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OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXVI. (fluonulc & * entitle!. 111-; :v 11 v \iooiti:, A. It. WHUiUT. TEKM-i OK >1 list UIPTION. WEEKLY. • month.;;;;"";";:"::";;"";;;;;;;;;;";;;*";;;:.; 1 j« ‘ vcar a 1* A i: (Tcwf a . Va i Quick Time. —We learn from a private ’dispatch that the steamer Manhattan ar rived in Charleston on Monday afternoon, from New York, in forty-eight hoars. This is a remarkably quick passage, and 9|>eaks well for those enterprising gentle men, Messrs. Street Brothers & Cos., who are the agents for the Manhattan. Lecture. —Rev. A. J. Ryan, the cele brated Southern Poet, author of the ‘ ‘Conquered Banner,” “Prayer of "the South, ' “Sword of Robert J/ee” and other splendid productions, will deliver a lecture in our city in a few weeks for a charitable purpose, lie has been written to to deliver a lecture in aid of the Catholic f trphans, and has consented. Due notice ol the time and place will be given. A New Institution.— Preparations for the erection of a large and commodious building for the Sisters of Mercy have been commenced on the site of their present location, corner of Mclntosh and Telfair street*. We learn that the contract for bricks, lumber and other material is now being filled, and workmen are engaged on the premises preparatory to laying the foundation. The structure, when com pleted, will be one of the handsomest in Augusta, and will be a great ornament to that neighborhood as well as to the whole city. The several departments are in charge of experienced hands, who will make all proper exertions to show their handicraft to advantage. City Loan and Bciedino Associa tion.—The thirteenth monthly meeting of the Stockholders of this Association was held at the City Hall Monday evening and was largely attended. The report of the Treasurer, Mr. W. C. Barber, was read and gavo entire satisfaction. The par value of each share is sl3, which, on the Treasurer’s books, calls foe S2B 10 cents per share. Several shares of stock were sold at ¥lo 00, and others at sl4 00 per share. The exhibit was, in every respect, satisfactory and complimentary to the President and Directors—so much so that the old Board were unanimously re-elected by acclamation for the ensuing year. President —1 i enuy M yehs. imtECTOiLs: 11. (I. Bauiiku, Jno. E. Mauley, ■lso. Kenny, Wm. H. Goodrich, >Jno. C. Galvan, J. O. Matiiewson. Judge Lime kin. — I The proceedings of the Court Monday, on the announcement of the death of Chief .Justice Lumpkin, will he seen in another column. Wo regret that we are unable to give even a fair resume of the speeches of the different gentlemen who addressed the Court. Wo will take great pleasure in laying them before our readers, if we can obtain a fair report of them as delivered. One circumstance connected with the subject of theso mournful proceedings escaped notice: Forty-seven years ago Judge Lumpkin was admitted to plead and practice law and equity in this State by the Superior Court of Richmond county. The Court was thon%gld in the old Court House on Telfuir ’ building uow known as the paiatiaf', ' ,«*ce of our fellow citizen f!ol. M. P. ifSfavall—and was presided over by Judge *J.. Harford Mont gomery. John 11. Mann, Esq., was Chief and Judge Johi C. Sneed was Dep uty Clerk. Gazelle Firg Company No. 4. —The annual election for officers of the above (lompany took place Monday night, with the following result: . I’resident —John U. Meyer. Oaptniq —11. Clay Foster. Ist Lieut.—Chas. M. Cheesborough. 2nd Lieut.—John W. Stoy. 3rd Lieut. —Wyley F. Ilolleyinan. The result being announced, calls were made upon the successful candidates, all of whom responded in a happy vein. Just at this juncture in the proceedings, Capt. Foster was requested to absent himself from the hall ; whereupon a magnificent silver pitcher, salver and two beautiful goblets, previously provided, were brought forth. A committee of three was appoint ed to conduct Capt. F. back, who, having taken his accustomed place, was addressed in a happy speech by Lieut. Cheesborough, who had been delegated to present the testimonials mentioned. Capt. Foster was taken completely by surprise, but responded feelingly and at length to his high appreciation of the gift. Ftaiiuei). —NVeunderstand that a colored boy stabbed another colored boy Monday evening, near the corner of Cuming and Telfair streets. The wound is a dangerous one and thought to be mortal. We heard none of the particulars of the difficulty. Pickpockets About. — A pickpocket was detected in the act of picking a man’s pocket at the auction sale of Messrs. Day \ Inuian on Monday, lie was immediate ly arrested and taken before Judge Mc- Laws, who, after examining into the case, committed him to jail. This is the second ease that has occurred recently in our com munity, and should serve as a warning to our community to bo careful about their small change. Arm'sta Firemen koinu to Savannah. —We perceive, by a letter in the Savan nah h'tpublican of the 10th, that Ocrnul gee Engine No. 1, of Macon, intend to leave on the 13th instant for a visit to Savannah, and are to bo met at Millen by Engine Company No. 3of Augusta, and proceed on together to the Forest City. We wish them a good time, and feel as sured it will be no fault of the gallant tire men of Savannah if they do not enjoy themselves hugely. Affray. —Au affray occurred at the corner of Houston and Reynolds streets Monday evening, in which one man was se verely gashed with a bowie-knife across the nose aud eyes. Some of the party are just from the Fatherland, and it appears they met at the aforesaid corner, got to driuking, and from driuaing to quarreling, which led to a duel with fists, in the course of which one man whipped three others, he himself scarcely getting a scratch.— Phrenzied with rage, defeat and liquor, the bowie-knife leaped from its scabbard and wiped poor Hans across the nose. “Oh that men should put an enemy in Their mouths, to steal away their brains; that we Should with joy, pleasance, revel and ap plause, Transform ourselvesiuto beasts. -Othello. Dividends. —The President of the Au gusta A Savannah Railroad announces that the regular semi-annual dividend of three and a half percent, (less the United States tax) will be paid to the stockholders on demand at the Central Railroad Bank in Savannah. • Supremacy of the Civil Courts. — The Raleigh Sentinel comments as follows upon the Raleigh address of Chief Justice Chase : ‘ ‘ This language admits of no misinterpretation. It is a plain and em phatic decision that General Order No. 10, ot Ue District Commander, does not apply jurisdiction of the United ‘ regarded by them. It is rumored, we learn, that General Sickles holds that this rder so apply. I n this event, we oe hkelj to have a conflict of authority.” Richmond Superior Court. The regular term of this Court commenced its sitting Monday, Judge Gibson presiding. After the organization of the juries, Judge Gibson gave to • the Grand Jury an able and forcible charge in relation to their duties and obligations as the grand in quest oi the county. Judge Starnes then atiaresse 1 the Court at some length, in a beautiful and appro priate tribute to the memory of the iate Chief-Justice Lumpkin, and moved that, in respect to bis memory, the Court ad journ until to-morrow morning. Judge Starnes stated, in the conclusion ol his remarks that, at an informal meet ing of the Bar held during the morning it bad been determined, in view of the ac tion of the members of the Bar in attend ance upon the Supreme Court, not tq re port or adopt any resolutions in this Court, as by such a course the proper action at Milledgeville might he forestalled. He made this explanation because it had been usual here to report resolutions in such cases, and he thought it due to the Bar and to the county that the omi~sion to do so to-day should lie explained. The motion ol Judge Starnes was seconded by Judge Gould, who, in a feel ing and impressive address, referred to the tuct that he hid, when lie first came to Georgia, many years ago. been thrown in intimate, social and professional relations with the lamented Chief Justice, which had continued up to the time of his elec tion to the Supreme Bench. His sketch of the professional life of Judge Lumpkin was listened to with profound attention by the Court and Bar. Governor Johnson addressed the Court at some length, and gave a graphic sketch of the life of the Chief Justice, in wliich he referred mainly to his great wortli as a man and a patriot. The excellency of his character, and in particular his benevo lence, Christian charity and ardent devo tion to the cause of temperance and educa tion in the State, were dwelt upon with great force and power, and iu a style of simplicity and pathos which charmed his hearers. •Judge Gibson responded to the remarks of the gentlemen of the Bar, and cordially acceded to the request that in respect to the memory of their beloved Chief Justice, the Court would be adjourned until to morrow morning at Kj o clock. Gen. Burton. —General Burton, who has endeared himself to the Southern peo ple by his soldierly and magnanimous treatment of Ex-President Davis, lias been ordered to leave Fortress. Monroe and pro ceed to Charleston, taking with him com panies B and 11 of the Fifth Artillery and all his headquarters. Fashionable Wedding.— A fashion able wedding took place at Bt. James’ Cathedral, Toronto, C. W., on the 4tli. Wm. Hyde, editor of the St. Jiouis Re publican, was married to Miss Buison, a Southern lady. lion. Jeff. Davis, J. 31. Mason, General Jubal Early, Colonel Dorsey, and other Southern celebrities were present. Mr. Davis, on being recog nized, was loudly cheered. The event created quite a sensation. Brotherhood or Locomotive Engi neers.—This is the style of anew organi zation—the object of which is the im provement of professional railroad engi neers. Memphis, Chattanooga and Nash ville boast of organizations in those cities. If there is notio in Atlanta, says the Opinion , the railroad city of the South, there certainly should be. The number of professionals who run into our city regu larly, is undoubtedly greater than at any of the cities named above. Mr. 11. C. Shutz, of Nashville, appears to be the leading spirit of the brotherhood. He has lately been on a tour of instruc tion. The Chattanooga division is com posed of the best engineer? running into that city—J. S. Maloney, of the N. &C. lload, as chief engineer. The object of the organization is thus stated by Chief Engi neer Slmtz : “ Great, is the responsibility of the pro fession, when - taken in all its particulars; but 1 am sorry to say very few attach any importance to it. The simple handling of a reverse lover, the opening and closing of the throttle valve, and a proper use of the pumps, does not make or constitute a competent locomotive engineer. It requires more : a knowledge of machinery and its application is important. Experience teaches a great deal. Perceptibility is necessary- Resolution, caution, reverence of laws, discretion and temperance, are all attributes of a good engineer, and are essential to the careful distribution of the lives ami property entrusted to their care, to the proper destination. “Not like the steamboat engineer who works liis engines by the sound of bells, and lias his craft landed at the proper place by the rudder in the hands of a pilot. No; the locomotive, engineer is his own pilot. He alone is responsible for the manner in which he drives his liery -steed from place to place, and must always look ahead that no obstructions take him una wares or impedes his progress To his standard all engineers of the order will rise, if they follow the precepts laid down for their guidance. Let our motto be pro bono publico, and ere long our brother hood will gain the approbation of a travelling world.” Income of Editors. —The following returns of incomes in New York city show that journalism' has strong claims to rank among the lucrative professions, at least in the metropolis : Horace Greeley, $87,000 ; II J Ray- j mond, #46, IKK) ; Erastus Brooks, $26,000. William O Bryant. sßl,ooo* C Nordhoff, $6,100 ; Thurlow Weed, $62,000 : Robert Bonner, $200,000 ; Frank Leslie, $91,000; I John R Young, $23,000 ; Win. tSwinton. ! $18,000; Moses (teach, 71,000; Win. C Prime, $32,000 ; James Gordon Bennett, $292,000. James Gordon Bennett, Jr.. 5.7,.")00 ; John D Stockton. SIB,OOO ; G W Smalley, SS,OOO ; Theo. Tilton, SII,OOO ; 1 Kane 0 Donnell, $9,400 ; James McCon- ; nell. $6,400 ; Benjamin Wood. $186,000 ; F J Ottarson, $19,000 ; C P Dewey, $S00: Frank Bellow, $2,800 ; G A Townsend, $1,176: CG Halpine. $01,000': Mantou Marble, $10,000; Wm. H Hurlbert, $1,250 ; C A Dana, $72,000 : G W Curtis, l $14,000. In regard to the spinning and weaving trade, the Providence Journal says : “Cotton aud woolen goods are still accumulating in all the markets in the face of dull trade in all directions. It seems to he settled that the supply of goods at tiiis time is greater than the demand. W e are glad to see that both cotton and woolen manufacturers under stand the difficulties of their situation, and are preparing to remedy their troubles by stopping their mills. More than a hun dred thousand cotton spindles controlled in this vicinity have been stopped within the last ten days, and the probability, is that the number will be considerably iu- I creased this week. Attorney-General Stanbervs Opin ion. —Attorney-General Stanbery's opin j ion, under the Reconstruction laws, in -1 terpreting the statutory clauses having reference to eligibility under the provis | ional government of the Southern States for suffrage and office. tr:v- issued to-day in | official pamphlet-form, for the guidance of ! the office rt" enforcing the Reconstruction | acts. — lEis'A. Cor. \. 1. World. ! This decision is, we presume, in reference to the class ot officials in the different States known as county officers, and in relation to whom the Attorney-General in I his report to the President, which has been published, reserved his opinion for a | more thorough investigation of the dif i ferent local statutes bearing thereon. In our State, the officers whose status I is fixed by this decision are Sheriffs, : Coroners, County Judges, Ordinaries, Jus tices of the Inferior Courts and Justices i of the Peace. j Should the Attorney-General's opinion include this class of officials in the disfran chised list, it will lessen the white vote in . the State to the extent of five or six thou sand. We wait with some anxiety the publication of Mr. Stanbery's opinion up on this subject. The War of Races. : The war of races, says the New York Express, has already begun in the capital .of this country, viz.. Washington, and in Georgetown, too —where the Degrees. by organizing as a Race, and with distinction of color, have beaten the whites at the polls, in both cities. The same war is ex isting in New Orleans, and in nearly ail the cities and towns of the South. This war of races, itl« true, exists only in politi cal meetings, and at the polls—but it is the same sort of war that preceded the , race outbreak in Jamaica. Hayti, and Spanish America, and in other mixed, , mottled, amalgamated lands. It is folly to suppose —that what God ■ made, two distinct races of men, can be i unmade by any act 0f Congress, or, that these two distinct races will better co-ope rate from being forced by law into being equal eo-partners in a Government co ; partnership. The idea, of the Radicals, that alone hi .skin, wily in skin, the color of the skin, the Caucasian differs from the African, is just as erroneous as would be the idea, that man was woman, or woman man- —for the difference in the anatomical ! organization, between the negro and white, j is far greater than between men and ; women. The brain of men and women is about like. The brain of the negro and the white man is quite unlike. The skin ] of a man and woman is alike ; the skin of the negro and the white man is very dif— \ ferent. The bone of a man and woman is very like, save in size ; the bone of the negro and white man is quite unlike. I The hair of the man and woman is alike; the hair of the negro and white man is | quite unlike. The lips of the man and ; woman are very like, while the lips of the negro and white man are very unlike— ditto, the teeth— ditto, the shoulder. In short, only in sex, docs man differ from the woman, while the negro differs from the white man, from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot. Hence, the Crime of the Radicals of the North—the great crime of Massachusetts men, forex ample, where the women are in the majori ty —oTexcluding the woman from a vote, . while the negro is given the ballot (of chat tering on manhood, but ignoring woman hood), is inexcusable, for woman is the superior race, and the negro is the infe rior, by the law of God. This war of races, here, if forced on, will destroy our white race—where the inferior race is in a majority here, as in Hayti, Jamaica, and throughout Spanish America, Negroes will govern, as in Hayti, or “orders in Council,” as in Jamaica, or Indian Blood, as in Mexico, under Juarez, or mixed, mottled, amalga mated inferior human beings, as generally throughout South and Central America. lienee—we fully concur with the idea of Gov. Derry, of South Carolina—that the five monarchy (white) Governments, is infinitely preferable (and forever), to a mixed, mottled Government, like those of the Spanish American, or the Government of the inferior races of negroes over the white men of the South. We believe that ninety-nine hundredths of the white people of the South agree with Gov. Perry and the New York Ex press in the conviction that the military government under which the South is now controlled “is infinitely preferable to a mixed, mottled government like those of the Spanish American or the government of the inferior laces of negroes;” but the great apprehension with our people is that, by failing to organize under the Military j Bill, they will have organized over them a ; bitter, malignant and hateful Radical-negro government, like that under which the ; people of Missouri and Tennessee are to day groaning. s , No docent whito man at the South i approves the principles of the Sher man bills. All the intelligence and moral J worth of the South is opposed to the | unjust exactions and cruelly unfair ! discriminations oi these bills against in telligence, and in favor of ignorance— against morality and virtue and honor, in favor of immorality and vice and crime;, yet many good people fear that, by failing to take action uuder these bills, they will incur the risk of further and more oppres sive legislation. Very many of the most intelligent of our Southern people believe that there is a fair prospect of organizing a government under those bills which will not be wholly destructive to our social pol ity. They believe that such a government can be framed as will, for a time at least, prevent the evils which the history of the past shows to have invariably followed all attempts to place the African race upon an equality with the Caucasian. The leading minds of the South are a unit in the conclusion that the Military Bills are not only unconstitutional, but that the principles upon which they are predi cated arc alike ruinous to the best interests of all sections of the country and de structive of the great principles ■ which underlie our system of Republican Govern ment. While some of these advise sub mission to the Military Bills and counsel a | lull and thorough organization of the white race with the view of making honest efforts under these hills for the adoption of a sys tem of government which shall give equal protection to both races, and defeat the at tempt which is being made, by a few office hunting, time-serving and ignoble pale faces, to frame a government which shall | be wholly in the interest of the white sneaks and black people, they do not thereby commit themselves to an endorse -1 ment or approval of those measures. We protest further that this class of our people do not endorse the views of those modern ethnologists who assert the unity of the two races. This question is not involved in the act of organizing under the Sherman Bill. The people of the South are compelled, either to organize under this tyrannical legislation by adopting a 1 State Constitution wliich shall declare as the fundamental law of the land the civil and political equality of the two races, or 1 they mast reject the whole legislation by ; refusing thus to organize. We admit i that, when the political equality of the two j races is recognized aud established by law, \ social equality is bound to follow as a ; natural and necessary sequence. That any Government can prosper, or even exist for any length of time, whose foundation stone is laid in the great and Radical falsehood of natural equality of the two races, we do not entertain the slightest hope. The history of the world teaches, with unerring certainty, the fact that no Government has ever prospered in which antagonistic races shared equally the governing power. The pages of history, both modern and ancient, are filled with instances in which this experiment has been tried, and tried where the two races were of the white blood, aud in every ease, without a single exception, such experiments have been followed by collisions, and bloodshed and anarchy, ultimately resulting in the over throw or destruction of one or the other of the ruling races. But who can conceive of ; the ill-blood, strite, jealousies, heartburn ings, suspicions, criminations and recrim inations which must follow the effort to * conduct a government in which two races | not only differing in culture, in morals, and in experience, but which has another ■ and more discordant element of difference of origin and of color, are entitled to equal rights and authority as law-makers and expounders. While we shudder for ' the future of this once peaceful and happy land, we should not lie idly by and make no efforts to arrest the impending ruin. Good men j should not be deterred in their efforts to extract, if passible, some good from these | mighty wrongs, because the future is covered with the pall of gloom and uncer tainty. Neither should they be driven what, in their judgments, they may believe to he the best for the true interests of themselves and of posterity because a few . white-livered, pap-hunting, money-loving papers like “little Dingy.” or the “Dim- Diaper' of this place may attempt to thrus 4 , themselves forward as the leaders of recon struction, or because the greedy secession millionaires and weak-kneed capitalists of the Joe Brown school should attempt to i organize a party in the State to endorse j the Military Bills as icise, liberal and putt. j Men should endeavor to be controlled in AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE W. 1867. making up their minds upon this ques tion by their judgnihits, and not by their feelings. This is no time for the exercise or encouragement of likes and dislikes. A great stern fact is before us. That fact is the certainty that the government of our State wilt pass into the hands of Radical emissaries and ignorant negroes, unless their pians are tharted by the united and harmonious efforts of the Southern white people. If the good people divide our case is hopeless. We can only hope for success by the combination of all the elements in the State which are in favor of a form of government which shall bear equally in its burthens upon all classes, and whose civil rights and privileges shall be enjoyed alike by all sects and conditions. No Missionaries Ytaifled in the South. About the only truth which has fallen from the lips of Kelly, the Radical emis sary lately, escaped him recently in a speech which he made in Pliiladelphia, immediate ly after his return from his Southern pil grimage. In that speech the Press reports him to have spoken as follows: “In conclusion, he said that there were no missionary politicians wanted in the South, as the negro was capable of taking care of himself in that respect, and could do more good for themselves without the interference ol* such people. ” v , „ As we have the testimony of the truth ful and courageous Kelly that the presence of Radical emissaries are not required at the South, and that the “poor negro” is capable of taking care of himself, it is to be hoped that the pestiferous tribe will re main at home and let the Southern people and their former slaves work out the problem of reconstruction under the Sher man Bill free from the prejudice and ma lignity of Northern Radicalism. From Europe. New Yqrk, June 10, p. m. —The Her ald's special says the Czar has assured the French Cabinet that the attempt ed assassination only tends to strengthen the bends uniting him to Napoleon and France. Napoleon visits the King of Prussia at Berlin in September. London, June 10, p. m.—Dispatches from Paris and St. Petersburg report great rejoicing in France and liussia at the Czar’s escape. Poles everywhere disavow connection or sympathy with the crime. Dublin, June 10, p. in.—Two promi nent Fenians have been arrested at Duti gannon and identified as Colonels Nagle and Warren, formerly officers of the Irish Brigade of the Potomac. Interesting Sews from Mexico. New Orleans, June 10, noon. — We have dates from Mexico to the 2d instant. Miramon was still dangerously ill from the effects of his wound. Mendez was executed by order of Esco bedo on the 10th ult. Campos was shot a few hours after the amputation of his leg. When Maximilian cave up his sword to Escobedo he said : “I surrender to you my sword owing to an infamous treason, without which to-morrow’s sun would have seen yours in my hands.” Escobedo had ordered a court martial to assemble on the 29tli for the trial of Em peror Maximilian. He sent, through Diaz, a telegram to the Prussian Minister at the City of Mexico, together with Mari ano Riva, Publico, and Licentiate Mar tezzi De LaTorre, to defend him. An official list of < the officers made prisoners at Queretaro was sent to the Emperor Ferdinand : Maximilian, Guilo, Miguel, Miramon, Thomas, Mejia, Severs, Del* Castillo, Francisco G. Cassanard, Jose De Hessera, Lozado Feliciana, Jose Maria, Magano Mariano, Reis, Pantaloen, Maret, Mariano, Monter, Jesus Maria, Calvo Pedro Valdez, Manuel, Escobel and Silejrio Rainerez—total 14; Colonels 18; Lieutenant Colonels 15 ; Captains and Brevet Lieutenant Colonels 10; Majors 30; Captains 114; Lieutenants 110, Second Lieutenants 108—-total 437. The following is Maxiliau’s proclama tion : “Countrymen : After the valor and patriotism of the Republican forces have destroyed my sceptre in this place, which te nacious defence was indispensable. To save the honor of my cause and of my race, af ter the bloody siege in which the Imperial and Republican soldiers have competed in abnegation and boldness, I will explain myself, countrymen. I cam# to Mexico not only animated with the best of faith, insur ing the felicity of all and each of us, but called and protected by the Emperor of France, Napoleon 111. He, to the ridi cule of France, abandoned me, cowardly and infamously, by demand of the United States, after having uselessly spent forces and treasure, and shed the blood of her sons and your own. When the news of my fall and death reaches Europe, all the monarch.? of Charlemagne’s country will demand of the Napoleon dynasty an ac count ofniy blood, of the German, Belgian and French blood shed in Mexico. Then will be the end. Soon before the whole world, Napoleon 111. will be covered with shame from head to foot. To-day lie has al ready seen his Majesty the Emperor of Aus tria. my august brother, praying for ray life to the United States; and myself, a prisoner ol war in the hands of a Republican Government, and with my crown and my head torn in pieces. Countrymen, here are my last words : I desire that my blood may regenerate Mexico, and serve as a warning to all ambitious and incautious ; and that you will act with prudence and truthfulness, and ennoble with your virtues the political cause of the flag you sustain. May Providence save you and make you worthy of myself! (Signed 1 Maximilian. Indians on the War Path. San Francisco, June 9. —Arizona ad vices state that thelndians have commenced a vigorous campaign, attacking the ranches in thcvicinity, of Prescott and Fort Whipple. From Omaha—Fight with Indians. Omaha, June 10, noon. —Sherman is sued an order saying the Pacific Railroad will be well guarded. Freight passengers ! are forwarded from the terminus under a sufficient guard. Sherman is sanguine of clearing Platte Valley of Indians in two weeks. Nine passengers and twenty Indians fought within five miles of Moore's Fort. No passengers were killed. Gen eral Davis’ son wac mortally wounded and two Indians killed and five wounded. The passengers returned to Omaha this morn ing. General Steel, after a narrow escape, reached Denver safely. From Idaho. San Francisco, June 10, p. m.—ldaho advices state that the Indians are attack ing the stages and stage stations, and driv ing off stock. The Indians are mounted on fine horses, said to have belonged to the second cavalry. An expedition to take possession of the newly discovered Island in the Pacific in behalf of the United States, sailed to-day. The Pacific Mail Company will send a vessel, also, in hopes of finding a suitable harbor for a coaling station for Chiua steamers. From Raleigh. Raleigh. N. C., June 10, p. m. — In the U. S. Circuit Court this morning Chief Justice Chase ordered that in summoning 1 grand and petit juries no distinction on ae > count ofeolor should be made. Burning of the Steamer Forest City. Savannah, June 10, p. m. —The : steamer Forest City was burned at three 1 o'clock this morning, while lying alongside ! the British ship S. L. Tilley , at Venus ; Point. The steamer is a total loss, except her machinery. She drifted to the Caro-' liua side and sunk. The ship lost her mizen mast and most of her sails and rig | ging, which can be easily repaired. The schooner Cora Moneta also took fire and ; sustained considerable damage. From Texas. New Orleans, June 10. p. m.—Geiji Griffin issued an order on Saturday dis charging the entire police force of Galves ton. He appointed anew police force, five of whom are colored and none of them are able to read or write. A Yankee genius out West, conceiving that a little ipowder thrown upon some ereen wood would facilitate its burning, directed a small stream upon the smoking pile, and not possessing a hand sufficiently quick to cut this off at a desirable moment, was blown to pieces. The Coronor thus reasoned ou the verdict: “It can’t be called suicide, because he didn't mean to kill himself: it wasn't a visitation of God, because he wasn’t struck by lightning; he didn't die for want of breath, because he hadn’t anything left to breathe with. It’s plain he didn’t know what he was about, so I shall bring in, ‘ Died for want of com mon sense.’ The FHtnrc Cost of Peruvian Guano. The Government of Peru possesses a monopoly, by nature, of the best fertilizer for the soils of the Atlantic slopes of the United States, ais yet discovered, in the immense deposit.- of guano found upon the Chincha. Lofcos, and other rainless islands lying off its seacoast near Pisco in the Southern Pacific Ocean. The fertilizing properties of guano appear to have- been known and appre ciated by the Peruvians from a very early date. They used it in the growth of corn and potatoes, irrigating the land after making the application. Visits to these islands, during the breeding season of their feathered inhabitants, were prohibited under penalty of death. The preservation of the accumulated and accumulating de posits was an object of especial care with their ancient rulers —the Incas—and is of no less impotfance to their modern Re publican Government. Nevertheless, the value of guano, as an article for trade and export, as a direct source of national revenue, is of very recent origin. Baron Humboldt, the world-renowned Prussian, was the first to invoke the attention of the scientific world to the chemical corn posiflon of this substance in ISO 4, and I procured its analysis by distinguished ! hjnCfiqs*** chemists. About the-ye»t- fsTfVri Sir Humphrey Davy suggested its value as a fertilizer, as indicated by chemical analysis, to English firmer.?. The first experiment of practical application to the soil by an European, is said to have been : made during the same year by a General Beatson, upon the Island of St. Helena, i since made so famousas the prison bounds of tlje Great Napoleon. la the year IS4O, a 31 r. 31yers imported twenty casks into the port of Liverpool. This was the be- I ginning of the Guano Trade. Homeward bound ships from California and.the Pacific sought in it a profitable return cargo. The demand increased rapidly, coming chiefly from the great maritime nations of the world—the United States and Great Bri tain. The foreign transportation of it in the year 1857 employed six hundred and twenty ships, having a carrying capacity of 489,914 tons register, of which two hun dred and eighty vessels of 205,152 tons went to Great Britain, and two hundred and one vessels of 213,322 tons came to the United States. The whole amount exported from the commencement of the trade to December, 1557, was 2,457,977 tons, ships’ register. Hitherto the supplies obtained in this country have been under special contracts with, or from consignments made by, the Peruvian Government, through their ac credited agents at the ports of New York and Baltimore. The cargoes consigned, are sold upon arrival oi to arrive at stipu lated prices, for usually three different grades, the prices corresponding thereto. These purchasers sub-divide into lots and re-sell to dealers or through the interven tion of one or more commission merchants to the farmers for use. At the present time, we have every reason to believe that much the larger proportion of that which is im ported finds its way into the hands of “manipulators” and Phosphate manufac turers. Under the operation of this system the price has steadily advanced. Asa matter of course, the ordinary market fluctuations in price, wliich grew out of competition and an excess of supply, are excluded. The only possible cause for fluctuation would be the wants of the Peruviaji Treas ury, the sale of guano being the chief scourco of revenue—about fifteen-six teenths of tire whole revenue of the Re public. But these .Ag&nfe.- <*s. one may readily imagine, oouirilas easily met under a control of shipments, by a reduction in prices to favored capitalists, without affect ing what is called the established market price, or lessening the cost to the farmer. The present price is, as wo are advised, from seventy-five to ninety dollars per ton gold, according to grade. The dis tribution of the imports of the United States amounting to more than that of Great Britain and vastly more than the aggregate importations of all the world beside, i.s confined almost exclusively to the Middle and Southern Atlantic States. The present cost of pure Peruvian Guano to our farmers, swelled by commissions, hand ling, transportation and waste is so great as almost to interdict its use. Delivered at liis door it cannot cost the farmer less than from seven to ten cents per pound— spread upon liis fields its cost will not be less than from fifteen to twenty-five dollars per acre. This high price has led to adulterations of the grossest kind, manipulations or admixtures and number less substitutes. We would not be understood as condemning all of these admixtures or manipulations. Some of them are undoubtedly valuable, being honestly and carefully prepared with proper materials, and in accordance with the rules of science and practical experi ence. Some manufacturers openly publish, as of the highest merit, that among the constituents of their productions there is i), certain amount of Peruvian guano and claim that the addition of bone dust, ashes, poudrette and other substances furnishes in better proportion, those elements which, arc needed during the growth and at the maturity of the crops. It is generally conceded, as the result of experience, that the admixture of guano with compost is highly advantageous if not absolutely requisite for its successful and profitable application to light sandy soils, by reason of the highly volatile and caustic qualities of its ingredients. Hence all those com pounds usually sold under the general name of phosphates and super-phosphates meet with favor, even when the ingredient added is nothing more than inferior earth- j ly matter within the reach of every one. { Whatever may be the value of these so-call- j cd phosphates for fertilizingjthe soil, it can- j not be reasonably doubted that, while they arc nominally one-third to one-half the | price of pure Peruvian guano, they are ! really more costly by double if not three or j four times, and that they might be obtain ed at much less cost byperforming the man ipulation on the larger farms orin the vicini ty of our larger towns and villages, thereby saving the cost of labor and the transpor- j tation of the bulky and heavier materials : which added to the lighter and highly con- ! centrated genuine article obtained from 1 Peru. V c say notning ol the enormous profits realized in the manufacture. The Government of Peru has, by legis lative enactment, recently passed a decree changing the present system of sale under control and upon consignment and compelling cargo purchasers and contract ors to make their negotiations at their own doors—thus dispensing with the interven- I tion of foreign agents. The provisions of ! this decree are as follows: Article 1. The Government will hence forth be restricted from entering into anv new contracts consigning guana and al=o from continuing, by the system of advance ments or any other means, those now le gally in force. Art. 2. Guano will be sold in Peru to each -and every country that imports it The sale will be by public auction. ‘ Notices will have to be given in the papers for six months in advance as to the quantity con sumed annually or at the most every two years. Art. 3. The Government will proceed to make contracts ior tne sale of cuano with the actual consignees for the quantity con sumed in their respective markets Art. 4. These contracts of will be immediately submitted to the consideration of Congress, without whose approbation they will be void or all legal effect. Art. 5. The Government will have to «ee that all the obligations contracted by the nation in reference to the foreign debt are strictly fulfilled. Art. 6. If the Government should not be able to raise funds in accordance with the means indicated in Art. 3, they will he authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding 4,000,000 soles, making the best contracts they can, and submitting the Same to the approbation of Congress. It is not necessary that we should offer a conjecture as to the motives which have influenced this change. It is reasonable to suppose that, while the desire may be to reach the greatest amount ol net revenue per ton, it : J equally desirable and is for the interest of the Peruvian Govern ment to extend the use of their chief article of export, and chief source for revenue, and thereby increase the demand. The amount thus far exported is utterly insignificant when compared with their immense reserves. The received estimate of the larger of the Chincha Islands alone is 17,000,000 tons, the deposit attaining a depth of one hundred and sixty feet or more ; while that of the three islands com posing this group is forty millions. There can be, therefore, hut little fear of im mediate exhaustion. The whole revenue from the sale of guano in 1857 was $15,296,952 or $G 23 per ton in gold. The difference between the amount per ton received by the Peruvian Government, and the prices current in this country, would indicate that there must be an ex ceedingly large margin for profits. The control and the negotiations are now made to restsolely within the Government hOLPeru. There will be nr ‘-rtervention of ■ agents—there need be no control by other and more grasping monopolists. The validity of contracts is made to depend upon a ratification by the Peruvian Con gress. It cannot be doubted but that special encouragement will be given to purchasers at their home ports, and that whatever contracts be made that these ports will be kept open and free to all buyers. The spirit of decree points out that such a policy will govern in future. Let us sup pose that the price demanded by the gov ernment be ten dollars per ton, an advance of more than sixty per cent on that which they now receive, and that the freightage will be twenty dollars per ton, a rate of which will yield one-third the cost of a good ship; there still remains a very large margin for profits. Cannot a combi nation be effected to secure these profits for our people? Cannot a Peruvian Guano Importing Company be organized? What say our planters? What say our mer chants ? What say our brethren of the Press ? What will Savannah say ? What will Charleston say? Shall we reap the benefits of direct importation and secure to our farmers the best of fertilizers at a low rate and perform our own manipulations, or continue to be manipulated? Decline in Breadstuffs. We took occasion in a recent article to advise our planting friends to rush their wheat crops to market as rapidly as they could. We gave as our reasons for this advice our opinion that the price of cereals and. particularly wheat would decline heavily, and that at an early, day. We hope that planters have adopted our sug gestions, and that they are using all possi ble dispatch to get their wheat crops to market. We return to the subject again to-day with the view to urging all our planters to suffer no delay in this matter. Already prices are tending rapidly downward, and it is thought that wheat will go as low as $1 70 per bushel. It has already fallen in the Chicago market from $2 85 per bushel, which it brought the middle of last month, to $1 90 —a decline of ninety five cents in less than one month. Last Wednesday and Thursday the decline in the two days was twenty-eight cents per bushel, with a still further downward ten- Oorn has also fallen in the Western mar kets within the last fifteen days over twen ty cents per bushel, and is now quoted in Chicago at ninety cents. There has been a great decline also in the price of oats. On the 28 th of 3lay, oats brought in the Chicago market as high as ninety cents per bushel. On Wednesday last the price had fallen to 00 cents, being a decline in eight days of thirty cents per bushel. Rye is also going down. From $1 57, wliich it brought in 3lay, it has fallen in Chicago to $1 02, being a decline of fifty five cents per bushel. In view of this general downward ten dency in prices of all the leading cereals, we urge the Georgia wheat grower not to hold liis wheat at present prices, but to send it forward now while the ruling rates are high. During the latter part of this month the crop of the great wheat grow ing regions of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Western New York, and' the Western States, will be coming into market, and then we shall confidently expect a still further and more decided decline in prices. The Southern wheat growers should en deavor to realize something from the great advantages which nature and the climate gives them over their less favored compe titors of the North and West. cohserratives Must Not Divide. There will, no doubt, be some in Geor gia, says the Federal Union, who are not Radicals, whowill votefor a Convention, and others equally patriotic will vote against a Convention. But there is no necessity for two parties. Let ail register who can vote, and at the election those who want a Convention will, of course, want a good man to represent them in the Convention. Those who vote against a Convention can, at the same time, vote for a good man to represent them in case a majority should be iu favor of a Convention. In that way, both those who favor a Convention and those who oppose, can vote for the same man, so that if the State votes for a Con vention we have a delegate already elect ed; and if Convention is voted down, there |is no harm done. We. who are Conser- I vatives, can all vote for the same delegate I whether we vote for or against a Convention. The only safe way will be for all to agree |on a candidate and elect him. However, j we may divide on the propriety of a Con | vent’on, we need not, and we must not, divide on the propriety of electing the right sort of delegates. Stanbery's Opinion.— The Columbus i Sun lets off the following pungent criticism ; upon the very able and lucid ? (in a horn) opinjon of the Attorney-General upon the i construction of the Military Bills : Our Synopsis of Stanbery. —Every body can vote that is registeiftd. Every body can register that will swear. Every body can swear that is a mind to. Every negro has a mind to swear. Though what’s the use of asking him where he lives ? MR. STANBERY’S OPINION. The following lucid answer, by a learned Professor, is a pretty fair illustration of the opinion of the United States Attorney- General on the Reconstruction acts : “Pray, Mr. Professor, what is a pen | Ph “Madim, it is simply a circumlocutory cvcle of oratorical sonorosity, circumscrib ing anatom of ideality, lost in a verbal profundity.” , 1 ‘Thank you, sir. _ West Point— Soutiieren Boys Ahead. —We learn a remarkable fact from the New York Times, of the nth instant, and it is this : That of the class just graduating at West Point, every one of the first six scholars is from the South. Ruffner of Vir ginia. leads, and Sears, of Virginia, is third : then there are Mallory, of Ala bama, Rogers and Hauft, of Georgia, and Griffith, of North Carolina. In the next six there are three Tennesseeans—Pitt man, Maguire and Bell—while Turtle, of Massachusetts, Greer, of Pennsylvania, and Heintzelman, at large, occupy the other three places. Thus all of the first twelve places on the scale ot general merit, are given this year by men appointed from the South. P. T. Barnum's place at Fairfield, I “Lindencroft,” has passed into other j hands. A Candid Confession. “This is the Governor’s position:— Privately he says he favors the Republi can party, and expects to join it when the time comes, but he does not do so now, as such a step as that might do more harm than good. So Governor Brown has been a Bold-back among the white Republicans in Georgia. But to return to the Conven tion.”— Cor. Forney's Press. V hen we stated some two months since our opinion that Governor Brown had determined to go out “bag and baggage” to tlb; Sumner-Stevens Radical party, we were taken to task by some of his friends for doing the Ex-Governor injus tice. V*e commend to their perusal the above extract, which we clip from a letter pub lished in the Press, and written by one of its Southern correspondents. It will be seen that Joe gives the same reasons for not coming out openly for the Radicals which we charged upon him when he began coquetting with that party. He favors the Radical party , but does not openly avow his opinions now, because it might do more harm than good. The people would not follow him so blindly and confidingly if they knew at the outset where he was taking them. The old arts of the demagogue are resorted to until he can get the unsuspecting herd so far on his course as to be unable to retrace their steps; then he will boldly own his full and cordial adherence to the Radical organiza tion. “Ho has been holding back among the white Republicans” in order to fasten them upon his line and then betray them to their enemies. Will the people of Georgia continue longer to give their countenance and sym pathy to such a designing and deeeitful, not to say treacherous, leader ? We think not. The “Slang” and the “Morals” of the Stock Market. The Journal of Commerce (money arti cle) is letting the uninitiated into the mys teries of “the street,” the morals of stock gambling, &c., Ac.: “if our non-professional readers who are interested in the theme will preserve this paper for reference (the editor thinks), they will soon, with its aid, acquire a familiarity with the lauguage of the Stock Exchange, and better understand the technicalities which are employed daily in describing its business. A sale marked C (cash) is for money down, and the stock must be delivered and the payment made on the day it occurs. Where no mark is given, or conditions prescribed, the sale is understood to be ‘regular’; in this ease the stock is deliverable and the cash pay able the day following. A sale ‘buyer three’ (or b3, as it is always printed), gives the buyer the privilege of calling for the stock at any time within three days without notice ; if not demanded before, it is deliverable at the end of the time, and is always payable on delivery. Where the condition is ‘seller three’ (s3j the seller at his option, may deliver it and demand payment without notice, during the time specified, and must deliver it at the close if not before. When the contract is to run beyond three days, it is governed by different rules. By a rule adopted several years ago, the Board of Brokers agreed not to recognize a contract for more than 00 days. Previous to this, engagements were made to run 4,6, 9 and even 12* months. Ajl contracts for more than three days carry interest at six per cent, per annum on the amount paid on the stock, which accrues to the seller, whether the engagement is on buyer’s or seller's op tion. Whichever party has the option may avail himself of it precisely as on a three days’ sale, except that lie must give oneday’snoticeinwriting. Thus buyer 5,10, 30, or 00 days give tlie buyer the privilege of calling lor the stock on one day’s notice at any time during the running of the con tract, when he must be prepared to pay for it with interest on the amount to that date. . A r jA,stiller .5,. 10, JjlL.or MU. days gives the seller the option to deliver during this time, upon one day’s notice, when he is entitled to the payment of the price and interest. The phrase “long” in stocks means nothing more than to express the fact that the operator has purchased a supply, and has them on hand. He may have bought them to hold for a rise, or to prepare for a future delivery which ho has undertaken, but he holds the stocks as he would any other property. To be “short” in stocks is to sell or contract to deliver stocks which the operator does not possess. He expects to buy them in at a price lower than liis contract, and thus to make a profit out of the transaction. There is usually a difference of 1 to i of one percent between regular sales and time contracts. «Buyer’s options are usually higher, and seller’s options lower than the rate for immediate delivery. If any one should ask us to set forth the essential difference between these time contracts and other forms of gambling, we should bo obliged to confess ourselves at fault. There may be cases where a capital ist having money to invest which is not yet in hand, may contract for a favorite security, so as to be certain of it when lie is ready for the purchase ; and a bona fide holder of stock wishing to realize on it at some uncertain day in the future, may contract to sell it for a given price at liis option. But the bulk of these transactions are mere bets upon the future price of the securities named by the operators, and are the most pernicious sort of gambling. Scrupulously observant of their word, and with a nice regard for their honor among their fellows, are most of this class of dealers ; but there is no valuable con sideration in their service, and defalcation, bright and general misery, mostly summed up in the word ruin, are the natural fruits of their doings.” Sudden Death.—An old colored man, while walking down Broad street Tuesday morning, suddenly fell dead in front of the residence of J. 11. Mann, Esq. It is supposed that he died of disease of' the heart. Movement of U. S. Troops.—A de tachment of United States troops, num bering four hundred, under the command of Major Greene, passed through our city Tuesday, en route to the scat of Indian war, from Charleston. Wheat Harvest. —The Rome Courier of the 11th inst. says: “The principal part of the wheat in this section will be harvested in the next ten days. Every thing indicates a good crop, and we hope the cry for bread will soon be hushed in the land. We hear some merchants predict that three hundred thousand bushels will be shipped from Rome.” Pic-Nic of the Citizen Fire Company. —The members of the Citizen Fire Com pany, with their invited guests, met at the Georgia Railroad Depot Tuesday morn ing, and in a short time were landed at Berzelia, where the day was spent in the enjoyment of such amusements as arc usual upon occasions of the kind. The party was largely attended, number ing about four hundred and fifty. Wm. Bryson, Captain of the Citizen, and his officers, rendered the occasion very agree able by their assiduous attention to the wants of their friends. Mr. Henry A. Merry, of the Berzelia Hotel, by his courtesy and attention, aided materially in furthering the festivities of the occasion, and although he was taken by surprise at the number of visiters, yet he provided accommodations for all, and will lie pleased at all times to make similar provision for his Augusta friends, who rnay favor him with their presence, whether in search of health or pleasure. The 11 Citizen and their guests ar rived at home at a quarter after nine, after having spent the day in the enjoyment of innocent amusement with no accident to mar the pleasures of their Pic-Nic. A company has lately been organized in Florida—the “Southern Land and Immi gration Company”—for the of facilitating the disposal of lands in the Southern States, introducing European immigrants, &c. David S. W alker, Gov ernor of Florida, is president of the com pany, and it embraces several large capi talists. A vessel from the West Indies, the RUing Sun, has landed at New Haven seventy-seven thousand gallons of molasses, the largest cargo ever brought to that port. NEAT SERIES VOL. XXVI. NO. 25. The South Whether they will or won't, the people must face the fact that the prosperity of the North is closely identified with that of the South. It is time to see the truth that there is something else to Jbe done with the Southern people besides this business of managing theta with reference to the future power of the Radical party. There are other interests at stake than this one of gerrymandering the South to give the Radicals an increased vote in Con gress. For no sensible man will dispute that the present management of the South is wholly controlled by the question of future power and plunder for a party. The interests of the country arc forgotten. The interests of the Union are left out of view. The absurdities which our present course exhibits are a disgrace to ns. An example is visible in the twaddle of Radical men about treason. Among the inhabitants of the Southern States there is not one man in a hundred, black or white, that lias not been an enemy of the government. The most ardent aiders and abetters ot tlie re bellion were to be found among tlie non combatants, tlie females and the negroes. The negro population was deeply imbued with the spirit of hatred to the North ; and in thousands of instances this spirit led them to the verge of the battle-field; and where they could overcome their innate cowardice, it led some into the heat of battle. The Southern army was attend ed by large numbers of negroes who, irom choice, continued in the field, and who were as ardent enemies of the. ‘.‘Yankees'’ as any of their white masters. Here we have, then, a population of some millions scattered through the South ern States, who have’ come under the dominion of the law, and are now subject to such punishment as the government may administer. But no one dreams of punishing them. Why not? Because it is said they were slaves, and their acts were to be regarded as compulsory. It is then conceded by the most enthusiastic, devotees of the blood-for-blood doctrine, that a nominal compulsion is sufficient reason for excusing the great crime. That the compulsion was only nominal, no one can doubt. At every moment, from 1801 to 1805, the negroes held possession of the homes and the base of supplies of the Southern army. There was never an in surrection, never a dream among them of casting off the nominal yoke of servitude. They were willing servants, and their masters had implicit confidence in their fidelity, both to them and the Confederate cause. Emissaries were amoug them all this time, seeking to arouse them into action on the side of the Union, but they refused the temptations. Looking at these facts, will the gentle men who have never yet seen a battle field, but who desire to add the terrors of legal executions to the slaughters of these years past, explain on what principle they draw a distinction between the white man and the negro in questions relating to con fiscation, treason, and the like ? It is agreed on all hands that even the negro, who, with rifle in hand, on the rebel side, helped in the awful bloodshed of Gold Harbor, should not be tried as a traitor. It is even agreed that the free negro who took a shot now and then for the fun of the tiling over the deadly works in front of Petersburg, ought not to be punished as a traitor. But who will define the distinction? The pressure at the South which drove young and old into the ranks was tenfold more visible and tangible than the pressure on the negro. Why not have some sym pathy for the white man? Why this fundamental distinction which tends to a conflict of races? Certainly the day of wisdom and of calmer thought and wiser action must be before us. It is impossible that a nation should go blundering on in this blind inconsistent manner forever. Our present policy at the South, distin guishing as it does white from black, to the depreciation of the white and the elevation of tlie black over him, is a disgrace to civ ilization. There is no satisfactory explana tion of the conduct of some of the Generals now in command at the South, nor is it improper to attribute to them a desire to provoke hatred and perpetuate disooril, since there is no choice between charging them with this desire and with the gross est stupidity. They are none of them stupid, and, therefore, it is beyond reason able doubt that they work with intent to accomplish that result which their course does accomplish. Riot, and more and more bloodshed, follow their tracks. The Generals to whom we aliude have thus far succeeded in keeping their departments in a state of turmoil, and in giving their Northern Radical friends abundant ma terial for abuse of the South. With such Generals the condition of the South may fairly be regarded as hopeless. So long as they remain in command the prospect will grow darker and darker. Up to the present moment a careful estimate of tlie work done in the Southern States liy the military oftieers convinces us that it amounts to this, namely, from a condition of comparative quiet and hopefulness for white and black, they have brought things itrto a much worse state for both, and whereas the relations of the two races were peaceful and mutually satisfactory, they arc now becoming dangerously dis turbed by the acts of the Generals and the men they employ. All this reacts with terrible force on us at the North. There lias not been in many years a more serious state of feeling than now pervades our business circles. Ruin stares men in the face, and ics approach is hastened by the folly, the madness with which politicians are using the military position to accom plish their nefarious purposes at the South. —iV Y. Journal of Commerce.. The Kaflleals Working Their Own Knln. Wendell Phillips, says the New York Herald , wants to put anigger on the Pres idential ticket with General Grant. This is tlie latest limit of Radical movement— the most advanced position of the most advanced man—and show's like a beacon the tendency and direction of revolutionary thought moving onward wave by wave. Mr. Phillips’ nomination of a nigger for Vice President is in our revolution exactly analagous to one of the most characteristic facts of the French revolution- -the crown ing of an immoral woman as Goddess ol Reason. The deification of the nigger— the apotheosis of that great cause of the war —is the necessary sequence of success; it is the necessary party result of the ter rible contest that party leaders look upon as having been purely and simply a nigger war. Phillips sees this, and is consistent. Reasoning on the bare facts, looking at the matter purely in its logical forms, he sees that the inevitable next step for the party that lias gone so far is to exalt the nigger to the highest possible point of power and dignity; and seeing this, he states it bold ly ana broadly, not deterred by any' such trashy commonplaces as a sense of what it may be judicious, decorous or even decent for his party to do. In the French revo lution all the surroundings of the event we have alluded to make it an exact parallel to this exaltation of the nigger. Each was the same defiance of commonplace pro priety—the same natural next step of rev olutionary' movement. The only thing that is impossible to a revolution is to stop. Incessantly and in exorably to go forward, working out its fate, is the law of its life. Attempts to stay revolution at any point short of its ultimate end only expose those who make them to he crushed under the onward moving wheels. Revolutions of modern history has illustrated no point so dis tinctly as this. The great one that an nihilated the whole ancient system of France bore at its opening the harrnlessap pearanee of a movement for reform ; but, sweeping forward, it soon left the most ad vanced philosophical extremists far be hind, and at its close was seen to have left nothing unchanged in the nation, and to have spared no person or party that had attempted to stay its course, until it fairly ran into the counter revolution of military despotism. Barnave had fulminated like the rest against aristocracy, against royalty, for the liberty of the people ; but the day came when this extravagant democrat ven tured to say that the revolution was going too far—ventured to warn the country that it was destroying not merely royalty, but government —not privilege, but prop erty —— an ,l for such wise warnings Barnave, once a (foremost man of the Revolution, went to the guillotine, as the aristocrats j had gone so plentifully before. This is the history of nearly all the men of the French Revolution, its au thors and abettors who at any time raised a voice against its dangerous tendencies. They who urged one series of executions were the victims of the next. With the Girondists went down the attempt of a great party to stay the movement. Thence there was no restraint. It was only a question for how trivial an opposition a j man should die. Camille Desmoulins, a Jacobin, was guillotined for proposing a committee of clemency—a committee em- : powered to set at liberty persons who : were merely “suspected” of evil inten tions. The great crime of the age was to attempt to modify the revolutionary ex travagance. This is, in a party sense, the j great crime now —fotwe are only repeating that history: Radical leaders are working out in essentially the same way their own destiny and ruin. He who is not willing i to go to any extremity in the great diree- ! tion of universal nigger worship must go down, and will go down, so far aR party position is iiii plied. General Pope is a ruined man if he had any party views. He has just suppressed a newspaper in Mobile for merely giving the niggers some lessons in killing, '‘instructing them how, when and where to use firearms/’ This interference with the amiable recreation of republican voters will send him to the political guil lotine. On the other hand, the Superin tendent of the Freedmen’s Bureau in V ir ginia is in the line of promotion. He has made the Bureau openly a party machine, by instructing his subordinates to see that every negro "is registered and votes.’’ He appreciates the fact that the revolution is going on, and that the point at which Wendell Phillips has now fixed the party standard is not very far in advance of the present partj- line. He is right. However moderates protest and demur, that is the next great point; and it will be but a lit tle while before we reach it, for we go through a revolutionary cycle in much less time than it required in any of the famous European revolutions. —. m mm A letter from Koine describes "Holy week.’’ The writer says : l think the sight of the gorgeous car riages was as interesting as any part of the aflair. All those belonging to the cardi nals arc red, profusely gilded, with flun kies in cocked hats, two in front, and loot men behind. The manner in which their horses are harnessed is very handsome, loaded as they aie with gorgeous purple and gold and bright, steel. The horses themselves are very fine, generally black, with magnificent manes and tails. 1 have not seen finer animals anywhere. A correspondent at lluatan, which now, in common with other parts of Central America, enjoys monthly steam mail com munication with the United States, writes as follows : In regard to Honduras and Guatemala, in the Bay of Honduras, it is destined to become of importance in the course of two or three years more. There are al ready some sixty or seventy families from Louisiana and Texas settled at Santo Tomas, in Guatemala, and commenced raising sugar cane, and as almost any ground will produce a ton of sugar per acre, they will expect a good deal of sugar the coming season. They have a splendid harbor, healthy climate, and if industrious will succeed in making up their recent losses. v Supreme Court Reporter.—The At lanta Arte Era of Tuesday says : "Col. L. E. Breckley. owing to ill health, has re signed the office of Reporter of the Supreme Court—a trust which ho filled with signal ability. We. are pleased to learn that Col. F. J. Hammond has been appointed to that position. Wo congratu late the State and country upon so emi nently a good appointment. Sanitary Preparations. —Populous ckies on our western rivers were severe sulferers last year from the prevalence ol‘ cholera, and they arc now moving in good season to make such sanitary prepara tions as may most effectually protect them from another visitation. No precaution should be neglected, anywhere. It is de sirable that all contemplated improvements, such as building sowers, excavating cellars, especially if the ground is low and moist, should cither bo finished before the com mencement of hot weather, or bo deferred until the return of frost. The malaria from fresh excavations is liable to do mis chiefin cities. A statement is going the rounds of the papers that Queen Victoria is 52 years of age. This is a mistake. She was born May 24, ]BJ 9, so that she is 48 years old. She succeeded to the throne on the death of her uncle, William the Fourth, June 20, 1847, when she was a little over JS years of age. She was married to Prince Al bert, February 10,1840. She has 9 children and 10 grand children. Her eldest child, who is now the princess royal of Prussia, and has 4 children, was born Novej»** or 21, 1840.. The youngest child ;* f ’ Queen Victoria is the Princess Heat rice Mary Victoria Feodore. She was born April 14, 1857. Precept vs. Practice.—The New York Trilmnc is a loud-mouthed advocate for encouraging what it calls “home in dustry and yet this same Tribune im ports aUitspapcrfromforcTgrrcour.tr'ies.' A New York exchange asks this pertinent question—“ How much weight would Horace Greeley’s editorials in favor of pro tection have with his readers if they all could pass the Tribune office and see for themselves the tons of foreign paper bought by the Tribune Association, and on which the 'lribxcneya printed ?” Worse and Worse.— Judge Richard Bustped, not satisfied with having the door of the Union Bepuhlican Convention slammed in his face, yesterday wrote a let ter of compliments to that body, and in return therefor received a complimentary vote of one hundred and forty-eight to twenty-five against a proposition to invite him to address them. The imperturbable ■Judge,” determined no longer to be strangled in the house of his friends, ad dressed a crowd of outsiders at the Capitol last night.— Montgomei-jj Advertiser. The Cnors in Florida.— lt is reported that the crops in Florida promise but badly. 1 hey arc very backward in con- of the coolness of the Spring, and the Floridians do not feel particularly cheerful at tne prospect before them. Charleston Mercury, 10th. Gone After Him.— A gentleman from Lawrenceville, a brother-in-law of Willie < )rr, who was killed at the above place a few months ago, by Chas. Ambrose, passed through this city on Friday for Miliedgc ville, whither he goes to get a requisition from the Governor of Georgia upon the Governor of Florida for the said Ambrose, lie will then proceed to Tallahassee, where Ambrose now remains in jail, and briti" him to Georgia. The prisoner will be sent to Milledgevillo for safe keeping until ait investigation can he had of the unfortu nate affair. — Atlanta Tut., Oth. The Champion.— The steamship Cham pion, R. W. Lockwood, Commander, was cleared on Saturday evening by Messrs Courtenay & Trenholm, anil sailed early next morning for New York, with a very large freight list. Besides which Messrs. Street Bros. & Cos., furnished accom modation for ninety-five passengers.— Charleston Mercury, 10th. The steamship San Jacinto sailed on Saturday last, at 12 o’clock, with 130 cabin passengers and a freight consisting of 1,244 bales of upland cotton, 20 bales of yarns, 21 bales of wool, 42 casks of rice, 400 packages of vegetables, and 81 pack ages of merchandize. She went crowded, at least twenty-five persons being unable to obtain passage, and nearly one hundred bales of cotton having been refused. — Savannah Republi can, 10th. More La roe Turtles.— The Dictator, on her last trip from Florida, brought for shipment to New York, ten enormous turtles, which were caught on the Indian River—one of them weighing three hun dred and sixty pounds, and would sell in New York for o\er one hundred dollars. The usual rate is about forty cents per pound.— Charleston Mercury, 10th. Jay Cooke & Cos. are said to have re cently made a heavy investment in Min nesota, by the purchase of 11)0,000 acres of pine lands on the St. Louis river. They will immediately erect a number of mills. Two Protestant missionaries have just made a tour from 2,000 to 3,000 miles in the interior of - China, and report ap open door everywhere for preaching and the sale of Christian books. The Howland will contest at New Bed ford is “richness” to others besides the lawyers. One photographer has already made 1,100 in takingyizc similes to prove a single point. The work of building the first convent in Western Massachusetts, which wascom menced about a year ago by the Catholic church of the Holy Name at Chicopee, has been resumed. A Jury in New Orleans has given a verdict of $20,000 against the City Rail road Company, for personal injuries to a lad named Martinez, previously woak witted, who was made wholly imbecile bv being run over. After an interval oi more than six years, the Alexandria, Loudon A Hampshire Km I road has been re-opened to Leesburg, There is an announcement in the Turkish refreshment room at the French Exhi bition to the effect that every purchaser of a dozen of Celestial wine will receive, as a premium, one bottle of the water of the river Jordan for baptismal purposes. A citizen of Springfield, Mass., took a ride the other day through the Long meadow meadows, and without leaving his carriage, except to bag the game, shot thirteen woodcocks with his rifle, some of them at pretty long distances. The total amount of sales of Jive stock at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, during the year ending April 30th, reached the sum of $30,888,124. During the same time 372 cattle-brokers’ licenses were assessed. The Cincinnati Volksblatt says that seventy thousand emigrants are on their way from Germany, many of them intend ing to come to Missouri.