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BY ROBT A, THOMPSON & CO. P1CKENS COU1?T HOUSE, S. C., SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1807.
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VOL II,.NO. 44,
POETRY.
Smile and ba Contented.
The worlil grows oki. and men grow cold
To oaoli while seeking treusurc,
And wini! willi waul, ami caro ami toil,
Wo Hoiroe have time Tor p1oti8U.ro.
Bat never mind, that is a lo93,
Not mitch lo Gc lamented ;
Lifo rolls on gaily if wo will
Bul smile and bc contented.
If wc arc poor ami would be rieb,
It will ant be by pilling:
No, st lindy hearts innl hope fid minds
Arc life's brigbt silver lining.
There's ne'er a mau that dared to hope,
Hath of his choice repented ;
Tho happiest souls on earth arc thoso
Who ?milo a lid uro Cont oil ted.
When grief doth como to rack thc heart,
And tort uno bids us sorrow*,
From hopo wo may a blessing reap,
And consolation borrow.
If thorns will risc where roses bloom,
lt cannot bo prevented ;
So make Mic best of lifo you can,
And smile mid be contented,
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3P O L. I T I O JL, .
Mexican Affairs.
2'art'v. durs of the Sw-rcndcr of tho City of
M xico-lt if/n of Terror ina uijuratcd Itu
the LihcruU - Outrage* - Woodshed - Im
prisonment, Eeeeutimts, Extortions, cte.
Tho "New Voile Times" has correspon
dence from tue City of Mexico covering thc
time front June li) to 20th, inclusive, which
in ikes up a recital more than confirming what
has-been alleged of the universal thirst for
blood among those who call themselves the
Liberals of .Mexico. According to these let
ters it appears that several classes were marked
-out for special persecution, including nuns,
priests, foreigners, Americans, eic , all of
?whom were treated with the greatest inso
lence. The following extracts will give nil
the principal points of the letters :
On the 21sl..of June the. articles of capitu
lation of tim city of Mexico wore signed timi
exchanged at break' of day. and the city was j
occupied hy Pia'/, with his Oajaoa troops, all j
of whom wont in perfect ord -r to the places
that they wore, dire, ted to occupy. Tim sur
render was made at discretion, the Imperil 1.j
(jouerais and oj?iocrs retaining their sword-.
The Austrians, in compliance wi:h th?' tern s \
of the capitulation, ne?n pied the National
Palace. The siogo hud lasted about seventy
nine days. Thc troops ol' the line and caval
ry of the garrison had quite all returned to
/.heir respective homes, which nasa very easy
thing, since the whole army, with but few ex
ceptions, were drafted from the eily. The
Austrians have been paroled. The appoint
ments for the government of the eily were
made at Ta?ubiiVa on the 20th of June. Juan
Hose Paz, thc Chief of Police, is second iu tito
government to Diaz, while tb.-! President and
his cabinet arc delayed on the road from Ss ti
Luis Potosi.
On the night of the 21st, Paz ordered the
nuns to disoecupy tho convents within forty
??gilt hours. 80 from henceforth there are to
bc 110 more convents in Mexico. The disoo
?ctip.ition is gui II g ot) to d ?y, and by sunrise to
monow the StiJ nuns of thiseapit.il will bc
Separated, never, perhaps, to reunite on earth.
Paz also decrees that there will be Collected
an extraordinary tax of one per cont, on real
estate and personal property, and that it must
lie pii<l in three equal instalments, viz : in
three days, fifteen d ivs and thirty days. If
tho tvholn is paid within three d?ys a reduc
tion of 20 per ocut is .made. A heavy pressed
or forced Inn ri could not be collected hero now.
anti the. authorities arc aw ire nf il, bocuUso
there is no tm.nw i-i the c pit il or country,
comparatively spoiling. Thoiv is no money
for ein illation, nm) it will t >ke months to, re- ?
place ?rn ordinary quantity o' coin in circula j
lion, it ihm?! (?rsl bc mined ?.nd coined. The '?
rainy .season is upon us, and commerce is nod ?
vill.be. powcih s- to progress Until the dry sea '
Bon again begins, which will bc in November. |
A few and' but a few, heavy houses have
opened j.but hundreds are ruined and will not
bo able .to resume business until after liquida
tion takes place. Mexico in hil'its branches
is poor, poorer, poorest to-day (lan Mexico
sustain itself? lt is an impossibility, lier
rcvenuo for a year to como will not cover thc
expouses of this last campaign. Sho owes
?1,000,000 to ber army now to ho discharged.
The interest oh-hcr English and Spanish lonu
' is now two yours in arrears. Tho Kreuch
claims will be renounced cn toto, \Vill tho
United States lennon security? " if not,
Bbb must purchase territory," sonic say, " bo
ca uso wo are usn km pt."
OlTY ?F-MEXICO, Juno 25. - President
Juarez yesterday ordered General Diaz to
co?fio tho slaughter., commenced her? by Haz*,
the chief of police, and also instructed him to
miiko no uiot'c imprisonments except in caso
ftO? important personages. Jose'Maria Lacun
as, tho Minister of State-and'the oroutor of
tho Iinportnl Govornmont, presented himself
to tho - authorities os ?don ns ho learned-of
Juar?z'B bfdt?r. Ile hod been outlawed for
two years or m5ro hy tho order of tho Presi
dent, of tho Ropubho. Ho was imprisoned.
It is said tivnt Marquez, Quiroga, Viqaurri,
O'Haran and several other Imperial command*
? crs oscapod tho night of tho surrender to tho
nearest mountains, and gr??t fear? nvo.mitor
taincd that they will gather considerable
forces (ind pronounce for Ortega, Juanda,
Montenegro and Olfara, ?with sortie 12,000
men j hnvo pronoun tod irt tho North for a seb
nrnto and independent Republic Ortega is
reported advancing on Zacateen?. Tho Fronoh
Munster Plenipotentiary, M. Dnno, )I<IH leon
refused Iiis passport, and told that ho ou a not
leave tho country or this capital until the
Kran oil (Jovcrntuoot scuds the body of Juan
Almonte here in exchange for his (Dauo's.)
All priest? of the church appearing ou tim
streets in robes or the hat of his custom are
arrested and fined. A rumor is current thai
tho Government will soon order them to swear
allegiance to thy Ootistitutiou of '57, willoh,
of course, they cannot do.
Thus far no demonstrations have been made
over tho triumph except the ringing of the
hells of the city for about two hours on the
morning of the entrance of Gen. Diu?, stalf
and On jaca troups. Sunday, tho 80 th inst.,
Juarez is expected to enter his capital, when
great demonstrations will undoubtedly he
made. Tho reasons given why lib demonstra
tions of joy were made are various, but we
think it was on account of the universal fear
thal possessed the inhabitant, that then; Would
be a general slaughter and sacking of com
mercial houses.
In a letter dated June 20th, the writer
says :
The erv everywhere since the triumph of
the Eil >Orals is for blood, blood, blood Noth
ing but executions, imprisonments ?md extor
tions have thus far marked thc newera which
has dawned upon Mexico by tho destruction
of the empire, and over which so many prom
ising prophecies were tundo. Eighteen hun
drud men. strangers and Mexicans bearing
anns, have been shot at Queretaro since the
capitulation of that eily ;-and notan evening
has come or a morning broken but what I he
cling of ri fl os sis heard at thc diflcrent public
plazas or squares.
Whenever we hoar these reports at even
tide or at sunrise, we know that some uncoil
detuned Frenchmen, Gentians, or Mexicans
are hoing pierced through' and through by
bullets. No trial allowed-no confession
granted, but ilea til. death, and blood, blood
are demanded by tho so-called Liberal Gov
ernment. So far'as we have seen, with but
few exceptions, it is oom posed of a motley
crowd, and ono thing is cert on, no foreigner
can live here. The persecutions upon all of
them, Americans as well as others, have be
gun in earnest. All t! c consulates and for
eign legations were entered and searched last
evening, n gil inst the.protest of all the respec
tivo consuls, ami ministers. M I ?en ve the coun
try-we don't want you here," are the greet
ings given to all foreign residents.
Tun CONFISCATION BUOUKAU.-Forney's
" Chronicle " of Saturday says in reference to
t'ie bil) of Mr. Julian, providing for the for
faiture of all lands granted to the Southern
States to aid them in thc construction of rail
roads, it ia agreed by intelligent men every
where that however important the policy of
confiscation would have been as a war meas
ure, or as a means of breaking np the grand
funded estates of the South if it had been j
fairly inaugurated in 1802, it. is now too late
io count upon it under any circumstances that
are likely to arise. If Mr. Julian's bill were
adopted, no other confiscation would be nec
essary, for it would supply the necessities of
all, of whatever race or color, who ticed free
hoincs, and thus quiet popular clamor while j
restoring permanent peace and prosperity to
the whole country.
FAY T?IK Pl/HLIO DBUT.-The proposition
lo pay tho. national debt immediately-all in
greenbacks-seems to be meeting with gener
al and universal favor Tho following, from
thc Wa8hingloii (Ohio) *' Register," is a fair
specimen of the voice of the country press,
lt says :
We are in favor of paying off the publie
debt in greenbacks. If they are good enough
for the farmers, mechanics and business men
of the nation, why aro they not got d enough
for the rich men of the country? If thc
public debt was paid off in greenbacks, the
entire wealth of the country would be brought
upon the. tax duplicate, and every mau would
he required to pay taxes according to his
wealth. There would he no rieh men to ex
empt from taxation, while drawing interest tn |
gold on Government bonds, while the masses
of the people were doing business with a rag
?urronoy. Thc nation would save millions
every year in interest, and millions moro .in
premiums upon gold wherewith to pay inter
est to bond holders. The taxes of the people
would be lessoned, and all tho greenbacks de
stroyed by acoidentorothcrcau.se would iuuro
to tho benefit of tho Government. Fay tho
public debt immediately-pay it in green
backs, and let al! the citizens have thc same
kind of money and all pay taxes alike.
-.- -.
DKKPOTIHM AND llAIMCAbISM OoNTUAK
TKD.-Tho Emperor of Austria, a in no li
abused European despot, was crowned King
of Hungary not long since. His first official
act was to oancol all sentences for political of
fences and restore all confiscated estates in his
new kingdom. His next was to present 50,
000 ducats, which ho had just-reoeived from
?tho diet, to the widows and orphans of Hun- I
ga rinn Soldiers, moat of whom fell in rebel
lion against Austria. On the contrary, tho
lend-mouthed party of Liberty in so-oallcd
freo America, scorning to imitate a despot,
have already trampled into the dust the most
unquestioned rights of free-born Southern
iu,on, and long to clutch in their avaraoious
grasp the poor remains of Soi) thorn wealth
Hut we aro assured in tho best of books, that
" the triumph of tho wioked is short/'
TUB venerable Dr*. Strong, of Hartford,
presiding oho year in General A^poiation of.
Con nootiout called noon'a ministerial brother
os follows i Hroth?r Colton, of Bolton; will
you stop this way add pray V Hrothor Col
ton ?'OHO to his feet sud vory solemnly replied :
""My ??oar brother Strong, you do vory wroqR.
to bo making a*rhytoerat tbjl so?tfmu tipio,
Stevens aud His Brethren.
A correspondent of the " New York Her
ald " relates n long conversation with Tillich
Stevens on public men and publie measures.
'.Ve extract the following paragraphs :
i VA DR AND FESS KN D KN--T ll BI ll JEALOUSIES.
Question-You think, then, that a resolu
tion of impeachment could now be carried"?
Mr. Stevens-I think hot. lt would bc
defeated on account of jealousy on tho part of
the opponents of Senator Wiiijo. The contest
between Wade and Kc.-serdcn for the Presi
dency of the Senate wan a very bitter one, and
personal feeling and motives will interfere to
prevent Wade from occupying the Presiden
tial chair, even for a single day. After
Wade's election, Blaine, of Maine, said on
thc floor of tho House, .? this Congress will
never vote i m poach mont. We don't want
any of Ibm. Wade's 1 Shellywaggors' mound
the White Houso." It is this sentiment that
will defeat impeachment. Every little tricky
politician who wants this-man fora post mus-'
(?ir or that man for a constable, and docs not
think lien. Wade will give him what bc wants,
will oppose it.
KKW YORK ABOUT TO BK I.OST.
Question-What do you think, sir, of the
condition of thc republican party in New
York State't
Air. Stevens-I think yon will be killed by
conservatism in New York. Your republi
cans are what the Indian would Call " mighty
uncertain." They have no boldness or set
tled principle. Your last year's platform was
one of the UKHt absurd and cowardly that
could be adopted in a country running rapid
ly to radicalism. Greeley has generally spit
upon snell platforms; but I su'pp?so that he
will be for a still more diluted one next year.
Your representatives are not reliable. I. look
upon I ii. Ill t n as an entirely demoralized mau.
Most (d' tho others areno better than he.
Colliding has hitherto been true, ami I hope
bc will continue so in his new position. 1
believe Now York will be lost tl li's year by
want of earnestness in tho anise, ?rid by the
dish water which b is been th/own around by
Crc ley and Gerrit Smith.
PENNSYLVANIA (IOINC? TOO - CORRUPTION,
CAMERON AND GEARY.
Guest 'on--Ix l.hrjj?rj?p?>l.limin partyjwcll uni
ted in Pennsylvania? " .
.Mr. StcviHis-I fear that wc shall loser
Pennsylvania this next election. I .do no!
think weha v% earnest ness enough in thoriate
to unite and draw out thc Republican strength,
while the Republican portion of our Legisla
lure has been so openly, notoriously and
shamefully corrupt, that ?ll the honest people
in the State are disheartened and di'Kgt&Y?i?,
Question - You do not suppose t hat you can
beat New York '" corruption, do you?
Mr. Stevens-1 think wc could. Cameron
had his men with their hands full of green
backs, working in the L?gislature, fie had
not fourteen votes in his favor at the close of
the election, hut soon after bc had forty One
man now claims $50,000 for services, and
they refuse to pay him. This corruption will
certainly beat us here next election, unless Wc
draw out tho Republican strength by getting
up a furor and excitement on impeachment.
Geary, too, hurts us very much. He is an
unhappy failure, and his nomination was uti
unfortunate thing for thc party.
BUTLER.
Gen Rutler, according to Old Thad, is* a'
thorough failure as a Congressman. 4< At '
first," said Mr. Stevens, I bad looked upoti
him as a man with whom it would bedangor
ous to measure swords in a debate. Rut I
soon found that bc had obtained a reputation
under false pretenses Ile is at ouco superfi
cial, weak and impracticable."
THK NEXT Pit ESI DENT.
Upon thc subject of thc next Presidency,
Old Thad is not disposed to bo communica
tive Ile regards Gen. Grant as a great sold
ier, who has the best position any man can
ever occupy in tho United States, and docs
not believe he would be foolish enough to
look for any other. Ile thinks a success ns a
general.may bo a failure as a President Chase
lie regards'as a negative mau, by no means
popular or powerful. lintier is a humbug.
Old Ron Wade has played himself out. In
fact, it is probable that Old Tl nd believes in
tho inmost recesses of his heart that if, in thc
course of huma II events, tho country should
lofik to Lancaster for ita next President, and
should lind him in a two and a half story red
brick house on South Queen street, thc coun
try would do by no means a foolish thing,
mid would bc very likely to find " Rarkis i's
willing."
THE Rock Ldnnd Argus, alluding to thc
advertisement for tho tpt?ru'?f ? silver com
munkm set, says :
.? New England is not the only place where
stolen articles from the South may be found
A search in Rook Island county would disclose
the fact that eoine very finn professors.of re
ligion are using articles in their houses which
they ought to bo asliamcd to keep fron -heir
proper ownors. There is a very large und
valuablo silver waiter in a certain house in ti.'8
city, tho true history pf wliich wo should bo
glnd to. know. There nr? other articles of sil
verware in tho city and county, whioh aro re
ported to have hoon stolon frqin thc people of
tho South. There aro also horses, harness, |
enrriagos and other articles, in this oily and
County which woro stolon from tho peoplo of
tho South." , . ?
Gov. CRAWFORD, of Konsns, deeluros thht
5,000 persons have boon killed by the Indians
within tho p?stye?f. JW Acolares that' if
Congress Vvill not protect Kansas and'herin
torost, ho will tako tho- matter in his own
habds. .
South Curolina-Report of her Agricultu
ral Condition aud Profpects.
Mr. Theo. C. Peters, of tho United States
Agricultural Department, has made a report
to tim Commissioner un tho agricultural cou
ditiotj cf. tho South. The following is the
Hectio^^?f tho report which treats of this
Bo?>g well ?dtuatud for tho cultivation of
rico omi cotton, and having a surplus of labor,
this State has devoted its agriculture to thc
cultivation of these two merchantable products
to the neglect of all her other agricultural re
sources. In proportion to area she lina hut
littlo more poor soil than North Carolina,
while* io lier rice lands and sea islands she has
much that is superior.
Cotton.-The census shows that there was
grown, KS reported, 808,412 halos; how much
of this was sea island and how much upland
docs not appear, while tho quantity planted
is in excUss of last year. It is safe to esti
mate that not over one half of thc land plan
ted ih 1859 and 18(30 ia now being worked,
while through the region known as "Sher
man's track," the same causes which compelled
the abandonment of fields after they had been
planted ?nd partially worked in North Caro
lina nh* produced like results, only toa larger
extOpt herc Sonic have been compelled to
abandon entirely and at once, while others
have 'discharged their hands and teams, and
workcil with their families in order to make
some cuni and a little cotton to save them from
Cutup starvation.
While mud) relief has come to many of
thesi? people, but a small portion have been
relieved, from impossibility of getting con
vcytpioe to Hud the suffering or tosend relie?'
when found. If the history of the past, and
present suffering of these people in Inc Caro
lina?,'. Georgia, portions of Alabama, and Mis
sissippi is ever fully written, an amount of
sn Hering will bo disclosed that has lind no
uti ral) in the Union. Even if thc season
be most propitious, there will yet be, until
another planting and another harvest, untold
miser) and starvation.
It will hardly be credited that whole fami
lies have had no meat for weeks ; that they
have lad but one meal a day, and that of
pound-id corn. Often they have denied them
^.V^stehu/lii'Vo'oiy a^?Hi?Jtof?b i/un)
the fields and woods. In ouc instance a hus
band had travelled some sixty miles to a rela
tive, who had loaned him a cow then in milk.
;nd there was joy in that family when the
cow cattle. They hail tasted no food for weeks
hut roots and herbs, and were weak and elim
inated, but tho milk restored their vigor. Tho
man also brought a small parcel of seed corn,
?md the cow was harnessed to the plough and
il small patch of land was prepared for a fu
ture crop. This family consisted of father,
mother, and live, children. To the question,
'? Why don't yon work V " 0, sir, tell us
where we can get oven a peek of cuni or a
pound of pork, and we will most gladly work,
but even body is like we ure." And this is
the condition of thousands.
Corn.-More has been planted this year
than last. In many instances hut.little cot
ton is planted, and tho energies of tho farm
devoted to com. Yet they oro till so badly
in debtthat an effort is made to grow all the
cotton possible. In the census thc corn crop
is put down at 15,0G5',t>0G bushels. It will
fall far below that this year. I doubt if it
reaches half. To furnish any permanent re
lief it should bo double. The plant is well
cultivated and looks promising.
Wheat.-Only ?.28f),G8 1 bushels ure re
ported by the census for this State. Por the
lack of seed and labor but a small breadth
was sown last year; it is being harvested in
good condition and yields well, but so press
ing aro tho wants of dispeople that but a lit
tle will be left for seed.' In many instances
thc green wheat' and rye have been cut up
and fed'tb tho mules to enable tho farmers to
work their growing Cotton and corn crops?
Oats.-Hut a small crop, only 030,074 bush
els, were made, as reported by thc census ; it
is, therefore, of small consequence, though
an effort has boen made this 3'e'nr to sow con
siderable, but tho scarcity of tho scod and thc
poverty Of tho people have prevented arty
thiuGfliko tho usut.l breadth being put in!
7?fcc..-T'ho census reported 110,100,528
pounds of hulled or merchantable rioe. Tho
groat destruction of thc expensive fixtures on
the rico plantations by tho war has nearly
broken up the cultivation ; added to thia is
want of capital and of labor, and the cultiva
tion of a plantation is thc exception rathci
than the rule, nor will the vast rice fields be
again cultivated till a new system of labor if
established ; resort must bo had to thc Chi
nese. If proper efforts are made. I have nc
doubt abundant labor of that kind could bc
procured at San Francisco. And the China
man once domiciled on these plantations, then
will bo no further want for labor, and chciij
labor, too, for there is scarcely any piuco 01
this continent whore a 'Chinaman pan live ?<
cheap as on thc rico pbintations'of the South
Tobacco.- Thc crop boa been considered 0
small coiiscnucneo in this Sta.A, thc ccnsui
only reporting .104,012 pounds. Wliethe
t liceo be really difiioUlties of soil or climate
or both, in tho way of successful apd profita
bio oahiVation, I did not learn! A? a parto
tho State is-of)-tho samo rango of tho Wu
Rtdgo with Virginia and North Carolinq
?thorp*seotns .no good-reason why it cauuot'b
grown' as, woll as in those States.
W? know that all is true that Mr. Petci
soys regarding tho misery and want that 0}
?st in our State, and wo must agree with hil
in his est i mate of tho importance of Cucou
aging Immigration.
Hore ls mao's only comfort in groat afflict io
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From Washington.
WASHINGTON, July 17.-The veto mes
sngo will probably bo delayed. Instead.of a
formal veto and protest on grounds already
argued, an elaborate and carefully prepared
State paper will bc presentid by the Presi
dent. . .,,
A deputation from the Sr^tb bas' arrived
here, for the purpose of ondi"'voring toBccdrc
relief and means to repair tho levees. Thc
question is much discussed. .
It is understood that the cotton cases in
volving reclamation hy loyal owners, which
were decided against the Government by the
('onrt of Claims, will bc appealed from. The
The amount involved is three million dollars.
WAS..IN(?TON, July 17. -In tho Senate,
Mr. Wilson proposed thc following as au
amendment to thc Constitution, which was
ordered to be printed :
.J No distinction shall bc made by the 1 ui
ted States, nor any State, among citizens in
their civil or political rights, on account of
race or color."
Thc Hill for carrying out the agreement
made by thc Convention with Venezuela, was
passed.
A Bill providing that no person shall be
disqualified by reason of race or color froui
holding office in the District of Columbia, was
passed hy a vote of 25 ayes to ? nays. The
latter were .Messrs. Bayard, Buekalew, Davis,
Hendricks and Johnson.
Indian affairs were then discussed until the
hour of adjournment.
In thc House of Representatives, tho Sec
retory of the Navy sent in a communication
showing that Admirals Farragut and Golds
borough were the only naval officers ifh? had
been fifty-five years in ser 'co
Mr. Butler rose toa question of privilege,
and made certain allegations in reference to
the treatment of Federal prisoners. ?
A colloquy ensued, in the course of which
Mr. Baldwin asked Mr. ICIdridge, whether he
expected the House to take Gen. Child's state- j
ment in preference to thc testimony and state
ments of Union officers.
Fldridge replied that he believed General 1
Butler himself would not deny that General .
Ould was a highly honorable and conscien
tious man. This occasioned much sneering
and laughter on the Republican aide,
nc Tino r?iluV?rh f&lifir^fUl&r'Vr^^ty^.J,UftJWC .
and conscientious man, but that when a man
committed treason, he was like a woman who
had fallen from virtue-ready for any crime
-and that from that hour no one knew where
to (iud him.
Mr. Eldridge reminded Mr. Butler that in
making that statement he had forgotten thc
eminent men who had gone info rebellion,
mich as Hancock, Adams and Washington. |
[ Hisses.] Every one of ?hem had been called ?
i rebel, and every one of thom had been a .
rebel [continued hisses,] ltitil thc rebellion
became a success. . ,
A resolution was introduced, and, under a ,
suspension of thc rules, passed by a strict \
party vote. That thc doctrino announced hy
the President, that the abrogation of the rebel
States binds the nation to pay their debts
which were incurred prior to the rebellion, is ,
at war with tho principles of international
law and a stab at the National credit, abhor
rent to every sentiment of loyalty and pleas
ing only to traitors, their ai lies ana sympafhi
zers, hy whose agenoy only tho Governments
of "said States were t?irnwn down.
The Senate Bill conferring on negroes in
the District of Columbia the riirht to hold
office, was amended so as to include abo the
right to sit on juries, and was then referred
to tho Judiciary Committee.
A resolution requesting the President to
issue a Proclamation, directing all proper
officers to prevent the invasion of Mexico, was
referred to tho Committee on Foreign Affairs.
WASHINGTON. July 18.-In the Senate,
a joint resolution Was introduced extending
thc steam mail service to China. The. Com
mittee on Foreign Relations was authorized to
inquire how many Mexican soldiers were ex
ecuted under Ma.ximillian's decree. Wilson
introduced a resolution lauding tho Mexicans,
which was referred. Thc consideration of
Indian affairs was resumed, and tho bill final
ly p.tr,sed. lt provide? for a commission' to
obtain peace, if posaiblo; but otherwise, 4-,
OOO holder soldiers are to push tho war. Ad.''
journed.
In tho House, Mr. Soho?eld offered a ros.
olution directing tho Scoretary of the Treas
ury to withhold payment of 3-,000,000, for
the cotton claims awarded hythe. Court of
Claims. Ile said the claims could bo exam
ined by tho proper committee at tho next ses
sion, and paid by. appropriation, if found cor
rect ; passed. A resolution authorizing tho
Committee on Southern Railroads to proceed
by sub-commiltees passed. Mr. Robinson
asked lenVoto introduco a preamble and reso
lution to removo . the raw cotton tax. Messr?.
Allison and Benjamin objected. Resolutions
sympathizing with Canada wore passed. Mr.
Bingham sont to thc OlorkV desk, and had j
read, tho following' telegram; received by him
to-day,from General Sioklcs : Thanks for ,
your handsome reply to Mr. Eldridge. You
may rcliovo his anxiety with tho consoling in
formation that my equipage has not cost him
or any pf his friends anything? Said equipage
boing tiio ohcer?fthcd gift of colleagues of tho
Third Army .Corps." ' Mr. Ijogan offered a
preamble and resolutions, which was passed,
reciting tho general rumor that artnod expedi
tions aro hoing organized in thia oountr.y
aghinRt tho .Republic ?f.Moxlco, at varianco
with tho feelings r.nd wishes of all giod ci ti
rons of tho United States, and contrary to es
tablished puMlo policy ) and respectfully re
questing tho President to issue a proclamation
requiring all -.-proper offioers of tho United
Stilton jo prevent suoh unlawful organisations.
Ijciug formed, sud -waroing all porsons who
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depart from the, ?b i ted States ou such expe
ditious tliat they will forfeit all rights to pro?
tection under thc law? of tho United States.
A substitute was offered for tba Senate bill
guaranteeing tqual rights in. the District,
striking out tho word " white" wherever it
occurred in charter ordinances or law3; pass
ed. Adjourned. ?
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MR. THADDEUS STEVENS^U bis recent in
terview yb li tho " Now Yot lc ITernlu*'' rc
porter, gives tho following os Ina s?beme of
providing for thc '.' nation's wards " Confis
cation (not so very "mild," however^).'is of ?
course the means by which this ideu is tobo
curried out. He says,: " I would give every
adult freedman, who was thc head of n fumily,
a small holding, say of forty or fifty acres, out
of thc lapd'a of tljcjr former masters. If I
could not find enough in the old plantations
upon which they were owned, I would tunko
it up out of tho adjoining land, so that every
freedman might remain on thc spot where ho .
was raised, and if bc could not find other la
bor, be could occupy himself and support his
family by Working his own farm at home. I
think this would be productive of good to tho
whole country and to all classes of men-to
the former masters as well as to thc former
slaves. The freedmen would then bc an in
dependent yeomanry,, feeling their own free
dom ?nd manhood and self-reliance, which
would bc better for them than the ballot.
This, sir, is what I would like to do, if 1 live
and have the power to do it. Hut at thc pres
ent moment, considering thc demoralized con
dition of tho Republican party-for it is badly
demoralized-I may content myself with the
payment of thc losses of loyal citizens by tho
war, and the provision of homesteads for the
freedmen, and with such mild corifibeation ns
may bo necessary to accomplish tbeso objects.
I shall not, under any circumstances, feel sat
isfied with less than this."
HON. W. W. Boyen.-We fiad tho follow .
ing brief extract of a'letter from our former
Representative in Congress in the " Cl?ren
Jon Press." It is addressed to Mr Gallu
cbat, of that Distriot :
A word as lo public matters. I think our
people o? g ht to register and participate in tho
elections. To do nothing, will be to commit
selves thereby tho friends of tho colored peo
ple. Our people should recognize what is in
evitable in regard to' the legal and political
rights of the blacks, and grant, of their own
volition, what will bc given in spite of them.
Hy this course, harmony between the two ra
ces will bc maintained, and political power in
the State will romain in safe himds. All ex
pressions, ;lhrough the press or otherwise
against tWidmoinant p^rty boro should bo
i voided li is impossible at this time for tho
Democratic party', to help tho South. Tho
L'reat object with the South now should be to
?ct established in their political right?. Then
a feeling of confidence will take tho placo of
present insecurity, and capital flow in from
the North.
I feel intensely for thc unhappy condition
of my Southern friends. You must not bo
discouraged-struggle on-affairs must im
prove.
Willi hind wishos, your friend,
WILLIAM W. BOYCE.
FENIAN EXPEDITION.-Thc Fenian ex
citement is reviving in this city, and the au
thorities of thc Brotherhood prcdietthnt with
in three months Canada's population will be
increased by 30,000 mon, in green and gold,
nrmcd and equipped for a campaign. Io tho
Arsenal on Fourth street there are 15,000
uniforms, and twice that number of rifles with
fixed ammunitiou. The name of tho loader
that is to be has not yet been spoken in pub
lic, but hints nro thrown out about on officer
of high rank in thc Federal tinny, who hos
bandied large and small bodies of troops skill
fully during the late war; but a rumor elso
exists that'unless an organized army of 80k000'
men, weirpqnippcd and officered, is prepared
for him," ho will not accept tho commanding
generalship. In tl o'West and in tho Now
JOngland States everything is'reported ready
for strife, and Manhattan is only delinquent
to'tho extent of raising her quota of 5,000
men.-ATeio Yprk Tribune.
llAiT.uo'A'ns.-The Un\tod States has mor?
miles of railroad in operation than any other
country in the World,- 30,890 hoing its rqtni*
tiing order. Next conies Great lbitaiu and
Ireland, with 13,280 milesj Franco, with.
8,982 miles; Prussia, with 5,795 miles; Ausr
tria, with 8,831 miles; British India, with
3,379 milos; Italy, with8/218.miloB;. Spuio,
with 3,116 miles ; Kassia, with 2,775 miles; ?
anil Canada, 2,148 miles. Thorp aro in Eu-A
rope 50,117 miles ; irt America, 4t)j8?? milos y
Asia, 3,660 miles; Africa, 378 miles', *tui
Australia, 808 milos. ) '
THE wheal crop of tho "Chit?d Slate? ie
snid by experienced farmers nod dosiers in tho
West to bo tho largest crop over gfowb in
this country, and it is estimated at tho enor
mous amount of 225,000,0.00;bushels.
SAFE MAXIMS.--'A peor boy*, having writ
ten, asking what ho should do to boeomeriou.
Horace Grcoly gives him thc following good,
advice, :
1st. Firmly resolvo-never to owo.f debt.
2d. Acquire promptly and thoroughly some
useful calling. -
I 8d. Resolvo not U? be a rofe* ; / whore you
havo stuck your ptako stand by it- ?
4 th Comprehend that there is work ld m out
evotywlioro for him wno oso t?o ?U
5th. Realize that bc who earns sixpouso ?
day moro than he spends must get rich, while
ho who spend sjipouce moto .titan bo cartu
mttstV'?Ouic poor.
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