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eays that "the
guarantee to ev
a republican form
What is a rep
ment and what is meant by guarantee-
ing ? Webster tells us " a republic is
a State in which the sovereign power
is exercised by representatives elected
will the
faith, an
out the
commanding
Grant and Bherman,
war was
laid j
ou
e autiiority Of the j
er was in good;
entire and com
Sightedness. I Hash to Please.—Makers Bulletin
I of the 13th has an article commenting y°u stoP
who can scare*-N*s a commum^-- . plantation
nd their nos® with- i Houston Tel
36,^,thS6j Tacks, whicl
who canno
see any heading for
iTlake is hard
who cannot look into the future,! the radicals—he don't like the
c „ , , mgs, who cannot look into the future,1 the rat
t \ ': •>* the changes which time ¡ v.tíve
tag the Northern arm.ee, who ^ -
actions on the present
in mind when
or are absent from the shall
the
steamer
seems proper that the Government
shall wüt. further and more defiuate
B working hours information before entering upon com- ] morning in charge of an Acting
n of your employ- munjeation, in relation to comprint of of the U. S. Navy. She
two and a
. ^ """V | and circumstances must make, and who í oris
thought the, n^ .■WTMBÍW
.. was seizedby llj^a
with the Government of Mex- the D. S. authorities, and awaits orders
I * from th<i Treasury Department. Her
nation seems at last to have officers report that Gomez had issued
all its internal and a pronuaciamento declaring Tamauli- .'jjEm
COBSerJ you is no longer binding upon your foreign enemies, and to have reached a pas a sovereign State. Gomez and Or-
^B , , I ... ., ¡employer. • crisis,-when if left alone, may restore lando and Cañales are raising troops,
confederates—be don t itKetbej The reports that you have been re- ; tranquility, and reorganize itself upon They had captured Tampico. They
and £09S|£tent. vmott ^€¡n>' amredtocnmetn Alhanvrm anirrtnrtirMi. ' nermanent foundations of Union, free- utterly ignore the Government, and
will proclaim either themselves or Or-
lóse a part or
| or your share I
contract violated by
get binding upon your;
D. Bich-
fbr an
i the Northern
re wisn him I pleasant
a safe return. Jj- :...
this week
bill, as is it said
í Congress and gone
President. It is 8Üpposed that
I veto it, and that it will be re-
head. Various bills
showing the re-
feelings of.the extreme radi-
We think they are approaching
3 theeud of their rope. Our people must
endure with patience the inflictions of
the day, looking forward to a better
and brighter one.
Look out ron Theiyes.—On Wednes-
day night, lewe arn the store of Mr.
Stein, on Pecan street, in this city, was
broken into and about thirty dollars j
taken. An attempt was made to carry g-uishe<l
icpims íh4xi, juu he* v u uc'^11 ic- ¡mouyj . ; tt •
! quired to come to Albany on any particu- j permanent foundations of Union,
%stjhe lar day, under a penalty of five dollars dom and republican liberty.
vs
by the people," and that to guarantee over> fd exhibited feelings of liberali- ^ of prjyate or public ^affairs. ^^ed'and^re"Spoked sHU tcT^ct^th OT^'o^rtaafefeSL01 **?T""Í'Híníy some great national injury, tega^^SJ-report that
^ ^ and confidence towards the eo&ll^fSBa:.:,V,-, . S, ..IT :E * , X,. •---•• - ** • —' ■" .
■ lnese men are not wise and never can i the conservatives—he. doa.t like
be. .They are totally unfit for leaders ■* -1 - -• ?i-s£ *
cals.
off a small safe, but the burglars seem
-to have become alarmed and left it.—
Our ptiople must be on the alert. It is
s§.id Galveston and Houston are very
much invested, and these rascals travel
from town to town .
— - —** - ~ ~
Public Meeting in Washington Coun-
ty!—The proceedings of a meeting late-
ly held in Washington county, to ex-
presa their condemnation of the ruffian-
ly act, perpetrated by an outlaw against
two of the registraré for that county ,
is iu type and will appear in our next
^seue. We trust criminal may be
found and duly punished." These are
times when all our people should be
particularly guarded in their conduct
and conversation,
Diversity of Mississippi.—We have
received a catalogue of this Institution
and are happy to see the evidence of
its continued and growing prosperity
With the present able faculty, includ-
ing Waddel, Sears, Hügard, Lamar
and others, popularity and success
slight be counted on as a certainty.
We cannot but feel a strong interest
in *hi« University and the beautiful
I village in which it is locafed, where,
years gone by, with our own hand we
aided in cutting down the forest trees
oa the public square. It is pleasant
r us to learn, that it is fast recover-
the lavages of the late un-
_
¡gap Among tbe new books of the sea-
son, we have just received from the
publishers, Messrs. Fowler k Wens,
New York, the " Peoples edition'of
Vs Fables," which is, in every re-
so neatly and artistically got up
that we consider it one of the treasures
of our book case.
It is a double columned 12 mo. of
some seventy-five pages, liberally
beautitaly illustrated upon fine,
heavy paper, with good margins, .clear
but rather too small type, and neatly
done up in brown cloth, in very nice
imitation of Turkey morocco, with just
gilt enough'to relieve it from naked-
JS&op has always been a favorite
with everybody—onraelves among'the
rest—and we now have lying upon our
table a fine old editidt bearing the im-
print ''London—Printed for R. Sare at
Gray's Inn, Gate-in Holborn, MDC-
XCIX," the cost of fdiich might not
prove our wisdom were we to mention
** With the writer of the preface of tliis
new edition we do beiíeve that "every
library and every private book. caí
Bhould have a copy of''iEteop's Fables.
¡te wit and wisdom stand in ancient
literature next to Proverbs, which it
almost equals in age, having now been
doing service in amusing the young
and instructing the old for twenty *
never
, m
>k for Home
sab-lis "to undertake to secure to another
at all events, to make sure, to warrant."
When the Union was formed by the
adoption of the Constitution, all the
States composing it were thought to
have republican forms of government,
although slavery existed in nearly
every one, and perhaps no two agreed
in the qualification of voters. In some
there was a property qualification for
voting and holding office, in others
not. Each State regulated these mat-
ters for itself, and no one questioned
its right. So it went on for years, the
States frequently changing or amend-
ing their constitutions, and Rhode Is-
land^ that "little patch," which For'
ney lately alluded to, continuing to
exist under the charter, granted by one
of the Charles', which was deemed so
much a republican form of government,
that, when a majority of the people of
that State undertook iu an illegal \jay
to substitute a more liberal constitu-
tion, the United States, called on by the
existing government for aid, interfered
and prevented it, sustaining the old
charter. By the term, republican form
of government, was simply meant a
representative government as distin-
from a taonarehy, and by
and confidence
quered, whom, during a four years
bloody contest, they had found "foe- ^ they caDnoi>be «lied on as follow-
men worthy of their steel.0 Patriotic "
, ..... , . , i erg. They will desert the standard,
people rejoiced in the supposed restor i*heneverthe battle to go against
ation of the Union, for which, so many j Jggjj
®ut the sun shines and
had toiled and bled and died
the Union was not restored, and we
were told and we soon realized, that
the war was not ended. It was said
that a proclamation from tbe President
was necessary, proclaiming peace, be-
fore we could receive the benefits re-
in the hour of victóiy, when
everything looks
bright* and promising, these men we
among the most
Messrs. Hancock and Evans and their
like. He don't like Hancock because
he was a refugee during the war, be-
governor, - becat é
fro*
the recosí
It- will be your duty to
man take'jare of himself.
Just now, a cloud of portentous
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PJF.-:
t'srS
W.
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the
and instructing the old for twenty-three
centuries at least, and, perhaps, t
in a nicer dress than this edition.
Another is a "Hand Boo!
guaranteeing this form was meant a
pledge to aid each State in maintaining
it. It was never deemed that Congress
had the power to make governments
for the States, according to what their
notio# might be at the time -of what
constituted a republican form of gov-
ernment. ^This idea of unity and cen-
tral power is ignored by tl^ very form
of expression used, which speaks of the
States as States, entitled to republican
forms of government, and all together
guarantee to each one this right., The
question seems too plain for argument,
and yet, in these enlightened times, it
is now seriously claimed, that the Con-
gress is the sole judge of what con-
stitutes a republican form of govern-
ment, and can make and unmake all
the different State governments at their
pleasure* on the ground that they are
not republican. The Southern States,
now kept from representation in Con-
gress, it is insisted, will not have re-
publican governments until all the
negroes are permitted to vote, sit on
juries and hold office. More than that
—they will not have republican gov-
ernments until they are organized with
radicals and a majority of their* people
think and act as Northern radicals do.
But this power is not restricted to the
Stagis. kept out of the Union on-
account of secession and the war. Be-
cause the people of Maryland and Ken-
tucky are not radical in their opinions,
we are told that their governments are
not republican, and that Congress must
interfere and change them. Because
the Kentucky members, lately elected
by tremendous majorities, are not radi-
cal, they are cooly kept out of the pre-
sent Congress. But Tennessee, under
the despotism of the infamous Brown-
low and his negro militia, has a repub-
lican form of government, by which a
small minority is enabled to govern
and oppress the majority. This is
beautiful republicanism and a fatherly
guaranteeing of it with a -vengeance
Does one want any further evidence
that our whole form of government is
perverted and overthrown, and that an
irresponsible faction has taken its
place ? How long can this last ?
When will the constitution be vindica-
ted and the Union of our fathers re-
stored ?' May Heaven hasten the day.
Aiding the Rebellion. —We have be-
fore us a list of the contributors to aid
in fitting out the galknt Capt. Fisher's
C<flhpany from this city for the Con-
federate service. Among the names,
wc discover Judge Bell, the radical
orator, Maj. Longley the editor of the
Austin Republican, and Dr. Phillips,
somewhat famous for his devotion to
the negroes and his abhorence of rebel-
lion. Judge Bell is now the leader of
radicalism in this State, and is threaten-
rebels with confiscation. Maj.
m
blackness hangs over the country, and
threatens to pour down its torrents
of destruction upon the devoted South
and its suffering people. It is just the
time for the timid and weak-hearted)
the selfish and the venal, to show
themselves and be active. They think
they can see clear through the present
mill-stone of public affairs, when, in
truth, they are as blind and as simple
as bats: Believing that the radical
their rule of party allegiance is very,
strict—they blame the moderate and!
'¿ conservative for not coming up to their
-T-trrp The military still i B°í
, , , , v. ... -i- ' let the sky grow dark, and danger and
had rule «ad 4e c,rtauthorrt.es were miEfortll0eilireatOTi and they „e the
mder their feet. The proclamatura arstlo ciy that all islost, andieteTerv
came, but peace came not with ft. • ' • • • • • •
Texas, supposed to be still in rebellion,
although as quiet as she had ever been,
was left out of the first proclamation,
and the war went on, technically, with-.
in her borders, although on the one
side there were no arms and no fighting
and a cry for mercy and justice'going
up all the while. At last, the rebéllion
in Texas was declared, by the highest
power formerly known in the Republic,
to be at an end, and we then confi-
dently looked for the reign of" peace
and the advantages of the civil law.. .... . , ....
We looked in Taiu. The arar^till £« K"?erfU
weat on. The President said there, ° ^ J™ « n-
j 11 . , der one pretext or another. Poor
was peace, and that we were entitled . m
once more to the benefits of the Union,: \ort -f" ' «T t .
the Constitution, the courts, the habeas : . w.. ? un e.r' *orfte* ''-v~
. , . ,, rand said, than a crime, are they com-
corpus, and the trial by jury, but a .... x ... „
"higher law" said, no, it is still a state: *The ,t*d,oal frty' W1,h £
, . , ,. . : its strengfh, violence and arrogance, is
of war, and there us no protection for! ,, ,. . _ „ .,, m,
T, . , ,, on the brink of its downfall! There
rebels and traitors. It is true, they .. „ ,, , . ,.
. .. . j ..-was a time of old, when a great kiner
deny these charges, and commit no • .. „
, . , , , .t sat on his throne in his vast hall of
overt acts, but we know they are still . , , , , . . . .
traitors in their hearts—they do not 8 a e' sur1'011" e. 18 cn,,8inK
love us, and we must continue to fight!8 avft/f' an °,ne is power an
them until tboy do. For this purpose, ?ra°deu'' In, the m.dB«of h,s reTCby,
. ... xt T . j in the moment of lus utmost triumph,
the pious ones at the North, as Judge . r
t, - e an unseen hand wrote i
Bell informs us, were contmually im-¡ , ,r TL m „
of his palace, Mene, l^ene, Tekel, Up-
we might be iharsin' and the mi?hty Assyrigu king-
ra ! d°m and its proud monarch went down
to rise no more forever. The days of
the radical party are numbered. It
has been weighed m the balances aud
fonncUwanting. It is rotten at the core
—the putrifaction will soon reach the
surface, and the whole will be a mass
of corruption, which will be cast away
as unfit for the sight and breath' of the
American people. The violent strug-
cause he did Uot consent to run for
he "stood aloof
zed Union men and
consorted with the (7onfederatesJ>'| bé-
uncompromising— cause he voted for Tkrotikmorton to be
President of.the Convention, in fine,
because he ha#%den toós good a Union
go to the i wrong or offense, would justify this was taken out of the steamer
registration at the proper time and reg- Government in suddenly assuming a but the Mexican officer placed his
ister your name as voters, and go to hostile or unfriendly attitude toward sword under the American flap
the polls and vote, and that you may the Republic of Mexico. Washington, July 16.-
vote understandingly, you should avail j Mr, Seward «iso says: that during a The bill relieving certain deserters
yourselves of every proper means to considerable part of the period in which passed.
obtain information. Should you disa- Mexico has been the theatre of civil The President
gree with vour employer upon political ! war, armed military and naval forces, garding the
or have been mmntained by the United;for an appropr
duties as laborers. Tour contract is , States on the Rio Grande, and on also the convent
sent a
gles, now exhibiting, are but the death
throes of the monster, and the short
sighted, whether timid or venal, will
regret in vain, that they commenced
their worship of the idol in the hour of
its diesoitxtkm. «t—*
an unseen hand wrote upon thS walls
portoniug the throne of grace for our! h? P i^; Men« >ene, Tekel. Cp-
conversion, and that we might the mighty Aseynau king
"born anew" and have thoroughly
radical souls in our famished bodies.
And while the piotis prayed, the war
went on, in spite of the President, the
courts and the decisions. Much pun-
ishment was inflicted on the poor re-
bels, who were fighting still away
down in the secret recesses of their
inmost hearts, although outwardly be-
having very well, and protesting, all
the time, that they werefbr peace and
union. At length new terms were
offered, which, though heavy, and
grievous, we hastened to take, that the
war might elope and our troubles be
over. - But a fresh, disappointment
awaited us. We did not accept the
terms with an unction, it was said—we
did not exhibit the jight spirit—we did
not say, God bless the hand that
smites us.
. And so the war was kept up and is
now going on with increased vigor.
New preparations are making to fight
the rebels more effectually than ever,
and, and to convert and save them, or
grind them to powder. This long war
is carried on, to be sure, at great ex-
pense, but what of that ? The battles
are easily won over a prostrate and
helpless people, and, if there is no
great amount of glory on the one side,
there is a great amount of suffering on
the other, aud that is an important
consideration with those who roll ven-
geance as a sweét morsel under their
tongues. So the war goes bravely on,
and it is a grand sight, to see with
what daring and fearlessness the one
party lays on the blows, and, with
what meekness and quietude, the other
bears them. The despotism of the old
world looks oh, and envies the rapid
progress which the new exhibits,
throwing its own little experiments
into the shade. Sound the trumpet,
beat the drum, raise a yell along the
whole line; the soul of old John BrowSy,
the blessed, is not yet satisfied, it is
"marching on" at the head of the col-
umn. "Love us, or we will kill you."
When will the war end ?
Improvement" by the same publishers, j Longley, in the columns of his paper,
devoted to business, etiquette, conver- ¡ is very severe on traitors. In his Salu-
- sation and letters, and, of all the books j tatory he informs us,
of the kind that we have ever examined, Although but -a youth at the break-
*,hisis the first we have had the patience ^ of the war, we were shocked
. o read to the end. It contains about ¡ hostile attitude of the Southern
a hundred and fifty pages ot practical {)i;0pje towards the government under &<V. " are not only false but the most
good sense equally applicable to the j which they had only enjoyed happin ess, of them who make them know them to
t oudition of young and old. It sou^' prosperity and protection. We then
of our young men and women woiu j i contributed to the extent of our humble
order a few copies and give i.iem Uil ability towards allaying the storm
attentive reading it would work no: which was vanidlv o-atherin^ around
us.
." Br their Fruits, Ye Shall Know
Them.—-Among the men, who figured
ately at the radical negro mass meet-
ing, by some called a Convention, at
Houston, was one H. Ledbetter of Fay-
ette county. Last year this man put
forth to the people, of his county a long
circular, in which be says, the cí&rgés
of being radicals, negro suffrage men,
ittentive reading .
ment to. their manners, besides
of New
fit out a "hos-
company against the government
he false." f Near the conclusion he
adds, " Since the break up, my motto
has been, let by-gones be by-gones;
and in publishing this address, I have
no óther motive under heaven than io
vindicate myself before you, who have
confided in me from ifte base and ridic-
ulously false charge of radicalism."—
Poor Ledbetter! the people knew him
better than he knew himself. He did
not know what manner of man he was.
33r We have no desire to discuss
the question of negro social equality
with the ;editor of the Austin Republi-
can. His experience, no doubt,, would
give him a great advantage over us.
The " Brass Tacks <' of the Houston
Telegraph have had the hoaoi'rof a
tbUcation in the Austin
'.'gheaf of wheat upoii the bam
floor," made up of Pease, Bell,
&c., on which the rebel slnnets are to
kneel to get the radical retigióá',. was
too rich to be overlooked. Wüéitj^S
deed, that
tares, it is not
doCnollhSm1 U aPPeaT8' however, that he was not
so much " shocked " as to prevent his
Another is the "New Physiognomy contributing freely to
on Signs of Character" by Mr. S. B.
of Fowler & Wells. But tliis ¡
deserves a more extended «tice " " dei' ! «
' - .... • — 1- $ happiness, prosperity and protection."
'extent of bis humble ability," at
that time, seems to hav<s been the cdn-
tribution of a fine overcoat " towards
Southero ftljayiag the storm." Maj. Longley is
now the chief registrar for this dis-
trict, "and Dr. Philips the chief regis-
trar for this county . Will they be able
1 ' * the oath, wh,ich the new uup-
actj-equires, or will ' OtheIr
soon 6e gone ?" . If,
their memories with a
record, tháy can
the " iron .cjad,'^ their throats mtist be
of India rubber, No moré at
present, but remain, &c. -é 4 ■
.contains so
threshing,
The Brass Tacks of the Houston
Telegraph.
A writer in the Houston Telegraph,
who modestly assumes the name of
Practical Common Sense, with a head-
ing of Brass Tacks, openly takes the
ground that we should give up the or-
ganization of the State to the present
radical party, " represented by Pease,
Bell, Sabin, &c. The latter name is
unknown to us, but he might bave.ad-
ded Plumly, Smith, Baldwin, Stephen
Paschal y Scroggins and Moore—for
they are all ^acting together for the
good of themselves. This " Practical
Common! Sense," who, possibly, may
have some axe to grind, represents that
all we have done, or can do, has made
aud will make matters worse, and that
if we hdd done nothing, we should now
be in the Union with every thing right,
a "limitedaegro suffrage" and "our
choice in State officers," &c., &c., &c.
Now, to our mind, two grains of "Com-
mon Sense," particularly if it "had
traveled ill the North," ought to see
and know, that such a course would
have made no difference in results.—
There never was any intention, from
the beginning, to let in the seceding
States until after the next Presidential
election, unless they could come in as
radical—give a radical vote, and aidin
perpetuating the-radical rule. Noth.
ing could be plainer, although " Prac-
tical Common Sense, who has " travel-
ed in the North," can notsee it. This
submission to radicalism in preference
to military rule is not our common
like to know
like Evans, because he was at Wash-
ington, when the war begun, and staid
away until it was over—because he'
went to the Democratic Contention at
Chicago—befcause lie made a liberal
speech before the Texas Constitutional
C/'onvention—^because he, too, stood
aloof from Union men( so called, who
are now as radical a¿ Stevens and Sum-
ner, and did not consult with them to
.
his great discernment aud credit, and
because, further, he has been a sup-
porter of the Presidents' policy. These
men and this type of men, Flake does
not think acceptable to Congress, and
they are are evidently uot acceptable
to him. Will the editor of the Bulletin
be kind enough to mention some men
of hisrfort, who are Unexceptional, and
who, he thinks, will do f Who arc
they ? Where are they to be found ?
Upon the same grounds that he objects
to tájese true national men of the State,
he would object to Watrous, Norton,
and, we presume, Judge Duval. If
Flake will take no one but a radical,
why not go with, the Phimlyg and
Smiths and HunsuCkers and Morrills
and Alexanders? If he is ready to
proscribe every man who has, or has
ever had, any kindly feeling for con-
servatives who were once confederates,
we can see no good reason why he
shquld not co-operate with Revenue
and Bombastus aad that"typeofmen."
We are fr&nk to say that many of the
objections, which the Bulletin seems
to urge against Hancock and Evans and
their "type," endear them to us, and
furnish the reaisons for our preference
for íheqi. We shall never aid in put-
ting men in power, who are hostile to
a majority of the people of this State,
and who will proscribe and persecute
them as rebels and taaitora. It may
be better for us to understand each
other clearly. We are ignorant who
aré the men, cbmposing Mr. Flake's
third party, and we would be glad ii
we may ascertain something of their
antecedents and present status. We
shall not oppose any good Union men,
who are friendly and liberal and have
a regard for the Constitution and
Courts of their • country, but we have
no compromises to make with radical-
ism. ' '? \ ' T f!?* ISC:-"
military rule
sense, and we would
whether " Practical Common
Sense "
traveled in Missouri and Tennessee; or
i a^ser
v York
Washing-
ton and New York. We should, also,
like to know, how it is, that the repre-
sentatives from Kentucky, nominally
in the Union, and never out of it, are
debarred from their seats in Congress f
It takes a good deal of brass for "prac-
tical Common Sense" to assume as
much as he does. The assumption,
that the Democratic party in the North
" is .more hopelessly iu the minority
than ever, and gives less and less vi-
tality," in the face of the fact of the
Connecticut election, tbe various mu-
nicipaieleetions, and the late election
in Illinois, wherfc a democratic Judge
has Just been elected i>y four thousand
majority in the iafkiaous, blood-thirsty
Logan's district, requires a brass tack
of enormous dimensions to make it
We warn the people against
these bFoSgtack politicians. They ¿3
have something in view fcesjd^s the ti
•« I>avi¿, mere good of their country. Brail '"s-
glitters, but it is not gold. Those who
their fears or private in ter-
We must watch as weU ae
iag and defeating an invasion of that United States
** jublic, by any military or naval ex- j of Venezuela.
itions which might be.set on foot in la executive session in the i
fojr field work", not for political servi-! waters around the ports of Mexico, for States and Veuezuel
fade. . , ¡|he purpose, among others, of prevent- settlement of claims
! Remember always to' avoid every-
thing which tends to stir up strife be-
tween you as a people and the white
race. Do your whole duty to yourselves
and to your employers, remembering
that your success in life depends upon
yowselves, upon your honesty, truth- j Cahus' entrenched camp,
fulness and frugality, and that he i great victory.
among you who is the most industri-
ous, the most honest, truthful aad fru-
gal, will have the greatest measure of
success. ■ t " *' 2,1 ^ '
To vóür employers I would say that;
contracts have been brought to my
notice which do not allow the freed-
men reasonable compensation for their
labor.
Unless good wages are paid, and
paid when due, the employer cannot
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the United States. . _ Indian affairs were discussed.
St. Petersburg.—Bokhara advices ! adjourned.
state that- Russian troops, stormed ¡ Hocss.—Stevens introduced
gaining a hills on reconstruction, one entitled
"A bill to
Paris.—Corner Stone of Protestant gouther
Church for Americans laid yesterday ~over
with appropriate ceremonies, and cele- J |n<j
bration. Commit
NewYobx—Arri^'ed, Germania, from ¡ ^he
Europe, Cromwell from New Orleans ; hjB veto
and Wilmington, from Galveston. j •
Washington, 14.—Generals banford ^ large amount of evidence was
aud Buford, of the Commission seut to j 0ffered by the defence but was ruled
the Indian country to examine and re-
port upon the state of affairs, represent
expect his labor to be either reliable or: that hostilities at Fort Phil. Kearney,
profitable. Neither can he expect me I were caused by an attempt, through
to interfere to compel th^freedmen to
fulfill their part Of the contract, nor can
he expect the government to permit his
contract to be enforced. All fefforts of
mine in that direction must be preceded
by fair compensation and kind treats
ment. 0. H. HOWARD, Agent.
orders from Gen. Pope to-establish a
out. Lewis J. Garland testified that
Weichman toldhim that hewas troubled-
about his evidence and if he had been
left alone it would have been different
with Mrs. Surratt. James G. Gilford
TELEGRAPHIC.
i Washington, July 12.—Miss Olivia
Jenkins was examined. She is a neice
of Mrs. Surratt, and slept with her
during the most of the time, and heard
none of the pointed remarks to which
Weichman swears. On the night of
the 14th Mrs. Surratt showed no un-
usual excitement. Witness is from
Surrattsville ; came there on the 14th,
to get money due hér. . The evidence
is, that she was pressed by persons in
the .neighborhood, to whom she owed
money. The execution register of
Canandaigua, with the uame John
Harrison, registered on the 15th, was
produced in court. The defence in-
sisted on prosecution, and objected
that the register should go to the jury.
The court reserved the decision mid
adjourned.
Washington, July 13.—A huge mass
of correspondence between the admin-
istration, General Grant and the dis-
trict commanders has been made pub-
lic, but as the issues involved are all
decided by the bill telegraphed to-
night, it is not thought worth while to
burden the telegraph wires with it.
The correspondence shows that Graut
was strongly inclined towards the lati-
tude claimed by District Commanders
jandnr the .aid Jnll
A Sensible Bureau Agent.
From the Dawson (Ga.,) Journal we
copy the following sensible circular,
issued by the Bureau agent at that
place, 0. H. Howard, for the benefit of
the freedmen within his jurisdiction.
It appears that a committee of gentle-
men had addreseed a letter to the agent,
setting forth the evils, lately wising
from the work of evil disposed persons.
who are demoralizing the freedmen by
false statements, as coming from^the
government and inducing them to arm
and drill. It would be well if other
agents, elsewhere, would disabuse the
minds of the negroes and instruct them
in the line of their duty. This arming
and drilling of the negroes should be
looked to by the Government. The
most serious consequences may grow
out of it at no distant day.
CIRCULAR TO THE FREEDMEN OF couM not petition.
military post, to the injury of the In- j heard an officer say to Weichman lin-
Qianhunting-ground. , less be swore to more he would hang
These officers and commissioners of | bim. The actor, Matthews, gave tes-
Indian affairs condemn the prosecution timony re{ptrdjQg. Booth's letter similar
of a general waY, and show that for a to before the Judiciary Commit-
comparatively small sum, peace can lie
secured among all the tribes. Commis-j A, , x, . . . ,.
sioner recommend justice to Indians!. Charles^ Harn, pre^nted his cre-
and pavment of indemnity for villages denials to-day as Minister from the
and other property wantonly de- 1fands- . ,
stroyed Official advices were received, open-
Washington, 14th.—The Vice Con- i"g the port of Tampico for trade by a
sul at Havana reports that Yellow 'oe.from uarez.
Fever exists there with much vio-! *op.tress Monroe. July 16.-Arnv«l,
jence ; gunboat Peona six days from St.
The Presidents veto of the supple- J,'10™88' . No Jevcr.^
mental reconstruction bill is expected I B«S11?8S di;"; harbor is tree of
when Con-! shlPP,nK- Tho imvn oi St- Kitts has
The cane crop
The Bill passed the House appro-
priating one million six hundred and
seventy-five thousand dollars for recon-
struction. During the discussion, Ei-
dridge spoke about the extravagance
of District Commanders, alluding to
Sickles as a greater harlequin than the
Commander at New Orleans^ and had
read by the clerk a.newspaper article
speaking of the display made by Sickles
in riding round Charleston in a coach
and four.
Bingham replied, that it was fitting
that a man who lost his leg in defence
of Ms government, should ride in a
coach for nothing.
Nothing done in the Senate except
the passage of the Reconstruction bill,
which goes to the President.
Raymond nominated for Austria,
Bancroft for Prussia.
It is now positively known that the
State Department will wait further de-
velopments before formally moving in
the Santa Anna case.
.4 The Reconstruction Bill, signed by
the President and officers of both
Houses, was presented to the Presi-
dent.
In the House to-day a petition" from
the Legislature of Arkansas for an ap-
propriation to improve the Mississippi
levee was received by a vote Of 46 to
53, and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations. The reception was
opposed on the ground that Arkansas
was no State, and the Legislature
to be sent in on Tuesday,
gress after passing the bill over his
head, will adjourn.
Mexican Minister here, denies that
Altaanirona whose newspaper article
severely commenting on the interposi-
tion of the United States, in behalf of
Maximilian and which has been exten-
sively published, is not a member of
Juarez Cabinet as has been charged.
Washington, 15.—The President
sent to ihe Senate, the documents
called for regarding reconstruction,
and estimates the expense o^carrying
out the bills, will be fourteen millions
in addition to' two millions and one
hundred thousand already expended.
This is the aggregate of governing
these States before the war.—This
sum, continues the President would be
considerably augumented, if the State
machinery be operated by the Federal
Government, and would be largely in-
ishing State Governments, should be-
come responsible for liabilities incurred
by them before rebellion, in laudable
efforts to develop their resources, and
in nowise connected with insurrection-
ary purposes. . ;
These debtff will approximate $100,-
000,000, the greater part due loyal
citizens and foreigners; it is a subject
for congressional consideration, wheth-
er the assumption of such abilities
been destroyed by fire
is promising.
New York, July 16.—Gold
at 140 1-8. Cotton unchanged.
900 bales.
London, July
94J. 5-20's 73!
closed
mgea. Sales
Exchange steady.
16—Noon—Consol.#^
I, 5-20's
Liverpool, July 16—Nooa—Cotton^
unchanged. Sales 4000 bales at 10 toi|
10id-
something fob NnRTHERN . mkn to
Think Of.—We have shown in a previ-
ous number of our paper, proving it
a demonstration, that ñotwithstandin
the cry of hard times, there was
tually more money, gold and silver,
Eastern Texas, than there ever
been before. But it is iu few hani
aad, with the threat- of
hanging over our country, this
source of prosperity, is
used for the general good,
investments. Tías fact
dress itself with peculiar force to the
merchants aud business men of
North, who would be great!
by Southern Prosperity.
money in circulation; and tcade w.
at once revive; all our best raSkoad
terprizes would- be prosecuted
ously, plantations would be
new lands opened, mills
sands 01.labor saving machines
try, and thousand of afk;
►rthern manufactures av
would not impair the national credit. : the eouu
General Ord has asked and obtained 1 *'c^es °f. .... . ,
permission from the Secretary of War Pres®?t dispensed with, could be íatroj
to confiae horse-thieves on Dry Torta- j ^ * %
gas. • General Grant approves a sug- i t There is another fact that intelligent'
gestión from Pope, that, Confederates 1 Northern men ought not to ove *
DOUGHERTY, LEE AND TERRELL
COUNTÍE&.
Bureau Refugees, Freeibnen an* Abandoned
lands. Office Agent Division of Albany,
Dougherty, Lee, end TentR Counties.
Albany, Ga., June 10, 186Í.
It is constanly reported to me that
you have beer deceived as to the inten-
tions of the Government, and that re-
ports calculated to unsettle labor and
to gi«* rise to disorder and suffering
have been industriously circulated
amongst you. This has been done
through ignorance, perhaps, but it is
more likely that it has been done by
persone who are disposed to do evil.
It is said you have been told that
lauds are to be taken from the present
holders and divided amongst you. This
impression, wherever it exists, is wrong.
By honest industry and frugality you
will be enabled to purchase lands, but
none will be given to you.
It is reported that you have military
organizations and are drilling. Such
unauthorized organizations are not only
perniciously wrong, but they are iu
direct violation of existing orders, and
must be disbanded at once. The story
that anns are to be distributed to you
from this, or any other office is false aad
without foundation in truth. The gov-
ernment will render you all necessary
protection, but it will not. protect you
iu wrong doiag.
Itis
mindful of your obligationiJ under
your contracts. Your contract is to
work for your employer fiix days in the
week, in; the msmner customary on a
plantation. During tueses-.x
time is not your own but your employ-
e'i-s^ «feo pays you for it, and evety
IMUg UUtitg.'
is reported tes me by people of your
color that some of you are not
Washington, July 13.—The schoon-
er Bergen, from Charleston to Boston,
loaded with cotton aad rosin, burued
at sea. The crew aarrowly escaped in
boats.
Paris, July 13.—The Freach Gov-
ernmeat hearing nothing from its Mexi-
can Minister since the capture of the
city of Mexico, is about sending a
strong fleet to Vera Cruz to protect
him, or resent indignities if offend
him.
Florence, July 13.—It is stated that
the Garribaldiaus are menacing the
city of Veterber.
New Yobk, July 13.—The Mexican
filibustering expedition here and the
one in Buffalo are filling up rapidly.
Washington, July 13.—Further ac-
counts from Wallace's fight say that
six cavalry men were killed and the
soldiers driven into the fort. A non-
commissioned officer was captured and
tortured and mutilated. Thirteen ne-
soldiers died of cholera at Fort
Vienna—Austria has dispatches that
Admiral Leget is off for Mexico for the
body of Maximilian; Cheburg, Colorado
and other ve%els Americau Europeaa
Squadroa in the harbor here, i Wg§ !í||
Paris.—The corps Legislatiff has
beea officially iaformed that the Ameri-
can government refuse to give up frau-
dulent bankrupts.
Richmond, Fa., 13.—]
closed in this city to-day, the colored
majority is 11,19. A-company $52,700
capital was formed in this city to-day
for the purpose of purchasing lands in
Virginia for the erection of manufac-
^ the miaeral re-
sources of the Stiver
Washington, 14th.—A lengthy mem-
orandum from the State Departmeat,
who oppose Coagressioaal recoastruc-
tion acts, violate the terms of their
parole. _>■ ■
Geaeral Ord complains of difficulty
in finding loyal men in Miss, qualified
for registrars. Senate—the House bill
appropriated over a million and a half
for reconstruction, reduced to a million
and passed. Bill for the relief of cer-
tain deserters referred to Military Com-
mittee.
Presidents message suggesting Fede-
ral liabilities for Southern States' debts,
caused animated debate and heated
denunciatioas as iaopportuae, and cal-
culated to unsettle the finances The
message was ordered to be printed,
and the Senate adjourned.
House.—On account of a material
clerical error the reconstruction bill
was withdrawa from the Presideat,
bills aad resolutioas iatroduced aad
referred.
A resolutioa was introduced and
passed instructing committee on pub-
lic lands1 to
Considerable sums of money are
them South, a great deal of which 1
will lose, or at least be delayed in ob-
taining if the present state of things
is continued. We ask them the plain
question, will a Southern man, with
the prospect of having everything else
taken away from him, be likely to pay
out his ready .money, aud have nothing
left to go on ? '' n ,,
There are more goods in the coun-
try than can be sold, merchants can-
not collect to pay for those they have
already bought, and thousands of dol-
lars that would be paid are withheld
from the prospect of confiscation and
ruin that haags over our people. It is
an incubus on our energies, enterprize,
and prosperity, and to the prosperity
of the North. §M|||§flI
We say again, let the Northern peo-
corrected and returned. A number of fje P°^der over these things. Every
mow tpat strikes at us, reacts upon
them. We must have peace, quiet,
security, and kindly feeling l«tween
the sectioas, aad there caa be no peace,'
quiet, security, and prosperity, while
the radicals are in power.—Jefferson
1 es. :
Times.
report a bill forfeitiag
swamp laiids here- granted to Southern
States. Resolution instructing the
Judiciary Committee to inquire whether
Kentucky. Maryland, and Deleware
have state constitutions Republican in
form, passed by the Speaker's vote,
the House standing 47 to 4?.—An
amendment reducing reconstruction
appropriation tí one million, was con-
curred in. A bill passed last session
prohibiting President treating with In-
dians, repealed ; applause from Demo-
cratic side, over the first step
wards. House adjourn^.
Senate.—Confirmed Bancroft to
Prussia, and John Traney Post Master
at Port Royal, and H. O. Henrick as-
sessor uf the 3d district, S. C ; Hal
kendest Treasurer.
Net Orleans.—Gold
Washington, 15.—J udge Fiehér rules
that the Cannandagua register should
not go to the jury. Confederate Brig.
Geaeral E. G. Lee, on the staad, de-
fense proposed showing by Lee, that
Surrat bore by dispatch to him in
Canada, from Benjamin that under some
Lee's order he went to Elmira to re-
port regarding prisoners and guards,
there. Evidence ruled
persons from
believe John Lee on
Liverpool.—]
The Corn Cbop.—Southeastern Texas
undoubtedly has reason to be thankful,
to the Giver of all Good for the mag-
nificent corn crop with which she has
been blessed this year. In this and
the adjoining counties of Fayette and
Washington the yield has been the
beat k^Srn for years. Plenty of -cornj|f
insua plenty*.*>f bacon, and plenty of
corn aud bacon insures an abundaace
of the substantials of life for man and
beast. Now is the time to invite and
encourage immigration to our county.
Why not be up and doing—citizens of
Colorado—something, hov
to obtains moiety ot
coming i
aow coming mto Te
ters? If you
to settle up your
lauds, you m
inducements for
you—and not
like Mica
Fa;
ties are bright e
¡thing" policy,
the rapid
pies of the "do-
as is
Washington, 15.—
Congressional
to hear reports from
sfcouKi be qevoted to ¡.has been issued
ephegy's
adopt
dominion in ttest
CoL Hum
Indians at
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The'docu-
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