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THE OBANGEBUliG NEWS, - . PUBLISHED WEEKLY . ?;;? \ ' at . ' OEANGEBURdi S. C. Office of Publication on Market-Street, over tty Post Office. '^y * ' samuel PIBBLE, Editor. ' virgil C. DIBBLE, Associate Editor. charles ii. HALL, Publisher; ?mi i . ^htt j Cr:., i i READING MATTER ON EVERY PAGE. JULY 13.-?A" huge mnB9 of correspondence between the Administration, Gen. Grant,;' and district commanders lias been mudo public; but as tho issues involved have all been decided by the bill telegraphed last night, it is not thought W?rth while to b?rdon the wires with -AflSl ?orrcspon'dencG shows that Gen.' GrUnt ?was strongly iuc.lincd toward tho latitude el aim t^%* commanders undo?"tho old bills. ? A bill passed tho Houso appropriating $1. 675;OOU.forTeobnStrtfotiou. ? i During tho - discussion, Eldridge spoke about tho extravagance of district commanders,- allu ding to Sickles as a greater harlequin than the commander at New Orloans, and had road by the olork a1 newspaper article, speaking of dis plays' made ;by Sickles, riding round Charles ton in a coach and four, c Ringham roplied, that it was fitting that a ^ian who lost his leg in defence of .his Govern tjmcnt should, ride in a. coach and four. .Mr. Elridgo wanted to know whethor it re qutrafl more horses to draw a man with one Jog than a~man^with two logs. [Laughter.] ?Mt..-Schcnck insinuated that certain gcntle mciilha'd\madc tHoir way to Canada during the ?war without any.horses at all. .. , Mr. Eldridge retorted that the gcutlcman ? from Ohio (Mr. Schcnck) had made a oharge in America which, if he had continued, would have carried him to 'Canada.?[Alluding to Vienna.?Ed.] Mr. Scbenck declared that this was an old lie, which had., been exploded- in the teeth of liars. Mr. Eldridgo said he knew that that topic would make the gentlemen (Mr. Sehenck) get nervous. . ' Mr.' Schcnck repeated that it was an old lie, which had been put down long since. Mr. Eldridgo remarked that he know the gentleman had contradicted it, but the people repeated it. Nothing iriiportant transpired in the Sonate, oxcept the passage of tho Reconstruction Bill, which goes to tho President. Raymond was nominated for Austria, Ban croft for Prussia. - It is now positively known that the State Department will await, further developments before formally m?vliig In Fant? Anna's case""" . The reconstruction bill was signed by the proper officers of both houses, and presented to -?the President. TEn tho House"'to-day a petition from the ^Legislature of Arkansas, for an appropriation to improve the .Mississippi Icycc, "received a vote of 56 to 43, and was referred to the Com mittee on Appropriations. Its reception was. opposed on the ground that Arkansas was not a State, and the Legislature could not peti tion. ' -rJt'LY 16.?In the Senate the House Bill ap propriating over 81,500,000 to meet the ox> pense of executing the Reconstruction Acts was amended by reducing tho amount to ?1,000,000, and thon passed by a vote of 37 ayes to 3 nays. >The President's mcssago suggesting the Federal- liability for the debts of the Southern Stites occasioned an animated debate. It wns pronounced inopportune and as calculate:1 to unsettle the national finances. In'' tho House a Resolution wns passed in structing theCommittee on Public-Lands to report n Bill forfeiting to the United States the swamp lands formerly granted to Southern States. A Resolution instructing the Judiciary Com mittee, to onquirc whether Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware have State Constitutions of a Republican form, was passed by the Speaker's vote,' the Houso standing 47 to 47. ?? An amondmont reducing th? Reconstruction Appropriation Bill to $1,000,000 (as pusscd by the Senate) was concurred in, and tho Bill sent to tho President for approval. ^ The Bill prohibiting tho President from treating with the Indians, as passed at the last session, was repealed amidst applause from the Democratic side of tho Houso, who regarded this as tho first step backward from Radical ism.' ' Jt'ly 16.?In the Senate the President sent in a mcssngo relativo to the Russian-American treaty, and asking an appropriation to carry it Nth tho House Stevens introduced two bills ,on Reconstruction?one entitled "a bill to cn ;fl-ble the inhabitants of the Southern Territo ries to form State governments.'' They were .Ordered to bo printed and referred to tho Com prittee on Reconstruction. Adjourned. The President has notified Colfax that both vetoes would be sent iu on Thursday. July 17.?In the Senate, Mr. Wilson pro posed tho following amendment to tho Consti tution, j "No distinction shall bo mndo by tho United States,,nor by any State, among citi jcens iu their civil or political rights, on account of raoe or color." Ordered to bp printed. A Bill that no person shall he .disqualified by reason of race or color, fron\ hoMing offiec |n tho Dibtrjvy ?l Ooiumbiu passed?25 uyes to 5 nays-^uyard, Buckalew, Davis, Hftudricks and Johnson. -W>^ ' iidj^n.afi^irH/^oro. tlicn discussed until the f^fn He l||use|ijio S?or^taryjofjfcho Ifavy sub mitted^ Otfl^tflfcntion^ that Karragut and GolJsDoro'ugn wer?l'the only naval " officers fifty-five years iu service* Butler roso to a question' of privilege, and made allegations regarding prisoners. ' A col loquy ensued. Baldwiu.asked Eldridge wheth er he expected the Houso to take Gen. Ould's statements against tho testimony and statements of Union officers. Eldridgo believed that Gen. Butler himself would not deny that Gen. Quid, was a highly honorable and conscientious man, (sneering laughter on the Republican side.) Butler rpmarked that before tho ' war ho had thought Gpn..Quld highly conscientious and honorable,' but when a man committed treason, he was like, a woman fallen from .vir tue, ready for< any crime, and: from that hour no, one. knew where to. find him. Eldridgo re minded Butler that on making that statement he had forgotten the cmiucut men who had gone into rebellion. Hancock aud Adams nnd Washington j. (hisses) every ope had been called a rebel and every one of them had been a rebel, (continued hisses).until rebellion became a success. The following was introduced and passed un der a suspension, of tho roles by a strict party vote: That tho doctrine evoked by tho Presi dent, that the obligation of tho rebel States binds the nation, to pay.their debts incurred prior tp the rebellion, is at war with tho prin ciples of international law, a stab at the na tional credit,? abhorrent to ovcry sentiment of loyalty, and pleasing only to traitors and their allies and sympathisers, by whoso-agency alone the government of the said States were over thrown, j: 'it The Senate Bill conferring on negroes the right of holding office, amended to include the right to servo on juries, was rcforrod to the Judiciary Committee. . . A resolution requesting the President to is sue a proclamation directing all proper officers to prevent the invasion of Mexico, was referred to the Committoc on Foreign Affairs. THE ORANGEBURG NEWS. SATURDAY, JULY 20,1867. While, tec reserve to. ourselves (he right of de fi ning our oxen po?t'fai^ position by means of our editorial columns, \cc will bcpieu.C. ?fl/?P('J* contributions from our fejlow-citizci? upon the grave questions which now agitate the. public mind,'whctl\er their opinions coincide with ours or not. A district newspaper, we consider, should be an index of the various shades of pop ular sentiment in ?ic section of country in which it circulate*. Our columns arc open, therefore, for any communicationsprojwrly written, accom panied by a resjwnsiblc namcj not personal in tfn>tr .:rK.,T<tt; t*orsal>9frfutcly iii/uruma fn their tendency. Tho Doings of Congress. '?Porsons who have at any time visited a Menagerie, have been doubtless struck with the interest which the caged animals exhibit to wards the slightest movement of their keepers. Tho lordly lion, once king of the Afrte wild, when confined in his iron-barred quarters, fol lows with his eyes, the actions of a single hu man being, who is. to the imprisoned brute, the arbiter of his fate from day to day. Such is our role. now. Wc conquered rebels, subdued traitors, captured barbarians, arc caged at last, and tho great Congress of the United States ha"ls organized itself into a company of beast trainers, to bring us from the rough moods of savagery, to the sweeter dispositions nnd habits of civilized life. ? While undergoing this process of political discipline, we naturally act ns other wild ani mals would do in similar circumstances;?we watch with oager interest the movements of our keepers, and often speculate whether the next proceeding will be our . scanty ration of favor, or tho sharp lash of punishmont. And just new, though we nro in that condition of semi starvation, which it is said, renders tho fiercest beast docile and tractable, yet Congress doesn't trust to that alone. We have broken out of our cages once, and we might do it again j so extra precautions arc to be adopted. We must feel the smart of the lash, as woll as tho in ward gnawing of privation. Such is the will of our absolute masters. But we perceive among them some differ ences of opinion as to the proper mode of civi lizing and rcpublicaiiizing the savugo South. There is one class composed of old fogies, called tho Senate;, who believe in training us with some regard to nn antiquated set of rules, called the Constitution of the United States. But there is a more enterprising body of young Mcnageric-mcn, called the House of Represen tatives, who wish to keep up with the spirit of j tho age; who desire, us they say, to make rules to suit the times.; who nrc wedded to now theories, and think that the present is a. fiud opportunity to tost them. These two par tics would never agree, but for one thing,? ?hoy both hnvo a wholesome fear and hatred of | the wild animals under thoir keeping. They know that when tho said wild animals broke out bofprp, they hacl to Call upon their neigh bor!? all around, to get* them within, bounds aguin; and as they ore not always certain of help, they want to make tho cages sjw?ng cnoughvnd&,itp preclude t lie possibility of such au accidmit a^aiu. j|j ? ?? ^ k' . The <k?)at^ upon Rio passage of the last Reconstruction. Bill gave rjfep to new dovolop-' wonts, ironi which Wo may gather some ideas as to tho mturc formation of political parties. Thcro Is fomctliing significant in tho lan guage! ?? 'TiiiVDDK?s as reported by the Washington correspondent-of the Charlcs ton Courier^ l^iWritcs/as jolloAv? : )\ \ Tho now Reconstruction Bill, us it passed Congresses published this morning. If^is, in. substantially the Senate project, and is, in some particulars, less offensive and abominable than the Honse Bill. Tho reason for this back wardness on the part of tho Senate , to accept all the extreme projects of the House Radicals is stated by Mr. Thaddens Stevens. The Sen ate had, or pretended to have, old fogy notions of constitutional law. "The Senate" he said, {:was several furlongs behind the House in the work of reform?perhaps he o?ght to say, Rad icalism. Some fragments of tho old shattered Constitution had stuck perhaps in the kidney* of some Senators and troubled them at night. The ghost of the past Constitution stood in their way and obstructed thoir progress." This was the apology ; which Mr. Stevens made to the House for the short-c?mings of the Senate, and it was accepted. This much for Stovcns: now let us hear from Wilson in the Senate, who is the expo nent of tho piiblie sent iment of a large section of tho North. The same correspondent writes, that ''Senator Wilson and others expressed" the opinion that under the provisions of these Re construction Acts, as they stand, the South could and would be admitted upon compliance with tho same. He believed that this Rill would complete the work of reconstruction, and he deprecated all propositions and discus sions about further guarantees." We opine that these diflcrenecs ef opinion will eventually result in a great "split" in the llopublicuu part}-, and with their division will conic the downfall of the extremists. The moderate wing is bound to triumph, and the ultraists will die out of political existence; while conservative elements will cluster around the fragments of the Constitution, and endeavor to save the country. Thai). Stf.vkns will. a*;c ?f a broken lioarrj boast Bvti.k.u will re. tire to private life, and employ M,c remaiueV of his days in giving dinner parties, where he can display the quantity and the excellence of his silver plate, and sip soup with rebel spoon and perchance, some other magnate of tho pre Hont vrill .rhlo in a nleiyh and four ON or snows of Alaska, shutting up the bar-rooms." and passing stay-laws for the benefit of the Esquimaux in our newly acquired Russian pro vinces': while the American eagle will Hap his wings for a more heavenly flight, and the American rooster will crow defiance in'a louder note to all surrounding nations. Vive hi lie publiqiu: Lloyd Garrison in'England. ? ~~ ' This fanatical apostle of the Abolition party has recently been honored with a public break fast at St. James's Hall. London, at which the j great English Radical, Mr. Bright, as well as the Duke of Argylc, Karl Russell, Mr. Stuart Mill and several others made addresses. The English speakers enlarged upon the magnan imity and mercy of our Yankee conquerors. We wish that they could see a littl; cd' the real state of the caso ; they would open their eye?, and shut their mouths. Garrison in the course of his remarks related the following anecdote, which shows how much the people of England understand of Ameri can Institutions and American Society. Wc clip from the London (Eng.) Observer of tho 30th ult., (for which we are indebted to the kindness of Mr. E. Ezekicl.) the following ex tract from Garrison's speech : I first, came to England in 1S;53 to expose to Mr. Wilberforcc, Mr. Clarkson, and other philanthropists the real character and real ten dency of the Amcvicau Colonization Society. I am happy to say I succeeded in doing so. and in a short time had the pleasure of receiving a protest against that society as an obstruction to the cause of freedom throughout the world, signed by Wilberforcc, Buxton, Zachary Ma caulay, and others of your great friends of the negro. On arriving in London on that occa sion I received a very polite invitation from Mr. Buxton to take breakfast with him, and on going to his house, and when my name was announced, Mr. Buxton, instead of coming forward as I expected he would have done to give mc his band, paused and .scrutinised me very carefully from bead to foot, and then said. <:Ilave 1 the pleasure of addressing Mr. Gar rison, of Boston, of the United States of America V I replied, "Yes, sir, I am be. I have come, in accordance with your kind note, to take breakfast with you" [a laugh]. Hold ing up his hands he exclaimed aloud to a large number of ladies and gentlemen present, ' Why my dear sir, I thought you wcro a black man, .? iimm and I have invited this largo number of ladies and gentlemen to welcome Mr. Garrison, the black advocate of emancipation" [cheers, .and laughter]. That is the only compliment ever. I had paid to mo which 1 care to rcuicmbej& during^ic whola^bf j$y adv$jacy ol&maneiptii tion.Wfj fr g ? $ ';, The ^following is the priucipal part of the message of the President concerning the ex penses of Reconstruction : In answer to that portion' of the ! resolution which inquires whether the 'Bum of money heretofore appropriated?for carrying-these/Acts into 'effect is' probably Buflhnent, rcforcrieo is made to the accompanying report of the Secre tary of War. It will bo seen from that report that the appropriation of live hundred thousand [?dollars made iu the Act approved March 30, 1807, for.the purpose of carrying into effect the "Act to provide for the more efficient gov? eminent of the rebel States,".passed March 2, 1807, and tfye Act supplementary, passed March 23. 1807, has already been expended by the commanders of tho several Military Dis tricts, and that in addition tho-sum of 31.048,- | 277 is required for prcsont purposes. ?.-? It is exceedingly, difficult, at the present tinio, to estimate the probable expense of carry ing into full effect the two Acts of March last, and the Rill which passed the two houses of Congress on the 13th instant. If the existing Governments of ten States of the Union arc to be deposed, and tlicir entire machinery is to be placed under the exclusive control aud authori ty of the respective District Commanders,-all the expenditures incident to the administration of such Governments must necessarily bo in curred by the Federal Government. It is be- j licved that in addition to the 82,100,000 al-1 ready expended or estimated for. tho sum which woidd be required for this purpose would not be less than fourteen millions of dollars?the aggregate amount expended prior to the re bellion, iu the administration of thoir respec tive Governments by the ten States embraced iu the provisions of these Acts. This sum would no doubt be considerably augmented if the machinery of these Suites is to be operated by the Federal Government, and would bo largely increased if the I'uitod States, by abol ishing the existing State Governments,should become responsible for liabilities incurred by them before the rebellion, in laudable efforts to develop their resources, and in nowise created for insurrectionary or revolutionary purposes. The debts of these States, thus legitimately in curred,5 when accurately ascertained, will, it is believed, approximate a hundred millions of dollars, and they are held not only by our own citizens. Innung whom are residents of portions of | tili country which have ever remained loyal to [ the Union. !??< *0 i?crsdi:^ whu are the subjects of foreign Governments, xt L w"rth^ CP sidcrati of Congress*and the country wheth er.- if the Federal Government by its actum, were to assume such obligations, so large an ad dition ?o our public ??pcn?rnuTcs WOUW D01 Bcriously impair the credit of the nation ; or, on the other hand, whether the refusal of Con gress to guarantee the payment of the debts of these States, after having displaced or abolished their State Governments, would not be viewed as a violation of good faith, aud a repudiation by the National Legislature of liabilities which these States had justly and legally incurred. AX DU FW JOHNSON. Washington, 1). C. July 15. 18(57. Another Attack on Fort Wallace-Heavy Loss Sustained hy the Garr!son?--The Indian Leader Killed. Four Wai.i.Ai K; Kansas, Juno 25.?Yes terday four hundred Indians, the same band that were driven oft' a few days ago, mado an other attack on this post. Captain Rorwitz, with G troop, of 7th Cavalry, went out and gave the savages battle. At first ho was re pulsed, but after a despcrato fight succeeded in driving the red skins away. Out ofjtbrty eight soldiers who participated in the action thirteen were killed. Resides this loss in men. twenty horses wore either killod or captured. The Indian loss is uncertain, as they carried off their killed and wounded, but it must have been large. The Cheyenne chief, Roman Nose, one of the most'influential Indians on the plains, is reported slain. All mail eom.uu.ii eation has been stopped, and I am only al lo io send this by a special courier. Gen. Wright is here, waiting for further developments. The Second Supplementary Act. The following is the Second Supplementary act as it passed both Houses of Congress : An Act supplementary to an act entitled "An Act to provide for the more efficient govcrn crniucnt of the rebel States;" passed March 2d, 1S07. and the act supplementary thereto, passed March 2:>. 1807 : fie it enacted hy the Senate and House of licjin sentatircs of the l nitro' Stifte* (,f America iu Congress assembled. That it is hereby de clared to have been the true intent and mean ing of tho act of 2d day March, 1807, entitled an act te provide for the more efficient govern ment of the rebel States, and of the acts sup plementary thereto, passed on the 2!hl day of | March. lKli7. that the governments then exist ing in the rebel States of Virginia, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia. Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana. Florida, Texas and Ar kansas, were nut legal, and that hereafter said governments, if continued, were State govern ments continued subject in all respects to the Military Commanders of the respective dis tricts and to the paramount authority of Con gress. Sk.c. 2. And lie if further enacted, That the commander of any district named iu said act, shall have power subject to the disapproval of ^exercising, or professing to hohl or ?xcrcis0w njiV civil or military office or duty in Ucli au? 1 riot Under any power, ejection, np^O^tuie^tS ofi^Utijority derived frofy, j?r g^tcttjby, pffi claimed under, any so-called Stato.or i{hc gov*| eminent thereof, or any mun*icipnf>or %thcr di vision thereof, and upon such-suspension or removal such oommandcr, tsubjeet to the disap proval of the general as aforesaid, shall have power to provide from time to time for the per formance ol" the said duties.of such officerjop person so Suspended or removed, by'the detail of some' competent officer or soldier of the army, or by the appointment of some other person to perform the samcj and to fill vacan cies occasioned by death, resignation, or other wise. ; I '.. i9 ) \"f. Skc. 3. And be it fur?u-r enacted, That tho general of tho armies of the United States shall bo invested with all tho% powers of suspen sion, removal, appointment, and detail granted iu the prcceding'scction to District Commnnd I CrS. .:'? . :- -?* " >f ? Skc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the acts of the officers of the nrmy already done in removing in said districts pcrsous' exercising the functions of civil officers and appointing others in their stead are hereby confirmed.; Provided, That any person heretofore or here after appointed by any District Commander, to exercise tho functions of nny civil office, may be removed cither by the military officer in commaud of the District or by the general of the armies of. the United .States; and it shall be the duty of such Commanders to remove from office as aforesaid all persons who are dis loyal to the Government of the United States, I or who use their official influence iu any man ' ner to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct the j due and proper administration of. this act, and the acts to which it is supplementary. . Skc. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Hoards of Registration provided for in the act entitled '-An act supplementary to all act enti tled 'An act to provido for the more efficient government of the rebel States,' passed March ' 2. 1807, and to facilitate restoration," passed March 23, 1867, shall have power, and it shall be their duty before allowing the registration of any person, to ascertain, upon such facts orj information as they can obtain, whether such person is entitled to be registered under said act, and the oath required by said act shall not j be conclusive 'on such question, and no person shall be registered unless such board shall decide thnt he is entitled thereto, and such board shall also' have power to exam ine under oath (to be administered by any member of such board) any one touching the qualification of any person claiming registra tion. Rut iu every ca*<j of a refusal by the board to register an applicant; and in every case of -triking his name from the list as here I Mi.tfu-i j. .Tl'^'d* the board vhall make a note ' -hicii s*n .'**, Q vetuvued with or memorancttt .. ,. i ? ? ? i ?.???vanning such registration bsts to the in... J.|eiigral of the district, setting forth tho' 'grouncis of such refused or syich striking from I the list, provided^ that no person shall be dis qualified as member of any Hoard of Registra- j tiou by reason of race or eoBr. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the true inien: and nicauiiig of the oath, prescribed in said Supplementary net is (among otljer things) tint no person who has been a m.uiibor of the Legislature of any State, or who has hold any executive or judicial office in any State, whether ho has taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States or not, aud whether he was holding office at the com mencement of the rebellion or had held it he fore, and who was afterwards engaged in in surrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof, is entitled to bo registered or to vote; and the words "executive or judicial office in any State" in said oath mentioned shall be construed to include all civil offices ercated by law for the administration of any general law of a State, or for the administration of justice. Sec. 7. Ami be it further enacted, That the time for completing the original registration provided for in said act may, iu the discretion of the commander of any district, he extended to the first day of October, 1867, and the Hoards of Registration shall have power and it shall be their duty, commencing fourteen days prior to any election uudor said act, and upon reasonable public uotico of the timo nnd place thereof, to revise, for a poriod of five days, tho registration lists, and upon being sat isfied that nny person not entitled thereto has l>eon registered, to strike tho name of such person from the list. And such board shall also, during the same period, add to such regis try the names of all persons who at that time possess the qualifications required by said act who have not been already registered, and no person shall at any time be entitled to be regis tered or to vote l>3* reason of any executive pardon or amnesty for an}' act or thing which, without such pardon or amnesty, would dis qualify hiin from registration or voting. Sec. 8. And be. it further enacted, That section four of last said named act shall be construed to authorize tho Commanding Gcuc rnl named therein, whenever he shall docm it needful, to roniove any member of a Hoard of Registration and to appoint another in his stead, and to fill nny vacancy in such board. Sec. lb And be if further enacted, That nil the general of the armies of the United States, to have effect until disapproved whenever in the opinion of such commander the proper ad ministration of said net shall require it. to sus pend or romovc from offico, or from the per formance of official duties and the exercise of official powers, any officer or person holding or members of said Hoard of Registration, and all persons henrafter entered or nnpointcd to office in said military districts, under*any so-eahVd State or municipal authority, or by detail, or appointment of tho District Commanders shall he required to take and Bubscribu the oath 'ni^gffico prescribed by law for offices of the . ted States. c. 10. And be it furtlicr. enacted, That no riet Commander or member of the Board legi?trntion, or any of the officers or ap pointees actirlg Under them, shall be bound In his action by any opinion .of any civil officer of tho United States. t ^eq. iV.^And$cyitjty}^f*a the provisions of this act and the acts to which this is supplementary, shall be^constrUjOd liber- . rally to the end thrrt alLtiic/int|nts! 4b>rc/f may be fully and perfectly carried out. zjim : ' "r,'i:j Mrs. Adclicia Acklin has^rcsontcd tho First Presbyterian Church vf Nashville- with'd bell wcighiug4000.*r>^und.8j pud costing,8R000.' Tho First African Church in Bichmond- is ? . supposed to be tho largest on the continent. . It has over'4000 names on its record^ and 3000 resident members. . ' ' ' 1 Gen. Old complains of the difficulty ho ex periences of finding a sufficient number of loy- . al men in Mississippi qualified to act as reghv trars. " . *,';?..;? /'-' ?>'?"- ?? ?? Gen. Grant approves a suggestionXrom C jit Pope that cx-Confcdefates who oppose the Con^ gressiorid lYeconstruction Acts may be regard cd as violating ^hoir* parole*. '*???. ? ? The French Government, hearing nothing from its Mexican Minister since the capture of tho City of Mexico, is ubout scitdlng a strong fleet to VoraUrus to protect him or to resent arty indignities offered him. Tho- Fourth' of July passed off Very quietly iu Chicago. Only twelve fires, five murders, three suicides, half a- dozen robberies, and nine cases ot rape arc reported., The morals, of that city must be improving. The Republican Union-Congressional Com mittee met in Washington, July 15th, for the purpose of hearing reports from Southern Agents, to consider the political situation and to adopt means to secure . political, dominanco in that section. , Political arrests in 8pain arc niwaj-s mado on tho largest scale, and-it is therefore not ? matter of sur]>rise that, in consequence of - a * rumor of a conspiracy against the life of "tho Queen, tho Government has at onco~madc.a*bfg haul of over two thousand persons suspected of complicity. '??'<<. t T. The wonderful vitality of the Hebrew race has never neon more forcibly dcmnnUrated tbani in the instance of Dwracli. Rom ^itbeaiS, rank,, forJ,uiio or social position, .bydb?;;"d?eer J force of iutellect he has ju>united tp tho high est place in England,#and leads the. juro?dpst 1 nsT ~"",M"-"* aristocracy in the ~.rM into' V^ftUfflM of I' ftWlu 2$% test. ' ' ? ; ? '? - ; w >Ut: The American Consul at Vorn Cruz, under, date of Juno 28, writes > This State. Depart ment, and City of Vera Cruz, and-'.Castle ?of\ St. Juan dT'lloa, is in quiot possession of the Mexican National General Bonaridcs." The Imperial chiot d foreign troops have cm barked and loft tho country. The veto message will probably bo delayed. Instead of a formal veto and protest on grounds already argurcd, an elaborate and carefully prepared State papier will be presented by tho President: # ."''* V 'f-.vyj The oxponscs of tho Indian War, according to estimates mado at General Grant's head quarters, arc fully one million dollars a week, soys a Washington dispatch to tho Boston Advertiser. The same authority says, in .case it is dotcrmincd to inaugurate.a vigorous cam-, paign, expenditures will -soon be needed to meet the wants of the increased force of about five millions per week. Thus far, since tho trouble began, evory Indian killed has "post the* government one million dollars and tho lives of about ten whitc'mcn. CommcncGiucnt of Wofford College. The entertainments and exercises of the week commenced on Sunday, with the very" ablo and eloquent Commencement Sermon * by the Rev. Dr. Whitcfoord Smith, >i> the- college chapel, On Monday evening, Prof. James ITc Carlisle gave his learned aud instructive lec-i tnrc on tho ''United States Coast ~ SurveysM' Tuesday cvoning was appropriated .^p a concert by the young ladies of the Fcmalo C?yegc. now presided over by the Rev. Dr. Cummings.. The pcrfonuanccs of this musical ontcrtain incnt gave much satisfaction and assurance of correct teaching and fine taste. At 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, the capacious Chapol of tho College was. filled throughout with a largo and- rcspcctotlp audi ence. The exercises of the occasion commenc ed by music and a prayer by the Rev. Dr. Smith. j J. Adolphus Foster, of Spartnnburg, thens delivered an oration, the text of which was,. "A stone that is fit for the wall, is hot left in, the way " The next in order, was an oration by John Wilds Shipp, of Spartanburgj his theme, '-Tho Land we Loyc." v The subjects discussed by the orators wttrfc, different, consequently the notion was different. Rot') alike, however acquitted themselyqs Wtitb^ much honor. . . ? t The Rev. Abnev A, .Porter, pastor of tho Presbyterian Church, of this place, closed the coercive-, of the pcoaNron by 'the'tfctiX'bty'df appi-ept?^??^ [CaMina fydWrt/^