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How They Talk.
The Mobile Register and Aduertiser Of the
22d nit. in treating reconstruction. aayas

The Mobile Register and AdrcTttser Of the
22d ult., in treating reconstruction, saysi
The sooner all this grave work is completed
the better, provided it will be well and wisely
done. We hope to see it finished, 50 that by
the first Monday of December, the Senators
and Representatives from Alabama may pre-
sent their credentials to the Congress of the
United States, and be there cordially welcom-
ed by the sitting members of that body. And
so they will be by all who have supported the
late war upon its ostensible ground, to.wit !:
that it was war for the preseypation Of the
Union-a war to maintain the integrity of q
great empire. Any man or party in Congress
that throws obstacles in the way of the farli-
est return of the delegates from the South to
seats in the General Council chamber df the
nation, at once ignores this Union theory and
proclaims the falsity and insincerity OF his
adherence to and adoption of the war policy
and principles declared by the United States
Government to the whole world. The arri-
val of the Southern delegations at Washing
ton will apply test to the unionlsm Of the
members Of Congress, and will show who
made war from motives of passion and re-
venge, and who from patriotic devotion to
the Union. 1t will be severe test but q
wholesome and instructive one.
1t will be seen that, according to this organ
of Southern sentiment, the emancipation pro-
clamation and emancipation are to be entirely
ignored. We shall see. There are evidently
two parties springing up in the late rebel
States, one Of which agrees that SLAVERY is
dead and cannot be restored, and the other
contending for the restoration Of the Union
as it was. As the rebels have been conquer
ed and can do no better, they step down
upon the Copperhead platform and hope to
carry it.
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England and the Rebel Press
Liverpool the Harbor Of the
COFs01rs.

The Washington correspondest Of the Phil
adelphia Press says:
I" From unofficial, yet unquestionable sourc-
es, gather the following interesting facts,
worthy to be known in commercial and polit-
ical circles The course OF the English gov
ernment, alike conservative and tory, since
the overthrow of the rebellion, has been un-
accountably malignant, and is only to be ex-
planned by the fact that all sides, except the
liberals alone, are disappointed that the fates
had not otherwise decreed.
son the 1l,h July, the ship Anne reached
Liverpool from Havana with $4,000 bales O.
cotton, valued at present prices at $3.50, 600
belonging to the late rebel government Mr..
Dudley, our consul at Liverpool, fled bill
IN ehaYery, claiming it as the property of the
United States,
"On the 9Th the pirate steamer Rappahan-
mock tunder the alias of Beatrice) entered
Liverpool from Calais. The plea is put forth
that she had been sold to Liverpool mer-
chant-of course sham of the basest coin.
Mr.. Dudley at once obtained eminent legal
advice, and or the llta instructed his counsel
"a institute suit in the British admiralty courts
to recover her for the United States as prop
erty of the defunct and surrendered con(eder.
acy. This Is giying Lord Russell dose oi
his own medicine
"There are now At Liverpool the pirates
Gnmpser, Tallahassee, Rappahannock and
Ajax-the latter having never obtained her
armament"
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There are no rebels, says the New York
Horld, and such seems to be the creed OF the
Copperhead party, although there are some
hundreds of thousands down South not in
cluded in the Amnesty Proclamation, and
many that are who have not taken the oath,
who are to-day liable to the penalty of death
under the Constitution and Laws of the
United States.
But there are debts down South, public
debts that many are interested in, and it is to
be one of the measures of Cancellation by the
reunited Democrtic party, that our Govern
ment shall assume the payment of those
debts The leaders dare not talk openly Of
the matter yet here in the North, but down
South they are beginning to broach it openly.
The Phonir, South Carolina rebel sheet,
says, b the course of an article on the sub
ject
q ~ CSnfederate bonds, for which cotton was
suarantsoA must, it appears ~ us, be eventually
iorIl.iod. r. : cotton seized by the United States
GcveennGs1 Is pledged for their redemption,
e.a - 1T secures the bond holders such an
eoufkok2n = mise that it will be well for those
hoIdine bonds not to sacrifice them. Touch
ine ~ e. rate debt, we notice small con-
trovsrsy 6 e Northern papers, based upon .
threa3 q II. Wendell Phillip to repudiAts the
debt.r ~ Mr.. Wendell Philippe il probably not
. ~ MD II the mark in his shooting. 1t may
s. nseesssryhs we'll as wise policy on the part
" ~ Unaft States, to reorganise this indebted
- 4 NJ Is now . consolidated empire. They
49, = 6ifer their own people to suffer. The
- i people have no other caPitsl than what
&cS 27 - debt, and the best way to reconcile
80 payment Of the Northern debt viii b
IN - and pay their own.
sr oeess of the National Democratic
upon the support Of the late rebels
1 -, and they win require the as'
of this debt u the condition Of their
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The NEGROES MAKE VERY GOOD CITIzESs.-
The St. Louis Dispatch, conservative insti-
tuition utterly hostile to radical views and to
negro suffrage, bears strong testimony to the
industrious character of the colored people Of
Missouri. The Dispatch says:
The negroes, not, indeed, in all respects,
paragon citizens; but they are very credtable
ones, and are becoming more so every day. In
the interior they cultivate the farms Of their old
masters, on contracts mutually agreeable and
beneficial to both parties; and We hear nothing
whatever Of that Incidence on the part of the
negroes, injustice and cruelty on the part of
white employers, that constitute the burden Of all
the stories received from the South. The wild
and foolish exodus of the freed negroes from Mis-
souri, TO Kansas, and 10 North, has ceased. From
all accounts that have received, the negroes
have performed their accustomed labors faithfully,
fairly and steadily; and we venture the assertion
that all things considered, the present crop in
Missouri has been raised riA ssore EreM and suf-
f.factica 10 totA farHae5s and negroes than any
crop ever produced under the system of slavery.
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Gen. Ortega I'm New York.
Mr. Yopr Az A

A significant ovation in honor Of the Mexi-
can Republic as represented in the United
States BY Gen. Ortega took place last evening
at Delmonica, on Fifth Avenue, at 10 O'Clock.
A large assemblage gathered ct that point,
where Graffold's 7th regimental band sere-
naded the distinguished Mexican, who was
accompanied by two members of his staff, and
surrounded by large number Of American
and Mexican citizens. Speeches and toasts
were mingled with other festivities, and the
occasion was replete with interest and enthp-
siasna. TK
Ae following extract from 4 letter written
by Maj. Gen. Phil. Sheridan was read: There
is no use to beat around the bush in this
Mexican matter. We should give . perma-
nent government to that Republic. Our work
in crushing the rebellion will not be done
until this takes place. The advent of Maxi
milan was portion Of the rebellion, and his
fall should belong to its history. Most of the
Mexican soldiers Of fMaximihAn' q army wonld
throwdpw1 their asms the moment We crossed
the Rio Grande. The French influence is
governed by sheer impudence.
This letter from Gen. Sheridan was greeted
BY al present with enthusiastic expressions
of pleasure and delight
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Treatment Of JeM. Davis.
Especial to New York Tribane-1

WARRINGTON, aug 4.
Notwithstanding the various stories scs
aaoat in regard to the ill-trsaiment Of JET.
Davis, it is hut just 70 the authorities to state
positively that be Is treated with the conside-
ration due . noted prisoner Of State, by the
commandant at Fort Monroe. No officer has
been or is stationed in his cell. He is allowed
to take frequent walks on the ramparts and is
permitted to choose his own feed. The sto-
ries that his cell Is guarded by score or
more Of bsyonets, that IN his promenades he
is attended by battalion Of soldiers, and that
his diet is limited to the army rations, are as
ridiculous as untrue, The treatment Of JEFF.
Davis is christianlike and humane, Just such
as a generous and dimi6ed government can
well afford TO bestow on one who is no longer
its enemy, but its prisoner.
Brig. Gen. W. Q. Graham, Of Indiana,
formerly commanding division of the I7th
army corps. and who was wounded and disa-
bled at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, is
stopping in town and will, it is understood,
be assigned to duty in the freedmens' bureau.
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CAIRO, , Aug.

SAiRu, mug. D.
The steamer Niagara from New Orleans
2Sth arrived here.
The True Delta has late advices from
Brownsville that Cortinas had been defeated
in an engagement with Lopez between Mata-
maras and CAmarge. Cortinas retreated to
the Texas side of the river, leaving all his
forces in the hands of the enemy.
General Steele and three of his officers were
very sick with break bone fever.
There was great deal ofsickness among our
troops.
The yellow fever was developing itself
rapidly al Matamoras.
Many planters we're bringing cotton into
Houston
Five thousand negro troops occupy the
coast from Indianola to Victory, many OF whom
were engaged rebuilding the railroads.
A party of kickapoo Indians recently made
a raid on the Texas frontiers. killing and
wounding number Of persons and stealing
many horses.
Two hundred and thirty bales of cotton
passed Cairo to-day. 800 bales reached
Vicksburg from Yazoo River. $3.50 bales
arrived at Mobile since the Federal occupa-
ton.
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Keokuk Healing Institute


EEELING it duty. / owe to the public,
especially those suffering with chronic diseAses
wish 70 make simple statement of facts For moro
than year kad been deaf In both could hear
no sound whafever-not the report Of . by
csns, but obtained help They al the opin-
ion that there help for Ny friends thonght
me hopelessly incurabe Finally two Of the principal
Surgeons Of the o. g. Hospitals at Keokuk made par
tcnar examination Of having Instr unent by
which they could look into They reported that
the trouble in the centre Of the head no me
cal aid could reach it. knowing that must be-
come spsechess without N, hearing, induced to
try the skill and healing powers Of Mr. Mrs Dr. CAL
Ios, and nndsr the Magnetic and Botanic trsaemeAk
much to my astcnshment In tuo wseks cv1ld Aeaf
sounds IN three weeks could ccnvsse With otheu -
In fonr weeks could hear well = I could "
cure d certainly marvellous, and would fscomsad III
persons having diseases that beyond ths ehi Of
common pA yscians to call Mr.. Mrs. Dr. GALseu q
the Healing Institute Concert street, between mn
and Sixth, In Ksokuk, Iowa.
JcsnPH .. RxNvRo.
nddyville, Iowa, Jnly aeth, 1885.
We, the uadersgned. ars wsli acquainted with Mr.
sound and ~ tAas his hsasing psrlsctsy -
stored under tAs Of Mr. Mr. Dr. 0AlxIon
Mu R~nfro (hs wibsb n shAv,
Mrs Simmcns, John Porter,
VIM Keyes, DAnl y FOX,
pavid Dalsy, Peter SIMMER.
David Bradshaw, Arthur wolcott,
Charles Dunhaa, James Gfllstt,
smith, 1n O wfllianoon.
DAnfse Emsry, WB WniiAmepn.
a nnIid Insies,
me1-1vAwlt
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Lou1svI11, Ang. 4.
The vote at the Tennessee election i = fol.
lows:
Athens Maynard, 2se; Cooper. %: B.rd
15; Wells, or 10; Haskell, Is.
Knoxville-Maynard, 428; scattering 24o
The 9Th Congressional District, Hamilton
county, gives Stokes, GO; Hood not any.
In Loudentown the vote for Maynard over
all was 60.
Charleston Bradford Cooper, u; Bard,
4; Hauke, l3, Haskell, 10; Wells, /.
Calhoun, McMinnville County-Maynard
80; Cooper, rs; Bard. 5; Haskell, 1; Hauke.
two.
NASHVILLE, Aug. 3.
In the Congressional election in this State
to-day, Campbell, opposition candidate. car.
ried the city by 25l majority, and it Is nov
expected ne will carry the district BY 1900
Maynard, Knoxville district lid Cooper
Shelbyville district, Union candiIiates) have
q majority 30 far as heard from anh viii prob
ably be elected.
Col. Stokes, (Union) from dhsttanoos.
district ahead so far as heard from.
No reports have been received from Wes,
Tennessee
The election in this city and throughout
Middle Tennessee passed OF quietly. There
was no such interest manifested as was ex.
pected. The vote, generally, was very light
Over Zoo less votes were cast in this city
than were registered.
Franklin county-campbell, fDem.) 10;
Carter, (Union) 68.
Chsttsnooga-Stokes, 1874; Hood, 1856 /;
Faulkner, 4.
Sweetwater-Maynard, UnionN 81 mai.
Soldiers vote-Maynard, 80 majority.
Soldiers vote lst district-Mill@r, fUnion)
6S4 majority.
Jonesboro-Taylor, 90; Miller Is.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, (Unionh Is mai.
Coiumbia-Arnold, 104: Thomas, (Con.
servative) 1853.
Cowan Cooper. (Union) received 25 votes
IN the 10th dristict, Franklin county.
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More Abeut the Conspirataru

-
WAsHIS0rox, Aug. 8.
Brigadier Gen. Dodd, Who had charge Of
the assassins, reports that in the trip DR.. Mudd
acknowledged to Captain Budd, Gen. Dodd
and others that he knew Booth when he came
to his house with Harold on the morning
after the assassination, but was afraid to tell
OF his having been there fearing. the life Of
himself and family would be ENDANGERED
thereby. He knew that Booth would never
be taken alive. He also acknowledged that
he had been acquainted with Booth for some
time, and that he was with Booth at the Ma
tional Hotel on the evening referred to by
Weichman that he met Booth on the street,
and Booth said he wanted him to introduce
him to John Surratt that they started up 7th
street on the way to Mrs. Surratt's house, and
on their way they metJno. Surratt and WEIGH
man and retired to Booth room at the Ma
tional Hotel, where he and John Surratt had
some conversation Of a private character. He
said that the military commission in his case
had done their duty, and as far as they were
concerned, the sentence in his case was Just,
but some of the witnesses had sworn falsely
and maliciously.
O'Laughlin acknowledged the court had
done its duty, but insisted he was only impli-
Gated in the plot to capture the President.
Arnold also said he was q party to the plot
to capture the President only, and that he be-
lieved the assassination was gotten up by
Booth only few hours before executing it.
Spangler insisted he had nothing to do with
any plot, and that the conversation he
held with Booth was in reference to selling
his horse.
The Central Pacific railroad land grant is
now under examination at the General Land
Office with a view to the early issue of the
patent for the lands conceded under the
statutes
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The armies of the United States, during
the last year of the war, were numeri-
cally much larger than the popular estimate
Of them. At the recent festivities of Yale
College, in honor of the students and eradu-
ates Of that institution who had seen 3ctiye
service during the war, General Parsois, oi
ST. Louis, who was fresh from an interview
with Secretary Stanton, stated that 7d2, ,642
men had then been discharged and sent home,
and that another 100, 900 wUuld BE sent home
million of men.
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II IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
August, 1855.
obtain any ofthese letters the applicants nnst
call for s1Ussssss tsys give the date Of his list and
pay two cent? for adyertislng.
eIfnot called for within sss nsasA will besept
to the Dead Letter Once.
N.B-A Ssessstfor the rssss ofa lstterto the writer
ifunciamsd within thirty days ls written or printed
with the writer's ssos Pestess end 1tsss the
lefhand end Of the envelope the face sde VIII -
oOnpisd with at the usual pfpad rate ofpostaxe
abls whom the Isttsrs delivered - the writM-1sc
l. 0f1
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The President.s Health.
Especial to the New York Herald.l

WASHINGTON, Aug, 4.
The Presidents health is stiIl bad and he
contemplatss trip to Cape May.
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided
that all bonds, treasury notes and other obi
cations Of the United States, are exempt from
taxation under State or municipal authority.
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ChoIera In Egypt.
WASHINGTON. Aug.

"AsHINVIUs, mug T.
Consul General Hall at Alexandra, Eeypt.
in an official dispatch to the State Depart
ment gives vivid picture Of ravag4s Of cholera
IN that city. There were seven hundred and
eignfhy- -hve deaths from June f7th to July
i'th- 1t IS estimated that more than thirty
thousand persons left Alexandra since the
maiady appeared. Most distressing reports
are received from the interior.
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GovERsoR PrERpoxr, Who has become the
poor, miserable, s1bservient tool Of the old
rebels Of Virginia, has pledged himselfto use
his influence 70 secure their Goyernment's en-.
dorsement Of the recent action Of the rebels
Of Richmond, in the election Of : rebel
municipality.
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BY TELEGRAPH.


A ground connection came on our wire be-
tween Fort Madison and Burlington about 8
p NJ, completely cutting US of until q re-
pairer can reach it in the morning.
Yours truly, o. 81. Z.
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JoHH Bell. some years ago noted - .
Union nan Of the BuL EvEnrrT persuAsion,
took ths oath of allegiance to he Govesn-
mont of the United Stasss; known - ths Am.
nsky oaAh, ~ or daa y NsahyillA
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HoS. JOHN A. KAssoS has started on trip
to Salt Lake, and is to be accompanied from
Fort Leavenworth by Gen. DoDCE.
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GENERAL SHERIDAN FAvoRs NsGRo Sur
rRAGE.--I Am very correctly informed that
Sheridan, although at the comn1enosment OF
the war an enemy Of Abolition and the Abo-
litionistz, and most likely negro hater by
instinct, dlstinCkly announces himself in favor
Of negro suffrage. ! have it, too, from a
source equally deserving Of credence, that
the late equivocal utterances Of the Ncayunc
have drawn from him mild e warning, =
which it is quite evident the Reaywne ha1
pro6ted by, Judging BY it, recent moderation
and change Of tone. It Is again laboring un-
der s circumstances over which it hes no
control, = rs It remarked the other day in
apology for its forced utterance Of Union
sentiments. -Nep Ovseass Correspondence
Mobile Nccs.
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NEH YoRK. Ana. 4

The Tribune Of this morning says We have
the testimony Of gentlemen present at the
meeting in behalf Of JEFF Davis. in this city,
that most of the language used on that occa.
sion was reasonable in its drift
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NeD z1Dertisenseats.

EOR 6ALE-An elegant Counter and
Shelving, q the City oook eteee = enshalf lsos
shan tbs esignal eost. 1nqulrs u ths stsrs q q
aAge !. d OQDIU
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The Trial sr Champ Fergusen.

The following testimony was given a the
trial Of Ferguson, last Friday,
Moses Huddleston sworn. Have known
Champ Ferguson for ten or twelve years, and
Was taken prisoner by him On New Years 5
night, 1868, about eleven o'clock. 1t was at
my brother klam Huddleston's house, in
Adair county, Ky. was lying on the Hoor
asleep when Champ came in and woke me up
He said: II will fight you now nv cousin,
my brother, and |, went up stairs to fight
them couldn't say who shot first. We had
fought them about an hour when nv brother
was shot. By that time the house was on
FIRE. Ferguson ordered rs to bring my brother
down stairs. We did 30, and ke shot him
again. he was not dead when he shot him
the second time. Ater killing him they
plundered the house of all they wanted. They
even pulled my dead brothers boots ofi.
Ferguson went up to the bed where my
brother-i in law lay Mr.. Bnxton) and said !:
Damn him, won poster him he will die
soon anyhow Ny brother-in- Law was very
low, and We expected him to die that night
was member Of the 10th Kentupky cavalry.
! and my cousin, with some Of tie men who
were in the house, carried my brother in
He was dead then. The party how started
for Creelsboro, and took me and my cousin
along with them Is prisoners They went on
ds ioi os S3I. VneotS stOfe, 4DOut tnfee-
quarters Of mile, and stopped, Here they
stole some goods and horses, aftef which they
started to Captain Dowdy's. Ferguson was
in command, and with his party fred as he
neared the house. He then made me and
my cousin 60 and see whom he had killed
Saw two men dead. Ferguson was wipins
his knife across the heart of Peter Zackery,
and said if it had not been for his knife the
rascal would have killed him. Allen Zackery
was lying dead also on the ground. The
knife that Ferguson was wiping Oh the heart
Of Peter Zackery WAS about twelve inches
long. When he rose up from wiping his knife
he dropped something took to Be an old
pocket book. They went from there to
Creelsboro and took us with them. A guard
was left with US, and Ferguson and . portion
of his men went into the town. / saw them
take horse from little boy who begged
hard for his release, but to no avail. They
started from there to Hurksville, Kentucky.
When We reached Elliott, Ferguson ordered
halt for breakfast. He told Elliott that he
had killed three d-d Lincolnites, and that he
intended to kill them whenever he saw them.
At Burksville We fell in with Morgan's COM
mand, and was paroled.
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llnnted that there arenow one hum
- psrsous fen ~ United Gtate0
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HANDKERCHIEF PERFUMES - Lu-
= = bins sesuiBe Jockey Cub Psschoaly, - Be-
quet. BaEins Upper Ten. Phaions Night Blooming Co
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Stick POMADES-Freuch and Amer.
~ can, white black and brown all ssss sale By
sass NILkIHBON BA9TLRTf co.
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.ss<s u sez ssat ssssss ss&a : ~ sA4sl
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limited STATES MARSHAL'S SALE.
~ By virtue q, . speciai execution to ne directed
issued from the Clerks once Of the District Court Of the
United etates r the District Of Iowa. 6outhsen Dvon
sale 1t puoc auction at the auction room of Howe
fylsr. Main, between Hecond and Third Streets in
the city Of Keokuk, Lee county, Iowa, Monday the
I4th day Of August, A. D. Lea af O'Clock i Of sad
day nix bb Of highwsss 70 tbs highest and best bid
der f cash to sasy decree rendered in said Cours
information of libel pending ia sAd Court wherein
the Uaftsd States Of America bellant and sx bar
rsls Of highvinssp il the hbeiles.
PETKR MRLENDT.
O.. 8. Marshal for the State Of Iowa
By II. FULTON, Deputy U.e.M.
Keokuk. Lee Go Iowa Aur g. rs