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Washington Items.

WASHINGTON, July I8.-The United
States steamer Augusta and monitor Man
tonomah arrived at Barbados June "A, in
thirteen days from Cape Verdes, and would
sail about July LIST for Nassau. The
health Of the crews was excellent.
Brevet Mai. Gen. Eli Long, Capt. 4th
Cavalry, has been ordered before the Re
firing Board.
Gen. Grant has ordered the arrest Of
Breyet Maj. Gen. S. w. Crawford for DISC
bedience of orders in having failed 10 re-
port to his regiment at Louisville, as re-
quired BY special orders from the head
quarters Of the army.
John Matthews, the actor, publishes a
card this morning in selfjustifcahon. He
says the letter handed to him by Booth
was written on a sheet of commercial note
paper, covering three pages; the first and
second pages we're written in the spirit and
style Of the Philadelphia letter, and il vas
only at the concluding paragraph that any
thing was said bearing on what had trans
pired, which was TO the effect and in these
words: For long time / have devoted
NV energies and money to the accomplish
ment Of a certain end. i have been disap-
pointed The moment has nov arrived
when l must change my plans. Many will
blame me for what / am about TO do. but
posterity, am sure, viii Justify men who
love their country better tkan gold or life.n
Signed, John W. Booth, Payne and At
zerott
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Tae surra.t Trial

Rev. L. Reckaford was sworn 10 prove
that Weichnan had admitted to having
sent information TO the Coniederates. Tes-
timony ruled ont.
Rev. J. A. Walter sworn, and asked il
Mrs. Surrratt avoWed her innocence at her
execution. Objection made, and the testi-
mony ruled out.
Z Jne. q. Reeves, a tailor, residing at
Montreal, testified. Knew the prisoner
Made Garibaldi in 1865. The Garibaldi
is a plated garment-plattea back and
front-has plain wristbands, and buttons
close up to the throat. After the purchase
Of the coat l saw Surratt at my store.
saw him before April 20, 1865; it was be-
tween the 18th and 18th. He left his
measure on the Sth or 9Th of April. He
afterwards came 10 see me, and said the
coat was too tight and wanted me 10 alter
il. saw Surratt at Father Lapierre's
There was where l got acquainted with
him. | then invited him to nv house,
and he staid with me two days. When ne
left my house went with him about thir-
teen miles to LOngpoint. Mr.. Milteria
went with u.s.
b. Fugle, residing in Montreal, and
an oANOS0tO3 tSSsLhCu " hhOhAib HAC4sAAA-
lon well, and would not, if juror, believe
him on oath.
Lonis W. Secotts, an advocate residing
at Montreal, testified to knowing St. Morig;
would not believe him on oath.
Dugan Labelle testified to same effect.
Jas. Dutilley testified that MeMillon's
reputation for veraeity was bad.
The defense announced that they had
five witnesses en- route for Washington, who
were material to their case.
The court took recess till tomorrow.
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mn INfPnRTANCE OF ONE VOTE.

But two weeks intervenes before the
election Let them be employed at work
Every Conservative, whether enfran-
chised or DISTINGUISHED, should charge
himself with the task Of seeing that, at
least, one vote is polled against Brown
low and Radicalism. 1t is not necessary
to make the figures TO show that this
would defeat every Radical candidate in
the State The men who rule now are
in a minority-a large minority, and they
know it. Ii is for this reason that they
conferred the ballot on the colored people,
hoping to delude them into their support
by driving them into midnight leagues,
and appealing to their impulses and prac-
Using upon their ignorance and credulity.
1t is because they were aware Of this
that they organized a corps of marauders
and moss. troopers TO alarm the timid and
deter quiet and orderly citizens from APP
pearing at the polls 1t is for this that
they gave their chief the power to annul
county registrations at his pleasure. 1t
is for this that the ingenuously obstrue-
tive election machinery, which, to
our children, fifty years hence,
will be one Of the maryels
Of these mad times, was erected They
know and feel that an expression of the
sentiments of the majority of this people
through. the ballot-box would ban them
forever To defeat them then, we urge as
the solemn duty of every man who con-
deu.ns their course. Let no consideration
de5ar a registered Conservative from the
polls. and let every one that is excluded
devote the time remaining until election
day, to securing a vote in his stead and as
MANY more as he can control This is
easily done. The way is as easy as the
will, AMI we cannot doubt the latter. Ii
in the mass of registered voters, every
intelligent disfranchised citizen cannot
obtain a Conservative substitute, we shall
begin to think that the Radical poison
strikes deeper than we have heretofore
supposed.
Remember then that one vote for each
excluded citizen in addition to the regis
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wATCUT THE POLLS.

State citizenship is a necessary quail
fcation to the voting privilege. This I'M
portant fact is in danger Of being lost
sight of Any "loyar man, white or
black, who may obtain a certificate oil
registration, is not thereby legal voter.
He must have six months residence IN
the county in which he may offer has vote.
The new, unconstitutional and proscrip~
tive tests whish Radiealism has erected,
have so absorbed public attention that
the purely legal qualifications are being
overlooked The latter are simple, and
consist in these two facts Is he twenty
one years Of age Is he bona tide eit-
izen Of the State Commissioners of
Registration and Radicals generally, are
proceeding upon the idea that the proof
Of loyalty" is sufficient to establish
mans claim to a vote, and judges Of cleo
ton are apt to be led into receiving every
voter who presents himself with GER
tifcate. With that class, loyalty" as
these degenerate times 60, is virtue to
which holiness and cleanliness, not to
say honesty, aud genuine citizenship
with an interest in the welfare of the
country, bears no comparison. lnger-
soil, leading Radical in Congress,
said the other day in discussing the
case of the Kentucky members elect,
that if he was satisfied that Radical
had received only one vote, and his Con-
servatives Opponent had received fifteen
thousand, he would vote to admit the
Radical Loyalty of the Radical pattern
is to be the grand test and it behoOves
the Conservatives to attempt to keep the
ballot-box pure by applying the counter
test of the constitution.
What we mean is this: certificates
have been issued to white men who are
not citizens-who are mere Radical So
iourners and waits Blacks have been
furnished with them almost indiscrimi,
nately Indeed, it is reported that mum
bers Of the latter are being introduced
into the State for the sole purpose of
voting. We advise that the ConserVa-
tive committee in each county appoint
corps Of challengers to attend each poll
ing place, and bring every strange face
to the test Of the oath as to residence.
If some means is not adopted to check
this fraud, it will be largely practiced to
the injury of our candidates. This is
not conjecture merely. The cities are
filling up with imported voters, and, we
are informed, that upon the issuance of
certificates no proper inquiry is made as
to the residence or citizenship of the APP
plicants The polls is the place to put
stop upon this species of cheatery. We
trust our friends viii, in spite of threats
or domineering election officers, brayely
challenge every suspected vote. They
may be overruled, but they will, if this
duty is generally attended to, arrest a
portion of the mischief, and the high
handed disregard of law thus made man
iiest will be count in the grand indict-
ment of the hereafter.
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HOW OPPOSITION TO RECONsTRUC.
TION Is TO RE HILENCED.

The President sent to the Senate on
the 18th inst, in response to a resolution
of that body, reports from the Secretary
Of War and Attorney General, accom-
panied by a mass of orders and CORES
pondence bearing upon the subject of
reconstruction. These documents throw
a great deal of light upon the spirit that
animates the Radical party toward the
Southern people We copy from the
National Intelligsncer as follows;
"The correspondence from the Third dis
trict shows that on the 9TH of April Gene
raj Pope wrote to General Grant, asking
his views of the status of officers of the
Rebel army paroled at the termination of
the war. He wanted to know whether pan
roles still held good, or whether they were
set aside by any proclamation by the Presi-
dent. He asked the question, because he
desired to know what action he ought to
take against Rebel officers thus paroled,
who NAV actively and openly counsel the
people of his district to resist the execution
of the reconstruction acts. General Pope
gave as his opinion the provisions Of their
parole, which required them to return to
their homes and obey the laws, and also
that they refrain from melting others to
reject or resist the laws of the United States.
And General Pope asked whether an
attempt on their part to keep up difficulty
and prevent the settlement of the Southern
question, in accordance with the recent
action of Congress, was not a violation of
their parole. To this letter, on the 18th of
April, General Grant replies "Your views
on the obligation of parole are in strict
accordance with my own
The plain English of this, is that
Officers of the Rebel army" in accept
ing a parole bartered their right of
opinion and sold themselves into abject
servility and obedience to Congress,
whether right or wrong. The constitu-
ton prohibits Congress from passing a
law "abridging the freedom of speech,
but the General Of the United States
army holds himself above that instru-
ment,- and declares that freedom of
speech, at least on the part of officers
of the Rebel army" does not exist in the
Southern States We suppose this decla-
ration of Gen. Grant may be accepted as
a warning to "Oficers of the Rebel
army" that if they oppose the so-called
reconstruction acts of Congress they will
be arrested and tried by drum-head court
martial for violation of their parole.
The thing may be done with perfect i'm
punity, for under the laws passed by
Congress over the Presidents veto, Gen.
Grant and the military satraps governing
the five military districts of the South
are responsible to no higher power, and
NAV do as they please.
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THE RIGHT OF FOREIGNERS TO
VOTE

The franchise law, passed on the 18th
Of February, 1867, omitted all reference
to or provision for those foreigners who
had merely declared their intention to
become citizens. Under previous laws
they were not entitled to vote. The Lee
gislature passed an act on the 9Th of
March, specially providing for this class,
in the following words
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That
in all State, district, county, and all other
civil elections, such aliens as have resided
more than one year in the United States,
and more than six months in the State of
Tennessee, shall have the right of the cleo
tive franchise. Provided, that such per-
sons shall have previously declared their
intention to become citizens Of the United
States, and that they shall not have parts
cipated in the late rebellion.
SEC. 2. Be il further enacted, that this
act shall take effect from and after its pas
sage.
There is no certificate Of registration
required for voters Of this class. The
franchise act Of February 25 refers ex-
pressly to citizens Of the United States
This act is entitled "an act to extend
the elective franchise to certain aliens ."
This was the last act, and prescribes only
that the such aliens shall have resided in
the United States for more than one year
and more than six months in the State of
Tennessee-that they shall have declared
their intention to become citizens, and
not have participated in the rebellion
Upon proper proof Of these facts, the
person is entitled to vote, and the judges
will be bound to admit the vote
Not even the age or sex Of the alien is
prescribed, and we imagine that women
and minors of this description are fully
entitled to vote under this law. Being a
part of the constitution, as is held by
those in power, it cannot be modified by
the Legislature. We hope the parties
who are provided for will assert their
rights under the law
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GREAT efforts are being made to radi-
calise the unrccoustructed States of the
South At a recent meeting of the Re-
publican Executive Congressional Com
mittee a report was submitted showing
that seventeen thousand dollars have
been raised, two-thirds Of which was
obtained in Congressional circles About
two hundred thousand documents have
been distributed Fifty speakers and
organizers have been employed by the
committee. Part Of the expenses Of one
hundred and fifty more have been de-
frayed In Virginia, North and South
Carolina. Alabama and Louisiana, the
Union men have been able 70 conduct
their own campaign with very little as
sistsnce. The men who furnish the
money 10 do this work are not actuated
by patriotic motives they expect 30
be rewarded in some way.
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WHAT HAS BECOME OF 1T?

The tax levied for common school pur-
poses for the years 1865 and 1866 was p
cents on the hundred dollars Of taxable
property, the proceeds of which in addi-
ton to what is allowed by law for said
purposes consisting of bonuses of banks
and other incorporated companies, one
fourth Of the annual State tax on priv
l9ges, fines and penalties, tax on bank capt
tai and tax on capital employed in the de-
velopment of mineral lands - should
amount to a very large sum, perhaps as
much as 100000 Can anybody tell what
has become Of this Sacred fund p Has
it been squandered by Radical extrava-
gance2 Brownlow and Fletcher have
been in power, the one OF the other act
ing as Governor, for more than two years,
and in their messages to the Legislature
have talked glibly, feelingly about the
sacredness Of the school fund and the
great want of common schools, yet not
the hrst school has been opened under
their administration nor can any person
learn anything in regard to the taxes and
other revenues set apart by law specifi-
cally for common school purposes What
has become of this accumulation Of two
years To what use has it been devoted
Why has it not been appropriated to the
purpose for which it was intended Has
this sacred fund been preserved intact,
and held subject to the order Of the
Superintendent of public instruction to
be elected next month The tax payers
of Tennessee are interested in knowing
what has become of this large fund Can
the Press and Times inform them
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RoBERTsoN CoUNTY-The people of
Robertson met in convention at Springs
field on Saturday last, to consider their
political rights and interests. Colonel
D. D Holman, W. R. Sadler, Esq, and
Judge John Woodward, candidates Cor
the Legislature, each withdrew from the
canvass The convention then proceeded
to nominate a candidate, and unanimous
ly selected Judge Woodward. He is one
of the most honest and upright men in
the country, and will make an able and
faithful representative. His record for
patriotic loyalty to the Union, is unim.
peachable, and if the people consult their
interest, they will vote for him en- mdsse.
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TIE ELECTION LAws-In another COL
umn we print the laws securing the puri
ty of the ballOt-box, and protecting the
voter in his rights 1t is a mistake to
suppose that certificate of registration
enables the holder to vote. He must be
twenty~one years of age, resident of
the county six months, and have all the
other qualifications prescribed by law.
If he have not all these, his certificate
will do him no good, as it is the duty of
the Judges to reject his vote either upon
their own knowledge, or the challenge Of
any citizen We trust the elections will
be held freely and peaceably-and that
all violations of the laws will be noted,
aud be properly punished
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SPECIAL POLICE FOR MEMPHIS ON
ELECTION DAY.
The Superintendent of the Memphis
Police has issued the following
SPECIAL ORDER.

Police has issued the following
SPECIAL ORDER.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT METRO
PoLITAN POLICE, Memphis, July Is, 1867.
The feverish anxiety that exists in this
community growing out of anticipated
election riots on the first of August, the
damaging effects upon the interests of the
city should these anticipations be realized,
and the censure that would Justly attach to
the Police Commissioners should they fail
to take the necessary precautions to prevent
an outbreak, furnish sufficient reasons for
extraordinary measures to prevent a repe-
tition of the disagreeable scenes Of May,
1866. To accomplish this object, the citi-
zens of Memphis are requested to furnish
three hundred special policemen to CO.
operate with the regular police force of
the city. Arms and equipments will be
furnished by the Police Commissioners. 1t
is desirable that those who are willing to
serve should leave their names and places
of residence at this Office, or lat either Of
the station houses, before the 18th instant,
in order that an organization may be
effected before the day Of election.
S. B. BEAUMONT,
Superintendent NJ. P.
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UNION BANK NOTES.

TN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACT OF THE
L Legislature Of Tennessee, passed December
18th, 1866, entitled an act a TO expedite the dis
tribution of the effects of Banks, which have OF
may make assignments among their creditors"
notice s hereby given TO the holders Of the otes
Of THE UNION BANK OF TENEEssEE to file them
with the undersigned, at the Bank in Nashville
between now and the lst day Of January, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty Q869) and receive
certificates therefor or they will be forever
barred from any participation in the assets Of
the Bank. The certificates will be received AT
PAR in payment for debts due the Bank, wheth-
er rendered before or after the lst Of Janu-
ary. 1859. JOS. w. ALLEN, Trustee.
Dec. %. 1s66--2i ON
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A. FRENTz.

r ATE OF LOUISVILLE, KY. No. 2 south
4 Market and Church streets, produce.
Commission and Forwarding Merchant, and
Agent for sundry Manufacturiag Esfaalish-
ments, Kentucky and Virginia Tobacco, Can
dies starch, Spices, Hams Fish Oysters. Crack
ers, Cheese, Batter, Beans, Potatoes, Vezetableg
Oranges. Lemons, Pneapple5. Peaches Appses,
NUT, etc.
WANTED-Three thousand bushels good
Peaches, not too ripe, and put up IN one bushel
slat boxes. tEneZ7 In
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THAD. STEVENS has introduced two
more bills in Congress on the subject of
reconstruction. Reconstruction is Thads
religion, but in devoting his idolatry to
it he has poor show for salvation
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In Chaneerr at Nashville.

State Of Tsunessee-Ofice Clerk and Master
Chancery Court az Nashville. May the 18th. 1867
Caroline II. Bass, ADMIR-, etc. Complainant, Va
Eli i. VI GODS et ais, defendants.
IT APPEARIN8f FROM AFFIDAVIT FILED
Ewing. is non resident ofthe State Of tennessee
il IL therefore ordered that he enter his appear
ance herein before or within the frst three DAYS
q the next term q aid Court. 70 be held on
plead, answer or defnur to complainart's bin OF
the sane vii be taken for confessed az 10 him
snd set for hearing ex paTte. and that a copy Of
in the Nash yille Union and Dispatch
A eopy-Attest: NJ. b. HOWELL,
Clerk and Master
Abram L. Demos, SOl'r for compl'ts ie2s vat
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In Chancerr at Nashville

State of Tennessee-0ffce Clerk and Master
Chaneery Court at Nashville, June the 28th, 1857
J. B. Lippincott 4 Co. ct ais. cOmplainants, vs.
Z. P. Cone ct ais, defendants.
VTAPPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT FILED
Il in this cause that the defendant, f. p. Cone,
is a nonresident of the State OF Tennessee: it
is therefore ordered that he enter his appear
ance herein before or within the frst three days
Of the next term Of said Court, to be held on the
first Monday in November next 1867. and plead.
answer or demur 10 cOmplainants' bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as to him and
set for hearing ex parte, and that a copy Of this
order be published for four consecutive weeks
in the Nashville Union aud Dispatch.
A copy-Attest: M. b. HOWELL,
Clerk aud Master.
ID. +. Wilkin. Soi'r for eOmp'ts. jyl4 vat
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SECURE TICKETs.-Our friends should
not fail to provide tickets and have them
early at the different voting places in the
several counties ON the day of election.
The candidates usually attend to this
matter, we believe; but it would be well
for county committees also to look after
the matter, and see to having them or
dered and properly distributed in ample
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In Chancerr at Nashrille.

State Of Tenaessee-Ofice Clerk and Master,
Chancery Court at Nashville. May the 18th 1867.
Blood, Gregory & Co. ct ais, complainants. vs..
S. W. Childress Admir-, etc, ct ais. defendants.
i in this cause that the defendant. L. II. Morse.
il nonresident Of the State Of Tennessee il Is
therefore ordered that he enter his appearance
herein before or within the first three days Of the
next term Of said Court, 70 be held on the FIRST
Monday in November next. 1867, and plead an
sWet " demur % cOmplainants' bill, OK the same
viii be taken for confessed rs to him and set for
hesung ex perte, and that a copy Of this order
be published inr four consecutive weeks in the
Nashville Union and Dispatch.
A copy-Attest: NJ. b. HOWELL,
Clerk and Master.
McClanahan & Clare, Soils for eompl'ts.
iuneZ- w4f
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In the House of Representatives on the
18th inst Mr. Kelsey offered a resolution
instructing the Judiciary Committee to
inquire whether the States of Kentucky,
MARYLAND and Delaware have now State
governments Republican in form.
Mr.. Eldridge remarked that the State
Of MARYLAND had already been provided
for in a reference 10 the Judiciary Com
mittee.
Mr.. Robinson suggested that the resola-
ton should include New Hampshire, and
Mr.. NOEL that it should apply to Mis-
sour.
None Of these suggestions were keeded.
The previous question was seconded-47 20
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tered Conservatives, win effect our deliv-
erance and redemption, and make Ten
nesseans free again, and make Tennessee
a State in the full sense Of that word
Shall It not be done2
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COLLEGE

DURRITT College, LOCATED ON THE
ID top of Cumberland Mountain, VanBuren
county, Tennessee-a section unsurpassed for
healthfulness and beauty of scenery. The Fall
session will open on the THIRD MONDAY OF
JULY, 1867. 1T is now under the Presidency Of
known in Tennessee and Alabama as a success
full instructor of youth and rigid disciplinarian.
Our Spring Session that has just closed was lib
orally patronized. for which we return our
thanks.
TFRMs-Primary Glass per session, $40; Pre-
paTatOTy Glass per session, el5; Collegiate
Course per session, s2O; Contingent Fee and
Room Rent, So; Boarding, including washing.
81 25 per week.
Fer further particulars, address Hon. Martin
White, President, or John Stewart, Secretary
OF Board Of Trustees, Spencer, Tennessee.
jyl6 ltd-2tw JOHN STEWART, See'y.