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- - A ATHE NE Wm VV IB E_R _R nERNfs1,50 FOR SIX c bo e oale MONTHS, IN ADVANC.. VOLUME I. NEWBERRY, S, C., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25, NUMBER 4A - IS.PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, At Newberry C. H., By THOS. F. & R. H. GRBNF: - EDITORS AND PRORIETO.S. liRMS, $1,50 FOR SIX MONT1H., EITHZR IN CURRENCY OR IN PROYISTONS. (Payment required invariably in --drance.) Advertisements inserted at $1,50 per squa re, for !&sz insertion, $1 for each subsequnent insertion. Uarr~ige notices, Funeral invitatiom, 01ituaries, Rnd -Cothhunications of pezeonal interest charged a 'dvertisenents, k Visit to R*day Itolse. -OR, TlE FANCIFUL AND REAL. ai REV. CREAMCHERSE. We retired from the dining room to the 'pleasant sitting-room or music-rom, where :coffee was sered in delicate, wbite p.rcclain 4cups. This sitting-room, which contains a .,q-iano and quantities of nusic, old and new, - also a pleasant feature of IIoliday 14ppsc. be wails are stuccoed, and are hung with u.steful paintings-ropies of the fine old nias. Xer&-amiongsvt whcih is one of the "Ere 1omo," also the " Exce Agnus Dei ", and a 'line painting of the Virgin and Child-Jesus, . with other figures in the group ; al. a most beavenly-looking picture of a Novice, who scents in the act of devotion, with her missal clasped in her hands, vl'st the hood or cowl fas fallen back, revealing the beautiful hqad, with its smooth, dark braided hir, iulhe aot simple fuw!3, nd the holy, benignaut .calm of the face, which is * dark, rich bru nette of the French style. vcr the m.ntel piece hangs a medallion irillaster, over which is a convex glas coerng, as in a shrine, a =ost pure, beautiful and exquisite bust of, tie Virgin, apparently of the fi:,est Parian m.rble. Upon the mantel-piece there rcstsan o'rulo clock of the most clas!ic design, rep resenting the. goddess Miner-R, v;h helmet on, and shield in one hand, with a branch of -olive apparenty in ihe other hand, whilst Aht v is seated on a bras.s culverin or canntn, in one of the wheels of % hich is the face of the Cock, th.,ugh fioi a side view, the cylinder -zpon which the culverin rests, represcntb a t-rum. The whole rests up-on a pediment vpc- which groups of figures are represented :n ba4-lict. This time piece is buth classic and antique in appearance, .nd is evidently a family relic or heir-loom, though, from its -martiRl s-mbol4, ft might -seem to h-ave been -of recent manufacture. The two younger 1aD6 ies and on'e of the elder, who have devoted good deal of their time~ to music, andi ave acquired consideruthie proficiency in the art, favored us after dinner wit'h a va Sietj of so,ato, duets, ariettes, arias anid aongs.from - operas as well as bai!ads. Airs from the opera of Normra .afd Er-nani were yong with taste. aid execution. The morn - sings were spent eittier in this isom or the Ii .brary, where the ladies sewed3 or enmbroidered whilst some ple guest would read aloud somaething selected for the*occasion from the: many ch..ic books in the library. One gen tle man, during my visit, who i.- a poet of some distinctiog, and wrho was sojourning for a season at a hospitable neighboring mansion, as a refugee, whose powers of elocution are: considerable, and who is a very cultivated and polished man of society, wo'ul ride Over every - ,snrning and read somne selection or selections to the party; rnd so pleasant 'ind musical was his voice, and his -taste so good as a lite .rr man, that really these reading conversa zones were by no means irksome, but on the -contMry a source ot pleasure atnd -improve ment.. As the shades of dewy err approached, land the refreshing coolness, (after the debili tating heats of a September sun) reinvigora ted the languid frame, we were temptetout in the gloaming to enjoy the fresh air, the -fading glow of the western horizon and the soft light of the early moon.- A walk to the .pavillion, which is situated on a high bank, 'and overlooks (not a smooth lake or a deep h-winding stream, but forg'e me, ye lovers of -the picturesque and romantic) the railroad -track; or a stroll to ihe meadows and thymny aills, (whose subtNft sides invited the ju veniles of the party to roll over and ojer from the top to the bottom in their wild glee) would generally close the day, after which tea .'ould be served in tbhe sitti'ng room, and after tea conversation on the piazza or verandah, or music upon the 'ano with singing. No one could be ore well-bred or lady like, or u.more kind-hearted and loospitabla * bCan the "lady chatelaine," of Holiday flouse, .dher nanners are so mnilJ, her voice so soft and subduzed, that when,in addition to these are added those noble' and generous -qu)hities of heart, and those personal graces -hic? distinguish her, there is a rare as senlpof female attractivenless combined 'in one perSen. Mrs. M-, the-intelliget :ad cultiva ed sister-tn-law of "the lady --chatelainie'', may be-described as " fair,fat and forty", minus :.mc years, (say from five to ten to leave -.de~nt margin,) but- with. the remains of formcer beau'y, -yhich, if less than formerly, may be called saturi'ty and not de cay. BiAt, though noct ver: sylph-like, and rather decidedly em bon~'' .ore k dignity of.person, and a general cuP > e~.d an evident familiari'ty witb."le tu a'-, which are a decided equivalent -tv .he loss of youth[bnl grace ; and render her n liess or ,-nntw in ..ceity. Her three d.gh't-rs are "svect" girls and withot-t vanity. The eldest is oteca, and not yet quite all enough;, s has great irtegrity of cha racter which is displayed in her antagonism to the insincerities of fashionable life and in a charitable forbearance t'owards the foibles of other,. She likewise 'has independence of cheracter which would lead her to sclf-deni.1 and se!f-sustaining efforts,. ra'ther than de pendence upon the kindest and rmost conside rate or generous friends. She has diligence in mental improremen-t and the pursuit of the mQit ornamental as- weli as u 4eful accomplish ments, but enters -with becoming spirit and vivacity into the* lighter -and graceful Amuse mVnts and recreatons of society. The second of the three is sylph-like in person and dances like an houri, has large, dark, Spanisb-looking eyes, ith eye-lashes and hair of the same hue, and which are as glossy, fine and soft -as silk. She has also th,e dreamy-look of a Spanish girl, a* but for her hez retrouse - (F,-ench for snub-nose)-she would beRlwost beautiful. The youngest iho is only .nine years od is,the -most interesting, with the luxuria;t grace of childho-d, and the depths of iri'tellect in her bright, dark eyes. Her hAir parta-k-4- also of the fne texture and,bue of Che second sister, and which is character istic of all t1re more or less. . The goverhess at Holiday house is one of the most suerior of that class of interesting persons. eois highly iutelligent, has read much and is every way an ornament to society*; as a friend and social companion in private lifo, she is most estimable, and in persen agreeable, though small, and in dress tasteful. Her qualities of he-id and heart are rarely equalled and her conduct most benevolent and Christian-likt, zheerful and cha itable wit4out the least mo rosenrss. - She is-almost fairy-like or bird-like in 'her li ht movements, and is decidedly Anglo-Saxon in her complexion and hair. Thy tutor of the fine specimens of young America which belong to the lumsehold at Holiday house, is a well-informed Marylan.der, arid M. D., who, in the intervals-of an incip ient practice commenced since the close of the war, takes charge of the education of these promising youths. The M. D. is only twenty-seveen, is good-looking, with- black hair' and dark complexion,' and a splendid black beard, which he is constantly stroking ith the mo.t caressing fondaess. He has most excelent <qualities of head and heart, and is the son of -a naval commander of high position. During former vi.its to Holiday Rouse-one of the evening recreations were jivenile balls C'n a -small scale, which were an agreeable ex citement riot only to the youthful .members of the household but to those Ilder ones who did not pairicipate cxcept as spectators. On these occasions the youths and Mises of a nigLbormng family, which were closely con neced by relationship~ to the family at huhl ty Housn'e, would be invited or happen in with some of the older members of the family, on which .e sions the two young ladies (whoni I shl l call Lusline and Unidinie) with tbir littIe sister Duisy, arid the y'ouths before m:tionecd at Holhiday House, would unite with their you*J9ful visitors in dancing tie lancers and other quadriUes,. as well as waltzes or round dances, to the music of the piano, which was performed by the nother of Lus line and Undine with indefatigable patience and in Excellent time. She was not required however ttrplay all the time for the jnvenile dancers, as th,ey hail a colored violinist, .or rather a sable orchestra comnprisig violin, triangle and tambourine, which performed with considerable gusto when reels and coun try dances were on the tapis. [ Tobe Continued.] NonTa CAntLNA- -The State Convention of North Carolina has passed an ordinance makmg null and void the Ordinance of Seces sion. The vote was 105 to 9. As a matter of interest we subjoin tife document as it passed : A n Ordina"ce declaring'null arnd .roid thse Odinawce of lfay 20, 1861. Be it declared and ordained by-.thr -dele gedns of thze good people of the State of NortA Croline, in Conrenltion assembled, and it is herb;y decla red ansd ordained, T hat the or dinance of the Convention of the State. of North Caoina, ratifled on' the 91st day < f NovemWMr, 1789, which adopted and ratified the constitution of the United States. and also all acts~and parts of acts of the General 'As sembly ratifying and adopting amendments to the said Constitution, are now, and at all times since the adoption a;d ratification thereof h'ave been, in, full forse and effect, notwithstanding the supposed ordinance o0 the 20th day of Mayr 1861, declaring the same tibe ipealed, rescinded and abrogated, anc the said supposed ordinance is now, and a' all times hath been,'null and,void.-. SocrBEEN TRADE WITH THE5 WEsT.-The St. Louis Prico Current says : St. Louis has for som'e time been sending largo shipments of dry goods, boots and-shoes, as well as bag ging, repe, provisions and .pioduce to tfe ISouth, and the merchants of Louisville are enjog moge Southern trade with the iste ror of- the Southern country than their himi ted facilities of transportation can accommo date *POTICAL CAtctA-To0S,-- Washingtor Idespatch to the Cincinnati Gazette .says tha prominent Democratic politicians, who wer engaged in figur-ing upon the next Congress say that tnere will be a majority of ten ii favor of admittin~ the- Southern membeni a - 'i0cmrare.l t.a the~ the test cath A CARD. Y'o ie )"cpe of the Third Congressional District composed of Abbeville, Edg d,. . Newberry, Fairfield, Lexington, Richlandi and Orairgebugt. I FELLow-CITzENs-At the earnest golivita tion of my frierds I have been inductd to ap pear belore yon as a candidate to represent you in the Congre"s of the United States, at the approaching election. In taking such a positim, I an weil aware, that otir right to know clearly my opinion on all political subjects, is unqnestionable. I now proceed briefly to give you my views on such topics, as, in.ny judgment, mostly intertst you at this time. T intend,to speak plainly to you, for I want to'e understood b_y every body. Before assuring any postion, however, or placing myself on any platfurip, it will be 1l for us to take a passing glance, and trace h'urriedly the deep and woeful ravagc, made by the bloody' and*osO.ling track 'of "cru'e wai' upon o'ar- once prosperous and happy land. Wtt a picture dies,outsprcaj as.we i take this backward turn. What a. picture of contrast, engraved, as it were, by the iron wrought pertil, drijping with the stream of gory-red that has deluged our mountains and plains, and hill-sides and glens, during the four past and -englhced years of the reign o "cruel war." Then the storm-felt lashings whether of the adverse winds, the lightning's sudden violeuice, or the wailings in thunder ous echoes of many bleeding hearts,-db but add new terrors to the terzific scene passing beneath our vision. I repeat again, what a sad picture of contrast Iis, to the sunny South of by gone days, blooming in prospeiv it'y, whose very mountains and hills echoed their gladdest tones, -and whose lovely Wh?es and gentle streams smiled with plenteous com fort, and flowed in joyous artents along, and whose light winged zephyrs breathed but hap piness. . - It is heart siokening truly to t'aie even this cursory view of the picture, but we must well survty our surrou,mdings before deci-ding to take a future step ; fuithermore, besides the deep regrets for happiness fled, and loved -ones gone, there is an evil of much Lsi depth which perhaps may become of wide cxtcntion, and bearing upon the welfare of our Nation, I and which demands some consideration there frown. This is the !>w st. ot approach ing bankruptcy that seems %iighiag us.down ward. Let the platform of action of every man, be one for the good of the people, both as a Nation and a S'.tc. WIhie I am decided ly opposed to repudinti.m, I am equally averse to compelling the debtor te, pay the full i amount of debts co ract d. during the recent wa The practical .m im n io.ith every one souldbe, "tolive n9 eie"Ia in favor of a judIicious anid, equitable com.pro migan I unwilling to add oppre.ssicrn to mis-1 fortune. :rust the next begislature. will1 encac't some equitable law to the geperal satis f-ction of *both c--editor and debtor, and save us frotu the ruinous consequences of extend ing bankruptcy, that would inievitabVy ensue from a course favoring only the fen. The emancipation of.S!avery by the Gov ernntent of the Unite4 States, and the ac~ quiescence in this movement by'our own State Convention, has brought us now to -a stad dep thought, as to, what measures n'xttoaopt to better our condition, and raise us once agauin to hope andpea-ce, various are the opinions that have bien suggested as to what shall be done-with the negro. I can suggest no other plan for the present, thanl for the negroes to be apportioned;ontt to each State in the Ureion, according -to represen ta - tion or -populr tion, or colonize them in some newly acquir-ed 'Ierritory? I am also opposed to conferring the right of! sffrage on the recently freed negroes, be cause I knew giem to be inca able of exer ciing such a privilege; and because I con sider .this a dangerous element to introduce into the3system of cur Government. I well know that this question belongs properly to the deci%ion of enfh St-ate, but i am confident it will be .brough t before Cr:ngress, as the~ restles.;abolition party, flushed with succes sve victories, arc ever ready to enter into new fields of agitation. the people of the North have afwrays had some negroes among them. but .never to myl knowlcdg'e have they ever raised these ne groes to an equal station with themselves. If one Northern State has ever had a colored Governog, or ILieutenant Governor, or if one of this sable race has ei'er been honored with a seat in theLegislative body,-i.h.er State or Federal, it is unknown to mim4 In the State of illinois, the late home of President Lineeln, there is a law extant, pro hibiting any mone negroeie from settling in ~that State, and the right of suffrage is with held from those already there, and a sii*ilar law exists in Ohio, and Indiana, and perhaps otheg Northern States: "Truly, consistency is a lright jewel." If the negro race occupy an inferior station North, why not place them in their right place South. The very inferiority of the race is most obvious to the mere Physiognomist, and what the Creator has made laick, man can nerc make wchite. Then why not allow the South the right they assume to themselves. This veryinnovation upon the rights of their broth 'hood, laid the foundation of the recent war, deep and wide. Yet the- abolitionists boast loudly, that the opening of this dreadful war, hangs not upon their shoulders. Had not fourteen of the Northern States violated the Federal Constit.ution as it reprJs the,Fugi live Slave . , the- Southern Sta:tes would not have been diiven to the state of despera-. tion, that has w6i1 nigh brought ruin upon chemr. It is true tbe' Soth was prcipitate In the Secession movement, arid my huniblejudg inent anO feeb1e voice, dis-pr6-ved of th mcn,ure. I have ever taken for my motto, -Equal r ghts to th, South, as welle the North,".and of the gok-n rule, to di undo. otherS, as you would have tnm do unto ypn, were lvid down is the corner storie of the building of our National Constitution, peace would forever dwel4 with us, andI4ar stay, far, far awm.y. - So-long as the Government wM in tie hands of the Democratic P -6y, our co'ntry was safe, pTospcrous and happy-but when the helm was wrested from them by overwhelm ing fanaticimm, the ship of sfate was,badly wrecked, and well nigh destrTyed forever, in the whiilpool of s-.chy. I have great confidpnce in the Democratic Party of the United States. I believe the success of that Party, is our onl, hope in re constructing the Government, with equal* rights under the Constituti-on. Our leading men, in my opini6n, committed a great bunder in breaking up the Democratic Party, by withdraw ing from the Charlistory Conven tion in 1660, and T solemnly believe to-day, that if Judge Douglas, Gen. Breckenridge, or Mr. Mell, had been elected Preident in 1800, we would iot have had'the desolating war tHrough which wo have jast passed. esident -Andrew Johnson, whom I hap pened to know personflly, alwaysbelonged to the great Democratic .Partv, until he ran .f;r Vce President on the ticket with Mr. Lincoln, and dow that Providence has decreefor wise purposes, that he should bold the reins of Government in his own hhnds, he will no doubt reWrn to his first Tove, and. do all he can for his erring,children, and plaut himself firmly upon the basis of the Constitution for the lasting preservation of that sacred trust. Let us then suppc.rt the Administration of President Johnson in good fai,h ; let us take counsel together for the good of our common country, and"tventure to say, notwithstand ing the ,rcat- mi.take made in the Act of Sccssion, we Nny yet, with the guidance of Divine Providence, bccono a prosperous, independent and happy people. In'conclusion, Fe1ow Citens,D permit me. to remark, thrt if I am honored by you with a seat in Congress, I will use my utmQst endeavor to preserve the Constitution, and to promote your welfare in each and every re spect whatever,-to the be.t of my ahiiity. R. C. GfRI FFIN. From Tennessee. NAsurvu..,; Tennessee, October 3, 1865. Gornor Brownilow delivered his annual message to the Gericral Assembly to day.. Heo conrgratul.ites the Assemhiy on witnessing the tertuination of the~rebellion nnd the sigr. nal triumph of our arms In regard to new subjects of h'gislation the ni i4hes of the hon est and loyal pe.ople of the -.tate should be consulted, for they are alvays right. IIe re ccmmnds amendments and additions to the franchise law ; hut says: "I am by no neans an adlvocate of jts repeal, nor do the loyal peo pl of the State wishi any sweping change." The restoration of civil law has worked' well, and prosperity is iiromised in every sectien. Guilty rebels should be treated with serity1 in proportion to their offences, the mass of them wvith not less than ten years' disfran chisement, and the leaders with neither mercy nor forbearance. imigration should be fos-I tered and encouraged, and a commissioner stationed at the East' to secnre a numnereus foreign emnaigrati,on of skilled labor. IHe He says: "1 am convinced that the white aid colored people cnasnot live together polit ically as equals." IIe amocates the setting apart of some portion *of the national te ri tory best adap.ted for the purpose for a ration of freedmen. The testimony of negroes is rc commended to be taken in the courts on the same basis as that of white persons. resi dent Johnson's reconstruction policy is eh dorsed as the s#le hope oI' the country. Pc-r ims FOO-r DOWN Enuns.-An cxchange The President will not .interfere with the ation of the Somphern bishops. 'l*g m'ay unio with the Northern churches or not, as they please. In reply to the remonstrance of, ti Radioals, he stated that the Constitution' was sile*nt upon- tle subject. * The President.does but'very 1,ttle to oblige or conciliate -the gentlemen who lwi1d loyalty ad devotion to the African t,o be syniony nTus. .They wished him to reduce the South ern States to territories, and he refused. They wished him to appoint provisional governors from the loyal States, and he refused. Sia ..ons F5Assr-I's MEN.-E highly in. trestir.g letter from C. F. Hall, the Arctic ex plorer, announces that he has discover.ed that in al.probability three of the men cf Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition yet survive and are living among the'Innuits. One of these supposed survivo'rs is said to be Crozier, who succeeded Sir John Franklin in command of the expedition. Lady L. Duncan was an heiress, -and Sic W. Duncan was her physibian during a severe illness. One day she told hini iho had. rnme up her mind to marry, and upon his askmng the namno of the fortunate chosen one, she bade him go home and open his Bible, giving 'rim chapter and verse, and he would find out. He ..d so, and read wuat Nathan said unto David, "Thou art the manl! Ihe State Records. SEcA-T..RY OF STATE'S OFFcE, CO:.cUBIA, S. C., Oct. 12, 1865. EDIToS ?nG: Inyour issue of the 10t1 instant, I notice an extract from the. Charles ton C'urier, in which one of its correspon dnts, 1' .speakji,g of the dest'ruction of StaLe and Pistrict e , by the Federal troops, states that "the State records and other - pa pers of inportapce are -gone forever." I do not .-no%v from 'what souecc he has drawn his inf'ormution, tior do I doaibt the sincerjty of his :ssertiew, but as every citizen of thi State is interested more or less in the records of this office, and tiw(se of the Sur veyor-General,-I deem it my duty to rclieve the anxiety which aty arise, by correcting a 1 gnista;ke ;inte which he Ias fallen. Ttbe rec ords of the S.Cretary-of swte, and Surveyor General, are safe. I have goodreason to know .om.tVin't of these records, fron pain fNI experience in savL.g them. My long connection with these offces had taught ine the inestimable value of tbese ree 9pds to the State, and I thought of the en.r mous jo) of packing so large a4-unber of books and paper, and getting them oif in time -t save theWR ViI the short notice gi' I kn-iw if I saved them f must sacrificc- w. thing I owned; this, sooner than see the Sate lose that which cannot be replaced;. I determined to do, 'a:.d by laYing aside my private int-rest, devoting my' whole ti,ne to the service of the State, working day and night, using my own wagon and team, and the servunts.of a friend, and leaving the con teots of my own house, and the hoose itself to the torch of the- enemy, succeeded in pack ing and savina its record and paper of valae. not only of tie two 'oflices of Secrery of Stat nd Surveyor-Generid,located at Columi bia, but also of the corresponding oflices here tofore located in Charleston, but two yes previously removed to this place and put un der my charge. While on this subject, I will Yention,' for the benefiof those interested, that I also saVd the rec6rds of the, Commissioner in Equity, Clerk of Court, and Ordinary of 'Barnwell District.. Those. of the two last offi ces, I happzed to dis'cover in the depot whilst loading my own, ind knowing tle, would be burnt, if not removed byome oe, I had them put into my car, and J'ok them off safe. I alsi saved one boi of the Commis sioner in Equity of Beaufort, and thtse of the Commission in- Equity of Charleston, which were in ay ofice at the time. WM. R. IIUNTT, Secretary ofState, S. C. A -Fir-R.rAT, NoTicr.--The Boston &PaW givoi'Charles SUmnct the following first-rate notice: Mr. Sumner's pompous assumption .of the office of dictntor to t1e American Government and people, cannot fil to create derision and disgust anong sensible folk. His inflated style and elaborate pronunciamentoes shame I Santa Anna's proclamations to the Mexican. while his swel and strut are as aburd as the atmpt of the monte black-leg to rule a na tion by funlminati;ng from his West India Is lands. Suinner has abundance of gas at his command, but not the kind to raise him to the attitude ofcortmon sense or political. truth. ie was spoiled in the shell, and all his states mniship is addk J. He manifests no .concep tion of tIe true greatness of a'country-of its ast products-its mecani,a ingeptiity and entrprise. Instead of regarding the Eriec Caal as an srtery of the nation's life, he would have it filled'tap if told that ,negro chii dren were liable to be drownedl in its waters; instead of contem plating the grecft power of tranportation -a fTrded by; our gigantic rail <oads and their influence in binding the coon 'try togethur, he would endeavor to provide sets for negroes in thle cara, er in looking after the dikes, storks and -vermnin of Holland, or soaring towards those regions of his r'ancy rising far above the bread and butter unorld into the renlms of beatitled spirits where John Brown is marchinig on. GIArs.-llIthe time of Augustus Caesar! there were two( persons li'ing in Rome called Idusio anid Set-undilla, each of whom exceede~ ten feet in height, Their bodies, after death, were kept'and reserved as ndr-acles of curn itv in a sepulchre within the' Sallustia~n gaens. Pliny names a certain Gaba-, who in th%days of Claudius .was broughit ou-t of Arabi;'and saiys he was nine feet nine iiches high. The emperor Maximin, origin .dly a Thracian peasant, mensured -eight feet and a half. is wiifj's bracelegserved him as iings. 1lit voracity was- such, that he con suned daily forty potunds of flesh and~ drank ihteen bI)ttles of w'ine. His strength was proportionable to his gigantic shape. '-ie could draiv a leaded wagon without help, and with a tiow of his fist often' broke .the teeth in a horse's mouth. Hie also ciu..hed the hardest stones between his fingers, and cleft trees wi:h his hansis. Pliny and V'alenius Maximuis speak of Polydamuas, a celebrated athlete, son of Nicias, who exceeded all men of Iis-day in stature and strength ; he apeu Hercules, not withoub pretension. In Mount Olympus he kille'd a lion~ with a blow of his fist, being unprovided with any ther arms. ie could stop a chariot with his hand in its mosgrapid -course) Once lie singled out die larged and fiercest bell from a whole herd, took hold of him by one of bis hinder feet, nd notwithstanding his struggles to escape, graspg him with' such strength that the hoof remained ii?his hand. LoUisrp.4--A lettgr from Washington says of Louismnn, that, . "Gen. Canby's action in susperrding the fundtions of' the officer who arrested1 the Judge at Shreveport for presuming upon the right to try oiffences against the freedmen, is fully endorsed here, and the same privileges (Juirai diction of the civit'courts) wil, 1 learn be extended to all the States as soon as their courts are thoroughly organized. This is a stretch of good feelings that the States should fully appreciate,- inasmuch as the uight mn question could hardly be claimed prioar to the offiial promulgation of their complete resto) rati n." The Zoological Socety nLond~on, has just reived a male chimpanzee. The introdue tion of the stranger to the, female, in the gar den, was an ,amusing incident. The two cratures rushed into each otheVrs arms like stage lovers. They k'issed each other ; then the male chimpanzee patted the female's face, danced rountd her, took her round the waist, as if he wer8 going to waltz, when they eg pressed theirjoy by dancing and howhing in New York.Politcs. Amon.g. the resignations recently accepted by the War D q4iwen't, is that of Major General Henry W. Slocum, democratic cai didate for Secretary o' State of tht Stgte of New York. - The general commenced the politieal cam paign in New York State on Monday', 1st iistant, by an open -and manly speeth at Syracuse.' le referred to the great deeds perfornicd by our gallant armies; gve a clear statement of the present condition of the South, as -regards both the white and tlack popula'tion, ba.-ed upon his own personal ob si-rvation ; trinitained that the Southern peo ple cordially accept the verdict of the war, Ba conclusive and binding, and strongly advocat. ed the policy u-4 President Johnson, looking upIn it as the only safe, wis- and prActical policy that could be'adopted. The Mississippi militia controversy was fuN!y explained. On the sane occa.sion made a zpeech, and tok strong groun"n favorof'the represpnta tives frorn the Southern States being prompt ly admitted to'seats.in the next Congress, ,W J* si.tiog .hat all who dpposed their admissioft were not ia favor of a reconstruction of the Union. 'fihe indications trom all parts of the North are that ra'dicaiisn, wili b- defenaed,*nd Fre sidit Johnson nobly sustained in his reco'n struction policy. THE MINERAL 17EALTH. OF THM, SotrM -At most evcry days developments'.. to show that one-half of the mineral wealth of the-South has never been told. There is probaly no countrM int the world richer in this respeet. Dr. E. H Granz, the State Geologist of Virginia, hag recenfly been making explorations into its undevelope, resource!, and lie reports that he hvas found mines of gold,-silver, copper, lead, zinc, tili, iran, plumbago, manganese, c6al, slate, potter's porcelain and fine clay, hydrad% lie cement-, feir's earth, limestone, grind. stone, whetstou, emory, marble, gypsum, saft% murle, soapstone, sulphur, granite, etc., in va rious directions. A new era haq dawned,and we expect era. lohg to see the South more populous and wealthy underothe new order of things,-ander . the.stimuotos of emigration and competition of . free labor, of manufactures, and a general svstem oF home industry than she bas ever heen or ever could ha been under the old regime.. The Poles are coming, the Scotch are com in', wd 4he Germans, Swiss *and French and other in#ttrinus peoples will-come, and un der'the grand. universal awake~ning, the waste places of-the South will blossom and bloon 1h perennial virtue and beaity. The horrors of war will be forgotten, and &hne, the great head er, will make all things new and glorious. . [Louisville JournaL W THE Ai.m,DE oR E h ocky Olu t"ays Gaignani'i 31csssenger) has just lost one of its most amiable members, l. Alexan dre Bouchet. The following anecdote is relv ted of hni: "Pereqiving one dny, after a heavy fall of rain, a -very well-dressed yovtng woman standing at the edge of the side pave ment of the Boulevard, ;ad evi&nty much. perplexed as to the best method of. raversing the sea of mud before her, he-gallarily advan ced, tock her up In his arms, and carried her across dry shod. The lady maade*ao'objection to th:eanode of transit,-blut; on being set down, expressed her gratitude ias f.dlowd, 'Sir, you are an insolent felow!'s'Thereupon,'.. Bou chtimnmediate ~repaWfed the wrong byagaid transporti@g he , wIth the same precautionA~ to the very s.pot where he had figst met her, and took his leave wills a profound saut tion." A Fix top. A YOt:N GENTLE3A-A Yeif niceoung etimn whose name we do . no emncecs osntila.te, recently in- - vs:edl m small som in chickens, which he. un dertook to take heme on *e Dauphin street cars. MA er proceeding t short distance the attention of all the passengers, a large propO? tion of whomr were ladies, was called to him by one of his purchases rai.sing a loud and cotinuied cackle. In vain he tried to quiet the bird ; the ladies~'tittered' and pulled do)wn their-veils; the genitlemarn on board "haw h:wed," anAl onr young friend, in his igno race of 'whe situation," blushed. Growing4 somew hat restless at b'eing the cynosure of. all eyes, he casta look into his lap, 'and be hold-there was an egg. He irmedately quit.the cars and pursued his way h9meward on foot. 'Inagine his "pheelinks." -- [MobWe Tsibune. All%ttural means having failed. to remee th-- Cholera from Constantinople, -the Sultan* of Turke'v'has conme to the conclusion that "ent, drink and be merry* is about the best curse to pursuie under the disheartening ctr eynstance5. lie has issued a sort of firmat, -mhipte'l to the exigency, wherein. ev'erybody i. er4oined to sins, dance and feast within the limits of the Capital. 'This is a practical illus tration of the ter.<ts of Mahomnet's creed here th-dahy, gone to-morrow. The deaths ner day in the stricken C pitai of Turkey are ~po;rtced at 1,000. *TIe wai!s for the 'dead -. nd dyin.g are straagely involgd in la grim, and grotesque revelry ; and Ths ghhitly life in-death existence, bashiaw and odalisque, Wa ter.cml!iers and duruch pas their brief hours of festivity, to retire.ghereafter to the quiet of their cIhamber whereejatcultig-"Ki.net! -it is fate, they eanvelope,their heads iM their' males and 4.ive up. the ost. - A DEAR, GooD MAN--"Widow,MOt)rnful, what on nirth are youi thinkin' about?" "No: hin;g else in th'e world but my depart ed husbanid. He was.such a deiroted man always bringini home his l ttTe kindness to, me. I eould.:'t help ttipi'r.gjust now, when I heered Mrs Birown's sassiges sizzlig about what poor Mr. Yournful used to bring me. He kno2'd [ was fonvd of gassiges, and he hardly eversoever cane home in his life With out fetching me a sassigo. in his poekets He was very fond of eggs hiinsuf, and would oc aioally fetch a few of themn for himself. But he was Always sure to lay & sassjge at: t:ae tab!b. Nevcr laid his eggs there-never'd - ink of 'em; anid somnetimes I'd ask, 'Sinion, a here's yeur e-ggs ?" Just as like as not, he'd been a sittin, on 'ern - . IMFPoTAT ToMNIsTE.-inisters of tlhe Gospel a4 required by law to affix a Ef e d&nt revenue stamp to each certificate of marriage they may return to the ckrk'a office. This is necessary before it can be admntted to record. We would also state in this connection, that a failure to affix the proper stamps to any in strument of writing requiriIbg the same, sub jects the party executing such instrument te