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Latest Opinion of the London
Times.
We are an outspoken people, and make no {
secret of our conclusions, but there is nothing j
tr. ti.no cm., ln?inti< in wliiwli unv citizen <if the !
Union need object. We have been surprised J
. at tbe abrupt extinction of the war, but not j
more so than' the Americans- themselves.? j
Whatever Amy ha vet. been our speculations or
sympathies, we rejoice that the work of carnage
is at an etui. We cordially reciprocate
the expressions of amity which rt'ifch us Iroai
America, and .shall not be disbelieved in our
V' professions of desire for permanent peace. For
" the rest, wo c,^n only wait. We can see tioth,,
ingof the future, nor will We pretend to believe
' that the revolution is over. On the contrary.
we see that it is but hah' finished, and that
*. America will certainly never be the America
VtAif the past. . Bat it may coll he something,
{better bi-'h of riaVerv/.dt r^?y' :-ute, 'is j
effaced from its-soil and one subject of con ten- i
tion js removi-d- Tim pos'iion?ton. _ol'._naeh I
"r Htal'e of ilui Uiiiou in relation to tj.-e whole i.-'
nnw jdeiined and -stall idled, if n'yt improved. J
Then tiie piVipljt have learned trushx and mi; |
t;ll!-i-i,'S. hfisi.leS t.Ullcl^oi Mo' ii'lllt ill- i
"' sfcruntive experience which war seldom IhiU to
yj'ic'il. 'Wo expect, indeed, that the Americans
|a of the future will bo more like other people
less like their former selves.
.We with not attempt, to flatter them.
They know well enough what we thought
of their civil wur,*tiud they will he prompt tu
comprehend thu* our judgment remains iusrts~
pease still. In a few they have won?
won against tin; < xpcetalion of the whole
world?but what they* have won rcumius yet
A to bo socti. T!ic result is probabiy williiu
J their own control* Upon their pcfliey it will j
depend whether the South becomes again \
amalgamated with the North, or survives only !
as a blemish and a burden to the republic.
The work of reconstruction may be ir.oro trying
than the work of subjugation. The prosit
cnt policy of tho. victorious administration it is
easier to Comprehend than to approve We
can well, understand that Americans, after
learning to their own cost what insurrection
means, are- beginning to entertain a new idea i
of its character; nor arc \vc surprised .at the j
I denunciations now launched against the crime
' of treason; but the Governmeut oi Washington
should remember that between acts of tivason
and civil war there is a rccoirnized distinction,
} ancl tnac 11 uig uwciiiui iiufni uu
somewhat difficult, it has in this instance been ;
. made practically easy. The people of the 1
" North know full well' that this contest between 1
them and their fcllow-citizcns of the South
has, indeed, heen a civil war, and nothing less.
We need not appeal to the gigantic, proportions
of tho conflict, for the actual conduct of | '
the strife on both sides /furnishes evidence in (1
abuudance. Tlnj beligcrents did observe the
rules of war, the captives were considered pris(
oners of war, and treated as such. If in the
heat of the contest any aet contrary to the j
laws of war was committed, it was palliated or
explained. In fact, at the very moment that 1
the Federal Govc'rnmcut is bringing the Con*
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federate President to trial, one cf its own generals,
the very soldier who captured Richmond,
is proclaiming to the.world that the
'marches, sieges and battles of the armies of
the United States, in distance, duration, resolution,
brilliancy and result dim the lustre of
the world's past military achievements.' We
will not stop to measure the truth of this panegyric,
but the very pretention is -enough to
show that the contest which can be so described
was a-mighty war and not a moan rebellion,
and that the loaders of the South are not captured
traitors, but ^conquered enemies.?London
Times June 17t/i. *
Texas.?Accounts from Texas state that
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IDe transition irotn a condition ui war iu uuu r
of peace is proceeding very quietly and in an |
orderly manner. Between two and three'
thousand baks of cotton were awaiting ship*
inent at Houston in the beginning of this
month. National currency sells in that place
at seventy-live cents on the dollar for gold. i
TL# State of South Carolina.!
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We find the following order, dividing South
Carolina into lour military districts, in the
Savannah JltrrlO of the 20th:
IIRADQ'US DEO'T OK THE South, |
ilir.fo.v JIkao, S. C., June-3, 18(55. j
Ocricr"i 0/ dct s A o. 2 04.
The State of South Carolina is hereby divi-!
dell into four military uistrictt, as follows: ( j
t<r Tim Military Liistriet of Fas turn South |
t * "* **" t i I
Caroline,.cernjjnrfag ID*. 1 of /fjfvov# I
I'lwt), U(<rry, Marion, Williamsburg, Marlboro,
Darlingioh, Sumter, Kershaw and Chesterfield.
IT'm.j. D .'guc-.l to the coinuiit'.K;
c?i" lliis District, will) his iicudtjuaricrs at Florence.
liis force will comprise his'own brickie
ami u bait ilion of cavalry, to bo designated bv
Jlrovot Ainj. Gen. Jolxu 1'. Hatch. - lie will,
oslablis'i n of .v.ipjiliua on the Santoc
liivor, sit liio crossing- of the North Ksstern
]iailro:i'l.
2d. The Military District of Charleston,
comprising the Districts of Charleston, Colcton,
Orangeburg, Lexington, Jhsmwell and Kiehluiicl.
liievut Alaj. Ceil. John' ]'. Hsitch is
assigned to 'he command of this District, with
his kcauij carters at unaricston.
rjJ. Tim Military District of Western South"
CiirMiim^comprising the Districts of I/i'icaster,
Fairfield, Chester, York, Union, No wherry,
Edgefield, Ahhoville, Laurens, Spartanburg,
( ivenville, Anderson and Pickens. Jlrig. Gen.
V'cu Wyck is temporarily assigned to the
command oi' this District, 'with his headquarters
at Alston. Ilis tor CO' will comprise his own
regiment, of infantry and a battalion of cavalry,
to he designated by Brevet Maj. Gcti. John P.
Hatch.
4th* The Military District of Port Royal,
comprising the District of J >ca fort ouiy. Brevet
Maj. Gen. E. E. Pqttcr i? assigned to the comma
ad of tbi's District, with lieadqnartrs at llili?
ton nuau.
5th. Those portions of the District of Charleston
and the District of Western South Carolina
lying contiguous to the Savannah ltivcr,
and now occupied by the troops of Brevet Brig.
Gen. Mollineux, commanding the District ofGeorgia,
will remain under the command of
that officer until farther orders. *
Glh. Brevet Maj. Gen. J. P* Hatch, commanding
District or Charleston, will at oucc
establish a depot at Orangeburg, of sufficient
capacity to.satisfy rcqnisisions for commissary
supplies for the District of Western South
Carolina.
7tk Brevet Brig. Gen* Van Wyck will
organize and put in operation a supply train
between Orangeburg and Alston for bis own
command, making requisition on Gen. Hatch
for necessary transportation.
Stli. Tbo chief quartermaster will assign a
light draft steamer to ply between Charleston
and the rai 1 road crossing the Satitee River, of
suitable draft to take'the inland-'passagc. This
steamer he under the control- of GeD..l>cule,
and will not be interfered- with by other commanders*
By command of ^
Msij. Gcu. Q. A. GILliORE.
W. L. MjjgjBuRGKit, Ass't A. G.
mranutKZZi
The South Carolina Question
Settled.
. President Johnson bafapointed Benjamin
F. Perry, of South Carolina, . Provisional Go*
oviior of that State, so that governors have
now been appointed for al! tiio late Southern
States, with the exception of Elorida.
The President's proclamation is, in this instance,
in the same form as those already
ifsned appointing Provision!'! Governor of
South Csioiina, as the earlyist praelieahle period,
to prescribe snch rules as may be necessary
and propper for convening a Convention, composed
of delegates to be ohoseu by that portion
of the people who are loyal to the United
States, and no others, for the purpose of altering
the constitution thereof, and to restore said
State to its coultitiitional relations with the
federal Government; provided, that in any
eledSffon that may be hereafter held for choosing
delegates to any Stat? Convention, na
aforesaid, no person shaUjfelx! qualified as a
iitQzfi bar f'f'gittci-'-eirmrentwny "'Umess -xieTsIrailliavo
previously taken aud subscribed to the
'wri li of n??in?-sty as set .forth in t'10 President's
proclamation ui Amy au, iouo, n<:u is ?i yumr,
qualified as prescribed by the constitution and
laws of Soat.li Carolina in force immediately
before the ITili day of .November, 1800, the
date of the ordinance of secession.
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MAXiMlLfAK.?Ati'airs iu Mexico appear to
ho in an extremely bad way. Maximilian has
been endeavoring for a lone; time.to enlist the
sympathy and support of the natives in his behalf,
but they will not listen to his promises,
and evince a disposition on every possible
ocdasion to throw obstacles in the path of his
administration. The Emperor of the French,
it is {rue, iu the outset, gave his word that lie I
would assist Maximilian 111 bringing the- Mexivaus
to recognize the new form of Government; |
but just'at this time, now that our civil war is I
ended, our friend on the opposite side of tuc
Atlantic has completely changed his views/
On-the other hand, the Liberal party have
gained courage at the tjira events have taken i
iu the United States, and are determined now j
more than ever to rid their country of all usurp- i
ers and invaders. If Maximilian is wise, lie j
will not wait for our Government to intimate I
to him that it i< time he had packed his val r
ise and was on his way to the other side, but
will be on . the move i at once?Charleston \
Courier.
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TltOPIlV IIi'NTFKS liOBBlNO G RAVlif>.?it <
will scarcely be' believed that some persons, I
influenced by the passion for tropin seeking, |
and, pernaps, uv pas-nons evcu less uuimuuuuu- |
ble, have recently ^brought to this city, from i
the neighboring battlefields, bones and ball
pierced skulls, ruthlessly torn from the graves
of the dead. An accumulation of these "trophies,"
at one point of which we have heard,
looks very much like a speculation.?Richmond
Times.
An overland telegraph to Europe, via Russian
America, is being rapidly completed.
The next thing, wo suppose, will be a balloon
line in the same direction.
Washington telegramssfqJte-tbat
definitely settled that the %:trial of ^
Davis will occur in Dalti
Justice Chase. > Many rumors have
iisbe.,1 relative to this matter, but tbe
semiofficial and, therefore, may be considey^iM^^^^^B
*Tlie New York Veits contains the followia^>^*^^^^S
J. B, Van Dein,' ^ clerk in the rebel^WitfoV
Department^ writes to tho Cincinnati Combui^'f^&'^jj^
cl'ai that in February last he was present at af?h";
interview between Booth and Davis*'.' Booth i:v V^leH
was introduced to the ConfederateBenjamin,
and two other young men vycre'ia
bis company.
"Booth commenced* by saying that a plan:
was formed in the Nurtb'ermSlates audCanada,;;v?^?j|l
l?y friends of tbe'Confcderacy, to capture or. ' /
assassinate Lincoln, that be bad a full list
of the names, and all they dosircd was.un offi?.v '**>
cial recognition on the part'of the Confederate ::>.7
authorities, and that the project would certainly
be executed. * .
"lie further stated that they desired no pe-i .. , }|||
enniary assistance from the Government, sis
that was already secured; that they were not ,
after gain,''but were actuated only by a desire"/"
to render the Confederacy a service oy remov-:, '
ing 'the tyrant who was'the cahse of so much .0 / : \sutiering
to the country, and the only obstacle ' ; ;
in the way of a speedy pence. These ape the ;
words as near as'I can , remember, ^.^lessrsi:..
iDavis atirrBrecSmndge bOttf^p^Wfbei*'- > hearty
condemnation of ' the plot, and advised . - < - J:$
Booth to. think po more of it. That they felt " f J
thai their cause was just, and that God, in hia. " v
own good time, would give tbejn the victoi^v .< * d
without rcsorting'to anything but tbe'most ' M
honorable warfare, ami that they were willing
to leave Lincoln's punishment, for his great !-\v
crime, to the providence of a just God and an
outraged people. . -x.. , . ." // I
"Bcujaiuiu said nothing. Booth then retired,
and the last words he uttered in the
room were: '!Fc must die!" After Booth
and his friends were gone, Davis said: "Those
fellows caine here merely to see the Richmond
sights, and their assassination plot is a mere
fudge.' Breckinridge and Benjamin laughed,
and the latter said: 'I think so.' I am satis^
fied that hone of them ever .expected what has
biucc become so deadly a reality. In conclu~
sion, let me say that I am willing to be1 quali
JJ^U iu wuu afcauvjuuiifc.
"Lo! the PooiiBjpEEDMEN.?A Macon
exchange says : "\Veare informed by a phy- , "v,'
sician that there is great suffering among the
negroes that have congregated around the city. ;
Many are dying, and more arc confined by sickness.
They are destitute of all comforts :" not
able to procure medical aid, nor even the absolute
necessaries of life. Numbeifc arc crowded
into small rooms, wliioh renders recovery very
improbable. It is stated that in two small
rooms there are fifty of these miserable wretchdsi
crowded. This exessive hot weather bringing
disease of evry character among them. Uu
less there are steps taken soon to relieve them^
they will die by scores. Little sympathy is
fob. for those noor creatures, for thev are
from the country; and had they acted wisely^
they would have stayed with their masters until
some provision- was made for them. Tlio Government
has no means of helping thorn ?t present."/)
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That was a queer freak the lightning took
at a store in Rockvillc, Conn., the other day* f
It entered the door in a livid flash, which nc^ -i V
tually lit an oil lamp and left it burniug, with- - W- ',
out Icaviifg any other visible marks of ^ its
passage. ^ * -'M /
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