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From the National Intellirencer. NOTES FROM THE CAPITOL. Washington, June $5. TROUBLE IN THE CAMP. A peal of thunder from a clear sky could not have startled the leaders of the Cpngres sional party nearly so much as the neat little message of the President ou the constitu tional amendments. It was the more efiectivc because totally unexpected. It was truly a Jiome thrust. It struck the revolutionary junto in its most .vulnerable part. It fell like a twenty-inch shell into their very headquarters, and produed a com plete panic in their camp. It has utterly demolished their latest and most cunningly devised artifice to circumvent the Constitu tion and swindle the people. The chief of the star chamber raves with impotent rage at this misfortune. His sworn henchmen swear dire vengeance, against everything and everybody, but are at a loss what to do. The success of this scheme was ’their last hope. Upon it they had cast the whole fortune of their most desperate and unholy enterprise. Now inevitable defeat stares them in the face. This message of the President has been infinitely more effective than a regular veto of the constitutienal amendments. If they had be|h submitted for Executive consider ation, and the President’s objections had been presented, and the amendments had been adopted by a two-third vote of Con gress after a consideration of these objec tions, the Revolutionists could have gone before the country with the issue fairly made up. They could then have presented to the people at least a consciousness of right, wnioh would have been some pallia tion for the enormity of their offences. As it is, however, they stA'nd convicted of a deliberate attempt, knowingly, to commit a fraud upon the public. The peoplo will recollect that when a Republican Cougress, by the aid of Democratic votes, passed the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, it was submitted to the President for his approval. When it was sent to tho people of the several States for their ratification, it bore the signature and sanction of President Lincoln. They will now naturally inquire why these resolutions, proposing to change the organic law of the land in most impor tant features, have been withheld from Executive consideration—why were they not submitted to the President, the chosen agent and representative of tho whole peo ple, and the sworn defender of the Consti tution, for his approval or disapproval ? The reason is now apparent. The authors of this hideous abortion were afraid of a Presidential veto. They were, in their own hearts, conscious that the amendments were foully wrong and outrageous. They knew that the arguments against them that would bo offered by the President would stamp upon them such a seal of condemna tion, that hardly a State could be coaxed, or driven, or bribed to ratify them. They wauted to give to those amendments a sem blance of having been constitutionally adop ted, without allowing either the President or the people to act upon them. They rushed them through Congress under the whip and spur of party dictation. Honorable Sena tors were forced to acknowledge that they voted for them only because they felt oblig ed a to abide by the decision of party friends.’' They attempted to bring them before the State Legislatures for ratification, without affording the President an oppor tunity to state his objections and to protest against such an outrage. Their organs everywhere industriously circulated the false report that the President was not opposed to their adoption; that the passage of these amendments by Congress had brought the President and Congress once more in per fect accord; and they called upon the State Legislatures to ratify this restoration of harmony at Washington by the speedy ratification of these Union restoring amend ments. deepest solicitude, they were pressing the matter, with indeoent haste, upon tho attention of tho State Legislatures, already adjourned and about to expire, so as to prevent the people from acting upon them in the election of new Legislatures. All was eoing “ merry as a marriage bell.” The Revolutionists were in high spirits. Their bold, desperate, and dasfcrdly enter prise promised to be successful. Tennessee nad been carefully manipulated. The rump Legislature, whioh notoriously does not represent one-fifth of the lawiul voter* of the {State, had been called together, (up on the suggestion of the conspirators,) not to oouaider, but to ratify the aaroodmentg. THE ELBERTON GAZETTE. With this fulcrum for their operations, they were sanguine of being able to wheedle enough Northern States and to bully enough Southern States into following the example ofTenneastfe to proclaim a constitutional majority of States in favor of the amend ments, and thus cure the fatal defect of their passage in the Senate by less than the constitutional majority—by less even than a simple majority of the whole Senate, when two-thirds of the whole were requir ed. In the midst o’s this brilliant prospect — this revel of high hopes of the success of their conspiracy—President Johnson, like an avenging deity, suddenly stalked into the camp of the conspirators with his pro testing message. Had Beelzebub risen among them to claim his own, or had Ga briel sounded in their guilty ear£ his fearful summons to the final judgment, they could Dot have been more astounded. Their splendid scheme of treachefy apd fraud is thus frustrated. Their guilty consciousness of the foul wrong they were about to per etrate upon -the people is laid bare. The base falsehood of the annunciation that the President had assented to their plan and was in accord with them is exposed. The magnificent triumph over the President, the Constitution, and the people they were ready to clutch, is melting away in their very grasp, like “ the baseless fabric of a vision.” The ratification by the rump Legislature of Tennessee may be procured, but it will be equivalent to an act of forgery. It will be a base and shameless fraud upon the people of the State. It is already cer tain that neither Maryland nor Indiana will ratify this outrageous abomination, and without them the constitutional majority of States cannot be obtained. Some of the Southern States, crushed and helpless as they are, may be driven by desperation to degrade and humiliate themselves to com mit moral and political suicide, by endors ing this outrage upon them, and by plung ging this poisoned ■ dagger into their own hearts; but since the exposition of thefalse hood and treachery and craven guiltiness of its authors, even should all the eleven States hag this phantom to their bosoms, there cannot pe found besides enough Northern States to adopt it to make the requisite constitutional majority. ENDORSEMENT OP THE UNION CONVENTION. The Democratic members ,of held a caucus last night, '|n which the re cent call for a National Union Convention was fully discussed. An address to the Democratic voters of the country was agreed upon, approving and endorsing the call thus made. The address has been submitted to the Democratic Senators and Representa tives for their signatures, and will be ready fdr publication on Monday. This is a move ment in the right direction., Some of the Democrats in Congress hesitated to make this endorsmeut, because they apprehended that it would be virtually an abandoment of their party organization ; but better counsels prevailed in the caucus. The endorsement of this call for a convention does not in any way impair party obligations. It simply af fords an opportunity for men of all shades of politics, who approve of the propositions enunciated in the call, to unite their efforts for the common good. There is no party qestion involved in the movement. The objects of the convention are greatly superior to any party purpose. The maintenance of the Union, the restora tion of its integrity, the defence of the Con stitution, and the promotion of the welfare of the whole Republic from the assaults of a rabid fanaticism are the issues presented. Hitherto the Democrats, in and out of Con gress, have nobly and magnanimously sus tained the propositions which are made the basis of this convention. They cannot now, and the action of their,Senators and Repre sentatives in Congress shows that they will not, prefer party to patriotism, or to the maintenance’ of party organization to the as surance of the safety of the Union and the Constitution. It is time now lor all true Union men to come forward and lay mere party associations and obligations upon the | oornmon altar of their country. The origin | of the call for the convention is of no con | sequence. It stands upon the merits of the | propositions submitted. No patriot will staud aloof from the endorsement of these propositions, beoause they do not emanate from recognized party authorities. June 26. THE FRESHMEN’S BUREAU. After a season of rest, the Freedman's Bureau bill agaiu occupied the attention of Congress to-day. It has ceased to cause any sensation, except among those who expect and intend to make it a convenient conven ience for feeding at the public crib. The sturdy blows administered to the institution by Special Commissioners Steedman and Fullerton have opened the eyes of the peo ple to its worse than uselessness, except as a harbor of refuge for speculating placemen and political proteges, clerical and military, who can be nowhere else conveniently ac commodated. It has ceased to bj regarded, either in Congress or out of it, as in any way necessary or beneficial to the freedmen. It is simply tolerated, even among the Re publicans, because they have so fully and foolishly committed themselves to its sup poit, that they cannot now, with good gracp, abandon it to the fate it deserves. The line of defence adopted against the charges of corruption, malfeasance, cruelty to freemen, and utter depravity, for which it has been made a cloak, is simply a technical denial of the charges on the part of the persons im plicated, and a promise to investigate. The mockery of such investigations as are propo sed is too apparent to misled the most cred ulous. They are to be conducted by officers of the Bureau itself and of negro regiments, whose occupations would be utterly gone, and whose services would be no longer need ed, if the Bureau should be discontinued. — With the example of justification presented by the Chief of the Bureau as a guide, it is easy to foresee that these investigations are intended only to whitewash the concern, aud to conceal from a curious public the rotten ness indicated by the reports of the special commissioners. These reports have produ ced the conviction in the public mind that the Bureau is made the instrument of pil lage, peculation, and embezzlement under color of law; that it is not only no longer needed for the protection of the negroes in the South, but, in very many instances, sub jects them to an oppression far worse than was ever endured by them while in a state of slavery; that it is a dangerous promoter of strife and hostility between the saces — and, in fact, is of no earthly use to any one except political preachers without parishes, petty politicians without places, and militaiy officers without regiments. This conviction is only deepened the more the affairs of the Bureau are investigated. For this reason the majority in Congress, who happen to hate the elephant on their hands, are wil to avoid de[bate on the subject and get rid of the Bureau bill with as little agitation as possible. W. A. RAMSEY & CO.. WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND draeral Commission |Hm|anis, No. 308 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF Staple and Fancy Groceries Having ample facilities north, their Stock will besold cheap. Merchants and Planters are invited to examine our Stock before purchasing elsewhere. Consignments of COTTON and PRODUCE of all kinds solicited. 11-ly W. A. RAMSEt & COMPANY, Augusta, Ga., HHVE REMOVED TO THE OLD STAND of ROBERTS COSKERY $ CO., —one square below their former location. With much increasd facilities for both pur chasing and storing, they offer to their custom ers unusual advantages. W. A. RAMSEY & CO., Wholesale Grocers and Commission 18-3 Merchants. MUSIC TEACHERS AND DEALBKS. The subscriber is fully prepared to furaisb Sheet Music, Strings, Musical Instruments, and Music Books of all kinds at the lowest trade rites, wholesale aud retail, from the largest col lection in this country. Orders punctually and faithfully attended to. Address all orders * SIBERIA OTT, 581 Broedwey, N. Y. AiiffiM mmi {From “ Godey's Ladies' Book," Feb. ’66 ) REED ORGANS, &c. The following remarks and sug gestions relative to this immensely popu lar instrument will doubtless interest aud piofit many of our readers; we commend the article to* their careful perusal:— A hundred and one makers of Organs, Cot age,, Parlor, Cabinet, American. School Organs, etc. etc., are each claiming to make the best instru ment in the world. Being comparatively anew instrument, as at present constructed, we are convinced that the public are much less capable of judging of its merits, or demerits, toan ot most, other instruments. If there is really an essential difference in them, if there are seme excellent and some worthless ones, the public sl oild l.ave some criterion to j idge of them, some tacts which' will enlighten ttiem. We cheerfully concede the; space for this article, knowing that there is hard ly a family, or church, or school in all the lard,, but is more or less interested in this topic. We are also aware of its being a great misfortune, a real calamity, to any of them to purchase an in ferior or worthless Organ, ruinous to good play ing, aud often a soured! of much annoyance and vexation. We know this article to emanate from, a candid and intelligent source, and thus we give it to our reader?. The question is often asked, what are " reed organs?" We answer, they arc, in most cases nothing in the world but the old melodeon in, disguise. Many of the so-called organs have the same bellows, the same reeds, and the same gen eral internal arrangement. With the bellows turned on edge to gain room, they have sim ply put on a more pretentious exterior, and a more high sounding name. But an organ, to be in reality an organ , must have a wind chest or reservoir for air separate from the bellows, into which wind chest the reeds open, and the tone has room to expand and perfect itself into the full round tone, similar to the flute or pipe or gan, even, smooth, firm and mellow'; and this tone from reeds cannot be obtained in any other way known. Nothing so annoys a true organist as to have the volume of sound swelling and jer king spasmodically with every variation of force on the bellows, which is always the ease where the reeds open direct into the bellows or air pas sages, instea 1 of a wind chest or sound-box.— And yet some makers even, go so far as to claim this spasmodic or automatic jerking of the bel lows on the reeds as an excellence, just as though they did not know that it must Very soon throw the reeds out of tune, and injure the bellows— and as though it were not an easier matter to obtain a much better and more easier managed swell by other methods. The truth is, any organ so called, or melodeon which has the wind act ing directly upon the reeds, is nothing more nor less than a huge accordeon, dresa it up as you may. And when organists and Irue musicians become aware of the fact that they can obtain those that are organs In fact as well as in name, they will buy no more of the objectionable ones. Then again the swell should always be separate and distinct from the bellows, so as not to be acted on by the hard or soft blowing, but con venient, so that the player can use it with th<t knee, separate from the hands or feet, and thus always under easy control, to be used ad libitum. The large divided bellows, or double bellows, is also a very important improvement. By this means not only can the w’ind be supplied more evenly, but with far greater ease to the perform er, from the fact that either bellows alone will be sufficient for the lighter melodies, thus per mitting the player to change about and rest the feet at will; then, if the bellows is of the requi site large size, and having the wind-chest or res ervoir, all will be well. As to the reeds, they must be scientifically tuned and voreed, or all the other good qualities in the world cannot pro duce a good toned instrument. The inquiry now very naturally arises, where can the organ be procured combining all these essential and desi rable qtialities ? There is only one possessing all these points, and that is the AMERICAN OR GAN,.made by S. I). & H. W. Smith, of Boston, Siberia Utt, Wholesale Agent, 581 Bioadway, New York. These organs have a wind-chest extending the whole length of the instruuent, and so constructed as to act at the same time as a reverberating sound-box or board, and having the same important relation aniLpart to perfoim that the sounding board has to me piano. This feature the makers have patented, and to it are owing in a great measure the entirely uneqnaled fullness and richness of tone so highly prized by ail who have used these organs. They also have the largest and best divided bellows iij use, which is another important feature. No part of their work is slighted, no expense or pains spar ed to make the American Organs perfect musi cally, as well as mechanically, and judging from the immense sale of them at present, they bid fair to long maintain the proud posi tion they have won by superior meritalone. We would most heartily advise all inter ested to call upon or address Mb. SIBERIA OTT, the Wholesale Agent, at 581 Bboadway, New Yobe, and can assure them he will, in the most gentlemanly and truthful manner, impart to them all the information they may desire, and send them descriptive circulars, relative to this truly delightful instrument. 23-10 CARD. DR, J. E. BURROUGHS. Respectfully tenders his servi ces as SURGEON and PHYSICIAN, to the citizens of Elbert and adjoining counties. Bee deuce, Judge Dillard Herndon's, beer Ruckers viUe. 9.