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" OBANGE?UEG NEWS, . ^PUBLISHED WEEKLY* ' *"*' r' - AT ORANGEBURG, 8. C. Offw* of Publication on Afar/cet- trcct over the Post OJjicc. SAMUEL DIBBLE, Editor. VIRGIL C. DIBBLE, Associate Editor. CHARLES H. HALL, Publisher. "Washington News.. Aruj r. ,4.--r'Tho Caineron-Stcvous fucd ? is deeponing. ,(]auioron. favors^ the confirmation of nominations iroin tbo President, with n pre ference for Democrats. Stevens and his friends aro represented to bo furious. Tho report of the President's participation in the effort to bring tho Reconstruction Rills be fore the Supreme Court with tho view of pro curing nn injunction ngaiust their execution, is authoritatively denied." The whole story is re garded as speculative. {fogdMU's majority as Governor of Connecti cut is 970. It is stated that Attorney-General Stanbcr ry has advised the President that General Sheridan exceeded his powers in removing the Louisiana officials. JTho Radicals claim to the contrary^ under their construction of the se cond arid sixth section. General Sheridan writes to tho Department that further removals will be necessary to the faithful enforcement of tho law. ,: Active ..measures are to be adopted by the Agricultural Bureau to distribute the 850,000 worth of seeds appropriated by Congress amongst tho Southern States. The debt statement shows a decrease, of $52,000,000 Jin tho interest bearing currency, and nu increase of *S34,000,000 in the gold beating' currency. TJlo ciiso of the steamer William Bugsloy, which was captured running the blockade, was hoard by ? the" S?prcinc Court bo-day. The right of the pardoning power to restore proper ty was fully discussed. f April 5.?In the Supremo Court to-day Judge Sharkey gave notice of a mid ion for a preliminary injunction against Andrew John son,-President of the "United Statos, and Gen. ?rd, Commander of the Military District of Mississippi and stated that the motion was founded uponja Bill in Equity, which he propo sed to filo, and which was-brought to enjoin the.defendants from executing the Acts of Con gress rccontly panned and known as the Milita ry and Supplemental Bills. , Attorney-General Staubevry suggested that as this was a case involving tho original juris diction of tho Court the first motion should be for leave to file the Bill, Judge. Sharkey acquiesced and said that the counsel for the State of Mississippi would now make the motion"for loavo to filo tbo Bill and that they wore ready to argue .the motion.' ?TThe Attorney-General, in reply, contended that the Bill, in so far as it purported to make the President a party to the ctisc as a defend ant, was, in effect, a suit against tho United States, and that ho would theroforo object to leave being given by the Court to file the Bill. He further stated that he was ready to argue the merits of his objections. Ohiof Justice Chase, after consultation.stated thntthe motion for leave to file the Rill might be rondo and put on the motion docket, but . that in conformity with tho rules of the Court, it could not be heard until tho next rogular motion day. This motion will therefore, come up. on Fri day nc*t., Thorc arc ninety-six applications from Ex Federal Nnval officers for pardon ou file. ? Tho receipts of customs for the week ending the 30th ultimo, amount-to nearly $3,000,(100. The Internal Revenue receipts to-day amount to t?arly $500,000. Tho Republican gain in the recent Rhode Island elections is nearly three thousand. ,Very valuable conterfciting materials, in eluding.a- lathe, which was imported at a cost of $l8,000y have bcon captured in Western New York' and brought to this city. Th?'IRirs.ofliijunctioii of Governors Shrirkey nn<? "\Valker, of Mississippi and Florida, which hayc been filed in the Supreme- Court, cover four columns of tho National Tutolligcnccr, and uro regarded as" very masterly documents. April C?Aspooiul to tho Baltimore *S'mm says General Griffin recommends tho removal of Governor Throokmbrton, ofTcxiis. Gcnoral Sheridan agroes* wttli' him, and suggests the removal .of the Governor of Louisiana. General Grallt,'in reply doubts the General's power to remove Governors, and thinks removals must be rimdo by Congress or after trial under the sixth section. Returns from the land office at Tallahassee, Florida,.show over eight thousand acres have, been located under the homestead law, which limits entries to sixty acres. The National Rank circulation is nearly two hundred and ninety-nine millions. The War, Navy and Interior disbursements for tho week, aro three and a quarter n illioris, Internal Rcrcnuo receipts for the week are five million eight hundred thousand. A fin i' 7.r-?Tho official papors, three in Louisiana, and two in each of the other unre presented States,' are authorized by special Act - to publish the laws of tho Thirty-ninth Con gress. This will amount to about $120,000. The law further provides that the War, Navy, Exo'cutivo, Fcdoral and Judiciary ndvortiso monls shall be published in these papers only. Stovcns has been quito ill sinco Wednesday from, disoaso of the honrt. APRIL 8.?It seems to bo generally under stood that the-Supreme Court will not sustain tho Mississippi prnyer for the iujunction against tho cxccution'of Mio Reconstruction Bills. Tho investigations of tho Impeachment Com mittee have been suspended until May. M V The trial of1 Surratt has,been set nsidp for the present term of'the Court. His conviction is improbablej^as the indictment is so awkward ly drawn, that it is' not likely to stand. Recent advices- give the news of the Fort Buford massacre a canardish complexion. Fivo murders, six murderous assaults, and twenty-seven robberies havo recently occurred in the mining country around Pottsvillo. Tho secret society known as "The Molly Moguire" is becomiug potent for mischief throughout the coal mining couutry. The State of Georgia will, on Friday, through Charles O'Connor, of Now York, aud Judge Black, of Pennsylvania, fdc it prayer for in junction against the execution of the Recon struction Act, similar to that filed by Mis sippi. It is rumored that war between France and Prussia has been declared. The Hon. Jefferson Davis will certainly have havo an.early hearing, Judge Chase being on the Bench nt his trial. The Right Rev. Archbishop Spaulding re ceived some fifteen hundred people, including many negroes, iu the Catholic Church here yesterday. Arm I. 9.?The Internal Revenue receipts to-day arc over $700.000. The Russian treaty was ratified to-day with only two or three dissenting votes. The President, has pardoned Z. B. Vance, lately Governor of North Carolina, on the re commendation of 12 Senators and 28 Re presentatives and Governors, Brandet te, Shnrey, Parsons. Mayor Hoffman and Horace G reclcy. ? Louis Schade, who defended Wire, has ad dressed a letter to the American people alleging Wirz's innocence. Tho Austrian Minister on the 5th instant announced to Mr. Seward that ho was instruct ed to ask tho good offices of the United States Government in securing tho safe treatment of Maximillian and his followers, in case they fell into hands of the Liberals at Qucrctaro. On the u'th 31 r. Seward replied that be bad telegraphed Minister Campbell to .scud a swift messenger to Juarez conveying the request that all possible leniency be extended toward tho expected prisoners, and also that lie bad placed a copy of his instructions iu the hands of Minister Romero, who had promised to in form Juarez of the wishes of the United States I Government. Ou the same day Minister Campbell telegraphed that he had sent, (|-0 messenger as directed, . There wove only two votes against the r.-.'.i fication of tho Russian treaty. Al'RlL lO.-t?The Democrats have carried Albany, New York, by 1,700 majority. Trenton, Now Brunswick,. Hobokon, IIucUou City, Harrison and Kcarny, in Now Jersey. The Republicans hrvc carried Jersey City gaining G00, and Patterson and Bayounc, in New Jersy. The issue in Jersey City was the liquor prohibition, that is practically whether Now York should empty itself iuto Jersey City on Sundays in quest of liquor. The President is suffering from a severe, though not dangerous indisposition. A considerable effort is being made by the voters of the two classes to outnumber each other in the fourth ward of this city. So far there arc 508 whites and 550 colored voters reg istered. Amongst the liberal donations to the South ern Relief Association is^ono of a thousand dol lars from the Great American Tea Company The total receipts thus far arc $50,000. THE ORANGEBURG NEWS. SATURDAY, APRIL lb% 1867. White xcr. reserve to ourselves the right of defi ning our own political position by means of our c.ditoriid columns, wc icifl be pleased to publish contributions from our fellow-citixrns upon tlw grave questions which now agitate the public mind, whetfurr their opinions coincide with ours or not. A district newspaper, we consider, 'should be. an index of tJte. various shades of ]">p ufur scutimmt in the section of country in which if circulates. Our cotumns are open, therefore, for any communications properly written, accom jianieil by a responsible name, not personal in their character, vor absolutely injurious in tin ir tendency. The Military Bill and tho Supreme Court. Our columns last week contained the intelli gence that tho States of Mississippi and Ala bama had taken stops to test the legality of the Military monstrosity of the lato Congress, and that a Bill had been filed to enjoin the Presi dent against its execution. Georgia, the tele graph this week informs us, has taken her posi | tion as a contestant beside her two sister States. Wc wish we could add tho name of our Mother State, to tho Roll of Honor?but alas! her Governor deprecates any opposition to the power of Congress; be is thoroughly commit ted to a submissive policy, and his only ambi tion for the State is that her people may at once harmonize with Radicalism, and accept with complacency her political serfdom. Tho question now before the great judicial tribunal of the Country is the most momentous of any that have been prcscnfeJ to it since its, Organization. It demands a solution of the great problems which havo grown out of the war, and to which n fanatical and vindictive Congress, swajcd by passion, not by sober rea son, have given not only an ungenerous but an unjust, decision. It'asks for the explicit de fining of tlio Status of tho Southern States--? nnd tho power of Federal Legislation'. It ia nn appeal to tho Constitutionen lafet effort to check the tr/rrcht of madness which threatons to sweep nwny every vestige of Stuto Rights and bring tho u?uiitry into a resistless whirl * " ? ^*p? pool of despotism. If the Coiir^C is fully alive to the duties and responsibilities of its position, and will arbitrato justly, the uncertainties that have enshrouded our fate, will bo dissipated, and wo may, with out passing through the Vale of tl?miliatitjn and sacrificing both pride and principle, be restored to our legitimate position in the Fede ral UnioiK If the Court acts, we can have no doubt of its verdict. The Constitution?our American Magna Charta?is unambiguously in our favor, and a truthful exposition ai' its prin ciples, and obedience to their dictates would eompol tbo Court to declare the laws, at present in force in the South unjust, unrepublican, and therefore invalid. It has, however, been authoritivcly an nounced thnt the Judges composing it, will not decide upon questions raised simply by political parties?and that the issue now brought squar |y before, it will thus be disposed of without any pertinent or linal decision. We cannotbe live that the most dignified tribunal in the land, yielding to a fear of Radical power and influence, will evade its duty, and refuse us the only legal remedy that is left m Our Federal Republic is rapidly degenera ting into a consolidated irresponsible despo tism. The principles upon which the. Govern ment was founded are fast becoming obsolete? and factious pluralities now make laws rogiupd tcssvof right. The Supreme Court call by'its solemn fiat renew the old landmarks. If it remain dumb ami indifferent?the fate of tin Country is sealed. [OONTiltnUTKi?.] A Wit ill'. t: Oui Monsieur,'' 1 do love t > see. an unyuf flcd brow,?an equable. w(*1l tempered atmos phere. F.aeh mortal hath his cavc?his be setting frailty, or his ruling passion; This pe culiar mania, for which there is no cure, oh,? keep it out of light. For every evil under the .-tin, There is a cure, or there is neue: If there is one, try to f:mi it, If there he none, never mind it'. I'm dull to-night, "almost in the giv.ve of niclaucholy," as souio misanthrope says. "T<^| ? why?"-r X OU"vrill-l?*ujjlir-f*??d?TiAy old tune over, t/iuts all. Now. what constitutes the difference between a monkey and a man '.' A liner formed organi zation,?a friend,?a heart, that* ufl. Ami when thnt spring of being, worried out, 'or ill used reverberates no longer; What '{ we dwin dle out existence, or we die. that* all. The heart, why do sonic creatures hohl it in obcyance, and tamper with its liner instinct*? ?'Whil ?" only because themselves so numb, in sensitive, that they measure the effect of such action by their own brutish gunge; that* why. They toll me that Kilon has gone to the Tropics, gone for her health. Aye. I know it is a life struggle with her, so, you need not be. surprised at my sympathy. 'While women should appreciate kind affability, how sad it is that they aro often, too susceptible to compli ment aud an affectionate manner in the oppo site sex. Will practical sense enable her to secure her previous cheerfulness, and to'forget? Important query:?I give a whiff of his tory, while history is the romance of coun tries, what is Romance but (he history of in dividuals. Rerenir ties mouton*?return to the subject. All the winter, Kllcn had oho escort, and he most exceedingly attentive. His presence or his remembrance haunted her every footstep. that* all. She pondered o'er his words, and these like floating spectres, glided through her daylight thoughts; and biddlcd her dreamland with syren strains. That's all. Kaeh time they met, the looks, tin? tones were well devised to cheat the artless, to form these bright illusions into fairest signs of love; that's all. With glowing word- of courtesy, and with fair pretences, trained her to the idea ''he, for God only, she for God in hint." He only stole "iCr heart ; gave aud courted confidence ; probed her inbred fancies, and ap proved, or else adopted them : would touch her hand, aud admire their diminutive sire. At all times played the devoted, yet never said In mute. He dissembled, for weeks ; that's all. Travelling, he met a lady id' more sterling worth, and to her. he will soon be united. lie admits that be knew Kilon, yet never thought of marrying her. Ilo bad been attentive, but. it was only a passing administration,?a little coquetry. Her home friends?some of them?suspect her grief, let us hope that kindness^ will amen I for unsatisfied affection; and she in the sequel, triumph over such heartless machinations. Hero we. drop the curtain. It is months since the first scene closed, but. the sequel is at J hand. * * ? * * * You don't believe that retribution, is ever meted out, in this mundane sphere. I believe that in measure, it is. So here we differ. Right, wins at last, God's word is given. If not on earth,?then, up in Heaven. Let me recall an instance which must be familiar to you. t Von remember II-?- . thai young man. who flirted, with my friend Ellen, iu tho winter of 18-. t lie married and removed with his bride to Arkansas. Let mo introduce, pro (cm, to their fireside; listen for yourself. ''No Mrs. II. you. can't, go this season to Carolina, I wou't submit to it." A ])rctty hole you make in the purse; h/onr health' too, thut constant hobby, 'require ehango' do you?' 'So do I, hut 1 want none of your .'hoick* jhjcus' fussy, change of air, / want ? Change,' Madam, the cash, tho hard money. Since, you so directly bring up tho charge. I did marry you for money, and did not expect/o /bor, such a heavy bill for you. '?Travelling, weak nerves, need of society and a taste for elegant expenses.' These, Madam, are your eternal topics; if I hadn't been a fool, T bad lot tho eligible match alone, and followed the bent of my feelings,, and married a woman let-s the tool of fashiona ble society. I believe I could have been a bet ter man ; I know. 1 should not have been more miserable, than now." ( A volley of low-toned, but (Mitling retorts.) ''Yes. it is folly to con ceal it, 1 d?nt care a lip, what is the result of the Isuit; you can demand a support, and .spend it, when you like, T shall not regret the quiet, thus secured. ,The (lonoumont;?wtlivhrcc and its subse quent pence of mitul. A NOT 11 Kit kcf.NK. ' lieally, Mr. L. I can make no" such prom ise; to respect you.? I will gladly; to bo grate ful,? I ittii willingly. In it strange land, with indifferent health, and often socially dispirited; yonliavo never failed iu kindness, and 1 were an ingrate to deceive you on so vital a subject, Your wife, should be whole-hearted, con lid in; your ardent temperament would require it; and I.?:?n world-weary; I never can "inspire a lusting affection. My past life with its silent experiences, has continued my convict ions." Mr. Ij. replied; by what argument, wc know not, for like a skillful diplomat, wc give the result. Sis years after wc sent Kilon to travel, and followed her, with our sympathy and tears. She married Prof. L. lie is a pious man; one whose useful career, will live in the records of biography; but his home i.- the centre of happy, social coteries, and his'wife, one of the most genial cobi pan ions, with much of that ??i?>nm /"?/," thai attract.'*, the sincere j :u:d enough in-1 dependence to ivpcl all snobs and sycophants. ??You wonder, if she's happy?'' "'J'hosjc who 1 :<t men Principle, arc fiXpof-e?! ;?. uo wounds, j-.il what can cu.,]ip;l;oss is :n v.-. .:::>].. . ,. tl,c objects offered Ibr our I amusement. If the soul he happily disposed, everything becomes a subject of entertain moot,and distress will almost want a name. "Ask not what is delightful and profitable to thee, hut that which i.- acceptable to God, and tends t<> promote Mis honor; lor if thou judges! aright, thou oughest to prefer and follow Iiis appointiitunts ; rather than t'n;:e own desire or il'piliit 1*^ f? y. !|? t?Yrr._i-c Ilushing iveey muttered murmur, I.H yiuir fortilinle he firme:*, t.iinl yot r <olll with -t: cn;;th ; b'hila im treason near her lurking, Patience iu her perfect tvorU'uifr, Shall be ipuvn at lui :'h. DAISY DAIjK. I'.M? VlKW: Tis? Income Tux. The following is the form id making income returns for ISljti. under the new law. Tho reader will see at a gl nice the character of the articles t.> be returned upon,and the deductions to ho made: It KT t" UN'S. 1. From the profits iu any trade, business or vocation from which income is actually derived, or mi) interest therein, wherever carried on. '_'. Frnui the payment of debts in a former year considered lost, and which have not paid a previous income tax. ii. Ftoni rent.-.. -4. From farming operations?amount of live stock sold, amount of agricultural products sold. ft. From profits realized by sales of real es tate purchased since December HI, 1 Still. ti. From interest oil any bonds or other evi dences of indebtedness of any railroad, canal, turnpike, canal navigation or slack water com pany, or interest or dividends oil stock, capital or deposits in any bank, trust company, savings institioii, insurance, railroad, turnpike. 7. From dividends of any incorporated com pany other than those above mentioned. s. From grains and profits of any incorpo rated company not divided. !>. Knim interest on indes, bonds or other securities of the United States. 1<>. From interest on notes, bonds, mortga ges or Securities oilier than those enumerated above. " 11. Krom any salary other than as an officer or employee of the United States. 12. From any .-alary or pay as an officer or employee if the United I-'iat'-s. 18. From ]?rollt.s on sales of gold or stocks, whenever purchased. 1 !. From all Sources not above enumerated. (i row income. HKHUCTIOXS. 1. Kxcmpt by law, SI,000. 'J. National, State, County and Municipal taxes paid within the year. H. Lasses actually sustained during the year fr "i fire, shipwreck, or incurred in trade, and not already deducted iu ascertaining profits. I. bosses on sales of real estate purchased since December 81. 18(13. ft. Amount paid for hired labor to cultivate land from which income is derived. (i. Amount paid for the live stock which was sol?j within the year. 7. Amount uctually paid for rent of home* stead. 8. Amount paid for usual or ordinary re pairs, excluding payments for new buildings permanent improvements or betterments. . t). Interest paid out or falling due wit hid the year. 10. Salary or pay as an officer or- employee of the United States, from which a tax has been withheld. 11. Interest o.r dividends from corporations enumerated above in paragraph six. Taxable income. m Amount of tax at fire per cent. CARRIAQE8, GOLD WATCH KS, IULLIARI) TA" IILES ANH SILYKIt PLATE. (Schr?nk A.?Section 100, Act June 30, 1864, as anUuJcJ July 13, 1800.) Carriage, phicton, carryall, rockaway or oth er like carriage, und any coach, hackney coach, omnibus or four-'whoeled carriage, the body of which is kept for use, for hire or for passen gers, and which is not used exclusively ill hus bandry or in the transportation of merchan dise., valued at exceeding 8300 and not exceed ing $500, including harness used therewith? 86. Carriages of like description valued above S.-oo?810. Cold watches, composed wholly or in part of gold or gilt, kept for use, valued at. $100 or less?$1. Cold watches, composed wholly or in part of gold or gilt, kept for use, valued at above $100 ?82. Billiard tables kept for use, and iiot subject to special tax?$10. Ounce plate of silver, kept for use. per ounce ' troy?50 cents. Ounce plate of silver, kept for use. per ounce troy, exceeding forty ounces, used by one fund ly? -50 cents. IN MEMORIA M. '?Heitel- arc thoy- in n hero grave Than the serfs of time and brettth, For they are ihe children <>!' Hie brave, And the cherubim of death." .lAMCS It. 1% W'liAI.I.. Edisto Rifles, Co. A, Hagood's Rt?g'r, 1st S. C. V. Private Kibe l'\ W. Roscher, died of typhoid fever. Ciangeimrg, ? r"ii*t Lieut. John H Felder, died ot fever cor.tra'.'^u in service in Virginia, in Or.iugobitrg District. Aug. 10, I SOI. j Private W. 1*. Larr, in Oraiigeburg District. of typhoid fever, dune 1801. Kdisto Hilles, Co. 0, Kultur Ilog't, Sotli S. C. V. Corporal .Morgan L. Austin, of Barn well l)is . tritt, killed at Drewry's Bluff. Va., May It!. 1804. Private Henry Bailey, died at Kliuira prison. - IS*. Y., Mivrob 11!. 1S05. m ?; t'fnirles Bailey, died at Kltuira prison. N. Y.. April 17. ist;."). Lawrence V. Bradham. missing. David Brown, died at-prison. ? .Jacob C. Culler, killed at Weldon K Bond, Aug. 21. 1804. Ceorgc 15. ('rider, killed at Weldon H. lload. Aug. 21, 1804. William K. Crawford, died at Klmira prison. N Y.. March '.?. lSt;5. Corporal David W. Dantzh-r. died at Klmira prison, N. V., Ajiril 1, 1805. Private John I hint tier, died at (Jump Jackson Hospital. Ya.. duly. 1895. *' Samuel Darnold, died in Charleston. S. C. Lieutenant Ceorgc II. Klliott, killed at Drew ry's Hluff, Va.. May 10, 1801. Private (icorgc W. 11. Kairey, killed at Drew ry's Ulna; Va.. May 10. 1804. Franz d. 1'riese. killed at Wehlen 11. lload, Aug. 21, 1S04. Sylvan US P. Hall, killed at Petersburg. Va., June, 1864. " Samuel P. Hook, died at Klmira prt-. son, N. V.. March 8, 1805. " Lawrence L. Hook, died at Orange burg, 1801. " Joseph A. Holstein, died at lulmira prison, N. Y., March 7, 1805. " Francis S. fnabinot. died from wounds at Richmond, Va.. May 1801. " Lewis W. Jenkins, killed af Walthal Junction, Va., May 7, 1801. Lieutenant Samuel N. ICcunerly, killed at Weldon R. lload, Va., Aug. 21. 1801. Corporal d. llobcrt Kenuerly, killed at Drew ry's Hluff. Va.. May 16, 1801. Private David F. Murphy, supposed to have died at Richmond. Va.. while on bis way home from prison. ? J. P. Ott, died at Charleston. March, 1805. Khnoro Ott. died at Klmira prison, N. V., March 5, 1865. u Klin Ott, died of disease at Hospital. Richmond. Va.. Amr.. 1864. " John M. O'Cain, died at Orangeburg, Oct.. 1861. " Abrain S. Rawlinson, died of disease. at Kgypt. X. ('.. March, 1805. " Moses A. Rawlinson. killed at Battery Wagner, S. (\. Sept. 5. 1863. " Fred. M. Hast, died of disease in Orangeburg District, 1866. " Lewis F. Hush, killed at Cold Harber, Va.. dune 7. 1804. Sergeant Jacob K. Hast, killed at Walthal Junction, Va., March 7. 1864. ""rivate Jesse Sandford, did at Klmira, N. V.. March 20. 1865. ?? William W. Taylor, killed at Weldon R. lload, Va., Aug. 21, 1864, << 1>. W. Wolfe, died at Klmira prison. ,\ . V'., Man h I. 1865. ,' ?>,T,*,,? For the information of our readers wc pub lish the following order emanating from Gen. Sicklcg, comandiug thin Military District. ' ??iADQUAttTKItS, 2l), military district, (NotiTii and South Carolina), Charleston, S. C, April 1, 1867. [General Orders No. 5.] When an election for district, county, muni cipal or town officers, is required, to take piaco, ton accordance with the provisions of the local Jaw, within the limits of any post in this com mand, Commanding Officers will promptly re port to these headquarters the time and place of such election, and the designation of thc ofliccs to be filled.; ?. - If the present incumbents be ineligible to hold office, or any. objection exist; arising, out of their misconduct in office, to the continuance of their functions, the facfe will ee reported by the Post Coinandor, with his suggestions, having iu view the interests of the service aud tho welfare of the locality immediately con cerned. . ; By command of Major-General D.E. Sickles. J. W. CLOGS, Cup;t.38th ?. S. Inft., A. D. C.and A.A. A, G. Official: A LKXANDKR Moork, Aidc-dc-Cainp. Items. General Sweeney has disbanded the negro militia companies of Augusta. About twenty-five thousand oxen arc killed each week to supply the city of New York with meat. Thirty-four colored persons in Philadelphia own property to tho amount of SI.358,000, The locomotive now runs four'hundred and I fifty miles west of St. Louis, and.the.track is I being laid at the rate of a mil. every day. Governor Throckmprtou, of Texas, has tele- ' graphed that his State will immediately reor ganize Under the Iteconstruction Act. The whale number of Webster's Spelling Hook printed has reached 40,000,000. It sold last year at tho ^r.tii of 5,131 copies for j each walking day. ? A letter from New Orleans says : ;;On Mnrdi Grit's" one of thc'iua'squcr.tdcrs wore a m^lirary dress. ' the epaulettes of which were made of spoons.' As he passscd by, tho pooplo seeing tho spoons, even the negroes, too, ehouted'Butler/ 'Butler/" The Uo'strin correspondent of the New YorV ' Times says the black members of the Massi chusctts Legislature arc superior to in any ..of the white members, and that Mr. "Walker,, of ('baric-town, with age and experience, will rank with the firstofour statesmen. It is understood that Mr; Vi', i.i no K.-j.Irnnt fur <Joi?; };-ti>l,\? place iii Congress. ...? In Maine recently, a baby was carried off on a train and the mother accidentally left behind. The woman was put on board a spare engine, which overtook the flying train, shackled on to the roar, and the woman passed over the tondcr to the car without the train being stopped, and found her baby all right. Few Sundays: ago. as the congregation in the Nashville Cathedral was quietly engaged iu its devotions, the hell fell from its fastenings, and was caught in fhe timber-work above tio organ. A local paper says that tho worshippers were ' very much startled." Quite likely, The value of home manufactures to the South is pointedly alluded to by a Southern paper, which tells its readers that '"Now England fears ail Alabama cottou mill more than she feared all the regiments thr.t Alabama sent to the field in the late war." At a Conservative Cni'm County Couvcrt tioii held recently at Chattanooga. Tcnn., dele gate-; to the State Convention, were elected without regard to ruco or color. There were present about five hundred colored persons aud three hundred whites. The llesolut ions adopt ed were iu favor of & return to th*. constitu tion, opposed to Brownlow, and advocated more liberal school laws and the economical administration of government. Paris' is going mad over a sort of humming top, just invented by a patientless doctor. It I is made to revolve by a vulgar whipcord aud ' handle, and when it reaches its maximum of rotation >ix small tops come out of it and begin to spin round it; ttt the will of the spinner they return to the bosom of their mother. "Tho inventor culls this the prolific top; a happier name would be the opossum top. Ali explosion occurred on the 2d ult., at the Clover Hill Coal Mines, near llechinond, Va'., in which sixty-nine lives wore Tost?thirty white and thirty-nine colored. The explosion' was caused by thy accumulation of gas in the pits, but little is known of the accident, as tho mines immediately took fire, and the northern shaft was closed to smother it. A blicket, shoo and lantern were blown by the force to the top of the mine :i distance of ~~ 00 feet. A few days ago the artillerists of both the Citadel and the man-of-war Aurora, at Quebec, were engaged iu target practice on tho ice. The nu n of the big Armstrongs in the Citadel fired at a mark nearly two miles distant, mak ing good shots which would have poon disposed of an ordinary vessel. A number of fool-hardy, youths (jotted the ice in close proximity to the targets, to pick up the sjK'itt missiles. Coolly watching each shot. uhey. were often, within only a few yards of its track, and no sooner hndl it struck the target, on tho ice. than tho lhdfc pounced on it like vultures, and claimed it. as their own.