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g lIP j, JJL y . . f Hr w Jyll w jj[ tjk/, N. S. MORSE. dkonick & Sfcnthttl. o Co\TF.M'M WIIJI KIIERDMSX. —111 ♦ h«i nuW T 6 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