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N. S. MORSE.
djjnmtdc & Sentinel
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Volney’s Rnlus of Empires is both si me
lancholy and a mischievous book, hut it has on
its weired pages no sadder picture of (he. laticrr
than greeted our gaz, when we first beheld the
ruins of Atlanta.
No published account which wo have yet seen
‘conveys an adequate idea of the destruction
which .has converted this once populous and
Hourwi.ing city into a landscape ot ruins. Let
us hope, /.hat no such appalling doom may
ever befall another city on this continent.
It is gratifying, however, to observe on every
hand the symptoms of returning prosperity.—
It is seen in the number of laborers employed
in removing the rubbish Iron 1 the d*solute
; thorou 'hfaros, and laying au-sw th • founds.
I tioas of scores of buildingj. great and small.
Alter making due allowance for the scarcity
of money and the general impoverishment of
the ■•country, we still cherish the expectation
that in a single twelve month White Hall street
•will be substantially, if not elegantly rebuilt
»nd thronged, as in other days, with eager
buyers and sellers Kents are even now enor
mously high, and every cratt and profession
from tho onini present money changer to the
porter and hod-carrier has its half-dozen or
more representatives.
Wo meet likewise at every step of our 'pro
gress with th) “solid wen’’ like Maikham,
Hoot, Dunning, the Howards and Winsldps and
TSazird, A Si seen an 1 Powell So Seego k
-a, the Oa'diouns, the Lv.vshes & Peck and
~ , *' '■ Simmons and (’ox & Austell and
n.llniOllfi it , j i . • t ]•.
'•*<£*.#. I hem men. ns to tour polit
many others be. v widely, tujt they are
leal antecedents, din ’4bood" iu any cob
all men ot “m irk and In. > a( . this fuuo is a
niunity. Their presence hurt of At
ifavoiabie augury for tho'fututc u« s}}
fauta, and we congratulate them one .
•on their safe return to their favorite city.
population ts Atlanta lias always been distin
guished lor its thrift and enterprise, and we
hear that already they have projected several
improvements that will contribute materially
to the wealth and comfort of tho oily.
Amongst those is a project for a Jlroad,vay
running marly parallel with White Hall and
extending in a straight line from Marietta to
l'ryor street, (l tho undertaking succeeds this
street will bccomo tho bud.-enable* promenade
and will be doubtless lined with fashionable
baziars filled with every article of taste and
luxury.
The several railroads that converge to this
point u»e now in good trim, but i h'u lly occu
pied with government transportation. Tho
press, that great lever of civii'zation, is worthi
ly represented by the Intel'. igencer and the J
New Era. Both cf these dailies are conducted
with maiked ability, and seem to bo prosper
ous. Nor are the educational interests ol the
community overlooked. Quite a Dumber of
public and private schools are established, and
their success is it. the highest degree flattering.
Oar limited space will not allow us to speak of
Wll that pertaiis to tlm present condition and
future prospects of Atlanta. Battered and
well-nigh ruined, as she has been, by a thirty
days stonn ot .shot and shell, she will yet be j
one of the chief cities of Georgia. She has been i
sadly marred by the ravages of war, but 1
Kcsurgam is inscribed ou all her gates. Al-{
though she now sits, like a discrowned Niobe
amidst the ashes of her grief and widowhood,
will soon forget the bitter memories of the
past, and the humiliations of her present deso
llate condition in a prosperity which the most
sanguine hardly yet dream of.
To day she is a monument of the horrors of
the late fratricidal war. Five years hence she
will be an illustration of the blessings of peace
and the advantages of a gainful and wide- ;
spread commerce.
AT THKlll 01.0 Till fife*
The Nashville Union in a late article ani
madverts on the disposition manifested by the
old party leaders to renew their former practice
-of bullying and defaming those who do uot
low to their dictation.
At the commencement of tho rebellion they
branded every man wbh cowardice or traitor
ism who. opposed the rash measures which
precipitated the South into a most disastrous
revolution. While the Confederate aimies ;
were still lu the field, they were equally intol
•erant of all opposition to the tyranuical policy
■of the Richmond authorities. Now that their
schemes have failed, and that the South is im- [
poverished through their blundering states- j
mausbip, they aie, it possible, more preten- j
tlous iu their claims and more dictatorial iu
their spirit. They claim a monopoly of the
patriotism and courage that is yet left iu the j
country. The Union-sentiment is stigmatized I
us a mean spirited servility—a turn support of !
the government is styled sycophancy and toa
dyism.
This might be endurable if it were confined
to the gallant men who have confronted the
Union.forccs on ilie battle field, or, who have
pined iu Noitliern military prisons for weary
months and years But when these airs are as
sumed by rabid disuulonists who skulked from
military service, or who, if nominally connect
ed with the army, were, during the greater [ or
tlon of the time at home on furloughs or ab
sent without leave trow th.ir posts of duty;
'when this class of meu, we lepeat, assume these
airs we are disgusted beyond measure by their
brazeu faced impudence.
What reputatiou for wisdom and br ivory the
South has acquired during the late war is like
ly to be endangered by the maudlin heroism of
lhese unmitigated Gascons.
The Government can well afford to treat
\helv silly bravado with contempt. And we
trust that no conservative mm will be intlu
vneed in the slightest degreo by their jeers or
Iheir menaces.
Their preteuaed zeal for Southern honor i?
miserable sha.n that can deceive nobody.—
It 1s simply a cheap plau for obtaining a repu
tation for a love of country of which they are
Wholly incapable.
Le t the people learn to know them and they
-til likewise learn to despise them.
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v is is making an effort to repair the
Mempi- -'ecing that city with Grenada,
railroad con_ Uroads of the interior of that
Miss., and the ra..
Slate.
THE AUGUSTA BIVISUS HA Mv
We* publish elsewhere the proceedings pf
the stockholders of the Augusta Savings Bank.
Asa lares amount of their change bills was
issu°d during the war, the public have a deep
interest in the course of this company. These
bills were issued to supply the corumnnity
with small change for Confcdeiate money.—
To redeem them now In this currency, when it
is perfectly worthless, would not be just to the
publm, nur is it to be expected that they
could redeem them in the n itiona! currency,
fur no institution, however prudent, could con
vert its Confederate money into bonds, stocks
or gold soas to pay the nominal value of its
circulation. All that could he asked by any
ouo is that the investments of the receipts for
their issues should have been made wisely and
discreetly, and that the proceeds of these in
vestments should be returned to the people in
exchange for their bills.
We learn that the principal issues of tho
bank were mad*, in f863, when gold was worth
from three to six, and that for the average of
their whole circulation it was worth about
four. If then the bank had immediately in
vested all the receipts for their bills in gold
they would have been able to pay twenty-five
cents on the dollar. But as some of them were
used to luv railroad bonds, bank stocks, State
and railroad coupons, and other securities, all
of which are largely depreciated by the wav,
it could not be expected that the bank would
be able to pay half this percentage.
We learn from the preceding* which we pub
lifcli, that an able and disinterested committee
of our eitizms, iu no way connected with the
hank, has recommended the stockholders to
pav fifteen per cent, of their issues, and that it
would he “unsafe for them to undertake to
pay more.’’
This is a good return for Confederate
njoftey, and we think the public will be satis
fied with such $ payment. The Bink had in
deed, a smalt capital. The securities in which
;yas invested have depreciated so much, th&t
it is iUtltt pjorc than enough to pay the deposit
S yojfojre frPiJ during the early period
un,. money was worth
of the w. --ii gs gold. What remain® of this
nearly as mu ' Kof4fi>S have thrown into the
capital, the Stock. of tl'.eir bills
common stock for the just, fcirqj as the
AH this seems to bo fan fhg hills, the
assets must be solil to redec. - fliey
committee have valued them at the . \ j^Jj
may bring “when business revives;” tl. ‘he
lie cannot expect to receive more than t
company now oilers to pay.
Win Uamkkon Resigned tub Secretaryship
of Win - —The Chicago Republican gives a
statement made by Gen. Cameron to a l'rieud»
explaining Ilia cause of his resignation of the
Secretaryship of War and subsiquent short
stay in Russia, which at, that time were thought
to indicate a want of confidence in him on the
part, of the Administration. It appears, how
ever, from the present account, that the con
trary was the case, and that his withdrawal
from cflire was very creditable to him. The
disasters to the Federal arms in 1861 seemed
to render necessary the c dling of McClellan to
the command of the army, and ho being able
to dictate the terms of his acceptance, did not
fail to übo his power. He stipulated that he
should pass upon all appointments and promo
tions, and the President and Gen. Cameron felt
compelled, for the sake of the country and its
safety, to accede to them. Things went on
from bad to worse, and Gen. Cameron sa : d thaj
it was necessary to break the agreement with
McClellan, even at the sacrifice of his (the
Secretary’s) own interests, lie spoke to the
President on tho subject. Mr. Lincoln agreed
with him in his view of the case, but thought
it impossible to retract the turns pledged to
McClellan. General Cameron replied “I will
resign, and you can appoint another to my po
[ silion.” The President objected that it would
[ ; uin Geueral Gamer ou politically, but the la tier
| resided, and it was finally agreed that the
resignation should take place—General C. be
sent to Russia as a maik cf the confidence of
the American nation, nud Mr. Stanton bo ap
pointed his successor, who would be sure to
clip the wings of the “Young Napoleon’ 7 as
so. nas possible. General Cameron did not
want the Russian appointment, but took it for
‘.be cause above assigned, ou the condition
that he might resign as soon as be choEe. Mr
Stanton succoded him, and if the foregoing
statement be true, we have an explanation of
the coolness which was apparent between Stan
ton and McClellan from the first.
Chops in' tee Northwest— Carefully pre
pared reports of the condition of the crops in
Illinois and lowa, have been published. From
these we learn that the wheat crop, though a
failure iu some localities, will be more than an.
average yield aud ot good quality. It is being
j harvested in good condition. Oat-*, rye and
hay. promise well. Corn is backward, but thrifty.
In Northern lowa the tremendous rains, in
•
ttie latter days of June, wsshetl out the coru.auu
there the crops will be almost an entire failure.
Tho potato, in lowa, is ruined by the bug.
We bear of no complaints ot its ravages in Il
linois. Fiult promises fair yield, peaches io
particular, of which there will be a great abun
dance. The apple crop will be light, but of
fair quality. Os small fruits there is a gener
ous supply.
Central Railroad. —The Macon Telegraph
learns from the President of this road, that
the woik of reconstruction is being pushed for
ward rapidly. The Company have iron suffi
cient along the line to complete the track from
Savannah to No. 46. and enough at their com
mand to finish the entire road. By the first of
October the road will bo in running order from
Savannah to Augusta, and by the first of Janu
ary, the whole work will be completed.
From Forsthi County, Ga. —The wheat
crops in Forsyth county have been a great
failure indeed, which will cause breadstuff's to
b 1 very scarce. Corn, at this time, looks prorn
t.-'ng, and oats are fiue.
The soldiers have nearly all returned home,
and gone to work with enegy. The country is
in a peaceful condition, and it is said all seem
to dfcire peace and harmony once more, and
the re-cstablishment of civil law.
Pierrre Soule, late of Lo’uihanna. has opened
a law office in the City of Mexico. He has
lived, the past year, on a plantation near Pue
, hla,
AUGUSTA
I‘UOCLAH V I’lOV
BY MS. JOHNSON. PROVISIONAL GOVER
NOR
To the People of Georg la:
Whereas, By the Proclamation ot Andrew
Johnson. President of the United Slues,
dated ITita ol’Jnne, A. D. 1805,1 have been
appointed Provisional Governor of the State of
Georgia, with instructions to prescribe at the
earlest practicable period, such rules and .regu
lations as may he necessaiy and proper for
convening a Convention of the people, com
posed of delegates to be chosen by that por -
tion of the people who are loyal to the United
States, and no othe*, and alao with ali the
power necessary and proper to enable such
loyal people cf said State to restore it to its
constitutional relation to the Federal Govern -
ment, and to present such a Republican form
Government as v. ill entitle tire State to the
guarantee to tho United States therefor, arid
its people to the protection of tho United
States against invasion, insurrection and do
mestic violence.
Now, therefore, I Jams? Johnson, Provision
al Governor of the State ot Georgia, as afore
said, do by virture of tire power in me vested
as aforesaid, proclaim and declare —
Ist. That an election for delegates to a Con
vention will be held otr the first Wednesday »n
October, A. D., 1865, at the different preeiGcls,
at which elections are directed and author zed
by* law to be held for members of the legis
lature.
2nd’ That the thirty-seven counties iu the
State, wdich, by law iu force prior to the first
of January, ISGI, were entitled to two nu mbers
of the House of Representatives, shall be au
thorized and entitled to elect each three drle
gates; and that the remaining counties shall
each be author ajd and entitled to elect two
delegates to said Convention.
3J That no person at such election shall be
qualified as an elector, or shall be el gible as
a member of such Convention, unless he shah
have previously thereto taken and subscribed
to tho oath of Amnesty, as set forth in the
President’s Proclamation of May 29. A D.
ifefi.i, and i»a voter qualified as prescribed by
the Constitution and’ laws of the state of Gout
gia, in iorco immediately before ihe lffili of
January, A D. 1801, the date ot the so-called
Ordinance of Secession.
4th. lit it auy two tree-holders qualified to
vote at such election us aforesaid, may act ns
managers of the election at each ot. the pre
cincts as aforesaid ; and that iu managing and
eqperjr}tending such election they shall be gov
email by, sad prygecd under, the laws of the
State regulating ami prescribing the elec ion
of members of the L gislature, prior to the
first of January, ls6i . Provided, Tint each of
said managers, before entering • a tho duties
prescribed, shall swear truly and faithfully to
feiipei'iniem*. apd make return of said election
according to law as aforesaid, auu the require
ments ot this Proclamation.
£tb That the delegates who eh ill be elected
as aforesaid, sffill asetublo in Convention at
the city of Millodgcyile, at 12 o’clocd, mesi -
diaci, ;>n the fourth Wednesday o! October, A
{). 1865.
whereas, tire rpbul4rou winch nas been
4 gy a portion of the people again-1 the
-ai*. the'United States, baa, in its
governm W&W* <l‘‘P>ived the poople of
revolutioiiai, ' V M- go; tui-1 wan i** ;s,
the State of all c. ‘‘-W# <?v:l. cfiieers and the
they must remain w. -w yjßji a statu
administration of civil i '’Wifjed .by t.ie jo-i
eminent shall have been or b -v n io
ventiou called as aforesaid, an *• ♦ft/®'-'*? l *®
necessary in the mean 'tunc, tin.
trunquilicy be ensured, and that the Jo ‘ v -'b
pie bo protected in all their rights ot pe.
and property, 1 do iurther and de
cline : .
Ist. That no individual by- virtue oi lea
own authority, shall indict corporal punish
ment on any person lor any real or supposed
injury, whethr such injury relate to person or
property, and that all such cases, re .ross must
be sought lrorn arid given by such military
authority, as may be invested with jurisdiction
over tho cases.
2d. That slavery is extinct, and involun -
tary servitunc no longer exists. Hence no
person shall have con trot'of the labor oi an
other, other than such control as may lawful
ly result from indenture, the relation of parent
and child, guardian aud ward, and the contract
of hiring, freely and fairly made; and that for
a broach of an d on the part of any one stan 1 -
ing in these relation, the military authority
will administer, in a summary manner, ade
quate and proper relief under the laws of tiro
land.
3d. That ell riotous or tumultuous assem
blages of the people, and also all assemblages j
for unlawful purposes aud unlawful objects,,
will be dispersed ; and to this end, if necessa- j
ry, the military power of the United States ]
■will be invoked. . !
-Ith. That the idea, if any such ip enter! lined,'-
that private property will be distributed or i
parceled out is uot ouiy delusive, but danger- j
ous and mischievous; and if any attempt
should be made by any person or persons to ef
fect such an object by violence or unlawful
means, it will ouiy secure to him or them
speedy and merited pmvshmeut. e
oth. To the end that the people may qnali
fy themselves as voters, it will doubtless be
the pleasure of the commissioned, officers in
the service of the United States, to have the
oath of amnesty administered under the rules |
aud regulations prescribed by the Secretary of
State of the United States ; and in this work, I
most earnestly desire and solicit the cheerful
co-operation of the people, so that Georgia
may speedily be delivered of military rule ;
that she may once again regulate her own do
mestic affairs, again enjoy the blessing of civil
government, and be heard and felt by her Sen
ators and Representatives in the councils of the
nation. . , _ ~
Done at Milledgevilie, the Capital of the
State, on this, the 13».h day ot July’ in the
year of our Lord 1865, and the
nineth year of American Independence.
JAS. JOHNSON,
Provisional Governor ot Go rgia.
By the Governor
L H Briscoe, Secretary.
AN IN SERIAL REVENUE DISLTSIO*'..
‘•Treasury Ilrpaktment. 1
“Office of Internal Revenue, j
“Washington, June 5, 186A. )
“Sir : In reply to your letter of June 1. in
relation to the duty upon dressmaking, l Lave
to say, that upon this point tho law is expf icit,
that if the material is furnished by one pi irty
and manufactured by another, the party so
manufacturing is liable to the duty upon the full
value of the furnished article.
“This law may be oppressive to some, but
the relief is, in adding the tax io the
manufacture and by this means the person, for
whom the goods are manufactured indirectly
pays the duty. Very respectfully,
“E. A. Rollins, Deputy Com.’ r
FROM CENTRAL AMEUICA-
Advicas from San Salvador state that the
Government has withdrawn the exequator of
Dr. Bernhard, Consol of Prussia at San Miguel,
and fordldden him to return to the Rpublic.
Bernhard was implicated in the recent rebel
lion, and had already lied from the country.
President Duenas has is rued an address to
the army, thanking it for its prompt and. effi
cient service in suppressing the rebellion. His
port regulations will, lor the present, be strict
ly maintained in San Salvador.
- A strong public feeliasr exists again*t Gen.
Barrios, who is viewed as tee chief instigator
of die reoent rebellion.
AU the gamblin g houses have been closed in
Louisville Ky., and the property confiscated,
A Washington correspondent assorts that it
is known there that the Emp* rer Maimilian
and Kirby Smith have recently been in nego
tifttiPQ,
.oNESD-
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MORNING, JULY 20, 1865,
VAOTHBII UHBiSR ItKtJI'KCTISiU FUKSIi-
M tCA.
The following important (Scalar has been
i-.au.. | from th-.* Freed men’s Bureau:
1X KLI.'.TK'N to assistant COMMISSION KBS AND
oruKR oivrcfcrs.
Circplah. No ! 1 ]
Ihe Assistant Commissioner will be careful
in the establish inert I sub districts, to have
the officer or h's agent at some point easy of
access for the people ot the sub-district. He
will have at 1. nsi on* ay • -r a military
• tiicer or enlisted man in each sub district.
This agent ma-t be thoroughly Instructed in
bisotrv. He will be ftr.nished with the pro
per blanks for contracts, and will institute
methods adequate to fill the wants of his D!s -
tvict, in accordance with rub sot Ihe Bureau.
No fixed rates of wages will be prescribed for
a district, but in order to regulate fair wages
in given individual cases, the agent should
have in view the minimum rates for his own
guidance by careful inquiry as to tho hire of
an able bodice: man when payment to the
master will have an approximate test of the
value of labor. Ho must, of course, consider
the entire change of circumstances, -and be
sure the laborer has due protection a :aiust ava
rice and extortion. The wages had better be
secured by a lien on the crops or land. Em
ployers sre desired to enter into written agree -
meats with their employes, setting forth
stated wages, or insuring an interest in the
crops or land, or both.
Ail such agreemen s will bo approved by the
nearest agent, and a duplicate tried in his office.
In case there should be no agent within reach,
the nearest Postmaster will forward a duplicate
of contract directed to the Assistant Commis
sioner for the State. Attention is especially
called to section four of the law establishing
the Bureau, with regard to setting apart lands
to every male ciliam, whether a refugee or
freed man, &c , and the saiga arrangement is
recommend, and when it c n be effected between
private purees. A’ready many farmers’have
rented lands to the freedmen and refugees.—
This course is a recognition of the groat prin
ciple oi law. In cider to insure the fulfillment
of contracts by both contracting parties, the
Uoiiniiis; roner of tiro Bateau lays down uq gen
eral rule. Tire Assistant Commissioner must
«so the privileges and authority he already has
The Provost M rshai, tho military commis
sion, and local courts, where the freemen and
refugees have actual rights with other people,
are open to h:3 uto. In tho great majority ot
cases his own arbitrament, or that ot his agents,
or the settlement by referees, will be sufficient.
No Assistant Commissioner or agent is author
i.7. id to tolerate con i ulsive or unpaid labor, ex
(FpL for the legal punlslnpeut cjf crime Buf
fering may result to gome extent, but suffering
is preferable to slavery, and is to some degree
the necessary consequence of events. In all
action, the •; Ulcer should never forget that no
substitute f;.r slavery like apprenticeship with
opt proper consent, or pom-ion tge; that is, either
holding iho people by debt, or confining them
without consent to the land by my system will
be tolerated. The Assistant Commissioner
»ydi designate one or more of his agents to act
as Genera' BupoTjuteudent.of Schools, one for
each State, for refugees and frcedipep. These
{•fibers will wotk as much as possible in con
junction with the State officers, who may have
s chool mrisers in charge. It a general system
can be adopted for a Btata, it is well; but if
not,, bo will at least take care of ail that is be
ing done to educating refugees and freedmen.
•Secure proper protection to the schools, and
teach and promote method or efficiency, and
correspond with the benevolent agencies which
are supuiying this field, and the Assistant Coin
jjiisßjomdsin Hoiking their required reports.—
•"uirgepa 0. VV. iiomer, Chief Medical Officer
jyqreau, will have the general supervi
of u. -'whicai matters connected with refn-
Sion of i. jgpjn. The Assistant Com inis -
gees and ti. '“net .their medical officers to
i-;roner will ins,. self supporting
make the Medical ix t
as far as possible. - Harttcter 'calpul&t-
All public addresses oi a m ‘.eesible, but
e<3 to create discontent are repru. Ms agents
the Assistant Commissioner and u ' m the
niu-t explain by constant recapitulate m,
principles, laws, and regulations olthe Bure*
to all partita concerned. It is recommended
to the Assistant Commissioner to draw up in
writting a careful summary, to be publicly
and privately read by the agents throughout
their respective district-:
[Sigucd ] 0.0 Howard,
Maj-Gen., Commissioner ol Refugees and
Freedman and Abandoned Lauds.
IA YMttilAlA
I Ibe following order has j ust been issued by
| Maj u-Geu. llarteuff, commanding the District
| of Nottoway, Ya. :
i Headquarters District of the Nottoway, |
pEhTKitEiiraa, Ya., June 22, 1865. j
General Orders No. B —l. Until the civil
authority is iuliy restored no more .public
meetings ot citizens will ba held within the
limits ol this command to establish a fixed
price lor negro labor, or make distinctions pre
judicial to the. interests, and limiting the free
dom of the blacks. Such meetings are com
binations winch wfd result in injury to both
parties. The proceedings in this respect of
those already held are disapproved.
Commanding officers ot counties will see
i that the amount paid lor labor is sufficient to
meet ail the necessary expenses of food and
clothing besides a reasonable earn for the con
tingencies cl sickness, Ac. No difference in
price lor the same amount, land aJad quality
of labor, will be permitted between .whites and
b'acks. All the civcumsiances in .eae& cas?
will be carefully considered und when ;', form
er master hires his former slave, and, iu.addi
tion, keeps, feeds and clothes hits family or
some if his young, or old and helpless relay
fives, who would otherwise become a tax and
burden upon the labor and the art of their
maiuiainauce will be considered as a part of
the labore- 's wages.
If the laborer is hired for a year, the rate
per month may reasonably be less than when
hired from month to month.
Measures will be taken to insure the fulfill
ment of contracts on the part of both parties,
and the interests of each will be looked to
equally.
Commanding officers of sub districts will
have these directions strictly carried out. To
this end, and for the purpose of keeping them
selves thoroughly acquainted with the condi
tion of affairs, under their charge, they will
visit all the stations of troops within their re
spective commands once each month.
Ry command of Major Gen. Hartsuw.
J. M. Howard, Major and A. A. G.
- -smn—
Tiie tTANini Conspiracy —A wry hi its
statement that a conspiracy against the Span
ish Government had bs-p discovered and sup
pressed at Valentin, uaiihe by the last Europe
an steamer. It has been treated as a lig.ht
affair, but enough is known about it to rend* w
it doubtful whether much more has not bee Q
kept concealed. The conspirators were tho
officers of the regiment of London and it is do
Glared that their purpose was to arrest th'A
Captain General at Yak utia, to take possession
of the barracks, to proclaim the deposition oi
Queen Isabella 11, and to announce the union
of Spain and Portugal, under King Louis
PhiUippe.
This was a bold programme, and although
no other participants ia it are spoken of but
the officers of this Reuim- nt, it can scarcely be
supposed that they -would ’ we -undertaken
what seems to be a crazy merely upon
their own responsibility, without hope of as
sistance from the party’ who was to be benefited,
or whhout concert with other cons pirators also
engaged to rise.
(fUfci r
Major General. ward Johnsoi i atill re
mains a prisoner in* the vid Prison,
Waghingtou,
JL^
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I-OK CHRONICLE A SEN TIN EL.
IMS AtIUL'&T.V gAVT'JJ-; BANK.
At m e eting of the stcckholde's of the Au
gusta Savings Bank the following I'Ve:.rubic
und Resolutions were unanimously adopted ;
Wuebeas, This B v.k issued during tiic fir t
three years of the war, but principally iu 1863,
a large amount of certificates of deposit for
which it received Con nda ate money, the ob
ject of the depositor? b-irg to receive small
hilts for the puipose of change ; ami whereas,
the receipts tor these dep.-sits were invested in
railroad stocks, bank el ks, bonds, (xebange,
gold, bills receivable and other securities, many
of which are hugely depppf i lied and Sume of
them worth lots ; and wLi eca? Hits saipc depre
ciation has fallen on the investments of our
original cipitd : therefore
Resolved, That this Bank, though unable to
pay iu the present currency tne nomi.ut! value
of its certificates of deposit, nppicpriato its
capital and all its assets to meet, its liabilities
and pay the bill holders as large a percentage
as possible.
Resolved, That the Deposits in the Bank
which are not payable in Confederate notes be
paid in currency, thr value of those and posits
in gold at the time they were made.
Resolved,, Trat Jc&iah Sibley, Dr. j. MU!i
gan, and W. J Owens be mpn yted to make a
valuation of our assets and estimate the per
centage we are able to pay to our bill holders.
The committee appointed under tho last re
solution has presented the following report:
To the tilobkholders of ihe Augusta Savings
Rank. —Having been requested to make u val
uation of the assets oi your iustitiniou, and
estimate the per Centage \ou are ablo to pry to
your bill-holders, we have, to the best of our
ability, attended to this v< quest. Iu tire present
condition of our money market, we have rxpe
rien red great dililouity in m iking these valua
tions, aad offer them only as an approx maiion
to what may be* their valpe cm the revival of
business.
After particularizing each item of tho assets
the Committee concluded that they could nay
to tho bill-holders qbqut foq?L-.,.a per cent:
But as sorpe of (fie bit's are probably de
stroyed, and-will never be presented for re
dempti n, we think tho Cemja.y may be
able to pay fifteen per cent of their circula
tion. "More than this we (hi k if. unsafe for
the Company to undertake to. give, and less
than this would not probably exhaust its as
sets.
Signed J sr,v:i Suu.et,
Josei’ii Milhoan,
W. J. Owens.
Resolved, That the Treasurer be instructed
to pay for the certificates of deposit, that may
be presented for redemption, fifteen percent,
of their nominal value as soon as ha can pro
cure change for that purpose.
Augusta, July ITcli, 1865.
Tub National Banks -The issues of the Na
tional banka are accumulating so immensely
that tho banks at the large commercial cities
find it ad ffi uH tack to oovi •.« a system o?
general redemption that is cffi dent and prac
tical. There was a move towards accomplish
ing so desirable au end a few and >.ys ago, on Hie
part of some of the Fhiiadelphia, New York,
and-Boston banks. Under the law the banks
are compelled to receive each other’s notes in
payment of debts due them, but are not com
pelled to take them on dopes t. This provis
ion is regarded as unjust, es it allows no dis
crimination, but requires the reception of ihe
bills of all National bank -, uo matter where it
is located. Tiro bank itself may be a thousand
miles distant from the redemption point, but
there is no allowance. There is another plan
which is sa'd to be under consideration. It is
to receive every thing issued by any National
bank, and instead of paying the potea out to
send them home to all banks which have iu the
cities uo redeeming agency. If this be pursued
sharply, it will either wind up ail mere banks
o f circulation, or at least greatly reduce their
profits. One beneficial effect ot such an ar
rangement would be the care it would require
ip the management of the balances of the
country banks. Now it is customary for new
nks seeking business to olfer four per cent,
ba.. -t cn the balances of distant banks and
inter*- 1 - iu this money at once in order to
then to le. If par redemption is provid
save the in. ere. -, e balances will be subject
ed in the cities n. w ,n p ai -tially remove
ed to such demands b, Jk in / ore .. t a( f j rendcr
the temptation to allow in. ,
the business much safer. Li ‘ V 0 no seems
cussion of this subject nearly over ono, seems
to assume that it is ctesfr&blo to ' _ J
agency to take care of tho work of redun.p
tion.— Northern paper.
How Gen. Buckner Lost his Fortune.— Yv hen
Gen Buckner of Ky , was a caption in the
regular army Buckner marrif and Mbs ivinsbury,
an heiress, who owned an immense lauded
estate in Chicago, valued at more than a mil
lion of dollars. It was unimproved, however,
and did not yield an income. Buckner finally
placed it under tho supervision of General
Burnside, who with judicious management,
soon caused it. to pay handsomely. When the
war broke out, it was uncertain on which
side Buckner would serve. He was offered a
high position by Mr. Lincoln, and also by
Jefferson Davis, and finally chose to cast bis
fotunes with the South. But before doing so,
to preserve this great estate to nis wrte and
children, it was made over to the brother of
Mrs. Buckner, in which they had full confi
deuce.
A little later, and Kiusbmy, the brother,
entered the Federal army, and was wounded
in the battle of Fredericksburg. While lying
on the field lie spoke of his property, aud hia
desire to arrange it so that his sister worm!
have no trouble about it, but delayed too mug,
and died without making his wishes luitber
known He had been but a short tuna mai-
Sr
to <rve them. It is prooer to say, to her honor,
that she has been most liberal iui-tt
Buckner’s property waß-lqngJ.ace con
aud thus the close of the w„r -u- ’
beggard condition.
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
The English Parlament was to be dissolved
on Jufy 0 and writs for new elections were at
once to be issued.
The House of Lords, alter a >on b debate, •
reiected the Roman Catholic Oaths bill.
Lord Brougham, in an address to the Social
Science Association, reviewed the important
law reforms of the present session; and ad
verting to the coming election and the di-cus
hi on a taking placy on ibc million. oi ail (*x - .n
--sion of the franchise, he stated that he did not
agree with those who were alarmed the
extension of the right of voting for fear of new
voters coming in aud swamping liiose v ’ uo
weie already voters. ,
It is positively stated tha n.c . (
nat has rejected the con bu n : «. n u.nea l»y
Pius IX with rtgard to the i. ', m J^ °
Biohops to the Italian :00s. R - •
probable that the negotiations have not been
finally broken off. t . Ur , (
‘lhe romantic attachment b-nween L> >!-nu
and the Princess Mary, cousin o ! Q n-cn_\ *c*c
f ria, was' the subject of considerable g<*s»!p some
months ago. The dream ot an alliance between
I loyalty and an inferior order oi nobility ha n
now vanished, the fashionable papers having
announced that his lordship is to bo married to
Miss Edith Ward, a daughter of a gentleman
of fortune residing in Upper Giosvenor street.
The Queen is said to have been largely instru
mental'in bringing the match about, and Lord
Hood will receive a handsome royal rccognl
tion as soon as it is completed,
VOL. LXXIV.- —NEW SERIES VOf . OV T
AEWS SUMMAUV.
Col. S. P Shaffner writes a letter' to the
World, predicting the failure of the Atlanlio
cabie He says there is no probability of send
ing more than three woufs per minute, and
even nt that rate the conducting power of the
cable will bo destroyed in ninety days.
Much dissatisfaction is expressed bv leaders
in the secession movement who are'now in
U a hiugton, on account ,»f the President’s
slowness in granting pardons.
Tlte work of establishing ..<ist routes in the
lute rebel States necessarily progresses-slowly
The most important routes will be open before
long, but it will be mouths before there will be
anything like a complete postal system iu such
Hiait
The Herald's correspondent says the subject '
of Jeff. Div V trial has never been officially I
discussed. Informal conversations have oc- !
curred in the cabinet, and elsewhere between
officials, but all probabilities are against his i
Immediate trial. ©
The patent,lor Morgan Jeymoni’s reaping !
machine has been renewed ten veais.
Dr. Nichols superintendent of the Govern i
meat insane sylum has stated that Miss Harris !
'he person who killed Burroughs in Washing- J
ton. some time glace, committed Hie hoiuic'de
under the ii flu once of insane violence.
All the alumlouc-d property iu and around
Norfolk aad Portsmouth has been ttfined over
to the freedmen ’a bureau,
Cotton is daily arriving at Norfolk fiom
North QaroPua.
♦Jffe bundled and twenty five pardon? wore
granted July 12 -seventy five of which were
upon the application of Gov. Pierp.&nt.
It is understood tho Attorney General lias
recently furnished an opinion that the Presi
dent has not power to appoint a commission
to decide claims for the large amount of cot
ton captured at Savannah, Mobile, Charleston.
Wihnhg.on, &c, but that applicants must
ff ’ek relief in the mode prescribed by Rvw in
regard to captured and abandoned property ;
also that all property turned over by tho mili
tary to treasury agepta must ne regarded and
created in the same manner.
A rule of great, impoitanoe to parties inter
est. u in patents, has been introduced by the
present Secretary of the Interior. Since the
act ot 1848 it ha? been supposed that jurisdic
tion in several cases was vested solely in fire
Commissioner of Patants; In an important
case, the Secretary has jqst directed the Com
missioner to grant further time to procure tes
tiinoi:y ngauist the renewal, although, tho
reaewt.l had been granted by the Commiss
ioner. apt] the original term of the patent had
expired.
Gorlinas has bien in consultation with Gen.
Browqj. It is reported that ho would no ion
ger oppose the Empire. He hadefeated much
Indignation, bv firing on am 1 capturing the
steamer Bath, which resulted in the loss of
several lives.
A few days ago, n squad of militia was sent;
from Carroltou, (Jarroll county, Ky, to pro
cure hay from a farmer named House, living
about a milefiom town. While there, a d ; -
putc of some sort grew up, and House was shot
and killed
In New York, one mm who hid no income
in 1863, now return.-, uinely four thousand dol
lars. Another, rv dar tire same circumstances,
returns eighty eight, thousand.
The Superintend, ut, of Freedmen, at Shreve
port, gives notice that; planters will not be al
lowed to drive helpless and infirm slaves from
the plantations, as has been practiced.
Maj Gun. Steelman, —The Macon Tele
graph says that a letter from an old friend,
dated Augusta, July 10th, says : “M»j. Gen.
James B. Sleedtnan is here, mid will at once
assume command of the military department
of Georgia. I urn well convinced that be will
give satisfaction to the people of the State,
lie is liberal in sentiment, yet firm in purpose,
lie has given his entire attention to the subject
of the war since its cnmmencmcut. Ha has
been the commander of the Eutowah district
since the fail of ’63, where he gave entire
satisfaction; and because of the apparent
good be done in the management and govern
ment there, he has'been transferred to this, a
more intricate and extended field.”
Gov. Pierpont requests that no more peti
tions for pardon be presented for his signature
until he receives iiistru<’tions from Washington
lie hopes to red ear the applications to system
so that the aid of council-will not be required
here or at Washington.
An order has been issued by the Secretary of
War commaiuliug all officers and enlisted men
on detached service, aud absent from duty, to
immediately return to their respective com
mands.
The Masonic Order have purchased the large
lot on the corner of F aud ninth streets, Wash
ington, and intend to erect a National Maso
nic Temple limn*.
The reports from the Oregon mining dis
trict ate very favorable.
The Raleigh (N. 0 ) Progress states that on
Saturday last no less than twenty negroes were
robbed in the public streets of that city. ’Jhe
cusses cc urred principally on Fayetteville
street. The manner of doing this .work is
impudent, if not original. It is said that,
peeing a negro with anew hat, parcel of dry
goods, or other desirables, the evil doers
snatch them from the possessor and cooiy
walk off with t'-e unfortunate's property.
Ex Govern >r Is Liam Harris, of Tennessee
and the Iron. Pierre Soule are now residing*m
Mexico - (be former in Puebla, and Mr. Soule
in tbo city. „ ~ ...
Almost ail the New England cotton mit.s,
owing to ibi 1 great decline in values, raw ma
teiiai. and cloth, have suffered some loss, ex
cepting those engaged in Government con
tracts, and a fi w have impaired their capitals,
and been obliged to suspend tbeii div.dervdo; &.■
The well known partisan, Champ Furgerson,
is now on trial at Nashville, before a military
commission. , . ~T
Largo numbers of old merchants ot New Or
leans continue to return.
'The Government expenses during the past
year amounted to three millions per day.
Gen Rosencrans left New Yoik for San
Francisco, on a vieit to California and Nevada,
on the steamer which sailed last f-atuid-^y.
About two hundred and fiity school teachers
for tiie riegr »es have up to ibis time been em
ployed in Virginia.
Those who have been surprised at the rapid
ity with v.bieh the execution of the conspira
tors at Washington followed the approval oi
tiie sentence by the President, wili find a para
lel in the case of Bellingham, the murderer of
Jlr Pu'civil, prime minister of England, in
1812 Bellingham committed his crime at
about five in the afternoon of Monday, May
11, 1812, His trial came on at the Old Bailey,
on Friday, the loih; be was at once found
guilty and was • xecated at eight o'clock on
the morning of Monday, the 18th-a full week
from the date oi the fatal deed not having ex
piled.
A fair D now in progress at Milwaukee for
the pur nose of raising a fund to secure for in
valid and impoverished IVisconsin soldiers a
comfortable homo
The New Orleans papers state that the por
tion oi tlio Cueiokoc Indians in Northwestern
Louisiana are in great distress and birdering
on starvation Their chief, who held a com
.mission or brigadier general in Confederate
army, hes issued an appeal to the people, of
Texas so assistance.
Sherid A lias i-sued an order notifying Tex
an refugees thsit the United-States troops are i
now in possessu nos that State ; that they can |
return tcFIL-.-ir homes and safely resume pos- j
session of their property. The order also no- !
titles the people of Texas that no 1 ome guards j
or armed bodies for self-protection will be per
mitted, as a million of United Sates forces
will fce sufficient to protect persons aid prop-
Sevty. All acts of the State legisl; t ire since
the passage of the secession ordinance, are de
clared illegitimate,
i ' v ? ;(! fit IE lIC
In. ,' l " ' or: * *> y <«Ooil Market .
,L , further uu,^
V"‘,' , . os an upward movcmei
1 bn yam
; disposed -0 hold aloof from the market in m;..
j Ueip.ued ot reaction. Tho supply j s sa ',' S|)
and a: outs aro very firm in their vh ‘ she
amount of goods In the interior is light, ami
a heavy fall trade is expected.
; * Ol . u i.;~ are arriving freely with a
g mu I ti-, deucy towards higher prices.
I F.ci-.i 1; r-iiks has advanced materially m tho
i k'sl . \\ days, and fine qualities ordered one
| or two mouths ago cannot be duplicated under
t>o to 160 per yard advance.
Louisville Mark?.t-Ji;;» SO.
Bagging and Ihu’e.—T here is but little doing
and w quote at 21 to ‘22c for prime loose bug
gtng •• - J *l.l to 122 for rope. B Jes ol 400
piec e bagging and 220 coils rope at tlie-e
pricun
i-'oTi'uN ani> C; "rox \ AtiNS—Prices tinu, wo
quote cotton at 2 1 to dec, according loquaiitv
There k-s been a decline iu cotton yarns, wit
sans ai 39, 36 and 33c for No?. 500, GUO a
7 00.
iL a i>. —Prices aro unchanged. We quo I
812.) a 135 per tun icr undressed in me’
lets, tiough etrii tiy prime would con
Prime di .scu Kentucky com
S2 iso to S2 75*
Provisions.— No sales of mess posk r
Sales ( 105 ,000 pounds clear sides at
172 • 5 3 600 stagg’a hams at 24 to
held at ;’6c.
Sheetings and Shirtings. —Tl
week there La- been quite an
most t denes, and brown and
have decidedly improved, and
firmly maintained, Th tstocks;
arrivals diiect irom Georgia
sheettog?, esnaburgs and coilc
L, «t N. R. R-.' consigned to
here, 'this day week ago
brown sheetings at!vanced to ol
day ’nut to the further advance •
which the market has been firm
figure. Bleached goods have
from 2 a 3, yet tho latest and!
York say the advance the
3 n sc.
Win icey.—There has'b
during the past week, and
11; fn at $2 05.
Wool.—There is but 1
quote at 35c in grease an
Louisville Democrat.
Financial and Commercial.
The import entries at the port of Now \
for Ha- week ending July 6, amounted to
818. Off l, against .1,811.032 same week
year. The exports f domestic produce am cum.
o.d Id 81,757-,288, against £5,224,707 same
week in 1864. The exports of specie was SIOO,-
280, against $560,667 same week last year.
The Bank oi England ret urns for tire week
ending June 21st are. very favorable. The stock
oi bullion was £16,294,910, bring an.increase
o: £249,241, and the resei ve c! notes was up to
£!) 2!' 1,390, being an increase of £282.505. The
public ’eposits show au increase of £770,095,
and tie her deposits an increase £731.185.
Tho other securities Dave lucr as, a by £1,233,-
708 iaheating a good demand for money.
The Bank of France returns for the week
ending June 221, show an increase in the bul -
lion of £672,000, an increase in Hie treasury
balance ot £940,000, and. an increase in the
current account of 6540,000, a decrease in
commercial bills discounted of £lB ?, 000, and a
dcciea. e in the notes of 61.000,000.
(Jcriuau Tobacco Repor t.
Bremen, June 17, 1865.
Since our last report tire tone of our tobacco
market ir, a better one. Owners remain very
firm, and buyers scorn more willing to operate,
but they don’t find suitable quality. Several
samples of the new crop, arrived per steamer,
confirm again tho very favor bieopinion, which
we mentioned in our circular, ante the quality of
the new crop, and there is no doubt that tho
first a' rivals of l ew Clark: ville will find eager
buy, r-s, and probaldy at ve.y good prices. The
sampfi s we saw are less lit lor saitcc-r purposes,
but me fine and extra fine leaf, and good sub
stanti My, and will, we think, be readily taken
by buyers for the North and Switzerland.
Wc note sale: this week of 18-1 hhdsJCtn
tncky at 9j>a 15 groats, 20 hhds do at 8u 0 groats,
1)5 hhds do at 10 groats, and 100 hhds Mary
land, alloat, at 5| a groats, GO hhds do. afloat,
at 4,5, 6, 8-J, and 10 groats per pound. Os
stems, only, 8 thus strippers wore soid at 4 tha
lers Leaf brown sound stripper stems would
be paid uf> to 5 thalers, but a l mouldy quali
ties are depressed to the low price ot say 3 a
3.J thalesi Manufactured stems are dull of sale.
Seed leaf—oldylocks, first and second hand
about iOX’OO cases or marc Os new Connecti
cut; abouj, 800 cases are hero and on the way
from New York: Wo find the quality of new
Connecticut very satisfactory,but all samples.we
saw have not been worked as yet. We think
we can recommend toe* new Connect cut for
operations it prices don't rule too high for
wrappers.
• We quote fine wrappers at 23 a 26 groats,
medium do Its a 20 groats, and fillers at 5| a 6
groats.
Caul Locke, Widow A Sox.
Liverpool Get (on Market—June 30.
Sales of the week 69,000 bales, including
28,000 bales to speculators, and 14,500 to ex
porters. The market opened buoyant, with a
considerable advance on all qualities, but
closed flat with the improvement partially lost.
L'lie advance on the week reached JdaJd. on
American with a chcliuejof lal.jl on Egyptian,
while other descriptions are unchanged Sales
to-day 7,000 bales, the market closing firm at ; a
trilling advance. Quotations are : Orleans
Mi<hi!Jig J; Middling Texas 201; Upland
jiq j. ihe keck in port by acual count
reaches 308,000 bales, (being 32,000 hales
above the estimate.) including 28,000 bales of
American.
I.ouiavillo Tobacco market.
The demand for this staple continues good
and prices are maintained. Tiie sales during
the week ending have amounted to 1,191 hhds.
The following are the closing quotations, end
ing July I*4 :
Trash. $1,60 to 165,-
Trash lugs 5,10 to 5 ; D5
Factory lugs 4 00 to 5 Off
Common lag- 6,00 to 6,60
Common heavy lugs gM, to Bfiff
Common leaf 0,00 to 11,io
Heavy leaf 12,00 to 17,75
Good to fair leal 18,00 to 25,00
The following in regard to the receipts of
tobacco is from the Letter Sheet Frice Cur
rent :
*Vith the 50th of June two-thirds of the to
bacco year have passed, ancL. we suljoin the
actual sales at the warehouses in this city for
the past eight months, together with the num
ber sold during the eight months of the pre
vious year—lß64 We also add the sales dur
ing the month of June, 1864 and 1865, by"
which it will be seen that though the sales
this year are very large, they fall far behind
the previous year. The aggregate sales at the
warehouse during the month ot June each year
are as follows :
Bales in 1864, 6.938* sales in 1865, 9,737.
Decrease in 1865, 2,779.
The aggregate sales at the auctioft ware
houses daring the first eight montbH'Wtf&be
first ana present season, commencing with the
first November each year, sum up as foliov/s :
gales in 1864, 24,197. Skies in 1865, 43,169.
Dec rase ia 16G5, 20, 972. —Louisville Democrat
w-aa* w ——
The richest banker m South America ha3
just dietl in Lima. D m Pedro Candama wa=J
his name, and ißfi,ooo,OoC his fQtvU^