear
ing in one band a bowl ot nectar and in the
other, the chalice of gall and bitterness, but un
conditionally, safely redeemed
The Warrior Murder Case.—The Macon
Telegraph of yesterday says :
A true bill having been found against Mrs.
Sarah A. Hatsfield, for complicity in the murder
of Isaac Heard, her nephew, she was placed
upon trial in the Superior Court yesterday.
Although it was not generally known that the
case had been set down, yet the presumption
that it would be beard was sufficient to fill the
Court House to overflow ing.
The prisoner is a woman about the medium
height, with a colorless face—one of those pas
sive, emotionless countenances which it is so
difficult to read—with jet. black hair and eyes.
All eyes were directed upon her when brought
into court and placed at the bar. She was ac
companied by her husband, who sat beside her
during the whole progress of the trial.
She is defended by Messrs. Cobb & Jackson
and Col. L. N. Whittle.
The State is represented by Attorney-General
Simons and Messrs Rutherford and Weems.
After the empannelliug of the jury and the
reading of the indictment, the case was proceed
ed in by tiie introduction of testimony for tbe
prosecution.
The first witness put upon the stand w as Milas
Wilder, the freedmau who was first arrested on
suspicion of committing the deed, and banged
until he compromised the others indicted. Milas
is a full blooded negro, abont five feet six or sev
en inches high, stout-built, and not a bad coun
tenance.
From what has been already elicited, it is hard
to say now how the case will go. Much inter
est is' manifested in it, and no doubt the court
will be crowded again to-day.
Pen Picture.—The New Orleans Times
word-paints the situation somewhat graphically
in a peculiar style. It says :
“We have political missionaries among us
overflowing with love lor ‘law and order, liberty,
justice, equality, capital, intellect, energy and
patience.’ Finding none of these qualities in this
barbarous community of ‘rebels,’ ‘traitors,’ ‘con
spirators,’ diabolical spirits with hellish faces,’
‘parties rotten and festering with corruption,' &c.,
and their pious stock on hand proving somewhat
insufficient, it is desirable that fresh invoices of
working capital be sent out to accomplish the
‘stupendous work’ to which they have sacrificed
themselves. By all means send a fresh supply
ot missionaries and something to support them
well. Hub of the Universe! what a wicked peo
ple we are down here
lUMlUac *H»I Brand.
We have not tbe least disposition to cast dis
couragement in the way of such parties as have
determined to turn their backs upon their coun
try and seek domicils in other and distant lands.
They have the entire right to do so, though we
cannot help thinking they will be acting un
wisely, and that in nine cases out often they will
repent the step in dust and ashes the balance of
their lives. To such as are packing their traps
for that modern land ot promise, Brazil, we
commend the following humorous review, which
we find in the Petersburg Express :
There is a delightful region in South America,
accessible by steamboat, which is not only plea
sunt to live in but affords * charmed prospect for
ali who wish to die, as well as lire easy. It is
peculiarly well suited to those ot our fellow citi
zens who look forward for support to public
offices and confiscation.
The vegetation of tbe country is perennial,
and the splendor and elegance of nature are,
beyond description, fine. The emigrant, like the
native, has only to step ashore, go into the woods,
and be happy. He reclines with dignified ease
underneath the first clump of trees. On looking
up, he discovers the bread fruit growing* and
above that the pendant branches of the cocoa-
nut
The morning breeze churns the milk in the
cocoanut, the hot sun of (fib genial clime cracks
the shell, the butter trickles down just as the
bread fruit expands, like pairs of hot English
rolls, and covers them over with a most delicious
unction. Tbe breeze at length shakes the but
tered rolls down into your month, and you eat
without effort, and enjoy you reel! without labor.
It is good.
In the same woods the shirt tree grows, de
scribed by -the celebrated traveler, Hnmbolt.—
The tree is felled wilh an ordinary knife, the skiu
is taken off, two arm holes arc cut into it, and
there is the shirt A work of five poor little
minutes, such as one may get through with lazily
in an idle speil whittling off the small end of
nothing from a chunk ot pine.
To vary the diet one need only whistle for a
native, who will come, and for the consideration
of half a cent will produce from his traps two
dozen woodcocks, which are plentiful there, and
as we all know are most delicious eating. For
one cent one may obtain a bushel and a halt ot
sweet potatoes. The yam* Indeed, grows almost
spontaneously and it is brought to its high state
of perfection by being simply poked in a hole
and covered lover with sand, ad operation requir
ing no more energy than is necessary todip up
a gourd of water and drink.
All sorts of traits grow in the greatest abun
dance and force themselves into observation by
their profusion.
Death in that country is, as we have intima
ted, easy. All that is necessary is for one to
satiate himself with yams, bread fruit, shirts,
grapes and laziness, and lie down in a jungle and
go to sleep. When he wakes he will find him
self in the belly of a boa-constrictor, or heaven,
or perhaps somewhere else.
The Preware tn NOaetarr and Business
ABin.
The Washington correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier writes that “there is an increasing
uneasiness in business circles in regard to finan
cial affairs. Trade was never more stagnant
than at present, and there is no immediate pros
pect of an improvement. Money affairs are in
a singular condition. There is a glut of curren
cy iu the commercial centers, but neither banks
nor bankers, nor individual capitalists will part
with it upon security that is likely to be offered.
It is want of confidence in the commercial, in
dustrial and financial affairs of the country that,
locks up nioney at this time. The South cannot
obtain money for agricultural pursuits, for the
North can no longer obtain it when wanted, for
any business enterprises, at veiy reasonable rates
of interest I know parties who lately went
from this city, with good securities, to Borrow
money in New York, and who, after canvassing
Wall street and William street, returned re infecta.
They found, as they Btate, that they could bor
row greenbacks in any amount, by putting up
gold, dollar for dollar, as collateral. The condi
tion of the South in this respect is no longer pe
culiar.
In the entire North, the great financial pro
blem takes possession of the public now to the
exclusion ofoparty politics. Politics are of less
moment now than they have been for some years.
The Radical leaders are finding out this fact, and
are apprehensive that it will injure their in
fluence and obstruct their schemes. The coun
try will hold tbe Radical Congress responsible
for the commercial and financial troubles now
coming upon it The tJumner-Steveos-Kelley
Radicals are likely to be disappointed in their
effort to secure a July session upon any pretense
whatever. The people deprecate the renewal
ot the agitation which a session would create.”
Greeley and Ills AiulUuls.
The New York Courier says of the assaults,
being made upon “ Honest Horace’’ by the radi
cals:
The chorus of barks, yelps, and whines is al
most despairing. At the same time they shoot at
him a- myriad of paper pellets, from a large num
ber of pop guns ot very small calibre. Possibly
he may be hurt by it. If so his cuticle is very
thin.
Horace Greeley will survive all this. There is
a parallel case in the “ Elegy ” of Goldsmith:
“ For soon s wonder came to lit-ht
That showed the rogues they lied ;
Tbe man recovered lrom the bite,
The dog it was that died.”
He has done a consistent thing, whether wise
or not, in a proper way. We think that he has
done quite a wise thing also. And he has, in his
speech at Richmond, and his scarification ot
Blunt, Kennedy and Company, displayed an
amount of common sense which must be alarm
ing. to some of his former friends. Bat they may
get over their alarm. The thing is not conta
gious. They are proof against its most insidious
attacks. Let them be quiet and happy. Let
them be thankful that they can neither say sensi
ble things, nor do wise ones. Let them flaunt
their motley and jingle their bells. It is proba
ble that they will be rudely kicked out of Fool’s
Paradise some of these days; but theirs is the
true philosophy of the case. Sufficient for the
day is the evil thereof, and let them be happy
until they feel the keen edge of the great boot
toe of Brother Jonathan.
Rights of Passengers in City Railway
Cabs.—Justice Dowling, of New York, has sen
tenced Albert Niver, a conductor of Third Ave
nue Railroad, to the penitentiary for one month,
and to pay a fine of fifty dollars, tor kicking a
boy named Robert L. Connolly. It appears that
tlie boy entered a car and paid fall fare. A lady
came in afterwards, and the boy refusing to give
his seat, he was ejected from the car, and kicked
by the conductor.”
Emigrants for Brazil.—The Brazil steam-
ship South America sailed from New York on
Thursday for Mo, taking out 170 passengers,
mostly from New York and Pennsylvania, who
go out as immigrants, under encouragement
offered by tbe Brazilian Government In grants
of land.
The Inevitable Reaction.
The New York Herald analyzes the frantic
attempts of the ultra radicals to perpetuate dis
union, and excite a conflict between the white
and black races in tbe South. In conclusion it
says:
And what must be the result of all this ? Rad
ical extremists have hounded the niggers to tbe r
side of the line, and driven the whites to the
other. And now comes a party intimation that
if the whites persist in their refusal to bow down,
there shall be a new upturning—all that has
been done shall be undone; what has been set
tled shall be unsettled; the whites shall be dis
franchised, at least, and, it necessary, their pro
perty shall be handed over to the niggers.—
Republicanism must remain dominant at any
cost The result of such a policy and such an
intimation, must be to stimulate, to intensify, to
hasten an inevitable reaction over the whole
North—to give parpose and vitality to that
rising sentiment of tbe American people that
already weighs the necessity of repudiating these
reckless, ruinous leaders, who would sacrifice
every interest of the country, every aspiration
of the people, every principle of right and jus
tice, before the Moloch ot party.
That this reaction may come, and that speed
ily, we do most heartily pray.
Information Wanted.—Any person know
ing the whereabouts ol A. M. Cook, native
of Augusta county, Ala., will confer a favor
upon his distressed mother by addressing Mrs.
Emily J. Cook, Montgomery, Ala. He was a
member of the 59th Alabama Regiment, Col.
Hall, was captured and has not been heard from
since the close ot the war. Any information of
bis whereabouts, if alive, will be thankfully
received.
Important Order from Geo. Pope.
Hkasouabtkbs Third Military District, j
iUbobsia, Alabama, and Flobida,) .-
Atlanta, Ga., May 29,1867. 1
Gent-rid Orders No. 25.
I. The late disgraceful riot at Mobile, duo
mainly to want of efficiency or of inclination on
the part ot the Mayor and Chief of Police to
perform their obvious duty, seems to render il
necessary that the military authorities ot this
district should explain to all such officials the
position they occupy under the laws of the Uni
ted States, and the manner in which they will
be expected to discharge their trusts.
n. The late Acts ot Congress are prefaced
with the statement that “ no legal State Govern
ment or adequate protection for life or property
now exists in the rebel States of * * * Georgia,
Alabama, and Florida,” and these acts, there
fore, whilst proceeding to recognize the existing
State Governments as provisional merely, estab
lish also f» Military Supervisory Government,
which is made responsible for that security of
life and property to citizens which was not pos
sessed previous to their passage.
Thefinal responsibly for peace and security
in the several States in this Military District,
rests, therefore, with the military authorities, and
in case the civil provisional officers in any part
of; it prove unable or unwilling to protect the
people, it becomes necessary tor the military
power, either to supercede them by military offi
cers, or by other civil officers, or organizations
which will effect the object.
IU. In order that the civil officers in this dis
trict may understand precisely what is expected
of them by the military authorities, the following
rules are. established:
IV. In cities or towns having municipal gov
ernment, the Mayor and Chief of Police, or other
civil officers possessing their, authority, (where
there is no Mayor or Chief of Police) are required
to be present at everypublic political meeting or
assemblage which occurs within the limits of their
jurisdictiou, with such police force and arrange
ments as will render disturbances or riots imprac
ticable. It will be no excuse to say that such
civil authorities did not know of the meeting, or
did not apprehend disturbance. It is easy, by
municipal regulation, to require that sufficient
notice.of any such meeting be given to the Mayor,
or other proper authority, to enable him to pre
pare for.the suppression of disturbance; audit
is proper in the present excited state of the
public mind to make such arrangements as are
necessary for the preservation ot peace at all
public political meetings, even if there be really
no danger of disturbance. In any event the civil
officers above referred to, as well as those herein
after, mentioned, will guide themselves by this
understanding.
V. At all public political meetings, or assem
blages, held outside ot. town or city corporations,
the Sneriff of the county, or bis deputy, or a
deputy specially appointed for the occasion, will
be present, and will, in case of need, organize a
posse from the people on the ground, which he
will hold separate from the body of the assem
blage, to interpose, it necessary, to preserve tin
peace; but in selecting persons to serve as a tem
porary police force, or posse, they are instructed
not to summon auy of the officers or public
speakers ot the assemblage.
Sheriffs, or their deputies, are empowered to
exact service from all persons thus summoned
as a posse, and to require that due notice shall bi-
given to the Sheriffs themselves of any public-
political meetings, or assemblages, which may
be called in their respective counties, in time to
make the arrangements herein indicated.
VI. It is to be distinctly understood that the
duly of the proper municipal authorities, and the
sheriffs of counties, is to preserve the peace, and
to assure their rights and privileges to all per
sons who desire to hold public meetings not in
violation of law, and to take all precautions to
preveut the invasion of such rights and privi
leges.
VII- In case of any riot or disturbance, if it can
not l*e clearly shown that the civil officers above
indicated were present, and did actively anil
faithfully perform their duties, both by word and
deed, such officers will be deposed from then
offices, aud otherwise held responsible by the
military authorities to the full extent ot the neg
lect or criminality manifested by them.
VIIL All commanders of troops in this dis
trict are also instructed to render to tlie above
mentioned civil officers, on their application,
whatever military aid may be needed, and the
military commanders are directed to send a
judicious and carelul officer, to be present at
such political meetings herein referred to, a«
may occur within tlie limits of their jurisdiction.
Every officer thus detailed, while not interfering
with the civil officers in the performance of their
duties, will stand ready to interpose, and, if ne
cessary, to bring such military force to the spot
as the necessities ot the case may demand.
IX. Post and detachment commanders with
in this district arc directed to keep themselves
advised of all public political meetings which
take place within the limits of their jurisdiction,
and during such meetings to hold themselves
and their commands in readiness for immediate-
action at the call of the officer whom they are
directed in a previous paragraph ot this order
to send to such meetings. Commanding officers
are informed that they will be held to their full
share of responsibility lor any want of precau
tionary measures or prompt action to prevent
riots, or to arrest disturbers ot the peace.
X. The commanding General believes that
ordinary good faith on the part of the civil offi
cials above mentioned, in taking the precaution
ary steps indicated in this order, and in perform
ing their obvious duty, will secure the people ol
this district from riots or riotous proceedings;
and he sincerely hopes that no occasion may
arise (as none need arise) lor any active partici
pation of the military iu the execution of law
and the protection of citizeus in their legal rights
and privileges.
By command of Brevet Maj. Gen. John Pope.
G. K. Sanderson,
Captain 33d Infantry, A. A. A. G.
The League in Lauderdale, Alabama.—
The Florence Journal-says that the league in
Lauderdale i3 breaking to pieces. So it is
throughout the State. The Journal says:
“ The .white leader, we have been told, is Dr.
Yeiser, from beyond the Ohio, who, it seems, is
desirous of engrafting on the minds of the col
ored race the idea that lie is a truer friend to
them than the Southern gentlemen with whom
they have lived all their lives, aud who to-day
are their best and truest friends. The efforts of
Dr. Teiser were successful but in a small degree,
for we have it from some of the parties them
selves that as soon as his designs became mani
fest, the more intelligent, honest and true South
ern hearted of the crowd, cousisting in part of
Messrs. John and James Rapier, Win. Farris, A.
Streeter, J. Thornton, J. Goins, and Wm. Love
lace, indignantly withdrew from the meeting,
wishing to have no portion in such work.”
The Bank Robbers.—A dispatch from Kan
sas City, of the 27th, says:
Twenty-five citizeus of this place started in
pursuit of the Richmond bank robbers yester
day. As a portion of them approached the
house of a man named Leavan, two and one-half
miles west of Independence, one of the party,
named B. H. Wilson, formerly of New Albany,
Indiana, was shot and instantly killed by Payne
Jones, a notorious bushwhacker, who, it is
thought, has made good his escape. Most of the
gang engaged in the robbeiy are believed to be
protected by bullet-proof garments, as many
shots were fired at them by the citizens of Rich
mond, at close quarters, without any visible ef
fect. _
Trial by Military Commission.—We clip
the paragraph following from the Dispatch, Wil
mington, North Carolina:
We learn that a Mr. Burkhead, nephew of
Eider Burkhead, ot tiie Methodist Church, a
divine well known in this community, was
brought to this city in irons yesterday from
South Carolina, having been tried by a military
commission in that State for participation in
some disturbance. His sentence was not read to
him until his arrival here, when it was divulged
that be was to be confined in Fort Macon at
hard labor lor seven years.
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Negro Killed.—A difficulty took place be
tween two freedmen, by the name of Dave and
Hall Johnson, on the plantation of Dr. B. J.
Head, of this place, on Sunday last Weapons
were used by both parties, and Hall received a
slidt in his heart which killed him instantly. On
hearing ot the difficulty, CapL Robertson, of the
Bureau, immediately ordered the arrest of Dave,
and had him turned over to the civil authorities.
The case was up before the County Court, yes
terday, and Dave required to give bond of $2,-
000, on failure of which he was committed to
jail, to await his trial at the July term of the
court.—Sumter Republican.
“Across the Continent”—A Race.
W e are iudebted to the Cincinnati Commercial
for the following interesting facts about the rival
railway lines now building in the direction of
the Mississippi:
That America is a fast country has been some
what frequently asserted, and we have done not
a little in the production of fast men, last horses,
fast yachts, and rapidly growing cities and States,
to maintain and justify the claim. Perhaps,
however, tlie fastest thing on record, in this or
any other land or age, is the race in laying rail-
tracks across the continent uoiv being run by the
rival Pacific Railroad Companies. The Omaha
line reached it»322d mile post last Saturday eve
ning; and, on the 9th, the Kansas line, some
what later iu getting under full headway, laid its
197th%ile of rails. The Omaha line Inis com
pleted two and a half miles a day since the
commencement of work this spring, and the
contractor, General Casement, says: “ We art-
going a little slow at first, to get the new hands
into their places. We’ll show you three mile-,
and a half a day before long, aud we mean to
lay five miles in one da} 7 before the Summer is
over.” The contractors ou the Kausas rouie, on
the 9th instant, laid over two miles of track, and
are pledged to finish 250 miles west of Fort Ri
ley by the first of December. This will take th<-
road to within 200 miles of Denver, aud at that
point the linediverges southward, to Santa TV,
and thence to the "Pacific All goes merrily,
and it must be admitted tlie Pacific Railroad is
becoming something more than a dream.—
Thrusting a railroad hundreds of miles into a
vast uncultivated region, over which savage
tribes are still roaming, and trusting to the ex
pansion of the country to follow up the enter
prise with the larms, mills, and towns, is a pe
culiar pioneering. The usual way has been for
the country to require the roads. Mere the roads
are expected to drag the country after them.—
They will go along grandly for a time, no doubr
Government is generous. The star ot empire
has Dot changed its course. The tide of emigra
tion is, as always, westward. Our Pacific Stales
are growing with immense vital force, and are
already communicating with the Asian shores ol
the Pacific by lines ot steamers. The telegraph
wires span the continent, making way tor tin
greater iron highways. The great difficifiths in
the construction of tlie Pacific roads are, how
ever, to be apprehended. It is easy to lay miles
of rails over the level prairie, and the fat land-
on either side will pay tor tlie work. But whei
the racers run iuto the Rocky Mountains, wc an
ticipate a serious and protracted reduction ot thi
rate of progress, though we trust the race itseL
will cot then terminate.
From the Charleston Mercury.
The Question or Registration—A Letter
from Judge Aldrich.
Barnwell, C. H., 23d May, 1867.
To the Editor of the Mercury :
Sir—I have been asked if the people shal.
register? I answer unhesitatingly, tiiat even
man who will be permitted to register his nami
as a voter, should do so. The question is, no
if he sfijill vote at the coming election, hut it h<
shall secure to himself the privilege ot volin*.
at all ? There are other matters to be passer
upon by the country, under tlie Military bill
besides who shall be members of the convention
The Constitution to be trained by that conven
tion is to be submitted to the people for thei
approval, and unless the privilege of voiiug i:
secured by registration, the power of the counin
may be seized by designing aud unscrupulous
men. My counsel, therefore, is that it will be i
tatal blunder not to secure this high privilege
If a man registers, he is not obliged to vote ; i
he. tails to do so, he will not be permitted t<
exercise this great franchise.
I think the Military bill is harsh, oppressive
and ungeuerous, but we must constantly bea:
in miud, that it is a law of the land iu which
we live and wtiich we are compelled to obey .
we must also remember our condition arul no
refuse to exercise the rights which remain be
cause we have been deprived of many that wi
value. Let us patiently endure and cheertulh
acquiesce in that which we cannot avoid, uuti
an opportunity offers itself to take advantage o
a change in public opinion to better our con
ditiou. Unless we secure the right to vote, wt
will not be able to embrace the “golden mo
ment.” It is not sound philosophy to be sullei
and inactive in times of affliction and opprep
sion ; let us do all that we can do, to preservi
the institutions of the country and secure all oi
constitutional liberty left. I have heard goot
men say, “what is the use to try, we are a eon
qured people?” i much prefer to hear them
in the language of the catechism, cheerfully say.
I will “do my duty in that state of life inti
which it shall please God to call me.” That is
all—do your duty and be patieut.
Very respectfully, your obedient servent,
A. P. Aldrich.
A League in Alabama Come to Grief.—We
clip the paragraph below from the Montgomery
Mail:
The secret society framed by the Yankees for
the purpose of controlling the votes of the col
ored people has come to grief at Autaugaville.
The honest portion ot the members, who joined
as they believed a simple Uuion society, finding
that it was intended to bind the consciences oi
men, and compel them to vote tlie Republican
ticket, have bolted tlie concern, and broken it
into flinders in Autauga county. Wyatt Gelson.
a renegade Confederate soldier, who is reporteu
as haviDg participated in the hanging ot som<
Union citizens near Blue Mountain, during tin
war, and w’ho since the war has been a “ loud
mouthed Loyalist” so-called, and right bower o>
Gen. Swayne’s party for that county, having
made threats against the respectable citizens
who refused to join his secret league, a large
number of the whites and negroes turned agaiusi
him, left the society, and denounced the whole
thing as a swindle, gotten up by the Radicals to
control the votes of colored men.
We are glad to make the announcement; and
would caution all respectable people from hav
ing any connection with so nefarious concern.
What has occurred to the league in Autauga
county, Alabama, will happen to it wherever
the organization has an existence. Already men
who walked into it blindly, are walkiug out
again, having discovered that it is an institution
that no one who has the fear of God before his
eyes, and the good of his fellow man at heart,
should have anything to do with.
The Murder in Crawford County.—The
Journal & Messenger gives the particulars of the
Crawford county murder, to which reference
was made a day or two ago, as follows:
We alluded yesterday morning to the m ir ier
of Mr. Walton by Mr. Reeves, aud have sine
gained further information relative to the sad
affair. Both of the parties were young men,
about twenty to twenty-two years ot age, and
were engaged in worthy farming pursuits.
One ot them appears to have been tantalizing
the other upon his unskillfulness in handling tin
plow and driving his mule, which resulted in an
angry and excited contest of words. On the
24th the young men met again and resumed tbe
quarrel; blows were passed between them, when
Reeves struck Walton ia the head, with his hoe,
such a forcible blow as to cause instaut deatli.
Reeves immediately dug a shallow grave with
his hoe, deposited tbe body of the deceased in it,
and hastily covered it over wilh dirt.
The only witness present was a young lad
about twelve years of age, who reported tlie cir
cumstances to the proper authorities. Reeves
was arrested, and confessed his guilt before the
magistrate’s court. He is still under arrest, await
ing the penalty ot the law.
New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga
Railroad.—The Chattanooga Union, of Tues
day has the following in reference to this pro
jected enterprise :
Col. W. B. Gaw, Engineer of the North sec
tion of this railroad, eutered the field yesterday,
with a corps of engineers, consisting of J. C.
Anderson, formerly connected with the Ea>t
Tennessee <£ Georgia Railroad, and James C.
Long, of this city. Assistant Engineers, and i
large force of rodmen, ebainbearers, laborers,
&c. The initial point of the survey is at the
ate of the new passenger depot of the compan.,
situated on the ground ceded by the city, o:i
Montgomery AveDue, near Williams street. A
thorough survey will be made lrom this poi t
to the Coosa river. The line of the Nashville
& Chattanooga Railroad, at the base of Looko t
Mountain, will be surveyed with reference to
the construction of a double track by means of
“riprapa.” Tbe speedy construction ot tb s
road is a fixed fact. The men at the head of
tbe enterprise have brains and qtoney, and there
is so such word as fail in their vocabulary.
The Grave of J. Wilkes Booth.
We copy the statement following in relation
to the final disposition of the body of J. Wilkes
Booth, from the Baltimore Sun :
Simultaneously, almost, with the publication
of the mysterious diary ot J. Wilkes Booth,
comes forth a book of what purports to be tho
experience ot the notable Lafayette L. C. Baker,
chief detective of the War Department during
the war, and who was finally dismissed trom his
“ geueral ’’-ship at the instance of the President,
for having undertaken to dominate the White
House. In this book, Baker, or those who got
it up tor him, essays to solve the mystery that
attended the final disposition of the remains of
John Wilkes Booth. Stories were afloat that
the body was strangely mutilated, that the head
was removed, the heart taken out, and that
finally the poor corpse was mysteriously buried
with a number ot other felons, and the ground
smoothed over, so that the grave might never
again be recognized. The facts, according to
Baker, (who ought to know,) are, that when the
body lay upon the gun boat, at Washington,
great pains were taken to ascertain its identity be
yond a question. This done, Surgeon-General
Barnes removed about two inches of the cervi
cal containing the vertebra: through which tlie
bullet of Boston Corbett passed, and had it pre
pared as a surgical specimen, which can be seen
by auy curiosity hunter in the Army Medical
Museum at-Washington, duly labeled and num
bered. By this time, the body of Booth had be
come very offensive, (we quote.) “ owing to the
coudition in which it had remained after death ;
the leg broken in jumping trom the box to the
stage, was much discolored aud swollen, the
blood from the wound having saturated his un
der-clothing. With the assistance of Lieut. L.
B. Baker, 1 took the body trom the gun-boat di
rect to the old penitentiary, adjioning the old
arsenal grounds. The buildiug had not been
used as a prison for some years previously. The
Ordnance Department had filled the ground-floor
cells with fixed ammuuitiou ; oue ot the largest
of these cells was selected as the burial-place ot
Booth; the ammunition was removed, a large
flat stone lifted from iis place, and a rude grave
dug; the body was dropped in, the grave tilled
up, tlie stoue replaced, aud there rests to this
hour all that remained of John Wilkes ootli.”
Tlie Death-of John H. Parknan.
The telegraph announced a few days ago the
suicide, by drowning, of John M. Parkman, late
President of tlie First National Bank of Selma.
The Times, of that city, of a subsequent date,
furnishes the following particulars of the sad
affair:
On the 10th of last month John M. Parkman,
President of the First National Bank of this
city, ottered, through the city papers, a reward
of $20,000 for the recovery ot $160,000, said to
have been stolen the day before from the hank.
On the following day Geueral Swayne, on be
half of the government, took possession ol the
bank and its deposits, and placed the President
under military arrest. The next morning Park-
man escaped from his residence, where he was
under guard, and took the Cahaba road on horse
back. General Swayne ottered a reward Of
$1,500 for bis apprehension, and on the 19th he
was captured in Wilcox couuty, brought back
to Selma, and the following day lodged in the
county jail at Cahaba, where he has remained
until yesterday eveoiug about sun set At this
hour the inmates of the jail were in the hull,
when the jailor entered. Upon the opening of the
door, Parkman rushed out and made for the Ala
bama river, about seventy-five yards distant.—
The jailor tired at him as lie ran, anil soon after
wards he was seen to fall. Recovering himself
he ran into the river and struck out as a swim
mer. The steamer Gertrude was lying about 20
yards below where he entered, and his move
ments were distinctly s?en by a party of ladies
and gentlemen aboard. He disappeared once or
twice while floating down to the boat, aud eflons
were being made to save him. Reaching the
wheel of the boat, which was not iu motion, he
paused lor a moment, stifled and exhausted, then
sunk under the boat aud lias not been seen since.
Every means are being used to recover his re
mains.
He leaves a wife and two children overwhelm
ed with tlie sad calamities of a few weeks, aud
exciting tlie tenderest sympathies of the entire
community.
Jeff Davis In New York.
The New York correspondent of the Charles
ton Mercury seuds his paper the following as
having occurred during the sojourn ot Mr.
Davis in that city :
Going down Broadway the other day, Mr.
Davis drove out to Mr. O’Conor’s residence at
Washington Heights, I saw a crowd near the
New York Hotel, and mixed in it to note
results. A knot of men on the outskirt were
conversing about the ex-prisoner.
“It was contemptible in the government to
hold him so long, and then try to shake him oft
without a trial,” said a respectable looking old
gentleman.
“If I had my way he would rot in prison and
then be thrown to the dogs,” responded a aeedy-
looking fellow, with long hair and a cadaverous
face.
“The Constitution guarantees evey citizen
a speedy trial,” observed the first speaker.
“Hang the Constitution,” said the second.
“The same to yourself, sir,” said a smart
young fellow with a Celtic accent, “better men
have tried the strength of a rope in that way.”
“Davis starved our soldiers, and should not
be allowed to leave New 7 York without a taste
of what we think of him,” remarked another.
“What regiment did you serve in, sir ?” in
quired a man with an easy military air.
“I was not in the army,” was the reply.
“Well, I was in the army, sir,” continued the
other, “and I deny that Mr. Davis starved our
soldiers. If prisoners died ot want it was not
his fault. If Davis committed treason, he should
have been tried and punished. The government
has acted like a coward in dealing with him.”
Some one said Mr. Davis had leit by a private
entrance, and the crowd dispersed. 1 went
down Broadway, thinking that soldiers are
often as brave off the field as on it.
The Tragedy at Matanzas.—A shocking
tragedy occurred not long ago, in a court ot jus
tice at Matanzas, Cuba. A suit for alimony had
been commenced by a married lady, who had
for some months been separated trom her lord,
Santiago MaDzanet, ot literary reputation. The
case was proceeding, when Manzanet drew a
revolver and fired at his wife. The ball entered
her forehead, causing her to fall over into her
mother’s lap, an aged lady, who was sitting be
side her. He then fired at the mother, when
both fell at his feet, gasping in death. The mur
derer then turned on the persons present, and
threatened them with tlie same fate if they dared
to interfere with him. He then took a few strides
across the room, approached the corpses of the
hapless women and emptied the remaining
charges of his revolver into their bodies. The
last shot was aimed so as to kill his wife’s un
born infant. After the deed he threw down his
revolver aud gave himself up to the officers of
justice.
Sad Affair in Union County.—We regret
to learn from the Blairsville mail carrier, Mr.
John Reese, that Charles Hill, sheriff of Union
county, was shot on Wednesday evening 15th
inst. by a man named William Campbell. It
appears that Mr. Hill had a warrant against Mr.
C., and proceeded to his house to arrest him,
whereupon he resented and fired upon Mr. Hill,
the ball taking effect in the bowels, trom which
he died the following Friday morning. Mr.
Hill was a young muu, and was greatly esteemed
as an officer, and as a kind, clever and iefluen-
cial citizen. His sad demise has cast a gloom
upon ail the citizens ot the county.
Campbell made his escape and has fled to
parts unknown.—Dahlonega Signal.
A Cabinet Office Declined.—A Wash
ington dispatch contains the following:
Last winter a dispatch was sent from here sta
ting that the President had tendered Horace
Greeley a place in the Cabinet. It was then
promptly denied by certain journals as a Wash
ington canard, but it was strictly correct, for with
iu a few days a copy of the letter offering Greeley
tbe place ot Postmaster General has been seen,
and it will probably be made public in a day or
two. The offer was declined on the ground that
Mr. Greeley could not support tbe policy of
President Johnson.
Another One.—The Savannah Reics & Her
ald uudeielands that it is in contemplation to es
tablish a new Radical journal in that cfy. It is
not stated whether it is an individual enterprise,
Qr to be under the auspices of an association of
