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-i.:.,.:..:i.^.;.r.:.^\.i?--n,u.,. nu aga rr: TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION INVARIABLY IN IbV^N-CE/ . . . f .' ; _ <?. = ..-:?< T t. ' The ADVERT?irX'i^^^^P^^' ery WiDSESDAr MORXING, at THREE DOLLARS per annum ; ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CTS. for Sis MouiBf;"-SEVEfiTY-FIVE - CENTS .for Throe M?nthf^^cajl?iu, advance? a*^ u _ft=sy?A11 papers discontinued at tho expiration of tho'time ^^^^y^havohee^paidv.- ..: ?P -i. i .vs? ff :?i-t?T s .3 ia 'Ktfri?s OE ^vEi^rtsi?ffe.^ PAYABLE IX AD-VANCE..- . gltfgj , Tj^tg;V.r>Tfr;<?.? ttHfiav^ ?a? ?(JO Minnn lKegor lessj)yfbr theTfijr?t*insertion, . '?nd" 0?I? DOLLAR for each suhaeqneit tns?rli?n ^3?~A .liberal dia.co.unt will Be mado. to those "A liberal discount will DI _ 'wlshiriglo ?dvjBrtisp^y tho month of j?"ar ' ::;^nnouocing.CaAd.idoto8$?,?.?> in;ody,ftic?/..:.; ) Stationery, EerJ?Dier^". HOSIERl1??:?r%Rms^ ic, ic, No. l?r, Hce?ng Sfreef, T ' ' ; CHARL0ESTON, S. O. . J. B. STEELE, to-?fi f* . ?? C. C. NORTH, A. W. TARpELL^Tr;. - Nfcw-Yomr.. Charleston, Nay-IS ' .. . 3m 46 JACOB S. SCHIRMER, F A onroT^ ?ND COMMISSION MERCHANT,. WILL ATTEND TO PUitlCHASE, SALE AND FORW?F.DINQ " COTTON, RICfij JVAYiL ST?RES, LUMBER, OR OTHER MERCHANDISE. Office':-rV'?J 9, B ir o a d St iw t, CHARLESTON, S. C. Sept ll 2tm3m 37 0. R. HOLMES, COMMISSION MERCHANT, ACCOMMODATION WHARF, \ CHARLESTON, S. 3. ATTENTION given to tho palo of-COTTON, FLOUR, WHEAT, ancl OTHER PRODUCE, and to FILLING OF ORDERS. Charleston, Ojt 10 1m 41 H. L. ?EFFr?&G?. CHARLESTON, S. C., GENERAL AGENTS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, A ND Ia .A. IN-ID -A. Gr 33 "N" T S, Office, 118 JE nat Buy, WILL GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION TO THE SALE 0? COTTON AND OTHER PRODUCE WILL NEG OT!ATE for the ship ment of COT TON to-tbe most reliable Houses ia Europe and and thc North. And UK:ko liberal advances on tba samo when in hand for sale or shipment "WILL BUY GOODS for Merchants or Farr ors to order. WILL RECEIVE AND FORWARD GOODS. Will buy, and. sell Gold and Silver. . WILL NEGOTIATE tho salo of PLANTA TIONS, LANDS and TENEMENTS, whoo placed in their care. And on- this sabject wo beg leavo respectfully to say to our friends and the public, that us wc were born and raised in the State, and engaged in business for thirty years, and having travelled extensively over the State, and aro w-H acquainted with the location, soil and climate, and feeling in the clo?ost d;grcc idonti ficd with you, we flatter ourselves that we can be of great advaatogo to those who wish to sell their land? or plantations. We aru now ia correspon dence with friend..' who arc rativesof this S (ato, but recently located in New York, which will give us additional facilities for finding the most desir able purchasers. Wo therefore offer our scrvicos to thoso who wi?h to dispose of their lands, etc. To such we say, send us a plain written descrip tion of your property; the dhtrict it. which it is located ; whether north, south, east, or west, and the distance from the county site; Low watered, and the character of the streams; number of acres, and how many cleared and in. cultivation ; ?nd, as near as you can, the number of acres in bottom and upland ; and your prico per acre ; with $25 to cover exponses of advertising :"and wo will serve you to the best of our ability. IN FACT, will give their person:.! and undi-, vided attention to every interest- committed to their caro. II. L. J. & CO. South Carolina-our own, ou.r native lund, Ry her we've stood, and will forever stand. -0 I most respectfully beg leavo to return my sin zero thanks to my.friends and tho public for their long and liberal patronage. I thank them. And low, os the late disastrous and fatal war is over, I am again established in this city; apd (as it were) commencing anew : I therefore assure my friends and thc public that my personal attention' ind energy shall be faithfull]' given to every in terest committed to my care. Hence, I most .respectfully appeal te all my friends and the pub lic, and solicit a share of patronage. Born and reared-among you, and thirty years devoted to business.under your own eye, i* my reference. H. L. JEFFERS. Charleston, Nov 13_... 3t . 46 W. H. JEFFERS &?CO., (FORMERLY COTHRA5, JKPFXRS k Co.,) C HAUL'S STOW S. C., . A RE prepared to receive ?od forrard all COT J\. TON and MERCHANDIZE- consigned to their caro at Orangebarg and Hopkins' Turn-Out, ou South Carolina Railroad. On completion, of tba road to Columbia; they will continue business at that place. By strict attention to business and moderate charges, they hope to merit a ?hare of patronage. t Nov. 15, Imo 46." THE AMERICAN LAND..COMPANY ? . . AGENCY, Centrai Office, 57 Broadway, N. Y. JOHN A. ANDREW, President, ] FRANK E. HOWE. Vico President, , L. W, WINCHESTER, Treasurer, ? Trustees. GEO, CABOT WARD, ALFRED GAUTHIER, J OFFERS its services in the .PUBCHASE, S?ALEh LEASE or EXCHANGE bf City or Country Pr?pertv in .the South and West: or in PROCURING WORKMEN, SUPERINTEN DENTS, TENANTS." or PARTNERS fiom the North,.or from Europe. Full information fur nished upon iadjuiry of _ THURBER, SOULE A CO., Agent?, No. 4 State-streets, (np-itairs,) Charleston, S. C. Noy 15 Im 49 "Til m DUI nnZE Subscripcr respactfolly announces to thc 8 public that he still continues the Furniture and Undertaking Business At bis old-stan iL jvhere De ?8 prepared ta 6H all orders in either branch-of tho above business, at tho short os t notice, and on as reasonable terms as th> times will allow. Mr.- JAMES PAUL is in charge of the estab lishment, and will give his undivided attention to (be business of tho Sbop. , ?^fir* TERMS CASH.-^ ^ ^ Sept 5 ' _ti 30 Macearon!, &c. IN Store, Superior MACCARONI, CORN STARCH, ISINGLASS, sparkling GELA, TINE, &c. I HODGES & JENNINGS. Nor. 14, tf 46. i :: DEFERUEB. EftiTOB? ALS? jffifi ul j T%-rf^~i ' W S Ch?rlestor? Ad^&o?^eji?*. ; j?o/take'much ploasnre it calling tho attention of oar readers to the card of H. L. JEFFERS A Co., tobe -fcmnd'elswhero.i? ?ur issue of to-day. As .OYO .wye -said on^former occasion, it seems to us 11*^^91$;;^ pers'dcal integrity, the great business qualifications, a?a*tho profound ixp^onco of H. L.'JB'g?ams^ Estp'All our people "save tho very young'* wTid'havo -grown up duriDg the. war, know him ; and havo known him long and well. We do not know tho fact,, but wo are under thb impression' that two sons of this gen tie man, . yoting officers :.wha greatly;: distinguished themselves in the cavalry service during the late war, are now associated with'him. Wo rcoom mond H. L. JEFFERS <L-Co. most cordially.and conscientiously to tho people, of EdgcGcld. pg NORTH, STEELE & WARDELL--3?ight-Blooming C?reas, HeKcrVrop?, Violette ; "Note: Papor, Ase colored and heavenly blue, for lovers ; Silk Stock ings and Socks ; Elegant Knives and porks ; and hundreds of other very superior Fanoy :Goods ; aro all to be had at wholesale from NoT.TH, STEELE & WARDELL, 167, Meeting St, Charleston. Rush B7o"DQar,;:?^ 'C?Rtv?LS,"'and L E B E'S cn uLTZ, and MARGET, ,to this establishment,* and get for your cu'stomo'rs such as you've never-had bo/ore. : -Airs?iCAj?_.LAiin-C?MrAvv AJID AGENCT.-See tho "advertisement of this Company in another column."' Persotjs in want of white laborers, ten ants, 4c., ?V wishing to sell or purchase, lands 4c, would doubtless dowell to.consultthis Agency -? ? <? The World of .Literature. "DEMBDUVAL."-" NAPOLEON'S LIFE OF CESAR." I Tho Bibliomanists and Rsviewors have had, for a long time.past, but.few really great works upon which to exhibit their- accustomed mania. In December 1S63, while we of the South were shut out from the world -of letters, and the world tn general, tho London Times announced to those admiring worlds : " Thackeray it dead." And its groat and illustrious rival the Paris Moniteur re ochoedthc over-to-be-htmentcd sontence: "L Monsieur Thackeray cet mort." " Deni? Duval," bis last novel, unfinished and posthumous, has furnished the critics of the world oi letters with food for nota few applauding and eulogistic ro views; and bas scared up many a long famished literary Bohemian to something like food and a ttomach. All agrco with Dickens that it prom sed to bo the greatest of tho great works of the rreat TnACKEI;Av-thc greatest Novelist and Sati rist of his day. "Dcn? Duval" is but a frag nent, but ex pede hercuUm ; it is - written in the arno facile style that rendered ,THACKERAY tho rrcatest writer of fiction in all Britain. Its un ini.-hed pages teem with love and tenderness and lovotion and duty and hnman strength and human rail ty, mingled with forco and'eloquence and atiro and thorough knowledgo of human nature )?:, the pity that Pendennis sheuld.not.have been pared to complete this eapshcaf'fo'his fame ! We lave read him and known bim, laughed and wept vitia him, lovod and admired him; and wc burn dy pray that the sweot dews of affection, so gush ng in his own great heart, may fall ever gently n his honored grave. Another aud a different bcok, unfinished as yet, >ut of which the author is still ih*?g and work ug, is the "Li/* oj" Julia* Cmur," by Napoleon II, Emperor of tho French. Tho illustrious birth, ventful lifo, and exalted position of its author, lavo given to this publication an unusual interest ind prestige, and to tho Previewers a bound ess field of interminable criticism. Many assert .cry strongly that it is not the production of NA POLEON ; and in defence of such assertion, urge bat no man like Locis NAPOL?ON, on the throne, ind administering tho government of a pcoplo so ickle, inflammatory and revolutionary as thc drench, could find leisure for the production of j ( listory : or bc capable of other great rrental cx irtion than tho direction of tho vast machinery >f hie immenso government, with its countless ind complicated duties; especially when it is mown that all questions of importance concern ng the State ore submitted to his personal exam i ?ation, and solved by his individual responsibility. Ind it is further urged that the known gallantry if the Emperor occupies all his spare moments, ind that intrigues and affaira du coeur are indis pensable to his oxistence. This last assertion is predicated entirely upon ;he past life and habits of tho Emperor, and to hose unacquainted with his personal history of ate years, may present an apparent verity. Such in acquaintance however soon solves the mystery >f a great Emperor, ruling over a great and ox litable people,'turning hi? attention to, andmorg ng his time and talent in, writing history. Tho truth is thii: The Emporor of tv-Jrvy is ully equal, mentally, to tho Emperor of yester lay. The world acknowledges him to be not only King, but Master of tho French. All Europe lames bim the princo of Diplomatists. Physical - y, however, there is a sad change in this great nan. Louis NAI'OLEOTJ hos lived to experience ladly the truth of the line : " Time steals on us, ind steals from us." His Majesty has long suf fered with a disease scarcely known in this coun try! called by the imperial physician, Sucre aux HojnouK ; something like cryctalizatibn of thc urine This diseuse is said to be slow in progress, but sure of its victim ; it is said further to impart to the outward man the jaundiced and phlegmatic appearance which marks the Emperor. Disease, fd tal, slow, and certain, racks the proud man whom the world envies. Intrigues, affaires du eveur, visions of love aud beauty, the charms of tho matchless Ttuliernc, tho Countess Castiglione, aro, for Louis NAPOLEON, in tho past. Tho physical tine is daad as it-?'ere, but the mind burns as bright and active as ever. And the royal representative" of-tho great Buonaparte seeks refugo and interest in the .most instructive and instructing pursuit . . . To auch circumstances the world is indebted for the History in question, of. which only tho first .volume Ls as yet publirhed. ?Wo say indebted, for wo consider it profound,- philoscpbical and ?elia Dlo ; and hope (9 present, in future, such a skele ton of. it, as may induce the situ.iocs and literary among our readers to turn their attention tberoto. EST Tho'Secretary of the Interior basdecided that all pensions grantod prior to the commence ment of tho late war ceased to accrue from and after thc date bf the President's proclamation de claring the State or district in which the pension er was domiciled to be in insurrection, and that tho payment of suoh pension can only be resum ed from and after the cstabliihncnt of proof of the pensioner to be restored U fie rolls. jSTJ* The 8an Antonio Express ro?rcsents ar unparalleled drought in Texas. The rivers are vory low. Another WmWkjF??p i? Paris. Uris Intended to baVQ another grand universal .exhibition in Paris in the spring and summer cf 1887, which shall.-scryo as an-iaduBtur.I, scientific and artistic congress'bf WtionsI r-The measure is to bifc -eatriod ont. tinder the auspices . of'the* Government of Prance. Great Britain, Germany, .Russia, and perfiaps:aU tho' European nations itb say nothing of the kingdoms and. .countries of. tho,East-will be represented. Space in the con templated edifico has been allotted to the United States, and A'mcHcana:aro.giyen until; may 18C6 to say.how.njuoh of,it they will rqquire-that is? to register wha? .thoy wBl send. This "World's Fair, like the former ones, is relied upon to have a certain'moral infiiienco upon tho nations*-to promp^-eivil inteiflourso an d' pleasant relations -to smooth down narrow national pr?judices and to bring about ? reign of poaco and good feeling. . . ' ..''.. " Imagino this magnificent Universal Exhibition in tho gajr^btUlianOind enchanting city of Paris1! To bo pr?sent?t this griat Fair would be an education in itself. Wo. adviso every one who can-by hook' or by crook, by fair moans or foal to go to lt . Especially the thousands of young men?rwhp; have been- deprived ,by tho, war. of a thorough ?nd systematic education. :" 6 itch, a; {rip would bring: them out wonderfully. ; A?/pr,..our self, we weuld infinitely rather die than miss it. Abraham. Lincoln's. Log Cabin. A very interesting relic is now exhibiting on Cost?n Commun. It is'thc log cabin built in Ma jon county, Illinois, in tho year 1SS0, ondit which the late Prosidcnt resided for .two years Mr. Lincoln and his friend John Hunks construct- ( jd this rude habitation thirty-live years ago by j their-joint labor. It was removed from its origi- j aal site by Mr. Hanks, who, we may add, went 1 with Mr. Lincoln on his somewhat celebrated flat- i DO at excursion to New Orleans. Tho leg cabin is t low attracting considerable attention in Bustos. > Ct was for a timo on exhibition in New York in'an ? establishment having the reputation of contain ing so many humbugs ia" the ' shape of woolley ?I lorsos, and so forth, that the people did not oredit t ts genuineness, and therefore did not go to soi) it c 3overnor Oglesby, of IPinois, state's tho cabin j low OB exhibition is the identical ono built by Vbraham Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln and John ] t flanks. .A gentleman while walking with i lady o church, in Huntsville, Ala., Sunday week, wa; tnockod down with a slung shot by a negro col lier. . ?;" . ' ?ST The fifty dollar counterfeit greenback is uch a successful picco of workmanship that about . dozen copies of it have beon paid over thc cuun or at the Troasury. The Treasurer, Gcnoral ?pinner, acknowledges himself puzzled to distiu ;aisb good from bad in this'casc. Thc Amendment to the Constitution. We present below,:the resolutions passed ry our Legislature OD-Monday the 13th ?Dst., n the passage . of tho Amendment to the /onslitntlon of the United States : - -'IT "Whereas, the C?Dgressof tho United States. ?y joint resolution, approved on the first day I February, A. D. 18??, proposed an amend uent to the Constitution of the United States ar the ratification of the Legislatures of the everal State3, which amendment is in the allowing words, to wit : " Ardele 13-&:ciion 1. Neither slavery lor involuntary servitude, except na a pun- e ihment fur crime, whereof the party shall a lave been duly convicted, shall exist within lie United States, or any place subject to heir jurisdiction. " Section 2* Congress shall have power to nforee this article bv appropriate legislation. Approved February 2, 18G5." Resolved, therefore, by thc Senate and louse of Representative* of the General As embly of thc State of South Carolina, in General Assembly met, and by the authority if the same, That the aforesaid proposed Amendment of the Constitution of the United States be and the same is hereby accepted, adopted and ratified by this State. Resolved, That a certified copy cf tho fore ping preamble and resolutions bo forwarded >v his Excellency the Provisional Governor, o tho President of the United Slates, nod ilso to the Secretary ol State of the United states. Resolved, That any attempt by Congress owards legislating upon the political status )f former slaves, or their civil relations, would ie contrary to the Constitution of the United states, a? it now is, or*as it would be altered . ; the proposed amendment, in conflict with .e policy of the President declared in his tmncsty proclamation, and with the restor ion of that harmony upon which depends thc rita! iuterests of the American Union. .TERRIBLE SUFFERING AMONG THE NEGROES. -The New York Tribune reports 16,000 alacks in the District of Columbia, and great lersonal distress. Hero is a picture of the iuffcring8 of these people : " The most frightful mortality exists, as nany as eighty coffins per week being fur lished by thc Quartermaster's Department, nost of which are for children- It is the spinion of the physicians practicing among hem, and of other close observers, that :hree-fourths of these children die from neg lect and want. In thc family of a soldier who lost his life in battle, five out of the ten children Lave died since March, 1805, from thc above causes. In another three out of ?even children of a soldier drafted in Decem ber last have starved to (leach in thc lust three weeks. The mothers in both cases were prostrated with eickness. In the same square mothers and sons, wives and children ot soldiers still in Government service ns regular United States troops, arc suffering for the necessaries of life ; 'knowing nothing more of these men,' they say than that 'when the war broke up they didn't come home.' Near thce^ lives another soldier's wife, hav ing four skeleton children, who, as ?he fays, were starved ont in Frederick, Maryland, they have neither bed, table nor chairs, nor any household utensils save a frying pan, out of which they all ent with their fingers. " Thes-3 cases might b? multiplied to scores and hundreds la and around thc national capital." :-:-? ?-? A little boy, in Trinity* Church caoir, New-York, gets a salary of one thousand dol lars per annum for singing. fB3T 1? Kansas, a Sute settled by Free dom Shriekers, and where black is the color of joy, the now Constitution orly allows white men to vote. ^rif-. A peet io the Nebraska City Kemi con cludes a long pocin with tho following lines: t! Well, such is lire ! V.'hom the God's love, . Die young. Whom (hey bute, live and prospar, And are elected Delegates to Congress From the several Territorios." Geni Wade Hampton.'? Letter*... . vi.. . - ". . . "'. TB TH?-?-KO?LE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Exp'?ctjbg tofiehv? the State in'?'few days,' for an uncertain peribd.'T't?nrt?t do^so'-mth'-" out expressing to'nty felfow-'citizens my ;pro 'fcitiKd serjseof fhe-'honotpaid to -me by.the vote given-io nie bathe, recent election : fox Governor, dn pursing, my . thanks to them for the late.spointaneous a?d extraordinary ioanifcstation tjf their Jcindnta s, it is due to* them that I sndairj state t the reVisods which induced, me to a?rjipe to b? a candidate'.' * Tn tho'first place fhVCbnv?nt?ori, which ga'vo'the election of Go^crn'or'to'the ' people, had -with SingdlaT, 'nnanrtnity-?though .not-in- thew public capaoity-?-Te?juested the distinguished gentleman who has been elected to become a caadidat?/o.r.^be officq.. This he= .?pnsent?d to-do,.thou-jh^ u^ub?c^, .at. great" personal inconvenience^anda heavy sacrifice bf his private inlet estai Und*er th?se circumstances, I was>uriwiriingt'to db ' anything ' that: might cause a political" "contest1 in the ' 8tate. I thought that no good' 'could arise: af home from such a-contest,-whilst- it might do us infinite miscnietf-vabroad. The President of the United States'had exhibited aot oply.a ?trong dispo3?tion?to prote.ct.tho South from the radicalism .of &u,2iqrthf.but to reinstate aa in our civil and.political, rights, r feared that my election-by embarrassing him in labora arid .'policy-might incidentally" do ?arm rb- the State. Superadded to these tt?siderati?ffs^bf^ public character, d?ter -ing me fron) appeoringas a candidate, there vere others of a%private nature nolesss'f?ng. My affairs, neglected for.fiye years, impcra .ively demandecLmy personal attention. Had [ believed, tho rny.election as Governor could ??ally benefit [he. State, or subserve any of 1er true interests, no. sacrifice of a private lat ure, how'e'yeV"great, would have deferred ne from accepting that br any other-position 0 which abe rr.igrrt have called mc; but re garding my n?nination only as a compliment rom some of my former comrades, 1 felt at ?berty to decline,:'tbough deeply.sensible of he honor paid to me by.the nomination, and he manner in which i twas received through ?ut the State. , ?hesc reasons, which I hope rou will understood and appreciate, impelled oe to withdraw my name. Having given he reasons foi )lie course I pursued, and ex iressed my thanks for ycur generous con ?dence in me, t should, perhaps, close. But he evidence ydu'have given of j-ounjeiudness o and confidence* in me-?vidence as unex pected as ic is gratifying-authorizes mc, I rust without jjrcsuLuption, to add a few rordi of cou?s?l.' For years it baa been tho boasn'of our State hat there was mit. one party within her lint is. Commendable and vital aa that state of flairs was during the war, it is scarcely, if t all, less*o nbwi. Every association of thc oat, every duty-of the present, every hope f the fnturc, bids-us still to. stand " shoulder ) shoulder." "? tPIie work before us demands II tho patriotism, all the courage, all the ndurance cf on'r'whole people. Let no par ir strite, no minor issues, no party politics, ivert us from'ui? rrcat and pressing work f thc nour-thaT^trf Tt^rrriuaH.Ag, u iar n-j ossible, our prostate and bleeding State, nd rehabi tating her, as speedily as may be, .ith thc forms, thc rights, and tho sanctity f government and of law. . ?_ That bark, which was launched a tew years 70 amid such joyous- acclamations, which .as freighted with such precious hopea, and hieb was wafted on by such earnest pray? rs, has suffered shipwreck. It behooves us, s wisc men, to build of ila broken timbers, s best wc may, a raft whereon wc may ope to reach ri haven ol rest and safety. It may bc, tba!, when thc forms of govern ment are restored,-and freedom of speech ai med to us, jour late Convention will bo abjected to harsh criticism and its' action upugnod. Should such,- unhapjri ly, bethe ase, remember that you, the people of South ?arolina, accepted this Convention as part nd parcel of the terms of your surrender. The President had no-shadow of authority, admit, under the Constitution of the, Uni ?d States-to order a convention of this or ny other State ; but, as a conqueror, he had ie right to offer, if noL "to dictate, terms, 'he terms offered by him you have accepted, nd you arc bound, by every dictate of onor and of manliness, to abide by them oneslly, and to keep, in good faith, the ledges yeu have given. I do not my elf, concur lally in all the measures adopted y thc Convention, but I shall cheerfully ac uiesce in tie action .c took to carry out lithfnllv thc < js agreed on, and I willing f accord to it _,igh praise for thc manner n which it discharged its arduous and un relcome labors. No similar body ever rep esented more largely than it did the dignity, he learning, the virtue, and the patriotism if the State, and I am sure it was actuated >y pure and high motives. . Entertaining these views, T think that it is mr duty to sustain thc action of the Convcn ion in recognizing the abolition of slavery, o support the President of the United States o long as he manifests a disposition to re< tore all oar rights as a sovereign State, aud e give to our newly elected Governor a cor dal co operation in his grave and responsi de duties. Above all, lotus stand by our State icr record ia honorable, her escutcheon un arnished. lierais our country-the .land if our nativity, the Lome of our affection, ?ere all our h^pea should centre ; herc we ?ave worshipped the God of our fathers, here, imid charged and blackened ruins, are the. pots we once fondly called our homes ; and tere we buried the aahea of our kindred. All hese sacred ties bind us to our State, and hey arq intensified by her suffering and her lesolation. ' And, as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Mings close and closer to the mother's breast ; So tho loud torrent and thc whirlwind's roar jut bind us to our native land tho more." 1 trust that you will pardon me for thus venturing to counsel you. Balieve me that t is in no presumptuous feeling tbat I do so, ml sfflely in an honest, sincere and humble lope of contributing my mite to the "welfare ind honor of our State. What I have tah! tins been evoked by yrur recent mauifesta ti'ns of'kindnesa to me. This I shall cher-, ish as one ol' the proudest recollections of my life, for it assures me of your belief that I have tried to do my duty. : It only-remains for me, in bidding you farewell, to say that whenever thc State needs..my servidos, she has only to command, au.d l shall obey. . I om very respectfully and gratefully your fellow citizen. WIDE HAMPTON. Tho Louisville Daily Democrat think* that.there is but. little doing ia military circles now-a-days, savo winding up^buEiness gcnornlly,' and looking aftor tho i?terests of poor, Ignorant, wandering negroes. This ia partially done by keeping them running from ono commander to another, until tire negro becomes disgusted, and gives up in hopoleosdespair; to wander "ho knows not whore" . -r-y-TT-rr .- M/Ji. j ? General Kews.-.^enM,.. ^5?* A law-staying the collection of debts-un til fho 1st of 1868, has boen passed by the Legis-, j attire of Mississippi; ? .. J...; :.. . ; jpST- There apprehension' of an outbreak among tho ncg?oeshe?r Marianna; FIoHda. . They threaten vengeante" 'to' "tho'wTiites'*' Troops have been forwarded t?'q?ell'?hy attempted outbreakv JEST- The Fenians had a liirge and'enthusias tic mooting in New' Orleans on Sathrd'ay nlgnt,' 11th instant. An address waa,delivcrcd'by Col-i 1 onel Condon denouncing tho Catholic Pfi?sthoo'd for their opposition to Fcnianism. ' The Crescent cays that his attack on' the clergy was violent' : and unauthorized, .hurtful to tho'cause, anti^v? j dontlydistasteful io.the larger p'art of '"thc'*?'ndf- i enco. . '.'""' "'" " .'*n E?f.A writer ia the Cin,c??'hati' Grotte, Who . has inado a throe months' tour t'hr?ngh'{he<'?btton Statos, pf the Sonti?, as tho 'rcsulto'f 'tis'oBscrvi* tions,.adyises\No'rthcjrn men of'capital arid on terprise to go South and engag? 'in tte' caliere ;<>'f cotton, which, ho thinks, for the next ?fglrt'oT'te? rears, will pay belter than atty other investment, l?o speaks fiihdly of tho' Southern'people, -and ? thinks tho Government might now safoiy with- i iraw the military, end .leave tho States to man- ' ige thoir own affairs.. ." -----i'.- j ?s3-A. resolution, memorializing President fohnson to withdraw the United State troops , rom, Mississippi, has passed both Hnses of the . state Legislature. - , ? .gfr^The Government is kept fully'advised, j m the subject of tho cholera abroad. The latest J lispatcbci show that tho epidemic is disappearing i rpm. Palermo, whero it has been moro proraient ,\ han at any other placo on th a Mediterranean^ ."ho disoase is evidently now going inland spread- ^ ng o vcr-tho peninsula. It'hos crossed Ino fron-' ( iers of Spain and passed into'Portugal. The j holera has completely ceasod nt Constantinople, , nd also at Gallas and other parts of tho United t 'rincipalitics of Moldavia and Wallachia. ( jJtST- It is sitid.that tho President has rccontly eeided to issue rations to thc suffering freedmen r n ibo Southern Statos during.thc coming winter, ? nd o Iso to euch whites as may bc destitute. Tho t 'resident has recently declared that the freedmen <_ bould.bavo full protcetion-in their rights to sel lo on public lands in Florida.and Toxas. \ ' ? . ! t _?33~ Barnum is to bo squelched oat. A splon id zoological and botanical gardon, .with an art J. allery, or in other words, a hugo museum, is to < c gotten .up at the Central Park, New York, ^ hore the pcoplo may examine bring specimens 0 f natural history, statuary, pictures, curiosities, a tc, free. This will be a great institution, and s [rr. Grundy will be found thoro every fine, day, C Ith all her family. Tho widow of Crawford, tho * culptor, has presented to tho Tark eighty plaster * istcs, copies of the great works of that artist. USS- On the 11th Senator Trimble, in tho Ton- 0 essce Legislature, 'introVluccd an clnborutc prc- il rnblc and resolutions, tho substanco of which is iat the 'f eunosscc Legislature^ thereby declares tl iat Jefferson Davis, James M. Mason, ll. M. T. a 'unter.. Judah P-Jlsaiamin, JohnJ?lidelJi_Robert 5 . Lee, master-spirits of the rebellion, have just- ? ? forfeited thoir lives, and that in expiation of ?eir great crime, and as an examplo for all time, L icy deserve and ought to suffer tho extreme pen- g !ty of tho law, and bo held infamous forever. ^ no thousand copie? of thc preamble and r?solu- 1 p ons were ordered to ho printed for tho use of the li cu ato. l-' ?3TThe Herald's Washington special says: 0 herc is said to bo a growing trepidation on the :trt of Winder, Duncan, and Gee, confederates . ; Wirz at Andcrsouvillc, and now confined iii J ld Capitol prison. Winder, realizing moro fcl- .[ . than his associates tho full force of the danger ?j iat hangs over them as partners and activo pnr cipants in thc crimes aud peculations .of Wirz hilo conductiug tho famous stockade, is espe- [j ally norrous on tho subject, and betrays an ioi- a aticnt desire to place his record before tVe au- ? loritics, cleared of tho di m aging implications t! tat were deducted from thc testimony in the trial C 'Wirz. He frequently sumu'ons tho':ommand: ? at of tho prison to his cell, and endeavors to .n i)tain somo idea of tho popular feeling that is * itcrtaincd regarding his share and agency in the trocitics of Andersonvillo. The vindication ho r. preparing for himself, already covering somo s irty pagos of legal cap, iibcing added to daily. (] ^?3- A cori^spon3 nt of the Now York Com- u icrcial Advertiser, writing from Washington, jj lys : Though tho members elect from tho South n co not placed on tho Clark's initial roll of Rep- a jsontatives, ft is regarded as a fact that seats h ill bo granted to ell whoso respective States n pvo repudiated tho war debt and adopted the r nti-sl.avcry amendment, if they can take the ? !St oath of 1802. Tho nnnouncoment is semi- 8 fficially mado to tho leading politicians of thc ^ outh that they may take notico thenof and gov rn themselves accordingly. It will bo questioned ^ ?bother thc President's pardon does not overrule z io tost oath, and make tho recipienteligiblo to i facial position. h 22^* Governor Wells has organized four cav- s lry regimouts of militia for scrvico iu Norlhorn^ 11 louisiana, roccntly threatened with nogro insaj ection. These rogiaientshavo been placed under ^ ommqnd of two capable and experienced officers, Q lois. Scott and Grayson, prominent in the late c rar; whe are residents', of tho military districts f which they hav*o charge .. An ordor has also ocn issued returning to their owners firearms aken from thom st tho time of Federal oocupo- t ion, and for which receipts were given by pro- ? ost marshals. Those timoly and judicious meas- I .ros of 'tho Government will, no doubt, result ia i stablishing subordination to authority and good 1 r'dor generally in tho section of the State named. ' -? ? ?-'. I THE DEVOTION OF JOHN MITCHELL TO THE 1 SOUTH,-Speaking of .the release . of John ? Mitchell, the Petersburg (Va) Index, says:. ! rhe release of John Mitchell from .imprison- 1 nent at Fortress Monroe, after a long con- < inc ment, will be received throughout the ( .units of this Stato. with uualloyed gratifica-' 1 .ion. During tho war ho was connected al. j iiffercnt times with two'of the moBl inflaenT 1 tial papers in Richmond, and renewed-among. ! aa the reputation he ;has enjoyed, always and 1 Bverywhere, of being a classic writer ...and an ] intelligent thinker. AU his sons took part / in thc war. Ono, the yopngcat, was slain at Gettysburg, bearing gallantly the ' banner of his regiment, the First Virginia. Aaotlier was killed during the world-renowned de fense of Fort Sumter, wh??e' garrison, wo be- ' licve, he. Commanded at the hour of his death; while the third was severely wounded in the right hand. To add tp his griefs, bis wife and daughter had the misfortune to b? wreck ed while endeavoring to enter the blockadeu port cf Wilmington, losing everything they possessed, and narrowly escaping with their lives, ?-Si?gular Att?Mipt.to. Poison; a Hago ?c?l^??ilr?^f?rkijTTBg ?Kie?af?fti^o^fa^s^i? ?dution o? WirZ and the fact -in- connection" with Wirz'a imprisonment, which . it has not Ibera - deemed expedient p?tlisrT-h?fe'tof??, .tory -tow4 hergtT?ia <'pnttfe7^Thfg w Saaataie-" |than the attempt- -to potwo - .W.irz;-WJ;arc; ?Mrs. Wir^ came hereifrifa? the desire of tbe '^^Q'?v?rara'($ntl?^gffrtf*^;???r?'.fae?lJt^'f?r^gh joying intiirViewB wi-tb/her hasbaao ; wi tb only i ?uch-precmtiont?- ,a9..vrece . indispeusacly -ne*.-: : cessary. The first interyigui,of^lra<^.yjth$ her husbandrwas. ia ail ?cell just after the Corn men ccnatinf; of .-his trial:-;- Their meeting was not: s ?-.al i o? . a-coara c ter . th at wa aid- -oe .expecled.':etyo<m .rana, an?Ljviiannder. ??ttch,. ci reu m s tances*.. There woa..no appearance.o-? tenderness, ?Q embrace jp? lusa, no tears", '?? apparent cmotiOB ef..ftpy:.:kii}A.an the part of ei.to*r.:.-?Xhejady."* first,wprd^^CTje^,^How wyou^Wir??". -aW?S? gloomy ypf.?i?,. '/|X,am ..?atttpg atong roafif well.'" ''She looked'at* h?m^'m?ni?iitt ar?tiei? oexfwoflt^^ ?>l?a? shirt*'last?' ,?^v*e?-*??aw? yWiookW dirty in''my lif?^- 'Wir^^p ?te on wit hm tho"-last. -wej-ir, abd:.began -to complain, of his- misfortunes. Th*m eonver? sat ion. throughout wa ax o ld cac][ fi. i pp ant-,, ami ' Indicated either that their relations bad not been very pleasant previously ' or that tjtl?y. were not really married., .. \-She. took.leave of hinno; the asual-ojauacx, md Gen. Baker,^tho.j?^?erq in charge, roado Arrangements, .tb^a-tsh?^sh?uld 6eo-,him twice tweek^ The second interview was as cool in3' 'devoid' of affection as* ih?'"fiisT' '"'The ,h?rd interview' was' on Sunday-,' Oct?DeT^?y. L'heI two exchanged comtnon-plaM salntalio?i, ia before,, and indulged in common place cor> rersatiom Gen. Baker .saw Mrs. W?rz draw .ff her glove and- saw again a motion of-her land, as though thero were something in it vliich sbe'-desired io-conceal. .. Aa* she rose o go, she fttepped; up-: lovWirz, .and lor-: the irst time made a movement to.kiss. hin).. Se?era! Baker stood at (heir side, where he :ould see the meeting of their lips. It was lot a quick passionate kiss, .and General Bi ter noticed that they occupied a longer time han was necessary, arid that the movement .f their lips was rather peculiar for a kiss. As their lips parted, Gen. Baker'was con inced that she had pa*sed something from ier mouth into his, and ;iat he was about to wallow it. He sprang to.ward Wirz and aught him by'the throat, partly choking him or the instant. Gen? Baker commanded him 0 open his mouth, and as he did sa he apit ut a little ball which he had partly crushed, nd which Gen. Baker , picked up. It was orocwhat smaller than an acorn, and was ai crtained to be strychnine enclosed io;?i1k nd coated with liquorice. In getting'up, Irs.'Wirz had probabl}' dexterously conveyed j her mouth. Tn a .moment more Wirz rould have nwallowcd it, a?d aa soon aa th o utside coating had dissolved in his stomach : would have caused his immediate, death.; Aj.rs.Wirz was not again allowed to visit be cell. She left tho city nearly twp weelt3 go, not awaiting either to hear her husband's sntenco or to see him again before his death, m his trial, her cold and indifferent manner )ward her husband was noticed ahd c??n ?ented upon. It is not known whether Wirz ad, by auy means, communicated his desire j commit suicide to his wife, or whether"it as not partly at the instigation of Outside avties that 8hc wished to aid bim to do BO. 1 is known that Wirz bad for along time en jrtained? o hope ol escaping tho sentence f death. ADDRESS OF THE CONVEXTIOXTO PRESIDEXT OHXSON.-The following address to President ohnson was adopted by the Georgia Conven- " on on Wednesday, previous tr; adjournment : 'o His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, Presi dent of the United States of America! ; The people of the State of Georgia, now l Convention, having repealed .all ordinances nd resolutions by them heretofore adopted, dtb a purpose to separate themselves from be United States and to enter into* another 'onfederacy, and having adopted a constitu on strictly republican, wherein the' s?pre la'cy of theXUonstitrjtion, constitu? ional laws, nd treaties of the United States of America re distinctly affirmed, haviug therein recog ized the emancipitioD, by the United States Lvernineni. ot persons previously , held; as laves in this State, and ordained, ia the fun amontal law, that neither slavery nor inyol Dtary servitude (save as punishment for rime), shall hereafter exist in Georgia ; and aving, as they conceive,- 'done all ihings ecessary and proper on'their part to the full nd-complete restoration- of their State to er rights and privil?ges as a State, and as a lember of the American Union, respectfully equest that all needful executive and legis- " itive measures be taken to effect such rb- . toration as speedily as possible. We, the delegates of the people, fully in jrnied as to their purposes.and desires,, as ure your Excellency that it ia their fixed in Bntion co perform their whole duty, .as. citi ens of the United States, that tkeir desire is o live under the Constitution, in peace and arrnony with the whole people, and"to see eclional strife banished forever' fronvthe ational councils. . . , . We moreover express to- you, Sir, .their riiire confidence in your just and kind inten ions towards them; and their .anticipations f your .conciliatory and trustful consideration f their acts and doings in this. Convention. PUNISHMENT OF. THE So ora.--A. Philadel iliia coate mporary thinks that in tbeexecu ion of the assassins of the late President, of Jae Munday, Magauder, Ferguson, Beale, kennedy, and others, and the probable hang rig bf Wirz, enough has been done to acquit President Johnson of the charge of undue eniency ; and it justly deprecates the bloody lolicy of putting men to death for .treason done. " Wo have arrested and imprisoned nany of the leaders," it says, " some of whom ire stillia doeaheev Richmond, Charleston ind Atlanta are in ashes; the South is in des olation end ruins. With moretebel leaders lead or in exile.than remain living at-home ; nrith all the slaves freed-tho Southern State governments bankrupt-and billions of wealth blown to the winds.and lost forever-is not bhe hapless South 'punished ?" Yes 1 and we ?nvy not the man's heart who 'does n?? feel ?.hat it has been sufficiently ?TO i 3hed.'-Louis ville Republican. A significant announcement ?? made in Washington "despatches, tb*the effecl that the War DePVi trh'ent h?a'ordered ?st?ptobe put tb the sales of all manner of arfely transporta tion material. Though' large quantities of this necessary adjunct of military movements have already been .disposed '-*S since tho ter mination of the War, there is slJHSHfeoDsider able supply remaining in posse-ss'ion' of the Government, for which it would appear Gen-, eral 'Grant and the Secretary think we. may have use. . .' .