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tftfk?IS OF SUBSCRIPTION. TNYX?xTADLY IN ADVANCE. . . -ST.-: Tho ADVERTISER is pubMibc-d-regalarly CT ery WBWSIUT MoKSWa av THREE DOLLAR? per annum; ONE-DOLf.AR and FIFTY CT? for Six Moifftis; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS tor Three M nth?,-ot/iwitfS in advance. ?33r*.\\\ papers discontinued at tho expiration of the ti?? fur* which they have boen .paid. Emma Lee Ami I. When the Bi-$htio;;a!2 wos singing, And the dov? had gvnc to reit ; Whet tho evening sky wa?! tinging Whs s?vr-r in thc west ; Adhere the prairie ilovror? nodded To tepbyri ruT?Dg by; , -, Whee? t~e air .vas sweotly scented. . - .. Walked T jtiaia Leo end I. ' v ! ^'f?kid abim: tho ??v'wejr?, . As v.-e w.;r.'ier^J lhere together: .We talked ebons, tho birds . We> ilUcd about the ireaiheiu We tho sght about th i stars . i ^?attrtiabtod iu. the sky ; "We thpvght about the an els thorp; Sweet EnrmaLoe and I. We boaid the aighi-iird triihag 1 His continental Seng, We heard the cricket chirping Aa we gently passed along ; Wo felt our hearts a-swelling With li ve a keating high, Wc re!.t,o_i.r li|>3 a kiajJng S'. et E>ciua Leo.and I. Heaven hrard tho-vuw? we spoke, ' As we cur mutuatlovo declared, Vows never to be broke While lifo io a? iii -?pared ; Wo asked oar Heavenly Father, As wc ?e3ed into tao sky, . T<> crown OU' lor? with happiness, Sweet Enrna Lvo .ind I. Fruin th* [N. Y) .Weiropolitm Eeesrn. A Scene of Desolation iu South *C'nro . . a.? Si ' ? ? r **ntl \ ? '..??':' There lies a er,:tni nf i.-Inrds extending d-?wi? the coast of South Carolina and Gcor gia, from the vicinity nf Caf lest?n to thc north of Florida,j&htch with the mainland o-utigubas- to t:ie coa?t, constituted SOUK five oj- six years a*H) th? re<:d?:ices and ev ? tates ot some ?-fj.be u'.)5t honored families of the South. Her ;, from time alnrosi itametn orialj lived the H -y wurdi, thc Seebrooks, ami Alstons, the King?, ?he Huge rs, r?nd tb< Spalding?, and ficre they were wont to dis pense that graceful and heartfelt hospitality, the memory of ' wi ich viii lingers iu thc i heart of many an officer of thc old army, and | navy of the OhiUd States, and which Of yore they delighted to praise ere they deemed it their duty to desolate and de stroy the genial ..?.?arths which had warmen and tiheltered tia tn. The na!ural features cf the county tise.'f were redolent of scene which, might worthily lay claim to the pea of the poet and the pencil of thc artist. The fr rcs^s vTK-r j proud with their rich bowers of li Vi? oak, cedar aud myrtle, while around the quaint old homesteads thc air waa heavy with the breath of the orting-j the citron, and tut k-?c.>c,*combi;R-d with th? fragrant contributit.ns of a thonhaud.flow? rs. ?Sdigtmo?? aad eX-?-tr. Amid thea-.-, duri, u the brightnets of the lottg sunmi-r day, th?, drowsy hum of the bee and of thc bu:o:uii<g bird invited to slutnuer. a;:d the .fortuna ?. j ga*st of thes* nappy islands, hovering ou tfcv . coufiues of eleep, d&oed Mituelf 'the v?-itam ! of ftoms dimly cone-ired scene ol fairyland. : and arja.jrfd to aw.ke lert he should fi?.i j himself but the ft>oi of >c-;ne bright ?UB-M>r?. Nor wera these gue^'S at any time tbw it? number or restricted in their tastes. The opportunity for hospitality was deemed by tbe;>e planters a delightful occasion. winch i ? du{y tallied with inclinaron, and every e.' fort of tb? hearty'hait and graceful ho.-tps was employed to Hecire- the happiness ot thc I ' visier. Theresa* but btt'e ceremony, the j ' ?.*onsciousncs8 of high birth and cf gentle ! 1 breeding, replaced with an elegant simplicity, j ? the csu brousness of ostentatious wealth, j ' sad perfect earnx>f .mauaer and refinement | -' of thoiight (unconsciously to. the guest him-j j ?.?If) made him an unembarrassed member of ! the family. Every thought and evety action I Was tue offspring of Lindly hearts and ??imple.! ch eur? ul ness, which harboring no crii, could i suspect noue in other-:. Around were spread ! the broad and fertile Serai, white with tho preci?os store of Sen island cotton, and tilled by slave?, the here'?itu.:y dependents and cherts of the family for generations past; loving tbj master whom they had watched with prtiifi from his infancy, and guarded by him with a jealousy tenacious of their right? and comfort. Well fed, well clad, and se cure.cf tho future, tb?.' world could not pre sent a more uiteful or happier class of opera tives. Such tb*h waa the swae-'and I eau acisuro you 'tis ro fancy sketch-afforded by ibis fav.r?d region some five years rgo, ore it pleased the u pious and decorous" citizens of -Nv-w England to violate their constitution ?1 obligatioi * and their plighted pohticiJ faith j for tire snk^ of enijgbt'. nir,;,' these "outside ! hurharivtao'' of thc Suoth^wkh jh? bjaze ofj madero pruKreteto jihHjinthrt'py, a pLilan- j thropy .the more n'dn-\pi i:ia>--nju*h as it < fally illustrated the. Ne w K. ?'an 1 pidioso- j .poy of making your neighbor pe* l>r your enjoym-i'i'?. slid ot tc'cejf?f?g' intact your own j purse ::i?i So'oo :*??*? days sinew, budnee? i of a pr .f-s.ional characier recalled m*? ti. I these pilcas, once iso familiar and H.ill so foll J of happy' meraoriee tc nu : ai i! it is niy por- j pose tc? ro?ate -As ?ucc'n .. ly si ?possible thc changes wr*?Dght througli the Mdlui-ntts of the blessed grste-e whir h dwells in the piety j and/abu bf :? outed Furitsuia. Over the whole land had swept the blij.hte ing mareil of Sherman's auopposcd legionsj I and as 1 rode iadly" a!.i;:i? 1 cmtrasted tliet| U?nolate and prostrate' c? rmtry as left by the J anny of th? enlightened and Chritiiian Northr) tv itu the ?m?i og fields of i'enrtsylvania and Maryland, ihsy were abandored by'the barbarian bor les ol ?he Jebel LtC. Ttud? ing-vr?ar?;y i?*i )ng, foutsi r?j and 'tired,'theta approacLexi tuiegro mail, tearing a dj ing child in ui-i arms, while ill..and faint, the voUiig ntother"foll?'ved pT*riTif?t?js.'in J des'mtr iag; they wer .' ou their vriy to tb? ci:/, Lop ing thal pcrccance some charitable physician might prescrib? ior tbsp aud lurobih the, BY ?BBISOE, SEES? 4 to. EDG-EFIELD, S. G., F?BMJAEY 28, 1866. " ^ v?T nu* 9. "_' _:___ ^ _;_:_'_:_:_?_ medicine*, which ?hey had no means curing. M An, sir,5' Raid she in heart accent?, and sadly shaking her head, is nobody to take caro of u< nc/w." 11 of the few years back when a kind sy izing mistress would Lave stood by ti fortable bed-side of the sick mother i ing child, and I boped committed no t when I .cursed the Moloch of New- E philanthropy. ' i As I advanced-into tito conntry a st wida 'spread desolation ' reigned RB] roads torn up. bridge destroyed, fan? many "of lue manisions bnrnt, and crop: ed: every hei^d of cattle, every, hog;,.ai cits of.poultry had bean ruthlessly al?.u ed; every torso and mule had been < away; property had been widely desi for the raero sake'of destruction. Wiri women hsid been plundered, not of thei ornaments only, but ol all their"wearh pare!. Poverty, the want of common i saries of bib, stalked, abroad ia its mo? bidding guise about this land which.had the garden spot of nature. M Sir,1' falte planter whose hospitality I Claimed, whose life had hitherto been one of alfli and .comfort, " God knows that all Fhav are cheerfully welcome to, tnt I can you b.Qthing save rice alone.." ' To add t universal misery, hands ol armed ard l.-sfl Hegnes, who.se -organized ?abor .M?\j th? source' of comfort to teem and of benefit to the world -at large, roam ab?tit thc country and reducing ^isarrurd and forlorn people, plunder rub tuem o? thc littleUter. may hare un ?ti to baw fr??tn the wreck; It i? ?sele Hop. al to tua niiliiary author: tie :-ho <r aic Ivo far remove^ from the scenes sf rage*, arid the Freedman's thureau too tr: of thc feelings of the blacks to afford protection. Net long since some bf thc rb ?nen uf the neighborhood, inado despe by tou.se wrorrga, and by the p'os-jbie which might befall wives, mothers, daughl ai.d sisters,, srut?d tht-iu--elvcs as well av cumslances allowed, and pursuing the ma ders, a struggle ensued, which resulted the death of three of the negroes. Tl young men are now in the hands of the n rary authorities, awaiting their trial for n der ! God help this unhappy country, its still moro unhappy people. lu th??o lovely islands, of which ? h before spoken, the ashes lie grey and c on the hearths which once gleamed hrijrl ?nt;i the genial fires, of refined hospiia and cheerful comfort. They are given 0 wholly to the favored and privileged rt ?.id our eyes ara not allowed to Deep- beb ce curtain, fcbich- shrouds ihe sacred t '?ysttiri ?us . op?rations of tba Free.dmr Bureau; 1 haiik God, there was neither 1 pcessbj nor tho opportunity fir me lo w in-.s.s the dtxcr.i?K n u:ui poIioUou ol tn? me? h?ppy homt s ! What h:*.s become of th* scii> ti pr<>pric-toiS ? Fnt? S?n'herti people Have j hst failed in t struggle for their independence; Ibi-y s ?r?p;k?iug for anet her add a g.-2:.der on ?.'!? moral struggle U?yolved in the stem n liniion'of endurance. Despite ali tilter sui?.-rings nnd wren ? ?rou' hear no complaint or repii.ii'?; if lhere tn jibing which can rival the record of Sou ?rirgftllan'.rv and devotion in ihc? field, it hr- cohn dignity with which they sustain ii ivi?s of defeat. Tho women smile scornful ts they relate how Kiljmtri'ck's bold dr joor.s robbed them of their handkerchiefs tir (tocking:-, but the feeling is ono entirely iomvrupt. L. -? y i Fact.- in licgard to the Anriersonvlli Prison* To the. Editor ?/..int.K. Y. Mc'ropnhtan ll cord : ' . ; Mr.sjpins, TEK.NESSKB? Sepf. 12th,'1 ?Co. Dcor Sir r-All the alleged uorrbrsaccumt Jati.i^. around fae Wirti case and connecte with tho ?udersonville Prison, now circu?' ting through ihe press, recall to roy mit. some incidtni?, strangely omitted in ever account. '.. In order that this wonderful affair may los no particle of its legitimate iuterest; in b< Halhof triKh and justice, and for history' saked will relate to you (and you can <i with them whal yon choose), tho. incident ab*?ve altuded to. Facta they ore, en th authority of all illinois Federal captain, fr-T whom to myself they were" dirtctly tran?mi' ted?-.-. -T.' The captain aforesaid was for a long pf rici; a rcgaiv.r prisoner'bf rr \r in the Anderson ville Priso.;. He sus? .iuri::? the terni of hi incarceration that of -he ordinary hardship o?'a prisoner of v.:?r"in a blockaded and be sieged country, be certair.lv I ad his shnrc adding, Bowev.?r, ihst they were ti deere lighter than he anticipare'!]-but said bc "the1 horrys of thc' Anderayuvilio Priaoi >rer? ti?il??] by our own n?r-:i." He won 0:1 to say, thiil there ' VaV? nnniber amoiij (ii? imprison- d Fcdcrtil ...sd'.'.-ier?, grt-atlv ii tho majority; of terribly dc-sperate character w!io formed tfreniselvea ?r.to R regularly ! or jvni/.ed band ?br thc' puree se" bf approprin tir.i to their o?..n \?se any uud every art ich posses-inc 'the sii^htcst value, thar mig!, come int? tho pr.s^esriicn cf their entmadei in arms who would noi become I heir comrade: in villiuny- that thea? wretches be?itatet not to use any Uieutis lbr ihe.accomplishmen I of th?ir pnrposcs; Le himself was cognizan ! cf scfne (?f 1he mfist horrible murders evei j cotumitted,'?ut .^toud iii sveb four of his owi ! bf? .ba dared bot make a report. Thes* j demons.he *aid would ascerinia that aoaae 0 )ihn bovs-' bad rc-c.efv.d a little money 01 j a few clothe*: fr--"." Iv?:ae, and that night wjp'nb j vj>it ?bo tfiit of th? io.-tiute partie.a, pur'ei j u'id rob tb- nr. ai?d Uavy them within - tin I tea", and sleep abr-ve- tiiP mnDtfled; quiverii : \ tiodicsw Think of itf oh 1 food moth(*rr wifa I 'ir friend - your little ??Jf^ring was bat your j brved O'it'u death warrant. " The capt* in raid, to l ia r-?riaiu knowi'-'l?je [about thirty Federal soJdit?rs were hutched in this war, and doubted not the entire nuia tier of victims ?.euUy vX?<?.-ri*d that, a* hi' had ampta rcuAou to believe that number perished in tho sams way ol wh?m he had or ?eraonal kucwlcdgp. Loe?. i TIRED of Fur.KroM.-We predicted tb^i tue negroes who were rantin* horses and Tying to support themselves, -it auld iii man? :tiotaucud. ?oo:? gt?. io the cmi of tmir row. .-.nd become involved. A fgomnu us've long, known, and why, in Confederate limes, iived 1 -.umpiuously, and paid good wages to hoi .naster, celled upon u? on Tuesday, in great' dUtross. She ottered to -ell hersoll back into slavery in order to pay nearly anuudred dol lars'rout, accumulated against her, and ?ti Druor, tno, tb Secure a permanent hom-?, fret iruai the anxieties and troubles bhe bad ex ocrienccd siuce she became free; she W**> ';red of freedom. ?alie baa i.iuud it, bj ead experience, urtor.y imp ?s?ible to provide hursclf with the rom mon riecessams of lifr and meet her retii. .Vow she is fearful th?t .cr landlord will c-ul harshly with her ano U trying to borrow the reut money, even o? ring to become a alsve again. She a^ee?; ?.Ith u> that tho people generally Wi-re fat /Siter off, in a p^can'ary point of view, las car than at this tirue. Then, everything ?as enormously Li^h," bnt money, auch ns i: vas, <VA>* easily earned or borrowed; now ?ricos ure low, with ninney scarce and labu; ot in general. Her case ts nut au isolate oe in Ibis cr.j jr in the Souiberu S ates. lintr ?ha regrets having 00 ma?ter to pr?vida . <r hor.in sickness and health and relieve h pr ...i?il nf the thousand perplexities that hana*. . r. WP could rio nothing for her and Htr< -% int nil' almoot br-ken- hearted and despau tilg ofa^istancT.-Montgomery Ledger. E.VCOrP.AGIM? FOK THC FUTURE.-Ma?y O? .ur people are inclined to look on the .'IAZ? Mile of affairs. They talk of nothing bu', ruin, l ucy shape thfir course as if there was noih :ng good or encouraging in the future. !*.?!. icy pf this: kind is a wrong policy. Lu us :ook at the trite position and see. Hereto fore tho Sou;h bas made immense erupa, lu order to do this a large number of hands han to be emplo)fcd. Tue result of large cropt. was low prices. Extensive tracte of land had to be fenced io and ecilirated. Hiv:, every thing has ttudergoue a radtoal change. Instead of low, wo have excessively ,igu prices ftc almost every tbiug which war .rmeriy raked in the South. ."In many cuto, light and ttm tunes as rauch more is paid for a (.'induction now. as was iu days goiio hy. ii the producers will otily improve the prca eu? opportunity, i>;ey <an clear more rea'.ij uoney with leos tabor, its* **xt.eu!>e, and bs. fXatiou of spirit, tuan tuey ?lid in formel r'curs. They need not have as much bein noami their places-md viuly woikers at iii .1 li will cost Ir-H, lor pruvi.Muiie., oiid ttieru Wi be ? lets number to iook alter and kee, straight. Lfcirdgruui a Will be cultivated, air heiefnrc'b;?3 gruuiid woco out yeany. A Shreveport, Lo-, paper looks at this sub j'.'c' in thia light : Fer some jc-arr to come our crops will h j comparatively small, but even these em..; | erops will bring into (he country a verv larg*- ! 4 1.omit of un-.ii. ne prices w.ll continue to bc largo so long UH there is a deficiency in he yield. A crop of >,000.000 bales Rt thirty c n-s wiy bring as^iuch UK 4.0?O,000 bale at the average price ot former years-Chrb/i icic & Sentinel.' THE FOIST or H'OXOR AMOKG TOE METIIO WISTS.-Says a contemporary : Owing to disagreement growing nut of th?, qvic-stiou of slavery, the General Conference of IS IS agreed upon a.*: a plan of Reparation." which was quicb>'y followed on the part of thc Sonthcrn Methodists in the organization of the " Methodist Episcopal Church," and sent ipr this purpose representatives to thc General Conference of the Northern Church but they were, refused admissioo. Years ot alienation have intervened since then, and now tho Sosthorn Church stands'upon eti quette, and intimates through ber .bishops that if a reunion of the churches is desired, the 'Northern Church should be the first to ask (or it. Will she do so ? A s the weather grows cold the mortuary returns baigin to show a sad fatality am on jr those who during the genial summer managed I to gcUalong wit&o.ui\ much trouble. IQ this j city, for the la?t mouth the deaths among the j blacks were as (our to one to the whites, and j is the seasoa becomes more . inclement, as I shelter is more requisite, and food and clothing I harder to c->me at, we may look f>r a mortality that will be appn?ing. ll lett to themselves ' the great bulk of the negroes will go on, care I I?KS of the morrow, to meet in the drfad wi' 1 t r tbi* same tate Chat overtakes the careles j in .ecte which buzz through the warm weath i er and perish with the cold, llumauity re ? roly at the thought of leaving these poor j creature? to their own feeble devices, nod i' ' is a suggestion perhaps not unworthy tl-e at Uentiou of those having them io charge, j whether it would not be better to let the ques tion of wages drop for the moment, and put them out iu good homes, to work for shelter and maintenance, alone till more settled Jays, j Many would be glad to hare servants on the-t I f-rm*, who nave no idea of binding them Kirri lo puV money lor services that c^nnoi be depended on.- Const'ilutionalvti. . gg?? Napoleon was a horrible grammarian judging from tk.r way in which he murdem tue KID^^ English tu Waterloo. :tilitar^>>?n?riraony-? Divorces ..Easy for the Negro. Considerable merriment ia being m sume of t?o Northerngpress over thc -rder of Colonel .Thomas,, regulating rispes for freedmen in accordance w .)rdinances?cf God and the Constitu ;he Unite*.States. Bat there is a G Rufas Saxton, who bas charge of the men's Bunfcu in the two Carolinas and _iia, who throws our superintendent bade. Col. Thomas bas some shown son, in conse/juguce o? lhere being no :aws regul^?gSWie tnsrriegcs of ne But Saxtr??3gp*?fi^Jong ways ahead ol ind regulates-tho whole thing-not or: marriage, but also fiscs a getting oat fur'those who get tired of married life", hare no roana for ail his regulations t subject, buttheibllpwiDg are dainty: TentIi.~R husband living with a having, no cjxildron by her, may be pern to take a previous wife, provided 1. He baj? children by such wile, wh ?till minors, 2. That such wife Lave no ?thar hus j kuown to bo living. ' 3. That- bs pi ascot .wife assent to chango of ttje-fr marriage relations. ?V??nfA-i-If a former wiL. utterly re upon application msde by the husbam renew her fcjrmer rasrrtuge relation willi he may notr$r some society or church of fact of suchrefusal, and ask for a rel .'rom said wife.. after due notice givei uch society} or church to the wife rtfuf .he fail to sborr any moral or legal object .s provided ^for in those regulations, to enewal of..Sher former marriage relat with him, f? en the r.ociety or church oe in the casi) i hall grant to thc man a rob rom all j?Sj] obligations to her us a hush; and tbr tke.?upport of all his cL???ronby : .. Th?? ter\d?icy of these regulations is i .ainly calculated'to impress the negro wit eery l?>fry r*fgr.rd for one ot thc roost sac mstitutionsW'.Chr??lian society 1 There dyut.'tlcjss srii^e white , people that would ! 10 shuffle ofifohc matrimonial coil us eai ?s is hereby ?prescribed.- Vicksburg Herc General Lee. J K -- The graining duty of annouocir.g to i couutry the_?cccptpnco by Gen. Robert Leo of tho j?r? sidency of. Washington Colli nas been devolved upon the undersigned thc board oflrustees of that institution. T ..ccetsion ofU^iis distinguished fjeutieinan the laculty ofj&i* venerable college, and ita houored chief, is destined, we trust, ' uark the cajtim&iceruent of a now era in history,' and mos*?eyrd:trHy do-WBCongr?tuli ?ts numerous friends on this most auspicio event. The high, noble and patriotic motiv which impelled our beloved chief, in aece'j mg th? honorable, hui. co'r?p?r&lively b'nrhh ..option tendered lo him by the autboiiritfp thc College, must win for him a new tillo he admiration and love of bi-* countryine The college, under the administration and s jttrvisinn of Gen. Le-?, will resutue its es? ;RPi on the M? h i nit. At a tuct-'ting of '.ho board of trustees of tl od- ^v, convened in Lexington, or? 1 hui .tar. the ?llst alt., the folio-wing rtoolutic w^ Unanimously passed. Ihr- publication i wiiicli is demanded as rm cot of juavicu aili to Gen. Lee aud themselves: fhsolctd, That the board heartily.concc m and fuily imbuves the sentiments m wc exDresscd by Gen. Lee. ic his letter ofnccf] tinco <if tbs presidency d Washington Co .rue, that "it ia the duty nf every citizen., i tht present condition of the country, to ri all tn his power to aid in ?be re*t oral iou < peace and harmony, ti nd in no way t ) opp- ? the p dicy of tho otate or general govcrnmtr directed to that object,5' and that''1 it i-. pal ticularyincumbentunou tbosicharged witbth ioRtruction of the "yoong; io PO! uu exanipl of submission to kutitorifv sentiments I ha cannot fail to commend themselves to the a( proval of the President pf the United Stat? and to tho unqual|iied U3icnl ot all pensibl and virtuous, eilizens. In dedicating his future lifo to the hoi work of oducatitn; tb*c youth of his countn Genorcl Lee presents a new and interea'io, phase of bis grand and heroic character* char.-.cter than which no more perfect modi wrists among living men. "Tis a sjit-i f bric, and will well support the laurels (bu adora il.'' Let the young men o? lids cour try, North as well as South, be w?-.e and pro fit no ?eas by his precepts limn by his great Kt ample. JoiiK.W.BaocacNaKo.ouir, Kt-ctor of V/asbi/jton College. Lexington, Va., Sept. 21,18G5. -* ^--- # : HK?VT IMMIGRATION".-Tho-stream of tm migration to this portshowsno sign of abate meut. During the first three w?eks of ih past month, seventeen thousand passengers IroBi various European ports, landed in titi city, and the entire cumber for the monti will approximate iweuty-firo thousand. Tli larger part of th?se immigrants arc Gem?an* Swiss and Poles, who will prove a valuahh acquisition to our indU?lriai population. Ni at ly all ol'them have brough I ? little* capital thu cl??elj.buibanded Hiving-? of hard labn at home-and with thi.? tlmy xviii establisl themselves ?nd coa^incnee the work of curv iug out their fortunes by industry and eeono my. Very few of tho itumigranta stop in th city permanently. The majority b-vo 'heil domination fully decided upon, before the.j arrive herc, tiwi generally uicnhest great, ea ' ji?.rnes8 to go lor>vurd- W?st-ward or South ward, a? the custs may. bo. Our reporta fio-j ? the European cities wuore emigrants moetbj , embark, ii ll point to a continuai iou. of t hi i b.flux. Tho German and Euglah,seaport are overrun with emigrants, nod tho vas&eli ??4 ii? . . ' : - '- 'tej&T* V-i ir::>?3fi^ pl j ?e&viog for this coiiiitrv aro all crowded to j ilioir utmost rapacity. Let them come, a jd rtbo moro the Letter. The Cnited States ?a I nov.* better prepare;] than ever before, to ac ? cept the industrial poor of Eurotie-to givo 'hem good homes ii. exchange fer hovels, ?nd liberty in exchange." for despotism.-Now York Sun. The members of the Eedoral Congress which meelon the first Monday of Decembei ! next wero elected in 1864, and represent tit j then non-slivp-hohjing States almost exclu .irtly. They vero elected whet! the ii3ne cf he war was apparently still \lcr.llful, and when the passions engender?d by it wore raging with sJl the fury and hideous violence peculiar to a civil war between persons speak ing the sane language and of?n common origin. In tho Congressional elections of 1864, the (naost determined advocates of a vigorous pros ticution of the war were almost in every in stance the successful^ candidates, and thew who advocated thc most cx'rt'jnc and merci lesa measures fur the buljjogrition ol', tot Soutkt-xn States wc-re nearly in every iustAncf elccad over their tcotirrsUi, humane and con . ?errative opponents.' .Thy next Cor-grus will, kereforo, represent that fierce war ap'rir. uat fixad determination tu conquer the South, Abolish ?lavery and restore tho Dhioa whicl ^traded tho entire North when Lee and lirant and Johnston end Sherman were wrest ling for thu mastery ia Virginia and Georgia, side* the defeat of tho Confederate artair ind the utter collapse of tho Confederacy. - her" has bern ro election of members <. Oi'sgroes except in the late sluve States ol Kentucky and Tennessee, In the Northen. ?url Western States there Lave been and wi.I ha nun? before IStiG, and after tho ??dj-)ur?; , lofcut of Congress. Upen tho present Co: - j | irions tho exti'-tcrt and radical Republican? rely, with jroat certainty; for the enloroeiii?n 'if all their doetiine* They af-eert, with tb utmost cn.fi ienca Bad complacency, that ?' "spre?cii inti ves frote tlc Southern Stales wi be admitted into either hmso of the Nation? lioagreaa uotil each acd all ol the Souther -'.wtes haro oi.franchised the rmtnxiipiit.c Macks. Fortunately, however, boforo. the rp??Mir,g ->f Cen^res.'s impor'iuit eloetioi^ will take; j j ;<!aco SR noatly ail tba Northern ilrs. AP j hough they will bo held for the election cl ?tate effleure nair*!.-, tie question ? ?' .l r-?gro futiitgt " mu? und will bo made h prominent sud vital issue. The Grat ai<?p r j ?o?'ciHg negro suffrage upon the South, mn?i he talon by tho enfrauckiseuiout of the free ?.?roes ia lite Noithern State?*. . .' * In rv.csfc of the ' Northern State? negroes | are not allowcd.to Tote, or they v?.to undr rcHtri< tiona titwhich white ei'uene ?n> i .iu'-.jeciod. T?i-T" h'!s always ewsird ami n :ho maines at ih?? N-fh a mon- profound" div li:?c tu.devating the irwe n- Krot'- 'o an ?quaI . ty with tue white laborer. Watte Mid ne ^ro laborcre will n<>t work io tho aa-ne shops peac:nb!y and harcaonio?i.-!y. Thero are ??.ene?, in tho Philadelphia >-lr.*it car* wher ever a npn^ro enter* ono of thom, arid eases ot m ?eegenation artfrrqner.tly sod auccas?lujlj although * harefetj ijnated, by mobs. Th nsni'esta'ions id' ibis jobing have re citly beaa frequent and vio?eut ? yet within th? nest two months the toten? io tho Northern S tato mus* pa.i? upon-the 'question ->f decir." ini- wbi'ihc.', to the extent insisted upon fy GracW and Phillip-?, the fie* r.e;jro ie " a man, sn ?-.quai and a brother.:' .Th?y cannu; venture to force lu^rosu?Trage upon as, whei: they refuse lo pine? tbo whited and bindo upon a political cq^aiiy ?u their ow? Starer. Hence M the ?r?< UJOVO Op?li tb? che s {??Outil of political events. the Nor th nen elflctloni thia faii rr'1'benvj?timpo.la.r.t itnd f-igniGcRi t. -Jiic'nnurid Tim**. KKTC?II'M IV THE Tooan*.-1 he Njw York C .rrospon-lf-Pt of theCincinr.ati tj,;zct'e *ays: Kilehum, tho forcer, is still e?rjfit?rd in tl:': Toombs, and l>*?ars bis f.te "with remnik able re.-?gnf.iio? and firm ness. U?* ron?i' Ut ^ to plav t!:c rois of hijur?d;i?u?oc. ncV. katie chre,s, with s .m? emphasis, ho H too pnuid to complain. Hi? wife, it m said,...has ne* visited him ; hu?, two or. ihr*?* ? f his J'ai> friends, in whom he wea m >nj deeply ?ttter este J than hs sliouid have be.jn, i..ake -fre-' quent calls al his priron ?uarters, oonst?lin? !'KH captivity with their (ArrsFflB. and s-fteo I icg it T/ith* their tt'ilM. iio ?nB;?es Rt'itrh Ol ?hu time ia reading-poetry, and iii ibiii'int j ficni.iiusr.tal epi?ilm to ihr; deiir diviuiti^.^ t I wiioiu I huve rcfeind ; wh?o he ie he fre jquiml recipient-?>1 varions perfumKl, rue* ! lined billete, - assuring him thnt tu thc laitM ! of ttovoraity ih? loving hc-urt remember* most. Iii.? cell, ?Mt can be called such, i? qui:^ pleasiiut, and be is liberhlly supplied with ; books, aud ueieeacies, ar.d flowers. He has j no doubt whatever of his discharge by tbe 'couria, and continues to asfcvertte that he j hus dono nothing which can wsko hitn nWcn tMe to the law; that Lis "f?n?m-tal opera tioiii" were U'.ifortnnnte, but sahct:oi>|cd by custom in. Wull ?trect. Norsr. VKRDICT OF A COIIOVCH'H.. Jr.tv.-1' Daniel Ciovelaud, who was .shot by K.negro I >o!diei in .TeG'ersviiiviiie, nn Monday, dud I yesterday, between ll and ?2 riVlork. *J li? j coroner held an inquest, and a jury returned, j a verdict that tho deceased carno to bis di nih j from the ollV.cm of a pun shot wound inflicted j by a J-? black s-n of n b-h. farbalim.) Cleveland .wa-? a d?sciarged moldier, and ;baU served tour years iu tho Thirty-eighth Indi an ?v Volunteers. Tho negro wa? brought to this city and placed in tho military^prison for safe keeping, as tho authorities woro ar> prehensive that . thu citizens would Jyuch him,- Louisville Lcmocrau sn . .TV s we /, iwj t [ PAYABLE IN AD7A??CE. JW ArjTOTtjfi-DiPOti wi!; {?>,in?trteiJ..ftt thc rat? cf ORE UuLLA.K'and ?itfX? CENTS per Sonare (IO Minina lir.e3 or lees,) for thc first insertion, .u;d Odtl? DOLLAR for OH ch saLeeqooot ifisfrti'j? ?ST A libral nhcoanfwiW ba ?ado to those wishing to ailx-urtiiM hy the month or year. ,. . . Anmuiiciof* Candidates' ?5.00. in advance. A Page from Life's Urama. . AeQut.'.. j' "(Before tho War.)' A Jf s behind bia chanter ?Uo>?, la a. htorc at/out riiteori by three, Cryiog " V?.k i:T*hir, I .?hell to cheaps Come buy some gi-.'s froai ID?." .'' B?rts'i> a v<jry ?;'u<? oom. i'il Itt y?o bai*, On viet) I make chust ten per cent, Or here's a Hue reaht ycn'J befer take, Ard jon'll say your raonirh veil spent." Ilia alfi and his children are shabbily ?Tttz'A, Aud ho locks lifo a poer nae in need ; .White hil fare at his board la not of tho beat And Li; clothes ar? nil goirg to se?-.'. Aol 2d. . (Sooend yiar of the War.) A sleek old Jew in his counting room fat, In a ?tore 'bout a hundred by flfry jf Aa d the counters and abelvca, ?aid for themselves Tbat be we* doing a business quite thrifty. Hie wife is bedecked in gorgeous array. And hi* children are tttatiry okd, Whits tbe old bo, btmself, I* dressed to dealt. In clothing the host lo bo had. . A customer cr.lN-ho torn! in h'.j chair, Acd ri H gs very !ri-k at rho W, And saje to his clerk, " eb oat say to him, please. That tish only Ly wholesale 2 sholl." Ile counts his o&rh, and lays it ia pile*, While he puff? his Ilaviian cigar ; And he ehuokirs ard gricnaa hu naya to himself, " All ui.-h from dibh glorious w?r !" A Careless Habit. . It is really distressing to notice the large ?umber of young men who allow themselves n become atoop-jhonldered, . which. results m ti rely fror? carelessness or laziness. We ;ae some who proseat evident signs that they ;!vo a fair amount of attention.toiha mirror, udging from the care bestowed upon their lair ?nd whiskers; and yet, after having fin shed the.^e ceremonies to beautify ano iw ?ro?e their appearanoo, they walk ? ut before he world, loohiag as if they bad carried packs ll their liv???, and that tho peculiar hump of heir shoulders was intended for it to red* .pon. What a pity it is that yoong persona annot soe how deformed ind ill shaped they .re when giving way thus ! Kow wo cou .?nd it in nothing but carelessness, and caa )Q as easily guarded ag&:net as any o'hfr bsd ubit. Why, man, just throw your bead.and ?boulders back, and bold them there, and rou will ia a short time pot only grow in the Htimation of others bot rill actually think nnre of voorst-lf. Quit walking along, with our chin resting on yur chest, and your .?.ad drawn in like a terrapin's- for though . ou may sleek your bair aud whiskers, and hink you loek ever so weil,-no ona else hinks so hat yourself-and between us. you ook for all the world like nn ?1? pack horse tioviog '.fi' on a journey. Hold back y..ur ?hoaldcTf, throw out your chesty and, with onr bead evett, you will look some-Liang like ?hat your i?ik*r in?9??dod-the imago of limselt. Uth^raite, by the time you aro airty years of ago, yon will be u parrow j'iestcd, stoop-ehouidere?, iiisnjaihcAut look og creator*, with not luScienl euorgv 'o ?ike yourself <^uf- of a'shower of rain-Cc u'mlnn Enquirer. A GBEAT NATVR.IL CV-KIOSITY.-The Sen mel, published at Jacksonville, Oregou. of ho 12?h ult., BATS: ;*. Several of our qatizens retuinod last vratk rom a vif-it to ibu Gr?;at Sunken Lake,-aita iled in Cascade Mountain?, about 75 miles lortheait from Jacksonville." This lake rivals v.> famous vallajjT.of Sinbad tTio sailor. 'It . .-> though: to average COCO foot down to. tbs rater allround. Ibo walls are al moot per pendicular, running down into the Water, end 'caving no beach. Thc thoth of the water is mknown. mid its surface is smooth and DB?. . ufiled, ss it hrs 3o far below the surface of '.lie mouut?ia thal tho air currents ?J<* cot af fect it. Its length is estimated at 12 rails?, iud its widr.ii at 10. There is an island in ita centre having trees upou-it. No living man ever liss, cud'probably never will," be able-te reach the water's edge, it lies'silent,'still and nivs.'ci icua in thc bosom of the**everlast. . inp: bills,' 'IIke a huge'-W?U scooped ont ^y the uanda ol if ? giant'genii of tho lacuntaiaa, tn the uokuoWU, ages gon> by,' and around il he primeval forests walch' and ward are keeping; The Twiting, party fired a rifle ser er*] times in<o the water utan augie of -li b greca, and wero able to note several seepnda of time from tbs report cf tho gun until the Sall struck the water. Such seems rncredi bfe, but it itf vo'ucht?l for' by s?'m?bf'Onr u?o>t rcfiahl? ?Tl?zeris. ''' "'*. , i ,...ee>ie.,? A StNiiUL/iu Tabtaitarjtic BLCXIJER:-Ono .if the oEco-bearers of the-Graud :Lodgu of rAcothr.d. who bad to attend the recent cat? tnony of laying tbe^foundation st?mfof'lbo Qiumnrial to tho Duke of Atl.oll'at tkjj^ait, left Edir/o?r^h.witb^uVbis copkfd'B?f.j'On disoovering the omisiioh, ho tete^rapb^ |rom a station ou thelnveueite.ss apci Porlb jiee to his wife in Edinburgh, "Semi nay eocked bat witU-^tovmo?Tow.^^Oo^e ujlk???ng day"HH friend put ttito biii hsrid.'not-tbe-'mie- , .sine'attide of atltfe!\<ut 3 parcel ol'" Cfi?ked int--' vrV.eh wer??? :t apMireortSoY??e* graph clerk3 ha?l.ir.ins.:V'ri?.<?d /lie message. S2?r^ *O?an Icing ci joiv/ed to rry;ihe effect ot ki'nrTr.e'a un her hui-band. ind b?ing told that it.wcu'.d heap (Oil's cf fir?p'n|bis ueail,. replied that she hadtikd, " Uniu^W? u'.r, aud il didt/t Jo a bit of ,?r< pdLV. ? CS?"That 'WnSa- n.-rff''i-e"aCtir^'-: said a genflahasj in compa: y, th> murderef Itaaa and the seai'mg up cf Itf??rimmW m* i'' tia wr ; ; : . " What Deau?" ts'.ceU ?iulf%? dosen^ciw at ODO?,- - . .tXt v.. . .... ... .> uSv.l>ee^"rey?^1^wiip. c,1>. .