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.ni'i?i'i.'?.ni?H.iM.?>i 'i,>>.,>.. r>.i?J i ".>.' . t.,i>.,.->i.'i.,.., |H.??. DURISOE, KEESE & ?0. IU>t,.UiM*<MM4>IUM.??M?tli?MM?Ml?M|?M.nMU.M^ .l|?M|IU<M,IUl'l|M,(IMIW?l,ll,l>1,llvl|,II^S,M?l|i[l,|l1<l?,.?l.l>lllll,M,|lM,'ll'?',','?^,V',,',^',i}?,"',?.1>I|I>IHI|<.M..'M>lH l,H|,?I.M.AllMi' ...'?..?(.?.?luMiMllMiOl.^liMHMjHllMiHl.M.HliUl??!!!!!!!!!!!.?!!??^?!?'!.??!?!!?!!.? .?|ll||l|lll|<>UHl>n>MH?l|?<u>VMli.lilliMll?.MllWilll.lKM^U'IlHlllHHptllM.illl.ll?H>"ll'l.<l,l. ' E??G-E?TELD, S. C., JULY 10, 1867. VOLUME X XX iii-No. 28. M. C. BTJTLE?, ATTORNEY AT liW, AND . , Soli?itor in Equity, TJfice, LAW RAXGE, EDGEflELD, S. C. ' Feb 27 " .' . tf ' 9 M. L. BONHAM, ATTORNEY AT LAW A SD Boiicifor iii Equity," EDGEFIBLB, S. C., . ILL Practico in the Courts of this State ano* in A?gosta, Sa, Also," ih tho United States District and Circuit Courts for So. Ca., giving special attootion to cases, in Bankruptcy. April 2nd|_. 3m 14 M. W. GABY. WM. T. GABT, GARY & GARY, j ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND SOLICITORS 1? EQUITY, * EDGEFIELD, fi. C. Juno 25 3m 20 1 Law Notice. THE Undersigned h?trt associated themselves as Partnarsin the PRACTICE OF LAW for. E lgeQeld Dil trier, under the style of ADAMS <t LAXDRCJV. W. W. ADAXS-. . W. M. LAN DRUM. Jan. S, 1SC7. tf ? W. J. READV. JAS. T-CCLBKEATH. HEADY & CULBKE?TH -A-ttorneys at Law .. Axn SOLICITORS IN EQUITY. EDGEFIELD, S. C. Feb 27 * tf 9 Medical Card. 1 TTVR. T. J. TEAGUE has moved to the mJLr Dwelling recsntly occupied by Mr. J. R. JCarwj!e. next door below Episcopal Church. Hefinay be found at tho Drug Store of Teague A Carwile during the day, and at his residence ?during tho trght, when pot out on professional business. Having be.en engage ' ia the practice of Medi cine, in ils various branche?, for tho last Tbirtcon Years, he feels that he does not arrogate to hiin, self undue merit when ho solioits a lierai share of patronage at the hands of this community. Jan 1 tf 1 DENTISTRY. 13il - H. PARKEBJrcspectfully announce^ that be is well prepares to execute in the best raaaner and ' promptly all work in the business, -and st greatly reduced figures. Having acquainted himself with the late ines timable improvements in the profession, and se- ! cured ?i full :?tock of materials, ?e., be warrant ! good and satisfactory work to all who may desire bis services. Kigefield, S. C., Aug. 1, tf 31 For Sheri?. The Friends of Capt. A. P. WEST respectful ly announce him as a Candidate for Sheriff ot E I gefiel d at the next election. Nov 7 te* 45 $39* We havo been authorized by the Friendt of Capt. H. BOULWARE to announco him a Caadidate for Sheriff of Edgafield District at the nott election. Apr 12 te? 16 For Tax Collector. < The "Many Friands of D. A. J. SELL, Esq., respectfully nominate him a* a Candiflate foi Tax Collector at the next election. Oct 18 te / 43 . THE many Friends o? Capt. JAMES MITCH ELL respectfully nominato him as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR at the next election. SALUDA. Dec 6 ta* 50 We have been requested by many friends of Mr. JOHN A. BARKER to announce him a Can didate for Tax Collector of Edgeficld District at fne ensuing election. Oct 2, te? 4 ?St*"* We have been authorized by friends of Capt. STUART HARRISON to announce bim a Cnodida.ta.for re-election to thc office of Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for this District, at the next election. April 9 te 15 ^jSJ-We^iave been authorized by th? many friends of Capt. L. YANCEY DEAN to ao nonncc him ft Candidate for Clerk of thc Court of ?Jo :n m on Picas for Edgefield District at the next election. Jane 20 - te 27 CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY EDGBFIELD, &. C. THE Sa'iseribors respectfully announce th a '.?nv are now prepared to do all work in thi COVCH MAKING and REPAIRING BUS1 NH SS that in iy be entrusted to them, in a work Batalike ru inner,and with neatness and dispatch We h ivo on flAiid n fuw CA It il I Ali ES a:-t? su perior BCTGiHBS.of ourown manufacture,wh'rcl we will sell low. AH kinds of REPAIRING done promptly aqd w&'r.va'.ed to give satisfaction. ZfirAs wojoil ONLY FOR CASH, our pricer ar unusually reasonable All wc luk is a trial. SUITE! ?V ?OXES. Mar 7 tf IC Ti HE Undersigned ?ives notice that ho is now ?rcpared to have REPAIRED in % god and woi-utiii^e manner, WAGONS. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, m? o/h?r .Vehicles that may be brought to bl? Shops, at fair on.d reasonable pri ces for Cash. NEW WAGONS, CARTS and BUGGIES wi? also be put up in the best? ty >e, and on as reason able terms as can be afforded. tfayttf EFFICIENT and EXPERIENCED ^TURKMAN io t^r Shops, and. a good supt ly of .the BEST SEASONED TitfRER, no pains will .be ?pared to giro entire satisfaction u. Jhose who may send their work to these Shops. W. W. ADAMS, Sept 26 .tf Beef Oattie Sheep W&ated. IWILL pay the highe*t mnrket price/or good RF.Bi CATTLE and" FAT SHEEP br LAMBS. If or*f-ir?rili I. will Barter Com. and Eicon ?Km,? 1 * ' Going to the District School. Barefoot boy and little girl, She with rosy cheek and curls, * His a forehead brown with tan, Sturdy little larnior man. Old etrhw hat, with broken rim, Is tile roast that troubles him, ?" A? the dinner pail ho swings, i ? Full of mother's ohoicost things. Happy little pair are rhfey, " Chatting blithely onr tho ?ray. In th? morning fresh and cool, Going to the district school. From tho shady fkrnshou?e door ? Mother watches, till no more . Sao caD follow-out of sight , They aro gone, her heart's delight. Can you See them sitting there, On tho benches hard and bare, - Tired feet swinging to and fro, Conning o'er the lessons low ? Sitting at the noon of school, By the gurgling streamlet cnoi, 'Moog the brakesand bending .trees, , Bating up the bread and cheese ! " Or. w'iih merry lau.rb'and shout, Wheo the beys-aud grrls go out, Bo >ks and pencils east away, Sec them jump and swing and play. Hark ? tho fernie on the panto, ' Rap and rap and rap.a;-ain ? Bushing in with cheeks aglow, Hf:lj reluctantly they go. Glide the busy hours away. Till the warm sun's western ray . Slants across the open door, And th*o hojurs of scfiool'aro o'er: Happy, healthy girl and boy, . Fall of simple, carclcss.joy,. F-ee from tyrant fashion's rule, Going to the district school. '. In the busy noon nf Hfe, 'Midst Its restless fever strifo, . As your pathway shall divide, From tho-rooi'-trce wandering-vide. ? Memories of the morning houvf, Sung of birds and ?eent of" fl jwer.r, Bleat of lambs, and song of rill, Will come sweetly o'er you still. And your thoughts cn yearning back, O'er the simple childhood track, TVhen the longest road you "-.new "Was* the one that lcd you io The school-house, one mile away, Whore tho birch std rule held sway. The Three Hunchbacks. The following amusing and seemingly in credible narrative was extracted from a late French publication. It is neatly told, and will be read with interest: Three brothers, afc humpbacked, and al! accurately alike in appearance, lived in Bas saoom. One of them killed a man in a chance inec'?y, and rot being taken on the moment, the prosecutors could only swear which one ol the brothers had done the deed. Rather than put an innocent man fo death, the judge let the guiltv one escape, butto-avoid further inconvenience of the kiud. he banished all I from the province. One settled "in Paris, be I came rich, and married ; the others, after nearly starving in England, returned and paid a visit to their fortunate brother. The master cf tiie house was abroad when they knocked, and thc poor *yjfe was troub led more than a little by the visit, "My husband is very jealous," she said to j them while the wrs giviigtbem something' j to ear. u You must go to tte furthest quar ter of the town, and never come here again ; but I'll make your brother look to your wants." While she was speaking sue beard her hus band's knock, and cried out : '.Follow mc, if you value your lives." She ordered the servant not to open the door tili she should return, and men convey ed the brother* down stairs and locked them in the ceilar. Her h.*-band scolded for be ing kept out so long, but a good dinner re stored him to good humor, and at n?gLt he went out to pay a visit. The wife then went down to the cellar, and' there found the two brothers dead, one lying here and the other there. "What was to bi: done? She sent for a ttrong Auvergnat, brought bim-down stairs, showed him ,one corpse, which she bad previously taken out. of the cellar, and promised him a louis d'or on bi? rsturn after having thrown it into the river Seine*. He made no scruple about the matter, but .popped the body into tin* sack, took it to the bridge, and shook it into the river. Returning for bis reward, the Wife disputed his claia, as thc budy was still -iyiny outside J of the cellar door. Hvre the stupified man i saw what be firmly believed to be tho corpse I he bad thrown from the bridge, and resi<jn- I ing himself to destiny he got it into the sack, nnd went through the . ceremony for the se cond time. Coming back, he was terrified ajad enrag?d by finding the twice drowned corpse knock ing at the door. " Are these your tricks, master ?" said he, -".Ab, Monsieur Gbcst! Clever as you are, Til settle you the third trial.''1 < Sb saying, he forced the poor husband into the sack, ca;lied bim to the verne spot, and. efiec:ed the third discharge. This time be rc turned in triumph; for tho wife, ignorant of her hes1 atid's fal?', an:l having no more corpses to remove, paid him twice what sb" had covenanted, aiidgavehim a glass of wine into tiie bargain. u Your good bcil-th, madam,!' said he< "you are better iban your prontSses, but i earrie:! .ir. I found the 'inmpbacked rogue, or his ghost, knoekinj* at the doorafter I had turown, him in the second time." ' M Ob, wretch ' you have drowned my hus band," cried thc vornan. While sile was screamiu?, and be* standing in amazement, the gend'arme* entered, se- ? Cored both, and sent them to prison. Next day they were brotrght before the magistrate j of the quarter nnd examined. The poor-wife concealed tithing; t'ie'Auvergiiat was called en for an explanation, and whil? both were awaiting sentence of death, the three broth ers full of life, but with very pale fuces, wera ushered in the room. Seme fishermen sta- j twoned near the bridge bad saved tho three The unmarried men had only been dead drunk in the cellar, and the submersion, and the-con st quent pulling and hauling and *jectmeut of wine and water, had recovered ?bera from \ their drunken lethargy before tho natural j time. On their first appearance before the magistrate they could give no explanation of j their vi?itto th? river, and the husband had t?o -idea of the cause of his being sebed ; but his wife's explanation made all clear. ? The king, hearing of the strange adventure, settled a pension or. the unmarried men, but they jvpre not to dwell* within fifty miles of Paris, and tbe m&rripd man was not jealous for a year and a day aftci bis seizure and es cape fro tn the river. . ?-? -o- ? WDULDN'T STAND IT.-A good joke is told us by A friend who was present at the freed men's celebration in Clayton last week. It wav* pi'ooosed, before the ' procession . was" formed, to head lbs column with the-stars and stripes woud'y whipping* tho ?we*-e, and tail it with' he ?tars and bars ignobly trailing in the dust. The proposition was'-'submitted to one of the most prominent ?nd influential of L*M ?o'.rred marsbajfi, who', when fte hetord it, sneered b's in.d^naiion. to get thc. npperhand ofbim.1 He rieplici'tiiat no Such thing should' be did tv bar bb wias. -H?Votit unde> de Con federate ttoff, and if ho c?tch aoy fooi-ni'ggej- j draggin it along in de dirt he was gwino to : hortiuBU'UEnanhiNe**. 1 j How aa Old Lady Disposed of I Fortune. . > Jfae London correspondent of the B Ketcs Lstkr .vouches for the truth of th lowir^?emarkabie narrative: j " A short time since an old lady, liyi one of the small streets leading out pf Al street, Regent's' Park,, close to what was the Collo8seum,>' enter?d the'shop of -ra poulterer" in the neighborhood, purchased a chicken. The tradesman w tentive-t-oher, as such-people ought t .and tho lady became a customer, al coming to Jhe shop and giving her ow ders. She appeared to be., very old, b .have all her faculties about her. One S day evening she calpe when th? poulterer pCDcd "to be very busy. She said she wi to speak to him, and be asked he? to into the little parlor behifid'the shop,'an would come to her the ' moment "he waa engaged. . . . .?? . ' . In the parlor she met the daughter- of ! poulterer, and, after some conversation, ir i course of which she reii.'arked that the vc ' girl looked ilfaud required change bf air I produced a. parcel tied up'in paper, and i j4 Give this to your father, as he is busy cannot come, ap? I can rut wait.. I wish I to4ake.you.awsy ihr a little change, and.! "is something that will enable him..to do She placed the parcel in the girl's hand, : icld her to lock it up in a cupboard to wi ?Lo poiuted. Th'e girl did so, and though more of thc matteV; when", some' hours ? 'fiequcutly, the s5op was- closed, and her f er came into the parlor lo get hrs*supper, produced thc parcel ?nd gave the message i which it was accompanied.- The pou?b laughed as he untied it ; bot, to his. atm men*, the parcel was found, to consist of b; notes and goJd of ?be vajue ofU.lQOO, Tl was also in it an antique gold watch : 'chain. ' The next day Hr. -- hurried roand to customer to thank her^ when she desired 1 to take his daughter oui; of town for a 'days, and1 On their return to inform her ?heir arrival. This,-of""course, was done, day or two after their return she cailcd at shop of Mr.--, and said she wished 1 to come to her house tb tea, accompanied his daughter. A's they wer? "about? to lea after partaking of hw hospitality, she said Mr.-. I wish you particularly to ?all u\ me to-morrow morning and bring with.3 two respectable persons up-ir? whom you ( rely. _ The next morning .Mr-r- attend accompanied hy the curate "bf the parish a ? neighbor. The o!J lady 'h'-n saul that 1 . was upward of ninety years of age, and 1 no relative living buta ebusrr, an attorn who she alleged had not treated her weil, a by wfiora she said she had 'ost-S^O.GOO.- ? .>aid she had .-?25 OOO in cot sols sail left,-a fhat as she felt she would' not live long, a wes resolved that thc attorney should not { anything belonging to her, she had ask Mr.-to attend, with two witnesses, in 1 der that she might transfer to him iori own absolute use the ;?25.0C7O to which s had referred. She added that she knew vt well what she was about, and that by ghi /him; the money while she was a?Te.insle of bequeathing it to him at her dca h, would be saved thc payment of legacy du to the amount of .C200U. , "This announcement fippenrcd to be of sintrnUr a nature tint the clergyman VP properly snrrgcs'ed that a solicitor shnnra suif for. Thcrmaii of law came according! and ?li? tranyr was daly effected. Tlw? n lady's presentiment, of approaching d'ssn'iitii proved to be correct, ns she died a few wet after makin .o' this singular disposition 0/ h propcrtv. Tt seems that before her death si had intended to give the money to a eliemi 1 with whom she used to deal, but'that he TM ''offended her hy some inattention to h wishes. The moral.of this story, (of the sunstai tia! accuracy of wi-ich (here can bo rm d?ul Whatever) is that -civility c.isfs nothing, ar .nany sometimes yield a rich reward. Why Masonry hus Lived so Lo?ig. Masonry echtends" for tLc absoluteness 1 Truth. The; tendency of the tim's is great! averse to this ?nddantental principle of n knowledge, all morality, as well as all relif ion. Aud Bo'cur fraternity are like the buih t-rs on tho temple's wad: whilst they wjel thc irs wei they must also bear the spea Weare compelled to withstand all those linc of thought which would depreciate the im plicit)' aud fixedness of truth. ' The mae new discoveries o' science have discr?dite old and long accepted theories. * *; The result'of all such thought is thc annibrlfl rjon of that Which is the corner stone of ou temple. Somewhere there is that which i invariable, inflexible, and most stable; to be lieve it is to be faithful-to deny it is to b irdidol;, to act upon it is to be virtuous-t depart from it is to become vicious. Thor is uo uncertainty ia thc teachings of our Ot der, where this much despised yet sovereigi truth is ?nshrip?d. B?t t?e !act of ir-s cxis lenee is all that'I'just now affirm. ?V/hat i the" testimony of cur antiquity ?' We are no ? banded together simply for the purpose of so cia.1 recognition and mutual, support WI bav? ?Sot-ii hori'ed merely unmeaning form of ritualistic display, which have nothing bu -.iicir mysterious secrecy to commend them Think you tl:ct'^ is enthusiasm cuougji.in hu riianily to continue T?r so many centuries :.:u:d6t allports of perils and persecutions such an organization as this, designed only .jr even chiefly, for .'?elfish ends ? You make masonry ? far g:*catcr mystery than we claim by so supposing. And you have a problem to solve iir the existence of this* confe.-sully ancientvOrder, which will baffle ail cxperi euee and negative all knowledge of fickle hu man nature. Nay, it is the love of.the truth, the adh'-rencc to the truth, which has constU tuted Masonry the miracle it is among all the debris of man's social structures. Here it stands, just a* glorious as when, in* tho first temple's time, the widow's son gave the bind ing word. .But what.is tho meaning of all symbolism? Thi? is not continued for tho purpoiC of gratification or amusement. These tools of our Craft and jewels of our Order, have very solemn ?leaning. The officers of the Lodge, from thc-T ihr.at the door to the Worshipful Masler in the E.ist, are engaged ia very earnest work. This is no ribrscry for ! child's play or levity. We wear our aprous. and display our three great and three lesser lights'with very serious ebds in view. These are lil! efforts to preach the truth. Each is -a crystal face of the purest gem. And allaru occupied in the majifestation of that of which each symbol tells a part. How comes it, I ask again, that, after such loug j -urneyiDgs, and amidst so many adverse influences, this traditional ritual remains so p'ure, so unal-' tered ? Other schemes of man's device have Iud their day, and have risen to'rise no more. What is the talisman which explains their' destruction ant] the preservation of this an i rieat ? Everything in the Lodgo answers, j Truth-" a divino attribute, * and the ?foun [ dation of every virtue." For " lo. bo good nnd true," to buy the truth and sell it not, "is the first lesson we are taught ia Masonry. !_S.n.Tyng,Jr. ?_^ ?52*7?" To W?^jSpt your hair from coming out-never let your wif?j eaton you khjsing the servant girl. ?3TNICE BOY.-"Pid the dentist kiss you-wtien ho pulled .your tooth", pa"?" - FATHER-" NO, my sou. Why V' Ni?sd?ox.~"-Weli,>ho kissed ma, and.she .^ ??t^ok'.thf?acho all away.} andi think it. did, for abo laughed all the way home." j A. Man Beats his. Wife and Child Death with Stoops,.then Kills Himse The terrible tragedy that occurred lt; Thursday in.Perry County, Ind., in .which man beut his wile and child to d^ath wi "stones and then shot himself, bas seldom be surpassed in duil'hjrrdr. About'five yea 'ago the* murderer, Francis J. Smith, of N( Albany, purchascd^and removed to a farm ?20 acres, near Rome, Perry county, In In 1865 he married a refugee from Georgi In.thc latter, part.of the yean his wife ga ?birth to a-xnale child, which almost .from i first breath became the victim of its fathei vile and cruel nature. On one cceaMou, aft beating his wife, he seized the infaut and be it over a blazing fire until Its cries of anguii softened even his stony heart. H?3 wife pr enrpd adjvorce and went tolrve with a broth in New York. A few months passed ur Smith's-health began to fail,-a:id fearing tbi death would soon overtake him he beean much alarmed, and. according toa subsequei statement of his wife, wrote to her that she ever wanted to sec b\tn alive .to haste ira mediately* to his place of confinement. She came, but was met very coldly by Smitj who denied "that he had ever written such letter as * the above mentioned,' and expresse the-greatcst aurprrse" at finding her at th door. She passed from house to house, dra/ ?ging throogh a miserable existence-, until la? Wednesday morning, when she was at tl residence.of H. Groves, not far distant trot Rome, contemplating a visit io the trustee c the township, to obtain shelter for herself an child, her husband arrived and expresse his'desire to accompany her to the trustee' office:" She rcadi'y accepted bis offer arid th two set off ou the journey, taking the chil with them. . A-drrzzJing rain set is?, aad un der pretence of finding..sheller under a larg tree, .standing twp or. three hundred yard from tba roadside^ up .to a deep ravine, Spjitl invited the mother thither, and after ttrriyinj at the designated' spot, pelted 'the mother* brains out with lar?e stones, and with on "blow on thc head of the child "tilted it. .Many atones Were lying near thc victim? red with thcir-own -blood. Smith took tb strings from tbc-shoes of thc-inoiher, tied lie -feet closely ; ?ud then hor hands over he breast, laid the child, beside her, covered th' two with a li','bt shawl-, and then left them The next day Smith vas at bis brother's Commodore Smith's, He sat down add wron a letter and handed it tn his sister-in-law, ant told her to take it to one of the neighbor": houses and read it. She refused to go, anc told bini that she'b?tt not time. He told bei thatil she did not go ha wroold have to te! her what wis ki the tetter. He told her thu he had killed his wife and child,*and that b< in-tended to kii himself, whereupon he seiz-jt a loaded gun belonging to his brother, an>: walked out into the yard and shot- himsel through the heart. Smith wa* formerly Iron: New Albany, where .some year-, a^o he killed a man, and was cleared po the plea of insani ty. tn his statement of thc cause of the mur der, he says : " Her brother thought me and Miry had bettor get married again, for he was sure thal wc were both to blame, and so . were. 1 Trnst'^rvd'him'ijT^crhtiglrrm- tiurwme vi'-my heillh would not aiiow mts to marry if I were ever so willing to take her, a:;d 1 did nut ex pect to live three months. Thc next thing I heard of them, Mary was :v the door. - * :; - 1 love?! .dary and my boy, theref.T I killed thom ; and such a horrid way lo kill any person. PIK* Mary, after-'] had knocked heron the head with aston'', begged meto stop, for she would.die at lhai, and .-he wauled to have soujo talk with me. . 1 did so. J told Uer I.did not kill-her pr the boy through an ser, hatred or spite. Ii drjve me mid io see her and the boy kicked about as they had been for the la<t three! motif hs. She says, 'God b';ess you,-Frank ; 1 believe you : let me ki-s you: and I'did time and ngain b-fore ?h-? died. 1 hope that pic ard Mary and my boy may be buried mar cadi Other. I b';pe it will be many years hence before ever another husband and fa%hcr.wilJ lie compelled by such crushing misery ty do ns I hava done.'"' -Cincinnati Commercial^ 3:::b. TERKiiiLfc THAR icm-AT Evrr.ui'nijn, MIS SISSIPPI.-Oii the evei.ing ol the24tn .Jane, a Mr. William Johnson went into the house <>f a man by the name of Woolly. He .had riot hoe? there long before sorna dispute arose, which tprruintiie-1 in au. sifiray -in v, hit h Woolly d'ew a pi-.t?l and .shot! Johnson, .wounding biui severely, but hot to such an extent as to render him helpless at tho time. Johnson cs soon as he was" shot .succeeded in gening possession bf an axe which w:i^ i;i the vicinity* and-rushing trpon Woolly, struck him a terrible blow,' killing him instantly. Johnson,-who was very murh enraged*abd probably was hardly conscious of the crime he was comtuilt og, th':n attached and kille l Woolly's v. i!e and baby, and .also severely wounded on-; of his daughter?, vthot however! it is supposed succeeded iu making her cs cape'aud giving ihe alarm. Johnson's wound which hi received at ibo commencement of tbfi diraei?lfy, js of a very serions' character, anet he is bul expected to recover. - - . . '. . X-U?KOW -ESCAPE OF INXOCEX.T MEN FROM BEIM; HC.N?;. vx^CiKC?MsTA.VTi^i. EVIDENCE. -A letW to thc Wacj? Rcyisler, d?jted Ste phcnsviile, Texas, May 2lst, Lives thc follow ing account of the narrow e&apo of innocent men from death at thc hands of military commission, for the eifppriftvt murder of a freedman": . . . .-This .week three citizens cf Limestone county, accompanied by a United Slates ofii ter, came imo .this emily io search of a freed man namcd.AU?n, formerly thc slave of .Mr. W-, near Cotton Gin. They found ihc negro, and a happier meeting seldom occurs. The circumstances, as I learn Chem, are about as follows: Immediately upon the cloie of the war. Allen left his old master for parts un known. 'Ibero wus a bittor feud between Mr. W-aud so tn a of his friends on one side, and a number of men on tlio. other, grpwing out of political questions, Shortly after Al len's disappearance, the body pf a negro man, weich was supposed to bb Alien'.?, and bear ing marks ?T having been nuiniererl, was found near'Mr. \7-L's plantation. This carcass was taken by the enemies ol' Mr. ? W-: and kept -until about two weeks ago, when Mr. W-and niue ott ers were ar rested, for thc murder of the aforesaid Allen. They were brought before a military commis ?"on- the skeleton was produced and identi fied as that of All-u, nod witnesses were sworn who testified that. Mr. W-and his friends had murdered him. They were all sentenced to bc banged within a certain time if they did not procure the veritable living . Allen. Knowing their innocence, they have : searched unremittingly ever since, and by I what appears the merest accident they found.j him three days .ago.al Mr. Perry's in ibis j county, alive, and doiug wei'. .-Thu lives of j these men depended upon their success in thc ijeurphj p,nd' you can imagine their feelings when they found Allen weil and able to ac company them back fo Limestone county, to prdvtMheir innocence. --? ?-! EUROPE GIVES DP, MEXICO.-Tho London Times, after gravelj reviewing the status of Mexico, comes to the conclusion that " the Mexicans must settle their own affairs, or, at any fate, muit get tsiistunce'fiom their own | sile of thc ""Atlantic.'' The' Times pretty , frankly admits "flint ibS? is not erVfirely vol- 1 urta'ry When it says " the'U?ited States' have forbidden tlK!Tivmzin? h/reneies of a foreign' power" on-Mcxfco.-r Ibo ?Tima; speaks, truly when it says thatiEurope -would have-given Mexico " an organized Government, though _ jj_i_ - ander monarchical institutions." The Un 'ted States forbade this, and now Mexico ba practically, no Government. .The Icgic deduction from thia conduct is that our Go eminent is bound to give Mexico protectic against anarchy and ruin, *' -?-* ? ? ? i Humorous Gntherfngs.' JOST An.abbreviation, not found in book i?ioJbc tpund on a tomb-stone in Dunkirl t The mourners intended to put an old aunt t sleep, with thc customary phrase, "lethe rest in peace," but the space on the atone ^av cut at the close of thc word ' her".' The read witteM sculptor, however, inserted the initial! and 'now thc dear old lady sleeps boneat the laconic, but inclcgant?epitaph. "Let he rip.'* ?S* " What aro you doing there Jane 1 "Wily, pa, I'm going to dye doll's dress red. "But what have you got to dye it with? ? Beer." " Who on earth told you that bee wotdddye it red?" - "Why, ma said it wa beerthat made vour nose look so red, and thought-" " Here, Susan, take this child." JS5T A lady asked a gentleman the othe day why so many tall gentlemen were bache lors ? The reply was that they were obliget to lie. crosswise in bed to keep their feet in and that a wife would be in the way. JJ*?" A schoolmaster in one of the neigh boring towns, while on his morning wall passoji by the door of a neighbor who wa: excavating a log for a.pig trough. " YVhy,' said the schoolmaster. "Mr.-have yoi not furniture yet.?" " Yes," said the man " enough for my own family, but Iexpect tc board the schoolmaster this winter, and arr making preparations." /?2ir " Gcortre, do you remember the storj of David and Goliah?!' " Yet, sir ; David was a tavern-keeper and Goliah was an intemperate man." " Wb told you that?" " Nobody ; I read it, and it said that David fixe? a ding for Goliah and Goliah got slewed with ic' A savan connected with thc Garden of Plants in Paris has carried three billiard balls constantly in his bosom for thc past seven nontbs wrapped up in a flannel waist coat, supposing that they were crocodile eggs, and tint they would hatch by the process. jfrjjf A colored clergyman, in a prayer meetriir in Virginia, while engaged in suppli cition i few weeks since, after praying for tue divine blcssim? upon tho Governor of that State-md ail others in authority ther*1, con tinued: " And U Lord-? Lor?-O Lord, il it will not. exhaust thy compassion, have mer cy upin Andrew Jo.'inson"' CST" We never heard of but one old wo man vim " ki-sed a cow," but we've seen ma nj a jrelty girl kiss a good sized calf. JfjlS** A man's wife in South Bend, Ohio presetted her husband with a very fine boy. >ieXtmornin<; the man stepped into tho May er ? u??e and .-tated that the night previous, afeli'W cain-j- skulking into Irs bouae stark uakei : thai he wa? there yet. Three polic? meuat once started ou the run to oust the mlSSuer?' "YSVern hey-grit TO *lBiS house/they asktl tos-e ibefriluw ?hat bad come.in there theuiu'ht he-fore. Tiifiiy brought out tue baby. Thepoliccmon suddenly disappeared, and it is sippo.Mrd luve had to stand a good many extu treats since. f?y*T jo Gnon TO CE LOST.- The Ignited Stars Internal Revenue Detectives arc bete Iron Washington, on a tuur of investigation. Troy have had a good many of our Iquor mci before thom, examining into their affairs, an? aui'.-iig them our friend Captain Morris Hobson, ot the steamer "Nellie Jenkins." Che of thc principal d actives asked Capt.. liibson it' hu had nut boen bringing a good inrti}' barrels marked " whiskey1' lo Rich m'lid 0:1 his boar,. rte Captain replied by asking the officers if thc (act of the barrels being m irked " whis k.-r"' necessarily made Jiie-c-mietits whiskey. io which he replied, " M'>st-nssurcdly sir." Then remarked Captain Hobson, H Well, no*', Mr. Officer, an.-wtr mc one thing: If 1 wjiK U> take, a piece of chalk ami mai lc on your back, 'd-d jack-ass,' would that mike you one?-' The officer in question was sold, m d tLo rest ol ike frowd enjoyed his discomfiture bluely. The Captain WHS discharged with out further question.-Rici.mond Examiner. f-gr" A darkey preacher was telling hew A-am was the first man created, and se~^ up agiinst the fence to dry. Au older brother, ?rho foim'tiuiea had ?acid ideas, interrupted' bita and said., " D' dat is, true, who made de it5i.ee?" Pass round do gasser, S@"A LITTI.T: MORE CmEn.-A yot.;,g lady, and a Good Tttuplar in a California UiVu entered into a lively discussion in the loo'gu of which she was a member, on the sulijoct ot' cider drinking. She was very tond of MA'c?t cider, and on 00 account, V"a.ld she bc pursuaded lo shun it. Addressing ?rn anti cider dri::ker4 ??he said \ <. I love cider; it isa necessity with me : 1 must have it-I wiil have it. If this iodge decides wa must not drink it, I shall e t apples and then gel some g.pod looking fellow to 'squeeze' me-for I tell you I cau't live without cider." -? ?-h AN ITEM WHICH EVERY MAN SHOULD RE?D)-We have probably all oF^s met with instances in which a' word heediw-.ly spoken ?gains thc reputation of a female has been magnified by malicious minds until the cloud balbeen dark enough io overshadow. ber whole existence. To. those who are accus tomed, not. necessarily from bad motives, but from thoughtlessness-to speak lightly of la dies, we recommend these " hints' as^worthy of consideration : Never usc a lacy's name in an improper place, at an improper time,.or in mixed com pany- Never make assertions about her that you think untrue, or allusions that you feel she herself would blush to bear, When you meet with men who do not scruple ty? make u.it' bf a woman's nama in a reckless and un principled manner, shun them, for they are the very worst members of tho community men lost to every senso of honor, every tool ing of humanity. Mary a good and worthy woman's character ba? been forever ruined and heart broken; by a lie mann lac lu red by some villain, and repeated where it should .no 'lave been, and in the presence of those whose liltle judgment could not .deter them froto circulating thc foul and bragging report. A slander'is soon propagated, and the small est thing derogatory'to a moma'i's character will fly on the wings of tho wind, and magni fy as it circulates until its monstrous weight crushes the poor unconscious vtetiin". Res pect the name of woman; your mother and si-ters aro women, and as yon would have their fair name untarnished, and their livea unembittered by thc slanderer's bitter tongue, heed the ill that your own words may bring upon the mother, the Bister or tho wife of some fellow creature. ? - ? -. THE LONDON TIMES.-The London Times, the great representative of pppular opinion in Great Britain, has a leader on the release of Jeff; Davis! Th? gist of the article is embraced in the following short extract: '. With tho release of Jeff.-rson Davis it may bo said that the inst scene of the grea,t civil way in America has come to an end. It is a dorthy cloce of a great contest, and an act of moderation of which the people inay he proud, '. and of which they are likely to receive the benefit in t Le .subsidence of, angry' payions, and the. restoration, or rather the Creation, o? a national feeling pervading the en tir? Union." ' Gerrit Smith. This gentleman has written a noble article, over his own signature, defending his appear ance on the bail-bond of Jefferson Davis and combating the idea that treason mnst be charged against the South, after surrender. Mr. Smith was a decided Abolitionist up to the emancipation of Southern slaves. His antagonism ceased at that point, but it has gone beyond bim to the Anti-slavery Society which now proposes to abolish the negro. As an honest fanatic, Mr. Smith is entitled to a hearing, and had his countrymen one-half the generosity he manifests, the problem of re construction would*no longer prove vexatious and uncompromising. Alluding to the harsh and perfidious conduct of his section, Mr. Smith says : The simple truth is, that we made a bargain With the South, hewever we may now be tempted to deny it cr to break it. Our Gen erals, in the terms of the surrender of the Southern armies, recognized this bargain this- bargain that we should treat each other, not as traitors under constitutional law, but as belligerents under the law of war. The Supreme Court of the United Stales unani mously held that this was the bargain. Alas 1 the ineffable meanness, the revolting infamy of our breaking this bargain now, when wo have it in our power to break it I Alas, what a poor use is this to which to put the power of victory ! How it dims the glory and re duces tho value of victory! The shame of defeat is as nothing, compared with thc shame of ahusing the power of success. The hold ing of Juarez or some other Mexican chief for treason, in case wc should conquer Mexi co, would be a no more gross, a no more im moral breach of (sith, than is our holding Jefferson Davin for it. No wonder that the enlightened and sensitive jnen of the South are stung to the quick by our perfidy. We may not recover so far from our passion and prejudice as to be ashamed of this perfidy, bur" our chirdren will be ashamed of it. Who doubts, for even ono moment, that the North, had she been conquered in tm's war, would have claimed at thu hand of the conqueror the hum?nitica of ;he .law of war-ot" that law which knows no treason. Are we doing as we woulJ be doue by? I said the law of war knows no treason. I add that treason ceases just when and where tho acknowledg ment of belligerent rights begins. Reason teaches this. Humanity teaches this. The political liberalists of Europe beseech ns to believe this. They tell u? that they mean to undertake, from ti.we to time, to'overturn. their despotic and oppressive governments, and that nothing could be worse for them than when, now and then, they shall be con quered, to have it in the power of the con queror to plead the example of libera"! Ameri ca for charging them with treason. ' Mr. Smith counsels mildness and argues against further exactions. Ile points out the only true path to reconciliation and peace thus : '' A sad mistake is it in thc present con quering party in Mexico to hold the contrary of this doctrine. It is argued that such pun ishments will warn aud intimidate, and.thus serve to prevent wars. But a sounder phi"" losophy teaches thu they will exasperate and brutalize, and thus tend to muitiply wars. The following of tho present Mexican war with, bloodshed will hu}p to keep Mexico a land of frequent and almcst incessant wars. On the othi-r hand, the closing of it in the spirit ol forgiveness would soften thc nation's heart, and prepare it to receive tho seed of that higher civilization among whose fruits are the enduring peace aud established order, for the lack of which Mexico, though so fa vored by nature, is slill'so unprosporous and unhappy. There is but one lcgitimnte, and indeed, bat One peaceful way, lo prevent civil wara, a d th:it is justice on thc part of gov eminent. Hud our Government been just, -ever just, entirely just, ins-ead of being ever u\Jlayrant oppressor nf thc poof-thia horrid war leonid not hate been." Ho shows that an investment. in-Southern heart is worth all thc Russia* and their pos sessions. He condemns thc principles of con fiscation and.urges the gi cutest charity. Ou this subject he say-s : ? " In tuc next place, the North must hasten to put an end to these tl?reats ol' confiscation. Congress ought to say, without one dissenting '?..ice, and at tbs earliest da}', that there should be no confiscation. The disfranchise ment I have jusl referred to is galling, and, as the masses, believe, insulting to its subjects. Eut these th.-eats, paralyzing the industry of the South, and making even her bread uncer tain, are infinitely less bearable. They are fatally in the way of her material prosperity. With the cloud they bring upon hor titles she can neither sell har lands nor borrow upon them. What cau?d be a more trying disabili ty lo. an agricultural people who ate des-i lute of rooney ?'# That strong and patriotic man; Thaddeus Stevens, Would have certain losses ot I?-yal men repaired. I would myself be glad to fcee a liberal percentage paid upon them. He would provide the means out of confiscation, and at thc expense of the Sout h ; 1 say out of the Natiooal Treasury, and at tlie expense of thc nation. There are three things which, in Urging confiscation, Mr. Sievern seems to forget. 1. That the North, as well as "the South, was guilty ' of the war. 2. That while the North is still very rich, the South, exhaustid*by ibat'war, for which the North, in common with* herself; wes respon sible, is exceedingly p?or. 3. That confisca tion once entered upon, it wifl be difficult, if not impossible, to set limits to the spread of ils demoralizing power. The'epirit of lawless greed engendered by confiscation will no more stop at State or other lines than will the flames of a prairie-fire ak the word of com mand. Let there be confiscation in the South for the benefit bf these, Mr. Stevens' loyal losers, and also for the benefit of the poor blacks, as he also proposes, and very soon, . under its debauching influence, immense uumbers" at tho North will be clamoring, in the name of " Agrarianism," "Equalization,", and other inking names, for their neighbors' possessions. And these rich possessions, it must be remembered, will kindle the spirit of robbery, as can none of the poor possessions of the desolated South. These four require ments responded to,these four conditions of ''"reconstruction" enacted, and no others ex acted, peace between the North and South will be ?ure to follow. But to 'make this peace morn speedy and more cordial in t-ther words, to effect with the least delay an enduring heart union between the North, and Sooth there must bo one thing more. Our Govern ment is getting in the way of buying territo ry. There is a purchase it can make which would be immeasurably more important and profitable than tho purchase of any territory. Let it buy the Southern heart, worth moro to us tl!ad a thousand Alaskas, nay, than all Russia. Th re is one way,and only one way, by which it pan .be boujjht, and rhat is by pr vinjr to the South that the North loves her-that the North has a heart to give in exchange for her heart." It is related of Mirabeau that, having started the ball of revolution in France, he was. shocked at its impetuous course and alcove to stay it. But vam were \yorda. of, eloquence and admonitory checks. Tho resolution rushed over tho thrones of Kings and the lives of thousands/until it .?pent its force upon the creation ef Robespierre. Mr. Smith helped start the ball of anarchy in America .by his John Brown raid. His piteous pleadings are as barron as the East wind to the ears of tho North. . Stevens, Sheridan and Butler are the monsters springing from his misguided zeal. One is a Robespierre without contempt of riches ; another, Danton without his genius ; ' the-?hird, Marat without his rags. It u lato for pious thoughts aud genero is adj tions. The creatures of wratli live by wi and by wrath will they be anumilah-fh-( stitutionalist. ? ? ? An Interview with Gen. Lee. A correspondent of the New fork Ti gives the following account of a visit to C Lee: . The residence of the chieftain of the ai of Northern Virginia, stands on Oo/lege I and is a modest brick dwelling with w! wooden, pillars in front, placed amid a prc garden shaded by some, fine trees and a la solitary weeping willow. The house is ? rounded by a high fern hedge that lend; somewhat the air of- aristocratic seclusi Although it was no later than niue in morning, .Gea. Lee bad already gene lo office in the college, which is bul a stoi throw removed. Here was a table piled with papers, and c-liege catalogues and t books ; but no, reminiscence of war was v ble, no sword or spur or insignia. Whatever met the. eye was entirely acade ic, not in thc least military. And seated the table was a handsome looking g mtlem; dressed in a uniform suit of peppe>and-s color-a very portly, well-preserved gent man of some four and fifty, with a bron2 complexion, a noble-modeled nose, comp? head, gray hair, and beard of the aime col closely cropped-who rose to shake bands a tourtly, gracious manner. It Warr the m who wielded the thunders of Chancellorsvi and the Chickahoraisy-it was President L< I may say that, with his friends, be nev recurs to the subject of the war ; ror did to me express any opinion on political mi ters. 1 understand, however, from '.hese w! are in intimate,daily-converse with him, tl he is. strongly In Favor of the people of 1 State, and of tho South, " coming right t frankly accepting the situation, and earnest pursuing the work of reconstruction." Pi sonally, he is at present in the-llush of heall He frequently rides out ; and the cleare image I have been able to form of aim in tl war like mood came to me this aft?rcoo when, with high-top boots and leathon gaurj lets, he rode "out on the same gray horse th used to bear him in the stress of battle. E is greatly beloved by the people fix1 his mo* esty, gentleness and g?odnesfi, and is a pn digious favorite with children. If ye should see him as bc moves about a mong us said one of the people of the town to m< " and the unaffected kindness and simplicit of his life, you might fancy what he would t rn greatness." 1 think he is far from happy. And yet h fame as a soldier, though not first class, very sound and complete, so that now, awa from the field of war, and buri'td here i quiet academic life, among tbes>; seclude hill?, it deems as though be had pissed awt from earth. He is all that is left to Virgini magna mater virum, out of thc wreck of revolution. Is it, then, wonderful that Vi ginians almost adore him ? , I stood this evening, in the light of tho d scending sun, at the grave of one of a difll ent type-at thc grave of Jackson-" in Le ington, iu the Yal ley of Virginia ;" and he be lies, in the quiet village cbure-b-yard. simple slab is at the head, with only tin' nam " Gen. Thomas J. Jackson," and it his feet stone with tho initials, "T.. J. J.'' A garlar of flowers lay on thc grave, and in my hea; I could feel no other emotion than one of tel der interest in such proofs of atxention. Speaking of Jackson the same corrcspoi dent says : Certainly hs was an extraordinary man and standing by his grave- tili? eveniug seemed to realize that there lav below, th only man who could have conducted tho wa to a successful issue on tk?part or the Soatl A PLEASANT PROSPECT ron nra RADICAL; -A correspondent of tbevlnff ?Slavery Slai\? ard, writing from Virginia with an .cviden understanding of thc party maeiriuery arnon < the negroes, gives the Republican party faj warning of what is ih reserve for hem. Tb negro vote, he says, wili decide tte Presider: liai election. The negroes understand thi perfectly and are laying their plans in accor danes with it. " There are several negroes,1 says the writer, " fitted for the position o Vice-President, and that race cir im that tin second office in the nation shall ne filled bi a negro." The correspondait fu:ly indorse: their claim and wishes it distinctly under stood that it must be conceded cr the negri vote will be cast against the Republican par ty. The party, he says, date not refuse it. a its defeat, without the nr-gro vote and tin v?.te of Northern men who will back theil claim, is certain. What will Senator Wade do in this contingency? He has, pledge? himself to "keep ahead" of the people on ail questions of Rudigalism, and here U one whid: demands his immediate attention. Then aie-negroes who, we are satisfied, would pre ?ide over the Senate with quite as much dig n i ty, intelligence and grace as S mator Warlt himself does-but will he think so? Per haps be can get the negroes to postpone this question until that of tho " redistribu tion of- property" is settled,-New York Times. BCLL FIGHTING IX FRANCE.-The pictu resque and exciting, but horrible cruelty of tbe'bull ring, seems to be creeping northwards in the dominions of bis Majesty the Emperor Napoleon. A bu.l fight is reported CD have taken place at Aries, Bouchcs-du-Rhone. The attack on thc first three animals passed oil without anything remarkable ; t ut ttie fourth showed an ardor and fury which disconcerted the assailants. The chest of on 3 of them wts pierced by the horn of the en riged brute, and he was taken to the hospital. Another man, was seriously, hurt, and a third was kuri ed into the air to a beigbt of five or six yards, caught on the bull's horns .and ag iin Hung ap. He was rescued by those present, and fortunately escaped with only slight bruises. About ten thousand persons wit nessed tho fight; so that tho "function" was, in ad its bloody accessories and in its popu larity, a Success. Aries is a so ithern town, with a grand old Roman ampi i theatre, and the people have that languid y passionate, blood wt ich takes pleasure iu such exhibitions. Rut Lyons and Paris will copy the example of Aries unless tho Emperor shall arrest the pernicious importation into'France of a cus tom which is the delight and the disgrace of the Spanish people. ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN HIS TOMB.-A gen tleman who recently visited the tomb of Lin coln, says : *' It is not quite tv?o years sirce I visited here before, yet how ch&nged thc scene. Then Lincoln^ praises were on everybody's .lips ; his virtues every one seemed to extel ; in. front of tho vnult in* which ray. his remains, ' an armed sentinel stood guard day and night, the- vault inside was strewn with flowers, brought there every day by ladies from the city. But no word of praise is now beard, his virtues are forgotten, the tramp of the sentinel is beard no more; no flowers are scattered over bis tomb ; not one even slan ted there. During the half hoar that I sat on the bill above the tomb, not one came to visit it, although there were, perhaps five hundred people around the grounds and in the park adjoining. In a word, there is noth ing io remind the visitor of :nho it is that sleeps within the tomb, except the simple word 4 Lfoc?ln' CQt 0Q the stoue foo* iQ large letters." ' Somebody, who writus more trath fuUy .tuan poetically, says : 'i^Ar, ang^lwithbnt motley is not thought so much of now-a-davs as a devil with a bale of green backs." .la-wiHiwiiii.i.w.nm.Jiiniimiii.? Sheridan's Letter to General Grant. Tho Washington National Intelligencer of the 25 th, refers to this letter as telegraphed to the New York Herald, and says : " If it were not incredible that a military officer who had won distinction in the field could have written a disp itch so full of dis respect to his superior officer, and at the esme time have been guilty of ipermitting its pub-? location, in advance of itu reception by the ?officer to whom it ia- addressed, we should unhesitatingly pronounce, it a forgery. For the credit of General Sheridan we hope that it may prove to be a forgery from beginning to end ; for, if it is genuine, he has surely forgotten or wantonly disregarded the first duty of a soldier-obedience and respect to a superior officer." It is now known that the letter in question was authentic, and the further remarks of the National Intelligence? probably point out the course thai the President will, and indeed ought to, take : Any soldier, however high or humble, who refuses to' execute the order of a superior, however respectfully, subjects himself to a court martial for disobedience. In, tbis in stance, General Sheridan has manifested un questionable disrespect to a superior officer. 1st. Hs has been disrespectful to the War (Department, through which the order was transmitted. 2d.' He is disrespectful Ko General Grant. 3d. He is disrespectful and insubordinate to the President of the United States-the Commander-in-Chief of the- military and na val forces of tho United States." * * * *' * It matters not what Clay have been the President's opinions of the measure in ques tion before it became a law, any more than it does to a Lieutenant e nder General Sheri dan's command what may have been the Gen eral's opinions of any order before it was is sued. It is not the place nor the privilege of General Sheridan to set himself up as tlie judge of his superior offher, and to counter mand his orders becau.se he differs in opipion about them. This is the very essence of in subordination, and unless it is cured now there will no longer be any like subordina tion in the army of the United States. Any private soldier may, willi the same right, say : I differ in opinion with my'superior officer, and will not obey him, but go before the country with? a letter addressed to par tisan passions, and bid defiance to army dis cipline. Even the most furious of thc Congression al Radical cabal dare nut sustain this insub ordination, for by that ?.?t they will at once and for ali time utterly destroy all discipline in the army, and convect it into a simple armed mob, in which etrery private soldier will bo entitled to obey or.disobey an,order given him, as his own opinions or caprices :ray dictate. . ' . . ' The Expenses oi'. teconstruction. The following letter from General Sickles shows that this peactable military recon struction is likely to pr ?vc an expensive bu siness ; HlADOtfARTEBS, ' ^ SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT, [? CHARLESTON. S. G., June 18, IS6Z. ) Honorable Henry Wilson, Chief Military Committee., United ii'ates Senate: r MY DEAR SIR: lt is probaWe, in .yi??w of existing circumstance.', that Congress will convene in July. Jt u\ proper, therefore, 1 should inform- you iba-, the appropriai ?un <>l" 5500,000 to execute thit Reconstruction nels is altogether inadequate. Iain in lorn ed that my estimates 1'or ApriNtnd May are less than those of other District Commanderai Indeed, the whole sum was more ?han absorbed by the estimatif for May. For thc Carolinas at least. $500,000 will be required.^ I have applied tn thoNayy and Treasury Departments for certain facilities, which, in view of tte small appropriation, I presumed would be prantedjbut my requests have not been favorably considered. I understand that thc Secretary of the Navy assigned as his reason that no aid must ko expected from that Department in thu execution of theJio , const ruction acts of Congress. Thc Secreta ry of thc Treasury expressed his elesire to do all he could, bnt did not fed at liberty to .make any disbursements for objects not pre cisely within the jurisdiction ,cJ his Depart ment. It is usual, I believe, when thc ap propriation for au object authorized by . Con gress is insufficient, to make the necessary expenditures and trust toa "deficiency bill but ia thc ex?cution cf these acts this course will be impracticable, inasmuch as the prin cipal disbuisements-aie.for the services of persons who depend upon their pay fur sup port. I have the honor to suggest ibr your consideration, and of your colleagues a* well, that thc interests o? tile public service re quire, without delay, a furber appropriation to execute thc acts of Congress for the gov ernment of the rebel Slates. . Very-respectfully, <. ' D. E^SI?KL?S, Major-General Commandiiig. Fjree- Farms. Our readers ate aware that the last Con gress passed- a hi'mc&tead law, appropriating Government lands in the Sduthern States, that might be " entered" by actual settlers. In North Alabama, the Government owns a large quantity of la*::d in the coal andtniuentl regions, *and we leam from the Huntsville Advocate, that the Land Office in thai city is doing a large business. In tho months of April and May, 545 farms' were entered. What is a matter of surprise to us is, that out of this large number of entries' only eight have been made by freedmen. There' are still some of lite richest bottom lands of the Black Warrior and Coosa Rivers remaining unsettled, and subject to. entry. There ii no doubt but that the homestead law was gassed for the peculiar benefit of the freedmen, and it is extraordinary that, while claiming other rights and-privileges conferred upon them by. the legislation of Conjur?es, they do not avail themselves of this truiiy valuable boon, which would secure to them permanent and comfor table hom? J, with lands sufficient to secure them an independent support, aad a compe tency for themselves' and families. Would it not he well lor some of them to take this . matter into consideration, and investigate the facilities for availing themselves of thc privi leges accorded io them.-Phoenix. Street Rai 1 ways---Importa ni Df-r i sion. The driver of, one of the street^ cars in Nashville was arraigned recently in ono of the courts of Ibat city for assault and battery committed jn ejecting a negro from his'car. The defence r?lied'on the fact,'which was proven, that the com pany run a car on'their toad for the special accommodation of color ed people, which was so designated by an ap propriate-sign, and that the car in Which the, plaintiff attempted to ride was for white peo-* pie alone. ' v The court held that ? the company had a right to designate certain cars for white per sons and certain cars for colored people;? but that, to avail themselves of thia privilege it was w their duty to have placed on their cars, in some conspicuous place, a- notice1 that the car was for white people ; thereby notifying all persons of the fact." Ic such a car thus appropriately marked for white people alene,- thc court held' that negroes ?ad no right to enter OF ride. ty A young freedman named Frank Smith hag -applied to tho Secretary of War for. a cadet ship a\ West Point, fxom the First Congressional Dis Wet of Sooth Carolina.