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Tho Superfluous -Irian. BY jorrx c. SAX e. Il is ascertained by inrpection of the register of miny countries, tb*t tb? uniform proportion of malo to Tonnie births is 21 to 20; n-cordingly, in respect to asurri.-ige, ?very twonty-fir?.t toan is naturally superfluous.-Smith'* Ti entine on l'ulu lation. Ilene b:iv,-.<>- m rv is . :<. g?es?. And sa i ?ave irerjU?jutly r-aii. .What the reas m could reai ly lis '?'HJ- 'r m; i r L? re h-.t?; ?J weil : Out-ui.? ii '. perfectly dear 1 am (!. .r bular td b?ti; . The ?tri.; i,re already assigned ?::'i l'ai :i superfluous IB?B ! lb ?sa i r sta M'eal tbaps Declare th? nuweriea* run Of women au<; ne;': ii- '.ho ..'or:dJ I? Twenty t" Twoaty and ono: And hence in thc pairing, you see, Since tL? woo?og ?nd wedding began, For every connubial scare, They're got a fupcrtliwua tann! ' Ey trrr-nties nnd twc:.tiv= they go, And giddily rash to their fate, Fer neue nf. ti? r.urj;V--. sf coarse; Cau fail of a. conjugal mate : Hui. r.hilo tltvy i> re yielding in scores To Nature'? iiiil??iUc j.lan. There's ?ever a woona f'.r mc For I'm ft supc-rfluona UHIR ! It isn't that lama churl To solitude ever-inclined : It isa': that I am at fault In morals or mansera or mind ; Then what is thc reason, you ask, I am still with the bachelor-elan ? I morely w?ta numbered utniss- ? And I'm a superfluous nian x It'i.-u't that I am in want O? personal beauty or graos, For many a can wi?b a wife Ii uglier f.tr in the larc ; Indeed, among elegant nen ' I fancy myself in the van, But what Ls tho value of that VVhea I'm a superflaons man ! Although I a:u foe? of the giri*, For aught I coufd ever discern The tender emotion I feel Is one that they neyu-r return ; 'Tis idle to quarrel with fate, For^troggla as bard as I can, They'rc mated already, you know Au:l I'm ?i suj erflnous man ! . No wonder I ?{ramble at times, With women ?U prettj and plenty, To know that I l.over wasborn To ii?nre as ono of tho Twenty j' But yet, when tie average let Witheritical vision I scan, I (bink it un, y be fer the Usc That I'm a superfluous man ! "The Winter Winds may Wildly Rave " Si" r-AVt D, UWXE. Tho winter winds ro-,y wildly rave, Lost IM-itV, o'er thy piuco of re.-:t, But l. -ve! ibo-.. tins', a b'dier grave, Deeii iq a faithful human breast. Thor?-, thc Embalmer. Memory t.:nd?, Watching with aofUy-breatbe I righi, Tue myrtie ??bi 1 er gcrdii? len ts To fidc!e?3 cheeks, ar.J render eyes. There, in an j'wful oalra serene, Thy beauty holds its saintly trace, Thc radiaueo of an angel mien, The rapture of a heavenly grace. And there 0 ! gentissf Lovo, remain, (No stormy Passion route ti.?: r?tye#) Ti.'. "1 ? soul ??al.a^ali), Bivy?tsd M ghostly r-.ali? o? ?r^v.-?. . ? <,> j?cr:-.i "bec"? \ iews." From the Sew Vork Herald" of the ?Wtli j ult.. >\< extract th?fyilowins~:hter?itrng vc : ct.?.i:' o? -.t'.'i interview between General Rub \ erl E. Lee and a. ilr-. Tbuiu&s il. Cook, thc j special correspondent of .thu Hervid ; G UN ERAL I.F.?'s V?EWS. Jn order, if j ussihla, tb get soine cica lor the solution of Uto now complications ? growing out t f tire murder o? President Lin- i coln, I yesterday sought ami obtained an in terview with that distinguished soldier and ! loader of the rebel army, General Robert E. i Leo.-and wa' permitted to draw his views on j thc very imp >rta:ii question suggested. It :^ i proper to say that toy reception was everything tb-t could be expected rr?m a gentleman who j bas always boen con >ider -d a type of ?he once j famous chivalry, ind. I hid almost said, no bility ot V'.rt'inia. l'eu aud ink sketches of I Gcner*! Lee have bevm :o numerously mude i of late by newspaper writers, that an)* attempt [ at this time by ni" in that direction, would; be a work of supererogation. I may simply * any. that the furn step, the clear voice, the! bright, beaming countenance, the quick intel- ! ligence, the upright ibrm, and tho active ; ruauner of the General, very strongly belie the portraitures of bim which aro so common. All the vigor, animation and ability cf ripo manhood are prominently conspicuous m his bearing. His ? mei able waite hair and beard simply inspire respect for the mature ideas and deliberate expressions that come from this conspicuous rebe! leader, but on no wise convoy an imprcs-iou pf decay Or old age. . INTRODUCTION-. It was certainly embarrassing to me, on in troducing the object of my visit, to say that I inlonded to Uv bis political views before thc public, a-' his military career had ahead} Leen. His reply-' 1 am a paroled prisoner' -at, once appealed to my sympathy. A frank, genarou? m in, how far may I properly ques tion him without touching apon his views of honor in reference to h's, parole? But when be added, ' I Inye never been a politician, and know but ?.tie of political leaders-I ama Boldter'-felt easier. 1 assured him that I had no d .-.-ir- -o iTend his sensibility, or tempt bim to vi.i!.-..te any presumable obligation un der bis pal ole ; bul ?bat, being prominently identifie! with the rebellion, bits views on the questions awing oui of that rebellion would oe of great interest at* the preset-.l mon.ent, and doubt of great impxx tance and influ ence in the settlement of 'he tron?les agiu ting the couut-ry, and wttbthls viLtw ouiy J calle ! upon him. II- rqi?cd that th? ptoiui iteuce he i.":?d \/a? aiiaottght b; himself and distasteful t?i fair?. That be preferred rcJ?re mest and seelusiou. Bnt waa tv..dy oj ma!..* any saCT??i?:eit or perform any honorable a*:i that -volt] . " I f;, thc. r-'vtor t,; ?t of p-: tCe and tratiqn ir v lo the co-j--trv. OBS. !.Br:. Vii.-.;.. \;.v ANO THE nLXtEt.t.IOS. The General's attention was directed t ; bis written and spoken d?termin?t ion to draw his Bv/ord in def?-iico-only - i his nuire State, and tho inquiry was'raised HS t.. vbat he cm aidered t hc defettci?'t \ irgiuin. t what de grce of delibeiution j.t- had .-? u .. that .-x prussio?!. IIe.statcd tb;V?.?s ? (ir'ii and hon est bt 'i?-v?-r iii tl .d^icfrh . ct S ip rights, had considered bi? a'legi*uiee du priuiSfti) to the etta tain which ?ie ..a.-. b rn. und when he had allays iet>idtn. AIM, although h\ ? was not an advocate of accession at th? i set., when Virginia seceded ho honestl j lieved it his duty to abide her fortune: opposed secession to thc last, fbreseein ruin it was sure to entail. But whew State withdrew truro the Uuiou be had 1 ? course, in his views cf honor and patric i but (0 abide her fortunes. He went I her, intending to remain pjerely a pr ! citizen. When he resigned his commission iu j United States armv, he had no intend taking up arms in any other Kcrvice ants huic to the United Stales. Iiis State, ever, called for him, and, entertaining th? . - ii principles he did of State sovereigntj bsd no ??Tcrnaiiva but to accept the servi i?bich he*was called. When he made u thc declaration that has been so extensi quoted t-f late, he bad accepted only a < mission Croiy. Virginia. Subsequently, v ?Mrgihia attached herself to t he Si uthem i j tedi racy, ibo same political impresiona , cCed Lim tc follow her, and when he ac ted service dudes; ?he rebel (iovernmenl did * on the priucinle that hr was delent Lis native State. And vcr, by the apt ol . t t'ch service, hu ivas hmm! in he to soi ire i;i atty pan . .:' thc Coiifedi racy wi fte might be called, with MIC reference id*S lii;e>: and the recouciiiafi'in with hir for avowal, if any w*?re necessary, were fouu ' the fact rh*il Virginia, sr.;iudiugor failing t the other Southern Sutes, iu defending tl ul: die was delendiug the one to which he < sidered his allegiance primarily due. mr SICKIFlCAjk'C? Ott HTS 6UKJIEK0ER. As to tiic rff. ct ot" ids surrender, bo i free to say it wat a severe blow to the Sot but not a crushing blow. It was of milita rot political significance. I asked, was I that surrender a virtual surrender of the d trine of State rights. By no means, the G oral replied. When the South shall be wi ly subdued there will then undeniably b surrender ofthat doctrine. But 'the sum der of a single army is simply a military ccssity. The army of Northern Virginia v ! surrendered beean te farther resistance on part would only entail a useless' sacrifice life. But that army wis meroly a"part of 1 force of the South. When the South sh be forced to surrender all its forces and I turns to the Union, it indisputably by tl act, surrenders its favorite doctrine of sect sion. That principle will then be settled military power. STATE KIOHTS. On this question of State sovereignty, tl General contends that lhere exists a legi mate casus belli. In the convention th formed the organic law of the land, the qu< tion of defining the relative powers of t! States, and their relation to the general go ernment was raised, but much discussion wi dropped and left unsettled. It has reroaiu? 30'uuscttled ?util the present time. This wi is destined to set it at rest. It was unfo t?nate that it was not settled at the outsel but as it was not settled then, and had to t settled at some time, the war raised on th issue cannot bo considered treason, if th South is forced to submission in this cont?s it of course cat: only bo looked tuon as th triumph of Federal power over State tight and the forced annihilation of the latter. TUE i^Ot'Tli ANXIOUS FCW TEACH 'f Wo YEAR: With*reference to the war in ibo aUir.ii. the General declared it as his honest bein that peace was practicable two Years ago, an has brett practicable from that time to th present day, whenever tho gcucral govert ment should sc-e fit to see!: it, giving any rei .sonable chance for. th? country to escape th consequences which the exasperated Nort seemed determined to impose. The Sout has, during this time, bren ready und aux ious fur peace. They hove boen looking lo some word or expression of compromise c conciliation from the North, upon which the mig:tt base a return to the Union. The were not prepared, nor arc they yet, tp corni aud beg for terms ; but were ready to neceo any fjr and honorable terms, their own po liiicnl views hoing considered. The questioi of Slavery did not liv in tho way at all. Th best men of the South have long been aux ?.ms lo do away with this institution, aa<i (?i:.? . viiling tro-duy to .?cc it abolished 1 ci>a ? ev slavery forever dead. Bu wi::; : .u.. . rotation to this tubjcci, 'tin q? . .: rt iie'ci. " What will you dt with Irt ed [ifcoi ii ?" ? ha? is the aeriou ': .. . .. :i !'.'-'. .and .or > tua? cannot ht wi; . -'; ai. i? must he ??? t? ; raein ally am r'ieuto? inteMig?u??y. 1 i be negroe*- must bi disposed o?^and ii their dispossiiun can h* ka i uu.. this man, - of tri < hem is a . noe settled. B .t unless some* human? course is adj j ed, bi* ?c. i "i wisdom ;u:d Uhristiat principies, ton do .i gr -ss .-. sung a-id injustice to ho whole ..iv ; ruo in set lng them free An ? Only'this o u :.!.?:ai on iha,i has ht thc wisdom, intelligence and- Christianity o the South to support ami dcieud the ins. ?tu tion up to this time. TIIKCCXEtUL A NATIO VAL .MAN. Tbc conversation then turnod into other channels, nnd finally (ouched upon th;- pros pect foi nonce. And hero a very noticeable form of expression wes used by thc General. In speaking o: thc probable course of the Ad ministration towards the South, ttic (Jouerai n marked that "if we do" S J and so. 1 im mediately called his attention to the expr?s stoo, and sought an explanation of the .sense in which "bo used thc pronoun " we,'' but ob tained noue other dian a marked repetition of it. It was noticeable throughout the en tire interview that in no single instance did ho j Bpeak of the Southern Confederacy, nor ol the Yankees nor tho rebels. Ile' frequently j alluded to the country, and expressed most j earnestly his solicitude for its restoration to ? peaco and tranquility, cautiously avoiding ; any expression that would ' imply the possi I bi?ity of its disintegration. THE SOUTH XOT YET CONQUERE0. j Throughout all the conversation, ho mani ? Tested an earnest desire that such counsels j should prevail and such po?cies be pursued . a* would conduce to an immediate peace, ira i plying in his remarks that peace was now at i our option. But ho was particular to say I that, should arbitrary or vindictive or re ? vengeful policies be adopted, the end was not ! yet. There yet remained a greet deal of vi tality aud strengtn, which harsh measures on our part would call ioto action; and that the South could protract the struggle for an in def?nite'period : Weraight.it was true, de stroy all that remained ot the country east of thc Mississippi river by a lavish expendi ture-cf men und means; but then we would be required to fight on tho other side of that I riTer, and, after subduing them lhere, we i would be compelled to foilow them into Mex I icy, and thus tbe struggle would be prolonged ?.until the whole country would be itnpovr ished and ruined. And- this we would be . compiled to do if ox-termination,-confisca . tion. and general annihilation and destruction ate to ?>o out policy. For if n people aro to j I?.- destroyed, they will sell their live? as dear, ! I v as pontblo: ; -.XI.NIO.M VATION OE THC ASSASSINATION Ol' i'VLKS i*-M' LINCOLN. The assassination of the President was then ?spoktja of. The General .considered thi*> : event in itself one of lue most deplorable 1 th it could have occurred. As a crime it wu? unexampl.'.d an.! beyond execration. It was ti ci RethatncierKKlmaifcouldapprpvefrouiaiiy . c inc i* :<>'." m t ve. Undoubtedly -tho i-flbrt Would be made to fasten thc-responsibility nj i ?j ;).... the San th i htjl frons iii^ intimate 40 ' ef?iiniatice with the.leading men of the South, ; be v.-as conridtnt there was not ,pne of thom > who would Eanctiou or approve it. Tbe scheme was wholly uuknowti Saut h, before.its execution, ??id woi?i have received the slightest ?ucoura 'bad it been known ; bnr, on j be cohtr most .st vere ex?crai iou.- I called tbe ral's attention,'ut rbis point, (o a noti bad been printed in tbe Northern purporting to have been taken from published in the interior South, pro for the sum of one million dellars, to take the assassination of the Presiden I his Cabinet. The General aflirmed t j had never seen nor heard of a such a sition, nor did he believe it had evei printed in the South ; though if it had, been permitted merely as the whim of crazy person that could possibly ame nothing. Such a crime was an anota, the history of our country, aud we ha to learn that it was possible of eithe uest conception or actual ex?cution. THE SOtJTH NEV Ea HALF IX EARNEST 1: . waa. It was a most singulur and emarkal pression to escape the lips of such a n General Lee, that1 the South was. neve in earnest in this war.' I cannot atten translate this remark or elucidate it utterance conveyed to me the impreasioi thc South was most heartily sick of wai anxious to got back into the Union at peace. The General added that they off after political leaders in a moment, o sion and under the excitement of fa wrongs, honestly believing that they wei ?er - :; a Mriiggle for an inalienable righ a fundamental principle of their pol crecu. A mau should not be judged ha for contending for that which he honcstl Heves to be right. Such was the posit! the vast majority of the people now. now that they are defeated, they coasidei they have lost everything that is 1 worth tending for in the Government. They sacrificed home, friends, property, bea all on this issue. Men do not make < sacrifices for nothing. They have made sacrifice from hortest convictions; EXPATRIATION SCHEMES. And now that they have lost in the i they feel that they have no interest left in country. It is the opinion of General that unless moderation and liberality be e cis< d towaids them, the country will los best people. Already, be says, they are s ing to expatriate themselves, and hume! schemes are started to go io Mexico, B'n Canada, France.or elsewhere. Ile is ca upon frequently to discountenance and .? press sucu 'undertaking. The country nt these young men. They are its bone : sinew, its intelligence and enterprise, hope for tbe future, and wisdom deua that no effort be .-pared to keep them in country and pacify tbem. GEN. LEE'S STANDPOINT. It was a most noticeable feat ure of the c versatiort that General Lee, strange fri t appear, talked throughout a< a ciiizep nf United* State*. Ile seemed *o plant, him; on the national platform, and tr.ke his oo> Valions from that standpoint, ile a l calmly arid deliberately, eari^'ly, buf w rio allow of interest of m r or di ile rc ut fr what taught be e xpected from an hoi) st.bel: er in bis peculiar Opinions. TUE TERMS or PEA Cfc? ? TJift convocation which bad been grea protracted, so much so ina' I became u -e. for fear ol trespassing en time thai I bad right lo claim, terminated with some tllustt to-thc terms of peace. Here tti?rc was, p haps naturally and prop* riv. nieve rcticci than on'any other topic! Ba! :.. was pb from what transpired thai the only que.sli in thc way of immediate peace was the trei mera to hts accorded the vanquished, i?i rytbiog elie, by* implication, seems to surrendered. Slavery. State rights, the di trine of Secession, ami whatever else of pol ?cal policy may be involved iu the strife, abandoned, the only barrier loan immcdia and universal suspension o? hostilities n return to the Union being the treatment t national authorities may promise those w! b.'ive beca resisting its power and paramou authority. It is proper to say that this was not so si ted by General Lee, but is simply au infc enco from thc conversation tbut took pla OH that topic. On ?be contrary, that Gent rab&e?med very cautions in regard to lera In order to get at bis views, if possible, suggested the conservative sentiment oi tl N.>rth, whicu proposed a ireueral amnesty i all soldiers an>1 military officers, but that tl political leaders of the South be held to striet accountability. ''-Would ibsf be just ', he asked. " What lias Mr. Davis done moi than any other Southerner, that be shoul be punished? It is true he has occupied prominent position as the agent of a who! people, bal that made him no more nor less rub.-i t.i?t thc rest. " Iiis acts were iho-aet.- of tbe whole pet pie, ard the acts of thc whi le were his act lie tt ft^ not accountable for tho commenct ment of the struggle. Un thc contrary 1 wa-i Ono of thc last to give in his adberrenc Co the secession movement, having strenoui ly opposed ii from the pul?et, aud portrayc its ruinous cons?quences in his speeches an by his Writings Why, ' therefore, should li suffer more than others?" Of course it wi not my .province to discuss these question anti ns this illustration disclosed the bent c the General's mind, it. was all that 1 desire to know. GEN. LEE'S PEltSONAl. WISHES POR TUS l t TURE. In taking leave of the General I took occ; sion to say that be was greatly respected b a very large body of good men at the Norfct and lhatas a soldier he was universally ad mired, and that it was earnestly hoped tba he would yet lead an army of United State troops in the enforcement of the Monroe doc trine. Ile thanked mc for the expression o Northern sentiment towards himself, buta for more fighting, he felt that he wasgetliiij too old ; his only desiri now being to be per mittod to retire to private life and end hi days in seclusion. Lt was, 1 thought, ?in evi dence of painful sadness at heart that prompt ed the added expression that he would havi been pleased had bia life been taken in au; of the numerous battle-field? on which bi had fought during this war. . THE COST'S SLAVES. While talking on the subject of the aboli lion ol'slavery, I remarked that it bad latch J been charged in some ol' Ihe newspapers o ? the North tbnt thc (Justis Sl-v.-s, abm* av? I hundred in number, who bari ueea- left ii General Lee's custody i r ?mancipation, Jh* (lent ral .said thia Was a mistake As eXt.-cu tor ofilia will be was required to.c-imtucipati ! thrivj .-.laws at a certain time. Tttat lim? I-had not arrived when tue ivar bruk* oat. il j did arrive'one or two year.-; afterwards. A ? that tithe hu could no* get to tho courts o j the county in which Arlington is moated y i take nut the emancipating papers as preacrib i cd by iaw. But ho did take out pupers iron th? Supreme Court . the Stat'; ;*.i ? '.?.'. city fibera>lin? them *ii,-and . be} sr so r&ccrile< ' in the record* of that Ile seat wori ' of theil; freedom to > ha i ? ?tota ,t Ayiiiigi >a 1 and the r?ec.;..-'afy p?peM*wcro sent to tl ! at tko White ?oua?', aad Hi all others !t..i I could bc reached, and Guy were all lints iib crated, together v-ih a dumber whft wert riiher the General's or. Slr*, prlyat? ? M';j}"''?y, ? * SpyAcuoums lr. in the Trau*-Mb-sh?tippi* rat Magruder, Price a.:>l tubers are k'r?iig to fight i out over there. inri" i p 111 i !!? II MMBWMM*MMMBMBMWMW*W Hon. ??is. L. Orr. i Thia (ii-tiiM'uislicd Carolinian bas rece , writ tort thc following loiter to lion. W j BoYC?, which will bt^ifcad with inter?s '. the many friends of Mr. Qa? : /'cow the dewberry Herald. ANDERSON-, S. C., May 10th, lbO j l)car titr:-In" consequence of the dem: ! ment of the mails, I. did not receive ? j leUcr until a clay or two ago. Since } letter was.written, wents have crowiiec j each other in rapid .succession ; but as request it, I will very briefly give you, w our. reserve, my views of the present stat the country. The surrender of the armies under Ger als Lee and Johnston, closes thc txistenci the Confederate Goveruuienr, and rend further resistance to the authorities of United States hopeless. Gen. Johnston, in his official telegram, Gov. Magrath, says : " I made this Conv tian (with Gen. Sherman ) to spare-the bk I of tho gallant little army committed to n j to prevent further suffering to our people I the devastation and ruin inevitable- from I marches of invading armies, and to avoid I crime of waging hopeless war." AVe have, then, the highest military authc .ty for concluding, that any further prosee tion of the war. by us, would bc an act desperation aud folly. .. We are exhausted in the.gigantic strug' in Vihich we have, been engaged; and ho ever humiliating it may be to our pride, t must succumb. We have left, neither men, money, crod arms, ordnance, quartei-masier or commisse .stores. How tfien can we continue Ihe co test? If we attempt-it, our efforts to inj ii the enemy, for the want of all material war. will provo utterly impotent ; and w certainly bring further ruin and desolatic upon our own people and country. The suggestion that the war may aud wi be continued id the Trans-Mississippi and 01 nationality thereby secured, is entirely d lusive. Jf the joint strength and reaotirc of all thc States, constituting the Conf?d?r?e have been overwhelmed by the power of ?1 United States, how is it. possible for Tex* Arkansas, and part of Louisiania, to ni ai u tai with success the struggle? Equally delusive and far more disastrou is the idea that the contest can be continue by guerilla warfare. Once begun, all tb bonds and safeguards of civil society ai broken, and murder, robbery and piunder. ai introduced into every house. They will hav no supplies upon which to to subsist, exce} such as they piunder, mainly from the pccpl they profess to defend. May heaven deliver us from guerilla wai fare ! What then is the proper course for the pec pie of this State to pursue ? We hare faile to establish "bar nationality afir-r n long au b . ..Iv struggle. The arms of the Unite S.a: s . Inumphant, which demonstrate 'ft - r ? ? ouforcs upon us their law ami mitioi uii?y, and can lhere br> any wron; .:. ..?s'. ior iu Our accepting tb? facts as the ex i, ..' yielding obedience to their author! ry 7 ?lave we any alternative before us.i 1 i::;s o ... !../n'n that-w? cannot, resist thc: p wer; .hi !h?n fruitlessly contest it forth er? My deeded c mvj li n i*, that the pco pis - ..'. should vyirhon: further eon i ' - juesti?n, and in good faith, submi ta lae lawri a;?: au boritv ol' the . Uniter Stalk *j I think it Wjpiild be wisc, for thc Goveruo icc to cOnlrenc the legislature, and tba body. dbubtl?f-S, would take such action, a? would ren?yerjevery citizen from any einbar r?sument i-' pursuing thc course suggested. Li thc meantime while v.-c arc iu this transi rior? state, aaa.until the legislature meets thc Govcsnor might by proclamation, ordei all State troops io bo disbanded', except foi public purposes and to- preserve law anc order in thcirirespectivo localities; and also advise tho people to yield obedience to thi lnws and authority cf the Uni'ed States. 1 ara very truly yours, fcc., JAMBS L. ORR. Hoc. W. W. ROYCE, Winnsboro, S. C. A New itcvclution. The Atlanta Intelligencer makes a singu lar statement of evento which transpired ir Europe, daring the progress of the revolution iii connection with the efforts or Messrs. Ma son and Slided, in L-,. ba if "of the Confed?rate cause- Uur cotempor&ry dots not state where the information was derived Irom, but ex presses a belief ol' the statement, and add. i hat had the facts berni made known at th< lime, we have reason to believe it was com municated to the treaty making power of th? then existing Confederate Government, peace would long'since have been made between the seceding and the United Stales.' The fol lowing is tho statement: It is said that after Mr. Mason had address ed several diplomatic notes to Lord Palmer. stou,or Russell; (w? do not remember which,) he was formally notified that ona certain dsy ho would be received in his diplomatic char acter, and an audicuco granted bim in Lon don. Two days in advance of thc day nam ed for his reception, Mr. Mason repaired to Lonelou to await the summons of the British Minister to Ihe appointed Conference. The day pass?e!, however, and no usher ap peared to introduce, or to convey Mr. Mason to the British Minister's presence. Another passed and he was still neglected ; and yet another, with the same mortifying result. An noyed at this treatment, Mr. Mason, who had many personal friends ''nt Court," made it known to them, and who, it is said, expostula ted with the British Minister, at his CB-ai.-.-r treatment and neglect of a gentleman who had been invited to London in iin official card, and on .official business. Whereupon the following, in substance, was tendered us an apology for the treatment by an official ol the government. Tuat thc invitation jiven Mr. Mason ro vis it London and have an interview with the Minister, and at the time specified, was given in good faith, but on thc day preceding, a de putation representing thc united cotton man ufacturing interests ol Great liritaiu, bad been ^granted un audience, during which they pro tested against ??y recognition o? tbs -.nth ern Confederacy*by that government, tiicn~f<r in the future, ?"hat then England was upon the verge of general bankruptcy, owing tu th", vast accumulation of manufactured g ?ods ' cl ev- ry description, and stored away in every war .. ?limos' in the kingdom, amounting ti. -, ,.. a ?lu'tbsnsufiicient for two rears' ..?:, ; ies enough of the raw.material ?iv-., a. ' 'la6t them 1er at leu-t two years j move i i,.: if th.*) war contin'uhil, England would : be saved 'V-'-m general bankruptcy; and nolh I iug else L.J'I:'1 save her. That even if the South-w.- eoi-querc-d. avery abolished, and ibu ub'.r-'.o^roM tho ?tapio withdrawn from ?"if'Oi?iirciy, ii would bc better for England I aifti '. ir i . ir. taufai tuting interests. Thc for ? yigoroi'sl" .eiurage the growth .. . plein ? . ; ut ludia possession.*, as . tho lat'o . ......;.! have time to gel oil their Sc il :???>'? . ? ?. of ;' -;d;, to manufacture in teiTal.then on hand, abd ro pre> p,: thi ir machinery tor ibo manufacture in future ol' tue coars' r East India staple. Thc laotf and lue argument prevailed. The Brit ish Minister was sorry, very sorry, but. Mr. Mason could not bc rtceived, and thc South ern Conledcracy inn.-:..lalo- cave of itself. Tue intclligcnceraska wbv ibia'iutelligonce ? wag witbheld froiu the people, at the time il 1 was communicated t? tbeU?nfederatc SenatOj and, adds; Had the delusion then beeu moved from tlie people's mind of Cutten tug King, or of foreign recognition iLc might have closed two yeara agof with" advantage te: Great Hritain ami more to Suiit.li ami tlic United States thau ai ibid day. Buf. crimination and recrimination now obi bf. placo. .' Cotton ir? not Kin was not, and nevvr can bc KI:?L'- .This, J sumo I beor?es of our government to wi thc South basgiveii credence,and long nu tained-?neb usuro embraced i ti thc doctri of State Rights nod State HWmriliei henceforth to be, and must be considei baseless political fabrics. One' people, t government, united for tho general weill at peate, if it will Jet m with ull the wm but, united against it whenever assailed. A se we go for a new, and. wc trust, a pra.ee and prosperous future.. The Capture ol* ?Ur. Davis. Gen. WILSON iu command at Macon, 1 furnished the Secretary of War the followi additional particulars of the capture, of J DAVIS : Macen Maj 13, P.M. JTOJI. E. M. Stanton : Lieut. Col. Hardio, commanding the 1 Wisconsiu, has just arrived from Joncsvill Ho struck tho trail of Davis at Dubli Laurens county, on the evening of the 7t and followed him closely nigLt and day throtif the pine . wilderness of Aligator cree? ai Greenswamp, via Cumberland to Jonesvill At Cumberlandvinc, Co!. Ilardin met Ci Pritchard. With 160 picked mon and horse of thc.4th Michigan. Ilardin followed tl trail directly south, while Pritchard, havirj fresher hordes, pushed down the Oernnlge road toward Hopewell, anil thence by lieus Creek to Jonesville, arriving there nt raidoigl on the il th. Jeff Davis had nor arrived. Proi a citizen Pritchard learned that hi-, party wer encamped two tnilea out of the town. H made a proper disposition of his men, an surrounded the camp before daylight. Ilardin had camped at 9 p. m., within tw miles, aa he hau afterwards learned, fro; Davis, the trail b^ing too indistinct to follow IL' pushed on at 3 a. m.,. and had ??one bu bille more Utan one mile wh?n his advnnc was fired upen by the -Uh Michigan. A fig h ensued, both parties exhibiting toe greatei determination before thc mistake wai dis covered. Tao Gring was the firs', warnim? Davis re ceived. The captors report that he bast,, put on one of his wile's dresses anti s:arttsi for thc woods, closely followed bv our mei; who at iirst thought him a woman, bul "-eci'!: his boots while he .vas running, they suspect ed his sex. Th?; rant; wa* a .-hort coe, ?!:. t'ru> rebel President was aoon brought to b:\v He brandished a bowie knife and showiM signs of battle, but yiolded spetdily to th parsaasion ul'tho Colonel's r?voltera, witbnu compelling inc mea to lire. JJ? cs press ci great iiidigu&lioii at i!t?- cik-igv, with whicl he was pursued, saying be had believed om government too magninimous to hunt duwr wmnen and children. Mrs. Davis remarket to Gol. Ilardin. after thc excitement was over that the men bad better uot provohc thf President, fur be might hurt some of ihcm Reagan behaves himself with dignity anc resignalion. The party evidently were mak iug for tho coa^t. J. li. WltSOJ?. (Guerrillas and Treed m cu. Gen. llalleck has i.ssucd the following or der : llKAOoa's Mn/v Div. nv TUE JAMOS, ) Ilichraoud, Va., May, 5, 18C3. ) General Orders Xo. 6. From and after tho 20th instant all persons found in arms against thc authorities of thc United Slates, in the States of Virginia aud North Carolina, will be treated as robbers and outlaws. Any persons in these Slates, who ujMst ur advise the oiguaization ot gu crriila bauds, *r n continuation of hostilities against the authority of the United States, will be arrested, tried by the military nom mission, and punished with clr-al li, or other wise severely, according to the circumstances of the case. All military oliicurs ol this divi sion, and especially commandera of posts and districts, will ?be charged with the preserva lion o? good order within their cyttituands. They wiil use their i .fliiprice lo reconcile all differences between the freedmen and their former masters, and will assure freedmen that tbey will bc required to labor for the support of themselves and families, but they are free to select their own employers and make their owu bargains. They must be made to understand that the Government will pro tect, but nut support them. All clnsea must be shown the necessity of planting ai.d culti YA'hi." crops, thia api'iug ai,d summer, iu or der to avoid want in thc country. To minoro not cared for by parents, the apprentice sys tem will be introduced ns early as practica ble. Poi children too young to labor, and abandoned by protectors, it is ordeied that houses of refuge be established, where they may bc can-d for and educated, Ie'cmt, as well ns humanity, require that funner mas ters of the colored race Fhould unite in devi. ?og the best measures for ameliorating their condition, and for introducing Romo system of labor. To this end all military authorities will lend their aid. By order of Mnj. Gen. ll. W. II Ib-ek, J. W. KELTON*. A. A G. From f/io Ghattan'tntjn Gazette, Nbs ?nat. DAVIS II ESP-'NS I ULK KO IC ii.'E rkiTKL TttEATMZSI OK oft; I'alSuSUtS. NEW Yo:tK. May lS.--.The Herald's Wash ingion corriapm-dent saya the question o? ^b?j responsibility of the cruel trvaiment nf emr prisoners, hus been definitely settle I, t?rough no less a person th;.n Henry S. Foote. This story is told by his ewti relative6. Ht was on the Senate 1 om millee, appointed to examine into the treatment of prisoners, and iKe roMt'.t fastened tba entire guilt on Davis and his Cabinet. An investigation show-rd hy eoncbisiv:: evi dence that !i was d-:cid-d in a Gai in.... inp to reduce the ratio.'* of ?h?" prisoners r.:ui thus weaken thcir.coudition, to make th-.m worthless when cxcbai Poole determined to rep-j:*-: t?ica facts'to thc Sonate, but tho balance ol'the tonuiittee 1 ore ruled him,: and suppressed the fact, i . . - . ? . - . .. , Sr.M.iM.. A ;?<tr.?-transaetio.'i occurred yes .. t? relay. Tun negroes jb'elun&ir.g (?) to Mr. I What's bi?-name, of Backe coumy^ ?.am.' into I the city yesterday morning and disposed ?il ; a mulo and a horse to a man answering to 1 the name nf Walis-receiving five dollars ' far each. Mr. Walt?, shottly afterwards ?old ; tho aforesaid quadrupeds, nt Smvck <t- Wil I Hams' stables, toa gallant Kentuckian. About j,an hour transpired, when Captain Campbell, j Assistant Provost Marshal, appeared npou thc scene, accompanied by thc Iirst pureba-"! ser, Waltz, whom he bad tinder arrest for pur chasing stolen properly. ?t seems that the I Owner "of the stock arrived during tho foro I uoon, and ha/1 the darkies arrested for ?leal-, i inp his tntilo and hors?-, who pointed out j Walt?, to the ofjl?er. The prisoner was wal . faed off to jail in default ol' bond lo j 'appear' at ihe October assizes; the sable de j lilique?is-were doomed to involuntary labo j ur, for eix? months, upon the streets of Au ! gU?ta.- Tvaurcript. i-, ? --r ... i tS?" Hon. ben. H. Hill, Perrit y Mallory, i and <!un. Howell fabb, i.-it Atlanta Friday, lor ? Wushington hy way uf byltun. They were pru '1 vitlcd with comfortable cosvey iu carriages. Gen. Ewell on thu JUurtler of President J.i ii coln. FOBTRESS MONROE, Aprif G, 1865. Lieutenant General U. S. Grant, Coin tri Jid iug L'nitc?-1 Stutes Army: GEXEKAL: Y -a will appreciate, I au?sure, the~sentiment w?;!cb prompts me ti drop you ?these few linos. Of all the misfortune! which could befall the "Southern people, oi- ?by Southern mat,, by far tin?"greatest, io. my jitdgracuT, would be., the prevalence .of tho i?Vi that they could entei-?.in any pth-r iain feelings ct unqualified abhorrence and indig nation for the assassination of the ['resident of the Coiled States arni the attempt to as.-;?s siniUe thc Secretary of State. Nb Uuguage c:iu adequately express the shock produced upon myself, in coiniiion with all thegeutral uiHcers confined here with mo, by tho occur-' renee of this appall?r.g crime, and"-by the seemin?2 tendency in tie public mind to c >n ueet the Southern menwitJj it. Need we say that we aro, no assassins, nor the allies of as sassins, be they from tho North or from tho Souih ; and that, coming as we do from most of the States'of tho South, we would be asham ed of our own people were we not assured that they would reprobate thia crime Under the circumstances, 1 could not refrain from some expression of roy feelings. I thus utter them to a soldier who will comprehend them. The following officers-Major Generals Ed. Johnson, of Virginia, and Kershaw, of South Carolina; Brigadier-Generals Barton,.Gorse, Hunton, sud Jones, of Virgin ; Dubois, Sommes. a?d H. R. Jackson, of Georgia; Fra ser, of Alabama; Smith and Cordon, of Ten nessee ; CabcII, of Arkansas: aud Marmaduke, it' Missouri; and Commodore Tucker, of Viv ?inia-all heartily concur with me in what I have said. Respectfully, K. S. EWELL, Lieutenant-General C. S. A. f^?A Washington spesial 6*ys : The Prceident rna ordered that Ex-Govcrnor Aiken, ef South karolina, shall DO longer bo considered under ar ?est. It is understood that there was no jun :nnso for bis arrest by tao military nuthoritias at riiaricitun. ?jST'ilajor Gen. Siogel having tendered and .cccivcd bis resignation, is now chief editor of be Weekly, a Republican paper published ia jtltimoTO, Md. BLOODY AFFAIR AT ALEXANDRIA AND LF.B] ?NON -An intoxicated white man and a ne rrin pot into a quarrel the other day at AieN Indria in DeKalb county, in which the negro ./fi? severclv beaten. The negro then seized in axe and cut his adversary terribly. He .ras arrested and brought te Lebanon and ::ut in jail. In a short time the ?nard detail ed to watch bira took the prisoner out and .i'bllcd his bodv with halls-Nashville Vress. T&r* I; is understood that President Johnson las sont for ?he editor of tho Raleigh Standard ind other Union men of Kurth Carolina fur per lonal t-onferonce. Professional Notice. |%/ri?SSRS. BACON & BUTLER will practice LTJI in tho Courts of Law and Equity in this State. tdd Office of M. C. Butler and Carroll ? Bacon. JOHE E. BACON, M. C. BUTLER. May 2-'l, Sm 22 Notice. IHEREBY forewarn all persons from trading for n Note given by me lo Thea. J. Dyson, ibuut the l?ih March last, with Dan. S. Proctor lecurity, for thc sum o' Six Thousand ($6,000) Dollars. The Note waa given for Confederate noncy, to be returned by tax-paying day to Capt Dyson. The money has been tendered to him, md he refused tn roceive it. WILLIAM HALTIWANGER. May 8tb, 1S65. 4t 22 Mules! Mules! WILL be sold at public outcry nt Edsefield C. H., on tale-day in Join-, POUR NO. I MULES und our g.-,od" Four Borna WAGON. Terms Cash. .May 2?. 2t 22 Barter ! Barter ! TUE Granitcville Manufacturing Company will ivotinno to Harter Cloth for COTTON, FLOUR, COHN. PEAS, BACON AND LABD, jiving Augusta pr ic tm for prudncc, and -furnisL iog ('?Mill ut wholesale rates, li rantin viii?. April H tfv \U. Tax Collector's Notice. ?W1I.L attend >S tft following timen and places to collect tho Seitu ?ind District Tax for tho year co "in-mcing thu Int October 1SG4 : ' Bed Mill, Monday, ??>tb May. rthcroUeo Pundi, Tuesday^ SSWh " Pioo House, Weduesday, .".Int ?' Mt. ?Willing, Tbnrsd,.y, Injune. A. Krepps, Friday, 2d " Liberty iii 1, Si 'urday, "d " Edgoflc! i C. IT., Monday, 6th " .. . ** Tuesday, Otb " After which my books will (dose. Tax payers will uiiiu-.- prnpiPfd to give the number of field bandi between the aye* nf 12 and ?j years. BENJ. H'OrEFi. T. C. E. D. May 2:1 it ~i Factory Goods. WE, wiil novr tako all Coleen? at our Factory, ? ut up in hugging or blnve*. Will sive . ...irKv! j,rino in currency, er tumur" O.n iburgs '? : t. giving ul present one jard L'suubuige fur ...ti.- :.OUUdj CulLuli. J. J. G RP. i j'J t CO. Ma; 1 4L ' 13 ?-?5* We have been au?hoii'<*d by Mi? Friends of Capt. II. BOULWAKK Ui aunotinee'him a Cundid J te far Shuni}' of L' Igetfeid District at the next t-tM-tion. Apr 12_ts*_I? Tor Tux Collector. TLc M*uy Friends of D. A. J. BELL, Esq., Tci!'<.?-t!ully li'Oaiiiate bim 00 a Candidato fur TH\ CtillocWr a: tho neat election. Oct 13' to 43 J'or 'J'nx ?Collector. T::K tii. ny Friends oi Capt. JAMES MITCH ELL -c-'poctiu'ly uoiuinat'J him as a Candidate TAX COLLECTOR at the udst ?lection. SALUDA. Dee il _Jte*_?0 Notice. LL punwBi indebted to tb? Estate of lt..bert .1. I> U h, late of Edgctu-ld District . let-eased, . requefttod m cunio, orward and maka pay ment; ind 'hos-i having .demands against ??i l Estato will precut them ia duo dm?, and proper ly authenticate i. 7 A. J. PELLETIER, AJni'r. . _0etl3__ _jy__^ 4S_ Notice. LL persons having any rl?ims or derofiCits against tba Estatu of Walker ?. Samuel, de?4.,?a'ro required lo proeen't thom, properly proven ; ?nd all persons having any Notes, Pa per* or Property of ?av kind bel>nging to said Estate are requested to hand them ia %u t Lo nn derVigned, who is tho lawful AdminietratoT : and olpo thoi?,indebted will plcn.-e pay up immodi utwiy, in lawful uiouey ot the Sute, or 'ri equiva len1 ia currency. A word to tim W?M? U xuflk-iuot. YT: B. SAMUEL, Adm'or. Mar? I 13 Fine Bay Mare. Ide?iro to ?-.xcliange a tine .BAY MAR??, (fho years old) with foal, for a good draft horne black or dara brown, incd'nim sito. Abo, two YEARLINGS for a g-od* Milch Cow. . JOHN E.-BACON. May 10 tf 21 A