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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. • •- 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