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. PUBLISH KD ETJ?E-Y WEDNESDAY MORNING S??2I50S.'SEBSE ? CO. ^BSC.-UPTi'oNS -v. tn# AJ>VKKTr?Kli for ?ntl T8*e ONE r>nn.Al; ia ?<Unnfe . AOVEUTrsr.Ni??XTS ?ia? b> twrrtrd vt ONT DOLLAE ptT Square (1? minion IfnesVir l?ftp TIT fyi) tTtsertion. Adrer:iv>rii<-n?A without mnruction? :L- tn thu mT,bor of timen io be nueMd, will bo published ?On > forbid, ?nd eTtarcedaecflrrt'oiety . JfttRO|tndifjir. Ctindj?ite?. f?e ipy. OJCee of honor or proflt, T WK STY Dfm-i?iES, io WpiXi. befure tar au no?n'c#iaeiU.ikiiU.!:ll?htM. Oh*taary nypcVs. Trlbate?./* ICCfpwt, or anjeommn r.i?at?on?i?r??iWT !? It,? ntfuoy .?Ut, belated fl? advcr :v-.?.'ttta .in.t ?VtrS*!! ?x?nr?rmclr. #V?.a thc A"tf>t^a Cneffft!iiimiaf?M*. Mississippi. . r* o publish* ib-da?; A? proclamation of the President, ajjjpmctigjfr -William; M. Sharkey provisional Governor of tbe.State of. MNt-.is -rippi. , This ??tne -propfaniai'rop drrcc-TR the Secretarte.*.of the Toe*Jtiry,.tbe i'ltemr, arni ifnvy. fie: Postmaster ?General, ahd t he; Dis trict jiB*(r*:of Mj" F?d?rai. judicial ? diferir? ~. wherein Misai.**ippi -kittet tided, to pr\>ceed to' appoint within ?be limits of th'at State tbe' necessary and le??.! subordinates, and u<iC to it that th?-Nw* nf the 0?dti>d Sta'os, so far a-*4heymay cotne, ?.md.er.tb.eir respeettTe j ta - ri-taictions, V pnt in .process of enforcement, j It. is also-Vt f rtb rbht the-bt'y of tho sam". Wm. h. .Sh>;rk<?r aha!) be to assemble,- natter . such r,Ul?*s as may s^em tn bim good,, a Con vention-?>I'Delegate:-, wrhioh Gdirventtiin islo Exercise alf rbe. powers v.Mi ^wt and prop er9 to resto'o.sttid St-ne of ?Vf .Usi^-ipni to her constituted relations to pbe-- Fv-dersl Govern-' iqent, if* No pcvrs$i? ?tn H he o.x.ulin'i'^. it fe di-elar "'> ed, io *->.>.? tn *h?! e?K*-ti?t;'.fV;r >Ui-*r d'-!e..<ate.s wlroslmP n-.t ?iaTe-tcj?f!? ??tl Mibacri ?**d tb? amoQsty oath, tai ?-fc 'i?fth m J?Aecutiye proc !?trnation of May "2vj.fi. and Wiic shrill, not be -"briber ?i-.i.aii?ed os & vals?, acocdtr.ir tq tbe ConsVr?r?tion,and-l??r!; of tbtSrato of Mis sU?ippi, af ?f?nico t ri'-r U> the pas-a'-e of the ordinance 3f*wMa*tt?Mi< When assembled, this Convention is to pr*c*"ibti_..th.i q a! fies tinas of voters iher?&ilir in the btaie of Mississippi, and ttie . eligibility of per>.ons to . . hold, office. ? . Tbi? i^bout-ibe ^ist-of this proclamation of the MM of J'in ./ and it will be seen, as ?dce?ry ?dUowing tbe terms of Ute proclaina tion-pr?vidhi?r fu* the reorganization, hy E.v ecutive.declaration, Of the St3te of North Oar olina, it would secy1 md i cat ive of the policy of.tbe Ad?>?tiistra:ion aa regards the rtfstora tton-of albtbe State? httely in r.-vclt against tho Union. Of thia policy the. great feature ja the explicit and determined quietus put upon certain extreme' views as to the righi of sufFrage* - Ky the cqristitntion and Jaws of ?the State" cf-Mississippi,. prior to the. ordi nance of s?cession, no negro was allowed to vote-within thedimim of that Stute, and of course tho election of these Delegates, as caifed for by pr?damation,, must remain in the hands cf the whites. As, furthermore, this Cpp-yerition of Delegates, so chosen, is to prcseribMh* future q.mlifications of voters, it ia'.hardly Ikely the negro will gain the.clec t?te?ranc?tise ia Mississippi ; nor, stace the pelt cy soe m s a general one, tn any State ot the ? South. So far as tir?3 goes, we congratulate thc country on the conservative rjpirit displayed . by those in whose discretion thVcondi.tion of the Soatb ts reposed. Thc Pi evident han thus shown a determination to abide by the Con stitution tn opposition to, and, wo might say, in defiance nf, tbe presHBre brought to bear upon bim by the radicals. A Proclamation by President Johnaon. WasaiNC-roM, Jar? .13. Wliereac, tbe 4th section of tba 14th arti cle of tbe Constitution of the United States declares that the United States, shall guaran tee to cv??ry State-in the Union a Republican form of Government, and shall protect them against invasion and domestic -violence . and Whereas, the President of tbe United-State* ii, by the Constitution, made cotnntauder-in i-hitf of tbe-army and < avy. as well as chief civil and eavcutiitc nbicey of tho* United States, at\d is-bound by sob mn oath laithful ir io'execute the ?frico of President" of the United SttStesy and to taie care that tbe laws bc ?ti?btu?ly executed : and Tvherca*, tho rebe?li:?n which baa boen, waged by a portion pf thc. people pf the Uni ted States against the properly constituted anthoE?tiea-of the government thereof iu the most revolting form, and Wh?re- organizad and^armed forte ht?? now been almost en-fre ly overcome, bas in its revolutionary pro^r^ss deprived p?ople of the State of Mississippi, of the civil government, and Whereas, if beames necessary and proper fo carty ont and enforce the obligations pf the United Stages to the peepleof Mississip pi in seodring thora ia the enjoyment of the republican form of governiiieat ; now, there fore, in obedience t-> the high and solemn du ties imposed on me by tbe Constitution Pf the ?ni?&d States for tbe purpose o' enabling the loyal people of said State to organizea State government whereby justice may be established, domestic tranquility -restored and loyal citizens protected in all their rights of lifoand property, I, Andre? Johnson, Presi dent of the United Siatea. and C >uimnnder in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, do b?r?by-appaiut Wai I. Sharkey of Mississippi, prpvifJonal-i?aseraor of ihe State of Mississippi, whose duty it abai! b?, at the earliest practicably (period, to prescribe mich rules, tte, as may be necessary apd propec for convening a Convention of Delegates, te he chosep by {tat portion of tho pepple of said State who are loyal to tho United States and no others, for the purpose of altering and unending the Constitution thereof, and with authority to exercise within the limits of said States all the powers necessary and proper to enable loyal people of the State of Mississipr pi to restore said State to the constituted re latioua to the Federal Government, and to pr?sent such Republteau form bf Slate Qov eromeat as will enable tbe State to guaran tee the United States therefor,and its people to protection by the United States against invasion and domestic violence* provided that in any election that may be held hereafter for choosing delegate to any State Convention as aforesaid. No person.abait be qualified asap elector, or. shall be ohgib'e as member of Mich con-? . vention. onleaa be shall have previously taken and subscribed to the oath of amnesty, as set forth ia ihe-Pn^iderrt's proclamation of May 20, and is a voUjras qualified as pr?.sJribed hy the Constitution and law* of the State of Mississippi in force immediately before tbe Otb day of January, A. 1)., 1861, the date of the so calfci ordicance of ?ec?w-ion ; and the said convention, when cmveoedj or the Leg islature that may lie thereafter assembled, will prescribe the t jUaiif hat hm of electors and the eligibility of person g to hold office. Under the 'Constitution and lands of (Lis State, a-pnweaytbe ?pteof thPEaveral Stoics com p ri M 11 g th? Federh'FUm. . have- ri?htfu ' if exercwcdrfroni rb* origin of tbe .Govern-1 * fjt?fft to the present time, and I do tS.-tfitv-) direct. 1st, that tho milisaty cobimander cf the department ?nd. ail officers and pur i nore in the military andi naval service, sid I andasMSt the said provisional Governor tn rr-.-rving'tnto effetfi tbia pn.-dimatioo, and j tbeyare erjomed to abstain from, in any wa v. j bi ndi ririg, impeding or dff?cooraging tbe Iqr?l ] people from tbe organIzatioa of a State Gor cramentas herein, authorized. 21 I Secretary of.?tate-pro&red to put. in" i Jawdof.rbe Sqired grates (fae admi?|: whereof belong to tee Stat?' .Dept .applicable to' tbe geographical. limita sara. 3d. Inst the'Sccretary of the Tifas? ?ted ty i om?nate for appointment as-?e taxe- a id A'ojlectois nf customs nuil i revenue' ai;d ?m'ch OJhWrs of '?h:.t dept HS ?re authorized by law, anti put itt tiop Ibe reve?tJt? la?aof the Uni.<j3 wi'bin the limita aturesai .'. In malci j pointtoents the jsTefereni-e. shall-, be gi qualified Joya! persons residing wit? ?dist? jefa where thpir "respeeti*e 'dtt?j?i be pe?OTined, Jim if auit?bla residents -,tricfc?f.iia!l not. be found, persona i ic other- States nrtlisrrieb? sliall b> non #h. flint th?-^osCmaeter General e ; Pi-sroflk-ct-a aird prtsf ' r?nted^and- put. 1 ecuubu'tbe postal laws afr tjie ?uirod Within the ?aM State, giving to Joj t dents tim prc-ferauce of appy?ntmenf, suitablt?.residems are not found; then point agents, &c, fron? other Statin. 5ih.-Thnt.the Dist riot'Judge for dicta] District in which M-^iskippi i dedj proceed to bold Courts withi Sta'e, in accordance wUb the'provis the ?% of Gongrias, and the Attorney ral wi}} instruct th- pr mer officers t anabrtug tb judgment, wnulscatlou a ' property ftfoject tr. ronfise'afibr-;- and the administration rd iust;(? W'ithinsai sad al! rn?t.tfws wirhi? the cognizance risiUct?on of Federal'Courts, Otb. 'fljai the Secretary of the Na< poB8W.-ibn ot all public, property-'bul totthe -Xayy Department Wrtbih'. Raid and.put id operatirn al!acts of Cong . relation to naval affairs havbtg applico ?aidSfale. 7th. Thattbe Secretary of the Inter in Caree the law* relating to that lOep^i applicable to tba geographical, limits Huid In testimony wbcrK>f, ? h ?ve bereu my hand and cwised the seal of the States to .bc affixed. Done it.the (Mtv of Washington, th day ol June, A. D. 18G5. . [Sisriiedj AKOREW JOUN liy the President : , .. . WILI.IAM.H. SEWAR Secretary of Si J. JAMES T- BACOS, EDITOB. W?PMBS1>AY, JUNI5 29, 180 Public Meeting. We cj?il-?i{ioritt attention tu thc notice of JOSRJ'H A3NJEi, Secretary of tho Mcctinj I on Sala tiny hist. Occupation cf JEdgeiicld by U. Troops. Edgdield w*s-occupied on Wednesday 1: a Company of- the 33d Bogt. ?. S. Colored 1 under command of 1st Lieut. CHARLU W. BI Thia-officer is acting isr District .Provost M and Provost Judge. Ho has already^ admini the oath of allegiance to a comtld'era'bla nt of our citizens. It were wiser for our peopli oace-acknurrkdgo tho inexorable lurjir. of evett to fit bm it honorably-and honestly to the na authority.. And such, it' wo mistake not, is wish nod intention. Tho sooner they tal oath tho bolter for us ?ll ; the earlier wHl i gain a civil govcrnmont. We call spocinl i tion to the orders* of Lient. Booran in oar of to-duy. Thanks for Paper?. Our be?t thanks aro tendered Ex-Gov. Pic: Col. M. FIIA/.JC:', Capt. STKWART II A rtr.i.co N LEHRKCUCLTZ, Air. Taos. BONES for varion gu?t? pupen of tho week just pnst. Wo ear ly hope our friend?, remembering that mails disappeared frota among the vestiges of ore will contin?o this kind and thoughtful coui And wo aro mott especially obliged to Mr. HOLMES, son of Pr?f. Pl S. HOLM KS, who hat returned from Europe, Yiallavann, Halifax, York and Charleston, for a baU-h of valuable titra' ly New Yo k and Charleston pnpers. beg lbw.polite gentleman to accept our kit oongratulationsxnpon his safe return and impr health. Arrest ol' Sccrctavy Trunliolm. Mr. TRK:;UOLW. Confederate Soeretary o? Treasury, was lately arrested, and thzovrn the common prison ct Charleston, S. C. A< remonstrance ot* certain officers cl' thu Army Navy of the United Stutes, ho nus ordered th by thc m?rfHry authorities nt Charleston, und to Port Pti!a.?ki,. near Savannah. A woek j ha was ft ill at Pula:1 ki. j Pr. Teague, Jr. We bee leave to call attention to tho norie Dr. T. J. TtMCGFK in another column, and to pr jil the hope th.tr inur.years of absence \ tho Southern army have not obliterated from mind: nf our ?iiizen? the memory of this gun man's great professional skill and high moral 4'. cid! character. An Idle 1$ruin i* the Devil's Worfln We (ay s? in thinking nf tho vast nnntbe idle young men, who are swarming, like loci throughout.the country. Poor follows ! it Un ly nnt altogether their fault thr.t they are ti idle;; they have been fighting nobly for four ye past, and now their manly right arms find '. li Mle to do; And truly, under existing cirou stances, there is very little, iu tho wty of wt or burinei?, lo bo dunc. But ff they cannot c ploy tijAir hands, then let them employ tb hoad*; let them go to studying. Every you maa who has boen in tho army id in soro need study. And thia again is ont al together bis faa be obeyed the call of duty and patriotism at si teen, or sevoqtcen, or eighteen ; and ever sin then, his life, so far as mental improvement ci the acquisition of useful kn owled go uro concerne has baan a blank. But it ia-not too lato to atad Knowledge?? po tr ur ; and peculiar excellence, capacity, io any wayis power. Bat idleness leat to vice; aad vice leads to rniu. Look out your man I A mil-step may destroy you.. One si may min your chaructor. Did you evor reflet on ibo consequence of a ringle ihdulgcnce i vice? now careful you should be while in tb frejhnetfs of your days, lest a blight fallon, yo forovcr. Your reputation is a jewel of inestima hie v.iluCfc too precious te be put ia jeopardy. N mau evr.r regrets that he kept- aloof from te mp ta tion, and to thc closo ol' lifo ho expresses joy tba he waJ?aved-from the path of sin, by giving i decided negative, when tho voico of pleasurt beckoned him on. Bo studious, be industrji.us bc decided, and you aro satfe. Be idle and un. atablo,.and you may be lost. Watch with dili ! goner, and guard overy avenue '(krtmfcu whicli vice may reai-h you. In no other way will you be sure to-ororcorae tho" ?vils of the atrld. " Vioe is a monster of such "hideous mien, That to be, hated, needH but lio sien ; Pat?oen too'oftvU, with familiar face, . We 8r?<t.pity, then enflure, then embrace." jr-&* Wo )?+th by A priv? te Uispa tvh, snys tho ??con ?elnf>V}>k, tfeat tbe jewclry beJongi?g to our eitjzens, wbioh iras sent op* with the Con federate Depository, on tb? approach of tbp Fcdr erel army, which was captured, near Athens, by G?a* Stoneman, has all boen turned Prer, and r/iU be iu Macon in afotv days. I t^etin?ngs ftojra tb? New York Herald Union men of Kortb Carolina were flocking to -Raleigh, whither tTioy b?d befen invited by Gov. lio was to conter with, the? previous to the .ft]'peiirKnce ?f his uroe?rt walinu. Ry his . wiro cervices in cad?rtvoring t>> rcTtore rivil law to the Mt-itr, he was distfrfmagjila lqt'ercst nne mioB. 1 bc richest plantations ar? being '.fl", red fur sale in nil parrs.of North Carolina, fur from one to ten dollars- an.-ucrc,-with rmprovrmcnts 'Tho orrnors Of theso plantation?, having deeided to go North; are'selling their, landa at great sac rifi?e. -" ' ' - - . *- ' . ??'-;;, A' delegation of Quakers has paitoa on Presi dent Joifssox and besought him to give bis in tiuenco fer negro suffrage. Tho Prc.-idont in fo TD.t-.il them that he wts frilly acquainted with the negro, nice ot tho Sonth, and that he believed the ojicsti?n,pf. jtcgr.o suffrage was nae surround od wirti the gr?.rest difficulties. Ile intimated very elcariy tbut he Vms net in favor of negro suft^iigi- -t?r the jn'esont at least, jct delegation" ?ii "negroes from the Stat? of Kentucky, and otis from th; city of R'rchmond have aho waited on V./oPr^t-i'lont, and sotfifihmaay grievances whiob they nfc .-mtToring uniter tho presoo flaws vi Ken tucky and .inuniuipil laws of Richmond. Long ?ad?o;s?c* W?TO read Ly eolerial mon. The Presi dent j-etuived them with courtesy and coi.sidera tlon, tum replied to cunaras follows .' " While yon tfre in tfiis stn to of trauF?t?on, there ?rc mauy things which we might, pn'tef to l>e.difT'jrcnr, that yet must ho snbmittcd to. till tb ty'''nan ho reme died." .Many radical abolitionists ?' the North, sueh as Waanr.i.L ' Pintur-s. G A nipos, Senator WILSOS,'ANNA ^DICKINSON, *?c'.r. are clamoring tiercely for^thniipniediute-graTiting.. o? su Rr ago to the nogvo. The indications are that ibby will be disappointed. - - All restriclions on trade in cotton cart of tho Mississippi'ar? ??mored. ufe i "the'^unly tax n..w rfquir^il r<> be 'paid ts that of two cent* per p-uitd imposed liv tho interna! revenue Jaw?.' A hr. tiiGHAlf, a'dlnveholdcr o? Nortff Aijt bamtr, who lt>ft there a y*ar or jjj> niter thc war hroke ont, on occoont of ais.. Union sentiments, writes a long letter to the Herald from Went Puint, N. Y. #h*re be is now.Iiviog; in-Which kiter ho strongly deoouore? the members'?*f 'the Alabama -delegation baw in Washington. Jndge Parsons of that Stale, who is reported to" bo ve been ftp pointed Provision?! Goveruor, ii?>spe-;iaHy as sailed in this lotice, as.a determined and still mis c'jievoos. rebel. The .Herald aneara v*;rv.mi??h n t the reports of the indictments for u?>as.i.n -egamst t-iens. Lee, Johnson, and other military leaders, lt says: * Stich iud?tinen-ts are gutten up-and englneorcd simply aa a means of nutorioty by email politi cians in Virginia. They emanate from men who chocro that method to make a noise, lost the coun try should not ho owaro of .their existence. When tbe.indictments hire accomplished this object they willie heard of no more." In the course of the?coOepiracy trial, evidonce has come to light somewhat implicating the lion. Ben Wood, owner of tho New York Daily ?ttc?, in tho plot against Mr. Linooln^Secretary Sew ard, aud others. It was reported that orders fend been issued for his arrest. John Mitchel, the fa mous Irish patriut, lately Editor of tho Rich mond Examiner and a warm sympathizer with the Sonth, but now editor of tho above mentioned Daily News, has been arrestad, 'and sent to Port Lafayette. It is supposed ho will be tried for treason. Tho effects of the late terrible explosion (blow ing up of ? magazine) in Mobile have not boon exaggerated in the least. It ?j now estimated that over ono thousand human beings wore buried in the ruins. Dead bodies aro being recovered every day. Every building in tho city ?F moro or less injured; and ttoorcs of bouses are in danger of lulliug every moment. Gen. Granger i? in command at Mobile. Chief Justice Chase was ia New Orleans-be ing treated with grcut distinction. He had visited S fair gi von by the colored "ladies" of the city, for the benefit of their people. This fair was held in the splendid mansion of Hon. Pierre Soule, once United States Senator, and Minister Plenipof.ontix.ry to Spain. Mr. Soule is now liv ing on a farm near Puebla, Mexico. Gon. Sheri dan, lately assigned to thc command of Arkan sas, Texas, Ac, bad arrived in New Orloans with bin staff; thc troops ossigned him wero concen trating (hero, and soon sufficient garrisons nro to be stationed throughout Teta?.-Gon. Beaure gard had been in New Orleans, and had .gone tbonco to tho Vilicrc plantation, fifteen miles be low the city, where ho still i*.-Gen. Dick Tnylor is also in New Orleans. His houie ivas long tinco diBtroyed; nil' his inmenso wealth is gone. Oeif. Bragg lived aud plauted on the Liifourche, south of New Orleans, beforo tho. war; he hus not yet gone buck. Gen. Cnnby, with head-quarters ut New Or leans, il in eomaVaad ?v r tao ?ta-?s of Louisi- I ?na, Mississippi, Alabama a> d Florida. * Gen. Allen, late G.ovcnwr tri Locbiann, hn? is sued an address to tho people, counselling; them to submit peaceably to thc national authorities. On the 2d June. Gens. Kirby Sto;lh und Ma- j grader were received on board the United States \ Steamer Port Jackson, off G aires'-m. when i'ue ? articles of surronder of al! tho Confederate Tntrs- . Misti??i>.pi forces wero signed yy Cen. Smith, j Galveston was formally surrendered two (lay* j after. " Ringed, Streaked, mid Striped.7' Wo allude to tho Urge and magnificent; apple; sent us by th'it conr'.ly gcntli^an of tho old school, Dr. J. F&lXXLtX Or.iiHX. They were of njost unusual eizo, exquisitely rinded, s'r< nke 1 and striped with red, groen and white, and as de^ licious, we imagino, os those with whioh Evo seduced Adam into his great and lamentable in discretion. Indoon, never since the latter antedi luvian gentlemen cntcrod into tho fruit frene and j got." busted," have such apples boon seen .r We ? know not of what species they were. Wo only know they were profoundly pulatublo, and that the Dr. was most cavalierly liberal with tbtm ; and that wo are most unfeignedly grateful to him fot his neighborly kindness and elegant polite ness... Do as yon would-be doue tty. And pay strict heed to tho pulito request of our late excellent and obliging Post Master, His card will bo found elsewhere in our columns. Ho bas sc'rvod na long and faithfully; and it need j bo impressed upon uo one's mind that, in these days, every man nooda aorcly all thal is honestly due him. Union meetings in Charleston District. A ?argo and unanimous union meeting has been held in the parish of St. George's Dorchester. Among tho resolutions is ono petitioning the President to appoint a Provisional Governor of Sonth Carolina; and snothcr suggesting the name of W. W. BOYOR for this dffico. In the city, a Committee of thc principal citizens has been ap pointed tn procce'd to Washington and wait on President Johnson. Ten of this '.Gpmmitteo left ou board the Alhambra ten days. ago. Their names are as follows: A. F. Ravcuel, D. L. Mc Kay, Wm. Whaloy, F. Richards, J. A. Yates, Wm.- j J. Gayor, Jno. H. Steinmoyer, Rov. J. B. Son- | brook, Edward North.. jS&* Italy contains seveu millions of men and women, woo can neither road nor write. [HR-nrnusnri) BY SFKCIAI. Re?ue? ] Re-entering the old ?,'n i MI. Il ia natiirnl.th?t-the pulley to Lo adopted 1 ie President of tho United Status -and Ma CH!, et iu the important work of ro-orjmnizing f! ?vii adminisurniion nf lb* sevcrnl Sn'eJ Ictc cstored to ihn Mi'bnrily of tho bbl Union, Fho? e a Miwjfet vt ?'.tense solicitude to thc Soul! rn people. We har.: no douht thn.t the view* '.-?.n'ilut.t JOHNSON, HS expressed in r\ eic'ice ii ncdntely fallowing hi* ncctssion to-ihe?h? Magistracy, hove h^en eagerly rencl and ewnei ?rei na irfdii-ations of h's intended course of ? inn. On the subject of Sts'e organization, \ ind nothing in his word? foreshadowing apb ios? to disturb the harm vr.y of tho Federal sj era, nndor whi'-h (be nation so long lived-ai irdspori.'d. He evidently has no sympathy wi boco oxtremUt?^rb? have ndvi/?d that the son .ato Ft? tc lines sh J U be blotted our. thit th? ?.terr,-I povornmcnts .-bull bo doflnyed. ?nd th they shall be recognized only na provinces lorri luria* belonging lo ibe United Stn'ea, y not e imnr/s'r-g integral" parts tit the system. Iiis wolds on ihjs subject' tiro explicit. Soi after tho death nf Mr. Li.vcotv. lu replying tho .-..-Idress of &?r. MORTON of Indiana. Pia dent Jo!?ssrty Piiid : "Now permir mc to rema thut while I hare "pi o.-cd dissolution and dist tegrntiou on lbs ono hard, on tho other I a equally opposed to coriso'.idaion or a.ccntruliz tion of pewcr in thc handful' a few." " Tho fie ern went is composed of .part*, each essential thewboi*, and tko wlifde essentUl td each. Up this id?ai of de'-troy inp S'utcs, my position h hecn heretofore well Known, und i see no eau to <-b.-iuge it n?w.'-' " S-ime nr. ?atis?ed willi t idea that the States are tobe lost u. torritori and ...thor dividions-ure to lose their cbaracl as Skates. But their life-breath bas boen on suspended, mid it is a high constitutional nbiig '.ion we have, to secure eich of these Stn tes in t possession ?ml ci'j :ytnent of a Republican foi of (joYerrfnitnt.'" " [ hold it as a solemn oblig lieu in'n'.y one o? these Stntas'.wLcre thc Itcb armies havo been beaten back ur expelled, I cn not h'>w yiua'l the number 'of Union men, ftDougb to u.a., the ship of Sute-I bold it I BS a bi?U da y to ? r?t?ei nod secure lo thi ni a H pub!ioiin fo; in of Government/' - Tb* m::ni::ir vf ibis' is plain. Tho Slates w bo preserved with all their original powers i store!. l!nt trey'.> id Le' priscrved as Statu: th* ?">./'?" ,. f.-tuiiug bul; puris oT ths t;real l\ ?r?l ??'V.enij'i?nd iv?We,'?? the ?utica imp-Jsed that system. Th? machPfcry Of s .'ic, ii is tri will not be entrusted tn those .who <rcre proa nen! iu Seccssiuti : but : oiwiih-tntiiiiug.ikis, ? those whs-ru mittler what thuir lurmor politic opinions-arc DOW v.i,lin?? lo receive cordially ai honorably th.- arbitrament of war, and who reco nizo the obligation?"imposed <?>t inn Union, und which wc are riots tiltliged lo live, must be ei ployed in tho work of bringing burk their respe live States to their original orbits. In view of tho (.boulions resting on them, I] people cf Sooth CuroHna must learn to feel AI aot, for.a resloriition of thc thuttert.d mecharas of their civil Government. If they ljve Sou Carolina, they must place themselves in an all tude to help her. They .must openly and hones ly recognize her Imo position as n member of tl great Federal systtm, which is bound to csorci ita power for her protection, and to guarantee hor a Republican lorin of Government. lu shoi they must not let wounded pride, natural but u availing, keep thtdr State in chitins, shivery, ai darkness. . If those who have been deceived by hopes, on denr to cverv true Southern man. but now dei and vanished, shall honestly and rinceroly a 'knowledge their allegiance t . a Constitu?? which their bast citizens helped to frame in fore or years, then thc organic life of ibo State wi be spcod..., i:.viterated, her vital functions wi bo restored to health, and tho brains, hearts ai hands of ber people will be once more employe for the common w?al. We have been lcd to these remarRs by tbinkir upon a public meeting which wai held in ot town on Salo-day last. The object of this mee ing wac to set on foe?t some plan by which a Coi vention of tho people of Sciuh Carolina might I called or procured, to signify to thc goner ? ! Ooi ern nient ?icir willingness and desire to re-unt( tho Federal Pu ion. The said maoliuz, not hm ing. been previously advertised, and thc atteni auce not sufficiently Iorgo io show forth tlie opir ?eu of the whole District, it was adjourned t meet, again on Salo-day in July. " By that timi m/iny other States will have acted decisively i this matter: ami South Carolina can theo bav no fear of being prom at o rc in ber murse. lt.inLing ourselves among tbon who, as w said above, no matter what their former politics opinions, are now williDg to receive boncrably if not cordially-tho arbitrament of war: /<oi>(?<? and trying to belitre tincertly, that by the inscru table working of un over ruling Providence, tb dreadful tempest of strife and "desolation whici lins swopt nrcr-us during the past four years wa but the harbiuger of ? purer and brigblor da; litan ever yet dawned upon our beUved country we feel it to bc new the duty of every true patri ot. eaeting a charitable veil over ibo irremediable pa.-t. to bond all his cnerdos to t'ljc pleasing la>l no? oaly of oluilcr.uiug all tr;c:-?s of by-gom diflorcncoB, bat of immediately laying tho fouu daiior. of present and future prospority uraonj us. We b*tlcv?j ii to bc a duty we all owe to on: comme.n iou ?try-in lilli broadest :irci-piiition o thc term;-!.-. our i-dividual State, to our faur Hes, and lo thc r?uw of Huo?trdty ?:tit civilis* lion ibrou?h?ui thc Ku;iib ---*-f-*.t % . ?i-. -. President .T?ussox fi -.; i-. ' d u proe*am<i:i -- .removing.tho tt?eaty-Gv)j p-.r cen?, tax on cotton Tho tax will heron ?U r Le three per-ceul. expor duly. r*v*it Io acordando v.-?th thia proclamaiio;i, the Se*""? reury . ;' the Trwm?ry iu: -i-rd'-rt.] Ute i ffiecs .d thc Unitoil ::'iti'-.- Purchasing A^C?'-i'-.- te ?n di? eo?tinucdl . i n i* <a ? ?-* To Mc el: allie's, ."tillers ?mi OtR?r.s. ?The atteniioti oT uteoifuni?e, ni'dler? ond .funa crs is directed to tho advertivenieBt of Mccarr* ?>IJTH Jk JOXKS nhnonncin'ii that they Lave a choice variety of Files f.c .-ale. We hove seen these Files and pronounce them n rare collection -just such an nssortmcnt as It will bo n pleasure to any ono tn make his selections from. rnblic Meeting at Lott's P. O Wo point our readers to tho very wise and time ly resolutions pa6sodat thc me-jling natnrd above They will be found in anther c jumii of this paper. These pr times in which every diguiGod ind well meaning man should sternly make up ils mind tu bear and forbear. Tho present crisis s peculiar, and culls for Ibo excrefco of the high, ist manly dignity and self restraint. 'Tis an old laying, bat worthy cf ull acceptation that " what lau't be cured must bo endured." And to enduro in evil gracefully and with solf possession ?j fur icttoj trad wiser than to endure it with unnvail ng.stfifo'nnd sacrifice of personal dignify. .jr-if-A young Indy of extraordinary capacity j d'lressed tho following letter to her cousin ! Wq is all well, and mother's got tho biiTcrrix ; ? rothev Tom is gut the Hupin Kaugh, ond Si>ter j inn has got a?babco, and I hepo those few lines . rill find you tho same. Rile sunc. Your ajphec- . ronato kuzjen." . ' . . J . Por the Advertiser. Titblic Meeting. At a m coting of tho ci Hiena in ?bc vleinity of j Lon's P. C ,-Edgcfiuld Diitriet, on ;hc 2l.-t Jun* ISfij, Dr. J. C. ll KA DY WK? cuUctl to thc Choir and IL.T. Wu ic UT elected Secretary. On motion by the lion. T. G. B.ACOX. a Com mittee of three, consisting nf.tho Hon. T. 0. BA Cotr, H J?HI i.w.\t!K,;?nJ CAUSON WARRIS, was ap pointed by.ibo Chair to prepare business for the tuectin.'. wini, lifter ti brief absence, reported the following Preamble and Resolutions, which wcro unanimously adopted : WHEREAS, A Freedman hy the name of HAM. DAKTI.>:Y was f?:und murdered in this vicinity oa tho 2uth inst., by a gun-shot wound iii the bead ; And wboreos, the functione of all civil officers of our State, who might have taken cognir.anco of such aets. have been for the time suspended. Itemdeed, That wc, tho citizens in this vicinity assembled, denounce all such eels of violence mid bloodshed without a legal excuse, as uncalled for, lawlers and atrocious. . Ifotlctd, Tba' we urgo upoo all cithans tho great importance, rd this juncture in our' affair*, not M he tiuutindlul of their 'nif*nbl'gttt?on?. loth to ?heruuss of humanity ?nd lottie fut'ire wel fare of our country. fievilonl, That we pledge ourselves io aid all proper tribunals in bringing to justice the perpe trators ?f all such lawless acts in this vicinity. On motion, it was also Retoletd, TbRttho Edgeficld Advert Uer bo re quested to-.piihli-b these proceedings, and that the Seetetsiry of I his meeting be requested to fur nish a copy thereof to the nearest military au thorities. J. C. READY, Chair. n. T. Wr.itr.T. Scc'ry. j5&?~.\ Mobile clergyman (says a Northern pa per,) went to -lionera! Granger and asked him it he proposed to c-ntopel the Southeru clergymen to pray tor Andrew Johnson. " Compel you," was the General's reply, " why if yur prayers don't do tho.President ol thc United States any more good than they have Jefferson Dd viv it's ot no sort ol' consequence about your prayers any way. ;Cff~The National Intelligencer soys tbs mo? sagacious merchants anticipate,"'in conief|ucnce of the gren.t' increase'I? the growth of cotton ?in I'olia and Egypt, a reduction in tbejrrico to ten cents a pound in another twtlrc months. Should 'his anticipation prove correct, it will effectually close Ibo cotton trude of India, inasmuch ?cs the inland transportation there is so expensive as tn exclutl.s its export ?it so low n- figure. Then will como tuc turn for American once more. Sena tor Poster, noir acting vice-President of '.he United States, was recently seen nour Nor wich, Conn., working ct tbs plow iu a Sold on Lis farm. -Gon.' Gamble threatened to bum downthe hr-nscs within two milos of Bull Ran on hearing the report that the monument there had been destroyed. The report turned nut to be false. -We learn that four Companies < f tho 25th Oh io'Regiment have been sent Ircm Columbia lo Camden ami Winnsbnro'. -The Savannah Herald says that RB Tues day la?t a waccn truiti lotidod with goods loft that city for Augusta and interior markets. Tb* train was te return in eight days loaded with domes tics, ?fee. ?33~.\n address from Gen. E. Kirby Smith, dated Houston, Texas, announces to bis. soldiers that ho bad refused to surrender, and bad hoped to con inue the contest, but thc armies heretofore under hi? command hud disbanded, and ho wai left a commander without an army. y ^KJ'Dut 250 prisoners remain at Camp Morton Ind. They have refused to take thc oath of alle giance, and are to bo transported to Camp Chase and'Johnson's Island. ?3^" Ex-GoTcrnor Magoffin, of Kentucky, hat come out decidedly in favor of the adoption ol the Constituiinnal amondntetit by that State Sc learns the Louisville Journiil, which says further: " Wo understand that Gov. MagoEu is so fully impressed with tho importance of immediate nc tion on this great question, that he intends to tako thc stump iu behalf of tho umendmout" 383T~ Two magnificent horses were recently shipped on Board thc steamship Eur ipa, for Havte, consigned to Prance, to John Slideil. Thc Gov ernment-officials did not know of thc fad until after thc steamer had suilod. They aro said to have been presented-to him by some of his admi rers of ;.ho August Belmont and Ben Wood stamp?. A largo party is growing in Pari? io favor of changing the military protection of Maximilian to a purely financial one. Furnish him, this par ty says, with the money to carry on hij govern nient^ and if he cannot do this it will be proc! that he is not the choice of tito propio wlmm ht professes to govern. The Constitutionnel of a late dato, in a double-leaded, semi-official looking article, asserts, however, that Fnueo will not merely keep him under her financial care. Thc Tribunes special says that President Johnson has expressed bis regret that thc con spirators were not tried before a civil court. g3S-\. II. Stephens enters at length Into a parley of vindication for himself. Among other reasons for Vi* osarse, he cites the fact tin.t the Tribune advertised the rights of thc- southern people, to inileprndence, and he-was led to believe, j it would be aeV?rt?ed them without lighting, j t3T Tho friends nf Gov. Brown will bc pleased i to learn that ho was in Savannah on the l?th j instant, and that he wiitin a short timo rejoin his family. t^Jr" The Empress Eugenic hus wfitier. a letter to all the prjnccsscs of Europe, proposing tttb tcriptinns fron nil branches of Christendom for rebuilding 'lie Church of thc Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem iu splendid stylo,.with rights of wor ship-thero i'or all. . fib- 'thc English journals, which aro i.ho most friendly to the North", ?toutinue to comment upon ?he nrinpOi-ed trw mini ..f the- So?iborn leaders is ?r??for/, mid prononnno ?: fin "impolitic, un generous, Mid unjurti?ahiti cobt?e; h is euspeoirtt in Washington th.it tho conflagration nt Chattanooga was a resort of dis I honost cfflcials to cuvor up defective accounts. ??r Tho Babel prisoners at Point Lookout are bting released as rapiilly ns pitStiblc, Many of thcut have reneged WasLiugtou sick und ia a destitute condition. f?t?" Numerous applications for pardon have j been tiled in thu Attorney General's '.Hice. The attending to them is necessarily slow, as the pa pers in each c-sc have to bc carefully examined before presentation to thc President for bjsd.it.er oil na t ion. Cg?* A rumor has been circulated .'rom Wash ington that President John.-on will probably bo foru long issuo a call for an extra session of Cou grc.13, and there may be somothing in it. p?3~ Hating learned that a considerable forco of Union seldiors-twenty cr thirty thousand men-is to bc detailed Tor tho pacification and reorganization of tho great Stato of Texa?, tho French Minister nt Washington, the Count Men tholon, it is raid, will demand an explanation of Mr. Soward. .??r The World's Washington spcchl says that Rcvardy Johnson's argument in the conspiracy cafe- will relato mainly to tho joriedicfion of the court, and it i? Intimated that bo is ro .?overo on gorae of thc mcmbors of-the c?mmtssiun t?mtthoy I will object to its reception. '.. Leithe Evil Doer Expect.Evil. A nobie Florentius, having devoted him seif in early lile?to trade, in the cou^e of time realized a. vert . handsome property. When advanced in years he took his sou into partnership, trmf not tong after gave up his whole mercantile concern into Ms hinds: md Lii ng ?nto'? bad ?ate of health, uaii.g eith er to blT gr eat c* cr ti. >iw> or ^^ his subse quent high living, he became unable t leave l?c ?muse. Iiis sou, called Vincent!, who was of an ex tremely avaricious disposition, fiucii.:;. his father continued lo linger much beyond the period his ebvetom aud ungratel?l heart would have assigned him, took measures, un der pretence of obtaining fur him better med ical advice than he could at home provide, to have him conveyed Lo the city hospital. Yet his affairs were then iu ?flourishing --ttti? and everything that he possessed he ci? d to this unhappy parent, whose age aa ? infirm!?* ties, who*e tears and entreaties, he tilik-* disregarded. This unnitfuraf son could not, however, contrive to conduct tie matter so secretlya^ to elude the jDk-crv*ion and re J proac??sof all classes or people in the city, i ile al first tried to impose, both upon 'ts friends and the public, bj the fais* repn'Mm tations which he seton lboijbutlibding Um.se could not avail him, he resolved, in order tho better to disarm the popular voice against him, to send Uh own children-with the little ? presents to their grandfather. "On ono occasion he gave to his eldest, boy, about six years of age, twofine cambric shirts, desiring bim, early the next morning, to take them carefully to his poor-grandfather .iii the hospital. The little-boyr with- au expression of great respect and tenderness in his coun tenance, promised that he would do so; and on his return tue coxi day.his father, calling him to bim, inquired.wLtstber he had deliv ered them saie.into. the hands of his grand father. I only gave him one, father,'' repli- - ed the little boy. "What!^ exclaimed Vm eeuii, with an angry voice, " did 1 not tell you ' both were for your grandfather ?'' "Yes," returned the little fdJow, with a steady and . undaunted'.wok, " bul. I thought that I would keep one of them for you, father, against the time when I shall have to send you, father, I hope, to the.hospitalrV" How,1' exclaimed Vinceirti, " would you ever have the cruelty to send me the?e, my boy ?" " Why not. ?" retorted the lad. * Let him that d *#. evii expect evil in return. For you kuow you made your own father go there, (dd and ailing' as Lc is, and he never did you any harm tn I1?3 iii?:-; and do you thiak-I shall-not send you, when i ara able? Indeed, lather, I am resolved that f will; for, as I have sajd before, let him that does evil expect evil in return." ' "Un bearing these Words, Vincent!, giving signs of the utmost.emoticu, as if- ?m.-jdeniy smitten by the band of Heaven, sore.y r<: -en , led of i he heinous offence against huiiutnU? and justice which he had committed, ile hastened to the hospital; he entreated -tis father's pardon on his knees, and had m.a conveyed instantly to his hom< ; ever after wards showing himself a gent le and obedient son, and frequently administering to bis aged parent'? wa:?t- with his own hands. . . Dr. Albor: CF. AI ?okey has- weired tho appointment t>f ?olleelor of tho Turi of Charles? tun. SSf Thc South Caroijaa and North E.i-tern Railroad:* will ?oon be in running order, a large 1 nu Other of hands being at work on them. ^3?" The colored'people of Tenncsseo trivo 1 started a weekly piper at Nashville, caliea the 1 Colored Tennessceah, edited by If. B. Scott. tgiT A Doctor of Divinity of Spriugfiold, Mas?., ' went to Holyoke to preach last Sabbath, and one of the newspaper teen went to Northampton hy ' the innio traiu.- They changed carpot hag? b,' mistake, and when the iuiuister lo-.-k-d t r bis 1 Hermons bo found a hottl? of whisky. Tbc DU?S pnper uiun snvo lluuc wh-o lila bag wa? re;.urii?-.l 1 to him thc whisky was considerably reduced in fjnantity. ^?f-They uso a drink, called " turpo?Uue punch," in som? European bojpitri?^ in low *i.e;vs ! of lover. It is oonipwed of two ounces o; br.m dy, eight of boiling water, ona nf iurptr-'ine, ant] sugar to sweeten. "COME O NE-CO .HE ALL !" AT a preliminary meeting of iOfno?ot lha<"i? zens of the District, bold iu tho Court Ho UM on last sale-day. for the purpose nf outside; ir, g tho best moans of facilitating the return &? tb:s S;?i;o to her union With tho Ui?ivsd State.", nod of r- <. toring civil government within our border*, if which meeting Icc lion. Tnos. H. BAOOH -.tai Chairman, and Jo^eim A ns s Vt Esq.. wis pointed Secretor?, it wita resol vd to t- i . ? thc consideration of tho questions pe .j.'.i ,, i to adjourn until tho first Mon-tay ii-. July .. .x , for n fuller attendnnco of tho people, aa?t : r giving nil tho citizen? an opportunity of henriig and being heard on fubjocM in wiiicii the hap piness, peace, and polrti-.'ol prosperity of S ufh Carolina, aro so much involved. Therefor*.', !ct ovorybody attona on t!ctt day. JOSEPH ABNEY, S-je'rv. Juno 20th, 1SG3. . Circular No. 1. TROVO^T MARSHAL'S OVFICE, EBCEFIELD, S. C.. .rm>e 22 J. ISM. Y ]? Til li inhal'tunf* of this District. ?rc iioMtfcd j ?? that by fW?ial ordsr fr'-rn, Brevet Bric. Gen. I Mu LINK rx*. I'have boen a?ig?ej t> this r>l??a as j PROVOST MARSHAL an 1 PROVOST JUDGE, 1 and sin tent here '.'-H- t lie purpose of preserving ?good order, administering ju*tico. settling dis i put?*, ?nd nitifyiiiij.contjaots between Freedmen I and Planters, ?nd to encourage tho inhabitants, j white und black, to relit ce thu avocation* of i peace. j II. I am alf? authorized to collect all U. S I horses and mulos for the Gorernmcn'. and if ne cessary fir the use of my Troop*. I ?hall like wise seize " C. S." mules and wagons for that work. t\ Tho inhabitants' ont likewise notifiai (hat if I ?hoy have U. S. or C. S." muskets in their pot* scssion. that they mu?t dclivcv them, to mc. Par ties having other fire-anns will report :ae name at this Office, and obtain pcrinist?io?i to retain ! them. CEARLES % HOOPER. 1st Lieut. Xl.l U. S. C. T.. and Prortst Marsbul. Juno 2S_M"_Vj Circular No. 2. PROVOST MARSHAL'S OFEICE, EncErmt.n. June 2?, ISG5. T!I"E irvbabitante of this District .tro hereby notified that no Dogs will bo allowed ip the j Public Road or Street?, unless l*>ey are muzzled. Kif tlie'v aro found -mummied tl???y are Haide to. I bo shot. CHAS. Yt. fi<?OPER, ,1st Lieut. StU ?. S. C. T., and '> Provost Marshal, j .lune 27_._ _ _ St__ 27 Tailoring Business. THE nnder?igncd ifiil do nil work in the TAI LORING BUSINESS entrusted to hin-, and will do hid utmost to give eutife satiifactioh. Parties wishing Clothiug ins.de or Cutting dene .will pleaio call on him at his re?idenco. When the ca?h is not convenient, provisions will be re ceived io payment f?r work d->ne. JOHN COLGAN. June 27 5t 27 Post Office Notice. IWOULD most respectfully request nil person* , indebted to mo for oither P sMgo or B x R -1, * to call and pay up, as T am ?ittiKdy out. .,f bn*I noss at thia time, and the small ?ums du? rnt>. if forked over, would assist me cry much indeed. A. RAMSAY;, lute p. M. June 27, tf 27