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lation between lim Ft • • <lih> :j nr.il ti' l ilc irrw
ter, tht: Contract foi fuhire labor wlii. b may bo
• rnvle by l.be p.irti«v in good faith, f-iioubl be
scrupulously kept by each ■ ft is the duty of
each to c irry out iln: term of th* agreement
in letter and spirit. By this cotu.re inly will
the mutual interisl* of cin.Joyer anti employee
bo subserved. We are sorry to b am, that
in some instances where the I're.dmen have
contracted with planters to :i- :-t tbern in rna
kinsc Uicir crops the present year -after the
work had been commenced and a good pro
gross manifest-the former have without warn
ing of any sort, thrown up their situations and
gone off to Bei k * mployinen! <■' ~where, h av
ing their employer: in a position of much em
barrassment. The ert *ct of such practice must
be pernicious and hurtful in t-ba extreme. The
crops cannot bo im le, or if made c innot be
gathered unless the requisite amount of labor
is constantly at hand, and we all know the
imperative ifece.-sHy'tohioh e xists for an assid
uous cultivation of o n soil to supply the wants
Ot the people at this time. The freedtnan
should know Ihat ai b sc epp'ica ioti to the
task allotted him by bis employer will be of
two-fold benefit to him —ho can the c v-ior sup
ply himself, th > o who may be dependent n eon
him, and the treedmen generally with the ne
cessaries of life ; and Irk uniform nbs.>rviiuco*of
the agreement w ill be likely to ensure him p' r
maneut employment and a comfortable home in
the future, in short, all consideration, of interest
and duty should prompt hitu to preserve invio
Jate too conditions of the contract en
tered into with his employer.
We trust that the freodmun will act in good
faith towards those who hire to on, and labor
to the end of the ptnioil agreed upon, faith
fully and cheerfully- And if is to be hoped—
indeed, the Government expects—that there
■will boa corresponding observance by em
ployers of their stipulations. II iruiony, good
order, ami mutual advantage will accrue from
such a policy.
Labor and Cai i fai, Wanted — The exhaust
ed condition of tho countr /, produced by lour
years of wav of dovolating war
rare, calls for immediate remedies lor recuper
ation. Laborers are in demand all over (he
South —to till the soil, Jong undisturbed by
plow or lroo ; to renew worn-out lands ; to fell
the forests ; to spin tho rivers with bridges ; to
repair the railroads and improve tbc common
rna-ld o(
manufactories, our mills; tlie.ro are thou
sands of occupations to which a laboring man
can turn his hand aud make it lucrative. Es
pecially in our agricultural dvpai tment car the
workingman timl profitable and steady ernpiov
xnent. Nothing which the soil will produce but
will command remunerative prices -‘ fickle tho
earth with a hoc anil she will laugh with a har
vest.”
A better chauco for the investment of capital
never existed than here. Tho great resources of
the country ore not half developed as yet.
Who knows but what someone may, literally
ns well as figuratively, ‘‘Strike ile’ in the Em
pire State of the South? Already petroleum
has been found in N >rlh Carolina and will
prove a source of wealth to the owner. Gold,
iron, lead and other minerals invUe capital
here to establish an Eldoraio near at home.
Our railroads, when in order, pay fat divid
ends —those which need repairing should be
fixed at once; and other lines of railroad
might be opened with like splendid results.
Capital coupled with indomitable cm ivy and
enterprise, has a wide liohl here awaiting its
advent. We look to see the realization of out
hope in regard to the South in a land teeming
wiih an industrious and happy people, whose
interests are her interests, and whose physical
and mental acquirements are fully coinmen
eurate with the needs of Use country aud time.
Wisr and Judioiov? CouNSßt,—Nothing can
be wiser and more judicious than the advice
of Mr. W. W. Boyce, of South Carolina, in his
late speech at Winnsboro, in . that State. “Our
“greatest statemauship,” says Mr. B yce, “now
“consists in pacification with the North. Every
“tnau should loud himself to lids work. Let
“us forget the horrible struggle through which
“we have passed as last as we can. Let us
“look before us, and not behind us. Let ns
«‘not ffespair cl Anr country. God is wiser
•‘than we ate. The history of nations is the
•‘judgment of God. Let us acquiese in that
“destiny from which there is no appeal. Sla
-1 ‘very is gone, but mil is not lest. Our for
tunes are shattered ; we are poor imle >d ; but
“the Heavens are still above us; and though
•‘the way belore us is rugged, let us, with
“great hearts, move forward to fulfil our mis
“sion, whatever it may le
“If we are wise, tin re is .-till hope for us
•‘in the future, it we are weak, every step
“will only plunge us deeper into the Serboniun
•‘bog. We must act under the intkn-nce of
“new ideas. We mast not listen to our pas
“sions. but to our reason. And the tutnre may
“be more auspicious t o us than the most-son
“guine now imagine.”
Would that these sentiment might 1 e deeply
imprinted upon every Southern heart ! it
bfemtes all men who have in il tence in public
epPfth, iu the press, and in social intercouse.
to urge them iu “line upon line, and precept
upon precept.
Appointment of Postmaster for Atnv tv. —
The annexed telegraphic dispatch received iu
this city shows that the postmaster of this city
ias been appointed:
• Washington, July 27th, 1865.
To Thos. R. Rhodes :
The President has appointed Lkm. Foster
Blodget Postmaster at Augusta.
CliAHl.lt UfAHDSIY,
Operator.
We-have not the pka-ure of a personal ac
quaintance with Mr. Blodgett—but those who
know him assure ns that he is well qualified to
tlischaige the duties of his appointment.
Tub Central Railroad. — A gang of two huu
tflred hands is at work on the Savannah end ot
the Central Railroad. Six miles ot the road
have been completed. The work is being
pretwed with all possible vigor,
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 9, 1865,
English Journalism Curing the War --The
uncertain and erratic course of those manu
facturers of British opinion—the English
new papers—during the late war in the United
Stasis, would be a curious and interesting
study. And it would be laughable were it not
* v> supremely ridiculous. With a few honora
ble exceptions, the English press from the in
] Foripiion of the contest, indu’ged in al! sort3
; of wild and improbable vagaries and specula
i lions respecting the issue of the war, usually
i prognosticating the entire failure of a Repub
lic cu the continent. On the arrival of every
steamer during the progress cf tte struggle
! these Bir Oracles scanned the news eagerly>
then gave to the impressible British public
their opinions in a style of assurance and con--
fidence im the truth of their raticination, which
settled the question, until the arrival of at ■
oiher steamer at least, when the world could
l e again favored with heavy leaders on the
American war, varying slightly pe.haps from
t inner iff rls. All through these lour years
these jjurnds have prophecied, and vapored
and blustered, and talked glibly'and loudly of
the failure of Republican institutions
Tbey ia reality cared not which party succeed
ed. All they wanted was to have liberty over
thrown, and a monarchy or despotism estab
lished on this continent.
“ Wr-noM Justice—Moderation.” —Never
did the motto of the State of Georgia assume
j mote marked significance than now. It seems as
if specially designed for this period in onr-coun
: try’s history. Wisdom, justic >, and moderation
arc traits which our statesmen aud public
men generally should possess at ali times;
but more particularly aro they needed now at
| this memorable epoch. Oa the eve of select
I ing delegates to a State Convention second in
| importance to no deliberative assembly pre
viou-ly convened in our borders ; requiring
! the best taleuts,thesoundest judgment,the cool
| est dircretion, the uao3t far reaching acumen ;
i we should look for the wisdom to devise and
; plan"; the justice which deals impartially; and
j the moderation which restrains from radicalism
j and the errors of misguided passion. Shall we
; not see gathered in that great Council which
j is to place ihe State in her proper relations
j with the Federal Government, good and true
men, who will rise far above all party consid
erations and issues ? The State needs the ser
vices of such. We trust they will bo forth
ci ming at this crisis.
Gun. llowmll Cobb —This gentleman is now
spending a tow days in our city. We are
pleaded to see him enjoying such good health.
In a conversation with tho General, he ex
press, ,1 a great desire to have all'matters now
in agilalioo Mottled at once ; and wished most
heartily to see Georgia once more resuming
her former position in the Union.
The issues which have lately convulsed this
country he considers forever disposed of.
Slavery ho says can never be resuscitated in
any shape. He thinks it best that all submit
promptly and willingly to the United States
authorities ; that matters which have passed
should be numbered among the things that
were ; and should not be dragged into the pres
ent, thereby creating discord, and trammeling
tho movements of those who arc doing all they
can to setttle affairs.
We are convinced that if all tho people of
this State had the same feelings in regard to
matters as Gen. Cobb, that no difficulties
would arise in the way of Georgia returning to
the Union. Let those who have followed the
General in days gone by, take his good counsel
now and profit by it.
Ex-Gov. Brown. —This .gentleman was in
Atlanta on Saturday last. We learn that he
has fully recovered from his late illness, and
now looks to be iu his usual health. He in
humed a trieud that be was kindly treated bv
the authorities at Washington, and has great,
confidence in the wisdom aud moderation of
President Johnson. He had Ex-Governois
Letcher and Vance, and Gen. Edward Johnson,
for his prison comparions.
Got’. B. speaks hopefully of the future, and
thinks it would bo well for tho Convention to,
declare slavery at an end in Georgia wit:—.*
excitement or discu sion.
He also says that the people of Northern
Georgia aie anxious for an opportunity to take
tho oath of amnesty and will return conserva
tive men to the Convention.
He regards the question of secession as set
tled by the result of the war, and that any
further agitation on that and kindred topics
should be studiously avoided.
In i f.rxattonalLaw. —The British government
continues to discuss the late American war,
and the questions g-owing out of it with the
French Government. Toe results jointly ar
rived at, or at least soma of them, are commu
nicated to the American Government. Earl
Russell, it now seems, has authoritatively pro
nounced the opinion that vessels formerly be
longing to the Southern Confederacy, aud not
lav fully transferred to other owners before the
total cessation of hostilities, may be claimed
as public property by the United States, if
found in any British waters ; and any counter
claim must be decided in ordinary course of
law by the civil tribunals. To the British
minister at. Washington Etrl Russell writes
that an enemy’s commissioned ships of war
caunot. during the continuance of war, be re
lieved from risk of capture and condemnation
by auy sale or transfer to a neutral. The first
.11 these opinions accords with the action of the
Spanish 5 government in delivering up the
Stonewall. The second opinio a although late
in promulgation, will be of value in the peace
able settlement of cases arising before our
courts of law.
Alabama —i. nder the proclamation of Gov.
Ears. ns.justices of.the peace, constables, mem
bets of the commission courts, —except the
judge of probate,—county treasurers, tax col
lector and assessors, coroners and the munici
pal officers of each incorporated city, who
were in. office the 22 J of May last, are appoin
ted during the continuance of the provisional
government Judges of'probate and sheriffs
ivho were in office the 22i May last, will take
the amueity oath and- continue to discharge
: tho duties ot their office until others are ap
pointed. Each officer is required to take the
i amnesty oath aadteive new bonds.
Mississippi.— We observe from our late Mis
sissippi exchanges, that the people of that State
ure actively eng iged in the work of reorgani
zation. The State Convention will assemble on
the Hih day of August. In the list of candid
ates for several counties, published in the Mie
sirsippian, we recognize the names of many of
the leading and most influential men in the
State.
G.)V, has directed that all persons
engaged in trade as merchants or venders of
merchandise, clerks, mechanics, artizans. pro
fessors, teachers, attorneys, doctors, editors,
printers, bankers, hotel keepers, and all per
sons engag 'd in business of any kind whatev
er, shall take at once, unless they have previ
ously taken, the amnesty oath as set forth in
the presioent’s proclamation of May 19tb, 1865.
To accommodate the people of the various
counties, a proclamation has been issued, au
thorizes the probate judges throughout the
State to administer the oath, after they shall
have become qualified themselves. Another
proclamation directs justices of the peace to
pioceed in the discharge of their duties as pre
scribed by the laws passed prior to Jau. 9,
1861.
LETTER FROM MAJOR <ll3 iiiS AT, THOMAS
TO GUV. UKOWALOtV.
To the Editor of the Nashville Dispatch
Secretary s Office, Nashville, Tenn., July
26th, 1865 - In order that there may be no mis
understanding of the relations existing between
the civil and military authorities ra this State, ■
I am permitted by General Thomas to publish
the following letter, addresed to me during
the late absence of the Governor. The letter
is clear'and direct, and in every respect such
as might be expected from its illustrious au
thor. Respectfully yours,
A. J. Flf.tc.akr,
Secretary of State
Headquarters Military Division of the
Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn , July 27th, 1865.
Hon. A. J. Fletcher, Secretary of State,
State of Tennessee, Nashville : Sir: I have the
honor to acknowledge the receipt of your com
muuications of the 10th and 12fhe inst., enclos
ing telegraphic instructions from Gov. Brown-
I'jW .*
I am only awaiting a report from Colonel
Du Bussey, to determine what action to lake
in the case of Emerson Etheridge. It he has
been guilty of the larguiga charged against
him, he is clearly amenable to tho military au
thority, in tho absence of the civil, and liable
to be tried before a Military Commission.
Since my attention has been called to the
speeches of other parties, I have carefully read
all she reports of such speeches which have
appeared in the newspapers, and as yet
not seen any report which would justify the
interference of the military authority.
If, however, there be, in the jngdement of
the Governor, at, any time, a necessity for such
interference, in consequence of an inability or
indisposition oil the part of the civil authorities
of tho State to take action, ail expression of
such a desire, either on the part of the Gov
ernor, or by yourself in the behalf ot the
Governor, stating the inability cr indisposition
ol (lie civil authorities to act, will be sufficient,
and will cause the parties complained of to be
attended to according to the nature of their
cases.
The State of Tennessee is still under martial
law, but the military authority will not be re
sorted to unless civil authority fails to act,
either from inability or indisposition.
Even in the event of failure on the part of
llie civil authorities to do their duty, the mili
tary should rfefrain from interfering in ail mi
not cases, because the military should,as far as
possible, sustain the civil Government, and
never assume its functions, except in cases in
which prompt action is necessary to ensure the
public safety.
la conclusion, the Governor may rest assur
ed that he will be fully sustained in carrying
out the policy of the general aud State Govern
ment as long as troops remain off duty in the
State. Very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant,
Geo. H. Thomas.
Major-General U. S. A., Comdg.
Tub Queen's Speech on Canada and the
United States. —The following is tho text of
that pait of the Queen’s speech at the proroga
tion of Parliament which relatesdo the affairs
of Canada and the United States :
“Her Majesty rejoices that the civil war in
North America has ended, and she trusts that
the. evils caused by that loDg conflict may be
repaired, and that prosperity may be restored
in the States which have suffered from the
contest.
“Her Majesty regrets that the conferences and
communications between her Majesty’s North
Ameiican provinces on the subject of the
union of those provinces in a confederation
have not yet led to a satisfactory result. Such
a uniou would afford additional strength to
these provinces, ard give facilities for many
internal improvements. Her Majesty has
received gratifying assurances of the devoted
loyally of her North American subjects.
“Her Majesty rejoices at the continued tran
quility and increasing prosperity of her Indian
dominions; and she trusts that the large sup
ply which those territorities vvill afford of the
-raw material of manufacturing industry, to
gether with the termination ot the civil war in'
the .United Stales of North America, will
prevent the recurrence of the distress which
long prevailed among the manufacturing popu
lation of some of the northern counties,’’
Discovert of Valuable Antiquities. —The
Journal de Geneve gives an account of some
interesting antiquities which have just boon
temporarily exhibited in the Academical Mu
seum of that city. They consist of three
bronze tripol? origin, recently found by a
peasant while digging in a field at Lyand, near
Thonon (Hanio-Savoie), and since purchased
for a trifling sum by M GrioUet, who intends
to present them to the Museum of the Louvre.
From their excellent preservation and the
locality in which they were found it is thought
probable that they were buried by Pagan
priests, anxious to save the furniture of their
temple on the approach of barbarian enemies,
or perhaps of Christians, who were always
eager to destroy whatever belonged to the Pa
gan worship. Two of the tripods are very
line specimens of a model hitherto unknown.
The three legs are terminated by buruau heads
and connected bv bronza bauds with rings at
the end, and allow them to be opened more
or less. From the elaborate execution of the
tripod?, it is probable that they belong to the
first or second century of thß empire. The
third tripod is made on a different principle.
Instead of sliding rings to raise or lower the
brazier, the latter is fixed on an upright stem
by a socket which slides up and down and
fastens at any height with a wedge. The legs
of the tripod are connected horizontally by a
Y shapcdjpiece of bronze ingeniously articula
ted. so that the whole can be folded up to
occupy a Tery small space. Many tripods like
the first two m»y be seen in the museum at
Naples, but none at all resembling the third.
Near tho same spot were also discovered a
small bronze has relief, a stone trough—appa
rently used to receive the blood of the victims
sacrificed, and a quantity of bones of animals.
Railroad Accident. —The down freight train
on the Georgia Railroad ran off the track yes
terday alternoom The down passenger train
LtitiGiSti Ssews
*r:Ei-.T£GKe,^:p;Ei
FROM VAR lot S SOURCES.
Thirty thousand of Maximilian’s troops have
been ordered along the Mex : can frontier. The
French officers think.ths United States have
aggressive disigns on Mexico.
At her late dial the Dictator made ten knots
per hour.
The reason why the Rappahannock was not
captured if c -ntly w is ceruse she hugged the
shore so closely as to the time in British
waters. w
John Y Mason one of the Southern Commis
sioners to Europe has to reside in
Canada.
Washington des palsies say that the elections
in Virginia atfo'd little encouragement to nope,
for an early settlemen t 0 f the and fficulties which
the suppression of an t I rebellion have left "to
be conciliated. Wbv..,yer and wherever an
opportunity offers, the citizens of that State
manifest, a disposition to retain or place in
power those who are mod obnoxious for their
complicity in the rebellion, and least disposed
to aid honestly in the restoration of the Union
and loyalty to the Constitution.
Washington is filled with politicians aud office
seekers from all sect'Ons.
New Photographic one dollar greenbacks
are in circulation in New York.
A large number of applicants for pensions
are being received in Washing on from heirs
of those who died in Southern prisons,
tit The Herald says many of the archieves of
the uiffotent departments of the Richmond
Government were destroyed along the route
South by Installments
The Herald’s Selma, Ala, correspondent,
says that fine plantations, including buildings,
can be bought for three to five dollars per
acre, worth fifty dollars before the war. Many
who have lost all they bad in cotton, negroes
and stock are anxious to sell part of their plan
tations in order to raise niaans of carrying on
the balance.
, Alabama correspondents state that most of
tl e treedmen are now at work with their for
mer masters. >' ,
J.’he Times’ Washington special says that
the Agricultural Bureau is in receipt of the
most gratifying reports of the condition of the
crons. The wheat crop is generally large, and
and is sufficient to yield a large amouut for
exportation. The corn crop is in a nourishing
condition, and promises a large yield. The
oat crops ia everything that could be desired
at tills time. Potatoes have escaped the in
juries of the potatce bug much better than
usual, and bid fair to ha abundant. AH other
crops, both fall and spring bid fair to be larger
than the crops of last year. The fruits are al
so in an excellent condition, especially ia the
Western States.
There is a great demand for government
lands throughout the North r west.
The large Federal force on the Rio Grande
is the cause of much speculation in Texas.
Genu Hood, at last accounts was at clan An
tonio.
Business at San Ant-inio has commenced
reviving. Business at Houston is completely
prostrated.
The report of the Congressional Committee
on the Conduct of the War on General Butler s
Fort Fisher expedition and failure, lias been
made pub’ic. A large mass of testimony was
taken, after sifting which the members came
to the cor. elusion that, considering all the cir
cumstacci3, the General was justifiable in with
drawing his forces without attempting to cap
ture the fort. The committee, though only
required to investigate tegarding the first expe
dition, extended their examination in some de
gree to the second and successful one, under
General Terry, and instance, as one important
cause of its success, a cordiality of co operation
between the army and navy, which they say
was lacking on the first occasion.
Cha< J. Faulkner has arrived in Washing
ton. 'rtie reports of his pardon are untrue. Ho
denies, however, that he ever sympathized
with or aided the South in any manner. The
story that ho was the special Secretary and
Envoy of the South in Europe he pronounced
unqualifiedly false.
Numerous officers of the regular army, in
various grades from First Lieutenant up, hold
commissions of Brigadier and Major Generals
of volunteers, and aro still drawing pay as
such. As the volunteer army is now partially
disbanded, an order will be issued assigning
thesse officers to tlieir proper positions.
It is understood that Judge Advocate Gener
al Holt, and some other prominent officers, are
soon to be constituted a board to decide what
parties arc entitled to the various rewards of
fered for the recovery and arrest of the assas
sination conspirators.
The Commissioner of Pensions has deeided
t v at a pension of $25 per month is granted to
those having lost both hands or botn eyes in
the military service of the United States in the
line of duty, and S2O per nfontli to those who,
under the same conditions, sh%!l have lost both
feet, if such parlies were entitled to a lower
rate of pension under the act of 1863. This
higher pension will date only from the 4th day
of July, 1864, in tho case of pensioners already
enrolled, or of applicants discharged prior to
that date.
Gov, Hamilton.of Texas, has arrived at Gal
veston.
Gen. Granger will soon establish his head
quarters at Sonatobia, Texas.
The latest repcit is that Kirby Smith and his
party were robbed by Ccrtinas and paroled
prisoners
The Texas people complain of the lack of
transportation to New Orleans.
Wigfall of Texas has reached his homo at
Marshall.
A large number of employees arc being dis
charged from the Navy Yard N. Y.
The crews of several of the whalers, destroy
ed by the privateer Shenandoah have arrived
at San Francisco.
General Steele has assumed commaud of the
Federal troops on the Rio Grande?
News from Mexico state that Cortiuas has
compelled Lopez to evacuate Camargo, and
now holds them in Matamoras. Cortiuas has
issued a circular to tho effect that all illegally
organized armed forces found in Northern dis
tricts be considered bandits aud treated accord
ingly. He also proclaims all communication,
commerce and trade with Matamoras, and all
other parts im the State, entirely closed.
Every individual coming to and from said port
is to be tried by a military court. To counter
act this proclamation, Mejia ordered no person
to leave Matamoras without a pass. Cortiuas
captured the steamer Sauiazro six miles above
Brownsville. Maximilian suggests hia. inten
tion to visit Matamoras this winter. An im
perial telegraph line is to be established from
Guane Juara to Matamoras.
The Richmond Republic m says the defeated
candidate for Mayor lost his election because
he announced himself as a strong Union man.
The Republican says this will probably hurt
the city.
Congressman Webster has been appointed
collector at Baltimore—another disunity set
tled.
A colored convention is so he called at
Georgetown, D. C. to talk up matters and to
memorialize Congress in regard to suffrage.
Two hundred applications for pardon were
received in Washington, July 27.
Gen. Shencx is going to stump Ohio for Gen.
Cox rhe Union candidate for G jvernor. Ge-n.
8. expects $6 Neglected U. $. Senator.
Gen. J'ee-Jr-iinston is an applicant for par
don. Accompanying his application was evi
dence showing that long before his surrender
to Sherman he was in favor of peace, on the
basis of the restoration of the Union, and that
he urged these views on leading rebel officials.
Ei-Coneressmun Barnett, of Kentucky, is
Louisiana has been made into one military
department; Gen. Canbv commanding. Texas
into another; Geer W. H. Wright Commanding.
Some returned soldiers sacked some clothing
stores at Copcord.N. 11. The reserves ordered
out to suppress the liot sympathized with the
soldiers
The 'privateer Shenandoah continues to de
stroy whalers. The commander does not cred
it the surrender.of Lee.
Tue mines on the C.diboa Islands. British
possessions are paying well.
New York dates July 27 state cotton is sell
ing at J7e. ana advancing.Breadstufis advanc
ing. Gold active at 145.
Mails now aro carried regularly between
Richmond and Washington.
. Lemuel Wilson has been appointed assessor
of •’internal tevenue for the District of Florida.
Maj. Gen. Milroy lias tendered his resigna
tion.
President Johnson has returned to Washing
ton from au excussion trip
Large sales of horses and mules will take
place ’u August in Indiana and Ohio. Twen
ty five thousand of these animals will be sold
in various places by the government.
The Mississippi squadron is to be reduced
to five vessels. The naval ordnance is to be
turned over lo the Ordnance Department at
Jefferson Barracks, and numbers of sailors are
to be discharged froiu service. Admiral Lee
takes his farewell ol the squadron in feeling
order.
Washington is still crowded with office seek
ers.
The Archbishop of Biliimore has been re
quested to make a reply to General Hardie’s
statement relative to Mrs. Surratt, That ends
tha controversy.
_ Gupt. Wirse late commander at Auderson
villo now on trial before a military commis -
sion is charged with violating the usages and
customs of war from March to April of the
present year, by grossly neglecting prisoners
under his care, by refusing them good and
proper food, and givmg them in place tainted
meat, and forcing them to drink water into
which slops from, the cookhouse had been
drained ; by systematically punishing them
for minor offences, until they died* He is al
so charged with stealing the prisoners’ blank -
eta and clothing, and them shelter
from rain and the sun. A large number of
witnesses have been summoned who will be
allowed to give, their owu experience under
Wirse’s treatment.
The Rev. C K Marshall, cf Mississippi, one
of the largest real estate holders in the South,
is in Washington to protest against its confisca
tion. It is said he was very hitter against the
government. Jt is thought he cannot save his
property.
Washington dispatches state that the rumors
that a large nunber of troops have been or aro
to be sent to Texas aro untrue.
The last of Sherman’s army has left Washing
ton and gone home.
The principal forts comprismg the fortifica
tions of Washington have, been dismantled.
Their armament has been deposited in the ar
senal, and their barracks sold, aud their old
garrisons mustered out of service.
The political excitement in Tennessee is wax
ing warm, the opponents of the new franchise
law are very bitter
General Thcnlas lias issued orders directing
the arrest of Wm. Galloway, M. S. Farensoii,
of Columbia, Tennessee, nud suspending Mayor
Andrews and Justice Welch, for persecution
and abuso of the freed men This is consid
ered an indication of the Government’s policy
toward the blacks.
Horace Maynard has- been making a speech
at Nashville. He ably reviewed the former
and present condition of Tennessee; spoke in
tho plainest terms, and pictured the past out
rages of treason. He indorsed ihe franchise
act. Fulure security demanded it. He did
not think the majority of tho American people
determined to established negro suffrage. It
the efforts to reclaim the rebellious population
fail, the negross will have the elective fran
chise. He counseled obedience to the laws.
Mr. M has just returned to Tennessee from
Washington. The excitement over tho gueril
la Ferguson’s case at Nashville is increasing
as the trial progresses. The soldiers threaten
to kill him. His guard has been doubled.
Chill is still in’trouble with Spain. Businoss
at Valparaiso is very quiet.
The political trfubles in Central America
are on the increase.
A shock of an earthquake was felt at Pa
nama, July 13. No harm was done.
Duly about $15,000,000 of seven-twenties
remained unsold Juiy 24. They are probably
all disposed of ’ere this.
The monster crib for the lake tunel at
Chicago has been successfully launched. Pure
water will soon be introduced into
city.
G j n. Sherman and staff left Indianoplis for,
St. Louis, July 24.
Scenes of bloo Irule aud violence are be
coming quite common at Indianapolis Ind.
The gold mines iu Goochland aud Tiusa
counties, Va., aro being worked to advantage.
The American shore end of tho Atlantic ca
ble has left New York for Halifax.
Tho United States frigate Congress sunk by
the Msrimac in Hampton Roads, has been
raised.
Tho civil courts are to be organized ig Eliza
beth City County, Va , fbr the first time since
the commencement of the war.
John Stuart, arrested on charge of being con
cerned in the murder of the Joyce children,
Boston, has been discharged.
It is understood that the Brazilian Govern
ment withdrew its concession of belligerent
rights to thre insurgents in this country, ou the
31st of May last
About $50,000 worth of defaced or wornout
fractional currency is destroyed per day. and
its place supplied with rev, tho entire amount
in circulation being upward of $21,000,000. —
No more three cent to be issued, the
act of Congress prohibiting I hern ; and the five
cent pieces, will also gradually be withdrawn.
The hundred thousand dollar tund for Presi
dent Lincoln.? family Hi as been raised.
The Secretary of War has ordered that, to
secure equal justice and the same personal lib
erty to freedmen as to jffher citizens and in
habitants, all orders issued by post, district,
or other commanders, Adopting any system of
passes for subjecting tiuini to any restraints or
punishments not inmostj-l on other classes, are
declaired void. Neither whites nor blacks
will be restrained from seeking employment
when they can not obtain it, at a just compen.
eation, at their homes, anl wbea not bound
by voluntary agreements, nor will they be
prohibited from traveling from place to place
on legitimate business.
The New Orleans courts have decided that
all of Slidell? property must be confiscated
none' of the claims against it by private par
ties will be allowed.
Some of the Richmond papers state that the
late election in that city does not indicate Vir
ginia's sentiments.
Attorney General Speed is preparing an
opinion in favor of thy legality of the trial of
Conspirators against the lives of the Pres
ident and others; because at the time
of the commission of that deed, we were
still at war with the rebels, and the Dis
trict of Columbia has been under martial law
ever since, no order having been issued for its
revocation since the battle of Bull Run.
Over one million of U- S five twenties were
ordered recently by German capitalists.
Jefferson Davis” health is failing. He is
now permitted so take out door exercise, with
in the fqria..
Gens.Ro?dy and.Hick Taylor are in Wash
ington for 'pai^Qn^
The case in regard to legality of negro testi
mony,. .wh,icjj 'lately arose in Alexandria has
betffi arranged! ‘All cases which may hereafter
VOL. LXXI V.-—NEW SERIES VOL. XXIV NO. 33.'
The late heavy rains in Ohio have had eff ct
on the on ps.
A large number of Assessors of Internal
Revenue, for Virginia and other Southern
states have been appointed.
Ex \ ice President Hamilton, and other no
tables are in Washington.
Hon. Horace Maynard is running for Con
gress in East Tennessee.
Champ Ferguson’s trial is progressing at
Nashville. Strom? evidence is introduced.
Unfavorable weather in Illinois Ims caused
breadstuff’s to riseiu that section.
Lieut. Gen. Grant’s iamiiy and staff are at
Sai atoga.
The sales ot buildings used for war purposes
belonging to the. United States government
will soon commence.
Schuyler Colfax has gone to Oregon on a
visit.
The London Times’ correspondent on board
the Great Eastern says the efectriaal condition
of the cable is entirely satisfactory
roll f honor” embracing the names
ot office’s w,bo have acquitid themsilves m r
itoriously Is to be publi.-hed at Washington.
It is decided that military citizens are not
entitled to pensions
Reports of Jeff Davis’ health ave very con
tradictory—one letter wiiter says it is good,
another bad.
Hon. Arson Burlingame is In Washington
for instructions to his China mission.
The power to effect further loans is now ex
hausted, but the Secretary of the Treasury is
of the opinion that owing to the continued re
duction of the expenditures of the Govern
ment, the Treasury can be kept in an easy con
dition by the receipts from the usual sources
of revenue, and meet ail requisitions which
esspe properly made upon it, until tbo meet
mg of Congress. It is estimated at the inter
nal Revenue Bureau, that the receipts of in
come taxes, No , for tin* next seventy five (lays,
will be at the rate of 11,000,000 per day. The
next stab merit of the public debt will b-‘ mad.:
early in August. It is jmblished two
months. * /
Deserters 'from the draft, are liable to I<u
punished wherever found, unless pardoned. /
Nothing, as yet, is determined as to the trj/ii
of Jefferson Davis. /
Whitiessay, the Washington bond ahstva/tor
has been sent to j til for want of irIQy.GOO
bail. j
A Mississippi dispatch says Goy. Sha/key is
organizing the St ite as fast as possible/! The
national prosperity of the State isjaguinins
ground. The crops ave good. Gov. W, is try
ing to have more of civil aud less of military
rule. /
Cotton in those portions of Mississippi not
visited by the armies, is coming ii/to tins mar
ket quite freely.
But little cotton v)as planted on tbo banks
of the Mississippi this year on account of the
overflow.
Rod River, the Ouachila, and other tiibutary
streams are being drained of immense amounts
or cotton. Persons from Shreveport aud the
Northern part of Texas say there is a large
amount of cottcn in the country.
So soon as railway communication i? restored
large lot? of cotton will come to market from
Pearl River country, Miss.
In {V»*> •mva rnt.ntrtrj
from Jackson to Corinth, Senatohia and Meri
dian, and eastward, from Vicksburg, to J} g
Black Bridge, from where a liue of stages tun
to Jackson.
A Mississippi dispatch says there is not so
much private stealing as formerly, but the
robbery of Government cotton is simply enor -
mous.
In New York, July 2D, tho mercury stood
at ninety-live at half past seven in the morn
ing in the shade.
Largo numbers of our troops have arrived
on the Rio Grande. A line of posts from the
mouth of the river, to some distance above
Brownsville, had been established. A large
cavalry force is expected to reach tho frontier
iD August. Brownsville is nearly deserted by
merchants. The battery sold by the Confed
erates to the Mexicans has been given up.
Paroled soldiers are committing depredations
in the country.
j; Mexican dates state that 12,000 troops di
rect from France has been landed at Tampico.
It is rumored that 12,000 more is to follow.
The object of Dick Taylor in visiting Wash
ington is to have an interview with Davis if
possible.
Gen. Dodge has been assigned to the Gen
eral command of the troops servicer in Kansas,
California, Nebraska, Montano, and a portiou
of Decotah; lying Southwest of the Missouri
river. Gen. Pleasiulon lias been assigned to
the command of the district of Wi»cousin, his
Headquarters being at Milwaukee. ,
The trial of the Audereonvilie jailor will
commence next week.
The war in Hayti is still going on. The
rebels refuse to yield.
The correspondents of New York papers are
criticising Gov. Sharkley’s acts severely.
A gentleman recently from Mexico siya that
Maximilian favors the emigration of citizens of
the United States.
Late Liverpool dates slate that tho Groat
Eastern was off Valencia, July 19.
The election absorbed all attention in Eng
land. Gladstone is defeated in Oxford.
The Prince of Orange aud Princess Helena
are to be married.
The cholera in Earypt is decreasing.
No American vessels were damaged in the
late gale on Anglerts coast.
At Wooster, Mass., July 19, in tho two mile
Wherry race, Josh Ward won in fifteen min
utes and fifteen seconds. In the three mile
race for four oared boats, tbe McClellan of
Boston won. The mile race for six oared boats,
was won by a Yale College boat, in nineteen
minutes and five seconds.
Santa Anna residing on Island St Thomas,
has issued a pronunciamen to denouncing the
establishment of an Empire in Mexico, and
calls for a rally of tho Democracy, and urges
Mexicans to fight against the invaders.
The fm persons captured in the small boat
off the coast of Florida have been sent to Fort
Lafayette, as political prisoners.
In New York, July 29, cotton was active at
48c Gold was lower at, 144*c.
A bureau of rebel archives has been creaied
in Washington.
It is said that Maximilian has contracten
with loreign speculators for the introduction
into Mexico of a large number of negroes who
are to be kept in slavery ten year? ; and that
they must renounce ihe right of complaint of
ail treatment before magistrates, and their
temporary bondage may be renewed, aud they
can be transferred for sale without comuiting
them.
Seme of the regulations and exactions of
the New Yoik Custom House are loudly com
plained of, and hints are thrown out that ail
the money advance does not go into the lr. S.
Treasury. -
Just prior to his departure for Soulh Caroli
na, Provisional Governor Perry addressed a
letter to General Howard, stating that he was
not only willing but desirous of co-operating
with his bureau in tbe management of Ihe at
fairs of the freedmen in hi? State, and asking
for instructions to enable him to carry out the
intentions ot the Government in its treatment
of negroes. General Howard at once furnished
to Governor Perry copies of all letters, orders,
and circulars issued trern time to time from
his bureau, from which it is presumed he will
receive the necessary instructions lor the fur
therance of his designs.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue de
cides that manufactured tobacco upon which a
duty has been paid according to law, may to
cut into smoking tobacco or fine-cut chewing
tobacco if xlone in the presence or under, tte
supervision of an inspector, without becoming
j Gen. Steele command.rr on Texas frontier
i bus requested Cortina? to preserve peace on his
| side of the river.
Maximilianj has given authority to Gen.
Nurotio raise a batatlion of Texas];guerillas
for his service.
. It is stated about 10,000 Toxins and Mitsou
ji iu-.' ar ( ; on their way to Mexico, all armed.
General i” k. Assistant Comuisfioner of
h.-ee.’men, Refugees and Abandoned Lauds for
* he Fades ot k utu .y and Tennessee, ia a
communication to tho Fivedruen’,- Bureau in
'' •i. uu .'i'v the agitation in tho
former State on the subject of raifyiog the an
n slavery amendment to <l,* institution ao
very grc.it ; but ho feat a that k' u t uc kv will
not be one of the States to approve n.
Tue Mammoth Fossils of Russia.—A lata
number of tho St. James Magazine Ims (ho
following*:
••xresnis rteCTafes his belief that mate moth
skeleton? still left m Northern Russia exceed
in Lumber a>! th * elephants now existing unou
the globe. Doubtless the process of mammoth
extinction wm very gradual, and extended
over an c/.iormonse space of time, cir
cumstafme is indicated by the varying condi
ii u ia which (be tusks and teeth are found.
Whereas the gelatine or oft animal matter, of
many specimens remains, hnparii >g one' of
the o ’l >r characteristics necessary to the be
in:' off ivory, other pocm-ons have los' this
me.WUd, a 1 mineral substances, infiltrating
ha^e/tusen its place. The gum thquoiso ia
pretty generally conceded lo be noting else
than the fossilized tooth of some extinct ani
mal -probably the mammoth.
‘/Curiopily of speculation promptsthe mind
to/i onymu to itself when the last, of those gi
gy.nli * auiimds succumbe ’ to influence.-; that
were finally destined to sweep them all from
true earth. Had meu cumo upon tie seme
/when they rosinM their native wild? Were
/those wilds the same aa now as to tilt climate
and vegetable gro'.» the ? Testimony is mute.
Time silently unveils the sepulchred remains,
leaving fc.ncy to expatiate as she wll ou a
topic wholly beyond tho scope of mital ia
tcliigence.”
The Pension Bureau.— During tvr month
of June 2,676 application from invalid soldiers
for pensious were uoted upon at the Pension
Bureau, cf which 1.715 wore admitted and 961
rejected. Daring the same period 2,43 appli
c.rtiocs lor pensions were received frol moth
ers, widows and minor children of cceased
soldiers, ol which 2,326 were admit id, and
87 rejected.
Up to July Ist, one hundred tbousad appli
cations jrom widows, mothers and miiir chil
dren ot deceased soldiers, and sevety-fiva
Ihousaad iippliChfions from invalid ftldiem,
have been admitted; making a total DT one
hundred and so vv.nty-live. thonsaud' wraoac
receiving pensions from the governmeu.
The close of tac war will cause a dnefase in
tho number oi’ applications from fidows,
mothers and minors, and the larger limber
of applicants hereafter will be from livalid
BolJiers. A force of 170 clerks is em vso 7 p d
in the bureau, and oases are disposed of wilb
i'.r-l-.y cwvraotOiv ao 1,,, wrilish -
ed.
A Freak of nil', Telegraph.— Of fii the
freak? of- the telegraph, tlys following is the
most laughable which han come under on- per
sonal knowledge Not long since a grahiae
from ono of our Eastern theological sffiori?
was called the pastoral charge of a church
in the extreme (Southwest. 'When aboit to
start for his new parish he was unexpectedly
detained by the incapacity of his Presbytery
to ordain him. In order to explain his no a ar
rival at the appointed time, he sent the follow
ing telegram to the deacons of his clru-ch ;
“Presbytery lacked a quorum to ordain ’ | n
the course of its journey the message bea imt}
strangely metamorphosed, aud reached the an
tonished deacons in this shape “Presbytery
tacked a Worm on to Adam!” Tho sober
church officers were greatly decomposed ; ;r ,rt
mystified, but after grave consultation conclu
ded it, was the minister's facetious way of an
nouncing that ho had got married, and accor
dingly proceeded to provide lodging for two
instead of cue!
———aaa- Wfan.
FORE M«X ITEMS.
A startling balloon accident has happened
in Ireland. Mr. GosweUM balloon, alter hir
ing ascended from Belfast with ten people in
the car, effected a perilous descent, owing "o
the valve at the top not acting properly.
Eight of the arronauts succeeded in gettiig
out—some of them severely injured, —whtn
the balloon again ascended with two genlfe
men stiil in the car, and nothing had sine
been beard of it.
The Handel festival opened brilliantly it
London. Patti and Rimes Rives did the heaw
work.
Ninety-three whales were captured ono da r
lasl month off the coast cf Scotland.
Prince Napoleon will soon leave France o;
a voyage of circumnavigation or discovery
which is likely to keep him away for a con
Biddable period. He will be escorted by i
body o. savans.
' A railroad is to be built over Mount Genii
one ot tb.i Alps, to supply the break of foity
seven mill snow existing in the line of railroat
communication between France and Italy.
Tlie Emperor of Morocco is going to vLi
France and England this summer.
Tho Emperor of France and Prince Napo
leon have made nu.
One hospital in London uses sixty thousand
pound? of beef a,year for beef tea.
One swop of the cholera tn Turkey carriec
off 46,000 people.
in England 100,000 infants of leß3 than a
year old die every vear. In Prance the mor
tality is one hundred and fifty iour percent,
per annum in the first seven days alter birth.
Serious complaints have reached Pari? from
England of the practice of many French mer
chants to export tlieir wines in fraudulently
manufactured bottles, which, by reason of a
oblong concavity in rhe bottom (called Iu Lon
don a “kick’’), contain from ten to twenty
per cent, less than the due quantity.
A European patter stab's that tbe French
Government tax ivocntly built a tremendous
ram, which is called Le TaureSh (the bull.) H
makes no pretention to beauty, but is of light
draft, can turn in small spaces, and ha? an irn
mence butfi; g power, by means of which it is »
believed that the monster can readily destroy
the most powerful v“ssels about.
The (j . ;en of Madagascar, on the 15th of
April, b- !d a religions ceremony to inaugurate
Her M jetty's assumption of the dress called
crinoline, which is henceforth a form of rai-.
m°nt reserved for me sabers of the royal family,
fbe only exception made was in favor of her
Prime Minister’s wife, M .lame IlainilairyvoDy.
A go-lit ocean yacht race is soon to take
place off the coast of E"rope. The race will
be open to vessels oi all royal yacht club?. —
Sweepstakes one hundred guineas each.
FOHEIGN STK.UH.
Another work by a member of tbe Buona
parte family is mentioned. It id a collection
of verses sn praise of Corsica, front the pea of
the Princes? Mario Buonaparte.
The Albert gold medal of the Society of A:L-;
has been awarded tit is year to the! Emperor of
the French for oistiug,: -bed merit in preiao
ling in many ways la ids personal exertions,
| me international progress oi arts, manufac
tures and commerce” Tiie Prineo of Wales,
| president, communicated ibis decision to the
! Emperor, by whom if has bsen most graciously
! returned. —ill