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Feb 27 tf 9 Law Notice. nn?IE Undersigned have associated themselves X as Partners in tho PRACTICE OF LAW foi E Igefield District, ander tho style of ADAMS A L.VsnnUK. . W. W. ADAN5, AY. M. LANDltUM. Jan. S, 1S67. " tf 3' Medical Card. DU. T. J. TEAGUE has moved 'to th. Dwelling recently occupied by Mr. J. R Carwile. next do:>r below Episcopal Church. He may ba found at the Drug Store of Tvngu & Carwile during tho day, and at his rcsider.c daring tho night, when not out on profos?ona business. (Living bcon ?:o-'*agcI in the practice of Hedi eiau, ia ii? vario is branches, for thc last Thirteei Years, ho fools that ho does cot arrogato to him self undoo merit when he solicits a liberal shar of patronage at thc hands of this comiuuuUy. Jan 1 tf. 1 . DENTISTRY. if il. H. PARKE ?TrcspcitfuUy announce) that he is well p.***?"*" to execute in the besr manner and prompily all work in the.business, -and at greatly reduced figures. Having acquainted himself with thc late ines timable improvements in the profession, and sc cured a full stock of mater?iis, ?c., ho warrain good and satisfactory work to all who may desiri his services. . . E . -ofield, S. C., Aug. 1, tf 31 F or* S he rill'. The Friends of Capt. A. P. WEST respectful - ly announce him a: a Candidate for Sheriff o F. 1-ofhld atthc next election. Nov 7 te* 45 JSST" Wc have been authorized by the Friend of Capt. H. BOULWARE to announce hun . C indidatc for Sheriff of EJgefidd District at tnt next election. Apr 12 {e* 16 For Tax Collcetor. Thc Many Friends of D. A. J. BELL, Esq. respectfully nominate him as a Candidate fo Tax Collector at the next olection. Oct IS lo 43 THE many Friends of Capt. JAMES MITCH ELL respectfully nominato him as a Candida* for TAX COLLECTOR at the next election. SALUDA. D?c fi to* ' 50 Wo have been requosted by mary friends ot Mr. JOHN A. BARKER to announce him a Can di late for Tax Collectors! Edgefiyld Disirict ai thc ensuing election. OcL 2, te* * ??T" Wo have been authorized by friends o' Capt. STUART HARRISON to announce bim a Candidate for re-election to thc office of Clerk o? the Court of Common Picas for this District, at tho next eiectioi. . April 9 te -15 ?&~\Vo have been authorized by the many friends of Capt. X. YANCEY DEAN to an nounce him a Candidate for Clerk of the Conn of Common Pleas for Edgeficld District at tb? next olection. June 20 te 27 CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY S^SUtftfWD fl ?AlT EDGEFIELD, S. C 7T1 IE Sabseribbra respectfully announce thr. A 'nv ar?? now prepared tn do all work in th COACH MAKING and REPAIRING BUS] N 3S3 'hat ra iv bo er tra?ted to them, in a work ai mi ?ko manner; and with ncatnessand irlspatc) W? h ive on band a. few CARRIAGES asd su parlor BOG OI I! 3 ,of our own manu fae tu re, wh id wc will sell l. v. All kinds of REPAIRING done promptly an-1 -.r iTtn'od to give satisfaction. .50-As wc sall ONLY FOR CASH", ourpric ar unusually reasonable. All we ask is atrial. SJTITH ?fe JONES. .Mar 7 tf 10 '?'iIE Unders^j/co! rives notice that ho is now prepared tobaTO REPAIRED in a gocd ani workmanlike mauser, Y-iAGONS, CARRIAGES. .BUGGIES, and other Vtbiclcs that cay bi brought to his Shops, at fair and r?asooable pri ce? ?>r Cash. NEW WAGONS, CARTS and BUGG?BS will also bo put up in thc besf stylo, and Tl as reoson ablo terms ns ran be afforded! ' Having EFFICIENT' and f EE JEN CET' WORKMEN in niv Shops, and a gond supply oj tho BEST SEASONED TIMBER, no pains will ?>e spared to give entire satisfaction to th?, se who may send their work to there Shops. W. W. ADAMS, Sept 26 tf OR the real plcasaTc and ccmiort af these who sometimos indulge in n social gins.--. I hove opened in tho Plmtors' Hotel, a FIRST CLASS BAR. well supplied with EVERY VARIETY r?f tho BEST WINES, LIQUORS, SEGAIvS, ?kc, and under tho management of a gentle 14-ml oonrteoas nnd attentive, -irho will at all. time3 be in attendance to give entire satisfaction ito his customers. A. A. GLOVER, Agt iEIe?field, Feb 1? tf 7 Magistrate's Blanks. have on hand a good supply of MAG IS IAH'S MhASKB, t? U (Tiro following poem bj John Quincy Adaiui doubtless familiar to many of our readers, ai it is many years since it was pub'.iaksd, if bear a reperueal. The poem was wr'tten in J\ 1?-10, when Mr. Adams was 70 years of ?ge, un these circumstances: Gen. Ogle informed Adams that some young ladies in tho District ', requested him to obtain Mri Adcmis aiitogri for them. In accordance with this request, Adain?-wsote the following beautiful- poem u The Want3 of Mau," each stanza upon a si of note paper : . Thc Wan?? of Man. " Man wants but little here below,, Nor wants that little long." [Goldsmith's ffermitagt "Mon wants but little hero below,? Nor wants that. little long i* 'Xis not with mc exactly so- . But 'tis so in my song ; My want* are many, and if tolfl Would muster m my a scor?; ' And wero each wi.-h a mount of gold, I still would long for more. o a ? ? ? ? I want a garden and a pork * .' '' My dwe?ing to suriound A thousand acres, (bless the murk,') . With wall encotupass'djound, . . Where flacks may range and herds may lc And kids and lambkins play And flowers and fruits commingled grow, AU ."Sden to display. I want, when summer foliage falls, And autumn strips the trees, A house,within tito ci?? walls For comfort and for case For hexp, as space is somewhat scan!, And acres, rather rare, My house in town I only went JTo occupy-a square. What next I want at heavy cost,. Is .elegant attire ; Black sable furs for winter frost, And silk foi'' summer's fin; ; And Cssbtncro shawls, and Brussels laco My bosom front to deck .And diamond, rings my bands to grace, And rubies ior my nock. i I want n Steward. Buller, Cool;.*, A Coachman, Footman, Grooms, A library of weil bound bo'iks, And pfoturc-garnished room>r, Corregios,'Magdalen anti Night, The Matron of their Chair, Guido's fleet courses in their flight, And Claudes a; least a pair. I rant a cabinet profus* With medal.*, poins and gems, A iN.-ir.'ing prc?.' fur private use, .Of fifty thousand edt; Ail plants, and minc?als and shells, V,'::ria?', insects, fianc*, birds ; And every beast on earth that dwells,* In solitude or herds. .* . ^ I want a. board of burnished plate, Of silver tfnd of gold, Tureens cftwe?ty pounds in weight With sculptor's richest mon'd, Platear? witb-cfcanu.-.liers and lamps, Piates, dishes all thc rame : And porcelain vases with thc stamps Of Scv.-?s Auguolcms. And maridas of fair glossy stein, Mast form u.y chamber doors, And carpets of the Wilton grain, Must covqr al) my floors. My nail.; wi. h tapestv be decked, Must never bo outdone'; Aud damask curtains must protect Their colors from thc sun. And m i rr. rs of the largest pane From Venice mu.-t te brought; And jindu woad nod bamboo cane, Ft r chairs and tibies bought : On all the maulle pieces, ciocks Ot" thrice-gilt bronze must stand, And screens f.f ebony and box Invite- the stranger's hand. I want (who docs not want ?)-a wife, Affectionate and fair, To Sftki?e all ?be wes of life, And i.ll its joys to shaw; . Of temper sweet;-of vi. i.iing will, Of linn, yet placid mind ; * With Hil my f..ni!.-, lo loi*B mc stillr With sentiment reCned. And r.s tine's car incessant runs, And fortune ?i?s toy store, I want of daughters ?md of sons Formed right and.nothing more. . I want (alas! can mortal dure, On earth such bli;.- to crave?) That all tte girl? he chaste and fair Thc boys all wisc and t*ravc. And when my bosom darling sings With melody divine, , A pedal harp of u:any strings Must with her voice combine. A piano equisitely wrought Must flpen stnnd apart ; That ?ll my daughters m iy bc taught, To win thc stranger's hoart. I shanta warra qed fuith'.itl friend To cheer thc adverse hour, Who never to flatter will debcend Nor bcn? tho knee to power ; A friend to chide mo whoo I'm wrong My inmost'soul to sec ! And that my fiiendship provo as strong. F?r him, as his for mc. I -.rant a kind and tender heart, For other's wi*nts to foo1, A soul secure from fortune's dart, A bosom armed nit h stpel To bear divine chasti cment's rod . And mingling in my ?plan, Submission to tho '-ill of God," And ch?rity t? man. I want a kecu observing eye, An ever listening car, Thc truth through all disguise to spy, And wisdom's video to tear. . . I want uninterrupted health, Throughout my shir: career. And s'ream.s of never ?.iih.ug wealth To scatter far and near, Tho destitute to clotho and feed, Frt'c bounty to bestow ; Supply tte helpless orphan'." need Arid soothe thc widow's wee. I want thc genius io conceive Thu talents to unfold Breens th? vicious to rrtrivc, Thc ""Irtuous to uphold. Inventivo power, combining skill ; A ptr*ovcring ?JVUI, Of hum-in heart to mould the will, And reach from Pole io Polo'. I want the seals of*p?wer and place, The ensign: ot cont wand, . Charged with ihe People's unbought grace Tn ruin my native L ?nd Nur crown nor sceptre would I ask But for my country's will, By d;iy, by night, to pry Ac task, Uer cup of bliss to lil!. I wan.t thc voice of lernest yraise, Tu follow nie behind, And to bc thought in future days The friend ot human kind'; That af'cr ages a> they rise Faulting way proclaim, In chorel uuiou to tho skies, Their blessings on my uamc. These are tho wants of mortal man, ? cannot wi'nt s h.-m long For lifo itself is but a spau, And .earthly prei.e u son;;; Mv 'a-=t gr*1*' want, absorbing all, U ?vhcii b ine?tb thc sod, And so-a monti to my lirai call, Th', ni'rtij if my God. /nd oh ! whilo ciwic.. in my veins Ol my lifo tho purple ?tr?-j-n, And jet a fragment still remains * Of "nature's irarsicnt drouin ; My .?oui in humble hope unsoarcd Ftirjjut no' thou .to pray, . That this thy v?ut m.ny be prepared, To )(tctt Ute jiuly?n,mt day. Wellington, Juoo, H 1810. ?fr^" The j&?h ville freedmen are detor . mined to insist upon their rights as n,en and brotherson the barber ?kbjjty They demand their "J.uru" with the whites. JJ?* Airs. Lincoln U aoloz to reside va Racine, Wjeconsiu. lier laruiture was spJd; ai auction in Chicago hut Saturday, and j brought good pricey ? SENT** BY EXPRESS." BT AMY RANDOLPH.* Marian Harlan was alone in the wcrldr-h mother just huried. ejhc was a beautiful, brown-haired girl wi soft, shy eyes of violet gray, and rosy li compressed to a firmness fur beyond her yea: For alter all she was scarcely seventeen; ai so Deacon Gray was telling ber, a? lie sat 1 thc Dre spreading his huge hands over tl tardy blaze and asked : 'out what aro you going to do to earn yo bread and bptter, child V ' I don't know-I haven't thought. Uar ma had an uncle in N.-w York, .who' 1 Yes yes-Ive beo.-n tell about Jii'm-1 was mad 'canso your mother didn't man just exactly to suit him wasn't he?' Marian was silent. Deacon Gray waited few minutes,' hoping she would admit hi into her secret meditations ; but she did no aud thc Deacon wqnt away home, to tell h wife that, "that Harlan gal was the yei queerest creetur he ever had'come acres? ?' In the meanwhile Marian wes busy paekir ber few scanty t hiiigs into a little carpet ba; by inc weird, flickering light of the dyin woodfire. ' I will go to New York.' she said to he: self, setting her small pearly teeth firm V geth'er, 'My mother's1 uncle s?mil hear m canse' pleaded through my 6wu lips. Oh> wish ?ny heart would not throb so wildly! am no longer meek Minnie Harlan; I am a orphan all alone m the world who Aust figl life's battles with her own single hands !' "Lower Broadway at seveu o'clock P. M. What a Babel of crashing .whee 3, hurryin humanity, and conglomerate noise? it was Minnie Harlan sat in the corner of an Es press Office, under the flue of gaslights, sui rounded by boxes, and wondered whether pee ph; ever went cr.-zed in this perpctoal dir and* tumult. Her dress" was very plain-gra poplin', wifh ashebby6ld iashicned little strai bonnet tied with biack "ribbons, and a b!u veil, while her only article of baggage th carpet bag. lay in her lap. She had sat ther two "hours, and was very tired. ?"Poor little thing.' thought the dnrk-ltoi'rei young clerk nearest h?r, who inhabit. t\ a - ur (d'wire cage under a circlet of gaslights^ Am then he took up his pen. and plut;ged*intO i tierfi-ci Atlantic Ocean of accounts. * -Mr:Evans!' .Sir!5 Toe nark-haired clerk emerged from hi enve with his pen bebb d his eat f ribed ?enc to the beckoning linger bf ids en -rior. . I have noticed ri at young v.-..uv,an silt'.nj here fi r some time-h>.w came she here?' 'Expressed on sir. Irom Millington, Iowa arrived this afternoon.' As though poor Minnie Harlan were a bo: or a'paper pated.' ' Who.for?' : Consigned to Walter Harring'^. Enquire. *I sent up to Mr. Harrington's address t< notify him some time :v?v ; I expect aa au swer every moment.' ' Nery odd,' said the gr:y-headed gentle, mr.n, taking op his newspaper. 1 Yes, sir rather.' Some three quarters oj aa hour afterwards Fiank Evans came to the pale girl's side wit! an indescribable pity in his haze! e}-*.-?. . Miss Harlan, we have ?ont to Mr. liar rington!s residence' Minnie lucked up wi!h a feverish red npor 'ber'cheek, and her hands clasped tight1}' ci the handle of the laded carpet bag. '-A ad we regret to inform yon thn't ht sabled for Europe at twelve o'clock this day. A sadden blur came over Miro.?e's eyes she trembled like a leaf In. ail her caleula tiona, she bud mu-ie no allowance fer au'esi gency like this. 'Can we do anything further for youT questioned tho young clerk, politely. 'Nothing-no one can do anything now.'! Frank Fi vans had bceu turrit ?j r.;.v:iy. bul something in the pite, a J tone o? lier-voice ap pealed to every manly instinct within him. . Shrill I rendf to any other of Jour f. ?ends ?' ' I have no friends.' 'Perhaps i can Lave your things sent to seme qaiet family hotel ?' Minnie opened her ii'.'le leather pur-c ard showed him two len con's pieces, with a smile tha? was almost a tear. ' fhis is all the money I have in thc world, sir!' So young, so beautiful, and so desolate! Fr nk Evans bad been a Nev: Yorker all his life, but he bsd never met with an exactly parallel case to this. Hs bit the end-of his pen io dire perplexity. . But what are you going to do ? ' I don't know, sir. Isn't there a work house, or some such pince, I could go to until I could lind something to do T ' Hardly.' Frank Evans could scarcely help smiling at poor Minnie's simplicity. ' They are putting cut the lights, and pre . paring to close the omeo, said Minnie, start ing nervously to her feet. I "must go somewhere. . Miss Harlan,' Said Frank, quietly, ' my home is a very poor one-I um, oniy a live hundred doilar clerk-but. 1 am sure my mother will receive you under her roof for a day or two, il you can trust me.' ' Trust you?'-Minnie looked at ?um through viol?t eves obscured ia tears. 4 Oh, sir, I :.hou?d te so th itfkful !' ' How. lalo you are Frank*! Here, give mc yotir overcoat-It is powdered with snow, and' But Frank interrupted bis bustling, cherry cheeked little mother, as she stood on lip toe to take off hfs outer wrappings. ' Hush, mother ! there is a youngyady down stairs.' 4 A young Lad}'. Frank?' ' Y? s, mother : expressed on from Iowa'to old Harrington, the rich merchant. He sailed for Europe this morning, and she i.* left en tirb'.y aloue. Mother, she looks like poor Blanche, and I knew you wouldn't refuse her a corner here until ?.be cotfid find something to do.' ' Mrs. Eyans went to thc door aud called cheerily out ; ' Como up stairs, ray de.ir-you're as wel come as flow.rs Lr. May ! frank, you did quito right ; you always do.' The d'.y.-> and weeks passed on, and still Minnie Harbin remained an initiate of Mrs. Evan's-bumble dwelling. ' It scems just as though she had taken our dead Blanche's place,'' said"tho cosy lillie widow; 'and she is SJ us'iful a out the house. I. ioa't know how I ever managed without her." ' Now, Minnie, you are not in earnest about leaving u* to morrow 7'. .I must dear Mrs. Evans only think-I havo been here t'>^ mouths to-uu>rrow . and j the*iiuatioa o? governess is very ad vania* geous.' ' Very well. I 3ball tell Frank how.obsti nate you are.' 1 Dearest Mrs. Eva:i3, please don't.' Please keep my secret.' ." What secret Ls il to be so religiously kept?" a>ked Mr. Frank Evans, coolly walk ing into the mid^t of the discussion, with his dark hair .tossed about ly the wind, and his hozel-browm eyes spnrkliifg archly. ' Secret !' repeated Mrs. Evaua energetical ly wiping her dim spectacle glasses. 1 Why ?ariuu i? determined to leave us to-morrow*' .Mieuie-V' 'I must Franje I have no right further lo -trespass on your kindness.' > if o right.eh I. Minnie, do you know that thu old house has been a different house since you came into it? Do you suppose we want io lose our little ?aabem Y Minnie smiled sadly, but ber hand felt ve cold and passive in Frank's warm grasp. ' You'll stay, Minnie ?' 'No.' Sac-shook her head determinedly. '.Theu y.^u must bo made to slay,' sa Frank. 1 I've missed something of gre value .lately, and I hereby arrest, you on st picion of thc theft!' ' Mi.-:sed something?' Minnie rose, turni: red and white. 'Ob, Frank, you never c suspect mc !' ' But I do suspect you. In fact I am qui sure tbat-the article is in your possession." 'The atiei? !' ' My hear:, Miss Minnie ! Now bole her I know 1 am very young r.nd very poor, but love yon, Minnie Harlan,.a;id I will be a go< aud true, husband to you. Stay -and bc n little wife !' ' So Minnie Har?an, instead of going out governess, according to the programme, ms ried the dark-haired young Clerk 'J Ellison Express Office. They wero ruy t ' \ married, early : tho morning, and FranJi took Minnie home : his mother, and then went calmly about h business in thc wire cage, under the circlet gas lights. . f ' ... . ' Evans!' 'Yes, sir.' Frank, *wi?h his pen behind his ear as i yore, quietly obeyed the behest of the graj headed r?ncia!. ' Do you remember the yennp woman wt was expressed on from Miili'jgton, Iowa, uv months since V 1 Yes. sir-I remember her.' ? tall, {-fiver haired gentleman here intcj posed with eager quickness : ' Where is she? I am her uncle T7alCc Harrington. I have just rot urned from Pari; when "the news of her arrivf.l reached mr. want her ; she is the onlv living relative Ie' incl' 1 Ah ! but, sir.' said Frank, 'yon can't hav her.' . . %' Can't have her ! What do you mean, Has anything happened ?! ' Yes, ?ir something has happened : Mi; Harlan was m'-.rned tu me this-morning.' Y.'r;!-(>r Harington stared. ' Take jne " to her,' in said, hoarsely. ' c::-'f bo parteo"ifom my only living'relativ ??r a m er-1 "whim.' ' I wonder if ho cails th--1 marriage survie and wedding rina mere whims/ thonght hop est Frank but be obeyed in silence. 'Minnie,' s:iid tho ci'! mau, in faltering ac cr-n's, ' yon will come to me and be th daughter ol* my old-ago? 1 aro ri-:h, Minnie and you r.re all I haw in tiii- world.* Dir. Minnie s'tole her hand '. brough her hu; band's arm. . . . ' Dearest ancle, he was Jd nd to me when was.-do.-ohue an'" alone, ?cannot leave rn] busSaad, Uncle Waltery-1 ioyo bim !' . ? Then you must'hr-th'of you come-and b my children," said tb?*'old c!ff?;r doggedly ' And you must c'ot??e now, for thc gre-.t bb?H ii as Ibi/cly as'a tomb.' Frank Evans is an expre-s clerk no !org?r and pretty Minnie mov. ?> in velvet and d?a monds; but they, arc quito as happy ns rfc; were iu the eld .time and that is savin; enough. Uncle Waker Harrington g?ov.? older -ind feebler' every drfyi und i.is tw.vcbil dr..i? arc thu sunshine of bi, declining lifo. Gen. R. J:. LOO. Thc London Standard paystho following tribute-n-o les? just than eloquent-to Geri* era! Robert E. Lvc : " There is nc? living boro-t here ern f iv, i ??yj a ! ong these whoso nantes shir.o will thu purest luvte in history-whose charades has commanded su l\?h a tribute of al?ectioi: a:id adiniratitin from- tj?cir fri ids, of respect and hu;.or from their iocs, as that ni Genera Leo. No lifo more perfectly !:. mic, no repu talion more untarnished oven by thc mina: blemishes w?.ic!? are not uncommonly found in union with Ibo highest hcru?sm, 1ms evci been connect eil wit.Ii a ;::\at ri? tiona; stnig gk?. No shade oPrauity cr egotism; nothing of the self-will or pi tulauce so often ch:: rac terijtic of conscio .s genius, no tinge of aflec talion, no taint eveii.o? ii.o pride; almost iu separcbl? from ordinary greatness. ,1 mind, which can epdiu^ tv?rythmg?ui humiliation, and regards ehbmissioh :-.-: disgrace, alloy :?.e simple grandeur of the Virginian soldk-r's nature. A pi-ly wTihcut the .s?ightc t'snsi ! (iv ofPhnri aistn, a sbnse >ff du f to which the sacrificc-of every personal fee?mg and inter cst appears a . mero matter of course, hate marked bis whole course.and guided bis ev ery public act? whether as a surdier ur as a citizen. A family,coiiuectionand tho tea rest living representativej?f iii'.: great champion o? American Independence, General Leo ha been l?e Washington ol' t':e Confederate war ; like Washington, a mon '.who'mVnvy dared not hate,*'but "jvithci?t th?orie da:k stain ol doubt, if nut of his honor, which the (lea?!: of Major Audre has left on the memory of hi . prototype. > '. No moro selfli ss mai?and stainless gen tleman" ever lived ; BO soldier ever ?el a uio?"0 admirable exsipp!e.cf. thc soldiery virtues ol h..-:ior, chivalric generosity, and manly sim plicity : no great man ever, retired into ob scurity, after witnessing b?ke the ruin of his cv.u.se and the detraction of his private ibr tunrs/with mere Christian patience and un shaken fortitude. Brought up in tho politick faith wllicli, up te Islip, wa.-: never questioned iu th? South, and generally held throughout tue Viiion...that, the Stales were .SOUK..;. powers with a parau:uu;.t and jnuli^uabie .claim.on the u'iejancc ol' thejr. citizens born in a otate which had) 6n entering the Union, formally reserved her sovereign char acter anti the right of resuming her in epea dence-when Virginia quitted tho Union Gen Lee conceived that the ' Union was no lunger Iiis country ; and, abandoning his commis sion and career in the Federal service-, he tendered,his sword to his native Stale. Like several others among the military aud civil chiefs ( f th: Confederacy, he wits . not a so CCisiooist, but simply a Virginian ; hedi,! not choose a pal ty, but followed' whet seemed to him the clear and unmistakable! path 6f duty." --.-. MAKMACE LAW IX GIMIMANV.-Among thc antiquated laws and customs of some ul'the stnalfior German S:ales which will be nboli-li ed on their annexation" to/Pr usgh, not the lea. : curious are those relating to ?uar: ?age. I:; Electoral Hesse nu. man?was allowed to to mai ry il' under twcuty-iwo ; e.'::.. ul' ag ., an I no woman if under eighteen. Thc ie-ult ol' ??rs somewhat sevcrHaw was, that wlille in other cou:itries girls'try lo make"p*e?plo b; lieve they arc " sweet seventeen" for many vcars after they have loft school, I he Hessian young ladies nilen dcelare themselves to be eighteen years u.'d long before they have reached thal a"'e. Thc Prussian authorities however, will change all that, tho law ul" Prussia making the minimum marriageable age eighteen for a man and fourteen for a woman! .In Wurlemburg men are not allow fd td marry under ?w'erit'y-fiye, except by spacial di^pcnsation. A curious btw, said to date from thc time of the Visigoths, also ex ist in that country, forbidding any woman to marry a man twelve years younger than her self. In the other German Stat.-s simil ir an omalies occur. Thus in Saxony the minimum marriageable ajre for a man is tweuty-one; for a woman there is no rciitrietion. lu Aus- j tria a boy of fourteen ir.ny marry a girl . of j twelve; while in Baden .marn?mes where the bridegroom is under twenty five, or thc bride under eighteen, nro'not allowod unless sanc tioned by the police cuthoriticE. ?SSj.A miurriod mon- in Williamsburg, ngod orty, rai. away with his wife's nitce, aged twen ty-five, on Tuoaday last. 5" *A Carions-Contrast. Ei-tWy will hereafter record the particu-. lars o?*strange contras! in the fortunes qi two brAhcrs, srsntf of Francis Joseph, Areh dui;fi (?Austria. Educated with great care and c-n|puraf:?d to look forward with high oxpecWeioji.s, they were regarded wh.cn tlioy arrirei?t their nifjvriiy as thc most accom plisheffirjnces of the age. The eldest, Eran els josiah. Jr., in consequence of the abdi cation-^ Ferdinand, Emperor of Austria, aud tharennricialion of his claim to the throne by Francis Joseph, Sr., became years ago in vested .yjth thc imperial purple, and has ever since maintained his position as one of the great pj?wer3 of Europe. His brother, Ferdi nand Maximilian Joseph, was educated at Vienna^;?nd lurs always maintained a high reputatibn as a scholar and a gentleman. When'TO ruled as viceroy iu Venetia, much as tiuH$netian3 hated their conquerors, they could not withhold irom him tho meed of their ?miration. In speaking of him, the cifize?f of Venice used to say that they had only raje lauU with him : ,% f?e was an Aus bcing rerroved from the vice royalty. ted himself to literary and scientific pursuffe lill lf?G3, when, at thc instance of Louis ffapoleon, bc accepted thc informally tendoced crown of .Mexico. Since then, we are altimore or less'familiar with his history. Hisjhopcs, once 1 'gb, have been com plelcl|?sha::ered,.a id i?? is now an al nest h?pch?s prisoner i: inc hands ol the Indian MexjAh, .Juarez. While his c*august broth er." Frftiieis Joseph, was prancing up tue sa cred at??s.d of Hungary on his goid-s-hud .-J cod, with Ea ancient crowii r:f*5t. Stephen gfitter ing on;Jr.; brow, the unfortunate Maximilian was stfVji et ;o indignities by infuriate fuemen, and'tEe latd diadem cf Mexico, which had Inreaaum irom his home across thc sen, was rudely; trampled in tho dil>t ol Qu^retaro. ThOM?Wy'annointed liing of Hungary waved ..is sword (.i licitly toward th?., ?our points of pass and vowed to defend tuc king pins! ???1 corners; and-hitter contrast jov war-worn Maximilian handed Iiis Bon*. ; Le same time, lo his blood thira ??i?ror ! Such is thc-story ol two broth: er.;, ?ad thc world, strangi !y c-oiii/b, says that this I elsi fortunate hi the belter of tbe' two. 'Sh&ld '.ho Liberals of .Mexico execute th-s imfogranate prince, the citions of Venice, uotwffiStandirig the prejudices ofrr.ee, will mourn his untimely dealU no less than Ins feiloa?cour.rymeri i f Vienna, and ehould au exp?dition ?J.' organized ?a Europe lo aver.g-i his daatu-Euch a thing is not,r.llogi thur im pr-jbable-f.piv.'io-.r. arning the y.Ilt.l spur?wFEuropo who* arc likrly td volunteer for soc'ii a service will bc ccVtaiu of iheltai ai) \oaths who fought nihilist .Maximilian's conn irym'eu-th?.-ir ben: ?/!:.:. ry foes-or. the fields ol ?ifig?nta, So! ft rino or Cu3tczz,t.-New Or IcansSuntcs. From lbs Cd Ta lo Times, 31 iy -'ii). Horrible Encounter with :i (J ri zs ly l?car. On Tuesday morning," as a young man ?amad Yance, son of Mr. Jojin Vance, "I S ?ar Greek, was going up toe cannon, lr cami acjpSjj a grizzly boar, Upou approach 1 i:?g'&tirir? ?ff'?v.- yards-ire fired. wL-'i ?jw bear fell. Not bo'ng v.r!? acquainted with l?a nature of bears, young Vance advanced ?or the parp?se of dispatching lum, bul the b ar quietly awaiting hts upproacn. tir?se vi\ his lund legs and struck thu gun ?r"in his hands kt ibo luomimt he was about tj ?ir.;. The bear immediately g ve another blow, t.ud ttno open th.- flesh above \ attic's right eye, catting two severo g.-i.iLt-.s, ami tearing ?he il->h from thc bone. One,naii '6i tko I. ai thc simo time caught the na;al Lone :i?. ?ts roo;, und toro a portion of it away, :,r.d pa s jug ulong, tore out the left eye. The b ar ?hen commenced hugging, at thc same lime chewing and ?ac Riling bim iii a fearful maa i;-.r. Iib dislocated ?ii? wri.-r broke his f r ' ann, and:tore thc '.\<- h from \.r>:h hands. He also hit his left' kr.ee severely, and cut :.. frightful g.ish nert SH ibo fleshy portion of the limb above, through ?he:flc hy part !>... Jow thc knee, andmore oath liuib3.from. the knee dowis t.i ibu n:.!:!?-. ".md hyd down on thc joting man. After both rematuins quiet for sjnse tiiue. (he lour moved ell, and Vance'ventured lo get up and make his cs cipo. - . AXARCIIY it? NORTH CAROLINA-MCRDERS CoilMITTEJl KV NKCROES.-?-7r<YM/?ij7t??. N. C., June >.'>.-Au atr?i .??-.-i mnrdev wi i com mitted in L'.-: o:r co:u ty. in this State, a few dr ys since, by a party i f ei^h: or ten negfot 0. Ta-y went to tl?e house of Mr. .i. T. Miller, and'finding Mrs. Sillier in tho room adjoin ing the-kitchen, ordered her to g'> into tte bouse) which she refused to do, whereupon si?.' was s tot in tile head by 'ope of the {nitty and instaiitly killed. They then ven: iuto' the field whena alilicr was ploughing r.i.d bound him with tho plough Hues, took him to the h'.u-e lo see thc dead ??ody of his wife, then-carried hiai into thc woods, a* distanro of abont half n mile,-and Rnnghun lo a ir.->e. where his body was found tho next day. 2\'o caus?is assigned fir this mahonca! deed, .;nd co arres:-- have been t.-aiie that are have heard of. Miller leaves seven children. A company of cavalry ha's bu n orden i ?Vum V. ilnm-g?un, N. C., to pr-jcecd into Lsiioir as.d Cvreen counties for. the purpose ofiarresliug outrages on pei.-.nii-a-.-.l property ia that part ol'the State. Several atrocious murd.-:s Jiuve occurred there la'e?v, and no protect i JU for property exists. THE WAY TO FICHT INDIANS.-A special correspondent of ihe Missouri Democrat geovra savage over thc Lidian uoitb.es. judging fr 111 tito following lit: le bit of advico ho give.-, thc Gbyornmctu : the oaly way tb fight IndianSj ?ii. least the Sjoux and ChuycnpC?, is to [>ermit five hun- j dred prairie settlers-men who have lived On . tbe plains from" boyhood-men who areskit'td in all the devious ways of the Kavage< !<. go after tlie:n. These men eau readily be found in tbe Slates of Kansas, Nebraska, a:o.l that pbnicn of the Territory ol Colorado I hat juts oht on t ?10 plains, eastward of Ibo Rocky Mountains. For their sc-v:ces, the captured ponies ?!)..l othcrtrophies will !?rovc snlfieient rteomp>e!?se. Let tho Government bu; pro claim iLal for tho sake of 1 conomy, and a I speedy solution of the Indian question, ii is j wilting thut Western volunteers leap into tho j. Baddie without drum or sounding cavalry t bugle. Their incentivo to the. self-imposed h isiik would bb tho wailing of Western mothers in- their first-born, strong, bearded men- 1 moaning for their sons, brother.-, sighing for i t'.itra'.e i rasters, lingering in sctvi'.e bondage ( in the wigwams of* their vile captors. No Biaudlin sentimentality, we opine, would lind < r.) .111 in their bosoms. Everything would bu 1 tjrgoiten, un henni, save tuu furious cr}- ?br J ievengel Whentbeffl men haye chastened < the Indians after their own fashion, let F.a*- ( tern missionaries mingle with thc subdiii d ' ( and conquered tri: es, and complete tho good 1 Work. If any Indians were left, after tho 1 swords of tho destroying Avengers, th? mis- ? f Nonaries, doubtless, woul^ lind eager listen-J < rr< to the Gospel, and tl e Christian shepherds | t wiiiitig flocks. Tho Gospel would be aa a balm of Gilead to the stricken ones, and tho nomadic suns nf Ishmael would become civil jz:d Citizens of the gre^t republic. C^y?-Culored women with picaninntes do a ! j thriving business in ?|?>bilu by lending out j j their infants lo such of the freedmen as may t ?i? brought before tho Mayoi's Court. It is j j reported as a'fact that a colored woman with 1 t a child in her arms receive- no punishment ' 1 for tho most disorderly conduct at the hands i of the soft-hearted Mayor. 1 News and Miscellaneous Items. SHS" A correspondent of the Griftiu aid s.a.) 3 that thc stinking weed kncvri '. dog fennel," if cnt at this season of .year and dried, is the very best bay that be given to stock ol' al! kinds. H* t-ays when dried it id sweet and nutritive, can't help haying o-ar doubts, but hope some one will try it on a sinali scale ant port results. SHS" A mrin ?''i Northampton, Mass.) sued his brother for twenty dollars for bnfd of himself aid wife during a > i h -h they paid him three years ago. w fina married. w Sarah Jennings, wife of "Vjarlbornv wrote the- Duke ot Somerset when he otfe her murringo < h?fl were young and ha some as I was, instead of old and faded ? am, and you could lay thc empire o' world at my font. you should never share heart and hand that once belonged to Jo the Duke of Marlborough." ?'?" Tho friends cf a celebrated -it pressed-rome surpriss that, at. his a^e, : with bis fondness for the bottle, be sho have tbousht it necessary to marry. " A v was nccessrry," bc said ; <: my acqun'mtnn began to say that I drank t o ViUcb fe single man." Bi*"*'** Galveston, Texas, it is estimated the authorities of that city, now has a po iation of 22 500. an increase since i860 ab?tit I3,o00.' Of :he present populati 17,500Are whites. ar:d 5.000 colored. Zy^T" AN UNEXPECTED DANCER.-One the spread eagle Radicals, at thc meeting Monday night, wauled thc wings of a b that he raigbt fly to every village and ha let of thc ?tate, and carry the glad tiding* ic-eonstructioD. A hoy .near ilia door su out : " Dry up,-you-old fool, you'd j shot for a goose before you flew a mile." Montgomery Mail. g?*As OIPSIOX.-An Ohio stumper, wh making a "speech, paused in tho midst of and exclaimed : "Now, gentlemen, what yon think?" Instantly a man ro.se ?? t assembly, nnd, wi'ii ono eye partially clo* m ?Heatly replied : " i think, sir, 1 do, ind*? sir. I think if yon end I were tn stump t country together, we would tell moro li than any other two men in the country, r and I'd not say a word myself during I whole time, sir.'' Rub your b -dy we'! with vin?g: and tue Aaa will cut your acquaintance quick as Lis elastic legs wi!i ci:ry lian ? ff. 8?" Among ibo Chinese tje anticip?t i or dt-atb :.? distressing. Their inuginati bas invented no less than ten hells. (J consists of r hell stuck full ot' knives;'ano t er ol an.iron b riler, lided with boiling wate a ?.hird, a bc'l <-f icc ; i rf another is fin ii: puf thc tongues a hose who tell lies : anot cr is :.. bell ut' poisonous serpents ; in ?moth the victim is drawn into pieces; an tuber is hell of blackn s ; and darkness ; a? <1 you cn hear them .praying in one, '-May I not f? into the heil of sword? !" aud auotber tl c.r that place of torment. f*2f*?n ill lo^kia-r fellow wa#a>ked ho he could account for Nature's forming hi s-, ugly. uX*tnre was not to blaine," sa ho, " for when I was two mouths or agc wi.:; C moderad thc handsomest child in ti nci?bbtirhood, but my nurse, ft) rcve? ge he ?idf u; >..>.: cly parenb lor some fancied injin f.*. their bands, one day swapped me. away ti mother "boy, belonging to ?friend of nen whose el'ild was rather plain looking." * A cotemporary says: " Charles Sun ncr is on ? of those vain and insolent F??inj whose manner constantly says, 'I thank Gr tiiat I am not like r>\\w And nibil cent people ought contir.aally to say. v> ; auk God that wc are. noe like * Charh Sumner.*' Prentice says : 11 A New York p^pc pays that suiei !e is becoming alarmingly pn valent in that n'y." We fear tint there ar lbw cities where it could prevail with greata advantage to tho world at large. ?SCSTTITFOR TAT.-An ^linois farmc rcctintly went to Indiana, commenced pro ccedings for a divorce, and. returning honu lived with Iiis wife as usual. In due liras h received a copy ni* tho decree in divorc? which 1IP pu! in ?us peckot for futura us? Bat thc wife ? j'-.i heard ut -it from aootli source, and, Icavirg him, procured, a copy c tho i adiana record, and su?l her husband fe alimony. SST* Gen. iloward has applie'd to th War Department for a detail ol twenty otu cor?'for bis Burean. Thy application.wa noi implied with,os ?, ;\Crnroent ?rvds it -iii ficult to muster cui/Ugh for rcgistration boa?d in thc Sou'h. A raortgega hos just boen recordci in Iowa, from thc Chit-ago. Rock island am Pacific Railroad Company to John A. Stcwar and Wm. TI. Osborn, i f N w Verl:, for tin sum of niue milhun dollars. The revehui stamps amour.:cd lo nine thousand dollars. - ? ?--, Hou. ('corgc II. Pendleton on the Sit uation.. lion! George tl. Pend eton, by Um invita tion of the Deni? eratic Club -of Urbana Ohio, made, a political address, not lor.g -jince, in the course of which he said : The old political system passed away in 1861, and another w?s adopted. Its little finger is heavier than the whole body oftbat widen it superseded. No longer do wo ask, Have wo a GovernmentT('Its Argus eyes st:t-k i-v ry-.vherc ll..) accumulation of libor and capital, and it* Uria:ian irius are evor gras; - ing all those eyes eau see. Its vast military and naval establishments have risen with por tentous (nein. a?id overshadow tba cu-:! nd-, mi i.s. ration in nearly ono half the country. There is no doubt, that wo have a Govern ment-a strong on-.-strong iu the number of men whom it can conscript ;' strong in tile treasury it eau raise by taxation; strong in it..-; power to evado the rights ol the States itnd Lti.; liberties of the citizens : strong in its ca pacity tu override thc Cons'itutiou j sir.oi'i vs R min was strong, east and west, under the limp rors, strong us France was strong un ier the reign of terror and the guillotine ; but weak ss they were weak when thc Goths aiid Vandals avenged on thc . sevon hilled city the ' tvrongs of Germa.'ts, oe when the blood of the j n r Ured Danton choked the despairing Robcs :spi rre. After reviewing thc political history of the ?ountry for .the pus*, sis years, he contender! that the party i:i control of tho Govi'rnmcnt laving b< collin revolutionists, will go on from )ne point to another from the reconstruction >f 1867 to ibo confiscation scheme of Thad j leus Stevens, and "rom that lo whatever else .he frenzy of the limes may prompt, tiil the 'eacticm shall c me, and the people, sated '. md wearied, shall drive them from power, ?ven though it may be th'?ugh blood. Con ! aiming, he said : u I see among many good men a tendency O despair. 1 sen among my own friends a Cadency to give up all for lost. They have , ost hope-they have lost courage-their its- j )ondeucy counsels inaction. The newspa- ! ler.s, tuc public speeches, but above all. the )rivate,conversations, incito the feeling. Gen lemeti, I do not sympathize with it. I have lig'u hope for thc future. I see the dangora . hat ave before us. ( I sec a long and weary . i-ay. I see a long and exhausting struggle, ii which success will vary from thc oue side ' o the other. I do not conceal ?rom myself1 ? that it may be a struggle of thc sword. Wt ol' us may go down with thc harness ot the midst of the iigbt, but bone fill 5 my hes j and rhii magnitude of tho priz> nerve? . arm." An Able Article on the Debt <?ucsti< From thc Sumter Watchman. 3fr. Editor:-Tn your issue of tho 22 I may, of your always welcome jou nal, I < ! serve au editorial upon the .?ulyect of 1 ! forthcoming Convention, its probable pol j in relation to tho adjustment of tho questi j of debt, &c. j I must beg leave to offer you my congrai ! lattens upen the bold, mauly and indent ! dent position you have assumed in thc artii alluded to. J believe you are in advance any ether journal in the State upon this otm tion, bur. you need not fear; your position oue which will i-tand the test of invstigatic criticism and experience. It has bren take no doubt, deliberately, and after sober retie tion upon ibo grave difficulties cf ourpeculi and embarrassing situation. The declaration you have made Chat, wi the death of slavery-the destruction of sla properly, the representations of its vaiuc we also destroyed, is at once true, jn*t and ? cossary-a re-tilt, of tho times-thc cnanci tio:, ol' the re>uit of the great and radif revolution through which wo have been a't are still passing. The poiicy you have indicated .of idjustii tho debt of thc country mm.t surely cngai the at'ent'ou of thc Convention now toi called. It is one of tho most; vital -picstioi to tho well being aud prosperity of ;uo eon rmi:;ity. Nothing is so karrassipg nod ? structive to cur industrial int'-rosf* ts ti present uncertain condition in which tl question of debt remains. The debts co tractcd lor negro property ats mainly owe by planters a::d farmers. Those debts r main, in wost instances,pretty ni!;;ii iu orig tn;! figures, with interest from date, and i many case-; cost added. Those figures. : you know, before the war, were for mar years very high, and with interest aloue, witi j out cu i, creates a lowl of debt which wi i Completely crush '.he energies of our workiu 1 They sec !i:a: ail ol their slave prr-j erty is now gone, and yet they ::re called o t i y for the very slaves who have bvon li' ! era ed. U'Sicrc estates are much involved i t i- respect, t liesa old debts will swallow u not only t:;c candi igs of planters and fhrmei u;;d.-r the new system cf i:'.bcr. but thcentii r?al ?-talc with teem, and then Itavc tl debt uuliqiiitlated. Under these circuir stances, wnere is the induccuicat to work j:. Instr- and enterprise mus*, languish, d-.. pair s:.y. . upon our people and v:a::t and stat ration blast their hopes forever. We :.c;-.r much pleasant talk about th sta:e of thc country, aad various plans an speculations are projacted ns to the futur., but lhere a. o very le w of us who fully appro ci I'I- rho great and overwhelming chang -..!; ch i.as and mu-t take place in our cireurs ; stances. Old things have indeed passed away ! a? t all titi: gs have become new. We ba" yet t'> real ze the great fact that slavery, th very substratum of the wealth and pro.-peri ly i ! the Sooth, has been swept -away, au wi !; its loss all hocurifafs ut whatever charat tertre hio're or less impaired, if not eritirv.1 destroyed. This truth our people arc slow t understand. This justice our Legislator? (Air Lawyers, our Courts are slow*o meet ou to the honest working men uf tho land, bu they now see this fact a-? it re>i?jy ccists lb themselves, and will lake ci.re ol'their o?i interests, and those who would hinder tin course ol justice, had better stand aside ant lake the \?o-.i care they can of their own.' . To prove I be truth of the proposition tba ul! : u:i;: e ire more or less impaired il no de ttuyc-i by Ibo .hoiitiou of si,.v. ry look a lite currcui price o? Led -thc valuu i-f Rea Kilato is merely nominal. What are Bani ?vies worth, which ara cent ids-promise: to psy doiitit' f-.r ..Han 'i'??<???? bi!!*'can bi bought fer 10 io 4.0 ?iC. coat ol ihe lace-3? of tho stock m irket, so of ev .y thing excr-pi jjrovis'ons. Y< t wb >n wo e tj thc qucs lion ??:' ???divitiu?! liability-pc-r? > >?'.'bot:u .vii-: security, w . arc 1, fors -, that the?e art very sacred instruments, that they aro con tract^ that i'i-y are protected by the Oon.ili tatton, fcc., ?c. We have thc opinion, of om Court of Erters, which is irrevokablc-inter terence is i practicable and hopeless,nothinfi can be done, and settlement must b i maui i trough the Court*, according to l'.-.cc md lig ' ur s -i the original papers. Wonder if Qr 1 der No. 10 aifecis contracts ? O': these con tracts-these v?ritable individual Contracts! What wonderful things they are. While ali things around us, moral, political and physi cs. ?.r; undergoing change, thci" co irraet" ; are immutable. Wars may como and swoop : awn- every tiling valuable as with the )esom o'' deatruciiou, bnt contracts stand, in "statu quo." W mder if any of them survivoj the ll..od. or ii' in these litter d.-tys of invention a:.d discovery, by insurance or (ire-prool safes, swine may not kc preserved from thc final catastrophe, and transferred fur final adjudi ca ti ?it and settlement, I dont know where ? Lin t ? will not indulge in this vein any longer. 1 a:;t ia earnest, .md I suppose those who huid ?.ppo-ile views are al-o. 1 ?;t:i an advocato?>f eou?ervatism in general, and the objections urged to the redaction or rescind ing of deb..< are applicable in a genera: way. ll' thc great industrial mterexts ol'our country were settled--if there jvas any established state of Ibfugs- ii'our people bad property and would not pay their just debts-il they had value received und were iu the enjoy ment of the saine, these arguments against interference* by legislation or otherwise' with contracts would bo entirely right, and the nviH who, uudor such circurnstuuees. would disturb ibem would be au unwise and impru dent agitator, but under present cir:ura >:.. ?c a 'itu' ri?w iso^e-.iid d, ncrrow-mihocJi ir just and oppressive. Contracts are already impaired, not by the ac! of ii:e debtor or creditor, but by wir pub.ic war, which involved ?veryantere31 of the whole c nun:y during its progress. Every thing*was staked upou the issue cf it, and all ur vi ry nearly .^'t! has bc ca 1 st. Xot enc ugh remains of the wredt to reestabii-h Ibo in leresus of society-to feed und ciothc our p pulation and furnish capital to employ la lior and hui <! up tho necessary and important enterprises lor tue resuscitation of our fallen fori unes. All our estates are hopelessly broken down l'or a genecation to come-our energies paralyzed for want of means-all ourinirr ests completely uprooted-our labor sys ;em changt^d-everything is in uncertainty, con fusion and distrust, and above all, we ar; in tbe midst of starvation and want. lu this tissue of unfortunate circumstances, tbeti, I ash if ii is possible to settle the debts ot tho country through tho medium of thc courts? I answer unliesiuiingly it canuut h-' floue. Y u cannot manufacture money ? by ihe service of Writs, or lodging Pi Pas in i thc Sheriff's office to make what is "nonest incciUus." Tho machinery of the law can bc ; ! put in opcrat'on successfully to coPect dents j where there is property in thc country otr; of i which to make the money, and that property ? has any value, which comparatively speaking ? is not the ca-e now ; and it- i? useless to de- i Dionstrate iu Court Houses over defunct <?n- i tracts and cafl upon our citizen* to perform | impossibilit?s. I The lute so called Confederate Suites con- j stituie the poorest community now upon ihe face of the civiliaed globe. The whites ire \ completely overreached with debt and dis- j Lurbcd iu all their relations, social, political < und industrial. Tho blacks are in no better condition-emancipated it is true, but penny less and to a ^reat extent in want; petted . indeed by Northern nan for their voice, ] >u? ' ? petting no money in their pockets, both suf- - . feting for the necessaries of life and depen dent for bread upon'a distant section. Liens have been given by almost every one, upon the growirg crop, to support life and carry on labor. Thc provision crop of this year must be half consumed before the usual time of harvesting, at any r:itc br January, aud ail or nearly ?iii, the clear profils of labor-I j believe, in nine cases cu.*. ot'ten, elk will go j to pay current expenses. The country must i bo in about as bad a condition next year as it j is this. To talk then about the collection of i paper, dollar fer dollar,, giver, in prosperous times before the war, is either dogged per verseness or stolid stupidity. This pitifully unfortunate condition is the result of the war. No individual is to blame. Wo are overwhelmed and ruined. We mu?t work out of our difficulties upon thc eternal principles of right and justice. If we adopt these as our polar star, we may again expect thc blessings of Heaven and the good wishes of mankind, and not until wc do can we claim them. Thea we say, most emphatically, largue retrenchment ofdebts generally, entire repudi ation of all debts for negro property, is thc only policy that can savo this impoverished State from utter ruin, and give l)er aay pros perity in the future.-Uo^rc Anon. OBSERVER. Fall in the City Stocks. The reason, why the stocks due by thc City of CherleitOD, fell ten per cent, nuder Gen eral Sickies' orders, it is not difficult to un derstand. Tba corporation over the City of Charles ton, wes established by tho Suite of South Carolina, with certain powers, lo preserve . tho peace, and promote the interests of its citizens. Having granted these powers, they are inviolable by thc State itself, cs has been determined by the Supremo Court of the United States. Amongst thisc powers, is the poper to corrow money, and to lay taxes to reply it to these from whom it is borrowed. Thc corporation has exercised those powers, and now owes largely and has laid taxes on licenses for the. retailing of spiritons liquors to meet these debts, and its other obligations. General Sickles baa intcrfcrrcd, and lias done ?hat neither tho. State of South Caro lina nor thc1!Congress of the United States,* has r.ny right to db. ile has ordered that tho .licenses already granted by thc corporation cf Charleston, and paid lor, shall be ?u^her refunded to tho lictnseoj to whom they were granted, or shad be applied to the use pf freo schools or the poor-a ?OPS to the city of immy thousands in cash besides the disas trous eil'ect cn the city c":r'.:>,-tho min to individu?is and families and the heavy losses of hons ?.'.o:-'.-Herc, in thc first place, is an ?spostfato law, annulling contracts,.per fectly iecial in their creation, arid paid for and completedJjy :he licensees : anddn thc sxoud placa, a Hag rant spproprktipn and disposi tion of tho money 1:1 lae .treasury of the ci:y corporation, aecocdjjng io 'arbitrary voli tion. Now everyone,ean see, that such an exercise of despotic.p-v.v.'.-r, IM:;.-: ba *fu.t::i to ibo credit of (.hi: city. Geri?rnl Sickles may suppose ibu he rs appropriating ike money . itt iL-o ci'y faKa/urv io ver? us^hd ?fl? h\i- ? mane purposes. Bnt the. ?.-.rrditor who hollis/ ti.>; city bonds^cai?ft?t 1v.it s-Te "that 'tinder such rm exercise of power, he has lost all se curity for "he payment ot Ids t]obi. If Gen eral Sickle.- cati take tito molloy from city treasury ?rising from the taxes on ii cestes, far thc sale uf liquors,-he may al o take Lue money ailsinc' Irotn taxes on thea tres, billiard ialcou:-, bowling alleys, brokers' ='.?or-s. auction sales, the poll tax-anything, lie virtually proclaims- under his order Nu. ."'?'J. that the treasury of tho city is nuder his absolute control ; and that the thy corpora tioiuitM If. either iii the laying or appropria tion'ol'the taxes, authorized hy its charter, is a nullit). excepting just so for aa he shall detcrniio/: thai ir. may exercise these powers. How ?ar General Sickles will or will EOt stretch out the power he Lac,as*urned, no one -probtjbly not own Gem ral Sickles himself -c^a new determine. Circumstances often push as into advr.net >1 : o-ltions, -..;.'? neyer at first a?iicip'itcd. The holders of city bonds may bc perfectly bric in the future. under Gen. Sickies' administration. But they do not know Gc::. Sic.dis; much Tess, what may be his nd vaned policy-licrci?foro al way's advancing. They only see-that their credi tor is uuQor military order No. 32, ard that funds raised lo fulfill ?s ouligaticn?, uro con-' trolled and appropriated by aaolhc: authority. Ia it at all surprising, 'liai they should feel thal thew pr< pet ty reeled in city stocks is insecure; aud that others should refuse to take liv rn, excepting! at a heavy decline in value. Thc fall of sen :cr ienr, hr.:; ali-adv depreciated ihcir properly i;: thesc-Slucks.to Ute amount ol hundreds ol lliousaqds. lu presenting the above views, we bc 1 ava to say, thal wc iutettd in uo way to ii:: ptign the motivM of .General Siddi.-, m.-thr; powers he has exercised. They may be of thc mest exalted purity. Wc do notjudge them. Bui we all k::ovr. ?.hat ibo moil cruel deeds recorded in history, Jir.vc leen done, from thc mo<"? conscicnticns motives. Tho father, in Massachusetts; who, tho other day beat Lis little child. only two-years Old fit death-ja tilies his act on tko ground that II?MVSS or.ly fulfilling his duty, in tcachioff and comrjcllmg obedioncc. Our business is simply with Order No. ?2, to show clearly its consequences on the credit and finances of our city. It is'greatly to he hopod that General Sickles will reconsider this matter, for thc good of this community-Charleston Mer cury. PosTM?fMEBS xor Dt.sr.HA:.-; HISED.-The opiuion has prevailed generally in thc South that all persorw rho were Postmasters before tho w?r, and fcfterWard gave aid and comlert to the Coiiled?r?te cause, were disfranchised. This is m ti Le.. Previo ; to lSii?. thc oath required of PoalmcsiL mid .Mail carrier;? d5 ' not con tain tho clause - to support thc Constitution of tho U. S.*' Below, wc give i'm oath as it was taken by all tho officers ?flerj the year 1S-? and precious to 1 Still : 1,-, do swear, or affirm (as tho casj may be), that 1 v ill faitl fully perform ill the duties requited of'mo, and abstain from everything forbidden by tho laws in re lation to ilia establishment of lhe'po>t offices, iud post roads within thc United States. Sro publication, in 1857, nf post office lews, un lor the head of organization and mi<cellanc ><a?-section 9. --???? Gov. PERKY OF Soirr.n CAROLINA -This ?ontlcman, says the Montgomery Advertiser,, s ono of those who were KO anxious to Lr.ve ;he States accept his bantling cl'qualified nt $ro suffrage last fall, and who af:er a life time )f opposition to the views of tho Southern, jeople has suddenly grown wonderfully war ike. He has gono.r-jgularly into thc publish ng busin.-ss. at d indicts eclumn after column ipon the suUering people of So a th Carolina, gainst a Convention us #ntemplated by thc ?her'man law. As thc Charleston Mercury s much more thought of in thu State than 3ov. Perry, ami as it combats his views on ho Convention question, ho is likely to rc nain aa h? always was in South Carolina, an ishmaelite, a political wanderer and refugee. " Register and voto" for a Convention that rill accept the Sherman law is the true policy, . md with the present lights nboforo us, wo iouusel ali men to follow it Sarah Turnor has recovered $10,000 from T. W. Sidle, of ZancsvUJo, Ohio, lo? breach of