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The Brazils.

BUENos AYREs, May 27.-Exchange 49I. Hides quiet
and unaltered. Wool dull and unchanged.
Mo>TEvrDro, May 29.-Exchange, 50k. Wet sated
hides, So 70 and dull Dry American, - 20 a - 10.
Stock small Wool-Fne declining; inferior nrn there
being no stock. Tallow, 81 1874.
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The weekly returns the Bank of France show an in
the total bullion s2o 500 600 stensa sum higher than
has been touched for several years.
The Paris Bourse unsettled. Rentes on the 30th
advanced to 66f 6Oc.
The Corps Legslat had passed the bill providing for
the construction of the Great Exhibition building on the
An imperial decree dssolves the municipal councils.
The new elections to take place the 22d OF July
The Minister Of the Interior in circular says, that as
local questions only have to be decided at these elections
hc recommends the Projects that the electors should
be allowed TO manifest their choice spontaneously, and
should only be nterfered with If mprudcnt at
tempt TO alter the character of the elections by importing
questions of political nature.
Italy.
The failure Of the negotiations between tho Italian
ernment and the Pope the leading theme in Italy.
The Opnne of Florence had stated that the Pope
ected the demand that the bishops should be required to
take the oath OF allegiance the King of Ialy but
had consented to order them to yield obedience TO the
laws and to the State.
The Nasns states that the negotiations had not only
been interrupted but broken Off II further declares
that the above statements by the Opincne nexact,
and says is true that the Pope rejected the proposal
for the bishops to take the oath of all egance but is
not correct that his Holiness onsened to order the
bishops to promise obedience to the laws and the State
Rome has made no counter proposals II is equally in
correct that the Pope requested modification In the
heading of the exequatur. The Roman Court declared
that II could neither accept the exequatur enter
into any discussion upon the form that might be given
to IT,
Florence papers assert that MN. Bach and Hubner
have both actively interercd the part of the Vienna
Cabinet to prevent understanding between Italy and
the Pope; and add that the Austrian Charge dAar at
rn has addressed to the Berlin Cabinet strong
remonstrances against the project Of commercial
treaty between Italy and the Zollverein.
The Paris PGie states that the negotiations between
Rome and Mexico st proceeding.
Egypt.
Advices from Alexandria to June 2s reported continued
ravags by the cholera both there and at Cairo but the
epidemic considered to be assuming less alarming
character.
The BraZils.
BUENos AYREs May 21.-Exchange, 49H. Hides quiet
and unaltered Wool dull and unchanged.
MosTEvIDro, May 29.-Exchange 5O1s Wet salted
hides, So Is and dull. Dry American, - 20 81 10.
Stock small Wool-Finc declining; inferior firm, there
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Egypt.

Advces from Alexandria to June 2S reported continued
ravags by the cholera both there and Cairo but the
epidemic considered to be assuming less alarming
character.
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C O M p EN- D I u M

New York, July l7.-Gold is dull
but firm, and closing at l425.
Capt. Hart of the bark Meteor, says
he searched one day and half fol
the unfortunate passengers of the
ship VIM. Nelson wrecked, the local
lily whereof is not stated. Portions
Of the wreck were scattered for miles
over The water.
The Nelson was accidentally set on
fire and and carried down with 400
steerage passenger.
Capt. Hart thinks a ship, FIVE or six
miles from him, saved some of the
passengers who had been three days
and nights in the water.
BosroN, July l7.-Among the
rebel Generals recently released from
Fort Warren are Generals jackson,
Marmaduke and Battle.
LIVERPOOL, July 5.--The steamer
Lafayette has arrived here from New
York, having picked mp from three
boats forty-iiye passengers Of the Mel
son.
On Monday, the aeth ult., the Storage
passengers were all slowed above and the
Nelson was thoroughly washed and iumiga-
ted and at one O'Clock in the afternoon the
fire broke out, and the captain, with his
family and the officers and crew, left in two
boats. At o'clock, on the same afternoon,
several other boats attempted to leave, hut
were injured and swamptd.
WASHINGTON, July T.-Ex-R Con.
gresham Orr, Of Miss and Garland, of
Ark, have been pardoned by the President:
New YORK, July 1.-THE steamer City
Of Washington, with Liverpool dates OF the
9th inst, has arrived.
The cotton market opened firm and closed
fiat, but revived again.
Consols 9OA.
The Paris Bonrse is firm at IS to 81.
WASHINGTON, JulylS The legal limit of
300,O00,000 National Bank circulation is
nearly reached. The entire number Of
banks is 1000.
b Five millions we're subscribed Saturday
N sales to the 80 loan.
New YoRK, July 1S.-There is d gener-
al buoyancy Of prices ia the dry goods mar
ket, leading brands Of shifting have ad-
vanced 21ac. peryard.
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said to his credit, is poor. 1t may
seem strange ingratitnae on the part
of the men whom he has enabled to
get rich. hat'this is the case, al
though, perhaps, it is due in lictjus-
tice to Say that he has no sense OF the
value of money. and no idea Of econ
omy. His friends pay his bills ! here,
as they used to in Boston when he
was Governor Of Massachusetts One
of his benefactors in this particular
was prominent Democratic politi.
clan of decided bunker proclivities,
to-wit, J. S. Fay, know as '..half.mast
Fay" fer placing his flag at llalf-mast
in depreciation of the war. The pay
ment of the little store bills of the
Generals family is also contingent,
am told, upon the liberality of his
friends.
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,ect; that exclusively belongs to the
States. You certainly would think
It an usurpation on my part. if at.
tempted to interfere in fixing the
qualifications Of electors in Massa'
chusetts."
But" replied Sumner, "Massachn,
setts has always been loyal State. y
"That may be-" replied the Presi,
dent, "but the loyal men of the
South have made untold sacrifices Tor
their Union sentiments, while Massa.
chusetts has made hundreds Of mil
lions outsof her loyalty, and i. would
be a poor return for Southern adher.
ence to the Government, if the latter
should in violation of. the constitu-
fion, thrust upon them local laws in
opposition to their wishes
AT this reply of the President; Mr..
Sumner became impatient and irrita-
BILE, and rejoined by, II am sorry to
see you evincipg so little sympathy
with that element that placed you in
power"
At this the color flashed to the
Presidents face, and he added, en-
phatically, "You and Knight as well
understand each other now as any
other time. You are aware, sir, i
have no respect for secessionist;
but, as much as l despise them, |
still have a greater detestation and
contempt for a fanatic"
GOOD evening"" said Sumner, and
left in a hnff.
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Notice Is Debtors.
HON stead Plantation

Find it necessary to give this ses
cond notice to those who owe the
late firm Of 81. Robertson & Co, all
the papers Of the Firm were burned
il tile copaagation Of this town May
18th, 1884. Unless the debtors as
sist me in this way ID recovering the
assets Of the firm, ] shall be unable
70 discharge any portion Of its OBJ
legations, since the buildings, and
Al other property, except the lots,
has been destroyed.
t,. S. a. SMITH,
Executor Of Henry Robertson aud
surviving .partner Of =. Robertson &
Go. 15s !. 81 6. ts j. h
Alexandria. July 9th, 1865
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Maxine COLONIES OF STATES ANp
STATES OF COLONIES. The New York
World Of the 9Th concludes a long
article on making Colonies of States
and States Of Colonies, .as follows:
If the radicals can succeed in de,
featihg President Johnson's policy,
and make us treat the South as a
congeries Of colonies not fit to be
trusted with the administration Of
their own resources, we must make
up our minds not only to see their
existing insignifcaDce in the com.
merce of the world aggravated rather
than relieved, but also tp stomach, as
Well as we may, the spectacle of the
commercial ACKNOWLEDGMENT and pro-
gress of the ehfranchised colonies of
other nations, less happily endowed,
perchance, than ourselves with the
gifts Of Nature, but for the present,
at least, more felicitiously situated in
regard to those social and political
conditions which mainly determine
the welfare or the prostration Of
Slater.
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[ADvasrlsraHsr.l
WFILswooD, July Is. 1865.

Dr1R S1R-.Below YOU win find the
COPY of ! letter / have II iust received
from Il Mafia1n Wells. 8
The cotton mentioned Was burnt il
military order ana 'he knows This a.
wen e. i .do. he knows salsa that
|the mnIes and horses were takan ofi
~ soldiers. and he also knows q, 1 I waa
MI IN Tia armv and thats 81 ~. lie
senior. s. severn, wears.
i always understood thatthe cotton
that was burnt was part Of tie cotton
MI Linton left for his creditors, and
that he and the late John K. EIgee
held this cotton for his creditors. i
have heard there is stiIl some Of tile
same iotlof cotton Oh Mr.. Linton's
place. Here Isl d copy Of his letter !:
n Nru f,p,.r.us .Iplv14 l86s
1,o,,tfars VIE 4le:a,,d,;a e. !.
" = Il v. VI
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OFFICIAL.
The Military Division OF the
Southwest Discontinued.
THE MILITARY DIVISION or THE GULF. Es
TABLIsHED- EPARrMENT ORGANIZATIONS.
HEADQUARTERS, ]
MIL1rARY DIVISION OF THE GuLr,
New Orleans, La July a, 1866. J

. -
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE Cur,
New Orleans, La July H 1866.
General Orders, No. 1.
The Military Division Of tie South.
west, which was created for special
purposes, is discontinued.
In compliance with General Orders.
No. llS, dated War Department,
Adiutant Generals Office, Dune 9th,
1865, the undersigned hereby assumes
command Of the Military Division Of
the Gulf, consisting Of
!. The Department. Of Mississippi
Major General 81. w. Slocum, COM.
handing, embracing the State 81
Mississippi, Headquarters at Vicks.
burg
II. The Department Of Flolida,
Major General j. G. Foster. command.
ing, embracing the State of Florida,
Headquarters a. Tallahassee.
]. III. The Departments Of Louisiana
and Texas, Major General &. II. S.
Candy, commanding, embracing the
States of Louisiana and Texas, Head.
quarters cit New Orleans, Ia.
The Headquarters Military Diyis
ion Of the Gulf will be at New
Orleans, Tia. So
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& PERSONAL

WILL DIR. MEAGHER, Formerly
Surgeon, G. S. A., and in charge Of
Hospital ct Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas.
inform the Q. s. Sanitary Commits
sion, Office, % Carondelet street, New
Orleans, # .HRNRY MORTIMER RowDoS,
belonging to some New York regi-
tment, lnumber ,nnknown,) died in
that camp after May, l864?. Or an
lEnglishman named BRIGHT? If SO,
send description Of the man and par:
tiealars Of death as correctly as pos.
sible, and greatly oblige his friends.
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Generals Smith and Nagr,lder.

Fl. p, welsknown correspondent
q the press, writing from Galveston
to the N. o. Times, thus defends
EIese two officers:
You have no doubt received and
published the names of the Generals
and Governors and ex-G Governors who
left Texas for Mexico after the sur
render. Among these were Generals
Z, K. Smith and j. .Bankhead Ma
gruder. | mention these names be.
cause | wish to say a word Or two
concerning them
1t has been currently rumored
through the country that Gems. Smith
and Magruder engaged extensively
in cotton speculations, and made a
heap Of money, which they took with
them when they fed to Mexico. Now,
permit one who knows, to state that
there is not q word of truth in all
'this-not a wGrd. Gen. Smith had
no money of hisown to speculate on;
he neither hired nor borrowed any
for this purpose-he never shared
the profits with any one who did specu
late --he never used or appropriated
to his cwn use one dollar of the Cow
eminent funds. In other words, he
never specialized" to the extent of
one dime while commanding this DEG
partment, although to my certain
knowledge more than one opportuni
ty offered wherein by simply turning
his hand he could have made one
hundred or one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in gold. .Indepen.
dent of his political and military,
character of which it does not be-
come me to speak, | will say that a
purer man than Gen. E K. Smith nev-
er was entrusted with Government
funds.
have told you what he did not
do; now | will tell you what he did
do, or, at least, / have it from the
highest and most reliable authority:
When he surrendered this depart.
ment he turned over to Gen. Candy
$4,000 in,gold. that being every dime
of Government money he held in his
hands, and then turned round and
borrowed ofbis friends in Shreveport
5000 to pay his expenses to Mexico!
The money turned over was secret
service money.
Gen. Candy will, no doubt, cor
Toborate this statment.'
So much for Gen. Smiths "cotton
speculation" Now, about Gen. Ma
gruder:
This General had his strong and
his weak points. He would spurh a.
bride, knowing it to be intended as
such, as soon as any upright man,
and yet presentation of q few
choice liquors or cigars were too apt
to gain his favor, and induce him in
his unsupported way, to grant privil-
eyes to designing men in search of
tat contracts. In this manner he |
might have given others chance to
speculate, but that he never did so to
the extent of dollar while in Texas,
] know to be the truth. He came to
Texas without any money in his peck.
ct and left the State with less than
two hundred dollars, and this his
friends in Houston loaned him 10 pay
his expenses to Mexico.
: These facts may sound strange to
those who have been led to believe
otherwise, but they are nevertheless
naked truths. This correspondent
can have no interest in stating them,
but he deems it his duty to do so a
simple act Of justice to injured par
ties, such as should be acknowledge
ed and approved among men,
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The Position Or President
( johnson.

Uneonlpronllsing radicals ant IN;
compromising conservatives (if TIT
latter be not too contradictory an ex
pression) will 10 doubt disapprove
and condemn the principles upon
which MI. Johnson seeks to feorgan'
lie the Union, bntsthe great mass Of
1.-THE people ID both parties viii rally
] to his support. The negro question
lis o mucT harder one to- deal with
than was the slavery question, and 70
adjust all the dificnlt and intricate
matters connected with it, satisfacto.
friiys to every citizen, is clearly impos-
,[sible. But the President is evidently
Ignided by the Democratic ideas Of
constitutional liberty, which have
governed his whole life. A recent
speaker happily observed M. John
| son is the son Of poor and honest
parents, but what is betters though
|he has been many years in Washing
ton, he is himself a poor and honest
lman.n Without forgetting his past
errors, the people feel that they can
trust him, and those who withhold
their. confidence are either those who
also do not trust the people, or those
who, having no real love Of liberty,
though they carry the word always
in their mouths, seek, by every means,
to force their minority ideas upon the
majority which, rightfully determines
what shall be the course and policy
Iof the Government
At this time it's most important
that the President should have the
support of tile country. The Nation
requires a speed return to the settled
condition Of peace, and people can
afford to waive lnany Of ther prefer
ences for the sake of that pressing
necessity. Certainly those who were
willing in time past 10 compromise
with the fire eaters Of the South for
the sake of peace, ought not to hesi.,
tate at any reasonable surrender of
preferences for the sake of united
and harmonious feeling among the
masses of the people, irrespective Of,
party, in support of a substantially.
conservative and yet liberal policy in
restoring our National affairs to a.
healthy condition Such is the only
course which promises at once to
harmonize the South and restore good.
feeling between the sections through
the manifest and unselfsh, justice Of
the National Administration sup
ported by the great bulk Of the
Northern people, It is the only way
which will render scctionalism harm
less in all parts Of the country, byl
exhibiting its insignificance when an
uncomplicated issue allows the. lines
to be strictly drawn between those
who are honestly devoted to the in.
terests of the whole country, and
those who desire only to rule or1
ruin. - Boston Courier.
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w a New Orleans. correspondent

Sw a New Orleans correspondent,
writing to the Mobile News, speaks of
Gen. Banks, as follows:
"The rumor continues in circula-
tion that Gen. Banks is to be reinsta.
ted here as Provisional Governor of
Louisiana. He is said to have open
ed his heart to. a little party of friends
a day or two ago, in which he con.
fessed to have been the victim of
sharpers and spectators, but that
he should be all right in few days,
and that be was going to turn over
= new leaf. Gen. Banks, let it be
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The Houston News of -l5th copies
the following from the San Antonio
Herald.
Onr information from Eagle. Pass
and Piedras Negras is up to July LIST.
We learn that Gen. Shelby had
reached the first named point in a
quiet and peaceable manner, but was
Informed by the authorities in Piedras
Negras that he would not be allowed
to take his men into Mexico with
arms in their hands, but that if he
would leave his arms, there would be
no objection to bis entrance into the
country as emigrants with himself
and men. We are anformed that
Gen. Shelby finally agreed to this,
and sold his arms and cannon to the
Liberals at Piedras Negras. There
were $500 stands of small arms and
three pieces Of artillery, for which
Shelby received eleven thousand dol
lars-six thousand in specie and FIVE
Thousand in bonds issued BY the Lib.
erals. The arms were Immediately
shipped f5f Chihuahua. The Cover
nor of the State Of Coahuila acted as
agent for the Liberals
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lA The New York LonrnaI

/ No. The New York journal Of
Commerce. estimates that a careful
economy would cut down the cost Of
Government $lOO, 600, 900 j year, and
that a reduction of the number Of
|offce-holders would relieve it many
more. Il
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News Items.

Gen Sherman was expected to ar
rive in St. Louis on the l4th.
Arrangements are being made for
concentrating local opposition to ex.
Governor w. B. Campbell, Union
candidate for Congress in the Nash.
vile District. S. III. Garter will prob.
ably be selected.
Mr.. NJ. G, Ferguson, residing in
Laudcrdale county, Tennessee, was
most shocking murdered by two men
calling themselves James Brandreth
and John Miller, who hail from Scott
county, Missouri The murder was
committed with a view to robbery.
They approached the house, and by fir
ing aroused Mr.. Ferguson, when they
continued to fire upon him by moon.
light till his body was yiddled. Mrs.
Furgjison was sick in bed from the
result of her ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The
murderers failed in their hopes of
robbery. Thomas Ferguson, a
brother of the murdered man, pursued
the scoundrels and found them il
Memphis \ where they now are con-
fined.
Last advices from. Wittsburg, Ar
kansas, state that a terrible epidemic
was raging among the cattle, rcsem.
bling cramp. The first appearance
was y twitching of the muscles and
cords of the limbs, killing in from
eight to twenty hours. The disease
also attacks horses, hogs and sheep.
The farmers were much alarmed at
the prospectof losing all their stock
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AN INCIDENT "A Confederate Of
ficer who was on his way back TO his
home in Georgia, was out near the
Nashville depot yesterday. He was
suddenly surprised at being surroun'
|ded by five. or six negroes who had
recognized him and jumped down
from their wagons to meet him
They were driving Government teams
He recognized them as his own ne
groes who had followed the Federal
army off. They begged him to take
them back home with him, that they
would be ''de best niggas he ever
seed" if he would. Arrangements
were made and negroes all left on
the train for Georgia together last
night. Louisville journal.
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BLAIR 8, ETONBRAKER,
At Mrs Grogan's Brick Store, B.ya.
Robert Street.
Wholesale and Retail Grocer,
AND
DsALEss IN ALL pEscRlrr1oss OF srA,Ll
, 1865-12-04
DROPOSALS FOR RAISING
l. sUEEEN VESsELs, &C.. ON THE AIssissr-
FL RIVER AND TkIDU EaR1ES-


or''0T Msra sFas.tTF Ta Ke,: 3 S0tss ss
Tho fFsssaTy. n 6ids ssse!7sd les IaiiIns.
s.eekng and tss asl!vsr2 et sgntsu ys.ss!s &C, %
s. ass :sa e :s s.s
8 6 Sps y Eli
Agent II Memphis Tenn, unta December 18th. l3t3
1na 4 sasten soe
r a a. 81 1ss Or p Ga \. e ~ s
The following point. viii be observed by yp4zties
l. The To7ssnraent desires to restore the streams In
anssen .e A. say nsy1ran. SO E a. the
Al sssses be9sf Ct pazts 1,t lhsGs0S W be g.
Az M 6rssas; As.andEts Il; MsMrat: Tson:
snea sses ' tic I q
of e
and delivery st either Of the designated Poss Of a
=
e ;S sa.a
push i forward q rapidly ss the stage OF Whtes Will
to t. paeosa e tae pfo
e. ns9
md esve1ed At ethtr of the desgnated places q de-
's5y sssa ;ssy sSsss =
tc to ensure the good taith OF the bid and the cir
Ing out OF tho contract. " awaEdcdl and satisfactory
good fah oi The bidder TO perform the work IA qaes.
tton. The snmcieney Of The refIees mose be ouclAg
VI Forms Of proposal q copy. Of which aec below
md envelopes psopazy addressed and tndorsed have
hfen nrrrkrtd ind forwarded to each OF the Surveyors
of Customs It Pittsburgh, wheeling C!nc.nan. Lou
Isvtllt, Chicago, s.. Lous, Cal5o and New Orleans
vi. TronosaA Will b. opened on The 18th o. necem.
ber, prox Y m and ths aEeTd made ~ soon ~ ap
viii. The sums deposited by nnsuccesstnl biddTs
rifi be rrtr1oet when the cnnt1nct Is awarded The
dcposif On the past Of successful bidder or bdds
viii retslned % BE- Forfeited 70 ~ Inited M St.tsa
Of upon The fa1thul complexion q the #urk-
- WI. y. OKME,.
Treasury Department.