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fii£ vr jrjtji %&• - follow; ol: letter ! ' ;• •'• f . v’ »-!! the pleasure of xa'red spot, to share .. r< turn of pex.ee ; to | „■,v■ u t? heroes ai thy war, j n'.h. iTght he *rls, though j .ior-j. au<l with you to j i, the memory of those l in parson, I cm only rend 1 , and assure you of my full tho spirit and purpose of your | sorrow. _ | .ndence, none have he n more impor A signifimt than that upon which you j .unble. Four years of struggle for our na tional life bath b- n crowned with sucore ; armed treteon i*» swept Irom to* bi’iu ; cur j ports are reopmr and ; cur i ■ -to '••* ' Vi 'h other j nations are of the nm ' factory character, r our international com n-.uc in > ■", our sot a ion and stilors resume their [>■ *' • ll * pursuits, our flag floats hi every hretz *, aidtr e only barrier to our nation a progress i.uu. .u ..a very, i.: »or* ever at an end. , Let us trust that e " re- 1 1 4-h of July shall fiml our nation ntreugrr iu numbers,; stronger in wealth, strong, r iu the htomony : of its citizens, strongei in its devotion to iu j tiouuiity nd freedom. As 1 i avo ol’ett sa:d, 1 | believe that God t*ut lids pe nea o r a mission i amonn the nations of the earth, lie founded its perpetuity. That faith baa tustained me through the Struggle that bar pa--• 1 It iv l us me now, that new dangem thu : nm. I iat wliatever mean.-11 u a, tue Almighty i, de termiired to preserve u >.* ipi plo And since T ba7e seen the lov our leriow citizens bear heir country, and the sue. bices they have udo for it, my am f : •» has become onger than ever, tb't a Government ot llw pie is tho strongest, a t well as tho boat Gov uent. your joy to-morrow, 1 tru:.* you win not the thousands of wlr -, ns well as whom the war ha- * inancipated, who ' tills Fourth ol July wish a delight revious uunivtucary of trie Deda*a petrdi DCC ever gave th- lU. mo long try a info.i u\* ; Hi h load and them for their own unwor by tj now tree to servo and cherish enfc against .win so life they in h struck lam greatly paustalien >3 laiely in rebetlion, we do not have un exhibition of such loy oti&m as was never seen nor left ave conseorat and a National Cerri to lay tire corner-stone of a Na nt wliiclr in ail human preba* I*ih fail height and propor- Nob e as this monument ot ill be but a taint symbol o! timin', whroh.it we do our so among the I'aripns if lire uudatiou laid in Philadelphia Sara ago Tone shall wear e this monument, but that, ,»on the consent, virtue, patriot ..diligence of tire people, each year, make ii fir mer and more iuipo; .rig. Your lrieu 1 uod fellow c.it’z A.vintt w Johnson. *■ - :mMH» M.U.GEV. bI’BEIJM.Y ff.S OJSD lit X» 1. [From Macon Telegraph ] Tho general order t.om M j ,r G-cnoral Steed man, cjuimiude>-of the department of Geor gia, ag *oi with our --'.alt m>. nt m m!« a few days ago, til t Gea. H. would be sou and cmaervutivo In his rule, and in i o css r t uff * * tho rigiffs of the citizen to be ini : ; and. 1 will be seen all unusual arrests ace prohiidu d—complaint inu -t he supported by the oaih «,1 the complainant, as in time ot peace; a:.a the bus:to -.a aUVr.: and sod al relations of Urn ewi/. n will bo caro l for. This order should serve to increase pub lic confidence in the cunmawler cl the depart went, who we know will sull r no violation of his order to go unputdsh ,1. [From Srvuni t'i Here,id.] Tho General Order No 4 of M; j r General Stet u an, is another develop* m.-nt of the generous and beueiicicii! p d.ey wire, h the A i ministration inis adopted iu d**: li g with the reclaimed States. It anything we.o wan; tng to assure the * rely lir lora ion of there States to their old footing, i; is the promts ■ conveyed in this Order ot non int l ievenco by the military powers s’aiii 'u'-i within them, in the civil government The peopleware to be ai lowed to woikout for tin u - 1 .v« s ti e pr. bictn of reconstruction, and are lelt to bo arcnitccm of their own fortunes Once again have the people of Georgia experienced too bounty of a magnanimous an i trinurul sublimity—a power, which, had it desired, could have bound tlie civil iUi uals, hand and 100 , by means ol garrison l u'e. oV indeed, could have Withheld all civil o'guni;:moil from lire State, for an indefinite period Wo have no fear that a grateful people wid abus * the power sc live ly and coiifi leutly placed iu I heir iemds; cut, wo believe that they will take ui vantage of tho op portunity to demonstrate to skeptics thoughout the country, that their voluntary le.Jslatiim will be as loyal to the interests ot the whole coun- j try as the sentiments they" avow. *Gen. Steedinan announces that f, no inierfer ence by any poison in the mifitai > servree of the United Slates with the otlicial acts, ordeis, oi efforts of the Provieic-nal Govunor wdi he permitted.” The lau.-.uage cspiiclt, and the word of the officer is n;i,lcuotediy to be re lied cn. But the order goes suit fun her ; not only are the p dit cal righiaof the people to be eeoured to theuf, but they are also to be de fended iu their social relation--. G*u. Steed mao does wisely tlius to go to (lie botlom of the difficulty. No people can in i th-n . lvcs in a happy condition, eveu llvugli Gre w-o.d and most liberal rule guards their higher and more re note interesis, while they arc in the common affaiis of daily H e hampered an,! an noyed by the formalities ol petty re-’ riel -os. Nor do they acquire a stronger loyalty f<> the government through the «n, .- ale,us ;-c’.y ting of those into contact with whom the ac cidents of war have thrown them, bu who have no other right to give ccu -tcl. N thing evu 1 be plainer or sharper tlivni the words ol Gen. upon this subject. In this matter, tvs in the in-!ui: ions rcl Give to the jreedmeu and the p- or, ticn Svccdman | has shown rare tact anil dJic.vcy as v,alias wisdom, and a thorough apprehension of the | elements of the problem. Mail Facilities. -We eee very little pres pact of a speedy adjustment of our mail diffi culties, and would uiort-.f- surest that the people make private arrant moots among themselves for the Iran-muss; nil n.ws mat ter. It is hitihly desirable that our people should be fully advised ot w it is traesp i, g in the country, especially of tne official acts ot Federal and Sta'e clhc i v It*thickly pop ula ed neighborhoods c .uibinutio :s of l ts m ght be termed lor the tvausmUaioa of mail matter until some regular postal system is adopted. The members of such couibiuiim tlons might each m tmu ague to rtcrire a mail at the nearest railroad station and deliver its contents to the others. For instance, twelve men combining, one of the twelve would only be required to incut the i v f.rsu and ttoubie I of going at ter a dai y mid once in .wo weeks : ! and if the number be doubled once in four j weeks would he all t e K rvice nqu red.- - j Some phn ot this sort n-g.u be adopt i, w>. - think, wth great advaut .ge to the public* Macon Journal X lit **•<; The plau suggested by the Journal is a good i one, and we hope our friends in the count!' i act upon it. ——»■ ——.r. Murder lx Burk Loumt -Dr Ttos. Byn- i residing ne u Hopefull part ot Bntke county on Thursday, 13 U. ’ll w,. s ~. m fee night, and according to tl 'i u. ~a of i • of the form, r Byne, E q . the tion of six or i posed by killii Jive of the negt es . .. a Q j will probably full r t < ;u 1 j. c .f iffe : law. The Doctot ULtil the morning, after he v i.iiied, i, ;i the hogs tfavi shockingly muiauud it,— Cotta! L*- i <JOV. .MJHXjsO.VS PHOCL [From Macon lien reful perusal of t .... .‘rot mui id, we think the T e ii i j itba' ■ i ct <<>nab!e but much to o< ... nl. 1. {.. • evciyirdag emanating trorn it- t - : -v, h. is cot.ci iva and in admiraoie raste. anu tuti- a1- v word3 the way ia which G-or ,ii c resume her position in the Union with .11 a-: former privileges and beaefi'e. And it I . to be hoped that all law-abiding citiz ms a ill ad the Governor in re-establishing civil ;aw and delivering the State from military rule. [From Atlanta Intelligencei ] A diHL-dt and delicate task is now imposed upon the pe pie of Georgia. Qu stions in v dvieg the dearest temporal interests of her cU ; z-; s have now to be adjlisted ; although the “iOitc of events/’ has forced us into eban :t Is o f th jught and of action to which we are unused, yet it is the dictate of prudence common t ense ami sound philosophy that we should pursue (hat course under the circum > ‘ ui/js in which we fiud ourselves involved, which will be promotive of tire happiness of tire greatest number of our people FitOM J-OtTH AMKlilt-'A The difficulties between Chile and the Span iard-i have cot yet resultei in hostilities ; but fears were still entertained that they would ul tira'i'ely do so. The revolution ontiaues iu Peru, and the revolutionist were making considerable head way. It was reported that they had retaken T-dcaa, and were moving in force against Arica. A difficulty had occurred between the Peru vian government and the United States Minit ter, owing to the latter ffording refuse and hospitality to a proscribed ex Vice President; but the matter was subsequently arranged in a manner sa!factory to both sides. A plot to blow up with a torpedo a Spanish iron clad in Callao harbor, in which several prominent Peruvians were implicated, had been discovered and foiled. The rebellion iu the republic of Sau Salvador has been com pletely suppressed. Iu Panama anew pronunciamento has been mad - by Gen. Correso. who declared himself to be the legitimate President of the State. The revolution ia Peru has again made pro gress. and tlve Vice-President of the Republic has gone over to the insurrectionists. In Ecuador, Gen. Urbina is at the head of an ii surn-ction, and was threatening Guayaquil In Bolivia au out break has occurreo against the r ctuai President, who has but recently usurped the reins of the Government. GE v ,B’CEBU.rIA.Va OitDatt-NO A [From Atlanta Intelligencer] Taken ail in all this order is wise, just and considerate; and its faithful execution, by his subordinate officers, will secure good order throughout our limits, ond preserve the peace and quiet of socieiy Our people are natural ly restive under military rule; but when its adminstration, as in this case, is guided by wisdom, controlled by justice, and executed with moderation, their good sense will prompt a cheerful atquiesence in the necessity that re quires it. Again we commend a careful perusal of (he order Lo our citizens generally. The Cutton Fjsklino Abkoad.—A correspon dent of the New York Times writs) thus in re gard to the cotton heeling abroad : The recent, accounts of the condition of things in the Cotton States of America haß sent, the prices up here and increased the demand for roods. It is'donbted now if for four or fiye ,cava there will be any organization of labor which will oeiinit enough cotton to be raised t, etl'jct the markets It is pointed outthat cot ton requires constant labor for almost the whole year. A strike woud be ruin. The planter must, have control of his crop from the preparation of the ground in January until the picking iu December. Great interests •ie often iniuied by strikes in England, and as thousands of plantations were ruined in tho VVe. t Indies, those interested iu cotton natural ly suppose the some will be the case in Am erica . Mr. Secretary lIoUn has abolished the sys tem lately prevalent in his department under which the expenditures of each bureau were controlled by its head, and has appointed an lowa g utloman as disbursing officer of the whole matter in charge of his department, in cluding expenditures for the Capitol extension, the C pi'ol dome, public grounds, printing office, extension of library, and civil seivice of tho Interior Department. The contract for the extontion of the Congressional Library has been awarded by Secretary tlarlan to two or three gentlemen of this city, at a cost of one hundred and forty-six thousand dollars, beiDg fourteen thousand dollars less than the amount appropriated by Congress. Tbe Assassin Payne.—Rev. Dr. Gilbert of Washington, who attended Payne in bis last hours, bus preached on the subject of the exe cution. He vaid Payne’s real name was Lewis Thornton Powell. IDs father was a Baptist minister. While very young he joined the Church, and was a well behaved peison till he entered ihe rebel army, against the wishes of his parents. His mxt downward step was joining Harvey Gilmore’s gang, and was scon followed by hie nailing-with Mosbey’s despera does, which made him still worse. Powell frankly stated his conviction of the enormity oi his crime. The moment he 11 id from the house of Secretary Seward, and leaped into the saddle of his horse, his mind was waken ed into a realizing sense of the horror of the damnable'deed which he had perpetrated, aud io became miserable, wretched—life itself be came loathsome. Tug New Oath.—The following is the new oath cf aliigiiince, as administered to and tak en by the Provisional or Presidential Governor of Mississippi : “I, William L Sharkey of Mississippi, d> solemnly swear that I will support, protect and deiei and the Comtitution and Government ol the United State- against all enemies, wheth ev domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, allegiance and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, or'law ot any State Convention <->r Legislature to the contrary not withstand iog; and further, that I do this with a full deter rniaatu u, pledge aud purpose, without any meet tl reservation or evasion whatsoever ; aud further, that 1 will well and faithfully perform all the duties which may be required of me bylaw. So help me God. William L -kauket. “Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of June, 1865 Andrew Wtlie, “Justice of Supreme Court, D. C ” A Startling Paragraph - Tue National in telligencer of July 7, contains the annexed startling paragraph : It is stated tbit ia Maryland alone there are tc nr tb* usand persons subject to indictment and conviction, each one ot whom would ap ply in per-on to the President for a pardon, were it not for the regulation recently adopt ed authorizing the United States District Attorneys of tho several dist iots, in connec tion with the governments of the several states to aid iu granting pardons to all persons subject to indictment aud conviction for acts growing out of the recent rebellion. Notori ous offenders, of course will not be pardoned, but will be brought to trial on regular indict ments iu the district courts. B.nnett G. Burley was tried in Pert Clinton Ottowa county, Ohio, July 11. on the charge of robbery. IBs counsel, Mr, Larued and Judge Kunrey, claimed lhat Burley was not guiky of robbery became ho was Acting Master in the navy of the Confederate States, and was „ c t;r.g under the instructions of John Y. Beall, iu se.-lng the steamer Philo Parsons. The facts j on which the pressn’ation rested, were proved j ;.-,d admitted. The object in seizing the Parsons j w to assist in* seizing the United States j ■- amor Michigan*and liberating the prisoners j < u Johnson's Island. It was argued lor the j detense that the Confederate States constituted : a government de facto, was recogmzod as such : by other Powers and were by our own Gov- I cement, and as Burley was only executing the ] c lumands of Jeff, D-vis, he conld not be held j !’ anally liable on charge of robbery. The C tirt charged the juiy to the same effect, and : after a retirement of five hours, leturned ; unable to agree, and Burley was remanied to j prison under a bail bond of $3.00V, j • ' V ITEM**'. “me to pulmonary dis ease?, ami the employees now bieatim K f-u m any long hours, the liberty of leaving tlm building during refreshment tim. having been recently withdrawn At a recent diplomatic reeption at the Tuii leiies, the Emperor Napoleon having observed the new Tuikish Ambassador, whom he bad not seen before, went up to him and addressed him in a few p dite’ words. After the first c jmpiiment the Ambassador bowed low, but did not answer, end the Emperor continued his fluttering speeches without dieting a word of repply or a rknowiedirment. At last some ! one explained the mystery, by whispering to His M ijestv that Safvet PaCh *. does not speak i French. The great fair of Leipzig this year a'tains its hundredth anniversary, having been established in 17G-3 Before that year the fair was visited by numerous booksellers Irom all parts of Ger many, but Frankfort was then the grand em porium of the buck trade, especially for for eigners The authorities of this last named city having imposed certain regulations, the trade abandoned place where it was no lon arer free. At present the Geiman booksellers send their books to the different correspon dents as they appear, and m ret at Leipzig fair to balance the accounts of sales during the year. News from Ge; many of a collection of un known leltcra —eighty-three in number—from Beethoven to that patron of pianists, the C-«r dinal Archduke Rudolph, which ought by this time to be published, under the superinten deuce of that careful and trustworthy o Elector Dr Von Knchel. George Peabody, the London American banker, has presented 3,500 vohi3ie3 of stand ard bocks to tho Peabody Institute, at South D tnvers, Maas Gen Miller has been elected Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Free Mason Lodges of France by one hundred and forty-two votes against tbirty-s'x given to M M issel This office waa rendered vacant by the death of Marshal Magnan It appears that Marshal Mag nan died ia such pecuniary difficulties that, shortly before his last illness, he drew three years pay in advance, as Chief Huntsman of the Court, aqd the diamonds of his military orders were found in the .Mante de forte. A blacksmith at Yarsailles is’ said to have discovered a composition almost as hard as iron, which can be apiplied under the hoof without causing the horse the slighest pain, and costs 75 cent, less than ordinary horse shoes.* The U S. East India squadron will shortly beroinforced, and pi u*ed on an equality with the English and French fleets. About six hundred of the late friends and suppoiters of D’Arcy McGee, the Canadian Minister of Agriculture, have published in Mon tieal a disclaimer ol Mr. McGee’s recent speech at Wexford, Ireland, in which he rell cted up on Irish poprPalion in Ameiioa. They denounce Mr. McGee’s aspersions aa “nofcc.nly unhand some and ungenerous, but unjust^’ M Landau, who represents at Turin th A house of the Rothschild of Paris, paid on the Ist of June, into the offices of tho I’reasury, on behalf of the Railway Company of Upper Italy, a sum of twenty five millions, as the first installment of the purchase money of the State railwr.s s. a t a meeting of Roman Catholics in London, under the Presidency of Dr Manning, it was decided to take measures for the erections ol a metropolitan cathedral as a memoral of the late Cardinal Wiseman. It is stated that near ly $65,000 had been already subscribed The war in New % raland goes on with in creased ferocity, Gen. Cameron, the British Commander- iu-Chief, acting on the defensive Toe last feat of the Maori rebels was to eat an English missionary who they had cfi.ptq;ed The Marois were not wholly unkind, however; they allowed the missionary to say his prayers, and then eat him to the last morsel, b ginning wiih his eyes and brains. It is stated, in pal li ation of the seeming atrocity of this mode of and eposing of a prisoner of war, that the mis sionary had been a land speculator ! A duel Ins tall n place in A geiia between Generals Deligoy and Grand, in which the former was killed. The discarded ends of cigars are carcfuliy collected in Pads, ground and sifted, and then used in wine shops, where any person t king a glass of wine has the piiviiege of smoking a iy amount of t ffiacc). Our dispatches have already announced the discovery of another great lake in Africa, from which the Nile takes ts source. The discov erer Mr. Samuel B iker, an English traveler, finds it to be located in north latitude 2 deg 17 iniu., and has named it the Aloert Nyanzi; Caps. Speke who discovered the other lake reservoir ol the Nile, having called tho latter Victoria Nyauaa. The Nile draws its waters from both of those lanes, but tho last found is themain source of the river. The revenue returns of Great Britaiu show a net derease ol £72-f,tOO st< rling for the quar ter eadiug June 30, which is ah accounted lor by the reduction in the customs, duties. The not decrease for the year ending.! ane 30, is on ly £-101,000. lhe British Board of Trade re turns lor May, compared with those of the cor responding month last year, show a falling off ot about seven per cent, in the declared value cf the shipments. The redaction ‘ from last year is almost eatuciy caused by the fall in lhe price of cotton and other imported staples, and not by any diminution of employment. Some of the English Southern papers hope that if Jeff. Davis is executed England will at once terminate diplomatic relations with the United States. Several of the French ministers speak of resigning if the French troops are not iiatne - diately recalled from Mexico. The health of M. Victor Cousin, the omenent French philosophical wr.ter, is so poor as to give the greatest conerato his nearest friends Trade in Paris is still suffmiag greatly from the strikes among several classes of wo.kmen. hundred pieoes of r 11-rd artille ry are required for arming the Prussian for tresses on the principal ot modern warfare. In speaking ot telegrephic communication an Indian paper says that accurate and speedy in formations U of such value in India, even to’na tive merchants that they will pay any price ior it. In France the silkworm) bred from Japaneese seed give great, hopes, but those pioduced from other lore gn seed give great uneasiness to the silk producers The Government of Tndea peposes to con struct a double line of telegraph to Kurrachee, and also to complete a land line to the head of the Persian Gulf. ’lhe experiments made in cultivating cotton in Yinitia have extended to Ven : o itself.— The proprietor of a bathing establishment on tha seashore {ranted the sandy downs of the Lido with cotton and succeeded. He sent speicements of his produce to the' Austrian Chamber of Comerce at Triestee which have been declared dealers in the article superior in finess and in length to Americm cotton. Mr. Bigelow. American Minister, at Paris, gave a grand fete on the 4th of July, which was largely attended. The B.iti.-h Parliament was prorogued July C, and dissolved immediately allsr. The Queen’s sp eeh expresses pleasure at the ter mination of the American war, and trusts the evil caused by so long a conflict may be re paired and prosperity restored. She express ed great gratification at the assurances ot loy alty from the Provinces. On the 2i July, in the Hi. use of L'>rds, Rus sell presented correspondence irc-m America, I announcing the termination of the war, and expressing satisfaction at the withdrawal of i belligerent rights The steamer Beatrice, formerly the Taiia ' haasee, had left Calais for Liverpool. 1 The Emperor Job :ph, of Austria, is reported | to have submitted to his popular assembly a { law giving the women of his Empire a right ito vote. He is evidently more susceptable to | the tacinatiug charms of the sex than was his predecessor, the Joseph of old. It is stated that M. Walowsgi will succeed Prince Napoleon as President of the Paris Exhibition Committee. It is stated in Warsaw that the Russian government intends to divide Poland into ten government. The Paris Society fc r the encouragement of National Industry has offered a prize of T6O for an artic!* of ink which will not corade steel pens, i t. \ i’K \V i!*«i C rilM i'ii 4! 1 to Tive i lie v; l o --C According to statements t : Bureau cases of j:! usage tn j ported whipping and restriatio. i tary authorities have been repot. ! ral sections. Ia all cases where g : this kind are brought before i i measures are im-Bedsately taken so I dess. An officer from Richmond states i. j freeemm of both sexes are quartered in | nment barracks, of whom but 15 draw rat. ; while of 156 destitute whites who receive shelter 58 are subsided by the Freedmen’s Bureau. There is but little vagrancy in the c<ty, almost every one, white and black, being industriously engaged in laboring for fail wages. Ten thousand eight hundred and fi'ty-three acres of land were taken up under the Home stead Law for actual settlements at Boonevilb', Mo , dur ! ng the month of June, while cash sales amounting to $4 044 tor public lands were made at that office in the same month Three thousand one hundred and sixty seven acres under the Homestead Law were taken no for actual settlement at Junction City, Kansas, in the same month. The Association of German Capitalists last year, offering to tak r r. premium loan from the U. 8. Government larsre enough to cover the total amount of its indebtedness, have again renewed tbeir proposition to the Treasury De partment. The ability of the Association to assume such an immense responsibility was vouched for at the time by the Hon. Geo P. Marsh, and the matter was referred for inves t’gotion to a prominent officer of the Treasury Department, who, it is said, reported favorably, but whose report was never acted upon by the Seoetarv. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, betsveen Baltimore, Washington anu the West, which has been under military control duriug the war. has been restored to the management of the Company. J R. McFerrin, D. D , the well-known book agent of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and one of the most prominent Methodist Epis copal preachers in the Southwest, has received a full pardon and amnesty. The Government is making arrangements to si-nd to Atlanta a suffifient q rantity of sup plies to relieve the necessities of the people iu that section, wfio. for some time past, have been reduced to lhe last extremities by famine. Tha Post office Department is now self sup porting. Its profits fur the last S’y months of .1864 were $732 230,09, and for the first six months of this year will be much larger. Most of Ihe money at present issued by tbe Treasury Department is being disbursed for tbe payment of our soldiers. T’tre State Department has sent circulars to all cities, giving the substance of information recently received from our Minister in Russia, resp o irg the plague wt.khis spreading West ward with groat rapidity. Precautionary measures are euggested, and the attention of tbo authorities is urgently invited for the im mediate adoption of sanitary improvements. The prevalent impression that a majority of the troops have been paid off by tho Govern ment is erroneous. Oa the first of January last the pay-rolls embraced (ho names of 1.200,000 men, of which number but about 250,000 have as yet been paid. The W>r Department has ordered the as signment of Medical officers—as medical di rectors, assistant medical directors, and acting medical inspectors of armies, army corps, and divisions—discontinued. Medical directors will hereafter be assigne i to headquarters of mili tary and Geographical Departments only, and by order of tho Sochetary of War. No increase of rank or pay is pertaining to such assign ment. Since March last, about one hundred and sixty-five million of dollars have b*eu paid to the army. For several days past, the amount paid from tlie Treasury has averaged six and a half million dollars per day. This will continue for soin i time to come. At the Cabinet meeting held recently the subject of pat don of Brigadiers, Major Gener als and others of the high officials of tbe late Richmond government was briefly considered, and it was delermined to let the matter stand in obey .nee for the present, there being no good reason assigned for departing from the President’s poiicy of holding such case3 for Consideration when tire civil authority shall have been fully restored in the States recently in rebellion. Much speculation is indulged in at Wash ington as to the course that the government will take in the matter of the suspension of habeas corpus. The Post Office Department is sending s; e cial agents to open the post offices iu ihe prin cipal cities and towns at the South, anti altei watd appoint citizens of those places, whose loyalty is ascertained, as poslmasters. The President declines to receive personal applications, at present, for the release of prisoners of war above the rank of Major. Measures have been decided upon in the in terior department, for the speedy disposal of the public lauds in the insurgent States, Reg isters and other r fibers have been already do signated lor Aikamas This will be done soon as possible in other Slates. STATE ITEMS The gevernmemt at Macon is .furnishing transportation to all negroes in the city who desire to be sent to their former homes. The stmll pox is on the increase among the colored people in Macon. The recent rains, we are glad to learn, exten ded over most of the State—doing incalculable good to the crops. The Atlanta Era leans that Bievel Brig Gen Winslow, who, for some time, has been in com mand at that place, will, ts soon as his troops are paid off, which will be in a few days, leave with his command for Gen. Wilson’s depart ment cf Macon. Since Gen. WmHow has been iu command at Atlanta, he has, by his kind, conciliatory and gentlemanly demeanor won the confidence aud respect of the people Schools for the colored children are being started al! over the State. From a letter in the Macon Journal 4 Messenger, we learn that Morris’ warehouse in Georgetown, opposite Eufaula, was burned on Saturday July 15, involving the destruc tian of fi tten hundred bales ot cotton. Much of the cotton, is reported to have belonged to parties in Savannah, and lhe E stern bank of Alabama was also a heavy loser. Thefhoorig# loafed in an at. empt of a silly negro to burn a nest of yellow jackets, and the flames spread so rapidly that not a ba’e of the cotton stored waa saved ■ » UW V— ■ The Duty of Candidates in Tensesseb.—All Candidates for office in Tennessee have to con form to the following oath: • I solemnly swear that I will henceforth sup port the Constitution the United States and defend it against the assaults of all its enemies; that I am aD active friend of the Government ol the United States; that I will heaiti'y aid and assist the loyal people in whatever meas ure may he adopted under-, the Constitution of the Uniied States, and under all laws and Proclamations made in pursuance thereof, to establish tne authority over all the people of every State and Territory embra ed in the Na tional Union; and that 1 will faithfully and most heartily support and defend the Constitu tion of the State of Tennessee, and the amend nit ntß and schedule thereunto appended and adopted by the people on tho 22 1 day of Feb and also all acts of the General Asseinb'y. ass. ur.-ied in acoor lance therewith; and that I take -this oath freely, voluniaiiry and without mental reservation. So help me God. James Redpatii recently forwarded to Gov. Andrtwq of Massachusetts, for transmission to tho President, a petition signed by 1,800 col lored loyalists of Charleston, asking for univer sal loyal suffrage, and the appointment of one of the following gentlemen as Military Gov ernor of South Carolina ; General Fremont or Albert Brishbane, natives of South Carolina ; General Saxton or General Butler. A large majority oi the signatures were authographs.— A Loyal Legue (chartered by the National Leaguejaumbers already about 1,000 members; 4,000 pupils attend the public schools ; 500 adults attend night schools. A Reading Boom and Library have been established, , „ ao not, hi . y Known, think there t* . e diate apprthen ion. By Order of General Canby, . . ea t' y beef contractors of St. Louis, named Aiken and Wonder, have been arrested on charges of fraud in furnishing beef to the army. They are now under heavy bond, aud will be sent to New Orleans ibr trial. The St Paul Pioneer says lhe grasshopper scourge in the counti-s of Renville, Brown, Blue, Eirth, Nicollet-, Le Sueur and Scott, Min nesota, this season, in numbers and destruc tiveness, equals anything ever known in almost any part ol the world Thus far their ravages have been eoutiaed chit fly to the prairies, but they have recently commenced tlyiug and alighting in ihe timber kuown as the “Big Woods,” anti there is every probability that they will p'ss through and beyond it, and sweep the Southwestern p irt of the Stale. There are only too strong grounds for believ ing that in the six counties named there will not be an average of more than one-half the crops left to harvest, and there will hardly he enough vegetables left for seed. Corn has b >en less injured thus far than other crops, aud wheat has etjibred most. Gen. Sickh s, who has just returned from his South American mission, reports that iu the republic ot Colombia the State rights doctrine has run to se;d. The relation ot the Federal Government to the States is one of entire neu trality. If a revolution occurs in one of the Srales the Government cannot intefere, but must recognize the party ihat triumphs. The presiding officer oI the Senate, corres, onding with our Vice President of the republic, is eleettd once a month ! The Spanker of the House is chosen for the Same term. The Chiet J ust ce of the Supreme Court holds his office for h single term of Court. Suffrage is univer sal, In nans and negroes having tqual rights. There is ao prejudice against color; rarmy of the physicians, army officers and judges being blacks. The Richmond Republic states that the Bui yersity of Virginia will soon resume its duties, With highly encouraging prospects. This erabie institution, founded by Jefferson, and, next to the cause of American Independence, the most cherished object, of his life, deserves the friendly wishes and efficient support of all who would estadlish a high standard of educa tiou and secure the permanence of a great school which, by proper patronage, has taken rank with Die leading universities o! Europe. Tlie fortifications or Q rebec are being pushed forward. At Roint Levi lour forts, each to hold about 3,000 men, and ditches several miles loug, are to bo made. Michigan furnished more than ninety-one thousand men for the war, or one eighth oi her populatoin. The prospects of the North Carolina wine crop this year are said to be excellent. An enthusiastic Uuiou m iss-rneeting was held at L xingtou, Ivy., on Monday. ~ A Miss Noely of M )Ckvilie, N. (J. shot a ne gro woman through the heart, on July 2, while the latter was arguing with her master ltceut arrivals from Fortress Monroe report the health ot Jeffeison Davis as better now than »ny time during his incarceration. The census of Providence, K. I , which has just been completed, shows that tbe popula tion of that city is 52 787. There are 3,994 more ft males than males. The entire colored popu lation is 1,711. The petrified bones of mammoth animals hrve recent y been found in largo numbers near Yoiktovrn, Va ,ia the York River, lm meuse ribs of four inches in diametet and sec tions of spinal vertebiw ten inches in diameter are among the specimens recently brought to Fortress Monroe by excurtiouists to the po.nt mentioned Dates from Texas of June 23!, say Ihat the corn crop bids fair to be unusually large in all the counties ia that State east of the Trinity. Rains have been abunant.and the crop, though late, is of fine color’, and very promising. West oi ibe Trinity the country is sutf-uiug much from drought. A horrible tn!*gefly occurred la Cinc’nnati, July li, in which Mrs. Mathias Thebune, wife ot a respectable mechanic, attacked Miss Amelia ibrasted with a knife, cutting her in the lace and neck six rimes, destroying her left eye, piercing her windpipe, and inflecting wounds which will undoubtedly prove fatal.— The fiendish woman t’nta attempted to escape, but was arrested and now lies in jail awaitmg the result of her vic ims’s injuries. The cause of this tragic affair was jealousy. The hubb .ad of Mrs. Til*buna has mysteriously disappeared. During the sixteen days ending June 30, 2,247 emigrants passed Fort Laramie with nearly 18,t)d0 eaJ of cattle. Nearly ga largo a number passed during tho fourteen days end ingJunel4, and during (he month of May over 5,000 "teams and 40,000 head of stock pass ed for the West. If emigration continues at this rate, it will not take many years ta erect States on the broad praries oi tne Far West, and build cities on’the slope of the Rocky Moun tains. 'These bodies of emigrants have, with a single except lm, p issed safely though an in tensely hostile ludiau country, escorted by tbe offictrs and soldiers ot Gea. Uonuer’s com mand. The 3 lie of seven-tbiriies cannot be expected to keepnace with the unprecedent expendi ture #3 Secretary of the Treasury has, therefore, decided to pay but twenty five per cent of all allowed claims in cur ancy, aud to tender the creditois of the Government the remaining sevmty-five per cent in certificates of indebtedness. Major John A. Boiles has received the ap pointment of Solicitor aud N ival Judge Advo cate General of the Navy Department. Commissioner Ortoti has decided that “until otherwise ordered it will be the tbe policy of the Government not to enforce the rinht to b.rfeit property in the hands of innocent purchasers for value, or account of frauds perpetrated by producers.” Tbe decit-ion is important in enunciating :he rule or policy to be adopted in future, and alsojn foreshadowing the conclu sions likely t 6 be reached in individual cases now under consideration. The Charleston Courier complains of the breach of peace committed ia that city. Large number sos people are taking the oath at Houston l exa3. Fifteen hundred bales of cotton, on Mexican side of Rio Grande w.-re swept off by freshet. Most of it is thought will be saved Guerllas are investing Middie aud Western Texas. The people are calling for protection of Union troops. Gold, silver, and greenbacks are plenty in Texas. Mr. Cain, an arfict on ilivper’s weekly was found dead in his bed iu Washington July J 5, no cause assigned. *’ Business In New Yoik is on theriocreaso. la the United Slates Court, at New Orleans, they are di;c ssing the constitutionality of the test oath. Governor Pierpont estimates that 10,OCO Virginians are entitled to pardon under Presi dent Lincoln’s proclamation. lUverdy Johnson has gone to R'chmond, to act as counsel in confiscated property cases. Troublis are on the increase between our Texas lorccgand Maximilian’s troops, It is estimated 150,000 bales of cotton are in Texas. The new orop will be about 50,000 more. About five millions pounds of wool have ac cumulated in Texas. The President has fully recovered to resume his hours of labor. There is a dispute in Washington as to tha time Florida seceded. Southerners who resided abroad during the war, are applying for oaths of allegiance. The Chicago commercial convention has ad journed. Special inducements it has been re • solved, will oe held out to returned soldiers to obtain a commercial education, Several Generals have been released from Fort Warren ; among them Jackson of SayftU* nah, Marmadukc and Lyttje, REWSgt’MMRUIY. ■ close of the wa l , the business of Gffi re is constantly increasir-g. The tted are now averaging ov-.-r fifty oner Uailaway has rcsigued. His as not been appointed. S Fulierton, of M-.j Gen Howard's .6 lelt for t'uo South-qj.’ business cohnec ■vith tbe Frceomen’s Bureau He inlens /Lit different points along the Atlantic <ist for the purpose of indicating more spe .ficaiiy to the Assistant Commissioners tbe policy of General Howard, and of dbtainiurr such information as will tend to guide and facilitate the operations of that bureau. The rumor that the bodies of the ex&utad assassins had been given up is incorrect. The conspirators now in prison at Washing ton have been more cheerful since their fate has been decided. The following Pension Agents have been ap pointed in the Southern States . M S Con way, Richmond, Va., Juo. Caldwell, Knoxville Teun ; C. F. Buck, New Orleans, La. The Putamrc flotilla is to be broken un. The stores to be taken to the Washington Navy yard. Tire St. lagoes Naval station is to be aban doned. A writ has"been issued for the confiscation of tho Spottswood Hotel, and several other buildings in Richmond. - In the Treasury Department W. H. West has received the appointment of Chief Cloik vice Haitly, and B. J. Rittenhousa Chief Cierk in the place of John A Graham, who has recent ly been appointed Assistant Register of tho Treasury. The Postmaster General bas notified the Proa’isional Governors that tha oo*tal service will be resumed on all lines of railroads in the South, as soon as they respectly certify that the roa; s are in proper condition for the pur pose, Tho General Land Office has decided upou measures with a view ot putting speedily info operationin in the late insurgent States the ma chinery for the sale <Sf public lands. At the laying of tho corner stone of ihe Washington City Protestant Orphan Asylum, the Secretary of the intenor, Mr, Harlan, in his brief address said: “Whf n tho French, not now so triendly to our prosperity, sprung to arms iu the defense ol Turkish nationality, we all applauded: but when they attempt to crush feeble Mexico; we despise their want of gen erosity, and wish it might be the will of God, in the order of His providence that this great Republic ol ours should be called upon to protectner f*eble sister.” Tiffs rtmoik met with general applause from the large auditory present 'l he President pardoned July 14, soventy five peisuns—none of any prominence. Large numbers of applications for pardons continue to be received. An extensive sale of Government mules is to take place under the direction of GenpralExia. at Cleaveland Ohio, commencing August 8. The National Convention of Commncial Cos leges now in Bess on in Chicago, have sub scibed $3,500 towards building a Lincoln Memorial Institute in Chicago. The sum subscribed to build the Lincoln National Monumeut at Springfield now amounts to $35,800. The sale of seven- thirties, July 14, amount ed to $4,516,009 Barnum is out with a card in which b 8 saye ho will soon open a larger museum than ever. Ihe ram Duuderberg wi 1 be launched at New York Saturday, 221 July. She is seven thousand tuns burthen. i’oint Lookout has caased to be a military post All officers thore have been ordered to report for duty elsewhere. Riilroad property to the amount of about fivo million dollars is soon to be sold by the Government, embracing engines and roll ing stock of all kinds. Ford has been notified that his theatre at Washington will never again be allowed to be used for theatical purposes. Nothing has yet been said about the Government purchasing the property. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has i-sued an order suspending the former regula tions, which required the assessment and col lection ot taxes on imitation whiskies, brandies, gins, &c.; aud hereafter such taxes will not be collected uulets on specific orders from Washington. It is Mated that appointment of Gov. Par sons is satisfactory to the people of Alabama. Advices from Mexico repoit successes of the Imperialists. Maximilian is striving to improve tho country and enoourage education* Guerrillas cotinue to swarm about Matamoras A great number of Confederates are arriving in Mexico. Everything that cm be done fo.r the nebaritv of the Atlantic cable to the New Foundlanii shore has been completed. Tbe number of National Banks now in ope ration mldlO, with a total capital of $356,- 280,986. Thirty-two new banks were author ized last week. It is thought that Jeff, Davis will bo soon tried for complicity in the assassination, new proofs having reeently come into possession of the authorities. C'd. J W. Thompson, late General Superin- of Indian affairs iu the North-West, has arrived in Washington, from California ;and Nevada Territory. Col Thompson has recently visited the Indian tribes in that sec tion of the country, and reports that they are very peaceable iu tho former States, but on the Eastern slopa of lhe Sierra range of moun tains dividing tho State of California from Nevada Territory, they are warlike in ihe ex treme and have destroyed most of the telc garph lines iu that section. They are algo busily engaged robbing mail coaches and mur dering the innocent whites.- The Indians have driven off the miners aud settlers from the rich gold miners in tbe vicinity of Fort Yuma, on the line dividing California from Ariajna Ter ritory. It Is thought that Governor Pierponfc will have to give up his Legislature and call for the election of anew one. The work on the Pacific Railrord is pro gressing vapidly The road will be completed to Topeka 25 miles west of Lawrence, by the Ist of November •A Grand Jury in East Tennessee has unani mously declined Judge Trigg’s order to indict Governor Brownlow for executing some law of the United States while ho was Treasury Agent. Judge Trigg hold it to be unconstitu tional. John Morrissey, the prise flghtor, reports an income of $50,700 last year. The famous horse, “Vermont Hambletoni an,” died on the 18cn of June, at the age of eighteen iears. Tx e bills consequent upon the death of Mr Lincoln, including those for decorating public buildings, and thore for the funeral, have all been delivered to *Secretary Harlan. Their ag gragate i3 but a tviflj over $25,000. A case was tiied.tbe other day in a Mary land Court of Biltimore, involving tho liabili ty of hated keepers for valuables stolen from the room of a guest to the amount of S4BO 45. It seems that the guest neglected to lock sie room, but according to the charge of theJudsre to the jury, such neglect does not exempt the hotel keeper from liability, unless the guest had been notified to lock his room. After ar gument the case was submitted to tho j-irv, which rendered a verdict in favor of defend ant , _ , „ It is reported that the rebel General Magru der has gone to France, and is expected to pin his family, now iu Switzerland. He will proba b’y endeavor to obtain a position in the French army in Mexico. The new Langham Hotel, in Portland Place, London, is a remarkable building, even in this era of hotel improvement and enlargement. CrHUs say that, on the whole, the building has no superior in Europe or America. The total cost was close upon 11300,000. The “carnival of blood” in China continues. Recently, an insurgent chief whilst roconnoit ering with a few followers, was attacked by an ambuscade of several thousand men, driven into a river, and most of them drowned or cut to pieces. In a few hours, 5,000 rebels return ed giving no quarter. Fearful was the slaugh ter. Alter enriching themselves, the carnage was completed by lopping off five hundred heads. The Pope of Rome was seventy-three years old on the 13th of May, and on the 16th of this month will reach the nineteenth year of hi3 pontificate. Out of the long list of two hundred and fifty-nine popes, only eight have worn the tiara for a longer period than Pius NEW* SI'MHAHY. The mercurv at Mount Wv4.iugt.on N H., at the lip i\»p Uonse stood at thirty-two degrees on July 5. jhe Con ;t\ springs at Saratoga, has been so’d tor $216,000 in gold. I* itty-nsne si-tamers, of over 1000 tons bnr , a eilc -h have been built at N,*w York since toe war commenced. lhe friends of John Mitchell in York are making efi a i.; to obtain his release from con* uneuieat in Fortress Mtfmoe. A dog ia Danbury, Conn, was struck by lignin mg a few days ago, one half »f him par alyz-.d, and the whole lett as barkless as a peeled i< g. It is sa:d there ; re persons who live at the F>flh Avenue Hatch Now York,keep their car riages, aud hav* a box at tlie opera, and yet only return an income of six hundred dollars, i his is j >(*osf*ly -recounted for by the fact that evmy man has a right to deduct his hoase rent fre.m his income, and by the supposition ihat each one of these persons deducts tho rental ol Ujo Fifth Avenue Hotel. A little child in New York recently died from the bile of a fly 1 It appears that while deceased was at a slaughter house, he was stung under the right eye by a large fly which tb-w !ro:n the back of a bullock. His face soon afterwards organ to swell, until it reached an enormous siz e Several physicians were cal led, who were unable to reduce the swelling, ami death ensued. Dr. Robinson, Deputy Coroner, made a post mortem examination, end was of the opinion that death was the result of absoipUon ol movtific auimal matter deposited l>y a fly. lhe city authorities of Bangor have ordered to bo placed at convenient points on lhe pub lic staeets large tanks, to bo filled daily with pure water, aud supplied with ice, for the relief of the thirsty people. Ihey are of capacity, it is supposed, for a day’s consumption A portion ot the expenses is borne by one of the citiz.ns. Government cfficials having ascertained that W. H. Grant, of Richmond, Va, had been engaged in tho manufacture of tobacco for tbe rebel government, the tobacco in hla warehouse was ee’.zid some days since and confiscated. Tho amount was about one hun dred and twelve thousand pounds of manu factured and thirty hogsheads of lea! tobacco. The population of Lawrence, Mass., is 21 TJff; in 1860 it was 17 639. The males number 8 929; females, 12,772. .A land slide on tho Redwood River hrui brought to light a coal bed which is three feet thick three hundred aud fifty feet wide, and no body knows ho -\ long. It makes quite an excite meat in that region, hut will probably prove to be drift coal. This coal mine is about one hundred and ten miles west of St. Paul, and ia within a mile of the Minnesota River. Mayor Kennedy has been reinducted into the office a; Mayor ol New (Meats. Tho Meihodist-i in the United States, who ia 1850, with a membership of 689,862, raised $lO7 836 lor tho cause of missions, in 1854 under the leadership or Dr, Durbin,' with » membership of 828.8:,'.}. raised for’the samo purpose the sum ol >550,893. Tlie New York Herald, iu speaking of tha return of General Sickles, says it has no doubt England and France will be filled with indig nation when they coine to learn what a bril i daut triumph our Siate Department has ac chieved over them in the recent mission of General Sickles to Bogota Two hundred and fifty freedmen’a teachers are now employed in Virginia alone. The legislature of Maine passed bills to in corporate twenty-four manufacturing compa nies, with an aggregate capital stock of .$&,«- 341,000. There are other schemes, not dee pen dent up )u tye Legislature, started by sin gle individuals or simple coparlneiships, which are absorbing the surplus labor of that State. Arrangements fire making for an extensive emigration Lom Prince Edward Island to lowa. It is supposed the movement will include sev eral hundred families. Govern Sloughor has been relieved from hi duties as military governor of Alexandria, and ordered to Colorado. According to the Rocky Mountain News there is a great lack of women in Nevada and Colorado. There is scarce cue woman wb** ia six ccu’d find profitable employment* H «e» for common household duties are thirty to fifty; dollars a month, bottrd / aja b e in go and, and the edtkyt husbands are abundant. Advices HO';., Pauam, K tate that it had been earned t that t‘ ije rebel pirate Shenando ao fi.a sailed westward Ironi Adelaide, Aus- OiUm, it was ’.bought for the Mauritius. A letter Sas lately lieen received by acting Oornmks'oner Wilson, of the Land Office, from the Register of the Humboldt District of Cali fornia, stating that other ana extensive discov eries of petroleum have been made in the vici nity ot Cape Mendicin<>. and that lands hither to considered valueless from their broken char acter, are now m active demand. He deems it his duty, however, to withhold such lands from sate unless directed by the General Land OflL'o. He father represents great excitement as existing on account ot the valuable discove ries made. The colored citizens of Vicksburg held a mass meeting June, 19tb and parsed re&olufiona in favor of enfranchising the negroes of tfaa Slate of Mississippi. Gen. Bcaxton Bragg of the late “Confederata States Army’’ is now at the St. duties House, New Orleans. It is said he is anxious to retire to private life. The largest cargo of coal that ever crossed the Atlantic, 1,767 ton?, arrived at Boston, a. icw days Bince, from Newcastle, England, con signed to tho Boston Gas Company, whom it cost about S2O 000. Tho notorious Larry McDonald, the alleged originator of the plot to destroy New York by fire, has been admitted to bail at Toronto in the sum of SIO9O. Ho together with Oleary Young and Blackburn, are to be tried on tha 9th of October. The Petersburg Exnrerp says the mmth of •Juno was the hottest experienced in Virginia for many years. During JO dsys the thermometer did not fall Wrw 80, and most of the time it was among the nindes. It is expected that Gen. Hooker will not take charge of the Department of (he East until the last of the present month. Miss Sylvia Ann H >wland, the wealthiest lady in New Bedford, died the e on Sunday of last week, aged f>9. Her income for last year was taxed on SIBB,OOO, her whole estate being valued at about $2,000,000. She gave away in legacies about $1 000,000. The Musods of the S*ate of Texas met fa Hon ton on the loth ult., and issued an ad dress to (he Masons of the State, counseling obedience to the law, cheerful submission to the authorities, and discountenancing all In subordination or mutinous conduct. The Territory of Montana contains 60,0011 white inhabitants, though it only began to be settled three years ago. Tho income of the Girard estate, Pailadef phia, is now about $209,009 a year, and is In-* creasing. Typhoid fever is prevailing to an alarming extent in Bermuda. The depopulation of Canada no»i on to an extent. Some vilages are nearly deserted by emigrarion o: f imilies going to the Wes tern States, aud most of the youDg men artt leaving. It is said that cno tenth of the original cost will be required io repair the railroads, for tho South, which will amount lo $30,000,000. An effirt is being made to raise the old fri gate Congress, sunk off Newport News in tha Spring of 1862. The military authorities at Washington hav# delivered the bodies of the four executed per sons to their friends. The Red River is rising rapidly, and there is a prospect of navigation lasting until Au gust. The value of the stakes won by the French horse Gladiator, at the Derby races, was $84,- 000. Iu conversation with Asaistant'jSecretary of War Dana, ex-President Davis denied al| knowledge of the conspiracy against President Lincoln. The measuring worm has made its appear ance in central New York, and is committing groat harm. In some places the trees look a« if fire had swept over t^era. David S. Yulce, ex Senator from Florida and Acting Gov. Allison of the same State* have been imprisoned in Fort Pulaski, Georgia. Prof. S. M. McCullough and Gen. Thos. A, Harris of Florida have been brought to Wash, ingten from that State and lodged la priwa, ‘