The Orangeburg news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, July 06, 1867, Image 4
THE OUANGEBUKG NEWS,
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Oil ANGEBURG, S. U,
C^icc <^ Publication on Afarl-cl-Street over the
Post O?ce.
SAMUEL DIBBLE, Editor.
VIRGIL C. DIBBLE, Associate Editor.
ClfAltLES II. HALL, Publisher.
itEA?INvGr ?l ATTER ON EVERY PAGE.
^ Items.
The* grasshoppers have stripped a hundred
"miles of country^u Missouri, and nro ?tili hop
ping arid hungry. v
!Me?omoncc,'an Indian chief, 90 years old,
; Hrfto fought with Tccumseh and at the soigo of
Jtyort Mackinaw in 1811. is catching muskrots
lor n living at Windsor, C. W.
The present, lueomo from the Pcabody be
, quest to promote education at the South,
which it has been dctermiucd to devoto princi
? "pally to primary school education, is but $00,
U0CS:, ?
Ten years ago a lhan in Missoiiri bequeathed '
$500> each to ten .of his alaves, on condition
that they should emigrate to Liberia or some
country sot apart-for freo persons. The slaves
remained in Missouri, and the St. Louis County
ilttoutt in that State has decided that it is "a
place set apart for freo persons of color," and
* the* oxecutor has been ordered to pay over the
money. <
The canker-worm is committing great ravages
in the Massachusetts orchards. In the neigh
borhood of Boston, thousands of apple trees)
aro blighted as if a fire had swept over them.;
Every leaf is destroyed, aud the crop in .many
' places is ruined. The farmers grieve over Abe
loss of apples, to say nothing of eicler?a bev
erage which is not prohibited under .the Massa
chusetts license jaw.
A fet. Petersburg correspondent says that
:?the 'C*nr rtodk avith hi.unto 'Western Europe,
gold sn?R-boxes, diamond brooches, bracelets,
&c., to tho valuo of 300,000 roubles, or some
what moro than ?225,000, besides 1500 orders,
of which twelve arc the St. Andrew. They
were to bo, given away to persons who manifes
ted courtesies to his Masjcsty, or who performed
services that could . not well bo repaid with
money.
During the recent visit of tho President to
Raleigh, a' Northern gentleman who happened
to bo in the city asked a friend?a Southern
man?why tho people did not cheer more and
louder. Our Southern friend replied that it
wa? because the people did not know whether
"-.they.had tho right to ohcor-^-.gon. Sickles had
not issued an ordor giving thorn that right, and
they f? a rod to opon tlinir moot hs too wide, lest
the General should throw another order down
tli?ir throats. We hope tho explanation will
be satisfactory to all concerned.
Mining News.?Wc learn that rich silver
mines have been discovered, near Walhalla, in
this districts Mr. Lewis Eaton has sold his
mineral iutore/it to Northern men. Mr J. C.
tjobb ha/3 disposed of his mineral interest, re
ceiving stock in the mining company therefor.
We further learn that this company will pro
ceed ajt a# ftarly day, with the most improved
ajwlianccs, for working their silver mines.
tOa Mjr. J. O. Lewis' place, in the same section.
vwc ftenrn that gold has been found in unusual
?>.quantities.?Keoiccc Courier.
How the Liquor Law Wouks.?A citi
zen, yesterday; for a member of whose family
his physician had prescribed tho use of Sherry
sarinc, applied to Messrs. Gruber & Martin,
' I King-street, to purchase a bottle, but they rc
.fused: to sell less than a gallon, as it was against
the order of General Sickles. A gallon of
-Sherry is an (extravagance for a poor man, and
it was only after much inconvenience and con
siderable delay that a bottle of wine was finally
procured at the Mills House. It would scorn
to us that a patient should bo able to procure
any medicine, on the prescription of his physi
cian.-? Charleston Merenri/.
^. ; At Rome, on the 20th ult., St. Peter's
f' jjhuroh was most magnificently decorated with
cloths of gold, silver tapestries, paintings and
two hundred thousand yards of crimson silk.
Thq building was lighted with many millions
wax candles. There were, one hundred
ihousiind people inside its walls, including the
cx-Kinir of Naples, the foreign Ministry, five
hundred cardinals, ?archbishops and bishops,
nitd many thousands of clergymen, priests, fri
ar's and monks. There wero even nuns and
soldiets fiom almost every country in the world
present, und the assembled multitude made up
a most brilliant congregation. The city illumi
nations, fireworks, races aud general festivities
ill honor of the centenary anniversary will con
tinue during a week.
Tho notes of the Venango National Hank,
Franklin county, Pa,, and of nil other broken
national banks, if wo may believe tho jeffctson
>,t,i, arc soiling at a premium. This rather
anomalous fact of the bills of brok'on national
)tthnks selling at a premium on the bills of Sol
vent banks, puzzles the comprehension of the
uninitiated not a little, and yet the explanation
\H very simple and easily understood. The
limit to circulation to national banks under tho
national banking law, is three hundred millions
of dollars. This limit was long since reached,
and thero aro still national banks without any
circulation, arid many others wilh'much less
lhan they desiro. in order to relievo itself id
trouble ns much as possible, the department has
said to some of these banks desiring njujo cur*
. m. -V. I.
ronoy, tlint to the extent tliut.tltoy will redeem
tho bills of broken banks* will it issue now
notes to the hauks desiring, circulation. This
proposition '-has1 created quite a rivalry among
this lattor cjnss of hanks, and in somo instances
a premium lis high as two per cent, is ofTercd
.for the broken bnnk*notcs.? Chita. lYctes.
Tho Indian Troubles?Attack on Port
Wallace?Tho Red Skins Driven Off.
Fort "Wallace, Kansas, Junc 22.?This
post was attacked yesterday by a bbdy of about
400 Indians, tho garrison consisting of forty
mon belonging to the Third Infantry and
Seventh Cavalry, under command of Lieuten
ant Halo. Sergeant Hummel and privates
llacon of the Seventh Cavalry, and privates
Woldroff and McNally of the Third Infantry,
were killed, ?lohn Ilaney and George Gafluey
of tho Seventh Cavalry, and Joseph Winehouse
dud "Patrick McCarty, of the /Third Infantry,
were mortally wounded. A number of horses
and mules were also killed. The Indians lost
twenty of their number, and aller a hard fight
were driven back. Another attack is immi
nent.
[Fort "Wallace is located on Pond Creek,
the south branch of the Smoky Hill river, and
about one hundred miles northeast of the pre
sent terminus of the Union Pacific Railway,
eastern division. It was called after General
Wallace, and two years ago was known as
"Pond Creek Station." There are accommo
tions for five hundred men, but, owing to the
constant Indian depredations, tho few troops
that should be at the fort are scattered over
the road between Forn Hays and Denver, try
ing.to ;proteet the overland stages from the at
tacks of the savages.]
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THE ORANGEBURG NEWS.
SATURDAY, JULY (>, 1SG7.
While tee reserve to ourselves the. right ofdeji
ning our own political posit ion by means of our
editorial columns, ire trill be pleased to publish
contributions from our fclhnr-cifizcns upon the
grave Questions which now agitate the public
mind, whether their opinions coincide with ours
or not. A district hcicspajter, we consider,
should be an index of the carious shades of pop ?
ufar sentiment in the section of country in which
it circulate*. Our columns are open, therefore,
tor tiny communications properly written, accom
panied by a responsible name, not personal in
their character, nor absolutely injurious in their
tendency.
The Fourth of July.
General Orders, No. 4S, promulgated from
the Head Centre of Military District No. 2,
commanded a general observance of Indepen
dence Day. A salute of thirteen guns at sun
riso, a national salute at noon, flic Fcdeinl flag
hoisted over all public buildings,?these wore
were to bo the outward signs of that rejoicing,
which was to gush spontaneous from the popu
lar heart. We have eve:, understood that the
worthy Intendant of Orangobuvg received from
the Military Executive, instructions to tire a
fen de joic at sunrise, and the aforesaid midday
salute; and we presume similar orders were
extended to all municipal authorities in the
Stale. It seems to us that there is some in
consistency in the orders issued from District
Headquarters. Some time 'since it was the law
that no persons should carry deadly weapons
of any description, under heavy penalties; and
wo imagine that this is still in force, Now,
there arises a peremptory order to civil officers,
having no troops under their control, to fire
two salutes on the fourth of July. How did
the Federal General expect law-abiding citizens
to obey both his orders at the same tiiiie? Im
agine our worth)' town-fathers mustering a
patriotic squad in compliance with Orders No.
-IS. Imagine them coming out like the old
militia of days gone by, "resolved to do or die."
Imagine our energetic Sheriff, who has been
instructed to arrest all civilians with deadly
weapons, insisting upon carrying out his orders,
and stopping the fun. That would bo a nice
stale of affairs: but iL is just what may have
reasonably oceurcd, had the military pronr.ucia
men tos been literally obeyed, But some al
lowance is to be made for our illustrious law
maker; for as Mr. Stanbcrry says, "his orders
follow each other in such rapid succession as
tobe already assu ning the proportions of a
code :" and therefore iL cannot be expected
that he can recollect alibis edicts :?(hat, how
ever, is not his business, it is the duty of the
people.
For, ourselves, we passed the. Fourth of July
in a quiet way. We reflected that, another
year's experience bad been added to the ex
periment of free government in America. We
felt that the history of that year had taught a
lesson fatal to ihc pretensions of republicanism
to perpetuity. The last twelve months have
forcibly illustrated that no form of government
can be permanent: since in that period we
have, with a rapidity of transition unparalleled
in history, suffered all the misrule of an Oligar
chy, tainted with the worst corruptions of
aristocracy; and then passed tinder the sway of
a military autocracy, as absolute as tho most,
unlimited despotism; and are now about to
stiller a combination of the two, in a form
hardly rocofjcilpoblo with the maxim, ? That
Orivc their just authority from
consent of tho governed:" Wo wcro.rulcd a
whilo under tho dictation of Congress; tlicn
enmo tho prnctorsttjp of the "General Comman
ding": now W^ire about to enjoy Congress
and tho General toov Well, let us' tako it
easy: wo havo ono comfort amid it all,* and that
is, wo can celebrate tho Fourth of July, and,
standing under tho folds of the Star-spangled
bauncr, we can proudly exclaim,?"We are
American citizens."
It was. once tho case, that Independence
Day was a lit time to study tho past history of
our Republic. Rut that douI& do now ; for
our forefathers hated Stamp Acts too cordially ^
and opposed too strenuously the doctrine* of
"taxation without representation." And be
sides poor old fogies that they were, they were
unwilling to endure large garrisons quartered
among them without their consent, and actually
had several fights with soldiers in the streets of
good old puritan Boston, which in our days
would be called riots. Rut enough of this;
wo must make some allowances for the mistakes
of our ancestors. They had no such great
lights as our'politicians of '07 ; they were only
the sturdy patriots of '7G.
Since we cannot look to the past, whither
shall' we turn our gaze '! To the future ? Per
haps. '
One of the Grand Sachems of tho Union
Republican Party in a "Leetle Difli
kilty."
I The notorious Ov'C. BoWKN, who was tho
chief orator of a meeting of the Union Repub
lican Party in Orangcburg about a mouth ago,
who told tho frccdmcn not to depend on the
white people of the South for any rights or
{show of justice; but to bug to their bosoms
such men as himself, who came among them to
preach the pure gospel of their best friends,
tho Radicals,?this disinterested laborer in the
political '.vijioy/hrd has been arrested under a
charge of swindling some of his colored breth
ren. A gentleman, who happens to know
something of the past history of llowen, sends
the following communication to the Savannah
Atlnrdtrr of the 20th ult.. about the lei low.
Really, the Radical party is not very choice in
the selection of its propagandists. Here is the
Savannah-letter:
Mil. Eni'fou:?Noticing in your paper a
few days since a paragraph clipped from the
Charleston Mercury, in regard to a speech made
to the negroes in Suutmervillc, S. ('., in which
C. C BoWCll informed bis hearers that if they
did not vote the Radical ticket they Would be
sent to the Penitentiary, I was more forcibly than
ever reminded of the fact that the antecedents
of all the white Radicals in the South most
singularly coincide with each other.
I first made the acquaintance of this ('. ('.
Howon at tho Marshall House in this city in
1802. Wo wore then organizing n comp.-.vy
under the act of the Confederate Congress, in
regard to Partisan Rangers.
Bbwou enlisted with us, and from associating
with him during the following two yearx, in
the .v.une company, I learned that ho was a
Rhode Island man by birth, but had of late
been settled in Southwestern Georgia, from
which place he porogrinatcd through the coun
try as a professional faro dealer and gambler
in general, and also that he had married ono
of the most notorious prostitutes in Macun.
So much for his history previous to my meet
ing him.
Our company was finally mustered into ser
vice in the 21st Georgia Battalion of Cavalry,
under the command of Major W. P. White.
After doing some picket duty in the neighbor
hood id'this city, we were ordered to report to
General Bcauregard at Charleston. While
there, froill the occurrences of vacancies, and
the cool efiYonlory of Bowcii, ho managed to
get elected Captain.
While holding thai ? ffiee, he made a good
thing of it by taking hi substitutes, and for a
large portion of the money he would give tliDin
leave of absence; they of course never return
ing to the command, the supposition being that
they bad deserted. By these, and other little
games, he managed to become the owner of nine
horse.*, which were ridden in the command by
men who were not able to own horses them
selves.
From Charleston we were ordered to Wac
camaw Neck, opposite Georgetown, S. ('., to
picket the Federal gunboats. While stationed
there Bowcn procured a furlough to come to
Savannah, and while here, by some fraudulent
means, procured money from the pay depart
ment. For this cause .Major W. I'. 'White
preferred charges against him "for conduct
unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." On
these, charges ho was court martialcd in George
town, and, on conviction, dismissed the service.
Immediately on the. promulgation of the order
of General T rapier, announcing his dismissal.
B?wcn left for Waccumaw.
A few nights after his departure, as I was
scalding a dead shoal, which had bitten mo
that day, 1 heard a report of a gnu at Major
White's quarters. The whole camp was in an
uproar, und I among the rest went into Major
W's quarters, where I found him lying wound
ed, shot through tho knee, which wound ho
died in about three weeks, in the Georgetown
hospital, murdered in cold blood.
The parly upon whom suspicion fell was ar
rested, lie proved to be a sergeant in our
company, and hq acknowledged that he stood out
BiCuioCtho house and shot Major White through
tho father-hoarding. Ho showed us tho hole
wherotho ball entered the house; he showed
us.wlioro he had thrown tho murderous weapon
after doing the dastardly deed ; ho showed us
a blind made of brush, alongside the road lead
ing to tho landing, which C. C. Bowen had
constructed, behind which to hide and shoot
Major White as he should pass going to or
returning from tho landing, and he confessed
that'C. C. Bowen had promised him the best
hon* he owned if he would murder Major W.
B^owcn was immediately arrested In Augusta,
by tjj^egraphic orders, and brought to Charles
ton^nd confined in the jail. Shortly after
this .wo were called to Virginia, where until
the Flirrender, more stirring scenes claimed
my^ittention, and tho man had almost escaped
my memory until T saw his name in your pa
porjps a Badical.
Goniineiit on my humble part is unnecessary,
and 'having cxtonded this much longer than 1
expected, L will close by only saying that there
arc many individuals in Savannah who can
vouch for all I say. Yours truly,
V ENTILATOll. I
[From the Charleston Mercury.]
Tho Power of n Presidential Pardon.
DOES it RE.MOVK DlSl'ltA NCll iskm knt FOll
past acts ?
The following reply was made: by Henry S.
Fitch, Fsq.. United States Attorney, to some
citizens of Savannah who had asked his pro
fessional opinion on the point whether or not
a citizen, pardoned by the President, for his
participation in the rebellion, before the. pas
sage of these acts, can be legally included
among the disfranchised :
Savannah, Ga., June 27. l.StJT.
F. L. 0uk, Khq.:
Dim Sir-?Your letter of yesterday's date
has been -received and duly considered.
The time was. when your question could
not have been asked without answering itself
The very condition of things, however,
which now makes it important, also renders it
difficult. 1 cannot give you an official opinion
on the subject, for there is no official connection
between the District Attorney and the Hoards
of Registration?though I have no hesitation
in expressing a professional opinion in com
pliance with your request.
Previous to tho passage of tho act of March
2, 1H(J7. providing for the establishment of
??State governments in conformity with the
Constitution of the United States in all re
spects." disfrnnehiscmcnt as a punishment for
'?p/vticipatiou in robeliion" was unknown to
ourstatides. State ov national. It is only in a
bill hHcnded to confer universal su?rego ?re
gardless of race, color or previous condition."
that the principle of political proscription h;:s
b-en legislatively recognized.
This fact narrows the circle of our inquiry
very much. That pu61i disiVnnchisenient, was
'lit ended iw a penaltv, i.< too plain for debate ;
that it will |?e enforced as far as possible, it re
oiiircs ii" prophecy to foresee.
The simple question therefore is. what . ,ic
pi'i:c(jcni idleet of a pardon, received previous
i.; ?k- nv.?:?JMlg.itlOii t'-'is political disabili
ty?
The ofllcacy of a pardon has been vCCCn'..^' i
discussed with great learning before the Su
premo Court of the United States, and em
phatically defined by that tribunal in the mat
ter of A. 11. Garland.
The Supreme Court says "This power of the
President Is not subject to the negative control
of Congress, which cannot limit its effects.
The benign prerogative of mercy cannot be ad
verted by legislative restriction. A pardon
blots (tut tho consequences of the offence and
in tho eye of the. law the offender stands as
guiltless as if he had not committed the of
fence." This language cannot be honestly
misunderstood, and tho logical conclusions to
be drawn therefrom are apparent.
The man who has been pardoned for his par
ticipation in the rebellion cannot by any subse
quent legislation be legally deprived by reason
of said participation of any right or franchise
he may have enjoyed previous to the commis
sion of the offence. Upon the principle that
what cannot bo done directly, shall not be done
indirectly?tho Supremo Court have also de
cided, and that very recently, that what would
be inadmissible by positive enactment, cannot
be accomplished by the obliquity of test oaths.
To cite authorities in support of this principle,
would be a mete ostentatious display of pe
dantry.
Kvery objection that was urged and success,
fully urged before the. court against the power
to compel a pardoned Attorney by a rot rot fac
ti VC oath to accuse himself or forfeit his office.ap
plies with still greater force against the propo
sition that a "new man'" shall forswear himself
or be denied his most inalienable right.
The words of a Presidential pardon are
plain???Whereas, A or 15, by taking part ill
tht! late rebellion against the Government of
the United Slates, has made hiinsclf liahlo lo
hc.^yy pains and penalties, Ale. No.'., there
fore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, do hereby
grant to the said A or P> full pardon and am
nesty for all offences by him committed, arising
from participation, direct or implied, in said re
bellion."
The acceptor of such a pardon, if an alien,
is reinvested with all the privileges of an
alien if a citizen, then once more a citizen in
its fullest legal sense.
The only remaining point, therefore, is
whether tin- elective franchise is one of the
rights ncccsririly restored by a pardon and am
nesty. In my opinion tho question can only
be answered affirmatively.
Under n republican form of government, no
man, who has arrived at his majority, is a citi
zen without the right to vote. Tho elective
franchise is tho essence of his citizenship?
without it, he is an exile in his own country.
Webster defines a citizen "in tho United
States to be a person, native or naturalized,
who has the privilege of exercising the elective
franchise."
Bouvicr defines the word citizen "one who,
under tho Constitution and laws of the United
States, has a right to vote for representatives
in Congress, and other public officers, and who
is qualified to fill offices in the gift of the peo
ple."
The mere privilege of pleading a pardon in
bar of legal proceedings is insignificant, com
pared with the citizen's . right to participate in
the affairs of the government, and if a full par
don und amnesty do not revive that right, they
have received a much more limited interpreta
tion than has been recorded in the books. I
am therefore of opinion that every man other
wise entitled to vote, who was pardoned before
the passage of the laws in question, is entitled
to register and vote now. If not, where is tho
forgiveness implied in the word "pardon," aud
where the forgetfulnC. ?, implied in tho word
"amnesty ?"
This opinion is predicated, of course, upon
the decisions of the Supreme Court of the
United States, whose "judicial power" is said
by the second section of article third of tho
Constitution of the United States "to extend
to all cases in law and equity, arising under
this Constitution or laws of the United States."
If to deprive a citizen of the highest prero
gative granted him as an equivalent for his al
legiance, involves no issue either in law or
equity, of which the "judicial power of the
United States" can take cognizance, but is a
purely political issue to be determined at the
hustings, then these decisions are not pertinent
to your inquiry, and I am unaware of any other
tribunal to which I can refer, except that one
whose jurisdiction is predicated upon a "decent
respect for the opinions of mankind."
Whether the Ilegistcrer, being a mere min
isterial officer, can depart from the strict letter
of the law without instructions or a judicial
decision is doubtful ; but certainly the Com
manding General, clothed by the act itself with
almost unlimited power, has, and doubtlessly
will again, if the ends of justice so require.
Certainly no one can complain who docs
not make an effort. Let every man who has
been thus pardoned exhibit his papers and de
mand to he recorded, if refused, because he
cannot take, the oath prescribed, let him enter
his protest for the consideration and revision of
the General Commanding in accordance with
the registration orders.
Next t<> a us. rpation of power there is no
higher grade in political crime than n timid
abandonment of rights.
I remain very respect full)',
Your obedient servant.
IIKXKY S. FITCH.
L'uilcd States Attorney.
Washington Neivs.
Jrt.V H.?There is:; quorum in both Houses.
In the United States Senate thirty-four an
swered. Four Pills, explanatory of rccoustruc
tioi: were introduced. Mr. Wilson's provides
that all om*ws hold under the authority of the
Rebel States Government bo declared vncnnt
thirty days after tho passage Ct tnC Act. The
Commanding General may then fill them by
the continuance of those in office, or appoint
ing others, or may order elections. The Hoard
of Registration shall have power ti refuse regis
tration to those suspected id'wishing to evade
tho requirements of the law ; to examine appli
cants, take testimony within twenty days after
the. completion of registration, and may erase
names wrongfully registered.
Frclynghuyscn's authorizes Commanders to
suspend or remove Slate officers, fill vacancies,
and validates acts done heretofore In accordance
with the above.
Kdmund's is similar, except that the District
Commanders' acts are subject to the approval
of the General of the Armies.
Drake's consists of twelve sections. Sum
tier introduced some characteristic bills; and
after appointing a committee to wait on the
President, the Senate adjourned till Friday.
In the House 120 answered. The Speaker
announced that the first business was to swear
in new members. The Kentucky delegation
approached the Speaker's stand, when Schenk
rose loa point of order. He had in his possession
tho protest of Samuel McKcc, sigainst John
Young Drown being admitted, and affidavits
that he had resisted tho rebellion, Khlridge
said he had made similar protest against Stokes,
when the Speaker decided the proceedings
could not be interrupted ; said he hoped the
same ruling would prevail now as heretofore
The Speaker said, "Gciitle;?;,en must have mis
understood." The Clerk then produced tho
protests and affidavits. Logan presented a sim
ilar protest against Trimble. Benjamin pre
sented one against Knott.
Mr. Logan offered the following : "Where
as, there is good reason to believe that in the
election recently held in the State of Kentucky
to the Fortieth Congress, the legal and loyal
voters in the several districts of the said State
have been overawed ami prevented from a true
expression of their will and choice at the polls
by those who have sympathized with, or actu
ally participated in, the liitc rebellion, and that
such elections were carried by the votes of such
disloyal and returned robcis ; and whorms, it
i.> alleged that, several of the Representatives
j elected from that State are disloyal, There- '?
foro
f(etoIpcd} That tho credentials of all the
members elect from tho State of Kentucky
shall be referred to the Committee on Elections,
to report at as early a day as practicable^ and .'' .'
that, peudiug the report of the said committee,
none of said members shall bo allowed to take
tho oath of office and admitted to scats as auch.
After a long debate, and excepting Adams,
representative of tho 7th District, from tho ac
tion of tho resolution, it was passed, thus kill
ing eight Democratic votes.
A Committee of nine were appointed to con
sider what further legislation is necessary on
reconstruction.
Tho House then adjourned to Friday,
- ?rm-T'
Mexican NewsV
"Washington, July 1.?An extract fron? it
dispatch received at tho Navy' Department
dated Vera Cruz, Juno 25, nnd signed "Y. A,
ltoe, Commander," says : "Maximilliam was
shot on tho 19th. I have begged for his corpse
for the Austrian captain, but wus refused. The
City of Mexico fell June 20. Vera Cruz holds
out. On account of the foreign legion, PAjas
orders that there Bhall he no acceptance of a
surrender."
Southwest Pass, La., June 20.'
Tu the Austrian Ambassador' at Washington,
D. G:
I have just come in to telegraph you of tho
condemnation and execution of Maximilian.
President Juarez refuses to deliver up his
body. M. TIIIBUT,
Captain in Austrian Navy.
later.
New Orleans, July 2.?We have received
the following particulars of Miximilinn's exe
cution : ?
'?The trial of Maximilian, Mcjia nnd Mirn
mou ended on the 14th ultimo, and they were
sentenced to be executed on the lGth ultimo..
Juarez suspended the execution three days,
and they were shot on the 19th ultimo, at 11
A. 31. The colonels wero sentenced to six
years' imprisonment, the lieutenant-colonels to
five yeans, and minor officers to two years.
Brigadiers and exceptional officers will be tried
by court martial.
"The City of Mexico surrendered to Dia? on
the 21st ultimo, and Juarez sent him a compli
mentary note, with directions as to the disposi
tion of prisoners, saying: 'Native prisouers yo?
will transfer to your own command or set at
liberty, according' to tho circumstances in
which you find them. Foreign prisoners you
will retain fur further disposition by the gov
ernment.'
"Among the archives taken upon the occu
pation of Qucretaro wore ?oiuo documents reta
in the last will of M.-tximiljait. wherein, in case
of his death. Tcodosia Lure*. Jose Maria La~
eunza. and Malinese, the yssasiit o*'Twnibn,
are declared regents."
Fscobedo Avviicfl from Quovotnno *?3 tftircy
by the exec 'tioit of these, master-traitor* nicwlor
terror the order of the d ry. Everywhere I
have imposed heavy contributions on the rich,
outiscatc-il their prop^rt)' and their all.;' Where
I could not do it oh account of my position, my
delegates have strictly complied with my orders
and I hope bstbrc closing my military earner
to see toe blood of every foreigner spilt that re
sides in my country."
There is a report that Maximilian w.is shot
in the fae\ ami the Mexican generals in the
back as traitors.
Muster-Rolls of the Confederate-Arm)'.
The New York Tribune publishes an at^
stract from documents which fell into the hands
of the United States at the' downfall of tho
Confederacy, of tho returns of all tho Confede
rate armies, from their "organisation in tho
summer of 1801 down to the spring of 1805.
It appears from t-heso documouts that, the num
ber of Confederate troops at tho cast und tho
west was throughout nearly oquul, and that,
with the exception of Soptombor. 1863, when
Longstrcct, with his corps, was sent-from Vir- *
ginin to Tonnowcc, no considerable body of
soldiers was ever transferred' from one army to
the other. The greatest number on the Con
federate muster-rolls at nny one timo was 55GV
000, and this was when ovcry male from 17 to
50 was enrolled in tho army. Tho greatest
number present for duty at any ono time in tho
whole Confederacy, and that for only a brief
period, was 800,000. Thoro. wero not three
periods of a month when they had 250,000,
At only three periods did ihc army of Northern
Virginia, undor Loo, number 100,000 mon fit
for duty.
In October, 1861, when MoClellan con front?
cd Johnston at Mantissas, tho actual fr.r-jo of
Johnston was less than 40,000, and in Dccom?
her, only 54,000. When, in April, 1862, Mc?
Gollau landed on tho Peninsula, Magrudcr had
15,000 men; and when McClcllan assailed
Yurktown tho Confederates had on tho whole
Peninsula less than 50,000. "When ho reached
the Chtckahoinsny the Confederates had at
llichmond but 47,000, increased at the cioso of
May to about 60,000 effectives. On tho 26th
of June, when Lee began his movement against
McClcllan, the Confederates numbered a littlo
more than lot),000 effective men. Whon, af
ter the battle of Gettysburg^ Mcade reached
the llappnhnnnoek, Lob had -11,000 men. Tho
Confederacy was at its highest point of milita
ry efficiency in tho early summer, of 18611,
when the movement into Pennsylvania was
commenced. Every able-bodied man, oxcopt
those in the workshops and civil departments,
was enrolled ; sovon .out of ten were actually
present, nnd six out of ten wore "present for
duty " When the Confcdorato army, in \yv\\.
1865, withdrew from Petersburg, it is supposed
not to have numbered; all toM, 35,000 men.