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N. S. .MORSE.
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BLOUO, I \UO, ni.OOD I
Some such cry bn ever come from distem
pered gainst from the hour in which Cain
dyed the green s var l of the primal earth with
the blood of his brother, down through the
blushing ages, unlit the holy star watchers o*
the Infinite grew sick w ?h beholdlpg critnc—
“And tried to Hint ti ir sodened eyes
But in the vain endeavor,
We sen tb :u twinkling in the skies
And so they wink forever.’’
There bavo-h j en many altem; 5 to dignify
and enobie asrr -ination an 1 murder; and
many take to the 1 1 ovl, ev -i> as children;
and nursery maids and > to tho marvels ol Capt.
Kidd or Dick Turpin :
“Or the old melodrama of murder find love
Which Jane sobs to see, in the box up above.’’
.Someone lately lias thud written of an old
assassination :
“Sing on O stars ! your everlasting song,
And let the moon i.i clou lb. : beauty walk
Her fair celestial way. Belor« iby |j_rht
Shall pale la morning's gray; JuMiih shall raise
The rung of victory Min m awn,
And Deborah echoed neath the spreading palms,
Israel’s God is Lord forevermore.”
But even the sencualirt, Lord IlyroD, had
better taste. His Gulnara slew her dt baucher,
Seyd, and saved hi r lover and preserver, Con
rad, from impalement, yet the poet dared not
* outrage decency with her praise, but wrotp :
Xe’t*r from strife—captivity—remorse—
From a.'l his feelings in their utmost force—
bo thrilled -so shudder’d <-vt iy creeping vein,
As now they ti.betorc that purple slain.
1 hat spot ot blood; Lhat light but guilty streak
That banished all the beauty liom tier check.
**oo*oo
He thought on her afar, Ids lonely bride :
And turned and saw— <julnar , the homicide !’’
So too, some bard has told how
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“Brutus rose, reiu’gent lrom the stroke-of
( ai-ar’s fate,
And shook aloft Lir crimson steel, utid bade
Thu father of hri country hail! For lo ! •
The tyrant prostmte in tho dut, and Rome
Again was free!
But Brutus ever stands in tho grander shad
ow of Cato, the suicide; and while the r,ad
words “and thou, Brutus !” haunt ia immortal
mournfulneen, the rums of the Senate Chamber,
the world will need no khakrpelire’s “Mark
Anthony” to remind t|mm of ilio assassin ol
Carr.
The Interdict, “(lion shall .not till,” yet
flames from tho word of (kid, as of 3or 1 ' from
the thunder crowned heights of Si nth*, and
from every fresh wound cones the oiu Eden
voice—“ Thy brothers blood criuth imto me
from tho ground.”
Often we console ou’raelvca with what we
call—“A noble cause.’'
“(Jive that
And welcome war.to in • e
Her drama, an 1 mn) In .veil’s re-.k':, apace,
The chargin ' cheer,
Tho’ death’s pale hoi ■ load on tho chase
Shull still bo dear
And plant our banners where men kneel
To iioaven-r-
But Heaven rebukes oui z j al.
The cause of truth and human weal
O Cod above !
Trauw'er it from tho iwords upp il
To Peach and LuVK ’’
But even tho poor delusions of romance fail
09, when confronted with tho unpifying
cruase o' the Malay, cr tho cord of the Thug.
The nation of assassins in Asia are taught that
murder is rewarded by roaming forever
through the “forty thou -and safron colored
nweaaows of their God,” and duelists here
liuvo defiled their souls by kneeling to a ‘ code
of honor.” But Christian lands clues both to
gether.
But lately three gentlemen were
summoned to Fortress Monroe, and there one
high in power, asked them in the name of the
great people he represented, aid in behalf of
the whole States to whom they were to Lear
the message, to come peaceably back into the
V aiou.
Gradual emancis it* mos slaves. Four hun
dred millions of dollars to be paid to their
owners, and pardon to nil, trem Mr. Davis,
even to the keepers of An.! rsouvilie and Cas
tle Thunder ar.d the Libby, wore included in
the message, Kindness and amity wore writ-,
ion on tho front of war. But earn a handsome
jWad glided into a private box r.t a theatre,
and when the report of hispisiol startled the
orowcl, the Preserver of tho Union lay at the
feet of his shrieking wile, and ki rdn ss and
peace to the South, and tho .friendships of the
North, was buried in the total) of Abraham
Lincoln. On the smie night, a fellow aa
n»ia, cut the throat of S cvclary Seward, in
the presence of his children.
Has our poor 1 aid n. t suffered enough, that j
infamy must follow in ih« steps' of ruin ; and
must tho acts ol Lee and Sion wall J ickson—
who are honored i:i both f.eko. e .if tire Union
—be eclipsed and lost in the horror of mid
night crime.
God kuows we would not willin ly touch a
fresh wound or a sore heart- ;bu! in the name of
our own beautiful South, let the war cease ! We
are fairly overcome, aud neither honor or man
hood require us longer tosupport the tl .g that is
u flag no more, and the God of the North aud !
the South calls to us—“L>t the dead bury their
dead, ccme thou and follow me.”
The offer peace, but shall we cherish ;
impotent hate, until enraged po ver shall ban
ish daughters and fathers together, and this
jand —beautiful as the c.i.Vn of God—be
et,me another Poland ? For bid it my country
men 1 forbid it heaven !
A late crime has stain and our coil, and given
fresh cause for guards ami military v gilanc- 1 . We
have forborne comment, or recital of evidence
for over the record rests the - ad-'w of the Judg
ment seat of Christ and the dread retributions
of eternity, outlast human memories.
We are sad for those vh ononis have taken
* no dark a stain—sadev for the young man tent
unprepared before his God.
Who are guilty, we yet know not. We deal
not with vhe trial or the evidence, save as his
tory. It is no province ot cuts to indicate ilie
punishment, should any be convict-d, for we
interfere not with the duties of others. We
' only write to entreat the impulsive men of the
Bouth, to seek fields of glory under the com
mon flig, but to spare the mothers and children
of the land more cause of woe.
The only result of pride and passion, is
Abasement and remorse, and such has been the
pad history from earth'* first envious blow in
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AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1865.
OLD THIVGB HAVE P4BBRO AWAY, ALL
Tlil.XiH aKE BECOME SEW.
This saying wa3 not more true of the new
era that began eighteen-hundred years ago,
than of our present political condition. During
the spring of 1861, the majority of the South
ern States attempted a second American revo
lution. In regard to the propriety of the at
tempt, the best that can be said is, that the
whole peoile who have survived it, have sworn
not to attempt it again. That is the proper
close of the past record.
When some of those who huzzahed for the
men and the attempt, come to the about face,
and cooly inform the victor paTty that they
were never in earnest, and are glad they got
whipped ; those whom they thu3 inform do not
believe any such thing. Let the past b, past.
Let us promise better and At more loyal in
futare.
But aside from those who are ungraceful in j
di: ’.ster, and undignified in defeat; the weak
minded who are much braver among their
friends at street corners, than they ever were
on the field—there is a second class, who ap
pear to have mistaken notions in regard to
tho true state of existing affairs.
They look upon the performances of. the \
past lour years, much in the same light as they
would upon a long and rather exciting game j
of ball. The other sine played rather the best, j
and having won all the points and got the
stations, the game lost its interest. So they
oooly thiow down the bat and say “I aint a
playing !” To (heir utter amazement, the other
side prefer to hold the ground, and refuse to
give up the advantages gained.
Certain property called negroes, and some
queer things called “duties,” “taxes.” “public
property,” “Stato rights,” “constitutions,”
“laws,’’ etc., wore staked by us and played
for. We lost!
Some of us like children who give dimes for
e mdy, and have eaten the sugar plums, now
waut to get the dimes back again ! *
Wo kept up a nominal war with the United
States army, and an actual war of speculation
and conscript hunting with ourselves—until
l!ie day of concession aud compromise was past;
end now that we are overcome, at a cost j.;>
tho Union of thousands of million of debt, and
half a million lives, many are astonished that
our friends from tho North do not go home,
and leave us to our States rights and Georgia
platforms as before !
The conquerors refuse to consider the wnole
thing iu Ilio light many desire; and, therefore,
dissatisfied parties exhaust their dictionaries
for such terms as “ Military Despotism,” etc.,
of which select phrases a ohoipo vocabulary
can be collected in many assemblies or heroes
who have sworn to support the “Union,”
and the “proclamations.”
Wo presume that a player who stakes his
last dime and looses, and then howls about the
wickedness of his opponent, would be laughed
at as a fool who was at least pariiceps crimints;
—and ail the sane ones among us were aware
that when wo staked our rights, our privileges
and empire on the card of separate nationality,
wo rau the the risk of loss, as both players
never win. All the spectators seem impress
ed with the idea that we lost, and some are im
pressed with tho magnanimity *f our opponent,
•who offers to refund part of the stake, upon
o*r oath not to play any mere!
Hereafter the game will not be for empire (
but for exile, prisons, and executions.
God sen<Lus contentment and humiliiy of
m : nd to say amid his judgment —“ Thy wilk bk
done ”
“Perhaps out hearts had waxed too strong,
' Were meet to send distress,
The contrite spirit, God alone,
Twill eoudtcend to biers.”
“ Perhaps it humbly we implore
Deliverance fiom his hand,
’Will please” Our Father “to restore
Again our happy laud.”
This being the proper spirit in which to
meet our destiny, and tho truth of our utter
loss so plain—what is the inlerence? Simply
this. The grand dream of Nationality having
dissolved into thin air, all things that rested
on that platform perished with it. The Miss
issippi State Convention, were so satisfied of
this, that it was thought propPr to re-afliem
tho validity of marriages contracted during the
war.
All Governors, Senators, Legislators, Judges
Magistrates, Clerks—by the voluntary action
of the people ceased to be officers oi the Uni
ted States, or of any State of the United States ;
and lor four years, did not profess to do anj
official act in any State of any government of
that name.
Aie acts valid under the Constitution and
laws of the United States, that never professed
to be eo f As there is no Confederate Govern
incut there are tkeretore no officers of it ; and
as >t has up States, it has no officers of its
States ; mid as it never was esiablised, its offi
eers never had authority to establish anything;
nor by tho law of nations did they ever exist,
| more thau the kings and warriors of the thea
! tre whoso titles and tinsel crowns never are
worn to breakfast the next morujng.
Money was to be redeemed “six months af
ter a treaty of peace,” It probably will be
at that lime.
There is nowja city law to fine a citizen who
does not appear under arms for guard duty,
but the citixen lacks the arms and the city
j euard is well guarded. Our law books teem
j with resolutions ot “confidence” in the ex
| Administration. Its late officers do uot share
j that confidence. Our courts confiscated Uuiou
: prop. X'Y and debts. Their judges now desire
jto &rve their own. These are the .chances of
; the game called war. We played high ; let
us quit and be thankful that we lost no more,
j Success is the political criterion of right. The
I trial is over and we by.the result, are pronoun
ced in the wrong. We may not take advantage
iot the wrong to benefit ourselves. Congress,
j Conventions, and the courts under the United
States government will g ive us all the equity
: to be found in our case.
The precedents of the common law in such
cases, speak of pardons and amnesty, but net
rights. A quiet and giaceful yielding toinevi
table results, an observance of oaths in letter
j and spirit, and a dignified and manly accept
ance of things we cannot help, will soon re
• store us trial by jury, habeas corpus, and mem
ber- in CoDgres3. The contrary will prevent
them forever
Fastoh of the First Baptist Church.— Rev.
James H. Cuthbert has been elected Pastor of
the Green Street Baptist Churoh, in this Qjty
| Asia, through all time, from actual but inade
j quate oauses, to those born only of pride or
jealousy, like those who—
“ Haply where pure,
On its death-bed wronged love lay,
Have moaned with thee Moor.”
Prayer and humility befit us best; and the
rich in mind or the great in name, may learn a
| gool lesson, where some child at its mother’s
knee lisps the close of its evening prayer—
“ God bless father, God bless mother,
j God bless our native land.”
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AA’ IMPORT AA' *' DEI IfciOA AT WABIIIAGTOX.
A deci.ion has recently been rendered by
the Government at Washington in regard to
the jurisdiction of the military authorities ia
the South. The case which gave rise to the
affair, occurred in Mississippi. As cases of the
same kind have occurred in other States lately
| arrayed in arms against the United States go
j vemment, the decision thus rendered settles
the whole of them at once and finally.
If seems a man was arrested for some crime
by the military authorities in Mississippi. Ap
plication was made to a Judge to issue a writ
j of habeas corpus for an investigation of the
1 grounds of his arrest. The writ was issued
j but it was not only disregarded, but the Judge
! issuing it was arrested and imprisoned. The
case was then referred to Washington for in
structions, when an order applicable to such
cases was iosued. Hero are the documents :
HkAI QUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISS , i
Vicksburg, Miss., Aug. 15, 1865. j
General Orders, No. 18.
The following endorsement on a communi
cation, regarding jurisdiction of Military Courts
in certain cases, which was addressed to the
Assistant Judge Advocate General, and by him
referred to the Judge Advocate General of the
army, and which i3 approved by the Secretary
ot War, is published for the information of ali
concerned :
War Department, )
Bu ef.au cf Military Justice, t
July 25th, 1865. )
Respectfully returned to Col. W. M. Dunn,
Assistant Judge Advocate General.
• The trials by Military Comra’ssion of the
within named citizens of Mississippi, (Cooper,
Dowiug and Saunders,) charged with capital
and other gross assaults upou oolored soldiers
of our army, (and in one instance of similar
tre itaieut oi a colored female,) should beat
once proceeded with; and in ail like cases of
crime in that locality should tie promptly and
vigorously prosecuted. That the President
lias accorded a Provisional Government to the
State of Mississippi is a fact which should not
he allowed to abridge or injuriously affect the
Jurisdiction heretofore properly assumed by
military courts in that region during the war.
And especially is’ the continued exercise of
that Jurisdiction called for, in cases. Ist, of
wrong or injury done by citisms to soldiers
(whether white or black,) and, 2d, of assault
or abuse of colored citizens generally; where,
indeed, the local tribunals are either unwilling
(!>v reason of inherent prejudices; or incapa
tile, by reason of the defective machinery, c;r
because of some State law declaring colored
persons incompetent as witnesses.) to do full
justice, or properly punish the offenders.
The State ot Mississippi, in common with
other insurgent States, is still in the occupation
of our lorces, and emtiraced as it is in a mili
tary department, is still, to a very considerable
extent, under the control of the military au
thorities. Moreover, the rebellion, though
physically crushed, has not been officially,
announced, or treated either directly or indi
rectly as a thing of the past; the suspension
of the habeas corpus has not been terminated,
or has military law ceased to be enforced, in
proper cases, through the agency of military
courts and military commanders in all parts
of the country. A. A. Uasmer
Major and Judge Advocate.
Some time ago we took occasion to remark
upon this matter. Then no one knew officially
the posirion the Government would take. We
judged what course it would pursue, from the
course it had already pursued- We saw what
had been done iu Virginia. We thought that
if the acts of officials in that State on certain
points were rtpproved, that the acts of a like
nature of officials in other sections of the South
on the same points would be approved also.
Our opinion was scoffed and sneered at by the
opposition press who did not think as wo did.—
They accused us of predicting what we want
ed; instead of telling the truth, and giving us
credit for having a liltle, of what they appear
to have none—common sense.
Now what ha3 been the result. Parties who
have followed the teachings of these blind
guides have got iqto trouble. They are bound
to get into difficulty. The course the govern
ment has marked out is a plain one. Those
who pursue any o.ther will be continually going
estray, and will suffer for so doing.
Mmy of the old leaders com plain because
the President will Eot come out with a letter
or a proclamation announcing his policy. They
may rest assured that he will do no such thing.
He has most emphatically indicated that his
policy must be judged by his acts, and that if
we wish peace and prosperity within our
borders we must profit by what has been done
elsewhere.
Many disagreeable things have already oc
curred iu the border States; the like will un
doubtedly occur in Georgia, if occasion is there
for given.
The Amount of Ci.-tton in the South. —In
regard to the amount of cotton on hand in the
South at the close of the war, gentlemen who
have travelled throughout the country aro of
the opinion that the number of bales now in
the country ha3 been largely overstated by
those who estimated it at a million and a half
Men, who, from their position and knowledge,-
should be good judges, believe this to be so,
unless the quantity west of the Mississippi
proves much greater than they have reason to
suppose it is.
Under the Davis government, the law
against the culture of cotton was very strin
gent, and had come to be generally observed:
and it remained in force until after the season
for planting had passed. This is true of all
the States east of the Mississippi. The eva
sions of the law being on so small a scale as to
scarcely effect the statement that “within the
Southern lines no cotton crop was planted this
spring.” Cotton buyers from all parts of the
South report thbu
Blair’s Last Tirade.— Montgoaery Blair
made a speech at Clarksville, Md., recently
oyhich was an enlarged edition of his former
eff >rt against Secretaries Seward and Stanton
and Judge Advocate General Oolt.
What object he seek3 to promote or wha*
e’nd attain by t these phillipics, ia perhaps best
known to himself. If all his strictures are just,
it would seem to be little creditable to him to
have” so long occupied a place with them iu
the Cabinet,
THE MILITARY TRIAL—THIRD DAY.
The military commission for the trial of the
accused parties in the ca3eof Captain Heasley,
assembled in the Council Chamber Monday
morning, agreeable to adjournment!
The members of the Court, the prisoners,
their counsel, &e, being present, the business
of the day was opened by calling the roll of
the members of the Court by Capt. E.L. Smith,
Judge Advocate.
The Judge Advocate then read a deposition
made by •Snrceant Bryce Hays, one of the
guard in charge of the premises on Broad street
where the murder was committed —which set
forth that a member of the counsel for the de
fendants on trial had a conversation with him
(Sergt. Hays) with a view .to obtaining an in
terview with the witness Sarah Jane Blakely,
treating the said Sergeant to wine, giving him
money, &c,
THe accused party asked permission of the
court to make his defense. The Judge Advo
cate said ho would be permitted to make a
written statement.
The room was ordered to be cleared for de
liberation. After the doors were opened, it
was announced as the decision of the court
that tho accused party, be expelled from all
fuither participation in, or presence at, this
trial.
The Judge Advocate then read tho minutes
ol Saturday's session.
The examination of witness for the prosecu
tion occupied the forenoon. The witnesses
were—Mary Hicks, (colored) iiviDg on Telfair
street, between Jackson and Campbell; John
Ciesny. Corporal company C, 18tli U. S. Yds.,
Francis Hamilton, private iu Go. C, 18th Ohio
Vols, and John A. McNeal Segeant Cos. A,
13th U S. Yols.
About half-past I P. M. the Court adjourned
to meet again at 3 o’clock.
The court assembled pursuant to adjourn
ment. The witnesses examined were A. H.
McDowell, Cos. E, 18:h Ohio ; and R. C. Evans.
The first named was subject to a leDgthy cross
examination. There was tho usual attendance
at the trial yesterday; and tlia heat being
most oppressive there was much discomfort
felt by ail present.
The prosecution have not yet got through
with their witnesses. The entire testimony will
be very voluminous.
The court meets at the same place at 9
o’clock this morning.
FOURTH DAY.
The military commission for the trial of the
accused in the case of Capt. Heasley, convened
in the Council Chamber at the City Hall, at 9
° clock yesterday (Tuesday) morning.
After reading the record of Monday’s pro
ceedings, the examination of witnesses by the
ppseeuUou was resumed and continued
throughout tho day.
Tfie following witnesses were examined yes
orday ; R. C. Evans. Louisa Gill, (colored,)
Mary Jane Braxton, (colored,) Lewis Osborn,
(colored) Capt. Jas. B. Mulligan, 19th, U. S
Infantry, Jermiah Rhodes, private Cos. G. 19th
U. S. Infantry, Henry Braxton, (colored,) Mat.
Ison Collier, (colored), %
FIFTH DAY.
The court met at tho usual hour yesterday
morning.
The Judge Advocate called the roll of the
Commissioners, all the members of which an
swered to their names ; and read the proceed
nings of the trial on Tuesday.
The Judge Advocate stated that ho had
just received a note from Dr. Bouche, stating
that he would not be able to attend court as a
witness at that time, owing to severe indis
position.
It was therefore moved and carried that
the court do adjourn to Dr. Douche’s room for
the purpose of taking down his testimony.
The President said it was to be understood
that no one except the commission, the priso
ners and their counsel, were to be admitted
during the examination of Dr. B. [By the
kind courtesy of the President, our reporte
was allowed to be present ]
The court at once adjourned to Dr. Douche’s
room on Broad prisoners being con
ducted thither under a strong guard.
After the testimony of Dr. B. had been
taken, the court adjourned and re assembled at
the Council Chamber. ,
The next witness sworn was Mejor Chappell,
18ih Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Assistant
Provost Marshal General Department of Geor
gia.
These were the only witnesses examined
yesterday.
The Judge Advocrte, Capt. E. L. Smitb (
stated that his duties after the adjournment
were extremely arduous, and he would propose,
if agreeable to all parties, that the Court here-’
after sit till 2 o’clock P. M., and omit the af
ternoon session.
The President flavored the proposition. He
said it would not be necessary to put the mo
tion ; and he therefore declared the Court
adjourned to 9 o’clock this (Thursday) morn
i»g.
Good Advice. —The oath prescribed for
ministers to take in Missouri, we notice, is con
sidered by many of them as very objectionable.
Some have refusedHo take it, and talk loudly
of proscription, martyrdom, &o. If any one
suffers martyrdom in this country the balance
of this century, it wilt not be for the purity of
his religious principles.
We see that Bishop H?.wks, of the Episcopal
Church, has advised the clergy of his diocese
to take the constitution*l oath, or, if they
cannot do so, to abandon preaching in that
State. This is good sound advice. There is
common sense in it. W e are glad to see that
so eminent a divine as Bishop Hawks takes 60
practical a view of matters. Bisides, instead
of keeping up agitation he shows a desire to
allay it. This is the right course. The Bishop
has proved himself to be a Christian by acts as
well as profession.
Columbia and Hambcha Eailrod. —The an
nua! meeting of the stockholders of the Colum
bia and Hamburg Railroad Company will be
held in this city, on the first Thursday in .Octo
ber.
Crops in’ South Wr-tern Georgia.— ln some
sections of South Western Georgia, the crops
have suffered greatly from want of rain. In
some places they have been materially cut
6 hort.
Bureau cf Education. —The National Teach
er’s Convention which recently met in Harris
burg, Pa , adjourned a few day ago. Their
most important transaction was the prepara
tion made for representing to Congress—
backed by the unanimity of the entire educa
tional profession of the country—the necessity,
both ; mmediate and permanent, of such a De
partment in the Administration as that of a Bu
reau ot Education.
The Government has already a Rureau of
Agriculture. That branch of industry is
deemed of sufficient importance to enlist the
aid and patronage of the Government. Then
as the educational interests of the country are
second to no olhor interest, we see no impro
priety, but anticipate much benefit from the
carrying out of the recommendations of the
Harrisburg Convention.
— .-OB
Judge Lcchrane in the Field.— Hon. 0. A.
Lochrane, of Macon, is announced to address
the people of New York upon the advantages
offered by Georgia to the industrial classes of
the North.
The cause the JuJge has enlisted in is a good
one. It will be a great benefit it the tide
of emigration could be turned towards this
State. We hope Judge Lochrane will continue
to work on, and that his example will be fol
lowed by other of Georgia’s prommoubaons.
If our broken down and discarded leaders
would turn their attention and efforts to induc
ing emigrants to come South, instead of hatch
ing up schemes to get hold of public Bpoils
and public office, it would be more credita -
ble to them and beftpr for the country.
National Tobacco Convention. —The Na
tional Tobacco Convention, under the auspices
of the Kentucky State Board of Agriculture,
will be held, as we have heretofore noticed, at
Louisville on the second Wednesday of Sep
tember. The object of this convention is stated
as follows:
The prime object of the Convention is to get
together, from all sections of the Union, tho
practical minds of the trade, with a view to
such modification of the present excise law, so
far as tobacco is concerned, as will eventuate
in the passage, by the next Congress, of a
thorough and well digested plan of taxation
that will yield the largest possible amount of
revenue to ihe Government with the least em
barrassment to the culture and manufacture of
the article.
The Cotton Crop in South Carolina—A
gentleman who has traveled through South
Carolina says that tho cotton crop in tha
State will be merely nominal for the present
year. Except upon the plantations within
the Union lines early iu the year, the amount
of cotton planted will not more than supply
the home consumption.
An Affray in Pickens 00, Ga.—On Sunday
August 20, at a church in Pickens county, an
affray occured ia which a man by the name of
Colling, and another, whose name we have not
been able to learn, both*formerly of McCol
lum’s scouts, were killed, and three other
wounded.
Charleston Cotton Market. —During the
week ending August'26, the receipts of nothin
at Charleston were 1,170 hales by the South
Carolina Railroad, and 430 bales by the North
eastern. This is tha largest arrival ©f any one
week since the re-opening of trade. The price
of cotton is thirty-five or forty cents a pound.
The Tobacco Crop in Missouri. —Advices
l'om Missouri state that in that State the grow
ng crop of tobacco snfibred severely by late
rains. The crop on low, or level land, will be
a total failure, while that on up and rolling
ground will be cut short one-third, or perhaps
one-half.
- Bf
A Good Law for These Days. —There is p
town in Alabama which has an ordinance
“that any ono heard discussing politics on
the streets or street corners of this corporation
shall be arreßted and tried for vagrancy 1” A
good law for these days, when the discussion of
politics can do no good.
The Ckop3 in Georgia —From all accounts
received the crops throughout nearly all Geor
gia have suffered fiom protracted drought. It
is also said not enough cotton will be' raised
for domestic wants.
New Cot ion in Alabama —Tbe first bale of
new cotton was sold in Montgomery August
29th for 35 cents. It was classed strict middling.
The first bale of new cotton in Mobile, on Au
gust 21st brought4s cents. It was classed fair.
The Coolest Thing Yet Our. —The Rich
mend Whig advises President Johnson to re.
construct his Cabinet an 1 to put therein some
Virginian. That jertainly is about the coolest
advice we have seen for some time.
Union Soldiers Killed in Cuthbb;rt Ga.—
We learn that two Union Soldiers have been
killed in Cuthbert, Ga. We have not the
particulars.
Burke County Cotton —According to the Sa
vannah papers a good deal cf the cotton
of this county has been hauled to that city by
waggons.
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A PROCLAMATION BY IHrl UItESIDEST.
By the President of the United Siatea oi
America :
Whereas. By my Proclamation of the 13th
and 24th of June, 1865, removing restrictions
in part upon international domestic and coast
wise intercourse and trade with the States re
cently declared in inrurreetion, certain arti
cles were excluded from the effect of said proc
lamations as contraband of war ; and whereas,
the necessity for restricting the trade on said
articles, ha3 now. in a great mean re ceased, it
' is hereby ordered that on and after ihe first
day of September, all the restrictions'aforesaid
be removed, so that the articles declared by
said proclamations to be contraband of war,
may be imported into and sold in said States,
subject only to eucn regulations as the Secreta
ry of the Treasury may prescribe.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed. Done at the Oily of Washing
ton, this 29;h day of August. 1865. and of
the independence of the United States of
America ths ninetieth.
Andrew Johnson.
By the President:
# Wm. H. Seward,
Secretary of State.
The Internal revenue lor August amounted
to over $34,000,000.
Hon. Preston Kmg has been installed Col
lector of New York.
VOL. LXXIV.-—NEW SERIES VCL. XI, IV
IVEVYB SUMMARY.
A Paris correspondent of the Herald fays
there are now fifty tnousau l Americans on the.
continent of Europe
A recent number of La Estafelle, the French
organ in the City of Mexico, admits that Maxi
milian’s empire is a failure, and says that only
a French protectorate can save the country
from absorption by the United States.
The.iudictment against Capt. Wirz char.'
him with eleven thousand six hundred and
ninety th-ee murders!
A fire at Selma, Ala., Aug. 23, destroyed
three hundred bales ot cotton.
A band of seven incendiaries has lately been
discovered iu Batavia, N. Y, after they 1 i
burned up a bridge and a large number of
buildings and barns at various turns. One of
the baud bragged of his exploits to the g rl of
his heart, and that was the end of the secret.
The Virginia negroes are having tournaments,
in imitation of the amusements of their tenner
owners.
A returned soldier in Philadelphia eowhided
his former captain for tying him up by the
thumbs while in the army.
Isaac Hall, of West Gain, Chesier county,
Pa, has a calf, some three weeks old, which
has a singular shaped head. Tne upper j t\y is
double, and has four nostrils. The. low;: j
is single. It has three eyes ; one in the mid
dle of the forehead. The ears are further back
thau usual. It eats well, and is growing.
Mr. Calvin Pellet of Paupaek, Pike county,
Ohio, recently came to his death in a si ague;;.
manner. A disease known as the “bboudy
murrain” bad broken out among his ekttleand
killed several ot them. He skinned cue t f
• dead animals, using a pocket kuile for the
purpose. On the following day he removed
lrom his arm, with the safte knife, a spiinte
The colored sonools iu Houston, Texas, are
reported to be in a fiourL-hing condition
North Carolina exports ICO OUO bushels of
peanuts per annum.
The Boston strip-yard owners are making
preparations to resume busiae s
There are in Chicago seventeen grain ware
houses with a total capacity of 9,935,000 bush
els.
A cahie is to he laid between Porti Rica,
. Cuba and the United States.
Carl Schurz arrived at Vicksburg on his in -
specting tour.
The steamer B. E. Hill sunk on Yazoo river
on Saturday night. The boat and cargo are a
total loss,
which annoyed him. In a short time his arm
began to pain and swell, which continued until
the arm was twice the usual s ao, and quite
black. The yirus continued to spread through
out his system, and in a few days ho died iu
gieat agony.
Gen. Butler was before tire Surrogate, in
New York, again a few days since, iu relation
to his deceased brother’s will. TheSur'Og u
decided that the General must include fir u o
inventory of assets all the Louisiana proper ly .
but ia this the General dissents, on the ground
that such property ia beyond the jurisdiction ol
the New York Surrogate. He will now appeida
lrom the decision to the Supreme Court.
The crops in North Alabama will turn cut
badly on account of the drought.
A whaling bark sailed fiom New London,
Conn., on the iih of J uni, for Hudson’s Bey,
and on the 14th of August, she was.heard lrom
at bf. Johuv, wile a outgo ol boat) t <i oil
worth $150,000 —affording anetprofitof SIOO,-
000. This is said to be the most eucctsslul
whaling voyage ever made.
The recent on Lake Huron hav
awakened attention to the necessity of cou
stiuctiug passenger vessels with water tight
companmeiits.
The returns of Canadian commerce for the
half year onamg June 30ih show a failing off of
customs receipts of $417,000, as compared with
tho same time last year. To sustain and in
crease their commeice, it is said that rhe Cana
dian Government i" tends to enlarge all the
canals as goon as possible, to attract the trade
of the United States.
Os all the railroad accidents, s i numerous
lately,’that on the Nashville and Decatur Iliad,
on Saturday August 26, was the must teiribl .
Tne Southern bound train of nine cats, was
passing over a trestle near Eeynotd’s Station,
when it gave way and the cars, falling through
were pilel one on another. Fiiieeii bodies
have been recovered, but one car containing
tbuty colored soldiers has not yet been reach
ed.
A Raleigh, North Carolina paper says tha
tho peanut culture has been one ol the mo.-t
profitable of the agricultural pursuits of the
Cape Fear district, and that, besides Uie quau
tity crushed foroii, which has been very great,
over one bundled thousand bushels have been
annually exported to the Eastern Whites and
Canada. The crop is very profitable, much
more so than cotton.
Colonel Thomas, assistant commissioner cf
freedmen in Mississippi, writes to General How
ard that be ha 9 issued a circular directing
clergyman in that State that they will here
after be required, in performing the cerem ir.
of marriage between colored persons to add to
tho ritual, as the final declam ition, the words
“accordance with the ordinance ot God, and by
authority ot the United States of America, i
pronounce you man and wile.”
The figs weigh five and a half ounces in San
Francisco.
The people cf Port Washington, Ohio aro
en manse alter a snake, thirty-two feet loim: art' :
eight inches ia diameter, which milks then
cows and devouru the rabbits and other sauii
auimaiJ of the vicinity. The serpent i.: said to
bean anaconda, which escaped from a menage
rie in that county s >ma ten years ago.
The Catholics of Troy are about to erect a
large male orphan asvium on Mount St. Vin
cent. Eleven acres ot ground have ben pur
chased for this purpose It%ili be the largest
stiuciure of tne kind in northern New York.
The plan has been completed, and.the budding
will be one bundled aad fl.sy feet front, <x
tending back sixty feet, an» four storks high.
In the Ne v York oi a west
ern paper a story is told of a boston merchant
who visited one of the Broadway saloons,
met a pretty waiter girl, got diunk married her,
and paid $2500 to induce her to return the cer
tificate.
The Milwaukee News learns that Genera
Grant is not going to fix his residence in Phil
adelphia. The house given him by the Phila
delphians was only accepted upon conditions
that it should not interfere with h a purpose
to return to his old home at Galena. Seven
citizens of Galena have purchased there and
presented to the General a splendid residence,
completely fain,shed from brasement to attic
St Peter’s Catholic Church, wko»e corner,
stone has been laid in Hartford, Conn., will be
built of Portland freestone in the Gothic style;
and will have a front of one hundred and
ninety four feet on the ground, and a depth ol
one hundred ami sixty eight feet, wi b a tow ■
and spire two hundred teet high. It will seat
two thousand two hundred persons, and wm
| cost one hundred and forty thousand doji at s,
'The'sum of ten thousand seven hunorea aac
i forty-five dollars lias been dinneri bod iu *• '* -
cester, Mass., to found a free public reading
r 0, rhe grape crop in Ohio will fall short this
year in consequence of mildew.
It is stated that young Kefcbum played
heavily at taro, betting five hundred dollars on
the turn of a card.
The American man of war Constitution, or
“Old Ironsides,” is still e.fi aat, and was recent
ly towed from Newport to Annapolis. I: has
been' sixty years since she first went into
commission, and certainly ha3 an interesting
history.
The Indian Bureau is advised that permanent
peace can doubtless now be secured with the
Sioux and Cheyenne tribes on the Upper Mis
souri river. The coming winter will be one of
great hardship in that region on account of the
ravages of insect# • »
• -**.- oy qur household.
Did you ever see her,
/ho little fMry s-vite.
V' l; C: ' -' v ■ •. ugh our household, 3
Ldte r i of golden light f
Whose U-.ne Ft ‘ k- pt dancing,
N- v er w. «>•■'•! eve
1 brew it: purjvo riindow! o’er us.
Ad her g »■ ■> 1 1 ght ki.-s she gave ?
Did yon ever fee her.
V. h hti flo'O.n'r curls of brown,
As slie gladly ran to meet us
Cumino ‘• .0 tne u rt down f
Af she erects v.s w.i’ ki sea,
\vM- v * »•". ’vei .me home
To hear '■ r bkd vov lieping,
’’Giro ! I'm so gi.ri you’ve come !”
Did you ever ~ ’ her,
her z'ii'o blue ?
id 1 with tear drops,
Likeav'oh w';li dew ;
O iensr the*. w,j- ' •u. 'du'r, dancing,
Shining, twrnkdb;- hr! ht w.tb joy.
As she told emne pretty story
Os her at t -a i,r a toy.
And you dM not see li<'r
When Hose p tteringfest were still,
Wed,
Not by 1 heir sv ■ y owner’s will ;
When tb-Mdyea w ’c.= •i so .gently,
Aid ill cm:--<ffroll, brown hair
By the hands of fricuda were parted
From lief 1' Fa i pure and lair.
And yon did not res her
When ’ U <• shut -h,'. (fin lid,
And our Hi fa , y darUnir
Ftoni our • ■::!:! !':>'• -ver hid ;
Wild Ikrg dug we.-a oar uiabght—
Front iu, u* ’ : ■ er gone :
Mov we ev. r . ' i -r '. smd calmness,
Not mv will, 1 • • Thiee, he <h ne!
K:\VSV, ITS; MS.
The comm . 0 post.at Macon, Gs.,
has issi • Iding persona keeping
capo i !> eii;t.\..ing more than fifty
cents per m al.
•• were recently poisoned at
At-auUi by d.e*; and who ;.oy. All died but
one.
An y folio.veil up her
I “ bar u). G , to Atlanta; found
him liv nr v.i i : ;h.»d him arrested j
and i" •' r r- r. ly settled by tho last
rivirie. e i .. i > him and turning,
him over to h - lav ful spouse.
Tim !> , ■ i. lias been lurned
over to i‘ • 'so nhr re opened
Gif' . An mil 31, a! Columbus,
a in»n .. . Hoi . l,i wood with hia
A civil
iz—.l cor ' ■•1 of rffm >, iruly.
Y : mn.H i . is have been revived.
U bar. !i* •: :■ t the cotton owned
ny t: C; k< ' ; oud Importing com
pany i- not ;hi ole to seizure.
- < old and respected
•eit v. oof I'.aee i Vi >. Taylor county, was
killed a few <: .by two men, brothers,
named Strother. Ho was shot ia Iris own
store.
According tirithe ti a eon papers horse steal
ing thievlo.j a-a in la of ml ike charater are
C riuCii on <j[ aito i i\ LA .Aitiou.
ITEMS
Dr. Lap car * >. ore- of the metropolitan Cor
ones, ri; ;T- a the npaaliing statement that
tk •••!; ■ in London—in tha
caj.if.-.t cf ‘ i* v. Meious country npea,
■ fr.'h”- ml; v; c . ■! lb ir own chii
dron 1 i ; ! '.i . wilful child mur*
der —is tenib > 1 requeue in England.
Burnd o! j > if- . i the most perilous
foals n P,-iI oil a v> ; . c b’v His agent hav
ing (h. ate :I. ;> ut ■ t a iurtnne, he ia night
ly Yzi'•(! ■:: h . lif.; to pi in another.
A W 1 ..aid Os
tho Hi:;.- < s /!■;• i ■■■", . v. ::»recently died pos
thds, and left hia
whole Pro?)*'; ly to I et.-ployer, giving uoth
tli.ing at al' lo Ids wi. 3he Duke, who was
.-iln -.dy 'very v raY.h v, has been gracious
cLougn £-..v. • c -.v : Fs widow an annui
ty ot five linn Ire.; pounds a year.
, iiity-five thousand dol
lars bv via Enoch Arden.
The it < s m army is t j bo reduced to a
peace footing
engaged in lay
ing -rboi-'.-in. cab; ; b- ve j its cities and
islmuls -oir tin; At. a,tic an 1 Msdeterranean
coas!.,
A > * or learned birds,
tram”.! by :• i»| v . ■ Mc cb, is a feature
oft'. i 4 - ~(| i- iu-.y, i ■ *,h ol the day. Tha
bu-'M !(<••• • ni .1 • i-a . i Jap.i n, and appeal
rajhor f ■ vi ■ in , ■ ai •: than the wonder of
the--, si-mom aV’irii {R ; i rave of a box of
cm Ay ■ Ay i.. . .1. »b y tell the time by
a watch, rin- m ;is -• year, the color of la
in itters, which
excite ui, e-:; t , ’ miith and approbation ot
the audience. '
A Pi i! ol !:• r v ikea ill nine months
: in an Aus
niau h a- , - ' J ol caring for
bi n >’ i-.-.ll)r-, and in relation
to t-lw ~ 1 m- nl - r :l:e a; oiiu. the two gov
ernm: - o. ; i-iniicous corre pond
ea ( ivy j, '* on pi
'iiiali ii; • i.-: . .A states that dur
ing in - j! ■ . i a coir elide :-,iile falling off
him i- ih-: supply of water
fi :F a . wi s • ■cn portion of
the .vi • • , - is now obtained
from, ilia '.v-ricr o.npaaies’ supply.
'j i■ -i , : y for E l land in the
year 18 >3 ;;v ju b.»a completed. They
reco.d : and !i - 213 mu and 430 om a
vug's’ -i 95 j ;-i o upwards when
•a vd 1 iff-:.- iji-a-e had reached
10.) o - u > : • ; Oh-lsca was 109.
Sixty-;• i. a 1 conpleteda
.-: u y f- 1 one at Liverpool,
112 years
old.
r«::v, ; - l.ii.vi \u v.
The teh: r hi nly f-.J-hsd between
San Ant-ado a: -l Hou t a Texas.
and to deliver a
a Idr 38 the Wise msin SUte Fair.
Ex “O'’. V ' i A'- b-.sna, has been re
!«ised fr-.-n I*.-. -Y. Ha speaks lauda
ceived.
At';;; .it Mi : Mexican in every three
*q Ver moot mines haa
! L ike Superior or
3 0r 'V •/ 'aid ;■ malleability
• Y , j i.j t crumble under tha
ro ]i , . I; ;: : ... iir.o ' a- tike gold.
tim&tee that
fh> • ar,) fi . o;; . and drinking houses in
that o ; u■ i e fi -l them all that
her v’e 6 • -.1 / <i, tree tho law re
qn'. rwr ' -!r ■ v- : r fbrom on Sunday.
*3l tz -k •• ■th -N. Y. Herald’s.
f r i. . Y ii ~ ■ • : i- $2 > 000 a season
■ bushels of
peanuts p_ • nun.
5 present year will
be the tar: st ever ra ui iia the State.
All the ruins at bairna, Aia., are being re
moved.
A f’v <vc cm *' -• veral desperadoes
a'i.tVi 1 ji county, Tennessee 4
[ . ij, DU i. some ot Iheirac
pr,! r .j and >?r-r The military ar
,•; : ■ * I m, killing four.
■*;. ~r X. ri , : a tree whose trunk,
on ,, f c .i ? ; ■ I. into twenty*
three di!; - .n- b ‘ h then extending up
; UR i with the lililbs of
t ; , r\ \ , '.b reby becoming ona
an i th ; ha ne hi o again
In the nits o: unp Ferguson, he is only
convict® iof 1- >ra so t > five murders per day.
They ave. h. i a good snow storm at thg
White mountaiai, . _
NO. 38.