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*Kiohv.•*:•:!», Va . July 14, 1865
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• nc * ,ij ,jp; 0 to i'.i.j Constitutional of
fiClV e firet motion of article of (he Consti
iti nrovide that no prison shall vote or |
i- o urnlt-r thU Constitution, who held |
r>f , n t, or who hud been ainembef of tbe so
*,, ( i j cjoiifedert’.'e Co»isri v <iP, a member of any
' 'ta I *.' Lf 1 11 iture in r e'lion agaioi t the anther
i,v of ti e l •'.:{■ Ifdu . -; excepting therefrom
r.airily officers. There arc county offices which
ore of no use under Ibis Constitution.
Under the provision cited, all persons em
braced lieu in are prohibit, and frern holding c m
htitutional olii *-h. In this j robibilion arc no!
included such perrous as have hereto ore helu
I.iere cotmlv < liftcs under auy rebel State Gov
ernment. i regard this as a true interpreta
tion of the provision in question. Iho article
ir mainly employed in describing the classes of
persons who shall not hold efike. I have,
therefore, construed the words, excepting
therefrom county officers, so as to accord with
fiif general intent of the provision, not to
meaning persons holding dike under Con fed
-4 rate Government, Ac., could he elected to
county cflii but as meaning that all peisons
who have be *n mere county officers may hold
any constitual office.
One of two interpretations must be given to
ihe section in question. It was the intention
of the lramets ol the Constitution cither lies
to limit eligibility of all the class mentioned
to mete county offices, or second, to exclude
nil classes mentioned, save county officers,
from eligibility to an office and (o confer on
mere county officers aright to be elect, and to
any position where a county officer otherwise is.
I am clearly of opinion that the latter i
the true intension. The contrary constauction
1 the section would be attended with rnauy
nomulies. h irst, It would permit any officer
of (he so Called Confederate government to
hold a couni,y cilice, win n, hy the terms of tie
article originally adopted, and as it stood until
rcce:, ly amended,he could not vote for anoth
er person for the same c ilice.
Comity officers of merely local and limited
jurisdiction would he placed under the same
ban with the highest officers of (he so called
Confederacy or rebellious State Government
Again, as 1 have already said, the section in
question mainly employed in describing the
elasses of peisons not eligible to office. This
construction accords with the general intent.
XI constructs the word, excepting thoul'rom
company officer, as description personarum,
and as not indicating the officers to which tin*
prescribed classes are, notwithstanding their
piescription, clligihk to.
Though the opinion ! am ft king refereß
merely to constable < slices, and to such dikes
:is are not created by ttic* constitution, flic pro
hibition before mentioned don’t apply.
Respectfully,
Tuos. R.Bowpkn
Attorney General.
CoxrisiiATox at Richmond. —The Richmond
correspondent of the N. Y. Herald writes thus
iit-J'egard to the eoDlLieution of property in
that oily:
A Confiscation Department has been duly
inaugurated in this city under tho auspices m
Judge Underwood, with his pun as one of the
chief ofli ors. The preliminaries in the work
of contircation were commenced by the seizure
ot the Tredegar works, the property of G‘*n.
Joseph It, Anderson, and the service of notices
upon the ti uantry of other citi/.nns of wealth
to pay no more rent to the parties from whom
1 hey rented Ihe property. Among these citi
zens I ii ive heard mentioned the names of
Jospeh U, and Win. C. Crenshaw, James 11.
Grant, Wm O. Allen, the 11 axial 1 Hour mills,
mid man v others of the wealthiest citizens of
Richmond. The confiscation agents were en
gaged taking descriptions of the property lia
ble to confiscation, and giving notices slaying
lue payment of rents to the reputed owners.
The consequence is a perfect stagnation of
tall enterprise in the way of rebuilding or im
proving house property. Fully three fourths,
i. not, more, ot (he lots included in the 'burnt
district.- are liable to ion according lo
tire principle which teems to be determined
no a. Thai, being tho case, the city is des
tined to continue ia its present, condition for
u long time to come, unless tho decree of con
iiscation is promply enforced and the rights of
property in this district finally determined.
The confiscation list, as 1 understand, em
braces, among a series of other buildings in
this citv, Spottswood Hotel, the porperty of
Joseph II C'lcvsliaw; the United States Hotel,
ihe property in part of the Cabell fumUr; Ihe
Exchange Hotel, the property of Lancaster &
Bon. brokers; the St. Charles Hotel, which was
used as a hospital for a time by the rebel
Government, owned by a wealthy firm in ; his
city; several houses, the property of Mr. Wil
liam O. Allen, a citiz-m of large wealth, and a
large number of other houses.
The city is iu a state of considerable ex
citement in consequence of this movement,
aud men who lately esteemed themselves worth
hundreds of thousands, now look forward to a
future of distress ami poverty. Many regret
that they had not sold out before this move
went was pinctically inaugurated. They ha ve
had many favorable offers but refused to ac
cept them, from an idea that property would
rapidly change under tho influence ol the
large competition which bids fair to arise with
in the next six months, l'artie? who have
already been pardoned are deeply concerned
about the fate of their property, the inference
from the Fresi ient’s rr spouse to the Riclnuoud
delegation leading to the impression that the
pavdon only remitted the offence of treason,
leaving them liable to the penult its decreed
by the confiscation act.
More 01' tub TKNXESt-BB AFFAIR. —A few
days eiuce we published a dispatch from Press
vtont Johnson to Governor Brownlow concern
ing the political disturbance in Tennessee,
The President line swnt another dispatch to the
(Governor on (lie same matter. It will be seen
that he is determined to have In v and order
maintained. Those who have had any doubt.*
heretofore in regard to the policy of the Pres
ident about such mutter# need doubt no more.
Hero is (ho dispatch re lened to :
Washington, July 20.
Hon. W. G. Brownlow : I trope and liive i-o
doubt you will see that the recent aiuendmeri;
of the Constitution of the State as adopted l>
the people, and nil laws passed by the Pst
Jdegiciaturo in pursuance thereof, are faithful
ly ex sen ted, and that, all illegal voles in the
Approaching election be excluded from the
polls, and the election for members of Con
gress be illegally and fairly conducted. V* lun
uud wherever it becomes necessary to employ
force iu the execution of the latts and the pto-
I Action of the ballot box from violence and
fraud, yon me authoriz dto call upon M.jor
General Thomas for ndiieient military force to
sustain the civil authorities of the Slab*.
1 have received your recent address to the
people, and think it well timed, and hope it I
wiil uo much good in reconciling the opposi
tion to the amendment of the Conoiitnticn and !
the laws passed by-the \ v ,. legislature. The
law must be executed and the civil authority
sustained, lu your elierts to do this, if nee.sk
sary General Thomas will afford a sufficient
military force. You are a. lib. iy to make what
use you think proper oi the di-puUh.
Ant>;.k»v Johnson,
President of ihe United States-
Rcfcntly during a, vio out thunder storm at
TitUahoma, Term.. att ;sh ot lighting des>„nd
ed among a group of soldiers engaged in
gnaid Ui nntiug. Hie whole of the guar ), t -
pother with part of the new guard, wore
jtnrojra violenlv to the earth. Ihe chock was
so severe and sudd<.u that in most eases the
rear rant men wore thrown across th front
rank men. l)iw than was instantly killed, i.i and
thirtty-tvn others vero more or Lss severely
burned by tin elective Jl-a and. Tbi soldiers be
- to tin* Ll-’d ldii.oi t Inf eri v.
The two stalaes to represent Connecticut in
the “Hall of St dues,’’ to which the Old e
tal at Washington is to be devoted, wiil b*|
those ol Jonathan Trumbull and linger Sher-j
pan.
j . Tth. ap Rs.ve.sce Decision.— The following
. a hvi been made by the Commission
er of In toroid Ikvusuo :
y. engaged ia separating gold and silver
; r( ,m ihe -ac pings of jnwele.’s shops, are not
h<-. -by rendered liab.e to license duty or tux
ii.-ioc of manufacturers or a payers.
J t ur rig.u'o executed yews ago is assigned
• t i'.e pi.-.ait time, the assignment must be
governed b> the law now in force. If the mort
gage has been reduced by pajments, tho
i.nro'iut < f stamp to bo affixed to the assign
ment and pends upon the amount actually due
on ih • rn .rttrage whea'tbe assignment is made,
n>t cu he a unsecured by the mortgagor with
out regard to reductions mule by subsequent
payments.
A single license, if so applied for, will au
thoriz any person, upon payment of a license
fee of ten doiiars, to act as both claim agent
;r.d real < state agent, in a city or town having
alecs population than 6 COO inhabitants.
Alt drafting having been stopped by orders
from the War Department, thisoffice is of opin
ion that Collectors may now he justified in
granting peddler’s license to any person who
«.. . and sirs • .me, without inquiry as to his
enrollment
Tobacco manufactured prior to September 1,
1802, and sold, hut, never removed from the
place of manufattnre. is liable to the rates of
duty imposed by the act new in fores.
Tobacco made subsequent to September 1,
186.2, and prior to June 30, 1864 it it has been
sold, will be liable to the rates of duty impose!
by tho act of July 1, 1662. and the amended
act of March 3, 1863, whenever it is removed
beyond the limits of the in.-urr&ctionary states.
If it has never l»sen sold, but still in tho bands
es tiiu manufacturer, then it will be subject,
when sold or removed, to the rates cl duty
imposed by the law now in ‘orce. Manufac
tured tobacco iu the insunectionary States,
made prior to April 1 1865, and not owned by
the manufacturer, when sold, tither to be con
sumed in any insurrectionaly State, or to be
carried out of said State, is liable to the tax
imposed by ihe law now iu force.
Tobacco, in tho handsof a purchaser, may be
Bold indefinitely within the insurectionary
States without becoming liable to tax But
when the same is sold to be transported beyond
tin limits of said insurrectionary States, it. be
comes li .bio to the tax imposed by the law in
force at the time of the first sale of the same
tabasco was made by the manufacturer there
of.
Tobacco, from Virginia or North Carolina,
cannot be shipped by way of New York to
New Orleans, though the same was «made and
fold prior to the establishment of collection
districts iu said States, without the payment
of the tax.
Thu tax would accrue on tobacco manufac
tured by a firm, should said firm, on being
dissolved,divide the stock on hand of manu
factured tobacco among the individual mem
bers of the linn. If a sale of said tobacco
should alter wards bo made, to be carried be
yond the limits of the insurrectionary Spates,
the rate of tax would be determined by the
time when such first sale was made.
In all cases where any party shall make
claims to have his goods assessed at a different
rate from the current ra'es under the
law now in force, it will he incumbent upon
him to show to the entire satisfaction of the
a-s; ssor that the precise time when the sale
was made entitles h'rn to a lower rate of duty.
Tine Comiked Fuse Masons.— The Grand
Lodge of New York has concluded its annual
session. On Friday the Oommi’tee on For
eign Correspondence reported adversely to the
recognition of Lodges working under a charter
from the Grand Lodge of Hamburg. There
no several Lodges of colored men in this
counti v. having charters granted by the Grand
L.sdge of Hamburg, which have been tor
sometime endeavoring to obtain recognition
oy the Glaud Lodges of the vaiious States,
but without success, au effort was made by
some of the members of the Grand Lodge of
•this State to procure their recognition, but the
ouly committee who could legitimately bring
the subject before the body reported adversely
atnl the measure failed This places colored
Masons piecisely where they have ever been—
beyond the pale of the Masonic law. Masous
caunot reeogtrz i (tutu as such iu any particu
lar, nor have Masonic knowledge of their ex
istence, notwithstanding tho facts that they are
bound by ihe sain •si lernn obligations and ties
as their white brethren.— N Y. Paper.
Kimscoi’al Action in Alabama. —Rt. Rev. the
(he 1> shqp of tlio Protestant Episco
t> vl Church in thin State, is out with another
circular addrtsrcd to the clergy and laily of
hia diocese, with relalio» 4 to the use of the car
dinal. lie tells them that “the lapse of the
Coniederute Government requires of necessity
the omission of tho G rayer for the President
of tho Ccnlederate States and all in civil au
thority.’ ” As to tho restoration of the prayer
as it stands in tho Book of Common Prayer,
his direction is that “when civil authority shall
he restored iu the Slate of Alabama, (ot which
due notice shall be given by the ecclasiasiieal
authority,) the qjugy shall use the form en
titled “A prayer for the President of the Uni
ted Stairs,” etc.
‘‘la regaid to the taking of the oath,” Bishop
Wilmer takes this cession to say, “it is be
yond all question the duty of every citizen to
render faithful allegiance to tho government,
under which he lives, and an oattr of fidelity
to the government is only the formal and sol
emn acknowledgement and expression of al
ready existing obligation. If therefore, the
oath of allegiance should be lawfully required
I of all citizens, there is no good reason why
such oath should cot be tiken ; provided that
all things be done (see Article xxxix) ‘in jus
tice, judgment and truth.’ All lalse swearing
is an id> miiualiom”
A Tm.mjraph Link to Fiokida.— The Gov
ernment is now making preparations to imme
diately construct a lino of telegraph from Sa
vanbah to Tallahassee, Fla. Piior so the war
a line was constructed from Savannah to Cedar
Keys, Flu., under the auspices of what was
known as the Cuba Telegraph Company, of
which Mr. C. G. Walden was President.
From Cellar Kojs, the line was to be exten
ded by submarine cable to Key West, and
thence to Havana. We hope that within forty
days the tine between Savannah and Talla
hassee will be in working order, with branches
to Darien, Brunswick, Fernandina, Jackson
ville and St. Augustine
Savannah is n»w by telegraph, via Hilton
Head, connected with Charleston. A perma
nent land line is in progress of construction,
on the line of Charleston and Savannah Rail
road.
State Convention ln selecting Jproper per
ons for the State Convention, we dust the
people will exercise a wise discrimination.—
Li t our wisest, pur> A best and most discrete
men be selected. This is no time and the Con
vention is not the place for political brawlers
and party hacks to make rapitah It is not
the place for talking ni u. We have sent too
many arch to our Legislative bodies ; and in a
Convention of the Sovereign People a body
of much higher dignity—they would be en
tirely out oi place. Let the professional place
hunter be careiully excluded Let no men be
sent as delegates save there who an* unselfish
and are not seeking theirown, hut the pub
lic good. A convention, composed of the
right s'-rt of material, will dispatch the bus
iness p-’fore them iu a few days, and present
tortile ratification of the people such a eon
s.ituiioD as they and their children after them
can live under in peace and harmony c, audio
the erj qmmt c-f civil and religious liberty
On the other hand, send all the cross toad
orators, political hucksters and bfokendowu
party hacks in the S.ate to tbs Convention,
u-.d we shall hive a repetition of such scenes
and a rein real of such misconduct as brought
upon us this desolating war, from the effects
• f which wo will suffer for many years to
come.
We trust there will be nothing like a hea
ted contest in the approaching election, but ;
that the people of the several cauuties will
Lull upviQ their very best men, and that they
may i ected without opposition. Let the
People remember that offices were not created
the beniiit of those who till them, but for
to-’ advantage of the community iu general;
e that a man should sot Beck of
dce. but that office should seek the man. It
or orally true that the individual who ex-
L mts the strongest desire to get office posseses
tus least Qualification.
tOkIBIU* ITEMS.
The state of the crops is very unsatisfEctt.
in many parts of Northern aui Eastern Gei
many, Prices are beginning to rise.
There are now in the English navy 26 iron
clads ati >at, of which 8 are not completed, and
6 are building, together with 5 floating butte
ries.
An '■ Alpine Club’’ has been formed at
Kiuki mg. It has held its first meeting on the
summit of the mountain behind the settlement,
said to be 5,000 feet high, and very difficult of
ascent. .
Additional passengers from the vessel wreck
ed elf New Foundiand have been picked up.
In tbe English electrons the Liberals have
carried two hundred and seventydhree. The
Conservatives one hundred and fifty-eight.—
The Conservatives admit only a gain of four.
Antwerp papers rejoice that their port is to
become a prominent station for American war
vessels.
The Queen’s Bench rendered a verdict of over
21,u00 pounds sterling against Charles Wind
sor. who lately absconded.
The Bank of Franco lost twenty-two him
dred and thirty four millions francs durinar
the week. Bourse buoyant— G 7 to 82.
An ambtssador from Maximilian has arriv»d
at Southampton, where he will embark for
Mexico.
Liverpool dates of July 15 state there wa3
considerable excitement in the cotton maik»t.
Sales 50,000 biles, inc'uding 10,000 to specula
tors and exporters. Market buoyant with an
advance of \lto £l. American securities im
proved. Breadstuff's quiet and steady Pro
visions dull. Lard firm
Matters in Uayti still continue in a very un
settled state.
A prejeet is on foot to connect Valparaiso,
Chili, by railroad with Panama, and thence
with the Unite 1 States.
Anew gunpowder is said to have been dis
covered in Germany, which has three time
the explosive force, and cost only half as much,
as the powder now in use. The principal mate,
rials are rosin and chlorate of pota-h.
The death of Mr. Pliny Mi'es, well known as
an advocate of cheap postal facilitrei in Ameri
ca, and at a statistician of unusual accuracy, is
reported as having occurred at Malta, Aptil
6, where he was attended by several Ameiican
residents,
The International Exhibition, to he held at
Bergen, Norway, the coming summer, .will
embrace all kinds of fish, fishing tackle, pro
ductions and prefer vaiious of fish, etc.
Anrffioial notice is published in relation to
(he International Exhibition at Oporta, Portu
gal, whkh will open In August, and continue
open until the end of the year.
The race-horse Kangaroo, which has recent
ly acheived so many triumphs on the turf has
been sold for -£7,000 to the Mat quia of Hast
ings. Kangaroo was bought bv bis present
owner for £l5O, and has netted upwards o!
£IO,OOO this spring.
Important Decision.- -Iu one of the Or-,
leans Courts recently, Robert Lynne, charged
with murder while au officer in the Confederate
a’my, was brought out on a wr.t of habeas cor
pus, aud after a hearing, the presiding officer of
the Court ordered his immediate release. Be
low wo give from the New Orleans papers a
history of tbs case t
Iu accordance with the writ of habeas cor
pus issued from tho court on Saturday. Mr.
John Burke produced in court the body of
Rolifpt Lynne, uud show id cause why he had
arrested him, namely, offiiavits representing
him as guilty of several high crimes Two
gentlemen testified that Mr Lynne h»d been
under the Confederate Government, aud that
be had power to shoot summarily jayhawkers
It was contended that Roy, one ot the peisons
shot, Lad not been a jay hawker. The oath of
allegiance and also tbe amnesty oath taken by
Capt. Robt Lynne, were filed. The affidavit
of Capt. Lynne di poses that iu the early part
of the year 1853, being then iu tho Parish of
Avoyselles, he received from Gen. Richard
Taylor, department commander his immediate
mililaiy superior, ordeis to collect into camu
all conscripts in said parish, and that in case c f
armed resistance, that all men so found with
arms iu their hands should be executed sum -
marily These ordeis weie captured with his
baggage at Staunton, Va., aud he hiniselt was
taken prisoner and keptiu confinement, audit is
impessil le for him now to produce said orders
from his superiors in consequence of the cap
ture of the recoids of the Confederate Govern
meut.
The Attorney General Mr. Lynch, made an
able speech to show that Mr. Iloy, who it
seems, was shot by order of Captain Lynne
during the prevalence of Confederate rule in
tbe parish of Avoysclles, was noth j ryhawker,
I therefore the case of Captaiu Lynne could not
come within the protection oxtouded by the
laws of war to recrgmgjtl ffalligerents ; that a
Confederate Grand Jury had preferred charges
against Capt. Lynne. On the conclusion of the
Attorney General’s speech, the counsel for Cap
tain Lynne submitted the ca-e to the Judge
without furtbei jargument. T he Judge .h ueup.m
proceeded to deliver his epiniou. The court,
staled in substance that it had been proved
that Captain Lynne had acted tinders orders of
his superior officers, and that the Confederate
Government was a government tie faclo at
that time in that parish ; that to make persons
ameanablein the civil cmrt a'tar the war was
ov-cr lor acts committed during a state of war
would opeu so wide an arena for endless strife
that tbe consequences would be awful, and
tend rather to create endless dissension than
that state of haitnony that should now be cul
tivate! ; that acting under any other princi
ple all the soldiers of Gen. Lee’s army might be
indicted individually ; that in tbe exchange of
prisoners, and other things Ihe United States
had recognizad the Confederates as entitled to
the rights of belligerents. lie therefore, or
dered tbe reloase of Captain Lynne instanter
from all the charges preferred against him,
without, however, impeaching the motives ot
the Attorney General, Mr. Lynch, er those of
the Chief of Police, Mr. Burke, as ho believed
they acted from zeal iu the discharge of their
duly, He regretted, however, that Captain
Lynne had been kept sot some tluee days with
out couusel having access to him. Captain
Lynno is a }cung man, apparently abcut 32
years old.
’4s Europe in a Week. —It Is stated that a
company of the leading shipowners of New
York have under consideration p'ans for bui'd
ing four magnificent vessels, of eight thousand
tons each, to be propelled l»v engines of two
thousand five hundred horse power, working
two paddle wheels, of the usual k'nd, and two
screw propellers—so that in case of derange
meat of either set of machinery, the otln-r set
shall continue woiking without material !m
--pedimeut in the speed of the vessel.
Thtse vtssels are to be capable of carrying
2,500 passengers at the variable faros of $26”
SSO, and $75, a-:cordiDg to the amount of ac
eommodation required, between that city and
Biistok England Meals are to be furnished
on beard tho same as at any restanra'nt, and
passengers can either eat or let it alone, as it
nmy please them The passage to Europe, it
is believed, at eighteen miles an hour, will be
made iu seven days, while the great length of
the vessels -nearly six hundred feet each—will
overreach or materially control the waves,
and prevent that terrible pitching motion that
is more or less the Lead of all s ‘e-going trav
elers.
The Permanent Standing Aemt. —The com
position of the permanent military establish
ment of the country seems to be settled as fol
lows :
One General, five lieutenant Generals, fifty
Major Generals and 6eventy-five Brigadier
Generals. The regular army proper wilPbe
compose lof nineteen regiments ot infantry,
six regiments of cavalry and five regiments ot
aitiilery, all filled up to the maximum number.
Fifty thousand colored troops will be retained.
Hancock's corps will be increased to» full
corps of three divisions of three brigades each
of about 30,000 men. The veteran reserve
corps, twenty five regiments, will he filled up
to the maximum-cumber. ¥ader the proposed
arrangement the total strength of the army
will be nearly as follows: Regular infantry,
15,000; regular cavalry, 14,400; regular artil
lery, 12,000; colored troops 50,000; Hancock’s
corps, 80,000; veteran reserve corps, 25 000-
total 117,000 men.
The number of troops furnished the govern
ment by the State of Ohio, during the war, was
339,336. All of them were volunteers except
18,930 obtained by draft.
* \ "HE J*KO<'EEIU»U t.P l IIE 3J.1 -
Ell CUTIO.\ AMWCJATIO V.
•lavs since we referri and t • the meeting
■ i'.e Manchester England Cotton Association.
Below we give farther < xtracts from the teport
made, and from the speech of the chairman :
The committee regard with interest and some
anxiety tbe tiansitiou state through whkh the
various cotton growing c tuntrics of the world
are now passing They have the hope that
free labor in the United States will in aft w
years afford as abundant supplies of cotton as
the compulsory system just abolish-d, even if
for a t ! me there should be a diminished produc
tion. India has now arrived at the period
when an improved quality must be grown, or
the cotton of that country will comma id atten
tion only when better descriptions cannot be
obtained. Turkey has still obstacles to over
come, but has no reason to be in any measure
discouraged; with perseveiance and exertion,
a prospeious and permanent cotton trade is
certain. Egypt has abundant guarantees ol
success; Ihe number of steam engines, steam
plows, improved agricultural implements, and
other machinery with which she has been fur
nished, afford ev<.ry needful facility; whilst
the intelligence of he v ruler and tbe energy of
her people justify our hopes that she will prove
an i fficieut and satisfactory source of cotton
sup; ly.
The Association has directed its attention
principally to two points, Ist A sufficient sup
ply of seed and i:s distribution, by means of
i heir consuls throughout the different cotton
growing countries 2d The probability of an
adequate supply of the raw material. The
committee say ‘’that their correspondence
with all cotton growing countries, comprising
during the past year nearly 1,700 letters, shows
that the exertions which have alreadyb.cn
made must still be sustained and encouraged
by the counsel and assistance of the Associa
t;on, if their expectations and hopes are to be
realized. The committee have, dining the past
year received about 200 samples of cotton; sho w
mg the progress which have been made and most
of which have been grown from seed supplied by
the association. The committee have continued
to give attention to the improvement of cotton
cleaning machinery, and though ail has not yet
been accomplished which is desired, they be
lieve considerab’e progress has been made,
and they are not without hope that eventually
a gin will'be product and possessing the capabili
ties so earnestly sought.”
The Chairman (Mr. Cheatam) stated “that
he was not able to say that the labors of the
association ought to be abandoned, or tnat
they might rely upon receiving prompt sup
pliis of coth u to meet the increasing demand
He could not hold out to them any such 11 it
tering hope. It was true that for some mouths
past they bad had e timates of from five to
ten millions of bales b jDg in the interior ol
the Sjuthuru States. Those estimates had
been reduc dto three millions of bales, and
very recently a letter addressed to Mr. Brig at,
M P, showed somr sort of data on which tht y
might rely for two and a ha'f millions. He
(Mr. Cbealam) had never entertained views so
sanguine. lie thought that at the utmost the
supply would not exceed two millions of bales,
and prudent, cautious men, weie not willing t.>
aimit even that amount But what wi\s worse
tbau that was the probability that tney would
not speedily obtain the cotton that was there,
The Swiitb was so thoroughly and. vastated, its
railways were broken u>, Us water communi
cation voiy much inteirupted, and its popula
tion go utterly destitute, that he foiesaw that
some considerable time must probably elapse
before the cotton which was there could reach
England.”
From his langugae, though he indulged iu
hopes of a prompt supply circumstauce.s were
not favorable to that result. :
Iu Egypt there was a combimation of very
favorable circumstances. Tho country was
governed by a tkillful wise mler, one who
was generally interested iu the progress of
cotton cultivation, and who had brought the
couutry to a remarkable position for both
the present and the futuro supply of cotton.
But he [VIr. CheelhamJ.vas sorry to say that
the moke I‘ectnt information told them that
the cult.vation ot cott.n iu jiDypt had over
taken the production of food, which th y knew
must be the first and foremost object of every
nation, and a manifesto had been issued requi
ring Ihe people to reduce the cultivation pf
cotton and increase the production of so. and ;
therefore from that country there was noi
likely to be any great 4 increase duiing the
next year. Along the Coast of I'uikey New-
Orleans seed was heirg cultivated, and the
Government of that couutry, slow as it often
was in its movement, had, duiing Urn past sea
son, demanded a verry large quantity of seed
—very much more than the society could
procure.
Although the supply of cotton from that
country had diminished, he hoptd that the rise
in the price would encourage the cultivators
to persevere, aud not abandon iu despair the
progress which they had h’therto made. Last
year there was a prospect of a- considerable
quantity of cotton being received from Italy,
but the injurious weather of the Autumn and
Winter had produced a 10.-s that had very
much disheartened the cultivators, who had
not this year sown sq extensively as before.—
The greater portion, however, of what tlwy
did grow was of a quality nearly equal to
American cotton. In the Brazils (he labor dif
ficulty was a limit to production, and from
that source they were not likely to, have a
very great increase India was also sal j -et to
disappointment Though the quantity had not
diminished, yet had not increased, and was not
likely to increase, for this very natural reason,
—that as in Egypt, the cultivation of cotton had
overtaken the production of food’’
Thus yye see, tvjfen the facts are arrived at,
they show that European manufacturers are
still dependent upon America for Iho greater
part of their cotton—notwilhstanuing the great
amount of money spent, and tho great exer
tions made to raise it in other sections of the
world.
Thr Grtiysbuic Monumen^.-— The design ot
the Gettysburg monument is adopted for exe
cution either in marble or iu granite and bror ze
as may be deem-d expedient, the mrteiial be
ing of course c .ntrolled entirely by the amount
appropriated. The whole rendering of the de
sign is intended to be purely histoiical, telling
its own stor y with such simplicity that any
discerning mind will readily comprehend ; ts
meaning and purpose.
The fuperstructre ie sixty five feet high and
consists of a massive pedestal sixty-five feet
square at the base, and is crowned with a
colossal statue representing the Genius of Lib
erty. Standing upon three quarter globe,
she raises with her right hand the victor’s
wreath of laurel, while with her left she gathers
up the folils of our national flag under which
the victory has been won
Projecting from tho angles of the pedestal
are four buttresses, supporting an (quit num
ber o f allegorical statues, representing respec
tively War, History, Poace and Plenty. War
is personified by a statue of the 4Pi e, '* ca l l 6oU
drer, who, renting from the conflict, relates to
History the story of the battle which this
monument is intenfl.-d to commemorate. His
tory, in a listening attitude, records with stylus
and tablet, the achievements of the field, uud
the names of the honored dead. Peace i#‘«ym
bolizad by the statute of the -Arnericm me
chanic chaiacter'z*:d, by appropriate accesso
ries Plenty is represented by a female figure,
with a sheaf of wheat and fruits of thß earth,
typifying peace and abundance as ihe soldiers’
crowning triumph.
ihe panels of the main die between tho stat
ues are to have inscribed upon them such in
scriptions as may hereafter be determined
The mam die of the pedestal is octagonal in
form, panelled upon each face. The cornice
and plinth above are also ocKgonal, and are
heavily moulded. Upon this piiuth rests an
octagonal moulded base hearing upon its face
in high relief, the national aims,
The upper die and cap am circular in form,
the die being encircled by stars equal in num
ber with the States whose sons contributed
their lives as the price of the victory won at
Gettysburg. —Philadelphia inquirer.
A preacher named Slater was seized and tak
en from the pulpit when he was preaching,
on Sunday week, in the neighborhood of Car
rollton, Carroll connty, Mo., and notified that
he could preach no more in that neighborhood.
He had created considerable talk by express
ing himself in favor of negro equality.
i.... , s contest at' the f.fir at the l»to
Chicago between tho : Bends of tbciidan and
Bhetman. !<>r tho m iguificjut gaid-mounted
pktcl, gin U fur “the best General,” finally
closed with the vote s anding : Shcuuan. 879;
Bhermun. 4 57; with two or three l.uudied scat-
Uring. Blend ui kept ahea 1 the fiist two
weeks, then Sherman's friends got the start,
but the Sheridan men rallied ia force, and took
tho pr.z; by an overwhelming m jar'ty.^
Ge-n. Banks has transferred his command to
General Canby, at New Orleans General
Cutby, in a-sumirg it, shid he sho Id soon in
vestigate the a Hairs cd the department, but
that he contemplated making no immediate
changes. lU* should not fait to give due credit
to the services of General Banks and his offi
cers on behalf tbe Government. It is under
stood, 6ays the Army and Navy Journal, that
General Banks intends remaining in New Or
leans for some time to come, his orders from
the President requirig him to report to Wash
ington in writing.
Os 3,849 substitutes credited to Connecticut
last year, only 1,552 reached the field. .
Two small boys in Chicago were rece illy gar
roted and lobbeti of their pocket money, by
five small juvenile ruffians, fifteen years old.
L'ghtniug - truck 2,500 barrels of whiskey in
a bonded warehouse at Springfield. III'., and
the whiskey flowed into the river, covering
the water, for mere than a mile in a 6heet of
Anne. The loss is estimated at three hundred
thousand dollars
Louisiana expects to show 30,000 hhds of
sugar this fall'.
John S. Wallace, of the firm of John S. Wal
lace & Cos , Chicago, has been arrested on a
warrant, for using the same revenue stamps
two or three times on receipts. His manner of
doing it rs to a stamp on a receipt, and after
it had been passed, tear it off and use it on
another nceipt. Number of receipts were
found in his desk, with the stamps off, and the
stamps in an envelope. He acknowledged that
he had thus defrauded the country ot thirty
five dollars. The penalty is one thousand dol
lars for each ofl'mce. When detected he effered
the officer live thousand dollars to let him off
There are 1,600 males employed in the Treas
urv Department at Washington at present, of
which number at least 600 are disabled soldiers,
some 500 female clerks ate als j employed.
A list kept by a Mississippi pilot of the ves
sels sunk or otherwise destroyed on that river
during the war contains ti e names of 293
steam crafts of various descriptions.
Admiral Buchanan, at la;t accounts, was
in Washington.
The military cemetery at Port Royal contains
the graves of 18,000 Union soldiers.
The government has under advisement the
question of colonizing all the Indian tribes
between Minnesota and lowa and the Rocky
mountains, in a reservation somewhere on
tho northern border of Montana Dacota.
They punish people queerfy in China. For
robbing a pcdler,a person was lately put into
a mortar (cannon) and fired against a stone
wall.
The seven year locusts are devouring every
thing that is green, in some parts ol New York
Bushwhacking and robbing are prevalent
in the mountains between Tuscumbia and
Tuscaloosa, hat measures are being taken to
clca# the country of bandits.
At Newluug, N J., a family named Clyde
were all poisoned by eating veal soup after it
had turned sour. Clyde himself died, and his
wife, at last accounts, was not expected to
survive,
Oregon yielded $8,000,000 gold last year.
Aa ({Fait was made to raise the ohl fiigate
Cong less, which was sunk off Newport News in
the Spring of 1862 Hopes are enteifained
that she will be raised in a few days.
Denton, Indiana, has been neaily destroyed
by fire.
The Female Medical College of Pennsylvan
ia, now in the sixteenth year of its existence,
has just graduated a class of twenty three
students, and judging from the success that
other lady physicians have had, there is little
doubt that they will find euough to do. The
American says there are
some six or eight “regular” female physicians
in that city, whose daily practice is tqual to
that of the average of male physicians.
Louisiana ex pec's to show 30,00,0 hhds. of
of sugar this fall.
A man iu New Jersey is building a flying
machine.
The blaz e of diamonds at Saratoga this sea
son is most dazzling.
The Rio Grande rose at Oomargo thirty feet
in twenty-four hours. The flood swept away
innumerable ’anclies, and (roi;q Comaigo down,
this side of the river, are unbroken oornfields,
all of which are destroyed. No lives are known
to be lost
Another trot from Boston to Portland is
contemplated. The owner of the Booling male
Nelly Baker has bet laigely that his horse
can perform the feat between sun and sun
without injury, and the tiial is to come off with
in ten days. Nearly thirty years since, a bay
gelding called Csffo started from Portland with
the stage coach in the morning, and reach
ed Boston ahead of tho coach in the evening
on a bet of one thousand dollars that he would
reach there first, which he did.
The Confederate Cotton Agent for Alabama
has recently been,captured, with all his books,
papers and other documents containing the
names of all who had ever given a pound of
cotton to the. Confederate government. He
was nabbed by.a srnffil cavalry force 0Q the
Tomb gbee river, acd conveyed to l\ioutgomery,
and wag afterwards released on parole.
It is stated that among the “points” tube
made by the counsel for Jeff Davis are these:
First, that Davis owed tl egiance to his State;
her laws, her processes and commands must be
obeyed; and if a collision exists between the
State and General Geveinment, individual?
cannot be punished—it must be settled by the
authorities. Second, that the Federal Gcv
err.rpent, by proclamations, by laws, by ex
change ol prisoners, etc., have recognized, over
and ever again, the Confederates as bellige
rents, which entities all officers of the Confe
derate Government to the rights of belliger
ents.
The Union S'ate Convention of Mains will
bo held at Portland on tho Iu h of August;
the Democratic Convention will be held in the
same city on the 15th.
The proposal to erect a great hail and.asy
lum for Fret masons in New York Ims at length
assumed tangible foim ihe site of the church
property, corner of Grand and Crosby streets,
has been puachased, and tho subscriptions for
the object now amount to about one hundred
and filteen Ihcusu.d dollars.
The colored Masons held a meeting in West
Chester, Pa., recently, to dedicate their ball.—
There were three or four lodges represented,
among which was the Grand Lodge of Pennsyl
vania masons./lhey m&rthed tnrough
the streets preened by a band of
ipusle,
The Federal Postmaster at Staunton Va , was
owing the General Government about twelve
hundred dollars at tbe commencement of the
rebellion. He visited Washington last week
to settle up the old account by filing receipt*
of the “Confederate Govareiuent ’ for that
amount, ni.s was unbounded
wheq tho oner was declined*
A gentleman engaged in the grand culture
in Navado, sis that from present appearand
the vintage there this year will amount to t ne
hundred thousand gallons. vuc
OjPJP® «Pect Ingest corn crop ev
v Th n°£ ne a S °(- tl ! 6 Bbip Geor ? e Rowland, or
New Bedford, which was seized by convicts at
the Gallipagoa Islands, taken bv them to
j Guayaquil, and thus the voyage broken nn
have recovered SoO.OOO datmuea from th 0 Gov
ernment of Eucadar, UvUive yeart of
eiton,
Cspt. Fisk, commanding the expedition to
the upper iellow3tone, wiites from* St. Paul
that the late action-of the Government toward
bringing abput peace with tbe various Indian
tribes will, in his judgement, be the means of
producing an early cessation of hostilities,
and the opening of safe routes to the emi
grant.
L eutenant General Scott onoe more begs
the forbearance of autograph collectors. He
can read but few, and cannot answer a tenth of
their applications. In future he hopes to offend
lees by invariable silence,
Latest News
BY TELE3P, P L .;/
VHOM V.V’UOi S fcOl lH K-'.
The national currency issued dining the
week ending July, amounts to *3,787,050,
making tbe total ol $157,907,659, now’ ia cir
cu’aiion.
General Pope’s headquarters are to be in
Kansas city, and not at Leavenworth, as here
tofore mentioned.
Col. Baker, the Government detective, has
been made a Brigadier General.
Springfield, 111 ,is sa overrun with rascals
that the Mayor has riquested Gen Cook to
carry on the Government with the military a<
his command.?!He has consented to do so.
The President has authorized therein.so of
all prisoners of war on parole, on conditiou of
their taking the oath of allegiance. Major
General Edward Johnston has been set at lib
erty on three conditions.
Louisiana and Tex ts are infested with gue
ril las.
Hoa. James S Orr, and other prominent Car
olinians justify the spee'ch on the g round "of its
being adapted to the eomuiuu.ty' in which it
was delivered.
The Treasury Department now hold a? so
currity for the operation of the National Banks
three hundred millions ot its owns bonds.
All prisoners of war yet held, including the
rebel Generals are to be released on parole,
upon taking the oath of allegiance.
Ford’s theatre, Washington, is rented by the
government until February 1. If Congress by
that time does cot decide !o buy'if, it will lie
given up.
The rebel Secretary Benjamin arrived safely
in Paris, and intends making his home in Aus
tralia.
Several rebel commissioners to Europe hive
come to Canada.
The Charleston Courier of the 20th says
that one hundred and sixty five of Buyer’s
Ziuayes, removed to Morris Island for taking
part in the city, have exhibited a mutinous
spirit, General Gilmore sent an order demand
ing the colors ot the regiment, but the Colon
el refused. He was placed under arrest, aud
the colors demand from the second ofiicer who
also refused, when Gen Hatch explained that
his conduct would be mutiny while tlie Col
onel's would bo simply disobedience of oi
ders. He promised to deliver them, but when
delivered it was found the staffs aud lubber
Dover only were there. It was (hen deter
mined to disarm the whole regiment, and other
troops weao brought forward—guns charged
with grape and canister were brought to bear
on the mutiners, and ordeis given to fire up
on them in case of any resistance. The men
then quickly stacked their arms and marched
under guard to Fort Sumter.
In the proceedings in the case of Slidell’s
property at New Orleans, a claim for $290,-
000 francs was presented L>y a Paris Banking
house; ten thousand huncs by the Citiz n’s
Bank of New Orleans. Judge Dewall decided
that as Slidell was a notorious enemy to the
United States his property in this country be
longed under the confi •cation act to tbe Gov
ernment, and that there c'aims could not bo
allowed,
The steamer Omnious has b:en wrecked off
Morehead city. Twenty lives lost.
* A band of guerrillas, forty in number, are
roaming oyer Perry, Hickman, and, Wayne
counties, Tenn., murdering those offensive to
the n aud committing other outrages.
Attorney General Speed holds that recource
must be had, in disputed cases, for cotton aud
other things captured by Union forces to the
court of claims, aud that jurisdiction can’t be
conferred upon a Commission appointed by the
President or Secretary of War, to examine the
claims in question, to be made aud make re
storation of so much of this colton as may be
long to loyal claimants.
North Carolina is making active exertions
to emigration to her territory, Colonel
J M IJeck and Kemp I’Battle are at the St
Nicholas Hotel, New York, for the purpose of
opening offices in the North to furnish infor
mation and encourage emigration. They say
the people of Nortfi Carolina are anxious to
have the Staffs fflled with Noithern settlers,
| and desire to have their resources fully devel
oped. The feeling is very strong iff favor of
! the new system ol lab,or, and g large majority
express gladness at the abolition of slavery.
They offer for sale or lease large quantifies of
land, go,ld, iron and lead rniues, and water
power and other liberal inducements to emi
gration. This is the first step ol the kind ta -
ken by aDy State,
Abjlliard match took place at Montreal July
21, between O Deon and R E.Wilmarth, champ
ion ol MasaachussoDs, f< r a purse of $5oO.
Deon scored 1,500 points—average, 12,85. lti
highest ran was 109 points. Wilmarth scored
1,378 points, averaging 11 77. His highest
run was 90 points. Deon won by 128 points
Time, 4 hours and 40 minutes.
Among the vessels of the ILUring Straits
telegraphic cable whiph loft San Francisco re
cently was the Clara Bell which cani and a ca
ble, to he laid across Behrings Straits, and a
small steamer lor rivor explorations. Colonel
Bulkley himself will examine the Gulf of Ana
dair for the best crossing Diace to Asia. It is
4000 miles wide, with an inland in tho middle.
The land work is to on at once the whole line
rrom New Westminister to near the mouth of
the Amour River, a distance of .4,000. miles.
There are still 800 prize claims settled
by the proper authorities at Washington.
The Navy Deparlipe it is disposing of its ves
sels at Government appraisurent,. A great
auction 6alo takes place in Augurt.
Shendevaat has been elected Mayor of Rich
mond by about four hundred majority.
According to New York dates of July 2ft,
coth n sold for 47c per lbs. Gold 142.), Wi in
ky 212. Government Stock active and fnm.
Sterling 109. Flour and breadstuff's advan
ving. Sugar aud molasses dull
A laucj oyico clerk named Whiltlegey has
|een arrested in New York for ste&'ine some
if SO,OOO worth of coupon bonds.
Considerable.damugo was clone in the vicinity
of CincinnaHi by a heavy thunderstorm. Ju
ly 25.
Gold speculators in New Yoik have bo-u
quiet for the past few days.
Advices from South Carolina report Charles
ton (juiet, Gieat desitutioa exists in the
State. Relelf from the North has been sent
for. Cars now run from Charleston to Orange
burg. Mail facilities are improving. Bat tit
tle cotton has yet come to Charleston—more is
going to Augusta ana B'avannah
C. J. Faulkner is urging his claim for par
don on the ground that he waa a Union man.
More troops from Shenandoah vr.liey have
heen mustered out.
Secretary Seward and family have gone to
Cap* May,
Orders have been received in Cuba to de
liverTlie ram Stonewall to tho United State-:.
A fine banquet was given to Gen. Sherman
at fndianappolis July 2ft. The General res
ponding, made a lengthy speech, saving his ;
ancestors in the seafaring line had largel y con
tributed to the importation of African tfi:; '
and he considered it his duty *o qtope so-j
sins. He considered the slaves <rey’4 - wir
action of secession, and it v. at? ;U& J''
Government to. protect atpl - aC J* °f the
They ffligbt be coVociged f e ‘jucate them
mitted tyith repr&aenU'’ - and ad
opposed r lVfcß Congres. Ife
*l"i HeVlvd Iw-r" 0 "
therm , lved Omnipotence or
ganized thereoelhon to break down the leeal
hedge, which protects) salavery from the iSt
ind.gnatioli of the efvib'zed world. Hethou-hf
that plenty of the Southern States would vote
to ratify the Constitutional amendment, and
hoped ottil law would soon resume the sway.
In conversation with a citizen of Virginia
the President said he was firmly disposed to
believe in .Gov. Pierpont and Lis course, and
to re&aer him all the assistance Le might re
quire in the discharge of his important and
onerous duties, and he had no doubt that the
Governor would only justify the confidence of
the Executive, but likewise that of the people
of Virginia over whom he was called to rule.
Washington dispatches state that “pardon
brokers 1 ' have no influence with the
on the contrary, where it is known these bro
kers are at work, it rather delays action on the
part of the President.
Arkansas advices report the laborers gener
ally at work and crops good.
The latest accounts from Mexico state that
President Juarez was at Chihuahua. The
place was stroDgly fortified and in no dan
ger of beiDg attacked by Imperialists. The re
port that he intends to visit the United States
is incorrect.
Th- Herald’s Washington ; peciai says : In
an ii u i'. - ; e\7 betv. --n AI; t Gem ml Stroth-
J j;. . >n, fl elat
,l; ' ! ‘a'- •'< Hat i: :. L-t ir ii* variety cf < pin -
i-un i :he .-ui-jec. t recnnstiuction ot the
M .te, . : winch me- w-re adverse to the gov-
Ncver
iffi ie.-> ho was ii inly dispost 1 to believe iu
Governor Ikcrpont and hi-, ceurse, and to ren
>kr him all the asdstance h.> might require in
the discharge cf his important du'ies, and had
no doubt that the Governor would uot only
je.s i:y the oorffi ’umcn ot the Executive, but
likewise mat ct U npeople ot Virginia, over
whom lu* was railed to rule.
'ibe .i'A’m;’.e;:i.-i ciiminted with regard to
; pard.-ue granted in m day to day, are not strict
ly cone t. ILe nam published are those of
parsons whose cases have been passed through
the Attorney General's i nice, aud their papers
prepared; but a large (roporlion of them are
to bo acted !>| on by :he ITo sklent They will
eventually receive absolution, but are not yet
out of tbe woods. The Resident is not dis
posed pardons by wh lesaie.
Rep n-s from Not tht-ruers, now travelling
in Southern Slat, s, r- kitive to eviderces of
undeveloped wo. Ub presented on every hand
iu those states, are ii-nlinunliy received.
The following extract tram a letter received
at the Land Ofli o, tiom Arkuiir-as, a few days
ago. is but a iair specimen of confident expres
sions iii this reg ml : Tbe mineral resources
of Ui s State are i uormoup- Coal,silver and geld
are all represented lilreially, and an abundance
of petroleum is undoubted. Results will soou
be developed that will astonish all. Hitherto
this wealth has been hidden under a cloud.
Bennett lias purchased the place whero
Barnums’ Museum stood.
Thirteen ocenu steamers arrived in New
York J uly 25.
* The new lino of telegraph between San
Franei.-co aud Chicago will be built iu about
a year.
The sleek ia the Arkansas anu Mississippi
bottom is dying*oll rapidly from anew disease*
The trial o' »Veirs, the commander at
Auder.-onvilie has been postponed.
Gen. Leo and other noted rebels are to be
cal'ed up at, the term of the U. 8. Ccuit
at Norfok iu October. It is stated iu Wash
ington, that the l’-rcsidont has caused a noli
prosojai to be inserted in these cases and
each detendant to. bo put on a long probation
a?a ennitionprecedent to pardon, iinposingsuch
penalties and restriction as may be justified by
the circumstances
Gen. Retry anil staff left Washington fes
South (larebua July 26 h.
Tae Mississippi squadron is to be roduced.
The ordnance and imperial are to be collected
at the new naval ordnance depot at Jeffer
son
Tl*r Imperial, government of Mexico is cHer
ring gold bounties for recruits. Large num
beis of i fibers aud men of Taylor’s and
Smith’s command are j lining (he Mexican ar
um s. s
Fm ty- three post ot’iees were opened iu tin*
South ending the week July 26 b.
- Id is rep vted in Washington that John
Minor B >its will soon issno an appeal to Vir
ginians urging them to vote for negro suffrage
as the only hope of Virginia being re admitted
into tiio Union on terms cf equality with other
Siates.
Judge Bishop, of B iHimore, has requested
Rev. Father Walter to eoueo futqre discussion
as to the guilt of Mrs. Surratt.
The cavalry force in Virginia is so be re
duced to two regiments. The force in the
Middle and North Carolina Departments is to.
be reduced also.
J. M. Mason has gene to St. Catherines, Can
ada Eiut, to reside.
Tbe steamer (le an. Queen, from Liverpool.',
reports at G iyaquiil Equudor, that Fresidenh
Gariscia Morons so;z *d aili E igimh steamer ot
Ihe Facific steam Legation Company, loading
at tho Mildroioe. Tbe officers and ©trow wero.
taken it, tho point of the bayonet, and troop&i
aud cannon, with, millions of war. plated on
board, who took the steamer to the mouth of
the river where, the revolutionists were laying
at anchor, and with this f:e:'z;d by. the Gov
ernment sunk one steamer, when the others
. surrenders i. The bulk of the people cn board
.including Uibai.ia.the leader, escaped. The.
prisoners were brought to Gnyaquill and in
stantly shot
The U. S. gunboat, Slmwnec, lias arrived)
from panama with Calio dates A battle oc~-
i onrred fifty six miles from Lima belweem
12,069 rebels and 6,000 Government troops, ia
which the latter were successful.
Ex President Boros was raptured at Reatico
wlmi o his vessel, having been in hired bv
ui®?. was obliged to put in.
The Catholic Clergy of Chicago contributed
five hundred and seven to the Great
8 anilary Fair
loe hrOUthsida Railroad, connecting Rijh
snood with the Southwest is being rapidly re-
S paired.
Gi-u. KiipaWick hag* entered the political
>ue)d in New Jersey.
Smith and-party had surrendered at Piedraa,
to Negrete, Governor of Galletla, with i'onr
pieces of artillery and nine bandit and rifles, r.nd
seventy-five wagons loaded with provisiouti
The officers and men were paroled.
Dates from Eagle Pass to the Ist say that
She Thy, who was man hirig an aimed force into
Mexico, was arrested by the Li bey b u t, w i t b,
whom he finally compromised ’ C y selling themi
lus aims for money and
Gen. Steel has oid frc( | Coilinas, who. ihiffl
Brownsville, to P'., g( . rV( . the peace.
Gen. Mona, authorized by the Estineror to
i awe a batta ,j ou of Texas guerrillias
. i r..-ported that a body of Missourians;
aud iexan 3 are on their wav to Monterey, andi
i Correct number is between seven and
: eight thousand.
A Galveston letter of the 18th says the total
einount ot Colton iu Texas does not exceed
fifty thousand bales.
The Houston Telegraph of the 20th says, the
reports that fen thousand Missourians, were
bound for Mexico, was an undoubted piece of
nousence. 'The eniire party number less than
four hundred. Us the 13th ult‘, a company of
the Seventh lowa cavalry, fought five hundred
Sioux warriors, captured four and killed one.
The municipal election at Fredericksbu
Yu., resulted in the mccess to the bittere*; c *@l
cenKionisls.
It is understood that Meshy intends to return'
and I) come a candidate for Conr feE3 m y g ,
disirict. J
The Secretary of the Treasury has ordered!
that no more lrvo cent P r .ittagc currency bft’
. New Or’eans dab* of j„i y 22 , stute coft
irreemar at Lom 11 to 60c. Suear - -<n
Coflfoo3oJa. ° quiet.
Gov. Sharkey has i«snc-d and '
Min is; ii plir-s tor funds to det-' ->rder taxing
ot the coming coimmtkm. ay the expenses
The I exas convention
Judge lUnceck t’..r " ■* last month nominated
diced on iuvernor. ihe Judge de-
A•* oi the political condition of
tfcis 'tvv' to iate advictslrom Mexico inak
\a> <n a bad condition Ihe French troops
a l Americtus wiio fait into 1 heir power.
a eliotT time s nee Gaptaiu'.Frsz >r and his two
daughters were killed by them, with the con
s. nt (;f thmr Generals commanding. At San
Soacl-1 two Americans weremurdered, Gripped
and Fit in the road. All tlie Americans in
Mexico have been driven into Montezuma dis
trict. There are no Americans between Texas
and the City cl Mexico. T'incc thousand Amer
icans. who h ive been driven out of Mexico,
Stand ready to march into Sonora if the gov
ernment will hatch a quarrel with (lie Impe
rialists. One of the French Generals is named
Losodo; for a long time ha was a robber at
Bairamus; and a reward of one hundred thru
sand dollars was offered for his head. The
French gave him three- hundred thou and dol
lars to join the Imperialists.
Tho Mexican people are preparing tor the
coming of tbe United States armies, are entliu
eiastic for the expulsion of the Imperialists
and annexation to the United States, but are
utterly without arms. Maximilian had only
! B.OUO Austrians and 4,000 Belgians; others
( were on their way froua Europe. At Mozatani
ail Americans were oidered out of the country.
la the Church Party rose in arias
because Maximilian dion’t restore Church prop
el ty. They were put down. Sixteen Generals
and twelve Priests were shot on the Mexican
Plaza. Maximilian dare not leave ihe city of
Mexico without a strong guaid.
Corn is six dollais a bushel in the City of
Mexico.
A member of Ccrtlnas’ staff has arrived at
Brownsville, with the information that Kiiby
the State.
Shreveport advicc-s report cotton greatly ad
vanced.