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OLD SERIES, VOL. L V. (Chronicle & J>extinct. IIENBY MOORE, A. It. WRIGHT. TEIt.MS OK NLBKCRIPTION. WEEKLY. ft m'.nth* 75 6 uioiiUut 1 50 1 yinr 5 00 J. R. W. JOHNSTON , Buninew Manager. A. I til rSTA, : VVKIISKSDAV, MOKM.Mi, AIGIST *2. The Convention Movement. •I udging from the tone of the Southern press, and the utterances of individual opinion which reach us from every quar ter, tire (>xupoaitjytt_ s yt. , _ the L'ongcivativc Union men of the "North to hold aUonvcn tion at Philadelphia, to wliich the friends of Constitutional Government, from all sections, are invited, meets with a degree of approval never extended to a mere par ty movement. Were the objects of the Convention, and the conditions of member ship in it more thoroughly understood, we believe opposition to it would sink into in significance. Ihe fact that the call originated with tlio members of a certain political club, led to the impression—by no means legitimate (hat the principles which governed the Club were to he incorporated into the tenets of the Convention, and that none hut those who could take the iron-clad oath would he admitted to seats. When it was shown, by tin; most unquestioned authori ty, that every white citizen of the South, whether he fought m the (Confederate rallies tor not,, if he accept* the, results of the war m good faith, and is willing to maintain, the union and harmony of the entire country, with the rights of each individual and of each State guaranteed and fully protected under the Union of our fathers, is entitled to, and is expected to he represented ; it was believed thatall reason for objection, on the score of the complex ion of the Convention had been removed. A number of influential journals withdrew all opposition, and several came up earn estly to the support of the Convention. Mot a few still persist in their original op position, arguing that we have no voice in the government, and hence it is in had taste to mingle in political agitation. Some base their ground of opposition on the charge that it is a party movement, and prefer to let political fanaticism and ultra ism run their length, rather than attempt to measure arms with them. They “wish to stand non-committal to all policies, platforms, parties, and principles, until we are admitted to our rights as States.” \\ bile it is true that a voice in the gov ernment is denied us, and that wo aro out of the Union so far as the rights and ad vantages of representation are concerned we are constantly reminded that we are in the Union so far as relates to hearing a lull share of the expenses of the government; and we cannot admit that it is good policy to submit without a murmur or an effort for relief, to the burdens of taxation with out representation. The Radicals have such a clear working majority in Congress as to render the friends of Constitutional liberty powerless. We agree with a cotemporary that without renewed energy on the part of Resident Johnsons supporters at the Worth, coupled with extraordinary discretion on the part of the. people, of the South, the policy of Con gress will inevitably succeed. Their suc cess is the utter ruin of the South. It can not he denied that our friends at the North would gather strength under the assurance of sympathy and eo-operation irom the States seeking reconstruction. We have no voice in the public counsels, and little chance to impress the people of the North with a correct idea of the spirit a,id temper of our people. It’ we continue to keep silent, we but confirm the impression already made that we are still sullen, deliaut and rebellious. This impression weakens our friends, and affords capital to 'our enemies. The ut terances against the Convention have been seized upon in this very spirit by the Radi cals who iind it easy to keep up the false impression in reference to the sentiments of our people. If that impression were removed, and the people of the North could know that the Southern people are sincere in their allegiance to the govern ment. and to constitutional principles, we believe the Radical party would soon lose its power for mischief. Thousands of the good and true men of the North will be in attendance at the Philadelphia Conven tion. We cannot doubt that it we send true and able men to meet them, much will be done to dispell this popular ignorance, and to promote a spirit of re conciliation. It is not as a nucleus for tlie formation of a party, that we attach importance to this Convention. Nor is it as a tender of sympathy and support to the President, to whom we owe so much for his manly strug gle against fanaticism. It has a higher mission, and a deeper significance. It is as a gathering of the best people—the rep resentative people of two sections lately at war. but now earnestly seeking peace that we attach great importance to the as semblage. and feel the highest interest in its success. Manufacturing. —The citizens ofa por- ; tion of Macon county, Ala., recently met at Aultorn, for the purpose of organizing a Cotton Factory Company. Judge Kellum was called to the chair, and R. Y. Jones appointed Secretary. Campbell lvaiford. Esc,., and Colonel \Y. 11. Fitts and Dr. O. W. Stewart, addressed the meeting in stirring appeals to the people to arouse from their lethargy, put their shoulders to the wheel, and move forward in the de velopment ol the resources of the county. Colonel t\ . 11. Fitts was appointed agent to open books ot subscription. Macon county, besides being the best cotton-growing county in Alabama, has abundant water power, and a population nowhere surpassed for intelligence and energv. The Issue. • Skeptical as to the “good to be accom plished, but evidently desirous in case of success not to be in antagonism, our es teemed neighbor labors assiduously and anxiously to instruct somebody u,s to what should be done, and how to do it, in the matter of Delegates and Platforms, now and hereafter for all Conventions—Prima ry, District and National. Rut in the midst of bis sage advice, he discovers great oppression, as from nightmare, or as one walking blindly in the dark. The Congressional Iron-clad Test Oath, which a Radical majority has made for their own mere party purposes, stands like a spectre before his.eyes, whichever way he turns. It will not down at his bidding. It is the Nemesis of his thoughts. The ghost of Kanquo never disturbed Macbeth moro than this has disturbed our sensitive con frere. We assure him that the Conven tion is npt a Radical Congressional ma jority. lie cries “aye! but there's the Black Republicans!” Wc affirm that it is simply a conference of all who will support the policy of the President, now. He says, “ Look at the Call! Look at the Platform ! The Platform is made!” We point to the endorsement of Call and Platform, and the strong appeal of the Democrats of Con gress, signed by Reverdy Johnston and others. He assumes the oracle —“Well, well, and we know, and we would if wc could.” Mr. Seward writes a letter in fa vor of meeting all “loyal” to the Constitu tion and Laws, having previously said, there is nothing more to be done; the States ought to be represented in Congress as speedily as possibly. Our brother cries out “Loyalty! Loyalty!” and straightway dives down into the great deep of the past to pluck up drown’d honor by the locks, and asks “Where is Pendleton and Vor hccs ?’ ’ But Voorhces makes a speech and says ho endorses the Convention and its object; and Pendleton is chosen a Delegate. Our brother contemplates the Virginia resolu tions ; and having said oracularly—“if ’ tis done, when ’tis done—it were well it were done ala Constitutionalist and casting aside the vestments of the Delphic Priest assumes the speech of the petty gamester —“Heads I win—tails you lose.” The single issue presented for the con sideration of the Southern people, is will you sustain the President’s policy ? The President has distinctly and emphatically announced in favor of the prompt admis sion of the Constitutional Representatives of the South. This Radical majority oppose this policy, and seek to impose conditions precedent, to wit: the ratification of anew amendment as a test of “loyalty.” The Radicals in Congress and out of Congress, by political harangues ami by the press, con stantly affirm that the South is insincere in its allegiance, and endeavor to inflame the Northern mind by predictions that South ern representatives, if invested with power, will perfidiously plot ruin from revenge. To permit such allegations to remain un contradieted, to keep silent, is to strengthen the hands of our enemies, and weaken the influence of conservatives friendly to consti tutional representation. It, therefore, be comes the duty, r.s it is the acknowledged interest of all who are in favor of sustain ing the President in his patriotic efforts to secure tlo immediate representation ol the people of the South in the halls of the National Legislature, and their full, free and perfect enjoyment of all the rights and privileges guaranteed to them by the Con stitution of the United States, to co-ope rate by conventions and in every other proper way, with all persons and parties without regard to antecedents, and this is all the people are asked to do. A Grave Charge. The Constitutionalist, on yesterday, in alluding to the Philadelphia Convention, says: “By devices well known to party, it lias been made to appear that this State is al most unanimous in favor of a representa tion in this Convention.” By “device,” in the above sentence, our cotemporary evidently means scheme, or artifice, which, Webster says, is usually employed for bad purposes. The sense conveyed, in connection with “party,” is one of reproach, and, as applied to old par ties, may be very appropriate. Our neigh bor is experienced »u party drill, or, if tlie term suits him better, devices —and in other days acquired some eminence as a party organ. He is welcome to cast as many reflections, as seem good unto him, upon the record of his party or his party record, but we demur to tlie application of any of his censorious adjectives to the Philadel phia Convention movement. It is in no sense a movement of party, nor is there any evidence that it is destined to eventu ate in a party organization. Parties arc dead at the South, and all, save the Radi cal conglomerate, are powerless at the North. The grand object of the Philadelphia Convention, as we understand it, is a frater nal counsel with the friends of a Constitu tional Union Republicans and Demo crats —and the defeat of those who now stand iu the way of its reconstruction. Is there not something in such a purpose more exalted than mere party interest? On the contrary, we see the patriotic friends of the Constitution at the North abandoning party affiliations that have re warded them with high honors, for the [•purpose of aiding in the exalted purposes contemplated by the Convention. We shall be glad to be informed what “party devices” have been used in this State, that could have created the impres sion of unanimity which evidently so troubles the Constitutionalist. Are its friends signifying their disapprobation? Are its subscribers protesting agaiust a course which leaves that paper almost alone among its old allies ? Such are not the necessary “devices,'’ of party, of which our honored eotemporary complains. They may be the utterances of the popular will —the “still small voice” which makes and unmakes party, and controls the destiny of events and of newspapers ,• but it is most unjust to impute the singular favor with which the movement for a Constitutional ! Union Convention has been received by ! the people of the South, to “the devices well known to party. There has been no time, and no effort, if there were time, to put the old 1 'devices of party drill into exercise to make de monstrations in favor of the Convention. On the contrary, few meetings have yet been held, and at this busy season of the year, it is not expected that those that arc held will be largely attended. The people are as sick of mere party, and party devices as our coternporary pretends to be —they feel that ..corrupt parties aye responsible for the ills that now besot us ; but they do not propose on that account to sink into incivism, and abandon the country to the spoilers who now control its destinies. They propose to cling to the Constitution as the ark of and hope, un der its protection, to carry consternation and dismay into the ranks of all parties arrayed against it. We regret that our cotemporary has so little of argument to present against the Convention movement, as to feel justified in depreciating the earnest good faith oi those who favor it. I’uhli e Meeting. Pursuant to a call published in the city papers, a large number of the citizens of Richmond county assembled at the City Hall last evening, for the purpose of ap pointing delegates to the District Conven tion, to be held in this city on Saturday the 28th inst, to elect delegates from the Fifth Congressional District of Georgia to the Convention to be held at Philadelphia August 14th. On motion of Hon. Wm. Gibson, the following named gentlemen were appointed officers of the meeting. president : JAMfiJS T. BOTH WELL. VICE PRESIDENTS : Box. JOHN P. KING, HENRY MOORE, Esq., Huff. ROUT. 11. MAY, JAMES MILLER, Esq., Huff. FOSTER BLODGETT,CHARLES ESTES, Esq., Ohn. L. McI.AWS, W. 11. DAVISON. Esq.. Du. W. S. JONES, JAMES O. BAILIE, Esq., JOHN BONES, Esq.. JAMES W. DAVIES, Esq., JOSIAH SIBLEY, Esq.. Coi.. T. 1). CARSWELL, Jvikib JAS. B. BISHOP, SAMUEL LEVY. Esq., THOS. S. METCALF. Esq., Col. E. W. COLE. Oks. GEO. W. EVANS. Da. BENJ. F. HALL, lloff HENRY W HILLIARDJAMES A. GRAY, Esq. SECRETARIES .’ Col. CLAIBORNE SNEAD.J. R. W. JOHNSTON, Esq., PATRICK WALSH, Esq. Judge Bothwell, on taking the Chair addressed the meeting in a few chaste and eloquent remarks, explaining its object. Gen. A. R. Wright offered the following Preamble and Resolutions, and supported them in a brief and spirited speech : Our people having accepted in good faith the results of the late war, and feeling that an early restoration to Georgia of her con stitutional rights depends upon an earnest and cordial support of tlio wise and liberal policy of the President, Andrew Johnson, we deem it advisable and proper that there should be a Union of all conservative men and parties, North, South, East and West, to rescue the country from the control of Radicals and disunionists. lia it therefore Unsolved, That the pro posed convention of conservatives, to ho held at Philadelphia, on the 14th of August, having for its object the formation of a na tional Union party, and the early and com plete restoration'of the Union under the Constitution, meets with our hearty ap proval. Resolved, further, That this meeting ap point six delegates to represent Richmond county in the District Convention to lie held in this city on the 28th inst., for the purpose of selecting delegates to represent the fifth Congressional District in the Philadelphia Convention. On motion, the preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted. Repeated calls being made for Hon. H. W. Hilliard, he responded in a spirited and forcible speech. On motion, the following gentlemen were appointed a Committee for the purpose of nominating Delegates to the District Con vention : Wm. Gibson, George T. Barnes, T. R. Rhodes, Wm. C. Jones, John J,. Cohen, George Cooper, Joshua K. Evans, Alex. Phillip. The Committee on Nominations reported the following gentlemen as delegates : Dr. B. F. Hall, Gen. R. Y. Harris, Geo. T. Barnes, Foster Blodgett, Jas. T. Botilwell, Wm. Gibson. who were unanimously appointed. Hon. Wm. Gibson offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That as we have seen as yet no feasible plan suggested for the appoint ment of delegates for the State at large, wo respectfully suggest that each District Con vention propose four suitable persons, and the four persons receiving the endorsement of the largest number of District Conven tions, be appointed delegates to represent the State at large. Moved and adopted, that the Secretaries furnish each of the city papers with a copy of the proceedings, .with a request to pub lish them. Claiborne Snead, ] Pat’k Walsh, > Secretaries. J. R. W. Johnston. J The “Hub” Moving.—The Massa chusetts Democratic State Committee held a meeting on the 19th. at the Parker House, at which a resolution was adopted recom mending the assembling of a convention, of all persons friendly to the policy of the President upon tlie subject of the restoration of the States; for the purpose of selecting delegates at large and delegates from the several Congressionaldistricts to the Phila delphia Convention. It was also voted by the Committee, that the call be so worded as to embrace all who desire the Union, and the restoration of the States and the supremacy of the Constitution. The Taxes. —Although the revenue of the Government amounted to six hundred and twenty millions of dollars last year, says the New York Herald, thus largely exceeding the official estimates. Congress has not relieved the people of any portion of their income tax. Those who make more than si.V hundred dollars must still pay five per cent, tax on their excess. Even in tax-ridden England the income tax is reduced when the revenue is larger than the estimates. Don't Be In easy. "Hold your meetings, gentlemen, and elect your delegates, let them only assume to represent those who send ’em. — Consti tutionalist. Be not alarmed, neighbor, there is little danger that any who are elected as dele gates will wish to represent the forlorn hope of which you are the oracle. The Exposition building in Paris will be turned into an immense circus, like the Coliseum, after the show is over. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, ISfiG, Indian Affairs.—A special dispatch to the St. Louis Democrat, from St. Jo seph on the 20th, says that parties from the Plains represent the Indians massing for war, and old ranchmen say that as soon as the corn is ripe nearly ever tribe on the Plains will start on the war path. They are well armed and have plenty of am munition.. On the contrary, Colonel Taylor, Super intendent of Indian Affairs at Omaha, and President of the commission which recent ly held a council with the Indians at Fort Laramie, accompanied by General Thayer, United States Senator from Nebraska, and Mr. Paddock, Secretary of the Territory, arrived at St. Joseph Thursday, and im mediately left for Washington, Colonel Taylor claims to be perfectly satisfied with the treaty'made at Laramie, all reports to the contrary being circulated by parties who are interested in keeping up hostili ties. He expresses liis firm conviction th ,t if there is any trouble on the Plains it will be commenced by the whites. After Them.— Mr. Williams, the mem ber of the Legislature in Tennessee, who was arrested for non-attendance on the ses sions of the House has brought suit for false imprisonment, against those members of the House who authorized liis arrest. The damages are laid at $50,000. The Union says that on Wednesday, as the House was about to take a recess, Mr. W. C. Shaw, deputy sheriff, entered the Hall and served warrants on the following mem bers, commanding them to appear at the next term of the Circuit Court, to answer the charge of falsely imprisoning Mr. Wil liams: Messrs. Anderson, Arnell, Black man, Doughty, Fuson, Grimmett, Hudson, McNair, Mullins, Murphy, Norman, Pat ton, Raulston, Rodgers, Underwood, Waters, Walker, Wines, Woodcock and Woods. Warrants were also served on Captain Heydt and his deputy, Frame, for being the immediate agents in the arrest and im prisonment of Mr. Williams. ——*g> «e»« Mexican Affairs. —There is evidently something very important about to trans pire here, says a Washington dispatch of the 19th, about Mexican affairs. Secre tary Seward’s messenger has just returned from Now York, where he has been to see Gen. Ortega, with instructions from tie Secretary of State. He was dispatched with instructions to ask Gen. Ortega if. in the event of our Government recognizing him as the legal President of Mexico, and of forming a treaty with him, lie would consent to make Santa Anna Commander in-chief of the Mexican army. It is not known that the messenger saw Ortega, hut it lias not transpired what reply he made to the question. Trot Out Your Lions. “We have letters in our possession which justify us in saying that the lions of North ern Democracy—the straight-out, anti-war, copperhead Democracy, the only real friends we ever had there —have no idea of giving up their identity by a fusion with this sway-backed bantling. ’’ — Constitutionalist. We do not know who our neighbor con siders the lions of the Northern Democra cy. We have considered Voorhces, Val landigham, Fernando Wood, and men of that stripe, ‘ ‘some in a hear fight. ’ ’ If the Van Amburg of the Constitutionalist has the names of any better game in his pos session, we trust he will trot them out ! Cool. Not the weather—but the assurance of the Constitutionalist, which, after laboring for weeks to prevent the people from send ing delegates to Philadelphia, gravely prepares a set of resolutions to be present ed to the Convention, and Says : “We claim the right to mould it, so far as best we may, to our own purposes, sen timents, and desires.” We have no doubt our neighbor is good at moulding, hut we fear he will feel, “ —the silent stroke of mouldering age” before he will be accepted as the pilot of a ship which he has tried in vain to scuttle. The Character of the Cholera in New York. —The Commercial Advertiser says facts show conclusively that the chol era now raging in certain portions of the city is epidemic, pursuing its incipient steps, beginning in regions most favorably disposed for its development. The facts relative to the number of cases on Hart’s Island are deemed so appalling that pub licity is denied. Surgeon Calhoun, of that post, has died of the cholera. An able corps of physicians has been sent to the island, also to Governor’s Island. Bed-Bugs.—A correspondent of the Fayetteville Journal communicates to the public that as much sublimate of mercury as two ounces of first proof alcohol will dis solve will destroy those pests to human nature, bed-bugs, large and little, if applied to those places where they want to take shelter. For the credit as well as the com fort of our own humanity', let it be applied at once. The preparation costs but a trifle, and the receipt is "free gratis for nothing. ” Counterfeit Money in the South.— The Treasury Department has evidence that the South is Hooded with counterfeit national and financial currency notes. One of their detectives while on an official visit in one of the Southern cities, observed that an immense quantity of tins spurious money is circulating there among all classes, who with few exceptions, accept it as read idly as the genuine. Meeting in Fulton. —The Era contains a lengthy report of a meeting in Atlanta to appoint delegates to the District Conven tion to be held in Atlanta on the 28th. Ex-Gov. J. E. Brown was chosen as Chair man. and addressed the meeting at some length. Mai. J. H. Steele, Hon. Wm. Ezzard, and Hon. Bichard F. Lyon were chosen delegates to represent Fulton coun ty* M More Counterfeit Plates Captured. —The police made another capture, in New York, on Saturday of a large number of finely executed steel plates, two presses, dies, rollers, paper, bogus money, and four prisoners. The material taken amounts iu value to $50,000. Congressional. We present the following summary of the most important proceedings of Con gress on the 19th: In the Senate Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a reasonable com pensation to the persons he has employed for the purpose, and who have been actual ly engaged in collecting the revenue within the States in insurrection, notwithstanding the failure or inability of such persons to take the oath of office required by law. The bill for the relief of the sufferers by the Portland fire was called up. Mr. John son offered a substitute for tlie original bill, directing the tender of $50,000 in the name oi’ the Government of the United States to the sufferers by fire, to he used as may be-: deemed advisable. The _ bill created a running discussion on the right of Cohgresjjrto thus dispose of the public funds, anifw motiuu to refer it was lost.— It then passed—yeas 22, nays 18. The Ilouse bill to revive tlie grade of General was passed. The bill to reduce the rate of interest on the public debt, and for funding the same, passed, and was sent to the House. It is as follows : Re it enacted by the. Senate and House of Rejiresentatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That in lieu of the sinking fund contemplated by the fifth section of the act entitled “An act to authorize the issue of United States notes, and for the redemption or funding thereof, and for funding the floating debt of the United States,” approved February 25, A. D., 1862, there shall bo annually ap plied to the payment of the principal and interest of the public debt tlie sum of SIBO,- 000,000, which sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose out of any money not otherwise appropriated; and so much of said sum as is not required to pay tho accruing interest on said debt shall bo applied to the purchase or payment of such of the public debt as tlie Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time di rect. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, 'll vat for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of tlio Treasury to prepare for the. funding or payment of tlie outstanding Treasury notes bearing interest at the rate of seven and three-tenths per centum per annum, holders of such notes are hereby required to advise the Secretary of the Treasury, in sucli manner as lie may prescribe, at least four months before tlie maturity of such notes, whether they elect that such notes shall be paid at maturity or converted into bonds of the United States commonly desig nated as five-twenty bonds, and the right on the part of such'holders of converting such Treasury notes into bonds shall bo deemed and taken to be waived as to each and every note in relation to which notice shall be' given as above .prescribed, and the same shall be paid at maturity in law ful money of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all money received into the Treasury of the United States lor duties on imported goods, shall be specially set apart and ap plied to the purpose following to wit : First —To the payment of so much of the interest of the public debt as is payable in coin ; second—to tlie payment, as it matures, of the principal of the publiedebt; t hird—to the payment of such appropria tions of Congress as are required to be paid in coin. When the amount of coin in the Treasury exceeds $50,000,000, the excess shall be sold in open market, in the City of New York, for United States notes, un der sales to be prescribed by tlie Secretary of the tJJjqjjgiwry, anA tlio "notes received, therefor shall be canceled. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Ist day of January, An no Domini 1807, tlio lawful money to be held oil hand by the National Banking As sociations under tlie 31st section of the act entitled “An Act to provide a national cur rency secured by a pledge of United States bonus, and to provide for tlio circulation and redemption thereof,” approved Juno 3, 1804, shall not consist, in whole or in part, of interest-bearing notes or bonds. A resolution recognizing the Government of the State of Tennesse inaugurated under and by the Convention which assembled on the 9th day of January, A. D. 1865, at the city of Nashville, as the legitimate govern ment of the State, entitled to the guaran tees and all the other rights of a State Gov ernment under the Constitution of the United States, was ordered printed. Mr. Rridwell called up the motion to reconsider the vote, by which the Senate bill granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Cen tral Pacific Railroad in California to Port land, in Oregon was, on July 3, recommit ted to the Committee on Public Lands. The vote was reconsidered and the bill came up before the House for action, the question being on a substitute reported from the Committee on Public Lands. It authorizes the California and Oregon Railroad Company to locate and maintain a railroad and telegraph line between Port land, Oregon, and the Central Pacific Rail road in California, and grants each alter nate section of land, not mineral, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, ten on each side of the railroad. The first section of twenty miles is to be completed within two years, and at least twenty miles_ each year thereafter, the rail road to be of the same guage as the Cen tral Pacific Railroad of California, and to be connected therewith. The substitute was agreed to, and tlie bill l is amended passed. The resolution for the admission of Ten nessee was called up. Mr. Bhigham called up the motion to reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution concerning the State of Tennes see was on the stli of March referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. [Note. —This action was taken on ac count of intelligence having reached the House that the Legislature of Tennessee had ratified the Constitutional amendment, it being the purpose of Mr. Bingham to amend __the joint resolution by providing for the mifnediate representation of Tennes see in Congress.] The following is the dispatch of Gov. Brownlow announcing the action of the Tennessee Legislature in ratifying the amendment. Nashville, July 19, 1866. The battle is fought and won. The amendment is ratified by a vote of 43 to 11. Two of the President’s tools refused to vote. Give my compliments to the man at the White House. W. G. Brownlow.] Mr. Stevens moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. Mr. Lynch moved to adjourn, which was lost—Yeas, 59 ; Nays 69. The vote was then taken on the motion to lay the motion to reconsider on tlie table, and it was lost by a vote of 31 Yeas, against 91 Nays. Mr. Stevens moved to adjourn. Mr. Johnson insinuated that the dis patch about Tennessee was not genuine— it was not in Brownlow’s hand writing, for he always made his mark. [Laughter. ] Mr. Conkling inquired what the condi tion of tlie matter would be if the House should adjourn now. The Speaker said that tlie motion to reconsider would come up to-morrow aitm reacting the journal. Some members having asked unanimous consent to introduce resolutions, Mr. Eldridge declared that he would ob ject to everything out of order until the State of Tennessee was admitted. [Laugh ter.] Tlie House refused to adjourn 49 to 71. The House seconded the previous ques tion on the motion to reconsider, and again the motion to adjourn was made and reject i ed 47 to 68. _On all these votes the Democrats sided with that wing of the Republicans led by Mr. Bingham, as against the Stevens wing; and during most of the time an in formal caucus was being held to edit the amendment to be offered. The main question was offered to be put. Yeas, 66; Nays, 34; which was, Will the House reconsider the vote by which the joint resolution was committed to the com mittee on Reconstruction ? Mr. Bingham suggested that he would offer an amendment for the joint resolu tion, and let it be printed and come up to morrow. Mr. Ward inquired whether he would insist on a vote to-night. Mr. Bingham replied that he would not if his suggestion was agreed to, hut other wise lie would force the matter through to night. Mr. Stephens proposed ironically, that the House withdraw all further opposition, and surrender to the gentleman from Ohio. Mr. Price, resolutely. Not much ! [Laughter.] Mr. Johnson, referred to the consultation of members around Mr. Bingham’s desk, inquired whether that preamble had been sufficiently sugar coated to suit the majority. Mr. Bingham replied that that would depend upon the opinion of the House. Mr. Allison moved that the House ad journ, which was lost—Yeas 43, Nays 63. The vote recommitting the joint resolu tion was then reconsidered —Yeas 70, Nays 27. A SUBSTITUTE OFFERED. Mr. Bingham withdrew the motion to recommit, and offered the following as a substitute for the resolution: Whereas., The State of Tennessee has in good faith ratified the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, pro £3sed by the XXXIXth Congress to the egislaturc of the several States, and has shown otherwise to the satisfaction of Con gress, by proper spirit of obedience in the body of her people her return to her due allegiance to the? laws and authority of the United States ; therefore, he it Resolved, &c. , That the State of Ten nessee is hereby declared to bo restored to her former proper practical relations to the Union, and again entitled to be repre sented by Senators and Representatives in Congress, duly elected and qualified up on their taking the oaths of office required by the existing laws. Mr. Bingham moved the previous question, and then at 6 o’clock the House adjourned. Summerville Seminary Examination. Messrs. Editors; —There is, in Emanuel county, a “Number One” Institution of learning, bearing the above name, under the direction of Messrs. W. H. and J. J. Davis—the former a Baptist minister, the latter a regular-bred lawyer. The musical department is conducted by Miss M. N. Rhodes, of your county, who is a lady of the first rank, in every sense of the word. This Institution was once in full operation, previous to the war, under Mr. Richards, whose death, together with the effects of the war, broke it up. It was re-opened last February by the parties above named, under pretty nearly all possible disadvan tages, but, in spite of them all, it has been a decided success thus far. At the close of the session, which was last Tuesday, there were seventy-four pupils on the roll, notwithstanding the impoverished condition of the country. Before alluding to the examination, per mit me, for the love of the cause generally, and this place in particular, to set forth some of its claims for patronage. First of all, it is under the control of good and com petent instructors —men of high intellectual ability and literary attainments—both with large experience as teachers, both born and educated in Georgia, and, best of all, both Christians—the only kind of persons who should ever be allowed to teach children, according to my notions of such matters. And, again, Summerville is one of the healthiest sites in the State, being founded and built up solely on account of its sa lubrious air. In addition to thjp, it is away from every element but that for which it is now used —health and literature. _ It is in the midst of the pine-woods and wire grass peculiar to Emanuel county, and is convenient enough to the Central Railroad to reap all its benefits, without any of its annoyances. The public buildings arc ad mirably adapted to the purpose, and there is kept up an elegant Sabbath School, with Union books, and a union of teachers as to denomination. Though the teachers are both Baptists, it is not intended as a de nominational, but a literary Institution, with “the fear of God” as its motto. There is preaching nearly every Sabbath— sometimes by the Baptists, _ and sometimes by the Methodists. It is intended as both a Male and Female Seminary, and that, too, a permanent one. The teachers are not salaried servants, subject to the whims of a Board of Trustees, but have charge of the property and conduct the school upon their own responsibility, which I regard as the best plan to carry on such an institution with success. Their process of instruction is analytical and thorough ; their discipline is positive, but mild, hu mane —such as is calculated to make the pupil feel a proper self-respect, and yet yield to law and order. They do not ignore the rod, but hold it in reserve as the der nier resort. But to conclude upon its claims, I regard it well adapted to answer all the ends aimed at. As previously intimated, the examina tion has just passed off: and I think every one who witnessed it will agree that its re sults more than sustain its claim, as above set forth. The Examining Board have very likely presented you their report for publication, so that it is needless to par ticularize. It was opened with a sermon on Sabbath by the senior teacher, and con tinued till Tuesday: _ and everything was done “decently and in order.” The ser mon, though an impromptu one, was co herent, instructive, and applicable. The examination of the classes was entirely satisfactory, and as thorough as the time appropriated would allow. The evening exercises, which consisted of declamation, composition, tableaux, and music, were highly interesting, and the young people acquitted themselves very creditably. Boot. Falagant, Esq., of Savannah, delivered the literary address at the close of the exami nation, and an elegant address it was, too. It was pithy in some parts, glowing m others, and beautiful altogether, and de livered in a very chaste and impressive manner. Though not acquainted with him previous to this occasion, I predict for nun a successful career in his profession, due Seminary will be opened again the 3d Mon day in August, and such as desire to put their children at a school like the one 1 have described, will do well to seek out Summerville Seminary. It is located seven miles from Station 9j, Central Railroad. I will add that I have no interest in the school or its property have no children old enough to go, and am m no way related to the teachers —hence 1 have been induced to say this much for the Seminary through no personal or interested motive. Our crops are destined to be extremely short —will not be over half a yield. Our citizens are keen for the Philadelphia Con vention, but, as yet,, we know of no move to elect delegates in our District. It cer tainly promises some good, and can do us no harm. Then, by all means, let us be represented by our best men. Romeo. NEW SERIES, VOL. XXV. NO. 33. The New Freed men’s Bureau Law. The following is a copy of the new Freed men’s Bureau hill which has just passed Congress, over the President’s veto : An Act to continue in force and to amend “An Act to establish a Bureau for the relief of Freedmen and Refugees,” and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act to establish a bureau for the relief of freedmen and refugees, approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, shall continue in force for the term of two years from and after the passage of this act. Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the supervision and "care of said bureau shall extend to all loyal refugees and freed men, so far as the same shall he necessary to enable them as speedily as practical to become self-supporting citizens of the Unit ed States, and to aid them in making the freedom conferred by proclamation of the cammander-iu-chief, by.omaU'iination un- der the laws of the States, and by const!-' tutional amendment, available to them and beneficial to the Republic. Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted, That the President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint two assistant commissioners, in addition to those authorized by the act to which this is an amendment, who shall give like bon is and receive the same annual salaries pro vided in said act, and each of the assistant commissioners of the bureau shall have charge of one district containing such refugees and freedmen, to be assigned him by the Commissioner, with the approval of the President. And the Commissioner shall, under the direction of the President, and so far as the same shall be, in his judgment necessary for the efficient and economical administration of the affairs of the bureau, appoint such agents, clerks and assistants as may be required for the proper conduct of the bureau. Military officers or enlisted men may be detailed for service and assigned to duty under this act; and the President may, if in his judgment safe and judicious to do so, de tail from the army all the officers and agents of this bureau ; hut no officer so assigned shall have increase of pay or allowances. Each agent or clerk, not heretofore au thorized by law, not being a military offi cer, shall have an annual salary of not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than twelve hundred dollars, according to the service required of him. And it shall be the duty of the Commissioner, when it cau lie done consistently with public interest, to appoint, as assistant commissioners, agents, and clerks, such men as have proved their loyalty by faithful service in the ar mies of the Union during the rebellion. — And all persons appointed to service under this act, and the act to which this is an amendment, shall be so far deemed in the military service of the United States as to be under the military jurisdiction and enti tled to the military protection of the Gov ernment while in discharge of the duties of their office. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That officers of the Veteran Reserve corps or of the volunteer service, now on duty in the Freedmen’s Bureau as assistant commis sioners, agents, medical officers, or in oth er capacities, whose regiments or corps have been or may hereafter be mustered out of service, may be retained upon such duty as officers of said bureau, with the same compensation as is now provided by law for their respective grades; and tlie Secretary of War shall have power to fill vacancies until. other officers can be de tailed in their places without detriment to the public service. ■ Sec, 5. And be it further enacted, That the second section of the act to which this is an amendment shall be deemed to au thorize the Secretary of War to issue such medical stores or other aid as may be need ful for tlie purposes named in said section: Proivded, that no person shall be deemed “destitute,” “suffering,” or “dependent upon the Government for support, ’ ’ with in the meaning of this act, rvho is able _to find employment, and could, by proper in dustry or exertion, avoid such destitution, suffering or dependence. Sec. 0. Whereas, by the provisions of an act approved February sixth, eighteen hnn dred and sixty-three, entitled “An act. to amend an act entitled ‘An act for," tlie collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts within the United States, and for other purposes ‘approved June seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,” certain lauds in the parishes of Saint Helena and Saint Luke, South Carolina, were bid in by the United States at public tax sales, and by the limitation of said act the time of redemption of said lands lias expired ; and whereas, “in accordance with instruc tions issued by President Lincoln on the sixteenth day of September, eighteen hun dred and sixty-three, to the United States direct tax commissioners for South Caro lina, certain lauds bid in by the United States in the parish of Saint Helena, in said State, were in part sold by the said tax commissioners to ‘ ‘heads of families of the African race, ’ ’ in parcels of not more than twenty acres to each purchaser ; and whereas under the said instructions the said tax commissioners did also set apart as “school farms” certain parcels of land in said parish, numbered in their plats from one to thirty-three inclusive, making an aggregate of six thousand acres or less : Therefore be it further enacted,. That the sales made to “heads of families of the African race. ’ ’ under the instructions of President Lincoln to the United Staest direct tax commissioners for South Caro lina, of the date of September sixseenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, are hereby confirmed and established : and all leases which have been made _ to such “heads of families,” by said direct tax commissioners, shall be changed into cer tificates of sale in all cases wherein the lease provides for such contribution ; and all the lands not remaining unsold which come within the same designation, being eight thousand acres, more or less, shall be disposed of according to said lnstmc- Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That all other lands hid in by the United States at tax sales, being thirty : eight thousand acres, more or less, and now in the hands of the said tax commissioners tlie pro perty of the United States, in the parishesof Saint Helena and Saint Lake, accepting the “school farms.” as specified in the preceding section, and so much as may be necessary for military and naval purpose at Hilton Head, Bay Point, and Land’s End excepting also the city of Port Royal, on Saint Helena Island, and the town of Beaufort, shall be disposed of in parcels of twenty acres, at one dollar and fifty cents per acre, to such persons, and to such only, as have acquired, and are now occupying lands under and agreeably to the provis ions of General Sherman s special field or der dated at Savannah, Georgia, January sixieenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and the remaining lands, if any, siiai. be disposed of in like manner to such persons as had acquired lands agreeably to the said order of General Sherman, but who have been dispossessed by the restoration of the same owners: Provided, That the lands sold in compliance with the U this and the preceding section shall not be alienated by their purchasers within six years from and after the passage ot this UC Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the “school farms” in the parish of St. Helena, South Carolina, shall be sold, subject to any losses of the same, by the said tax commissioners, at public auction, on or before the first day of January, eigh teen hundred and sixty-seven, at not less than ten dollars per acre ; and the lots in the city of Port Royal, as lain down by the said tax commissioners, and tlie lots’ and houses in the town of Beaufort, which are still held in like manner, shall be sold at public auction ; and tlie proceeds of said sales, after paying expenses of the surveys and sales, shall be invested in United States bonds, the interest of which shall be appropriated, under the direction of the Commissioner, to the support of schools, without distinction of color or race, on the islands in the Parishes of St. Helena and St. Luke. Sec. 9. And be further enacted, That the assistant commissioners for South Carolina and Georgia are hereby authorized to examine the claims to land in their re spective States which are claimed under the provisions of General Sherman’s spe cial field order, and to give each person kaviug a vaM warrau.Wupou the direct tax commissioner? so? rsnftifh ftSW** lina for twenty acres of land, and the said direct tax commissioners shall issue to every person, or to his or her heirs, hut in no case to any assigns, presenting such warrant, a lease of twenty acres of land, as provided for in section seven, for the term of six years ; hut at any time thereafter, upon the payment of a sum not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per acre, the per son holding such lease shall he entitled to a certificate of sale, of said tract of twenty acres from the direct tax commissioner or such officer as may be authorized to issue the same ; but no warrant shall he held valid longer than two years after the issue of the same. Sec. 10. Andbeitfurther enacted, That the direct tax commissioners for South Carolina are hereby authorized and requir ed, at the earliest day practicable, to sur vey the lands designated in section seven into lots of twenty acres each, with proper metes and bounds distinctly marked, so that the several tracts shall be convenient in form, and as near as practicable liave an average of fertility and woodland; and the expense of such surveys shall be paid from the proceeds of the sales of said lands, or, if sooner required, out of any moneys re ceived for other lands on these islands, sold by the United States for taxes, and now in the hands of the direct tax commissioners. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That restoration of the lands now occupied by persons under Gen. Sherman’s special field order dated at Savannah, Georgia, January 16th, 1865, shall not be made un til after the crops of the present year shall have been gathered by the occupants of said lands, nor until a fair compensation shall have been made to them by the former owners of said lands, or their legal representatives, for all improvements or betterments erected or constructed thereon, and after due notice of the same being done shall have been given by the assistant commissioner. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners, shall have power to seize, Hold, use, lease, or sell all build ings and tenements, and any lands apper taining to the same, or otherwise, held under claim of title by the late so-called Confederate States, and any buildings or lands held in trust for the same by any person or persons, and to use the same or appropriate the proceeds derived there from to the education of the freed people ; and whenever the bureau shall cease to ex ist such of the late so-called Confederate States as shall have made provision for the education of their citizens, without distinc tion of color, shall receive the sum remain ing unexpended of such sales or rentals, which shall be distributed among said States for educational purposes in propor tion to their population. Sec. 13. And he it further enacted. That the Commissioners of this bureau shall at all times co-operate with private benevolent associations of citizens in aid of freedmen, and with agents and teachers, duly accredited and appointed by them, and shall hire or provide by lease buildings for purposes of education whenever sucli association shall, without cost to the Government, provide suitable teachers and means of instruction; and he shall furnish such protection as may be required for the safe conduct of such schools. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That in every State or district where the ordinary course of judicial proceedings has been interrupted by the rebellion, and until the same shall be fully restored, and in every State or district whose constitutional relations to the Government have been practically discontinued by the rebellion, and until such States shall have been duly represented in the Congress of the United States, the right to make and enforce con tracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to have full and equal benefits of all laws and proceedings concerning personal liberty, personal security, and the acquisition, en joyment, and disposition of estate, real and personal, including the constitutional right to bear arms, shall be secured to and enjoyed by all the citizens of such State or district without respect to race or color, or previous condition of slavery. And whenever in either of said States or districts the ordinary course of judicial pro ceedings has been interrupted by the re bellion, and until the same shall be fully restored, and until such State shall have been restored to its constitutional relations to the Government, and shall he duly rep resented in the Congress of the United States, the President shall, through the Commissioner and the officers of tlie bu reau, and under such rules and regulations as the I‘resident, through tlie Secretary of War, shall prescribe, extend military pro tection and have military jurisdiction over all cases and questions concerning the free enjoyments of such immunities and rights, and no penalty or punishment for any vio lation of law shall he imposed or avowed because of race or color, or previous con dition of slavery, other or greater than the penalty or punishment to which white per sons may lie liable by law for the like of fence. But the jurisdiction conferred by this section upon the officers of the bureau shall not exist in any .State where the or dinary course of judicial proceedings has not been interrupted by the rebellion, and shall cease in every State when tlie courts: of the State and the United States are not disturbed in the peaceable course (n jus tice, and after such State shall be iul'y re stored in its constitutional relations to the Government, and shall be duly represented in the Congress of the United States. Sec. J 5. And he it further enacted, i hat all officers, agents, and employees of this bureau, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take the oatli prescrilied in the first section of the act to which this is an amendment, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. The Catholic Convent, an extensive in stitution situated hack of the Ciifton House, in Canada, near Niagara Falls, was totally destroyed by fire recently. A negro man in Heard county recently obtained a license —through a third party —to marry a white woman, and the cere mony was performed by a Justice of the Peace, after the intended bride made affi davit that she had negro blood in her veins. 'The Grand Jury have found a true bill against them, and they will be tried at the next term of the court.