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[ fram the Culitutbi-t l'koe?tjr, Jim. 22.] Xlsssns EDITORS:--As thc readers ofy-vor paper, both in the city and country, have manifested] consi Icr.able interest in the con test now (Toing on between tte South Carolina and the Columbia at:d A'h"?U"?ta Railroad*, a i l as every oar, especially your country r. a h rs. art* not sufficiently acqn-iiuted with tho ?ac?s t?? judge if ibo in T??S of lite "con troversy, as one who bas beena looker un and observer of tue ibff;reiit p' of the eist-, I wooli plica before them, as succinct ly ai p;v>sib!c. th ? facts as I have been ena bled tu learn thom. H is known that the South Carolina Rail road Company die-la "iii!!" i<> ei join alto .Tether the construction of the Columbia and Au/u-ta Railroad, and asking ?int the Gean c-iilur might order the Woik up>n it to be discontinued immediately. . This bril wa-; ably aignctljor several days before his Honor Cbar:coi:or Carroll. Tho argument opon the sid? of the ?South Carolina Riad, man}* of yjur readers have uViubifeis seen, as ii was published in the llailroul Journal, of one of iii-.' Northern cities, in a few days, after it was delivered before iris Honor, and very gen -r ?illy disseminated, both in this citv and Au gusta, by an extra i<sue of tho Charleston .Sew*, which was sent " free "rntis and for nothing" io everybody and the '. rest of?man Kind.'' His Honor the Chancellor haa-iiu! as* yet render d any deere? irithc ca<e. owing t<? ino multiplicity of other ciscs which?re quired his attention. ? Until a decree was rendered enj tining them, the* Columbia and Augusta Railroad had tho legal right to KO on With their W UK. under '.!:? grant of itieir. charter; ibis char ter, by the way, is tho offspring ut that same p-jwer which give existence, to the South Carolina Railroad, but this hitler is DOW crown so old and p-jWer?ul and self-willed that it is disdainfully d?liant and dcflautly disdainful:of. all thc laws and authorities of its progenitor. Wing on with the construction of their work, a. they thought, it ?as not oniy their right,, but their duty, todo, the Columbia and Augusta Railroad, upon attempting io pu: in a crossing of thc track ol' the South Carolina Railroad: were again brought before his Honor the Chancellor upon a second ..bill." asking that tkvy bs stopped from so doing. This second '. bi!!r' w?s also arrimu at sumo length,*anti dismissed by the Clian celi e. up:?!i several grounds-among others tout lii>; construction cf th-' Columbia and Augusta Railroad across the tracie of th< S jiu h Carolina Railroad would do no injury to the later, whilst^ to delay the ^Columbia and Augusta Railroad in tho prosecution o' iheir work until tho decree in the first case -which might bc some?m,ontLs-should be rendered, might subject them to great dam :>. a.e and loss. The authorities of the South Carolina: Railroad were duly notified of thii decision; bul instead of acquiescing in thc dec:sien>of the court whose aid they had in voked, in coutempt of that court, they at tempted, !>v force of their own .' strong arra."' to prevent thc work of the C lumbla and Augusta Railroad from bein;; carrird on by placing obstructions across the street along which the latter passed. Upon application to tuc- Mayor and Couneo'l of the city, by whom the use and occupancv of the strict had beor, granted to the Colum' bia and Augusta Railroad, ar order was is sued to the ager.tof tba S 'Uth Carolina R jad. residing in Columbia, t- remove the obstruc tion at once, or it would bc removed by the marshal of tho city. The order cf the Maror was treated with tho samo contempt that the decree of his Honor the Chancellor had been Thc Mayor then sent the marshal io cause thc engine and cars, which constituted the obstruction, to bmvmoved. As soon n.s the obstructions were removed, the Columbia and Augusta Railroad com menced opera'ions, and put in tho crossing so that, thc evening train of thc Sou: h Candi n i Riilroad passed over ir without let or hin drance. This v?as dene upon Saturday eve n'ng : upon Monday evening, the supervisor came up, with "about forty hands ; his engine passed over and went to the depot, but soon returned and began tearing up the track, and cutting up the embankment of tho Columbia and Augusta Railroad for .some distance upon each .-ide. The Mayor, upon boin?: informed of the facts, sent down a force and had' thc supervisor and several others of thc party brought before him, and fin? d them to thc full extent of tho law for their riotous con duct. Yet, notwithstanding all this, thc au thorities of thc South Ci'oliua Railroad still keep an engine standing near thc site of the crossing, with "steam up," for the purpose of interfering and annoying the workmen when they shall a^ain attempt to proceed with thc work : but 1 imagine from what I hear, they v ill have to go again. This procedure of thc supervisor was an Oltrageous deli mee and contempt of both the cu r; and thc city authority. I understand he boasted of and exhibited written authority for his proceedings from one of the highest o'H'-:a!s of thc company. I learn also, from good authority, tba*, this is not the ot.lv case iu which they have taken the law into their own hands; that one of their employee?, with his force of hands, torc down the trestle-work erected by the- Columbia and Augusta Rail road Company, near Graniteville depot, and he also alleged that he had directions from the same official. There is a littleness and childish malicious r.rss about these act3 which is entirely uu w,>rt?y tiie authorities of any responsible cor porafion ; aad I cannot believe, that the Di reiji'prs of thc South Carolina Rai broad, com poicd as their board i-'- of such fair and bono rabie gentlemen as Messrs. Forman. Rose, Gourdin, Trenholm and others, can bc aware of and sane!ion such proceedings. It is not possible that, they could lend their counte nance to the persistent contempt and defiance, nf i hp decrees of tue court, and to thc muni cipal authorities of the capital city of their State. By acts such as these, they may harass and annov the Columbia at.d Augusta Railroad Company f?r?a time, but the mind must bo of small comprehension, indeed, that would expect, by such means, to arrest thc construc tion of a work which onu-third or more of tho people of the State aro interested in scc jiif carried out. Besides, these acts of vexa tion have generally to be atoned for through the'court, and from all the manifestations of j opinico that ? hea-, the Columbia and Angus ta Railroad Company need not s:int them selves in their demand for damages in the ac tion which I hear tbev have instituted. LOOKER OX. ANSWERED - -An cflicer of ono of our street railroads went intC a barber shop a few days arro to shave. The kr?phl of tue razor who relieved him of his bea*e\ ?sked,Why don't you aliow colored people' 19 rido on your cars?'' The officer replied": .''/ will an swer by asking you a question. by- .?orrt von permit colored pocpl? to shave in j Our shop?" The barber honestly answered: " Because to do so would destroy my busi ness. 1 would lose my white customers, and the colored would no: sustain nie.'' Thc pitt --<>A fnr mp.''_Nn?h I-.' The Light Breaking lu. The following extract, which we clip from tin Ail mia correspondence cf the New Yoi k Tim':, (Repub ?can.) .-hows that the true character of ibu chi relations which existed between master a::d slave in the South is i> . ginning to be realized ami admitted by some, at least, of the Northen: Republicans: . I bad no idea, until 1 saw and heard for myself', to what intern, the confiscation hum bug has taken hold ol' the. negro mind, espe cially in tho towns, and how con li den I ly they look to being presented with aneaPfarm and stock, ''When Congress meets.'' Tho delu sion has penetrated tho rural districts, and 1 h ive been freq ii-, m ly asked by nerves to tell them l* the straight of thc stciy." When I have explained to them that confiscation mears taking the laud an 1 oilier property away from tee white p> opie who new employ them, and who fernie"!v owned them, and the dividing it out and selling it to the colored people. I have seen very lew of the plantation degrees who wished for the operation. They would like to get land anl own a house; but. if they can only get it by ,; stripping old 'oas ter cf thc little ho has left," they prefer to remain as they aro At least, this is the wsy they talk, and I :.m credulous enough to be iievo tl em. In the towns, the negroes feel and talk very differently; They are foi* the most part uproarious radicals, and damn the rebels with as much unction as Wendel Phil lips ( r Pars --u Brownlow. Thc plantation negro is a very diff?rent an imal. Ho has been born and brought up where be now live*. Ile has played with thc children of his old master. He has boen nursed when sick by his old mistress, ile has always talked of tho pi?ce.a' "our plan tation.'' Ha hus ?bared thc-joy and sorrow, the prosperity u:?J adversity ot his owuer, and, th ugh conscious of his freedom, retains thc old attachment and admiration fur "de fami ly," and alludes IV dingly to ' dc heap o' m( ney Mass-lost when all his niggers war s >t free." These people, ns a mass, would rather aid their former masters and mistresses than deprive them o'" anything. No depen dent laboring class iii the world ts treated with the same familiarity at.d kindness asare the negrees by those who used to bold them as slaves. This was caused by the impassable social gulf between them ; and thc negroes ?mw cannot change their ht bits and wa) s ol thinking. What another g?n?ration or two may think is auoiher thin;:. They have al ways de-pised the K poor white folk who never ovnccl the bair of a nigger." And nov." wheo they see these very men pretending to oe their devoted friends, and asking them to '. vote agin, their old. masters," they smell thc mice evidently, and halt to reconnoitre in f ont. In the cities-this one, for instand - manhood is asserted in varions ways, which ara more demonstrative than pleas mt. 1 thick that thc radicals may count confidently o: alargo negro vote here; but when they fail to present tho well-stocked farms, and it is fi und that liiey ware only ..fooling de nig ger," I think thai a revuhvionis not improbable. Negro Juries. The Atlanta Intelligencer publisher the fol lowing extract from a letter received by a gentleman in that city, from his brother, in Texas: ''A negro ?nan hid hired himself to Mr. A. for $15 per month, and at the expiration of t n months sued Mr. A. for ????130. A. admit ted the contract as alleged by thc negro, and admitted that he (thc negro) had worked for him thc length of time for which the negro claimed wages. The case was submitted to \Xi2 negro jury, under the charge of the court, fend to the oslouishrneut ol all present, they brought in a verdict in favor of the plaintilf for ?110. Tho judge told them he did not see how they could render sucha verdict; that the negro plaiolilF was clearly entitled, by tue admission of Mr. A., to ?ijT?O. A large, dirty, greasy negro juryman raised up ia the jury box, and with much gravity in formed his honor that .fjil 1 per month was ?ill the negro's services were worth : that he knew thc plaintiff to be a lidding, lazy scoun dre!, and that the jury would not allow hin. any more. The white mau (Mr. A.) of course has no cause fer complaint at the verdict. But this is a sampie o? their ideas of law and facts. At thc elise of the first week cf court in Houston, the,ncgro jury were paid off at mc rate of ?2 per day lor their services as jurors. And on the Monday morning follow ing, when court opened, thc negroes literally besieged the court house to get upon the jury. Une old crippled negro stopped tue judge on his way to court, and begged for a place on the jury, urging his crippled and almost helpless condition as a reason why he should be selected, and further proposed to take the ?ob of sittiug or. the jury by the year. When the judge informed him the cogrt would be Lu session only three or four weeks, he seemed td think this was only An anful dodge of his honor to avoid closing the contract, and in geniously proposed to lake the job by thc year at f$l per day ! This is tho pur? and undefiled chancel through which verdicts now How." SHERIFFS COSTS.-Ax IMPORTANT DECISION. ? -Some weeks iiatc. a meeting of severa! of the Sheriffs of this State way held in Colum bia at which a preamble and resolutions were adopted, recommending that Gen. Sickles so modify paragraphs 2 and '.'> of Urder No. 10, as to enable ihe Cleiks of Courts to collect ccsts which have accrued to them since thc l?ih of May 1805, from thc plaintiffs, tho ser vices having been tendered of course at the instance ol such plaintiffs. The preamble and resolutior.3 were for warded to Gen. Sickles through Gov. Orr, who fully endorsed the request of these offi cers, lu response to this application, the Sheriffs and Clerks have been authorized un der General Orders number 10 to collect all costs that have accumulated hince May I8?5. from thc plaintiffs. O en. Sickles says " the views and recommendations of His Excellen cy, the Governor; aro approved, lt is not perceived however that any modification of Gen. Order Xo 10, current series is required ; inasmuch as Paragraph 4, authorizes the en forcement of judgment and decrees for causes of actions i'rising subsequent to the 15th ot May 18(15.''-South Carolinian. Gov. VANCE, ina fetter-to sotne colored citizens of North Carolina, says: " Your old masters do not come to you eating their own words and giving the li? to every profession of their lives ; nor do thev come betraying the rights and liberties of their own coior to ingratiate themselves with yours. Many others do, however, and the majority of your people will believe them, until they learn a very plain and simple truth : thal a bad man among the whites will be just as bad, or worse, am eng tho blacks ; and thc change of sides is fi-r from making au honest man of a hypocrite and a trickster. Much damage will doubtless be done before your people see thc designs of those who wish to lead them now. but I hope .?OOH for better things. When actual and bitter expe rience has opened your eyes, then will be our time to address you with a hope of success. When you come to know the true power of capital and labor combined in friendly e'.'ort, how dependent the one is upon the other, and how ruinous to both is enmity and distrust, then I shall hope to see tho day when slavery shall be abolished in fa;t, both for black and white, and when animated by a common spirit of industry, harmony, and love of country and of human progress, all shall labor to make our State blossom ns the roa-, and turn her waste places into seats of refinement, and delight. My word for it, my friends, there is not a good man among your former masters, but prays for tho hour to come when he may, .withoutdisfranchising himself, work for you! As you are to be citizens, we want you to be intelligent citizens; as you are to be our neighbors, we want you lo bekindand loving neighbors, in every a?p?ct of thc case, it is our Irue interest to help you fit yourselves lor the new life to which voa are called. If you will permit uS. we will do it. A good thing is told of thc President in Raleigh. While responding in a feeling man t?^ to the welcome given him, he used the expression. " Let us. my friends repair the breaches*'^-aW before he could add " made by the war," an oW woman exemnned, with perfect delight,:< Bless ?he dsar man, he has home airain to work at his old trade !" TEE ADVERTISER . JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 18CT. Summer Fabrics. ' Indued Ladies' Dress Goods cd' all kinds, lu principally, wo believe, Summer Fabrics. Wei what of ILPUI ? Why, they arc hoing sold ?.if : MANGET <t HARBISON'S at immensely reduce j prices. Really at rates to which noire but an ur reasonable miser could object. And they ai extremely pretty too, aud in great variety. Ifyo j go to MANGET i HARRISON'S for a summer dre; of any kind-or any other sort of dress-you wi not leave their counters without it; for they a: determined to Sell out rapidly all their goods ( this kind. Wo advise nil Muslin-scckcrs an Lawn-seekers and Calieo-coekers, and Drosi Goods-seekers in general, to wend their wuj without loss of time, to the popular store of tbos obltgingcst of gentlemen, Messrs. MASC KT ? HARRIS?*. -. ?? ?<&??? > Exchange Hotel. Wc call attention to tho advertisement in anotli er column with the above caption. Mr. GOI.I>IN is energetic, managing, obliging. His mothci who presides over tho house, is a lady whos housewifely qualities, and kindness of heart an manner, aro not to be excelled anywhere. Tho Glorious Fourth. Ninety-one years ugo on thc Sth of Juno lal pan, RICHARD HENRY LEE, one of tho depntk from Virginia, ruse and m ?dc a motion to dcclar America freo and independent; and nccompanio thc same with an eloquent speech. The furthc consideration of thc subject was then adjourn* to thc first of the following July. On thc nrriv.il of thc day assigscd, thc subjocl was resumed, and on thc 4rA of Jnly 17TC, (ninety I uno years ago to-morrow) upon the report o Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Frank lin. Roger Sherman, and Philip Livingston, th' thirteen Confederate colonies dissolved their al legiance to the British crown, and declared them salves Free ind Independent, under thc name o tho Thirteen United Stu lc* of America. ' This declaration was signed by all thc member that composed that Congress, and was receive! by the people with trnnspoits ot joy. Public re joicings took place in almost all parts of thi Union. In nil tho States, and in none pcrhap; excelled by South Carolin?, the exultation exceed cd description. Little was it thought then that any portion o these Slates would over attempt to hold gontl Carolina, or any other State, as "subjugated ter ritory." Nincty-ono years-ago ! Perhaps a few thea porn, are living still, to sec thc sad event. D irk indeed was that period of tho colonies amid rt want, poverty and misfortune-support?e by the porvading spirit of liberty, and guided bj thc good hand of Provi lcr.ee-for nearly cighi year." sustaining the weight of a cruel conflict uj"ti their own soi!, till at length they were vic torious. They became Thirtocn Free, Sovereign and In dependent State?-nt Peure. A wisc Government sprang up from thc blond that was spilt, organ ized under thu best Constitution thc world cvci saw: a Constitution which dispensed the ehoieest political blessiogito many millions of people down to ibu period when they, or a great part of them, ceased to live in its spirit. That Constitution has boen rent and turn until i: i' teemingly past repair. On to-morrow wc rtmSl not, as in former years, sing a sung of rc j'iifing. More appropriate far would bu the sack cloth of humiliation ! Tlie Kindly Fruits of the Earth. Never have we seen such a wondrous profusion of Vegetables-nor such extremely fine ones. We have t. thank Mrs. JACKSON COVAR and Capt, BEN MltfS, caeh, for a basket of tho largest and best. And although they arc so abundant, yet still they aru like money-never come amiss. Be cause thrro arc always some who havo none. Apropos of th*s subject, thc 11th of July-Thurs day of next week-is thc day appointed for thc next amateur Horticultural Exhibition. - - The. Debt Question Again. "CLOD Horran" gives us a communication con cerning Repudiation, itu. Assuming that a Con vention will bc held, it is certainly not unwiso to look ;. its action upon matters which, although not involving questions directly connected with thu great issues of thc day, arc yet of thc most vital importance to the people at large. Thc question of debt, which hassoagitatcd our State, ?ii!, in all probability bc brought up fur consideration, and there can be no doubt that a final adjustment of this difficulty is imperatively demanded by the public weal. It should bc put at rust, in order that confidence and stability in 'business relationships may again give life and en ergy to our industrial interests. Wc shall not now undertake to indicate what should bc thc general basis or schema for adjust ment, since thc fbried interests which arise in volve complexity upor. wi iuh timo and profound thought and elaborate discussion should first bc brought to shed their light. But wo do hold that ibero should bo no recovery on obligations given in purchase of slaves. With the "death of the iu stitution of slavery, and the destruction of flare property, the representations of its value were also destroyed. It follows as a logical sequence, as unmistakably and as strongly as causo can pro duce effect; and wc could not, if wo would, ren der tho result otherwise). Thc Sou'hem people have lost thc amount of money which they had invested in slaves, and no one in any wisc pecuni arily connected with thc institution, can sever himself fr wa connexion with that loss. It hns been and must bc individually felt and borne in proportion to thc amount so invested. *Wc cannot avoid this; it was one of thc irresistible results of thc failure of ourgreut strugglofor independence. The struggle was great ; tho stake was grent ; ami the loss has been* great. Who Can Beat This? Cr->1. E. H. Vocxcutoon, who lives but a mile out of town, and who is said to have the best crop in thc District, sent us on Jlonllny Inst a large Bouquet of Cutten Blooms. In it there were seven full-blown Sowers-sume of thom already blood red-and buds innumerable (or should wc soy squares-or forms ?) upon thc verge of bursting.. Thc red ones had opened on tbe 27th or L'Sth of June. Upon many stalks among Capt. Youxc BI.OO?'S cotton, may already be counted from 2fi to -12 forms for bio >ms. Who-among you old farmers, way out on your big plantations-can beat this? But wo eau explain the >curuc of this wonderfully promising cotton. It is that Capt Yu cse BLOOD, although he graduated at Princeton, and was soon altor admitted to tho bar, has put aside old things, and applied his own shouldur to thc wheel-and his own hand to the hoc hclvo nud thc plough handle. A very wise course. And winn thousands of other Southern men, with just thc same sort of antecedents, do thc verv same thing, thc country will bu in a vastly better con ditlcn. Niggers nro gunn. Foreign laborers have not como. " Big pig, little pig, root hog or die." Cheap Dread. Tho Atlanta Era of Thursday says: "Wc learn of sales of wheat yesterday nt $1,50 per bushel. New #our, w? understand, will open to day at tho mill ut $7 pur barrel. Wo hear of new Hour to ho delivored in fivo days at $ii,50 per barrel." The Concctih Dnnncr. Th is is thc titlo of a neat and interesting journal published nt Evergreen, Ala., by W. A. MCCRKA RY, and edited with ability by S. W. LAXDRUM, Esq. Terms, $3 per annum. Tho Banner is a welcome visitor to our sanctum, and we cordially wish it groat success and prospority. SST A widow in Paris, aged forty-five, married a young man aged eighteen. By her first hus band ?lie had a son whose ago at tho time of her second innrriago was twenty one. She recently died, and hy hor will left her fortuno to her son and husband. As her husband was not of .? New Mail Arrangement, and New viiation to Friend? and Wcll-Wishi o?* thc Adveitlser. This week will begin a new order of tbinj renrds tho transmission of tho United Si "Mail. Mr. FOSKET of Grnnitcvillc, is tho cont tor feir .ill thc mail ronfc? running from Edgof Ho is to transmit thc mail between this and gusta, via Gran?tevillo, thrico a week ; betv this and Columbia, once a woek ; between and ChoppcllV, onco a wcok; and betweon and Xinety-Six, once ft week. Thcro will be greater facility, greater regularity, gre punctuality, greater pliability. Not that, we n to complain particularly of tho pas'. When ti aro so much out of joint, pooplo should no too enjer to mark what is dene amiss. And now, wilh thc increased mail facilities, tho better promiso of stability in mail ami monts for thc future, wc cherish tho hope of scribing in our book tho names of ajany k good-hearted pay-in-advancc subscribers. "'/Fa Hope, Charity; but tho greatest of these is Ch ty." Kin?ncss, Goodness-of-Heart, Payment Advance; but the greatest of theso is Pflyiw in-Advance ! Some very sharp and farseeing fellow know not who-has spoken as follows : ?.?-< Take (he most thorough man of the worb your acquaintaoce-tho man most perfectly vei in what goes on in all ranks and condition life-and I ask yo? what would ho bo nitb his newspaper? Hy what possible mn cb in could he learn, as he sits at his breakfast, last news from China, of the last ballet at Pu the s'ntu of tho funds at San Francisco, tho n ncr ot Newmarket, thc pantominc at tho Oljm tho encyclical of ibo Pope? Without my newspaper, lifo would narrow self to the small limits of my personal cxperiei and humanity }>e compressed into tho ten or fifi people I mix with. As for tho Advertisements, I regard thea tho mirror of the ogc. Show mo but ono pag< tho "wants" of any country, and I engage 1 self to give a sketch of thc current civilizatiui the period. What glimpses of roso interiors wo gain by those brief paragraphs ! How ful suggestions and story they arc ! Al! this is profoundly true. Now-a-days, e? number of a newspaper is a perfect book. . ? without a newspaper your homes and your cl drcu arc in outer darkness. And us all this is undoubtedly true;-and you have all made plenty of Wheat, and some spare ; and as the crop prospect is amazingly fii and as the Adrertittr is 'Still a right brisk weekly; why pray open your hearts to .yo solves, and to your families, and to tu j and has forward to put your th*cc dollars into our pocki and your names upon our books. As for < hearts, the three dollars would effect for y< names, and face?, and memories, a pormani lodgment there ! Gen. Sheridan's Notorious Letter. Below, will be found a letter from Gen."Sh? dan, commander of thc Fifth Military Distir Louisiana and Texas, to Gen. Grant. The si letter which Gen. Grant has not yet ansjsen bas necessarily attracted unirersai attention, a excited, among ali but thc decpest-dyed Radica intense indignation. This impertinent andej lisiical iettcr is addressed by a subordinate to I President of the United States, whom, the Cf stitulion says, "shall bo Commander-in-Chief thc army and navy of tho United States." T registration in Louisiana having been conduct "pretty much in accordance with Gen. Sherida: own individual views and plans, (which look thc exclusion of all who viii not roto on t Radical side) bc was ordered by thc Preside to extend thc registration one month, in order have a fair and full registration according to In Gen. Sheridan's letter shows for itself: there no use discussing it. Hu has clothed himself the robes of Jupiter Olympus and impertinent hurled his thunderbolts into tho fuccs of t President, thc Constitution, and the Suprei Court ; for the latter body said expressly, wh thc Reconstruction Acts were before them i consideration, that tho duties imposed on t several Commanding Generals "munt necettari iv performed under the tjtpervition .tff-tJfc PWct dent ai Cummaudcr in Chief." Dut Gen. She dan's whola course in Louisiana aud Texas-loi before thc perpetration of this letter-has prov him to bc an unscrupulous agent of wickednci strife, confusion, and party selfishness. Ho d serves punishment ; and mn/ ho bo caught ruin ten times worse than ours, ere he succcc in his infamous designs upon our country. HCAD'RS FIFTH Mi UTART DISTRICT, 1 SEW ORLEANS, LA., June 22, ISfi". j General U. S. Grant, Commanding Armlet Lnilt S'att*. Watkinson, D. C.: General-I ara in receipt of a telegram fro thu President, through Brevet Major Gen. E. J Townsend, A. A.. G. U. S. Army, directing me extend thc registration in this city and Sta until August 1, uu'.css I have good reason* io ll contrary, and ordering mc to report such roas? for his information. Also, stating that in b judgment thus extension is accessary to a full at fair registration, and th?-it thc timo should bo ?hi extended because thc other district commande will not got through before that timo. My reason* for closing;tho registration in th city were because I had given the city two and half months, ami there were no more to registe I have #ivcn thc State two and a half month and registration will bo exhausted by that time. I did not feel warranted in keeping up boar. t|f registration, nt large expense, te suit new i: ssues coming in at thc eleventh hour. The registration will ba completed in Louisian at thc time specified, unless I um ordered to carr out thc law under Mr. SUinbcry's intcrpretatioi which practically, in registration, is opening broad macadamized road for perjury and fraud t travel on. I do not seo why my regUtratio should bo dependent on thu timo whon other tl ix trict commanders g*.t through. I havo give more time fur thc registration of Louisiana thu th'y propose to givo in their commands, for commenced six weeks before they did. I regre that I should havo to differ with thc Prei<tdcni but i: must be recollected that I havo been 01 dared to c.xccuto a law to which thc President hu been in bit'or antagonism. If, after this rcporl tho time is lo be extended, please notify mc, an it. will be done. I would do it at once, but th President's telegram was conditional, and ther is sufficient time left to issue the necessary ordei . P. ll. SIIKMDA.V, Major Gcn'l. ??i~A gentleman from ncrrr Columbia, S. C., prominent leader during tho war, purchased, 1 few weeks ago, ?it Cuba, whore he has tv planta t ton, ono of his former slaves, who had bcei landed and sold by Boston skippers. t^^The Charleston Savings Bank has bcei seized by thc military authorities, for failure ti pay full principal and interest to cortain Unitei States soldiers of Fort Moultrio garrison, win were its depositors when the war commenced Thu bank is insolvent and in liquidation, and tin directors Jiavo refused to consider these defaulter; ns preferred creditors. ^sirThc jury in thc caso of Boag nm! others tried in Charleston on the 20UJ, for tho murdci of Roe, in the recent iluol, after twenty minutes delibera!?on, rendered a verdict of not guilty Thc piisoncrs were dischnrgod. 53c?" It is said that Carlotta, on hoaring 0: I Mr-xitnilinn's capture and danger, appeared sud tlcnly. to recover her clearness of intellect, and said thit thc Mexican nation wa? incapable of sr odious an net ai to raise tho murdoroug hand against thc Prince, who had devoted himself with so much self-denial tu tho regeneration of the country. ??&~ Wo notice in the Courier that tho creditors of thc Turner's and lvxchangc B*iink of Charles', ton, S C., ora notified to provo their claims against tho said Bank before JAMES T UPPER, Masterin Equity, before tho 1st Oct. 1SG7, or thoy will bo barred from any Uccreo that may bc mado in said causu. ?KtT Thc Washington Star states that informa tion ha< been received in that city that Admiral Tucker, of the Peruvian navy, and formorly of tho Confudnratu navy, has been dismissed from service by tho Peruvian Government. E3r"? A Judgo in Mitiouri lately entered a plea for divorce, sat on hi? own case, heard tho plead ing and entered a decreo dissolving tho bo*ds of tnatrimnnj". Th.it beats Chicago. 2L-ST The Buffalo Independent raisos tho motto nt its mast-head, " Equal and just taxation, or rcpudiaiion." ?Sa* "SeeNapler, and then die," said souishody but a bachelor friend reminds us that China it tho l*laco for a family man to dio in, for in that coun trv tho Dhvtician who kills VOU has ta mmnnrt The Minstrel Concert. Thc Amateur Minstrels aro worthy of a bc house .than tboy Iud on Thursday night ' But let no ""ono imagine that tho .-ibscncc.i great crowd on this occcasion was attributabl any doubt.conccrning the spirit and attractive! of tho performance. "No indcod. Tho storm, wind, tho thundery tho lightning, the rain, tl wcro tho bugbcif?ra. Dozens of gentlemen ladies who started from tho country, wcro o' taken, and obliged to put in.to any port wi I presented itself. Lut nfto? all, thc audience exceedingly respectable both in quantity quality; for scores ot fair ladies braved thc incuts, and sccurod for themselves an eveninj great enjoyment. Tho performance was unique. There is n< ibg exactly like it to bo teen elsewhere. ; some of the minstrels nrc possessed of mus and comic talents which would do orcdit to i stage. Of course, whore all contributed so rn: by their talent to euhanco tho charms of ontcrtuinmont, it wr.uld bo invidious to sin out one or thc other for special praise. Eut si wo cannot refrain from saying that our yoi friend, J. T. G., takes the rag off tho bush s delineator of the plantation negro; as ho him: expressed it, he can certainly "make darki qnilo under." Over and over and over again, Thursday night, his inimitable mimicry and irresistible eowiytic drow down the house. Nor should wc hesitate cTt'lior to spook parti larly of tho violin performance of our esteeu fellow townsman, II. A. G. Esq , an amateur whom groat natural talent and years of pract have lent mont unusual merit. To praise that gi tlcman's handling of his instrumentis suporfluo and to speak in other terms than those of warm commendation, would be untruthful. And tl the novelty and originality of his perform ai upon thc Scotch Bagpipes ; it was certainly markable for tho melody which ho brought cut that primitive instrument. And as to tho beau ful little " bairn" that -followed him around I stage, in such bewitching childish innocence, w it was tho most charming feature of thc wh evening. Ye3, on Thursday night last, the four, walls tho Masonic Hall were scarcely able to cont: tho wares of music and mirth that dashed agaii them. 'It has been currently reported since, tl a few notes fell into tho alley between the II and Dr. PAREEH'S Office ; and that they we knocked completely out of time "bj thc fall Tht were said to bc certain hemi-dcmi-scmiquav< of tho reckless sort. A careful search for t truth, however,-in thc alley-has failed to ma the story good. Thereby proving that every m was secured by the delighted audience, and tret urcd up in remembrance of the delight the Mi streb had given. But the best part remains lo bo told. It is th Before very long, this inimitably pleasing ai comic performance will bc repealed. And th? thc eleraonts being moro amiable, we hope t Minstrels will have thc overwhelming audicn their talents and efforts so richly deserve As to this last occasion, they must have rc; ?zed thc appreciation or their Eiiccess in t pleasant emotions which brightened up thc cou t<manccs of all present, and m ule thc ontertai ment one of thc moat mcmorablo ever given Ed?efield. ^ _ For thc Advertiser. Repudiation and the Convention. Mn. EniTon : I am fully convinced in my OT mind that nothing short of repudiation will cv bring our people again -to enjoy anything lil true happiness Tn this lifo. I held that, as Co gress has liberated our daves, which comprisi three-fourths oC our property, and all our cree was based upon tf?o institution of slavery, that is unreasonable to expect payment of deb based upon that foundation. I am aware that it will bc argued (hat it is ui constitutional and impolitic. I admit that would, bc wrong in thc extreme ia ordinary time or under circumstances quite different. If Coi gress did right, then it would bc no harm for i to fojlow that path which will lead us out of the: difficulties. But if Congress did wrong, then would only bc following them on a smaller seal If it was constitutional to enforce laws so ol noxious to our interests in timo of "Rebellion as thc Radicals would term it, and freo oi slaves in spite of all wo could do, then it woul be constitutional to repudiate our debts, au striko out all our claims, nt least up to the surrei der, and say we will commence anew. But it ma ho said that it was not constitutional, and tht they had no right co free our slaves, and thi they ought to pay us for them. If tho Yankee would do that, we would not plead for repudiation We will admit, for thc sake of argument, thi they had no such right; neither was it constiti tional. Hut it does not alter thc caso whatevc; Slavery in at an end, " Constitution or no Consti . tution." What do the Yankees care about const tution so they carry out their point? Not x fi) It is not constitutional for us to^have Militar Governments in our midst, and yet tbsy are hen "Wo say Congress had no right to freo our n? ?roes. And I argue from this point that wc hav no legitimate right to pay a debt that was base ou slnrcry. Lot us tnko fur instance a man tba owned fifty negroes, and suppose they wcro wortl three hundred dollars per head; thi? would urak his estate worth fifteen thousand dollars in slav property. I ask would it he just for him to pa; a debt that he may owe to the .nu .mai of five thou sand dollars, when, if Cougrcss had lot tho ne groes alone, ho would have been fully able t pay tho debt in full. Again, herc is a man who borrowed five thou sand dollars to buy ncjrroes with, or ho may huvi been appointed guardian for some minor; hi: credit was based on slave?, but they arc now fr?;o and tho man is not able to pay 10 cents in thi dollar. Ilut thero is another flu/s, that of sureties Thero aro hundreds and thousands, of such wh( will bo ruined in tho end, merely becauso slaver) ?3 " gone up." . There are Humorous other classes too tedious tc mention. Whfro is tho right or justice, I asl again, to Contend for that which Congress hos des troyed ? I ?rn bold to affirm that nino-tenth? ol thu debt? now existing were-made on tho basis ol shivery. I am awaro that thero are somo who Would ab hor the idea of repudiation, mcroly becauso they do not seo it in its true light, or becauso they owe nothing, and have a good deal owing tb them. Allow mo to remark juU hero that I have a good deal moro owing to me, than I owe, rmd I lost sovoral slavos by freedom ; but I am willing,,for the sako of humanity, and tho good of our coun try, to commence .mow. I think I would say Just what I do, if I had thousands owing tn me, and hy pushing at law I could recover lt. There aro i thousands upon thousands who would rejoice and bo glad. New lifo would spring up in eveny hovel along tho valley, by the wayside, and in all our affiiirs generally. Birt lot tho strong arm of tho law bo opened for litigation, and every ono will dread the consequences, but thoso who aro craving tho small mites they may chanco to get. Look, if you please, back to but fall court. What a reck IOSJ state of affairs dues it present. It muk?s mp shudder to view tho scone thatseems to loom upin tho future. Repudiation would, I thiak, give moro goneral satisfaction than anything elso' that could bodono. Wo talk about puaco with tho Radicals, and all that sort of thi 1.tr, hut _;ivo us pence at homo, nnd unanimity, and it will accomplish moro than all our enemies may do. But somo may ask h o rr will this thing ?orno to pass? How aro wo to throw oil'this burdon? Where will wo commence? We nniwor, in thc Convention. But what will it avail us thero ? Let as try and soc. It is unconstitutional to inter iore with tho obligations of contracts. If so, Congress is gully of a cross error whoa sho do ctored that slavory should no longer exist. And if Congrofs should try at any timo to annu|'any ac|L coming from tho Constitution of tho State lei tgeoi rsmcmher, that they have stepped oycf it In tba most degrading manner. I am in favor of fr Convention upon the ground that if wo wait longor, wo only lot ?bp Radicals us into tbc Union their way, and no otbcr. 'If we refuse to call a Convention, then they will no doubt try other moans, more severo and moro de grading if possibfo. Gov. Penar seems to hsrp a good deal on thc evils of a Convention. Ho dreads a great cs Jain Hy growing out of it. I am, more afraid of tho many evils ho spooks of, Try aegkctifig to call that Convention. If wo neg lect it, wo may look fora general disfranchise ment of tho white population at thc next session of Congress. Let every Juan then ttfat is allowed, rcgistcr-nnd voto for a Convention, notwithstand ing the advice wc may have from others to the cootrary. It would bc folly for us to sit down, and lot our interest dio in our own hands. Ihope thc.minds of our people arc ?io ted on this subject well enough, at least, so a3 not to be led astray. I may have occasion to say more some other time on this topic. I will remark, before I close, that I have the purest motive? in thus addressing- the public on this important subject. And that no selfish idea, or speculation has ever entered my mind, but tho deepest conviction of right and justice between all parties. I wish the principle of rectitude could he established among us, and that wo hid a better and more etucicnt way to adjust all our affairs. . CLOD-HOPPER!* Ftom ?l?xica. NEW ORLEANS, Juno 29. .Tb? Austrian steam sloop-of-war .arrived at Southwest Pass this morning and Ujided a telegraphic dispatch for the Austrian Govern ment. Her national ensign was draped in deep mourning. This, and the teticunce of her officers, is sufficient; the}", however, re port thc city of Mexico captured by thc Libe rals, on thc 20rh inst. Th?; particulars had not reached Vera Cruz up to the time of sailing. Thc Mexican schooner Ada also arrived at the mouth of the Mississippi this njoruiBg, laving on board twenty-four exiled imperial ists (Mexicans), who had been peremptorily banished. Among them arc several military officers. They report that Santa Anna was transferred to the American steamer Virginia, ?,t Vera Cruz, and conveyed to Sisal. On ar riving there tbe Mexican gunboat demanded the person of Santa Anna, wbjch was refused, wben the Mexicans threatened to fire upon the Virginia. The' captain told them they could take him by force, ho was not armed, and then spread the American ensign on the gangway. The Mexicans trod on the flag, seized Sartfa Anna, and thrust him into their boat, took him to Campeachy and con?ned bim as a prisoner of war. Campeachy is in thc hands o( the Liberals,' who are shooting,, hf.nging and expelling Imperial sympathisers,. - ? m ? ' i Treason. . WASHINGTON", June 25. During the President's speech at Boston* which was confined to thanks to the people for courtesies to him asa citizen and Chief Magistrate, three cheers for Congress were cal?ed for.from the outskirts of tbe audience. The cheer-5 were not given. During Mr. Seward's speech, three cheers for North Carolina were proposed. Mr. Sew ard said : " You may well give three cheers for the State of North Carolina ; she was the firs". State to put forth a declaration of inde pendence in the revolution against Great. Britain. You may well give three cheers for North Carolina ; she was the State of the eleven who seceded who went last, and most reluctantly, out of the Union. You may well give three cheers for North Carolina; she was the ?rst of the eleven wbo seceded to come back again to the faroily fireside of the Un ion, ard to-day nothing is wanting for herto resume her aucicnl, honorable and most pa triotic position in the family of the Republic but Lue consent of the people ol' Massachu setts Now. I know all that is coming about ls coming ahou? very soon. I have seen the earth and the skies full of tho elements ol' fertility, of health and of vigor; and I saw in North Carolina the cotton spring up which is to supply, next year, the mills of Massachu setts. I have seen, in New York, thc wheat growing which is to supply the West Indies and the Southern States. I know that nature designs that ibis whole continent, not merely these .thirty-six States, but thi3 whole conti nent, ?hould be, sooner or later, within the magic circle ol' the American Union. THE J trat Box.-The Charleston Courier, of the 2iilh, contains the following: His Honor Judge Moses, yesterday issued the following Order, in compliance with the sugges.ions of General Sickles, and in fur therance of his General Order No. 32. Its purpose is to form the new Jury lists froin all tax payers, without discrimination ol color: For the purpose of forming a new Jury list for the District of Charleston, the Sherill is directed to procure from the several Tax Collectors within said District a list of all cit izens assessed for taxes itt thc tax collection districts of each of such Collectors, and who shall liive paid their taxes for the present year (wliich list the said Tax Collectors are . required to furnish the Sheriff between the third and tenth days of July next), and from said listM the Sheriff ol' this District, wjththe assistance of thc Clerk of the same, fe re quired, immediately on receipt thereof, to transcribe upon tickets, each containing one name, tlc names of all persons contained" in said lists, and also upon other like tickets the names again written of all of thc cilizr-ns whose nantes appear on such lists who live within thc city of Charleston, which tickets shall be ready to be placed in the Jury box during the present term, so that therefrom the Grand, Petit, and Common Pleas Jurors to serve at the next term, may be drawn. F. J. MOSES. June 25, 1S67. THE STAT? DEMANDS Iv.-The Macon Tel egraph, ia urging upon our people tu register, properly says It is our duty to impress upon nur citizens the importance of going forward natl discharging this duty without delay. They have bul little power left-even the franchised-and they should not fail to exercise their little in behalf of a suffering country. No man can vote at any turning election who fails to register, and consequent, ly those who neglect it must consent lo sit quietly by lind sec their Stale go into the hands of those who arc utterly unworthy to conduct its affairs,.and under whose adminis tration the little they have left of liberty and property ?ty bb taken aw.'.r. Then, let eve ry man who has the right under the present unequal laws go forward and put himself ina position to render an acceptable service to his State and country, and save them from at least some If the evils to come." SANTA AN KA AT VERA CRUZ-Gen. Santa Anna and hh? staff traveled incognito to Vera Cruz in the Virginia arriving at that place on the 3d of June, and were warmly but not openly welcomed by the Liberals inside the walls. The American ?nd British Consuls dined with him on the steamer, and all seem ed to go harmoniously until the 7th instant, when commander Roc, of the United States 8teuuier Taco.iy, and Commander Aynsley, of thc British man-of-war Jason, appeared nn board nr. 1 removed him, under protest, to the Tawny. Thence he was taken to Sacrificios, in charge ol'au officer and again placed upon the Virginia, to the commander of which Commander Roc gave orders to land him at a foreign port. "On the return tripl?e vessel arrived at Siaal on the 11th inst., When the commander of the Liberal forces came aboard and offered to arrest him. The General de clared that ho vas a prisoner in-the hands of the United Sta'.es, and the commander of the Virginia refused peremptorily to ptirrender him. Three Mexican schooners thereupon ranged alongside the vessel with their guns pointed ut her, and the demand being renew ed, and a guard of murines boarding the ves sel, it was considered useless to resist, and Santa Arma was taken ashore. Gpneral Tay oada, commanding the Imperialists at Yera Cruz, had ?emendad a? explanation from Commander Ron. The commands of Boryr and Canales, at Tampico, ami the citizens jf I that place havo formally pronounced for '.an - ta Anna, and a pronAi-ciavfento to that ef fect La? been issued. Genera! Flores had been designated as Ut? person to present the action qf the city to Santa Anna ant) orderea1 to proceed to New York for that purpose. ?ST'lirs. Abraham Lincoln hus given $C00 to ? BAND OF ROBBER'S IN* BAR.XWKI.I-' DIS TuicT, S. C.-An old and highly respectable citizen of South Carolina desires us to direct thc attioticp of the authorities, both civil and military, to the fact that there is -a lawless band of r?ffi-in?, consisting 'of three white m'ep anrl.semetour or jaorc. negroes^ within the belt, of .country de-firicd by Lowef. Three Kops, Kaolin, Horse Creek- Swampland the Savannah Uiver,',crossing occasionally into Scriven and Burke counties," Georgia. The leader of this'hoad is supposed to-be Bolin, for whose apprehension a.irfewarcl has been offered by Governor Orr, of Sonth Carolina (as will be s:en by reference to our advertis ing column:.), i'jr having c mimitted "an atrocious murder and robbery on tbe body of J Janies John.ton, ac Station' 110 Sou th Ciro-*' lina Railroac." The second of this white trio is said to ho a man by the name of Shep beard-a deserter from tho Federal army. The-third seems to be aa unknown srranircr-. The negroes seem to be employed chiefly in gaining information and in securing spoils. These- lawle&i ruffians oro thc occasion of alarm to the good people of Beech Tlatid by the depredations and threats of'vengeance which are in circulation against such as ai-, tempt to ente.: complaints or to discover their whereabouts. The-different civil and military jurisdic tions seem to have produced some-distrust. -^-Chronicle ?; Sentinel. Much imp/ovement in the condition and intelligence of the colored roce'wril doubt less be effected by encouraging their educa tion, and it is highly proper that every rea sonable opport unity should be freely offered to a people wLo have so long been held in bondage. It i j an incontrovertible fact, how ever, that tbc-i.- capacity for imprqvement, a3 a race, is limitod. They wi'! be likely to ex cel in music ar. d dancing, and will progress greatly in aesthetics ; but no sophistry or partial reasoning can make it ?tppear t hat cul ture alone is necessary to br;r.g them up to the standard of the Angl?-Saxon.race. Such an argument may answer very well for philan thropic purpose-;, but it has nothing to do \ with the indisputable history of tho black race. Inferiority may have teen the origi nal cause of th ?ir enslavement, " and not its result, though that furnishes no justification for their oppression. The probabilities are now that the real negro will gradually disap pear from this continent, not by actual ex tinction, but by being scattered al! over the States,, by mixing with other races ind losing the peculiar characteristics..of the African. The negro population will, by degrees, be wholly absorbed by and assimilated to the more vigorous races, by whohi they will be constantly surrounded. The negroes 'have none of the qualities that wou'd lead them to form exclusive communities and preserve<heir nationality ; they look up to the whites and incline to seek their company. The neg*/, has none of that pride of moe which dist'w - guishes the Indian, and hence the great prob ability that, in the cou/se ot years, the for mer will be lost sight of in the great and I rapid march of civilization on tbis conti nent.-N. Y. New.*. - A DWELLING AND ITS CONTEXTS SI?vs IXTO TUE GROUND-On thc 10th of Mr.y, a sin gular and startling accident -happened near Girardvillc, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania. It seems that at that point a u hreast ot the Boston ai:.d Mahony and Coal Company's colliery had been worked to within about twenty feet of thc surface of tho earth, and that located just above it stood a two story frame building, occupied by Mr. Thomas T. Myers, a breaker boss at the? colliery, and his family. He also hid a cumber of board-' crs. About 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, as Mrs. Morris Robinson, wile ot the superinten dent of the colliery, who was OD a visit to thc house, and Mrs. Myers were in the kitch en, they felt thc houso moving, and rushed into the open air. Two minutes had hardly elapsed after they left the house -before it sunk, with a surging, swaying motion, into a huge chasm to the depth ol about eighty feet. Large masses of earth and rook from thc sides of thc chasm immediately closed in upon the house, burying it almost completely from view. The crash, when it went down, was tremendous. The complete entombment of the ^.veiling, which was about thirty-five feet long, may I-be imagined when we state that thc chasm formed by the sinking of the minc would; readily have admitted a building "over one hundred feet in length. The house contain ed seven beds and bedding, four stoves, bu reaus and other furniture, besides a. consid erable qunntity of clothing, a Sunday school library, and some money. , 4 There was fire in several of the stoves, aud shortly after tl?c occurrence smoko was seen issuing from the earth which covered the roof, rendering it almost certain that the house bad been set on fire. Streams of wa ter were directed into the chasm, and it was hoped that thc house would not be entirely destroyed. Fortuuately, the startling occur rence was not attended" by the loss ot hu maa life. Had it taken place at night ten lives might have been lost. But it took place a: an hour whe-n some of Mr. Myers' children had gone to sahoul, while thc others were playing outside. THE HAIR ci* THE Doo.-Tho Mobile Rey inter says :- " As for ourselves, we prefer great ly to have no representatives et Washihgton to having them tu thc perseus of Southern renegades or Northern advebtnrers, who have come among'Us to fawn and hide their real principles, for the purpose of getting Sputh . ern votes for Federal office. When it comes to that, we shall bo prepared to advocate a full delegation to Congress of black meu, aud we aro already prepared to demonstrate that sound policy, looking to our best interests in the future, demands that coarse! Th? North has given us the political negro, let us return thc compliment iti kind/ and give him to tho F?d?ral councils of the na'tion. It is the shortest method of ?ure of the Radical dis temper, and will speedily bring tin* question home to Northern minds. Besidei this, on Radical principles, there isn't a black man in the South who is not entitled to. .sit ia an armed and cushioned chair, with his hand some salary of several thousand dollars a yeftr, by the side of Sumner fn tho Senato and Kelly and Butler and Stevens in the House. Thc hair of thc dog is the best cure for thc bite.:) - MILITARY ORDERS VD LAW.-The military orders of General Sickles subverting tho su premacy of ibo civil authority in North and South Carolina, says the Washington Express, have not been very much heeded by the Chief Justice cf thu United States, lt will be re membered that General Sickles enacted a stay law by military order, and assumed the func tions of a supreme legislator for both of those States. . Wisc as may have been his measures, they were nnauthorized ; and the Chief Justice, at Raleigh, pronounced them without force in reference, to the pleadings and practice in thc United States Circuit Court. It does not, become tho Chief Jus tice to give the sanction of law td the extra legal assumptions ot a Military Commander, though no one would be more ready than Chief Justice Chase to uphold tho authority of a military offiocr wi.hin bia own sphere. THE WEATHER ASD CROPS.-AVe haye been favored during the last few days wiih re freshing rains, which have quickened vegeta tion and revived tho growing crops. Thc crops of grain are said to be very promising, and encourage tho hope thht ir. good time there will be no lack of "seed for the sower and bread for the eater." Thu wheat har vests are very abundant, as large quantities have been planted, and tho yield hns been unusually good. The effect is already seen in thc diminished prioe of wheat, which has been selling here, wo learn, as low as ?1.2$ , x bushel. With stich facts, before us, we? may well anticipate the speedy advent,of smiling plenty and thc rapid exit of gaunt famine, with its lean and hungry train. This, indeed, a (Fords substantial consolation after all that wc have suffered, and atflid so tn any evils present and prospective.-Abbeville Prc?q. . /$Ef- Quoin Victoria' was t"41rty ^car? on tho throne of England on tho 2Qth inst., aria tbb an ' ON THE OTHER Sroifor' TH?LINE.-Two or three weeks ago a mob at Junction City, Kansas, bung two negro soldiers for some inputed crime. Last Wednesday night an other mob at Wyandotte, in the same State, took two negro men out of jail where, it tarns out, they had been committed for an offense of which they were innocent, and s'iot them dead in the street. If such things as these were to occur in the South one uni versal howl would go np from all Radicaj doin, and a July session of Congress would be insisted on for speedy punishment. Of course we hear nothing said about recon structing ? loyal" Kansas.-Savannah News and Herald. #3}* Thc national debt amounts to moro than $ HO to each map, woman and child, in thc United Stites, black and uMte. The debt of the State of New York-am ou o ts to $51, -753,082,22, and that of the several counties-^!! swell it to $140,000,000. Th a debt of the county bf Albany is nearly four millions ! 13?" A Canada paper snakes the following ap- . peal : " To those indebted to 9s we male our .ap peal for assistance. Job's turkey waa a millionaire compared with .our present depressed treasury. To-day, if tho price of salt was two cents a barrel full, w? could not buy enough to' pickle a jay bird." . ' Qjgf ; A l?talo .girl of three years wu say saying her prayers, not long since, when her little brother, about four years old, came up slyly be hind and pulled her hair. Without moving her beac1, sho paused and saki: ''Please, Lord, excuse me a minute while I kick Herby." ?35~ In all things preservo integrity ; thc con sciousness of thy own uprightness will alleviate tho toil of business and . soften the harshness of disappointment, and give thee an humble confi dence before God, when the ingratitude of man or tho'iniquity of the times may rob you of tba duo reward. . ..*. ??.i* Helper, fho man who wrote thc " Impend ing Crisis," a'short timo before the war, has just published anothor book, in which he proposes to give all tho -negroes notice te quit tho United States bj a given Mme. The darkeys will con clude .his Abolitionist an indifferent Helper, after aU. . J.... 'V/ " >C3*The census statistics '->f Rhode Island sviow ?. far greater proportion of'deaths than of> births among tho colored people in {hat State, and the Springfield Republican believes ?hat un less {hu colored race throughout New England aro replenished from immigration from tho South, the negroes in that section will soon disappear. In Massachusetts, the negro population decoased 573 from 1855^0'I860, ?nd 4,297 from 1880 to 1865. ' '.'' ' . . . . .fi $3* Mrs. GMO, tho mother of Sam. Case, the lad who was hanged for. murder in Cincinnati j, r. few daj.i ago, died ou Friday last, of shame and griof. Z&T A new method of improving tho roads has been projoctcd in England. It is proposed to lay two pain of nearly.flat rails, with a slight depres sion in each rail, so that wagon wheels will keep the track ; and also to lay a guide-rail in ti? middle of each track for the driver to sight with tho pole of his carriage, so. as te bc able to keep the wheels in the depression. This system, it is claimed, will materially lessen thc power necc? sary to draw heav^y-ladon, wagons. OBITUAEY. DIET-, on tho i!0th June, MARGARET E., daughter of C-ipt. P. A. and Mrs. M. E. EICHEL BERGER, a;ed 1 year M???S months. COMMERCIAL^ AUGUSTA, June 29. GOLD.-In good demand/ brokers aro buying at 137 and selling at 13S. . . COTTON.-There was a fair demand to-day for good Cotton, mixed lota bc:ng unsaleable. Transactions rather limited. Sales to-day amount ed to l-l ? bf. les, 03 follows ? I at IS, 1 at 22, 7 ot 23, .md 136 bales at 23? cents. COHN.-51,45 from depot, and $1,50 from 8*?WHE AT!-Red $2,20@S2,35 ; White, $2,40? $2,45. The m:..ket cannot be consideren, hy any means as being mettled ; and next week*, lower rates aro looked for. MEAL-In goad demand at $1,55@$1,T50. Our Qhib !Rates? Wo aro now furnishing Uto. ADVERTISER to Clubs a: the .following very low rates: Two Copie s ono Year, $5.50. Five Copiet one Year, 12 50. , Ten-Copies one Year, 22.50. Twenty Copies one Year, 40.00. No Clubs received for a less period than one year,-and in'all cases thc Crash will be required in advance. Thc names of the entire Club mast be sent at one tune. . . EXCHANGE HOTEL. THE Subscriber respectfully announces that this HOTEL, situated un the back Street, in front of tho residence of W. Wi ADAMS, Esc?., and vvtry convenient to the bn. 'ness port of tho Village, is open for the accomuodation of Board er* and thc Travelling PubFj. No possible pains will ' J spared on his part to render tho acrommoliiions of tho EXCHANGE, in every respect, completely satisfactory to his patrons. RATES OF BOARD : Board por day,.f......$2,06 Board per month,.18,00 SJnglo Kcal.*... ?5 Horjo per dap,.1?50 Single Feed,.'. 50 WM. T. GOLDING. N.?E.-The Stage Office is now at the Ex change, and persons wishing to procure Seats had better calbaad hire their names entered, j July 2 . it 27 TAX NOTICE. MY BOOKS are now open, and will stand open until the 20th inst,, for the Collection of tho Quarterly Tax on Good?, Ware;, Merchan dise, Liquors, Ac., ending tho 30th June, 1867. Thoso who faH to comply by the date mentioned, will be subject to double tax. B. ROPER, T. C. E. D. July 2 2t ,27 Commissioner's Notice. THE Commissioners of Roads and Bridges of tho Lower Battalion, -7th Regiment, are re quested to meet at Hamburg, on Friday, tho 5lh July, to transact basines* of importance. . , S. W. GARDNER, Treas. July ?_lt, ' 27 Pure Kerosine Oil. WE HAVE just rtcoived ? fresh supply of PURU KEROSINE OIL, which will bc sold 16w for Cash ?n?y: *">c Gfcl??s $5,00. Sto gie Gallon, $1,1 ?. TEAGUE & CARWILE, Under Masonic Hall. . July 2 tf_27^ ' Panknin's Hepatic Bitters. WE nAVE just received a rupplv of PANK NIN'S CELEBRATED BITTERS. For sale for Cash.only. TEAGUE * CARWILE, ' Under Mr.iouie Hall. July 2_tf_27 _ AM? O?fiKP? THE Undersigned has on hand a v?ry HAND- ' SOME LOT of Metallic Hases aud Caskets, Which ho is now SELLING AT COST, trans portation added. Also, a largo and elegant stock jf COFFINS of his own manVactuve, embracing ill styl?s ah? siioe, which he offers at prime cost, >f material and manufacture. . . . . , Parties buyine Cases or Coffins will have ;ho uso of my HEARSE fAo of charge. _sj5?f,Tertns, strictly Cash. J. M. WITT. . Jane 2?"_)_tf ' 26 Beef Cattle and Sheep Wanted. WILL pay thc highest market price for good BE RF CAT ?LE and,'FAT, SHEEP. ?t AM?S'. .' ' Jf preferable I will ?artcr Corn and Bacon or Cuttle aud Sh,cep. . A A /1T.A1TDO 4 >