Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i o>^i;t;s^n>\ \ i,. WxsdiNUtoN, M iv 17. Sknatb. ? tir Sen* rilicW Point A |'|?ro|i'-i;,i;()ii l/i|i f i coi't ?i: fc a J'lOVISOt! I'loll I lit III:o til.' ?t ol hnV C?(ltft wlio served in ili? A' H?V ?r I N*vy of lli'i 0,mf*'<l*r*,e St%u*?. Tliv (Juii8iil.tr 8i).l l>iplomatic Appropriation [: bill w'is passed. lloi'SH.? Pile House resumed th<? Coll1 I 8ivK-r.itiu(i i>f ?11e Tix bill ; also, ri".-i*r.l 1 ' ti Ic'ter from G^n. Grant, reoomniendinu I j an increase of tlie regular arifiy lor the j 1 purpose o!" supplying tlie places ol those now jjoiiijj out ol service. , i Washington, May 21. Sbn'ATK.?The Senate, in deference to the physical inability of Mr, Kcssenden to enter upon the U-cons ruction resolutions j toolav as per agreement, positioned llieir j consideration iiit Weilnesilav. Tno coii' j 1 B'Jer ition of tlie Colorado I ill and veto 1 . ! : message Was also postponed. 1 lie re ;. main ler o( llie Kt saiou was devoted prim I cipal'.y to business relating to the District j of Columbia. llot'su ?The 11 '?n-e to <11; consideted ! , a preamble* and resolution of Mr. Mc i Clung, of Missouri, dectatiiig ?hat tin? i i continueil contumacy of the seceding I States r< n i? r it necessary to exercise i ' Congressional itgisi rion, pi order to give i tho !o\ a! citiz *ns of'tli is,* States j?r .tectitfn j , i t their natural and personal lights enumerited in the C m?liiut!on, and in ad 1 dilion thereto tuakes it necessary to keep i ' on fo >t i largo standing army to maintain | ' tho authority of the Government ; and I vhereas the country u already overbur I , 1 tlettcd by ttie war debt incurred to defend i the nationality against an iufatnouS re 1 baliion, it is; neither just nor politic to in i1 ftj^< | l. ,a ,,.1 l,?l ' - ' ^ ...... . .m.ii.i 'll.il t*:\|>Hr.Se Oil 11)1* peaceful industry of the nation ; There | fore, i lixsolrrj, That it he referred to ill? j ' Committee on Keeonstruction to enuuire '! \ I I ii t) the expediency of levying miHiilni, I tions on the seceding States to defray the i . extraordinary expenses that would other- j } wise he imposed on the Geneia! Govern ment, and thai said c uninitteo he iualruc ted to repot l bv hi, or oilier wise. The roaulu.ioit was adopted?)ea? 73 n iys 3d. j The Ilonse also passed the following j resolutions, introduced by Mr Henderson, 1 of Missouri : . ' 1-t. That it is the sense of the House that ail j ist and righteous Governments ( are intended not to confer riglre and pri t t \ iieges up >n the subjects thereof; hut to * cnuio iu uncii anu every individual the j full, .free and Untramelled exercise and], enj ivuu nt of all those rights which God M lias bestowed on him. I 2 I. That the safety, hnppirieas and pros | * j'eiity of the people require that j i-t and j adequate penalties 1>h annexed to the vio. lation of law, and that these penalties I e ; inflicted ii|?on tr?nstressors not for the purpose of retaliation and revenge, hut to (] ? insure rulrordination and obedience. ' v ! 3rd. 1 hat we will stand by and sustain n the, I*te?i;dent in exeruing the laws of the M United States upon a snfll ient i.uinher | of leading rebels in ertch of the States i lately in insurrection against the National Government, to vindicate the majesty of' ?' the law, to sustain the confidence of the u loyal people, and to warn thu I , - ""vjtl lor hii lime t<? come. The tax hill was further considered. I ! ai \\ asminoton*, M?V 22. , . * I The bill in relation to the public lands at in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Loi.ii siana and 1< lorida, has passed the Senate. '' Ii provides thai they l e disposed of an cording to Homestead Law of 1809, i. without discrimination as to the color of ti the purchasers, (I e price of patent to he live dollars, which allows the privilege of securing land to persons who have served |a in the Confederate aritiy, on taking the oath of allegiance. The 1>ankrupt l'rll lias passed the i D House by yea* 03, nays 60. Lkt Cotton Aionk.?The Augusta ^ Constitutionalist s?js to its readers : ' L?t cotton alone. The mules ar.d the Federal Government and the niggers will v it all the meat and giv-1 you the pfihrlt co rd l>one^ Vr.u, poor eat, will pull out en the chestnuts, hut the inoiikev. T??ur nine an fer hv tight ofTrute force, will mautich |jn Hie loolhuorD* kernel." by Ii Mdri*e* the planters in raise corn. ' ^^ m me Tim Tax on Cotton ?The United -lo, . Slil Ru'ea Chamber of Ccmirieiee reirnn wil i Urates ?<? iii>M the proposed increased lax on cotton, and eaye that i| wnu'd ho <]? > VO!i liinx-iitltl not onlv to the Southern S'nfo?, hl* but to tLe interests of the whole on - ?,tt try. - j tar I Cauraatrr ICriuvT. ; I'Ulll.ISi 1 Kl? a; I,AM'l Th)u 0. II S V , IIY i <>; a i \ utl:I. WKI?XKS|)A> M"KN*ISi}, M ?y 3 'tli, 1 810. I For one year, in advance, $.1 00 > For six months " 1 60 For llirco mouths, " I Oo I Tito almve piices are i,?* enrrenr'r. "When | riitl in specie the prevailing discount at the into |>;thl; allowed. Suhscrihera finding a (X)i'roMttork on the nargin of their paper may know that llfeir itne is ahout to expire. . The "Buro " The public mind is considerably oxoreiSed nst now in regard to this groat public nuisance. Hie rtnnmission appointed ty the ('resident to | nvestigate the charges of corrupt!., n in tiie ' nanage nent of (he Freed lien's Huteatt in the I >oiitheru States, is eliciting some startling de- I rclopiiicnis. There seems to be a perfect "stjw" ill official quui torn til regard to the mailer. It is officially announced that the President lias directed M ij ir-tteneral Howard to cause tlie ni rest of every officer of the Bureau in North Carolina who is engaged or pecuniarily interested in tlii cultivation of plantations, itiid Brig. Cicn. W. K. Strong has bco.i dis[latclied to exeeitte tl!e order. Judge Advocate General Holt his liecn instructed to make i ml charges and sp critic ations against these oflicers with a view to their trial before a court I uini tiul. In pursuance of the President's instructions, i Jen. Howard, Cominiss'oner ot the Freed men's ' liiuvuti, has issued an order, which, among j ither pailieulars calls the atteniioti of all offi eis to the reports in circulation concerning lets of cruelty and severity towards IreedmcH in their pari, uini to reported direlictioas in rciideiing accounts, Jce, ; and says that every aWcef so iteeuscd, shall have nil opportunity of vindication before a coitrt imtitidl. A cnnespnii leiiLof the New Vork Ihrald, who accompanied tTenerals Stead n in ami Kal lerloii as one of their "Bureau Investigating Committee," has published an Vrotint of what tie saw and heard. lie i cnresctils the Bateau tsahvlniil in>titillioii, exhibiting Its host foa- j ities in Vnginiit, lively tolerable in North Can i jlinii, ami uriiving at a superlative degree of nisirrainigeineiit in Smith Carolina. If it pro?ressM ill this wat", liv the tiiuu Ilia pattv reach I'ex ts they trill have (nil cause 10 try 'enough.' We see it announced '"that (ions. Fulleiton imi Steedinaii had uu interview, on Satin (lay ast in Savamuh, with a large iiuniher ol the liosf in tliiential cili/.ens of thai place. A free iiterchangc ol opinions took place, ami in the irogross of the conrersatlon, (Jen. Stecdinan ciiiiuHcu i'iai tne negroes, woerever lie Uml ?assed, ha>1 borne teatitnony to (lie kinuner.a ?l thu Intelligent people ol' thu South ; they rc ptidtd the tit a.s fheii friends, ttml had made no omplainti, except of n certain class In the ch ies, whom the) denominated h?oghs.' The 'oncliiaion arrived at ia repotted in the Xript imi UnctLl i- tho following leiina : "That the tendency of the Freedmon's Bu- ! can waa mi.-chicvous in recognizing thu whites a the enemies ot the blanks, and that il it rere wit. drawn, the reaponsibdit? tell l?y the icoplc to potent and Care lOr tltc liueduivn rouid bo Increased." Relief for Smith ('afolin.l. We staled last week that A.MMiu worth of proision had been sent t?y the n.nnager* of the Ealtimore Fair to Ida Fxecllcncy tiov. Orr. for iatrihmion among the needy in this Slate ? ^'e learn fiom the Carolinian t'lut it was the i|iiral of the ladies of Baltimore that the-c ippliea he bestowed only on the i.nw kr and 1 IIUU.K districts of South Carolina, or, in other ord-*, along the line of (icneral Sherman's iftreli The agencies designated t?v the ladies e at (Irahartivitle, Caindeit, Columbia, Aiken ul Winnshoto', and the (inventor lias dcxignaid agents at Hlackvillc, Lexington, Lancaster lid tJhcraw. The whole annumt lenlited at le Fair was l!50,0i (I, of which the piopor- ) on ior nouiil ? niOIIIlt l? IK,.Ml. MVS IllOU- 1 mil dollars have been invested in provisions < id sent to the Governor ; the balance has een given liy the ladies themselves, through renU heretofore aptrointed I?y them. To inch of the following agent*, hi* ExreL nry has ordered to lie shipped thirty barrels 1 corn meal, eighteen barret* of flour and half hogshead of bacon : John C. Evans, Cheraw, lor Chestdrfield Disirt. lienry A. Mectze, Lexington, for Lexington ' istrict. 1 Theodore Starke, Esq , Celumbi.4, for Rich- I nd I) irti ict. ' , ("apt. \V. M. Dwiglit, Winnahoro, for Eafr Id District 1 Rev. John Johnson, Camden, for Kershaw [strict. Mir* Dela Tflrre, Aiken, for Rifnwell Tistriet. ( Dr. Tlioinas 'i. (Jregorie, (rrahamville, for aufort District. i 1 George McC. With-rsnoon, Lancaster Court , ouse, for Lancaster District. M m J i Military Courts. We had supposed thai the day of military ' minissions and Piorost Courts was about to d ; but it appears, on the authmifv of the Hexed Washington dispatch, tliat. South Cnroa is >(ill to have the I ?n?Ht <>t iiqltf : r?? post commanders of posts in the Depart* ill ot South Carolina have been instructed f organize provost courts, ami nppoint nil As- ^ ant 1'iovost Marshal llierclor, which courts I have the <aino pow -r as liavo heretofore C ii exercised by provost com ta of sibdis. \ is. No civilian Judges or clriks ol the prd' H com Is will ho employed, unless they can * paid Ii out fines cr co-ts imposed t?y said H nis, or unless suitable cilUviM .'I character I intelligence wid consent to servo volun- " >7. J* Legal. Tin' S ('"iiri nf l.<>iiicii.ii|:i. ill h I.i|i- ii > -i<'ii li;n I'liuiu'i ,l? d iln? n?*i|*lu liiat ? ??ii Mii't-b -e i u|m:i ConlV i-ruiif niun? i .in- v<>i i si ii iv. Ii (mi f?t jr i unt u It k ii\ i'.fi'iim i i In- hi11ii <i .it' i i*i I8ii2 I i o it ffvl'i Miii t (Viler f hi oiii'V 'aiina, ii poll ilic .ii it. fivt-n i-Mii<.-i in make imr iip-iii tm- (i nt-iiiiiiciil in in- wiuco niiiiVH parlies v< '1111:j r11v iiv dinjy ill it, ii* Was III* ens* with tmth 1*1 -i ii!itl ai.it defend >nt. were culpuble? guilty iiu inii'iiiir-il ncl?umi tin court cut!lil ii??t lend itself to tin- enforcement ot contract* entered into in con euipt ? I" lu\V. A dccini oi. conveying the sonic piiin <p'e< Iiu* I>ecu ui.uiii in tii" Suprtg?e timiri ot Tennessee. i'he same t'ouit nlso derided Hint it is not necessary to tlic validity of writ* mid other process :ii judicial proceeding* in the courts of the State, tluil the internal revenue stump |ire*erilred by llie net of Congress slioiibl be nlRxcd to I lie writ ol proce** ; tfint the (jiiveruinent ofilte Uui ei^ Slate* ha* not the constitutional power to require stamps to be ajlixcd to process i*sueil iiv the Stale court*. The opinion was propo-eii ami read bv Judge Alvin Hawkins, und is spoken of by the bar n* mirktdby great learning and cogency ?f argument. National Currency. We foul that the public i* inclined to look upon the note* of National iianUs with no little suspicion. This feeling lias been augmented in our State b'v tlfe uiivi !*e, not to say unmeanin?, tonrsc of the I.egi-lniure, in prohibiting Ta* collectors from receiving tliese notes in payment of taxes to the State; All who enter, tain apprehension* on the subject ol National currency nolo.* would do well to redd the suit* joined satisfactory communication trout uu ot ficial source : Tkf.ahuuy of tj!e Uhtko States, Washington, May Id, IStMj. I) e a it Str r Votir letter of the 1 (Jlli inst., ha* josl now been received. N oii link to wI 11 extent is llie (invern in**itt liable fur tin* redeniplion of the notes of tli<> iiHliomil bank* I answer t<> the lull nominal face vnliii* of I'Vnrv note issued or the t 'omptrollo r of the t.'iirrdticv to it bank, and by the hank pill into eircnhuion. Will unit, 'should the bank deposit* with the United States Treasurer i ? secure the circulating notes with the banks depositing tiieni he inadequate to the rrilrinjtiitin of the no'es of the hank, hy reason of the d.clme of the neeurities deposited, is the Gwvern* iftunt hound to redeem the injes at pur?' The 47th section of the nuiiorfal currency act not only {fives lite rij?tii to forfeit all the securities held for any deficiency, hut toe Government has a "first and paramount hen upon all the assets of a defaultiftsf hank I lhcrclor-3 answer this question allirinali vely. m You a sky i {f iin, 'could the absolute fail in{f of a national bunk impair the value of the eircnla'ing notes of the bo.k niakiojf "licit failure?' I answer. No. On the contrary. the notes of a national bank thy. has failed are rather better than those of a hank ia {f >od standing, if away from the bn*i> ness marts or commercial centres of the Ctmnlry j fnf ttie reason that the Treasurer of the United States bi-coiuos the ea?luer <u hi.i'ii neiiumu" i) ink niH will, Uimn^'i bin imni>Un!' and all- other (loveruiueiit iiffiiifW. retire Ji mult circulation. Yimi a-k, fiturili, 'arc Ilia inllrx hf tlia I'm led Statu* 'IVciMtrv, beyond the fact of their brinsf 'rjf.il tciiotfrft, a greater Hecnr.tv to i lie' ItOtderft llldo tiie eu.-fcrtey Of '.fit? iiu 11 on it I b ink*' . | Ti.e Ui.i ri Slutrft le^.d-te- drr no!eft nil'ml no scienter eeeil'ltv to the tiiltitrf (ti.in I the lintel of n;itlofntl liankft. Tt? only real ditF renee bet wee. i toe two ii ttiii wl.ila tlie la' lerare only n lentil let drr from mid 10 tlii* (i?iv> rnnii*nl, the lormrr nr* fttii li lejr .blender Irotu mid to all j.ar i -#. whether municipality *, corporal)..i^or individual*. Verv re-|o*eIfilTTv your*. K K Sl'I.WKU, Trei-iirrr It. F.. DaNIIL, Kiij , C miner Merchant*' Naiional 11.111k, Mniipli.*, Teiiiieiiee. ( The Itiehniund Tirrtcs, xpiikinj1 of tlir indicltnenfiij(tiioit Mr, Dati*, any* it is, w believe, an cxnot tfiih*cript Of I lie* lurm copied from (!liiitv by VVnartdi in hift | ' I'recedeiitut'f lildietment#,''iind i>? variou* important mriinftionft will ?trike CVerv la* y* r willi iini"Ceui?-nt We cannot think ' th I it ih iIn- purpose ?f ilit* (lovfrnmciil to yo to trial upon Much an indictment: nor can wr b?lie*K lloil it wax drawn by i-inifient soiinncl and aeot to itie District Attorney at Norfolk. With the assistance of able counsel, if the horrible crime of a "pa.fc.-d jtlrv'* ix net attempted, we d > not entertain a doubt elf , Hie scqii'lal id" tho unfortttnale and dlx inutixh.d statesman now confined at ForIrenx Monroe. Thk Ot.n and Nkw School Prkrdttr ti a sr.?Sr. Louts, May 21.?Tim Old and New fvhoo! I'ltdiytrtian Assemblies Tint, for the 1st time since 1837, to.dajr, j ind di'cusaed a project for rem ion. Two Moderator* presided. Twelve hundred lernona votejl in favor of reunion. It is leffnuely stated that measure* will he nslituted to effect the object immediately. FailOIIR.?The New York HrralJ sajs t is unfortunate for those j mriia* which i !at/n l.^on *? - -1 1 m<iu >v> K?k nji n cnoierH (Hnic, that we iinvtt no cliHem in t(je ity after ell. Not m single c*?e of the genuine disease has occurred in New fork, hihI the pliyau.iam my Hint even I lio*e < ??* of * cHoler* diameter, wli'cli re hIwhvh prevalent at ihi* neaftoii, j idM tore readily to modical tree,moot tbao *er before. Vt';t*ll21l?lOI? \CWS I 'I'lle ivit'i'i* Mi it iiv Com ii.iw li<?ve reported ii loll to provide for ine politic* tint ot tint iiHimiI liirttorv ?rftIi reludlion. I HillllOPZ K llltl *|?IM?ln'IHeul III It SUilH Ii'*- tdi'dr. Tilt SiijieriiiltoiilitrilH ofllm FrceilinniV Iiinii in i;??* State ( Vir?#t?im IihYd tie?-n c dir. cod t<i iiilj? imi the fr*e-line?i\? court I ii ? - ^ ? ' I 111 < ii Dinner oruei?. I 'I** Cases, tile 'rial of which have begun iii these court*. will . t j I?? hi!jmiioated, hut no new >ase* will he i Ifnr.l I 1 ! Tlie l^oftlinaSler (Jeneral lias, during , ' ; 'lie iasl month, ordered post nlHi'M to lie ' | ! reopened, Ms follows; In Virginia, 43; ' ; North Carolina, 50; South Carolina, 00 ; ' ! Tennessee, '28; West Virginia, 5 ; Oenr I f gia, 10; Alalmina, 14; Louisiana, 10; I , Arkansas, 9 ; Texas, 57. Total, 280. j Tiie Senate manifested a little spite 1 r against the President} l?v laying hi* veto ( message upon thfc Colon lo State hi 11 i I upon the table, and proceeding to other ( business 'IhiS was Contrary to us!tge, , ami also to the positive requirements of < the constitution. Knowing that ther could not pass this hill, as they did the civil rights bill, ovgr the President's veto, | iliey decline any Consideration of the ! I'rebidctit's o'-jectldn.? Cof. Unit. Sun. The negroes at the Capitol have taken complete pos?eN*ion of all '.he pub ic places, , and on We luesdai lust we counted two I . h iimlreil and thirty-lour contraband* of I 1 the li tliiest clntrac-er, in the gallefv of the t - . i . House, "4ii*l a* ?e l?-ft ill u'.ler <1 i?n?l \ ^ amazement, tlie darkies were pouring in. * A large ti it id l>er of them* li -*<l bi'ki-n, j f * with ilieir dinner, Which lliev est in the ' I gallerie*; n* though il were mi eating . r saloon. Tiie cushions are filled with veri f inin, ami il will lake manv a hnttl* of * j Lvon's powder to kiil oil the creeping ' | thing* ill at stick ho cioso to the filthy f j contrabaiuls; * * Members IihvS given tip the plitn of * f recess, ami some afe verv hopeful thai the r session may he brought to a c!o<e hv the t end of June. The Senate will be willing to s*< I j->ii r it and leave the fi>*M to the Pre. , j Midenl for the next five or sit months, \ i prflthled (hey can force 'lie passage of a j ( j law w!|icit will proiiihit the President t I frr m removing any of his Rsdical oppo* n?fiU ftintl office, or appointing ant in * ! their place* durirtg their rece?*. Thev j !will, if possible, impdse thine check npon r the exe.rcise of Ins constitutional power*. r I Judge Underwood ratUfr Itoaetingly ^ ' Miinom.ced, on his return from Norfolk ( the other day, that lie had managed ilie ) * pr isi *u;ion <>f J..tr. I) tvi*, an I that he is , tlii real father of the indictment found hy ! < i i lite irrtin: Jury Inst To (Uy roplet of (lint i??licliriAnl Iih*?? j ' Iii'j'n jiuli inhfl hi thfl pMperft, hiii) 'fH'oail ; of tli? ^Inrifli'Htuiii hiii) priti?t$ tlmt Lit , . ilmv?oo?l rxptfcted to rfcmif for hit mu?mi I ot in procuring tlmt 1#?<?hI 'lo.-iiiii.Mit. it storm of ciirnea coma* from Inn It^puMicm ! liretliren for mlutt tli?*v nll-u* to '.?? Ins I it 11 inmihos-nifn t of the nlf?ir mil the ' production of mii ind'otuiMii tlmt mill not J ntHiid the test of jiirl'oitl crliicinm. Hocli it the jml^Minent of Uiulmmo >il'?loetlirfr. ' ^ to ninlit, tliouoli I mn not itilviaM c*?ci. ly of 'III* ptnloMtpliv of tlmir objections to ; t tho'mork of t!i* Opefnciitl Jutlgft i j 111av nR?drl tlii* evening, however, tlmt -j the A*?i?tftnl Attorney (Jenem!. Athlon, j ^ (Mr Speed i? Mtmfiil fr-'rtl the ?(?,) lint tilled 1 ?*-? 'y t) hi the iti?licl'lieiit ih hwd. | t hii I that it wolilJ l>e wrong t? put Mhvi* c upon IrihI on thiw document, for In* WoUid ! ( ir.d*t ftftsuredlt liftve it qumhed tii mo lion before 11? * Chief J >ietice, or any other J inline tli h vi Underwood ? who, by the by, j they now s;?v, i* not much of h lawyer. 1 Indeed there are many, now that the "ire 1 i* broken," w ht> do not herniate to nay r' just wlul thi'V think of Judge Under H wood, ?nti were I to give their ealimate of * him, just n* they eipre?* it, the judirml C politician would not feel flattered in the reading i hereof. There t* no longer ftny doubt of the ^ j>orj>k.-u of ibe (jovernment to bring Pavia to triftl in Utchmond in June, provided |j Chief Justice CIihw will consent to pre o aide in the Court Ht which the tr:Hl must _ i take plnce. Judge Chase ?a\* ie will ml i | upon the bench in Virginift when he ia f ursurrd martial Ihw is abrogated, mid he hut requested the President to issue n brief proclamation declaring that civil !hw ' is supreme in all cases where the civil ' couru have jurisdiction. The President '' will probably issue the order as requested, c' hit ceverlhele-a he regards the Peace Proclamation as establishing clearly *11 ^ that Judge Cue** desires. j cl for. Richmond Timeor | ft ' i - i i 1 ii A Plan to Kestore the Mail Ser-, vice to the South To (he people of Virginia, Yoeth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alahima, Mississippi, Louisiana, T.erirt'sser, Ar kantni, Missouri Florida and Texas II>tving r&oenlly returne.I from the 4nuth, I Hin wm|| nwnr? nf the gre>?f invmvnieiireft to whicli the Southern n?-o tie are subjected on accoun of lack of nail facilities. Toi* is. to a ve?y great xtent owing to tliM oath witli which con raotors arc rerfuirud to comply. th^rd ha njf hut few men at the So'utli who Can aha it. Ilafmi; c'nnf?rr?l with the f?>otor authorities, (and ohtainad tlteif appro* al.) I find that litis difficulty ran he oh- j rialed ami the mails established tipon j very rou'e at the South. and at the lighest rates adntissirt'e for the people of littier the North or Soiith. Hci'ij; a Nat ional Union man, (ia'e of North Onroli ia.) hv which I mean oitfc that is alike tppo?ed to the heresies (it the Kx'ramist* 9orth and South, i can lake this oath ! ?nd (bus fofm ilia Connecting link between j he Southern people and the tlnited ! stales Oovernment. This f propose to <!o trd to estahlieh mails on every route at he Sou'.b now destitute of them, as folows : Any person who is desirous of hecomt ng a contractor will address me at once, tating the route or routes for which he sialics to hednme contractor, (stating the 'Xtreme points to be connected, which, tf course should he on some fotita here* j ofore established.) I will then contract j o? such foiiia or routes in mv own name, in I let the parties have them at a dis- I 'onnt of per cent. oh lit* Rtiniml imnnnt for cArrrinj; th* mails on sahl otile or rnti!*#, which will he shout 2.5 cuts per mile for a wMlv, Ft0 rent* for emi weekly, ami P3 cents/or * Iri week? | v m ii|?payment to he ma.I* >*t lite olo?<? , >f the quarter. Thia arrangnient will eeure the roth* to the sub contractor I iihstantiallv the ?am? a* if it were hie I twn contract. anil frequently at * l.e'ter J trice than enuM he ohtain**'l in 'It* o?timf rev where there i* eo iitnch competition. I'ersina confiding to mv cere ntev retv j ipon feir flealihg. All accepted hi-1* wi'l >e entered upon the Wk* of the ft >fllc? Department, when they will he tpen for inspection. I'eraon* w hen making Rfr??liratifln ahoHM em! a guaranty signe.l Itv at least twrl riiarantora Tite guaraifly ShotiM l>e j ernfieil to l/y h post tfla*t6r or a judge ; if a codrt of lecord. Ap plicants run, if j h*t <le?oe, obtain b'ank forms, jtnnte.l I >v the Government, l?v RililrM'injr either he uml?rsi.?tie<l or the 2 I \*?i*tant l'oil tla?ter (irnem1, (leo. \V. McClel'en, who irill take pleasure in giving nil the infor nation that may Inj tlrtirrd. The proposal, ( ? form of which it is iot necessary to give hcr<*,) will be ftlltol iv tha itn'!er?ij?tletl. All communication! relative to the ore^oing shoukl he ail<lre*?*.t to UKYAtt TYSON. Ho* 1000, Washington, 1^0. References, (hv permission) ;?G. W. inubOii, I).|>., h L 1)., President Cohim> i .in College; lion. Ciia* Mason, Presi j I on t National l)*rn ocratie Executive JoriiiTtiltee. The political movement in f?vor of j Jecting Ocneral (Inula* dip n?*Jtt I'resi | lent has met with wonderful sticeeF* ? ' I'll* Republican* of nil shades arciyit the imposition as the if not onlv mode if securing tiieir doirril end*. Tint is he Compromise to be offered to the eleven 1 loot hern Stales. The Republicans are o have the Presidency for th- next lenn, nd the South may have restoration and epresentation. Tit* Tkxa**wTticar Omit*.?The crops hrotigliotil the wheat reg on of |>xa* ate ( presented as promising btvond those of nv past season at this period. Wheat | , rihp it i* thought, tot bring Ilfiy cent* er bushel 0, for the railroad*. (Jalvttton Cirilirin, 2l*f ult. Practical WohIino of tiik Civil !IOHTa I,Aw ?The Hr?t pracilcal opera j 1 ion of civil rights law that has come in ' j?ht in ;liit region of country, we learn, ' ccurred in h neighboring County a week r morn age A r.egro girl ??ort her ' litld to a white man.? Denton (Md) ' In ion. "Civil Jiioina" i.a Ic.nmcuii.?The. ' *?nr?? (I1<>u<m*) ol I on the ' 1 11 inatanl, |>a?>trd a hill conferring civ 1 rights on the colored people by the 1 loee vote of 31 lo 2d. An amendment, iclti.lir.jf black* fr'o.n juriea, waa carried i v 30 against 20, and oneescluding their 1 tiildren Irom comtnoa acbooU by a close ? ol*. I < \ . X 4 L_._* ? -J: Hi? Latest NeWa, Great Fire in New York. Nrw Your, May 22. The New York Acadertty of Music, Lutheran Oliurdl, Medical University, I wo piano factories, and other buildings on 1 i'b street and 3 1 Avenue, have been He*'rovet! by fire. Marelgsk and Qrau's troop* lost valuable wardrobes. Tbe loss is e-lima'ed at thretf to four millions dolt lars. Several firemen were killed. Bombardment of Calao. Naw York, May 21. Aspirwall dates to tbe 13til bave ar' rived. Tbe Spanish fleet bombarded Calao on tlie /terond. They were repulse'! howevef, doing little damage. Admiral Mine/. \fra.< badly wounded. Th? Peru* vian SeorHtary of war was killed by ilia explosion of a battery. The fight lasted four hours and terminated by the withdrawal of the f*patoi?h fleet. Only a few hund'ed doilafs tfo'rlb of properly was destroyed. The Spa.iish loss is iflipposed to he heavy. News of the Spanish rei pulse was received with grpat enthusiasm by the inhabitants of'Panama. Immense Johnson Meeting in Phil.idel phi a. 1 it11,ariKt.t'iiia, May 19# An immense Johnson meeting was held at the Academy of Music to nighl.-^ Messrs. Ifoofittle and Cown addressed tltfl audience. The iattef named among lift) Supporters of (lie President General^ (irnntwH'l Sherman, aho Mhh^ii. Seward f Stanton, W?!l? and oth?f wteinber* of the Cabinet which was vociferously clieer* fd, Tbere wh? (Trent entlnlsiasm evincfi 1 throughout the ifteeting. False Report. WAfllMNOTOS, MnV 2 1. Lieut. Hen. fir nut linn jiM receive! 4 despatch from Mnj >r General Ii. \V. Uab leclc,.in California* iu which he save til ?t ihete in nrtt * word of truth in the report tlmt Fort Goodwin had been raptured by the Apachen ami the garrison massacred, lie it nouncea the report as altogether Sensational.Mr. Davis. FoitrKKss Moxrok, May 21. Within the Utt three or four d*y> a very materiel change in the treatment of Mr. Davie ??m? heen notice.!, under the direction of Major General Miles, acting, no dotiht, tinder instruction* from ington. 'i'he guards formerly in hie room, of one eo'dier. has lieen removed per* nanenllv, it is said, nnd there ie every re*M?n to he'ieve that the numher of guards ail around ^ie neighborhood of hie cell will l-? very materially decreased in m Viy short time. Trial of Mr Davis. flit* Chief Justice of the United States hiving heen clothed hy a tenant act of Cnngre** with authority to h *?!?! a special lenn of the Circuit Court of the United - >) Sihicn in lhia?cily, it la now very genn< nilv conceded that * Provident Davis ?i l t>* arraigned for trial upon the charge of "treaaon" either in the month of Junn or of July nest.? liithmond Dmjmlch. The Growing Cotton Crop. Acovsta, Xlay 20. Newspaper account* from Texaa A!a? haina, Georgia, Florida, South and North Carolina, represent jhe growing crop of coltrin as seriously injured hy the recent Cold Anther and heavy rain* and oven llow of the cotton land*, and had and do* fective Reed, ?hiclt in great measure fail* ed, in many caves, to germinae. Tl . . .. ... Iiniwi now lip It l-Xlkltlg yellow trnl aickly. l'Untera are, in coeee>|iiance iletppriding. Not more llian a tbinl of A crop will be retlizfil, at jl'antera throughmil (be roMtltr'* tit lilnarinn nr? k?.! P. - ? "f "???* tin(| planting corn. It ia estimated that the entire crop cannot exceed lin!f a mil* lion balea. ftr.ttro 3urrhaok?There are only two Statea in tlie Union where the negro a a'lowed to vote without properly quali? Dotation. They are Vermont an l N?* Hampshire, the former of which haa 8'ghty negro votera and the lattar one hundred and niftatv. We learn that on the 17th inalant a taeera hail atorm pae*al over Abbeville District an I infl ctcd threat damage la lift Wlienl crop, bcaiJaa ii)At?ri?lljr injuring ill oih?r crop*. Tli* property in South Cirolln*, it it '*pnr!?*l, which ?*? #400.000,000, id 1800, is rftdneel to #50,000,000 Causm, >m?rtclp*iio?? of alavM and ihn hafooa >f war.