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The New Alabiina Constitution. Moxtqomkut, December 12.? Th? Ad. I vtrtiser of this morning publishes the pre- { amble and resolutions adopted by the Montgomery Council of tho Union Loyal League, denouncing the new constitution ! and calling on the colored leaguers to aid in defeating it, declaring that the delegates to th? Convention went far beyond tho purview of their duties and instructions, i and framed a constitution disfranchising and proscribing a portion of the most ill telligent and law abiding citizens of Alabama, and characterized in every feature ? vy n iiuuivsu motive oi revenge anil Uatred, and resolved, tirst, that id the opin. ion of this Council, the said constitution is ftu intatnous fraud upou tho rights of the people of this State, and will, if ratitie<l, inevitably result in tho dobarrmont of the white race, and the destruction of the black. 2d. That we Cannot, consistently with our obligations as members of the Uniou Loyal League o( America, give aid or support iu any manner whatever to the nefarious sclrcme to destroy at one fell swoop the peace, happiness arrd prosperity, for all time to come, of the whole people of the Slate of Alabama. 3d. That we, as Uniou Republicans, and as members of the Montgomery Coun cil of America, call ou all law abiding and Union loving colored men of Alaha' ma to unite with us in our efforts to defeat the adoption of this constitution, which embodies principles dangerous to constitu tional liberty, promotive of civil war bei tweeu the races, and destructive cf all tbo ends of good government. 4th. That wo denounce as contempti ble an effort on the part of a few of the members of this Council, who "re mere political advonlurers, to break up the same because they had failed to make it subservient to these vilo political schemes. The above resolutions are put forth by the authority of Leaguo as a true copy of (be minutes of the Council, and signed by llie Secretary. Serious divisions in the Radical ranks are taking place in otber sections of tho State. The "Advertiser" of to morrow will contain a statement on tb? authority of the citizens of Autauga county, that the colored loval leaguers have been irreconcilably split in conse. queuce of the objectionable features of the constitution framed by the Convention, and the caucus of tjie members of the Convention, who nominated for Slate ofTit cars all whites, and all members of the Convention, and leaving blacks out in the cold. At tho county seat of Kingston but two loyal leaguers are loft, both white men. So far as heard from, a split of the leaguers has also taken place in Bulloek, Pike and Barlow counties from the same causo. The Conservatives are organizing clubs throughout the State to defeat tho con titution at the coming election, and in cartain sections are receiving large acces sroas or 106 colored olement. In rratti vilie, Autagua county,on Saturday, over fifty, men joined the Conservative club, uniting with the whites, and denouncing the constitution. A call, signed by color d men, for the formation of colored Com I servative clubs here, declares its object shall bo, first, the cultivation of mutual assistance and good feeling, without which there can be neither peace, prosperity or repose to either. 2. To support in the approaching election the policy of our own tried people, neighbors and friends, whose capital furnishes us employments, and whoso roofs shelter us, in preference to that inaugurated by strangers nnd their allies. 3. To disoonrage by all means in our power that war of rAcet which evil ooutuels and ignoranco seem to be hasten ing, anj which once inaugurated will re nult in our certain And Bpeedy destruction. Beverley Nash and that Speech. The Winnsboro jVt'U'S, publishes a com" muoieation, signed by J. A. Hinnant, to which several certificates (sworn to before a magistrate) Are appended, in which the author asserts that on the 9th (Iav of November last, he heard Beverley Nash make a speech at a barbecue given by the Uuion League in Fairfield District, near Jacob Bookman's mill: "Nash said the negro never would get justice at law while the jury was composed of white men ; that there had been already 210 uegroes murdered in Bouth Carolina, (meaning those tbat had been hung,) and Governor Orr dare not carry into execution tbe sentence passed by tho court of Piokeos District, on the six negroes to bo bung aDd eighteen to be sent to the penitentiary, for killing a boy four teen years old. If he (lid, he would not remain in office six days after the Con vention met. lie told the negroes to wait and not contract yet, for there was better times ahead; and not contract at all for the third, for it was tho little end of notlu ing; and if they would wait until the lit day of February next, the white men would get down on their knees to them ; the negroes could do better without the white uiau than he can without the ne groes lie further said that the white man had always been in power, and vbamM ' ' wuuiu n.nnjo IQIIialU IU piJWOrll Wiey a 111 not gain it at the ballot box. If the H?i publican party failed in the coming eleci tion, rather than aee the white man remain in power, he would shoulder his musket and see these hills bleached with hones and the gullies run with blood, rather than remain under the white man's pow er ; and, pointing to the crowd around, asked 'would tb?7 follow him !' and the answer was 'jee/ 'yea.' " Wht Gkm. Smkiiman is irf Washinoi tom.?A letter in the Baltimore G cue tic says: "The President would have resisted suspension and in this resistance ho would base been sustained by (Jen. Kherman, if not by other general oflicers of the army. Hence the General's pre once at the na tional capital. The rerdaut individual who would argue that he came only to rile np a rpport on Indian affairs, be cause, forsooth, the emergency did not arise for his assuming command of the Depsrtment of Washington, exhibits a lack of judgment, if not of brains." j&r f? BIM ^ I III Caurustcr linger. PUBLISHED AT LANCASTER G. II. S. 0., v Ol9!VOftS A C AHTER. | THURSDA7 MORNING, DKC., 19, 1807. Subscribers finding a (X) cross murk on tin; margin of their paper may know that their timo is ahout lo expire. TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION. For one year, in advance, $3 00 For MXtoentlis, " >, 1 60 For three months, " i 1 00 T) 1 . uau&t ajjkty We regret to see a disposition manifested in some quarters to cast odium upon per sons who aro so unfortunate an to be under the necessity of applying for the benefits of the late Congressional l'ankrupt Act.? Tliis, we apprehend, is the result of false conceptions of the objects ami purviow of the la w,snd as it is a new thing in our time and generation, public opinion should be properly directed in reference to it; or else injustice may bo dono a class of persons who are the object# of public sympathy, rather than censure. We believe that the law is well adap ted to the present time and circumstances, and that the public good, as well as prii rate interests, will be subserved by it.? Our forefathers foreseeing the consei qtiences of financial revulsions and politi cnl revolutions, to which all governments are liable, very wisely engrafted in the Federal Constitution a provision by which Congress was empowered to make, at any lime, a general bankrupt law, which would be binding in its operations upon all of the States. This power cannot be said to have been abused by the last Congress in the pnsaago of the Act in question ; for if such a law could be pro per under any circumstances, it would seem to be peculiarly so in its application to the present embarrassed and ruined condition of tho Southern States. Many of our people, as the result of events which they could not control, find them selves involved in debt to an extent, which, with their presest resources, it will be ut. toriy* impossible for them ever to pay. In such ensos, would it be desirable, either for the creditor or for the public pood, to keep these debtors bound for a life time, their spirits broken and energies cramped, eking out a useless existence; or would It bo better for all concerned,to take what they have, relieve them of legal liability for past debts, and give them encourage- 1 ment and opportunity to practice industry in the future, thereby benefitting them' selves and the community in which they live! Clearly, it appears to us, the latter is the best policy; so thought Con gress, and the present law is the result of their conclusion. The idea of a general repudiation of 1 all debts, with which tho public mind was so pregnant a short time ago, and which some still entertain, is as impracticable as it it unjust and morally infamous. To say that all contracts shall become null and void, is to say that wo are in a state of anarchy, where there is no security for property or person ; and the proposition that the debtor shall have all?that he shall retain quiet possession of his broad acres, hia stock and money, and share none of it with hie creditors, is so mom strous and unchristian that an intelligent public opinion will, sooner or later, con* demn and defeat it. The bankrupt law comes in as a bap* py medium of compromise betwpen the debtor and creditor. It compels the surrender by the former of all his estate even to the most minute particulsrs; from this he is assigned a small portion to pre vent distress in his family, and to enable him to t air a n now utatt in thn am. 1,1 Tho remainder goes to the creditors, who having got *11 the debtor has, are debsrr* ed from claiming his future earnings.? The debtor who comes fully up to the requirements of tho law, making an honest schedule and surrender, has, in our judgment, nothing to bo ashamed of. If be acts otherwise than honest?if he attempts to defraud his creditors, he will not bo entitled to a discharge under the law. We are aware that tho Inclination of a large proportion of debtor* ia to aroid the payment of their debt*, whether just or unjust, new or old, and tho many acts of fraud, deception and concealment, now being practiced, is appalling, when viewed in the light of justice and honssty ; but the bankrupt who comes up to the spirit and letter of the law cannot be classed with these persons. lie not only makes a clear surrender of his entire esi tate, hut he summons his creditors, and 7 ...^"..7 ??? into hie past conduct. We repeat that stroh men are more the objects of sym pethy then of public suspicion end con demnetion. We have said this mucli in vindication of the benfernpt, end to correct whet we conceited to be e wrong direction of pub lio opinion. It may not be emit* to edd, that, personally, we here no concern on the subject, end thet neither of the edb tors of this peper entertsin the most re. mote idee of going ioto benkroptey. JtW The Southern Cultivator, for this month is filled with iolerostiog reeding for the farmer. Gody's Lady's Book. The January number is already at hand and i* presented to the public in a new nnd attractive atyle. There is no magazine publisher in the United States that expends so much money to gratify | the growing taste of the American ladies for every thing that is tasteful and useful as the publisher of the Lady's Book.? The embellishments in the number uow before us consist of the following : Now Shoes. A line steel engraving. Steel plate Title page, containing three pictures of wirier amusements?skating, sledding, aril snow hailing. A Colored Fftshion'plnte, containing six figures. Winter Sports. A tinted picture. Colored plato of llerlin wool wotk.? Figure of a stag, printed in eight colors. A large Extension sheet, containing twenty four engravings of ladies' dresses, children's dresses, etc , etc. The Literary department of the rum her is verv good. "Pheinie Rowland," bv Marion Ilarland, promises to ho the story of the year. '"The 1 >eooV Duck," "Life's Contrasts," "Nettie's Sacrifice," | "Raking Hay," aro all excellent. There is also a New Year's story by Miss Frost. This is without douht the beit number Mr. (lodey lias ever issued, The Charleston Dally News. Tbe proprietors of this deservedly pop ulnr paper announce that with the open' ing of the new year, the price of subscription will be reduced to six dollars a year, thus placing it within tbe reach of a much larger circle of readers. The A~< IPS is decidcdlv one u( the frui nnnoru in 'lie country and deserves to be liberally patronized. The proprietors propose also to issue a tri weekly at tbres dollars per annum. Wo commend both to the at teutioD of our readers. Change of Post Headquarters. Wo observe in a rcceut order from Gen. Canby, regarding the disposition of troops in this State, that the Po*t of Chester hns been abolished. The following ex tract from the order referred to, willl serve to enlighten our readers as to the new changes about to take place : Post of Coi.iwdia.?Light Lattery E 3d Artillery, Headquarters and Compa nies It and II, /5th Artillery, and Companies C, II ard K, 8ih Infantry ; Col. and Brevet Brigadier-General U.S. ltur ton, commanding. The command to ein brace the Districts of York, Chester, Fair* field, Iticbland, Lexington, Lancaster, Or ...... I... L.*" 1 (J IT-!.. VT rvoisiinir, cm liter, \j ill Oil, IV t? w berry aud Clarendon. Ihe Grant Meeting in New YorkOpinions of ^ie Press, &c. The meeting at Cooper Institute, New York, nominating General Grant for President, on Wednesday evening, was a large affair,as the telegraph has already informed ua. The New York papers have a great deal to say about it, one way or another, and their opinions will be found to be interesting. The Htrald, which is an enthusiastic Grant paper, says : "It was a gathering more important from the character and standing of those who participated in it than from its nctu al numbers. A. T. Stewart presided, and the names of Francis It. Cutting, William H. Astor, John Jacob Astor, Jr., William N. Vermilyea, Win. T. Blodget, Hamilton Fisb, Moses II. Grinnell, Paul SpofTord. Cornelius Vaoderbilt, Moses Taylor, Uob't L.Stuart, and others largely identified with the commercial atid fl nancial interests of the country, gave importance and significance to the proceed. ings. The gathering breaks ground for the Grant campaign, and will he followed by similar demonstrations in every other State, independent of al! the old politi* cal organizations, embracing the beat men of all parties." The World (Democratic) says: "The meeting was large in point of number*, and entbuaiaatic in temper whenever the name of the hero of the occasion was mentioned. The political allusions of the speakers were received coldly, and there was a strong disposition to resent an attempt of General Sickles and Mr. Mreniaine to give a radical twist to the proceedings." The resolutions, or platform, are as follows: Resolved, That lha American people have aver been true to the instincts of patriotism in maintaining the rights and honor of the nation, and that the acknowledgment of distinguished services in tha national cause cannot fail to be re garded as a grateful doty by a free and intelligent people. U I 1 TL.I a. 1._:II! - _ ? ; iMa^vcu, inn* inti urutiffiil lervicw rendered by General Ulysses 8. Grant, at a period of imminent peril to the existence of the American Union, have abed im perishable renown on the American name and character, and can never be forgotten by a people Alive to the blessings of in stitutions under whose benign influence tbey have become a free and united na tion. Rexolved, That, in the judgment of this meeting, representing all the great Inter est of national industry, the public sen tirnent of the country unmistakably indi cates its choice for the office of Chief Magistrate, and that, in accordance there with, and relying with perfect confidence on the sagacity, judgment, persistent en* orgy, and unfaltering patriotism so strikingly displayed throughout his whole civil and military career, we present Gen. Ulysses S. Grant as the candidate of the loyal Union people of New York, for the office of President of the United States. lietolvtd, That the President of this meeting have authority to appoint twnn ty four ciliaens, who, with himself, ahall form a standing committee, with power to take measure* to elTecluste the objects and purposes of this meeting. ij O V A I, . Oar Advertiser!. IIa8Seltinb Jb Chafkc?Dry Goods, Groceries, Drugs, die. Jokkb Crockett?Dry Goods, Groco? Ties, ?fcc. J. M. Sadi.kk Si Co.?Dry Goods, Henry nnd Knncy Groceries, Drugs, <fec. J. 11. Hoyd?Dry Goods, Groceries, Medicines, ?fec. T. n_ _ z-i /-? mi XJtllAIH, \^NAIO ? V-<rftlgTIII? " Dry Goods, Groceries, ?fcc. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Buxbaum it Lang?Dry Goods, Gro*rio8, dtc., wholesale and retail. A. Sinclair?Dry Goods, Fancy Notions, Ac., wholesale and retail. Kilgore & Cureton?Druggists, whole sale aud retail. "Bobin? Arouud." For throo long days our local has benn "bobing around" trying to bunt up an item for hia column, but despite every ef' fort lie is still blank ; vos, blank as a powder cartridge. There's a henjy that the public ought to know of through the papor-~wo mean a heap of goods?but as that belongs to another department wo can't afford to say much. Merchant# who thoroughly understand tho ropes' a! ways appreciate this opportunity?some are content In eking out an existooco; others have a higher ambition. Merchandizing is a pleasant employ nient?here's an instance: "A lady entered?she stood beside she counter?she at 1 * .t muugiii win musnn, etc., dearer than any she'd seen yet?at her nod iho (.helves were emptied. Clerk welched her playful fingers as the Rilka nnd satins tossed?the bosp smiled? the clerk was nil attention, snatching with electric speed from the shelves everything called for?he traveled around "briskly"?at length, with heaita tion, she bought?n yard of tape !" Far iiions.?Ab, yes ! we may say some' thing about fashions ! but they are so ra? tied nod havo assumed such a well, people that know us can attest our high esteem for the ladies, and we wouldn't have them get offended for the world. Accidents.?Nobody killed, no fires, no fighting, no d-r-i-n-k-i-n-g, (to excess.) CilANOKS.?Some few going on?bap pv ones at that. Christmas near at band ?eggs on the rise. The Weather?Cold with an occasional hot snap?dangerous to fresh pork. qrnftll cnAW uaf ? n >r*?? muuu t%j iiiurmn^* Oi.d T^AcnitLons?Well, they aro a crusty set?not much afraid of bachelors ?the ladies will help us out. They are a curious sort of humanity, and wo can't account for their preference. A writer has said, "that no man can either live piously or die righteously without a wife." Selah. That fellow's head was balanced. What say ye, "Ye shirt bnttonless, rumpled, sour featured old single hearted ness. Write the axiom upon your flinty and unappreciate hearts with a diamond' pointed pencil (if you have one) out it out, and pasts it up kt aoine conspicuous place, ia jour solitary cnes'less, comfortless rag littered desert of * room, where even the boldeet raj of the aumnier sun trembles to linger for a moment ; where never a (lower dares to show its blushing fAce with, out dying an untimely death, and where the healthiest breeze that evercains sing, ing fiom the eaves of the mighty hills will sicken And become impregnated with the foul odor of decaying cigar stomps, orange peelings, and the smell of unwaahi ed gin tumblers. llow can you feel pious, and go to church every Sunday, with the phantom of your impious single wretchedness be fore your mind's eye, and accusing your selfish heart, like lianquo's ghost, every time some sweet, unconscious, rosy cheek ed, laughing-eyed and elaborately-dugnetted fairy lakes a seat beside you iu the same pew, or brushes by you at the door, bke A butterfly, while you stand gazing | on vacancy, and irresolutely twisting the "few and far between" hairs that discolor your upper lip! You can't fee! pious with such distracting thoughts rushing like lava through your brain, and turning every unwise bachelor resolve to dust and ashes, llow can you expect to die righle cusly without a wife to assist you 1 ) ou may manage to light your way through a useless bachelor life, in a cat* anil dog sort of a way?hut you heartless sinner, will this si.dice you when the day of retribution comes, and old Death raps at your lalchlesa chamber door, with a polite request to tako a seat in his ferryboat, immediately to be rowed to the other side of the Styx; will you be pre pared to meet the occasion f Can you point to the diary of your mateleas life and prove that your sufferings and trials on earth have been sufficient anj severe enough to purify end chasten your heart, or will you then exclaim, with Qieec Elizabeth, "My kingdom for a moment of time." to get married in. Hard hearted mortal, shake off* your baebfulnes*, and resolve to lake a delghtful trip through tho seven Mahomineuan heavens, with a regular passport signed an^fealed in due f..rm by an officiating clergyman. We know we are right, and will leave it to thejudg* roent of wisdom?represented by tbe fair Queens of the land. w-'i' f?: TELEGRAPHIC. Congressional. bknatr. Wariiinoton, December 9 ?Petition from Assistant Assessor!in North Carolina were presented, prayiog for additional compensation. Mr. Wilson gave notice that he would to morrow report a bill removing political disabilities from two hundred and eighty four Alabamians, commended by Pope and Swayne. The Secretary or the Treasury was call' ed on for full details in reference to the restoration ot captured and abandoned property. A resolution declaring neutrality be tween Abyssinia and Ureal Britain came up. A farcial debate ensued, when the Senate went into Executive session, and adjourned. HOL'SK. The regular call wns mado for bills and resolutions by States. Among those offered was one exempting from taxation manufactories yielding less than |5000 ; one directing the Secretary of the Treasury to uso $4,000,000 of greenbacks in purchase of bonds*, one to abolish the office of Assistant Treasurer ; ono for the more effectual government of the rebel Statea. The Judiciary Committee was directed to inquire into the expediency of amend itig the Reconstruction acts, to make members of the Convention take the test oalb. After n severe contest certain portions of the President's Message were referred to the Reconstruction Committee, thus reviving that Committee. ,A bill, striking white from the District laws and ordinances, was passed by a vote of 106 to 38. It goes to the President. The President was called on for a record of the trial of Albert Lusk, iu New Or leans, for the tnurder of the negro boy Hooper. It was moved to suspend the niloa to pasa resolutions that the tax?* shall not exceed $300,000,000, but the House roi fused to suspend the rules. Several new hills and financial resolutions were introduced, wheu the House adjourned. reit ate, Washikotow, l>eceml>er 11.? K peti tion was presented from ho immense mini ber of naturalized citizens, complaining of grievances, and asking that their rights inay bo defined bv law. It was referred to tho Committee on Foroign Relations. Mr. Anthony introduced a bill doclar ing null theconfiscation and forfeiture acts, passed by liehel Legislatures. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Sherman introduced a hill provid' ing that all balances from captured or abandoned property bo paid into the Treasury, and not drawn from thence without authority of law. Mr. Sherman stated the amount reached several millions. A discussion ensued, during which Mr. McCulloch was charged with illegally dis posing of several hundred thousands.? The bill was postponed. noun. Several members rose to personal ex planalion*, giving their reasons why they vol ad in favor of impeachment, in which the President was roundly abused. The Judiciary Committee reported back the bill in relation to the government of the rebel Stales, and it waa referred to the Reconstruction Committee. The Committee on Clnima reported ad veraely on the petition of the citizens of Cbambernhurg.for compensation for dam ages done by McCausUnd's raiders. Northern Newt. Washington, December 9.?Senator W'laon's lilt for restoration to political rights includes the names of Governor Patten and General Longstreet. The mercantile anJ shipping interest pra?? the Senate to confirm Secretary Seward's treaty for the Wast Indian Islands. One hundred anil twenty six farms, comprising noarly eight thousand acres, ?? a.') > At 1 I a t Is A rvpit/lnaliuA f a/ -?wiu nuw?u ?v ?uw WU UVU ? *3 I UI V.H *_?| Florida during November. Chicago otfers $20,000 to secure the Republican Convention there. Shurtleff (Democrat) has been elected Mayor of Hoaton. Thia ia the drat event of tbe kind since the glorioua days of Jackaon. The Freaident'a Message Concerning Stanton's RemovalWasuixotoM, Dec'br. 12.?Tlia I'reei dent's message to the Senate, giving raa son* for the auapenaion of Stanton, ia re garded aa a masterly document, lie quote* Stanton's reply to hia request that Man ion fhould resign, wherein Stanton aava that considerations of a high public character leaJ him to withhold his resig nation until tbe next meeting of Congress. Thia tbe President holds was not *n allei cation merely, but a form utterly want ing in the respect du? from Stanton tc hia superior officer. Tbe point is made that Stanton could not appeal to the Ism creating the '.Var Department, because that law gives the President the right to remove Stanton. The Tenure of Office bdl alone supported Stanton, but that law did not compel him to retain the office. Tbe President argues the necessity of unilv and barmonv amonw his eonstifii / / ** "" 0 "" " tional advisers, end niliirl?? to hi* having with one escepiion, retained the Cabinet of hi* predecessor; and states, incidental ly, that the Cabinet was unanimous in hi* policy of reconstruction, and upon the unconstitutionality of the Tenure of Office bill. Stanton having been United Statea Attorney, wan specially nonsuited, and wm emphatic and resolute in his condemnation of the hill as uneonstitu* lional. The most pointed and specific charge refers to the New Orleans riots.? According to the narrative, General Heard reported to Stanton the danger of the riot and asked advice. Staoion not only withheld instruction* to Heard, but kspt the dispatch from the President and his Cabinet until after the occurrence of the riot. The President holds that had Stanton acted himself, or made the message of Heard known to hie superiors, the riot would hare been preveuted. Lie produces a letter from Sheridan to the etiVct that had Hheridan been advised of the danger of the riot, it could have been avoided.? The President concludes thnl the public cannot complain of the change, because the judicious measures of the new Secre* tarv have already saved many millions of the public treasure. Earthquakes In the West Indies. Washington, December 11.?At t?ro o'clock this afternoon Secretary Welles received a dispatch from Thomas Savage, acting Consul General at Havana, dated December 10, in which he stye, "From our Consul in Jamaica we have further news of the earthquakes at St. Thomas, Tortoln, and St. Cioix. The tailhquaks began November 13, end continued until Monday the 20tb. The deitruclion of lives end property was immense. Tb* steamer Do Soto ?ni washed ashore, bot torn upwards. Her officers and crew were saved. The steamer Monongahela was thrown into the town of MidJIeton, St. Croix, nod broken to pieces. Nothing wss said about her officers and crew.? Admiral Palmer baa arrived safe at Havana. The Navy 1 bjpartinent hat fur. ther information in regard to the Susquehanna. She is not damaged much, and -it is thought that she will soon arrive at Fortress Monroe, when full particulars of this great disaster will be obtained." Affairs in Virginia Richmond, December 11.?The Conservative Convention assembled at the Theatre this morning, F.ight hundred delegates appeared, representing all parte of the State. Hon. A. II. If. Stuart,of Augusta county, was elected President? In his address he said that this was not ft Convention of a party, but of Virginians. At the close of the war we were assured thrtt, upon the repeal of the Ordinance of Secession, the repudiation of the Confedl erate debts, and the emancipation of the slaves, we would bo restored to our rights in tho Union. Instead of these promise* being fulfilled, the policy bad been inau gurated to place the Southern Slates urvder control of the inferior race. We meet to appeal to the North not to permit the infliction of thru disgrace upon us?oar rights may be wresiod from u?, but wa will never agree to the rule of an alreo ttnJ inferior race. We prefer the rule of the bayonet. Among the Vice'IVesidnnta were R, M. T. llimter, Thotnai llocock, ex Got* ernor Letcher, and others. The Virginia Reconstruction Convention Ricuuosn, December 12. ? A colored delegate today offered a resolution ap* pointing a committee of live to investigate whet can be dono to put a stop to the i?? timidation of loyal men who are not lands holders, but who voted the Republican ticket, and are distressed therefore by disloyal landholders. Three colored and two white Republicans spoke in favor and three Conservatives in opposition to the resolution. The apoeohes took a wida political range, and pending the diecueaioo the Couvenlion adjourned. The Georgia Convention. Ati.a*t4, December 9.?The Convea. lion in?t at 10 A. M , 108 whites and S3 tiegroes present. George K. Ashburna moved that Foster Hlodgel be temporarv Chairman, which waa carried. lilodget not being proaented, J. L. Punning, of Atlanta, was called lo he Chair, an<l W, F. Cliflon, of Chnthntn, Secretary.? Much confuaion prevailed and an inability lo agree upon organization. Campbell, negro, inovej a revolution that all aepi* rar.ta for Provident define their poeilioa* on the relief (?) question. After con aider# able wrangling they adjourned to 12 to* morrow. Aclire canvaaaing it going on for Pr?? aiiient. The Kadicala are much divided* the ultraa for llopkina or Blodget, tb* real for Sallbld or Parrotte. The negroaa held a caucua this afternoon and teUUd on llopkina aa their choice. Ati.iita, December 12.?The Co?* vention paaaed a relief ordinance thie morning, imrounwd lit li. If. Ifullock, of KiebtnonJ, which reads as follows:? "Ha it ordained," die., "that from sod it* tpr the passage of this ordinance all levies which have been or may be made, tinder an eiscutinn issued from any eourt hi this Slate, shall be suspended until tllie Convention shall bare taken or rtfoted to take final action upon the matteiV of relief, and that all star** under exeafltfliife in violation of this ordinance, shall boOW and void, and of no effect." The Oaorfte Supreme Court having decided the stay laws of the last legislature to be uneoa* stitutiooal, this ordinance, which it is as* dersiood will be enforce<l by f?en. I'opet commanding the Military District, will operate as a barrier to all legal actio* upon private debts until the Convention can act further. The remainder of tfc# day's session whs consumed in disc use lag rules of order. The and Arkansas Conventions Carried. Ati.awti, December 12.?General Ovd has issued so order declaring that Conventions have been carried in Mississippi and Arkansas, and orders Conventions to assemble at Jackson and Little Rock OO l January 7th. The order says there ere nuch irregularities at Home preoinelB ee make it impossible to give the total vote in each State for or against the CootM* tion. . Foreign News. Havana, I>ecerober 7.?Tlia Souther* emigrants who recently settled in lIoe^tH rat feel much dissatisfied with the ooeree of the llrilisb Government toward the*. Governor Austin bad granted theiu laada upon which to settle, and given theei other privileges which the home Govern* ment hae disapproved. Many Southerners are aboat to return to the United States. LATEST. Congressional. SKMATK?Washington l>ec'Hr. II,? The memorial of the New York ChaiM ber of Commerce relative to the reeuosp*