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i.MiV/Uia\i i* < jt-i •'» nr >: .iur-s.v auy *Kiohv.•*:•:!», Va . July 14, 1865 To Pen F B Pvrpc t ' i r Virginia : i " "■ . 1/. , '” " i ' . es, ha I ... tUt such rcr • 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.