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‘ '' ' ' ' ; ' ' '*' * '. OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXV. Chronicle & Sentinel Rsnby moose, a. n„ wiiiGirr. TEK.MH OF tC'Bsr UIPTIOV WKKKLT. * moots* !?«•“ i» 1 Tw s oo J. K. W . JOIIVHTON , Jiimtniw Mar.-*< r. _ ii. ■■■■»■ AL'GI MTA, OA » WEDNESDAY, Al’ttl'ST 8. The New Orleans Blot—What ted to It. An election was held on the 28th of March, 1804, for delegates to a Convention for i he revision and amendment oftheCon- j atitution of Ijouisiana. This election was ; ordered by Gen. Hanks, then commanding the Federal forces in New Orleans, and in ootnpliat,oe with the terms of Mr. Lincoln’s , Proclamation authorizing the formation of : .State Governments in those States then in , arms against the Federal authority, when one-tenth of the people were in favor of re turning to the Federal Union. Louisiana, i at that time, had, by a formal act of a duly elected State Convention, seceded from the , Federal Union, and had established a State Government under the Southern Confed eracy. Not more than onto fifth of the ter ritory of the State, and less than one-fourth of the legal voters, were, at the date of the i election in March, 1864, under the juris- I diction or control of the Federal forces. The order of Gen. Hanks, calling a Con- j vention, prescribed the number of delegates I to be elected and the qualifications of voters j in both these particulars very different ! from the requirements of the Constitution | and laws of the State. This action of Gen. ' Hanks was based upon his military author- I ity under the proclamation of Mr. Lincoln, and at a time when the only power of the • U nited States Government, over the State . of Louisiana, was that claimed from the military occupation of the country. The ; Convention assembled on the 6th of April, j 1864, and proceeded at once to revise and amend tho State Constitution, and organ- . uo a State Government, in opposition to ; the regularly constituted State Government ; then in existence, whose capital was at ! Baton Rouge. This Military Convention j closed its labors and adjourned on the 25th i of July, 1864. The State was then under j military law, and the military authorities j of the Federal Government assumed and , directed the conduct of affairs in all por- i tions of the State over which they had suc ceeded in planting their arms. The Con- j stitution adopted by the’Convention wa* j submitted to the class of voters alone wLo were declared by tho military to be quali -sed electors, and by them so ratified. By the aid of tho military authorities tho Con stitution was put in operation, and the State Government, formed under it, duly installed in power and authority. The Government thus inaugurated, and the Constitution thus framed and ratified, have boon rooognired since that time as the true and only Government of the State. After the cessation of hostilities, this State Government continual to bo regarded as the only legally constituted State organiza tion in the State ofLouisiana, and has used and enjoyed all the functions of a perfect State Government. Under this Oonstitu- | tion a Governor and Legislative were elect- j ed, and a Judiciary appointed. The only class of persons in Louisiana who oould claim any right to question the legality of this State Government, are the meu who were excluded from any partici pation in its organization—those who, at ttartsme it was inaugurated, were opposed Urofl purpose#, and denied its legitimacy —the men who acknowledged the suprema cy of the Baton Rouge State Government, and were identified with the State’s strug gle for independence. When the war ended, with the loss of the Confederate cause, the.so men—consti tuting a large majority of the legal Voters of the State—quietly aoquiesccd in the change made in their organic laws, and peacefully submitted to the authority of this new Government. They abaudoued all hopes of reviving their old State organi sation, and, yielding to the pressure of the times, determined to accept the new order of affairs in good faith, and try to make the best they could out of it. In attempting to carry out his reconstruc tion policy, President Johnson has recog nized the existing State Government as the true representative and agent of the pimple of Louisiana, and has, in all his official communications with it, regarded it as the legally constituted Government. The laws, which have been passed by it, have been duly observed and enforced. No doubt of their legality has been raised, and no at tempt to evade them been contemplated. All worked harmoniously, until the Radi cals began to develop their hostility to the 1 restoration of the Union. When they commenced to wage their war upon the President, they supposed that the Louisi ana State Government would support them in their revolutionary and destructive achemes. In this they were mistaken. Although the officers of the State Govern ment were elected at a time and under cir cumstances which might well induce them to believe that they would be subservient to their will, yet, fortunately for the State and for the peace of the country, the geu- j tlemen in office there are of sterner and better material than the Brownlows. and Uamiltous, and Stokes of other States. Finding that they could uot control the ; State Government, the Radicals determined to overthrow it. How to accomplish this nefarious design, was the first question to be met. After consultation with a few of their satraps in New Orleans, it was deter mined to re-assemble the State Convention ■ of 1864. This was a most astounding pro position, and at once met the indignant re buke of all the true men of the State. The President of that Convention —lion. K. H. Durell—-recognizing that body as | functus officia, refused to call it together, j A few of the traitors then issued the fol lowing Circular, which was addressed to j those members of the defunct Convention j who, they thought, could be iuduced to join in their revolutionary scheme: Orleans, June 23, 1866. otr Several members of the Conven tion, as well as the Lxecutive, request you to attend a meeting of the members of'the Constitutional Convention of the State of Louisiana, at the Mechanics' Institute, ! New Orleans, on Tuesdav. 26th inst. at 2 i o'clock f. m. John E. Neelis, Sec’y. j In obedience to this call a few of the revolutionists assembled in New Orleans on the day indicated, and proceeded to elect anew President. Many declared that the former President had forfeited his position, j One R. R. Howell was declared duly elect- j ed President of a Convention which had ; been dissolved in July, 1864, and he and j the Governor of the State directed to as- ' semble the Convention at such time as they might think best. The reasons for the as sembling of this dead body are thus given in the preamble to the resolution adopted by the revolutionists at their meeting on the 26th of June : Whereas, the Civil Rights Bill has be come a law, and certain amendment# to he Constitution of the United State# have passed both Houses of Congress, and now await the ratification of the loyal Legisla ture# of the several States; Whereas, in the opinion of all the pow ers of the General Government, of the Exe cutive of the State of Louisiana, of all the members of said Convention, and of all the loyal citizens of the State of Louisiana, there is sufficient cause, and the emergency does exist for the re-convocation and action of said Constitutional Convention. These revolutionists, numbering twenty pr members of the so-called Convention of 1864, met in New Orleans on Monday last, when a riot ensued which compelled them to forego for the present, at least, their un lawful purpose#. We are glad to see that President John- ; son has promptly placed the military power i of the Government at the disposal of the 1 | civil authorities to prevent this “unlawfu j assembly" from carrying out their pro-: : gramme. We believe that his prompt ' and manly action in this matter has saved ! the people of New Orleans from scenes which would make the terrible outbreaks • at St. Domingo and Jamaica soc-m light and trivial. The true men of Louisiana ! owe him a debt of lasting gratitude for pre serving their State from the horrible con j sequences which would certainly have fol : lowed if the revolutionary party had not ! been promptly defeated. All honor to An : drew Johnson, the friend of the Consti ' tution and the Union ! Tunnel Under the English Channel, j The grandest conception of the age is 1 the proposed tunnel under the English j Channel. The width of the channel, where 1 it is proposed to begin the work, is about twenty miles. Explorations and examina- : tions oa the line of the contemplated work are now being made, and, so far, the indi- I cations are altogether favorable to the j project. The probable cost of the tunnel is as yet j hardly conjecturable. That it will be im mense, it is conceded. The advantages to '■ ! he derived from it, and the profits which I may he safely calculated to accrue from its | completion, it is said, will pay a handsome j per eentage upon the investment. While ! the scheme at present may seem to some | but the wild speculation and idle vagary | of a heated and too confident imagination, ! it must be remembered that the tunnel un i der the Thames, now in successful o|>era tion, was viewed in the same skeptical light when it was first proposed, a little more than a dozen years since. Now, tho Thames tunnel is a perfect success, and has done more for the amelioration and ad vancement of the physical wants of the city of London than all the other improvements of the last half century combined. Po, too, when the illustrious and inde fatigable American, G’yrus W. Field, brought to the notioe of the English and American public his mighty conception of an Ocean Telegraph between the old and new world, his project was received with all the incredulity and misgivings which ignorance usually assumes, when opposing ! ideas in advance ot the great body of the people. To-day the success of the Atlantic cableattcsts the wisdom, foresight, and un conquerable energy .ifits projector, and adds another to the countless proofs which tho world furnishes, that great ideas and great conceptions are the birthright of the few, while ignorance, bigotry and skepticism are ! the birthrights of the many. The following letter, which appeared in the London Timet of a late date, will prove interesting at this particular time, now that i the Telegraph wonder is about to become j one of the realities of the times: July 3, 1866. j Sir— During many years the scheme of connecting Franoe and England hv moans of a highway under the channel has from time to time been proposed, but it has hitherto been generally regarded as too extravagant for serious consideration.— Projects, however, which formerly would have been pronounced absurd, have in these days been carried into effect, and we now wonder at the ignorance and tardiness of our predecessors respecting inventions which to us seem excessively simple and obvious. A few years will probably suffico to do termiue the practicability of solving the great problem of a sub-marine road to the continent It is a problem which may well inspire the boldest living eugineer with apprehensions, for failure will cause enormous pecuniary loss, and jeopard even the most solid reputation. Neverthless, one of the most experienced and successful engineers of our time, Mr. Ilawkshaw, has : resolved to grapple with this problem, and ! he is indeed actually engaged in the pre liminary explorations. Although war is the order of the day, and the British pub lie is eager for warlike intelligence, yet the following condensed account of this peace ful project may not be unacceptable to your readers: Mr. Hawlsshaw has long contemplated the practicability of this enterprise, and has for about two years been engaged in a geological investigation of the localities. Borings are now being made at a consid erable expense in the neighborhood of Dover, and by permission of the French Government, between Cabas and Boulogne; and in the course of the summer, explora- I tions will be madein mid-channel. Such trials are essential, in order to obtain positive knowledge concerning the nature, extent and thickness of the strata. It is proposed to carry on the excava tion for the tunnel from both ends, as well as from shafts in the channel. At the top of the shafts powerful steam engines will be erected for pumping, for drawing up the excavated material, and for supplying [lower to the machinery by which excava tion will be effected. The tunnel will communicate on the French side with the Northern of France Railway, and on the English side with the Southeastern and London, Chatham and Dover Railways, so that there will be an un broken line of railway communication be tween London and Paris. Hawkshaw will not be able finally to decide upon the details of this great work until the completion of the borings now in progress. I am, sir, your obedient servant,^ PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION. Letter From Hon. Alexander H. Stephens. We take pleasure in laying before our readers the following correspondence, which we clip from the National Intelli gencer of the 30th ult. In refering to the letter of our distinguished Georgian, that paper says : “The letter of Hou. A. 11. Stephens, of Georgia, published in another column, breathes the right spirit. We have little fear but the delegates to the Philadelphia Convention from the South will act with that judiciousness which has characterized the course of most of the Southern states men since the close of the war. The gen erous sentiments and conduct of Generals Grant and Sherman to the rebel armies have been repaid for the most part in [>o iitical and social acts consistent in honor and gratitude with the liberal policy of those great soldiers. Added to this has been the adoption of uotable changes in State policy suited Cos the present condi tion of things, and made iu large part at the request of the President. It is not. we fee! assured, from the meu of the South that any troubles will arise at the Philadelphia Convention. They accept the situation, and will act upon present vital issues. If we were to borrow trouble touching desired Union and harmony, it would undoubtedly be referred to the class of hackneyed party politicians whose crim inal blunders have cast their party into helpless minorities in Northern States, have placed them outside of hope of popu lar favor in their own localities, and whose only vitality is that which mere caucuses inspire. To the Editors of CJw XaCionnl Intelligen cer : Gkntlemf.n : T *sk a place iu vour col umns for the eneU»e<l letter to me from the Hon. Ales under H. Stephens, in com mitting it to the pri*« I am taking a ques tionable liberty with him, for the" letter is marked private. But in the present cir cumstances of the country, I think it so desirable thal the people should know the real temper of the South, that I feel justi fied iu publishing this letter from one who, it the outbreak of the war, was the repre sentative man of the Union party of the South, and is the recognized exponent of ,he Southern ventimeut at this moment. President Li ucoln had *reat confidence in Mr. Btephei(s. He tola me repeatedly that he had off ired him * aeat in tho Cab- inet, and he retained great regard for him j to tiie last. Yours, respeetfullv. M. Di-aif. Montgomery Cos., Md., July 29, 1866. Crawfordvili.e, Ga., July 23, 1866. Hon. Mont {joinery Blair, Washington, 1).C. : Dear Sir ; Your letter of the 17th is before me. 1 thank you heartily for it. No man in the United States did, dr could, more cordially approve and endorse the ! objects of the proposed Union Convention at Philadelphia (us I understood them) than I did ; and yet, from considerations of expediency, I doubted the propriety of my taking active part in it. I was also in doubt, to some extent, whether, with other views on the part of those who made the call, the words were not so phrased in the call as to exclude ail who occupied a simi lar position to my own, and from other considerations as those which had occurred to me. Your letter relieves me from the last class of doubts, but those of the other class still exist, notwithstanding your strong views to the contrary. Individually my whole soul is enlisted in the cause of a speedy, full, and perfect restoration of the Government under the Constitution and its permanency under that Constitution as it now stands'. There is nothing within my power that I am not willing cheerfully to clo to effect and accomplish that end. j Indeed, (you will exense me in saying it, but It is the truth,) I would be willing to ; offer up my life itself if by so doing this i groat result could la? obtained, and peace, union, harmony, prosperity, happiness, and constitutional liberty be thereby se cured to the millions now living, and the uutold mill ions hereafter to live on this continent. . There are many personal embarrass ments or difficulties in the way of my going to the Convention—these 1 ailudell to before—-but I am resolved to be there JJ I rttw.' Tn bo WWW SHBrTlWte eWW inltli fully said of me that I failed to do every thing in my power to bave the country and its institutions. I did in 1860 exert my efforts to the ut most extent to avoid the* late most lament , able war, and to save the Union on con stitutional principles without a conflict of arms. T his I did, too, while many of those now so clamorous for what they call “the Union cause’’ were giving encouragement, at least, to the extreme men at the South by clearly and decidedly intimating, if not fully expressing a perfect willingness, on their part, that “the Union might slide” if tho people of tho South so willed it. I was even taunted with endeavoring to hold our people on to a Union that was no longer cared for by leading men of the dominant party at tho North. I withstood these taunts j even whouj knew (or was informed truly, 1 as I believed,) that there was an organized j body of men in Savannah to seize the ; Custom House, Fort Pulaski, Ac., incase i the State did not secede. All this X stated j to you, and to which you allude in your I letter beforo me ; nor should I have any | hesitancy in stating it to the public if any ! public good could thereby lie effected, i The public good is my only object. How best to subserve that, consistently with truth, honor, and uprightness, is the only question with me. Personal interests have no influence with mo whatever—at least I think so, and may be excused for saying so. Had I been governed by personal feel- ; ings, I should have had nothing to do with the late troubles, further than entering my ; earnest protest against them. And had I been governed by personal fooling I should j not now bo in the situation I am. If the Union shall be restored under tho Constitution, as I earnestly desire to see it j done, (and I anr willing to clo all I can to- j wards that end,) it is my fixed purpose to j retire forever from all connection with i public affairs. So that while it would seem \ that my present efforts are tending to a re- ! suit in'which I have more or less personal i interest—this is, my admissionas aSenator I in Congress—yet I assure you I never ex- j peot or intend to hold that' position long, j even if the seat should bo awarded to me. : Yours, truly, Alexander IL Stephens. I The fin al Rattle of Sadova. Tho Cincinnati Enquirer , says that in ; the niunlier of tho combatants upon each side, if not in the list of the killed ! tind wounded, the late battle of Sadowa, j between the Austrians and the Prussians, j ! is the greatest of modern times. It is ! sup [wised that nearly, if not quite, a half million of men were engaged in it. The great conflict at Leipsic, ■ between Napo leon I, and the allies—Russians, Austrians, Prussia s, and Germans and Swedes—is the n< rest approach to it. That battle j has been hitherto known as the conflict of j the nations. Napoleon’s forco was 175,- j 000 men. The allies had 200,000. Total I 460,000 men. It was fought on the 16th, j 17th and 18th of October, 1813. Tho | other great battles of Napoleon were fought with much smaller numbers. At Auster litz ho had 80,000 French against 100,000 Russians and Austrians. At Jena and 1 Auerstadt Napoleon had 123,000 against 220,000 Prussians. At Wagram there I were 180,000 French against the same : number of Austrians. At Borodino, 120, - ! 000 French against 120,000 Russians. ! At Waterloo the forces on both sides did | j not exceed 120,000 men. There was an immense force at Solferino, j ; in 1859, between the French and Italians, j j on one side, under Napoleon 111, and the i ! Austrians on the other. There were, j j probably, 350,000 men on both sides. In our late war we know of no single en- j gagement where there were over 250,000 1 ; men engaged. Chancellorsville and Gettys i burg were, probably, the heaviest engage i uients, and that number, we think, would , cover either of them. We know it would Antietam, or any of the great conflicts around Richmond. The Austrian loss at Sadowa, in killed and wounded and prisoners, is one of the heaviest, if not the heaviest, of which our European chroniclers make mention. It is j supposed to be 60,000 or 70,000 men, at; least. The Chronicle & Sentinel. We find the following kind, and—we i were about to say extravagant—endorse ment of the Chronicle if- Sentinel, in the last number of the Greensboro Herald. In this connection we take occasion to ten- j der our acknowledgements to the press for the kind and complimentary expressions which have greeted us from even- quarter. We can only repeat what we said in our salutatory. We shall endeavor to make the paper worthy its old place as favorite and friend, both in the counting room and in the quiet of the home circle. Thf. Chronicle A Sentinel.—One of the best papers in every particular, now published in Georgia is the old time hon- i ; oreil Chronicle J- Sentinel of Augusta. For i eighty odd years it has been making its i regular visits to the firesides of citizens of this State, laden with all the latest news of the land. Since its first dehut, thousands of Journals have made their appearance and flourished for a brief season, out soon disappeared and were forgotten among the things that were; but this old revolu- j tionary scion has kept steadily on in j its career of usefulnes front its in fancy till now, covering a period of more than eight decades of years, and now : in its hoary old age it is as sprightly as j over it was in its teens, if not more so. ; Having had its origin almost simultane ous with American Independence, it stood ; by and defended the young Republic in its ; infancy, grew up with it to bright man , hood, and is to day nobly battling for it still. That same Constitutional liberty ! which itsaw and perhaps assisted inwring j iny from the hands of King George, it is striving to wrest from the polluting hands 1 of traitorous whelps at home, who have combined for its destruction. If the files of this pa per have been pre served it must be a treat to run over the ; issues of its first days. Its present mechanical appearance does honor to the profession, and its Editorial management is unsurpassed in the State. Mooru and Wright have been defrauding \ jhe public bv uot connecting themselves with the public prints before now. They are fast overcoming the odium which their illustrious Yankee predecessor cast upon this journal, and it is destined to be as in days' past, one among the leading papers of the South. >ew Books. Homes Without Hands —Being a de scription of the habitations ot animals, classed according to their principle ot construction. By the Rev. J G. \\ ood, M A F.L.S.. etc. H tth new designs hv F. W. Key! and C. Smith. Now York - Harper k Brothers. We have received a copy of the above valuable and very interesting work from New York, through Geo. A. Oates ol this city. We regard this as one of the most valuable contributions to popular science which has been made in many years. The style of the author is easy, flowing and per ! spicuous. and he has managed his material so as to enlist the attention, while it can but be instructive and interesting to the general reader. We have seen no work, in several years, which wc could so warmly | recommend to tte reading public, i The book is for sale by Geo. A. Oates, j in this city. A planter of the Parish of St. Martin, Ea,, is said to have twenty bales ot new cot l ton ready for shipment to New Orleans. ALGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1860. How the Tennessee legislature Ratified . the C onstitutional Amendment. The following account of the proceedings of the Tennessee Legislature on the pro , posed amendments to the Federal Consti tution. which we clip from the organ of the Radical party in the West, the Cincinnati Gazette, contains matter which challenges the attention of all true friends of Consti tutional Government. The shameless vio lation of even the forms of law. which is here presented, shows to what extent the Disunionists are prepared to go in their efforts to perpetuate power. The times demand of the true men of the country a uni led, vigorous and determined effort to dethrone this party, and eject from office all of 'its satraps and satolites. The per petuity of Republican Government on this ! continent depends, in no small degree, upon the speedy overthrow of the reckless and revolutionary party which now Iris control of the legislative departments of the Government. If the action of this “minority mob ” of the Tennessee Legis lature docs not receive the indignant rebuke .of conservative men in all sections of the country, we confess that we shall have lost much of the confidence which we have heretofore entertained in the good sense and virtue of the American people: j -vahhvjlle, icnn., July 19, ipe. - The Union men belonging to tbeiifegisla to which sition manifested on the part of any one to backdown. All seemed to feel the solemn responsibilities of the hour. Evidently the ! persistently devilish opposition of the'ene i mies of the Government here had but cou- I firmed their resolution to act as became men who had once before periled their all 1 for then- country ; the corrupt practices of the co-conspirators at Washington had but strengthened their high resolve. Each spoke as a patriot speake who loves his country—each prepared to act as in the fear ; of God. j Mr Arnell’s resolutions declaring that j two-thirds of the members chosen consti l tute a quorum, was still pending before ; the House. To pass this resolution, and ; then at once proceed to tiie consideration I of the Constitutional Amendment, was one i j °f the resolves of the Union caucus. But the unexpected arrival this morning " Io members (Messrs. Nunn and Sinclair) threw anew light upon the sub ject. After the roll of the House was call- . ed, it was discovered that, counting the two members who had been brought in! undor arrest, there were lifty-six present, ■ ! which was a quorum, even according to ! the most extreme and unreasonable re quirement. A messenger from the Senate announced, the passage of the Senate joint resolution ratifying tho Constitutional amendment, and asked the House to concur iii the I same. Mr. Smith, of Hardeman, moved that ! the doors be closed, and Oapt. Hevdt in- ; sfc rocted to bring in the absentees. * The Speaker said lie would much prefer no harsh measures should be used, and that he would have the Doorkeeper placed j at the door to endeavor to restrain mem bers from going out. ■ Mr. Smith said he was not in favor of arbitrary measures until all others were exhausted, but he believed the House ; •should bo firm in tho discharge of its dutv, : anil if mild moans fail, should then resort to others. Mr. Arnell said he made the point of ! order that a quorum is now present, and ! hoped that the door would at once be i closed. The Speaker directed the Boorkeejier to ‘ sec that members remained in tho hall. ! Upon a call of tho House 54 members answered to their names. Mr. Arnell suggested that Messrs. Mar- ’ tin and Williams were sopiewhere in the I Committee rooms, and if they were > brought in, a quorum (56) would lie made 1 up. Mr. Garner, of Lawrence, said these two gentlemen could not bo brought before the House in absence of the quorum. Mr. Smith said that this position was ah suril; and would, if acted upon, defeat the very object for which Martin and Williams were arrested. Mr. Arnell said the two gentlemen were in the Committee rooms, and were there- ! fore present, boing upon the fioor of tho j House. The speaker said it had always been the custom to consider members in the Com- j mittee Booms as absent from the fioor of the House ; but he would send the door keeper to invito Martin and Williams ■ within the hall. Tiie invitation was made, hut thegentle- : men declined to leave their den and come 1 in. After some further debate, the Speaker directed tho doorkeeper to invite the two gentlemen in, at the request of the House. Mr. Moss, of Williamson, said the House ! had not so expressed itself. Mr. Mullins, of Bedford, moved that the doorkeeper be sent to request the gentle men to come in. Carried-—Yeas 50 ; nays 3—Overstreet, i Stegakl und Warren. Mr. Moss, true to his nondescript char- ; acter, said if Martin and Williams were to come ill as active members he would vote aye ; if they were to come in under arrest 1 he would vote no. A long and ridiculous discussion sprang up as to whether Mr. Moss’ vote should he recorded or not, and how. Mr. Mulloy, of Robinson, said tho gen tleman’s vote reminded him of tiie man who When hunting saw an animal, and being uncertain as to the character, shot so as to hit it if it were a deer, and miss it if it were a calf. Moss’ vote was not recorded. The Speaker directed the doorkeeper to invite Martin and Williams in at the request I of the House. The doorkeeper reported lie had done so. and the gentlemen would not come, unless for the investigation of the cause of their j arrest. Mr. Raulston, of Marion, moved that the two gentlemen he brought in, nolens vo lens. The motion was not pressed to a vote. Mr. Mullins moved that tiie Senate joint i resolution ratifying the Constitutional Amendment tie now- adopted, and stated that according to the rules of tho House this would take precedence of all other business, and upon Ins motion, he called the previous question. Mr. Jarvis, of Hancock, said a great wrong was about to be consummated, and , ho wished to ho heard. He said he had j obtained the fioor previous to Mr. Mullins’ call for the previous question, and had been recognized by tho Speaker. The Speaker decided adverse to Mr. Jarvis' claims. Mr. Jarvis appealed from the decision of the Chair. Chair sustained ; yeas 37, nays 16. The Speaker said there was ho quorum. Mr. Arnell requested that- the clerk show upon the record that Martin and Williams aie present but refuse to vote. Tho Speaker tokl the clerk to do so, and directed the Seargent-at-arms to bring the two gentlemen in. The Seargeant-at- Arms reported that they refused to come. Some discussion again arose as to wheth er they should be compelled to come. Mr.'Arnell raised the point of order that . a quorum is present ; and that members in the Committee rooms are, to all legal intents and purposes, present. The Chair decided the point of order not well taken, and that there was no quorum in the House. Mr. Mullins appealed from the decision. The yeas and nays were called, and as this was a tost vote, the utmost interest was manifested. The House refused to sustain the decis- , ion of the Chair—yeas 11 ; nays 42. The call for the' previous question, on Mr. Mullins’ motion to adopt the Consti tutional Amendment was sustained. Yeas 39 ; nays 15. The "joint resolution from the Senate ratifying the amendment was then read, and the ayes and nays called upon its passage. There were not many spectators present. The conspirators supposed their writ of habeas corpus had thoroughly tied the hands of the House. No ono anticipated the prompt action of this morning. Rebels and rebel sympathizers believed that they had placed the loyal Representatives hors du combat. Only the members of the Upper House, and such Union men as knew the determination of last night’s ■ caucus, wore looking on. Before this audience the vote proceeded, with the fol lowing result: Yeas 43; nays 11. The Chair decided there was no quorum present. Mr. Arnell appealed from the C’hair to the House, which refused to sustain tiie decision: Yeas 11; nays 42. Mr. Smith 'asked that the names r>r Messrs. Martin and Williams be as present, but refusing to vote. The Speaker directed the Clerk to make the record. The Chair tiien announced that the joint resolution from the Senate ratifying the Constitutional Amendment was adopted. The announcement was greeted with loud applause, and the noble Union men who had marched steadily through the storm oflrebel and Presidential hostility, until they reached this triumphant con summation, almost rushed into each oth er's arms in the fervor and enthusiasm of their mutual congratulations. The following is the vote in detail by which the great Amendment was ratified. Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson. Arnell. Ba ker, Blackman, Donaldson, Doughty, El liott, Fuson, Garner, Gilmer, Grimmett, Hudson, Hale, Inman. Jones of Claiborne, Kerchival, Mason, McNair. Morris, Mul lins, Mulloy, Murphy, Norman, Nunn, Patton. Porter of Wayne. Puckett. Raul ston. Richards. Rogers. Shepherd, Sinclair. Smith, of Hardman, Smith of Obion. Snod derlv, Thornburgh, Underwood. Waters, Walker, Welsh, Wines, Woodcock, Woods —43. Xays—Messrs. Clingan. Coward. Grove. Jarvis, Melton, Overstreet, Shultz, Stegaid, Warren, Speaker Heiskell—ll. Present and Refusing to Vote.— Messrs. Martin, Williams—2. Quorum— 56. Os those voting ki the negative, only four—Messrs. Clingan. Coward, Melton and Shultz—can we lay any claim to being Union men. The rest are Copper heads, pure and simple. There were in the United in Sep tember, 1865, 593 railroad cAfeftnies. run ning oi.e or more routes. Af the date of the last official returns, there] Were nearly 35.000 miles of railway in the United States, supported at an annual expense of $1,264,336,000. The Illinois Central, 70S miles long, cost $28,610,8ftT; the New 1 ork Central, 555 miles. $32,740,000: the Erie, 528 miles, $39,328,009; the Mem phis and Charleston, 290 mises, $67,450,- 000 ; the Chicago, Peoria ami Quincy, 400 miles, $39,280,000, Pennsylvania has more miles of railway than a try other State, reporting 3,350 miles of the iron track; Ohio, the second in order. 1ia53.310 miles: Illinois, third. 3,156 miles. --Massachu setts has 1,285 miles, costing $59,051,000. Besides which there are hundtfeds of horse railway-, many thousands of] miles long', which cost millions upon milHEms of doi lars. ■! q; Crvel in'the Express.—i. Massachu setts paper published on the ilOth an ac count of a snake which was Bund curled up in the stove, and came i)ut when the servant girl opened the stove-fiohr, greatly to her alarm. paragraph, published the snake story, locating it in the suburbs of Richmond.— The Express man, at Petersburg, seeing the two stories, gravely copies both, which are word for word, save in the localities, and declares it to be a most striking coin i cidence! It was cruel in the Express thus to ex pose the Times man, in this Lot weather. Let tiie fellow pick up something to fill up his column. He might get sun-struck if lie wont out hunting items with the ther mometer at 95 and 98 and rising. Texas. —Major General Wright, com manding the Department of Texas, issued an order on the 14th instant, itaring that “it having been represented tc the Major General commanding that soinj of tiie per sons chosen at the late election claim to enter, without further authority, upon the duties of their office, it is hereby ordered that commanding-officers of districts, posts and detachments shall in no way recognize them as officials, but continue to support the Provisional Government, rnd the offi cers appointed tinder it, until stela time as that Government shall be discontinued by order of the President, of the Uuitcd States.” An official copy of tie order has been received here. Delegates from the 7th District.— The Convention for the 7th district, which met in Atlanta on Saturday the 28th selected lion. R. P. Lyon ot Fulton, and Hon. James Milner, of Bartow as dele gates to the Philadelphia Convention. The following gentlemen were selected at alter nates : T. T. Smith, W r . M. Lowr£, H. C. Barrow, D. S. Printup, A. J. Hansell, Lewis Tutnlin, J. R. Parrot. The Con vention adopted a resolution that the dele gates from all the districts meet in Macon ou the 3rd to select the delegates from the State at large. The Intelligencer and Columbus Sim favor tho suggestion. From Mexico.—Late advices from Mexico refer to the magnificent prepara tions made by M iximillian to celebrate the second anniversary of his entry into tho Halls of the Montezunuts. A covered arbor was built, costing over $200,000 -through which the procession was to march. The occasion ouly called .out twu.ior throeAbou- ; sand people, though a correspondent of tho New York News says that such fete | days usually bring out 30,000 to 50,000 j people. * Another Remedy for Sunstroke.— A nurse says: Apply warm water and, vinegar to the head immediately, and pending the arrival of medical aid give a; dose of castor oil; carry the patient to the : nearest hotel and immerse the body up to the neck in a warm bath. This is the i simplest and most effective remedy known. ! Never by any means use cold applications. 1 u ‘all cases of congestion of the brain WL.m applications arc the best. — -tosaSSr 4BB—■ - Singular Poisoning Case.—A singu lar case of wholesale poisoning recently oc curred at the Pyle House, Indianapolis. ; Sixty of the boarders were similarly at- | tacked, in an hour or two after tea, and were very sick. It was supposed to have 1 been occasioned by milk, as other parties, ' who took milk from the same person, were ; similarly attacked. None have died, and it is thought all will recover. The Foreign Trade of Chicago.— Vessels now run direct from Europe to i Chicago. The brig Vida, from Bergan, I Norway, which port she left April 13, ar rived at Chicago, on Thursday, having a cargo of 1,500 barrels of Norwegan fish, j She was detained at Montreal three weeks to get a permit to pass through the St- Lawrenee canal. A Terrible Gale.—A terrible storm I recently passed over the vicinity of Havre i de Grace and Perryville, Pennsylvania, I blowing down many houses and killing a number of persons. The splendid new bridge of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad, over the Susque hanna, which was nearly completed, was destroyed. , M hat Does it Mean ?—The Richmond papers allude to the formation of several military companies among the colored peo ple of that city, which meet nightly for drill, under the authority of Gen. Terry. As the whites are not permitted to bear arms, it looks a little strange that a negro military organization should be encouraged. Another Plague.—lt is said that the grass-hoppers have appeared in the vicini ty of Nashville, and are invading the corn fields in fearful numbers. One gentleman says that he does uot think there will be a blade left on the corn in a thirty acre field by Monday, so great arc the ravages the hungry insects are making. The Southern Pacific Railroad is open to Marshall. Texas, and arrangements are making to continue it. All the Berwick's Bay route to Galves ton will open on August 1 -t, with three steamers per week- Time of travel will be lessened six to ten hours. A special dispatch from Savannah to the Ciiicago Republican says : An influen tial citizen was thi- morning arrested by military authority, for beating and abusing a negro servant. This is the first instaucc oeeuring in this State enforcing Gen. Grant’s recent order.” Information of a character which cannot be doubte-1 has been received at \\ ashing ton to the effect that Napoleon has agreed to disband 29,000 French troops in Mexico, and allow them to enlist in Maximilian s foreign legion. R tports received from various parts of Illinois. Wisconsin. lowa and Indiana, are to the effect that the wheat crop will be more than an average one in resnect to both quantity and quality. The barley, oat and rye crops also promise well. Disastrou s freshets have recently occur red in Kentucky. In Owen county, on Monday of last week, Brush Creek was sev eral feet higher than ever before known. Many houses were washed away, in one of which a family of eight persons were , drowned. A man named C. C. Trutnbo, employed on anew building on Hayne street, Charleston, fell from the top of the edifice to the ground, a distance of sixty Get, on , Monday, causing his death. Dam out the Floods. We surrender very cheerfully a large portion of our columns to-day to the follow-, j ing correspondence on the subject of a levee for the protection of the city from overflow. We shall take occasion to refer again to this subject, and hope iu the mean time, that our city fathers will take the matter into consideration. Something must lee done to secure the city from the devastating floods which rush over and through our streets upon the recurrence of every considerable freshet in the river.— The plan proposed by Col. Rains appears to us entirely feasible, and the estimated cost is uot so much as to cause any appre hension as to the ability of tig? city to bear it: ' Augusta, July 23, ’66. Col. Rains —Dear Sir: Deeming it a matter of the first importance that our city be protected from the overflowing of the river, and believing that if its practi cability were demonstrated to our people, they would delay no longer in having the work done, we respectfully beg that you will lend us the aid of your valuable knowl edge by giving us your views on the sub ject. As any suggestion emanating from one of such acknowledged ability, must i have great weight with our fellow citizens, j we will take great pleasure in laying them before the public. Yours, very respectfully, L. A. Dugas, R. M. May, j Sand Hills, July 25, 1860, j Messrs. L. A. Dugas, Henry Moore , R. 11. May and J. IP Davies: Gentlemen : I have the honor to ac- j knowledge the receipt of your communica- I tion requesting my views on the practica bility and expediency of protecting the city i of Augusta from the periodical inundations | arising from the overflowing of the Savan nah river. I Augusta was early selected as an eligible location for a settlement, being at the head of navigation, and occupying a central point | on the boundary line between Georgia and ; South Carolina, and through which the ; main interior lines of communication must necessarily pass. The navigation of the | river is interrupted just above the city by i the out-cropping of the primary rocks, which cross the bed of the stream, and ! form a natural dam or barrier separating the waters of the upper and lower river. At this point the Augusta canal commences, i which receives a portion of the water 1 flowing over the barrier or rapids, and con ducts it by a more or less direct route to the city some seven miles distant. This valuable public work, although conducting but perhaps a fourth part of the water of the river at its lowest stage, supplies ail excel lent and convenient water power in its ! course through the rear portions of the ; city, which has as yet been only made par tially available, but at no distant period ; will be considered of inestimable value to : the manufacturing interests of Augusta. As the river debouched from its rocky ; gorge, it spread out originally in a broad ; stream over the low grounds at the foot of! the sand ridges, and extended many miles ; to the south and east on the Georgia side, depositing its sediment from the compara tively quiet waters of this expanded lake. In process of time this deposit became too j thick to be covered by the river at its low j stages, which hence retreated to the bed of: the principal stream which followed the ; foot of the hills of the South Carolina j shore. Each succeeding rise by depositing I new sediment tedded to the general cleva- ! tion of the land thus formed, until event ually it was only at periods at which the ; river, became swollen by uncommon rains; that it attained sufficient, height to sweep over the extended alluvial plane. Such was tho origin of the site of the j city of Augusta, which at periods when | uncommon rains have occurred throughout \ the country, or simultaneously along the j lines of affluents of the river, cause its swollen waters to rise above its banks and sweep over the city in one wide-spread stream of desolation—inundating streets; filling cellars and excavations ; undermin ing houses; washing out deep gullies ; car rying off bridges and foot-walks; drowning ! wniSSm;' floating away fences and out- j bouses ; destroying and filling up drains . and ditches ; injuring pavements and trees, and damaging tho canal embankments. But, above all, the almost ,total cessation of business ; the damage done to the lower stories of stores and dwellings, with their j contents; the distress of many of the in habitants, who are compelled to remove to the upper floors, and in some eases even to the roofs of their small houses—without I means of obtaining proper supplies of food j and fuel—presents a scene of loss and hu man suffering which no one can regard j with indifference. Why is this condition of matters allowed < to continue? Is there no remedy? Such; questions may well be asked. It is idle to say that such inundations occur only at distant intervals —experience, in the pa-st three years, demonstrates that such consolation, however poor it may be, : is, in truth, destitute of foundation. It is j now recognized that Augusta is liable, at any time, to be overflowed by the waters i of the river, and the resulting loss and j damage, if estimated in money, probably of a single inundation, would go far to wards preventing forever the recurrence of like disasters. The elevated bank of the canal, which extends from the upper end of Broad street around to the vicinity of the Cotton Fac tory, had it not given way at the head of Greene street, would have prevented the water reaching the elevation it did in the ; streets of tho city during the last overflow, to some extent, notwithstanding there was no embankment along the river’s bank to ; retain its waters within its channel. This j alone would have saved probably a consid erable loss of property stored in the base ments and cellars of many buildings, and j would have prevented, in a great measure, ; the damage caused by the rapid rush ol j the flood down Greene and other streets,_ into the low grounds of the third level of j the canal. _ •' The problem of protecting Augusta from j inundation is a simple one, and its solution consists in the erection of sufficient earth works or levees encompassing the city, ; having the necessary water-gates at the ' drain’s and crossings of the canal and rad roads. The overflowings of the river last j for too short a space of time to render nec- I essat-y, probably, any pumping arrange- : ments to get rid" of the water of infiltration and drainage. There are two plans of embanking the city: First, Commencing a levee above the Bridge, along Reynolds street, and extend ing the same to the upper end of this ! street, thence across Broad street to the ! elevated bank of the third canal level, which should he raised one foot at least, throughout. This would be nothing more than extending, and rendering more availa ble, by a small additional amount of work, —the levee along Reynolds street being but a small elevation of its center-line, de creasing to nothing at Jackson street —the existing plan of saving the principal streets from strong currents during our overflow, . and diminishing the height of the flood in the city probably one foot or more. The overflowing waters would, after arriving at the elevation of the second levee of the canal, freely pass around the rear of the city, and alter backing up into its lower streets, would, as heretofore, find their way through the low grounds and swamps to the South, to the main stream of the river some miles below. This, necessarily, is only a partial remedy, and does not save the city from being over flowed to a considerable 'extent; neverthe less. it is far better than no protection at all, and could be employed at a moder ate expense. S>cond. The complete protection of Augusta from inundations at all future flood.-, can be secured l>v entirely encom passing the city by a continuous levee. Thus, starting at the railroad bridge, and continuing along Bay street, oa the bank ! of the river to west-boundary, near Hawk s Gully— f his portion of the embankment ; to be of sufficient width to be used as a causeway or street —thence along “ cst Boundary to the first level of the canafc near High Bridge; thence along the bank j of the canal to McKinnv street, at tae ; ! corner of Carmichael’s Mill; thence aown j this street to the Georgia railroad, « j directly across to South Boundary Btr ®p ’ j thence along this street to it-s , intersoc * ii with East Boundary, and following the j latter to the bank of the river. . returning along Bay street to the Bndge. Thus Augusta would be entirelv enclosed hv the levee —sav eight feet broad on top, . and two' feet above the. highest Roods; S that portion along the river banx being i excludes the direct passage of the waters above and around toe city; or, m other words, prevents the river from overflowing its banks until it passes Augusta Ihe backwater will then pass over the low grounds and swamps, as heretofore, be yond and south of the city, but at a lower level. At a future period, by adding to i the width of the levee, and p.anttng trees on both sides along its course, a beautuul i road, or drive, would be made available on its top, around the entire limits of the city, of about six miles in extent. All the low grouuds within the city limits would thus be made available for buildings and manufactures, equally so, generally, as the higher portions, and hence a large increase of value would accrue to all such property; indeed, the entire real estate of Augusta would advance in value, as build iugsand property would no longer be liable to injury and destruction. To complete the value of city property, a more perfect system of drainage and sewerage should be hud, which could readily be effected by closing up the third level of the canal at Hawk's Gully, and making anew outlet for the waste water of the canal, and drain age of the city, along the old course of the beaver dam, by continuing the third canal level, with its bed deepened, until it should meet the excavation from which the earth for the levee would be taken along the lower portion of South Boundary street, it being premised that all suclt excavations will be on the interior side, to contain the drainage and water of infiltration during the short periods of floods. The waters of j the third level would thence continue in ; and along such excavation, passing under the angle of tho levee at the juuetion of South and East Boundary streets, and thence by a direct course to Moore s La goon, about two miles distant. This outlet would necessarily be provided with a water gate, to be closed in time of highest floods, and would be enclosed between the levee and a parallel band of equal altitude. Thus the water front the third level would con tinue to flow out at all times as heretofore, except the one or two days during an inun dation or extraordinary rise of the river, apable of stfbiiie'fging the dtf, if suffered to back up through such canal. In this case, the water gate of the third level would be closed at the levee, and also the water of the main canal should be arrested : by a water gate just below the waste at Rae’s creek, to prevent any more water being thrown into the third level, beyond the amount of the city drainage, which, as before stated, could be provided for by using the excavations for the levee, as re- ! ceiving reservoirs along East Boundary ! street. I have thus touched upon the subject of drainage of the city, to show in what con nection it stood with the matter of leveeing from inundations; the two subjects are not necessarily connected, as the present system of allowing the waste waters of the canal and city to flow out into the river through Hawk's Gully, need not be interfered with, but would only require water gates at the crossing of the levee with the same, to bo closed on proper occasions. As regards the estimated cost of sur rounding Augusta with a continuous levee, I would state that more than one-third of the entire cost would be incurred by the construction of that portion along the hank of the river, which, if revetted with stone —as should be done to make it a perma nent work—-would’ add probably one-third more to the amount; or the levee in front of the city would cost nearly two-thirds of the entire amount estimated for the com plete work. This expense might be mainly avoided for the present period, by elevat ing the centre of Reynolds street about three feet, or perhaps less, throughout its length, which would greatly improve the roadway of said street, by a perfect drainage, leaving the broad levee on the bank of the river to be constructed at more leisure, or to be completed at a more dis tant day—particularly its revetment of stone facing, which would be added at some future period. I estimate the cost of the broad levee, along the river bank—without the stone revetment —at forty thousand dollars, pre sent currency, regarded as equivalent to eighteen thousand before the war. The remaining portions of the levee, namely on the east, south and west boundaries, at seventy thousand dollars, present currency. If the plan of raising Reynold street bo adopted, then I estimate the entire cost of enclosing the city at eighty thousaud dol lors, regarded as equivalent to thirty-five thousand before the war. A material part of the expense of tho leveo might be saved, probably, by employ ing on its construction, such of tho jail oc cupants, as might be deemed available for such work. llTlie above are of course rough estimates, mt probably sufficiently approximative to truth for the present purposes of forming some idea of the extent of the proposed work. . I have thus, in a general manner replied, gentlemen, to your communication on the subject of protecting Augusta from the overflows ot the Savannah river, which twice duriug the war, devastated tho city, as if swept by an enemy, and it is to he j hoped, that such may never be permitted : to occur again. , Before closing this paper you will allow me to speak a few words on the subject of the Augusta Canal. Iha ve already alluded to the great value of this public work and ! its prospective importance to the manu- ! faeturing interests of the city. At no great 1 cost this canal could he widened to four j times its present: capacity, and it would then supply a water-power of more than two thousand horse-power immediately within the limits of the city, and available for all descriptions of motive machinery for manufacturing purposes. Such advanta- : ges in such a favorable situation as Lite city i of Augusta, it would be difficult to find hi the South; and in the undoubted large in- 1 crease of manufactures in the Southern j States at probably no distant period, this canal will come to be regarded as the right 1 arm of this community. By an extension of the second level to the south, along the | higher grounds of DeLaigle, Pbinizy, &e., ! bordering on the swamps and heavily tint- ■ bered land, to Rock Creek, a large and lucrative timber t: ade would be opened and additional water power supplied to , eligible sites for mills along its course. Should the canal ever pass from under the ; control of the city authorities, the increased i water power _ supplied by its enlargement: might be entirely diverted from the limits : of Augusta, and located along Ilae’s Creek, ; or other available points, for its employ ment along its course where manufacturing settlements might be located. The worthy engineer who has long had this work in j charge, is well supplied with all the requisite data for a thorough investigation j of the subject. Very Respectfully, Your ob’t serv’t, Geo. W. Rains. Atmospheric Resistance to Railway Trains. —At a meeting of the Massachu setts Institute of Technology, the atmos-J pheric resistance to railroad trains was shown. A set of cars made of paste-board with the engine of the usual form and shape, was placed upon a horizontally re volving cam, attached to a vertical shaft, driven round by the force of a given weight; the time of the revolutions was measured by an instrument beating seconds. Then the proposed improvement form of car and engine (which improvement consisted in the conical shape given to the front part of the engine, same shape abo to the rear end ! of the last ear, spaces between the ears covered with canvas, with some other lesser changes from the common form,) was placed upon the same rotating cam. The result showed, with the same power ap plied and same weight of cars and engine, a saving of twenty-five per cent, in speed. > which is, of course, equal to a gain of twenty-five per cent, of running expense— I certainly a most important item for railroad : directors and stockholders to inquire into. The same has also been tried by the same parties with hand cars upon some ot the railroads in Massachusetts with equally la- ; vorabie results. Rebels in Paris.— The Pans corres . pondent of the New York Tones says . ; P “We have here notv quite a group or i the former great men of tho rebellion at home. Generals Toombs arid Beauregard, j ! George Sanders. Jacob Thompson and | others Mr. Toombs now lives in Cuba, where ho*has a large plantation and plenty of negroes ; he is now a rich man, and is traveling for his pleasure. He, as well as General Beauregard, abuse Jeff. Davis without stint. In a personal point of view thev certainly had cause to complain of t Davis' treatment. General Beauregard is abroad in the interest of the Jackson Rail road, and two days ago he was seat for by the Emperor, who received him very cor dially, and talked with him an honr. prin cipally about the new tactics brought out in the American war. On parting the Emperor requested him to call again, with out ceremony, and he would receive him at once, for he wished further conversation with him. The General had some notion of going to Austria, hut who knows but that the Emperor may induce him to en ter the French army.' 1 .‘South Carolina* The up country papers -record frequent burnings of gin-houses, stables, and out-_ houses by the freedmen. A good deal ol I disorder prevails. At no period in the history of the State have we had to record so many outrages on person and property. A lady recently of Anderson, S. C., died at the age of seventy years. I* or thirty six days prior to her death she had _ not eaten one mouthful of food, and subsisted solely on water. The ex-Confederate soldiers of Cnar leston have organized a society known as the Survivor’s Association for the relief of ; indigent widows and orphans of soldiers. NEW SERIES, YOL. XXV. NO. 33. Crop Intelligence. Our readers arc reminded that the coun l try is now full of- Northern cotton buyers, who are interested in making an impres sion that the crop is to he larger than was ; expected, in order that they may buy at low figures. This will explain some of the : letters giving glowing accounts of the coming crop, which have recently been : widely published: Texas Cotton Crop.—The worm has ! made its appearance in Colorado County, but at last accounts had done no material j injury. j The Segum Texian says: There w ill not be more than half a crop of eorn realized in this county. Cotton looks promising, and unless cut short by the army worm or some other contraband I evil, will yield a bale to the acre. The j only danger to be apprehended is, whether I the freedmen can be persuaded to pick it j out. The Goliad Intelligencer says: For three weeks no rain has fallen Imre, and vegetation is rapidly parching. We learn that cotton is being injured down on I the river by tho caterpillar. Corn crops i are stiid to be good on the Rio San Anto nio, but cut short on the creeks. Ouachita Crops.—The Ouachita In telligencer says the planters have succeeded, the late fine weather, in getting cut of the grass. Cotton has improved both on the hills and in the swamp. Over half a crop will be made if not visited hy the worm. The corn crop will be short. The crops throughout the Northwestern States are all looting well. In IHinois. ■ the grasshoppers are destroying some of I the meadow s, but the barley, oats and corn are all healthy. In lowa, wheat and oats | are said to have never promised so well. 1 In Wisconsin, the fruit, generally, is re- j ported a failure—cereals _ could not be bet ter, with the exception of eorn. which is a little backward m some sections. In Michigan, the winter wheat is said to be badly killed—the midge attacking it i severely. Oats, however, never looked j better. Minnesota promises a heavy crop j of wheat. The oats, rye, barley anil eorn ! also look promising. In Missouri, it is i estimated that the yield of wheat will be ! equal to twenty-five bushels to the acre. Crops IN Louisiana.—Despite the ad versities which seemed to threaten almost the existence of Louisiana as a producing State, accounts now received afford some encouragement. A Plaquemine paper says that parish will certainly yield fair crops of sugar, cotton and rice. The Iber ville Pioneer says the crops are hopeful, and tho planters’ countenances in the non inundated sections are bright and jubilant. The Terrebonne Guard, of the 30th ult., says the season has been very favorable for crops and for cultivation, and the Planters’ Banner remarks of St. Mary’s parish, that the crop prospects are much better over there than was supposed. Os the crops in East Feliciana, the Clinton Patriot learns from all parts of the parish that there is more encouragement as to the crops. Those tidings are cheering, not only as relate to the welfare of the planter but as promising u huger tribute of the great staples of commerce than there was any reason to expect.— Exchange. Florida. Governor Walker, in compliance with the wishes of the people of this State, has issued the following announcement of dele gates : Tallahassee, Florida, 1 July 23, 1866. j Having received satisfactory evidence that the Constitutional Union people otthc State of Florida, who favor the reconstruc tion policy of President Johnson, compris ing almost the entire voting populatiou of the State, desire to lie represented in the National Constitutional Union Convention that will convene iu Philadelphia on the 14th of August next, and that, on account of the want of time and to save the expense and inconvenience of meeting in State Con vention, they advise that their delegates to said Convention be appointed by myself; Now, therefore, Ido hereby appoint the following persons to be delegated to said Convention, to wit : From West Florida—B. D. Wright, (>. M. Avery, Geo. Walker, Geo. S. Hawkins, F. F. Pitman, J. I. Dunham From Middle Florida —J. B. Love, Robt. Davidson, W. Call, J. L. MeKibbin, Geo. W. Scott, R. H. Gamble, M. D. Papy, Tho-. Randall, Arva Hopkins. From East Florida—F. McLeod, T. O. Homes, J. B. Dawkins, M. Solana, John Stephens Maxwell. From South Florida—W. Marvin. W. C. Maloney, James Gettes. In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand, on this the day and year first above written. Tiie Philadelphia ton vention. Tiie Action ol tlic Mississippi Convention. Jackson, Miss, July 25. —The Conven tion met and adjourned. Thirty-two coun ties were very numerously represented. The officers were: J uuge J ames Watts, President; S. W. Hyllyer, Amos R. John son and J. A. Buford, Vice Presidents; and J. L. Powers and M. S. Ward, Sec retaries. The following resolutions was passed : Resolved, That this Convention approve the restoration policy of President John son as opposed to the Radical policy of Congress, and having been invited by a large number of distinguished fellow citi zens from the Northern and Western States of the Union to unite in a National Convention, to be held at Philadelphia, August 14th, we accept that invitation and will proceed to elect four senatorial dele fates, and two from each Congressional •istrict, to represent the State of Missis sippi in said proposed Philadelphia Con vention. No other resolution were passed, nor was there any speaking. Delegates at large were selected as fol lows : G. M. Hyllyer, Win. Yangar, Win. S. Featherton. Geo. L. Potters, First District, H. Dockeray, G. 11. Deques; Second District, J. S. Bailey, I)r. J. 11. Sykes; Third District, A. Murdock, J. A. Buford; Fourth District, Gen. IJ. H. Harris, A. G. Myers; Fifth District, H. F. Syrall, Hiram Cassklay. A Racy Correspondence. The Land Be Love, edited by General D. H. Hill, at Charlotte, North Carolina, tells an anecdote of Stonewall Jackson and General Early, in the last number, that_ is pretty good. Going_ up the Valley of Vir ginia on one occasion, Early’s men got hold of too much applejack, and straggled a great deal. At the end of the day’s march the following correspondence ensued between Jackson and Early : Headquarters Left Wing. “General: General Jackson desires to , know why he saw so many of your strag glers in the rear of your division to-da.v. “A. S. Pendleton, A. A. G. ‘ To M a jor General Early. ’ '‘Headquarters Early’s Division. “Captain : In answer to your note, I would state that I think it probable that the reason why General Jackson saw so many of my stragglers on the road to-day is that he rode in rear of my division. Respectfully, “J. A. Early, Major General. “Captain A. S. Pendleton, A. A. G. ; .Ninety Years Growth. Avery few facts, out of many similar ones which might he given, show the won derful progress of the United States in the ninety year.-, of their existence. The thirteen feeble colonies of 1776 have in creased to thirty-six powerful States with numerous and extensive Territories. In 1783 the whole territory covered but 820, - 869 square miles : in 1852 it contained 2,- 963,666 square miles ; and has since been vastly enlarged. In 1790 the total popu lation was 3,929,827 in 1860 it was 31,- 445,080, and is now probably 40.000,000. It is estimated that in 19<J0 it will amount to 100.355,802. Cotton manufacture com menced in 1790, and in 1860 the value of the product was $115,237,926. Woolen manufacture began iu 1810, and in 1860 the capital invested was $35,520,527, con suming $96,000,000 worth of wool. In 1832 there were 131 miles of railroad ; in 1862, 51,114. There are about 70,000 miles oftelegraphic communication ; about ; 20,000 schools, exclusive of public institu | tions. accommodating more thait 800,000 i pupils; and upwards of 4,000 newspapers. — [Mo. Republican. FROM CANADA. Proceedings in the Canadian* Parliament —New Governor for the Island of Trinidad. New York, July 27. The Heralds Toronto special says that in the Canadian Parliament the new militia law .was discussed yesterday, and the clause enabling the Government to raise an iudifinite number of troops was passed. A stormy discussion .ensued on the pro priety of taking pattern after the militia laws of the United States. A Montreal special says : j Hon. Arthur Gordeq, for sometime past Lieutenant Governor of the province . of New Brunswick, has been made Gov ernor and Commander-in-Chief of the Is land of Trinidad and its so-called depeu . dencies. Summary. Maurv is in Paris trying to sell his tor pedo to Louis Napolon. ! Tennessee Legislature adjourned until the first in November. The t ommissioner of Patents will issue one hundred and eightv-seven new patents for the week ending July 31, 1866. The New York Xtws advertises fourteen unknown bodies of persons found dead in that city. Corn is coming down from Nebraska in a perfect avalanche. We are glad to ac knowledge it. An English physician says two children to each married couple is now the average m all large cities. 1 he population of St. Louis, according to a census just published, is 204,327. This i ls a n, increase since 1855 of 79,126. General Sherman was enthusiastically j receiv eu at Montreal oil Tuesday, and be i c ‘V", e the guest of Colonel Bell, the hero | ot the Alma. e never knew what terrible liars the ; tending Republicans were until the party I split, and the hostile ‘‘wings” commenced j to tell on one another. It is said that the grass-hoppers have i appeared in the vicinity of Nashville, and , are invading the corn-fields in fearful num-‘ j bers. Another terrible steam boiler explosion recently occurred in New York city, bv j w bich qjeven persons were dreadfully ; scalded, and all narrowly escaped death. There were 716 deaths in Philadelphia last week, oi which eight were from chol era, and 54 from sun stroke. It was the hottest week since 1778. A recent tea-party near London was composed of sixty-six blind persons, thirty one deaf and dumb persons, and twenty one orphans. They had a very cheerful time. The female^ clerks in the Treasury De partment, Washington, and, perhaps, in the other departments, have had their pay increased from 1720 to S9OO per annum, and an extra hundred paid for last year. The amount of the naval pension fund is now $11,750,000. According to a recent act of Congress the whole sum is to be in vested in United States securities ; the in terest to be applied as usual. A number of bodies have been found in the marsh and woods below Savannah, of soldiers who died in attempting to get away from the pestilence which rages on Tybea. General Grant has selected General Slo cum to succeed General Babcock in com mand at Baltimore. Mr. Stanton don’t approve this selection, aud the difference is not yet settled. The Army a- Navy Gazette says the Snider Enfield rifle can be fired 15 times in a minute, while the extreme rate of the Prussian needle gun is not more than six to eight shots. The Northern papers have published sensational rumors that secret rebel socie ties were being organized among the old Confederate brigades and regiments of Louisiana. This is denied by the best au thority. Dr. P. W. Randolph, who had a long private interview with the President in connection with the education of the colored people ot Louisiana, has already received promises of aid to his schools to the extent of five thousand dollars. Ninety of the wholesale business houses of Portland have issued a statement in which they say their losses during the late fire have been so far repaired that they are notv able to receive and fill orders as be fore. A correspondent in Washington alhides to the licentiousness of the female clerks. He says t hat if David had lived there, in the time of Uriah, he would not have need ed t« take the trouble to put the fellow in tho front of battle! The following is the yield of sugar in Plarjuemine’s Parish, La., for five years: 111 1860 13,554 I In 1855 18,495 In 1859 12,053 In 1853 16,149 111 1858 16,266 1 Present prospects indicate that about half the yield ot 1855 may be expected this year. Gen. Sheridan reports officially that de tachments es French norms • still continue to be lauded at Vera Cruz. He states that from his own observations he has lost all faith in the sincerity of Napoleon in his statements concerning the withdrawal of French troops. The Pajaro Verde of this date says a schooner loaded with emigrants from the State of Texas was wrecked off Tampico during a strong Norther one day last week. There were sixty-one persons on hoard. A few had readied the shore. 1 low many were lost is not knowm. The dispatch is from Tampico by the English packet The committee appointed to investigate the Memphis swindle will not report until the next session of Congress. Their in vestigations so. far have disclosed a vast amount of official corruption in high places; but, as the record cannot be completed* be fore the adjournment, it has been deemed best to postpone the report in order that all the facts can be obtained. Secretary Stanton has ordered that the Abend Post, of Philadelphia, be added to the list of papers authorized to publish tho advertisements of the War Department, and that the Press , of Philadelphia, (For ney’s) the Press, of Nashville, Tenn.. and the Times, of the same city, be stricken from the list. Herr Louis Staab, formerly teacher of music in St. Louis, took out protection pa , pers during the war to escape the service. A little while ago he went to Europe. ; There he applied to the American Consul for protection papers as an American citi zen. but the latter was posted. Staab could not get the protection of the Stars and Stripes, so he had to enter the Prus sian army and fight for Fatherland. Among the Garibaldi troops, you come here and there upon sprightly, good-look ing Vivandiers, whose costume consists of a hat, with a feather in it, red jacket, short green petticoat, with a red border, and a kind of Turkish trowsers. One of these Amazons is described as having an eye pe culiarly flashing, uid from whose girdle protruded conspicuously a long dagger, 1 which the wearer looked singularly capable of using. The Portland Press says: “Our estimate of yesterday, that the number of buildings destroyed was 1,500, we are satisfied Is too j low. We think it will come nearer 1,800, and 3,000 families, embracing 10,000 or 12,000 persons were rendered homeless. The amount of the losses will aggregate upwards of *10,000,000. Some persons I set it as high as $15,000,000. We learn i of insurance to the amount of upwards of $5,000,000. A Scrap ok Personal History.— Two daughters of John \ an Buren were recently presented to the Princess of Wales, which is considered as equivalent to being introduced to Queen Victoria, the Princess receiving all company in the name of her mother-m-law. It is a pity that the Van Buren girls did not see the widow, as that would have afforded them an opportunity to behold their father’s first flame. It will lx; remembered that when Martin Van Buren was President his son visited Eng land, where he upset aristocratic English propriety bv a dashing flirtation with Miss Guelph. Victoria remembered John Van Buren until her memory was clouded by the burly German Albert, inspiring her with anew love. Victoria is now a widow and a recluse in a Court visited by the blooming daughters of her old flame. Remarkable Recovery ok Speech. —A gentleman who left Chattanooga on Friday, informs us of a singular accident that occurred in that place on Thursday. A little boy by the name ot Nathan Bach, son of Jacob Bach, of that city, who had been dumb for the past four months, was. returning from a visit to Dr. Lock, where he had been to procure medicine tor the recovery of his speech, when a hack came dashing down the street and wasjust in the act of running over him, when he cried out at the top of his voice, “stop ! ” —his voice returning to him. His parents had been making prepaiatons to start, in a few days, tor Cincinnati, to have him treated by an eminent physician, with the hope of having him relieved of his dumbness. The joy of his parents may lie conceived. — Nashville Union and American. Hon. S. R. Mallory.— This gentle man, who was Secretary of the navy un der the Confederate regime, has just been released from prison and returned from the North to his home in Florida. His opin ion in reference to the Philadelphia Con vention is thus stated by the Pensacola Observer: . .. „ In conversing with Mr- we learn the object of the I uiladelphia Con vention is for the purpose of bringing the national men of the whole country togeth er for consultation. It lß d eslc T e d to con vince Southern men that if a Kadical mi nority can keep them from participation m legislation, there are men in the North who will assemble with them, and who will con sult with them upon the best means of forwarding the interests of the nation. MM»