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. . . ' ? ? . ".' ii?'i,?????I ????-_L:?..,<'?^?T~'>>^^ i^^^ -**^t??a5?j Northern Public Opinion. After tho adjournment of Congress, tho ?suai serenado was given to prominent Cou .gressmo?.at Washington. Doing called on, , Spoa'kcr COLFAX said : Has Congress required tho rntificntiou of ? constitutional amendment ? 8o did tho . President. Has Congress established a tiv^t oath/? So did the President. Our crime is, I suppo80t thut we providjed that those whom tho nrftion has made freo should have the freeman's ballot for their protection, while the President did not. But the results ot' bis . policy strikingly contrast with tb? results of ours. Thc nation looked on to ?ce what fruits would result from bis action, und what were 1 they ? (n ucarly every State the rebel power .resumed Its authority, and became doini tia nt ? iu their executive, legislative and judicial dc partmouts. Tho vagrant and labor laws, vir tually ro-.onslaving the dhioneipated followed, and murdors, outrages, r" Us und massacres crowned tho whole. Loyal men were under foot, and tho revivified spirit of rebellion was triumphant. With our duty to our country, and on our oath, wo could not ailinn and legalize this pol icy ; aud hence thc legislative action wo have, sinco taken. Approved in the past as we have been,,! oanuot doubt even u more triumphant indorsement hereafter, [Applause.! ;j_vJ?<? Tho President appeals to tho ballot-box; . and so do^vo, and by its decision wo uro wil ling tostaud- or fall. In 1862, in the dark est hour of tho war, aiuid disaster and reverse, tho ballot-box sustained tis, and returned a Republican . majority in Congress. In 1801 wo wcro compelled to accept all tho odium of conscription, the heavy burdens of taxation ueccssary for our national credit, and to keep Our flag flying in the field, the charges of our enemies that men were being drafted from their homes to free negroes, and the denunciations against tho war asa failure; but with tho simple motto of our country," under tho lead of our noble President (would to God bc wove living to-day 1) wc won a magnificent triumph. [Applause} In 18G6, wlieji President Johnson turned bis back on .thc party which elected bim, traversed thc country making speeches, to bi .road by miliious, denouncing us-with bb whole Cabinet against us, with but ono bon brablo exception-[applause and cries ol . "Stanton !"J-with thc-wholo power and pa tronago of tho .government thrown in tb? scale of Our enemies, wea ppealcd again to tin baflot-box, winniiig'tho most magnificent vic toryvovcr known in our political history. [Ap plauso.] But this will be eclipsed by th coming victory in, 1868, when we shall pike iu.the 'ofliccs of the government tlnae wh will bo faithful to libel ty. "justice and loyalty "Wo ask no moro, and will accept no less. . Aud-this victory will be swelled by thc vote of reconstructed South. When they returi as they will, in accordance with the term prescribed in our legislation, they will retur with'magnificent majorities for the right.~ [Applause.] They will come buck, lcd ti ?they must be, by'.those who have been fuithfi to thc Union in its darkest hours. They wi join with us of the North, under thc inspi ing influence of free labor and free men, i the march of ?owor, prosperity and progre and wo will join with thom in so lcgislatii that hereafter,' in this noble land, there slit ?be uo mau so poor, so bumble, or so pbscu _?t. .?-I--"n* fv wyn)' u nu w Uill'tile DI lot, which shall vindicate his rights, in 1 own right band. [Applause.]. And all tl loyal people shall say amen aud amen. [Loi applause.] . At the conclusion of Speaker Col i fa s speech three cheers were given by the assci bled orowd, which then proceeded to the rc -dence of Senator Sumner. Several airs we played, but the Senator did not resnond. T {tarty next called upon Seuator Yates, at W ard'a Hotel. Senator Yates waa introduced to thc asset . blagc, audaftcr a few preliminary remarks, s ted that bc presumed thc serenade was not ti dered to bim ns an individual,-but ns an.adi cate of Republican principles and a merni of that body-which bas been true to its pr ciples and its country. Tho. nation ha's just passed through a ?antic war, but through thc aid of Divi Providence, the Star Spangled Barnier agi waves over tlie*land from Maine to Cul i for r ribo South has accepted the situation. - WI . v is that situation ? It is that no rebel shall cupy .a place in thc administration of our tional affairs.' Tho speaker did not besit to say that a greater rebel than Jefferson 1 vis or Beauregard is to day sheltered iu 1 walls of thc White House. Being a Sena he could, not say thc President ought to impeached, but would say that there was s fioicnt evidence in possession of thc Ho Judiciary Committee to justify inipencbmc . t Tho Republican party must acoe.pt the ualion in another respect. There lins bee war in Mexico. Maximilian bas been exe ted and tho-Dcmocratio p?rty is exprcss'inp disapprobation of the net. Thc Republic .should stund by Juarez and the Liberal G ernrticiit. It is thc duty of our governni . to declare that no foreign prinr.c or potcu sholl establish a government or. American t If* nccocsnary, let war bc declared against country that attempts to supplnut lilx ih AmCrioa. The Republican party bas dared that equal suffrage shall exist in District of Columbia, and the Southern Sta No# ?hoy mu3t do for the North as t had done for tho South and cnterposo suffi Upon every State. Thus it is that Repu cans mwt accept tho situation. Lot us w unfil nb robel ono stand in placo of trust {lower-until no foreign government s tavo a foothold on this continent, and ti liberty is perpetuated on all American soil Daring tho delivery.of tbeso remarks uncakcr was frequently applauded. Tn < .'elusion cheers woro fiivoti, after which ' crowd dispersed. THE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.-W Congress met, three weeks ogo, there was si slight reason for tho fear that the" reopen of tho question of Reconstruction woubi seized as an opportunity to begin again fi tho foundations. Mr. Stnnborry bad dor tho validity, of tho vory prinoiplcsof thc 1 which, Sftor two yoars discussion, Cong had settled, The gentlemen in Congress/ believed (hst tho conditions laid down sh< . have boon accompanied with penalties, v dotorminod to urge their defeated plans, tho advocates of impeachment wore nnx . to mab? tho opinion of tho Attorney-Gen on occasion for deposing tho Pr?sident, tho wiser majority understood that th? t . prossing duty of Congress was tho feet #*ntof tho ?l?construol?.on laws in; a 1 not to bQ questioned or evaded, and bnvo ex ecuted tbut duty with *a thoroughness and moderation which cannot bo too highly com mended. Congress limited its further logis tiou to subjects of imincdiato importance, di recting inquiry into om Mexican relations, and requiring thc House Judiciary Committee to present tho testimony obtained at tho be ginning of tho next session. Thiswise and moderate spirit is faithfully expressed in Mr. Calfux'i speech elsewhere printed-ono of thc very best exhibits of thc political situa tion wo have read. Terse, clear, compact, logical, temperate, yet Orin, it will be read thr lughout tho land with hearty', enthusias tic approval. Wo doubt whether a single elector who voted to sustuin Congress iu 18UG will fail to doso.in 18117. A great many ru3h, unwise projects aro broached in either House, but how few of them ever obtained any sort of sanction ! Mr.'"Stevens is tho oldest and ablest Repre sentative ; yet his Confiscation scheine, though pressed for many months, bas not yet been oven seconded ; and he, positive and brave ns he is, luis never yet ventured to ask a vote upon it. Impeachment, though zealously pushed, bas luado no headway, und never will make any unless Mr. Johnson insists on be ing impeached by refusing to execute the laws. Meantime, tho practical work of Re construction goes steadily forward ut thc South, aud will.bo completed iu, season to allow every State to-be represented in the prose nt-Congress and to bc heard iu thc choice of our next President.' Thc People arc eulin as* well us earnest, and tho country is steadily returning to its normal condition of concord, security and prosperity.-New York Tribune. -?Mmimrannwtl. .?Tf ROBT. A. THOMPSON, Editor. R. A. THOMPSON & HORT. YOUNG, pfc o PH IE TO its. y IC R M S.-On* Dollar und Twenty Jive cents, strict/i/ in miranee, for six months Subscription. flGy Advertisements inserted ?/ ?1 ?ter se?are of ten lines or less fur the first insertion, and ?l> cents for each subsequent inst rt ion. ' 0?&" Obituary Notices exceeding Jive lines, Trib .utes of Respect, Communications of ? persono/ character, and Announcements of Candidates, will bc chary?d for as advertisements f?f??" Joli Ptinting neatly cud chcttpty executed. B&iy* Payment can be made in currency, orin pro vision al thc market rates. tygjf* Necefsity. compels us to adh?re strictly tu thc requirement of cash payment. PICKENS C. H., S. C. : Saturday Morning, August 3, 1867 The post office at KastatOO has been re opened, and Miss F. C. MCKINNEY ap pointed postmistress. Wc hope that an earn est effort will bc made to re open ull the post offices in thc district Wo arc bearing our share of tho burdens of tho government, and receiving very few of its bendita. t?tj- A new mail route, connecting Walhal la with Clarkcsvillc, Ga., hus been established. The mail on this route leaves Walhalla on "*--'.?.r~_. JJSyGov. PERRY bas written another let ter on reconstruction, lie continues to run his old schedule. Wc shall ondcovor to make room for it in our next issue. /ST In New York, on thc 31st ult , oof ton wns quoted at 27 to 28; flour, 8C to 81(5; corn, 81 to $1.04 j wheat, 82.10 to $2.60. RC??F After registration bas been perfected, thc commanding General apportions tho num ber of delegates to bc elected amongst the different Districts according to the number of j persons registered in each ; giving as many delegates as there are representatives in the most numerous branch of the Stute Legisla ture. Thc District, therefore, which regis ters most will have thc largest number of del egates. ?tiT On Thursday morning rain commen ced falling gently, with the prospect of a good season. H was greatly needed . There is a fine corn prospect. jtarTho Baptist Stnte Convention assem bled at Anderson on Friday tho 26th, and adjourned on the Tuesday following. Next week, wc hopo to be able to print such of thc proceedings as are of general interest. Veto Messego of the President. Wo lay before our readers thc message, of thc President of the United States, vetoing the second supplementary reconstruction bill passed by Congress. Tho President, with quito a ncinbcr of Southern men, have failed to be impressed with tho inexorable logic of events, or aro wilfully blind. Thc bonn it may descant, as ho pleases, on the constitu tion of tho paso and 'consistency generally; but for tho ruler of a people not to profit by tho experience of tho past or tho necessities of tho present, is not only unwise but'unwor thy to rule over us. Doubtless the President, with not a few of (bc Southern people, will nwqkcn to tho realities of the present emer gency when it is too lute. Thc health officor of Now York makes some suggestive statements tQuohing il tho murder of tho innocents." It seems that lust week ono hundred childron died whoso I?VCB might-have been saved. They wore sacrificed to the prevailing system of over crowding in .tenement houses, and to tho lack of proper care lind nurture. When a child is whipped or Otherwise tortured to death, public senti ment manifests itself in an out-hurst of indig nation. Is not tho slower, and, therefore, tho less hooking process of chi Id-killing to which the health officer refers deserving of somo at tention ? .L J^* WM, S. HASTIE, Esq., has been ap pointed Sheriff of Charleston district, by Gen SICKLES, in plaoo of Col. CAREW,whoso term of office hod expired. lUL'jJl'.-ljJJ'Ll.'LliLLl JLJLl-".._HALL",ol' ?!.'**!=.* Union Republican Convention A body styling itself tbo " Unioa./Repub bean Convention of South .Carolins," luis been in session iu Columbia. Wo publish in to day's, paper a synopsis of tho proceedings, including tbo platform adopted. ' -W^agree | .with tho " Phoenix," that tho oorivqntiou did nqt represent tho people of the State j-and that the platform adopted is uot Butch os to meet thc approbation of tho ropubljoau ele ment in tho State. What, thou, is to bo done ? Shrill wo stand' still und allow thc government of tho State to pass under the control of thc rulers of tnis con vention, or by participating in a new move ment make au effort to restore tho State to tho Union on a fairer, more just, and* enduring basis ? Wo greatly prefer this latter course, and urge upon our peoplo to inuko tho eflbrt. Let our citizens, without rc fe rc nco to previous condition, como forward'-harmonize and or ganize-and lay down a platform upop which every mun, who desires a restoration of the State, to the Union on the bahia of thc recon struction nets of Congress, can stand.-' On tVis subject, wc appond the suggestions of the Columbia Pheonix." . Itft?s: " Rut we come, now, to outSsW^p^mti ; f\>r however opposed wo may be to tho formation of parties in this State, yet this .convection hus taught, or ought to leaoh, .the people an impressive lesson. They must1 uot, br let all their rights and liberties go by default. The time for registration, ut furthest, is dot sixty days off, and unless we have wilfully blind folded our eyes, tho destinies of tho State of South Carolina will be handed over to men having no part or lot umong ber people-un scrupulous purtiauusj or their moro honest dupes. "Thc position of this journal is woll known -that which it bas aimed ut, and what it is now anxious to accomplish is, thc restoration of the "State to thc Union, in the speediest way, and.in compliance with thc reconstru? (ion Acts of Congress. Thia requires no platform " - no discussion of agrarian doc trines-no discrimination of luce or color. Therefore, we suggest tbut" the conservative leading men of Soutb Cu roi ?me'-njen who know ber present needs-men who jiv iden tified with her dearest interests-inca whose ancestral homesteads cause' them tirrjjeavo to her soil-to call a State Convention'.of the true representatives of thc people of South Carolina, both white and colored, Ilia', thc in terests of the State may not be sacrificed to apathy and indifference. Let the delegates to this convention be elected by tliC^pcople, black and white, in every District aiid i'arish in the State, and, in this way, we will have a convention of the people. As to naines, it matters little ; all good men will uniteju this conservative movement, fo set thc. State/right before the country in ber efforts for recon struction and restoration " J?ew Advertisements. ) PUBLIC MEETING.-A public meeting is I advertised to take place at Walhalla fm Fri day the 0th day of August, instant. JTcvcra! Everybody is invited to atteud. REGISTRATION.-The order of Cen. SICK LES, appointing Registers for thoposfc-of An son, appears in our columns. T*h? gentlemen appointed are, so far ns we know, unexcep tionable. Theirs is a delicate duty. COLLECTOR'S SALK.-Mr. Colin, Deputy Collector, offers sonic valuable property for sale, for the payment of taxes. CITATION-Letters of administration tobe granted bj the Ordinary on the F.stuleof JAS | M. TAYLOR. What the President will Do. Thc "National Intelligencer," (scmi-ofBcial) says : " It is understood in well informed circles that tho President will cheerfully ?md protnptly enter upon the execution of the Re construction Act of the last session of Con gress, giving, if occasion requires, 'explicit instructions to tho Commanding Goberais. The utmost cure will be taken to guard against possible ollisinn with tho generally under stood wishes 06Congress. It is believed, how ever, that all thc Cabinet are agreed upon the principle that thc President of thc United States, under the Constitution, has no power to exonerate himself from ultimate responsi bility for all executive action under tho Gov ernment, to tho extent that he 'shall take care that thc laws are faithfully executed ' Should an occasion unfortunately loree itself, or bo forced, upon him, in. which he must consent to bc disobeyed or supplanted from his constitutional jurisdiction, or else require bia commands, nuder tho law, to be Implicitly obeyed, by the power of thc army and navy, if necessary, there is, we aro satisfied, no au thority for saying what lino of action thc ad ministi.>Mon would adopt." ! Cotton Prospecta From intelligent sources wc. havol learned that with a good season and good luck to thc last picking, says thc "New York Herald," our Southern cotton crop of this year's plant ing will probably amount to 2,f)00,000 bales. From recent advices, however, wc are sorry to say that the prospect for a good gc 11 arni crop is not encouraging. Thc late floods iu Nortli and South Carolina have diam considerable dntnage to tho tender plant just making what they call " a good stand." In tho next place, the planters, from North Oarolino to Toxas, complain of tho want of that careful plough ing, hoeing ond cleaning out of tho weeds which aro indispensable toa vigorous growth, of tho cotton, but which cannot bo procured from tho freedmen, who will not,' -evan when most urgently needed, do tho dgy's work re quired: mid lastly, in tho prodiiptivoJYcgions of tho Mbnfch-west wo aro told that the cotton fields drowned out by rccont floods howe boen .eaton out by tho torriblonrmy worm.' A uni mst all these drawbacks, if not largely exaggerated. wo must give up our calculations of a good1 Southern .cotton crop this year ; but still, with a * { margin for the croakers, consider ing tho o. ead th of laud planted, it will have proved a bad season indeed if it fails to givo a return of less than ?,500,000 balssV Registration. Very soon, says tho " Camdon Journal," our people will bc' called upon to register, or to forfeit ull voice and influence in the reor ganization of tho State Government, tho foi'? mation of the Constitution, under which they und their children arc to be goverued, and tho framing of the laws under wbicb they aro to live. It js one of the saddest exhibitions of thc times, that a sort of paralysis of riidift'cr ?neo, or impracticable and uuwisc adhesion to constitutional and political theories, lotigsiuco jovcrcd by tho stern logic of events, written indelibly upon our history, by tho ruler of the Universe, possesses a large portion of thc peo ple of tho South. In Virginia, where the ivbite population are largely in thc ascendancy, ?t last recounts, it was very doubtful whether Mo Stale bad tint been turned over to negro rule by the neglect of the whites to register. Cl) Georgia, thc same result is seriously appre hended. No"w, what possible excuse can dioso men render to themselves, who by tb ie neglect of tb? simple duty of registration, thus fatally wrong the State ? In Georgia, tinder tho lead of Stevens, Toombs, Hilf Johnson aud others, the old democratic part) io revived. Tho organization of national par ties at this time, can have no possible elYee hut further to distract and divide thc South ern whites, and incense their implacable a lit powerful antagonist. If the white people o Georgiti are divided, as they must he, betweei the counsels of Gov. Brown, on the ono bani and these old line democrats on t hc other, tb neuro will rule Georgia certainly and inevitn bly. This is no time to make new issues, no to revive old ones. What we need is to ot gani/.u Stale governments upon sonic sure b: sis, rescue our race from hostile ?and degradin domination. Thin must be. rhine. lt can b dene by dealing wisely with the stormy eh llibnts which surround us. Not by drawin party lines, nor by arraying race against rai to our common ruin but by uniting all ram and classes in a common cll'ort to proniol their true interest, as citizens of tho san Stale, ull alike, dependent upon her wella i and prosperity, and mutually dependent upi each other lt may now be too late, but n honest, united anil intelligent cll'ort of 01 people in this direction, would have, insun success. Hut .surely no good can result fro a voluntary forfeiture of tb- right to vot whet her any good is to come of registrat ii or not. If thc white people fail to registe it will be laid at thc door of rebellious ooSI liney, and may lead to the permanent disfra nbisomout, hy a provision of the new Sta Constitution, of all who willingly omitttore ister and take part in thc organization of tl new government. Wilder and more unrer onablo measures than this may prevail, if o people proclaim in advance, I .cir enmity the new government, by refusing to registe and let all who can register, use their bi power and inlluenee to ni-gaui/.cu govermm under wbicb we and our children can live pe.a?e, nt least, if not in contentment. following funny paragraph relativo to ono the dead looks" between the President n Congress: The Tenure of Office law bad unexpected result, wbicb wo hardly kn whether to eal! deplorable or comical, postmaster was suspended for defalcation ; Senate rejected the person nominated ns successor; and under the law thc delinqu bad to bc reinstated In communicating bim titira amazing result, thc Postmnster-G cral politely requested him, " as a favor thc Department,'to usc as little of the mo of thc Government and make as few false tries as possible" Buir" The death of Judge Wayne leaves Southern States without a single Judg< thc Supremo pouch. Thc Supreme Cou to be reduced to seven Judges by Act of ( gross. At present, New England has Judge, tho Middle States two, the Wes States four and thc Pacific States one. COU)plaint used to bc that thc South bad 1 than its equitable .share of the Federal oil There does not sonni to be much ground such a complaint now. 8H*y-Mr. J. E. DH.NT, Sheriff of Rich district, whose term of olfice had expired given way to Dr. E. W. G UK KN, who has appointed his successor by military lYutlu G fiKB.N has qualified by giving bond and ing tho " iron-clad." KW Wo have received a letter fron esteemed Brother, B. RUSH CAMPHKM,, Grand Lecturer of this State, says tho ' derson Intelligencer," announcing that In bc at this place on Monday, tho 19th of gust, and will romain until Thursday fi ing. Ho will visit Pendleton on Frida' Saturday, 2?Jd and 2 Ith, and will be nt b illa on Monday, thc 20th, where In probably romain fol- a week or moro. ?@r- In New York, the newest ex pr of tho illicit whiskey distillers to chea Government is to constru? i and work " stills " on board vessels in the harbor, of these was seized tho other day. and tl tectives arc on tho track of others. Holt ill JJ l/K MuilDKn.-Wc learn tin Tuesday of last week, Mr. .Franklin A. dalo, living in the eastern portion of thi trict, was found within three hundred of his own house, shot through the right with bis loft arm sha tidied at, above ai low the elbow joint. Ho hud been ii health for Home .no, Olid Was unable t< any account of the occurrence, and no factory clue was obtained by the CorotiO quost. Wo bavo not beard bow long IV survived tho injuries. Ho was a quiet, tensive citizen, mid highly esteemed. Friday morning, a negro was brought i on suspicion of being implicated in th if dor, but there is. no'dod ni to ovidonoo of complicity," so frr ns wo oan nscortain. T^-f, [Andmon Intelligence]'jillet m, " min. ? ? ,,?,,tnyti\r/j_ j; ,', j ; tm ? MERE MENTION. During thc war thcro was great demand for spinning wheels-now wo do not oven hear their merry sound. --Mr. Vanderbilt, of New York, retama an income of 8653,892. -To prevent your hair from coming out, never let your wife catch you kissing another woman.--Tho impeachment committee has spent 830,000 in procuring testimony. Tho net profit to tho Government, from thc Cincinnati post office, last year, was over $212,000.-Thc horse that thc Emperor of Austria rodo when bc was crowned King of llungury wus shod with gold.-Philadel phia assessors say that Philadelphia is worth 8500,000,000.-A man in New York has got so deep in debt that not ouc of bis.credit ors has been able to sec bim for months. Hon. Daniel McKee, formerly a member of Congress from indiana, committed suicide by stabbing himself on tho 25th ult.-li is cs lunated that there will be, upon the comple tion of registration, a majority of 30,000 for the ucgv.'os in Alabama. Remarkable Pre'dietiono. Tho following extract, which ? writer for the " Cincinnati Enquirer." quotes from page 310 of Mr. Calhoun's works, lund which was written in 1819, reads liku history rather than prediction : " If (emancipation) should ever bc effected it will ho through ?he agency bf thu Federa Government controlled by thc dominant part} of the United Statesof the Confederacy agni psi tho resistance and struggle of the Southern lt can only bc effected by ibu prostration ol the white race ; and that Would necessarily engender the bitterest-feelings of hostility bc j,weon them and thc North Hut the royorat would be the ease between tho blacks of tin South and tho people of the North. O.winj their ethanol pillion td them, they would re gard them as friends, guardians, and patrons and centre accordingly all their sympathies ii them. Thc people of thc North would no fail to appreciate, amt t?o favor thom instead o tho whites; under the influence nf suoh feel ?rigs; and compelled by fanaticism and love (i power, they would not stop at emancipation Ano)bet step would be taken -to reise thor io a political and social equality v bei former owners by giving them thu r. .t e voting ami holding public offices under tb Federal Government. We see the first ste towards it, in the bill already alluded to-t vost the free blacks and slaves with the rigl tn vote on the question of emancipation in th District [of Columbia.] Hut when once raino to nu equality they would become the fust pi Utica) assoeiates of the North, acting and vi ting with them on all questions; and' by th political union between them hotd?ng tl white race at the South in complete subjcctioi The blacks, and the profligate whites tb might unite with them, would become tl principal recipients of tho Federal offices Ul patronage, and would, in consequence, 1 raised above, the whites of tho South in tl political and social seale. Wo would, in word, change positions with thorn*-a degrad . timi greater than has yet fallen to the lot ol ?-*T* l--J -,:fl>>?>v?l rmnidis ililli *: - which we could not escape should ema rici j tion take place (which it certainly will if v orevonted) but by fleeing tho homes Of cn selves and our ancestors, and by ubandoni our country to our former slaves, to becoi the permanent abode of disorder, anuru! poverty, misery, and1 wretchedness." CHANUK IN TUB MOON'S SUKFACK.-? troiiouiors are just now interested in a dint lately observed on the surface of tho moon. Our readers know that tho inequalities on surface ure shown by the telescope to bc r mountains and valleys, and that astronorn have given them names ; among the mo tains are several craters of extinguished i canoes-one of thom called the Crater of I neus, which formerly showed a dark, deep pression in its centre. This bas been fill up; and.'shows now an elevated circular wi centre, and no "longer a crater. KV An amendment, disfranchising persons who voluntarily went into the sen of thc rebellion, bas becu adopted by thc York Constitutional Convention. One piv sing to eoifer thc right of suffrage upon I eighteen years of age, was rejected.. VHf" One of Drownlow's militia, on bi arrested for murder in broad daylight, b tai that ho bud killed eighteen men. He wai lowed to escape that night. FRANKNESS AND CANDOR.-Whatever may bo said of old Thad. Stevens he posse at least, the .nerb of boldness and candor, the debate on the Reconstruction bill the or day, .ho said : .. 'J The Senate was several .furlong bel the llnuse in the Work of reform-porhup ought to say, Radicalism. Some fiaigui of tho old shattered. Constitution bud si perhaps in the kidneys of some Senators troubled, them at night. Tho ghost of past Constitution stood in their way une structcd their progress." AUGUSTA, July 26.-H envy shower! day, with indications of continuance, counts from the interior arc favorable to ci Two colored children were killed by li ning to doy. The freedmen are holding meetings thro out tho State, and nre hoing addressed by ?cal speakers, white mid colored, who upon thom tho duty and necessity of sup .lng their party. AUGUSTA, July 28.-Tho '?Loyal Gc an lins ociiftcd to exist. Tho editor, ii valedictory, says every offorO bas. boon i tot raise money, bu* failed ; mid when oi ?oint of suspending publient-ion-, ii few wei Inion niau of the city proposed to form n eompaiiy, buy out tho " Daily Press," nn fcablish a now paper, tb bo called'tho 41 Nn al lt i; pu bl io.m." Roth pupers have t merged, and tho "Republican " appeared morning, published by tho Georgia Pul ing Association. Tho editor, in his salv rv, says lio will advocate restoration on Republican platform. 1). G. Cutting, many yonrs connooted with tho press of Stato, is tho editor. E. II. Pug ho, pre tor of tho H Daily Press/' is the business, ager. . ^j.._2^-JAL^JJO^J!'.jM.l!L..l.t-i ORIG-IN -A- X-j . roy, TUB CO UMBU. Commencement at Davidson College, N. C Mr. Editor: Wo hnvopoisuudcd ourselves that a brief report of tho Commencement at Davidson College, N. C., wliioh occurred ou< tho 18th instant, might not bo uninteresting to the readers of your interesting- weekly. Tho patriotio aro ever the* friends of educa? tion, and tho patrons of worthy institutions. That such is tho element of tho noblo old' Mountain District, (of which wo eau boast greater merit than salubrious air, crystal streamlets and mountain grandeur,) needs but a reference to " Coufedorato muster rolls." And of tho resolute valor of hersons there ia abundant proof in tho ruilo hoad stones on tho bloody Holds of Richmond, Gettysburg, Mantissas, Wilderness; and. in fact, from tho Potomac to tho Kio Grande tho bloecbing bones of ber slaughtered ?ons do hallow tho sacred soil in which, now mouldering, they return to tho dust from whence they oiuno. The fortunato survivors of tho same "good stock"-cnn but bo interested in the deines of our Southern institutions, with their South-(.' ern instructors and Southern pupils. Such un one is tho worthy, time-honored old tem ple of science-Davidson Collcgo. lt was the good fortune of tjie writer to bo present nt the last Commencement, which wns the first fur n period of sis eventful years. The examination of the students took placo ot? Friday and Monday. lS.tli and 15th inst., the result of which will no doubt gladden tho hearts of immy fond and anxious parmi ts who were there represented. On Wednesday tho exorcises of thc rostrum hogan. , At ll A. M., tho wai tiing throng, which filled tho splen did chapel, was entertained pleasantry nud profitably by tho Rev^jKTimo RUMPLE, of Salisbury, N! C in a most excellent sermon, before the " Williams Association of Inqui ry." In tho introduction of these exorcises, thc audience was thrilled hy tin? soul stirring strains of the elegant choir, composed of Ik dies and students, as they chanted, in harmo ny sublime, thc gruti'd old anthem - "Tho earth is tho Lord's and the fullness thereof."' lu thc afternoon' curly, there begun a steady . flow of the growing assemblage chapel-ward?, and soon two thousand waiting souls wefo im patient for th>> expected address- 'boforo tb? Literary Societies of thc College, by one of .old Hip's most worthy sons, Governor Z. H. VANCK. The* deafening applause which fre quently intervened, 'putting hun to uilotioe,. fully bespoke bis happy suecos?. After an into/mission of some three hours-,, the " assembly " was sounded by tho ringing bell. 'Twere grossly remis? to omit a refer ence to the i titer vening episode, most pl ens nut ol' lill to those nf its Who were not so mnvHV "book" as " grub"- worms, furnished hythe . hospitable buvVl ulies. To do thuin justice _?i.i --- ? ...luatiL \' euloglH*T that it would bc piouounced flattery, '.?pito of our most oarbest protcstutiou'.vpf sui euri (y_ They themselves, however, uce?? no moro Hat? isfnetory evidence nf their stu-cess, i|uin tho actions of their gwvds.which, as the ,nvjt|,r goes, " speak louder than iconl.;." This 5i?,,? welcome intrusion occurred not unplensahtl^ often, and with growing splendor. At ?,. L*. M., began the annual O'hlbit'tOII of the Lite rary Sooiotics. I'luto Was an oceiisimi of un interrupted pleasure, shared between thc elo quent and the musical. The long discussed question of thc respective powers of these two mighty influences, was to tho entire, satisfac tion, of the then u(tending audience, decided' in favor of the former. And thc music wa* thc best thal, the old'" Rip " could furnish,, being the splendid linus Rand of Salisbury, Under the leadership of thc accomplished mu sician, Mr. W. H. NBAVK' Sulllco it to any that six speeches were delivered, of whiehy tim revered body of 'I'lusters of the College pronounced themselves proud, ns coming from students of that) I nstitiuaon, of which they have thc ovor.-dghb. On Thursday, the following day, 18lh inst, the Commencement Kxorciscs proper began,, in the ihd ive rv of tho Inaugural of (ht recent Iv elected President. Kev. G. Wti.soN Mr-' Pu Air,, D. Di TO tb O'S? who have the privi lege of knowing this most worthy christian gentleman, and most profound Theologian and scholar; it ?Hire need I CBS to say that, in tho estimaci?n of tthose competent to judge'of ita. merits-, it was worthy him, who bas liecu< ranked" hy the knowing, hulong t'he most fin ished-and universally HCOOilipli.sllcdfof Aiueri 0?'* most distinguished Literati. Thia was followed by uti appropriate reply from tho President of Roard of Trustees,, thc Rev. M r. PKNICK. The Junior class then 'acquitted themselves much tv* their own credit und that of the Institution. Tho vnlodictory was /.bon delivered, handsomely ?nd affectingly, by Mr,. L. J*. -C'ALDWKbi,. of ('hester District, S. C.,. upon whom the rUigrfto of A. D. was confer red and " sheep skin " presented by tho Pres? ident, mid tho exorcises of a most ontirolyr successful Commencement occasion, pronounce cd ended. There was, however, yet another, but a dif f?rent entertuininent afforded by tho young/ gentlemon of tho two Societies opening thoir halls for it musical revel. This was indood'u most pleasing finale, tu the young gentlemen at least, .and perhaps it is fidsc modesty that? pronounces against tho same appreciation-of tho social und musical being ascribed to tho weaker, yet st ranger sex. We were loth to. realize that this was to end n round of snob I pleasant Heenes. T?nt so it wns; arid wo caq . only express our appreciation of the protruot ,cd feast by wishing ? worthy Institution- iv . mensure of prosperity oonunensuriito with Ita merit?; whictb, if realized, would throng her obissio grove* with tho best and bravest of' thi;; Southern laud, of which Dickens could, furnish no. uiconsidciable nor unworthy parti HUMKNJCAW: SLAHTOWN, S. C., July 25, 1867>. ' ' 1 J-,- i ' yt ?Jl.llJ.,^iJUJ_lLL!A_j^jgn PARIH, Ju4y 20.-This morning's. Jl/oni teur deolaros the rumors of war proyahn'f, d?. tho continent without foundation. LONJJON, July 21).-Tho sinceroty of, the tho Moniteur's repented* denials of tho, war.? rumors is doubtod. Tho " Times" says .th?se* rumors, will ohock trado generally until, u?x(? airing. * w