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About Tri-weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 18??-1877 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1867)
CONSTITUTIONALIST. atjgkltsta. QA. t WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1867. Reading Matter on Every Page. THE REGISTRATION GAME. From tbe following Notice it will l>c seen that a deep-laid plot to engineer the whites out of their registration has been Inaugurated : The Board of Registers for the llistnet will meet in Richmond county.at the lollow n I ciucts, at the time specified, and foi the pcod ‘id m“(Tue^'S corner Boundary and DeLaigle Av t. •< 20th and 21 st, (Thursday and Friday,) near the church on burnt lot, Sand Hills. “ 24th and 25th -j At All / u 07,1, Richmond Factoiy. July Ist and 2nd Mcßean. and 4th Tarvers. s t n Ben. Palmers, Esq. Thos. S. Skinner, E. J. Fannal, > Board of Reg trs. Wm. llale (col.), ) This document was published in the Sunday morning papers, with an accompanying order for two insertions. On Monday no papers ai e issued; on Tuesday, the very day on which registration is to commence, the last notifica tion is given publicity as an advertisement. This sudden and abrupt method of springing the question bears malice and treachery upon its face and will not deceive anybody, so fortu nate as to receive notification, of its fraudulent intent. The mail facilities arc very meagre and unsatisfactory, and hence, unless immediate ef forts arc put forth to counteract this conspiracy against us, very few white people will be aware of the registration and tbe places of holding the same. The negroes, under the manipulation of their white fuglemen, have been organized for months and prepared for this emergency. Through apathy or credulity, the whites have neglected to combine against and give them plot for plot and stratagem for stratagem. To subserve this very purpose and drive us to des pair, Congress and its myrmidons have put every obstacle in our way which ingenuity could sug gest or power accomplish. We have constantly warned our people that they need not expect greater favors than were accorded at Washing ton or in Louisiana; that everything malevo lence had devised or party machinery put in motion elsewhere, would be repeated in Geor gia; that the negroes were united and pliant tools in the hands of authorized emissaries, and must he confronted by a consolidated while or ganization equally firm, resolved and vigilant. The Military Commanders took special pains to suppress the influence of leading men and paralyze every movement that looked to com bination; while facilities without number were furnished our adversaries. . Jt is late in the day to perfect arrangements which may ward off the threatened danger, but if the people can be reached, warned and roused to a thorough sense ot impending ca lamity, it is not too late to avert a crowning disaster. The white race at the North have conspired against their brethren at the South and use the negro to forward their unholy lusts of dominion and revenge. We have argued and protested against their cueroaehments in the past; we must relax no effort in the pre sent. The drama about to be enictcdis the last of a series ; it is the final and tremendous struggled Radicalism to save itself from merit ed chastisement and death. By a united and perpetual resistance at the ballot or registration box we could have administered the coup de grace. A division in tho ranks, caused by the ■kAmization of the Browns, Bryants and rendeied a diOicul! l ist well ilf ilim jjlr.n ■V \ ... Th, , i ■,,, U&imsc//' itii si 1 fis/j / y mu! pm sf ish /ns country fri, mis of the t r'spifacy against them atul stir them up to the great work before them. Let the cotton go to grass and weeds, if necessary ; it is foolish to look at it des]>ondingly while the freedmen are at obscure registration precints striving against you and laughing at your delusive security. Let the county be scoured far and near and. no stone left unturned to spread the proper information. Neither Congress, nor military Governors nor Registrars expect a “ fair and square contest, ” as they pretended. If Congress, as all men know, has raisedlhe banner of fraud, it is stupid to anticipate generosity or impartiality from its creatures. Organize, then, Organize! Warn the COUNTRY PEOPLE ALL A ROUT. Be COMPACT; BE WARY, BE RESOLVER, THE SUPREME HOUR has come, and we owe it to our State, our FAMILIES, AND OUR RACE that a telling blow be delivered against the adversaries of each and all. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE. Keep it before the people that attempts will probably be made to ignore the authority or binding force of Mr. Stanbeuy’s Opinion. The following telegram from Texas will sound a note of warning: Galveston, June 12. Andrew Johnson, President of the United States: My partner, Selino liinker, applied for regis tration ; was asked and answered all questions necessary to fill the blank oath ; refused to an swer further interrogations but demanded to take the oatli, whereupon be was rejected. I understand the opinion of Attorney General fitanbery to be that any citizen lias a right to be registered who will take the oath required by law. Please inform us quickly. F. Flake. Under the pressure, President Johnson must ere long choose sides and come out like a man of action. We have, however, no time to wait for tardy promises. We must save ourselves. If any person have his name rejected by the registrars, after taking the oath, iet him hand us his name. We intend to keep a list of such discarded names and another list of perjured Radicals. GENERAL POPE DOUBTS. General Pope, writing to General Grant concerning Mobile, says “ from what I can learn, I doubt if the removal of the Mayor and Chief of Police has been most satisfactory to the Union men or to the respectable rebels in Mobile." The Montgomery Mail solves the doubt thus: “It lias been most satisfactory to the Con servative element of the Slate and most damag ing to the Republicans. It lias disgusted with Republicanism and Radicalism the very few respectable men who were inclined to assist it, anil has added huudrcils of deteimined, ener getic and Indignant citizens to the ranks of the opponents of the reification of the Sherman proposition. The removal of Withers and the blind-snake movements and sinkings ofSwayne have been god-sends to the Conservatives !” Change names, and much of this paragraph holds good in this city. If General Pope has any doubts abouthis little municipal programme at Augusta, he need doubt no more. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE- Keep it before the people that, in accordance with the Attorney General’s decision, the regis trars have no right to refuse the registration of any man who takes the prescribed oath. Our Late Chief Justice.— The Macon Tel egraph is informed that the commemorative exercises upon the death of Chief Justice Lumpkin will take place in the Supreme Court, at Milledgevillc, on Wednesday next. The “In Memoriam ” will be prepared by his old friend and Associate Justice, Gov. Jenkins—a most judicious selection—and the proceedings will i doubtless be peculiarly solemn and interesting. MR. STANBEETS OPINION. The Opinion of Attorney General Stanbeuy, rc'ativc to the power of Military Commanders to remove civil officers, Slate or municipal, or in any way to interfere with the vested rights of suffrage, is published this morning, in our telegraphic column. It clearly and finally pronounces against those unwarrantable usur pations of authority, and annihilates, as far as ihc law can do so, the greedy office-seekers whose sense of shame was not sufficiently icute to make them refuse a little bricl author ity, and “play fantastic tricks before high heaven.” Messieurs so-called Mayor and Com mon Councilmen, had you not better take time by the forelock and vacate—crump—ab squatulate ? Tub Registration Oath.— At the request >f purlins interested, and for the better infor mation of all concerned, wc republish the oath required to be taken by applicants for regis tration : “I, , do solemnly swear or affirm, in the presence of Almighty God, Hint I am a citi zen of the State of— ; that I have resided in said State for months next preceding this day, and now reside in the county of , o • tlie parish of , iu said State, as the case ipay be; that lam twenty-one years old ; that I have not been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or civil war against the United States, nor for felony committed against the taws of any State or of the United States; that 1 have never been a member of any State Legis lature, or held any executive or judicial office in any State, and afterwards engaged in insur rection and rebellion against the United States, and given aid or comfort to the enemies there of ; that I have never taken an oatli as a mem ber of Congress of the United States, or as an officer of tbe United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, and after wards engaged iu insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or com fort to tiic enemies thereof; that I will faithful ly support the Constitution aqd obey tjie laws of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, encourage others to do so. So help me God.’* The Right of Suffrage—The National In telligencer, adverting to the fact that the orders of the military commandants construing tbe re construction act and defining the right to vote, .lifters from the “opinion” of the Attorney General, cays: “We have good reasons to be lieve that instructions, founded upon the ideas of llie chief legal officer of Hie Government, will be given in due time, in a more categorical man ner and in such form as to render compliance a matter of military ae well as civil duty.” [From the Richmond Examiner. A Philosophical Fool. THE GRANDEST WHITEWASHING FEAT ON RE CORD. Count dc Montalembert, a French philoso pher of much learning, recently read to Hie Royal Academy a paper which striking illus trates the wisdom of that famous order of the First Napoleon, who, upon the eve of a great battle, always hurried “ savans and jackasses to the rear.” For Count de Montalembert has, by Lis paper upon “ the victory of the North in the United States,” proved that a Frenchman in search ol the marvellous uced not, like Girard, the lion hunter, and M. Du (Jbaillq, penetrate into Cen tral and Equatorial Africa to drag into the light of science and civilization huge gorillas and birds without wings or feathers, and other curi ous discoveries. Indeed, since flic immortal Arrowsinil.b, of Hie London Times, traveled through Georgia and found the whole population ot that State shooting, gouging and “ bowie kuiliug ” each other, nobody has discharged, either in Eng land or iu France, 11 gun of half the length of that of the savan of the Royal Academy. Count Montalemberl’s paper pr&fesses to give to llie educated mind of Europe a “ clear and impartial account ” of the present slate of affairs in the Southern States. He recommends hi nisei 1 to the lovers of strict and impartial truth by declaring that, since the victory of the North over the South “ the statue, of liberty has never been veiled” in the conquered prov inces. “ Legal orders,” lie complacently tells the world, “have been everywhere maintained.” The utmost liberty has aiso, be declares, been vouchsafed to the press. “AH journals have continued to appear, without any restriction or censure whatever,” are the very words of this miracle ot voracity. Having Pope, Sickles and Sheridan, in his mind’s eye, he also proclaims Hint the Federal officers “ have everywhere lis tened to llie voice of civil authority and quietly obeyed its laws,” Warming with his glorious text, and enthus ed, intus et in cute, with the glow and divine radiance ol IruUi, Hie savon adds : “ i am unable to cite one example of arrogance or insubor dination” among the military seraphs in blue who have modelled America, Count Montalem bert thinks, after Hie fashion of Paradise.— “ Victorious or conquered,” he exclaims, “ during their long and cruel struggle, no one has outraged the fundamental law of this free and well ordered Government.” God of our fathers! will not. some 011 c hold the Count’s horse? “ Individual liberty has not,” we learn from this Royal Academician, “incurred any diminution ; the freedom of society has ex perienced no opposition, and no class, no com bination of citizens has been declared suspect ed, or without the protection of civil laws.” — This picture of the condition of things in the Southern Slates is so truthful, graphic and ac curate that we are reminded of the fact that tlie most truthful book ever written on “ Demo cracy in America” was Hie work of a French man. We learn from flic precious volume before us that after the “ suppression of the rebellion,” then; were “ neither banishments, nor tortures, nor military executions, nor discharges of musketry,” Ac. We rejoice that before Hie highest, literary and scientific body in the world there has been an authoritative denial of the trial and execution of Mrs. Surratt, Payne & Co., and that not a liair of the keeper of Andor sonville was touched l>y Hunter’s commission of brigadiers. If the question is not imperti nent, we should like to ask Count de Monta lembort u ,where he bought his whitewash ?” If he is a master of the English tongue, let him translate into French Mrs. Opic’s once famous essay on “ White Lies,” and preface it with the work which lies before ns. Prentice on the Situation. it semis that Hie Georgia Agent of the Asso ciated Press—perhaps we should say the At lanta Agent—in taking upon himself to express an opinion on political matters in Georgia, lias called forth some very strong remarks from the Louisville Journal on the great questions now before the South. That aide paper says : “The telegram which announces the forma tion in Georgia of a Conservative Union parly, opposed to the acceptance of the military scheme of reconstruction, asserts that Llie new party will effect nothing, adding as a reason for the assertion: ‘The people are sick and tired of un certainty, and will conform to the requirements of Congress in good faith.’ This reason, in our judgment, weakens the assertion, instead of strengthening it. If the people are disposed to accept the military scheme to get rid of uncer tainty, they will be disposed to reject the scheme, we may reasonably infer, whenever they find that their acceptance will merely gird them with uncertainty, while increasing their abasement. The disposition will end with its reason. They will not be likely to bow their heads in the dust for nothing. “ And they will soon find that nothing or worse than nothing must be their reward for the humiliation. This, is now indeed so plain that we do not see how any man of even or dinary intelligence can doubt it. The terms of the so-called law undeniably leave everything at last to the discretion of Congress; and, to say nothing ol the notorious purpose of the measure, and putting aside the avowals of Stevens and Wilson and Kelly and Colfax and others, a Congressional Committee, speaking authoritatively for the majority of llie body, has just unequivocally declared that Congress will so exercise its discretion as to exclude every State that docs not decidedly and permanently radicalize itself. And Congress will do it, if tbe scheme is accepted. This is certain. Noth ing is more certain. Radicalization is unques tionably the one condition of admission under the military scheme. It is the condition which includes all others. It is at once the highest and the lowest. “ Will the white people of Georgia or of auy oilier State accept it? We do not believe they will. Their acceptance is to us incredible.— They surely will not renounce their manhood and their Statehood for the sake of cpming into the Union as the liveried menials of llie Radical party. They will not sacrifice their self-respect and the respect of mankind for the privilege of bncomiug the tools of the assassins of liberty. They cannot. It is impossible. But if they do not, they must reject the military scheme. Aud, we confidently believe that in the end tliev will.” 3 The Milwaukee Sentinel gives an illustration of the high scholarly abilities possessed by the members of a jury recently empanncled in that city to try a criminal case. The ballot given was as follows : No Gieldiy, Gieldtg for boy, Not Guilteng, Gueldy, Guiltiuy, Geltig, Not Gueldy, Not Gieldia, Noth Giltig. The “ boy ” referred to in this ballot was one of the wit nesses whose evidence was discredited by the jurymen. | [For the Constitutionalist. The Crops. Carrollton, Ga., June 14,1867. Mu. Editor: The verdict of our farmers, 1 think, is that the wheat crop has not been bet ter in two years than it now is. Th« harvest ing has just commenced. The weather is at least warm, which is improving the appearance of our corn and cotton crop very much. A shower now would be very acceptable indeed ; we shall soon need rain considerably ; our oat crop is unusually large, and with another good rain or two, will be fine. I suppose the amount if land in cultivation iu this county the pres ent year is about equal to that of last year. Our people have been reduced by war and Jrought to very great destitution, and but for the timely aid received through the liberality of iiir friends much suffering must have ensued. Registration, I presume, wiirsoon commenec here, as our commissioners have becu appointed and qualified—two whiles and one colored for his District. The opinion prevails here that i Convention will barely lie elected—of this, however, I will inform you iu due time. Respectfully,' J. M. G. Cuoi* Prospects in South Alabama.—A traveling correspondent of the Mobile Times t in a letter from Camden, Wilcox county', says “I rode across the country from Claiborne to Camden on tbe 7th, calling at several large plantations, meeting pleasant receptions and conversing freely with both planters aud freed uien. 1 was greatly delighted at the vast fields of corn, aud its forward and promising ap pearance. More corn is planted in Wilcox than ever before, and already many fields arc laid by. Another or two fine showers and Hie crop is safe ; and next year, whether they have money or not, 1(40 wolf will be kept from the door. Paragraphic. llie New York correspondent of the London American observes : « Jt is a year on the Ist of May since George Peabody arrived here in the Scotia. With the closest economy it has cost him four millions of dollars during bis twelve months’ stay with us.” llie Cincinnati T olksblalt states that seventy thousand emigrants are on their way from Ger many’, many of them intending to go to Mis souri. It was a false report—that which represented President Johnson as suffering from “ Bright’s kidney disease.” The President’s ailment is a want of grit, in the gizzard. Words With the Ba HK On.—Somebody having commented upon the free and iudepcu dent manner iu which the Montgomery Mail speaks of “ men and things,” the editors say, for tbe information of parlies in particular aiul the public generally: For whatever we have written, or may write, reflecting upon the conduct of individuals, the editors of the Mail hold themselves entirety re sponsible, aud will promptly answer any de mand for satisfaction, coming from any one who wears ;; clean eliirt aud has not been iu the penitentiary. Another Order.—Some of the New York papers publish this goals on “ Little Phil New York, June 10, 1867. 1 have just reppiyed thp following : Npw Orleans, June 10, 1867. General Sheridan has iust issued the follow ing order: N. 0., June 10, 1867. Special Order No. 8,990,561,782. Andrew Johnson, the President'of the Uni ted States, being an impediment, in the way of the proper enforcement of the Reconstruction Act, is removed from his office. It is no! thought necessary to fill the office, the general commanding this department feeling himself competent to run the machine. R. H. Sheridan, Major General Commanding. Th a Hebrew National, anew weekly journal published in London, gives some interesting statistics of the Jewish race. It says that there are now living about 6,000,000 Israelites, about half of whom live in Europe. There are 1,300,- 000 in Russia; in Austria 600,000; in Prussia 254,000 ; in all other parts of Germany 192,000; in France about 80,000; in Switzerland 8,000 ; in Great. Britain about, 43,000; in Syria :u»d Asiatic Turkey 52,000; in Morocco aud north Africa 610,000 ; in east Asia 600,800; in Ameri ca 250,000; in Belgium 1,800; in Denmark 6,500; in Italy 4,500. A peacock in Cumberland, R. 1., was found a few days since imprisoned iu a pile of lumber. He had been there fourteen days without food or water. The natural vanity of Hie bird did not seem to be lessened by his long abstinence. A Russian who has lived long in cur late pur chase asserts that tie has never seen it so cold in Sitka as to form ice thick enough to enable tbe residents to indulge in the amusement of skating. A man in Maine whose flesh liegau to drop from his feet about a fortnight ago, can find nothing to stop the disease, and is now a skele ton as far up as the knee. A vast deposit, of human remains was turned ui) the other day by' a tanner’s plow iu Gland ford township, near Hamilton, C. VV. Several hundred skulls have already been unearthed.— There is an Indian tradition that a great battle <>l hostile Indians was fought, in that locality two or three hundred years ago. Boston is excited over a dandelion, which is three years old, measures seven feet in circum ference, and covers a space of oyer two feet in diameter. The leaves, some sixty in number, are sixteen inches long by three inches wide.— The flower stems are thirty-six in number, and two feet and a half high. The West Tennessee Whig says: A party of gentlemen in digging a ditch,'in Hatcliie bot tom, in this county, a few weeks ago, for the purpose of draining a slough, found imbedded in hard day, at the distance of five feet from the surlace, a large turtle, alive, and in good condi tion. Row it came there, and on what it. fed, are mysteries that we leave for naturalists and geologists to explain. St. John’s Day, June 24, is to he a grand event for the Masonic fraternity in Boston. Their new temple is to be dedicated. It is expected there will he full ten thousand of the brethren in the procession. Between twenty aud thirty en campments o| Templars have already accepted invitations to he present, besides innumerable Blue Lodges. Jhe citizens ot Brooklyn are getting up a testimonial in behalf of a poor woman named Quin, residing in that city, who recently gave birth to four children at once. As this is the second time the lady has accomplished the same feat. within a few y’ears, the getters up of the testimonial intend that it shail he a large one. Encouraging. John M. Washington, Mayor of Newbern, North Carolina, declines to lake tbe oath pre scribed by General Sickles. Important Speech by Wade. Confiscation, Division of Lands, and Woman hood Suffrage Promised by the President of the Senate. Lawrence, Kansas, June 10. Senator Wade delivered a significant im promptu speech to-day in reply to calls from a crowd of citizens in front of the hotel where the excursiouists dined. He declared unequivo cally in favor of female suffrage, reiterating views expressed in the Senate last spring ; de clared that neither Mr. Johnson nor the devil could tempt Congress to desert the people; said the southerners now had the mildest terms offered them they ever would get, and that if they rejected them the screw would be driven another turn, and they would be compelled to yield. The Senator added that the shadow of another struggle was over us ; that Congress, which has done so much for the slave, cannot quietly regard the terrible distinction which exists between the laborer and employed; property is not fairly divided, and a more equal distribution must be wronglit out. If yon, dull heads, he said, cannot understand this, the wo men will, and canvassers upon the eve of an election will have to tell the laborers what they will do for them. Men should not be compelled to labor uutil life is worn out and being is a curse, nor can this always be the ease here where every man is a capitalist to a certain yxtenl. These inequalities are not felt as they are in the East; every man, then, who was sub ject to a capitalist ought to leave him and get two hours nearer sundown forthwith. He (Wade) pledged himself to advocate bodily aud persistently the natural rights of man, and pre dicted the most important commercial results from the completion of the Pacific road. lie was frequently applauded. Old Joe.—J. E. B. is still on the political tramp. He spoke his piece in Milledgeville on the 6th iust. He seems proud of that piece, and loses no opportunity in repenting it. We suggest llie following as additional to his piece: “ You scarce expect one of my nge To speak in public on the stage “ And if I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” I it is a shame that the boys will laugh so much about Joe’s piece. The Constitutionalist, the ] Chronicle, the Sun and t he Star, and others, are trying to make fun of Joe’s piece on every occasion. —LaGrange Reporter. Joseph spoke to a jnry in our Court House 1 on Friday, on the bank question. Ho didn’t 1 make things balance to a quarter of a cent. 1 The verdict was against him. Good Night. BY T. B. ALDRICH. Good Bight I I have to Bay good night To such a host of peerless things I Good night unto that fragile hand All ouoenly with its weight of rings; Good night to fond uplifted eyes. Good night to chestnut braids of hair, Good niglit unto the perfect mouth, And all the sweetness nestled there— The snowy hand detains me, then I’ll have to say good night again I But there will come a time, my love, When, if I read our stars aright, I shall not linger by the porch With my adieus. Till then, good night! You wish the time were now ? And I. You do not blush io wish it so ? You would have blushed yourself to death To own as much a year ago— W r hat! both these snowy hands? ah, then I’ll have to say good night agsin. Somebody lias written the following about the girls God bless the girls. Whose golden curls Blend with our evening dreams ; They haunt our lives, i Like spirit wives, Or, Naiils liaunt the streams; i They soothe our pains, They till our braius With dreams of Summer hours, God bless the girls, God bless the curls, God bless our human flowers. Tlie wives are quite as deserving of blessing as the girls, and we submit the following : . -God bless our wives, 'i hey All our lives, With little bees and honey; They cease life's shocks, They mend our socks, But don’t they spend the money I When wo are sick They heal us quick— That is, if they do love us; If not, we die, And yet they cry, And place tomlwUmes above us. Os roguish girls. Willi sunny curls, We may ill fancy dream; But wives—tine wives— Throughout our lives, Are everything they seem. [From the Montgomery Mail Yankee Brag and Bluster. Wendell Phillips, in a recent letter assailing Horace (jreeley lor going upon the bond of Mr. Davis, says he is not afraid of Mr. Davis— that I lie loyal masses do not fear a million Da vises! If the Confederates had been able to ' organize a million soldo i s with the spirit ol Davis, Swayne never would have lorded it over a down-trodden people. Dead Duck Forney, soon after the war was over, said FOlflcLbiug about the “ traitors raising the pipiy anj of re , bullion against the best government, the world ever saw.” To this Prentice, ol the Louisville Journal, replied, liy suggesting that the brag gai t might call the rebellion any other thing he pleased, but for the sane ot the houof bftbc Union soldiers not to call it puny, Phillips and Forney are not representative men of the North. But Wilson, of Massachusetts, is claimed as a representative Northern man.— Yet Wilson, in his speech at Montgomery, spoke ol our territory won from Mexico, as won “by the blood and treasure of the North.” Mr. Wilson imagined that he could deceive us with a little Yankee brag and bluster. The fact, is, the people ol the South, under the old revenue system by imposts entirely, paid into the United Slates Treasury two-thirds of the treasure, and the people or the South, so much weaker numerically than the people of the North, sent twice as many soldiers to Mexico ' and lost twice as many men. The soldiers i who fought iu the Confederate and Federal ar mies can appreciate the gallantry of all sections, and can despise the brag and bluster, the fuss and feathers, ol the Phillips, the Forney, the Butler and the Wilson. Let the following lacts refute the falsehood of the Massachusetts Sena tor ! At the time of the Mexican war there were only twenty nine Spues in the Union, and Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island sent no volunteers to the Mexican war. The following tabular staie menl shows that whilst fourteen of the then slave States furnished 45,630 volunteers, the free Slates and Territories furnished but 23,054. The disparity is marked, considered from any point of view, blit especially so in regard to the relative population of the two sections. The ligures, we may add, are derived from the Executive Document No. 02 of the Congress of the Uuitcd States : VOLUNTEERS TO MEXICAN WAR FROM SLAVE HOLDING STATES. No. Killed. Wounded. Died. Arkansas 1,323 22 3 I&> Florida 323 11 7 Texas 7,313 48 20 117 Louisiana 7,728 15 0 j9< Tennessee 6,410 67 13 186 Kentucky 4,500 105 48 170 Virginia 1,303 8 B.l North Carolina 036 1— 171 Mouth Carolina 1,064 68 115 234 Georgia 2,0-17 4 5 118 Alabama 3,011 Mississippi 2,310 60 45 256 Maryl’d & Diet. Col. 1,330 13 9 52 Missouri 6,733 28 2 228 45,630 - 418 267 2,050 VOLUNTEERS TO MEXICAN WAR FROM NON gLAVEHOLOINO STATES ANI> TERRITORIES. No. Killed. Wounded. Died. Massachusetts 1,047 2 2B New York 2,665 54 77 71 New Jersey 424 2 9 Pennsylvania 2,461 39 69 198 Ohio 4,604 31 2 217 Michigan 072 Indiana, 4,440- 40 2lB Illinois 6,973 107 97 36t Wisconsin 146 lowa 229 23,054 284 235 1,117 Another Murder.—We learn that a brutal murder was committed on Friday night last near Station 7% Atlantic and Cult Railroad, at the turpentine distillery of Messrs. Miller & Brother. Mr. W. S. Flinn, of Washington county, N. C., was keeping a store at that place, and about 10 o’clock that night, while lie was sitting in his store, two negroes, who had formed a plan to murder and rob h*m, came in and one of them, named Green Jackson, struck him three times on the head with a hatclict, mangling it fearfully. They then took out a quantity" oi provisions, tobacco, Ac., and made for the swamp, after setting the store on tire. Tiyo other negroes came along just then, and saw the store on lire, with the unfortunate de ceased still Rilling in the chair and his head cut to pieces. They also saw the two negroes with bags of plundt r, making tor the swamp. They immediately ran and tohl the overseer, who gathered his force and went to the scene. By the time lie got there the rool had fallen iu. ■ He immediately started in pursuit of the mur derers and soon caught them. One of them Joe Williams, confessed the facts, bnt Jackson was stubborn, and it was not until the negroes had put a rope round his neck and run him up five limes that lie acknowledged his guilt. The negroes on the plantation, about one hundred in number, were very much incensed against the murderers, and it. was only by the utmost persuasion ou the part of the few white men present, that they were prevented from burning them alive. The culprits were finally secured and lodged iu jail at. Blaekshear. Mr. Flinu was very much liked by all in the neigbbornood. After the fire his remains were gathered and properly interred. f Savannah Advertiser. Suicide.—Coroner Whiting held au inquest, Saturday afternoon, upon the body of Mr! Clarence R. Wolfe, who committed suicide by taking the contents ot an ounce vial of lauda num. The deceased was found under the shed of the old sugar refinery, on Ansorn street. It would appear from the situation iu which the body was found that the act must have been very deliberately committed. When discover ed, he was lying on his back, his head resting on a pallet of straw, covered with his handker chief, his coat turned inside out, his arms folded across his breast, and his body still warm. On the right side was an empty lauda num bottle and the followiug uote : “ My name isClarenee R. Wolfe. My parents reside at, Livingston’s, in Wentworth street. Don’t let L. T. Wolfe, my brother, see my corpse, for he has been my ruin.” Two copies of the above note were found in his pockets. The body of the deceased was taken to the Jewish burial ground, where the inquest was held. The jury returned a verdict of "suicide by taking laudauum.” The deceased was quite a young man, appar ently between twenty-four and twenty-five years ot age.— Charleston Courier, 17/A.- Stamps Required.—The following notiflea tlon by Collector Meßurney to the ordinaries of bis collection district has been published for the information of persons interested : Collector’s Office, } U. S. Int. Rev., 3d District, Ga., > Macon, June 10,1807. ) Sir: You will take notice that alt bonds given by administrators or guardians from and after October Ist, 1803, and which estates were not settled* prior to the establishment of the collcctoral districts in ttiis State, require to be stamped according to requirements of the law in force at the time they were made, signed or Issued. All letters of administrators granted or letters testameutary irom and after October Ist 1801, and which estates were not settled up’ prior to the establishment of this collection district, must be stamped in accordance with the law in force at the time they were made, signed or issued. Very respectfully, J- C. Mcßubnby. Proceedings of Oonnoil. Called Meeting, > Monday, June 17—5, P. M. $ Present—Hon. Foster Blodgett, Mayor; Members : Messrs. Bishop, Peay, Philpot, Rey nolds, Tweedy, Levy, Conley, Tutt, Platt, Bul loch, Lynch and Roath. The reading of the minutes was, on motion, dispensed with. His Honor the Mayor stated that the object of the meeting was the trial of certain officers oi the city; but, awaiting - the arrival of two members who were absent., Couucil would pro ceed to the consideration of some other busi ness. PETITIONS AND COMMUNiCATIONS. The following petitions and communications were read and acted upon, as follows : Petitions from Mrs. Mary Spears, L. T. Sliopp, Geo. Harris (eol’d), and several colored leasors ol real estate in the city, asking for a reduction of assessments on their real estate. Laid on the table under the resolution adopted it Hie last regular meeting of Council. • A petition from Messrs. Boyd & Wilson, managers of the Georgia Masonic Orphans’ Home Lottery, asking to have the Ordinance requiring lotteries to he licensed rescinded, or the amount of license reduced. Reduction granted liy Ordinance. By Mr. Bishop— An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance. Fixes the license at $350 instead oi SSOO. Read the usual mini tier of times and adopted. Ail application from Michael O’Neil lor a regular lieeuse, No. 1. Granted on the proper securities being given. A petition from W. B. Davison, asking Coun cil to remunerate him lor .’SO sacks lost on the wharf in December, 1805. Accompanying the petition is a hill 10r.5130 00 Damages, credited by wharfage $43 00 Leaving a balauee due of.. S7B 00 Referred to River Bank and Wharves Com mitteo, to report to Council. A petition Irom wood dealers and citizeus, asking Council to reinstate J. F. Turpin, as Wood Inspector for the city, with a few of 10 cents per cord measured. After some discus sion, laid on the table. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Mr. Tweedy, from the South Commons Com mittee, presented the followiug report: Augusta, Ga., June 17,18(57. Jo His Honor the Mayor and City Council of A uguslu. The Committee on South Commons, to whom was referred the petition ot the “National Theological Institute,” through their Secretary, Department of the South, Dr. J. W. Parker respectfully beg leave to report and recommend that lots No. 463 and 463 south cast corner of Taylor and Centre streets be granted to said petitioners, on condition that said lots of land shall revert to the city when the purposes for whieli they are now granted, namely, the “creelion of a building thereon suitable for a “Training School” for “Teachers and Prea chers, aud instructing the same.” Respectfully submitted. |Signed | Ephraim Tweedy, Chm’n, David L. Roath, B. Conley, H. T. Peay, S. C. Committee. Received and adopted. TRIAL OF POLICE CASES. The City ys. W. D- Taut, Keeper of the City Hospital, violation of the 135tb section of the General Ordinance—official miscouduct. The C'itv t>». Peter Sheron, Superintendent of Water Works, Pumps and Wells, violation of the 135th section of the General Ordinance official misconduct. Messrs. Barnes and Climating Attorneys for Mr. Sheron, Both cases were examined, when, after a few remarks from Mr. Cnraming, in the case of Mr. Sberou, and Mr. Olin for Mr. Taut, the room was cleared. On the doors being opened, it was announced ; that Mr. Taut had heen unanimously found j guilty of neglect of duty in not attending to his I office himself, and removed from office by the ; requisite number of votes; and that the ease ! against Mr. Sheron was dismissed. There being no tiirthef business, Council, on i motion, adjourned. Restoration Demanded. ’ Five hundred dollars reward. —Stolen from a , citizen of South Carolina during the month of March of General Sherman, in February, 1865, the following articles, for the return of whieli the above reward will he promptly paid, viz: One Silver Communion Set, consisting ol 11 i pieces, engraved as a donation to “ Scion Pres byterian Church ol Winnshoro, 8. C.” 1 One Silver Tea Set of 3 pieces, engraved “1. ! E. A.” ! One Miniature Breastpig ou Jyory. I One Ladies’s Ring, engraved J. R. A. to E. I. i 0.” Single diamond. ' The above articles did not co3t, collectively, ! over the amount of the reward offered, hut are , most earnestly desired for the associations con nected with them. These articles (with at least five Urges their [ value iq qtt|cr materials of gold, sHycrum) jevv , (dry, <fee.) were taken possession of by a soldier ; known as Captain Fuller, supposed to belong to the 14th Corps, U. S. A. Three hundred dollars will be paid for the return of the Com munion Set (which only cost $363.) Satisfac , lory relcrenccs have been lodged with the edi tor of this paper that the money will be paid if the articles are returned. The above appears iu ilie advertising columns of tbc New Haven Register, from which it is [•resumed that the missing property is some where in that vicinity. Within the past two years our New Orleans and other Southern cor respondents have more than once written tq the IVorid that responsible persons were will ing to pay haudsomc rewards—iu most in stances far exceeding the pecuniary value of the stolen goods—for the return of plate, pic tures, libraries, aud souvenirs of all sorts which were stolen from private liodscs in the South during the war. New England villages are full of such plunder, and in some instances these stolen articles are brazenly paraded as “ rebel relies,” or “ secession trophies.” It is time that these things were restored to their owners. There is an opportunity in many instances to receive mqre than their value, and the money can be 6afely pocketed as a “ reward of loyal ty.” There may be a time when a search-war rant will strip some of these New England houses of the “ relics” and “ trophies,” and place the unlawful possessors in an unpleasant position.— World. Superior Court. —Judge Gibson presiding. The appeal docket was taken up and a number of cases disposed of, noue of which were of iuterest to the general reader. We are inform ed there is not a “jail delivery” case on the criminal docket of this court. The following is a list of the Grand Jurors for this week: David R. Wright, foreman; Fabius N. Nicholas, Elmore A. Dunbar, George A. Jones, Uriah Slack, Daniel Kirkpatrick, Jr, James Henderson, John B. Moore, Fonteray N. Beall, Thomas C. Crews, Jno. D. Ramey, Anderson W. Walton, Dedrlck Stelling, Har man Rawley, Thomas N. Hopkins, Eli Holli day, Samuel D. Linton, Richard B. M< rris. Death of Mrs. Mixer.— Our friend and ueighbor, says the Charleston News Geo. G. Mixer, Esq, has our sincere sympathy in the sore bereavement which he has been called upon to undergo. Mrs. Mixer died on Satur day morning, after a brief illness, leaving three little children. Her luneral obsequies were held at Grace Church Sunday afternoon, at tended by a large number of friends. Her re mains were placed in the receiving vault at Magnolia, whence they are to be taken to the North, to be deposited by the side of her family. Sale of Lands. —Attention is called to the advertisement of the sale of valuable lands in Tennessee. Brownlow will soon run his row, and the State will be one of the most desirable j places of residence in the Union. Railroad Thief.—A young negro was ar rested on Sunday night, having iu his posses sion sundry articles of clothing which he had stolen that morning, together with a carpet 1 sack from a passenger on the South Carolina i Railroad. 1 The Paris correspondent of the New York Daily Times, writing ol American contribu tions to the Exposition, says: ; “Messrs. Mason & Hamlin, of New York, . have sent a beautiful collection ot cabinet . organs. The workmanship of tho cases com pares favorably with the best specimens of the kind iu the French department, and the designs are light, rich and elegant. It is only of late ; years that the cabinet organ has taken a legiti i mate place in the ever-extending family of i musical instruments. Iu its old form, it was a coarse provocation to psalm-singing ; a loud in . duccmciil to howl iu short or long metre. The grossness and inequality of its scale sufficed to cover up every defect of the performer, even • the custom of singing through the nose, whieli is yet prevalent iu certain pious aud occidental districts. Messrs. Mason & Hamlin were among ! the first to seriously consider the possibility ol changing a toy into an instrument of music.— Under their hands, the various registers have been equalized, and the whole character of the instrument is thereby rendered homogeneous. The quality of the tone is clear and vocal, and the contrivances lor blending it in many forms are ingenious without being complicated. In Europe they still adhere to the rough, loud tone, which with us has been totally superseded. Messrs. Mason & Hamlin have, therefore, to struggle against a prejudice, or rather a predi lection. Some of the most emiuent organists in Paris have already declared in their favor, and I hope that the jury may do the same. They are alone in the honor of fighting tlie rest ol the world, aud it would be pleasant to record that victory had perched upon their banners. Death of an Old Printer.— The Selma (Ala.) Messenger chronicles the death, in Dallas county, ou Saturday hist, of Robert McKnight, in the 84th year of his age. Mr. MeKnight was, perhaps, the oldest printer in the Uuitcd States, having commenced learning tlie “art preserva tive of all arts” in Georgetown, S. 0., in 1798, and until within a lew years was able to work at the case. He was an honest, industrious, and good man, and notwithstanding the poverty in whien he died, was much respected by all who knew him. He was the father of Maj. Geo. MeKnight, better known ns “ Asa Hnrtz.” The Scent of the Rue.—The LaGrangc Reporter says: “Ex-Governor Brown tells us he is disfranchised ; he cannot hold otfiee and does not expeet to do so in future. He used to tell ns he was uo candidate and did not waul office and didn’t expect it ; but he always ac cepted it when tendered. People of Georgia! Joe Brown is just as greedy for place and power and the “ spoils of office ” as a dog after old bacon, and he’ll get it if deuiagogisiu can reach low enough for it. Remember what we tell you. The Memphis and Atlantio Seaboard, The following extract from the report of Geo. Wadsworth, Civil Engineer, as to the feasibility and advantages of connecting Atlauta and De catur by rail, may prove interesting: Atlanta aud Decatur are very nearly in the direct line of Memphis and Charleston, and this hiatus should be tilled up at an early day by a railroad as direct as tlie topography will admit, which will shorten the present route via Chat tanooga between the Mississippi, at Memphis, aud tide water at Charleston, some 60 to 75 miles. Now there are four routes dr partial routes suggested, to close this gap between Atlanta and Decatur, some 150 miles ns the bird flies. The shortest line and that one whieli would give the least number of miles to build, is by way of Rome aud Guntersville, thence down the Tennessee valley to Decatur, about 110 miles—lßß in all from Atlanta to Decatur. This route would pass near the Round Mountain Iron Works, whose ore is distinguished for superior qualities and also the facility with which it is mined. Anotbcv route leaves tbeWestern and Atlantic Railroad at Marietta, and running through tlie excellent valleys of Eoliarlee and Cedar Town, comes to the Alabama State Line qt Hie head of Little Cedar and Hurricane Creeks, and thence would be a common line with the Selma, Home ami Dalton Road to Jacksonville, thence by tlie Alabama and Tennessee Railroad to Gads i den and Guntersville. From Marietta to the State Line is some 35 miles, a part of whieli wan graded under t he charter of "Folk Slate Quarry Railroad,” to Jacksonville, 36% ; to Gadsden, 33.84, nearly 10 miles of which is graded (the heaviest ol the work ;) to Guntersville 36%, (nearly all of which road has been prepared tor the superstructure.) This might be shortened a few miles, making the whole distance from Atlanta to Decatur about 300 miles. The third route, called (he “Georgia Western Railroad,” for which surveys were marie before the war, is direct from Atlanta to Jacksonville, about W) miles ; then liy the roads us above, to Decatur, over roads partially graded, say 190 miles. The fourth would be a modification of the latter, and in case tlie mountain range east of Jacksonville is not easily passed, the line might lead further to the North, coming in at Cross {limits upnu the location of “8. U. & D. R. R.,” thence as by the second route above. Its length would be probably not far from 195 miles. V. V. VINO VERMOUTH! The wonderful efficacy of this WINK is ho fully established that scores of ladies and gentlemen in this city can- not bo induced to use any oilier. Completely freed of all deleterious latent principles, and in such away as to facilitate the process qf affini ty with the organs and fluids of the human system, this compound is recommended as AN UNFAILING INVIGORANT. Itgives strength and liupyancy to tlie enervated, the Weak, tl|p debilitated, and it is so mild as to be pre scribed to tile most delicate female. The had, ener vating Gleets of a purely spirituous liquid have heen neutralized, and tlie Agents are enabled to present to the public A Gentle Tunic aud Sure Regenerator, an excellent Appetizer and Corrector of the Stomach. We could parade in these columns numberless cer tificates of citizens relative to beneficial results from the daily use of this WINE, but deem such course un necessary. The trade supplied on liberal terras. Send your orders to M. HYAMS & CO., No. 178 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., Sole Agents in this city. a]>7-2m THE “CHRISTIAN MESSENGER,” Published Weekly, in Augustn, Gn,, AT A YEAR. -A.T tile instance of gentlemen retailing indifl'er ent parts of tbe St ate, wli rso juiiginent and wishes are entitled to consideration, we propose to com mence, on or about the 16th inst., the publication of a RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY PAPER, the object of which will be the dissemination of in telligence, religious and moral principles nmong all classes of our people throughout the country. It Is the desire and design of the publishers to mnkc the MESSENGER an instructive ns well ns interest ing fnmily visitor—one that will bo road and appre ciated by the intelligent reador, among all classes, and equally acceptable to Christians of all denomina tions. To aid us in carrying on the work we have under taken, wo would respectfully ask all Ministers of the Gospel, and our friends generally, to assist ns in cir culating the MESSENGER. Contributions for its columns are solicited from Ministers and others who may feel disposed to aid us in the good work we have undertaken. All communications and remittances must be ad dressed to GENTRY & JEFFERSON, Augusta, Ga. A few select advertisements will bo inserted at reasonable rates. All papers friendly will please give the above a few insertions, my 7 BY TELEGRAPH. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. From 'Washington. Washington, June 17. The opinion of the Attorney General is too elaborate for telegraph, and the reasoning too close lor synopsis. The loliowing verbatim extracts cover the conclusions : I iind it impos sible under the provisions of this act to com prehend such an oiliccr as a Governor ol one of these States appointed to oflicc by one of these military commanders. Certainly he is not the Governor recognised by the State, elected by the people of the State and clothed as such with the Chief Executive power. Nor is lie appointed as a Military Governor, for a State which lias no lawful Govei nor under the press ure of our existing necessity to exercise pow ers at large, the intention, no doubt, was to ap point him to fi'i a vacancy occasioned by a mil itary order, and to put him in the place ol the removed Governor to execute the functions ol the office as provided by law. The law fakes no cognizance of such an official and he is clothed with no authority or color of au thority. What is true as to the Governor and equally true as to the other Legislative, Executive and Judicial officers of the State. If the military commander can oust one from his office he can oust them all; if he can fill one vacancy, he can fill all vacancies, and thus usurp all civil jurisdiction into his own hands or the hands of those who hold their appoint ments from him and subject to his power of removal, and thus frustrate the very right se cured to the people by the act. Certainly this act is rigorous enough in the power which it gives. With all its severity, the right of elect ing their own ofllccrs is still left with the peo ple, and it must lie preserved. I must not be understood as fixing limits to the power of the military commander in case of an actual insurrection or riot. It may hap pen that an insurrection in one of these States may be so general and formidable as to require (he temporary suspension of all civil govern ment and the establishment of martial in its place, and the same thing may be tine as to local disorder or not, in reference to the civil government of the city or place where it breaks out. Whatever power is necessary to meet such emergencies the military commander may properly exercise. I confine myself to the proper authority of the military commander, where peace and order prevail. When peace and order do prevail, it is not allowable to displace the civil officers and ap point others in their places under any idea that he military commander can better perform his duties and carry out the great purposes of the act by the agency of civil ollleers of his owi choice rather than by the lawful incumbent. The act gives him no right to resort to such agency, but does give him the right to have a sufficient military force to enable him to per form his duties and enforce his authority within the district to which he is assigned. In the suppression ol insurrection and riot the mili tary commander is wholly independent of the civil authority; so, too, in the trial and punish ment of criminals and offenders he may super cede the civil jurisdiction. Ilis power is to heex ercised in these special emergencies, and the means are put into his bands by which it is to be exercised; that is to say, a sufficient military force to enable such officer to perform his du ties and enforce bis authority mid military tri bunals, of his own appointment, to try and punish offenders. These are strictly military powers, to be executed by military authority— not by the civil authority, or by civil officers appointed by him to perform ordinary civil du ties. If these emergencies do not happen; if civil order is preserved and criminals are duly prosecuted by tin* regular criminal courts, the military power, though present, must remain passive. Its proper function is to preserve the peace, to act promptly when the peace is broken, and restore order. When that is done, and the civil authority limy again safely resume its functions, the military becomes again passive, but on guard and watchful. This, in my judgment, is the whole scope of tile military power conferred by this act, and in arriving at Ibis constiuction of the act, I have not. found it necessary to resort to the strict construction which is ifilowable. In opening for the prosecution, after descri bing the assassination, the District Attorney said : The prosecution would show to the en tire satisfaction of the jury by competent and credible witnesses that the prisoner at the bar John 11. Surratt, was then and there present’ aiding and abetting in that murder. would’ allow that at the time ol the murder lie was in fr®" l « f ®'< lr d’s Theatre co operating with Jno. Wilkes booth, I hey would hear what.lhe pri soner said there, they would know him as the partner of Booth, limy would know hint as director of (ho bullet, that was fired at the Pres idenl’s head, and the director of the knife fl.ai fell upon the throat of the Secretary of st op They would know that (lie companionship then and there between the prisoner and HociV, waR not accidental, hqt was lfin result <>r i,,„„ „„'.i premeditated plans and associations. The first witnesses were confined to detailed accounts of flic killing. Sergeant Joseph M. Dve sworn: WUuoss is a Recruiting Sargcant, If S. A.; now stationed in Philadelphia; was in the artnv in April, lS(»r»; belonged to Hattciy o, Independent Pennsylvania Artillery; at that time stationed at, Camp Barry, at. intersection II street and Baltimore turnpike; was in Washington at the time of, the murder, with Sergeant Robert Cooper, in an oyster saloon; went there from Ford’s Theatre ; went from the theatre about half-past nine o’clock ; saw Lincoln’s carriage there at the time; the street light was directly in fropt of the theatre; from Ihc large lamp saw numbers come out of the theatre at the end of acts; before they came down heard a conversation there, in which .1. Wilkes Booth took a pari. Mr. Pierrepoiut— What was that eonvtrsation? Objected to by Merrick on the ground that there wag no conversation between Booth and Surratt. Mr. Pierrepoiut said that ttie grounds were apparon t. Bradly said they must lay sonic, grounds to ahow that Booth was connected with the prisoner. Mr. Pierrepoiut—We intend to connect them. The Court said the evidence could lie taken, and if the prosecution failed to connect the parties it would lie ruled out. Witness resumed—The first, person who at tracted Ills attention was Booth conversing with a low villainous looking person at. the end of the passage. It was hut a moment before another joined them. This one was neat in ap pearance and neatly dressed; he entered into conversation. A rush of people came down from the theatre and Booth said to others he thought he would come out now ;as witness thinks referring to the President; they aligned themselves along the space along which the President would come to his carriage ; they waited eagerly for Iris ap pearance, but he did not come, and they again hurriedly had a conversation, examined the carriage, and Booth went into the restaurant; parties who came down had gone up; Booth remained in the restaurant long enough to take a drink and came out; went in the passage lead ing to the stage, but appeared in a moment, and the third party, neatly dressed, stepped up and called the time; looked at clock and stated time to other two; the clock was in the vestibule; he (the one who called the time) went up to wards 11 street, but lie did not remain long; he came down again, looked at the clock, and call ed the time again, looking directly at those two, and somewhat excited; lie turned on his heel and went up agaii ; it was then that ho thought something was wrong from their manner as soldiers ; witpess bad a revolver in his pocket with a hankerchief wrapped around it; his sus picions were so aroused that he undone the handkerchief; it was not lor.g before the same men appeared again in a fast walk ; ho placed himself in front of the theatre, with light full on his face; in his countenance was pictured great excitement and nervousness; he was pale, and told them tor the third time that it was 1(1 minutes past 10 o’clock; witness saw him plainly. By Pierrepoint—“ Do you see him uow Answer—“l do.” “Whore?” Answer—“ There he is;” pointing to piisoner. “I have seen hia face frequently in my sleep.” Witness resumed. He went again towards the street, and Booth went in the theatre ; called the attention of Ser geant Cooper to this circumstance; at the time Booth went in at the front of the theatre Sor geant Cooper and witness weut to an oyster saloon, and heard of the murder before they had cat all their oysters ; went then to the street and out to camp; on the way out a lady hoisted a parlor window and asked us what . Objected to. The Court adjourned. The Cabinet had a protracted special session to-day. It is stated on authority that it was decided to restore civil officers removed con trary to law. They will be restored by an Ex ecutive order, which will be issued to-morrow. Internal Revenue to-day, one million and filly-seven thousand. From Hicvhmond. Richmond, Juno 17. Registration commenced in ouc ward in this city to-day; at night, 187 whites and 144 blacks had been registered. Registering also com menced in the county, where, at one preciuct, only four voles were registered during the day, The first military commission trial com menced here to-day. The case was that of Ilovey, a teacher of the freedmen, who had been sentenced by a civil court to one hundred and fifty dollars line aud one month imprison ment for whipping a boy named Ilatz, not be longing to his school; aud a brother of Ilatz, who had been fined one cent for cowhiding Ilovey. The flues and imprisonment were set nside and the parties brought before General Granger, military commissioner for this dis trict. David Bullingtou, an old citizen of Rich mond, died this morning. The United States Grand Jury adjourned to day, having made over fifty presentments. Prom New Y’ork. N«w York, June 16. Q^, e Herald's London special says: Lord tanley saction in the London Peace Conference “K tlle Luxemburg negotiation has been sharply assailed in Parliament. The opposition asset ting that in consenting to the guarantee clause he pledged England to armed interven tion in the event of a war between France and I russta. Lord Stanley defended his course ou tho ground of the existence of an urgent neces sity for the prevention of a war. Omar Pasha officially claimed a very import ant victory over the Christians in Crete en tailing heavy losses on the insurgents. A debate in the British House of Commons on 1* email affairs goes to show that the English reform leaguers sympathise with the Irish re volutionists to some extent. Among the passengers who sailed for Eu rope yesterday were A. T. Stewart, Commo- Vfnlii 5|P r !j SO,, > BiersUidt, the artist; Maggie Mitchell, George Bancroft and J. V. Simonton. New York, June 17. Bank Statement —Decrease of loan 4,218 000* cul'itio'n 11 4 ’ 41S ’. 00 °; decrcaw elf! c-utation. 11,000; decrease in specie, 3,042,500 ■ increase in legal tenders, 2,100,000. ’ From Mobile. STEAMER SUNK. Mobii.r, June 10. The steamer Nyanza, henc * for Montgomery sank in the Alabama river, ei h y miles above 22T 0 ®" h eve " in S* The boa is valued at *..*>,000. No insurance. The cargo consisted ol supplies for the people of the iuterior among which was 2,000 sacks of corn. The cargo was worth *25,000 and was partially in sured. Prom Charleston. Charleston, Juue 10. A young man named C. K. Wolfe committed suicide last evening by drinking laudanum. From Philadelphia. , Philadelphia, June 17. 3 tie Select Council held a meeting to con sider a resolution passed by Council, welcom ing the 1 resident, which was warmly discussed, the resolution was strongly opposed. When the main question was put there was no quo ru,n i fOe Republicans having withdrawn. Prom California. San Francisco, June 17. , FI- H>gby > Republican, is nominated for Congress in the second District. tob l '‘ emittances of the California South uu Relief Commission are *74,000 iu gold. Prom Lynchburg. Lynchburg, June 17. R. 11. Glass, editor of the Republican, was shot in the street to-day, by the sons of D. E. Booker, in couseqiicuce ol an, article reflecting on their father. The shot took effect iu the eye, the ball lodging in the head. Mr. Glass is com lortable, but the issue is yet uncertain. Markets. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. London, June 18—N com Consols, 94% ; bonds, 73%. London, June 17—Evening. Consols closed at 94%, Bonds, 73%. Liverpool, June 17—Noou. Cotton firmer; middling, 11% ; Orleans, 11%. Liverpool, June 17—Evening. Cotton unchanged; middling upland liv- Orleans, 11%; sales, 10,0.10 bales. Breadstuflb quiet and unchanged. Corn, 88s. Provisions quiet and unchanged. New York, June 17—Noon. Blocks active and improving. Cover inn strong. Sterling iiiH , han°‘cd. Money, recisleroMfcyl ■' i "i I, i I' l * *i o ■ • • ■ 111 New York, Colton quiet and firm } sales, 1,200 bales at *° 27. Flour dull and heavy; Stale, *7 On® 11 - Southern, *0 80®15. Wheat declining. Corn advancing under the break in the canal; new mixed Western, *1 07(5)1 10; old, *1 13. Pork closed at *2O 7ft. Lard, 12@13. Whisky quiet. Rice quiet. Sugar steady. Coffee lirm for prime; low grades heavy. Naval stores quiet; turpentine, <i0%(5!01%; rosin, $3 62@3 (IS.— Freights firm ; cotton, by steam, % ; sail, 3-16. Baltimore, June 17. Cotton is quiet and firm at 26% cents. Rio coffee dull. Flour is dull and all descriptions declined 50 cents. Corn belter ; good to prime white, 95@98 ; mixed Western, *l<@l 04. Pro visions steady and unchanged. Sugar firm. Whisky nominally unchanged. Cincinnati, June 17. Flour dull; family, *ll 25@12 00; fancy *l2 50@13 80. Corn irregular; sales at 80c Whisky unchanged. Cotton dull hut un changed ; middlings, 24c. Mess Pork dull aud nominal; city otferej at *3l 00, with no buyers. Bulk Meats unchanged. Mobile, Juno 17. Cotton—Sale9, 300 bales ; market quiet; mid dling, 24 cents ; receipts, 90 bales. Charleston, June 17. Cotton is quiet; middlings, 25@30 cents ; sales, 71; receipts, 60 bales. Savannah, June 17. Cotton is unchanged ; low middlings, 24 cts ; uo sales ; receipts, 500 bales. Marine ]N e ws. New York, June 17. Arrived—City of Antwerp ; Tarifa. New York, June 16. Arrived—Steamer Moneka, Charleston. Halifax, June 17. Arrived—China. Southampton, June 17. The Herman touched here. Queenstown, June 17. The Also has touched. Charleston, June 16. Arrived—Steamer Sea Gull, Baltimore—at quarantine; steamer Louise, New Orleans.— Sailed—Schooner Nettie Tarbox, for a North ern port. Charleston, June 17. Arrived—Schooner Alert, from Matanzas. Sailed—Steamer Eliza Haucoek, for Norfolk. Augusta Market. Office Daily Constitutionalist, ? M UNBAY, June 17--I\ M. s FINANCIAL GOI.D—In good demand, brokers are buying at 136 @137 and sidling at 138. BILVKU -Brokers are buying at 128 and selling at 132. COTTON. The market has been feeble to-day and we think thero was a slight decline in prices offered, though only one snlc of 5 halos was made at 24c. De mand light. Receipts only 36 hales. River News.— The Two Boys arrived Sunday and the Julia St. Clair yesterday. No departures. The Two Boys leaves for Savannah this morning. River, 6 feet 6 inches at bridge. ——— Wheat Sacks. 2 Hus. Hnrlaps Hags, FOR WHEAT, FOR SALK. Contracts for LARGE LOTS made at VKRV LOW RATES. jef3-0 J. O. MATHEW SON & CO. LAND FOR SALE. 300 ACRES OF PINE LAND, four mites from the city, on the Millcdgevillc road, with soma improvements, aud a good Orchard on the place. Will he sold as a whole or in lota to suit purchasers. Apply to WM. GLKNDINNING, jeß-lm
