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N w Íokk, Aug. 6.—The Mercar/* Washing-
ton bpcciltl Buys:
Thu ruutor of the negro .plot at Aquia Creek to
morder the white lfcbbrera engaged there, turna
■out-tohe true. Thu faota areas follows: Since
thu railroad from Biohthond to Aquia Creek has
boon plaood in chargo of the owners, the company
have been repairing that portion lying betweuu
the Poteinuo aud fYoderioksbuvg, tliu route being
used meanwhile %y toaones connecting the boat
runuing-freih this oily with that portion of the
Toad in rahuifig'41-fiar.
To placo the road in running order, repair the
nvhiirf, and erect nsoetsury buildings, the company
¡have been working a number of white mochauius
¡and' colored laborers. Thu latter, it is said, have
veiy bitter and vindictive feelings toward tho
^whites, but there has been no open outbreak.—
The whites haw been latterly on their guard, ap-
prehensive of trouble, but fiually began to sup-
pose their fears unfounded. Ou Tuesday night
last, one of the colored men let out tho secret, in-
forming them that the blacks had formed a com-
pact to murder all the whites at the plaos, und
iiad, for that purpose, collected pistols, knives,
hatchets, eta., which, at a proooneortoil signal,
they >*ore to seize during th > night, and each one
rush and dispatch his victim.
The informant gave thú nam.iH of the principals
•and other details, ami ulso told where the amis
wore. Tho blacks outnumbering by a considera-
ble the whites, tho latter sent to Statford Court
House, and informed the commandant of the mil-
itary of tho matter, and on Wednesduy a sulUcieut
force was sent down to capture the plotters.
Some ol these blacks uttenipted to resist, and
fought desperately. In the melee in tio.mring
them, oiie was killed outright, and two or three
received bayonet wounds.' Tho military took in
custody forty or titty of the blacks, und marched
them off to u placo of security, und also gathered
up a motley collection of implements which wore
l'ound in places described by the informant.
There was considerable excitement during the
time intervening between the discovery of the plot
and tho arrival of the military, and preparations
were made by the few whites, in caso tho negroes
attempted to put their plans into execution, to
give them a worm reception. Tho clerk in charge
of tho oothinissary stores packed them on a burgo
and pushed into thu stream, but this was dono so
quietly that tiio blacks wore not aware of it. The
urrival of tho military was tho first intimation
tlioy had that their plans had been made known.
Tuo Tiiuus Loudon correspondent says tho news
from Aineriea is likely to maice some stir across
the Channel. It is believed here that some thou-
sands of Southern soldiers are ulre.uly in tho ar-
my ot Maximilian, and that the Emperor Napo-
leon thidiug such a body of recruits .it. lia:id, will"
not be under tlio necessity of sending reiuforeo-
nients across tho Allimti.-.
(ion. Urcckeuridge is expected in Loudon the
2Sth, 011 his way to Paris, accompanied by Confed-
érate oiücurs, who, it is supposed, will volunteer
lor Mexico, and are sure oí being joined there by
liu.iloers ol their late comrades.
It is said that Gwin's arrangements in Northern
Mexico will be carried out, and there is no doubt
Napoleon is fully committed to the Mexican policy
wnieh will be whatever seems necessary to secure
it. The capital', ts of Franco are interested to
some extent m the development of Mexican, re-
feoiiruuiv
If it'is true, as reported, tint there is a formid-
able movement i;i America to force the Govern-
ment to carry out tho Monroe doctrine by driving
Maximilian out of Mexico, there are lively time
in prospect, Euyli ml will be neutral if she can.
The only thing that cau make her go to war with
America would bo the certainty of war with
I'ranCe in case of her refusal. 01 two such evils
she mast take thu most distant.
Nisw l'oüic, Aug. V. —The oolubiu (S. C. Jl'hreuix
lias a letter from Wade Hampton, discouraging an
i ma of emigration, whicn, it seems, a number ol
his friends have entertained and asked his-adrice
on. He advises theni to devote their energies,
and recommends all who can do so to -take the
oath of allegiance. He tells them to select for
their coming convention the best and truest men,
not those who have >k ilkod in tho hour of danger,
nor those who have worshipped Mammon whilo
their country was ble :ding ut every pore, i:or the
lur 'itV'hardships, but those who gave their all ut
the altar of their country.
The Post's Wushiugtnii special says : The re-
ceipts of tho Treasury from internal revenue Sat-
urday were upwtrds ol a million dollars.
..i;\v Voiis, Aug. 7.—The Herald's Washington
special has tho following :
it will be recollected that previous t > tho cap-
ture of iiichmond, propositions wore mado that
a considerable amount of money should be raised
an.I deposited with Geti. Grant, for presentation
to the national soldiers who should lirst replace
th • glorious old ilag of the Republic over that city
iu their contemplated assault upon it. The latt >r,
however, was not prosecuted to the extent imagin-
ed, and only .jloo was raised, besides Richmond
was not taken by assault, but by thu ftrccd eva-
cuation- of the rebels, In consideration of this
fact Gen. Grant decided to divide tho money
uuiong the three soldiers most conspicuous for g'ni-
lantiy in tho final assault on Petersburg, which
ivas .11 effect an assault oil Richmond.
Nk.v Your, Aug. tí.—tho Herald says a call for
n national convention, to bo composed of three
delegates' from each congressional district in tho
country, to devino ni-'lins for securing tho voting
privilege to the colored people, is beuij extensive-
ly circulated and signed at. No.folk, Portsmouth
and other parts of southeastern Virginia.
iN'nw York, Auj. 7.—'The i'Vr.russ Mouroo cor-
r spoil lent of the Pi toriibitig Index, savs Jeff.
Davis and C. C. (lay in- t fur the lirst time since
tiieir continemont á few evenings ago on tlni rani-
parts of i'ortVesH Monro '. it Inn beeu eiistoniary
to have them promeuado at different hoars, but
this time, by some error, they were out at the
same time- Mr. Clay extended his hand, saying
h ■ presum j.1 they would be allowed to shake hands
it not converse. There being no objection by tho
olliuers, they clasped hands with fervor, but no
word was uttered.
C.uito, Aug. 7.—It is. stilted that John R. Ryan,
the mysterious prisoner, now in thu Ghl Capitol
prison at AVashiunton, is a printer by profession
and previous to the war, published a new spaper
in Pine Mult, Ark. lie lairved lis captain in tile
rebel army, and was uftérwards employed lis chief
detective in the Truns-Missnsippi department of
tae Confederate army. Upon Ryan's person, when
a rested, wore found various documents, which
implicated parties of much moro prominence than
himself in crimes of a high order.
Washington, Aug. 9.—Tho President was liter-
ally overwhelmed with visitors to-day, the crowd
being larger than during any previous day for two
weeks past. The lurgest portion wcro Southern-
ers and office-Beckers, or on pardon missions. Tho
President appearud -in excellent health, Ind man-
aged to receivo nearly all who desired au inter-
v.ew. . ■ , • > ■ •
Among tho applications for pardon, within a day
or so, is that of il^rschel V. Johnson; of Georgia,
who wiis formerly a candidate for Vice President
ou tho Douglas ticket His application for pardon
was presented to the Attorney General by Mrs.
Stephen A. Douglas.
Alfrod Kly, au ax-Congressman from Now York,
is here. It is understood that Mf. Ely, Maj. Gem
Wilcox, and Col. Loo, of Rostou who were asso-
ciates in the Richmond prison, aro summoned here
to testify beforo'the Military Commission about to
be convoned for the trial of the Andersonville
prison keeper, who aleo áfltod in alike capacity at
Richmond.
Admiral Porter has been appointed Chief, ad
interim, of the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy
Department.
Robert J. Breokonridge, of Kentucky, is here.
New York, Aug. 0.—The Minister from Guato-
mala to Nioarngua was assassiuntoil on the night of
the 12th, by a person named Rivos. No cause is
assigned.
The Chili Congress has been a fortnight consid-
ering article live of the Constitution, which makes
the Roman Oatliolie the religion of the Republio
to tho exolusion of the public exercise of any
other. . :
The news from Peru is not any more hopeful of
the restoration of tranquility. The revolutionary
forcea seems to bo concentrating at or new Trux-
,UA private letter from Lima, dated the 12th. wye:
The President of Peru has pnrohosod thoAmeri-
oan ship White Pigeon for the purpose of trans-
porting the ©x-Prirident Gen. Castillo to
P°Ad^Í,fVomBueno Ajrrwt writo tbo «* «[
June, and state that on the "#W> of Mi^, after ®
■ iita*éi
severe fight, the Argentine forces sucoeedod iu re-
capturing Corientes from the Paraguayans.
From reports Lopes is likely to meet with a
general defeat. It is also said that Baron Tacqua
gave battle to the invaders with 13,000 men, re-
pulsing the Paraguayans, who lost 2000 men. The
report is doubtful
There is nothing important from Equador. The
rebellion appears entirely quelled for the present
New Yoiik, Aug. 9.—The steamer America, from
Suvaiin di the Oth, has arrived.
- The Herald say* that the rebd Brig. Gen. Mo-
reen has bcensent to Fort Pulaski. One Howell,
brother-in-law of JelT. Davis, aud three other in-
sulting rebels, were soundly thrashed in the pres-
ence of ctll tho guests of the Pulaski House by
Capt Husscy alouo, for making iudocent and in-
sulting remarks against the President und ouf ilag.
Subsequently another Confederate received similar
doserts from Capt. Husscy for doubting the abili-
ty of oue Yankee to whip four rebels. Howell and
his badly whipped bullies were thon taken to the
police stution. The Republican says the lesson
was sadly needed, as Union men have beeu fre-
quently insulted of late, and the thing was grow-
iug unbearable.
Sevoru hot wcutherin Savannah.'
Tho steamur Columbia bring Havana dates to
the 5th i list.
The ram Stonewall still remained in port Tho
opinion uxprcssed by Admiral Gordon, that she
could not stand mi uttuck from any of our large
monitors is ondorsoil generally by all who have
visited her.
Yellow fever is raging in Porto Principe, but
thoie is a very little fever in Havana.
New York, Aug. 0th.—Tho steamer Costa Rica
brings Punuma dates to the 31st lilt.
There is considerable excitement conccming tho
comiug election, aud Mosquera will probably be
chosen.
The American Government having placed an
einbugo oil a cargo of cotton shipped l'roui Huyanu
to thu Confederate agent ut Livorpool, the cose
was carried into the court of Chuncery.
Chancellor Wood gave his decision recognizing
claims against the Government to cotton but con-
sidering tho existence of certain agreements bet-
ween Confederate Generals and their agents, which
might be binding upon the United States, as-the
successors of the Confederate Government, lie
ordored that the Confederate ugent be pormittod
to -be received iu cases which would unable him
to dispose of cotton and pay ull propel charges,
lie giving security for 20,()UJ pounds sterling, the
amount which would probably bo found absolute-
ly tho property of tho United States in quantity oi
cotton, about 1500 bulos.
iue Army uivl N.iinj Gmette speaks upon tho
probability of England' being involved in the im-
pending war on tho Plutto,
The mooting bctwoon tho sovereigns of Aut.tria,
Prussia, liuvaria and Saxony, at Salzburg, is spo-
ken of.
The abatement of cholera at Alexander is con-
firmed.
The Iltr.ilds city of Mexico correspondent, dat-
ing the 21st ult., says : Tho Imperialists wore
congratulating themselves on tlio fancied bright
prospest of tho Empire, and their expectations'ol
its early recognition by the United States, for the
purpose of securing which latter desideratum, it
was reported that Geni. Almonte was preparing
for a trip to Washington.
The correspondent describes the present con-
dition of tho country as anything but fluttering
to the new Government. Tho republican armies
are still largo and oilioient, and hold undisputed
possession of a groat portion of the territory ol
the country, while guerrilla bands roam through
nearly every section, still giving great annoyance
to the imperial troops, and the friends of Juarez are
said to bo gaining ground everywhere.
Wahuisotox, Aug. !).—Tlio rebol sympathizer*
here aro secretly circulating among th'oso of thoir
own persuasion, a subscription paper in aid ol
Mrs. Davis anil family, who are, in the language ol
the petition, iu rery needy circumstances. The
appeal is liberally responded to, several having
subscribed live hundred dollars each.
One hundred letters per day on an average are
received by Gon. Underwood, tho President of the
Military Commission, for tho trial of Wert/., the
Andersonville jailor, from officers and soldiers who
suffered imprisonment there, begging to be sum-
moned us witnesses against the wretch. Many ol
——- <- ' " -••• *
Mrs. Jeff. Davis has applied to President John-
ston for poruiiunion to visit hor husband at For-
tress Monroe. Her request ha not yet boon
granted.
A dalegaticm of Alabamians arrive! here to-day
to consult with the Freodmeu's Bureau in regard
to tho utilization of negro labor in that State.
Tha planters there, while concod.ng that shivery
is a dead letter, ask that their lute slaves shall be
bound to them for a certain term of years, or, in
other words, be returned to slavery again, urging
iu defence of the plan, that the negroes would be
benelltod by it. Unfortunately for them, their
logic is not appreciated by Gen. Howard.
Two hundred and titty applications for pardon
came into the Attornoy General's office to-day,
mostly from Virginia, of tho ?20,000 clause.
Cupt. J. A. Stockton, Commissary Subsistence,
has been sentenced by court martial to be dismiss-
ed the service and to pay a fino of one thousand
dollars, the value of Government property which
4ie misappropriated.'
The Government is advised that tho default ol
O. P. Stone, lute Collector of Internal Revenue at
Columbus, Ohio, and for tlico successive terms
Treasurer of that State, will amount to at leust
ninety-live thousand dollars. His bondsmen uro
represented here by eoiiilsel, aud there is little ex-
po tution that much, it auy, of the money will be
collected J'lum tlioni. It is a regular fact, uutheu-
ticully shown by no less uuthoiiiy than the Treasu-
rer of the United States, that there has not been
tiventy thousand dollurs collected on official bonds
since tho l'ouudutiou of tlio Government. The
money ivas ull gamble,! uway by Stouo—much of
it within ten days before his suicide. It has been
proposed to havo tho military authorities luy their
liuniis oil the gamblers uud make them disgorge.
Rev. Or. Ureckiuridgo is hero to secure, as is
understood, tho pardon of one of his rebel sous.
Ex-Governor Wickliffe, of Louisiunu is liurd at
work trying to secure tho pardon of his brothor-
lii-luw, Senator Yulce, of Florida, who is confined
m Fort Pulaski. •
Nasuvix'uu, Aug. 9,—Tlio oxpeditiou scut out
by Gen. Thomas to Cassville is stirring up a nest
ol thieves. Two ol Thomas' men
been
havo beeu killed,
shot and hung und
fully and thoroughly appreciates his responsibili
Tkoae «ho have the feeding of him feea him
His room is kept olean, and his daily walks Ate
made as enjoyable as circumstances will permit
He is allowed to sit down and rest when he ehoses
and onoe in a while agreeable oonvernation ensues.
Since this walk began he has been far more inolin,
ed to sooiuble than ever before.
Montreai* Aug. 8.— Sir Narcisse Btdlean has
been appointed to the Premiership of Canada,
mads vuoant by the death of Sir P. Lache.
John A. McDonnald has been appointed Minis-
ter ol Militia.
Washington, Aug. 9.—The rebel General Hill,
oommittod to the workhouse several days ago for
indecent and disorderly conduct, has been releas-
ed, two mechanics having yesterday paid his fine..
The prize money from about 500 nival captures
is announced for distribution at the Fourth Audi-
tor's bureau.
Caibo, III. Aug. 8.—The steamer Bee with ele
ven barges loaded with coal, on last Sunday above
Memphis, ran into the bank and sank seven bar-
ges with 930,000 worth of coal. Tlie pilot is re-
ported to have gono to sloop on his watch, and
after sinking the barges, took to the shore and loft
the boat. She arrived in Momphia with four bar-
ges, in a sinking condition.
.Dr. Leftoville, anti-fraachise, is reported elected
to Congress from the Memphis Department.
There wus much alarm und exoitement among
the Cairo negroes last night. They had strong in-
timations, that the white population would no
longer eudüre thoir insolence, and the story got
spread among them that tho whites wcro going to
exterminuto tliem. Last night somo of them fled
below the einbankmont of tho river in the greatest,
consternation, while two hundred of them armed
themselves, determined to resist. The whites had
no thought of attacking them, yet such action on
their part is only hurrying thoir certain doom. '
New York, Aug. 8.—Tho Times's Washington
special says : On Saturday, 72 prisoners, against
whom charges for various offences have been pre-
ferred, were released from the old capitol, the char-
ges against 27 having been withdrawn. Those
rogiments had boon mustered out of servicewere
ordered to report to the must'ering out officer of
tho department, while others were sent to thoir
rospective regiments with ehargos. This leaves
less than 140 prisoners at the prison.
An effort has been made to iuduco Geni, Grant
to recommend tlief pardon of a number of general
bel army from Virginia, to enable
iate-in the civil affuirs of tho State,
fflcers of tho rebel arm;
them to _
In tho caso of Gen. Kemper," speaker of the Vir-
ginia rebel Legislature, Gon. Grant was particul-
arly Importuned, it being claimed that Kemper
was desirous of re-entering the political arena for
tho purpose of imposing upon tlio minds of tho
pi'.ple ol Virginia the importance and the advan-
t ike to thorn of heartily acceding to tho ordov of
things. Applicants aro not at all encouraged by
the result of their efforts, but express a determina-
tion to persevere for..the immediate restoration of
their original rights and privileges.
lÍA-LEiGii, N. C., Aug. y.—Parties arriving from
lifferent parts of tho State, say that there is a great
change in tho conduot of the 'lute rebel leaders.
Their complete submission and good intentions
towards the government for the first few weeks ut-
ter tho collapse of the rebellion, challenged the
admiration of oil loyal men, but since tho whole-
sale display of clemency to rebel leaders of Wealth
and iulluenco, tlio treacherous und urrogant class
have poisoned the minds of the Boldiers" against
the Union, and are now organizing tlioni for a po-
litical oonflict with tho Government, and a war
against tlio Union men anil negroes. They are
having everything their own wiiy in des gnating
th '* delegates to the convention, which they cxpect
will soon l.e called. Unions tlio government inter-
fere and exclude these leaders from participating
;>i this body, the Union ir.cn will liuvo nothing to
do with its deliberations, which they claim will re-
su.i in u 1'ureo and ruin ull who are iissoeiatcd with
it.
Washington, Aug. 8. -The Commissioner of In-
ternal Re ven uo has ruled that a duly licensed com-
mercial broker may negotiate a salo of liquors
from one dealer to unother without additional li-
cense, but if at any timo liquors shall bo in his
custody or under his control ho will roquiro a li-
cense as a liquor dealer on a count of such nego-
tiation or salj. Tho Commissioner also riilo that
tnoi^hly^retugjij.^f ^nsnraiice commutes fin >"
Qoeuec, Aug. H. —Parliament assembled this r.
m. In tho spoooh from tho tlirono the Governor
Gonerul said he had called Parliament togothor at
tho earliest convenient moment after tho return of
the Canadian Delegation from England, in order
to receivt a report of their mission, and to comple-
te imporunt business. Tho correspoddenco rolorr-
•ing to thu mission will bo laid before Parliament
for consideration.
He hopes that ero long tho other provinces
will adopt a scheme for a federal union ol' the pro-
vinces. The happy termination of tho American
ka&tni. Auc. 8th, 1866.
Edito Bullitin:—O thosj w*uo a.tended Di-
vino service ai the E^isoopul Chu.oh of this city
on u .day last, all wno love liberty of oons.mce
nd fr edom of opinion in matte of religion, as
Prom the New York Hsrsld.
The Political Revolution—Tho Baling Put y
the Fslin,
The leaders and managing politicians of our
two presidential parties oi lii>4 are all at sea. The
absoluto failure of the puaee-at-uny«price copper-
heads aud their Chioago phttiorm, Unit "the wur
is a failure," has left the Norths in democracy in
a condition of a disbanded army, watching and
something to turn up." The prose- £Ulplt oí St Davj¿fa- Clwrch Binc8 Uis recall to its
oution oi the war to the suppression ol th# isbel- Jjuotgrship. Tho circumstaiioes which had attend-
Uon and the abolition_ of slavery, the great issues ¡¡is resignation and recall invested tho oooasion
well as in oil otliu.s, all who delight to hear the again
Sospel of peace preached iú its puaty, must have. star e
j«n gratified and benefitted by the excellent dis-
course to which they listened on that occasion.—
It was the first appearance of Mr. Gillott in the
troops hero to proteot this flag, put it
organized yoursclles into oom; '
same and never let it aguin be*
Stand now firm and united in .
Liberty, and never, nevar «hill
that you shall be prosecuted
upon which Abraham Lincoln was re-eleoted, being
thoroughly accomplished, the republican party is
olio leit without u platform; and thus the material
wnich in November last adhered to that party aro
likewise in a transition state. The mission of this
party being folfllled, it is substantially in ihe same
condition as the party whose policy has beon ut-
terly overthrown and buried among the dead things
of the past
The republican policy to be pucsued in the re-
storation of the rebellious States with tho return
of peace was not forshadowed in the Bultimore
platform beyond its sine qua non of the abolition of
slavery. To this extent President Johnson has
fulfilled his obligations as a nomine of that conven-
tion ; so that, in a strictly party view of tho sub-
jeot, he is now free to take his own course. Only
o.ie ol Urn declarations of said convention to whioh
he wua oominittod remains on the books against
him, and thut is tho declaration requiring-the re-
moval of the Emperor Napoleon and his protegee
tue Emperor Maximilian, irom Mexico. As no-
body doubts however, that President Johnson in
due timo will sutistactordy settle this bnsine s,
it oxoites no discussion una needs uo argument us
a quuution likely to affect him one way or the
otuer in tho reorganization ot parties.
Jiut, ulthougu uluvcry being abolished, the slave-
ry question is out of the way, the irrepressible ne-
gro question in a new shape has stalked upon tho
stage as the master of ceremonies in this work ol
a new formation of parties. The leading radicals
of the abolition school, who were a continual tor-
ment to President Linooln in their efforts to drive
uiin beyond tho landmarks of,passing event3 and
the lights of developing public opinion, will not
be content to -'let well enough ulone." They
have 1'ouud a new theme for an exciting political
agitation in the new issue of negro suffrage in.tae
reorganization of tho rebel Stat js. President
Jo.,u.*on, taking his cue from thu Federal constitu-
tion, has adopted a policy of restoration which
excludes the blacks of said States from the euf-
iwo in this great work. Ho rigidly ex -luds the
slffveholding aristocracy implicated in the rubel-
iim, and imposes such general and specific re
striatums in regard to loyalty us he beliovos will
most surely secu.« the establishment of bonaJMe
loy.il State govommontj, ovon to the granting ol
justice to the blacks as freo mon and citizons; but
all this to the radical abolitionist is not enough. He
will have the right of suffrugo forthwith extended
to the emancipated blacks in this work of State
reorganization, or ho will resist tho applici.t'.on of
every State concerned for a rcadmis. ion to Con-
gress.
Upon this issuo tho radical elements of the re-
publican party are rapidly gathering around Chief
Justice Ohusc as thoir ohampibn aud their leader,
w.iilo the rank and file of the war democracy are
drifting towards tho administration. The old de-
mocrrtic antecedents and associations of President
'QttlgJ
with peculiar interest. Tho former was forced
you i
spangled banner. Loud, 1
followed this speech.
lor
Johnson attract them, including, especially, the
old domoerutic instinct of hostility to the aboli-
tionists. But there will be no distinct lines of de-
marcation <1. own between these opposing political
forces Bhiprt ot the meeting of Congress and u se-
rios of Congressional eaucusses. From tho pres-
ont appearances, we think it almost certain thut
the radical majority of the two houses will push
ui.s matter to tho extromity of an attempt to Ty-
lorize Andrew Johnson. Rut his resolute and de-
cisive cliuructcr and tho udvautages of his position
will render him a fur moro ioí.nidublo customer
thus to deal with than was Captain Tylor. He will
ho strong enough before the .country to carry the
Congressional ebction-s ol' 1836, an'j if, in tho
meantime, tho responsible loyalists of tho South-
can only be brought to comprehend their tiue pol-
icy, they • will-settle thimsel vos tho issue involved
by conceding the principle of negro suffrage. In
this way the abolition Cluse faction will bo deinol-
there will be a-common ground of Union in sup-
port of tlio administrution. Upon this busls there
are materials in abundance for the formation of a
now and overwhelming national democratic party
in 1889, and tho inauguration of a new reign for
this regenerated purty which may lust for fifty or
even for u hundred years to com a.
To this now organization of parties tho loose ma-
terials on both sides aro naturally gravitating upon
this question of negro suffrage in the South. Alter
the mooting of the no.v radical Congress thoy will
ro .eive a more definit) direction. As it stands, the
civil war, whioh Iiáú lasted for four years, cannot fjume is in tlio hands of President Johnson; but
fall to exorcise a beneficial influence on thu com-, t!l° balanoo of pxyer ha huT turnod over iuto the
merciul and industrial interests of the provinco, hand-i of tho loyalists of tile South, charged wiih
pe
upon him by the most unchristian intolerance and
proscription, %nd was accompanied by tho most
violent threats uud denunciations. The Utter was
solicited with unanimity by the same vestry, whioh
on th% occasion of his resignation did not dure to
resist the despotic behests of the miniatuie Pope
and political cardinals who counseled with him,—
The resignation had taken place when the demonir
of olvil war had been let loose and. were dealing '
dea.b aud destruction all over tho land, since then
mighty changes have suocoedud each Other with
the l-iipidity of a drama, and the recull was made
and accepted while the glad tiding! of peace ware
yet-ringing in the ears and bringing joy to the
hearts of a bereaved nation. The change had, in-
deed, been great, 1'rom war to peace, from violence'
and anarchy to law and order. But four days pre-
vious to the preacher's reappearance in his wonted
plaoe, Gov. A. J. Hamilton i the representative of
the power and leniency of the Ünited States Gov-
ernment had made his triumphant entry into the
Capital of the Stat%..%om which, three years befo •
he had been iguomauously driven by tiie same
spirit of intole.'unoe and proscription whioh com-
pelled the resignation of'Mr. Gillett. The return
of tlio distinguished exile as sole arbiter of the po-
1 tical affairs of the State, to whom his rebellious
o dumniators must sue for pardon, not ¡or wrongs
done to him, but for crimes oommitted against the
maju. ty of the constitution uud lnwu of tho Union.
Was a national triumph; a triumph of the poop.e
who recognize in Gov. Hamilton oue of their
greatest und most reliable loaders, over the heart-
iest und orimiiiul demagogues who deceived them,
and ' fjrcod upon them the unholy war."
Tho appointment of no man in the land as Pro-
vi úonal Governor of the State of Texas would
h ive furnished the minds of the people with so
much food for beneficial refloction, havo beou so
comprehensivo a commentary ou tho folly of the
past and tho real condition of the present, and so
faitiiful an index to point us to the necessities < f
the tuture. L.kewisu the minktrationsof no other
Rector or Bishop in tho land at tho altar of St
David's Chuioii in this city, would have given so
much unfeigned satisfaction to tho congregation
and community at large au evidently pervaded the
jrea .t.-i of those who assembled on Sabbath last,
on tho oecasion under consideration. Tho reap-
pearance of Mr. G. was likewise a triumph, a tri-
umph in which all good persons could joiu, a tri- •
umph of good over evil, a triumph of christian
charity over unchristian intolerance. Some per-
sons expected, in consideration of the wrongs and
persecutions which Mr. G. had- encountered, to
hear suoh strictures and animadversions as they
lelt would not be inappropriate, even in the pui-
iiit' Rut they were disappointed, and were, doubt-1
less, made to see that there was abetter way. The
discourse was worthy the man and of the occasion.
Tno text was a portion of the 19th verse of the
JOth chapter of St. John—"Peace be unto you"—
nd n portion of the 13th verse of the 5th chap:er
of First Thcss—"And be at peace be among your-
selves." . The prominent points of the subject
were presented with th? clearness and earnestness
so characteristic of the speaker. The peaoe allu-
ded to in the first portion of the text, as well as
its corroll'ury in the second portion, we could all
:njoy if wo would. The first was the free cift of
God alone, freely given to all who sought it in sin-
:art. The haopiness derived from its
New Orleans, At
Ed. Btrtj.tr in.—Wo observe ym
14th ultimo, to the first balo of Texas
1886, raised by Mr. H. J. B. Cash, i.
county, consigned by Mr. A. Sessums, of H
11 our firm. $Ve.received the cotton and
this morning. The staple wns very fine
was well handled; classed strict stood
sold for 61.!a. per pound,
Tmsting we will soon have unrestricted oun-
m raid int rmurse to and from your St 11 and
oity, W e arc, rmnn -♦fnlly, your ob't ssrv'tfc
HAT LOW J PHELPS ft CO.
Personal and other Itci
and we may trust that the establishment, of peace i the duty of providing now govei'omonts for tho lute
will lead to constantly increasing development of insurgent States aud upon the broad platform of
tho very friendly relations between -our people and i universal liberty. They, if they will, can organize
The Florida Union states that the ftthsr
Payne, the would-be murderer of SsereUry f
has bt.en mukirg a visit to Jao'csonvQle,
State, 'ihe Union says ; "He resides on a plan-
tation three miles from Live Oak station, on the
Pensaoola and Georgia Railroad. He lost one
son at the battle of Murfreesboro ; another rv
turned home maimed for life. Lewis was Us only
hope in his old age;"
It is understood that Oen. John E. Mulford, the •
distinguished.agent for exchange, on the part of
the United States, in the late war, is to bo brevet-
ed a Major General of Volunteers, in complimen-
tary recognition of his long and eminent services
in his most important bureau. Gen Mulford was
Colonel of the gidlaut 3d Now York infantry, and
is one of the mmt accomplished and popular offi-
cers in the service.
Genorul Grunt is said to have remarked lately:
"I am a small eater, but I am a huge sleeper, To
keep me in good working order, I need nine hours'
good Bleep out of the twenty-four. I con dispose
ol' more, bnt nine I must have. When 1 was out
West I could command but about seven, and I.
nearly broke down. Give me my quantum of
sleep, and I can meet any amount of exposure ani
labor."
It is said that while Buruside lay opposite Fred-
ericksburg, in the winter of 186^, Mosby dined
with him, in the character of a Union farmer from
across the river, and gathered with his shrewd oun-
ning, fiom tho gnneral table-talk, much valuable
information, with which he regained tho rebel
linos without molestation.
In his book, the Biohmond editor, Pollard, de-
soribes an interview which he had with General
Butler, and expresses himself very agreably dis-
appointed with the man whom he had been accus-
tomed to regard as the raw-head-and-bloody-bones -
of the war, and oomes to the conclusion that he is'
not as black as ho is painted.
Mr. Erskino S. Allin, master armorer at the
Springfield armor}1, has been commissioned by the
War Department to visit the various arsenals in-
England, France and Switzerland, and to be pres-
ent at trials of breech-loading firearms soon to take
place in England and Switzerland.
The Farmington Chronicle announces another
agricultural calamity which will not cause much
weeping. It says a species of insaot is threaten-
ing the extermination of the Canada thistle It -
envelopes the top of the plant in a web, and proves
death to its growth ahd flowering.
There is a family in Detroit of quite unusual
composition. The father and mother have each
the citizens of tho United States; Tho circumstan-
ces which rendered it necessary to place a volun-
teer force on the frontier having ceased to exist,
the forco has been recalled.
under .Johnson, tho ruling party of tho future.
Several thieves huvo
others captured,
Tho loilowing election returns havo been re-
ceived, unofficial : District, Wayne Ctiroll, Union,
ti'J ; Thomas, Copperhead, 3. Hickman County,
Carroll, 400 ; Thomas 75.
Seventh District, Carroll County, Hawkins,'
Union, 1100 ; Ethoridgo. 10.
Nkw York, Aug. 3.—The Herald's Washington
special says : Judge Jackson, of Florida, and U, S,
Minister ut'tlio court of Viena in 1ÜÜ5, was at the
White Hoüse this morniug, it is supposed soliciting
ThoJud^o is represented to have been
... —iiitor in the rebellion.
Treasury Decisiojí.—Tlio Commissioner of In-
ternnl ltevenuo rules that a deed esoented prior to
Septoinber 1, 18(12, if it was delivered prior to that
date, requires no stamp, and may bo admitted to
record; but if dolivereil siiice that date, it should
bo stamped, und cunnot be legally recorded unless
stamped. Bonds given in actions of replevin,
and in notions commenced by capias, aro held Jo
be bonds required in legal proceeds, and oro ex-
empt from stamp duty.
Newspapers in Charleston.—Wo take tho fol-
lowing from a Charlofton paper :
Assistant Adjutant General's Office, |
Charleston, S. C., July 27, 1805. j
Notice—Persons desiring to publish nowspápera
within the limits of this district are hereby in-
formed thut it will lirst bo necessary to obtain the
consent of the Miyor General commanding the de-
partment.
By command of Brcvot Maj. Gen.
JOHN P. HATCH.
Leonard B. Perry, A. A. G.
Official: E. Harris Jewett, 1st Lieutenant and
A. a. A C.
pardon.
u prominent porticiput
Tno World s special suys : Another case of insano
Impulses has just resulted here. A young lady,
urming horself with a pistol of tlio samo pattern
us thut used by Miss Harris, deliberately shot a
surlier, who had bocome an incoustunt lovor, soV-
eroiy if not fatally wounding him.
New York, Aug. 8.—Nearly all of tho paroled
prisoners who wore sent to this Stato a fow months
ago by the War Deportment, have returned to the
ftoutn or found' employment in Northern cities.
Tiloso who are furnished transportation now, aro
mostly from hospitals. There are a few rebels at
Eimuu, but tney will bo sent South as rapidly as
possible. This morning eleven paroled men ar-
rived irom Elmiru, and a fow others were received
from the genorul hospital. There are at tho pres-
ent time only fifteen rebels at tho Battery who bo-
long to Georgia. Within a few months between
4000 and 7000 prisoners have boon furnished quar-
ters at the Battery. They wero treated as well as
Union Boldiors wore. Somo of them havo loft tho
burruus and found frinds or occupation in the city.
All of them retain their pusses, uiid occasionally a
paroled rebel prisoner applies at the Battery for
quarters and transportation, which are provided.
He is sent to the post nearest his home. As the
South becomes more quiet prisoners are more
e jer to return than they weft a few weeks ago.
New York, Aug. 8.—Tho Herald's Fort Monroe
weoial says Adjt Gen. Townaend was oloseted
most of the day with Gen. Miles. The object of
the visit has not been mode known. The probabil-
ity is that it was on business' connected with his
own department, nothing mors.
Jeft Davis is still at his quarters. Bis
is good and bis health improving, and <
oaring very little about Us trial. Osa.
whose solé duties sre to woteh and keep hi safe,
Texas Affairs at Wasuiníton.— Si^'s tho Wash-
ington correspondent of. the Cincinnati Enquirer,
ou tlio 9th inst:
Not tho slightest apprehension is felt here of
nny further natioilul difficulties in Texas, nnd
speculations concerning military interference with
the French beyond the Rio Grande have ceased
ultogether. Official and private correspondence
received here from that section, indicate that very
few of tho troops will emigrate to Mexico.
The New Mayor of Richmond.—Tho military
authorities at Richmond, after deposing the city.
otUciuls who wero chosen at tho lato election, havo
appointed H.erbort A. Clairborno Mayor, and
changed nearly all the Councilmen, solecting men
not objectionable, in tlicir_ places. The now Me-
at home during the rebollion, and
from the commencement
yor kept
opposed i
No DISCUSSION.—The following is an extract
rom a military order rocently issued ot Lynch-
burg, Va.:
The Commanding General directs that hereafter
no public meetings for the purpose of discussing
the status of the froedmen will bo permitted in any
Sart of this district; that Btntus having been deci-
od on and announced in proclamations and gene-
ral orders by the United States Governmen.
Nor will the citizens of nny district or county
be permitted to Hand together for tho purpose of
agreeing on nny ecrtain remuneration for the labor
01 freodmen, that being in the hands of the Freed-
man's Bureau, organized by authority of theGov-
ment; the officers of which alone will deoide in
those matters.
D. A. NEVEN, A. D. C. A A. A. A. O.
Professor S. F. B. Morse, having noticed state-
ments that no messages were transmitted through
tho orignal Atlantic cable, between the Old and
New World, emphatically and dearly provos, by
citing facts, thai messages wete sent and reoeived,
and Uiut several items of news were published in
Europa within two or three hours of the occrrenee
of events in this oountry. Doubts on the subject
have been vary freely expressed since 1858, when
then waa no hesitation fit believing that tho oabls
had worked, at least fbrabrief period.
A Mlt.it.vst oonfldencb Man—A Nw) way to
Make a Halve. —A man calling himself Thomas H.
Yancey was brought to this city on Wednesday's
train from Navanota, charged with representing
himself to be an United States officer, and liaviug
established'an office near Navasnti, where the am-
nesty-oath was taken before him, and who tried
aud sentenced citizens as he pleased. 1 His shrewd-
ness' prevented suspicion for ton days, during
which time ho victimized many citizens, and ob-
tained considerable money, lío charged from 24
to 10 dollars each for oaths of amnesty, and as-
sossed fines just as ha pleased. Tho l'ollojf i£
documents in the self-styled Captain's hand™'i-
ting, will give our readers an insight into the man-
ner tho enterprising gentleman did his work:
Navasota, Aug. 15, 18C5.
Amnesty Oath, No. —
I, J. D. Johnson, do solemnly swear or affirm in
tho presence of Almighty God, that I will here-
after faithfully defend tho Constitution of the
United States and tho Union of the States. X will
in like niaunor abido by and faithfully support all
laws and Proclamations which have been made du-
ring tho existing rebellion with reforonce to tho
emancipation of sluves, So help mo God.
Signed, J. D. Johnson.
Sübseribod and sworn to beforo me, this 15th pf
August, 1805. ' Thomab H. Yancey,
Captain U. S. Army.
Then follows a description of Mr. Johnson.
Tho next are two documents, nlso in the bogus
Captain's handwriting, wliioh speak for them-
selves:
Grimes Countt, Texas, Aug. 12, 18Q5.
O. B. Oai.dwei.i.—Sir, you aro hereby ordered to
uppear at John Thomas's on the railroad, on the
14th inst.
By order, . Thob. H. Yancey,
Capt U. S. A.
Grimes Codnty, Aug. 14, 1865.
Wm. Henderson—Sir, you are hereby notified to
appour before me as a witness for Mr. Gardner.
Uy order, Taos. H. Yancey,
Capt. U. S. A.
lority of heart.
possession was unspeakable. The injunction of
tho Apostle in the second portion of the text rested
on and wus binding on us alL What time more
propitious for cultivating "pence on earth and good
will to men." It was the duty of all, and especial-
ly of christians, to administer comfort to the be-
reaved hearts of the widow and orphan, to allay
tlio animosities and heart-burnings engendered by
tho spirit of tho sorrnon', and those who heard it
could not but fool that it harmonized with the
sublime teaching of Christ. The friends of peace
-nd the followers of the gospel of peace must
have been delighted at the contrast presented to
the yolitioal and vindictive fulininations from the
sii r d desk whioh havo so often disgraced us da-
ring ihe lust few years. BUREE.
New Dratofeui, Aug. 8th, 1865.
Editor Flakes Bulletin : — Major General Merrit
fit tha head of a brigade of the cavallry expedition
from Shrbveport arrived here. July 20th and 30th.
Tho pitched camp at the other side of tho Gua-
dalupe river, and soon entered town in crowds,
where thoy mot a hoarty wolcome from almost all
tho citizens of Now Braunfels. The next day.
Sunday) many people from the country flocked
to town to sae the "Yankees" and loud cheers for
„.i*he Union wero heard in every street A salute
was firod and the national flag lioitrted at the -Ver-
oinsborg. -The troops were roaly surprised to find
such a welcome in a towu of Texas, tney confessed
that it seemed to them there were quite a number
of Union loving people in thiB county, as they had
yot nowhere 011 their march throughToxas found so
much cordiality and sympathy manifested towards
every purson, mingled with the citizens in the
streets, sliakod hands and talked about tho.latt
war in a manner that showed they wero willing to
forget aud forgive. What a change, not long since
some of our own troops came to ifew Braunfels
and spread terror and toar over the whole county,
dragged men, who wero three times examined be-
fore a' board of physiciains and found unfit for
servico, to the- courthouse, refused them to soe
their families and earned them oil' without allow-
ing time to settle their family affairs. It is not to
bo wondered that the peoplo at last became tired
of a Government, bo tyrannical as the late Con-
federacy was. Most all of the citizens of this
county wcro opposed to secession but fear for their
lives and families suppressed thoii- real feelings,
and as tho reign of terror and despotism was still
more and more developing itself every year, somo
became so dosperute to venture rather any tiling
else than to submit any longer. I do beliove thai
if the Confederacy had swayed its tyrannical sceptre
u fow months longer, we would have soon the iu-
angurution of civil war more terrible than in Mis-
souri. There were few mon who were willing to
stand much longer, and I believe if the fede;
been married three times, and have had children
livini
géther under one roof—six sets
by each marriage, and are now
[lour before me as a witness for Mr.
H. Y
Capt.
Mr, Caldwell was ohorged with driving lame ne-
groes away 1'rom their homes.—Houston Telegraph.
Cotton and Coffee in the Sandwich Islands.'—
The St. Louis Republican says :
The cultivation of cotton has been commenced
in the Sandwich Islands, with ovory prospect of
success. One planter has cleared and planted two
hundred and fifty acres, and employs six hundred
laborers, chiefly Chinese coolies, who are brought
over in considerable numbers. Another souroe of
wealth has also been opened up in the ifiland. The
valleys whioh divide the mountains ore discovered
to be admirably suited for the cultivation of ooffee.
Ex-Lieut Governor Task, Massachusetts, is sn
applicant for the post of deputy constable for
Hampden county.
Hon. Martin F. Conway, formerly Congressman
from Kansas, declined the appointment of Pension
Commissioner at Bichmond.
A sisterhood of Fenians has been organised in
New York.
Amóng the lately pardoned rebels, is John
Wilkes, son ot Commodore Wilkes. ,
There have been thirty-fonr suicides at European
watering places this season—all gamblers.
The salary of Queen Victoria is about «8,000,000
per annum.
A young man In Richmond the«thsr day defined
lfijmfiy as "swearing to a d—d list"
troops had come a year ago, the people would have
been just as'glad as they now are. Major General
Merrit, communder in chief of these troops, is a
very fine gentleman in person and appearance.
Ho is the man who understands to win the hearts
of the people and make them feel that he surely
has not come to oppross but to protect them. . He
delivered a short address at the cóart house to
tho citizens of the County, in which he assured
them thst he had come as a friend and not as on
enemy, that he would do all in his powor to pro-
mote the interest and weltare of the people, and
that die United States Government were now strom
and power full enough to give protection to al
loyal men for al) time to come, tbtff secession was
now dead ^.thundering olieors from the large ou
dience:, and that the Government would aot on
the principles of humanity and justice to all citi-
zens, try to make them as happy and prosperoui
as a fiee people ever oottld be. He said : "Ir I had
time I would like to speak to all of you personalty,
convinco you of the jastness of the causo of the
Union or National Government, and re-ássare you
that the Government is your friend and will do sill
in its power to conciliata the people." Hs entreat*
ted those who had been prosecuted and threat-
ened by their enemies to' forgive and not to take
self-revenge, bnt let the law have its way, and
punish those who were guilty of orime. He closed
with the following remark, with'whioh heim-
Sressed a deep feeling of gratitute in the hearta of
lose who had stood so firmly to the Union through
all trials : "Had I the tongue of a Calhoun (which
was the first secession toaoaer), the eloquence of
a Clay or Dan Webster I would speak for hours
to you to "" *
heart and
citizons ol ^ . ,
that yon are liberty loving and loyal oitisenVand
have stood flnuly in the hoars Of trial by the Union
have suffered and still cling to the flag of the No-
eminent 1 know that some of
have bodght the dear old flag, whioh ...
asr s£i=£ris&&:¡:
no federal
living happily
of children.
to-
Mr. Benjamin Everett, aged 101 years, 3 months
and 20 days, died at Fishkill, July 28. Hs was a
soldier in tho war of the Bovolution, and through
his long life maintained an exemplary charaoter.
Capt. Carter arrived in Savannah from Augusta
on tne 2d, in charge of 430,000 in silver, and
42000 in gold, said to have been scattered by Jeff.
Davis upon his flight near the residonoe of Howell
Cobb, . . ... ■
The Bepublican Convention, assembled at Ba
eino, adopted resolutions strongly radical in char-
acter,' and declare general opposition to tho Presi-
dent's recohstruct.on policy.
Florones Nightingale thanks the Now York Com-
missioners of emigration for a oopy of their an-
nual report, and commends the work in whioh they
are engaged.
The Augusti Transcript, sdited by Jos. N. Ellis,
ormeily of Albany, N. Y., was suspended a day
or two for priting a communicated obituary no-
tice of a rebel soldier.
Augustin N. Morin, of Quebec, for twenty yeprs
prominent i j Canadian politics, threo times a lead-
ing member of tho House, died week before lust,
¡ud sixty throe.
Eastman, who absconded from Brooklyn otter
having, as was alleged, perpetrated swindles to
the amount of nearly £1,000,000, has been found
in a lunatic asylum in England.
Bev. A A Lipscomb, D. D., Chancellor of the
diversity of Georgia, is traveling in Alabama for
his health.
Gen. Sickles, «fames T. Brady, John Van Buten ■
and Fernando Wood are spoken of os candidatos
l'or Mayor of-New York.
Mr. Judd, Minister to Berlin, has tendered his
resignation, to take effect ou the 1st of Septem-
ber. , . "* ,
A Boston paper says that Mary E. Surratt was a
South American woman, who was brought to the
United States whon a child.
A correspondent writing from Newport, B. I.,
says tho hotels there are villainous, charging $5
per day, without.giving a fair meal of victuuls.
Tho population of Boston is 192,264, 8 gain of
11,302 in five years. Nearly half this increaso is
iu the single ward comprising South Boston.
Edword Bates, of Missouri, lato Attornoy Gen-
eral of the United States, is reported dangerously
ill
Elisha Kingslond, the oldest member of tho
Board of Assistant Engineers, has been appointed
chief of tho New York firo department, vice Dockor.
' Dr. Nott, President of Union Collogo, is still
living, at the oge of ninety-threo, but he is very
feeble, and his mind is greatly impaired,
For Sale.
Lots No. 12 and 13, Blook 375, with improvement',
eontlntlnt,' ol House with six rooms, kitchen, brick
visum and stable. Inquire of
J. H. CAUSTENS,
aug22J4wltn O. A Belli man's drug store.
«T Brig Until. Delsno, from New Osleam, eon'
slgu «■, by aboVH vesiiel will please call upon tbt an-
del signed and settle their freight bills. A U goads on
wkioii tlieTi eulit Is not paid, or whiolimoy bu left <>n
th • whaif, will be warehoused at the expeustsad risk
of oon*l«uees. •
aafeiidwtf J- kaufman.
Por Sale is llilg B114. Delano, Uom «• Uiltani.
13 casks Crockery, assorted, 23 oasts UUss Ware,
assorted
60 barrels Cement, 100 barrels Potatoes.
. M barrels Saner root, 16,000 feet yellow pine
HesntliBB-
6 cases Sardines,I and ¿boxes.
An Involoe of Ootaisls, Liquor
French Brandies in gises, old V
glass, 25 bbl. St. Louis Uger Beer, Star Bwwery,
4c , Ac. (au21dwtf) J. KAUFMAN.
ors, Bitters, soMrior
Whisky In wood and
WAI>TSa I IIann MOSOAM M0MOHS1BS.
* MANN * McMOBRIES,
COTTON AND WOOL PACTOBS,
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
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