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DURISOE, KEESE & CO. HW? .?u?ii??wM,fi?iti,M .?<.. .i.M"1.',??,Mi.>i,..i.ii.ili.V?>,'?"".<MiMi?iii'i?^?<iy?ii?NiiMii.?i,ii.Hiiiii.i?,ni,'i,?Mi?i,iil<?i.M,.M1?M.i,?ii,'<.??(.f?,n,iii,ai,?<.nii.un.iixo^u'i^?'^.mm*?iWHlV?ii.....?.n.MII'I.I? ..u>i..Q.>i?<*ikin.nli<"M,.?i.'i.n..??..!..'.1H4M?.i|.."."M.i..I,..,.."M.UK. EWEFTELD, S. C, JLTLY 10, 1867. . M. C. BUTLER, ATTORNEY AT "LAW, ASD . Soli?it?r in Equity, "Office, LAW RANGE, EDGEFIELD, S. C. ' Feb 27 " . tf 9 .M. L, BONHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW A SD Bo?ic??or in Equity, EDGEFIELD, S. C., . w ILL Practice in the Courts of this State ano*in Augusta, Ga. Also, ib the United States District and Circuit Courts for So. Ca,, giving special attention to cases, in Bankruptcy. April 2nd,_. 3m_ 14 M. W. GARV. WM. T. GABT, GARY & GARY, ? ATTORNEYS AT LAW A.ND SOLICITORS IT* EQUITY, ' EDGEFIELD, 6. C. Juno 25 3m 2G Law Notice? THE Undersigned haV? associated themselves as Partnerin the PRACTICE OF LAW for. E Ige?cld District, under the style of ADAMS & LAX nr. rv. W. W. ADAXS; . W. M. LANDliUM. Jan. S, 1S67. tf ? W. J. RK?*DV: JA9. T-CCLBRKATH. READY & CULBRE?TH -A.ttorn.eys at Law fj AXD / f. SOLICITORS IN EQUITY. EDGEFPELD, S. C. Feb 27 * tf 9 Medical Caird. DH. T. J. TEAGUE has moved to the Dwelling recantly occupied by Mr. J. R. Carwite. next door below Episcopal Church. He<inay bo found at thc Drug Store of Teague -.fe Carwile daring the day, aod at his residence during tho night, when not out on professional business. Having been engage ' in tho practice of Medi cine, ia its various branches, for tho last Thirtcon Years, he feels that he does not arrogate to him^ self undue merit when ho solicits a l?hura? share .nf patronage at the hand3 of this community. Jan 1 tf 1 DENTISTRY. 'it. H. PARKERJrcspectfully announcer-; thatheis well proparea to execute in the'hest manner and promptly all work in the business, -and at greatly reduced figures. Having acquainted himself with the late ines timable improvements in the profession, and se cured a full stock of materials, ?fcc, he warrant good and satisfactory work to all who may desire his services. Edgefield,-S. C., Aug. 1, tf 31 For Sherill. Tho Friends of Capt. A. P. WEST respectful ly announce him as a Candidate for Sheriff ot EdgeQeld at thc next election. Nov 7 te* 45 $35* We have been authoriied hy the Fricndf of Capt. H. BOULWARE to announco him a Candidate for Sheriff of Edgafiold District at the neit election. Apr 12 te* 16 For Tax Collector. Tho "Many Friend of D. A. J. SELL, Esq., respectfully nominate him as a Candidate foi Tar Collector at the next election. Oct 18 te / 43 THE many Friends o? Capt. JAMES MITCH ELL respectfully nominate him as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR at the next election. SALUDA. Dec ? . U* 50 We have been requested by many friends of Mr. JOHN A. BARKER to announce him a Car didate for Tax Collector of Edgefield District at tn? ensuing election. Oct 2, te* 4 p9* We have been authorized hy friend? of Capt. STUAR.T HARRISON .to announce him a Candidate for re-election to the oJr.oo of Clerk of thc Court of C("nmon Pleas for this District, at the next election. April 9 - te 15 ^JSJ-'-Ve^iavo been authorized hy th? many friends of Capt. L. YANCEY DEAN to an nounce him a Candidate for Clerk of tho Court of Common PUMIS for Edgefield District at the next ?1 action. June 20 - te 27 CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY BD (jr BPI ELD, ?. C, THE ??'.>3eribors respectfully announce thft they aro n >w prepared to do all work in thi COVCH MAKING and REPAIRING BUS! Xl'SS th:itiu be entrusted to them, in a work ic 'ii i ko m inner, and with neatnes>aad disputcb We hare on hand a few CARRIAGES asd su perior DU'J JI BS, of our own manufacture, which vc vii' sell low. AH kinds of REPAIRING done promptly and warraured to rive satisfaction. :j?r*As woioll GSI;Y FOR CASH, ourpriccr ar u ju<ually reasonable. All wc a*k is a trial. srciTH & JONES. Mar 7 tf 18 on ui a? X HE Undersigned ?rives notice that ho is j>ow fr;jpared to have REPAIRED in a gond nnd wotkaai^p manner, WAGONS. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, ksi ojthcr Vehicles that may be brought to Ma Shops, at fair ?n.d reasonable pri ces for Cash. NEW WAGONS, CARTS and BUGGIES will also be put up in the best style, and on as r?asou j iii? terms as can be afforded. Uvt^g EFFICIENT and EXPERIENCED WQKKMBiiio^y Shops, and. a good snpflyof the BEST SEASONED TJMBER, n? pains will .he spnrod to give entire sati*i!aetiou k> those who ins-y send their work to these Shops. W. W. ADAMS, SopL 2,6 .tf Beef Gat&e Sheep Wafted. ?WTLL pay the Ingbert mnrkct price for good BE RF CATTLE and" FAT SHEEP or LAMBS. . , If urof.jralil.i I-will. Barter Cora, anil Bicou for Cattle and Sheep. A. A. ?1VOT?B, ??fi j Going to the District School. Barefoot boy and little girl, She with rwy check and curls, * His H forehead brown with tan, Sturdy Utile farmer man. Old strhw hat, with broken rim, Is the mast that troubles him, 4? the dinner pail he swings, Full of mother's choicest things. Happy little pair are rimy, ' Chatting blithely on* tho -ray, In the morning fresh and cool, . Going to the district school. From tho shady f?rm-hous'e door . Mother watches, till no more . Sho caa follow-out of sight , ?hay are 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 ? v 8itting at the noon of school, By-the gurgling streamlet cool, 'Mong the bralitsand henning treeSj , Eating up the bread and cheese : * Or, with merfylaneh'and shout, When the beys-and grrlvgo out, Books and pencils cast away, See them jump and swing and play. Hark ! tho ferule on the pan*, ' Rap a sd rap and rnp.agaiu ; Rushing in with cheeks aglow, Hal; reluctantly they go. Glide the busy hours away., ? Till thc warm sun's western ray . ?lan.t" across the open door, And t'r.'c hour? of sehVd aro o'er. Happy, healthy girl and-io*-, . . Foll o:f simple, carcles&jny,. Free from tyrant fashion's rule, Going tu the district school. '. ? Th the busy noon of life, 'Midst its restless fever strife, . As your pathway (?ball divido, From thoToof-treo wan dering* wide. . Memories of the morning bourr, Song of birds and scent of" flower.?, Bleat of lambs, and song of rill, , Will come sweetly o'er you still. And your thoughts ITO yearning back, O'er the simple childhood track, When the loDgcrt road you know Was'the one that led yon to Thc school-bousfe, voe mile away, Where tho birch and rule held sway. Thc Three Hunchbacks. The following amusing and seemingly in credible narrative was extracted from a late French publication. It is neatly told, and will ba read with interest: Three brothers. &\J humpbacked, and ali accurately nlike in appearance, lived in Bas saoom. One of them killed a man in a chance medly, and not.being taken on the moment, the prosecutors could only swearwbieh one ol the brothers had done the deed. Rather than put an innocent man to death, the judge let the guiltv one escape, but to . avoid further inconvenience of the kind, ho banished all from the province. One settled in Pari?, be came rich, and married ; the others, aftor nearly u'.arviug in England, returned and paid a visit to their fortuuutc brother. The piaster of toe house was abroad when they knocked, and the poor srife was troub led more than a little by the visit, "My husband is very jealous," sie said to them while-she wrs givii.g them something' to ear, u You must go to the furthest quar ter of the tcwD, and never come beru again ; but I'll maka your brother look to your wants." While she was 'peaking s'u? heard 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 -he should return, and tben convey ed the broth a-o down stairs and lockc-d them in the cellar, lier h?- band scolded for be ing kept ont so long, but a good dinner re stored him io good humor, and at n'g?t he went oat to pay a visit. The tvlfo then went down to the cellar, and' there found the two brothers dead, one lying here and the other there. "What was to b? done? She sent for a ttroug Auvergnat, brought him-down stairs, showed him .one corpse, which she bad previously .taken out. of the cellar, and promised him a louis d'or on hie rsturn after having thrown it into the river Seine. Ile made no scruple about the matter, but -popped the body into the j j sack, took it to the bridge, and shook it into ' the river. . . ? Returning for his reward, the Wife disputed his claim, as tho body W33 still 4yiny outside j of the cellar door. H?re thestupiCed man saw what he firmly believed to be the corpse he bad thrown from the bridge, and rescu ing himself to destiny lie got it into the sack, nnd went through the .ceremony for the se cond time. Coming back, he was terrified and emrag?d by finding the twice drowned corpse knock ing at the door. j " Are these your tricks, master ?" said he, ''Ah, Monsieur Gbcst! Clever** you are, I'll settle you the third trial."1 4 Sb sayings he forced the poor husband into the sack, carried him-to the ?orne spot, and effected the third discharge. This time he re , turned iu triumph; fur the wife, ignorant of brr hus1 nr.d's fat?-, and having no more ccrpsc-i! to remove, paid him twice what sh* had" covenanted, and gave him a glass ol" wine into the barga?. u Your g"uo health, madam," said he, u you are bettor than your jromSses, but i etrripd if. I found the humpbacked rogue, or bi* I ghost, knocking at the door after I had turOwn, him in the second time." M Ob, wretch i you have drowned my hus band," cried thc woman. While sile was screaming, and he* standing In amazement, thc gend'arme* entered, se cured both, and sent them to prison. Next day they were -brought before thc magistrate , of the quarter and examined. The poor?wiie cotrcealed nothing; t'jo'Auvergnat was called on for an explanation, and whil? both were awaiting sentence b'f death, (he tbne broth ers full of life, but with very pale faces, wcr<s ushered in the room. Seme fishermen sta tioned near the bridge bad saved the three The natr.arricd men had only been dead drunk in thc cellar, and the submersion, and thecon gt quent pulling and hauling and ?jeetment of vrine and water, had recovered ?bera from their drunken lethargy before the natural time. On their first appearance before the magistrate they could give no explanation ol their vioitto the river, and the husbaud had no idea of the cause of his being seined ; but bis wife's explanation made all clear. . The king, hearing of the strange adventure, settled a pension on tim unmarried men, but tb?y were not to dwell* within fifty miles of Paris, and the merrill man was not jealous for a year and a day after bis secure and e?-1 cape from the river. ' WOULDN'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 y M p^.ooosed, before the procession wai formed, to beti ihj? column with rhe-aiars and stripes proudly whipping* tho i/Weje, and tail it with the "tars and bars ignobly trailing itt I the dust. The proposition was submitted to | one of the most prominent hud- influential of xv.- r?'dr?et* marshals, who, when hie heaxd'it. su?f?red f?s jn.d^nri?ioh io get the. upper hand ofhim'.1 He repiic'd-'.tlia.t po sach thing should be did wbar lib Was. '-HeVoiit unde? de Con- j federate fl-ig, and if he eotch any fool u?ggejf-j ?iraggin it along in de dirt he was gwine to < hort him."-Eu?ral? New?. ' How aa Old Lady Disposed of Her Fortune. i ?The London correspondent of the Belfast Kines Litter .vouches for the truth of the fol lowing, remarkable narrative,: " A ?short time since an oki lady, Hying in one of the small streets leading out o(Albany street, Regent's Parky close to what was once the Collosseum," entered the* shop of Mr*. -?a. poulterer in the" neighborhood, hud 'purchased a chicken. The tradesman was at tentive-tober, as such-people ought to be, .and the lady became a customer, always coming to the shop and giving her own or ders. She appeared to be., very old, but to. .have all her laculties about her. One Satur day evening she carpe when th? poulterer hap pened 'to be very busy. She said sho wished to speak to bim, and he asked hes to walk into the litfle parlor behihduhe shop,'and he would come to her the ' moment "he was 'dis engaged. . . ' . ; In the parlor she met the daughter of the i poulterer, and, after some conversation, in the course of which she reitark?d that the youngj I giri looked ill aud required change bf air, she produced apares! tied up'in papar-, and enid, 1 Give this to your father, as he is busy and cannot come, and J cannot wait. I wish him' , toAaheyotuaway tbr a liKle change, antihero j's something that will enable him.to do so.' She plac the parcel in the girl's hand, and i ?Id her tj lock it up in a cupboard to which ?kc pointed. The girl did so, and thought no riiore of thc matter; ?when,' some* hours sub-r 's??quently, the soop was* closed, and her fa;h er came into the parlor to get hrs supper, sho produced the parcel and gave the message by which it was accompanied.- The poulterer laughed as be untied it ; bot, to bis amaze jacnt, the parcel wa? found to consist of bank .notes and gold of the value ofiXlQOO. There ' was also in lt an antique gold watch and Chain. * The next day Mr. -- hurried ronnd to bis customer to thank her? when she desired bim to take his daughter out of town for a few 'days, and On their return to inform her of ?heir arrival. This, uf" course, was done. A clay or two after their return-she called attbe shop of Mr.--, and said she wished him to come to her ho'u;e tb tea, accompanied by his daughter. A's they" were "about) to leave, tilter partaking of lier hospitality, she said to Mr.-. I wish you particularly to ?nil upon me to-morrow morning and bring with you two respectable persons up->n whojn you can rely. \ The next morong ..Mr-r- attended, accompanied by^the curate'of the parish and a neighbor. Th"e old lady thon said ?bat sLe . was upward of ninety years ol' age, and had rio relative li vin;; but a coiia'r, an attorney. xi ho she alleged had not treati'd her well, ai.d by whom fhe said she had !ost*S''iO,?OO. \She :oti(l ?be had-?2? OOO in consols sivil lefthand fhat as she felt she would' not live long, and wes resolved that the attorney should not get a-ything belonging to her, she had asked Mr.-to attend, with lu*o witnesses, in or der that she might ruhsfer to him /or his own absolute use the ?'2?,0i)0 to which she had referred. She added ?hat she knew very well what she was about, and that by giving Lim the money while she was aliTe. instead .. of bequeathing it to him at her dca h, he would be saved thc payment of legacy duty to the amount of X200U. ,. "This announcement rpppnrcd to be of s" singular a nature tint the clergyman vnrv proper!Y s|"r,?rr.,!'f d that a solicitor slionTd b* suit for. Thc man of law came according v. and <tio tran=far was dulv ef?fpte?. Tl*? nhl lad v's presentiment of apprpnchined'scoUifion proved to be carroo'', ns she dirri n few weeks after raakinp this sinrular disposition 0/ her property. Tt seem* thai before her d^alh she hnr] intended to nive the monr>v to a chemist with whom sbi-i used'to deal, bh't' that he h-id nlfrn.'jorf ber by some inattention to her wishes. " The moral , of this story, foi" the Ruhstan tial accuracy of wVich there can h? no doubt wlia'evcr) is that -fiviMty costs nothing, and nany sometimfs yield a rich reward. Why Masonry hus Lived so Long. Masoury contends' lor tLc absolu I eness oC Truth. Tbe teri^Ier.cy of the tim's is greatly averse to t ii is mi:>'arnental principle of ail I knowledge, all morality, as well as Bri relig ion. And so'our fraternity are like the build ers on the temple's wad : whilst they wield thc trowel they must also bear the spear. Y'e-ure compelled to withstand all those lines .of thought which would depreciate the sim plicity and fixedness of truth. ' The roany new di-cover'es of science kavo discredited, old and long accepted theo:ic-s. * * The result"of all such thought is ibu annih'ria rion of that Which is the copoer stone of our temple. Somewhere there is that which is invariable, inflexible, and most stable; to be lieve it is to be Haithful-to deny it is to be infidel.;, to act upon it is to be virtuous-to j depart from it is to become vicious. There is uo uncertainty iu thc teachings of our Or der, wbe?c this much despised yet sovereign truth is enshrined; Bm the ?act of its exis tence is all that I "just now affirm. .What is the"testimony ot" cur antiquity ?' We are not banded together simply for the purpose-of so nal recognition mid miituil support. We" have not-i" hori'cd merely unmeaning form? of ritualistic display, which have nothing Inn their mysterious secrecy to commend them. Tunk you therj is epttiusiasm enough.in bu-, manity to continue T>r so many centuries, amidst all sorts of perils and persecutions,, such an organization as this, designed only' or even chiefly, for Ve?fish ends? Von make masonry ? far gtVatcr mystery than we claim by so supposing. And you have a problem to solvo in* the existence of thia-- conte;-stfdly f ancientJOT 1er, which will bailie ail experi euee and nega'iveall knowledge of fickle hu man nature. Nay, it i? the love of.tbe truth, the adb'-rence tn the truth, which has const*., tuted Masonry the miracle it is among all the debris ol' n;un'ri social structures. H cte it stands, just as glorious as when, in* tho- first temple's time, the widow's eon gave the biud iug word. .But what is tho meaning of all symbolism? Thjc is not continued -for tho purpose of gratification or ainusi.ment. Theerr tools of our Craft and jewels'pf our Order,, have very solemn meaning. The officers of tho Lodge, from tbe-Til< r-at the door to the Worshipful Mahler iu the East, are e:?gaged in very earnest work. This is no rihrsery 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 all-efforts to preach the truth. Ea<:*i is -a crystal fae? of the purest gem. And alcaro occupied in the majit'estation of that of which each symbol tells a part. How comes it, I ask again, that, af;er such long j ?umeyiogs, and amidst so many adverse inlluences, tai: traditional ritual remains so p'ure, so unal tered ? Other schemes of man's device have h;:d their day, and have risen to'rise no more. What is the talisman which explains their' destruction and. the preservation of this an cient ? Everything in the Lodgo answers, Truth-H a divine attribute,* and the ?foun dation of every virtue." For " to, bo good and true," to buy the .truth and sell it not", "is the fir.st lesson we are taught in Masoury. -S. H.Tyng.Jr. -? -? jU^JT* To ps/p-lt your bair from coming out-oever let your wife eaten you kissing the servant girl. : BOT.-"Did the dentist kiss you -when be pulled your tooth; pa1?" > - FATHER-" Noy my soli. Why V' v : . j Nic?.dfOY.~''-Welche kissed ma, andsho>? paid ?biL?oUiXlxe,ache all away j andi thuikit, did, for BOO laughed all the way home." j A JHan Beats his. Wife and Child i Death with Stones,, thon Kills Himself . Tho terrible tragedy that occurred las Thursday ia Perry County, Ind., in which : man beat his wile and child to dt-ath wit] "stones and then shot himself, bas seldom bee' surpassed in dulThjrror. A bout'five year "ago the* murderer, Francis J. Smith, of Nev Albany, purcbased^and removed to a farm o ?820 acres, near Rome, ' Perry county, Ind lu l8Gj he married a refugee from Georgia In.the latter, part-of the yean bia wife gavi -birth to annale child, which al most .from it: first breath became the victim of its father'; vile and cruel nature. On one cccasiou, aftei beating bis wife, he seized the infaut and heh it over a blazing fire until its cries of anguisl softened even his stony heart. Hi3 wife pro cered a divorce and went tolrve with a brothel in New York. A few months passed anc Stnith's-health began to fai!,-and fearing tba! death would soon overtuke him he became much alarmed, and, according toa subs?quent statement of his v> ife, wroto to her that il she ever wanted to see h\m alive to hastet iramediately'to his place pf co-incrocnt. She came, but was met very coldly by Smith, who denied that kc . ' ever written suck a l?tter as * the above m ? .?.toned,' and expressed tbe-grcatest -surprise- at finding her at thc door. She passed from bouse to house, drag ?ging throngh a miserable existence-, until last Wednesday morning, when she was nt the residence.of H. Groves, not far distant from Rome, contemplating a visit to the trustee ol the township, to obtain shelter for herself aud child. her husband arrived and expressed his'desire lo accompany her to the trustee's office: * She readily accepted bis offer and the two set (.11' ou the journey, taking the child with them. A-drizzling rain set in, and un der pretence ol' fitidiug.?helter under a large tree, .standing twp un ijiree hundred yards from tb,a roadsidel up .to a deep ravine, Smith, invited the mother thither, and after arriving at the designated' spot, polled the mother's brain*, out with large stones, and with one "blow on the held of the child killed it. .Many M?nes were lying near the victims red with thcir-own-blood. Smith took the strings from tuc-shoes of the-mother, tied her .feet closely ; and tiicn her -bands over her breast, laid the child, beside ht:r, covered the two with a li^ht shawl-, and then lek them. The next day Smith was at Iiis r?roiher's, Commodore Smith's. He sr.t down and wrote a letter and handed it to his sister-in-law, and told her to'take it to or. a bf the neighbor's houses and read it. She refused to go, and told him that she'naft not time. He told ber tbatii r-he did not go ho would have to tell ber what wis in the letter. He told her that Le had killed his wife and child,, aird that he in-tended to k?? himself, whereupon lie seiz-:d a loade.d gun belonging to his brother, and walked eut into the yard and shot himself through the heart. Smith wa? forntei iy from New Albany, where some years a^o he killed a man, and was cleared on the plea of insani ty. ?ti his statement of the cause of the mur der, he says : " Ile; brother tbottgbt me and Miry bad ht ter get married again, for he was sure that we wtre both lo blame, ?ind so we were. I ^Trfsvrcf"cd~fcrlm"iryicrh^ t<(- my bfcillh would not ailow in;: to marry if I were ever so willing lo take her, and I did not ex pect, to live tb'rcc mon!hs. Thu next, thing I heard of them, Mary was si' the d;:or. - * 1 loved .dary and my boy, therefore I killed them ; and such a horrid way to kill any person. Pnor .Mary, after J Ind knocked her on th?: kead v.kh a Stone, b'-gj/cd me to ct.'p, for she would diu al that, and .-he wanted to have scujo l;:ik with me. . 1 did so. i told her I .dbl not kill-her pr the boy through an ger, hatred or spite. It drjve me mad to see her and the boy kicked about as they had been for the la-t three" months. She .-".vs, 'God bjess you. Frank ; 1 believe yon : ?ct nu: ki-s you: and I'did time and nguiu ttribre she died, 1 hope that u:o Mid alary and my boy may be buried near each Other. I h,;pe it will be many years hence before ever ?iioiaer husband and father.wiU bc corppelled l>3 such crushing misery to do as I have done." -Cincinnati Commercial,, Sikh. TERitiiii.fc TuxRRPr ?T E.NTI?RPR?S.^ Mis sissippi.-fbi the evening ol tlie24tu .lum . a Mr. William Johnson went into Hie bouse ol p. man by ibo name of Woolly. Ile bad riot been there long before .sonia oiRpnte mose, which terminated in au. uliiray i:i which \Vuol?y drew a pistol ?oni .sbul, Johnson, .wounding him severely, but not ti; snell an extent as to render bim helpless at tho time. .Johnson as soon as be was shpt succeeded in getting possession of an axe which was in tlic vicinity" and-nisbinrr lipon Woolly, struck him a terrible blow,- killing him instantly. .Johnson,-who was very niurh druged- and probably was hardiy conscious af the crime he waa comtniti ng, then attavkyi and kille.| Woolly 's wife and baby, and .luau severely wounded on? of his dan^ha-rs, ?hu, however; it is supposed succeeded i:i miking her es cape'iiud giving the alarm. Johnson's wound which ho received at tlic commencement ol' th? difficulty, js of a very Eer?ous'characio,'. anti he is i/ii expected to reccwer. ' - ^ - ?? . . , Nj RUO W-ESCA PK (T I.NXcCEXT M EN FROM BEi.x.c Hfxr.. o.vl;iKi;f.MsTANTiA.i. EVIDENCE. -A letter to tho V/a?'o Kegtsler, d?ti-d ?Ste- ' pbeiisville, Texas, May 21 s t, gives thc follow ing uccount of the narrow ?ftapu Of innocent men from death at thc hands of a military commission, for the stfppnfed- murder of a freedman?; . .? . , . This .week-three citizens cf Limestone county, accompanied by a United States ofii ?er, camp into .this c.:unlv in ?enrch of a freed tuan named Alien, formerly thc slave of Mr. W-1 "ear Cotton Gin. They found thc negro, aud a happier meeting seldom occurs. Thc ci rcu m ?fan jes, as I learn them, are about as follows: Immediately Upon the close cf thc war. Allen left-his -old mister lor parts tin- , .known. Theve was a bitter iVud between Mr. W?i-. and some of bis ' .-rid.s on one sid?, and a number of men ., tho other, grpwing oat of pom,,,.. ^^fiop? Shortly after Al .len's disappearance, tb? body of a'negro man, which wa* 'supposed to te Allen's, and bear ing marks ?? having been murdered, was found near'Mr. V/_P8 plantation. This carcass was taken by] the enemies of Mr. --'?od kept-until about two weeks ago, , when Mr. W--and niuo others were ut- ( .rested.for the murder o/ the aforesaid Allen. . They were brought before a military commis- . ?*1on j, the skrnletoti was produced and jdenti- | fied as {hat of All a, and witnesses were , sworn who testified (?at. Mr. W-- and his , friends liad murdered bim. Tiiey were ail , sentenced to be b?npicd within a certain time \ j if they did riot proefr? thc vcritnble living ], Allen. Knowing -their innocence, they have : j searched unremittingly ever tinco, and by j ? what appears the mete'st accident they found.? t bim three days .ago at Mr. Berry'* iii tbw h county, alive, ?nd doing wei'- . The lives of | these mon depended upon their success in thc , ?earph. aud- you can Imagine their feelings s when they found Allen weil and able to ac company tli?rn ba?k to Limestone county, <o pro ve their innocence. J EUROPE GIVES U?"ME.VICO.-Tho London c .Times, after gravely reviewing the status of c Mexico,comes to thc conclusion that ''the Mexicans must settjo their own affairs, or, at r any fate, muit get Usisiancc'? their ow.n ? e ?Ide of tho 'Atlantic" The' Times pretty ? I ff tinkly admits tba* t>n< innot entirely vol- a unary tfboh-\t*kk " tbeTnifed Sfittes hfive j, forbidden tbtrclvrizins h/r'encies of a foreign fa prtwerl'Sa.itrRKtco;: Tho Witt** speaks-truly a when it says tbatiur?pe have-given t Mexico?an oi?at?zed Goverumont, though tl under n.oiiarchical institutions." The Uni ted States forbade this, and now Mexico has, . practically, no Government. .The logical deduction from this conduct is that our Gov ernment is bound to give Mexico protection against anarchy and ruin, --,* ? ? i Humorous Gatherings.' j-JSsr" An.abbreviation, not found in books, is toibc lound on a tomb-stone in Dunkirk. The mourners intended to put an old aunt to sleep, with thc customary phrase, "let her rest in peace," but the space on the peone *"fave cut at the close of the word ' her'.' The ready witt?tt sculptor, however, inserted the initials, and now thc dear.- old lady sleeps -beneath the-laconic, but inelegant'epitapb, "Let her rip.'' SS*" What are you doing there Jane ?" "Why, pa, i'm going to dye dolFo dress red." " But what have you got to dye it with ?" " Beer." '. Who on earth told you that beer would dye il red?" . "Why, ma said it Waa beeiSthat made your nose look so red, and I' thought-" " Here, Susan, take this child." J5"-^T A lady asked a gentleman the other day wny so many tall gentlemen were bache lors? The reply was thatthe> were obliged to lie crosswise in bed to keep their feet in, and that a wife would be in the way. 5?* A schoolmaster in one of the neigh boring towns, while on his morning walk ' passejl by the door of a neighbor who was excavating a log for a .pig trough. "Why," said the schoolmaster. "Mr.-hav* you not iu'ruiture yet.?" " Yes,," said the man, " enough for my own family, but I expect to board the schoolmaster this winter, and am making preparations." " George, do you rememher the story of David and Goliah?" " Yet, sir ; David was a tavern-keeper and Goliah ?v .* an intemperate man." '.Who told you that?" " Nobody ; ? read it, and it said that David flxe3 a ding for Goliah and Goliah got slewed with-it.' ?ST A savan connected with thc Garden of Plaits in Paris has carried three billiard balls constantly in his bosom for the past seven n?ntbs wrapped up in a flannel waist coat, sip-posing that they were crocodile eggs, and thit they would hatch by the process. A colored clergyman, in a Driver meetfiir in Virginia, .while engaged in suppli catiriu i few weeks since, after praying for tue divine blobing upon thc Governor of that Stal?tnd all others in authority there, con tinued: " And ? Lord-? Loni-U Lord, ir it willnot exhaust thy compassion, havemer cy upm Andrew Jo'inson."' ?:?"* Wo never beard of but one old wo man vito '. ki-sed a cow," but we've seen ma ny.a jretty girl kiss a good sized calf. j?i5*A man's wife in South Bend, Ohio presented her husband with a very fine boy. NvXimorning the man stepped into the May or's ( bee and Mated that the night previous, a fcii'W cami skulking into h's house stark nakei : thal he wai there yet. Three polic? menat puce started ou the run to oust the Tnr^ct*. ' ~"vTrenthey got ro 1B& house, they asktc! tosr-c the fellow ?hat bad come in there thebight before. They brought out tbe baby. Tuc: policemen suddenly disappeared, and it is sipposed luve hat! to stand a good many extu treats since. f?y Too Goon TO CE LOST.-The United St?i-s Internal Revenue Detectives are here Iron Washington, on a lour ol investigation. Tory have had a good many of our 1-quor mn before them, examining-into their ?flairs, nui aui'-'tig them our friend Captain Morris Uibson, of the steamer. "Nellie Jenkins." Ol? of thc principal detectives asked Capt. ll(.bson if bu bau not becu bringing a good inuiy barrels marked " whiskey" to Rich uj'nd 0:1 his boat. Filii Captain replied by asking The officers if (ho (act of the barrels being m irked " whis kef" necessarily made J lie co nt et its whiskey. Io which he replied. " M-ist-assurcdly sir." Then remarked Captain Hobson, " Well, nu**, Mr. ?fllcer, answer mc we thing: Il 1 v;:ic to take, a piece of chalk 7.3d mark on y.'.n- back, 'd-d jack-ass,' would that mike you one.?"' The officer in question was sold, a<-d tho reit ol the Crowd enjoyed his discomfiture hugely. The Captain v-^ discharged with out, further question.-Richmond Examiner. f-gj-A darkey preacher was telling how A'.am was the flr.-<t man created, and se: up agiinst the fence to dry. Au older brother, who Kom-'tiuies had lucid ideas, interrupted* bill ami said.. " ]f dat is, true, who made de lt?LCu ?" Pass round de s.as'-er. A LITTI.T: MORE CTOER.-A young lacy ami a Good ItnipUr in a California tova entered into a lively discussion in the lou'gu of which she was a member, oti the subject of cider drinking. Sue was very fund of SA'cet cider, and ori uo account, could she bo pursuaded to shun it. Addressing cn anti- . cider drinker, *he said < '. 1 love cider ; it is a necessity with me: 1 must have it-I will, ?.ave it.. If this judge decides wa must not drink it, I shail e t apples and then get some good lucking fellow to ' squeeze' me-for I tell you 1 can't live without cider." As ITEM WHICH EVERY1 MAN SHOULD Rein:-We hive probably all ohis met with instances fn which a" word hcediw-dy spoken ugains' thc reputation of a female has been magnified by malicious minds until the cloud balbeen dark enough lo overshadow her vc bole existence. To. those who arc accus tomed, not. necessarily from bad motives, but from thoughtlessness-to speak lightly ot ba ilies, we recommend these " binti" as^worthy jf consideration : Never usc a lady's name in an improper place, at ac improper time,.or in -mixed com pany. Never make assertions about her that ran think untrue, or allusions that you foci ' she herself would blush to bear. W'hen you ueet with men who do not scruple ty> make jae bf a woman's bama in a reckless and un principled manner, shim them, for they are lie very worst members of the community nen lost to every scnso of honor, every teel- : ng of humanity. Mary a good and worthy 1 roman's character has been forever ruined md heart broken, by a lie manufactured by ?onie villain, and repeated where it should 1 iot have been, and in the presence of those vhose little ;-.-;'gm?-f cuuld not .deter them 1 rc*n circul?t ng H?c ibul and bragging report. ' slander is joon propagated, and the small :st thing derogatory "to a moma'i'n character ' viii fly on the wings of tho wind, and magni- ] y as it circulates until its monstrous weight 1 rushes the poor unconscious 'victim*. Res- 1 lect the name of woman; your mother and j ist?rs ure women, and as you would have ' heir fair name untarnished, and their lives 1 ?nembittered by the slanderer's bitter tongue. ,eed the ill that your own words may bring ' ipon the mother, the sister or thc wjfe of 1 ume fellow creature. THE LONDON* TIMES.-The Loudon Times, he great representative of popular opinion t 1 Great Britain, has a leader on the release j f Jeff. Davis. The ?fist of the article is 1 mbra"cd in the following short extract: 1 With the release of Jefferson Davis it ( loy bo said that the iRst scene of the great t lvil. wat in America has como to on end. '< t is o worthy close of a great contest, and t n aol of moderation of which the people 1 lay be proud, and of which they ure likely 1 j receive the benefit in the . subsidence of j.j ngry passions, and tie. restoration, or rather 1 he Creation, o? a national feeling pervading ( ie entire Union." 11 Gerrit Smith. This gentleman hos written a noble article, over his own signature, defending his appear ance or tho bail-bond of Jeffer-son Davis and combating the iden that treason must 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 p '..it, tut 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 vexations and uncompromising. Alluding to the harsh and perfidious conduc* o? his section, Mr. Smith s iys : The simyde truth is, that we made a bargain With the South, however we may now be tempted to deny it or 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 States unani mously held that thia was the bargain. Alas ! the ineffable meanness, the revolting infamy of our breaking this bargain now, when wo have it in our power to break it 1 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 I 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 we should conquer Mexi co, would be a no more gross, a no more im moral breach of iailb, than is our holding Jeffersou Davis 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 children will be ashamed of it. Who doubts, for even one moment, that the North, had she been conquered in tnis war, would have claimed at the hai:d of the conqueror the huminitics of the .law of war-of that law which knows no treason. Are we doing as we would be done by? I Paid the law of war knows no treason. I add that treason ceases just when and where tho acknowledg ment of belligerent rights begim?. Reason teaches this. Humanity teaches this. The political liberalises of Europe beseech ns to believe this. They tell u? that they mean to undertake*, from time to time, to "overturn, their de.-potic 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 liberal Ameri ca for charging them with treason. Mr. Smith counsels mildness and argues against further exactions. He points out the only true path to reconciliation and peace thus : A sad mistake is it in 'h'"" present con quering party Lr. Mexico to hold the contrary ol ibis doctrine, it is argued that such pun ishments will warn aud intimidate, and.thus serve to prevent wars. But a sounder phi"" iosophy teaches that they will exasperate and brutalize, and thus tend to multiply wars. The following of the present Mexican war with bloodshed will help ' o keep Mexico a land of frequent and almcst incessant wars. On thfi otbi-r baud, the cloding of it in the spirit ol forgiveness would soften thc nation's heart, ami prepare it to receive tho seed of that higher civilization among whose fruits are the enduring peace and established order, for the lack of which Mexico, though so fa- < vored hy nature, is still so unproarorous and unhappy. There is hut one legitimate, and indeed, but one peaceful way, to prevent civil wars, ad lh:?t is justice on thc part of gov ernment. Had our Government been just, -ever jud, entirely just, ins'ead af being ever a\flagrant oppressor nf thc poor-this horrid ivar would not hate been." Ea shows that an investment. in-Southern heart is worth all the Russias and their pos sessions. He condemns the principle"1 of con ii-cation nid. urges the gi cutest charita. On this subject he says : ? " In tue next place, thc North must hasten to put an end to these .threats of confiscation. Congrc-.s ought to say, without one dissenting v.;.ice, and at the earliest 'day, that there should be no confiscation. The disfranchise ment I have just referred to is galling, and, as the maESC? believe, insulting to its subjects. Eut these tin-eats, paralyzing the industry of the South, and making even her bread uncer tain, are infinitely less beam ble. They are fatally in the' way of her material prosperity. With I he olond they bring upon hor titles she can neither sell har lands nor borrow upon them. What could, he a more trying disabili ty to. an agricultural people who are destitute of money ? . That strung and patriotic man, Thaddeus Stevens, Would have certain losses ot loyal men repaired. 1 would myself be glad U) see A, liberal per ce >tage paid upon them. Ile would provide the means out of confiscation, and at the expense of thc South ; 1 say out of the National Treasury, and at the expense of tho nation. There are three tilings which, in Urging' confiscation, Mr. Stevens seems to forget. 1. That the North, as well as the South, was guilty of the war. 2. That'while the North is slill very rich, the South, exhaustedly that-war, for which the North, in common witH herself; wes respon sible, ks exceedingly poor. 3. That confisca tion once entered upon, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to set limits to the spread of ils demorahzing power. Thc spirit of lawless greed engendered by confiscation Will no more stop at State or other lines than will the fbimrs of ?. prairie-fire at? the word of com mand. Let there be confiscation in tbeSouth for the benefit of these, Mr. Stevenh' loyal losers, and also for the benefit of the pour blacks, as he also proposes, and very soon, under its debauching influence, immense numbers" at. the North will be clamoring, in tue name of " Agrarianism-," "'Equalization,", and other taking names, for their neighbors' possessions. And these rich possessions, it must be remembered, will kindle the spirit of robbery, as eau none of the poor possessions af the desolated South. These four require ments responded to, f h cse four conditions, of 'recoHstruoti?n" enacted, and no others ex- 1 ictcd, peace between the North and South tyiil be sure '!<? follow. But to make this peace ' norn speed? and more ?""r?lal iu other words, 1 io effect with the least delay an enduring ?iCart u?ior between the North, and Softih :,here must be one thing more. Ohr Govern iient is getting iu the way of buying territo y. There is a purchase it can make which , vould be inmeasurably more important and profitable than the purchase of any territory. I Let it buy the Southern heart, worth more -, o us thad it thousand Alaskas, nay, than all Eluseia. Ti re is one way,and only one way, ! jy which it can .be bought, and that is by ? jr ving to the South that the North loves 1er-that the North has a heart to give in ? ixchange for her heart." It is -eluted of Mirabeau that, having started s he ball of revolution in Franco, he was. \ ihocked at ts impetuous course and strove to ( itay it. But vain were word;-, of eloquence ind admonitory ?keoks. Tho resolution rushed } ivor the tirones ol. Icings and the lives of. t housands,-until it spent its forpe upon the- ; ?reation of Robespierre. Mr. Smith helpod s itart the ball of anarchy in America .by his ^ lohn Brown raid. His piteous pleadings are \ LS barron as the East wind to tho ears of tho Uortb, Steven,?-, Sheridan and Butler are the minsters springing from his misguided zeal, f )ne is a Bobespierre without contempt of i iches ; ano ?her, Danton without his genius ;11 tie .third, Marat without his rags. It is too late for pious thoughts and generous adjura tions. The creatures of wrath live by wrath, . and by wrath will they be annihilated*.-Con stitutionalist. An Interview vita Gen. Lee. ^ A correspondent of *.he New fork Times gives the following account of a visit to Gen. Lee: The residence of the chieftain of the array of Northern Virginia, ntands on College Hill, and is a modest brick dwelling with white wooden, pillars in front, placed amid a pretty garden shaded by some fine trees and a large solitary weeping willow. The house is sur rounded by a high fern hedgo that lends it somewhat the air of - aristocratic seclusion. Although it was no la :er than 'nine in tho morning, Gen. Lee bad already gone io his office in the college, which is but a stone's throw removed. Here ?rsa a table piled up with papers, and Crfl?gu catalogues and text books ; but no, reminiscence of war was visi ble, no sword or spur or insignia. . .'. Whatever met the. ey<- was entirely academ ic, not in thc least miiilary. And seated at the table was a handsome looking gentleman, dressed in a uniform suit of pepper-and-salt color-a very portly, 'fell-preserved gentle man of some four and fifty, with a bronzed complexion, a noble-modeled nose, compact head, gray hair, and bec rd of the same color, closely cropped-who rose to sha':e hands in a tourtly, gracious manner. It was* the man who wielded the thunders of Chancellorsville and the Chickabominy-it was President Lee. ' I may say that, with bis friends, he never recurs to the subject of the war ; nor did he to me express any op?n.on on political mat ters. I understand, however, from these who are in intimate,daily cor verse with him, that he is. strongly In Favor of the people of his State, and of tho South, " coming right up. frankly accepting? the situation,-and earnestly pursuing the work )f reconstruction." Per sonally, he is at present :n the il tish of health. He frequently rides ott; and the clearest image I have been able to form of him in the war like mood came to nie this afternoon, when, with high-top booti and leathern gaunt lets, he rode'out on the same gray horse that used to bear him in the stress of battle. He is greatly beloved by the people for his mod esty, gentleness and goodness/ and is a pro digiou'. favorite with children. h If you should see him as bc moves about among us," Raid one of thc people of the town to me. " and the unaffected kindness and simplicity of his life, you might fancy what he would be rn greatness." 1 think he is far from happy. And yet bis fame as a soldier, though rot first class, is very sound aud complete, so that now, away from the field of war, md buried here ju quiet academic life, among these secluded hills, it seems as though he had passed away from earth. He is all that is left to Virginia, magna mater virum, out Of thc wreck of a revolution. Is it, then, wonderful that Vir ginians almost adore him ? ( I stood this evening, ir the light of the de scending sun, at the grave of one of a differ ent type-at thc grave ol'Jackson--'in Lex-, ington, in the Valley of Virginia ;" and here* he lies, in the quiet village cburcb-yard. A simple slab is at the head, with only the name. " Gen. Thomas J. Jackson," and at his feet a stone with tho initials, "T.. J". J." A garland of flowers lay on the grave, and in my heart I ?ouid feel no other emotion thau one of ten der interest in such proofs of affection. Speaking of Jackson the tame corrcspon dent says : Certainly he was an extraordinary man : and standing by his grave* this evening I seemed to realize that there lav below, the only mau who could bavo conducted tho wai to a successful issue on th?part of the South. A PLEASANT PROSPECT POK THE RADTC?LS -A correspondent of the Anti Slavery Stand ard, writing from Virginia with an .evident understanding of the party m ac Irin erv aiming the negroes, gives the Republican party fhjr warning of what is in reserve for them. The negro vote, he says, wili decide the Presiden tial election. Thc negroes understand ibis perfectly and are laying their plans in accor dance with it. " There are several negroes," ' says the writer, " fitted for the position of Vice-President, and that race claim that the second office in the nation shall be filled by a negro." The correspondent hilly indorses their claim and wishes it distinctly under stood that it must be conceded or the negro vote will be east against he Republican par ty. Thc party, he says, (?atc not refuse it. as its defeat, without the negro voto and the vote of Northern men who will back their claim, is certain- What will Senator Wade do in this contingency? He has, pledged himself to " keep ahead" of tho people cm all questions of Radicalism, and here is one which demands his immediate attention. There, ate- negroes who, we are satisfied,, would pro side over the Senate with quite ns much dig ni ty, intelligence and graoe as Senator Wade himself does-but will he think sp? Per-, haps be can get thc negroes to postpone this question until that of tho " redistribu tion of- property" is siiitled.-New York Times. BCXL FIGHTING IN FI ANCE.-The pictu resque and exciting, but horrible cruelty of the bull ring, seems to be creeping northwards in the dominions of his Majesty the Emperor Napohon. A bu.l fight reported to have taken place at Aries, Boucacs-du-Rhone. The attack ou tho first three animals passed oft" without anything remarkable ; but the fourth showed nn ardor and fury which disconcerted the assailants. The chest of one of them was pierced by the horn of Ue enraged brute, ( and he was taken to the hospital. Another mau. was seriously, hurt, and a third was ] kuri ?dinto the air to a height of five or six : yards, caught on the Lull's horns .and ag iiu J flung up. He was rescue! by those present, . and fortunately escaped with only slight j bruises. About ten thouiaod persons wit- j uessed tho fight; so that tl-.e " function" was, l in ad its bloody accessorial and in its popu- , larity, a success. Aries is a southern town, j with a grand old Roman amphitheatre, ana 1 the people have that languidly passionate, , blood wt ioh takes pleasure .u such exhibitions. ^ But Lyons and Paris -\vill copy the example . of Aries unless tho Emperor shall arrest the j pernicious importation into France of a cus- j tom which is the delight Lnd the disgrace of ( the Spanish people. A DH MUM LINCOLN IN HIS TOMB.-Agen- , Jeman who recently visited thc tomb of Lin1 " .oin, says : " It i3 not quite two years since I visited J jere before, yet how changed the scene. Then t [lincoln's praises were on everybody's .lips ; c lis virtues every one seemed to exttl; in. T Vont of the vault in* which lay, his remains, I in armed sentinel stood guird day and night, * he- vault inside was stn wu with flowers, e -rought there every day bj ladies from the F ?itv. But no word of praise is - now heard, F lis virtues are forgotten, the tramp of the -F lentiuel is heard no more ; no flowers are ?ca tte red over his tomb ; r ot one even plan- r ed there. During the bal * hour that I sat 8 ni the bill above the tomb, not one came to t ;Lsit it, although there were, perhaps five ** ?undred people around th a grounds and ia 1 he park adjoining. In a word, there is no th- <j ng vo remind the visitor of who it is that 3 ?leeps within the tomb, except the . simple ' vord 1 Lincoln'' cut on the s tone floor in large * otters." __ ' _ ' . t J53"""" Somebody, who vritea mora trata uUy .tuon poetically, says : 'j^An angel withbut 1 nouey is not thought so much of now-a-'days t is a devil with a bale of gttenbacks." * j Sheridan's Letter co General Grant. Tho Washington Rational Intelligencer of the 25th, refers to this letter as telegraphed to the Nev York Herald, and says : " If it were not incredible that a military officer who had won distinction in the field could have written a dispatch so fall of dis respect to his superior officer, and at the same . time have been guilty of permitting its pub' lication, in advance of its reception by the officer to whom it ie addressed, we should unhesitatingly pronounce, ita 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 off icer." It is now koowa that the letter in question was authentic, and the further remarks of the National Intelligence/ probably point out the coarse thai the President will, and indeed ought to, take : Any soldier'} iow?ver high or bumble, who refuses to'.execute the order of a snperior, however respectfnUy, subjects himself to a court martial for disobedience. In, tm's in stance, Genend Sheridan has manifested un questionable disrespect to a superior officer. 1st. Ha baa been disrespectful to the War department, through which the order was transmitted. 2d.* He is disrespectful to General Grant. 3d. He is disrespectful and insubordinate to the President of the United States-thc Commander-iirChief of the military and na val forces of tte United States?* * * * * ' li lt matters not what may bave been the President's op: nions of the* measure in ques tion before it became a law, any more than it does to a Lieutenant under 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 thc privilege of General Sheridan to set himself, up as the judge of his superior officer, and, to counter mand his orders because he differs in opinion about them. This is the - very essence of in subordination, and unless it is cured now there will no longer be ajay like subordina tion in the arn y of the United States. Any private soldier may, with thc same right, say : I differ ia opinion with my^euperior officer, and will uot obey him, but go belbro the country with* a letter addressed to par tisan Dussions, and bid deliancc to army dis cipline. Even thc mest furious of the Congression al Radical cabnl dare not sustain this insub ordination, for by that act they will at once and.for all time utterly destroy ail discipline in the army, and cqqvert it into a simple armed mob, in which every private soldier will bo entitled to obey or.disobey an. order given him, as his own opinions or caprices tray dictate. . t The Expenses ol' Reconstruction.' The followin g letter from General Sickles shows that this peaceabl. military recon struction is likely to provo an expensive . bu siness i ( HEAnQT/ABtSBS, ^;*-T> SECONO MILITARY DISTRICT, [. CHARLESTON'. S. C., June 18, 13G7. ) Honorable Henry Wilson, Chief' Military CommiKee, united States Senate: /. MY DEAR SIR: lt is probable, in .view of existing circumstances, that Congress will convene i;- Juli', lt is proper, therefore, 1 should inform- you that the appropriation of .3500.000 to execute the Reconstruction neta is altogether inad?quate. I ara inforrned-tbnt my estimates fur AprildUld May are less ib%u those of other District Commanders. Indeed, the whole sum was more than absorbed by the estiraatis for May. For the Carolinas at least ?000,000 will be required.* I have appiitd to the Navy and Treasury Departments for certain facilities which, iu view of tte small appropriation, I presumed would bo granted, but wy- requests have not been favorably considered. I understand that thc Secretary of the Ninty assigned as his reason that no aid most bo expected from that Department HI thu exception of the^Re .construction acts of Congress. The Secreta ry of tbe Xreaiury expressed bis desire to do all he could, - but- did not fed at liberty to .make any disbursements for objects not pre cisely within the jurisdiction jct his Depart ment. It is us'ial, I believe, when the ap propriation for an object authorized by . Con gress is insufficient, to make the necessary expenditures and trust to a " deficiency bill but ia tho ex?cution of these acts thin course will be impracticable, inasmuch as the prin cipal disbursements - are .for the services of persons who depend upon their pay for sup port I ha*vc the honor TO suggest for your consideration, and of your colleagues as-well, tbat thc interests ef the public service re quire, widiout delay, a further appropriation to execute thu acts of Congress for tho gov ernment of the rebel States. . Veryrespectfully, * D. E,SICKLES.-' Major-General Commandir:. Fjree Farms. Our readers ate aware that the last Con gress" passed-a homestead ?aw, appropriating Government lands in the Southern Slates, that might be ..entered*' by actual Settlers. In North Alabqm?, tho Government owns a large quantity of lar-id in the coal andtniucral regions, 'and wo learn from the Huntsville Advocate, that tbe Land Office in that 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 ibis large nnmber of entries only eight liavo been made by freedmen. There' are still some of the richest bottom lands bf the Black Warrior and Coosa Rivers remaining unsettled, and subject to. entry. There is no loubt but that the homestead law was passed for the peculiar benefit of the freedmen, and t is extraordinary that, while claiming other .ights and'privileges conferred upon them by. :he legislation of Congress, they do not avail ;hemsclTC3 of this truly valuable boon, which ?vould secure to them permanent and comfbr able homes, with lauds sufficient to secare bern an independent support, aad a compe ;ency for themselves' and families. Would it .ot be well lor some of them to take this . natter into consideration, and investigate the acilities for avaiiing themselves of- the privi egea accorded to them.-Phoenix. Street Railways---Important Decision. The driver of" one of the streetv cars in ?ashville was arraigned recently in ono of he courts of that city for assault and battery ?omniitted ja ejecting a negro from his'car. The defence r?lied'on the fact,'which waa troven, that the company run a car on'their oad for the special accommodation bf color d people, which was so designated by an hp irqpriate-sign, and tSat the-cttr ia Which the daintiff attempted to ride was for white pen de alone. ' ' The court held that ? the company had a ight to designate certain cars for white per ons and certain cars for colored people;" out hat, to avail fhomselves of this privilege it ras " their duty to have placed on their cars, n some conspicuous place, a notice* that the ar was for whit? people r thereby notifying ll persons of thu fact." In such a car thus appropriately marked br white people alene, the- court held-that tegroesoad norigbUo entcrw ridft-a o' aS*" A yoong freedman namud frank Saith ia?.Applied to.the Secretary of War forv? cadeu hip at Wost Point, dom the First Congreesronal District of South Carolina. s