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OLD SERIES, VOL. LX XVI. (flu’oiurtc & fcntincl. 111 :> it \ moou i A. It. WKIGUT. TCK.UI Os- ~1 mschiptio.v. WEEKLY. ~~ At Oi sf aToA : W'iiIMiKSDAT JHIK.MXU. JI'LY 24. flit; Trial of Maximilian. Asa part of the history of the times, we publish this morning an abstract of the proccedim - - of the Court-Martial wfliich ordered the murder of Maximilian, Mira in on and Mejia. Called to reign over the Empire by the voie of the Mexican people, and hi.-; gov ernnicnt recognized by all the Courts of Europe, his arraignment before a petty, eonteraptahle junto of mongrel guerillas, was the mere exercise of brute power—his trial a bloody farce and bis death a fore ip- conclusion and cowardly murder. Napoleon ll[being mainly instrumen tal in inducing Maximilian to accept the ruler-hip of the t ranco-Mexican Empire— tendered by a deputation of the Mexican people, is responsible for his blood, having k'tumiiiiiously and treacherously deserted him at the most critical period of his struggle. j Celt the I oiled Statco Government is ! perhaps more guilty than Napoleon for ■ the last phase of this infamous tragedy. 1 Under its protection the so-called Liberal I can-o triumphed and a positive demand from the ( 'abinet at Washington would have . aved tin; life of Maximilian. That wrinkled, frosty old man, with one foot j landing on time and the other on the I brink of eternity, looked stoically on till the curtain dropped on the closing scene ol this deed of blood. A tirickle of the little, bell on bis right, and the life of a t'lu i- 1 inn J Vince, and a generous, cub | tivated, high toned soldier and gentleman! would he spared ; History will contain no | darker page than that which records the murder of Maximilian, Miramon arid Mejia. liK'ITKIt I’ltO.M Ex Gov. 11 KltsrilKt, V. Johnson.- One by one statesmen ol ti corgis arc filling into line, and speak ing to the people in clarion tones against the monstrosity known as the Military Re construction Acts. To-day we spread be fore our readers an able letter from Ex- Guv. Iferseliel Johnson. The reasons why the people should not accept the pro posed terms of reconstruction, and the conclusions arrived at are so clear, strong and logical, that they cannot fail to im press our people with the conviction that it is their solemn duty to defeat this nefa rious scheme, hatched for the degradation ol the South and the subversion of Repub lican Government. RoillSKltY—A Oil ASK AND CAPTURE. — A freedman named Robert, in the employ of Messrs. \ . Richards ik Jsro., not having the fear of punishment either in this or the world to come before his eyes, did maliciously and without forethought desecrate the Sabbath in stealing from the store of the above named firm. It appears that tlm aforesaid Robert was employed in some menial capacity in the store. The 1 proprietors, trusting in his honesty and good conduct, entrusted him with a key. Sunday afternoon about two o'clock Robert entered the store ami took with him, through tlu> rear of the building, some j goods. Rot in order to effect egress through the back entrance, Robert had to remove the bars which fasten the door from the inside. This done, he unlocked tbjTlnor and tiYadt)"away with Ins' ill gotten spoils. t )ne of the clerks having occasion to , visit tin- store shortly afterwards, noticed the bars removed, but the door looked. Having lastened the door himself, previ ously, and believing that no other person li.nl been there since his departure, he im mediately suspected that something was ; wrong. On examination,* however, lie. found no appearance of anything having gone wrong since his departure, but at the same time wondered when and by whom the fastening was displaced. Present ly Robert again made his appear ance, and after passing a few words, pro ceeded to tlie second story—the wholesale department. On coming down stairs the Clerk noticed that his dusky acquaintance had grown rather corpulent and ill-shaped, whereupon lie questioned the freedman as to what he had in his possession, but Robert quickly replied, “nuflin, sir." Ikiuhting his veracity, the Clerk made toward him, but Robert made toward the door and showed his heels as quick as his legs could carry him. The freod maii ran through Jones to Reynold streets and there took cover. The gentlemanly clerk was not to be out done in that way, so lie gave chase and in the chase was joined by some friends who spotted the freed man's retreat. (fit arriving at the door ol'the Ireedntan’s house, he confronted the party, and was arrested. Search was made on the premises, and the stolen goods found. Robert was taken to the Court House, where he, doubtless, medi tated during the remainder of the Sabbath over the crime which lie had committed, and the short comings of thieves who, soon er or l iter, are bound to get their just deserts. Ym'.vnox, Planters.—The attention of Planters. Merchants and Millers is ealleil to the advertisement of Messrs. Street Brothers A Cos., of Charleston. All who consign to them may rely on satisfac tory sales and prompt returns. Tn tain with Ft:at.—A gentleman re siding at Newport, 11. 1., sent a message at noon on Monday, the Ist instant, to Alexandria, Egypt, and received a reply at the came office the following day, at 1 o'clock p. in., being ttventy-iive hours in transmission both ways —a distance, to and fro, ot not less than fourteen thousand miles. Kternai Hades.—One of the “ini tiated' exposes Loyal Leagues. Their midnight orgies reminds one of the .scene in Macbeth where the witches stand around the burning cauldron chanting their infer nal chorus of: “Uouble, double, toil and trouble, Ka y burn and cauldron bubble." To the uninitiated, the account which we publish will be interesting. Ht. Rev. Bishop Quintard not Sick in Rome.—The Rome Courier of the lath sa\s “We see a statement going the rounds of our exchanges that Bishop Quinta rd is lying ill of gastric fever in this place. This is not so. He had a short illness some tour or lire weeks since wlim visiting his lriends in Kome, but soon re covered, and, so tar as his friends here know, is now in excellent good health, lie preached in Dalton on the 7th instant, and left Rome again on the 11th. Death of an Old Charlestonian.— The Charleston Courier announces the death of James lx. Robinson, an old and respected citizen and merchant of Charles ton, for years I‘resident of the Hibernian Society. Tiie Charleston Mercury. —We cheerfully accept the explanation of our respected cotemporary, and wiilatall times ! take great pleasure in bringing belore the people of this section the mercantile in terests of Charleston. The merchants of our sister city must, however, bestir them selves, and bring prominently before their old friends and customers the many ad vantages aud inducements which they en joy for recovering that trade which has 'been diverted into other channels. As stated before their is “ virtue in printer’s i„k ’’ The fall trade is approaching, and it will pay for Charleston merchants to ad vertise and advertise extensively. i’xri. i layn k s Ivti/.K Poem.—This gifted son of Carolina was awarded ilou for the prize poem which appeared in the last number of the Southern Opinion. We find the concluding line in the Charleston Courier: “Enough! t;s cv;r! the .ast niier.u of ho[i« Hath me,tad from our mournful noro- Sf'Opfe— Os ait, of all bereft; Only to us are left Our buried heroes and their matchlss deeds; These cannot pa,.; they hold the vitai seed . Which in some far, untrarked, unvisioued hour May burst to vivid bud and glorious flower. Meanwhile upon the nation’s broken heart Her martyrs sleep. O, dearer far to her, Than if each son, a wreathed conqueror, Rode in triumphant state Tilt- loftiest crest of fate; O, dearer far, because outcast and low, She yearns above them in her awful woe. One spring its tender blooms Hath lavished richly by those hallowed tombs; | i me summer its imperial largess spread Along our heroes' bed; One autumn wailing with funeral blast, The withered leaves and pallid dust amassed All round about them, till bleak winter now Hangs hoar-frost on the grasses, and the bough In dreary woodlands seems to thrill and start, Thrill to the anguish of the wind that raves Across loose lonely, desolated graves !" Burglary.—Augusta is becoming no torious for robberies and burglaries. Scarcely a day pass* that does not chroni cle some misdemeanor. Monday night or early Tuesday morning some party or par ties effected an entrance into the residence of Ilr. J. W. O’Gil vie, on Reynold street, opposite South Carolina Railroad Depot. The room in'which Dr. G. sleeps was en tered and a gold watch and his pocket book were taken front his clothing, which were on a chair near It is bed. The burg lars did their work so quietly that the Dr. was not awakened, and knew nothing of the loss which he had sustained until yes terday, when ho found his watch missing. It is believed that the entrance was effect ed through the window of his bed-room. Something Good for the old Dar kies. The Ruifalo Advertiser says: Ry the deatli of her father the wile of Col. G. L. Eberhardt, of Macon, Superintendent of Frocdraen’s schools in Georgia, to an estate valued at over $1,000,000, which wili he divided between herself,brother and two sisters. This is good news for the darkies, as, beyond all question, the benevolent Colonel will appropriate at least one half of this windfall for the relief, niaintainance and support of the aged and decrepid among bis colored wards. Another Counterfeit. The Macon Telegraph lias been shown a counterfeit $lO United States currency that is well calculated to deceive. The bill is gener ally well executed, especially the signa tures, but it differs from the genuine in many important respects. The paper is heavier, the green coloring of a lighter shade on both front and back, the face of Mr. Lincoln is a bad likeness with the eyelids raised and the ground in lines in stead of dotted, and the female ligure at the right hand end has a wholly different expression. The’words in.the lower left hand margin, '“Printed by the National Rank Note Cos." are close down against the X's while in the genuine they are some lines'above, ft is generally believed that some swindler is thawing about Macon cir culating these bills; as large numbers of them, together with sl’s and s2’s, have eptne to light. The merchants of Augusta will find it profitable to keep their eyes open, as some of the counterfeits referred to by the Macon Teh graph may be circulated in our city. The Irish and the Radicals.—The Irish of Mobile are opposed-to the rule and ruin party, and have suffered for their ad herence to principle. Twenty white labor ers and four policemen have been removed to please negroes, who were immediately appointed in their places All were Irish with one exception, and some of the labor ers were females. Among them were Mrs. O’Grady, Irish widow, with four children, Mrs. Dclvin, Irish widow, with one child ; Mrs. Mary Gunn, Irish widow, with con sumption ; and Mrs. Miland, Irish widow, with one child. Genkkhi, Skim.es’ Letter in Wash ington.—The Washington correspondent of tlie New York Herald says : “General Sickles’ letter to Senator Trumbull, on rc l construction matters, about which there has been so much speculation, leaked out to day from the Senate Judiciary Com mittee. It is regarded as a heavy blow at radicalism, and many efforts were made to suppress it, but in vain. Senator Trum bull is said to have striven hard to keep it from the public, through the fear that it would damage the Republican party; whil on the other hand the President, it is be ’ lieved, will be gratified at its publication." Well, What of it?—The Charleston correspondent of a Northern paper states that Genetalijjffi-kles dashes about in the , streets of Charleston in a magnificent conch, drawn by lour splendid black horses. Well, what of it ? says the Savannah A"< hw, Isn’t lie the potentate ol that mag nificent realm known as District No. 2 ; and is it not the custom ot imperialism to impress the extent of its power upon the minds of its subjects by just such displays of pageantry? Equestrian Stattf. or Gkn. Lee.— The Lexington Garxttr says: Clark Mills, the celebrated sculptor, the designer and moulder of the equestrian statue of Gen. Jackson, at Washington, visited the town last week. It is stated that he designs making a similar statue of General Lee, and visited Lexington for the purpose of j making preliminary arrangements to that I end. Dead! ! ! —'The Paris newspapers are j tilled with incidents connected with the sensation occasioned by the representation of Victor Hugo's llcrnani. One line, which was suppressed at the tirst repre sentation of the play, had been restored. An attendant walks in and addressing Don Carlos, says : “The Kirperor Maximilian i.t'ha >/, referring to some old fellow whose very bones had crumbled into do t is ■ But the words ran thr-ugh tic eidu m like an electric shock. This was on Thurs day, June2o, and perhaps many «,| th present at that representation will hereaf ter connect the shudder, caused by the recitation of the line, with the fact that the body of the unfortunate Austrian Prince was then lying, scarcely cold, on the soil *of Mexico. The Washington Qirov. idc ha.- a fellow in the office there, tcho lta.< never beensouth of Washington, who writes all the letters of Union men who live in Georgia and Texas, for that paper. Sumner hired him last winter to furnish him letters from Union men living South: and as soon as Congress adjourned Forney bird him. He is certainly some on the pathetic. j Gen. Toombs.—There is good authori ty, says the Macon Telegraph, for saying that General Toombs has not been pardon ed by the President, as reported by the Griffin Star, and furthermore that lie has never made application for forgiveness, and, if we don't mistake the man, never will. Murray County. The Cherokee Georgian learns that the number regis tered in Murray county is 7ML about 100 of whom are blacks. The Trial of Maximilian and ilrjia and Miramon. Transmit j'frr.n. Li S mint it Art--ye, HU */ June, The per.-onel of the court is given as follows : _ ■ Pre-ident. Lieut. Coi. Platon Sanchez. Members. Capt. Jose V. Ramirez, Captain Miguel Lojero. Capt. lenacio Jurado. Capt. Juan Ruedayy Anita, Capt. Jc-e Yerastii-ue, Capt. Luca® Yiliaerau. At 8 o’clock A. M., on the ISth of June, the court-martial assembled at the Theatre of Iturbide, and the audience was very large. The stage was occupied by the court, leaving the rest of the theatre to the spectators. Theright of the stage was occupied by the members of the court, and on the left, and immediately opposite were placed three stools for the criminals and seats for their counsel. The most pro found emotion was depicted in the counte nance of ali, and the silence that reigned in the circle could almost lie felt. Me-r . Miramon and .Mejia were Pro i lit to the theatre at 9 o’clock in the morning, in a coach escorted by a company of riflemen, of Galeana, covering front and rear of the vehecle, flanked by a company of the “supreme powers’’ on one side, and one company of the 4th battalion on the other. In this wise they’ arrived, and were delivered over to the officers in charge of the court room. The President opened the court. The members and the counsel took their seats, all being in strict uniform. The Judge Advocate, Lieut. Col. Manuel Aspiroz, read the charges, after which was read the order from the Comtnander-in-Chjeil j The previously taken declarations of the I prisoners, first, Maximilian, then Miramon and Mejia were read. Next followed the confession and charges, after which there were some slight unavoidable interruptions, such as for example Maximilian asked that In; be permitted to call three lawyers of Mexico to defend him. lie also desired Huron Magnus to be called; that he had. matters of his family to arrange, and also matters of a national character touching Venice, Italy and Austria of the utmost importance to those countries. The General-in-Chief granted the pray er of Maximilian, forwarding his dispatch to Gen. Porfirio Diaz. The latter, how ever, would not allow the telegram to pass into that city’, on account of its being be sieged, stating that lie must have a special permit from tin; supreme government of the same, which was granted. Maximilian named as bis counsel, Mr. Jesus Varquez, of this city, and Eulalio Ortega. Mariano Riva Riva Palacio and llafael Martinez de la Torre, of the city of Mexico. Miramon nominated Messrs. Jauregui, of San Luis Potosi, and Ambrosio Moreno, ot Queretaro. Mejia nominated Mr. Prospero C. V ega, also of Queretaro. The counsel having read their accepta tion of the defence, other documents of a preliminary character were presented and read, but the rapidity of the reading and the confusion in the proceedings do not enable us, at present, to give a detailed account of them, according to numbers and dates, or of their exact statements. We will, therefore, content ourselves with speaking only of the main ones. Among the documents regarding Maxi milian, ouside of the petition aforesaid, there was one protesting against the jurisdiction of the court-martial, claiming it to be an illegal proceeding against his person, inasmuch as it was based upon the law ot the 25th of January, 1862, decreeing against traitors to the country ; and that he being a foreigner, could not be a traitor to the country that it is not his own, and over which he exercised such high func tions, that he believed himself unamenable to the law. There was also a petition, directed by Maximilian to the President, asking an interview, and the answer of the President, stating that the interview could not be granted, because of the limited time allowed by law for his trial, but that he ! could address him in writing anything he chose to say. An order from the head quarters also advised the Judge Advocate ( that any protest or exceptions taken by the i accused, shall be properly certified, and. a ; copy given to those interested. Mention ' was also made of the certificate of illness ; of' Maximilian, arguing in favor of the prisoner being removed to some other place, ' for charge of air. Next was read the protest of Miramon ; and Mejia, against the jurisdiction of the court, which being refused, they again ex- j cepted to, because they were denied the I right to appeal, there being no supreme | court in the nation, and they asked only that they be furnished a certified copy of the rulings of the court. These proceed ing, having been gone through with, the accused, Thomas. Mejia, was brought into court and was seated on a stool, guarded on each side by an escort of the “supreme powers.” Mr. Prospero commenced the defence. The points of the defence were throe ; 1. The meaning of the law of January 2a. 2. Its application to the defendant. 3. Its constitutionality. The counsel held that the law of January 25 is only applicable from article 6th to 11th inclusive, because the balance con flicts with tlie laws of nations and can not subject the accused to the penalties of said law. In sketching the political status of the accused, in a brilliant biography, be re- j viewed his military career up to the pre sent time, showing conclusively that he j had not allied himself with the interven- j tion. said Mr. Vega, Mejia offered from | the Sierra an armed neutrality to Ppblado, | which he observed until the General Gov ernment abandoned the capital, behaving j in such a manner that he did not disturb their transit almost immediately through his cam]). The same behavior he ob served towards tlie officers of Government and their employees, and even to the troops, who were so thoroughly demora lized in their retreat, that nothing would have been easier than their destruction. He insisted that the defendant was not an interventionist of the men of Baranca- | Seea. That in all his campaigns ho limited i himself to defence and never to attack, re maining faithful to his flag and complying with his military duties. He especially claimed as the best point for defence that Mejia never spilt the blood of prisoners; that he had very frequently in his power many of the commanders, chiefs and offi cers of the liberal army; that he always | treated them with humanity, to which, j said the counsel, Generals Escobedo and i Trevino could testify. The illustrious mar j tyr. Arteaga, lias also been his prisoner, as i well as an innumerable number of em ployees and soldiers of the Liberal Gov ernment. He touched upon the political character | of the accused, saying that Mejia, faithful I to the proclamation of the Government, i to which his political conviction adhered, I lie followed the phases of the I civil war. But when the intervention got I into the land Mejia ignored the true physiognomy of the war, and allowed hhn seft to be deceived by its promises, believ ing that the establishment of a throne in Mexico was the voluntary will of the peo- | pie. And, finally, addressing himself to I the council of war, he spoke in those af- ! fecting terms which never fail to move the j heart of the young and brave, calling their attention to the humane principles j laid down in the constitution of 1677, which j abolished capital punishment, and conjur- ] ing them not to stain the laurels of tri- j umph with the blood spilt upon the scaf fold. The President asked the accused if he ! had anything to say in his defence. lie answered no, that all was said by his coun- - self, but that if anything was forgotten j th - counsel would state it in proper time. Mejia was then led out and immediately Miguel Miramon was introduced. Mc-srs. Juaregui and Morena read suc cessively tl.e defence of the accused, with but slight difference in the legal part of the defence, the same points being claimed as were made in the defence of Mejia, re- ; carding the incompetence of the court and ; the refusal of the right of appeal. A great many authors were read touching the ease in point. But the main point of the defence went to establish the fact that the law of Janu ; ary 2.7 th, could not Lie applied to Miramon. That he was accused ot stubborn resist ance to the constitutional government, his pronuncamento in Puebla, his abstract ing the funds of the convention, his usurpa tion of power, and lastly, his last campaigns under the flag of the Empire. The coun sel energetically argued against the appli cation of the law of January doth, being applied in this case of Miramon to acts committed before its passage, and for some of which acts lie had already suffered legal punishment, and for other.- which lie had as aa accomplice the first Magistrate of the nation, (the State policy of Comonfort . aud others 101 l owed merely in the train of events of parties to the civil war. The counsel claimed that Miramon did not join the intervention, because he remained in a foreign country during its cone-prion aud consummation without participating there in. That from a foreign soil he offered his ! services to Mr. Juarez; that his services j were accepted, and if he failed to render those services it was because of circum stances beyond his control. But finding it i impossible" to any longer live outside of his native country, he returned to it. finding AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 24. 1867. the Empire already established; that he 1 was then banished tu Berlin by Maximilian; and. said the counsel, becoming the irre concilable enemy of foreigners, he again re turned to Mexico, at the time when Gen. Castagnv withdrew wait the last of the French troops, and then it was tnat he took part with his partisans until made a prisoner. Messrs. Jauregui and Moreno thereby inferred that the hw of January 25th is not applicable to Miramon, and that for the acts in the last period of his . career he was protected bv constitutional guarantees, and the law of nations regulat ing the right of prisoners of war. The counsel briefly touched upon the personsl character of the defendant, citing his clemency to prisoners of war, mention ing some very noted instances. Mr. Jan regur particularly called attention to an instance in which he himself was indebted to Mr. Miramon for his life, upon that memorable day in Taeubaya, the 11th of April, where among others his brother was one of the martyrs, he being among prisoners captured by Marquez. The fatal square was formed when Miramon saved him from the fangs of Marquez. And finally the counsel invoked the clemency of the liberal party, so brave in war, so noble iri victory. Neither the counsel nor the accused having anything further to say he was led out to his prison adjoining that of Mejia. Next followed the trial of the Archduke. Having been confined to bis bed for some days previous, he-was this day, if anything worse. Mr. Manuel Azpiroz repaired to j the prison, from whence ho returned short- I ly, stating that it was impossible for the j prisoner to appear, in consequence of which ! Messrs. Jesus Maria Vazquez and Eulio | Ortega alternately read the defence. The ' first part of the defence comprehended all I of the legal points applicable to the case. It was claimed that the court was incompe tent to try the ease, that the law could not be applied, and the unconstitutionality of tlie same, and they strongly argued against the irregularity of the proceedings of the court, in the absence of all wi tnesscs, docu ments, and of proof. The situation in which the defence finds itself is incomplete. That the case under consideration is of such magnitude, involving so many points ot international law, history and polities, that the lorty-eight hours which were granted are insufficient tor its preparation. That tlie prisoner should not be deprived of the proper means of defence, and more particularly in this case it is imperatively necessary, the nature of the case requires that all the legalities be complied with ; that calmness and deliberation mark the proceedings, in order that the fair name of this republic should remain unimpaired before the world, which so anxiously awaits the solution of this social drama. Several authors were cited to sustain the position taken. The court overruled the position taken and forced the defence to trial, the counsel declared that they could but would not keep silent, in view of the incompetency of the court and the illegality of the law, and then commenced giving the history ol'the | prisoner. Mr. Ortega, who was then speaking, said that he would answer to the charges made against tlie prisoner, because he was forced to do so, not because there existed any proof sustaining the charges. Ho run over the history of the accused, his arrival in Mexico, answering to the charge made against him as an usurper. He said, Maximilian being at Miramar, received a delegation of Mexicans, pre sented to him by a high functionary of the court of his brother, who came to offer him the crown of Mexico. Maximilian refused to accept the crown until the will of the nation should be known to him. Meanwhile the French occupied Mexico, and under the terror of bayonets the assembling of notables was convoked, who voted the creation of an empire, of which the Archduke was to be ! the head. Under the influence of the said : assembly many municipalities gave in their ■ adhesion, and these acts of adhesion wore I remitted to the Emperor elect. Maximilian, still hesitating, consulted the most eminent jurists ot England, and i the college of London declared that he was elected, by the, will of the nation, Emperor. ! The jurists of London, as well as the can didate, ignored fbo means used in Mexico sin Order to obtain the unanimity of the. people by triumphant parties. Maximil ian accented, net believing himself an usurper, but on tha contrary, its legitimate sovereign ; and, moreover, the belief was confirmed by the reception he received on Iris arrival in this country, unaccompanied by troops, and none with him but his family, the ovations tendered to him in his transit from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico and at the places he visited after ward in the interior of the country. Mr. Ortega denied the charge that Max imilian was there as an instrument of France; that the Archduke had been in conflict with her since the agreement at Miramar; that there France asked the cession of Sonora, and be refused.it, and even insisted that the article claiming this pretension should be stricken out; that he constantly opposed the demands, of the French officials, and this state of affairs lasted till they quit the country. When Maximilan perceived the first symptoms of general discontent, he with drew from the capital, and in Orizaba and Quernavaca he called around him Ids min isters of state and consulted with them about the legitimacy of his election and the will of the people, and they represented to hint the entire fidelity of the people. Most ably did the counsel refute the charge of cruelty charged upon the pris oner. He said the law of the 3d of October was made by Maximilian when he. was cheated into the belief that. President Juarez had abandoned the.territory, and that one of the articles of.that. law was dictated by the commander-in-chiefof the French. Moreover, this law was only in tended as a terror, because never was a petition presented for pardon but it was ! conceded. He had given orders that no ■ matter at what hour of the day or night a ! petition for clemency came he should at j once be informed of it; that neither his i rest nor his labors should be regarded, S which was strictly observed. Finally, the counsel argued the. uncoil- j i constitutionality of the law of 1802, it being | | incompatible with the spirit of the Liberal j j party and the rights of the nation, bias- j | much as the conqueror is made the judge j !of the conquered. The counsel closed, j j earnestly asking of the members, in the , I name of civilization and the history which ; I will judge of the terrible deeds done this * j day,' for the defenders of the second inde- j pendenco of Mexico, to save the- good name of this country, in the eyes ol the coming generations, that they may forever : applaud the crowning of the greatest of i victories with the greatest o. pardons. * Here ended the reading of the eloquent de ! fence. The brief time we had to pen this nar ration, aud the difficulty ol retaining in our memory, with precision, all that was said and that transpired at the court-martial, its proper order and continuation, has pre vented us from rendering literally exact the words pronounced and phrases used. We were without a stenographer, and had no recourse to the documents to rectify errors. It has been the work of a memory, weakened by fourteen hours of mental I labor, and we ask the Judge Advocate and I counsel to pardon us it we have not been ; exact in our work as historian. What we ! do declare is, that we especially adhered to I the truth in reference to all the circum j stances connected with this case. Profound are the reflections emitted by ! this solemn trial, but reduced to paper by the historian, in it will be found only what ; transpired, and we have repeated but the words said, keeping silent our own feeling-. Hereafter we will disturb that silence which we this day maintain out of coru ! passion for the tried, and in respect for the ; holy mission of the reporter who explains questions, defends principles and crushes crime, but salutes respectfully the fallen, if he does not raise his compassionate i voice in mercy for him. It was 9’oclock at night when the Presi dent announced that die court stood ad -1 journded to S o clock to-morrow morning, that the def'ence_ could not longer continue, as the court desired to coniuit counsel in reference to some points in the case. 14th OF JUNE, 1867. At the stated hour the court martial having gone through the usual form, was declared in session. None of the accused were present. The President asked the counsel for the I prisoners if they had anything further to adducefor the defence. They answered, not at present, but wb’ned to reserve further argument until a later period in the trial. Mr. Manuel Azpiroz. the Judge Advo cate, then read the charges against the accused, sustaining the same by certain j official documents emanating from the so called Imperial Government. Mr. Azpi roz united with his known ability a digni fied and solemn energy which indicated no doubt as to the result of the trial on the minds of his hearers. Among the accusa -1 tions against Maximilian, was found that ; terrible charge of having attempted to pro ; long the war by his celebrated decree of March 7th. already laid before our readers ! in our last numbers in which he created a i gency.incaseof his deathiti any of thecom | ing battles. To rebut the effort made by Mr. | \ ega to overthrow the charges by reason : ! o f the absence of any prod of the same, j the Judge Advocate Said that a!! the charges were founded upon the notoriety of the acts, and that notoriety was sufficient ;to establish the accusation. That accord i I ine to article 2s, of the law of January ■ 25 th, it would havebeeß-sufucient to estab lish it as a capital offence even previous to the identification of tnen persons. The absence of those records and testimony, which the council deem so strange, amounts to nothing. They are not needed. The prisoners were raptured with arms in their hands, and their crimes are known to the entire world. Ha.concleded by ask ing that capital pushmect be adjudged the accused. . A. Messrs. V azquez and Ortega then suc cessfully addressed the court for the de fence. The first of these gentlemen carefully j refuted the charges and concluded with these memorable words addressed to the court; “Ifyou condemn the Archduke ; to death I am not uneasy about a coalition in Europe, or the threatening atitude that the United States may assume towards tlie republic. I have confidence in the Liberal armies that have rooted out the French from this soil. But I fear the universal reproach that will fall upon our country, as an anathema, more than even the sentence of death, because of the nuiity of the proceedings of this court. ’• At this point Mr. Ortega . proceeded. This gentlemen is an orator. •W e have seen him, and were reminded of the beau ties of Mirabeau. His audience was held j spell-bound, lie wept i: to the case with i that power of impv e*st> remarkable j m firm. He protested against the irrogu j larity of the proceedings.. He called atten ' tion to the principle in right and law. that ; the Judge Advocate should first read his petition before the defence commences, be cause,the last .words to be heard by the court should ho those of the accused. He charged the Judge Advocate with having formed his petition from the answers made by the defence, in view of the proofs furnished by the defence, which is at variance with the legal practice and tlie rightful nature of all tilings.. He .re proached the Judge Advocate with having collated into liis petition proof that had not been read during the trial, which apart from proving that that officer had taken advantage ot the suspension of the court during the night to perfect his accusation, but making points which were. suggested to him by the defence, this being against all law in a question where life and death is concerned. It had more the appearance of trying the prisoner oil his own state ments than by the proofs adduced against them by the prosecution. Regarding the accusation made against the Archduke that lie attempted to pro long the war by appointing a regency in case of his death, said the counsel with earnestness and spirit, I declare that Max imilian’s subsequent act of abdication at the Cerro de la Campana is in existence. On ray honor I can assure you, and like j wise can the faultless liberal Mariana Rivas j assure you, that in that abdication there is no evidence of' a regenev. Concerning the article 28, of which the Judge Advocate spoke in justification of the absence of evidence and documentary proofs, all the counsel for the defence, an swered in so many words, that the times of the inquisition had passed, in which nothing but the more* forms were all that were required for conviction. They never supposed that Mr. Azpiroz expected the honorable court, whoso youthful members were the brave and noble soldiers of tlie republic, bad assembled for the pufpose of condemning, and not convicting. And lastly, that they never believed that tlie honorable court would make a farce of justice, under a watchword, instead pf proceeding according to the dictates of their own consciences. They, the counsel, scorned to entertain this idea of the brave chiefs composing this counsel. The idea is the offspring of tlie strange argument of the Judge Advocate. One of the counsel for the defence, wc believe Mr. Vega,, asked the Judge Advo- j catc by what right ho annulled the order of the Supreme Government, demanding him to proceed according to articles 6 to 11 inclusive* comprised in the law of the 25th of January, omitting the balance, and among them article 28. Mr. Ortega read the order and made a notejpr the infrac tion; , —W ... Mr. Janregui having closed for the de fence, Mr. Moreno presented a protest based upon three propositions, energeti cally protesting against the admission of evidence subsequent to the trial, inasmuch as the prosecution had been closed up, and the Judge Advocate had ample notifica tion of the defence. Without anything further.transpiring, the court went into secret' session for the purpose of passing the sentence. At near 10 o’clock at night the court martial dis solved, the prisoners being condemned to death. The Loyal League. j A 1 cep into the Midnight Radical Con claves— Unw the Ignorant Frecdmen arc Humbugged—The Oaths, Signs and, Password Revealed. A TELLING EXI’OSS. j To the Editor of the Nashville Banner Nashville, July 9th, 1867. Many of your readers will doubtless rc i member my letter of J une 6 th, which was largely circulated by the press of. this and other cities of our State. If there is one j sentence therein notin accordance with law and the true principles of liberty and human rights, f don’t linow what con j stitutes those safeguards of man and have j been “raised a fool.” For writing and j publishing that letter I was at once “cx- I polled” from “Loyal League No. 1,” i where I had been sworn “to do even unto ! death,” all in my power to “keep ever I burning on the altar of the American heart, the sacred flame of Liberty.” Let | the world sit in judgment on my life of j sixty-five years and particularly on the part iof it embraced in the past seven years. I i court its investigation and will abide cheer- fully by its award, indifferent alike to flattery or abuse. 1 shall do my duty even though asses bray, and dogs snap and howl. Expelled from the Loyal League ! Now, Gentlemen, permit me to introduce you into that sanctum Sanctorum of'political humbugs. I promised this—i'll do it. At the first door you give two light taps and whisper through a hole therein, “Loyal Men. The door opens. You move on to a* second door and give two taps. A loop hole is opened. stou whisp er “Must rule,’’and are then marched around a darkened room and welcomed by the “Good Chairman,” in the following words —“The good and true are always welcome, &c. • Y’ou have now inarched round the room and are placed before an altar on which is spread the American Flag. Here also lies open a Bible and a book with the old, ori ginal, unaltered Uonstisution of the United States, gift of our Fathers, as it was, is and ever should be—unchanged. There, too, lie crossed two common sworus such as are worn by army surgeons. Between the points a mysterious bronze chalice filled with something, the smell of which reminds-you of 1 ‘Old Robertson. ’ ’ On your right, at a small altar, stands long, lank, lean “Forty Acresbehind you, :it another desk or altar, stands a I on ee Provost Marshal. Around this long, dark, dirty room, the “Loyal Leaguers,” some black and some white, and among them some of our most worthy citizens. There are also a few whose ' (toppers” sticks out through the white wash given by this “Loyal League.' The gas is now uurkeneu, and 'Forty lores,” with eyes upturned like a “duck in a thunderstorm,” his lean hands open ed out toward Heaven, mumbies out a prayer! This done, the jolly, good-natured, kind looking Miller, not of- lansfield, though quite as portly) steps forward with book and watch in hand, and fires tue mys terious looking cup, whiea dart- up a flicker ing blue flame, such as ts represented as burning in the “Eternal Hades With your right hand on tne book, and the _ left in the air. you now take the oath of al legiance,” known to all, and are most par ticuiarlv required ‘‘to defend ho Coihti tution of the United fctates _ (unaltered), on which your hand rests, and the Consti tution of the State of Tennessee, n hat is the latter Constitution . »ho can tell. Y'ou are also sworn to keep tne secrets of the League, “to vote for none but loyal men." &c. In that long, dars, dirty room, on the right sideof which stood aoout one hundred old rusty muskets, tn such pres ence, before the flickering b,ue flame which but made “darkness visible. _ with tne nasal twang of Forty Acres, voice m pray, er still sounding in my ears, 1 wa-with others made a Loyal Leaguer. Surround ed with such paraphernalia of humbug, we were sworn also, as before -aid, -o do even unto death - all in our power to make liberty eternal, to “vote for none but loyal men,” &c. , . ~ We were next initiated into the sips and pass-words, Ac. Let one suffice; but if you wish you can have them ah. io pass yourself as a Leaguer, when questioned give the “Four L.’s —as follows, right hand raised to Heaven, thumb and third finger touching their ends over.the palm, and pronounce “ Liberty. Bringing the | band down on a line with the shoulder, pronounce “Lincoln." Dropping the hand open at your sides, pronounce “Loyal. With your hand and fingers downward in j the chest, the thumb thus into the vest or waistband, across the body, pronounce j “League.” j There is a great deal of other tomfool j ?rv of the same character unworthy of place here. Suffice it to. say that such, is ; the character of a combination which bids fair to re-bapti?e our unhappy Southern j soil with blood —such are the willing or I duped instruments ready to carry out the ; will of our modern Jeffreys and Dalrym oles, Masters of Stair Glenlyohs and Lind slevs*—such are the Loyal Leagues which in darkened rooms, before blue mysterious looking fires, cross swords and psalm sing ing humbugs, have sworn in “about forty live thousand ” simple freedmen, and.taken from each a miserable half dollar fee for : j initiation. Those poor creatures have stood before that blue flame and all the other grim paraphernalia of this dark room humbug, with a superstitious awe, mingled with fear. To them it was the “Carlo Ditbaa” of their native jungles, the “Obi Man” with lii.s poisoned coconut. They wili never forget that blue flame, those crossed swords, the wild upturned eye of “Forty Acres,” with omniously uplifted finger of the worthy “Miller,” as he pro nounces the “Anathma, Maranatha ” on all who seceed or break the terrible pjedge. Poor, simple, wronged creatures ! In the wild storms of midnight, when the blue lightning thrusts its fingers through the storm tossed cloud, their imagination will bring out, clothed with horror, that dark ened room, that mysterious flame, the up- turned eye of “Forty Acres,” and the “so mote it be ” of the mixed multitude. Gentlemen, fellow-citizens, freemen— look at this uiumery —this political hum bug, and think that men of rank, of stand ing, of fine intellect and kind hearts are there. How can you.account- lor it, in this nineteenth century ? What does it mean ? Has the Lord our God forsaken us ? Are we a people ? Has he made us blind that our ruin may bo more sure? Leaguers and madmen, beware ! Like blind Samp son, you now sit beneath the tower, not of oppression but of human rights. You are madly grasping the law and the ballot box—the sure columns of liberty. If you bow yourselves as lie did, the beautiful structure will fall, and you and your child ren will perish unwept under its® ruins. Leaguers, beware ! A day of retribution is coming. Blind guides leading the blind, bow can you escape? Every act of your own and of your leaders is calculated to provoke blood. You know this. Do you think to grind the Anglo-Saxon race be neath the heel of your deceived colored dupes? You thrust them ouco into the ’tirery furnace of war to save your own children. You emancipated them as a military necessity. As the last hope ol our tottering government, to save your selves, you and your party laid violent hands on the “colored element,” and now you say that it was alitor love of that ele ment. Let, us look at Mr. Lincoln’s letter to A. G- Hodges, Esq., Frankfort, Kentucky, dated April 4, .1864: “I believed the indispensable necessity for emancipation and arming the blacks, would come. It came, and I was, in my best judgment, driven to the alternative of either surrendering the Union and with it the Constitution, or of laying strong hands on the colored clement and arming it. I chose the latter.” Further quotation is unnecessary, com ment useless. And now, dear Leaguers, remember, when you tell the poor freedmen that it was your love that made him free, you speak not the truth. When you gave him the right of suffrage on the same ac count, ’twas to save your bacon, and you care no more for the freedman than Balaam did for the poor brute which refused to carry him. Finally, “Loyal League No. 1, I beg leave to sav to you, when you are about to turn a member out without cause, as Paul said to tlie jailer, “Do thyself no harm.” There was one sentence in my letter which merited the act of “Expulsion.” You kicked a- hole in the wall, and I let the world in. sure of the approval of honest men, and regardless of all your threats. I am, respectfully yours, Wm. Driver. *SeB McCaulav’s" Massacfe'dr'Glencoc. Read and tremble for the spirit is hove. [f rom the Atlanta Intelligencer.'] Letter From Ex-Governor Hersclicl V. Johnson. Messrs. John G. Westmoreland, James F. Alexander, James P. Hambleton, T. T. Smith, Eli J. Hulsey, Thomas G. How ard, R. M. Brown, R. A. Alston, Thos. F. Lowe, Thomas Kile, .Amos Fox, L. J. Winn, and Henry S. Orme, Com- mittee, &e., Atlanta, Ga.: Gentlemen : 1 have the honor to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d instant, in which, in reply to mine of the 29th ultimo, expressing my aversion to the publication of my “views on the duties of the hour,” you insist that I shall reconsider the ground of such aversion and express your conviction that great good must inevitably flow from it. In deference to your opinions, and being moved by your strong appeal, predicated upon the fact that I have, in times past, “been hon ored by the highest confidence of the peo ple of Georgia,” and that therefore, “now in this severest hour of our distress, * * * -x- * * -x- they have the right to ask” my opinions, I have determined to forego my own reluctance and comply with your request. The whites, in Georgia, arc largely in the ascendant, and if they would be firm and united, they could defeat the nefarious scheme for their ruin and humiliation. But the tempter is in our midst, seeking to divide the people, and thus to induce them to take the fearful leap into the ! yawning gulf. Yv r c are advised to accept i the Sherman Bill, or Congress will adopt i a more grinding measure, and anon, thou j sands of the timid are ready to offer their | arms to receive the fetters ; to accept it, j or Congress will confiscate our property, and anon, thousands, who love money more than free government, are willing to | bend their necks to the ignomi nous yoke ; I to accept it, or wo will not be allowed rop | resentation in Congress, and anon, ollice | mongers arc ready to drink the hemlock. | I do not feel the force of these appeals to j ou r fears. j Congress will adopt a more grinding i measure? What more can that usurping | conclave do ? Has it not already broken down all the constitutional safeguards, for j the protection of property, life and liberty? Have they not obliterated the sovereignty |of the States? Have they not destroyed I the federative feature of our government ? j —its character of compact between co equal States, and converted it into an un | limited and irresponsible despotism ? Let us glance at the provisions of the : Sherman programme ol'reconstruction, It ! i authorizes the suspension of the privilege ; I of the writ of habeas corjms, in the midst |of profound peace. It clothes the military ] commanders, in their respective districts, i witli unlimited judicial powers in the lace ! of the Constitution, which declares “that ! the judicial power of the United States 1 shall be vested in one Supreme Court and j such inferior . courts as Congress may, ■ from time to time, ordain and establish.’' it authorizes the denial of the “right of a | speedy and public trial by an impartial i I jury,’’ by investing the military cerumen- | ! der with power ts organize military courts : for tiro trial of offenders. It authorizes I j any civilian, in the ten proscribed States, j j to be held to answer for crime upon a mere : military order, indirect contravention of] : the expre s language of the Constitution. ! It authorizes searches, seizures and ar- ! ; rests, without warrant or sworn accusation, j whereas, the Constitution declares “the 1 right of - the people to be secure in their persons, papers and effects against unwar- | rantable searches and seizures shall not be ; violated, and no warrant .shall but j upon probable cause, supported by oath ; ! or affirmation, and particularly describing the place- to be searched and the per- j : son or things to be seized." It au- j j thorizes the abrogation of all legal j process, and substitutes, in its stead, j the irresponsible orde-r of the military j commander; whereas, the Constitution ■ declares that “no person shall be deprived : of life, liberty or property, without due ; process of law.” It abrogates, in ten ; States, their governments, republican in form and the establishment therein of mill- j tary despotisms, although the. Constitution declares that “the United States shall j guarantee to every State in the Union, a j Republican form of government.’ . It j subverts the sovereignty of the people of the States, and denies their reserved rights, although the Con.-iitution provides that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the peo ple. . It proceeds upon the assumption that Congress is supreme —the Lxecutive a nobility and the judiciary “a nose of wax. ’ and that the several States, or the people thereof, are entitled to such rights j only as Congress mat- permit. It assumes j to confer State citizenship, and prescibes j who shall exercise the elective franchise ; ! whereas, the Constitution clothes Con- I gress with power only to pass “uniform i naturalization laws.” It disfranchises j i thousands of the best citizens of the South, as a penalty ior participating in. what Cotigres- is pleased to term, “the rebel lion." It assumes their guilt without the ! right of a' ‘public and speedy trial by an im partial jury,” in defiance of the maxim that ; ‘‘every man is presumed to be innocent until legally convicted;’’ and provides the punishment after the commission of the alleged crime, despite the constitutional' - inhibition against the passage of “g- post \ facto laws. If Congress had taxed its ingenuity to see how many ar.d what grievous infractions of the Constitution it could compress in the fewest words, they could have originated nothing more suc cessful or . nefarious than the proposed scheme of reconstruction. They have out raged every principle of Magna Charta Like Aaron’s rod, they have swallowed the Executive and Judiciary Departments, and erected the most odious form of despotism upon the ruins of a wise, benificent, and nicely balanced representative republic. Now, suppose we do not accept the Sher man Bill, as we are sweetly advised to do, lest Congress should adopt a more rigorous ; measure, what more rigorous can human wickedness devise? It is threatened that they will add confiscation. That will be ■ utterly impossible, if jthey attempt it : under the forms of law. They may plunder; they may rob; they may spoliate, tre military power; but every mail of j common sense knows, alnd Judge Chase lias so decided, that property cannot be legally confiscated until alfter trial and con- I viction, and be will btj compelled to de cide, "whenever the question shall be made, that any act, of Congress, for that purpose, will be unconstitutional, because “ ex post facto." But suppose the worst —that Congress shall attempt tef confiscate, whom will it hurt? It will limit only those who have property, and who lire not willing to hold on to their perishing treasure, at the price of honor and freedom. To such, property is dust, when! weighed in the balance with constitutional liberty. Little property is left to the true men of the South. Asa general remark, such men have emerged from the war with nothing left but poverty and patriotism. There are those who were blatant for secession in the beginning, who denounced speculation and speculators, whilst they enriched themselves by speculation, and who are now willing “to bend the supple hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning.” They may have something to lose by con fiscation ; and if they can save it, by re creancy to their homes and hearth-stones, by abandoning those whom they led into secession, by becoming false to their race, and by playing the part of pall-bearers at the funeral of tlie Constitution, be it so. Verily, they will reap their retribution in the execrations of mankind. But gene rally the true men of the South have little to confiscate, and that little they arc willing to surrender, if need be, as a holocaust upon the smoking altar of their country. To the suggestion that if wc do not ac cept the proposed scheme of reconstruc tion wc shall not be allowed representation in Congress, lam, if possible, more indif ferent. Who cares for such representa tion as will be foisted upon the people un der its operation? They will be repre sentatives in name, but misropresentatives in fact. Much as I deprecate military government it is far preferable to such a government as will probably be inaugu rated under the Shermatjt programme. Entertaining these views, I never will approve, consent to, or accept the poisoned chalice offered to our lips, nor will I ad vise iny fellow-citizens to do so, If per mitted to vote, in view of the turn of events, I should register, and I hope every man in Georgia who can will do so, with the view of .defeating the scheme for our degradation and the overthrow of republi can government. It cannot fail to strike the mind of every reflecting man, that the consent of the people to the proposed plan of reconstruc tion is desired by the, dominant party; for having obtained our consent they will insist.thao whatever is irregular is thereby cured, that whatever is unconstitutional is thereby waived, and they absolved from their sins. Then the door of redress, in every form, will have been forever closed. Then all future remonstrance will be vain, and its voice silenced by the retort upon us, that we consented tt> the scheme, and that the Sftite Government, and Constitu tion, organized in pursuance of it, are, in truth and tact, the Government and Con stitution adopted by the people. Let us never consent, but having the power, let us see to it that we reject it. This we can do only by registration and voting against the proposed convention. Many good men are embarrassed by the idea that the fact of registration implies consent, and will bind them to abide the action of the convention. There would be force in this, were it not that the Consti tution to be foamed by the proposed con vention, is to be submitted to the people for ratification, which clearly shows that the mere fact of registering does not carry with it such consent, but/ that it de]tends entirely upon the ratification of the Con stitution. Registration,/ therefore, is a necessary step for every citizen to take iri order to put himself in position to consent to or dissent from the acfiou of the conven tion. On the other hand, if \those opposed to the scheme refuse to register, is it not plain that they put themselves, their children, and the interest ol'the Suite, at the mercy of the Radicals? For, by so doing, they can vote against neither the Convention, nor the ratification of the Constitution which it shall frame. Are they willing to this? Will not the Radicals const rue their refusal into an expression of willingness to abide the action of those who do register ? “Silence gives consent,” tihey will say, and our future remonstrances will he met by this potent old maxim. Therefore, let all register and wield their l/iallot to save the Static from utter ruin pnd degradation. This is the club »>f Hercules, by which we can, if united and true t(i> ourselves, crush this horrid 1 lydra that b/tsks in and fattens upon the slime of the 'J jerrican lake of Radical corruption. i Wc are in a great struggle for the right of self-government, which our forefathers intended to secure, forcvtjr, to the people of the several States, jWe are asked to consent; nay,it is sought to compel us, by appeals to our fours! to consent to a fundamental change in our system ol’ gov ernment- a change which must prove fatal. If wc consent, cud ruin is inevita ble ; wo can he hut mined if we refuse, I prefer the latter horn o 1 ’ the dilemma. Wo are afloat upon a star u-to.-.- ed sea ; in the darkness and fury of, the tempest we have but otic plank -tlie Constitution, j jet us cling to that, at and, if .submerged, let us go'down, grasping Zt with tUo des perate energy of death, l’l v.pu iy and iile are nothing without good government. We bequeath U, (.in pu- erity a heritage of woe, if \ye surrender th in to the moreies of despotism. We cannot say what cfjaages Congress, now in session, may maife, hut it is not to be expected thatthey will ameliorate pend ing issues, From the temper which seems to characterize their djulibcrutinns, they will probably extract from the cup every little ingredient that temjs to mitigate its bitterness, and require usitftdrink its poison undiluted. It secius to. hie their purpose to clothe the xqilitary commjundero in the sev eral divisions with unlimited powers. This should intensify our opposition; and if there he a slumbering lovje of liberty in tho North, it should arouse itj into activity and summon them to the resejue. They can, if they will, save liberty; wife cannot, without their co-operatioiy Out oppressors can put chains upon us, if th ;y will, seeing us lmpateui'and prostrate as their feet; hut let use onsent to it never. We are over powered. but not conquered, '[’hey van rob us of freedom, hut lejt iy:; aevor at/ret to be slaves. Thev may overthrow consti tutional lil'cr/ia but let ujs never embrace their t iespatism. j I despair of redress by (Executive inter position. The Presidenti is powerless. I despair of redress by arjy appeal to the Supreme Court. That j tribunal is not equal to the occasion, j It bows to the black -urges of Radical [fanaticism. My only hope, and that not sjinguice, is in a possible re-action among [the people of the North and the Northwest They want the harmony of the Union restored; they, like us, at heart, are attached to the' great rights of self-government; they are in a passion now, but that passion may subside in time to save the Constitu tion if, by rejecting the Sjherman scheme, we afford them an opportunity to rally. U hen freed from its blinding influence, they will see the danger for that power which will crush us will involve them in consequences fatal to all their interests. Inisgreat issue must go [before them, in their next elections, am) I desire that it shall not be closed against us by our con sent to the chains forged for us. If it can be fairly presented, they.] may say to the angry sea, ‘ Thus far shaft thou go and no farther. They may cleanse the Augean stable, .purge the statute Jjook, and restore the administration to its ancient land marks. If not, nothing frill be left us but acquiescence in the sad j necessity of our condition. Then, and not till then, may be inscribed upon the tjomb of constitu tional liberty, “llliumfui j;.” as lie firm, calm] self-poised and united —prepared for ev)ry aspect of the NEW SERIES VOL. XXVI. NO. 29- future—trusting in God as our only wisdom, guide and protection. I have the honor, gentlemen, to be your friend and fellow-citizen. HersciielY. Johnson. Messrs. Editors : Thinking an account of the examination and exhibitions of Union Poiut Academy would interest your reader®, especially the friends ox educa tion, I submit it to your columns for pub lication : EXERCISES. Ihursday Evening, July 4, 1567. ‘ PROGRAMME. Music —Country Girls, Misses L. and W Moore, Emma Hart, and Delia Dil worth. Salutatory—George Moore. Composition—(Original), Mary Daniel. Dialogue—What 1 Love, One Scene and Sixteen Characters. Music—Bordeaux Gallopade, Emma Print up and Jennie Edwards. Dialogue—Bee, Broom and Clock, Lillian Young, D. Dilworth. and W. Moore. Speech—Get, Married, Vincent T. Nelson. Speech—Not Afraid ot Work, Eddie Jordan. Composition—Natural and Artificial Beau ties, Emily Carlton. Composition—Kind Words, Laura Rawls. Music—Music at Nightfall, Emma Hen dry, J. Edwards, and Jessie Ncbhut. Dialogue—Pry and Sly, One Scene and Two Characters. Speech—Child of the Alamo, Alma Nor man. Speech—Vacation, Howell Corry and Wil lie Moore. Music —Pride Polka, Audio Coliier and James Hart. Dialogue—lndustry Promotes Happiness, One Scene and Three Characters. Speech—Wake Up, Eugene Corry. Speech—Bridle lour Tongue, Albert Crutchfield. Music—Sparking Sunday Night, Misses Collier, Ncbhut, Moore, llart, and Dil worth. Dialogue—Keeping Bad Company, One Scene and Five Characters. Speech—Patriotism, Charlie T. Thornton. Composition—School Girl, Jessie Ncbhut. Speech—by Willie Morton. Music—Wandering Sprite, Emma Printup Dialogue—Choosing a Wife, One Scene and Six Characters. Speech—Mr. Thcy-say, Thomas Barnes. Speech—Pin, Needle, and Scissors, Emma Hart. Composition—Govern Your Tongue, Mary Overton. Dialogue—Society for Doing Good—Say ing Bad, One Scene and.Ten Characters. Speech—Necessity of Education, William Crenshaw. Composition—Procrastination, Fa nn i c Carlton. Music—Johnnie Sands, (In Character.) ~ Dialogue—Starting in Lite, One Scene and Five Characters. Composition—Forgiveness, Jennie Ed wards. Speech—-The Hard Shell, Monroe Nor man. Music—Oft in the Stilly Night, Varia- ! tions, Jennie Nebhut. Play—Summer and Frost King, One Act, Three Scenes, and Twenty live Charac ters. Operatic—Song—Schoolmaster, by the School. The forenoons of the 4th and sth inst. were spent in the examination and the evenings of three days the exhibitions came off. On the Istday of the examination classes were examined in the languages which in cluded in the Latin, Virgil, Caesar, and Horace ; in the Greek the Greek Reader, Xenophen, &c., and in the French, taught by Miss Annie Jackson, some books, tlie authors of which are not remembered. The examination reflected credit alike on the instructors and the pupils, and shewed evidently that the Principals of the school were very superior Lingusts. We were astonished to observe the readiness and case with which the pupils (some of whom were quite juvenile), translated and rendered the most difficult sentences on which they were examined. The forenoon of 2d .day was spent in examining the pupils in Mathematics. Problems in Arithmatic, Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry were solved with so much ease and accuracy that the spectators could not fail to sec that the teacher ol these studies was not only a Mathematician of superior attainments but that he was likewise possessed of the art of teaching successfully. In this school the student is taught to think and analize and not merely to commit to memory. Another grand feature of the school is the attention paid to the moral bearing of the student. The discipline is mild. The principals govern more by the respect ol their pupils consequent upon their love for their teachers than by the rod, and the general doportment of this school conclusively proves that this is the way to govern the youth of our country. For the exhibition the spacious building was decorated with flowers and painting specimens of Missess connected with the school. V. lien tilled to its utmost with the beauty of Greene, Taliaferro, Ogle thorpe arid adjacent counties, it was truly said on the occasion that it was indeed a “house of beauty.” Wo were especially well plca.-cd with the salutatory of Master George Moore. His parents may well he proud of so sprightly a boy. The “Hard Shell” sermon by master Nor man was truly a success, and was so well received by the auditory that Iso had to re peat it thrice. Ihe music dispensed by the Misses of the school shewed that in Misses Josie and Anna Jackson they had teachers who were highly competent for their vocations. the original speeches of the second evening were well written and well deliver ed, and would have done credit to Juniors at eoflogo. We omitted to mention in tlie proper connection that the school was addressed id ' r ’ . McHenry, of Greensboro. I Its oration was oic that showed him to bo a young gentleman of remarkably fine mind, else being without the aid of vision, ho eouK never have delivered an address abounding in so many line ideas. Iti conclusion wc must say that Union DointAcademy H under the guidance of gentlemen of high scholarship—Messrs. ■Smith and Thornton- and a credit to tin- State. Note bv Editors Chronicle. —Tlie foregoing communication only reached us yesterday morning, in a mutilated condi tion. l’erhaps our correspondent can ex plain the delay, wo cannot. i ht: I - at;] or the Tiiaitou, -Ooward.- are always treacherous and cruel. The seige of Queretaro was a sueocss through treachery within tho fortress, and Lopez, who was the traitor, since the city was en tered by Escobedo, has not been seen alive, so that ho must have been assassinated and tho purchased money for his treason re-taken from him after its payment, by the very men to whom he sold himself anil the Prince who had most trusted him. lleavv Fatm i;e.—The third dry goods house in New York, in point of business, that of George A. Wicks, failed on Satur day, wl*h liabilities estimated at nearly two million dollars. The victims in the approaching balloon wedding in Central Park are to be paid SSOO for their trouble. I he Prince o; Wales is g.t.ng t», Ireland to tick ly the remans into loyalty. They e-m"* be whaled into submission. The Boston Advertiser says: in some of the towns in Western Massachu setts a thriving business is carried on in the sale cb “cabbage plants.” The cu - temers are said to call at a very early hour in tpc morning. '1 he most curious part of the tran.-action is, that tho customers all bring jugs c-r bottles to get their cahtnni. plants in ' There is a remarkable artificial fountain at Bennington, Vt. '1 ho water is brought in a six inch pipe from an elevation of 525 feet and is. thrown in an inch jet to the bight of 354 feet. The entire works cost $20,000. 'The celebrated fountain at Chatsworth, England, throws a jet only 'J 11 feet high. On the 20th of last May the tempera ture in San Francisco varied twelve degrees in four hours—a change almost unprece dented even in that changeable peninsula. From the West coines the cry, “Farm hands wanted.” The enormous crop now almost ready for the harvest will require, 1 to properly secure it, more hands than can be procured in the West at this time. A canary bird belonging to E- P. Nichols, of Florence, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, died recently at the great age of sixteen years. It was a beautiful singer until the time of its death. A vein' of silver and galena, of unusual riehness, has been discovered on the Cumberland river, not far from Smithland, Kentucky. Mr. Bennett, of the New York Herald , is the proprietor of the “ Ecenin/j 'lcle t/rama new paper, which appeared in New York on Monday last. i OrJ in Hurai Economy. 1. t amt all tools exposed to the weath ct and ll with a light colored paint, they will not heat, warp and crack the least in the sun* 2. tip well seasoned shingles i:i lime wash, and dry them before layr, and they will last much longer, andhot be come covered with moss. 3. In hitching a horse to a common rail or worm fence, always select the inside corner, which will be more secure by its bracing position, and the halter will not be come tangled among the projecting ends of the rails, as when hitched to an outside corner. 4. Always tie a halter by making first a single loop and then thrusting the end of the halter through this loop. This is quickly untied, and will never come un tied of itself. 5. Pip the tips of nails into grease, and they will easily drive into any hard wood, where otherwise they would double and break. 0. In screwing nuts into any part of manchinery, in cold weather, be careful not to heat them first by the hands, or they will contract; after being serewed on tight, and become immovable aftewards. 7. In ploughing or teaming on the road in hot weather, always rest the horses on an eminence, and were one min ute will be worth two in a warm valley. S. In setting out young orchards, al ways register the varieties iinmeditately in a book, where they may be referred to in a few years when the trees commence bear ing and after the labels are lost and the names forgotten. 9. Inlaying out gardens for fruits and vegetables, place everything in drills or rows, so that they may be cultivated by a horse, and thus save the expense of hand labor, 10. Plant- a patch of osier willows on every farm. A rod square will furnish as many bands.for binding cornstalks, straw, Ac., as an acre of rye straw. I!. llcmovc every stone from the track in the highway. A single projection, which might ha ve been removed in one minute, has battered and injured a thou sand wagons, at a damage equal to a hun - dred days labor. 12. When board fences become old, and the boards begin to come off, nail upright facing strips upon them against each post, and the boards will bo held to their place, and the fence will last several years longer. 13. Always set a post fence over a ditch, or near good drainage and the post, always remaining dry, will last many years longer than those standing in wet sub-soil. 14. In writing on wooden labels or marking sticks, with a common pencil, if the wood is first wet, the mark will last two years, if written on dry, one or two rains will wash it all away. 15. Always keep a supply of cop per wire on hand, of different sizes, for repair ing tools—it is greatly superior to cither twine or iron wire. 10, Every farmer should have a neat tool room, against the smooth walls of which a suitable place should he provided for hanging up every tool. An accurate outline of each tool should be painted on the wall, to remind every man of its ab sence when left out of place. 17. Off painty applied to houses and barm, out-buildings and fences, will last much longer, and harden better, if put on as late as the middle of autumn, instead of during t he heat of summer. 18. Every bin and granary should have a scale or upright row of figures marked inside, showing accurately the number of bushels to fill it to each figure. This will enable the fanner to know at a glance how much grain he has raised or has on hand. — Rural Affaas. Horrible Outrage. We learn that last Tuesday, on or near the line dividing Richmond and Burke counties, just above Mcßean Station, an outrageous act was perpetrated by a brace of fiendish ireedmen upon the persons ot two ladies and one mulatto girl, it ap pears, from the statement made to us, that the ladies wore riding in a baggy, when the two demons incarnate halted them, went up to the vehicle, forcibly dragged them from their scats, and ravished them both. After committing this monstrous atrocity, the infamous scozmdreis. met a young colored girl whom they subjected to the . same revolting ordeal. Wo learn the girl died the next day from the effect of the brutal violence visited upon her. Not satiated with the damnable record they had just made, they fired at a small boy whom they met on their route, fortunately with out injuring him. The alarm being given, several gentle men started in hot pursuit. The eremi nals, apprehensive, doubtless, o, being followed up, and i earful of being overtaken if they remained longer together, separated. The party got ovi the track of one of them and chased him to Briar Creek swamp, near the railroad bridge, j (about three miles above this village,) whenho darted into an interminable thicket, and soon disappeared. Having lost all traces of him, further pursuit was aban doned. We heard it reported, but do not know lio'.v true it is, that several fire-arms were leveled at the fugitive during the race, Out all failed to explode. God grant that they may bo arrested soon and brought to a punishment commensurate with the dark crime they have perpetrated in de fiance of law, social order and decency.— ; W<n/imboro, (Ga.,) Timex. —— How to Raise Tomatoes.— The best gardeners in France arc in the habit of cutting oil the stem of the tomato plants down to tbc first cluster of flowers that appear thereupon. This impels the sap into the two buds next below the cluster, which soon push strongly and produce another cluster of flowers each. When | these are visible the branch to which they | belong is also topped down to their level ; and this is done live times successively. By this means tbc plants become stout dwarf hushes, not over eighteen inches high. In order to prevent them from fallingover, j sticks or strings are, stretched horizontally along the rows, so as to keep the plants ! erect. In addition to this, all the laterals that have no flowers, and after the fifth topping all laterals whatsoever are nipped | off. In this way the ripe sap is directed ] into the fruit, which acquires a beauty, | size and excellence unattainable by other means.— Ji/jxhunye. ! A Female in Male Attire.—A beard j less youth, dressed iu fashionable male at i tire, put up at a hoarding house in our : city, a few days since, with the expressed intention of waiting for a friend. During tho two succeeding days, suspicion were entertained that Air. was a girl in male attire, and the following ruse was ■fdopted to ascertain the fact: One of the gentlemen of the house tossed up careless ly, in the presence of the young man (?) a little child, and on making a feint as though intending to allow the. child to l'all, the youth in breeches aforesaid, uttered— woman-like—a small scream. This test was considered '"expernnentmn ernsis and the landlord charged Air. with usurping the prerogative of the male sex, which was admitted. The young lady belonged to a \V cstern city, and lulling in love with a young man, she had forsaken her family to meet her lover at this point. Unfortunately, or rather fortunately, the lover did not arrive until the young lady was. returned to her friends.— Atlanta (lpinion. Stamping Letters.—'The Charleston Mercury says : An old negro woman, on Tuesday last, i gave a letter to the mail agent on the Carolina train at a station near Branch j vide, and asked him to send it for her. The agent said the letter must bestamped. i he old woman became indignant, said the darkies were free and “whar were dc use of freein the cullud pussons es you didn't free dc letters too,” and finally yelled out | “How many stamps he want, eh?” The I mail agent said “three !” Downwentthe letter, and down went the old woman’s heel, i “Bar ! Bar ! Bar ! Bar’s three stamps, dat enouff, eh ?” She was in angry earn | est, and the bystanders were amused ac- I cordingly. The agent saw the joke, volun teered to pay the money stamp, and thus 1 doubly stamped the letter was sent to its destination. Rev. B. F. Morris committed suicide by hanging, in the cellar of his house in Springfield. Ohio, last Friday. He was lately.a clerk in the .State Department, in this city, and was fifty years old. Former ly he preached in Lebanon, Ohio; Rising Sun, Indiana, and other places. Joseph Williams, a colored man, the murderer of J no. Beddick, another colored man, was hung on Friday at New Bruns wick, New Jersey. The mode of execu tion differed somewhat from the usual way. Instead of a drop through a trap, the con demned was suddenly hoisted from the ground about two feet by means of a pulley and a heavy weight. Chicago has had a “fashionable wed ding.” Eugene W. Jerome, of'New York, a nephew of the Jerome, was married on Alonday to Miss Paulina Von Schneidan, daughter of a deceased Swedish nobleman, who was at one time Consul of Sweden at Chicago.
