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The Confederate Debt R.corn,red

The Fessenden-Stevens faction. in
order to sustain themselves in deny
ing the Southern States their rights
In the Union, are driven to the ne
ot asserting that .hlsst: tie Coafeae
racy was a political organization out
side the Union; that whether right
fully or wrongfully, the Southern
States were out of the Union. But
this position entails upon them an
unexpected Inconvenience. The Ma
tional Republican shows how it ex-
poses the United States, beyond con-
troversy, to the Just demands of the
creditors of the late Confederacy. It
comedies, indeed, the very ground on
which the English bondholders, in
their late meeting, rested their
claims.
Says the Republican,:
The English holders of the Con-
federate bonds claimed, at their re-
cent meeting ut the London Tavern,
on the authority of Vattel and Whea-
ton, that if the American Union had
been dissolved, as had been declared
in the American Congress by Mr..
Thaddeus Stevens, it followed rs a
resulting legal consequence that the
Confederates had the power to set up
for themselves, as they did, de facto
government Mt Richmond, and they
further added, that all the world knew
that tie .facfo governments had the
power to contract debts, and that the
conquerlng power was, by the law of
nations, obligated to pay them.
I'VE suppose no principle of Jaw
to be better settled than that any
government entitled to be respected
as that of an Independent State in
Christendom, may lawfully contract
debts; and that for debts contracted
in the name of the State, by it's au-
thorlzed agents for its public use, the
succeeding government is liable. The
doctrine is that tho government
which succeeds to the fiscal rights of
another, is bound to fulfill its fiscal
obligations. = IIIcuons International
Lar, p II.
Into such dilemmas do men intro
duce themselves when, instead of ar
gulng for truth and justice, they Law
down principles to suit particular
case. In their anxiety to outlaw
the Southarn people, the Reconstruc-
ton Com,alttee have argued the
Washington Government into an OBJ
legation to pay the Confederate TO-
reign debt, and perhaps laid the
foundation for 4 foreign war
Richmond Eny,H,.t,'.
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IMPORTANT ORDER. The annexed
Or1or. ov,,1o;nc 1{colf.

IMPORTANT ORDER. annexed
order explains itself:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON CITY, June 6. 1866.
Naj. Gen. 7. j. 1T>od, Comnuntle,..
dc, Iich'Sbmy:
The attention of this Department
has been called to the case of Potter
wood against Treasury Agent Harri-
son johnson, pending in the Circuit
Court of Lowndes County, Mississip-
Pi,- and to your telegram to Mr..
Johnson, dated at Vicksbure, 23d of
April, directing him to plead Gen.
Grants Order No. . in bar of said
suit. AS the Act Of Congress now af-
fords jurisdiction Of such cases to the
Federal Courts, with ample means
for judicial protection, it is not deem
ed necessary for military authority to
intervene in behalf Of Mr.. johnson,
or in any way interfere with the ac-
tlon Of the judicial tribunals having
cognizance OF his case. You will,
therefore, abstain from interference
i'll the case. Signed
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary Of War.
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The colored people of Helena held
q meeting and voted to ask General
Sprague, Commander Freedmen =
bureau for Arkansas, to tax them TO
support colored schools.
Judge Cartiozo, in the Court OF
Common Pleas, New York. has de-.
creed that the excise law was uncon-
stltut1onai. The question will be
carried to the Court of Appeals.
twenty wagon loads-men. wo-
men and children-of those romantic
Migrants called "Gypsies,' passed
through Harrisburg, Pa, last week.
Queen Victoria has $50, OO0. 900 hea-
then and about $4,000, 900 Mahom-
medan subjects.
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By Te1egraph.
News Items.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.-A de-
sirss:cs. sirss:cs. from Portland, Oregon, gives
the official returns from all but three
counties-electing the Union candi-
date for Governor by 2O5. The Union
lists also elect a majority OF the Lee
gis1ature.
BUFFALO, June 29.-A despatch
from Canandaigua says that indict-
ments have been found against the
Fenians who were taken there for
trial.
LATER. were twenty Fe-
mans indicted at Canandaigua, but
they will be released on bail The
Fenians in the hands Of the Cana
dams will be tried, it is now con-
fidently asserted, by high official of
the Government, before the civil
courts. The trial will not come off
until the popular excitement is al
layed. q
New YORK, June 29.-Rio Jan eiro
correspondence reports battle, in
which General Lopez ambushed the
allies under General Flores and de-
feated them. Flores lost four guns
and 1000 killed, wounded and pri-
soners. He was only saved from an
initiation by large reinforcements,
when Lopez carried OFF his troops
The Paraguayans still rcsolutely hold
Hametia
New ORLEANS, June 29.-Texas
election returns favor Throckmorton
for Governor, and the Union Con-
servative ticket elected by an immense
majority.
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Market ReDOrtS.

NEW YORK, June 29-Noon. Got
ton weak, with sales of 1000 bales;
middlings 37@39. Gold So. Ex
change 101ls. Wool firmer, at 24(d34.
?. M.-Flour has advanced 50
10 cents; sales of / 300 barrels; State.
$6. 3O(9$1o; Ohio, $s.6Oas1O TO-;
Southern, s17. Wheat firm; sales
nnimportant. Corn has declined l(d.
&c; sales of 100000 bushels, ut SO >
(gSo. Beef unchanged. Pork heavy;
sales Of LOO barrels, at $S31 .90(0
S32.3l. Lard dull, ut 22t1. Whis-
key dali. Cotton dull; sales of 1000
bales, at 37(139. Sugar dull. Coffee
dull; sales of 400 bags Of Rio, at
l9(G22. Turpentine dull, Mt SOC4S3:
crude, vs.. 25. Rosin steady, Mt $50
$3.50. Tar, 80 5O(d3.25 Frciphts
firm. Gold 54's.
NEW ORLEANS, June 20. Cotton
very dull; sales of 1000 bales; low
middling, 32(a35. Gold So. Bank
sterling, &c. New York exchange. /,
premium.
MOBILE, June 90 Sales Of cotton.
to-day, 200 bales Middling, nomi.
nally 3sc. Receipts of the week
1895 bales, against 1,470 last week.
Exports, coastwise, LIS. Stock
35, ,O95. Gold 50@53.
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A fact OF great significance, as show
ing that France expects to take part
in the coming war, is that Able
Dame, the Empcror's first chaplain,
has been made chaplain-in-c chief Of
the army. This priest served as
chaplain i'll the Italian war of 1859.
and was at the battles Of Magenta
and Solferino.
On Wednesday, the Rev. j. w.
Roberts, brother OF the Fenian Presi :
dent Roberts, wos ordained, in New
York, to the Office Of Missionary Bi
shop Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in Africa The ordination is
represented as having been very
interesting.
Gen. Grant was III Louisville. on
the 17th AS soon as it was known
that he was III the city, ~ committee
OF loyal men were appointed to wait
upon HIM to partake Of dinner
But Gen. Grant told the committee
that he 'rdSnt AwsU.y, and went on
to Cincinnati.
Forney says Il am vain enough
to believe that ! am qualified to dis
charge the duties of Senator from
onnsylvania.' Vain enough? We
believe you! You are vain enough
for anything.
\ book with the curious title of
The History of Sign boards" is
soon to be published in London. 1t
contains 600 pages of curious anec
dotes. with 100 pictures of old signs.
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IHE CRISIS IN EUROPE. be
tween Austria and Prussia has vir-
tually begun, although formal de-
claration of war has not vet been
made. The Prussians having entered
the Duchy of Holstein, invited the
Austrian commanding general tn re-
establish II joint Government. for
both Duchies. When this was de
cllned by Austria, the Prussians ra-
pldiy advanced, i'll order to occupy
the whole Ducl.y. The Austrian
General, being instructed not to fire
the first shot under any circumstances,
Withdrew the whole of his command
into Hanover. On the 18th of June.
the Prussians were in peaceful DOS
session OF the whole Duchy. On the
18th, they had forcibly dispersed the
Holsteln Estates, which, in accord
ance with the invitation of the Aus
trlan General, had assembled at Itze-
hoe. Prussia ut once established q
common Government for Schleswia
and Holstein, at the head of which Is
leading member Of the nobility of
the Duchies, and promised to con
woke, without delay, their common
estates
Austria still shrinks from declaring
war, and has made n new effort to
prevail upon the Federal Diet to as
sumo the responsibility for so mo-
mentous an act. She made d formal
motion for the mobilization of the
whole Federal army, with a view to
coercing Prussia into compliance
with the DEGREES Of the Diet. In re-
ply to this motion, Prussia, in a note
to the Go. ernments of tho German
States, declared that she would re-
quest the adoption Of the motion OF
Austria rs the dissolution of the Ger
man Confederation The Austrian
motion was to be decided upon by
the Diet on Thursday, the l4th OF
June.
Prussia, in the meantime, has pub
lishcd the plan of Federal reform,
which proposes the exclusion from
Germany Of the Austrian Provinces.
Austria, in her turn, in order to con
clllatc the Legislatures Of the minor
States, which unanimously demand
the establishment of Central Exc
cutivo and the convocation of a Ger
man Parliament, has abandoned her
former plan of Federal reform, and
substantially adopted the demands of
the minor States. Her present plan
embraces the convocation of a Par
Lament, to be chosen by n direct
vote of the German people, and the
establishment of Directory, consist
ing OF three members.
Ne1r York T.ibu7e.
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Auction @a1es

Sale OF Snya,', Molasses, Vines, Jeuy and
;Mnym"aIa1e S,n,','s IT,, rrese',red Eruas, Harana
Smoking Tobacco, Just oy7.ired per Ri.
f'Sh schooner Aid, dtrect from Matanzos.
By R. Salas, Auctioneer.
On TUESDAY next, July 3, at IL O'clock
a. =; NJ, at Messrs. DECOrTE'S & SALAS
store, us East Bay, Charleston, s. C.,
n, "nIs' hhIs fHihf' MCscoVADO SUGAR
~ - mas. prime Muscovsdo Molasses.
- hhds. choice Porto Rico Molasses.
20 quarter casks Catalonia Clar.t Vim.
l. cases genuine Sherry Wine.
cases Jelly and Marmaladc.
10 cases Preserved Fruits, assorted.
10000 Havana Scgars, os choice Qualities
and brands.
900 lbs. Spanish Smoking Tobacco, in
packages of and lb. each.
Conditions under 81 900, cash:
over that amount. 30 days for approved en-,
oCisco Ho'eS. June 80 J
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NORTH CARoLINA.-The North
Carolina State Convention adjourned
on Monday last. The Wilmington
Journal says: While we readily con-
cede to the Convention much ability,
and freely give It credit fer smc!:
legislation as we believe to be salu-
tary, still we are confident that no
body of men ever assembled within
the limits of the State in whom our
people had less confidence, took so
little interest, and hail with such
satisfaction their final adjournment.
Not satisfied of the legality of their
Legislation, unless made SO by the
subsequent approval of the people.
q vast majority felt that, elected at
q time when the ballot-bo was not
free, the sentiment of the State was
not represented by the Convention
We are heartily glad that this BODY
Is now numbered with the things that
are gone, and believe that many
years must elapse, and great changes
take place in the political sentiments
OF the people, before just such another
one assemblies. But for a wholesome
fear OF the people, the action of the
Convention would have been as
radical as that of Congress. What it
did well, we give it credit; what it
omitted to do, we are thankful for; it's
record is made, and to history, from
which there is no appeal, must it look
for judgment.
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After July lst, National Banks will
not bcailowed topay State bank notes
over the counters, but it is likely
they Will take them from customers,
but at small discount, say one
per cent. or half per cent, which
will pay the expense of sending them
to their respective banks for re-
demption. There is no law prevent
ing their passage among Individuals,
and for all uses excepting at bank
they will be as good as ever. There
is Il bill before Congress extending
the time of their circulation six
months longer, and it is probable that
it will pass.
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There are bloody times in Little
Rock, Arkansas. On Monday night,
the l1th inst, the residence of DR..
Webb, at Little Rock, was entered by
somo one knowing that his safe con
tanned over $4,000. The doctor was,
at the time, sleeping in his bed with
his son, boy of twelve years. Both
were brutally murdered with an axe.
The assassin then procured the key
of the safe, but could only open one
door. A negro man servant has been
arrested. Upon his boot heel, was
found thumb and finger prints in
blood. The fact that the doctors dog,
q furious animal, was found tied. the
next morning, is strong convicting
circumstance against the negro, rs he
was tho only living porson. besides
Doctor Webb. who dare attempt to
tie the dog. DR.. Webb has lived in
Little Rock for nine years, and was
universally respected
Cli,,oLus E,,,
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COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

OF. 1iotls, June 25.-Cotton is nominal
a. tandabs s1S%o. Flour dull, with a declipinx
81 1nHe''eEc on ~. Wheat nnsettled--No 1 club,
at 23l. forh lower.
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g, ,L"TIsTlLLE. June 25-7 ?. M.-sa.a. of
~ hhds. Of leaf tobacco-marke mn. ~
eGi1ansed Gorn %ixuS SS"perne rim, -four, ss25@s1.25.
oofn oo[n' mixsa aIn IN bnlk, Gs; prime white "a.
lard, %. oe
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SHIP NEWS.

PORT OF CHARLESTON. JUNE 90
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
9'eanshp Lulie Child, Baltimore.
6, IN THE oFFIN0.
snip Southern Rights, from liverpool
o.. WENT TO SEA YESTERDAY.
Steamship Moncka, New York.
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Secretary Of War.

WHAT Taxes WE Pay. A Northern
paper gives some interesting statis-
tics, which are of special interest just
now, when it is proposed to pledge
the faith of the Government to the
payment of the debts of friendly
republics"
The public revenue from taxes, di
rect and Indirect, during each of the
fiscal years 1866 and 1867 is
officially estimated at S525, 900, 900,
say S16.5 SO per head of the total pop,l-
lation of the United States-being
thirty-four per cent. more than is
paid by the population of Great
Britain and Ireland, and about 100
per cent. moro than is paid by the
people of France. 1t is clear that
when Jefferson Brick, in his next
Fourth of July oration. refers to the
'worn-out despotisms' of the Old
World, it will be but prudent to omit
the usual sarcastic allusion to tax
ridden people"
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Five cases OF cholera are reported
at Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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l3f hhds- OF leaf tobacco-market ~,
cGhamSed: Gnam Superfine flour, ss.256s11.25.
Oats, 45M4s Mess pork, sa3, R,cn,, ~,
lard, p. ae
CHARLEsToS, June 90 The transactions
IN cotton: for the week, which have been
ed to about 700 bales, with receipts OF
1;ll3 bales, and exports Of 493 bales. On
Friday, June 90, there was a decline ;n
prices Of 13c. per pound. operators takinn
top top n'1,,n nalss, and paying ss@s4c. per pound
ding. On Saturday and Mondav there here
were only some so bales sold, at unchanged
prices, On Tuesday, the sales amounted
70 l-o bales, at SIC. per pound for mid
dllnS, and Soc. for strict lniddling. On
aMeednesday, the market was active, and
10Y bales changed ha4ds at prices gene
rally as before, except some SO baies of
hne cotton, which brought price above
our quotations. Yesterday, the market
was ut stand, and We heard Of ONLY one
sale, OF lot Of 43 bales Of strict middlinp
.no price being kept private. We quote
mlddling. 33: strict to good middline. S59
Stock on hand Sept; /, 1865 sS2 So S1o
June 20, 1866 : 900 o. s,o
Receipts from June 81 to June
~, 1866. no
Total receipts 1851 100 o.,
Exports. s. Pd. TD,y
Exports from Sept.
l, 1865, to June
81, 1866. $3.50 % 56i
From June % to
June %, 1856 4sa
Total exports 5,i95 95,052
Rn 1nl;n hand da, and cupboard; 1es 5,1eo
s2.5OGls3; No. ,, Sail $50 pounds to the
barrel Crude turpcntine, 4 5U6s5. for
virgin, and 50 for yellow dip. A small lot
OF tar brought So So Rice, 12ac per pound,
for common, and 13ac., for good clean
Carolina; Hay, $l.20 per hundred for North
river Corn, $1.41Ms1.5l per bushel for
white Maryland; mixed Western, s1.35 per
bushel Oats. SOC. per bushel. Flour,
ss.ooQySs.75 for low super, and So. 1905
Ior I good super. Bacon, prime shoulders,
l1c pei, pound; prime ribbed sides, 2Oc.;
gear Sa1a !, ri6bed, 2osc, and clear sides, PIC.
Salt, 81. !59S2 per sack. Gold-the brokers
purchasing at SO and selling at 55c.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-24

THE CITY PASSENGER RAILwAY.-The
schooner Serene arrived at this port on
Saturday from Georgetown, S. c., with a
cargo of timber for the City Railway Com
pany, and the work Of breaking ground
will probably be commenced this morning
near the intersection of 2sth and Main
streets. The timber is of the best heart
pine, and will make durable superstruc-
ture. The iron for the track is to be fur
nished by the Tredegar Works. 1t will be
remembered that the charter granted by
the City Council requires that the work
shall be finished by the 18th of December
There is no doubt that this requirement
viii not only be complied with, but the ac.
tivity with which it is now beiug pushed
forward gives promise that the work will
he completed long before that time. 1t is
expected that the cars will be here by the
10th of October, and then "we'll all take
a ride" The Serene left the schooner f.
NJ. Dyerin the port of Georgetown loading
with timber for the same company.
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F1RE.-Last night at o'clock the gro
ccry and restaurant of o. Neuman, on
Franklin street, below Wall, was dis
covered to be on fire from dense volumes
of smoke issuing from the windows. The
door having been broken open, claret
box on the lower floor was found burning,
and it was also apparent that there was fire
in the rooms above. The windows in the
second story were then smashed, and
several men attempted to enter, but
were driven back by the smoke. AT
length the fremcn succeeded in get
ting the doors of the chambers opened,
and going in found two mattresses
in flames. These were dragged into the
street, and the fire, which had COMMUNE
Gated to the walls of the house, was soon
extingushcd. This fire was undoubtedly
the work of all incendiary. The family
were all absent, Mr.. Neuman having gone
to Germany, and the others to the country.
Those who first entered state that candle
was burning i'll the house, and near it lay q
quantity Of fireworks. 1t is possible that
the house may have been broken open and
robbed, and then set on fire. The building
belongs to Vincent Lucas, and is insured.
The furniture and goods were considerably
damaged by fire and water.
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BELLIcosE.-Saturday was quite bel
ligcrent day in Richmond, as the police
records will show. This may be accounted
for perhaps by the sudden change in the
weather, the atmosphere, which had been
of the most enervating character, having
become cool and bracing, and decidedly
invigorating to the "sinews of war;" The
following arrests were made: Willie Lang
ford, for unlawfully assaulting and beating
Robert Scarborough; Jacob Siegle, for un-
lawfully assaulting c. ]. Miller; Charles
Henry and Catherine Nash, negroes, for
fighting and creating disturbance in the
streets; and Tiberius Timberlake for as
saulting, drawing pistol, and threatening
to shoot Scipio Simms. The last-named
case was dismissed at the station-h house.
On yesterday Peyton Quarles and James
Edwards, small negro boys, were arrested
and locked up for fighting and pelting each
other with shells and mud in the street.
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ExEcUTlvE.-John S. Rady was APP
pointed on Saturday notary public for
the city of Richmond and county of Hen
rico.
In the case Of John W. Holloway, con-
victcd of unlawful shooting, and sentenced
to Imprisonment for six months and to pay
fine of $3.50 by the Circuit Court OF
Caroline county, the Governor has remit
ted the sentence as to the imprisonment.
In the case of John Carter, negro, con-
victed of obstructing and resisting CON
stable in the discharge of his official du-
ties, and sentenced by the lustings Court
of Richmond to imprisonment in the city
Jail for six months and to pay fine OF
twenty dollars and costs of prosecution,
the sentence was RENTED by the Governor
as to imprisonment.
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JUICE LYONS CovEr.-Ncry little busi-
ness was transacted in I'll. cu..!. Oh Satur-
day. :,
In the case Ct Cornelius II )o.-a, small
negro boy, charged with stealing ilIy-one
dollars from Richard Eeins, 4 ..o!e l,oSeQm
was entered, and the boy iurIcq over to his
father for punishment.
An application was made for new trial
in the case of Adolphus Scott, negro, who
was convicted of fcloniously breaking the
arm of Sergeant Callahan, of the police,
whilst arrcsting him for theft at the fire on
Fourteenth street, and was sentenced to
four years Imprisonment in the penten-
tiary. The application was refused.
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Cow SToLEN.-On Thursday night last a
COW was stolen from the premises Of Mr..
W. p. w. Taylor, in this city, and on Sa-
turday she was found in the possession of
a negro named Tom Roane, who was ar
rested and locked up in the lower station.
house. The matter will probably be in.
yestigated by the Mayor this morning, and
unless Tom is able to give satisfactory &C.
count of the manner in which he got the
COW he will have to take the consequences
provided IN the statutes. 1t is said that the
COW is worth about twenty-six dollars.
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STOLEN Horse REcovERED.-Thc stable
on the premises of the late Mrs. Picot,
some two miles below Richmond, was bro
Ken open last Thursday night and horse
stolen thereirom. The thief was traced to
Richmond, and on Saturday morning at an
early hour the horse was found IN the pos
session Of negro named John Beechum,
on board canalboat in the Basin. The
negro was arrested and lodged in Jail, but as
the theft was perpetrated in Henrico, he
will probably be turned over to the autho-
rites of that county.
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INFANTlCIDE.-On Saturday afternoon
about O'clock as Policeman Angle was
making his rounds in the western suburbs
of the city lie discovered the body of a
newly born mulatto male infant in the cul-
vert on Fourth between Jackson and Du-
val streets. 1t was entirely naked, and
had four strings tied tight around its neck.
The Coroner, DR.. Little, was notified of the
fact, and after viewing the body he was
satisfied that it was q case of infanticide.
He retained it until yesterday morning, in
the hope Of obtaining some clue to the ALL
thor OF the crime, but failing in this he
gave orders for its burial. The parents
whs could be guilty Of taking the life OF
their own offspring would suffer the hor-
rors of rcmorsc if such unnatural monsters
had any conscience. AS they are very sell
dom detected, they rarely get the punish
ment which they SO richly deserve.