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hiiriirtiiii irt if ' ' * MflfrflfW^ ll'i'V ’’kfw (^^■m / 9-WWWSW/o/fy: t Sr-N. S. MORSE. a* o -rs * TUB o'.>.\V(S*Tia.\ HfS ton tho people o 'll" 1 S-iite wiil have to elect a body of men to meet on*l it present their in tercet in sovereign convention. This duty is one of no culinary inleroit. j Lio peisons elected will have to discharge no ordinary dutic-. Gef rgia by her own voluntary act has placed herself in peculiar relations with the General Government. The deed was done in hot blood, and without due reflection. Fanati cism and dein.igoguclsm carried the day, and untold woes and sufferings have since been visited upon our people in consequence of the misstep. It is now too late to retrieve the past. We must, look to Ihe future, and so guide the ship of State that she will avoid . the shoals and quick sands which cow sur round her. The Convention is to meet on Wednesday October 1 Never iu the history ol Georgia has there asembltd a body o! her sons upon whose acts rested such a r<pousibility. Never in her history was more wiseom, sagacity, and states mirifthip dem tilde 1 The members ol ihe Convention should be her most able sons; men noted lot their clear heads and honest hearts , men who have shown by their deeds, both before the war urrd dining its continuance that they are capable of rising above suit and self interest ; capable of thrusting aside all passion and prejudice ; capable of delibera - ting calmly and p itriotic.iliy for (ho g »od ot the 8t ate and for the welfare ot tt.e whole country. The question with those entitled to vote houid he —not win* wants the < Hi e ; not what friend Blisll be foisted into position-*-but who is the man suited, by experience, to dis charge the duties the < ouvi ntioii will he called upon to perfoiiii. In ibis hour, pregnant ffitU great events events which may affect • common wealth for alt time, there should inis it he i ( rt y B P^ fiXnibttcd— noue winnover, o'„"s,‘ i„ - «><• F*»b" lo l '“ mw ' ,l ' oul , l bi th„ M( , ~uu '**'<» ° r 7““**, '>■'"* 'UI -a U.. 0,, • i her ja the L'mslativa Hall o< once occupied oy '* ’ w ... , . -t|ul a atiofa- Itis by her own this great and powc. ’• . .. . , -j'ver her former post— acta that she can n * ■ . 1 .. ~. , statesmnnshiand tion. All tho prudence, ■’ patriotism she can assem v, fo tegothei w. 1 needed to restore her to a stand " |U * n ' l ' l which she can again take i nit hi the onaiil. of the United Stales Therefore,- VV,J again s.vj let none but the best men 111 it c atl h>dud be elected to the earning Conve. Mion. Ihe machinery will have to b > set in mot uu ail ;ht, or we will be Obliged, when our vepresi- udatives * ask admission at Washington, to do all our work over again bn ore the desired oiijsct is gaiued. Georgia now stands in need of (he services cf her moat talented and experienced sons. It is the duty of ail who are permitted to exercise tho elective franchise at the coming election to ■oe that she has them. 'ill iC Klt V SC' -Til 1 H Tlls * The subseriptions to the third series of tho 7,80 notes aro steadily increasing, s< me times running to near mx m’llioui; a day. TbeTrt us ury Department is now filling all orders on the clay they aro received ’I hero is no necessity for further argument in relation to the desir ableness of this loan. Tho war expenses are nearly over; and," when wo square ih-.i hooks, tho Government will need no further loans, except as tl.ey may bo required in the future for tbe redemption of r.ich portions of those now made as it may not suit our convenience to pay, and these will Do obtained at peace and not at war rates, indeed, a very large portion of the community believe that it will be better for iJ.' e Country simply to pay the interest,and permit tin? debt to remain as a tapir d-a per manent basis A' l 'h“ devoiOpnn nt ot oui gt' .fi *xeaonrc.es. The m' ul w * u) * ;:1S Government bonds has practically y'bt •■'* much moneyas i% the same amount were hi hank notes. The bonds are 1 imply a pein'.ftm nt i n dit representing so much of ilia national wo.tiih, aud available as cq.ltal for any bmiuess enter prise, with tin' advantage oi diawmg hdeltVt, until used ; while ihe l ank nottauf .. iiiciud Banks —and we shall soon have no olhc mo but tho smaller hand to hand eiruil itii.fi' !epce uentatives of the bonds, cut up for convenience, but bearing no interest J bus the bill holder oi a U. 8. 7-o0 note in evey practical souse has bis money, and at the same time geo- a liberal j interest for lc. The nation;'.! debt has certain- J ly mads the wealth of the country available for great practical results It has mob! z-. and i(s capital, aud given a firm foundation, net only to banking, but other great and private inter mit 8 -that require credit on the one hand, bur «hat security for the people on the other, of »hich the con airy's bond Is tho best and only u iflieieut i<p esentaiive. According to the latest telegraphic advices therv rcui lir.s but a few of lb sevtn-tlwi ties to be disposed of As scou as the i i.U red by the Government agent has b on sold, the pt’ce will advance. The icterist on them being so great, and the nay of that interest be : ng so sure, large amounts of them will he continual iy taken by the European capitalists as a per manent investment, l hen those of onr monied men who delayed snbtcvil iiig to the original loan will perceive the great opportunity they have allowed to slip by without improving. We predict that in less than a twelve months that the seven thirty bonds of the United States will stand higher and be inose eagerly sought after than the bonds of ary existing guvert ment. COXFIDEXCE IN PttEMDENT Jeil NSCN-The Democratic Convention of Vermont, at its late session passed the annexed resolution ot confi dence in President Johnson : Uesolved, That iu the wise and cousd diet: a \ policy of President Jehn on to iv- are all the States to their ccnxiitutioual positions, re investing them with rights and coriospyading duties, and cementing anew the integrity of the government, we discern a most happy an - gury that the malignity which suite and col lision has engendered may be utterly supplant ed by-the fraternity which enabled our fathers to form the Constitution aud create the Uu ion.—and if, with Jacksonian firmness lie will maintain his policy against the peking of trea son on the one hand, and the raving and ri baldry of fanaticism on the other, wo tender to *• 'H our earnest aud undivided support, bio AUGUSTA, GA. t WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 2,1863. TUB TWO PitESIDSVIS This is the titlS of an address delivered be tore.the faculty and students ol Dickinson Col lege, Penmylvania, by that accomplished jour nalist, John W. Forney, of Washington City. Adopting the style of Plutarch, he institutes a comparison between Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson lie shows that they both sprung from the honest working classes of the South, and that while they affiliated with dif ferent political parties, they were both alike disticgiffsbed for their intrepid advocacy of popular rights and for their intense anduucal culating devotion to the Union. There is much in the temper and material of this whole address lo make it attractive to the general reader, irrespective of his party affini lies But there is a single graphic delineation which deserves the careful study of every pat riot. Mr. Forney acknowledges that he received the facts from the lips of Mr. Lincoln. It was in tbo early days of the session of ’O.O an 1 ’CI The plot for the dismemberment of the Union had been already concocted. The adiiiinistia tioa of Mr. Buchaean was known to connive at the scheme. In the House, the leading diauniouists were tierce and trequent in their denunciation of the Government. In the Senate there was hardly more decency or decorum t uoq in the other branch ot Congress. At the suggestion ol Mr. Seward, the Northern Senators generally re trained fiom all bitterness of reply. He un dorstood full well that it was a prut of the plan of the disutffoni ts to provoke the friends of the Government into an angry discussion, biD he was resolved to lurnisli them with no pre text tor their rash enterprises. Ii was at this juncture that Andrew Johnson, in the spirit of a true knight, entered the list to battle tor the llrgof his imperrilled country. With an eloquence but little itfferior to that o( the gieat Athenian orator when “He fulminod G.ar Greece To Macedon an I Arta3teis.es' throne.’’ did Mr Johnson untna3k the conspirators au<l etigmatiz i thoir policy a3 treason against the Government of the United Slates. The etfect was fifoetpioal on the entire Senate. “Then," said Mr. Seward, !, y/u£ I assured that a sound had gone forth from the Senate Chamber, which would embolden every faint ing friend of the Union in the South.’’ “It required’’said lie, “a Sou'hern Demo urat to utter that sound so as to malic if effec tual'’' And he adde 1 “that the mind which recognizes a special Providence in the fall of a sparrow caunct fail Uo perceive the hand of God in this opportune championship of Au di*. wJohnson.” How much tn he regretted that the voice of timely warning was »o utterly contemned by the political leaders of the South. VVh.at suffering and privation might have beouavohffd. How much strife and blooff shed would have born spared this devoted laud. But madness ruled the hour, and in stead of profiting by the wise counsels of tho incorruptible ctatesmun ot Tennessee, he was sneered at as a miscreant and pul t room, hymen who have since exhibited no decided relish (or “villainous -saltpetre.” We make these allusions iu no unkind spirit, but simply that our countrymen may have a right estimate of tho wisdom and disinterested ness of that eminent patriot who iu the prov idence of Goa controls the destinies of this great nation. Tue Beuctiis of Masonkt. —We are pleased to record ihe fact that tae Masons of Massa chusetts have made off r of their hospitality to leading brethren of their ancient Order at the South. Coming from Massachusetts, too, this fact will rejoice (lie heart of every true Mason —willshow him the secret of the fact that while ’ dynasties have been swept away—while em pires have went down -the lamp that was trim med in the days of Solomon his continued to burn brightly until to-day. Masonry lias in the past done good service to religion hy keeping alive among men the spirit of its morality. Opinion in these latter and lys had taken the shape very generally of the conclusion tnat in (hat respect the Mosonic system had outlived its uses. The error of that public judgment was at all limes plain to the thinkers who aro able to see underlying*the fair surface of modern eiviliz ition, ps iu the ease of ancient civilization, all these wild and destructive passions that constitute to society a constant menace. But confidence in the per manence of our social system of modern times has been exposed to all classes of intelligence as a delusion, by the atrocities that, within the last four years, and up to even to day, have burst from the bad pa c sions of men, darkening our civilization with the shadows and ashes of a me ral desolation. Under these (circumstan ces ir is delightful to observe the humanities that have been enshrined for ages in the bosom of the mystic brotherhood coming upon tire sC?ne and rising on the wreck, holding out to mankind the language of universal brother h od and love. All hoc** to that precious institution of the ancient times, vrb'ch, wffin ,-vrea Christianity iiaa hao its voice choked to a very great extent by the falsehood of hundreds who had been pledged to its service, s anas out before mankind with the lamp of a loving humanity in its hand, teaching and acting the l aving kindness of the Sermon on the Mount. Cake ok iu;: U\y Stonewall.— The proposed ! restoration by the Spanish authorities at i Cuba, by order of the Queen of Spain, of the rebel ram Stonewall to the Government of the . United States, is another signal triumph of j American diplomacy and valor. It yields the whole principle contended for by Mr. Seward and denied by the British statesmen. The cor respondence on this important question will fully prove that the deetrines laid down .and the uetuands resisted upon by tire Secietaiy ct ' | st.Vc, m his intercourse with foreign Powers ! since the war broke cut, have been generally ' ; if not gracefully conceded. Spain was also afraid cl her West India pot j sessions. Her hold upon them is very slight, an J any provocation on her part would be con sidered as a just cause for our government to annex them to the United States. Ultimately they will become a part and parcel of this great nation, either by purchase or conquest. An immense quantity of rain has recently fallen in Ohio and Indiana. “Bi.rsn Tom ix Cocbt.—Our o’d friends Gen. Rsihune ot Columbus and Gen. Howard cf Atlanta are making a concert tour in the North with the urn deal-prodigy “Blind Tern." Tney have encountered an unforsesn dffi cnlty, however, in the person, of a colored man of the B irnum stamp This last named per sonage who has figured somewhat as a travel ling showman, has simeptitoasly obtained let tors of guardianship tor Tom in aa Indiana court, and has brought Bethune into the Pro bate court at Cincinnati*!,'charged with unlaw fully restraining “Tom of his liberty.’’ Able couns >1 have been engaged by each party and the trial is exciting no little interest. Gen. B ithuuo, iu response to the writ of habias corpus pro luces a deed of indent re, showing that Bliud i’om has been regularly apprenticed to aim frr the Term of five years by hhs father and mother, funner slaves of said Bethuae, for what appears to be an am ple money consideration. This contract of apprenticeship purports to be approved by Capt. Bryant .Suporiutendant, of the Freed men’s Bureau. The investigation was not finished at the last accounts, but the Judge al lowed Mr. B, to retain the custody cf Tom until he could meet an engagement previously made for a public concert. We tiust Gen -8., will bi the winning party in this contest. Westward —The tide ol western emigration to tbo .States and Territories in the Pacific slope, seems to be & swing jr> greater volume the present season than at any time since the California excitement. The number of emi grant teams .that passed Fort Laramie during the month of May, i3 slated at live thousand ; and of the stock, loriy thousand head This immense emigration indicates that the rich western territories, particularly the ituiifgrojis region®, are attracting thither a class of people who will tabor industriously to develop their matci’ml resources. It is remarked that these emigrants are apt to be attracted to new locali ties, but they are not ol the “rough’’ class of adventurers, tut are as a rule, sturdy and hard working men, wlio are taking their families along, with the design of making a permauenj; settlement. The inducements for emigration to the new territories are now very great to those who have no prospect of seem big a com petency jn tj;e pities and long se*lled locali ties. In a ties' region eyery man a fair start on the ioa-1 to fortune, and if he possess tho requisite, thrift, gad energy, he is sure to attain a position ol independent, The Presjxsst’s IVlicy - -The clear, frank vi-ws expressed by Uiesideot Johnson in his conversation with Southern delegations have attracted notice and commendation et erywhero —in til sections of our country. Dlfficult as is the situation, in view of the perplexing prob lems invCt 1 ve l in reorganiz ffion, he is master of it. Born aud reared* in the South, he fully understands the secret workings of its social aud political constitution ; yet his ardent pa trotism and uiffolejjchiug loyalty elevated him far above the malign influences which led her peoplo into the great error. So devotedly attached to the Union that he risked ail that man holds most dear in its support, lie under stands better than any other publ c man what dangers must he avoided, and what policy pur sued to secure a sincere and cordial support of the Federal authority, and to establish free dom on a basis that wiil bo respected alike by all. It is evident from President Johnson’s course that he intends to adopt measures that will be most beneficial to the whole country without pandering in the least to the sectional ifcsucs which have already arisen, or which may be forced upon the public from time to timp by ambitious demagouges and designing politi cians Martial Law i.v Tjssnksush.— Many have supposed that Tennessee was no longer under martial lav. This is not so. The mililaiy stiil reign supreme; although that power oniy inter, seres when dissatisfied parties attempt, to over ride the civil law, Recently there has been a little disturbance in tne Western part of the Stale. Some par ties did not like cert tin . lav g and were deter mined to oppose them. Gov. Brownlow called upon Gen. Thomas for aid to stop such pro ceedings. -The annexed dispatch from the President to the Governor shows that he acted right, and also shows that ho will bo uphold in his position by the military power of the Government : Wa(-nixgton, July 10th, 1805. I hope you will see—and I have no doubt you will—that the laws passed by the Legisla ture are faithfully executed, and that ail illegal parties are kept from the polls, and that the | election of members of Congress is conducted fairly. Whenever it becomes necessary for the I execution of the la-v and the protection oi’ the ballot b -x, you will call on Gen. Thomas for ! sufficient military force to sustain the civil au j Uioritv of the state. I have just read your address, (ot the pith inst.,) which I most heart ily endorse Andrew Jornson, President of the United Stales. From Alabama —A gentleman from Ala bama gives some partieu'ars of interest in re gard to matters in that State, llaiu has bcui abundant in the Central part, and ‘he crois promise an abundant yield—except in a tew sections where labor is scarce. The coin crop iu Central and South Western Alabama will be an immense one. The health*of the coun try is good. Most of the ptople abquieee will | iugly to the new order of a Hairs. Gov. Par ! sons is quite popular. Business has revived : to a considerable extint in cities and hvge towns. The colored people ara deporting, i themselves wdl in most parts of the State.— | The Federal cttLials have given perfect satis ! faction to the people by their uourse. Both whites and negroes who commit outrages are promptly arreeieu and punished. Cabtion - -The National Intelligencer calls attention to a matter that wi 1 interest many 1 of our business men who are in the habit of j stamping their letters hastily and careleEsiy. | That paper says : -‘We understand some per sons have been in the habit of placing revenue > stamps upoft their letters. The Postiffiee 1 Department does not recogu'ie these stamps I for payment of postal dues. Ail letters thus tsamped will be sent to the deaf 'tter office. * An English missionary was recently cooked at a dinner for the discontented members of his parish, in New Zealand, io the r.m v .n:;t* .wo xikmbkhs of I'liZ O-JU-Uv fill FE tIESCE. Dr;An Br.L' auux :—Living in your midst— in: eves ted .a ail thit concerns ihe peace and we.fi._e o: cut off from all commu nication woo *■ y cos erg' os, I have felt it to bo mv duty addusi you brhtly and respect* tully'inreiatn.:. to matters cf grave moment anti ot common interest. Iu various ways I have learned tliat some discussion has arisen ; and that some anxiety is felt iu relation to the futuic policy of our ’Church. The queaioa has come up—if the Meiho-bst chwith, North, proposes reunion shall we ftcvi-pl ? Opposed to this proposition, some have suggested that we se. k refuge from striie in ihe buisom of tho Fpiscopal Church glow 1 beg to say that the agitation cf these question c i is prematura and fraught with evil, in the first pi ice the Northern Methodist have not proposed reunion, and I medic* will not, except upon ieims so degrading and repulsive as to* pieclu-1 ■ even their entertaiumont— much less their acceptance. I found this opin ion upon their past history—their antecedents before and dating ihe war and their oolicy as declared, in a lejeut meeting, by their Bishops. As u> the direr a tunative it is compassed with embari. ,smei k<. Many difficulties are in volved. VVe have not been invited, and it is indelicate to presume upon a welcome. With al, these are questions ot etiquette and c,on science—of canon- or ordination and forms— of Itinerancy and discipline, which no man or congregati m can settle, limy belong to Con ferences and Conventions, In the present state of affaiis—if either pro position were presented and urged, nothiug hut strife,- discoid, alienation and dismember ment would follow. He who speculates—theo rizes upon the possibilities—tho contingencies of the tuture aud assumes that the logic of events or the policy of others will force us to a chQice bel w. en the alternatives mentioned, and thus seeks tq precipitate ap issue ppop us, in my judgment acts unwisely indiscreetly and those who urn excited or misled by sugh coun sellors involve themselves in very unnecessary disquietude. No, “in patience let us possess our souls.” We ate not children to lie tossed about with every kind of doctrine. Nor are we sal ) set t<* tire <j efqiiqn others, church relations are not dependent upon the fortunes of war. There need be no restlessness —no apprehension, and these ought to he no piem-itru'e excitemout— no hasty decision. r j ! ho Annual Corderenc-s will 'meet this fa 1 aud winter ; aud the General Confetonce in April or May next. These bodies will embody the piety and the inteUig .nco of the Ministry and will be thoroughly iufouned of the will and wishes ot Ike maq.le. Through thqse organs— the Church, will speak ( Hi ci ally—authoratively. In the mean time let every preacher stand to his appointment—do his woik, make full proof ut his ministry, both among whites and blacks. Let the membership live iu peace, be devout and gtiiya for the revival qf the work of God. For ot.e 1 abhor g'trifq, controversy, atid pray dally for the peace ot Jerusalem. After much ttlleclion, my delib- rale judgment iq that our itpe policy is tf> ipaintnin our present zition. Hcipiu Is puity, peace, ivod prog parity. Propose amalgamation with any oth er communion, we shall divide, scatter and bo iost jt-lievc me brethren, in giving this opin ion I am not taking coqhstff ot bigotry or pre judice of sv:lianal pfidp or polifcal apjmQsi ty—but of my convictions of what is most con ducive to p, ace, and most for the glory of God. Accepting (be is-ues of the war as the will of God iu reference in tho. unity of (fte nation and the govenmeui. Let us ali'lead a quiet and peaceable life io nil godliness and honesty. Do not leave your loyalty in doubt by unman ly repining*—by querulous complaint, or by refusing the terms of offered amnesty. Q tali fy ycurseives lor du io? of citigenship—foT the speedy restoration of civil government. Let us seek to repair the desola'ions ot the land by a prompt and vigorous industry and prevent the fijfthpr deaioral'zilion of society by mul tiplying works of iii'U.and loye. At. ah early d.y there will be a meeting of the bishops- an announcement of the time of thq.Gonterem e and our addressito the Churches. Pardon me ff I have trespassed iu following my own judgment and the advice of sundry brethren, by ser ding to you this brotherly epistle. May the Great Head ot the Church give us the spit it of power, and love, and a sound mind. G. F. Piekce. Sunshine, July 20eli. 18!i5. Interesting 10 Odd Follows —Proclamation by tub Most Worthy Grand Sikh.— The an nexed proclamation by the Most Worthy Grand Sire, has been issued, and will be of interest to the Older : To all whom these Present Come Greeting: Whereas, Owing to causes which no longer prevail, severe.! jurisdictions subordinate to the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the United States have, during the past tour years, been unrepresented in the Patent B;dy;and, whereas, some difficulty is supposed to exist ‘ as to the manner of returning Representatives to the Grand Lodge of the United States from such juiisdictUn ; therefore, to the end that, all difficulty may he removed, arid the way he made open and free lor a prompt restoration to entire affiliation with the brotherhood un der the Supreme head of the Order: I Isaac M. Veffch, Most Worthy Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge of the United States, and of the Order thereunto belonging, do hereby, by this my Proclamation to the fraternity at targe, de clare the unbroken unity of the Order, and by virtue ot the sovereignty residing in the Grand Lodge of the Unite 1 States, proclaim and make known, that there eiists no hinderance to the re-establishment of the fraternal rela tions that formerly existed between all the ju risdictions subordinate l o the Grand Lodge of the United States ; and that every act or de ciavation of any kind whatsoever, if any should have been made, intended to impair the su preme authority ot the Grand Lodge of the United States over the whole fraternity is here by to be null and void, and of no torce or effect whatever. And I do hereby earnestly and fraternally invite and exhort all Grand Lodges or Grand Encampments, in such jurisdictions iu which the order may have become disorganized, to reassemble according to the forms prescribed hy th-.ir respective charters and constitutions, and proceed with the work of organization, and the election of duiy qualified representa tives to the Grand Lodge of the United Slates, winch will convene in the city of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland,' on the third Monday in September, ljjfih, in the hope tbit our brotherhood may eorue forth lroia the severe ordeal to which it has been subjected, unscathed and reinvigorated by its trials, and that its great heart may ever vibrate in unison with its teachings of charity, I await with confidence a prompt and cordial response from every jurisdiction, assuring all who acce 1 1 this'affectionate levitation that a liafernai greeting' a waffs them upon the oc casion of our Grand Annual Communication. Bone at the city of Si, Louis, in the State of Missouri, on (be twenty-fourth day of May, Ann’) Domini eialiteen Hundred ands xty five, of the Republic the eighty-ninth, and of our beloved order the forty-seventh. Isaac M. Ykitch, Grand Sir*. Jam's L F>ii>GtLY,Cor. & Rec. Sec. Capt Wise formerly of Andersonville prison, is to. be tried by military commission. The vertebral neck bones of the assassin Booth, t altered by tbs bullet that caused his death, ar- now on exhibition among other sur gical enri sities of the war, at the Medical Mu seum in Washington. A bridg. on the Ohio aud Mississippi rail road, near Ihilsborough, was carried away by the high water July 20. The engine of the passenger train was precipitated into the gap. The engineer was killed. yU, tEtV it!i> OV EXtJfdßil KECO'IMfIOSI UF IHE l HU.M tA V' lOX OF lUE K.:B£L iTO\. Earl Russell ’i#id bet re Parliament on the 4th inst. the following dispatch fro ip-Mr Sew ard to Sir F. B:uce. the B ti:-h Minister at Washington, iu reply to the cfiieial notification that the Government of Great Britain had recognized the rebellion iu the United States at an end : * Dspamt.mlnt of State. ) Washi.notj x, June 19,1865. j Sir : Due cousiderati. u has been given ton dispatch which E tri Bussell addressed io you on the 21 of June inst; and of which, ou the 14th inst, you were so kind as to have a copy at this Departmer-1. The J-Tesid >nt is grqtifi ed by the information which that paper con tains, to the effect that her Majesty’s Govern ment have determined to consider the war which prevailed between the United States and the insurgents of this country to have ceased do fa to, and that her Majesty’s Gov ernment now recognise the m establishment of peace within th« whole tenitory of wh ch the United States were in undisiutbid possession at the beginning of the civil war. The correspondence which took place he tween this Government and tit it of her Majes ty at an early stage ot the insurrection, shows that the United Stqtts deemed the formation of a mutual engagement by Great Britain with France, that those two Poweis \you’»*i act in concert in regard to the said insurrection, to be an qnfrincUy proceeding, and that the United States, therefore, declined so receive from either pt tiprse Powets any communica tion which avowed the Axistenee of -tuch tan ar rangement. I have then fore, now to regret thatJEarl Bussell has thought it necessary to inform this Government that l.ei Majesty’s Government have found it expedient to con sult with the Government of Franca upon, the question whetherr m r laioj; sty’s Government will now recognise the rest oration of peace in the United Stafoa.- It is a further source of regret that her Ma jesty’s Government avow that they will still continue to consider that unv United States cruiser, which shall hereafter be lying in a jfrilish port, harbor or watns shall be detained twenty-four hours, so as to idford an oppor tunity for an insurgent vessel, then actually being within said port, harbor or waters, to gain ihe advantage ox the same time for h a r irom the same port, harbor or wa ters. It is further a source of regret that her Majesty’s Government have deemed it proper to make the additional reservation ia favqr or insurgent vessels of war, that for lire period of a whole month Which shall elapse after the new orders now to be issued by her Majesty’s Government shall have been received by the said authorities, any in.-,ui gent vessel which may he found iu or which in ay enter any port hqrbor, or wavers of her Majesty’s dominions, and which may desire to divest of i'.s warlike character, and to assume the flag of any nation recognized by her Majesty’s Uov prpmpnL with yliiph her Majesty is at peace, will pe allowed to dp so; and further, that, such vessels, after disarming themselves, will be Dei-milled to lymam m such pris t, harbor or wafers without an insurgent dug, although the tvyenfy four Lours wiil not be uppiicablft, to tl)e casts of sqch vec-sels • Far from being able to admit the legality or justice of ihe instruc tions thus made, it is my duty to inform your Excellency that, in the iixst place, the .United States cannot assent to' an abridgement of re ciprocal hospitalities between the public vessels ol ihe United fetatee aud thOiC of Great Brit ain. So loug as her Mr-jetty M Government shall insist upon enforcing the twenty-four hours rule before mentioned, of which the Tlnited States ha ye so long and, as they think so justly complained, the baited States must apply the same rule to public vessels of Great Britain. The President is also gratified to lea-n from Earl Ilussel’a dispatch that her Majesty’s Gov ernment will foithwith send to her Msj sty’s au thorities in all ports, harbors and waters be longing to her Majesty, whether within the United* Kingdom nr beyond tho seas, orders henceforth to refuse admission into any such ports, harbors and waters, oi any vessel,of war carrying the insurgent Hag, and to require any insurgent vessels of war which, after the time that ordeis may be received by her Majesty’s authorities, may have already entered such ports, and which, having complied with the previous proclamations of the British Govern «rent| m«y be actually within such ports, har bors and waters, forth with to depart from the same. It is with regret, however, that I have to Inform you that Earl Bussell’s dispatch is ac companied by some reservations and explana tions which are deemed unacceptable by the Government ot the United Xtatqy. it is hardly necessary to say that, the United States do not admit, what they have heretofore constantly controverted, ttkat the original concession of belligerent privileges io rebels by Great Bri tain was neither necessary or just, or sanction* ed by the law of nations. Again, it is my duty further to stale that tho United States cannot admit, and on the contra ry they controvert and protect against, the de cision of the British Government, which allow vesseisof war of insurgents or pirates to enter or leave British poi ts, whether toi disarmament or otherwise, or for assuming a foreign il ig or other wise. As to all insurgent or piratical vessels found in ports, harbors or waters of British do minions, whether they entered into such ports, harbors or waters beior** or after any new or ders of tier Majesty’s Government may be re ceived by any authority of Her Majesty’s Gov ernment established there, tiffs maintains and insists that such vessels are for feited to and ought to be delivered to the Uni ted States, upon reasonable application in such cases made, aud that if captured at-sea, under whatsoever flag, by a naval force of the United States, such capture will be lawful. Notwithstanding, howtsrover, the exceptions and reservations which have been made by Her Majesty’s Government, arm have been herein considered, the United States accept with pleasure the declaration by which Her Majesty’s Government have withdrawn their former concession of a belligerent character to the insurgents, aud tiffs Government further freely admits that the norma! relations between the two countries being practically restored to the condition in which they stood before the ci vil war, the riaht to search British vessels has come to an end by an arrangement satisfactoiy in every material respect between the two na tions. It will be a source of satisfaction to this Qovernmeat to known that her Majesty’s Gov ernment have considered the views herein presented in a spirit favorable to be establish ment of a lasting and intimate friendship be tween the t vo nations- I have, Ac., William 11. Sewaeji. —«* «•“- - A heavy slonn. doing much damage, passed over Cincinnati July 21. At New York July 22, the great iron clad ocean frigate, Punderburg, was suee- ssfully launched, not less than fifteen thousand peo ple witnessed the spectacle. No accident whatever oecured. It was found when she was set afloat she drew only fifteen feet water. In six months ehe will he ready to make her fifteen knots per hour and bids de iar.ee to the world in arms. Her armaneut wBl consist ox four fifteen-inch Rodman, fffid from twelve to fourteen eleven-inch Pab! green guns. She is the imbodiment of Ideal, of the famous ship builder, Weils. Her plan is original and novel She will be a floating fortification. Her sides are three feet in thickness ; ironclad four and a half inches. The ram is tho bow of the ship itself. A break in the Central Ohio Rai!*nd, near Columbus, caused by rain July 21, threw the . cars off the track. Eight persons were killed and twenty-two wounded, VpJL. L aX IY .* —NEW SERIE 8 V ; 1,. XXIX >: - •>,? . HEWS feC.miAUV. Dating the past two reals ttie colored -peo ple of Alexandria have bu U over one thousand dwelling houses, at « cost of from three hun dred to one thousand dollars eacL. thrio churches, and have established abon Awaffy schools. There are eight thousand colored people in that City, mid at last ac, oua;s * a t v twenty-three \>> :e drawing ratlins from i Government. Though considerably'inferior*! iu numbers, tho white population are a much greater burthen upon ihe Government. Dr Fettij >hn, of Gentralia, Illinois, who ii ts charge ! of the* dispense.ry at tii .i place, reports lint toe applications for medicine from the whin-s : largely exec, and those from the in gross, file claims of soldi* rs to offices being die • cussed in (Jabinet meetings G. B, Lamar, of Savannah, lias been released from the old c xpital prison, aud ordered to re port to the Secretary of War. In-his instructions to the jury in the Mary Harris trial, Judge Wiley granted substantial lyffhp ptajers ot the defense, with the excep tion of that giving the pi isouer the benefit of any doubt regarding her soundues ot her mind, which might be entertained by tl>e jury . Up’ on this point ih® Court J>eld tnn the defense must be naiyfo out afifiuativelv beyond a tea® able doubt by a prepondemn'ceol evideuce. The last remaining ’egiments o‘ the army oi the Botomae has been mqsimed out. It is now itaitff, that the conspirators sen fenced to iiffprisonment bus been sent to ta.o Albany Boaiteuliary. Ur sideut Johnson has written a inter to Gov. Browulow, giving at greater length than i a his telegraph of the 16th, his views upon 'the necessity and propriety of maintaining the Stale Government and laws of Tennessee. He had received such inhumation front West Tennessee: as caused him tpily to endorse the arrest of Emerson U'htridge. ju Texas the treed men are rapidly availing themselves of the privileges accorded them by the proclamation (a inplaint is made by the ’T.poPerished slavtholders that the freedmen are better og than tlyeir masters. It is said mafiy of them h ive money laid up, and are now renting good houses in Galveston. For several years past Galve-stou hits suffer - ed severely irom yellow fever, and the resi dents here are predicting that it will decimate the Union troops before the season is bver, Gen. Granger has issued specific regulations in regard to quarantine which will, if enforced prevent the importation of tUfl disease Irom other ports. The wheat crop in Louisiana is better th in was eyey known Tho sugar crop is not as large as last year. The Bed River country will raise no crop rut corn this yeu> except in a few localities.. A vessel with a cargo of cotton has sailed f 'em New Orleans to St. Petersburg. The subscription to the seven-thirty loan July 19 was $5,221,600 Gen. Buddy has applied for a pardon and ex presses a determination to become a good citi zen and infiuence others to the same course. the cable across tho Gulf oi Ft. Lawrence between Cape Breton and Newfoundland Is land, is now out of order, aud will have to be relaia. No reporters will be allowed on the Great Eastern. An account of ner trip will be fur nished the press, however, as soon as she ar rives. The ladies of Washington are raising money to purchase Fords Thea re. It is not known to what use the building will be put The vertUcl iu the case of Miss Harris, who shot Burroughs at Washington, and who has been tried tor murder* was not guilty. The ju:y was out only some eight minutes. The scene iu court was dramatical in the extreme. Miss Harris fainted and fell into the arms of her counsel, who kissed her, the moment the jury gave in Hie verdict, while the crowd hooted and applauded. During the argument of the counsel for the prosecution Ihe judge got into a quarrel with him', and threatened an arrest unless he ceased abusing the witnesses. The crowd appl.ufied tho youn-e! and en deavored to have the war kept up. The judge when ipa jury went out significantly remarked lie would wait rot them, Mias 11. has left Washington for the West, instead of the ins me asylum. Ihe long standing quarrel over Baltimore appointments has resulted in the victory of the" Montgomery Blair party. H. G Parker has been appointed Superin tendent of Indian affairs for State of Nevada. Serious apprehensions are felt in regard to the health ot Gov. Brough, of Ohio. Emerson Etheridge is to be tried by court martial for uttering seditious language, J. It. Hood, the Anti-State Government candidate (or Congress from the Chattanooga District has been removed from the Postmas tersbip of Chattanooga, and E. James, the Radical Clerk of the Tennessee House of Rep resentatives, appointed in his place. Railroad communication between Waslring torfhnd Richmond is now fully opened. Charles O’Connor has been retained as sen ior counsel by Davis. ’The time and place of trial is not yet knomi. Trams now run rogularly between Rich mond and D luviiis. Gtienlism in the Virginia Valley lias been totally crushed out. 'i lie village wuere John Brown was hung is being numerously vißited by relic-hunters. Harper’s Ferry fs being rebuilt. The cable of the Russian telegraph has been successfully submerged across Frazer River. Kepoits from the northern mines aro very favorable, Hon. Shuyler Colfax has arrived in Califor nia. Late advices from Australia say that the war in Now Zealand appears to be dragging heav ily along. The deposits at the Californa mint for the month of June was $2,227,000 the largest amount, during the same space of time, in three > ears. The rumor that Guyn has been ignored by Maximilian is confirmed- Maximilian announces that he will sell no portion oi the Mexican territory. He'invites emmigration from all countries. The Herald’s Washington correspondent gays South Carolina was the lim to go out of the Union and she will be the first who will present herself to be taken back. Iu North Carolina the*owners of small farms are paying their tax cheerfully. The rich com plain. It is said $150,000,000 will pay all arrears due soldiers. The late issue of new Certificates of Indebt edness does not equal the amount of those con tinually maturing, and the reduction ol this description of paper has been from $250,000,- 000 to less than $115,00,000. It is probable, from prevent indications, that the becretary will will be able to meet the requisitions on lb* Treasury, under powers conferred by the late Congress, without having occasion to re sort to unauthoriz -d loans. It is stated in (.-Racial quarters that it is the intention of the Government to reduce the army to 100 000 if not 50,000 men at the ear liest practicable period. The amount of the last series of the entire loan of $600,000 000 remaining, as eppeais from official data is forty two and a half million dollars. The Navy Department basnow no chartered Yes-els'dn its employment. The receipts under the Internal Revenue law are increasing, and are encouraging. In a dispatch to the British Minister at Wash ington, Earl Russell says the enemy’s com missioned ships of war can not, during the con tinuation of the war, be relieved from tee risk of capture and condemnation by any sate or transfer to a neutral. The Persian Gulf Cable is interrupted, and telegraph communication with Indka is -con sequently suspended. Thb Index', the ccnfcdefcifi ormrn rn * has suspended publication: V " IUU I Leading Ere ! ! ®h rr--. L/.-j., . I that the groat rusk (*; ! C P :EI0 “ I Performed, will cu:-.> Dre* tY • , t 0 * | difficulty. ' ‘ . ' u '' Ul aD<l , ! pointed successor to L■■ Ci -• ■-Tov ° w t f l> j The cholora is ragin g a! Ah >- adri F j People were dyini' - ., Gi - i.po *. i-, Jf i and two hundred pr r ■ q jffvtV | euizens had left fhepfoeC. No c*t-'oa had vec I oCCiiiro'd among Am r cTni r'i*!, •> i The cholera is sftin.v—v " I- T fearful hurrica -- . ' L ~P i Good Hope on th- i, ’ -i... I mall steamer Aria a®, tu-m V. ‘ ‘ '. v .J' 1 * ! ’ally lost, and ,-voul-M, <.• >’ "c :••*>!- X o -recked. Seventy lives wore fo I^So ! against swimlfovr p H roVu-u ' | Com punks arc V. Vl *‘ York. New pliotey - ; ! greenbacks are in cuei:’,' I v ‘keeper;' of Boat! ,-vr. .is l- v - vv . I plied for pardon. Tho Government !>••-•. i_ • I Foni’s theatre. ‘ - h su uo. ! A Uno of steamers is to he ,-Mabiieh ; b>- j tween New Y*-:U and Autwe -p. A requisition for six millions to p ay ;r,„ ar my was made July 28. . . X*v* e!i r, IK, ' v "• U' > hundred j ' V ■'* '* -’ ' • .. .mey. u is thobght- th:u ihe gov-u. will an nouuco ihe policy ot fin Mouroo doctrine fo>- waida the French In Mexico. said is to be r. in forced > hundred - * Lis stated Grant has said the 1 . 6 have to leave Mexico. Gen. Howard has issued an order ffe f •; . planters of Lower Marylanddon’tquit ■ • : r off' their old slaves to sta vc and netrltei to c t ploy them the Government will tak- > <e. siou of their farms and put frecff.e *•.*.-• • them. More Virginia delegations are in W Pmg ington to get the $20,000 amnesty e.fiius* re pealed. Gen. Hoke has heeu leleaaed from prison and allowed to return .to Georgia. A Washington dispatch says the Pre ident has issued an order pardoning every p;isciy;v of war holding any military rank whatever. The pirate Shenandoah is cruising off Now Zealand. Troops whose term of service expire:' before Oct, 1, are to be muster, and out. Sales of Government animals since May 1, have amounted to $2,000,000. Toe steamer Queens Bay has been wrecked off More head city Bar. Thirty persons aro missing. They were prisoners and Pennsyl vania soldiers. Itio stated that Attorney General Speed de - clares that all cotton captured by our miiituy forces in insurrectionary districts is captured property under the statues of' 1863, wheth er owned by loyal men or not. It is thought that tho piiate She nandofth is cruising after whuff- .5 as 1 ; ,1 , ,t ; a m the tiack usually taken by the it. C. J. Anthony a wealthy ciiizeu cf AV nces le Mass., has been •’mcs-Aal upon compimriiH ot it.-:-Gov. Giimove, of Muss., charged wi 1; ob taining $15,000 out of (he latter fur n Login goldmine. Anthony say.s Gilmore is trying to defraud him. A Fortress Monroe dispatch says Davis is in excellent health. The pirate Shenandoah s ill continues to burn United States ves-eV. Fore ! gi( Ma.keta. The weekly returns of the Bank of Franco show an increase of upwards of eight and a quarter million of francs. Tho Paris Bourse was fiat and lower on mar ket is firmer, but quiet. Rentes 6 Of. 92c. On July Bth the Manchester Cotton Market was dull and declining The English breadstuff market is f] it. Trices tending downward. la Ihe London Money market funds were steady and Mone y ew y. United State* live twenties were selling at 70 -a 71c. Consols DO a 98In for money. * At Liverpool, July 8, six thousand bales of cotton were sold, One hundred to spe uiutoni and exporters. Market dull ur.d unchanged. Scott, Bell & Cff., East India merchants ia London, have suspended. Liabilities, 7800,- COt). LATE WASiliAfiToS KEWS.- Colonoi J. S. Loomis,% 1 taut special agent of the Treasury Department, .and acting officer of customs at Richmond, Virginia, has r.. ip ed to the military at:'! *r!ri'.-.» for al! captinert and confiscated property in h. f Dialsict. and Las collected besides a huge amount of pro duct* taken by the Richmond . government .or ttixei., and upon which was bar .1 tbo c -.ora ted ‘-produce loans ” Among other valuable property taken by him is military rah road lending from Danville to Greensboro, forty miles in length, buiitby the Considerate army. The road will be run unde.: the control of tM treasury until rcgulariy confiscated by the conrf, and is expect* i to pay a handsome per cent, above experers. The government has secured the original copies of the ordinances cl secession,,©! - Vi; gin ia and Alabama. It is rumored in Washington fh.it Coaguß S. is to be called together on tire, first of October. L.formation received at the Froedn-.mV Bu reau represent that rebels returning from the late disbanded aimrea, to West enn • openly avowed their intention to re-establish slavery, after the Federal lows are with its* n. Measures have been determined up i with a \ iew of putting sp* eddy in operation the "ma chinery for the sale and d:?J)o.-a! of the public lands i/t said Si r tea as soon as regrefeia and re ceiver.* may be deputed, j -my will he cloth ed with proper authority for coin me * eg pub lic land business. The -sat of the dfshioi <l - will be as central a passible, sons to ail j.rt facilities to purchaaors or parties seeking infor mation in regard to the entry oi lands, I'ORKHJA I t R VI«. It is stated that Gottschalk has given three thousand concerts in t- n years. It in reported that an English chemist named Gale h-is discovere-i a mHliod of making gin.- power non-explosive. The process is to be simple and effective, the cost trifling, .i;-i the power is not inquired. In live miuules a pairel of power can be made non ex Ive, in the same time its explosive proper; -c iu be restored. Thq famous stallion of the lafo Due de Mor ney. “West Atfetralian,” recently said for $0,200, Tiie King of Saxony lias just granted an am nesty, without exception, to every one impli cated iu the insurrectionary movements ol M y 1819. . Sir Henry Bulwer has sold to the \ iceroy of Egypt a small rocky inlet owned by him in the Sea if Marmora, for £16,000. Stage Lines in South Western Georgia.— A Etawo line will soon be in operation bet we n Albany and Cambridge, by tlio first ol the c«m’ng month Tire distance is s-xtym.u. Tliis will afi *rd great releif to the tiavefing public ; and be the means of increasing «ke n:a i facilities ol the country. The fare will be $lO. A line of stages is already running between Albany and Thomas ville—distance sisiy miles. Both of these go line.- will afford additional means cf reaching Florida. Gen. Steeoman —Tne new cummareicr of the military district of Gen gia, i* ;. uken ci by pur contemporaries iu the highest terms <>f praise. All who know him re in to tit nk he wifi honestly and faithfully discharge Lis dutk-> Athens Watehnm.