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.jJVOat V'O'K'I' : ' ?Blow yo th?- trumpet, l'h?w.' " rin se ton (bonsai) I luddiors (?tul , ?lllOUg tlliMU WO IO thu ty-livo hundred j oyal .Methe U -! men ol' tho Northwest) t a|l joined ie tim iti^j>ii ?n? song, a tul ill echoed to lite si, ie- niki ht rout across (he i Swamps, until it roached I hoi ear >>f oho ' bf those dusky s.>n- ol' tim So'.ilh. lt?' . hear-1 for lite lil'St ti Ute : . i'lie \ ?.:..! iiihile . Kr nie." ..lt wa-in-' ?I fi er .tito beginning "I .luit- ' nar\. ?vheii llie Kntaueipaii ?ii I'rbehithii tion wits in lbj ec : and il w a ? atv pi it ih'gC to hear the limsic o?' tho hfC?ik?ng of jjhOSC I'ottcrs. Al.?II -, aiiih.il iii' i .i..ht there wa* . bl'Ohght lollly !. 1 I ; I >^v ' .? ..' i :t\headed old ( tin--ini i 1111 ? I nighter. I t In j tl ck etd toti I Iii! li-dii'i np ti';- am ient Alric 1:1. wi? h i I iicajl ti- iittisio ol' 'Tile yeal .>!' InMl- e i-.?....e.' liv'Was ; hiked th eivi- lin ace? nilli > i" hi ii-elf. and J sn pp..-.-.I. di' ed; ?e.h. hil I e? hit? to tis ?Willi vain.d \ iiil'i rum i.m. a- ve alway-' got reli .l.Ie iulbrinaf i??n froin '?mt class' ?d' tuon. I n al! m vi .'\p r durin;: lhe viar I was! ne Or dmvlt .! Inti hy jaie colored man. an 1 h . wa shalf whiiO.; jil si having eu MI -h ol' tho Mn ? 1 .< on . -first fnniilv ' ia hi ill lo I'mike Ililli a thitity?i'? (Laughter.) I a ked this a m I friend what l.trohghl him lin nh an 1 he tftiiil 'tho jutish'-'hat lie lind hear ! ;!i . -im ing ?way aero-, tim -wan,p. and ii wa- the first intolluomv ho ha 1 thai ?le- 'i iiukcos tvciv eiiinin..;,' Said im: .'!.'.:. (?ol. )lia-sa. 1 tIn)|itiUt tho jil ? MU .1 dav ha Conn'.' A faccliiitiS A fr ti'ii i| a! my licnT qthlrtCI - eohifo! |. I him h\ (eMing him lil li lin- jiliioinenl day ot' chill's : w, u| 1 never rome in t'?" nighi time. I Iv-m -v e.', laughter, i S la t?in\vU\ivUin 3\:lvot'aU. O?ARhii?TON, ?V. f.. APRIL 87; 1007. TV AH o"i,v: \? ti,,' iktitnf* /V,- j Jiahrr, ?Ao?;./ /" ,//.-, .-?,"' i>:| ,A?i//ej,ioj?l .luh'oou?e. 1."' K ?h?N I I : ; I. " Charl -ton. S. C.. > \W 's '";/'?' Oiijiie vol'ilio . h/.-' e i '. m av be had at Mr. Ilpwani's tin store, inuti'i I our olllci' at tpll e, m- ouch, \) .-(?'lit' (/< > ll YO 11? i< >l l. Tho CoihiinitCc ol' 'j'hiriet'id in e..m-! t'liaiieo With ' in-> .<..< ".. .?.11 "I Convention of ?he J nioii Republican i 1'niiV South <.';'* n ?li i in. t.. meet in ( 'hurh'xh m. oi '/ia - lav the 7 th . f Al riv. ! nt h o'clock I'. M. II. .In..;: Mo. u: i . Chairu.ali.' I'M-Gov. Perry'it Lcd tori The li,IMO .Ve !i'i . I'ljius eily puhii-ed oil Wi'iiiii -day a cliiit?'etetistii; epistle " from tlii- ??:.lie. i,: politl?n! seer i fs?tilh Carolina. : nd V, seih h r. ?di hut. hil,- 1 inO his M t)hr rea.ie-. . \ d', i emend e? htm a- lie 's isioliiil ( io\ei m r. and ',!.,? famous ( ,.,' .,. mau. who. in .iii ii dd ii ss ph retuiiiiiig ni - e\ sol lie,s. ?fiicj J.. ? ami Jnluistoii.'s -m render said ..N'.. iniih in I ho Si nih ?eel liiore li inn (IJuliM than un ?.elf. at t!ii- i'e .sult." i .asl fall he wn.te 1:1- famous j "out -link an.', in-tilik" i. !!, r whieli ?ii. gustod some hut gaye general -at i-laeti, m we hidihve. h- hi- n bel e. afro ivs; .Not hearing it ny i hi im ?i hi ni since, we had siijipbSi'd hint p. ?iii.-aiiv i'xtiljot : but it scenics !,e was i>ui\ hipibeiing in h: hiimiliiv mel |{jp Van \Ndut<iv, like, he awake.-, dip- hi- pin in lt ?Viii am] v. rites hir plhllipiC, Tl..' Iv! lib O' of the A'? -s -a;, - : " All ci' lim State secede I. Mr. Perry I eeaiue a llllMnhef of thc Slate I.Cgishb t'tirol ? was .rn of tho tin ist earliest. ui..-t CbU-slsfcni and aldi'st adv .?cate- of all tln?-c ineasines ?if legi-dation nccc--ar\ f..r i'm ploseeut?ol! i 1'the war. and per haps ?in- o'' (ho lin is i determined op pom nts of jiiiy: opposil ioii to (he policy Ol' tile Colli? d"l aie ( ! OV Cl lUimiit ? of oj any sett leinen! of the contest ln:lhi auv tenn- -av ?. !ho ,? <,| | luicpeiidcm-e. H? ('bllcague.-i iii tlii< Let?islature will liOvoi4 folg. t the cli'cci pio ua ed ! v (he cihicfu ding sohleiie? of ??luvof his ni?>sl cll'eellie ?specciics : .. I v.a- tin- la-t niall Iii Cb?nO ont ol' Ihe I ni.m. I w i il lije the la-t man togo hack into it/' iiiiriiigthe war. Mr Tciiv wa- t ihiiiiiissiiiiicr for lin- regula, lion of prices : iietOrias I >i: i. t At'.oi ney in hi- scei ion o'." I he Si a! e. and in- t about Its close, wa- appointed { ol i lei leia te i > 1 si tiicl .llldgc for the Mate ol' Soulli Car - lina. Not long aflm lie became Judge, ; ihe surrender pf hoc and Johnson put !<n end to hi- ( ntll'i, and lie wa- within a fetv months, made 1'rovisiomii (?over nor ol' Ihe stale i?\ tlie Presidi'ilt, and tins oliieo he held until the election of (iotOrhor-Uri*. IIS Ids si.Cecssor, and Ids own ?lection by a mot lint lei imj vol?-, to the l uilci Stale Senat. ." Wc make a lew ex tact.s a iii I coniiiients for tlie beiiehl of bur readers. Mr. l'cr r\ says i " lt is w.ell known lim' these Stales nive exhausted their powoi" and rcsoure-j .s in a gallant and heroic struggle for in lepondeneo. and solf-govtMmiioiit. '1 nov' ?ow buy? ito allernatitc .but loupialifu-d iuhinissioii t.i Hu- military despotism brown <> \ er them." 'iii ut these .States exhaust i'd their ?>wi i. is well Known, but. about their 'heroic struggle for ii?lepoHU'itcc and j 0 [j',;.,,?>,? i.n i l.t." is.iiut quito so clear. \\ 1 hink their struggle wa- t.> establish 1 siuA'c-hohliiig Despotism, where ti ./i??e .mihi buy. soil, and govern the nut HI/. Slid a ''despotism." would SUM MI. I \ rr ii. i? 11 lit? sh\ - : " A despotism, wisely, justly "titi vir iuotisly adiiunis?oii'il, iv tlie ino-; per feel ?..otv : una Ul Ulai i-sin be CsihblishpuV' t if (uiM'.-e a Southern ( )l iga relit >** ill? 1,0011,1 ititi shivCsi would adhiitiislOr very ..jUf-ftU and . .Vi"?".-,./;,. " - bill road on in bi- 1, tier : \'Tivo oi d .. mouths sigo Sihitli ( am ilija. h?ll all Ihr oilier Southern Sialos, roji'oh I \vith Sfiini and indignation lin' r MI -(illili itiiil amendment, which pro posed t"i xcludC frihii oitleC their leading im ti, and reduce (heir reproach (ht iori iii ('o(i!?iCss iiuloss lliCy pCriititti'ij uiilvel'. sal in.igWt suliVago. Nptit it i- jhoptisCd j?y th.- Miid. i\ Hill, ubi nely t?> exChuie litis ehi-siif persons fro iii ??tliee, bid tb ??-iiau .hiso them a.ri exclude thom from yoting iii it i i eiectioiis. and at t lie Sante tune to eii?r?riohisc tie. ir fd'rtiio'r slaves, ami glvC uiiit'eiSid suiiY.'.go l<> ibo in" dim' - righi; What h.m the negro done Illili hi . :. mid i ij -I. nimhi-ed : lie has iiijjth ? ititi : ijite i I ?dost rot I li? gbvc?'fp I i ii ?tl oi Iiis ?j is j ol', mid if he bad thc ehaiiee :.> vote, ?m lite t'oimtilutional ?iiriehdiiioU!. tv*' t ll i 11 Ix lie would dot re it ii it ii'j J li .. . i i; u ami contempt " iii Mr. IVrrvA lihmD did. Sli'i,! ;-,' io sh'*? illili thcrC iii' uian\ pei'SiYns m ilie Stiiiihcrh States whosi liigti souse of llonilr would not let Iben a i "pt I lie coi,-1 it ul ional a i nen. i nun I, win ri now Urgiilg iii.' pro),lc t.. vuluntarilt swallow tl:.- Military Hill, regardless honor, pi inhipic ' 'i' e< insistency. Tile illipiiry i-. windi. lliCii, shall wi dor W ld 1st 1 have been writim:. Ihe tele ?riipli brings ihe glorious new-, thai Si ?ssissipjti and lb? ll'g ia hil ye appealci lo thc judiciar\ fol1 lin' protection h ilud?' constitutional rights as sbvoroigi ^tali's Of the American 1 nibil- W out* :.. i,od ilia! SOuth t siirojina stood by tin -i. lc . !' M i.--i-sip? .i and I > coi gia. 4o llb tlihii'jasi n. di lc i-:!.,? ; to maintain thei dignitv and lion hy, MY arc glad villis is their Inst elim io umbri ai li their i/ij/iiiV'/jami innmr.' and vie hope liiCV will I'CoJ that this 1 tlie ' V lastidhoti, audit' they tail tiny will tit /casi lie^niil sriiunil ti a righteuti.i ? i. . >:.>t met ion. under tin Military lljll. Mr. \\ri'\ Isl I li's ? libe .. lt lanny ol'l'on ui' -s" m d . all- it a hideous thill'.'.' tit big t<> ''radieilh/.C the Southern States by il?rCatS to thc liullit and bribes to tin h w." and that .. lt i- Wicked to put ballots into tin ban.is o]' iho-c wild will bc thc paSSivi ti fids ot' theil en. pi ot cl - , .-r t he lu i-chic V o i- agen", - ol llhit k IJej.iibiican ciuis-a lies." ll? abi-e-ao who arc mi dlsliail chisel.! til go IbfW.'tfd and i4Cgi.-(er timi nain.'s ami Volt? "itv < '"/.? ri ntimi." I liol in- says ..wc -hall remain a - wo arc un ? h r military lille, until th. rc i- a ivaciioi ai Hie North." 14 Then we -hail bc restored to on rigid s in the Inion. wi(h honor iins'.illici ami the light ol'-mirage unchanged." .. Hiiirragiiuhehs'iigod," instrk that. col. nd man ! Your '. liest friends" and foi mer um-1. r-. w ill bc ...? hind sis to do sit thc N ol ?mg - make all lim law- and tioii .,1! thc iiillc.es! dean .?ut the Vaiil.ee and p .i yon in ..your place." Ile says : . la t us await lid- Dcih?cralic tri ilillph, lie il a lin nd i;ei| year's, rallier tba -eek nett associations with our lilac Uoiilllilieiin tyraul- ami Oppressors, air bc guilty ol' tin- baseness of abandonin ?ur friends tlc North, who have imbi defended our ci I iso for tw(. years past and sacrificed IhCiiisidvi - in Hie -triiggl l'or ."soulhelli light-.'' That's light, await the '. I lem,.erat i iriuiiipii." but ii will liike full a hundrei tears, silice killey hate -acriliced then -cites in the sf Higgle for Souther riglitsi" lint ask I ioVerhor ( M'r, how fa v<-II can (ru.si tin m .' .? 1 ;> order lo debauch prominent Sdiifl .rn im n. oilers hat e been math- in ( bi 2ress t" ieiuot o their disaliilities. and. lt mihi -e.-m m>t without si ieee.s s !" I - ( i..\ . I 'rn rt .. dcbsiiiehed " liv M< ling /. rtfom >> hy thc President ? an woul,I he or tm.-.- lc had rccoinmcndo be any Ulolo .. debauched " \iy ask?li ( 'ougress I,, do ?i i '. If ive aie ?intt ill'mg t.. bear the ii to which wc arc siihj?otod, fbi' the mail h'nanoe ..I honor ami prinoiph-j th,.,, " desert c ??Ur ilcstiny." Now that i- (inly heroic, aihl Son si bl !.. Whimper is undignified, in such an ii I ince n I ami brave people. "ll is said timi. if we do m,( acce] the degrading terms now oifered. wort will bo imposed !" Tl toro ?s no doubl ol'Huit. ! I "Tho Southern people may bc robbed M und murdered, but their properly cannot j bd confiscated." 1 i WnV did hr nut suv their "Aumo" ? ! i could not bc coty??eat??? ( "There is not the remotest hope ol' probability ol'Hu- Southern Suites bein;1, ' restored to the Union till alter the next 1 Presidential election." < Willi l.iov. Perry's policy, thal is irue 1 hui with radical policy, ami Colored lilli-j ! onists. we expect it by New Year. We llave Hxeii aheadv two years un der militan mic, in great poverty and . ?lisirosS, and have been chiierod all lite tillie liv the consciousness that wo arc nu (i it.;; radial, tl lot I gli a eoinpiered peo plc. i ll slavery, rebellion ami treason do not degrade ail i dishonor a people, w ill Mr. I*, loll us w bat will r On the whole, wc thanh Mr. Perry lori Ins letter, li will greatly strengthen t!i.; Republican cause in this state,vin iwowavs. Pitst.it will tend tb 'Mi vhlc our in .s, and imite o\\y friends. Second, it will open tile eyes oi'the colored Jico-, p|e tu the real designs ol' rebel poli'.b ciaos. We hope Mr l'errv will 'swing round the circle" tl little oftener, ll was ill great loss (o thc Republicans thal Pres ident (Johnson stopped when he did, andi w e hi ?pe I hal ?mr c\-Pt o\ isiomtl lib\ ern- ! cr will not lo silent so nmg op?)-, ll!!, l?C| Illili an liberty triumphs. Signs of rotVU'Wihg Reason 'TliC .Wies of 111icity >-uv s : "We publish below a very sensible let ter, which we v unuiend lo thc attention ol'every piauler and larhlhr ill thc State, tlil i Wc ban di) thal il is not the expert1 . nee ol' our eon espondent ahme. Nyc be lieve thu! if every man who stand? in thc relation ot' employer lo the colored labor er oi'the Slate will make il a point, uat ? Urallv add ijiiiotty, lo usc the. influence ol'Iiis position, it will bc found an intlu euee ibr immense good. Of course it w ill not do t<> dieltite, or leach with thc as sumption ol nhl authority, bul clear, sim-j plc. bank explanation lo the freedmen] so employed will bc received by lltClh eheei'l'dlly lind respectfully." A lt la moll the w riler looks longingly to the days wlien he bwju'd " freedmen," ; : and rai.si d a stuart coll?n crop ; he says : ! .. The freedmen are free -no fyjdt |:df their)-ami I have {routed tjubj Now 1 lind I can retain their conti , o I am direct ami dod't show any,' -iii..i. to oonceal fads from Iheni. haVC c. ?me I., i ? ? ? ?. . . .- . - . -j .....i au vice, .uni I have always gtyl one IrulS and tl..- other i\s sensibly c mid. I bolte Vc if every larmer ty Ul plain to his e, il.'i ed hahd.S their rights;' show th. ni h\ his Kimi treatment that lie means to lio i i-.;i?t. an I not make a ni\ s jory ol' w hat the North is saying', or whai tin- ireeiimeil ure doing ?11 oth.er paris ol' lim State, that they w ill he perfectly ca.11 ieili to ( ttl si his slatetnciils. follow his a bie,-, do their work, ami vote as h Wishes t ililli that wc will all get ahme \eiy well without any Confusion." j'Ite l?ccduiCji Would he glad to he on (richill1, tenus with their masters, if they ( would only cxhibit thal leal sympathy ami ijil?gfily timi would entitle I lieut to Confidence. Put the cutirse taken bas' i u-uallv dooli .mc calculated iodestroy all Couiiileiic in thc intcgrit y ami rea I fri eui I ship of tlic former owners. Thc North | is repr?senle I in a light which eVery t freeth na it km.ws to be false. 'The friends | ol'1 he Colored people IH10 are laboring . l'or (heir good without lee or reward fruin lliciii, arc represented as mercenary mis- | cr?ants influenced by the worst of mo lives, ami actually robbing (hose for whose good they are pretending to labor. Tile colored people are not readily duped ; (o believe Ilia! to bc true, which I hey know lo bc false, and (lie sooner south-1 ern newspapers and slandering polilieaiis cease to inculcate (hose falsehoods, the liotterjfor ?ll Concerned; Thc plan had been to lieut with cold contempt all Northern men. ^specialty iflliey are la boring forlbo improvement oi'the freed men, thus giving unmistakable indica tions thal they lia \ e a supreme dislike for the opinions of j hose who would pity ami aid ilioso who have been lin- victims of slavers. Such conduct has been mark ed by the e. ?lol ed people, who have liol been slow ii> understand ils indications. The war is now over, slavery is among: thc things that were, and thc freedmen arc now citi/.ens, and why not accept ihese facts- chcCftilly without slang or malice towards those vv ho have aided to bring, about this result, K leedom is not (ho faull ol' tin- freed people, and none should try lo make it their Uiisfprtmic by rendering it lite occasion of depriving them of their just rights. Pet the freedmen bc treated as men. not as slaves. bel not thc former nv s tcrs assume that they must control thc opinions and votes of (heir former slaves, bul bc willing to allow lo others (he fiee dom of lin? ght and opinion they claim for themselves. Let them show a iSftl bigness (o co-opornlo with thom lo so .ure Uni mutual rights and permanent uospctitv pt" all cbnecittcdi, Tho. freed* mon tVbohl bu to hiiVO their former unisteis aid titeni in swelling the ill iiinphs of ihbso groat prltioiple?? ol' im parted justice ?ind copiai rights witliont distinction o?' raw or color. Tho p'iani i-r should not assume lo control the opinions and votes nf Ids laborers mon than thc' labor?is Ihe righi to control in these regards tito plauter, They should all enjoy their personal lights and act a> In their vletv duh and lite publie gow require. lion. John Rlltlogo and Stuto Rights lion, .lohn Un liege eolitos ?til tn lh< Charleston ( 'aunt r ?d' l|ie 1-sth inst with st long article, biking Gov. Oil* I? task for revealing sonic . hoi..<. pol?tica secret*! and exposing and renounein] thc l?entoeriiiie parly. We thought Hit speech of (5?V. Orr was Hiebest om-h ever made, and to cul loose from th; hodv of death Wtis most cotnniendahlc. Mr. Uni lego glories yet iii -tate righi over tlie Constitution, nih! eulogizes Into IS overlier of (Scorgia (br hanging a early Methodist missionary among tl India hs. without judge br jury, lb pr serve -tate right- and Southern IiotIO Wc iiiake I lie following ext ract from li totter w nicii mat oe no.... ii archive-ol .Methodist hi-toiv. Ile-ays The .Melin.di-t denomination had very llburisliiug nm---h.miry esl aldis incut in lids section, within tho hound rlesid'deorgiai lt was iptilo exlhusi and largely patronized. Mr. Tassi wasebhneoled with Hus lusiitntibih iii a man of great activity and energy. 1 did counsel tho Indians that they had permanent right t<> thc territory, a thal Ml. Adams. President of thc l uit States, ami Mr. I lav. Secret arv of Sta would protect theil) in this right. Tl created great exoilontent, and Tass wa- indicted uiiiicr lite'(?obrgin statu htOiight lo trial, found guilty, and si teheed lodho peit?teUtiary. A w rit v sued out on a]>[.eal 1" the Tinted Sta Supreme. Cottrt, ittiil Cldef dust ic? M -hall diicctcd Tassel lo he brought fore the ( omi yt Washington bil app from the criminal jurisdiction of Courts of (? corgi a-. As soon a- the y ftriivcd at M il lodge v ?ile. ( lovOr?lOl' I liter, tlioh (b.vcruor of ( Icoigia. 1 l'a--ei- hung. I'hi- ended thal apj late jurisdiction. The Indians were moved Ix y.md the Mississippi, and that Iriunipo. ;!;. iloeii'iUo- of state -. roignty an I independent jilris?liOt were proclaimed ihe paran omi law lim land. Tlilis ( b oigie. lj\ hCr um Staiostnanship and heioic honiiugj the honor of aehieCn. two of tim li decided triumph-in lavbi' ol lin- gi eaii-c of -ta'.' fights : Ih-t. inlmraiu. nient to ! h.- ( , tiistiiul ibu de!' ai iim stale could not i'm ... I !.. cUnse silt'' a sov creigh : an ! -e. . m?!\ . in v iudi.eat her light- t>. exclusive sbviheigiitv < her-oil. ti it'd lo eoiisctpieiieo ?lie (.eighty of Ot elV -late to tho (?HU?S oj! boiindarv. Tho Wont wort h -a I rt o t School 13xi inalio:'.. Tho i x.'iuiiiiation of this school .barge of li, \. I-'. I.. ( ard. ./.a. look p! it the t l'iit?iiiirv Church on llie al loon of Thiifsihit lite 1 - i ii ii -lani. ' Iphso Wasdeiishly crowded, and wc iced willi pleasure thc prcseil?c o lirgo a representation holli the Milli md prominent Citizens ofoiir city, loise from the -i r et rendered ii ililli br thc -eholars t<> bc di Hineilt hean onie portions of the examinai ion. loporthiout and appearance bf tiled arge iiuinber of scholars present, v .ce ming ami praiseworthy. Thc i niions, a- far as heard by tis, roiloi [real credit upon teachers and piipijs Wi' were plea-ed to nolicO that pizes justly granted, for superior sc frsllip. Were slut red by tho-e of Ihe d [st complexion, as well a- i hose i Igli 1er lum, ihus showing (hat (Iiis i t r of complexion about w Inch radi Can pa u ?os, iiighilhd s I a los indi, ami tlicial aristocracy are having son toiiblc, i-; so superficial .'ls to he ( sin deep. Tho lires ol' genius upi; kid led, and thc noble elements of h 'cf lia I greatness developed even ni a'olored exterior. We wish our fri, utlie North, hv w iio-c I i horn li h . I atl many other schools al tlie Si m being mainly sustailieih could I wnesse.d tibs devclopinent of the hivhich fair charily i- being appt lotahd improved herc liy th,. |jg| sm exhibitions, th.-y would learn io4.li of not being weary in well doin c are glad lo see ililli our own pic. in noticing t/tf?i examination pendisposed 1.? fairly represent lin t ici nial successful labor- of (cac illicit talents, without exhibiting nai'w. ungenerous prejudice ih.it seo .thing- really [liaise wort hy in m ediltors or education. Tho Soutl prcjlins been long a -lave to shh ? ? i II un ?.aaesaaiggtte ami a vitiated pubic opinion, l>tit w trust that tho day of its emancipation has; almost dawned. Il is now too late in the ! world's history to undertake to cover the ivrohg of slavery or justify a bloody war foi its perpetuity, by shearing at the col ored limit's want of capacity, or a Norli : fi n touchers Yankee peculiarities. They j may have their owli way ol' teaching, as I well as yankee soldiers In fighting, bul ! thc w ny they succeed should entitle their jat Ieasl lo thc respectful treatment ol their southern friends. -...-. -. i Mus, ll utrrii's l.i.en ui .-.Mrs. F j K. W. Harper, of Philadelphia, who Ino ?had con lierai i e experience and carnet ja valuable reputation as a lecturer i? now lecturing in our city on topics o great practical importance to our fellov citizens just at this crisis, lier grace ease anti ready utterance impresses an? rivets the attention of Hie hearer, and he thoughts and apt illustrations cannot ftvi lo convince, and leave, un iinpvossMUi We Svere. privelegcU tohoar her itt th I A. M. R. ( 'burch on Calhoun St. on Moi 'div evening of this week. Her subject was 'kOu? Cousno oid'oirrfSlTv" 'The audieneo waa larg ' and appreciative, lier scathing rebuke Ito the lime serving caterers among lil VO?O.Cv? people, who would sell tliC'irbilli ?'i^hl i" ilteir i'di'mci' masters for a mo di'; pottage w as timely ami just, and v Mudge if there were any of the Ucver! Nash school present, their ears must Ino t iugletl. Congress and lite Republican Ww .vere represented in their true light, ? thc only : ow cr which had tho dtsposilii 0 preserve liberty and equality in til country. The Southern press, was rcbu i'd for theil' low slang^atul false stat ? nienl s concerning the colored people, ai ! then asking them to believe they are Ult j "lu st fi'it nils." A. Ploasant Surprise mee his atlendcncc upon the ?esst of our Conference. lb si) op Scott tut?! d the session of the New Kugln I Conference at YYallhain. Massaehuset I This is the pince w here they manufi lure tin- celebrated American watch The I'.ishop was entertained by H Rast milli, thc stationed preacher at NY: j a. I.k.l.. 1>I..I...|.'.. ..... eiiee for a watch, suggested (lie subj' , lo t li? preachers, w ho cordially resp< lie I in ci >:d rilnit ioi.s for this object, :i ono of thc hi's'l nio\ eiiH-nts was pu roll ed. and |)r. Cummings presented it. w a benin ifni hair chain, in a very hap ..[i '('eli ill open Conference, mid I io lori huge a-scinbiy. April 1. lsd 7. 'I watch wa- silver, worth, with the cha nt retail.. $ 110. The Hi-hop was lak by surprise, and found it difllctllt to t press his emotions in reply, I tn d lier Rast man ami the good peo] of Waltham Know h,.w lo make plc ant surprises. Kev. T. W. Lewis, i1" pcrinteiidenl of our missions in Soi Carolina, was formerly slalomed pn cher nt Waltham. When north last sn mer In- paid tl brief vi-dl to Iiis < frion'i?is there, and shortly after recCix Ivy express ?i small package^ winch, wh opened, proved to contain a line gc wat eli manufactured ai Waltham, a neatly engraved, as a presold lo h from his friends at thal place. Sr presents arc said tobe \ cry linn I y, I poor Methodist ministers eau selili boast ol' Stich ijijls. SIN \t.ii! Wu.-ox.-Senator AN* i ls addressed (5,000 person's from thc ('api at Richmond Va., on Monday of tl wOek. His remarks were favorable eeiVcil by all classes. He wanted classes of inen. Hie colored, the white, t loyal, and those who had abandoned t wicked heresy bf Secession, to stand get lier ibu tho national platform ol' t Republican pally. As for Um color vote ol' Virginia, he had no fear of its 1 ing cont rolled by the Secessionists. 1 appealct to the old Wliigs ol' Virginia the fol lo wets of 11 cn ry Clay, whodeclar 1 hat slavery was a grirviunw wrong, tl m> contingency could make' right - seize lin- occasion and unite their forlur with thc Republican parts'. Nosy w Iheji'thly ami hour lo carry Virginia m overwhelming majority, Senat Wilson is expected soon to visit Char]' on. - WASHINGTON NKWS.-Tlie ('/noni iiiy.s : Wjli'li Hie Senate adjourned 1: lighl (lie impression seemed to bc ahm iniversal (]i?il there would lu- no ipion ii eil lier House pij Un- ;hl (,r duly ne: 'he feeling between the Senators and I Executive was so compara!ively eonlii ml the intelligence from (lie South pro lilig.submission lo Din terms ofrece . gjggr^LJL, ' '."rrj.. .i L?-*'"?^ st ruction, were so auspicious, that very few doubted that the great measures of Congress had anticipated and foreclosed all chance of diilieulty and distention. The .Senate adjourned, leaving about twenty ofliecs vacant, which, under the tenure of oiliee law, the President cannot lill. High IK oi'Oolorod Co ri for? oiiOOH in tho M. hj- Okureh. SVe regret that any class of persons should seem disposed to represent the M. E. Church as inclined to partial legisla tion on account of color, by alllrming that colored conferences were not allowed to draw for funds or bo represented iii the General Conference liku conferences com posed exclusively of whites. It should bo known that tho only conference? thus ex cluded, arc our .Mission Conferences whether willie or colored. Tho Washing-. ton and Delaware conferences, not being mission conferences, although 'colored are entitled to the same privileges as other conferences of our church. The Western C. Advocate in referring to tins subject i says : ? Wc think theil it in plain : 1. Thal Genend Conferou?e did/ not organizo the conference? ?f iViwlWng ton and Delaware us mission confor* I.s 2. Thai, consequently, tlteso confer ences are entitled to elect delgatcs to the General Conference, to receive divi dends from the Book Concern and Char tered Knud, and to vole on any proposed constitutional changes. ,'b That any conferences winch have been, or may be, organized by the ' Bishops * must be regarded as Mission Conferences with restricted powers. t. That the last (.louerai Conference evidently desired to do all that could consistently be done for the colored peo ple. lt organized distinct conference!/ of colored ministers in these instances, on the representation that such Action 1 was desired hy themselves j but it gavo ? to the conf?rences thus formed all the I powers and privileges of annual onfor , onces. Welcome to sca'.s in thc next General , Conference, tho delegates from WaShing . I ton lind Delaware '. ? Ti i K: GOLCONDA.-The ship Golconda, belonging bi the Liberia Colonization Socioly, will sail froni Haiti more on the M rsl of May. with a full oargo ami twen ty-live passengers, Sim will touch at Charleston, South Carolina, whore three hundred passengers lire engaged t<> em bark. Tho colored people boru in this count ty, lia vc, must Of them, a preference j to remain in their native bimi, if thev cnn be protected here in the enjoyment of e.pml rights. We need all Die citizens ot our State to remain here to ilovelope its resources and add to its prosp?rit?. They should be encouraged to remain. Uv good wages and fair treatment. RKVIVAI. isrr.ui.sT.-The Methodist Episcopal Church in this city, are enjoy at Hie present time a very interesting stale of religious prosperity. On lasl sabbath evening twenty-live were forward for prayers at Spring Street Church, lil ly ri Old Bethel, and eighty-five at Cen tenary. At the latter place, meetings ?have been continued every evening for two weeks, and at every meeting (he al ter is crowded with earnest seekers for Ihe joys of pardoned sin. A large mun ber have joined on trial, and the meeting still eon!innes. A powerful revival, wc learn, is also in progress at Greenville, in this State. I'm itni KNTKio-uisi..-The Committed appointed by the Trustees, we are in formed, have purchased that eligible, and beautiful lot known as ''Tivoli Garden" on Meeting SI,, wl\orc the Spring Street M. L. Church purpose to. crept ip dim time, a hot\so of worship-Success tn their enterprise. We learn that it was purchased for the low sum of $5000. Il is the most beaut I All shaded grove in the ?Sty, and centrally localed. ll^' G KN. POCK ANO G KO itu IA.-The correspondence between Gen. Popo nud luv. Jenkins is published. We judge lie General is ''master of the situation," md his pen Is as mighty as his sword. oYe see what these, oath.taking rebels rou Id do, if theil could, Wc thank God, that such (?ener?is as 'ope, Sheridan, Hancock, and Sickles, told the reins, in wheeling these States lito line. They are not the men to be rilled with ; let those who would block he wheels of reconstruction in thc Caro inna, beware !