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r. m. TRinniER, editor.
Tlinrsdajr, Juie 21, 1866.
a9"Th? examination at Reidville, in the
Male School, will take plaoe on the 26th inet.,
ia the Female Sohool on the 26th, the Commencement
on the 27lh inst. Dr. Bi'iit. of
Qreeaville, will deliver the Annual Oration,
ea the 27th at 12 m. The publioare invited.
Fire.
ThU excitinr alarm ia eiven aa we are voinr
to press. Tho kitchen belonging to Mr. Chaws,
on tho lei near the Female College, was
destroyed, with most of its oontents. We hare
leaned nothing of the particulars.
A Mew Pontmaster.
Mb. Fsbdbbk IIaas has been appointed and
commissioned postmaster at this place. Mr.
Haas, of course, was required to subscribe to
the Test Oath.
M^). J. A. Lis, who has been our very efficient
and aeoommodaling postmaster for ten or
twelve years past, now retires, being unable to
take the new oath of offioc. All will join us in
saying, that no one could have discharged the
duties of this offioe with more nerfocL aatisfac
tlon to the public, during tlie long term be has
held it, than did M^). Lie.
Reconstruction Committee.
Tkie great farce, of six months duration,
has come to an end. The; hare reported, and
for the gratification of the curioait; of those of
our readers who are interested enough in its
proceedings to be curious to know something
of it* deliberations, we announce the fact, and
give in brief, something of what the; hare reported.
According to their phrascolog;, its
otyect was "to ascertain the condition of the
rebellious States," and report upon their fitness
to be represented, and their lo;alt; to the
United States Government. This was the ex
pedient of the congressional niajorit; to dels;
the restoration of the Southern States to their
former positions in that Government. The;
make an elaborate statement to show that the
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?> >? an uugnuueu 10 representation, which
it would be idla to refute, nor do we care to do
0. Much of tbia report ia taken up in enumeraling
and rehearsing a great deal that li- a
become stale to everybody, such as defining
the act of eeoession and the attitude in which
it placed such 8tates toward the general Government,
and in organising these Slates into a
Confederacy we "levied and waged war, &c.,"
This Committee say the rebellious armies were
centered by the people of the United States,
(the mercenaries of Europe not mentioned)
aoting through the several branches of the
Government, and not by the Executive Department
alone, and that the President has no
right, theiefore, to regulate the terms of settlement
and "to confer representation upon
rebels and traitors." It has been shown to
the set infection of this Committee, by the evi- 1
den on submitted, that the people of the late
Confederate States are sot qualified to elect
Beprerentatives to Congress, except it be the
people of Tennessee. We think it would be
justice to some of the people of Tennessee to I,
nay that we do not believe they possess wbst
this Committee would call "qualifications."
At appears from this report that more indentaides,
greater security, and safeguards for the
Mare are thought to be necessary, before re- i
storing the rebellious States to a participation
la the direotion of publio affairs. If unarmed,
impoverished and disorganised we cause such
apprehensions, what a terror these States must
have been when armed and organised and investing
their Capital! They see in the evi
dence brought before them, symptoms of a
bitter hostility to the Government and the peo
of the United States, and insist that security
for the future "peace and safety" should be
required, that treason should be made odious, ,
that protection of the loyal people against fu- i
tore claims for the expenses incurred in sup- 1
port of the rebellion be given?advise changes
in the ConstituUon to determine the rights of ,
citizens, &o. Senator Reverdy Johnson, Represenatives
Henry Grider and Andrew J. Rogers
were the dissentients of th. '
from the report. The whole matter of recon- j
traction is where it was when this Committee i
oomaenced its onerous duties last December. I
It is referred baok to Congress, each House '
mast determine for itself the qualifications
of sppMbonts for membership in the respective 1
Hoases.
We believe (hat our people ore becoming in- ,
different as to the doings of the Congress and i
Committees at Washington, and we think many >
who were anxious at tho close of the war, to
back into the Union,are now careless about
it. They think every concession has been
made?every expression of the States that
woald guarantee "the future peace and security"
of the United Steles Government and its
people, has been given. If more is required
of ue than to be Iswabiding citizens?if they
aemana our lore Tor their people or admiration
for the Oovernment ?reconstruction ia en event
to be looked for in the deep, hidden future?
let* through which no eye cen look.
Richmond, June IS.
Bishop Early, who was so seriously injured
by the accident on the Danville Railroad, is
better, and it is thought he will recover.
Niw Tons, June 14.
Gen. Murphy and other Fenians refused bail
at Malone, and await their trial, which occurs
at Canandalgua on the 19th.
Another death occurred from Cholera in 36th
street, yesterday.
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Bxckutf?s.
Tha DmUy South Carolinian, of Columbia,
cornea to u* in now shape, enlarged, and much
improved in appearance. It la a good newspaper,
and one of our most valuable exehages.
The editor sajt: * We are compelled to take
this step first, because our advertisements occupy
too muoh space; and secondly, because
our large circulation?now the largest outside
of the oity of Charleston, demands a corresponding
increase of enterprise on our part."
The Daily American Patriot, is a newly es
tablished paper at Columbia, by i. K. Bbittox,
esq., who has considerable experience in jour,
nalism, of whioh the Patriot bears evidence. It
is well edited, neatly prir -d, and will doubtless
be a suocess.
The Pickens Ktoteee Courier comes to us, enlarged
and greatly improved in appearanoe. It
Is printed very handsomely, and bears evidence
of experience and good taste in its editorial
conduct. It is well edited by Rout. A. Tiiomp
son, esq.
The Sumter A'ori, recently established, has
been placed on our exchange list. It is a deserving
candidate for public patronage. From
the neatness of its typographical execution,
and the evidence which it brings with it of
ability in its editorial department, we are warranted
in saying that it is in worthy hands,
and its merits will insure success. It is published
by II. L. Dark, at $4. a year. K. J.
Moses, jr., esq., editor.
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Colimnia, June 19.?Cotton?19 to 23;
gold, 23 to 32, currency. Corn.? $1.65 to
1.70 per bushel.?Flovr??11 to '.5 per harreL
New York, June 18.?Gold 1Gf}; exchange
nominal and quiet. Cotton dull; middling 41
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For the Spartan.
Thoughts In Spots.
no. i.
Dear Mr. Editor : While the land has been
flooded with pieces sod poems, epistles, and
even books, upon the rebellion, the war, reconstruction
and other things, 1 hare been lying
low. The times have beeu so hot I could not
have the hardihood to ask you to leave out important
matter to make a place for anything I
could " think, " especially as I am uisposed
to ''think*' round rather in "spots" than after
any given system. 1 have had all the while,
however, thoughts of my own?for other men's
thoughts I never would think ?and the fear
that posterity might construe my silence into
assent to the operations that are going on in
the busy world generally, 1 have fell a great
disposition to write; and now, that the smoke
and din of war have died away, and we are beginning
to breathe easy (but we live pretty
hard) do let me "think" a few small chapters,
if you please.
Mr. Linoolu's election was a mere accident?
not the spontaneous suffrage of the country.
The game might have been managed differently.
But after he was elected, the boys and the
men of Columbia need not burn tar barrels and
fling away their hats on hearing of it. If a
greai Government, such as we have had, ia to
be bursled up, let it be done with appropria'e
solemnity, nor need the preachers conie upon
the track?their sphere is modestly to submit
to any government the naughty world imposes
upon them. Hut we got out ut lost, though
Virginia and North Carolina ruined the prestige
or the thiug by being so long about it.
Keutuoky and Missouri "flashed in the pan "
Our men made a capital start for a Guveinment,
and if they had elected Stephens pres-^
ident we might have made the trip. He is the
greatest living statesman (of his inches) on this
continent. l>avis is a good man, and in certain
respects a great man. llis conception is
excellent, his ftriuness sufficient, but he never
could manage. His credulity was his ruin. He
should have known that Vicksburg was secure,
though half the army had been required to
hold it. Just as well "burst the biler" now as
later in the day. He should have removed
Bragg for retreating from Kentucky. He
should not have made the Georgia speech, lie
should have sent 50,000 men to meet Sherman
before he got to Atlanta. But he did (as he
and his advisers thought) for the best, and history
will show that he was every inch a patriot,
and in every characteristic, except wti a very
suporior man to Abraham Lincoln. May he
and his magnanimous wife come out of all their
troubled, and enjoy a grecu aud glorious old
sge.
But strong "ccceah" as I am, to the very
bottom of my liver, I can't see what better to
do, than accept the ' situation," and make the
most we can of it. The day 1 marched forth,
with the death-dealing weapon upon my shoul
der, I determined never to lease the field as
long as the star of hope shown down upon us;
but when that reckless old hog-driver (Sherman)
smashed up the dear little star with a
great ruti.less bombshell. I knew the "dog was
dead." My friend, R. E Lee, could have
fought on perhaps, until now, but no sensible
man fights (when they shoot bullets) just for
the fun of it.
The war was not gone into on aecaunt of the
negro, by either party?the question come up
afterwards. 1 have very little doubt, however,
that the Almighty favored the liberation of the
slaves ; not on their account, ior they are
worsted, but in mercy to us. We had over
rated the institution, and our children were
being ruined by idleness and extravagance
Our daughters could do little but run their
pa pas in debt, dress and flirt?had very little
idea what it tnnlc In innlre u ?nnil liiumit Our
eons, ao far from plowing or digging, wanted
a "boy" to hand fire for the cigar, and then
help get their feet on the mantle-piece.
But us I was going to say, ten ye".rs from
to-day, the planters of the South (different men
from those who used to plant) will realize more
piofit from negro labor than ever before. Slavery
has existed in some form or other ever
since God made the race black and kinkyheaded.
And all this runt, in New and Old
England, about the equality of the races, is a
lie and intended for a lie. Just as well say
that goata and buffaloes are equal, because
they all have horna and hair; or that a goose
is intended to soar as high as an eagle, because
aark Kaa fanl Kar? nnf) rrisin vrl V w ana* *ka
humble thoughts of a SOLDIER.
"Arthur," said a good-natured father to hie
hopeful, "I did not know till to day that you
had been whipped laet week," "Didn't you,
pa," replud hopeful, "I knew it at the time."
MMMHwaHBSaaEOBBaBBBBi
Keep Tear Lands.
* Land is power, ? all history
toatifioa; and the best interests of our people,
political and monetary, demand that no
real estate title should be relinquished except
under such circumstances as. In ordinary
peaceful times, would lead owners to willingly
aliens. If approached by speculators, drive
them from you by a stern refusal to play Esau's
part, and if forcibly dispossessed under any
color of authority, no matter whence emanating,
enter such a protest as may serve to show
hereafter in the courts that you did not consent
to your own wrong. The following is from
the Riohmond Enquirer:
Congress, as it shows by the tax it proposes
to lay upon all forms of tobacco, by the iuor
dinate lax of five Cl?nl? n?r nnnnd "lilKti i?
threaten* to ley upon out tun, end by ita action
in regard to the collection of the internal revenue,
is anxious to derive large revenues from
the Southern States, while it would, at the
same lime, repress Southern industry and
prosperity. It recognises the revenues from
the South as necessary, while it diminishes
them by its stringent measures. It would
make the South pay tuxes, but it begrudges
her the products ou which those taxes are
laid. It would make the South a waste to
punish the people, and yet it would have it
affluent in crops so that it might yield revenue
to the Government. It cannot do both of these
things, and will have to choose between them.
If the Government desires to profit by Southern
industry and prosperity, it must cnoourage
them.
' We sometimes fear, and we have reason to
fear, that ths scheme of the inen now uppermust
in Ilia <iAiiK..t. ~r ?-_ V-?1. ! ?
w.u.v.J VI illPflU IS SO vo ClOg
Southern industry with such impediments and
drawbacks as to discourage and disgust those
engaged in it, aud induce them to throw their
lauds into market. The glut of lauds would
bo so great as to roducc the price to a standard
that would enable Northerners to pick and
choose, and purchase up the desirable estates
in every locality. The millions of unemployed
capital at the North could find no more profitable
investment. The investment of paper
money in cotton lands would be almost tantamount
to its conversion iuto cotton, the equiv
alcnt of gold, and without any loss of discount.
Such a scheme, pertinaccously adhered to,
might result, in the course of a few short
yeurs, in an entire change in the proprietorship
of the soil. The whole toil would be
transferred to Northern hands, and cultivated
by the negro laborers now resident on it, who
would be hired by the new owners at a scale
of prices regulated by no competition, and ad
justed at the option of the new owners. These
new proprietors, thus colonizing the South,
would have all the aid that friendly Congressional
legislation could give them. Many of
them would remain at their homes in the North,
and cullirate their lands by deputies.
This would introduce the feature of proprietary
absenteeism that prevails in Ireland.
Some would settle here and superintend l teir
own farming iutercsts. From those thus set
lliug here, and the deputies ot those remaining
at home, would tie i'hn??n i?? t-'adnr.)
for the several States?the Judges, Attorneys,
Marshals, Clerks, Collectors uf the Revenue,
Postmasters, ?Vc. A part of the scheme would
be to confer suffrage upou the negroes, and
then the Northern settlers and negroes, 40m
bining with the so-called Union men of the
South, would aspire to control the States in
their internal domestic policy. In process of
lime, they would outvote the Southern whites,
fill the State offices with their own men, and
make all Ike U??So ?uil tkemaelvea. Owning
the soil, having the labor of the negroes, fa
vorcd by a sympathising Government in every
respect, they would reap and enjoy all the immense
profits of the cetton tobacco, sugar,
rice, corn and wheat crops. In the meantime
what would become of the Southern whites
after parting with their lauds?
In numerous instuuees they would be cheat
cd out of the purchase money. When honestlypaid,
it would perhaps be invested in stock
that would becoaic valueless?Some fancy stock
gotten up for the occasion by shrewd New Eqglanders.
If well invested, in nine cases out
of ten, the interest would be inadequate as a
support. The principal would have to be encroached
upon, until interest, principal aud all
would be consumed Then would be presented
the melancholy spectacle of almost a nation
without lands, without money, without employment.
Would they come down to manual
labor? If so, they would have to work side
k? .i.i. ?;?K < 1.. ?- ---? ? 1 :l 1?
nun me ?trjjivto, miu uu nic Bull lUP^"
once owned, for the New England proprietors
and task masters, If they did not work, they
and their families would have to starve?for
white paupers sic uot embraced in the charities
of the Trcedtncn's Bureau. Some few
might be able to emigrate to Mexico, Brazil,
Veuezula, but nine out of leu would not have
the means tc remove their families.
A people thus heinmed in, thus impoverished.
thus driven to desp. ration, would have but
one resource?revolution. If successful, this
might enable them to recover their lauds aud
their lost position. An earthquake, the forked
lightniug, an avalanche, are not more to he
dreaded than a brave race thus driven to tlie
extremity of despair. It matters not that they
would be ultimately subdued; that consulera
tion would not perhaps deter them. Their
tirsl rush would be upon the occupants of the
lands upon which they and their children were
born ami reared, and it would he like the rush
of hungry tigers upon their prey. * #
We do not imagine that any Congress could
be guilty of the great iniquity of robbing us
of our lands For a direct robbery no defence
could be made. Bui we sometimes think that
(be Radical policy contemplates as an expedient,
goading us by tyranny into some out
break that will give them a pretext for general
confiscation, as a means of grtting posses-uon
of our soil. Our advice to all, therefore, is?
friend, and under no circumstances, no provocation,
no pressure, engage in any outbreak,
or commit any act that can, by possih 1 ty.
giro them such a pretext A year has passed
since the war closed, and we still hare our
lands, our houses, our flo :ks and herds. Let
us cling to them and never part with them.
This is a sacred duty which we owe to posterily.
?
St sou la n. Divobcs Cask.?A singular divorce
case came off recently at Cnnnelton, Indiana.
A young lady in I'erry county was
married, to all appearance, happily ; but ten
days after the celebration of nuptials she filed
a petition in the Clerk's office for divorce net.
ting up aa a plea thai the individual she had
married teas not a num. The evidence on the
trial was sufficient to establish this fact, and
the divorce was very properljr granted.
It is calculated that American families can
travel in Europe for twenty-five per cent, less
than it costs them to stay at home. Reef is
only six penoe sterling a pound in Bremen.
Heretofore rich people have gone abroad for
pleasure, but unless prices moderate, poor
people may eventually Lave to go abroad for
the sake of economy
BenvanseanaBaHi
[From the Porta SitcU, May 20.]
Tl>? German War QuestionWhen
the Conference shall it lut hive Bit,
?h?B VI shall hlTl passed through all the
phases of this interminable procedure, every
plenipotentiary will refer to Lis Government if
the slightest accident?if aa unexpected inter*
Erelation or pretension should happen to arise.
>uriog that time, what will come to pass? lias
diplomacy, whioh proceeds with such prudent
slowness in the midst of the most pressing
perils, has it a means of appeasing fermentations
and international hate ? Will it prevent
a spark from being communicated to some train
of powder and provokiug a general conflagration
? Italy entire is up, quivering with irnpa'
ticnoc; armed multitudes are in prcsenoe of
i each other. Whose is the powerful voice that
| shall say to these angry waves, "Thus far
! shall thou go, and no further !" The diploj
matists truly take matters far loo easy, and
i the journals which speak of the length of diplomatic
proceedings does not seem to consider
I Ihi Hounareln oa.l ritinmto ?1 ?
I ?~r-- ?? ? ?. fiuvwa SIVOAVIWU VUISIICU uu
the ft nancies of Austria, Prussia and Italy.
These 1,600,000 armed men who only await a
signal to precipitate themselves on the field of
i battle, these horses, ciunons, munitions and
J immense stores absorb everyday the substance
and savings of twenty Slates. All business is
suspended, every interest is menaced, labor Is
arrested on all points at the same time. Since
the moment that these great disputes, like so
many swords of Dcmocles, have been suspended
over our heads, it is uol too much to estiwutc
at two thousand millions oi francs the expenses
and damages they have already occasioned.
Every day iu Germany, Austria, Pru
sia and Italy, more than fifieeu millions are
thrown into an abyss from which they cannot
by any possibility ever return. The vital forces
of each nation ure paralyzed; the youngest
and most vigorous arms torn fro.n the plow
and the workshop are unproductive; nni now
you speak, forsooth, of diplomatic proceedings,
and you find it will be necessary to mount to
the Capitol and thank the gods if, about tbe
It tb of June, the m em beys of the Conference
can meet ! But immediate war would be a
hundred times better than these sad and painful
negotiations which in all probability will
not result in peace ! This Conference should
I. > ? *
un>v >uv. U.coc vauiuci yuuncrs MJUUIU D1TC
passed ulotig the highways the day that Prussia
and Austria, associated together in a cowardly
and wicked action, tell together on Den
mark - two giants against an infant? to snatch
from her the prey which to day they are quarreling
over. T'?e accomplishment of tha'. crime
should hare been prevented. But the most iniquitous
| retentions, the most subversive ambit.
ous were allowed tree scope, and the world
is now ast uislied at the reaping what it sowed.
To accuse Italy ?to reproach her with the
faults which she tuay commit in a slate of exaltation
which she has reached -that is easy.
But is Italy culpable in aspiring to unity ?
Was it not France thai held her at the baptismal
fount, and for first principle, and for first
dogma, did she not leach her that she ought to
be free from the Alps to (he Adriatic? Pile
up conference on conference, diplomatist on
diplomatist, Pelion on Ossa, you will never
persuade Italy that she is wrong in wish ng tor
Venetia. nor France that she was wrong in de
signaling such au object to the ardent activity
of that people, only yesterday born to a national
life Can the conference expect to be
tnore fortunate when it undertakes to concili
ate Prussia and Austria? No! vain words
will not suffice in the dangers of the existing
situation.
Alt in Kuropa suffer under the same evil?
(he great iniquity whioli was Committed in
1815, and mounts to the heart and stifles us.
Nations are uot shared rut like sheep with impunity
; the vanquished are not humiliated
without a day of reckoning. A simple conference
does not suffice ; it is a European t on
gross which might, perhaps, repair in 1860,
the sovereign aud crying injustice of 1815. But
let us not deceive ourselves ; this reparation is
inevitable, and if a Congress cannot give it
pacifically, be certain that war will give it at
any price,
SiNut'LAtt Dtscu7KHT.?The Carrolton (Illinois)
Democrat says :
"For some time past a party of Indians,
numbertug fifteen, belonging to the Cherokee
tribe, have beeu encamped on the banas of the
Illinois river, len miles from this place. Their
ostensible object was fishing, hunting, Ac.,
but it appears from recent developements that
incir cuiei aim was to secure ahiuden treasure
of aoven in ns of S uuish coin which ha?l been
imbedded in the bluffs at that point in year*
l?one by by their aucient forefathers. They
seemed to be extremely cautious in their man
ners, lest the pale face should discover the
cause ot their presence iu that particular locality,
aud wrest from thetu the coveted prize,
tor which they h id (raveled many miles. Af
?er diligent search, which occupied some ten
or twelve days, they succeeded iu finding the
spot where lay concealed the secret of their
researches. Little remains to be told. Suffice
it to say that, after due exploration, their
brightest auticipat ons were by far more than
realized. The urns of gold and other sacred
relics spoken of by their chiefs, long s.nee gone
to the happy ' hunting grounds," were secured,
aud on yesterday morning these untutored
children of the forest took their departure for
the tar West, withtnauy thousand Spanish dol
lars to clu-cr them ou their long aud tedious
march."
A Prates eor Ex-Prksidbxt Davis ?Rev.
S. w . Rogers, of Memphis, rector of St. Lnza
rus Church (Episcopal) iu that city, on Whit
Sunday istued a pastoral letter to his congregation,
in which he exhorts them to offer un
(lie following prnyer "every night when you
&oto bed, aud every morning as soon as you
rise
' O God. whose mercies ere everlasting, and
whose power is infinite, look down with pity
and compassion upon Thy servant, whom Thou
hasi laid in a place of darkness and the deep.
Give him always a sorrowful sense of his sins
and of Thy fatherly love and correction. Give
to his judgee tenderness and compassion, and
to us a meek and forgiving spirit toward all
who have confined him. Haise us friends to
pity and relieve him. Give him the continual
comfort of Thy Holy Spirit, and so sanctify
his affliction s that they may work for him an
eternal weight of glory through the merits of
Jesus Christ our Lord."
A decided impression was made upon the
guests at the hotel table, at Meridian, Miseissippi,
a few days since, by a Union soldier,
who rose from his sent and kindly waited ana
one armed Confederate soldier, who could not
help himself well. The attention was naturally
and delicately paid, and gratefully received
The Meridian Messenger, which relates the
incident says: ? "The spirit of the gray-haired
Federal soldier would do more towards reoon
citing North and 8outh than any spirit whioh
was ever invaded the roov* where the CommitUa
rvf PiAaan koM tkaie aaadUllt an/1 mtmn
| ell sorts ot stories out of ell sorts of witnesses."
MAJicvAOTVKt oom Cotto*.?-The Mw>M?
Avtlinob* make* son* vMmom suggsstieatf
to the pooplo of tho South tkat art wall worthy
or serious consideration. . Tho THifci of that
journal nro m follows t
"There is but ono rented/ for tho Baulk, 00
far as wo can aoo. It is for us tobagla tot?sw
our attention to ihs maaufhoturo of all tho Ort?
tou fabrics wo need. This wiU bo a slow aAvauce
toward independence, but H will ha sum.
During the continuance of tho war, thousands
of spludles and looms wars started la tho
8outh Machinery for the naeuhetuM ?#
cotton goods wu slowly, bat getting a foot*
hold among us, and our poopla took pride la
being scan in "homespun dressss." If MS
but begin this improvement, in earnest, we
osn, in a few years, snap our Angers at all the
impositions or New England. Nations 4s not
count their existence by years, but by decades
and centuries, and if we but begin this work
now, the next generation will And us able ta
manufacture not only all the cotton we aasJ?
but all we can desire. This process will eraatp
us. It will compel us to lire with rigid economy.
it will compel us to diseara nil thn
present ruinous mauia for luluries. We must
raise all the food we need as well as -irsunftt
ture all the cotton goods we wear. We msot
depend more upon ourselves and our own land,
for what we cat ami wear than we haea em
done before. InaMog this we ah all perhaps
prolong our years of poverty and toi^. hat ws
shall have won our true and lasting independence."
Ratiiku Stxixoskt.?At the Comferenoe of
the New Episcopal Methodist Church, in Cincinnati,
on Tuesday, the following resolution
was offered:
Resolved, That ws forbid, by disciplinary
enactment, the manufacture, purchase, sale,
giving, the receding or use, in any way, ef
fermented or distilled liquors, except for mechanical,
chemical or medicinal purposes, nor
snail nn y member grow or dispose of any hops,
rye. barley or other oropo for the purpose of
supplying the manufacturers of formatted Or
distilled liquor*.
On motion, it was referred to the committee
on basis ol union.
Wsbtcbsd Man.?The Washing!on paper*
say that Thad Stephens continues seriously indisposed,
his disease being dropsy on the chest.
Wretched man ! Between negro on the brain,
iron works rankling in hla baleful heart, and
water filling np hie cheat, be is suffering frees
a complication of disorders from which death
would doubtless be a happy release. He haa
never impressed the country as aeting on a
commission from the Prinee of Peace.?CmreUnian.
Release or Ma. Davis?The correspondent
of the Philadelphia Ledger, writing frsa Washing:
od, eays .*
An order will be issued in % short time hr
the release of Jefferson Davis, hat whether ou
parole or on bail 1 ana at proaent unabla to any.
Tbe presumption, however, is that the release
will be on the same terms ns were accorded to
Messrs. 8'ephena and Clay. Another inter
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Davis was held to day.
Oklt the Fkkiam Leadbss to be Taisn.?
In . epljr to an inquiry of Distriot Attorney
Dart, at Pottsdaffi, New York, as to whether
any of the subordinate officers and men of the
Fenian prisoners-should he indicted, the Attorney
General telegraphed instructions to day
to in.iici the leaders only, and to proeeente
them lor breach of the United States neutrality
laws with such diligence as would be oon- .
sietcnt with the dignity of the United States.
Trial or Majow Gas.?The trial of M^jor
Gee. ihargrdwith cruelty to the Federal prisoners
at tau i ibury. has been postponed tUl the
1 lib inst. The trial to this time has ooet the
Government $150,000 No proof of the eUegrd
I cruelty has yet been elicited, hot on the senI
trary, it fa-is been proved that the Major did
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the Union men in his custody.
Hugh Collon, who standi charged with the
murder of Edward Milligan, oa the 27th of
April last, on the finding of a Coroner's in?
quest, and who has been at large sines that
time, surrendered himself on ysvterday to
Magistrate Whiting, and was by him oommitted
to jail to wait his trial at the approaching
term of the Court of General Sessions?Ch* .
Courier.
A plan has been suggested bj which tho
Hudson Hirer can be tunneled from New York
to Hobokrn by laying an iron lobe fire feet ia
diameter across the bed of the stream. This
tunnel, intended to be worked by the pnenmatic
method, is designed to transport the freight
of the Erie lUilroad between iiobokeo and the
company's depot in New York.
A number of young Germans engaged fa
commercial pursuits are oompelled to leave
London, having received orders to join the
Prussian and Saxon armies. If tbey do not
obey the summons, they lose the rights of eitixensbip,
and auy property they may inherit
is forfeited.
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Not long since. Kikan Hersmaaa, Kabbi of
a Jewish 8ynagngue in Brooklyn, New York,
was kicked out ot his church by a portion of
his congregation who objected to hie ministration
on sectional grounds. He on Thursday
brought an action against them and received
$800 damages.
The ladies of Winchester, en Wednesday last,
paid a most imposing tribute to tile Confederate
dead interred there. The prooessiea comprised
several tSnu?nit ?
sections of the Valley, and extended over half ,
a mile in length. The ceremonies at the oen?
eteriea were moat beaut ifal and appropriate.
The New England Methodist Episcopal Convention
closod its session, at Boston, by a
centenary festival on Thursday evening. The
reports made to the Convention show a resaarliable
increase of the Methodist denomination
throughout the country.
A lump of gold, taken from the North Carolina
gold mines, weighing five pounds, is e*
exhibition at 8tat?eville. N C. It is the largest
lump found in the State since 1828.
A gsng of robbers, deserters and other bad
characters, have organised themselves into ft
company for mutual defeaoe against the law,
in Western North Carolina.
An insurance agent in Memphis has present*
ed each member of the lire department of thai
city a policy of $1000, insuring them rgainst
accidents of every description.
An editor out West, who had served eft ft
iury, says that hs is so fall of law that it Ift
hard for him to keep from chesting somebody.