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J. T HSESHMAU"?Editor. Rates for Advertising: Tor one Square?ten lines or less?OXR HOLLAR nnd FIFTY CI^NTS for the first insertion uwl ONE DOLLAR lor each subsequent. Obituauy Noticks. exceeding one square, charged m advertising rates Transient Advertisements and Job Work MOST UK PAID FOR1X ADYAXCK. Xo deduction made, except to our regular advertising patrons. J3T* Terms of subscription for one year $:\00 in advance: if not paid within three months from the time of subscribing. $4.00. From Washington. AYasii ingto.v, May 0, 1SCC. ?The House of Representatives, )>y >a vote of one hundred ami twenty-eight against thirty-seven, 1 passed to-day the Reconstruction , Committee's Amendment to the Constitution, Republicans of all , shades voting in the affirmative. ] It prohibits any State making 1 or enforcing statutes denying to anv nerson an eaual portion of < %/ L ' x ^ m. t the law. The apportions of* re;.- ( rcscntation are according to mini- ^ hers, but restricts it to the extent that citizens^ above the ago of twenty-one years are excluded from voting. It disfranchises till July, 1S70, all who volunta- ] rily adhered to the late msurrcc- 1 tion. It prohibits the assump- 1 tion or payment of Confederate ] debts and compensation for ( slavery. 1 Washington, May. 11,186C.? The Senate has confirmed the . appointment of Mr. Smytho as Collector of the Port of New York. J i General Sickles, . though his appointment as Minister to the ' Haoiie has been confirmed, de- J dines, preferring io hold his pre- j sent position. lie will return to Charleston soon. ?- ^ Mrs. Davis will remain with j licr husband until his trial. The Government has i^andoned the charge of his complicity in the assassination. Washington, May 11,1S6G.? 1 The Senate passed to-day the < Postal Appropriation Bill, after 1 striking out the amendment here- i toforc, preventing parties from recovering any pay until confirm- 1 ed by the Senate. 1 Before the passage of1 the Bill ; Mr. Cowan made a speed), dc- 1 daring that those who interposed i to prevent the Southern States ( from being represented were dis- i unionists, apd that opposition to t restoration was superinduced by i fear of losing political power. 1 General Sickles has been con- i firmed as Minister to the Hague. ( Washington. May 5 ?The circulation of the Merchants' National Bank of Washington, { which f;t#ed yesterday, is $1$U.- 1 000, secured by United States 1 bonds. \ It is undhrsrood Paymaster Paulding had a deposit iri the Merchants' National Bank of up- J wards of $500,000, supposed to have been draw from other depositories and transferred to the Merchants' National Bank, con- * trary to a general disbursing order from the War Department., . The IJouse Committee on Claims has allowed but $130,000 out of claims amounting to $20,000,000. f"1 * * A I' Al_ _ 1 lie receipts iroin me niieiuu: revenue yesterday amounted to 81,395,813. The Last Man of the Retreating Army.?The Petersburg Index, speaking of the desecration of a burial lot in Pocahontas, near that, city, makes the following interesting mention of the last devoted North Carolinian : There is buried here one soldibr ?a North Carolina Curtius? who, on the night of the evacuation, was left at Pocahontas bridge to fire it, and was killed there, the last man of the retreating army. He was found dead by the Federal forces in advancing, and by them interred in a blanket, his only coffin, and the npron of a woman who came there (o weep, his only shroud. We add, disturb'_ hiiu _hot,-but let a monum.cnt he erected to his memory.* i \ nrrrrrrnTn i nn nun mmwnrrrmfrwn^*\M"itr From San Francisco. San Francisco, May 8,18G6. ?Intelligence received from Los Angelos states that Fort Goodwin, Arizona, was taken by two thousand Indians, and the garrison, consisting of one hundred and twenty men, massacred with one exception. The party who es- \ caped was out hunting at the time and saw the fight at a distance. The Indians are supposed to have been admitted into the fort under the pretext of entering into a treaty of peace. Brevet Major James F. Midler was recently shot and killed at Cottonwood Springs by a party of Apaches. Great excitement has been occasioned by the discovery of rich gold mines on Clemens Crock. It is reported that the United States soldiers at Fort Coleville Inserted and left for the' diggings, taking arms with them. The Last Volley. Colonel John S. Mosby visited Lcesburg last Monday, on professional business. Because he Happened to wear a cape in these piping times of peace which had )ii it several bross buttons with ;he coat of arms of Massachusetts on them, the Federal cap:ain in command there declared lis purpose to arrest him and cut :hcm oil". Being unwilling to ubniit to this treatment, but lisposed to do anything in reason to avoid a breach of the icace, - the Colonel, at the sue* ? . ^cation of a friend, consented to cave the burg. The captain, with four troopers and sixty infentry, endeavored to intercept !iis retreat, but was too late by several moments to effect his object. When the Colonel rode upon the crest ot a lull, lie lookid back and saw the doughty ivcirriOiis make a furious bayonet ihargc upon a haystack which had served to conceal him from their view when he made his exit. Hie spectacle was so ludicrous he could not repress ail inclination to whoop.. lie did .so, and, it the same lime, raising his lint, ic waived a parting adieu. The rate captain acknowledged the jompliment by ordering a leaden mlley from sixty guns to be ired at the Colonel. The bullets vhistled closely but harmlessly last bjin, and made music which eiifinded him of by-gone years if strife. We believe the Massachusetts jut ton is the symbol of treason, tnd are somewhat surprised that lw? rVlnnnl utis ?r? ilielnviil :)? In wllVA 1 "v*vl7 ,%w ' ctaii.i one on his cape at the risk >{' liberty and life. Warvcnion Index. A. Decent Nigger Newspaper. The Mobile Nationalist, a nigger journal, owned and edited by niggers, hhs a sensible nigger correspondent at New Orleans who is not in love with the Bureau. He says: UA thousand times better would it be for the colored man were it aaolished, for, instead of being a safeguard or protection for the freedmen, it is only a place in which freed-' men's rights are bartered away; it serves only to engender bitterness and hatred in the hearts of the very people with whom we expect to live, die and he buried. * * * The sooner it is out of the way the better for all parties concerned." We always knew that the better'class of negroes objected to the Bureau as strongly as the whites, and we are glad to perceive that their upmiuuo mo ^UULHIq 11ILU pilUl/ill a way that can throw no doubt over their genuineness, Richmond Examiner. The loss of members in the Methodist Church Korth, during the war was 00,000; the present aggregate being 928, 320. There are 22,000 Confederate graves around Richmond. The ladies propose to visit tho cemetery on ilie 10th of May, to organize for the purpose of ornamenting the graves of theso unsung ' heroes. J /' ? Mii^MtaTunlHB | ?l 111| I_l^fillll|l1niiw?l I win CAMDEN, FRIDAY. 1*1 AY IS. 22^" Positively no credit given for advertising and job work. So please don't impose Hie unplcasiintry attending a refusal. W. T. "Walter,Jof the firm of Derbec k "Walter, (factorage and commission merchants,) is the only authorized agent for the Camden weekly Journal tor Columbia, S. C. EST" Col. Titos. P. Slider, is the only authorized ngeut oft lie Camden Journal for the city of Charleston. He maybe found at the Mills house in tlmt city. Refreshing. . Our enterprising and gentlemanly druggists, Hodgsox & Dcn-lai1, appears to have anticipated the wants of the lovers of cooling and refreshing beverages, having in store a quantity of ice, and being regularly supplied with a superior article of soda water. See advertisement in another column. Boiiicst & Burke. 11V YwCrvpfmf>A tn nrl if. Trill lio seen that tho above justly popular firm, in tho city of Charleston propose furnishing photographs of all the prominent generals of tho lato Confederate armies at 25 cents each, or fivo for one dollar. All orders sent to those gentlemen will be promptly attended to. Address Boixkst & Burke, G9 Meeting street, Charleston. Post; office box 403. Ad'ocitfu* itliictfer. One of the most brutal and fiendish murders on record was perpetrated on Thuifday night the 10th inst., in this place, by a colored man named Loin KirMand. The manner in which lie accomplished the killing of his wife, Jane, has scarce a paralcl in tho history of crime. Joicr is a short heavy built black negro fellow about 20 or 30 wears old, and is at large, having eluded tho most diligent search made for him by the colored people of tho town. Independent Fire 3'ugine, Com * puny. At a mooting of the abovo company held on Mondnv- cveniius last, the fol lowing named gentlemen were elected as officers to servo during the ensuing twelve months: T. Wii.sox, Captain. W. i\I. B muxes, First Lieutenant. W. J. A uKANT.s, Secretary. Fi. F. Sri.i., Treasurer. J. K. Goohai.k First Director. A. -T. Fjiktao, Second Director. * With such a. corps of 'efficient officers and men the Independent is capable of rendering invaluable service. Successful HCriaSor. An English writer says what is very true, that "a good editor, a competent newspaper conductor, is like a general or a poet, born, not made. Exorcise and oxpcriei'ieo give facility, but the qualification is innate, or it is never manifested. On the London daily pa- j pcrs all the grout historians, novelists, i pools, essayists, and the writers of travels, have hoon tried, and nearly every one failed. 'I can,' said the late editor of the London Times, 'find any number of men of genius to write for me, but very seldom one man of common sense.' Nearly all successful editors arc of this description. A good editor seldom writes much for his paper ?lie reads, jirtlggs, selects, dictates, alters and combines, and to do all this well ho lias but little time for composition. To write for a paper is one thing ?to edit a paper another." * The Columbia Carolinian says: Twelve millions of dollars for the support of the Frccdman's Bureau! "Who pays it ? The tax-payoas of the whole country. For what? To keep alive ' *? ? 1 _ V T_ on institution ana its employees, wmcn lias .done moro to retard the dovelopmcnt and progress of -the South thaii any other cause. But for the Freedinen's Bureau, wo declare advisedly, that one-fourth more of cotton would liave been planted than is now in the ground, and millions of dollars would have been invested in industrial pursuits, tha? are now withheld until a a more propitious season. Gov. Hamilton is managing affairs in Texas pretty much as Brownlow does managed them in Tennessee. The Nashville Union and American says of him: "Wo know Jack Hamilton well. He started in Alabama as a merchant's clcrkj'after wards wentNorth and bouhgt a stock of goods on credit; sold them, put the money in his pocket; disappeared between two days, and next turned up as a lawyer in Toxas, whero through a course of years, ho gained mitfh more reputation as an unprincipled pettifogger than as a jurist. In other words, he was universally held, whorovor known, by tho bar of Texas as a knave, and was watched and treated as such. His card now is to rule Texas, or make it a lield of perpetual ftrife."?-Memphis Commercial. The Administrations vf George Wellington and Aiadrew Johnsou. We referred, in our last issue, to the difficulties which beset the administration of tliOj fathor of his country, the peculiar circumstances surrounding him, and finally, the manner in which he actcc\. "Wo purpose enumerating mow tHe peculiar troubles which encompass'AxDEF.w Jonxsox. ^Regarding the administrations of the two men as parallel in many respects, and certainly as the most iniportant and eventful in our history, avc desire to do justice to. both. Washington was the first President of the United Statos, after a revolution. 'Tis true, the relations fcctwoen tho colonies and Great Britain were provincial?not those of coequal States; yet it was an intimato relationship. Thero were very many of our peoplo loyalists during tho war. It partook of tho nature of a civil war; nevertheless, 'ij; .was a revolution. So with Axdrnw Johnson. Ho is the first President of- tho United States aftor a long war, and a revolution. It is ridiculous to call it a rebellion, unless the defini tion of the heretical "Wade is adopted,' who, in tho debate on the state of the Union, in ] 800, said to the Southern Senators, "if you succeed| it will' be revolution; if you fail, rebellion." Success may be an evidence Sf merit, but ft is not necessarily tho criterion of it. There is an absolute rig-lit, and a positive wrong, irrespective of the relative or circumstantial.' Revolution and rebellion are as antipodal as the poles. The one is a change in the fundamental principles of" a State?in the relations between its classes, or in the precedent condition of parties to the government. Tho other is resistance to authority, for conceived or inflicted wrongs, without reference to principle or a change in the future policy of* tho government. Tho lirst is lusting in its elFoets; the latter is temporary and ephemeral. Tho revolution of 1G8S, in England, was jtho sequence to that which beheaded Ojiaulks tho First, and"placed Citouwjtti,. in power. Ciakexdon persisted in calling the last a rebellion' History lias bestowed on him'the expression of Sua kki'Eahe's Dogberry, "write 1110 down an ass." The most casual stu(lent of English constitutional history necd9 no .argument to satisfy himself that tho.affair'of 10S8 was a revolution.. 'Tis- \ts9lesa .fo . .multiply, examples. The omenta of Shay, in ^lassachn setts,.in the year 17S0, and the whiskey rebellion in Pennsylvania, in 170-i, are prominent instancosvio our view of rebellion in this country, not to enumerate many eases in Europe, such as the Hungarian rebebion of '48; nay, more, there can lie vo rclcllion between equal mrrch/ntirs. Tlio late trouble, wo contend, was a revolution. You can make it nothing else, uulcss you falsify history, and disregard established rulo? of interpretation and construction. The war had scareely ended, when, in the dispensation of Providence, A>tuikw Johnson was called to .fill Ins present position, around which difficulties have clustered unknown to his prcde cessors. 1110 luncuuarks 01 the past have Leon well nigli swept away; new ideas arc afloat; new issues are bofor? the country. One, section is dominant; the other is subjugated. The social status of the latter is entirely eliaugcil; its industrial, resources crippled, ayo, almost ruined; its relations to tho Government aro suspended, and anomalous ; tho military garrison and the frecdman's bureau circumscribe it; civil law is inoperative; "wo arc taxed, and yet debarred representation. At thbiNorth, the war has swept away all paiHies but one; it is intolerant, if not despotic; their finances aro inflated, there is confusion in politics. The theory of our former system has received .a terriblo stroke, if not its death blow. The taxes are oppressive; the work of reintegration is unfinished.? I So far as practical results are involved, tho Southern effort seems to have been "a fait accomplit." An odious civil rights bill is creating dissatisfaction and disturbance. They suspect our loyalty, .-. n/1 vnfyovil no no "nlifino frrvm +lia mm_ CLXLvt vvu uo " V"* uuv vw?** monwcalth. of Israel." They arc full of what Is termed the spirit of tho age. Very many of them are our friends, and, we believe, our conduct is calculated to swell the number. To out short this climactric accumulation of troubles, the question pertinent to our subject is, what position has Andrew Johnson taken 3 Has ho met this most trying and momentous issue with the spirit of the patriot, and tho ability and foresight of tho statesman ? We boliovo he has. In a short while after the surrender of our armies, he issued an amnesty proclamation. 'Tis true, A rca*3rn2K-ix r-rimrrmrwaia: many persons were excepted; what | 1 else -was to bo'cxpeetcd) He appoint-: ed Provisional GoWiiors; State Con- j ventions were called; the ordinances of j secession were repealed; slavery was : emancipated by State. cnnctiftcnt; in I"many cases, the Confederate Var det>t, \ assumod by the States, was repudiated. ] Governors, Senators and Eoprcsenta-. , tives have been elected. The States, i at the President's suggestion, went ahead to revive their former status*. He did dictate some terms, but they sprung from an earnest desire to benefit us. His- doctrine, relative to us, is constitutional and logical. Ho contends that these Southern States; were never out of the Union; that these functions v \ wero suspended?never abrogated; that a Stafo 'cannot commit treason; that secession , is a nullity. It matters not whether we differ with him on this point or n6t. "The last resort of kipgs" lias settled it in his favor. He behoves that we are (loyal; that we have given proofs and; guarantees of it; that we are entitled to representation. He has issued his proclamation declaring the war at an ond'and peace restored. He has vetoed two of the most despotic, damaging bills over passed by a Jacobinical assembly. He remains firmly by his policy. His cabinet advisers are almost a unit with him. (Seward, the Tulleyrand of America, stands by him; doing battle for him with the tact and sagacity which havo made liim for many years the master of American politics. McCrij.ocn moulds the finances in consistent shape. Stanton*, has come 'over at last. It takes skill and judgment to manage these three men, representing different types of mind and shades of politics. As Washington stood between Jrfferson and Haxilton, so docs the President with these men.? As the former adopted that sage maxim "inmedio tutiasima via, so has the latter. He has but a meagre support in Congress. The majority of that body oppose him. / They disavow his acts; they deny the correctness of his promises. At tho beginning of the session they dealt in courtly .phraseology; now thoy ai% bitter and malignant. Some of them oven liiut at impeachment. They have packed their. legislation; they have failed to reconstruct on their platform, while thoy utterly repudiate his. Their opposition extends to Ids friends and advisers. To support the President, formerly, was loyalty; to do so now is next ,to treason. Finally, every prospect of our politieal condition is gloomy and threatening. Such are some of tjjpe difficulties which beset Axwnrw Jouxsox's administration. "What is to^ be' the result ? Wo confess our inability to lift tlio curtain. Our' duty is plain. Let us bo true to the President so long as lie is right. Let us do naught to impair our status. Above all things, lot us hoop our temper and maintain our selfrcspcet. > The War in South America. The latest intelligence received from South America represents a state of . quiet prevailing since the bombardmout of Vnlparasio.' It ds doubtful if the Spanish Admiral "will venture to ; carry out the programme of bombarding cities ou the Chilian coast. The Vnlparasio affair hils reflected so little credit on the Spanish Government that it would be surprising if sho should again hazard her reputation by committing similar acts. Thus far the war has been barren of any decided results. Spain is under great expenso in maintaining a blockading fleet, which after ail is only partially effective, and Chili and Peru are suffering from tlio loss of j commerce, j/ossuny an attempt wm. soon be made to bring about a peaceable state of affairs. All parties concern-i cd have shown satisfactory proofs of their heroism, and we believe most na- ; tions will agree that their honor has been amply vindicated. . Charleston Courier. The Memphis Avalanche, in speaking of tho constant Northern denunciation of Mr. Calhoun, says thus forcibly: 1 "Malice forever dogs tho heels of greatness, and calumny is its shadow. < "We aro not, thi reforo, surprised to 6C? party ghouls and hyenas howling over tho grave of John C. Calhoun?a man who has made such a grand chapter 1 for history. Mr. Calhoun was tho com- ( peer of Clay and Webster. His pri- ] vate character was spotless; and wnilo the names of Clay and Webster are < cherished as tho brightest stars in the galaxy of fame, it is singidar that a continual stream of abuse, falsehood ' and malignity should be vomited upon : tb'e npblest, loftiest, greatest son the nhtfeta has ever produced. We intend ' to vindicate tho memory of this iilus trious statesman, whether the assault comes from Northern radicals or from : miscreants of the South, vilo enough j to echo every word of abuse, no matter ': how stupid and foul, every lie, nojiniit-; i tcr how potent in malignity." f / f i % JI.'. iyi i ? The Burning of Coluni1' bia. The scenes wlilcii occurred in tho Senate of the United States, upon the recent presentation to that tyody bv tlu; Hon. lieverdy Johnson, of' Alary land, if the letter of Gen. \Vnde Hampton, n reference to the burning of Columbia by Gen Sherman, and the attempted refutation, of the charges preferred in tlyj letter against Gen. Sherman, have aroused the citizens of our Capital to the importance of placing on record, in a public manner, tlio facts connected with that transaction and the proofs which can bo offered to substanv tiato,the letter of Gen. Hampton. In furtherance of this purpose, a public meeting will be held in that city to-dav ^ and the local papers have urged that all business be suspended, and a general attendanco of citizens take place. In urging the necessity for such a pro-, oeduro, and after a brief recitation of the evidence which can be produced for the purposes aforesaid, the Colum-' bia Carolinian adds: "We have been denied a hearing W Congress, but wo Iiave the great people for a tribunal, and to tliem wo now up- . peaL The issue is inado hot by us. We stand upon the defensive. Let us ' ' do oiir duty, tell tlio full story of "ptir wrongs, brand their author with the infamy ho deserves, and history will do the rest in illustrating our sufferings and perpetuatiug the memory of one who, whatever may be his merits as a soldier, has lost all claim to the tittle of a man." M ?4?- . Avoid Them. A correspondent of the N. C Presbyterian calls attention to the fact, that some of the school books published at the North, ' and brought to the South forgalc contain offensive and jnsufting chapters in regard to the late \Var, besides beincc false and unfair. If we have been subjugated, it is right that we should contend for the truth of history; and jvo hope southern school teachers will be cautious about what sort of books they introduce into their schools. If a teacher persist in using such offensive books let all honorable southern men refuse to patronise him or her. The Adams Express Rob- , hfvrcr "* New York, May . 8.?All. the parties concerned in the Adams Express robbery in January last, have been arrested, and all money except about forty thousand dol- . lars recovered. Originator, of the robbery, John Grady, also under , indictment for murder, was shot by the turnkey while attempting to escape, and died two hours alter. The Trial of Jeferson Davis. ^ r it t <->/>/? ANUIU'ULii., iUIiy 11, icou.? Late yesterday afternoon the Grand Jury of the United States Circuit Court, in session here, brought in a true bill against Jefferson Davis for treason, and adjourned until the first Tuesday in Jime, to meet in Richmond. Judge Underwood went isortli last'night, taking with him a copy < 1 of the indictment against Jeli'ererson Davis. Parson Brownlow says: "I am not afraid to indorse Sumner and Stevens on my own dung hill." A dung hill is. tlio only place where they should bo indorsed.?Prentice. Brownlow says Kentucky may "go to h?11." Can't you-give hfcr a letter of introduction, Governor ? It might have great weight with tho . clovenfooted Radical below.?Nashville' Banner. The elegant Brownlow, in a speech . at Knoxville, said that President Johnson could carry no State north of Kentucky, and he wished the President would carry that State to h?11. Model Mabbiage Notice.?The following notice appears in a North Carolina paper. Wo publish it as a model for all young couples who get caught in l-lin oomn fvnn nwl -irlcti +n l<s+ tuv w* I*|/J ??*?jtK kV AW V'UVAX friends know it through the press: "M.ybried.?By Dr. J. A. Shemll, at twilight on Wednesday evening, February 28, 1866, in Catawba county, .N. 0., at the house of the bride's widowed mother, Mr. A. A. Grabrille to Miss Lizzie Milligan, after a short but most lelightful courtship. . A match type-sticking race came oft between two compositors a few days igo at Iowa City. A. J. Kenny of tho Iowa City Press and 0. B. Boll' of the Council Bluff Nonpareil, each, setting four thousand oms solid bergeois'in two hours. Tho speed is unprecedented. Mrs. Partington asks, very indignantly, if the bills before Congress iro not counterfeit, why there should ho so much difficulty in passing