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The Qeneral Assembly of tbe Presbytetian
Church, one of the ai lest eocieriattlcal
bodies in the country, which assembled in
4i, Macon, Georgia, last month, iasusd a pastoral
letter to the churches under their
ahar^e, which bas been greatly admired by
all denoniinatioua for its clear, calm and
* Ohristaiu cuonie). Alter reviewing the action
of tbe Ob arch in the paat in relation to
altvorv and in com tils utir.v on t)i? lircssnt
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condition of the frecd-people, the address
?y?:
. "Rutin lh'6 dispensation of Providence
which has befallei. the negroes of the South
orn States, and mainly without their agency
, your ubligutfous to promote their welfare,
though .diminished, have not ceased. Debtors
before to them when Loud, y?u are stih
debtors to them when ftoe., You are bound
to them not only by the tun of com men nature,
a common sin, but a common redcinp
tlon ais->. They have grown up around and
# in 3our households, have toiled for your
benefit, ministered to jour comforts aud
wants, and liuve often tenderly, faithfully
liaised you in sickness. Tlnv are still
roand your doors, in the Lot no of your
eoaiiutrtdtj. Many of them are your fellowheirs
of salvation. Together with you,
Waif n^uil Vi ifi'.intlr li/iar) %t fur l(ni/> f. >r
?""J . b' J ----- ? "? "M'*
5 oteruily. We are^ persuaded jou will not
turn away front litem ia this day of their.
, imagined ntiWeqiuin?w? fear, of terrible
calamity. l>o all youcau fur their beet welfare,.
and do it quickly, for tlioy atfbady begin
to m? XW i?y %<r
knowledge, bv long-suffering. by kindness,
by the flu.y Ghost, by love unfeigned, by '
tha Word of *God. by the armor of righteousness
on the tight hand and on the loft,
l?y honor sad dishonor, by evil report and
goed report, let it b? shown to all uten that
nothing shall withdraw the sympathy of
your heart er the lat?or of > our hand from
a work which ntu?s of n< sity and. ever
rest chiefly upou those who dwell in the
, laud, and not upon the strangers who visit it
If their condition is made better, if soul* are
plucked ns brands from the burning, you
-will have the comfort of kuowing that you
were, under God, instrumental in such happy
results."
The above eloquent and Ciiristnin language
must commend it sol' the h?arts of
all whs have an interval in ibo welfare of
their country.
tar The report of the commission appointed
by the Provisional Governor in pursuance
of a resolution of the Coureutiou to
trams lswrs for ths government of freed men,
was read in the House ol C uuinoiif of North
Carn.iit* on the 2-lth, It provides, among
' other things, that the freedutrn shall testify
in all cases wherein the tights of property
or person shall be directly concerned, either
civilly orciituinally, by this means this
class ii protected against personal wrongs
ad against violence, threats, and frauds on
their persons and rights.
The report specifies suite thirty sections
dedicated to the freedmen; ami, besides
this, eight biiis affecting both classes of the
population. It recommends the establishmeat
of s workhouse in each county for
the idle vagrants, and ether* who will not
support their own offspring. -These prevision*
ere without distinction of eolor. Many
provision! are designated to encourage field
laborers of all claftos, w hite nud block, by
securing the reward stipulated for labor,
ssd to prevent and to discourage nil lawlessness
over the binds of oth?i?. TK?
gument* for erery provision aro extended
for thi'calm consideration of (lie Legislature
ptr A wag having married a girl named
Church, fays ho baa enjoyed more happiuere
rincc ho joined the Church than bu ever did
before.
greenvilIe
jl -Hi - .J.1.1'. A 11LI i i JJL
CMdf? ku ip?e. *MV
Th?^<e*r York HemW tbfce aunts 0^>
Confrfeafi has dona sltfee ita meeting id Da* J s
MnibagJaat: U
tmh moiitba of thi ifraaa*t in of Ton- I ?.
greMjtavlog empire*!, tig question j,
1 y reoteik what progress has begn made by, ,?|
tha tw? Boom* in the heavy schedule of ^
work bMr* then tvtiJiing the reoon?t?c- 4,
tlon of our domestic and -foreign affeire.i?
Wq eaa aoly ftnswer thet we have had aey tl
quantity Of speeches, resolution^ hills, cob- t;
stilutloual gmendaiehts, Ac., submitted In
each ilottsvhut that tha practical reedlls, h
so far, have bean email. ? Oue bill has-been. t.(
passed Into a. law'?That providing age!net. a1
tlte cattle dineaee by prohibitions th4 Intro p
dnctiog into the tl tilled Statea of European al
cattJcrlThe Houae line parsed. a 'bill a
two-trtrde vote extending the right of auf. u
frnfte without reatrieilum to the blacks of I
the iH^r ict of Columbia, and the Sen eta by V
a xituilnr Vote has passed a bill etilargiug e
the powers of the Freed tr.en'a Bureau; and
bcVolid theae iAtih?iMni> ??it !>? ??? .? "
at ruction powers nceo?\l?d the joint commit- (
tee of littecn, otherwise known at the Corn <
mittce of Public Safety, we have n<?thing in
the w?iy of business to report Yet there t
ie the constitutional ??mtn<lrvjcot reported j
from Chat committee, and which, for a wcc.lt. L t
past, has been under discussion inthe House. 1
This amendment, excluding from the baste a
of Federal representation the whole raoe t
with regard to whieii any State way deny
or abridge the iighv, of suffrage, wilj, We t
(*udfc, be referred back to the committee to- I
morrow. The District negro suffrage bill> ]
meantime, will probably come up in the i
Senate and thus, upon this b!'h that amend- <
rnent, or rtinething else cei, ernlng the 4
right* td the negro, all ot ;>. sabjeota of t
| Congress', al legislation may be superceded I
lor a month or two to ooine. <
[^fnV^BiAL <> Ex f'iiK-i;.' m Davis.?The
Congressmen who believe with a proui- 1
I oent Government oflicial, that ' courts-mar- 1
uiu are organizes iu convict," and tliat .lef- i
ferton Davis should l>e convicted, are iiu- ,
paticut at the President's delay in forward- |
ing n report prepared by Judge Holt, show |
lug that the deposed rebel ruler was an nc- j
complice in the assassination of Abraham j
Lincoln They ire of the opinion that the <
evidence is so strong as to insure n jw^ular (
endorsement of their wish to have both |
I Davis and Clay tried hy a court-murtial ,
and " liung to a sour apple tree," or lo a \
I gallows beam, constructed ot some other i
wood. General Hutler, in a speech which ,
he delivered last night before a soldiers' |
| convention, went further, and included |
llohcrt E. Lee among those w ho should ,
[ suffer death on the gallows. '
There ore others, iu Uougrsss ainl occu- ,
pying high official positions, here, who thine ,
that Davis should Ik. tried by ,lho laws of
the laud, and who are opposed to any.more
courts-mai tinl, except fur (he (rial of lh<>*e
in the armies or navies of the I'nion for
military offences. Admitting that thalnws
of the land, us at present conMrusJ, <lo not
perhaps cover the rate, on uvcouut of a
conflict of opinion, they seek to so modify
and reform the ruling and practice as to
insure uniformity and to insure a trial of
the great criminal of the nge.
This bill, now before the Senate, is to bo
discussed in the Senate,and will* e opposed
by those who desire th it Duvig l.o tried by
a military commission as it would 'nsure
his trial before a United States Court. It
but enacts what it now the doctrine in Illinois
and other States, that an opinion based
upon rumors, newspaper? ?orts or common
notoriety, it but a hypothetical opinion,
which should not exclude a juror, provided
the Court is satisfied that lie would act impartially.
liut the passage of this bill w ill
becure tit* trial of Uivb before a civil court, 1
and it wlJl con *e<ju cully meet with decided \
opposition. . ''.s , ,
[WathiHfjton Oor. X. Y. Commercial. , '
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csta toast at au )ri*h society's dinner <
at Cincinnati?'" Hart's to the President of <
the Society, l'atriok O'lUferty, an' may he i
live to ate the htn that ecratebcg over )ii? t
grave.'' . . ; , t
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.jfeir- |ltin > iV ^nM(|ss= ^H' U* Tri~^:Tr^
ON OF TTSE^L INTELLIUJ2:
,-S. C, THURSDAY,"FEW
Washington W^wa and Rosa or*. j . ?'Tha
unconditional HlhUn m?n from th*
oulh, w ba ?r? sojourning in Wrfthinglon, ,
nd who. delight in <th?> dnsigrtatWm of
ilnfd-pan ReoonsUhHionisU," b?v? pre md
uSft r folio wing tpeoifiostions at an
fMiome 01 their coosttpotioo of the Constliii.>n,
end had tho'tefee printed for circuition
among CoofNao??n :
1.. The toxcljsivo pdjatr of Oongree* over
ie subject of citiaee^ip nod neturallzu
lon- T
2. The power of Congrcse to give effect,
y the enactment and enforcement of lawn,
? all the proteetffe'.pftiviMous of the C?>nLktuUoii,
und to roelM the principle of prorcttoo
praoticelly eaShttvr.si vc with-citlzenhlp.
I. Tbe positive e^Witutionsl interdict'
pen the power of Congress, aed upon the
.egislaturee of Ihk different State*, to suV
ert or impair the natual or prr tonal righlt
uameratod or implied in the Constitution.
4- The powar of OtflfgrcM to compel the
oforeemcnt and maintenance of republican
government In evdiy State, making the
numeration of patJhnnl und natv.nl rights
nd'tlie-protective features of the OonMituIod
tlie detiuitioe fttid test of what is re
'uwnwmi {foior^iwK-, wiu lurmrr, in oraer <
o establish ahd maintain such local rtptibIcan
government in every State, to pre-,
erf l>e, ??4ease of Mcctdty, the rule ot euffrnge
ir qualification of .voters.
The application* filed ior olerkshipa at
he Treasury Itepurtmrnt have now reached
82,000,and eVery day augments the numhor.
t it a singular commentary tipon this strife
or offlcot tiint no a*?s of pcreon* in this
jountry are *o notatioualy put to it to live
>n theiriucoiae* asihe clerks in Washing
:on, Coogrosf U Incessantly importunes
Tor their relief; tnsuy resign from sheer inihility
to ilveherndnd yet'the pressure for
derkshlps is appeeoedciiteu.
t;r flu mtfcjiidofaiigshle workers
igniust reconstruction are to be found
tinong the subordinate ofUcers of the Freedinrn's
Bureau in tho South. Tin y a* yet
jnly supply membersof Congress with dula
for speeches, and do not confine themselves
to the oliauuels preset !bed tty the regulations
iu their treiininiMivn. This prooeedure
flank* General llowurd, wlu.se innate lionjsty
would prompt hiin to suppress tunny
of the exaggerated yarns if they came
through the oflice of the bureau. In several
districts, they control a newspaper or
two, and they tnnnafacturc i>uhlic sentiment,
which comes to congressional
dead-head subscribers through the mails as
Ihe expression of a tree and independent
press, is dore-tailed into speeches, and of
Bonrso has its weight with the uninitiated.
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nit* i^i-w wrsruus iimuur, n ui inirt
class, bound hand mid foot to the Conway
clique, is regularly furnished to radical
members of Congress for llie above named
purpose. Since'(ten. Fullerton'a visit to
the Louisiana district, and his correction of
corruptions there, there has beeh considerable
discussion and some ill feeling nmpng
the oDicers of the Bureau in that district
fspeeinlly, and many of their lit lis secrets
liave come out- 11 is evident that,notwituitnndiug
Gen Howard's efforts to prevent
it, the bureau has coma to be quite a political
machine. Unofficial news froui oDicers
jf the Bureau and Southern newspaper exIracla
quoted in congressional speeches
ihuuld be taken with a grain of salt.
Tua Naoao I'.ilt..?The New York Times,
edited by llenry J. Uay uiomi, a leading Hepublican
member of the House of IleprssealAtivea
thus speaks of one of Summer's uepo
bills:
- This is the ' shadow' of ' ooroing cventa.'
It indicates the character of future legisla
ion, should the power reside in such hands.
Returning a moment to the question ot col red
suffrage in the Itis'rlctof Columbia, it
s proposed to say that it* real purjmse is to
dgnalize and crown the event by the fcleo
inn of a colored mau for Mayor of the city
>f Washington. Without inquiring what
ihauco of suocesa the echetuc lias, it is coram
that such is the undeclared purpose of
ho bill introduced by tho Judiciary Corn*
nitte vf tU* House oI Itrjtresci.lajiTes.'
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sIpE AMONG TUE MASSES.
[WARY 8, I860.
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Important (o Tax fayats.
"We ;-i - *? ut our rctdure with, Ntye the
Charleston Cvuritr, and direct their attention
to, tho lollowlnir extract* froui aeir
eulor issued recently from the office of the
Comptroller General of this State, with fc-'
gard to the construct Ion of the Bill "to rnl-e
supplies," passed at the recent seMiou of the
Legislature. '
' The tax oh, spirituous liquor# brought
into this State most he levied on all such J
liquors brought in at any time between the
1st October, 1864, and the let October,
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This is a distinct tax, and is to be paid by
the importer; if the entue liqnor is sold by
him with his geueinl stock of goods, war>8
and merchandize, the amount of such sales I
is not to be included in bis "genera! return
of goods, wares aiA merchandize." If
liquors are-purchased here android with n
general stock, then such sales are to be included
with nnd reported to the Collector
on the "general return of goods," d.e? made
from 1st May, ISO.*>, to 1st January, 1 EtKh
" lu collecting the. tax on lite sub-sot cot,
toil made from 1st May to lstOuloboi',1865,
the Collector should look in general to.the
party whonctually makes the sale ; hut, on
a pnst truiisaclion, if it is made plain that
the seller wss but an agent, aud (he owner
who is benefited by the sale is pointed out,
*l\fl W U'ilUil) ills* Sit IS 1st tl?* aK???l ' '?- ?
juring the property of whole neighborhood*.
TIk people on Tennessee street drove them
from building n nuisance lu the shape of a
church on that street. J.et the people wake
up on this subject, or the city will be well
nigh ruined. ^ *
Was it to bring sneh ft population here to
drive white citisene out of employment, that
oUr one-armed and one legged aoldiere,
which daily excite the aytnpnthy of every
one on the streets, went into the war and
became onpplcl tor life 1
{ hidi'inopolit Stntiutl, 15f,V
or The Indianapolis Join nnl tars there
i? an editor ill Wayne County, Indians,
whose oath would imt coriviet ? vend of
lobbing iien roost, if found in ? eoop with j
blood io bU mouth.
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collected from the owner."
"The tax on the value of crude turpentine,
spirit* of turpentine ami. voain, should
be paid to the Collector of the District
where the propirty was located on 1st Oo
tober, 1806."
" The capitation tns on male residents,
applies both to vviateiY idunU and to freed
t'.iau." ,
" Tire exemption from tax of lands and of
lota and building- .. cities, towns, <ko, that
have been in possession of the Ftecdmet'i '
Iluroatv. during tho year, is uutuu J u
refer to such lands, loti', air1 wire ni
possession of the said Bureau duriug the
greater part of the year."
Real esurte that wna in possession of the
Frredmen'fi Bureau the "great er part of the
year," should be referred to the Tax Collector,
accompanied by evidence of that
fact, as it will otherwise appear, when hie
boohs are closed, upou the list of property
not rtlumeJ.
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Nkcroxs.?The Constitution of the State
t>f Indiana, adopted in 1851, contains the
following sections:
"No negro or mulatto shall come into,or
settle in the State after the adoption of this
Constitution.
" All contracts made with any negro or
mulatto coming into the State contrary to
the pro\ifion? ot the foregoing section,shall
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such negro or mulatto, or otherwise encourage
hi'? to remain in the State, shall be
flnud in hoy sum not lets than $10, nor
more than $500."
Il follow# that tithe of negroes to p-bperty
ere good for nothing. The shove fee- ,
tione were adopted by the people of this |
HtaU by about 90.000 wnj -rlty.
How are they respected ? Tiie Southern
negroes ?re pouring in here, forcing our
white laborer* to wander the street* in
search of employment, and at the some time
they are purchasing real estate with money
they stole before leaving tho South, thns In
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Wnxiw* va MAt?KNa y~A Richmond j*fcp?r '
*?ys tliat young mm are senrc in tbnt cityr "
and midden* and widow* in starch of hutb.mds,
esry plenty. Tim latter M?tn td be <
the moil successful, and the editor, pleadlog
iii behalf of tl?e maidens, says; \ !
"We do n?l tliink, in View of the great
scarcity of men, that it i<* fair for w idows W1
merry n second time, until all the young
niniions liuvc seeuved InwLauds. Tlit Leg- '
,1slntoie ought to attend to this ma tier, and
protect the interests of,the young ladies, /
for, without the uid of legal euaettaotiU,
the widows ore stWe to play the grab gauie
Tlity will, therefore, lime to l,e restrained
l.y the strung in ni of the law, as was ilouo
in th<venrly colonial history of Villain*
when the Hoiim of tinp..i..?* 1 J -
"VO pUPCf'l nil nci
| of the very oharacter indicated. It vir
found that all young m?n imported into tha ,
colony Were nr once euoght by the widow*,
1 l>y superior wiles nnd stwtageins, without * t
nnv chance being allowed to the modest
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I am) retiring young maidens; ro the LegUla.
turc took the matter in baud, and will hare
| to Jo t-o i.guin.
! or a New York cort aapon lent of tho
Baltimore Transcript states ; " it is repot"
tod in political circles Hint 11 r. William Piwynrtv,
one of otir moat prominent Inwyera,
is daily eleaeted all alone with hie law
books, preparing for the trial of Jefferson
Davis, lie lias been engaged by the tldr*
ernueut for tho sum ef SlOO.Out). and rtiw
j?r< at jurist now litis his entire soul in the ?.
matter. He is studying till the old law
hooks lie can hiy Ins linnds on, for tbd pur* t 4
poso of procuring * conviction, and al> bit <
other law business for tho time buiug laid
aside.
A Rjcu Bai.* or Corrojt.?Many cotton j .
bale* arriving in New York hava to ta 3
overhauled, dirt and stained cotton thrown * I
out, and llieii ivlxtled. The other day, two 1
I in one ?.'f ilie hare# fWJ,fX)5Ti i gold, , tiuc'of 7?
them prepared to thu other to divido and V
keep mum. hut the other said lie wouldTe* 1
por- to the hors." The purchaser of the t
en't.ui claimed the gold,' and the seller
claimed it, hi-cauae tho cottou was not deliven
d, anil for other reasons; and probably
the court will dt-cidelo whom this ich inlaw
beloag*. Tho purchaser gave the two laborers
$400 each in greenbacks. / f ,
I#- T lie Mncou Tel-graph 1 ntlv <b?
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uotinces tlx* prntice ot tl?o telegraphic re
porter, at Washington, in speaking of Admiral
iSemmes as the * I'ifate Seinine!*." Tlio
Telegraph says: "As a patrou ot the As socio
ted Press, we shall stun 1 no such insults
to th" Southern |?vim and people, and We . .
nil upon the President ot' the Association
to liiiTe the abuses corrected fortliwith>iOapt.
Seouues is a hiuh-u.imled and honor- ,
ahle gentleman, siul is no more deserving
the name of " pirate" tlmn the Wsshingtcu i
correspondi.nt of the Associated Press i#
deserving the title of tkirf or puppy."
Tint Em?.?The K?v. l?r. Cutnming, of
| London, is still preaching his fuvoi ite tie ins i
of the second advent, und, in a recent JU-1
course, placed Uie tune in the year 1667, st [
the autumnal equinox. An American genilemun
who heard him, writes to one of our ' "
religious papers that " he cited a large nu?oher
of authorities, which seemed to oonfiru*
his view.'* There is one '* authority" which
tl?e preacher evidently forgot; * Hut of that ,
day nnd that hour knoxreili no man; ss,
nut the angels which are ia heuvo."? Mark jg|
J xiii, 3'j; I
Backimi Ovt.?A telegram says that j
Major Graham has just ni ived at Jlrowna-. I
i ville from the Mexican capital, who give ml
intelligence that Maximilian hasrescntly
reservedly expressed himself rcadv to
I hi* Nit from Mexico whenever the Unitedhflj H
Ktate* \
It ii j.r.'poff d to make )>roTi?iytr>|^H|^H
t'?rryiiiKi on I no uuder y-ounii
which ? to he HtertrJ in !\?*w
imMehyiert |esr ri?T. 01* 25.?iy
IIih irniq* iiot to tun si * \r
exceedirg t w rutj nulu j tr l.y
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