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Cljrnmrif k Irntinrl. AUGUSTA, GA., WKDMWAI IMOBMXO, APKIL In. IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT. Never, perhaps has the Cbiel Executive of our country been called in collision with an opposition at once bo furious and unrelenting as that at present directed against the policy of President Johnson. Absorbed in the one lJea of the perfect equality of the white and lack iar.es, they override every obstacle of eason, usage, and Constitutional law, which seeks to thwart their leveling designs. The war, which was waged, as uniformily asserted, to restore the Union, and not to abolish slave ry, has ended in the overthrow of that in**i i tut ion, and the Union and its interests ap pear to sink into insignificance before their bimd zeal in behalf of the negro, and their mad hate towards his late master. Indeed, so far from miking war to restore the Union, hey seem ready to wage any sort of violence to prevent its restoration. They omit to show wherein the President has failed to carry out the plaqs of Mr. Lincoln, or been faithless to ibo grand idea of restoring the Union; and yet they denounce him as a usurper—“a debauched buffoon”—“a beast”— and gravely declare that he must be removed. They argue that he has given three distinct grounds lor impeachment; first, by attempting, by bis vetoes and other acts, to secure the ad mission of Representatives in Congress lrorn States with which he concedes that iha govern ment is still at war; second, by bribery, in the use ol confidents and iriends to secure iavors, for whicfi the bribe has been given. This, they aikge, has been done in the business of secur ing pardons. “A pretty woman’’—so runs the iuuiciment—“announced herself ready to secure pardons without the ordinary delays. To test her voracity, a detective is employed, pretend ;ng to be a Coulederate, who pays S2OO, and in a lew hours receives Itom her hand, under the signature of trie President, a lull pa. don lor climbs never committed, and for a person that never existed.’’ They iurther urge that tho President has been guilty of misdemeanors which justify impeachment ; and charge that he appeared in a state of maudline drunken ness to take the oath of office. Iu the catalogue ol misdemeanors they arraign him for making a speech to a rebel mob, accusing Congress of treason, in resisting his plans of admitting Representatives lrom btaAs with whom we are at war, into tho national councils. All these charges are gravely urged as af fording grouudd for impeachment; and the ouiy obstac e in tho way of attempting such a step, is an evident apprehension that the pop ular mind is not ready lor this last desperate rattle ot the radical dice box. The purpose is deliberately formed, aud under advisement. Alter tho urbitrary expulsion of Senator Stock ton and Representative Brooks, and the success ful pm-sage of the Civil Rights Bill, we see no reason to doubt the ability of the radicals to do whalevor they wid. Deaf, alike to all con sideration for law or the usages ot the past, they aie iu a condition to plunge into any new enormity with impunity. It is perhaps well that they should do their worst with the least possible delay, for nothing is surer than that when this spell of frenziod hate and folly is over, reason and justice will resumd their .sway; when tho scum of political corruption comes lauly in contact with the waveß ot an enlightened popular sentiment, the gay dol phius aud rabid shaiks which now sport upon the suiface, will disappear, aud there will be a great calm. In the meantime, the South can do nothing but cultivate patience, aud let time, tbo great conservator, do the work of vindica tion. FRENCH GOODS la a recent discussion before the French Corps Legislate, one of the members, M. Pou yer Quertier, in a speech in which he advoca ted the protection of French agricultural inte rests, made some amusing revelations of the manner in which the French products were procured, His argument was that the facility tor iinp.trliug foreign agricultural products, worked injury to the farmer, and depressed his profits. In the course of the debate the speaker glanced indiscriminately at other conse quences ot indiscriminate importation, in which he showed that articles which went forth from France us genuine French productions^were, to a great extent, composed of foreign material. Thus he said that French wools, which have a high reputation as the finest material which can be bought, are mainly foreign wools im ported and re exported. He thought that it was to the iuterest of the Government ot France to prohibit the wools of La Plata being 6ent forth as French wools. So in relation to cot tous. The official returns showed that pro ducts worth ninety-seven millions of francs had been sent forth as French cottons. Now said M Quertier, frankly, “ There has never been any French cotton, save in Algeria, and in the four hectares cultivated by the M trquis lie Femes at the mouth of rhe Rhone. Wbat we export is American, Indian er Egyptian.’’ Silk is also an article for which the French are celebrated. But the sj'eaker said : “Ac cording to the report of the Agricultural Com mutee oi Aluis, the yield, which had formerly been oue hundred and twenty millions, had lailen to tight, and, adding two or three of raw silk, there would be a total of from ten to eleven millions. The loss on three articles in the department had been immense and al most without remedy But, ia presence of that tremendous falling off, what did he find in the customs tables ? An exportation amount, lug to oue hundred and eighteen millions for liuio ; that is to say. the highest figure ever reached by the national production. Ot ostrich feathers, the same returns alleged, there had been gathered and exported eight millions of francs’ worth, when the fact was, M. Q .ertier said, that there were not mere than six ol those birds iu ail France, and they wore exhibited as curiosities iu the Jardin des Plantes. " 0 imagine that the revelation might have oeeu extended to other articles. For instance the expo.ation of highwines to France from this country is very considerable. Can any one ted how much of them ccrne back as genuine !■ tench brandy, with the regular french brands ' I here is good reason to be lieve that the frauds in this one article are very extensive. The lion dad monitor Miantanomah, with the United States steamer De Soto as a convoy, started on the 4th from Fortress Mon roe, on a cruise ot four days towards the Ber muda Islands, on a trial trip to test the seago ng qualities of the monitor, after which both vessels wih proceed to New York. E. G. Kickers’ Bank of Exchange, Buffalo, New \ork, closed doors on the 9th. It is thought ah will be paid. CHRISTIAN HEROES j Were we ar-ked what two men daring the j recent revolution towered above a'.l othos Con* ’ federate*, in the exhibition of a uniicrm and unbleaeh eg courage, we should, unhesitating' j ly, name the illustrious commander of the late | army of Northern Virginia, and the sainted; General who lost bis life in such an utmiiitary manner on the bloody field of Chancellors vil!e. There were multitudes of others, in every grade, whose bravery was conspicuous The history of the war is but a history of valor. Intrepid courage, bolli among our privates and officers, was the rale—the want of it, the ex ception. But in a firmament crowded with shining heroes, the renowned Virginians, Lee and Jackson, strike us as more luminous than all their coutcmpoiaries—surpassing, though not eclipsing, the bright bodies which sparkle aiound them. What was the secret of such remarkable courage ? By what power did they maintain such fli tuners and tranquility when the angry tumuUs of the fierceM battles were raging ail around them ; and when the lives of scores ot thousands of men were suspended upon their word ; and millions of their countrymen were listening to their orders with a suspense so painful as almost to arrest the breathing ? Certain ! y one element of their heroism wro that which they possessed in common with every brave man on the field—it was ccnMutional. Lee, we know has it in his blood. We believe (in a qualified sense) in good blood for men almost as strongly as we believe in it for ani mals, Lee’s ancestral line was conspicuous for the quality of which we are speaking ; it wr’, therefore, his legitimate inheritance Os Jack son’s sires we are not advised. But no one could have displayed the qualities by which he was distinguished who was not naturally a htro. Lee and Jackson, ho vever, were not merely brave. They pos-essed h gaer traits than those which are simply constitutional, and which are oftentimes quite as apparent in dogs or game cocks as in men. liny were men of c ourage, — “Bravery,” it ha3 been well said, “which spriugß from the constitution, often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; but courage founded on a sense of duty is uniform.” Their neroism was moral. They believed that their cause was just; that blood shed ia such a cou flict was worthily spilt, and with this convic tion they moved onward a3 calmiyamida tempest of death dealing bullets as though they were fanned only by the zephyrs of a ver nal morning. But there was another characteristic for which both of these men were conspicuous, and which we have no donbt entered largely iuto their courage. We allude to their piety. This was so manifest on a’l occaei ns, that any estimate of their military virtues which should ignore it, would be radically defective. When did General Leß ever send a d’spatth announc ing any success without awarding all the glory of the achievement to “Him who is the Giver of victory 1” And when did he ever record a disaster without a reverential reference to the Being who disposes of all human affairs, as seems best in Ilis sight? What his public documents evinced, his private life constantly illustrated. Every man associated with tim in tho army felt the power of his religious in' fiuence. His illustrious colleague - was even more marked as a religious man. He main tained, amid all the distractions ol the camp and of the Held, a simplicity of faith and a de votion of spirit rarely found even among those whose chief vocation calls than to cultivate the graces of a Christian life. To pray, was with him as much a matter of course as to eat or to sleep. He sought Divine guidance on all occasions. And where hs encountered the last enemy, his triumph was even more com plete than when, one year previously, he had met and routed the combined armies of the United States in the Vall<-y of Virginia. “Was that a death bed where our Stonewall died ? Yes!—but not his; ’twas Dea'h itself there died.” It was this extraordinary piety by which these two great men were distinguished, which contributed to their eminence as soldiers. It made their courage of tho most elevated and the most unwavering typo. They were the sub jects ot a fear which expelled every other fear. Trembling before the high and mighty Ruler of the destinies of nations, they were uudis uiayed by the presence of aimod men, whether counted by units or by hundreds ot thousands. Whilst we are iar from asserting that tiu9 courage has never been displayed in the ab sence of a religious character, there can be no doubt that, when pervaded by the element of piety, courage receives a confirmation which adds incalculably to its effectiveness and gran deur. For true religion is it seif courage. It signifies a devotion to truth and duty which will not cower in the presence of wild beasts or a fiery furnace. And when the temper which made Daniel and the three worthies such heroes, is engrafted upon men naturally brave, tho result is such illustrations of courage as are furnished in the live3 of the throe Christian heroes to whom we have referred. Arizona was the theatre of an ancient civili zation, which has left monuments but no his tory. Well constructed houses are existing there untenanted, and evidences of extensive mining and agriculture. It was evidently not A/, ec, but Tolecan or anti-To’ecan civilization. Among the structures erected by the former people in Arizona, is a house larger than the City Hall of New York, and five storios high Certainly that surpasses Mr Benedict Arnold’s wind mill at Newport in the point of marvel The Apaches, a specimen of Indians analagous to the Malays of India, now overrun the Ter - ritory, and cannot be civilized. The Mokes are a more interesting people. They livq upon The mountains and cultivate the land in the valley-*, for which they pay a tribute of one teath to the Apaches They now number about 1,200, are of fair complexion, and some what European features. Some Welsh coio nists of Utah visited them, and found a remark able similarity of language, the same intricate system of consonantal words, and other dia- lectic peculiarities belonging to the Cymraeg. Colonel Porter, from these facts, wove cut the theory that Prince Madoc. who left North Wales in the reign of Henry 11, of England, was the founder of an American colony, of which the Mokes are the descendants. Tobacco Crop. —The Lynchburg News says that all quarters of the tobacco region of Virginia acd North Carolina give assurances that great efforts will be made to plant a crop of this favorite staple. The want of labor will be exhibited loss, in the production of to bacco than in any other agricultural product. While the editor does not contemplate the ossibii ty of the growth ot an average crop, and while few individuals w.il be able to put on the marker the large quantities which here tofore were not uacomnnnly the product of one tarm. it is believed the aggregate amonnt of tobacco raised will be mnch greater than was at one time believed to be possible' THE PRESIDENT AND THE RADICALS, Self-poised and conscious of the rectitude of j Lis ecarsi*, President Johnson Las met the as sauiia and the partial success ot the radicals, j Washington advices • assure us that while the ] radicals are jubilant over their success, they j do not fee! quite sure that the victory i3 com- j plete. The conservatives, though depressed, are hopefully waiting for such popular re ac tion as to restore their w iniug prestige, All agree that affairs are rapidly approaching a crisis, and the thoughtful and patriotic who riße above mere partizin considerations, view the situation with apprekens’oa. The radicals will stop at no extrema measure which disiuibs the Pres dent, or offers an obstacle to his pol icy. They fee! that the President is now pow erless to exercse any sweeping proscription, though there is no evidence that ho would ex ercise it if he couid, since if is well known that a very large poitionof tho government offi cials, great and small, are ia open hostility to his policy. It is stated as a significant fact that the Pre sident keeps aloof from all mere pariy influ. ences ; that he appoints few Democrats to office, and has made no issue on that subject with the Republicans. The iime has about arrived when the lines must be distinctly de fined, and when those who are not for the President must take unequivocal position against him, and when his councils ought not to he disturbed by conflicting interests or sympathies. The late issues in Congress have so com pletely cut off the President from these who have called themselves his friends, ami have made his opponents so odious to tire friends o constitutional justice, that new party alliances would appear to bs the inevitable result. A few days will clear up the uncertainties that envelope the subject. A CASE FOR THE E / DICALS. The first case which has arisen unuer the new regime occurred Thursday in our Superior Court, sitting for this county. A negro named Dave Summerfield was arrested and committed to the county jaii about the mid dle ofTast month, charged with the murder of a white boy named Michael F. Gallager. It will be remembered that the verdict of the Coroner’s Jury was, that Gallager came to his death at the hands of Summerfield by shoot ing. They also declared Summerfield guilty of murder. This ca3o was laid before the Grand Jury yesterday by the State’s Attorney, J. P. C. Whitehead, Esq., who, after a carefnl an 1 close investigation, arrived at the conclusion that the shooting was entirely accidental, and ignored the bill. We learn that witnesses of both coLr were sworn before the Grand Jury. What will the radicals say now ? Hero is a white jury, in a Court presided over by a white j,udge, who have shown what we have always known—that the persons and property of the colored race wore perfectly safe in their hands. It will bo borne in mind that a good deal of feeling was excited in our community by this tragedy, from the first and imperfect accounts which we had of its history, and our community was not quite prepared fo r thia result of the Giand Jury’s investigation We are glad to be able to give this inhuma tion to Messrs. Sumner, t-tevens & Cos., and hope they will “ take a Eote of it.” MAZZINI iT PARLIAMENT. Joseph Mazz ui, who has figured conspicu ously in the revolutionary movements in Italy tor years, has recently been eleettd member of the Italiau Parliament. His election, iu con nection with the political relations existing between France and Italy, is significant. As an Italian, he is eligible to a seat in the Par iiament of Italy, though it throws him into rather unpleasant contact with Victor Emanuel, who has not forgotten that Mazzini was tried and condemued, scarcely two years ago, for an alleged attempt on the life of the Emperor.— Mazzini is still active in his hostility to the Napoleonic policy, and has written to the Uni ted States, urging energetic conduct iu cur re lations with Mexico as a means of hastening the fall of Napoleon. No wonder, then, that the French Ambassador has undo a formal pretest to the Italian Premier against Mazzlni’s being allowed to take his seat in the Pari ia meut, declaring that “public opinion”—which is but another name for the Imperial will - will not permit a condemned assassin to hold a position of such responsibility. Tho election of Mazzini forces the Emperor to this unpleasant issue with the ultra Liberals, ard adds another brand to the smothered fires of revolution in Southern Europe. IMPORTANT, 17 TRW, The Savannah Republican is informed from pretty reliable authority that a telegram has been received at the Military Headquarters in that city, from President Juhnssn, stating that martial law still exists throughout Georgia. It seems that a conflict of opinion in regard to the affiirs of the Freedmen’s Bureau occurred in the upper portion of our State, and in re sponse to a telegram sent to Washington for instructions, the above answer was relumed. We have reasons to believe that instructions have been received by the military authorities here, that the writ cl habeas corpus is not re stored by the proclamation. We have pre sented the law upon th« subject, and await the publication of the grounds upon which the suspension of the writ and the continuance of martial law are continued under the Presi dent’s proclamation Heavy Defalcation of a Chicago Broket A dispatch from Chicago, dated the 4th, says’: There is seme excitement in financial circles caused by the defalcation of B. H. Badger, a stock broker and gold speculator of this city. The immediate cause of his failure is reported to be losses sustained by the decline in gold. The principal sufferers are merchants, and the Second National Bank of this city, who pur chased from Mr, Badger, yesterday, New York exchange to the amount of $23 000, for which Mr. B. promised to bring gold to the amount of $20,000 as security for payment o: drafts on New York, but which promise he failed to keep. Besides these drafts there are other checks outstanding CriANGE in the Cabinet. —The New York World says, it is rumored at Washington that the President’s trends are urging him to re organize his Cabinet, and that he his actually had the matter undei consideration, and may announce his determination soon. Three Kadi cai members of his Cabinet are said to have intrigued successfully with Senators for the passage of the Civil Rights bill over the veto, and that they are busy now with members of the House. The National Intelligencer of Saturday attacks the Secretary of War very violently, and so confirms these rumors- May they prove true ! The steamer Aspiuwall, lately arrived at New York, brought $70,000 in treasure. All the RichmoadjUewspapers resumed publi cation on the 9th. Interview with alex h. Stephens- ‘ HIS OPINIONS ON THE COUNTRY. Washington, Anri! 6, 1860. Probably no m»n in the South, who was closely ideniifird with the rebellion, is less dis trusted by the loyal people than Alexander H. Stephens. Before the culmination of that I treason to the United States, which is leclared | ia the org- aic act of our Government to consist in levying war against them, Mr. Step ens strenuously opposed secession, and predicted wbat has come tot’ i Southern people as a result of tueir tned folly and crime. But that icd cri ble v '.ufa'uus of State sovereignty, popularly c’.Ued State Rghts, seems to have drawn not only Mr Stephens, but Gen. Lee, and mar," other Southern ffiea who professed loya > y uto the rnahstrom of treason. And ' o concilia a .bat numerous Class of Southrons known there at that period as Conservatives, Mr S. w sel ted n the second executive officer cl the Confederacy. Officiating ia that capacity, he may be fairly presumed to at least understand the feelings and wishes of the Southern people, a correct reflex of a large and respectable portion of whom he was imme diately preceding the rebellious outbreak. Hence, upon his arrival in this city a day or two ago, I had the pleasure of several long and interesting interviews with him, that I might cuil fn j him his copious and unreserv ed expressions of opinion on the various sub jects now agitating the public, such main fea tures as will e>ve us ‘ more light’’ on the great problem of Reconstruction. He expressed to me HIS VIEWS ON JOHNSON’S POLICY, And thmks that the principles enunciated by the President in his annual message, last December, and reiterated in various offiiai and unofficial documents and speeches since, aro the fundamental elements of our system of government- This policy is acceptable to the late insurgents, and is, in his opinion, the only brsis of restoration which wi’l command the hearty co operation of the conservative id peace loving people in all sections of the i mntry. He thinks that all Mr. -Johnson hc.3 done < rward reconstruction was done under the sanction of military law, and as Comman der-in chief of a victorious auny and navy What the conquered people of the South did was a part and parcel of the terms of bui ren der. When they had complied with the con ditions exacted by the President, they were entitl'd to all the rights allowed other sections of ihe country ; and that Congress bad no more right to dictate any additional terms of surrender than the same body would havo had to have dictated the terms of surrender at Vicksburg. But WHY DO -ms KEFUBICANB PERSIST In their attempt to keep out in the cold all those States now at peace and penitent ? Be cause they will vote with the “strict construc tion’s i” os they always have done, he said) and not with the Federals and thus, by uni ting with the Northern Democrats, there would be formed a large party, possessing a sufficiency of strength and adhesiveness to to warrant a defeat of Republicanism. They think if they can compel the adoption of uni versal suffrago, by the enchantment ot THE STEWART PROPOSITION Os universal amnesty, or otherwise, then Iho negro voting with the Federa s in the Soufh, there wouid be hope of a longer continuance in power. He could see no other explanation of the zralous manner with which the Radicals urged tfce title of the lato slave to politic-i equality with the whites, anew and unheard-of question, sprung upon the issues of civil war. And he does Dot think the Stewart plan of •‘tickle mo, Johnnio, and I’ll tickle you,” be sanctioned by a single Southern State. He thought that the NORTHERN VIEW OF THE QUESTION Os secession was that the Southern States had never gone out of the Union, and the war was prosecuted to prevent them from going out. If the southern Stabs were out of the Union, then the war against them was crutl and atro cious The President’s view, that the func t'om: of these States were merely suspended during the rebellion, and to quote from Mr. Lincoln, out of their “proper practical rela tions’’ with the Union, he thought consistent; ami on this hypothesis, the moment the resist ance to the Federal Government ceased, the Southern States stood jmt where they did when the war beeau, with all their rights as States unimpaired, and their domestic or other relation- only changed in such aspects as the amended Magaa Charta designated. Mr S epheus expressed his opinions fully and freely on the subject of the RIGHTS OF NEGROES, Aud held, in emphatic language, that their civil lights should be precisely those of other people, with no separate and discriminating code- or jguirtions. On the all absorbing subject of SUFFRAGE, Mr. Stepbr is holds thet under our system of Government, each Stats has reserved the right to declare who shall exercise the elective franchise ; and he does not recognize suffrage as a right pertaining to citizenship, but a granted privilege. Congress, therefore, has no authority * > conler it upon any class of persons, and should not force so odiou3 a measure upon the South. Ultimately, when the negro shall have become intelligent and frugal, and incorporated, by his possession of real estate, into the body poliflc of the various States, he thinks all of them will, if from no other motive, from that of interest, grant the privilege of suffrage to the blacks. He elabo rately unfolded to me some of HIS PECULIAR IDEAS In regard to suffrage and representation, and proposes a plan which he thinks would inter • c.p the necessity of, and absolutely prohibit the lormatiou of large and corrupt political organizations. Following up the political reasoning of the ancient savant, Aristotle, he would divide society into numerous classs representing every profession, trade and in terest. There should then be a basis of in t-Uigence to start from, and each interest, of the studio, law, morals, religion, mercantile, mechanical, agricultural, all, should be rep resented according to its ratio of adherents and wealth. He would restrict the suffrage of the lower, ignorant, and debased strata of so ciety, to check what excesses and mischief the indiscriminate franchise of the rabble might induce. Ha THINKS CONORESS WRONG In continuing this eternal intermeddling vith the reserved rights of the sovereign peo ple of the State, and fears it may lead to un* happy results. The Radical are net the friends of the negro, and the Northern people aro, as they always havo been,,,wholly unac quainted with the negro character, lbe ostracism of the Southern people by the Radi cals is exceedingly reprehensible. They should “iet alone” the populace of the Slates reorganized by the President as ia the Union and ia perfect peace. The tendency is to consolidate power, and such fusion will tenni cate in a despotism, which he wou’td avoid by the non-intervention, by Congress, wits the laws acd domestic institutions of the States. HOW HK LOOKS PERSONALLY. Mr. Stephens, is a slim, medium height, cadaverous looking individual, with a small, keen eye, light soft hair, real squeak voice, and chuck full of original ideas. Well read, possessing a flux of language and a retentive memory, he is a fluent conversationalist. Withal, I think he has a warm heart and big soul.— Cin. Com. Jamaica.—Nlw York, April 7.—The steamer Taiismon arrived at this port yesterday, bring ing advices from Jamaica, dated Kington, March Ist. The special commission tor the trial of pris oners charged with offences during the revolt was stiil sitting, but hoped to close its labors . in a few days. The Herald's correspondent, in a view of toe situation of the color y, notices the deprtcia tiou ot its agricultural acd financal interests, and the gradua descent cf Hie bulk of its in habitants in the social scale. He attributes the stare of affairs now existing on the island to the laiiuru ot the Ergiish system of rule. The Montpelier Institute, near Macon, his been re opened The first farm ends on the 27:h of Juy. Second term begins on the Ist of August A m gro who was charged wiih stealing a horse in Macon shot at the officers who went to arrest him. lbty overpowered him, with out shooting in return, and took him to jail. THE TERM “REBEL.” The mis application of this term to tbo clti- j zens of the Conf-derate States, by Northern men and the Federal authorities, is thus treat ed by the Hon. Charles Gaya-re : I wid avail myself of this opportunity to say that If we sre called rebels, we ought not tosub scribe to the appellation. I hope that it is not inconsistent w th the new allegiance to which we have consented, to remaitj that the late war was not a rebellion, in the ordinary sense of the word. The world had heard be“ lore of the rebellion of subjects against their Governments, ot provinces against the empire of which they were a part, of colonics against their metropolis, of the vanquished against the conqueror, but never of the rebellion of eover eigu and independent States against the Con federacy which they had created. This is something new under the sun, to which our minds cacao; easily be reconciled. Besides as republicans of the old, if not the black school, as democrat wo may be permitted to have some repugnance for the use of a word which we shall prove to be of monarchical origin Let us go back to the first republics of which we have any history—to the republics of Greece. They, had also their intestine dissen sions. One party would seize power and drive its opponents into exile, or put them to death and confiscate their properly. We find them applying to each other the words, traitor, ene my, parricide, etc., but rebel, nevfer. Between Gieek and Greek there c>uid be treason and enmity but no rebellion. Rebellion implies inferiority on one side, and superiority on the other ; allegiance on one side, and sovereignty ou the othir—which could not be among the Greeks, a B they were all equals and sovereigns. It was the same with Rome. In the whole history of the Roman Republics, the word rebel is not once applied to a Roman citizens. When the first secession of which we have any knowledge took place among them, when the people—the plebians—seceded from the pat. ricians, aad retired to Mount Arentine, they were not called rebels. When Coriolauua put himself at the head of the Voisci and marched against Rome, he was not outlawed as a rebel by the Rjman Senate. They denounced him me re ;y as an enemy. When he appeared before tho walls of his native City, which he had doomed to destruc tion, when he had scornfully rejected the supplication cf his patrician friends, and the submission of the repentant plebeians who had offended him when ho had treated in the same contemptuous manner the majesty of the gods represented by the priests aud by tho vestals, there came his mother. We have on record the speech which she addressed to him. She calls him hostis —enemy ; she calls him patricide, but rebel, 4 never; and the Roman matrons, when he died, went iuto mourning for a whede year. In the protracted struggles between Marius and Syila, so celebrated tor their tables of reciprocal prorcription, the party who happened to represent ihe govern ment for the time being, nuver dreamed that their opponents were rebels, Cicero exhausts against Catiiine the vocabulaiy of epithets, but omits the word rebel, which is not even found in any of his many works. When Causar crossed the Rubicon, the Ro man Senate declared that there was, not rebel lion, but tumultus in utbtm —tumult. The fact is, that according to Roman ideas, a Roman could not be a rebel. He could be guilty of seditio, tumultus insurrectio. but no rebtllio. Romans were all equals. They did not owe allegiance to each other. There was no rebel lion between Cassius aud Brutus ou the one side, and Mark Authony and Octavius on tho other, nor subsequently between Octavius and Antony, and when Octavius had become Au- gustus, the conspiracy of Cinna against the un disputed master of the world, if it had ripened into an open conflict of arms, would not have been deemed a rebeilioa, because respect for old republican ideas and forms was not yet entirely obliterated. “ Rebe lio ,” among the Romans, was where those who had been over come in battle, and yielded to their subjection, made a second resistance ” (See E .cyclo paj iia Britanuica.) The Gauls, the Spaniards, the Britons and other conquered nations could bsrebellious against Rome, but riot the Romans. All Romans thought that they were compo nent parts of their government. That govern ment could be divided iato hostile fragments, but it was not understood in those days how a fraction of sovereignty could be rebellious against the other fractions. We heal of rebel lious sous, because of the natural allegiance claimed by a father, but we never hear of re bellious brothers. The Italian republics of the Mediae,val ages were as sparing of the word rebel as their illustrious predecessors. Well! When the Greeks could not be rebels against Greeks, Romans agamst Romans, Italians against Italians, we have precedents lor saying that Americans pitted against Americans should net bo so fond of stigmatizing their brothers as rebels. Os course, Ido not mean to maintain that, legally speaking, Americans, in their individuality, cannot bo rebels under our institutions, and ought not to be pro claimed and trsated as such on proper occa sions.' ’ CAPTURED PROPERTY. In tho House, on the 9th, Thaddeus Stevens offered the following : Whereas, by the several acts of Congress of the sth of July and 6th of August, 1861, it is enacted that all property of citizens of insur rectionary States, found in said States, or in transit between said States, or in any section oi the same, either by land or water ; and all vessels found at sea, belonging either in whole or ia part to citizens of the insurrectionary States ; and all property, wherever situated, which may have been used or ia any way dis posed of sa aid of rebellion, should, when cap tured, bo forfeited, and the proceeds thereof paid into the Treasury of the United States ; and_ Wno'cae, The President, by his proclamation of the 16'h of August, 1861, enjoined upon all naval qdJ military officers of the United States to be diligent in the capture of such properly for the United States ; and Whereas, Large captures of such property, the proceeds whereof amount to several million dollars, have been made by naval and milita ry officers, and are claimed by them for their own benefit, and not for the benefit of the gen eral treasury of the United States ; and Whereas, Such officers have been, and are, taking measures, through the admiralty courts of tbe United States, to have such property condemued and adjudged to their own use, and that of the naval pension fund, and not to the use of the genera! treasury of the United States, so that said fund already amounts to more than $lO 000,000—a like amount having been distributed to the captors—the interest of which is more than double the sum required for the naviil pension fnn i ; and Whereas, The question is now pending be fore the Supreme Court whether such property so captured should be forfeited to the United States or for the b-uc-fit of the captors, which question cannot, because of tho press of busi ness in said court, be heard and determined until the next term thereof, to be held in Da cember next; and, Whereas, Before such determination in the Supreme Court, there is danger that the major part of said property may be distributed to captors to the detriment of the general treasury of the United States ; therefore, ResoWed, That in the opinion of this House, tbe Sec;etary of the Treasury-boold be, and her by i , requested to withhold from distri bution all the proceeds of the captured prop ertr above described to any of the captors or claimants under said captures, until such questions may be determined by the Supreme teourt, and that the Secretary of the Treasury be further requested to taka such means, as in his judgment may seem proper, to have the claims of the United States in such cases fully heard ia the adjudication of questions arising under su< h captures ; and that the Secretary i A the Treasury be requested to make a report to this House of the several amounts claimed by the effioers of the army and navy from the receipts of tuch property. Laid over under tire rules. The Lagrange Reporter says W. J. Nance, of Troup county, shot a grey eagle a few days ago, which mr-a ured seven feet and one inch Hum tip to tip of the wing, seven inches from tip to tip of tha talons extended, three inches irom tip to tip of the beaks extended, and weighing ten pounds. John B. Peek, Esq., has been appointed Master of Transportation on the Western & Atlantic Railroad. METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE. Conference met yesterday according to ad journment, Bishop Andrew presiding. Dr. Lovick Fierce, delegate from the Georgia Conference, was introduced to the body. Bishop Andrew addressed ihe Conference on tbo proprieties of debate. Mr. Rush offered a resolution, asking the secular papers of the whole country to publish the address of the Bishops, A memorial by Dr. Lee, relating to the boundary lino between th% Virginia Confer ence aud the Baltimore Conference, was read and referred to the Committee on Boundaries. Bishop Pierce iu the chair. Resolutions of the South Carolina Confer ence, relating to the preparation of a cate chism and book ot dectriues : real and refer red to Committee on Changes. Other resolu tions from earno Conference, askiug the exten siou ot the pastoral term iu Charleston—read and referred to Uemmittea on Changes. Another resolution from same Conferences : read aud referred to Committee ou Changes. A memorial lrom Georgia Conference, ask ing the consent of tho General Coufereuca to a plan lor monthly meetings : read aud re ferred to Commit!ee ou Changes. A memorial from same Conference relating to statistics : read and referred to Committee on Changes. A memorial from Mobile Conference, rela« ting to changes ia class meetings, to the recep tion of members into the Church ; also u> the proprie y of electing a Bishop for each Conference ; also removing the restrictions on the appointing power : read aud referred to Committee on Changes. A memorial liom the Mississippi Conference, on Cabbath Schools, was referred to the Com mittee on babhath Schools A memorial, relating to the lay delegation, was read and referred to the Committee on Changes The early part of the morning session was taken up with the call and reception of memo rials, petitions aud resolutions from the diffe rent Annual Conferences relating to changes in the discipline and ceremony of the Church The President called for appeals. The roil of the Conferences was called. No appeals were reported. Among the proceedings cf theConfereno 3 . on J Satuidiy last, was tile consideration of a tela- I gram from the Now Yoik East Annual Can- * ference, sitting at Brooklyn, proposing a union \ between the two Conferences, on Sunday, the i Bth, “ spiritual prayer, both in private and jj public congregations, for the peace and unity j of heart ot our common country, and for the I restoration of Christian sympathy aud love | between the Churches, especially between the j different branches of Methodists, within this i nation.” Rev. Dr Wightman, of Mobile, offered reso» ! lutions accepting this fraternal proposition. Rev. Dr. Lee, ol Va , took grcuqd against it. , He expressed a fear that it might come in such . a guise, under such circumstances, aud have ' such ideas au i associations connected with it, ; that it is an expression of the spirit of nature ■to revolt at the proposition of praying. And ' ; yet, unless he would seem to be oxpesad to praying, he said he must do it, or stand chaiged with refusing to uuite with somebody in praying. My position, said Dr. Lee, may 00 singular-1 feel that if ia. It may be the soundest policy that we could adopt to unite with that body in praying. It may bo the keenest policy that they could nave adopted to make such a proposition to us. There may bo policy in it. Ido not know bow 10 receive it. as simple, pure, unsophisticated honesty. I am not opposed to piaying on any subject, at any time, and anywhere. ibis hd to a protracted debate, in which Rev. Messrs. Jones, ol Mississippi, Marshall, of Mississippi, Emith, of Virginia, Deems, of North Carolina, and Sehon, of Kentucky, par ticipated. The Rev. Dr. Lee, at the close, found himself opposed by all wito took took, part in the discussion. Though a ihiring to the principles which lay at the foundation of j the difference between the Northern and Southern Methodist Churcnes, the iperkers i could see in this proposition nothing to find ; fault with. Had it come from the body cf ; the Noi them Church, considering its relative! position to the Southern, the case might be dis- I fsrent ; but. on the contrary, it was viewed s a [ proposition from tho Erst New York Confer- i ence that commits itself by that act to declare j sympatny with Soutnern Methodists ; and to * such a proposition the answer should not be ! ‘ Nay.” Rnv. Dr. Lee did not insist on his objections and the result was the unanimous adoption of Dr. Wightman’s resolution, and the following telegram was dispatched ia response to that of the New Yo’k East Conference : Rev. John W. Woodruff, Secretary New Yoik Conference, Btooklyn, N. Y. : I am instructed by the Gene-al Conference to acknowledge the reception of the communi cation of the New York East Conference to the General Conletence, and to forward to you the accompanying response to the proposal of your Conference. Very respectfully 'i nos. O. Summers, See'y Gon. Con. M. E. Church South Cons- Room, New Orleans, La , April 7, 1866. Resolutions relating to the ordination of local preacheis were referred to the Committee on Changes and the Committee on Educa tion. A resolution empowering tho Bshopj to change the place of holding the General Con ference when nocess try, referred to the Com mittee on Revisafs. Dr. W A. Smith offered a resolution rela ting to the partial veto power conterred on the Bishops in the General Conference of 1864. The resolution rtquires the Bishops to sub mit the rule to the several Annual Confer ences for their concurrence. The resoiution was referred pending the decision of the Bishops. The Conference adj iurn- and until this morn.- ing, at 10 o'clock—Acmj Orleans Orescent, April 10th. Xmi obtant Decision. — The following case, which came off at the April term of Suinter Superior Court, before His Honor, Alex. M. Speer, will be road with unusual interest The points decided, are such as to affect thousands of our c tizens, and gives, on that account, a prominence to Ibis decision beyond that which usually attaches to a decision of the Circuit Courts. Wc understand that tho case will go up to the Supreme Court : James W. Armstrong vs. Columbus W. Hand —Complaint on notes for valuo of three ne groes, sold in 1860, Piea, failure of considera tion. and breach of covenant, etc. In Sumter Superior Court, April Term, 1866. Col Joseph Armsirong aad Gen. Howell Cobb representing the plaintiff, Messis. Hawkins and McKay for defendants. The facta are briefly these : Armstrong, plaintiff, on the 9ih of" January, 1860, sold three negroes to defendants, for a given turn, and took their notes for tho same, and now sues upon these notes Plaintiff warranted titles, that they were slaves for life. The de fendants plead failure of consideration and breach of covenant of warranty, by the obo lifion of slavery. The Court herd the covenant oaly warranted the title and status of the slaves, aa tha law then stood, and that the acts of the Govern ment abolishing slavery, repealed the coven ant. The plaintiff was, therefore, entitled to recover the notes sued upon. —Macon Messen ger. WASHINGTON ON BIT. The President La3 approved and signed the deficiency appropriation bill- Among the items are the following : To enable tue L’ght House Beard to re-estabi’sh lights and other aids to navigation discontinued by the enemy on the Southern coast, SIOO 000; for refurnishing and repairing the President’s house, $46,000, in addition to SBO,OOO for lepairing it in-ida and out; for defraying the expenses Incident to the death and burial of Abraham L'ocoln, $300,- 000; for the purchase of Ford’s Theatre, the scene of the assassination, SIOO,OOO. The Pres'dent has proclaimed a treaty made between the United States and Winnebago In dians. The tribe convey to the Government all the rights, title and interest ia their present reservation in the territory of Dakota. In con? sideration of 'his the United States cede land to them in Nebraska, and agree to subsist them for one year in their new home, and furnish them with saw and grist mi He, agricultural im plements, guns, horses and whatever may be necessary to their domestic comfort, FOREIGN. AtttUVAT, OF THE Bb! GUN— THE AtNTRC-PRUS SIAN Difficulty ; War Almost Inevitable —Bishop Colenso Beos Lkavs to Insist— The Jamaica Investigation. Portland, April 10.—France,—Tho third sitting of the Conference on tho Danubiau principalities was held on the 28th tilt Tim Paris bourse closed flat on the 2Stfc, at 68f, 30c. Austria and Prussia German journals con* tiuue to discuss with keen interest the proba bility of a war between Austria and Prussia. Nothing has yet transpired to throw any, U s ht upon the eventful is-ue of the quarrel. The London Morning Post of the 29th, says that the position of effaprs every day becomes more critical. Id Berlin the language of tho press, by eviefeat declaration or the Govern meut, is warlike, aud great military prepara j - lions aro being mado everywhere throughout tfce Kingdom. Iu Austria tfce Government is also taking maisuies in anticipation of the coming struggle. The Post thinks Count Bismark is not likely to fail, when the chances 01 accomplit-hing bis object are ia his favor. Prussia has forwarded a [circular dispatch to tho minor German States, laying stress on the impracticability of the appeal to the Federal Diet to still the present cocilict. The dispatch further points out Ihe necessity of the various States taking up a definite position, o« one side or tho other, in tho struggle which the ai moments of Austria seem to render more and moro imminent. Tho dispatch accuses Austria of having vio lated the convention of August iu assuming a threatening attitude. It expresses a doubt as to the power of the Confederate States to carry out their good intentions towards Prussia in the islative state ol a federal military organi zitioa, and points out tho necessity which has arisen for introducing reform into the present system. The dispatch concludes as tollows : “It is urgent for Prussia to know if, and to what extent, she may rely upon your assistance in case she should be attacked by Austria, or driven into war by unmistakable me nace.” Toe Berlin journals represent that the Aus trian Armaments are very exteusive; anil some of them admit, ia view of Austrian prepaia tiious, that orders may have been given by Prussia to make such military preparations as may be indispensable Vienna advices assert that Austria has de termined to put an end to the provisional state ot affairs in the Duchies, and, if necessary, will propose that the question be referred to a European Congress. The Independence Bsice, of the 29th, pub lishes intelligence from Weimar, according to which the King of Prussia gave his consent ou the 27th to a certain military arrangement which, although only of a pre iminary nature, indicate that war is inevitable. The Post says v?e enter upon the Easter holi ' days under tho me it unfavorable circumstan ces. The Austria-Prnssian difficulties < xcite great attention, and the bears are talcing great advantage of the unsatisfactory opposition to depress tho prices as far as possible Dr. Goienso ban intimated Ids intention to maintain his legal right as colonial bishop, and to force his demand against tfce colonial birih ! oprick’s fund, from which his salary is pakL— j Suit will ba heard at next term, i The Royal Commissioners were bringing tho • investigation to a close, and expected to. leave J for England. The most important evidence j obtained during the last fortnight had been ! respecting tho extent of the Jamaica rebellion, j and bow ar Gov. Eyre was justified in the as '• sertiou that the conspiracy was general. Gov. ; Eyie based his opinion on a multitude of evi ; rience, both oral and documentary, which ho \ said he received from custodians and other | gentlemen of property and influenca iu the country; but, strange to eay, his Excellency, [ when called upon, was unable to produce the i documentary evidence, aud had altogether for gotten from whom the oral evidence had been . obtained. $ Among tho witnesses examined 86 to tho means employed for the suppression of tho rebellion were Gen. O’Connor, Coi Wilson, Lieut. Brandt and Provost Marshal Ramsay.— Mr. Ramsay has been arrested on the charge of murder. An address of loyalty hss been presented to his Excellency from over five thousand perrons, chiefly blacks, deprecating the massacre at Mo rant Bay and deploring the means employed to suppress the rebell on. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Sboek, for some time editor of the Banner of 1 Peace, published at Nashville died in that city j a few days ago. He was distinguished as a minister ot tbe gospel for more than forty years. His soul entered into the great causa ha espoused in his youth, and success was hia reward. A society has bean formed ia Paris for tho puiposo of preparing anew and complete trans lation of the Scriptures, In order to insure impartiality the task will be confined to learn ed men of the Roman Catholic, Protestant aui Jewish religions. Bishop Atkinson, an eminent divine was taken suddenly iil in Wilmington, N. C«. on the sth. At last accounts he was much better, though he will be temporarily prevented from tiding his appointments. ‘‘thank God that I have got my hat back from this congregation!” said a dti appointed clergyman, turning it upside down, when it was returned empty to him at the close of a contribution. The annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Tennessee wi i meet at Bolivar on the 16th of May. In a circular to tbe clergy, Bishop Q rinfard requests that the parochial reports should embrace, not simply the present numerical strength of the parishes, but their hi tory in full tines the ad journment ot the convention in Sommer ville, 1861. Anew version of fho New Testament, undos- Cathoiic auspices, has been issued' in Qii"We. The translation in made from the Latin. Vul gate, end, with the notes an i commentaries appended, makes a volume of 800 pages The whole number of American foie-gu mis sionary societies is sixteen, having under their cha.ge 2,388 missionaries, native preachers, etc,, 54,000 church members, 22 000 pupils, and receipts amounting to $1,100,000, In G v eat Britain there are twea y missionary so cieties ; 5 216 missionaries, native preachers, etc. ; 185 090 members ; 201 000 pulpiia, and receipts amounting to $3 094,100 Oo the continent of Europe there are twelve societies, of which six are in Germany. They have eigi.t hundred and eleven missionaries, etc., 79,000 church members, and $2670 000 receipts lotai Protestant missionary associations, fifty-eight; missionaries and native helpers, 9 148 ; church members, 515,000 ; pupils, 225 000 ; receipts, $1,481,000. ibis is exclusive of miner mis sionary efforts, undertaken, as on various Pa c ficislands, by converts from among heuth ns, lor the benefit cf other and still more de graded tribes. mu Koran.— The Koran is written in Arabic-, of such purity that this fact is cited as one of tbe principal proofs of the inspiration oi the bock. The Koran has hitherto always been in manuscript—it would have been regarded a3 sacrilege to translate it or even to print it. Its words and letters are considered sacred, and coming from the hand of God, and for man to put on others in their place would hitherto have been considered the height of audacity. A Turkish translation has, however, been male, but religious prejudices are so strong that no oue has ventured to use it. Notwithstanding the opposition of the Korano latcrs, who cried cut that it was the height of blasphemy to put the words of the Most High in the same printing-press as tn i blasphemies of the unbeliever, the Tutkish government has just printed a translation at the printing press of the Padiicha, and a c py has been presented to the Sultan. The government intend io cir culate this translation as widely as possible. The following named gentlemen r-presnt the Georgia Conference at New Orleans:* Episcopacy. John W Gleea; Itiaaraacy, Biimuei Anthony ; Bocks and Periodicals, Jo soph P. Key ; Boundaries, W. J. parks ; Mis sions, W. H Potter ; Hevtsals, E 11. Myers ; bun!ay Hc-oote, W, M. Urumley ; Education, A. T. Mann ; Ctdcred People, Jonns E Evans. “The Southern Georgian” is a paper just started at Rainhridgs or rather it is anew series of the old paper of that name. W. H. Hooker and G. A. Padrick, Proprietors ; $3, per annum in advance,