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atte Th~e tiot01lw Ruoo*i4Al The census of 1850 give U . a pOpulatid6 of sodeuIing over twenty. two and a half lAdilI$4. ?OE this num. biover nibot i ad half Tiitlion, Were wbites. fhe ceinsui of 18.60 gave i populaton qf $biryone millioi-four hiundred nd eventen tlkousana three hundred'andi.'ve of whoin nearly twen-' ty-wsven milliotis were wirite. The last anoconplicatd maqhinert pf'euch a na. tli, during the decade eoirbaced in the two periods above name4 doimanded of the whole country 'fifiiAl aid to the smount of about eight4-three illions of dolla re. The tai tW raig 4bkt amount was never felt b# .M R people. Since then, besides the:Otrxnt expenses of the Government, thoe restaupon the coun. try a debt of. thousands of millions. Will the resources of the country enable her to meet the -heavy demands' upon her t' esuy ?". We have .not the data to make an approximate calculation as to h 'abili'ty to 'do it, but some inWf&. enuees may be drawn from the statement of ia 4frlfidts; From the first'of July to t4;igth of August last, the receipts ofthe Oureaunf Internal reveiiue alone am'6unted tq thirty-two millions, of dol. Mrs. This is but one item. - Thir sys. - toyft of takation has 'been in operatiqn throughout the North for more than . three years. Putting these receipts at about three-quarters of a million daily tbl ' would give an annual indome ot nearlj three hundr4d millions. Then there is the petroleuip trade - which, since the war, has grown into collossal mognitude. It has in a great measure filledOe. vacuum caused. by the-with. drawal of -cotton from the market of Ameria. Then there are the gold and silver minbs of Colorado which have Grown iWt an all-absorbing itnortance, and promise to eclipse the wealth of Califoinia. Towas- have sprung up in hewt region with a rapidity almost ;u. credible; Then there is the cotton, riee and -stiar of the Southern States. Trie, - the prq&s arising from the culture of these will be comparatively small for a feiv years hence'; bu thetrthywill again enter largely into the gonp t for raising reentiesfoi the coqntry, wp can. pot doubt. Quotations orBa k Notes. They following are thi quotitions in W4ll 8treet, NeW rork, (accordin to the hrleston Courier of the 4th i Ot.) for Sou&2 Carolina iBak Notos. These quotations,. however, are liable toffluC tuation. The rates are made. on the' basis of the U. S.,LegalTender Notes Bank of Camden, "Charlestoni, " Chester " Georgetq~wn, " Nfawbprg, Commer c ~ resp's &a Li - P't.je a, P'airei4d ., . k t oy atvt tt from't bi ~ Buld hh h ~iltaryesq. 4that pos O~neral Trga~r has abbimar~y atioa in 'rference - to tef$ ge f tiet and tonn. t .. p~rtt (t~ rf~'6*1the erqto dthat h1-1 illSo Iecity, ev it and has red conferr4~ the -assistant Citinia Aone~ of Or (.P of Kentdoky i Tennessen,; mfn g thern of his. in.te tione if thisrpet' He intends sdn t< send a patrol ,tbrough this city and sub urbs, whose duty it shall be to make a horOngh tour through the city -and learn wiho hive proper employment and are abl. to support theinsolves and children ind all whW have not ermployment, or any means or prospect of support, will be notified that within a certain tinie they mni leave the city and fini em. ploymout ; at the expiration of whjich time, if they do not conpy with the or. der, they Sr-A-ie arrested, and labor fur. nished for thenm by the Bureau, and they will be forwarded. under guard tc the place assigned to them. In -this connection, we are requestled to state that the Government ofAcials will in nc case furnish subsistence to nny .in need, as they did when the nogroes wero 'pre vented frot going to the country by the presence of the . rebel armies back of .Memphis ; that, now there is no danger in going to the country ; labor can be obtained , witli ease; none need want, consequently the rule of work o'r starve will be rigidly enforced. Some persons who have paid negroes to work for them have experienced great difficulty in making then work steadily. Sonic 01 them no sooner get a few dollars ahead then they think themselves rich, and consequently retire with their fortunes, leaving the contractor., farmer, or who ever it may be, to do the best they can. Gen'oral Tillson replies to all such coni plaintsby saying that no negro will be thus permitted to break his contract, but will be arrostcd and compelled to work qt the prices and timne a-roed for." How It Works. The following, says the Whig, is an extract from the 'letter of a gentleman -in Bucngham to his son irr Richiond. The writer is a citizon of high standing and itfiluence, and a skillful and success ht farnerand liis statement. may 40 iM plicitly relied upon. The Wig invites public attention '6 this letter, in the hope that those having control Of the subject may at once apply' the propel retnedy':'. BCoomuAm, Sc 1, 1805. "All my liand struck on vestorday irn the midst of fodder-pulling, for highei wages. They.admitted the contract I maae with -thein, but refused to work any longer at the - wages which they agreed in last May to take. Whereup .oi, 6f course, I discharged them,or rath erJ refused to give them more. I have now only twolhands, which I hired yes. terday evening for A month. "I would be greatly oliliged to you il you would aseertain -and write mci whether yon can get me some whit< hands, and at what wages. I under stand that the Swiss have an agency iil Richmond,- from whom they can be -rud. J would prefer Germans, if they be had. There can - be ino reliahce the negro. He will not w-ork,,noi le abide any contract he makes. I Id rather give.*10 or $IN per rimontl . Na German Qr Swisp than to hire a ne r'9at afy price. I shall lapse my fodde1 tp, and I begin to fear that I shall rio atfle to sow a croy of wheat drjindeed ther mfy tborn ero R'Let me hear froi tis sub ~M ~oen a ybun e fully ap.l have t9. eagyn at~ntend to (hirnir W~j4 ~not tabl6 a 'oottyid bol 3reft'afing,' B oli var Cogf, ;M ujpi. 'R is a fin' *pecimen,'' le to thi ehrpie refl~ , who ha a nuambor sn ethconditio. The atom o'' ver1ow, in th' $iciriity of Cobi 'ahg, 'a'io ia eR dildieleo rithy gridN Th. erop.e lad which w~ra de dpv'g4aa n ~ d cojndjm l~ e~wsta W enad ~eyeiel d e e lei t~ese pro w 6 d 4brtoQ tue .....de.tSot V Pl "L O l~~ 0rfedoln.' Ar . rd ta ipprov n hbn in aglville: Nis'vkiEAug. d M.G. H'iow neral: In obedience toyour instructious I have the honor to tpake the.following statement : An ordor from the War Deenrtment of the United States, releasing me front coiin 'ement as a prisoner of war, direct. ed that I shouild be paroled in accordance with the terms agreed upon leqtween Major General Sherman and Gen. John ston. I have not carried about my per. son or baggage any weapons since May let, 1865. - About 4 o'clock, p. m., on the 21A, while I was lying on my .bed in. my room, at the City Hotel, no other per son being in the room, some one 1ook. ed at my door.- After partially dressing myself, I unlocked my door, when' two officers partially dressed in United States uniform entered. Oiie of whom wtated that he at one time had beei a prisoner in ny1hands'and .that he had come to thank me for kindness received at the time. The other said lie knew me and had called to mako hisa personal respects. after a few moments of polito conversa tion they rose and bade -me good-bye re marking that, as they discovered, I was unwell, they would not remain any long er. About live minutes after theit de parture, I heard another knock at my dool, which I again unbolted as soon as possible, when two other offieers dressed in United States uniform, neither of whom I had ever seen 'b'fore, engered. One of them adv'anced and extended his hand, which I took ; While in the Mt of shaking hands, he remarked, "is this Gen. W heeler 7" and upon *my ans.werA ing ,i the afliriativo stated that ie wits Col. lackburn : the othet 'officer imme. diately .seized me by both arms, when Col. Blackburn, having given no pre vious intimation- whatever of his hostile purpose. strnck me viol ently twice upon my head witi a club of considerable dimensions. I sttuggled away from the man who held me, and as I left the room both the assailants followed ime, lie, bther offloer holding a pistol n a threateliing manner. I ain confiden',.Ionly provent. od hjxm fmn shooting 'me by keeping Col., Blakburn .betwepn hir' and my self. Col. Blackburn continued his at. tempts to strike me, but I succeed. ed' int warding ofthis blows with nmy arms. Finally, a gentleman caught hqJd of the other officer, when Colonel Blaepk. birn hastily ran backfand ran dowi stairs. I am satisfied that the attempt was 'One upon my life, and that the pistol would have been - fired at iie but from the fadt of Cob Backburn being be tweon - myslf and the officer holding I would h6re state that I never is. sued any or'der whatever to the. prejgP dice of Colonel Blackburn Or any of his men, and that all his men who .foIl into my hands wdre kindly treated,' and al. lowed to return to their command in bodies in,omder tiat they right'not be molested by any-one.' I would 'further state, that. While passing through jhe Couutry,'I do not recollect thg apy egiplaint wvas made by aiiy of Q L 'lackburnis family, or that ariy thi ihatever wa~ ttaker fro n them. .. I ain, Geneh viyres~eotfull'y Timh forgomng is to ti m i the forw 'o un I~a domrni POS-r O~flo p A nigWe semp t on, &. Bfwk SAshbrag inte many 'n ad rotes ,recem~ :testot~d. by the-al inaster Qen~ 4estI~e oe from:Ohfi hUia, 8.4, G~ regwil 8 ,'S. 4 nterynedig 401#eswi~h are 'ofh $iJpes a t~ D H1. B& IN se~napo the 8tntes ~r. Vassal At Wilmin 4Doi'derLr, '' ofI 144 t m 9- try, of *4tst)V Caoi m4 'eet atj With the Proileu' aqd badig enbers of the Governipont at ashington, hie said: . - ' "In concisionti let -M6 siy to you, fello*-citisena, that I i, well loued with ill tlat I saw and heard at Wash. ington' in referente to the Southo'n States. Let us now do cour duty, take the oath of allegiance, eleqt good and wise men to the Cbtlyention, refbrln our State Constitutiol,". abolis slAvery,. equalize tile representntion-of-the. State in the Senate, give the election of Gov ernor and Presidential electors to the peofle, and all will be well." This was good advice; he told his hearers, alo, khat he had pledged' themn to do all this, tio the President. ''I told him th)at the people of South Carolina accepted the ter-ns of his p'o. cluination. and were disposed to - return to their allegiance to the Union. That from having. been the .nost,- rebellions State in the South, I was satisfied South Carolina would, henceforth, be one of the most loval of the- Southern States. That she wmild,reform her Constitution and abolish slavery, give the election of Governor and Presirdlntial electors to the -people, and equalize the representation ;of the State. Igave it as' miy- opinion Ithat tie disunion feeling 'of the South Ihad originated in-the parishies." Upon t.his, a morning -journaleays: "Although -no inan has bettet op' portunities than Goverinot Perry fot forming'a correct estimate of tho.: state of public sentiment in South Carolina, these pezstive stittemnents must ho tAken, We fear, with sine grains'of alio sAlce. That 'a strong inder-currett of Union' sentiment exists in that State, wo'do l9tCdoubt, but a conversiotn so radical as that indicated above wo'uld be. little shyrt of miraonlons.", We do not.. se, wh'y Mr Perry's words should bo doubktd. He is not. to judge from his first speech, a' kind 'of man to set - hih- fate .boldlf against a attong public sentim'ent; he is more in clined to follow what he hiliks the cur rent. Bit' he speaks out squarely now, after having. traveled over tie State and takeni pains to acquaint himself with the publiesentiment. South Carolina, 'before tbe war vas in the hands of a few wealthy families. The poople had but the slightest share in the government of the State. Governor' Perry tells the President,. that .he, be. hieves they will - readily reform'their in stitutions in such a -way as to make theni miore democratie, sad tal the po. litical power froni the few And Agve it to the many. s- this iinprotile? 7 i it not highly -probable that if'they fvadet-, stanmd tho proposed chango thy will al.' nmost unanimotisly V'ote for it ? [New York ening Po. 'Meuj-orIal of the Kisesippli LadieL in . Behalf of effersen Zavis. The New.. Orlenn' 2Gh1 beke p lishes*a mlenorialh, sign#4%bv6 over fo hkundred ladies of Darshall.county, N and adtlr sed to jPe -idenf Johl, asking Fiegutiv9em gnocy foprJeltorsft Davis. After sonie pre)Ihninaty rem akv the' 'memnorialigtssays *tia weli intb ~ ~ tbc 'thati for ye'ars l*i sec iaf gtt I'M begi a #ingy red y fetemst botktb athia othu .which'lei4 to-a gsine' c4i~ of arms aWI thie shedding of thci bgt'book of~ thp land:> One aty gd Aecoa t have, ,bemf fqrrged e artraentof the 6Wordt4o evlo and -thaitsia 4h pIytdits of the gr'aNrth1hs gwenl bhuntifuly I' 'is asking "tii uialf of' yoet to grant the -yekp and ithief thevoor, tribjate .e(ieh. 4 dhapgeu in goyordmtont bh 1 r.Ovsswas hu 1 of the doten Qfhe Satfhern ppe14~ot4 thaeir conheilsu anu a heatibht & 18en 'i~ip bb'lsied '4 h K sadh isy n bi- v s I nJiH ity.--Mr. William tdel ,roIgh.oing Tn. nii6Or;O 0%36WaG ,. tA1.09. owo a9h p1 irij, 4,by the agent. of' lb. adogt inentfo his hiion : tnak appeal to' th Uin nion ot Nnesse. through Olis olattaniooga Gazet,not to persecut th rebel soldiers who have, &tehe tW their homes uudor'. pledge ol entii d pro tection, upon roturnbui& thI tl6tuia4ope and loyalty to the counter. .jhouivill Jo~(rpal.* He says to'isi compatriots l: 'O" t'. be gknerouIs, be mognanunou. Thns it is, the.bravest alre alwaya the ender. est, the most ftrgiving. He says,: Reinember the truly bn blo a generous, noveir in'elt or niceat a W1. en foe. When you - appeal to brutk force, laying law' and order aside r you are at sea without rtudder or comipan, and will most suddenly be cast -up6n the breakers. . - Willhyou not leor wisdodh from the oriors of the past ? Will yoai fco these men who, in good faiti, hiavouia down their. nrnr, believing ill ana rely ilg fully upon the generous terms iven by the military adial l i ,ler, ip extended by your prosezlt QIhie xecu tire. -' For shamo, my fellow-cotintrymen; pause, consider, look w6ll at What you (o. "He that subdueth his own sjirit is greater than the Wartior that'takeeth a Now that the rebolliot.'h b crushed, and your erring brethren4 - ing' failed, ,siabinitting to terms a4 down by our G6veruthent,' do cot;throw imgediments in the 9ay;,'but. .eArn to forget And forgive. Igs'h for ti 1e right hand of' fellowsiip'; bif yqufr ring brethren retn'n, convinee thers Abat Phere is rootm fQr I elI;. tlat .-tie7 were in error when telling .ns thuA4tb State could only 1hol ons si gp vinco them thayou are for tken and theongiutio,,antd the lw. etoi tliq:past be forgotten le0 its Dive 14r phy future; we are one p ople, one tPa a .* * onL, kindredl. Let tho~roso -agtis bloom, : - and fig flourish. Lot us' bgO-p greatness and great in goodnesa. n so doing the teWr of h, orphan and a >r.yer of tlhe widow will ascendjo heaven, blossing yopt Thit is the truQ. kind of patriotism. That spiritmnanifest.d by oil -ill .mage thp Union co-exist with time. ALADAxA.--Jadginig' fro the dov ernor's proclatnatio,, ve liolud thi*k tlfe are ldiving pretty bad th6k1i,4 Alabapit. Go. PArson in a lastfr claihatiob, atys.: "9rits of 11 Ind 6ppear t nlrmutnimily 0 the increase, but 1 6, 6 1 ly 'cotton stealing, - en- go* in I' bAn'd', arti'ed an diguised, na isa tag~ht: ' Inalividuale come he:'adi personal rodress of ifae'ef-o I dIa thakn tn~e 7,P al 4~'fP ped, fwsi , l~ i phen ofaf -nold n o to &irs t lgor~~, -4 tho64q4d ':* & 8 Kan t *2 4l8,.49O49 ginias, - 40,918.87D~* O mphii--,,91-.4 * n ey 2,4;2,2.'82 an sas, , T ",04