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PUBU9HKD EVERY "WEDNESDAY MORNING BT DUBISQE, KEE8E ft CO. TERMS' OF SUBSCRiPTIOri. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. T .u ADV3RTISER ia published regularly ey - err WKDSCRDAY Monsixa, ai THREE DOLLAR'S V*r i.uiuiu: ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CTS. Hr -?ix M.nths; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS for Tt i'? M'?ntb?.-aliciit/x in aiton nee. ?Mr*Ail papera discontinued .tt thc expiration ot tb? ti a? for which they hay?- been paid. RATES OK vnVKKTISlN?. PAYABLE rS ADVANCE. Advertisements will he i?sor?ed at the rate ?I . NE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS per Sqnar (l!t Minion Vires or f:?r th? firs? ins*?ion, and O .*E DOLLAR for each subs?quent insertion .*9*A liberal ii-coiint will he mado to tho??1 wi?hiti? to advertise hy th year. AJU luneius Candidate* $5,DO. in advance. Th? European M ar. The fn'luwuig artu le from he New Kork ?Herald will ba read with ?atore*! at thin ti'no : in thc p. C'i'iar frets nnd circumstances ol th.t late ?.mi'.?'Us sketch ?d' Napik-ou, :.i Auxerrc, much more than in the speech it K-II". the European kings ami money chktfeer* ur- j i?iif!"<l in their fccceptaiice ol it as ? oV clavatian ol'war. F rd!, the Mij.w of Auxene, in wi-lcomin; the Emperor, tells hint that 1 fifty OIK- years ago, tile Emperor Napoleon ll was received in this towu with s:ich proofs ot di-vo^edne.-s and j iy that he retained a vivid recollection of th-tn. which he expressed on his death bed (a.t St Helena) in the most affect inp term-..'' and tliM the snuie devotion of the town has no more been found wanting to'toe nephew " iu the days of trial and adversity, than In those of prosperity and triumph." Hor^ i< a good foundation, and the Emperor hui. 's upon it. He savo^o the Mayor; '. Be i?.-rt.;'ui tinton my Mdt* [have inherited tue tf-.thmMits of the ue.\d of my family for th** tmereo??c and pat rio? ic popula: ion? who sup ported the Emperor in good ant] in evil fir tune." H-nee be stands asa patty leader, rnllyinj his supporters from the n avtes of t*.e Frese.' people, the adherents of the Emperor, p?ace or wur, against Bourbons, coinnu rcia: conservative* and intractable republicans. Next re tells bi? friends what i< comirg tu telling them tatt thev elected h:m to the French Assembly of the republic of 18-lS, because they knew that hi.? interests were those of France and tl.at " like the majority of the French nation. L detested those treaties of lblo, wuich some partied of the present" dav wish to make thu sole basis of our foreign p Ley.'' 'filia mean* war-a revival of the " gloire* and " victoire" of Austerlitz-a revival of tut empire as it stood belore its expulsion and me humiliations inflicted upon Frauce by iii? Holy Alliance, and mainly through the per fidy of Austria. A financial war panic instantly follow*.. The shop keepers and stock-jobbers ot Pari.* are thrown imo a hieb state of alarm and Lu dignation. it becomes expedient to soften down their apprehensions". Huice the semi ..fS.-ial journals undertake to exp?nin th*: lbw dreadful Auxcrre speech was perfectly harm lu-s, and that thi-re was nothing in it that Napoleon had not often express: ti be fore. But, io addition to the suggestive cir cumstances detailed, it appeats that this speech, after its deliver}', was revised by the Emperor and forwarded by him to the ?loni tear, with instructions for its immediate pub lication, aud that it is a much stronger nat manifesto as published than it was as deliver ed. The conclusion is justified, that after delivering the speech, cousidering the temper of his audience and the Napoleonic France it represented, the time and the piace wen deemed proper for a Napoleonic declaration cf war. Hence the failure of the soothing explana tions attempted by the semi-official journal: of the French capital. The Emperor himsell. meantime, having issued his manifesto, haF nothing more to say. A word of peace from him would nuflioe, but he does not speak it. In short, ail things being ready, he has given the signal for war. The Paris correspondent of the London Times says that the sentiment? of this Auxerre speech * are the revenge ta ken upon the commercial and bourgeois classes," the adv'ocatesof peace; that the Erxpe tar cannot breathe freely"' among them ; but that he goes " among thc working tuen and th-: oeasauts to Sod the true genius of France.'' lu other words, the France of Che Bonapartes and the empire is among the producing classes -the bone and sinew of the French people. It is the France inherited by the first Napo leon from the first republic and by the presen' Napoleon from the second republic, lt is thc empire by the will of the people. Herein lie? the strength of Napoleon, r is the strength of thc many against thc few ; ol the masses against the aristocracy ; of Andrew Jackson against the old United Su.tes Bank and the old Whig party of thin country, and of Abr*> ham Lincoln against the ari-H'icratic slave holdiug Bourtouft of the South ; it is Cicsar against Pompey ; it is Napoleon agaiust the Holy Alliance/ Tba Emperor first proclaims his party, and. then he proclaims war, becausn he know* that his party will absorb all other parties in Trance in the revival of the empiie as the armed dictator of* the continent. Tux GAME IX EUROPE-NAPOLEON ASP SKWAKD.-The Loudon correspondent (of the 12th J of tho New York New* eays : The Napoleon idea i*, yea see, ratber sub Btantial. . Nor is this all. Napoleon intends to cut Pn^?ia effectually. Austria and Italy are to form an offentive and defensive alliance, t and Austria, bucked up by Italy aud by France, will be in a position to guarantee to the smaller German powers their indepen dence, and so to take the lead in Germuny. Depend upon it, Prussia will be the loser by the present game. She will suffer the most by the war which she in the first instance pro voked We can but marvel at the blindness . which presages destruction. I am greatly amused with the correspon dence between Mr. Seward and the French Government. Some people are-green enough to think that Napoleon has been worsted. Now, what are the facts ? The French army is ?t?H tn Mexico, "and, even if the compact is rigidly sdbered to, will not quit Mexico until November, 1867- Meantime, in ipi*>; of pro tf?ttf, a foreign army is being gathered by Maximilian, Revivalism Among the Colored People. YT? omitted to mention in our last issue the " ro?igious feeling manifested of late among the colored people. We understand that OD Sun oay the 20th inst, sotoa-one hundred and ei;/h iil'fiv* of our colored friends were baptized by immersion in tbe Sampit. Quite a religi ous enthusiasm is also exhibited in the Meth odist Church, many names having been added to th? li^t of member?. We trust there is a thorough change of heart in all cases, and nota >ud(t?n outburst of thc emotion?) cf short duration, and that it may improve the morale fif the colored population, making them good o si.-tu I Citizens, and impressing npon their ?niods the irrevocable fiat that bas gone foi th j Irom tk<-' beginning of the world, *' in the *w ?t Oi l',v fM-''e "halt thou eat bread." Maj they be hip]')' in(1 prosperous.-Georgetown Times. G.:n?rul HowJrdV attempt to whitewash thc Frbedmeu's Bureuu ha* &Hi*t'y towered thar eSctr io tba President's e3tim>.ti.?rl, it i? reported that tba P-widen t bad requeued bin: to rpfign, and will nmnn bim if he doon uol resign. The President is determined that tho outrage* and abuses practica* t.y th? ?flieers and agent.- of the Bureen must coaao. /SW* A one mlle race ?raj? run at New York on I , th? 29ih. by Fp?ierwood'? fuur JW 0|j .. Re,,)lr- ' j ev," fail weight, a"kmj the fotest run on isvord. j < ?is>*7 Hi} on Um tteco? hst t. li t Death of Ge 1. Scott. WEST POINT, May 29-Lieut. Gen. Set jifd at ll, this morning. He was out ?saturday afternoon, and .-bowed then nt? sig ul early demise. Ott Sut day, he heyan taili fast, though the physicians <iid not anticipa death immediately. Ho was entirely cc Bcious until the moment of death, although lost bis voice two houri previous. He cognized the chaplain of the post ten minu before death, and clasped his band in silen EXECUTIVE MANSIOH, WASHINGTON*, May 29,18GG The President, with p^ofi-und 6orrow, i rv unces to the people of the United Sta ih?' death of Winfield Scott, late Li<.utena General of the anny. On the d.?y which may be appointed ibo funeral, ?"e several Executive Depe luents of the Government ?rill be closed. 1 heads of thc War ?nd Nary Departments v respectively jf.ve order* (br the pay m eui appropriate honors to the memory of the < ceased. (Signed,) ANDREW JOHNSON WEST POINT, June .2 The funeral c?r?monie.- of Gen. Scott wi o. t impressive. Distinguished persons fr ii.; Sections ol the c miitr}' were present. 'I State and municipal Gov.Tii'iietits were a represented. R'vpeet Wi? paid to the mei ry < f the deceased in neat ly all the enstt ci ie?. - ? -.>- ?. - They Don't Represent the Mate. The ?.ositiou taken by the Charleston Rot wf Trude, in reiatim to the Bankrupt L ?ow hef.ire Congress, doon not at all rcpresi ' the kentimer.t ol the pet p*e of (he State, a recent meeting of said B.-ard we obsei tito following |iruceedii HS: Mr. Jas. M Wiwoii then submitted I lollown g memorial, which was read by 1 President : Tu the. Honorable, the Smote of the Uni Stutts : The petition of the Board of Trade of I City of Charleston, representing some ( hundred and fifty finns of said city respt fully showeth : That your petitioners are aware thai Baukiupt Law has been recently passed tho Hou-e of R p osi-n-alives ol the Unil States. Vom petitioners believe th'tt I Bill, should it itu*? the Senate and becomi law, will be higlrv. dt-trimeiittd to the int e?t? ot thi* people of die United Sta'ee. A ?.>: of long duratiot has demoralis t:ie pub?e mind tr? that extent that we ct hider thc conn'rv is not in condition to un the law in the proper spirit. The war deb * nf som?- * the Slates li in? been already repudia,..J, your*petition fear thal the passage af a Batikmpt Luw v cause a Ronersl repudiation of debts, inc dine those of the States contracted pr?vit to the war. Wc are opposed to the repiici tion of any debt, whether it be person State or of the Union. Your petitioners dtdare with pleasure tl an houorable cour?e Las been genera adopted between (he debtor and creditor, a no evi enc*? ba* retched your petitioners acy disposition lo press those who are unal to pay. Your petitioners bol'eve ri.at the solvent laws of the s**veral States of i Union will nrove abundantly efficient in t trenn? cases where parties are compelled force a settlement with taeir creditors. In conclusion, your petitioners pray ye Honorable Body that thc Bill in question m not become the law of thc land. And ye petitioners, as in dury bound, will ever pn Air. Wilson offered the follow incrcsolutio Resolved, That ibo President and Secrei ry of tbe Board ot Trade >ign the mcrnor just read, in illation to the passage of General Bankrupt I.iw now before Congre and that the President transmit the same Washington immediately, to be laid befe that. body. After a lengthy debate participated in Messrs. C. H. Moise and R. S. Bruns, agtin R. Vt. Marshall, M. Straus- and H. H. DeLec in favor of tb** memorial, the it-solution w adopted, and theinectir.g ndjourned.- Com i Judge Nelson's Decision. Judge Nelson, Associate Justice of the S preme Court of the United Stales, in t city of New Yoik, has rendered the followi decision in the matter erf Jnmes Eagan, ii prisoned in the Albany Penitentiary: A writ of habeas corpus having been j lowed by me in this case and served upi Amos Pillsbury, Superintendent of the Alt ny Penitentiary, to which he ha* made re tut by which it appears that James Eagau, a ci zen of Lexington District, South Carolina, imprisoned iu said penitentiary under tl . name of Jas. Eagan, by vii tue of the sei tence of a Military CoiumisnioB pronounce at Columbia, in South Carolina, on the 1 December, lisi??, the said Eagan having be< tried before sun! Commission on the 20; November, 18t?5, on a charge of murder, ar having been found guilty, aad sentenced i solitary imprisonment for life in the said A bany Ptnitentiary ; it appearing that sa; E ?gan was tried without a presentment of gra;jd jury and without the Verdict of a peti and that he was not ami ha-t never been j the military or naval service, and that it wi not a case arising in the land or naval forci or in the militia when in actual service in tin of war or public danger, nor subject to tl jurisdiction of a Military Commission, I 6 hereby decide and adjudge that the sai James Eagan is illetrally imprisoned, the sai trial having been without jurisdiction, and do order that he be discharged from said in prisonment. ?3. NELSON. May IC, 18UC. I certify that this dicument is a true an corred copy of the* original row io my po; session, by virtue of which the said Jame Eagan has been discharged. AMOS PlLLS1-URY.Sup't. Albany Penitentiary, May 18, 'GI We are pleased to learn that Mr. Eac-a has arrived at his heme in Lexington, in goo health, but enterlaiving the most utter coi tempt for Military Commissions, and al! tb hyenas of the Radical stripe. Thc Trial of Mr. Davis to bc Postponei Until November. WASHINGTON, May 27. It is now considered certain that the tris of Mr. Davis will be postpouec'. from June t the November term of court. The hot weathe and the possibility of epidemics are sufficien to warrant the delay until Inter in the season Neither is it expected that ho will be biougb to trial under the Norfolk indictment. Tin Grand Jury simply adjourned, and is therefor? competent to withdraw thin aud substitut) any other. The Norfolk iu?ic'.ment is goot in the absence of any'other, and was druwi iu almost exact conformity with the celebra ted Burr indictment ; but the assistant eoun sel for the prosecution will prcbably wk foi its amendment by adding several additions points. The 15th of June, 18(34, was fixed for two reasons : first, the indictment mut by law be found within throe years of thc al leged crime ; and secondly, the evidence that was brought before the Grand Jury fixed that particular day. It is no longer a secret that James T. Brndy, of New York, is engaged ? as counsel for Mr. Davis. He arrived in the city yesterday in the interest of his client, and to driy hud an nterview with Mrs. Davis at the residence of Dr. Miller, where ?he is now stopping. Mr. Davis will be prepared at the June term of court, to be held in Richmond, and will insist upon, au immediate trial, or be?ug released I upon his own recognizance, orup .n ba 1. He ??.ill also be prepar-d to give bail in any amount demanded by ibo Government to the extent of five or ten millions of dollars. Hu counsel will ff.sist that there is neither Taw, nor justice, nor precedent for longer delay hy the Government, nor fi>r a N-fusai to accept boil, should the prosecutors for any reason ask fer a postponement of thc can?. The opinion is widespread that the Govern, ment wiil ask a continence of il e case, OD the ground of not being prepared for tri>il ; I buv ii is believed that wb.-n ali ihe const* j quenco* of delay are considered, and the fact : moe known that ti n millions of dulls|s bail : :an be procured in th?1 North alone, that ile tutborities will drbrr proceed at ?nee in the .ase ur io tire bim upun bis own recogni- i .ance or opon farola, raider than idmtm ', o the world auch a state of public feeling at .bc North, and admit such vacillation and imbecility in preparing for thia important case. lt in not unlikely tbat Mr Brad while here will colrfer with the Pre*id?u:t, the; Secretary i)f War, and the Attorney General ?pwn the line of procedure to be adopted in the case. Ile is expecting to return to New York to morrow niirht. Mr. Harrison, late private secretary to Mr. Davis, u among-the arrivals at Willard's. THE ADVERTISER? JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, JUNE G, I8I.G*. Conclusion. This week wt pu'di.-h the concluding portious of the able and inure* lug Report ot* tho Aiken Commit oe, up ti ibo r-starves nf the proposed new District ol Calhoun. Major Coleman. His tramerons friends throughout thc Dinrict will be glad tn l. i,ro that Major WILSON COLEMAN has been unconditionally releas" il from the srr'st nnder which he has buen hold for three months past by the United States Military Authorities of .South Carolina. Major COLEMAN WHS in town ou Monday last, looking well, and in ftuc spirits. Meters. Blease, Mitchell, GotniTKnii, Yarbo rough and Son, yoting II erl-mg .iud Eiu-df Lott, have also all r sturnod to thoir homes within thc past three week ?. Enur of our fellow citizens are still in jail in Charleston,-M.'?srr. Lanham, Lowry, Powell and Patrick CoUinai. A Very Snd Occurrence. Wc deeply re-rrot to have to announce that Dr. TOIIN G. WILLIAMS, ono of the most respected citizens of our District, came to his death on Monday afternoou last, at his residence :-the act of his own hand. Death of Still Another old Citizen. The Rev. HENRV C. HERLONG, known and res pected among tts for so many long years, depart cd this life a few days back, at his residence near Mount Willintt. A Visitor from an Honored House. Mn. Woo UK err, a pleasant gentleman connevt cd with thc Charleston Courier, dropped .pon us on Monday last, and told us a heap nt' into resting things nbout the Courier, and about Char leston, and about our much-esteemed friend Maj. Mt'HKKI.L. WO are only sorry be had so little time to chat. He jotted down Col. JOHNSTON'S Railroud speech, and, his work being done, do parted from listless Edgcfield to bustling Char letton. Court ol' Equity. This Court is now sitting in Edgificld ; its first session here for a number of years. The neces sarily large amount of business on band will probably muso the term tu be extended through thc erttiro week. Chancellor W. I). JOHNSON is presiding. This honorable gentleman is one ol the newly elected Chancellors, and if wc mistake not, this is his debut. He is from Bunnettsville, thc county seat of Marlborough, which is the ex treme North Eastern District of our State. We have, not yet the honor and pleasuro of Chan cellor JOHNSON'S ncquaintanco, but wo arc deci dedly struck with his coal and quiet self-po.sen sion ; hb has the calm look and collected manner of a man who koo Ai profoundly what he is about. We hope Chancellor JOHNSON will' leave Edge tiold, pleat 'iitiy impressed with the character and hospitality of ?ts community. Around thc bar wc notice two distinguished lawyers from abroad : LAMBERT JUNKS, Esq., leader of thc Newb rry bar, who is much honored in Edgefield; and last, but never leas!, the Hon SAM. MCGOWAN, nf Abbeville, our Representa tive in Congress',-the devoted soldier and honest gentleman to whom every South Carolinian in stine:?rely pays respect. " Pass the Rosy.'''' Who does'nt remember tho inimitable Dick Swiveller in Dickons' ''Old Curiosity Shop," and how, as be and his coi pnnion drank their whis key out of pewter mugs, sitting at a dirty pine table, Pick, in the grandiloquence of his ideas, would imagine the whiskey " rosy" wine, nnd the LOU L's, cut glass goblets? And how be would wisely say: " Pass the io ty; and lot us fan the llame of friendship with the wieg of conviviality All this pleasant scone came into our head last Saturday ss we contributed our willing efforts to the disappearance of the first-quality old Nectar Whiskey and superior Segars so kindly sent us by our pleasant friend JOHN BOHLEH, who is fighting it out on the lino of Broad Street, Au gusta,-and ha.? a formidable redoubt at the pop ular Liquor and Sc-gar establishment of G. II METER, NO 144. Rest assured, JOHN, that wc nil "fanned tke flame of friendship" in a man ner which we hope will be ns satisfactory to you, as it was peculiarly delightful to ourselves. The Report of the Itrnzil Commis* sion ers. The admirably written and vory engrossing Report of Messrs. MERIWKTHHR and SHAW, of our District, npon the soil, climate and advaota go* of Brazil, bas attracted almost universal at tention throughout Georgia and South Carolina It has been very extensively republished by thc press of these States; and almost .daily wo re ctivo applications from far and near, for copies of the Advert teer containing it. Wo hear that Major MERIWETHER and Dr SHAW are going to provo their faith by emigra ting with their families to Brazil ; and. that they will depart very soon. 'Tis certain that Edgefield could lose no two citizens morohonorod and more useful. Dr. GASTON, who has returned from Bru zil since Messrs."M. and S., fully endorses their Report. Ho too, it is said, will return thither with his family. The Sumter News. This is the title of a new weekly papor which has just appeared nt Sumter. It is to be devoted tn " Literature, Morality, and General Intelli gence." It is ownod and published by H. L. DARR, Esq., a gentleman of high charactor, and a newspaper man of long experience. Its editor is Mr. F. J. MOSES, well known in our communi ty, where ho resided for a year bofnre the close of the war. He is a gentleman of elegant litera ry taste; and writes well and grace/ally. We welcome these gentlemen as co-laborers in tho good work of advancing the public morals, and promoting tho welfare of our common country. Don't Forget the Soldier Boy. Wc mean the crippled soldier boy who utrives to make an honost living by Hair-Cutting, Sha ving, and Shampooing. Young LEWIS COVAR. nix stop is in a denn aud airy room of Mr. ltr AN'S lietel. And ho is very conunendably ox pert in bis business. .Besides heiug always cour teous and obliging to every body. Sustain Thc National Intelligencer. The paragraph below contilns good advico. While the Radicals take care of the "Dead Duck," lot us of the Souti do alj we can to take caro o'f thu decent dignified, and friendly NnHonni Intel, ligmeer. An oxebungo says : " The Congress by un amendnirtit to^ne of the appropriation billa, have taken care of their pet Forney, requiring the public advertisements Mihslnntially ta bu given tn the Chrunirle. The Radicals understand tho power of tho pre^s, and Ihoy strain every norvo to sustain their orgnns. The Southern people should do likewise, and a vigorous effort throughout the South should bo rondo to support the Presidents orean, tho National htetlij/euctr. This is an admirable paper,.and is battling man fully for the rij-bta of the South." h ^.Ef- After tho Hon. Preston 8. Brooks canod ,' fi Sumner some years ago, Sumner, in his sworn h sta'enii-nt of tho matter, yaya that when be was ". ly in*? liHthed in blood, el?:., he fuit a pressure of ; ? iii* h.iinl, if4 ?'ct tu name ft om Campbell, of ^? Uhitt. Th' other day Sumner was the only Sena- w at who voted against the confirmation of this ki a me Cu m pl t)\ ol Ohio, tl Minister to Mesicj, j p The Railroad Meeting. The Railroad Meeting, of which wo gi JG in our Inet ?btu?, touk place un Mom b iu-t. Owing'to thc ruin, which fell ii olence during the forenq'm of that day, nuance of our citizens was far less nu ian it ww uki otherwise havo heon ; inci npropilious w?s'the (r ather that few ?sidenta of distant parts of tho Distrie ble to reach the Court House. Still, tbe ti as far fr<<ui being without interest or e sm ; or even tangible good to tho great iking whose furtherance ?nd tuectMfal lisbuient wiro its object?. Col. WILLIAII TON, Pre s.letit of thc Columbia and Ci lailroad, aud of :he Co!uiai>ia ?V Harabur, oad, uddrosexl the meeting at consii ength, and in a very happy and effective u Jpon bealing Col. JOHNSTON talk or >poa bi- subject now uppormost with him. ni eivea i inmediately thtt his reputiiiion neatest living Railroad utan in the Sout io means ondeservtd. We regret v?ry much that our want of md more particularly the lateness of Ibo ?gards the making up of our paper, for 0 give to our renders Col. JOHNSTON'S adi .peech uutire. Ile gave a succinct history Colombia ?- Hamburg Road since its inert l.it.t.-ring view of its present and future pro 1 brilliant and profoundly truthful picture vivan tage* it would bring to Edgefield D ?.nd a cogent and convincing statt Meat t restaient in its stock must prove surely an lily remunerativo. He assured our peo] that an inevitable consequence of tho com it the Columbia & Hamburg Road would building, and thal very quickly, of a 'Roa Kinety-Six tu some point between Lott's s Pino House. Nor must we forget thc g compliment paid by Col. JOHNSTON to the li ty and disinterestedness of the laud owner: the whole line of tbe Road from Coluin Hamburg. In all this distance, be statod, was but a .-ingle individual dcmandin| damages or indemnity for right of wa instance, in Col. J's opinion, of unusual a of mercenary spirit Col. JOHNSTON'S speech was followed !>y i one from our distinguished felluw-eitizot uer. BONHAM, whose remarks wore followe few very appropriate ones from our into! and practical Legislator, Lu KR CUMRKATI These gentlemen fully endorsed, and very I ly urged upon tho minds of tho audiem views, plan?, hopes at J wi?hcs of Col. Jon After this, the books were opened, and no standing the comparative smallness of the cring, some ten or fifteen thousand dollar immediately subscribed; not immediately i but in tue course of tbe afternoon. Tl former days, would have seemed a mere but now, among so small a cruwd and midct of a people so terribly impoverisl betokens a most unmistakable willingnc: desire to tdd tu our utmost in the complel this groat and important thoroughfare. The spirit of intered in tbe Columbia A burg Railroad is again fairly awakened ii soction. The meeting, of which we are al ont speaking, having, on account of the ext ly bad weather, proved far less numerous tended than it would otherwise most undoul have bcon, it is now proposed to hold a lar; at some point on the Road in question point near us ; Pine Houso most likely the last of June or first of July. At the e< meeting, it is to be boped-and the prosper -uch a consummation aro good wo think the amount nf stock taken eu Monday las be very vastly increased. Every man in Edgifield District who has ey, if it bo but fifty or a hundred dolla: spnre fur investment, woul 1 most undoubted well and wisely, and patriotically, and as be< an enlightened citizen, to apply it to tho co lion of thc Columbia A Hamburg Railroa Thc Atlantic Monthly. This is the same of a famous Yankee mo Magasine, published tn Boston, by the fa Ticknor and Fields. It is devoted to "L turc, Science, Art, and Politics." As far aj first three aro coocorncd, it deserves unqua commendation ; but as to its " Politics," we Out upon it ! It is as venomous ns old 1 himself! And cortaioly we cannot add an word to its condamnation. In tbe very nu bofuro us, there is a critical notice of a new entitled " The South since tho War." This contains the vomitings of a dog named Sn Atomcws, who has traveled "fourteen week Georgia and South Carolina since tho clot the war. In this critical notice, thc editor, prating of this dog's " honesty and struigh ness," dolivers himself thus : The leading men in the region through w Mr. Andrews passed seem tu have an adtq conception of thc fact that tho South con rise again through tranquillity, education, justice; and some few of thoso men have daring to declare that regeneration must c through her abandonment of all tho social t rios aud prejudices that distinguished har sectiou before the war. But in a great degroi beaton bully is a bully still. There is th? lounging, the old tipsiness, tho old swagger, old violence. Mr. Andrews has to fly froi mob, as in thc merry days of 1S59, beca us persuades an old negro to go bums aud not and be stabbed by a gentleman of one ot firrt families. Drunken life-long idlers hie an eloquent despair over the freedmen's worthl ness ; bitter young lrdies and high-toned goi mon insult Northerners when opportunity off and, while there is a general disposition to aci the fortune of war, thero is a belief, equally i oral, among our unconstruetcd brethren, that ter people were never worse off. The couditi outside of the great towns are not suob ns to tract Northern immigration, in which the c hope of the South lies; and there is but sli wish on the part of tho dominant classes tv provo tho industry of the country by doing jus to tho liberated slaves." And men who write and print such fatso insulting stuff, bavo the effrontery to smut it i untarily among us, at whom it is aimed ! So from recommending the Atlantic Monthly to people, wo- warn them against sacrificing tl self-respect by taking it. If our pooplo wish to Eubsrribe to Liter Magazines-and rr earnestly hope they di there are plenty of vary excellent ones in South. Among them aro two new ones, both which we can cordially recommend. " The C scent Monthly," published In New Orleans ; i "The Land We Love," published ia Charlol N. C., and edited by Gen. D. H. HILL. Th periodicals contain a pure and moral litcratui and do not, as in the ense of to many Nortbc publications, ignominiously cuter to the doprav tastes of those whose morbid sentimentality gi\ thom ? keen relish for the vulgar, the ?minor the sensational, the prurient, the malicious, t revengeful. A White Maa Equal to Two Dogs ! We meet our old friend Major Geo. ADDIS] at tho morning reception of.Capt. BE.VJ. KBIT. Tax Collector. Wejpay two dollars apiece upi our own heads, und one dollar upon thc heads ar respective dogs. The Maj r may have goi further. As fur us, we are constrained to confe that we stopped with the two heads. We the register our names beneath that of a "person i solor." After this suggestive experience, an maying to ourselves : ** nary a nigger," we retii in mournful silence. Ia tho afternoon of tho same doy, wc mei Major A. again ; tnis time on the square. Il '?lutes us thus : Hullo Jim ! I'vo b??m tbinVJn; iver sine* this morning that our Legislates an mt complimentary to ut. Aeoorning to thoi ato tux laws, a white man is equal to only twi logs j and what is worso, ho is no better tbnn t ilgger! $3.20 for a white man; $3.20? for tw< logs ; and $3.20 for a nigger I The Homestead Law in Mississippi. Tho H?inesteHd law of Mississippi aa adopted y tho Sute Convention of that Stuto, exempts ora hvy and exeoutloD, the homestead, with two qndrud and forty acres of land atUiohod, SO head r hogs, 20 head cows, |N Sheep? wagon and leam? certain quantity of furniture, Ac. That Sta:? ill nor ho depopulated. But South Carolina ill, if some ilomostead law. <>r somo law of the Ind, ls not enacted by onr Legislature, or by the topi* io Coc vt'ptiim assembled. Visit of Genii. Steedman and Fullerton. These two gentlomcn, ?ho aro now attracting sit large a share of public attention, arrived in our village on Friday afternoon Itt?t, and stoj pod at Mr. P. VAN'S Hotel. Their tnjourn in Edge field was short. They ilepartcd, to Augusta a hence they came, early on :he following morning, liens. STEEOMAN ic ri; [.LIMIT os, as is universally known by this tithe, are lent out by President JonNsos to investigate tho character, the working!*, tho adininistratiou, the practical effect, of the Freed men's BureMU in thc S mth. Thoy are practical, intelligent, und vnry courteous gentltmeu. Al j most uve-y one IH? re:id their Report upon tho Freed tam'4 Bureta in Vir^iuia ami North Caro lina. The radical faction and the radical press arc inultiog rt hu^ii outcry aguinst thom; but un fortunatoly for the radical?, tbe abases which Gen.?. STKI: I?I AN and FULLERTON have brought to light ar? tun plarinj-and too wo!] c'aMisLed to be successfully denied? . Fur ?niau weeks past these two Cotnroi.sioners have boen following up their investigations in (?enrgiH and S.urh Carolina. Their P.cport upon the workings and administration ot* the Bureau ia these States hue, however, not yet boen pub jUbt-d. Gun?*. STKkniiAvand Fi.LLitRTONcamo to Edgc tield, wc suppose, tu hoar from our citizens the opinion of tho latter concerning tho efficacy of tho Freedmen's Bureau. As there ?J no branch of thc Bureau at Edgcfiuld, nor any agent sta tioned her;, of course there was nothing for tiens. S. and F. actually to inspect. Many of our wor thiest and most iutclligont citizens conversed with Gens. BTEE1>MAJi and FULLERTON for several hours upon tho piazza of tho hotel. All were well please 1 with their intelligence, their courtesy; nnd their unbiassed and frankly txprcsted opin ion?. Gon. STI'.KDMAN believe?, from all he has Intely fem, tl ut free labor-free iieyro labor undirected ny white intelligence and energy, has proved, and will continue to prove, a most de cided failure. Ho seems to be convinced thai no agency of the Government betwees the whites and blacks of the South will be productive of good to eitbor party. Ho found the condition of tho negroes on the Georgia and South Carolina Islands, as a general thing, bad ; and promising, under the prosont ttate of affair?, to be worse in future. Of coors? in tho conversation of our citizens with Gens. STEEDIIAN and FULLBUTO.V, the voice of tho former was unanimously adverse to the Freedmen's Bureau. AH rugards any very special outrages or nbuses, wc had none to relate; that is, none since tho fearful days of Metcalf and Hooper ; who, wc believe, did not belong to thc Bureau proper. Since the establishment of the Bureau in Ham burg, undor Lt. Col. DEVEREUX, we havo heard of or felt very little of its workings. Being in n romalo corner of our immense District, it has been, iu a great moasure, out of reach of both whitos and blacks. Indeod, wo consider it due to Lieut Col. DEVEREUX, to say that as far as we know or have heard, his administration in Edge field District has been wisc, and conduoive to peace between tho whites and blacks. Our citizens endeavored also, and successfully we think, to impress upon tho minds of Gens. STKF.DMAN and FULLERTON that certain high handed acts which rome three months ago, were perpetrated here and there in Edgeiield District, woro not perpetrated by Edgeiield people, nor encouraged by Edgeiield people; and that this section and its inhabitants had been grossly wronged and misrepresented. Gens. STEEOMAN and FULLERTON left Edge field for Augusta. Wo believo they have not ytt visited the intorior or middle sections of either Georgia or South Carolina. -? -?- ? Quarterly Meeting. Tho Quarterly Conference of both the Edgeiield and Butler Circuits, Rev. Sim H. BROWNE, Pre siding Elder, will be held at Bethlehem on the 23d and 2 Ith Juno. Death of General Scott. Gonl. Wisn?LO SCOTT, for so many years at tho head of the Army of tho United Stat??, yied at West Point, on the Hudson, on the 29th May. Ho was buried at West Point on Friday the 1st June. Great national honors arc being paid his memory. He was a nativo Southerner, but his honors are coming from the North Let us rt? member, however, that the grave should cover every resentment, hide every error, hush every uncharitable tongue. New York Again Threateued. New York, after congratulating itself upon ?ls recent escupe from the relentless and destroying Cholera, is again very seriously threatener". Within thc past week, two steamships, the Peru vian and the Union, have arrived in New York harbor from Liverpool, with many *.assonger? on board, and a very malignant type of Cholera'! among them. Many deaths had occurred on the voyngos, und upon their arrival, many persons afflicted with the disease had to be removed to the Hospital Ships. Besidoa this, two deaths from Cholera occurred in the heart of the city so lately as the 30th May. The sanitary measures pur.'Ucd by tho City authorities for months past, have been on the grandest, and apparently most thorough scalo; so it ii still reasonable to hope that the great metr?poli*, and the whole country after it, may yet escape any very serious visita tion of the droaded pestilence. Magnanimity from a New Quarter. In the New York herald'vs are pleased to read the following from, the Editor of that journal: JKIT DAVIS AN? HIS TBIAL.-Evory day we have some fresh rumor about the trial of Jell Davis, and thc public are beginning to weary of j tho subject. If Congross would only pass a rv.* lotion to open bis prison doors and let him gu whithersoever he would, the people would be per fectly satisfied. All idea of vindictiveness is a?, surd as well as unpopular. His case bas born settled by the result of the rebellion ; and tl.e time has gone hy when this great nation should wreak its vengeance upon a political criminal. Let tho government, then, treat Jeff Davis aa my Uncle Toby treated tho fly-open the door of For tress Monro? and lot bim go forth. Surely the world is large enough for Jeff Davis and the United States. Be Sure That Your Letters Are Prepaid. For the convenience of onr readers, many pf j whom are uninformed as to the present Postal Rates, wo extract and preparo the following from the existing regulations, as published in the "United States Mail:" The law requires tho postage on all letters to be prepaid by stamps or stumped envelopes-pay ment in money being prohibited. All drop letters must also be prepaid. The only letters on which payment is not demanded, are those addressed to the President or Vice Prosidcnt, Members of Con gress, and letters on official business to the Chiefs oi.the Executive Departments of the Government, toe heads of bureaus, and chief clerks, and others invested with tho franking privilege. JSt> At Oil Oliy, on Saturday, the 26th, the business portion of the city was laid in aBbes, in cluding seventy-five stores, eight hotels, forty dwelling houses, a church and seminary. Loss $1,000,000. ja?*" Tho Department of State has received despatches from the United States Minister at Paris, whioh mentions that Frenchmen who have boen naturalized In the United States, and who may be in Fra noa, are liablo to conscription, but , if they will report to tho department in which j their namos aro onrolled, and produco their pn. por? of naturalization, their names will probably be erased when requested. JTSf It is stated that tho counsel of President Davis will demand an immediate trial, and if the Govern mont auk a postponement, which is possi ble, Ihey will demand his release on bill, which (boy uro roady t? give to the ?mount of ten mil lions of dollar.'. fc-ip** Recently somo fi fi eon thousand basho's wheat were shippod from Europe to Amorioa. Jftgr* The bill passed by Congress for the-cquali aation ?f bounti-s, give? every soldier, without j distinction of color, eight nnd one third dollars per month, deduoiutr bounties already paid, and excluding*altogether deserters and thoso who have .-old ui- hurtend away to any person their claim ?.. j Sights Not to be Seen in Any Otb Show. We dare say our readers have never even h f%?e South Carolina Lender.- It is a we turna!, in the interest of the Freedmen, pub i in Charleston every Saturday. Not ownc J i ted, however, by freo*-men. It is pnbli y T. HU?-LEY A Co., and edited by Tint [WILEY, ESQ., who, we suppose, is a Nert ian. Souio unknown friend*has sent us the S ,'aroliua Ltader of Saturday, Muy ??th - ?hen we finished reading it, we said to elves: Weil, here are sights not to toe? ny other show : Frat and foremost, Mr. II fi cbieves u powerful and very dreudful onslo ipon our old friend Dr. FBENCU, who, it seen till in tho low country of our State, laborii ibbalf (so-called) of tho freedmen. Wo ear y Lupe Mr. HURLEY'S nose will uot be bro o the grindstone, as our's was, last fall, for d hu samo audacious thing. The latter gent lei lowcvcr, has wisdom and moderation euouj top short of any ex pr?t sod desire to knock dd Parson's bead otf with a stone. This ?oupled wi.h the absence of the head grit 3en. HATCH, will probably save his nose hi ess. Not long ago, tho Wentworth Street Ba Church, Charleston, was sold to tho Nort Methodists. It is now a Church for colored ?lc; und Parson French aud ono Parson Wei ire its ministering priests. Herc, nccordin, Hr. HURLEY, himself a friend of the freed] .ud editing a paper in their interest, these 'saints" preach and teach tb? most dangci pernicious, infamous, hypocritical and outrag ?tun". MT?-HURLEY seems shocked at their go an, and is bolding them up to oublie reproba: On Saturday, April 28th, Mr. HURLEY publi. lu bis paper ao article under the caption : "I us from our Friends," whic# article was aimed tho editor says, " at the head centre of Phari ism," which means, we suppose, Messrs. Fur.: WEBSTER, and " the mutual sdmiration soc of the Methodist Episcopal Church North, asi bled together ut Wentworth Street, Chariest in general. On Sunday the 29th, Parson Fronch he sert of "political meeting" at tho Church in q lion ; Panton Webster, and perhaps some i drei or two beud of niggers forming his audi and -co-adjutors. Parson French mounted pulpit, unfurled the offending Leader, and fl its folds to tba tainted breeze. Mr. HURLEY scribes tho scene in a m?-t ludicrous manner, concludes his description thus: The pith of the discourse wis that, now Leader had counselled peace and good-will arr all clasccs of thc community, and harmony am tho States of our Union, it should bo patron no longor by any brother who had the in tere " tho cause" at heart. To show the aniuiui actuated this pions man, he ascended the pi not to refute what we had stated, but to gri bis spleen in an attempt to destroy this pa pei dopriving it of a means of support. O you pie-minded people, could you but have perce tho wily fox pulling the wool down over ; eyes, and laughing in bis sleeve the while 1 Y unlucky blunder could more easily subject ye the taunts of unfitness for self-?overanicnt I your willingness to bo thus led hy the nose wi ers oe ver those presumptuous sod self-delog apostles choose ! After this, follows c second vt,ry severe cast tion of Parsons French and Web seer, in the co of which the feathers of those reverend birds made to fly in every direction. Then Mr. Il LEY, very solemnly, vry wiseiy, and at g length, warns tho freedmen against tho pre; ings, tonebin?s and influence of "vampires feed on the vause." We copy one or two p graphs. Our course is straightforward. Wo stand n the safe platform of Peace and R?concili?t We bait not one jot in our advocacy of all claims of the colored man. Ho is a HAN, and as well as those of our own color, comos wii the pale of our Saviour's saorifice. But to bi about the harmony and good feeling so dc??ra we must meet the whites of the Sc ut h in the prc spirit Henceforth we shall ki ow no "reb henceforth we shall know no " loyalist," in sectional runso of that term. Opprobrious < theta havo been employed long enough by j togaed frionds of the colored men, and we b yet to learn what good bas flown from their cou On the contrary, they have tended only to k alive ill-feelings, aud alienate the races m than ever. We believe the opposite course tc Christianlike, as well as more prudent; a with God's blessing, wo will pursue it Otb may rsl. interpret the writer's motives:-hoc not holp that ;-but, as he hopos for grace i mercy from the Great Judge, his prayer is tbi good understanding may speedily exist nun men of ali sections and colors of our Union. Mr. HURLEY then concludes thc whole art thus: As for Brother Wobster nnd P u-son Frencli they have had enough of war let them send i flag of truco.' If they desire to ni? a portioi our columns in order to set themsalve* right, t! shall bc accommodated. Heaven knows tl have much need to be set right. So thcie is war between thc abolition Press : Pulpit in Charleston ; and cutting away of fea ers, and vigorous application of the cat-o-ni tails. As far as wo can see, tho Press ia iu right Therefore we say : Hurrah Press ! la] on soundly ! And other sights to be seen in this show, i tho following extracts from a letter of a coloi gentleman of Columbia, to the Leader, Things here are not so lively now os thoy hs been; and, excepting now and then a fight I t*.een the colored men and some members of tl detestablo regiment the 23th Ohio (who are leave here for Orangeburg, to lord it over 4 poor people there,) Colomie w>uld heave quiet and orderly district nut this rcgimei time will be soon np. May God hasten it ! I them go-we aro sick of our " pro'octors." This is what the negro thinks of tho.2?th Oh the Federal Regiment which, of all others, t white people of South Carolina respect and a miro : Tho small-pox is ragicg at prosont in this cit -iud the manner in which our people are treat by those whose duty it is to look af tor UH is a di grace to humanity. A few evenings since a nui ber of our citizens waited upon General Ely ai eked him that justice be done us. We told hi that twenty-nine women and children were crow ed intou small room,and left to take care of thet selves nsbest, they conld. Yes, Mr Editor twe t.y-uinc human beings crowded into a small roon and iu tho samo* building, in a room twice . large, one white man had every comfort. Wc, fi ao fault of ours, are left to die like rotten sbee in tho Black Hole of Columbia, an 1 all owing i a want of justice towards us from those who wei sent to look after our interest?, but who spec their time in cotton planting. Yes, let the trut be know, that "looking after the freedman" mean looking after him on our plantations. Bat w are not all fools, even if we are neglected. Every line of the above is strongly corrobora tive of the Reports concerning the Freedmen' Bureau now being mado to tho Prosi??nt bj Gem Steedman and Fullerton : Our schools are{ d-;iog well, as aro also on night-schools in charge o?* Mrs Haley, from Me. and Mi?s C. H. Lewis fr m Hartford, Cennecticni They aro doing all they "an to -rive u t knowledge I know that you are not blest with *noh teacher in Charleston. The female teachors tb ore aro mon occupied with the young officers tha ? with thoi] poor colored pupils. We bare lived ia that city Our officers have other bnsinoss to attend to, un, our tc ?'.ch cr; do what the Society seat them ou for. Alas, that the Yankoo school maras and Yan kee parsons in Charleston should, while thc} show the freedmen " the steep and thorny way tc heaven," bo so regardless of their o wn lessons, and wander about co recklessly in ho ways oi mammon, and in " the primrose patts of dalli ance !" .-? ? fSST On the 10th ultimo there was another bloody riot of thu blacks at Quincy, Florida. A n?gro was arrested fer nome o ?Too sc, and commit ted to jail. A large number of blacks assembled and attempted to rescuo him, whereupon a fight ensutd between the party and the tovfti officers, in which the marshal was killed, and several citi zens wouuded. ty A tolfgraph frew New Oilcans dated J vt e 2, says the levee at Alexandria has given way, and the town is flooded. The e ?tirc Red River country is devastated. jSs?* Over two thousand soldiers hare been dis interred and placed in the National Cemetery at Seven Pinos, one thousand I wu hundrud of whom ?re not known. 2?S* Hon. W. D. Simpson, Confederute Con -rc-sm au from 'his Congi essional Distict, bas been faidontid by the President. The Fenians in the Field-Invasion o Canada. JCFFALO, N. Y., 2.30 A. M., June 1, 16CG. A Reporter of the Express has just return id from a poiut a mile and a half below Black lock, and says that the head of a Fenian col linn, six hundred strong, had reached that joint, preceded by nine wagons loaded with unmunition and arms. The Fenians declare .bat they will effect a crossing before day ight. NEW YOBK, June 1,18CC. It is reported that Fort Erie, Canada, op posite Buffalo, hay been captured by Fenians, who are represented to be three thousand strong. Two thousand of them are marching unopposed into the interior. Our telegraph line.has been already cut. BUFFALO, June 1, 18G6. Notwithstanding the vigilance of the au thorities in this set tiou, and although the United State* steamer Michigan was" under steam.wiih her ports all open, and shores ?warmed with < Canadian spies, several regi ments of Fenians cros&ed. into Canuda last night. The foi ce included -troops from Kea tucky, Ten ue?see and Indiana, a Regiment from Ohio, and one from thia city. They crossed into Canada from this point in canal boats drawn by togs, aud when on the Cana* dian side they landed wich the green flag floating, and the air filled with their wild Irish shouts. Colonel O'Neill, of the 13th Regiment (of Nashville) was in command at Fort Erie. A large number of persons viewed the sight from this shore. The Fenians say no depredations shall be committed. All the telegraph wires on the Canadian side were cut excepting those near the suspension bridge twenty-two miles from here. BOSTON, June 1, IS GC. Two companies of regulars from Fort War ren, left for the North this morning, nader command of Col. Livingston. A newly. raised cavalry, regiment, under command'of Col. Icontar (1) late of Mosby?s guerrillas, forms part of ' tue Fenian expedi tion from this city. The Fenians say that Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will'command the cavalry wing of their army of invasion. They further say that a blow will be 'struck early nert week -probably on Monday. BCJFALO, June 1,18G6. The number of Fenians which effected a landing in Canada from this point, is estima ted at three thousand. They are well armed, and have six pieces of rrtillery. It is stated that there will be a general descent on the whole frontier, and that the Fenians have thirteen batteries o' artillery. The leaders have telegraphed from this point to various cities to bring on reinforcements. The men who went from here, as a general thing, had served in tho Federal or' Confederate armies. No righting bas yet occurred, nor is any anti cipated for two days. The programme is said to consist in ol strocting the Welland Canal, cutting the Grand Trunk Railway, and mov ing in two divisions on Montreal and Kings ton. The Colonel who leads the troops from here is styled the * Commander of the Army of thc Irish Republic in Canada." Gen. Sweeney is reported to have crosfcd over with the main body of troops, but the report is denied. Men cross here without any difficulty, as there are no troops of the United States here. Fenian reinforcements are leaving from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, ard other cites. ' TORONTO, June 1, 4.3?) P. M., 1866. Great excitement exists herein consequence of the rumored Fenian invasion. Volunteers are hurrying to the si?pposed scene of action. It is reported that the enemy bas evacuated Fort Erie, and is now marching on Chippewa. The frontier is not invaded at any other point than the one named. Tlte Latest from, the Fenians. TORONTO, June 2,10.30 a. m. This morning the force of volunteers at tacked the Fenians encamped near Ridgeway, when fighting became general. A number were killed. Thc result of thc engagement is as yet unknown. BUFFALO, June 2,11.30 a. m. The English troops o"cupy Fort Erie. It is not known whether the reported fight at Ridgeway is with the Fenians who landed yesterday at Fort Erie, or with another party. The probability is that the fight occurred with the former. It is reported that the English troops are retreating-from Ridgeway, but n? particulars have been received. United States gunboat Michigan is patrol ling the river, with orders to sink anything attempting to cross. General Sweeny was. here yesterday, but probably left for the scene of action. Governor Fenton, it is said will ?.-sue a pro clamation to-day, warning citizens not to countenance tho invaders; and that twelve regiments of militia will be sent to tba border. 1,200 Fenians have left herc for Canada. TORONTO, June 2. The British version of the fight at Ridge way i* that the attack was made by the Brit ish, who drove the Fenians, a number were killed on each side. The volunteers were expected to hold their own for reinforcements to reach them, which were momentarily expected. American neutrality is severely censured and the people declare that the Government is in collusion with the Fenians. NEW YORK, June 2. General impression is that thc present movement is to cover the real point of attack, which will be on the line of the St. Lawrence river. Canadian troops are stationed along the line to prevent the Fenians crossing. The Suspension Bridge is carefully guarded and a scrutiny is made of all travellers. The movement of meu toward the frontier is reported from every part of the country. The Town of St. Albane, Vermont, is the rendezvous for reinforcements. Tho Third Fenian infantry, twelve hundred strong, and a Fenian cavalry regiment, left Boston- for that point yesterday morning. Smaller detachments from Syracuse, Elmi ra, Troy, Rochester, Lowell, Lutland, and other places were continually arriving. One of Moscby's guerrillas has command of the cavalry regiment from Boston ; and the Fe rn an s *ay Fitzhugh Lee ia to command the cavalry wing of the army. Four hundred and fifty thousand rounds of s.mmunitiou were shipped from Columbus, Ohio, in the last few days for New York ; one hundred and fifty thousand for Chicago ; and thirty thousand muskets for Buffalo. They are supposed to be for the use of the Fenians. Head Centre Stephens has issued a mani festo at Philadelphia protesting against the movement of General Sweeny on the ground that it is not desirable to commit any breach of neutrality by which the country might be compromised. ? -? Gen. Grant Aller the Fenians. EL-rt-A LO, June 2. General Grant, passed West at noon to-day. Ile sent tho following telegram to Geni Meade: " BDFFAI.O, June 2. " Mijor General Meade, U. S. A. Philadelphia. " General Barry is here. Assign. him to the General command from Buffalo to the mouth of the Niagara river. M The State authorities should call out the militia on the frontier, to prevent a hostile ex pedition leaving the United Slates, and save private property from destruction by mobs. [.. Signed] U- S. GRANT, " Lieutenant General." G IR MAN LABOR-The Columbus, Georgia, Enquirer fears that the experiment of intro I docing German laborers upon the Seuchern plantations may fail, because they require food which is not raised there, and can only bc procured from I he North. The increased expense of such laborers may ncutialize the cheapness of their wages. TERRIBLE 'TORNADO.-A terrific tornado at Homesdale, Pa,, swept over the borough on last Monday evening. The great bridge span ning the Leckawanus at Sixth street was lifted bodily from its foundation, and fell into the river a mass of ruins. A number of barns, qut-hon*??, etc., were demolished. Trees and sticks of timber fi led the air. The' course of the tornado waa West to East, thence South, aLd finally towards the North? east. No lives wpro Jost.