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N. S. .MORSE. ik Mu diml 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 * «*> “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 ' ' ' v 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.” >mm m> 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. - 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.