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TERMS--$1,50 FOR SIX)DTR MONTHS, IN ADVANCE VOLUME II. DNSDAY, VOLUTNIE_ __ C,'' T HTE fJERA. IS PUBLISIED EVEIZY W1'DNA.SDAY, At NewbQrry C. H1., By THOS. F. & R. H. GRENEXER, EDITORS AND PRoPRIiTorS. IER.MS,.41.5C FOR SIX MONT HS, JTii1YR iN CURI.ENC, 01R I\-R'GOS (Paymnent reqizired invarial-ly in, adv;tnce.) Advertisemientsin,serte,dat fn5 erg.r o -rst insertion, $1 for each s Iese;en in r wn. aErr age notices, Fui!eralivnin,Mnn Stnd Comnicde f per--o:%in:r. tchge is A F.e6-tis e Ca. ts. 'on. Alex. H1. Stephens Mefore the Con Aressional CoM;ittee---A Full Report of his Testfimiony. We present below a fl! and correct report of the the testimtonv of Ion. A. II. Stephens before the Reconstruction Commttee ol' Cun 'gress : 11on. A. H. Stephcr.s was bfore the Recon struction Commit tee on t:e 11th lilt., and he was sworn and examined by .\r. BoUt'eil as follows: Q. State your residence? A. Cran%fordsville, Georgia. Q. What means lnve you hadU sincL aurrender to ascertain the se--iekr;S of thc people of Georgin regarding the L)ion ? A. I was at honme in Getrgia ::t tIe 11m1e of the surrt nder of Gen. Lee, and remaind here till the 11th of 7lav, and durin that tI-e con ferred with the peoole in my imme':st neighborhood, and with the Coveror of the State, and with one er two otlher lni and prominent men in the State. Fr-o the 11th of May until my return to ceorgia, whlich wa on the '6th of Oictober, I hal no met:nsof knowing anything of the pubic sent-unie there except through the pubjic press a!.( from -such letters as I received. From the time of mie- return until I 'left onl iny preset: visit here, I h,d very itiatte in tercourse with the peto[l], vi'Iting 1Au1gusta, and visiting d .ledgesie dm-ng the sessiolt of the Legislature, first on th-ir ssn:ing, ard again in Janiuary, before their re :ssem bling, aRnd Ngain4 in the latter 1a1rt of Februory. While there I conver.sed very free!v and fulY with all the prominent ald lading men, er ,nost of them, in the Legisaure, and lmet a great many of the prouTminenit and leilw- ngmn of the State not Connected "i:h the L. ture, aid bv letters and corresponde:ne uith the mien wh'boi I have met. I h eve that -embraces a full answer to the que:in %-s to my manner of i.scertaiing the et f the ptople of the State upon the u.ject tated in the cuestion. Q. As the result of No*ur obervat ton, u% hat is your opinion of the purposes of the people with reference to the reons:ruction of he Governmeit, and what are flir desires a-d pvpose.s coneruing the m1ritenanlce of the tovernen t? A. My opinion, and dceided o;inion i:, tiat an ov-t*wheiig mni;1jTitv of the ; f Georgia are exeedi.gly anxious for the rvso ake her former position in the Unii',t >havet ~her Senators and Retresenitatives admit tai' in to Congre,s, and erj' y afl her rights, and' to discharge ali her ohiigati ins as a StateL umier the Constitution of thte United States as it stands au-endetd. Mr. Aintsworh-Whtat are their present !vio 'o?Orernintg the jurtice of :he rebellin ?t Lo they at pres. nit believe it was a rea,cniable or proper undertaking, or othern ise ? M r. Stephens- y opino ojr f th~te sentzIimn t of the people of Georgia utpon that sn bject iS, that de exerei,e of thte right of sece.,.jOt a re.orted to by t hem' f:uo a de,i: e to rendr r their liberties mao: e secure, a d a beliL f on th.ir part that thtis n~ as absointtely neces5 arv fit th K object. .1 hey wet e di' ided upon theq qestion0 of' the policy of the mne:nur es. lThere "'a, however, but very little divi-i..n among: thLro upon the question of the i if I of it. It is Ito'' their belief in myn op itnir, (an-. I give it mn re ly as ant ej inion,) that the .surest, if ntiOt only bc.pe of their liberties, is the restonratin of' the Constitution of the Enited States ando of the Gjovermtnenit of fthe Unihed States uad.: the Constitution. Q. IIas there been any change of opi'a as to the right of secession, as a right, ini the peo pie or in the States ? A. I think thtere has been a very eC d ld ~change of op'inion as to the p1licy of thtse who fa,vored it. I think tie people genterailo are satistied suffiietly with thte expe ittent niever to resort to that mneasure of reihr by force, whatever may. be their ownl a ttaet ideas onf the souect; they have givr n up all ideas of a main tenance (of the opinion by a re I ~ sort ,to force; they have comne to the conclu that it is hetter to appeal to t he forms of rea son antd justice, to the halls of legi2ation :an'd the courts, for the p)reservaitioni of the p"in 'ciples of constitutioral autho:ity, thani to the arena of arms. It is my settled conviction there is not any idea chet ished at all int the pubhec mind of Georaia ot ever resortint gi to secession or to the exercise of the r:icht of Kecessionl. That whole policy of t;e maintte tnance of thei:' tight, in moy opinion, is at this ile totally 'abandoned. Q. But the optinion as to righ., as I under t n,means suibstantially the same? A. I cannaot :-nswer as to that ; some may ?ave chtanged their opintiont on the subie. It -could be r.n unusual thing as weil as a d'ifii cult mauer for a whole peopjle to change their convictio.nts upon abstract truths or pri:c'ples. I have not heard this view of the su>jiet de' bated or discused recently, antd 1 w ish to be" undersbodl as givin my opinion only on that brancih of' the subject. n~ hich is of practical character and importance. Q. What do you at tribute the change ofopi ion as to the propi iety of attempting to mtam tain these views by for ce ? A. Well, sir, my opinion about that, my undivided opinion, derived fromt oser' ationt, is that change of opintion arose maimny ft om the operations of war among themnselves aid the result of the contiiet a.mong their own au thorities in their intdividual r ights of personi and property, and from a general b:enih.g down of the cons tittial bar: lens w hicht usually attend all ;rotracted n ars Q. Int 181 hen the ordiance of secession was adopted in Georgt.iai, to what extenrt was it aupported by tile people ? the ha C :I!lof SCV.:Uw(I p's,'11t 1 u p-lo-ion1 (:f the v.:it of /..'Z '(1; te Sou thurp c:mse, as ii wi tnn, r cE::most tI:e 1n"animn"no snpport of the 1"Il of G N)r gia. Before that finhv were verv m divid wn he m(-,tn 4f hplijuAr of secession; but afterAA they snpi-o-tet tihe C N I Q. h bhe twuse hecaust of Ah-zoal PArWomiAtiNAl i t.,.. 11my .0 1 -cr.v T, b,e utmtojetto beob,evad h to the e(ege ; f apeedd:G:e danmer. Q. Wasnt terdnane of sce,ion a''pt Ce' in G.or i :ai .-r in (i:C th:m th:.'t ( tI prmuhnmthinfr 7,015 vA-untcers? A. As. Sik. I st;:t t:t the peoplc were VV V "nMAh (i il on thte q,oe, 0 1 of tle or dl:n: e 'If usees,i AL, ut thit fter h'IL riIfa n:ai1 they h)( e:nnj! b1onnn' i: snp port of t C Citu"s". Th;--e were snome, fe-W ex e; tio s in heI S1 tI I thlk not i11ore( t1an x iVd, u! ile tiwy were thus :n"'t mmnar imou ino lI O t oA tBe ca : t::ev &. rpA l rw to tn tm i to) be I b . s n it tSom2e lookid tol theia adusuen ~ ~~ort ufuth of thie controversy Up"m an1bw i ha d ,cenIre t o ,thie(r,n th!e,ir co! t itu ioa;r! h s (it ers lom?ced to) a S he e t re S tioer o!v ob;"ict Ia p . inee a :r ent views as to the zu:nw&,e Wets dhl not in te ee %%ith thle gene;ral actzive .u.pport of thle anR0me. Q. V:as4 there a popular vote upon the or .irIna e ofX sf Cce r:T1 ? A. I!lv so f:zr as in the election of delegates to theCov ntio. Q.~ Thre w:.\ no sn,vquent action ? A. No, si:uh riac o eee a not nu:wtedtote ,oular votv-ferad Q.iave you any oinionma to the viite it wudhave received , ;s coNr< vithi the wh:(1e: if iL ha:d b n submitted to 1h;e froe aetionl tC OIpL e? -itness-Do you mian aiir it wa,:: adped '.lr.' futell. es, af:cr itsadortin hp the n i it h: Iel n s h::) tted fotih A. TAhin the thn state of thin ANo mrnsitr:im SRuth UarQlin, Fioida wA AQ i1q, I tAnk. Lavig smedd- my o;.mn mt!th. other St-#tcs h:'d not adw;-:vd the or hmances of smCSwi1n, ! awn Very. wAl SAiOe .at a mna ity of the 1eple of eorgi oA ehap1:s aI verS dei,- majorty,V wuthl h'ti :e en ! i"M t SVE.pn if the M0pe immeb:u ee .,IWo A to then; but as Inmtt:s Sim t the tim, had the orimance been sujlnitte ,''ppUla,r vots, it Woud have bwen sus- ' inLi ; Lat is ly judglmen t abuout th! mat ter. Q. Wiat was the date of t1he Georgia ordi ance? A. TIe 18th or 19, T think the L't , of an ar8, 1861, thon;-,: I amn. notce in. Q. Thu gie.stion of Scesson wPs v n t he eletin oft deeAntes to tha4t Conven.tion A. Yes, sir. Q. And w:as there, on the part of the can its,a pretty general aval of oiion0Is ? A. Very geerai. Q. What was- tie resnit of the elect on, so ar as t Cnveion(~ ext]ie-sed any opIinionl Sp0 n theC qu(estion1(1 of seres5in ? A. The2 n':jority was about tirtyi in the oivnetiniin favor If Secessionl. I do not re nemb: er the eat vto. Q. In a GoIIv 11i;In efhow many ? A. In a Conven:i<m basedi :,a the rTUOber mnbeI..r I do not r4.c&leet, but think it nas Q. \\ I's therIe anyV diilereceC in1 (: ren(t A. In son:e onf theC 1OrItontan cons ":s the nion~ sent ment ws gene-rlily p:ea!lnt. heC (itie, townsII, :al viigeis were generney) r1 ,,e-in th 'm:gho:.t theL SIt . I think, rai in the rm al di.l TIt. andI 'in the 1: untins f tihe State; yet the. pep !L sIme.It the nie1ion ofl the11 j'teI at CEi!. r (int c, the elega.0tes fr om Ft2d county,2 Ilin which othe i: Vas tizi able one11 andI StI)rog for sere-In : hil heI. coty tVof JeL!Lerson, dmynv in thei in teror f the clIon: beig, sent one oIf thei. mo1-- pImi ien-!t dleLga1te for the Un:ion. I Coldi d.,i IIIte other' pairti(&iiar co.unties inI that way :broughout thle State, showingta hl a m10t wha;nt migh t he tennedc a seC~tillnal gIl trapicial divi.,on of the State onI the ques Q. State whether from your observationl, heC evenlts of the warlI have produ (ced an chI:mIge te Constutiohn of rte Uni-ted~ States ? A. Thot O':esti:In I ansre>\Td in p,rt ye2ster (ITv. W'.eIL I can't SayI, fi* Iom(1H: geen kn,X I yrn~ State- uon the ablst!tt qu.estion of tihe !-esrved1~.! rhts of Sune Is no: hav11e chanII:ged, -ny decided2 opjinilon is that a very thoroughi :bangIe h-T as taken pace uponU the practical plly IIf re.Sortinlg to any) suzch rights. Q. Whait events11 or experIlience of wvar have COt' ibuted to this ebange~L ? A. F-r the~ple:-ple are sati.u-fied that a re deieId by\ theC Federal Goenet w il leadl to war, wh ich- Wiany though'lt before the bite at t myIted1 selLessti wol no I t he the caise They a: e also now veryV w eII sa ti fed that civil1 war- are <hmg.erousi to l1iberty; andl Iorleover, thir exjIpieceIC in theC hite uur,l I thin:k, haus stziited them that it greatly e~n:iangeredC their ownO. I albule2 espLer1il to the .Ipin Sin of the w: it of /wIe'a.sp]io d the ili il.x in vII 11us plaeS, ge- eral iminl i-n'ln:ents, well -a I the very dL:Ib ral/izmg efects of war Q Wh len were yoti last a inemlx.er :o the A. I wenCt 'lut onl t!: 1 t of .uacL, IA. Q. WiX 0ou s tat, if noIIt inda spIled. to do vo rsifn t te ee!on s,: f';r tas t c cep t.-s of . me; i , s. cn e ?, A I h ave h ir in the rejerved Ioverei- :av 4f the < V .: t Snde rlth (im: .:,t 0F o ti constittIon 7o ' . I o s ed i ee< 'sin,tiareore, e.s a '' fnson 0 t wsI CII0 her, an e p!Mp'-,K t (f.st Imv for tun;cs m i:'A 1 disti her nin,! h-er p . r:aher ~ t thnttk n, o"eor, evn to'In Ifh:Uh it nio:t lri to te saci'f> e f1 mybL uIr .hnWW onle-r ol* t ,h n a to b a t g I f onl in Crew 1er;n :i.d perpetuating1 ~ t piCi']ls Of li;he: tyv:. :t-odle 'ihed nderthe Cons.,i!.UIo(1In of ( i Ie the Un.&i'n w, as t be oned, eithe oi. o 'witut force, -i.' h I thu htvr im :iic mte e, wI i l if p tvie, tI re)ene1persv (nd ;h. rIn;n heCil prineS of th Ic vonsiuio. i I was not u1 C,I rn Niet wr",n 0fo. were 61ireclcd oi b: Ousu ClvO .I 11 P()". 'lI QV i0l C: 't oil t o t es thought 10 b8 e lin.cOing wofld e ch i: 18 ed lon thI'1; pr-InialY of, mutualsci ven ien- e :mda rciproaal advan:ace on th of t h Stitc nw (Ih the !Z-:% of the Uitte tAt was Ihig i .:y funadt d. o kil w ilit'Se the'I' ii, a O lio 1 1 o het). separte #1vie ) ofl the stv a 11:1"es. ti: til recoit7,-d t p inpl2 e ftO: IA ho1 h a the r qu-i es. tionsof iii;er !tencesiouht If adut themselve I :wcording to11. the betineltso e , e f,r 1 rnv Ip ropity o1 the w hol e co ry IY, as S In-cbte ed -r wlo . c:a1M ind.1101me 1n wl on -I n Ofjutstie mizht G iect this (otine of thr .wveal tat.d s a sel nous:ng,reguati p ie::e of our Amev:,("(:m sy,,em of Si)te tverh e n IIl extendi:.,, so.sily v er Lthe C) ti nnt. Q. Hae vm: sentmentsun,egn i n chane ice tile opning of thle rebellionl in iicfrenr t t p thbe reSe-Ved ri!hts of th e sat uL er tI e Cvn stiI in ofr the U titd Stte ? A . I cnvi:iC o i oon the origina1l3 abtrIc qetoshave nus<eno clun!-, but accelt the i--, of the wa Ir and the re ult us a p i al t t I tl- n I t . th-i t qluetion. I I tt wo:d wa, appe:.h- to decie the qoe i;n, Ali h)v the deeb,i pipll!o Ces(Jrd of w I am WAi.i tO wiiie. The Frc s;ident' s Spee, c It-1Lo C4 o c rd Thecolored -pop!e of %VWas1hitztcneebr tcd the em m i 'mio vf t;ve Inth l tt ofCo ia on Thursday. The pTh r0v io Vi:ited thle WhiteHou'se, when11 the Preside-It .ad(dresseUd thllim as follows: Ihave o oth;I.t mllore to SaN to ,ou on ibs o ic I vntn r thlii compli- I ment you hnve pmil mue inprnigyu sel ve 'fIr mo on th o- a < fl!V elb v ti ccme forwa(1 for the purT)esr of-1 in1i wat . Atal ilCmm m thi co1- Z1d neCa to 1'' ti vast \ eenemrs tha 11the time wil:-comei', cif that,i to beor a grat h e Stte i fidct w o h:n-Ie fsiliI.d the il a hobbyL andl pretenl e by Iah tIhetfr canIh uccesOl* tin obaim tand mai0tiin ower. andi noi hve bll eenYI tu true me no Ao iw anted the to pr11ici.pae in n d n the h The im ni lcmew n :: i t w !(i.ll be ma man,1 :mdI I ho, n it fut hi:l8 io:,iee eto t'.ti-,I m Ov s ( y,t conItibued m:or, i ro cur Illn tl of 112ery i (Iler Statet,'b thei in tt ctin ofv thSV foemmr toer e to hae pruton of (in do Ineo (' tat,('1 -I'l:0o1ilI o g i p a e on: guar fo Jel lthat shlery sh:ll gnr i ho-r hev p: itted t IoVex- vXo - h re-es U!he Iin any ( SCtate or1( jnri0 lit tion 5i:theii:0 vite nth lthl , tiie a i! how en21 iut lif)t cVC'Iitel feelingt o f ( re-01 judh-e111 :11i utimhes W II' hae nobd t do that. Sh:iS be8> 1n 0n1-11 1 CinL this oi :k ;t'bin wh ini as~I a1h1hr, nor aid 1105 ride the (c h>re tid twls forI th e , urpos tof eslisfir litO . WtId,1 t wot ame kos it to ie so, cthaitv vmy eotsve contL-ilhute fi s ith, gifI' not ot than 1 those ' o r pny i other li i tan in the rniIt l1is y eas fr coloreii me tob have, pre Ide exposedk(11( theiZrt :(1i limbs or s poety, and w hinever conot inntel a 0i: n-e UIIinil fm the :nne ll thel great i12 cause , e anthr ell edC hAis l,nl piut up~I evthin j:)red and (dearIi toha nd tho:se1' whom~i 101 ' the ai., ' and who thtyi cost,i an re'eivTe2i and as"i'ace ve srme uho11 assium,c ne the i s o hav2.ers erind' Irotector< f th colre man.,1iiLIf the ime' ( wil.0 come,i Cf d thatC' ' no fr d e-ient, redy il tI a bee a pr-s iflewih me and o i1. it mtust Le reIced to practical reaity. Men i ben f:ie ha-ve to dieny thcmselves n t Nii.-h :eem to he embraced in th:e i<h-a o-f univers :d redm I t is with you t give evidence to the world, and th peple f the un'ted Staultes, wt. ther you tre p)ing to appreci-tu this great hoon as itAs . th-t voll 1re T1 orthv of being freemn. Ti.n Ict me thnk you with sin er r te comlimnt oIi -have paid n: by ;assi i :ogh ereto d-v -Ind (yn y r s toe. T rept again, the time il 1i'l when you r1ii ! know who has beeln 'oIr betc-' f.i ;n d, 'NInd who has not been your ic! f;-mi iercenary con iderations. Ac ~crt my haks The Presiden t, after coneluding his remarks, tait:'d omt!1i oult-ilc k ile the pncessionl pas', nd duringi this time'~ l-r;e n.umbers of hev C(lre pole audvan 0ed to pV their re ,pocs to iim, and ta Il him by the hand. The President wP-z repmtedlv and enlthusi :istica clek redI og the dvlvery of the vb;s address pnd the passa.e of the pioces O, u1 .i- proceede'l to miuve as suoon as lie L.d o.-cud. Old Praritan Lzrs. We L-tc in nour poS.Ussson a nil 11111atedl filo o f " C, T /ij,;dm IaIald, or the Jw,peiode nI ( UP'|t oK S'i|l A ?b/ 1It!,"' a semti it -cIhly news5: er potrCd at 'arhstwi, S C., in - he vel s 1 7-s- S andc 'I9fl. by Fowen, Vnndfh & Ant! e'ws, at Franklin's lemtl, No. *A ]3:v, ,There e,-ays, rtiles of inteligence, advelr tis ni' too' ~t%s, & ., u e gratefulVly ceived, .11d evcrY ti of ripiting lso perfoliled; sub :.! , tions for this p er at ji,c f7llf pt r nn .m-o::I-half on subscribing, the remainder at tC end f the venr." The advertisiements ard 1ical events, a'so vigtevd as tiey V. :ith may of ihe ld fu:i ies prmiinent in the history of tle State, arC quiite r;efring to the aitiq:gnrial, to say ohn of the excitemnc.n t wki.h pervided Ie pl u!ar mind ttuebing the adip,tion it the F'ed: rl Con.lsttu,t;on, a other toieconnect (l with the ovgraiiz, tIofn of the Governnt. The mou m o of the pl per, "That tO Liberry of the Press he iiv!o:cy preserved," i quoted rot the Conti':n of South C.-roh!;a. In N. :. d-7Itj Dec':nhr 6, 1787, there is a e ':flm (cdittedl tao 'h e S i(;;pYire Spy," 1-ttle-d ' is ld inl the(: dominion of Ne Haven a: it, first s!tdeent," from whic we cap1 --i 1 ta 5eS!1. s ow1ing the rigid rir fe~ of the "'u1ritan F:ithers,' ahich is NtO)I the hritae of mny of their deseendants a.s exei Tp,11ed in iiihire m:ajorii *. The early 'he(vcryr and Magistrates, convened in umi.- ( i, of this ind.&pendnt 1)ouinion. 1'iry .-iinst tiis Duminiion shall be 'tit- ' with cdeathb. W'oever :ays there iS a power andjurisdic 1ion a i and over this ).mini;ion, shall iuf f,r de.Oh and loss of property. '[hce Joes sh:~ determine controversics witliout a ju,y. No ne s-i! he a rce man or g,ve a vote, unless h he converted, and a member in l comn, ionn of one of the Churches allowed in this Domintuin. No one shall hcod any office who is not soi d in the laithl and faithful to this Donun No gunaker or disputor from the estr.blished worsh in' of this SI)oin ion shall be allowed to give a 'ote for the election of Magistraites er anyV oflic:er. No foo'd or lodging shall be offered to a Qua k er, Adan] ite or 'ther h eretic. If anyi person turns Quaker hie shall be ban isedl and not suffered to retur-n but on pain f cieath.u Ni priest shall1 abide in the Dominion. lie shn!l he bantiished and siuffr death on his re turn. Pr ies'ts mabe seized by any one with out ac wa:riant. No onei to cross a river but with an author i;md ferrymran. Ni on~e shall tr avel, cock v-ictuals, make ha, swe2?p riouse, CUt hair or shave Onl the >o onte sicii ran on the Sabbllath day, cr wk in his g-arden, or elsewhere, excel e rev erve! to and2 frm n mtee- g. No 'oma ~n shali - i herb~ children en the S-ii bb th or f:-tt dayv. A per-onla neso of trespass ini the mciht s-!1 he jud-ged guilty, uinle-s he clear himself When i t apnears th:at an accused4 has con feerates, amic'he refuwes to disclose them, he imlhe r-ackcrd. No one hall hay or sell lands without per moisin of the SAl?etm1en. A drnimrdc:i shall have a nmaster appointeti by the Secetmein, who arec to deb-ar him from thei liberty of buyving anid selinhg. No mii; ter shall hee a ,-chooul. Whncev-er wear' clothes tr-immedi with gold, srier, or- hone lace above two two shi!!!nes per? yard shall be presented to thez Grand Jtu ru'rs, andi the S:-eete shall tax the offender at E:3i i e-ta te. A de'enr in prison swearin':'he has no es tte shall be let out and soild to make satisfac tion: Whtoe-ver sets fire in the nodds, and it humns a house, shall sufFTer death ;and pe-rsons sucs r e-ted1 of this crime shalh be imp? isoned with ut benteft of hail No (Tne . hial red CUomr-on Prayers, kteep .Cians or set diay', make mIinced pyes, 4-.me c, cl!av ca rd's, or ay~ o tn a ny inustriument of music except the drum, tr-umpet and jews har c. o ensneel mainhc-t.er shai!join people im mar rhce; the on. gisumutes only shtul join in miar ri:e, as they may do) it with less scandal t. Chrt ist's Cht irch. W hen parents refu.Me their clhlren wih con-eient mrnrin.ge, the miagistrates shall de The 5.-le nc, on firuding the chilren ig n:rt, mayT take~ thten away fromr then:- p-a rns, and I-ut them in better hands, at the el encse of their ?:cr:'s. A u ife shall be deemed good ev:dence 2:i st her husband. No manc sh;all crt a maid in person, or by lenerom, widuuot brst obt-;ining conisentt of her pirents ;?5 pemn:ly for the fimrst ofence, ?10 for the second and for the thimd imupris imemnt di..: the leasurme oif the Cocu t. Mali h! persons must live together or be inrai soned. F.very ma!ic shal! hav-e his hair cut round, President Lincoln, Tn conversation the other day with Col. Thos. Jones, of Kentucky, he gives us a piece of biographv of Pre:-ident Lincoln v hich we regard as true, and so curicus that it ought Iot to he lost. We had seen something like it, yeR4 ago, in the newspapers, but we nev er %npposed, then, that there was a word of truth in it. The puhhention was madie in the Southern papers at the beginning of the recent SeCes ion u ar. Col. Jones owns lands in Hardin County, Ky., and went there to look afterthem. IIe met Governor llehnes, of Kentieky, livinz in that County, who told him that he knew Abra min Lincoln very well, % hen a boy. Ile was born in the neig,ihorh1ood, anid wa" five Years youner than Governor Ilhlmes. llis moth ers 1nme was Nancy Hanks. There were twoi men very attentive Io her. Abraham Wins low, or -E,low, and a Mr. Gecty. Airaham n laA born out of welock, and it Was douibted hv the conmmunity - heti-r he was a son of W;nslow or Geety. The I-tter person was a nemberi of the Kentucky Legislatutre, and living at the time Lincoln was elected Presi dent of the United States. le was very old and some one jeered him about being the fir ihrof the Pre,ident. The old man said "No." f e was not the father of Abraham Lin crn, "athough ie had had a hiidred chaices of being so. Lincoln's father was Abraharm Winslow." In proof of it, he said that he, Geety, was a short. fit man, and all of his fanily % ere so. Winslow was a tall, ga sky man, six feet two inches high, anrd iniimate with Naner Ianrks. Moreover, shne naned her son "Abrahamn," after Winslomv. Tiis proof of o!d Geety was rewprded :iz 1-retty CoD elusive considering the tall, gawky figure of Li n oin. When Abraham was five years old, his mo ther, "'Nzxcy M,K5nks, maAlied on l I f llow 1ned Linc,n, who %n as a miller, :nd moved w ith IIi II to IlFi n oin. Ile thrre took th-, n-ae of Lincoln, and , erha ps never knew hilt that Lincoln wA:is his father. ITs murther soon died, and his step .f-ither, Lincoln, nir Yied again. His second wife % as said to have bee! a g1od,clever woman, and was verv kind to Abpraham. Old Lineoln (lied whilst, Abra ham was young." Mr. P,,iroft. in his 0ra tion on the Character of President Lincoln, savs that his mother coul read, but not write, and t h . t his fa th,er could do i:either. Abrahamn grew up :nd evinced a great d al of talent and cleverness. When twenty-one yearsold he was elected a menb-r of the Ilili nois Legi,lature. Whilst in the tegi-!ature lie mide a speech which attrac'ted attention. A lawyer at Sprii fh.ld, the ca:iital of 1i1ionis, slgztCed tm voung Lincoln the idea of readlintg told him he could rvad n ith - him, and aipply to a Judge at Chiambers and he admitted. This he did during the time he was a miembvr of the Legisi.ture. ImmediatelY aftvr his ad m11i.sion to the bar, the candidate for Contress, in Lincolin's Congressional District, had to go offeiectioneerinrg, and could not attend the Court. Ile requestrd Lin-oln to take charge of a case of homicide, which he had, and make a speech for a gambler who was indicted for murder. lie told Lincoln that the -A'endant would pay him handsomely, if acquitted. Lincoln defended he rnmbler successfully, and( hie was acquitted. lie received a fee of five hundred dollars in cashr. Thereupon he went to Joshua Speed, of Springfield, who was a wealthy merchant, and said to him, "I have five hundred dollars, which is mio-e moiney than I ever expected to have in my life, arid if I had one hundred and fifty dol!ars more, I would purchase a quarter section of hand for ry step-mother, who is very poor, and has~ always been very kind to me." Mr. Spneed re pieci, "'I will lend you the money.'' Lincuoln said, "I1 owe y'ou one hunered and fifty dorllars already." Speed said that made no dhifference, and gave him the money'. Lincoln ininnediait 1v mouinted his horse, went to the L-ind OmIce and took up the quarter section in the name of his step-mnother. After Lincoln was ele' t'd Presidient, he wrote to Joshua Speed that it was now in hi nower to reward him of his kindness when he was starti g in life. Mr. Speed replied that he wanted1 re (dhee himaself, but that he had a oung brother who was a practising lawyer at Luilville, Kentthky, and would be glad for Lincoln t -do som;ething for him. This young brother was thnereuponi appmointed Attorney eneral of the United States, andl is still dis h; ing the~ dmies of this high office under P.ident Johinen. Col. Jon;es i nfo;rmed ris that he hadl the above information lhkewise from d. W\it.te:- Smith, (.f Ketiky, n ho knew the statement of (Gov r nor Hielmecs to be t- ne in .very particuar. (Greenc ille [fu 'n ta ineer. The Sandw ch Ilainds are at present at'ract ig considera ble at teni tion ais a suice ssful place for growing cot ton. In H1:iwai there. are ex tesive tracts of smaill broken lava, whlich aip pear to a stranger as wholly barr-en and stet ile, aid yet are very productive ini raising sweet ptatoes and seC few esculents Last year acres of this waste region were planted with cotton, ano the experimiernt resulted ini the pro dution of a crop of the "Anest and white,t" Sea Islarud Cotton. Ther gr-oers of the fabh ic state tl at it reouniredi o -ui at ion a fter the sed wecre phlanted. Upon opening the bolls fll upon the cian lav'a stones, thereby hemgi1 kept frte fnrm thne dust and dirt. T1he people are very sanguine over this discovery, and an tcipate great results from it. A cago of R has already reached Honrilulu, w'hich has set the capitalists there on rhe qui vice. Tmu'AsoN rN M AMA CH USETTs.-Th e am]i!'l Wrd was sittinr ini the box ofnie at the Bis toni T1heatre, theother day, whlen the winudow wsq sud lenily eclipsed by a sah!e visage, whnn-h made a demnid for "Two preserved s.eats rorr dis ehni;r, sah !" ''preserved seats ?" sa?d the astomniThed treasurer; "gto down to t:te mn:ret, if youi want a hnat, w e dlon't sell 'etn here." The eyes of the hew ihhl-red dar-key rolled like the orbs of the S;hinix, as lhe shumed away, while John chu< kied eit his sucess in evadirng a discussioni on "the rgt of tihe freedmian." [J3Boston Commrercial Bulletin. There is deep-seated treason lurking behind that paragraph. It is well known that all Boston is dijvided into loyalists" and "disloy niists" on the great que-stion of niggers going .o th thet. We nvs amnner to look Trwum Asimy.-The New York World of the 16th tit., contains a graphic atd interest ing sketch of -General Ashby-the Partizan," by "J. E. C." which all % ill at once recognize as the initials of that vigorous and charming writer, John E.,ten Cooke. Esq., of Virginia. Hlis desfription of General Ash by's appearance is as f,lloA S : "What the men of Jackson saw at lt 1eaA of the Civalry from March to June, 1862 Wai a ma rather below the middle height, with an active and vigorous frane, clad in plain Con federate gray. Ilis browii felt hat w as deco rated with a black feather ; his uniform was almost without decorations ; his cavalry bont,; dusty or spiashed with mud,came to theknee ; and around his waist he wore a sash and a plain leather belt, holding pistol aid sabre. T[ face of this man of thirty or a litt'e more, v* tin:ceab,le. Iis complexion was as dark ws that of an Arab ; his eyes, of a deep rich brown, spalkh-d under well formed brows; and two-thirds (if his face was ervered hv a huze black beard a- d moustache, the lat a . curling at'the ends, the former reachn; his breast. There nns thu- in the face of the cavalier something moorish, and brigandish; but all idea of a melodramiatic personoe dis appeared, as yom pre-sed his hand, looking in thies, which would dsh .superbly i. hattle, were the softest and most friendly im aginable; the voice which would thrill his ren as it rang uke a claron in the charge, was the pei fecti.-n ofmild courtesy. He Als as sil le and "friendly" as a chiif, in all his words, movements. and the carriage of h 4 person. You could see from hi< dress, his iirm tread, his open aid frank gince, that he was a thorogi soldier-inde!d he always "lo..ked like work"-'ut under the soldier, as plainly was the gentlen1:1. Stich in his plain vo.stIIme, %i ith his sitmple manner ab: retiring modsty, was AIhby,; whose name and a), a bravc eCnrade has truly said, will endure'as loni as the mountains and valleys which he dlefent'ed., Apart fion what he perf,rmed,, l. * prsoage to whom attached and still attached a never dying interest. His career w as a ro marice-it was as brief, silendid, and effer r-scent as a dream, but after all, 'twas the man, Turner AJhby, who was the reai altra' tion. It was the man whom the people 'of the Shenandoah Valley admired so passionately, rather than 1is glrimos record. There w as something grander than the wonder ful achiieve' merits of this soldier, and that was the sodTer himsn,elf." Eiw1GAT1oN.-We have sundry scheme- iin viting the citizens of the South to expatriate theiselves, but the most advantageous we have seen is that now offered to the freedwen:. We fearii from a ciCular recently issifed b'y the American Colonization Society, thatit ina tends to send a vessel to Liberia eaily in Maf, should the number of freedmen desiring to go to that "land of happiness and freedom" be sufficient tojusti y the expense. The latest news from the emigrants who went thit4e last year, state that the em*gWnts 'ere de lighted with the land of their adoption. The inducemrents held out are, that ive acres of rich land are given to each emigrant immediately on landing. Schools and eOurches are in great abundance, and every freedman is his own bureat . This is a great inde'n ment to our freed-people; and as there are thousands who complain they cannot get work in the towns and cit'es they generally flock to, we shouild think they would universally avail themselves of the liberal offer of t'n-e Colonization. Society. All 'ho want to go are reg':ste'd by dhe circular to make imine diste appflcation to the R?ev. W. W. McClad, D. D)., Financial Secreta.ry of the American Colonieation Society, Washington City, D. C. We think we are doing the freedmen a service by e?tendinrg this notice.-Phoenix. GRMAN IMMmR;ANTs.-Mr. JI. M. Miller, a large planter of Deech Island, near Augusta, arrived herec yesterday on the Steam Ship Emaily B. Souider, bi inging with him one hun dred German immiigrants and laborers, includ ing several families *f men, women and -'hil dren. We had the pleasure of it visit rroik Mr. Miller at otur office last e'vening,'inA !ar'd that miost of these in-migrants have but ri cently artrived from G rmnary.. Mr. Miller is agent of the Georgia Immigration Company. iis,sinece.,s on his first trip North in the win' tro,diieion of some fifteen German laborers about eight weeks previous to this last imp6r tation, led to the formation of an Tmmigratioi con:pany in his neighbo,rhmood, and his ap pointi:ment as agent to carry out the object of the organization. He again started an a vtsit to N-a York, taiking with himn an old German wh-i had been tiseful to him on his first trip; andI understo'od well thne Gertan character. With this assistance. Mr. Miller was enabled to p'ick out his men and obtained a choice se lect;ion. Hie andi his party leave on a special train at 6 A. M. to-d:iv for Augusta. The terms upon nhi-h these immigrants are employed are: $1l50 per annu!m, withi boar-d and a house, for nach ma:n, and $100;t a y-ear, with board and ihoui'e, fir ea'-h 'f the fe-males. Air. MiWer had orders f'or f4ftv of these per sonls be-fore he left on his way North.*2 NATTONAL '. URRENcY.-The follfowirng is the amniunt of each denomuination of national cui rency issued gp to and including Aptril 12, 1866: - . - - $4.083,318 2's . . - - - 3.122,212 5's - - - - - 303,828.500) 10's. - - - - 69t,170,391 26- - - - - - 7,fl61,120 50's - - - - - 31A.718.015 J's-- - - - 22.2'<3.3:37* 5CO' - - - - ,16i5.000 1000's - - - - - 4.627.000 Tot al - - - $206,278;890 Thne send centen tial attnn-irsar of the Grand Master.,hip of the Prinre Wiii:m Frecderic-k (har les of H olland, over the Gri an.d Lodge of the Ni hierlanids will be celeb,rated at the Hague May 27. %e prince 'e as first elected Grand Master in 1816- There are tifty three workir g I (iges under thtis Grand Orienit. The Grand Loidge ot North ;'arolina pro poses. ini c-onnection wvith the Grand Lodges of the United S:ates, to found a national ma triiiiveri.ity; with a capital stock of $1 non CK