Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 21, 1866, Image 1

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^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ f^^^ ^ -.......-^_i^u?._i_--~----MM l.l>,.l,,-,u>^.WM w ii >?'xi>w.-?..-.-1-*~r BI DURisoE, KEESE & co. EDGEFIELD, S. C., MARCH 21, 1866._ D. iP. FLEMING & CO. Wholesale Dealers s, ?s, mm k, 2 HAYNE STREET, .> Corner of Church Street, CHARLESTON, S. C., Having Resumed Business, itT TH EXT. OLD-STAND, 2 HAYNE-STREBT, CORNER CHURCH ST., ARE NOW RECEIV ING if. LARGE AND WELL ASSORTED ?ITOCB OF BOOTS, SHOES, j TRUNKS, &c, I Which irill bo sold at tho LOWEST MARKST | PRICE. The Patronage of.- foxmor friends and the pub lio is respectfully solicited. D. F. FLEMING, SAM'L. A. NELSON, JAS. M. WILSON. Charleston, Deo 25 _tf 52 Dry GroocLs. THE UNDERSIGNED OF TUE LATE FIRM OF ROBERT ADGrER & CO., Has this day commenced the WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Dry Goods Business AT At 252, King Street, (Io the Bend,) CHARLESTON, S. C., Ami offers a Stock adapted to a first-class trade. Tho business ?rill be conducted strictly upon the ONE PRICE SYSTEM. Tho patronage of tho friends of his late Firm, and of the public geuera'.ly is respectfully solici ted. JAS. B. BETTS. Charleston Jan 10 2in5 MRS. S. J. COTCHETT, FASHIONABLE BONNET EMPORIO! AND Paney Millinery Goods, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, ISTo- 263, King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C., OVER READ'S LACE SIORE, OPPOSITE HASEL STREET. .?Kr*Country Orders filled with Neatness and Despatch. Charleston, Jan 29 4teow5 f ir LY asir, n CAHILL. GEO. H. HOPPOCJC CAHILL & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND Commission Merchants, NO. 185 EAST BAY, Coroer of Lodge Alley, OZZAJEIZJSSTOX, S? o. Ofiee in New York, 51 Courtkndt Street. Feb 13 Stu 7 GEO. W, WILLIAMS & GO. Merchants -AND B an kers lNTo. X ?.aaxSL 8 TTayne St.? CHARLESTON, S. C., KEEP oonstaotly on band a full assortment of GROCERIES, and will sell them at the lowost prices possible in this market. They will receive and sell ou Consignment COTTON and other PRODUCE, and will advance liberally on Cotton consigned to their House, or to WILLIAMS, TAYLOR & CO., iii Maiden ,'Lano, - NEW YORK. Jan 25_'ita_4_ A. C. DECOTTES, F. P. SALAS. Late Cashier Bank of Hamburg. DEGOTTES & SALAS, 'Cotton Factor & Commission MERCHANT, CHARLESTON, S. C., 'WILL GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION TO THE SALK OF COTTON, LUMBER AND OTHER COUNTRY PRODUCE. 'Charleston, Jan 1 tf 1 P. CONNER & CO., TC East Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C., COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS, "Wholesale Dealers in tiROCEKlES & PROVISIONS, Will give prompt and personal atteution to ail ordors entrusted to their care. J.tn 24 Sra 4 WILLIAM G. WHILDEN, FORMERLY OF HAYDEN & WHILDEN, 255 Ring St., Corner o? Bcaufuiue St., CUAKLESTOxV, S. C., Has opened a large and complete stock of ?i r rm vii'in Vii ir/NMltf lllU M.lIVl??, Crockery and China Glass Ware, PLATED GOODS OF EVERY VARIETY, Clocks, Watches and Jewelry, POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, BUCKETS, BASKETS, BROOMS, Ac, Ac, Ac. - . VW* WATCHES ?nd JEWELRY .repaired. Old Gold JW>d 5ily?r purchased. ?r?&fBm?f?*** ^1 ferrado*. Jasa M * Where are They? Where are they with whom I ?tarted, Traveling o'er life's joyful way ; T'iars hare vanished since we parted, I am here, but whero are they ? 0 the hours that blissful blest us, O the friends that once carees'd us Bosom friends that fondly press'd us, Where aro they t As tho early crystal dawning, Heralds in a glorious day; So was life's enrapturing morning, Bright with Hope's delusivo ray ; Scenes of Heavenly brightness teeming Scenes with fadeless lustre gleaming, Lit With smiles of beauty beaming, Whero aro they ? As the stars in clustering bands, Sweetly smiling, smoothly rolling ; So with clasped hearts and hands, Full of bliss we sought tho goal; Pleasure's radiant sky was o'er us, Hope on gilded pinions bore us, Lore in angel guise before us, Woo'd tho soul. As the streamlet dancing by, Joyful ever-ever sings ; As the crystal'd evening sky Rems of beauty evor brings ; So the years in bright appearing, Ever growing-over cheering, Wrapt jour souls in love endearing, Like the Spring. They have gone, whose hearts wero lightest, They te whom I fondly clung; They whoso buoyant bope3 were brightest, They who sweetest smiled and sung; Fairy forms iu grace arrny'd, Cheeks, whero beauty blushing play'd. Eyes, where Lovo his conquests made, Hearts among. Why, ah! why this mou"nful feeling, Why should tears emtittering flow? Years in silent swiftness stealing, Meet whero flow'rs of glory grow ? There, I'll meet the buoyant-hearted, These with whom I Started Those from whom I weeping partod, Long ago! ? ? ? The Indians' Revenge. BY GEORGIANNA HKKBSBT. March 10th, 18-. . DKAR CLAUA-You perhaps wonder how 1 have lived through tba winter in this lonely and far-off p'ace-seventeen miles byyonc the la\t outpost of civiliz.-.tion, and iu thc vt ry raidit of savages. Well, I have gol through* it gloriously. Uncle Lewis is a great favorite with the indians, and so is Aunt Saruh, anti ajl the gilli and boys. Uncle Lewis's house is their resource wheo they get out of provisions, and from hero the Indian is never sent empty away. Consequently, they are very friendly ; but x can't like their manners. They never knock at a door, and if thc window happens to be the h: i.dkst, they leap through jt without ceremony. The Indians bring us gamp, when they have beeu lucky; and Aunt Sarah says they also bring ber loads of maple sugar every gpring. We have had glorious times during the win ter, not the leset of which was sailing over the glassy surface of Ktk-Horn Lake in au ice-boat, with the ?rpeed of the wird. Now, all the family is astir with spring vigor, and it i-' really delightful, living as we do here. I hear the voices of the merry boy? sounding from lake shore and fuiest ; the girls are singing in-dcors and out; Aunt Sarah bustles about, ' seeing to things ;" the M help" sing as cheerily as the daughters and iu strange melody, for one servant is an Indian girl, named Wanona; the only In dian, by tbe wrvy, that ever I knew to be ia neat and skillful houseworker. She is ss brisk aa a bee, ned as neat as a pin, and she i* beautiful. But hue ia very saucy. She will do just os she likes, for bil anybody can say. There is a nephew ot* Aunt Sarah's here, who ?3, I am certain, in love with Wanona. Ho is ?o? a man to be trusted, either. What be eau be thinking ?if, 1 don't know, to con duct himself towards this s/^uaw tts he does. He would never marry an Indian , and if be thinks to cheat and fool one with impunity, he will hud himself sorely mistakcu. Savages are dangerous people to impose upon-and ia this Wanona'? beautiful, dark face, there is tba}, which shoul t warn a mao to beware cf injuring fcer, L?once is th J 040:5 0: this man. He is handsome and proud, and ot graceful and at tractive manners. He is certainly ple&sing to Wanona. Strange that no oue pise ob serves what is so clear to me. Yesterday I saw them together in the woo is, and I knew by their manner that they had met as lovers. I have a mind to tell Aunt Sarah what I saw. March 24. The affair between Leane? sod Wanona has* visibly progressed. She is devoted to! bim; but he, uian-1'ashion, is now much less attentive to her. I saw him frowning as he addressed her a few hours since. She; re turned his frown with a look of agonized en treaty. I could not understand it at all, March 30. There is something terribly wrong between Lcance and Wanona My uncle ?and aunt are at length aware of it. The Indian girl has for many dtys seemed almost broken hearted ; but BOW there is baneful light in her dark eyes, when by chance you can see into them. She seldom lifts them, bat keeps steadily, and in gloomy silence, on with her domestic duli? s. Leance lowks uneisy, and talks of starting for the East in a few days. Uncle Lewis decidedly approves of thc plan ; and au Indiiu who called hore for a few mo ments this forenoon, said, as he passed Leaner, casting a sidelong glance of deep meaning upon that gentleman Mat/be something might huri you, you stay here long." . 1 saw Leance turn pale, and he went quick ly in aearch of Uncle Lewis. Ho begins to feel that Lc bas ventured upon dangerous ground. 10 o'clock, P. M. It has been decided that Leance shall start iu the morning Cor hu? home. Uwclc has toid him seriously that it w#! not do for him to remain in this region longer. ? wonder if the man will get away in safety. Really, I feel that he will not. However jttfe and pleasant it may be to trifle with the love and peace of white maidens, ii is terribly unsafe to do tue Rame thing when the victim is au Indian. Indians are beings who will not al low such offences to pass unpunished. I sm as wide awake as if I never again could sleep. Every sound ?tartles aae. One strange thiug has taken placo. Li less than twenty min utes after it wa j decid d that Leance should depart on the morrow. Wanona was wanted for something, but could not be fou rd. She han been searched for, aud called f^every where on and a.bout the premises, but can be howheye found, . Were l Leance, I would bc frightened half to death ; in fact, I am as it ia, -for who kn-jwi but what we may all suffer from his fault. But I will write no mere to-night. I moat try and'lHeep, ' for ?i?i inoruiag lijjht j tj^^DoertteattairaaV ? M. . . "j 1 irwob?ror, M*im. f April 5ih. j My DEAR, DEAR CLARA-I am thankful to be alive and able to write to you once more. I had not thought to have seen this day. But let me tell you. Hardly had I laid my head upon my pil low the night oa which my last letter was written to you, when from all sides of the house and, as it seemed, from every room in the house, arose the most awful yells. The dreadful war-whoop this time. There was no mistaking it. In mortal terror every member of the household leaped from their beds, and rushed together, meeting in the great dining hall. The house was full, literally swarming with horribly painted aud almost naked say ages. They captured us every one before we could make the least show of resistance. u Ugh ! I got uta,'1 growled the tall aa vage who had clutched Leance. Then arain pealed the vrar-whoop, till I really felt that it needed no knife to take off my scalp." " What does this mein ?" demanded Uncle Lewis of the yelling crowd. " You see-you no make any question Indian know what he do !" was the gruff icply. They then obliged us all to march out of thc house, and through the woods for nearly a milo. They theD came to a camp-fire, roaring and blazing away with a great light and heat. We were not sorry of the warmth, for we were, children and all, in our night-clotfces, and barefooted ; but still such a tremendous lire was suggestive of tho idoa that we might be doomed to be roasted. I now caught sight of an Indian with whom [ had often held very friendly couverse; and to him I beckoned, and whispered " What is to be done with us ?" " You not be hurt. You no bo Beare-nor ?nybody but strange palo-face.;' " Wretched Leance!" I thought, and at the instant the miserable man was dragged for ward, and hold close to tho scorchirg fire un til his hair was singed off, (.nd his whole body blistered ; fur the savages had stripped bim entirely naked. Ile was in such agony that he was forced to scream, and writhe into all horrible con xirtions. My poor aunt fainted at the sight, ind a'l tbe children cried piteously. When ,be stern executioners had finished the Teai ng they daubed their wretched victim with :rt'tcb aud slime, and then t!ipy stabbed his blistered breast many times with small, sharp horns, aud wounded and excoriated bis body erribly. I thought the? were going to gouge mt his eyes; but one who seemed to b? shu'f among them forbid that act. Whon all -vas over, and Leance stood beforo us a hurd y human thing, lour Indians came into th>: ?rele, and laid at Lis f?et the dead body of tVauona. This was a new chock to UK all. then a noble-looking savage, the tall war )lumcs waving abovo his high brow, stepped urth and addressed Luance: " That is your work," besad, pointing to ;ho body at the captive's fetit. " She was ike the flowers of the forest, fair ; like its jirds, gay; aud pure as tho snow on the lill", till the pale lace came. She asked him lot to lore her ; but he did ; and his love ffas dishonor and death. A8 he did to Wano ia's foul we have tried to do to his body wt not all ; for hi* friend is tbe friend of the ?ed man ; ana Tor our friend's suke, we will :pare the life of our enomy. But our friend lid us a great wrong when be gave shelter ind food te our enemy ; and we have punished ?t'//t and his household by showing them how ye avenge our aititer, who died four hours igo, because of the p&!e fane's crime. She jame flying to us when thc darkness fell, and ;old us all her wrong, and that ?he was dying ; iud we gave her peace by tho promise that ive have now fulfilled. BKGO.SK, white snake if death,' Come nut again hither if thy lift >leatc tltce. Go, ye, all, buck to your wig ram. The Indian is satisfied." Then lifting Wunona'a body they glided si en tly amid the Miadows of the trees, and eft us to i.inke our way back to tho house ap ve best could. ?'he fright, tho excitement, the horror of he scene, made us all ill. As for Leance, ho ret lies helpless it: his bed, a spectacle.to be ?old. Ho will liva throughout it, we think ; >ut I do believe that the next time he under akes to make false love, be will take good ?are that it be not to an Indian girl. Ha lever again Cftn be so handsome as he was, or his face, Undo Lewis s&jc, wijl be hope essly scarred. Nobody can help pitying him, for he is a ;reat sufferer; but I must say that if every iuch offender were made to And their way so lard, I tbjpli it wsuld be a good thing for thc rorld. You needn't expect another letter from me j br I can't remain here any longer, and at nost as soon aa you receive this I shall be at lome. Till then, and there, I am thine, HELE*. AMALGAMATION AS SEEN IN* THE DANCE ?IALLS OF BOSTON, TUE ATHENS (?) or AMER CA-The local of tho Boston j'ost, in de >cribuag the dance hall of that city, paints rivid pictures of vice. Here is his accouut >f one he entered. There are many others iko it, but we select this as a specimen : Passing into thc dance hall, we found quite i company present " tripping the light fantas tic toe" to the ipusip of a piano forte with riolin accompaniment. This hall is about sixty feet deep, and is fitted up with consid. srable taste. The walls are hung with pic- , tures, real and fancy, and to give a patriotic caste to tho whole, the names of all the Presidents, and the namos of the- principal battles in which Massachusetts colored regi mens have served, are painted in gold and relieve the sameness of the ?iugy walls. But the steile hore presented by those par ticipating in the " socktl dance" is not ouly novel but disgusting. Youne, good looking white girls and negroes, black as lamp black, mingle and commingle in the dance, and em brace oach other with seeming tenderness of spirt, The tall, athletic specimen of tho genuine African, with groat gusto and enthu siasm, whirls the young white women in the mazy dance, and at tho signul to promenade j for drinks, oscorla her to the bar and treats her to a tumbler of spruce beer and some peanuts. This scene is revolting ?a the ex treme to one accustomed to respectable so ciety, but is practiced here, in this mixed cjmpmy, nearly every night io the year. Familiarity know? no restraints. All are on a level, aod wc have hero a perfect illustra tion of tho theory of negro equality at tho expenso of white woman's aspect and virtue. THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAP.-The Richmond Whig, of a late date, says t Our honest opinion is that both, tho Sou? h. eru whites and tho Southern negroes, would bc better off without than with this Bureau. The negroes have boen emancipated, and the whites have uot the powrf, nor have they pio wish, to re-enslave them. If left without constraint or dictation, the two races would soon voluntarily establish easy, natural, kind ly relations. The mistake is made of sup posing that all the good that has been done, has been done by thia-Bureau. The truth is it has been done in spite of it. More wonld have happeued without it. From it has sprung all tho distrust that exists between the two races. Created and administered ex clusively in the interest of the blacks, it is viewed with jealously by the whites; and their impulse and inclination is to avoid, aa fir as possible, al! contact with the blacks, ao a? to bo saved from all collision with the JBoreau, is- consequence of tb? compiiiaU of ?Til iBqiMi tsfftm, . Reconstruction. BEPORT OV THE COMMITTEE TO CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, March 6.-A largo mass of testimony was reported to-day from tho Com mittee on Reconstruction. General B. H. Grierson testified in refer ence to Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee persons with whom he had conversed, and did not appear to think they had done wrong. Their only regret seemed to be that they had not the means to carry out their designs. Q.-Is the feeling of hostility to the Gov ernment one which controls a great majority, or only a majority of the people in the re gion in which you have spoken ? A.-It is the feeling of tho majority. At the time of the appointment of civil officers a great many of those who had served in the army during the rebellion were repentant. There was hardly a loyal man appointed to civil office under the State Government. Q.-So far as you know, howdoes Alabama and Mississippi compare with Georgia aud Teunesseo ? A.-I think there is not much difference If any, it is in favor of Tennessee. I think Tennessee is rather a more loyal State. I had hoped that after the rebellion they would all have been loyal, at least, that they would have accepted the situation serenely. But I am .satisfied that they do not. I believe there is now au organisation existing throughout these States for tho renewal of the rebellion. There are many circumstances or things which have occurred since the surrender to make mo believe it, Q.-Is there any sentiment with rogard to a foreign war 7 A.-There seems to be manifested a desire to have the country involvod in war with Franco ia relation to Mexico. I think, in such' an event, they would seize the opportu nity to turn against tho Government. This is the aentimeut of the leading men in the South, from all I can learn. The spirit ol resistance, still exi<ts and is as strong &H ever, and ia the event, of this couutry being en gaged in a foreign war, the enemies of the Government throughout the South meditate, and would not fail to seize the opportunity to attempt again its destruction. This is corroborative of Gen. Thomas' testimony, which has already been publinhed. General Otis II. Howard testified that in his oiliciai capacity he visited all the cities, principal towns, and, every county in South Carolina. Being asked by tho Com pu ttee what was the teeliug toward the Government, whether it WAK friendly or unfriendly, replied ; He thought the fjeling ol' tho majority of the people of South Carolina is not kind, and eau hardly be called friendly. Ile did, how ever, meet with old gentlemen who seemed to show a proper spirit and an undoubted iispositiou to be faithful to their duties as citizens hereafter. But he met with a great many persons who exhibited ill-feeling ana a disposition to get around, in any way tLey could, the requirements of the Government, and especially with reference to the negro ; and the feeling exhibited toward Union men, those who have been loyal from the beginning, was now unmistakably bitter, If the military forces were withdrawn from South Carolina, it would be a source of great injury to ireeUmet^Mwhont the,State. No Northern resident could remain there unless ho courted favor of the influential. Feeling is more intenso among the female portion of the community, without exception, against Northern men. The condition of Georgia and Florida was much the same as that of South Carolina, and there was hostility against Union men and late immigrants from the North. There were some Union men in Georgia and Flori da who have always been so, but the prevail ing sentiment, which is bound to control, is sim i IK - to that of South Carolina. Charles H. i->ej?'is, ?^petary p/ the Com monwealth under Governor "Pierpont, said his decided impreasi?n ?D regp^d to affaira in that State, is that the masses of the people (aud by that term ho did not mean only la bouring classes, but all those persons who were not politicians) were very favourably disposed toward tho Government at the lime of Lee's surrende" Ho believed that very decided efforts had been made by politicians to change that feel ing since that time, and he was afraid that tLey had succeeded to a considerable extent. Ho believed ?kn?, t?e majority of the people of Virginia would still lie loyal were it not for the publishers of papers and politicians, who, te a great extent,control public opinion. Ile believed that many of the old politicians are engaged in promoting thc dissatisfied feeling with th? Gayernment. Ile had ap reason to believe thai there is any such organizion in that State, but from a conversation wkh S9mo of the most out spoken secessionias of the State, he was in clined to think thit a great majority of them would be very glac to see the country involved in a foreign war, ia tho hope that they could again get up a socejsion party in the South ; but he had no icc? that a majority, or any thing like a majority of the people of Vir ginia entertain any such wish Or desire at this time. Ho belhved the feeling was con fined to the most otra secessionists. He believed the object of politicians and of tho press was to bring about such a state pf things which would produce that revolt, but he was in hojej that the mass of the peo ple pf Virginia lave too much good sense ever to go out again if they can help it. These politiciansnow profess their loyalty to the Union, but hewas free to pay he distrusted their profusions rery much. Miss Clara Berton, of Massachusetts, who has been engaged in searching for missing men of the Unid army, testified before the Committee that ihf thought the people South have no respect the Government, and they have less friendship for the negroes now than when they ownedthem. Th?y say tho peo ple would again nduce them to slavery, but she would not wait to take the chance of be ing ft slave, wera t in their power. The freedmen laye the best fepling toward the Government /nd Northern people. Lieut. Col. I). H. Cloff, on duty in the Freedmen's Bureu in North Carolina, testi fies that he has knowledge of twenty coun ties, and the secssionists had no inclination to oppose the Gfernment by opeu war any further. Ho thought thy had no more love for the Government nov than they had at any time during the rebel?n, and only submitted toit as a necessity, ?eing most sensitive of their interests they mso the. best of it. He had heard rogrets ^pressed at the result of the fi-rht There is reat desire to get back fully in(,o the Union. He was satisfied that it was their intention Then, they d}d get back to unite with whtever parties in the ?forth they can to replicate the national debt. {io could not jay there was a settled con spiracy for that urpose ; but it was a sort of common undersinding, an expected thing, that the freedron and Union men do not stand much chace for justice in State courts. He thought hat the secessionists of N. Carolioa wouldidopt any course, giving them any reasonableiopea of obtaining their imle peudenco, but B thought they had no id<>a of fighting, oil believed a largo portion of them would jot the common enemy if they thought there as any reasonable prospect of success. But he was lear in the idea that they would not figbthe North any more, as they are now satisftl with the experiment. Acting Prout Marmal General Brooks, erf Atlanta, sw they s9w? teto fivtfaqr generally under the military rule. The result was, one heard much disloyalty. Q.-If the people of Alabama were left to themselves to act as they pleased, would they prefer to remain under the present Govern ment or see the.Confederacy re-established? A-.-I th}nk the majority of them would prefer to see it re-established. W. A. P. Dernergham, of Waterstille, Me., stated be had charge of restricted commor cial intercourse with insurrectionary district? in Mississippi. He thought in March, before Lee's surrender, the general feeling within .tho Federal linea, of all classes, was one of | entire submission to the Federal authorities. There was a disposition to accept readily any public officer Government might send .LMB, in a civil or military capacity. There waa a feeling that they had no rights, and that these had been forfeited by rebellion. Subsequently this feeling seemed to disap pear, and after the policy^of President John* Bon was thoroughly investigated the old bit terness seemed to develops. They desired to hare the arrangement and control of their own hands. Three-fourths of the people of Mississippi would prefer the establishment of a Confederacy. Major K. S. Hartington testified that be was three years in Arkansas during the war, and had been there since. The people scened willing to accept tho results of the contest. A large majority of them are glad that peace has returned, and do not regret the fall of the Confederacy. Ho had spoken with officers of | the Confederate army and they were glad that the war resulted as it did. They looked on the leaders, at the commencement, as patriota, but now have different opiuioDS of them and had lost confidence. Q.-Would thc majority of the people of j Arkansas, if they could, establish a Con federacy ? A.-I think that th i majority of the peo ple would prefer the Union. The residents of the northwestern part of the State are poor, and owned but few slaves, and were strongly attached to the Union. Some of the returned rebela found fault with the test oath, and some with the amendment to the Consti tution of the State striking out the word slave and placing the white man and negro on an equality as regards contracts. 'The right of qualified suffrage might find some supporters among a very respectable number of the people, but unqualified suffrage would hardly find any advocates.. There is a strong pr?judice agaatst colored men in this respect. The negroes show a dis position to contract with Northern men rather than with their former masters. Major J. W. Smith, of Little Rock, testified that there was no truuble of any kind in thc section whore he lived. Some of the rebela have returned but ho believed that four-fifi ba of those who went into the rebel army are dead, judging from present indications. He suppoNed their intention was to be good, luyal men. Most of the prominent men, have obtained, or sought to obtain, Northern men as partners. The feeling in Arkansas is improving. There has been no disposition to take up men for office who havo been com plicated in the rebellion. Thought all the. members elect to Congress, good, (oyal men. The United States Senator elect, Mr. D. Snow, residing at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, testi fied that ali his sympathies were with the United States ; did all he could do for the Union ; was not ablo to say whether it wouia bo safe to withdraw the military, bnt thought if thij should be done order would be pre served. E. Hierstadt testified to affairs jn Louisi ana j be had heard many persons tay they had no regrets for what they did, and are only sorry they did not succeed; could not say <uch is t-.e general feeling arnoug tho; e late ly in hostility against the Government, but s/a* also certain there was deep feeling among . certain class of persons against the pay aient of tho national debt, as well as ag bist thc revenue law- of the Government; Thc Tame-work of society, was in a very dis turbed condition, and in many parts of the state life aud property were very insecure. The evidence of others has bearing on lome points, and to tho same affect was given. Major General Titomus testifies to the con lhion of afluir? in Georgia, Alabama, t.nd Mississippi, and says that tho peonle of Ala jama aro anxious to have that State in regu ar position in thc Union, but that they are lot yet personally friendlr to the Union men. rho South has had a fair trial in their at erupt to gain their independence and have 'ailed completely. They now profess to have given up thc :onte8t, and express themselves as desirous >f resuming their relations with the'Govern nent originally, and while the question of | ecesaion waa first under discussion, the ina ority of the people were for the Union t.nd -oted against- the ordinance of secession. Uabama was taken out of thc Union by po etical trickery. The majority, however, ia order to prc erve their property, acquiesced in coming to five up their Unionism and advocate seces i?n. Some of tho original Union mer thus lOnverted have remained rebels, and are now trong ??ympatbizers with tho enemies of ?.he lOvernment; others have expressed gladness hat the rebellion has been closed, but their nterest and sympathy had such a hold upon hem up to that time that it is very difficult o obtain a clear expression of their feeling.-. GRIEJA* THINKS EX-REBELS worLn BE TUE IEST RKPRE3ENT1TIVXS.-Mr. Sherman wants he Southern Stales represented in Congress -represented now- but insists that no per toe rho has taken part ii .ne late rebellion shall ie admitted to a seat. Now, notoriously, learly all the white people of those Su tes .ave taken part in that rebellion, and so are xcluded by the terms of the existing Act ,nd of Mr. Sherman's programme. Now we object to that programme that ita uccess will not conciliate, nor tranquilize, tor satisfy the South, and that it ought not o do so. It is all very well to insist that he South must be represented by "loyal nen"-nobody disputes that. But to say hat they must always have been loyal-that Georgia and Mississippi and South Carolina aust send to Congress no man who ear wil ingly aided the rebellion-is to mock her rith a semblance, yet deny her the reality of epresentation-is to tantalize, and irritate, ather than tranquille and conciliate the South. What earnest Unionist wants to see Ucxauder H. Stephens denied the seat in the tenate to which he has just been elected, and onie insignificant, who' represents only hi3 ?wu audacious aspirations, admitted in his tead ? Depend on it, " tho South" is not to ?e satisfied, nor even " restored" by any Bham ?pr?sentation. Mr. Sherman mean? well ; mt his plaster is too small for the wound, md will rather inflame than heal it. We ire confident we express tho general feeling if the Southern whites, when we say that hey prefer to be kept out of Congress rather han admitted, if, when admitted, they are dlowed to send to Congress only representa res who can swear that they never volunta ry aided the rebellion.-New York Tribune. Fools aro not all dead yet. A late letter rom Paria states that a baptismal dreaaof! tn infant has been prepared, of exquisite em jroidery and lace, at an expense of eighteen 'houaand dollars I The establishment in ivhich it was made has been thronged with ady visitors to see the rich and costly dress .n which the little creature is to renounce the pomps and vanities of tho world. Doubtless the dress did the little urchin u mack good Change in the Cabinet. The rumor of a change in the Cabinet has been generally circulated, and very recently it has .been asserted that not only -will Mr. Stanton leave the Department ot War, but that his successor has actually been deter mined on. There is, in reference to this whole matter, however, a mvstery, which the most astute have not yet been able fully to penetrate. There is reason to believe that Mr. Stanton, Mr. Harlan, and Mr. Speed, are opposed to the policy of the President, ?nd, to some extent, have been active in counter acting it ; and why they are not permitted to resign, or why not removed, is a question which no one as vet has been able satisfacto rily to aniwer. The mott probable supposi tion is that the Radical party desire them to continue, and that the President has reason to apprehend, from the present temper of the Senate, that, if removed, those appointed to succeed them would not be confirmed. * This policy of refusing to confirm appointments by the President, pending the present coutrover ? sy, though not yet acted on, so far as wc are j advised, is clearly indicated; and as appoin tera cannot on ter on their office?, so long af the Senate is ia session, without confirmation, it is even supnosed that, to continue the rigor of this discipline upon the President, the Sen ate will not adjourn, and will not allow to the Government the services of any officer wbo may not bo agreeable to them. Thia policy will be especially efficient with respect to the Cabinet. It is understood that these officers hold on until their successors are confirmed, and, by refusing to confirm successors, therefore, the S?nate can retain as members of the Cabinet, men who rna} bc personally and politically ofieusive to the Executive; and, for tbe reason that they are so offensive, it is probable, in thc present state of feeling, thc Senate will be only thc more especially inclined to exercise that power. It is becoming obvious, from our experi ence, that there is & necessity for a less arti ficial government. There must, of necessity, be the flexibility to conform to changing cir cumstances. Tho Government must be able, / when exigencies arise, to go before the peo ple. It cannot, and, perpetually, it will not, .suffer itself to be overruled and defeated b; a Congress that does uot represeut the public sentiment of the country. The Executive cannot continually act with advisers who do not coneqr in its policy. As the Confederacy becomes a Republic, - and centralization be comes perfect, the Government must be ad milted to the conditions by which this power is to be exercised. In one form or othe that central directory, be it the President, or bc it Congress, must bo individual and su prcme; and it is not possible that artificial forms, by which co-ordinate branches of the Government may veto and neutralize the ac tiuns of each other, can be permitted to con tinue. lt is possible that that imperial authority may yet result to Congress ; that if we ever pass the present crisis in our fortunes without a despotism, the Parliament may come to be here us it is in England, the paramount au thority, and that even the Government must fall before a majority of that body. Bul be fore that Congress can attain to such position jf majesty and power, it must be effected by .ome condition which will reader it more ctr .airily the exponent of public sentiment. To ibo judgment of a Congress called directly "rom the people to the arbitrament of great questions, the President might properly bow. But before he can be called upon to bow to Jongress, ho must be able to regard it an the embodiment of the public will ; he munt be ible to call from the people the special ropre lentativos of their opinion ; and, by some >roce?s, this flexibility to public sentiment nust be acquired, or the Government, through ome ono of its Departments, must break tb? onus around it, and grasp the sceptre of im (erial power.-Charleston News. Emigration to Mexico. From a circular letter of Lieut. M. F. ilaury, Imperial Commissioner of Coloniza ion for the Umpire of Mexico, we learn ome fae's important to persons desiring to ettie in that country. Lieut. Maury is authorized to dispose rf 08,459 acres of the hacienda of Limon, sk ated on the Panuco River, in the Dep&rt lent of Tamauiipas, giving gratis evcrj alt?r ate section-G40 acres-to a man with a imily ; 320 acres toan unmarried man, with ro-etnption right in each case to as much lore, at two dollars per acre.. It is not advisable at present for i cc, mi rants without money to go to Mexico, ex ept under the auspices of Borne friend who an assist them, or under the care of some ne ef the various companies, recently incor orated, for establishing colonies. ' j Agents haye been established at various ' onvenient points, to assist immigrants on ' heir arrival in the country, by giving them j i formation aw , .nishing them with the ne* essary certir' ..es and passports to enable jem to pasr the custom houses, to enjoy ali | ] lie rights, privileges and exemptions of the Imperor's docree, j Perfect freedom of religious -worship is i uarantped by the organic law of the Empire, , nd sanclioned by the Pope. I The Empire is continually gaining ground ; , { be columns of the newspapers are daily, and ave been for months, filled with the name> , f Liberals, who looking npou the Empire ?a ( luceeas, aud their came as a failure, have . lid down their arms, and are giving io their j ?>esjQa to tjie Imperial Government;. Immigrants caa Wi desirable location! in ny climate they piesse, and suitable for the ultiYation of any staple they prefer, or the ii si pg of any kind of stock. Landa may bc urchased iu almost any part cf tbe country . 6 any price, from a few cent? to a few dol- I irs per act?. The proper time for immigrants to arrive i tho country is between the first of March ( ad thc first of June. Immigrants may con* t dently count upen all tho assistance, and , rery facility, and the best information that j is the power of the Imperial Commission , ) extend. Lieut. Maury is about to embark } ir England, expecting to bring over hisfam- ( y lo Mexico. During his absence, Sub-Corn* . lissiouer R. L. Maury will attend to the bu- ( ness of the Commi.uion. George S. Bryan has been appointed Judge t f the Federal Judicial District of South \ aroliu?. In announcing this appointment, the Char lton Daily Netos says : .'Judge Bryan hos been too long and too ( ell known to the citizens of the State to c ;uder it important to present information s to his history and fitness for this di.-tin. uished office. Of profound thought, of ami le disposition, and eminently courteous and c unscieuiioue, he cannot fail of being agree* ? ble lo his profession, while there must be 1 be general assurance, ia the present gloomy eriod of our fortunes, that he will discharge 1 be duties'of that office with perfect justice ' nd humanity; and, while profoundly re- * pectfui of power, ho will not be less respect* ' jl of the rights and liberties of his fellow- ' ?tizeos. .' In the bestowal of this office upon Judge 1 Iryan there has been much propriety. He as been a constant and conscientious sup . lorter of the Government ; and, though his aind, perhaps, ia more critical than judicial -though he may be more inclined to policy han law-more ambitions of the character if a statesman than a jurist-it iu not to bo [curled that he will give to bia office the mergies of his intellect,. and discharge, witb Don't rrct. Hal ?, Beigbbor injure 1 y?u, Don't f/et ; You'll oom* ott-th? ?ut- *?f> Haver Bind it-lat it rest Doi't frat Hoi ft horrid lia been told/ Don't frat, It will mn itself to death I* yan Ut it alene, It frill die for want af breath Don't frat. " Ar? 7 eur ene ta ios at work 7 Don't frat j Th?j ?auno! lujara ..-ea a. whit j If th?; find JOH bead thom Aol They will (OMI Sa glad te- quit-? Don't ft* i. Ia adrarsity your l?'t ? Don't frai; Fortune's wheal keeps, turnUg ronaj? J Xvcry apoke will r<eoh tba tup, Whieh, Uko you, is going down Don't fre?. Care for Small Fox. As this disease baa made its appearance in this District, the following recipe, said by eminent Surgeons of England to bo a sure prevention and cute, will bo of general in terest and benefit to onr readers : On the Sret appearance of ferer or irrita tion ushering in attacks, whether occurring io families or large communities, the sub joined mode of treatment should at once .be entered on: Take one grain each of pow dered foxglove or digitalis (valuable in the ratio of its greenness-the dark should be ! rejected) aad one of sulphate of zinc (tint article is commonly known aa white vitrol.j Tb eeo should be rubbed thoroughly in a mor tar or other convenient vessel, with four or fire drops of water; this done, a noggin (or about four ounce; ) more, with some syrup or *ugnr, should bo given tn adult, and two teaspoonfuls to a child every second hour, until all symptoms' of disease vanish. Thu* conducted, convalescence, as bv magic, will remit. The rapidity of an event so auspicious will equally delight and astonish, lt may, h.-jW ever^jbe necessary further fo note, that cljould the bowels become obstructed in progressai the disease-an evil by no means common then a dracbm ot the compound powder o~ jalap (formed of two parts of errant of tar tar, with one cf jalap,) and ono ?rata of the herb, treated as above, formed intt> a pastil with syrup of tugar, should be ?tven to an adult, and balf the quantity to a child. Tai* simple mediciue fdiuts out every other form or article whatever, as totally unnecessary, if not pernicious. The methodbs nisdendi of these medicines, capable of effecting; results so gigantic, -.re main now only to be given, and app?tr to. b* as follows: The herb, by ita anti-febrile prop er ties, lays hold at once of the fe ver, the pro? lific source of woe, which, it immedately strangles, while the zinc acts the part of tonic, instantly restoring the equilibrium. The following recipe will prevent pitting by the small pox ; ^ Get frqro, 1 he npotbecary a little Titi of stuff called liquid cuticle, and aa soon ar the pustules are fully formed, apply a little of the liquid with J. little bruah or feather to each one. As faut as they get ripe, remove the scab and wipe away thc matter creen, and apply the liquid again, il any on* of them fill a second time, you must r?nove the covering and repeat the process. ' It will smart like fun foi* a moment, but my -vcrd for it when you recover you shall not find a murk upon that pretty face of yours to prov? you ever bad the disease. I am told the ar ticle is made of gun cotton, dissolved in chloroform. It finns an artificial skin over a wound just as good au the real one. ? -? ? . THC NKXT YXTO TO SB UNATA;LIXO.--The following statemeot relative to the measure proposed in Congress for the admission of Tennessee into tie Union will attract atten tion. It is made by the usually well-informed Washington correspondent of the Baltimore San: <'Tbe majority report will undoubtedly bo maintained. The joint rrsolvtioArbicl, re* ]uire? that Tennessee should acknowledge herself out of the Union, and to be a sup pliant for re-admission upon the terms which Congress imposes, will eoiamand, no doubt, V two. thirds vote in both Houses of Congress, tennessee may assent to it, and ratify ft. Ho representation will Tennessee bate till abe -atines that decree. The-Fretident will arv? o act on this joint resolution just ea certain y as he bad to act upon the bill admitting re xas. His vc ti will amount lo nothing, rue committee have counted totea in both blouses upon the measure." - SOCIETY IN* SUIMGTOS-SO great baa Ken the political excitement, that the awi no?itics attendiug it have reached the aocial ;athorin ga which heretofore afforded relaxa tion from the antagonisms of the day. The receptions are becoming as distinct tn those ;o be met there -as the political standing cf .he receiver. Harlan'* bas become ? tort cf Heiland House, minus t be art and refinement j ind at the White House reunion? the ab tonce of many who, in the earlier days of the lestion, one was ever certaio to see there, narks the felling off of tho wicked.-Wash? ngtoe Cor. Boston Poet. DscirxB IK PaicEi.-The Kew York Sun io te ? that last we ec the decline ia wholesale ?rices was greater than in any week tinea the jresent downward movement commenesd, ind says : "Standard domestic manu fac? area in the Irv goods' market recoded in price about wen ty per cent., and and tbe average reduc tion in imported floods was probably not esa than twenty-live per cent; Even at bese reduced rates sales were very nftagro, md it is quite prob ? ble that the decline will sontinue during tho pretest week. In other )ranches of trade, there hns also been a ma erial reduction in prices, although the per tentage of decline has not been so uniform is itf the dry goods market. It is evident hat prices are now rapidly gravitating to ward real values. _j_ J N r LUE vcr or TH s M i KD UPON -TS! BOOT. -An experiment tried by an eminent physi cian of St. Petersburg, during the prevalence >f the cholera there several years ago, serv? g o illustrate the influence of the mind ur* . he body. He obtained of the. authorities ,wo criminals who bad been condemned to leath, to do with them as be *?w fit. One if these convicts was made to sleep in a bed n which, as he was told, a men died with. ;be cholera bat the night before-although^ inch was not the fact. After a restleat? night, ?Be criminal was taken with all the sy ?i?pf m$ ?f cholera, and died, of that disease, declaring hat he had caught it from that bed, a> victim io his own fear*. The other was : made to deep on a bed wherein a man bad died a few hours previously of the fatal diacaao. Thia fact, however, was unknown to the occupant Df the bed, who arose in the morning refreshed by bis Bleep remaining in perfect health. ??ff- ?'Thore is no parting thara," M the bald headed man tang while ha viewed hil pate ia the minor. Tba most unpopular article of furnitcro in the Washington mark o? at presen? is tao