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London, England, 1868-10-26 00:00:00

THE SOUTHERN STATES. -

Charleston sends a coloured Democrat namecl,
Smith to stump the North for Seymour auu
Blair, as a campaign movement to settle Northern
disbelief in such an animal as a Carolina negro p.c.;
mocrat. The Georgia Legislature adjourned till
January, when it will reassemble at Milledgeville.
Before adjourning a bill was passed making uniform
all election tickets, to prevent frauds. Also Alin'
sures granting $3,000,000 in aid of the State rallo'
ways, which we hope the Government may be fact
to get, though we cannot help doubting the facuilie
the face of a condition of things revealed t by ;be
Camilla riot. "Let our motto," :exclaimed
speaker after turning out the last represeetativo
who was supposed to have one-eighth of lir,
blood in his veins, " be wisdom, justice, and le° this
ration, and all will be well." Talking
last coloured gentleman, a grave discussion was h.ete,
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over him, as to all appearance he was quite
and he denied having any negro bloo I in.his
The Legislature examined into his pedigree,,3„`ii)e
considering the charge proved, sentenced .A
turned out, and turned out., he accordingly w`r.,,,*
en
message of sympathy was sent to the coloureq P'of
thus deprivel of their seats, by their br3throa
New York, who at a convention discussed the
ject. M ijor-General Meade wrote the foilwl..o
letter to General Grant, in transmitting the re!'
and the accompanying affidavits of Capt.
about t
ld
Bead-quarters Department of the Sou
Atlanta, Oct. 3,1868: . oli-
Sir,---You have been apprised that on receiving I'l loth
gence of the disorders occurring in this State, on the 101
ult., at Camilla, in Mitchell County, that I at onw:,,,ri.
troops in readiness to meet any call of the civil nut ions
ties, such as are referred to in the letter of instruic'hat
from the General-in-Chief, of date Aug 25, 180, ar'd•tbla
at the same time I despatched Capt. Mills.
and intelligent officer, in whose cool, sound iodfri?.oeula
and freedom from any prejudice or party bias, -1- {acts
depend to investigate thoroughly and report the: et
in the case. The affair passine• off with the ri°,7.,(..
rather collision, of the 19th ult and no n'al h03.11y)
been made on me, the Legislature. (as I think, Prurbrio
declining the request of the Governor to authorise tof
to make the call, no troops were sent. The ref ern'
Captain Mills was yesterday received, and after itBl,:ps-
sal I deemed the only thing for me to do was t°
with
mit it to the Governor of the State, the office gra
whom I am required to communicate, and to eel°
him that in any measures that might be taken "?
and
civil authorities in the investigation of the affz,`,lrtis
punishment of derelict civil officers or citizenslr th-ora-
case he met with resistance, and he or they foul"' `a, on
a most are
selves unable to execute the' laws, I was preprefo the
being so informed, to aid and co-operate with hint letter
fullest extent of the force under .ny command. lq,„ouia
to the Governor, the report, and accompanying cl°6ll-cls °f
of Captain Mills, are herewith forwarded by the h°'.,nij be
Captain M‘lilibbon, United States Army, and slolii.self,
pleased to receive any comments thereon which Y°`,"msy
the honourable Secretary of War, or the Presidon' day'
please to make. I deem it proper to add that in o• f°:itti
1 shall distribute the troops in the Departme,t ",eaca
view of aiding the civil authorities to keep te „. 's, re-
during the approaching Presidential election.--'''""
spectrally, your obedient servant, nnaeral'
GEORGE MEADE, Major---
Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding U. S. Armies,
Washington, D.C.
Alabama is following in the wake of ure"„tie.
and will, it is believed, be soon equally Dehl°°,4 the
Republican newspapers, prominent members of
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Reconstruction Committee, Grant electors,. art"iires
swinging round the circle. None of the Legis.l,3,otial
will, as formerly intended, select the Pr-51.",,, so,
electors except South Carolina, which, in clo,llte of
only adheres to its old custom. The Repahlele:-Oolr
Louisiana have nominated J. H. Sypher 1°:1,0 se',
gress for the first district, L. A. Sheldon for '‘,-„irea
cond, and a negro for Colonel Mann's uheler
term. The negro claims two out of the seven jig 0
bers-of Congress for his brethren. Perry ° 000
making a clean sweep of Republican office' king
in his department in New Orleans, and vi°4 riot
for the Seymour-Blair ticket. A very ser1011: the
occurred in St. Lacdry's parish at Opelotisa-kted.
rights of which have not as yet been rep - 1111°
Lieutenant Lee, of the Freedmen's Bureau,
says
was sent from New Orleans to investigate'ooo,
that it arose from a personal quarrel he„boo'
the editor of a Republican paper and ", tb°
teacher, one Bentley, abusing sonic citizen-'o•b°
difficulty being magnified by the negroepte
assembled in such numbers that they had nisi
dispersed by force. He considers order an'oit4
now to be fully restored, though not till We, or tell
and five negroes had been killed, and eigiluelaeo'
whites wounded, with from fifteen to twenty bete
Matters have little improved in Arkansas, i'etioa
ivt°
four men were hung by a party from 1\ lissoll.rn
allege they had been concerned in the assasslipea'
of the superintendent of registration, Capt' d .134.
In Adrian county three men were killed, and jai
Galloway, the registrar of the place wouna,°,,e fir
quarrel regarding registration. A, suspiele"ies ,
cumstance occurred at Memphis on the ino,,rgefall'
the sth inst., when there rrrived about 4,ov's(o.
of arms from St. Louis consigned to Little oei
They were detained, every boat refusing tefte
them on any terms, as they were suppose' ¢s the
designed for arming the blacks, the more s°
military authorities knew nothing about the°ll,iorP
disgraceful case of assassination occurred hi, sode;
Carolina on the 27th ult. The daughter 0' eroe
rick Hill was being married, when from 3,
outside shots were fired through the wind°,4oo,ll,,
bridegroom being killed and the bride Se'cot t"
wounded. Walker, a coloured man, whe,:dbet'
Blakeley, in South-west Georgia, when he
Uli
ter have stayed at home, to organize a Berlwreli.„'
club was called out of his house, and vcrj„,lbov
he was for going, for he was taken to v"
county, and there shot. , are f'
'I he bill passed by the Georgia Legis-at,d,a
quiring uniform tickets at elections is desig°,;(froe'
stead of preventing frauds, to 'cheat the l'acistei
who cannot read, and have hitherto elistiegioeq,
the candidates they desire to vote for by the c,,,c'bo
the ticket. This is to be abolished, and Se"ti'el
consequence, will be unable to discriminate L'e,,ot 0
them. General Howard has made a stater''
the expenses of the Freedmen's Bureau, Dale
shows that, up to January 1, 1868, the,erneore°
been expended by the appropriation of 1-I°.„-e'reftil'
$4,397,854 ; from the amounts received fro re sat
gees' and freedmen's funds, accruing be the rot,
since the organization of the bureau, froul;taitiolie'
of abandoned lands, sales of crops, taxes, and otirei
sales of Confderate States property and ever):• toff
whatsoever, to January 1, 1868, $1,558,03.
expenditure to January 1, 1868, $5,955,0 t's
this amount $500,000 was disbursed to relt6ool,l
pressing destitution at the South, and sso' fan'
been given to the Agricultural Bureau t°6,3oer,i
seed to the indigent farmers at the South.
Howard has lately had to issue a circula! 0
co ,
attention to the fact that all bureau oin,he
under military jurisdiction and entitled to v.iigag
tary protection of the Government while .° coil
in performing their duties. This order 1S leers at
quence of the resignation of several o"':re
the bureau lately, because their lives 11`
safe.

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The trustees for the Perkins Institute voto
Blind held thou/ annual meeting, Oct. 7, in S°uAtlll9 /1;3
There are now 162 pupils in the institution, a11",,s 011'001
graduated within the year. The workshop e," or f1)30
$8,575, and the total receipts have been s4s,lii" too of
$1,500 less than the expenditure. The institu ore"
real estate to the value of $155,000, and persola°,l,Poti4Y
to the extent of $35,000. The following aro I,rice-P„c' re'
for the ensuing year—president, Samuel Mal, flip; '''
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dent, Joseph Lyman ; treasurer, William OlriborV Y..
tary, Samuel G. Howe ; trustees, Robert El °love."' ,
T. Bouve, Samuel Elliot, Joseph Lyman, ft• tY
N. Parkins, Josiah Quincy, and Jonas Sturgis- A 5 a 0,
The report which lately went the rotil3,:-.'bitea o(i
papers that the Emperor of Russia had proPce is 101
practice of homoeopathy in the Russian 0011 N,, of
contradicted, and attributed to the malevoleoc" , 0
practitioners, who were jealous of their success. tes' ri9
Julius Morris exhibited as the Pacific Sta oet
position a fine assortment of California cigars. 14.0411.. t 1/;1;•
has been in the business in San Francisco for °1:01.01°001
and employs 100 men, turning 0ut200,000 cigars orris for
A large "after-dinner cigar," the work of Mr.'"
circa
hands, by six feet long, twenty-four inches 1° :,01. ,i 0;
once, containing forty pounds of tobacco, is 811 ticti(L'cie
It is stated that a contract for the constrcoo,
the underground railroad in New York has be°l'deresoo
with the English engineers who built the 11' ea'
railway of London, and that the contractors OP
to commence work.

Births. 1,,, of QC 1.
COLE—On the 14th inst.. at nimbledon, the 311 tIO
A. Lowry Cole, C. 8., Of a daughter. majol3,
IRBY.—On the 22d inst., at The Grove, 11i11 Ll'
Hon. Mrs. Augustus Irby, of a daughter. foorW
STOURTON—On the 25th inst ,at 33, Great Cu di
place, the Hon. Mrs. Stourton, of a daughter' ,re, v
WY4N—On the 33d inst., at St. Jamess-eV'

Williams Winn, of a datighter.
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Marriages. A DcWto !
EAKER—O'CoNNELE—On the 24th inst., at Stirert 13:i: ;
Marylebone, Edwin Baker, second son of r, tic't
Esq., of Worcester, to Hannah,' younVst “3 x'
,eoi
John O'Connell, Esq., of Killarey. It tt,Proilr,J)
EINGLEY —JACKSON—On the 23d inst., at St :061 ';otv
Bayswater, Frederick Thomas, the ldest s°'-',/,oo'
Bingley, Esq., Millbank, to Ada Mary, 011151 -
the late Mr. T. G. Jackson, of Hull. Ot
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Deaths. Dr
tra.nrl J
BROWN—On the 24th inst., at Wicilsor, ..- o.e
Esq., aged 66.
LEAVE—On the 23d inst. at 7, Gray's-il3ll-84u3r' Eves
Wood Deane, Esq., aged 40. A ,stos 1
EVES —On the 22d inst., at Cheltenham, t,- '
be
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Esq., M.D., aged 69. , Ilt 1.1111 e
M
HALL—On the 17th inst., at Bondicarr, l'''r 1, Ili°
r. Henry Ha, aged .
Jel • •
Itlioans —On thell 23d ins93t , John Gibbonslo°3
street, America-square,• E.O 7 aged 49.
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