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/. my : ;' ' /> _ , . ; . . . . ffff?^jggfjjmgmfi?_; ??BjWBSjBC? ffTM^^?." J. "2j|?"^...J_L.ll^J?n.-1.1''?^"J Jit- >?????-m?yii- i-ijrii r - - mmmi r ' J "tf'T-^ '?'?"?-' ' -ir-rr r ijilgr-, i- , j j- II IJ .im i_ ..j'UJ 1 L 1 * '1 ."****g****B?i?"y " ' " ' ' 'f*'" """i??'.-?*1""1*. >*I!!^W*!*****^^,*''* " Tn (ni tic own self bc (ruc, and it mu ^ ^^^^^ us r/ns night thc dug, thou can'tt nat then be JaUe to uny man." M ROBT A, THOMPSON & CO. P1CKKNS COURT HOUSE, S, C, SATUB|AY, SEPTEMBER 21,1867. VOL, ll,.NO. 52. m." . . --.??- ?? tmmmmmtmimmmHmtmmmmmm*. i ni WM*.?^^IIM>.?W>IIII L^WIUIIHIUH-, - ? ? ? - ? -^, ?"M>MM^_ - . . ^ . .?i^iwini M ???.??? MIMHIW ???- ? ? - - - - . _. - - . _ Never Give Up. Never give up, brother, never give up! God Iiiisn blessing for llu.se who work bard; Why should you murmur, ami grumble, and fret, And envy Hie pleasure from willoh you're dc barred ? Work like a inan, l?o Hie best you can ; This is tho wisest, and best plan ! , Novcr give up, brother, never ?{'ve up! Though Lhc future looks lowering,'?nd gloomy and drear ; Though tfie sun shine not now, yet lt may vor) soon, So keep up a brave heurt and tread Iowa yent fear ! Soon'may come light, And nil will bo hriglit, Only struggle and strive to tte what is right ! Never give up, brother, never give np! Though your burden be heavy, and dar* yoin way, The bow in the clouds only comes with the rvn. And when night is deepest, then bursts forth the day : Soon troubles will cease, And your sorrows decrease ; Only Irust in thc bord and then all will be ponce. ? ^ O LITIOS rT PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. [6ON?T,UJ>I;O.] Tho condition ol' our finances and the roc rations of our revenue system nro sot fori h and fully explained in the able and instruc tivo report of the Secretary of tho Treasury. On thc 30th of dune, ISM, the public debt, amounted to 82,783, 125.870 ; on the 30th of June last it was $2,61)2,109,215 ; show ing a reduction during the fiscal year of $91, 220,004. During tho fiscal year endino June 00, 1S07, the receipts were. $490,08-1, 010, and the expenditures, $340,729 129 leaving an available surplus of 81 18,?>04,SS0. v It is estimated tied tho receipts for tho fiscal TCa!:.0^jjyr J"ee^30, .IS08. will be S417, 1?. 151,02$, and that the cxpcndilu,i'Ofl will reach .tho sum of 8393,209,220, Irving in the. Treasury a surplus of 823,892,702. For tho fiscal year ending June 30, 1809, it is esti mated that the receipts will amount to 8881, 000,000, and that tho expenditures will be $:172,000,000, showing sn oxoos of 89,000, 000, in favor of the Government,. Thc attention of Congress ia earnestly in vited to thc necessity of a thorough revision of our Revenue system. Oar Internal Rev enue laws and impost system, should be KO adjusted as to bear thc most heavily on arti cles of luxury, leaving the necessaries of life ns free from taxation, as may be. consistent with tho real wants of tho Government ?economically administered. Taxation would not then fr'' unduly on the man of moderate weans, and . ... <l none would be entirely ex . empt from assessment, all in proportion to their pecuniary abilities would contribue to ward the support of tho State. A modifica tion of tho internal revenue system, by a largo reduction in tho number of articles now .subject to tax, would bc followed by results 'equally advantageous to the citizen and the ' Government. It would render the execution of tho law loss expensive and moro certain, ?romovo obstructions to industry, lesson thc 'temptations to evade the law, diminish tho violations and frauds perpetro ted upon its provisions, mabu its operations less inquisito rial, and greatly reduce in numbers the army ftf tax gauiteY.'^ creped by thc system, who /'take from thc m??tn l>f hon<J3v labor the bread it bas earned." Retrenchment, ruibr'U, lind ccono-uy should be carried into every brauch of the public servie?, that the expen ditures of tho Government may be reduced, find thc pcoplo rcliovod from oppressive taxa tion. .A sound currency should be restored, and tho public faith in rogard to the national (l?bt sacredly observed. The accomplish ment of these important results, together with tho restoration of tho Union of thc States upon tho principles of the Constitution, would inspire confidence at home and abroad in the stability of our institution*, and bring to the nation prosperity, peace and good will. Tho report of tho Secretary of War uti interim exhibits the operations of the army, *od of tho several bureaus ol' ?ho War W' nsrtment. The nggrogoto strength of our military force on the 30th of Sept. last was 50,315. The total est?malo for military appro printions is 877,124,707,? noludi ng a deficiency {n mst year's appropriation of 813,000,000. Thc payments at tho Treasury on nccountof thc scrvioo of thc War Department from Janua ry 1 to October 29, 1807, a period of LO month", amounted to 8109,807,000; tho ex poneos of*tho piilitnry establishments ns well ns tho numbers of tho army, aro now. three times ns groat as thoy have ovor boon in tune of poaoo, while tho discretionary power is VQStOd in the Exooutivo to add millions to this / expenditure by an increase of tho army to the maximum- stronptl* allowed-by tho law. Tho uionueing attitude of sqme of the war BsJSrf'?''"..' V ..u? uuiiua ?i mutans iniiubiting tho district of country between tho Arkansas and Platte Rivers, and portions of Dakota Territory, re quired the presence of n large in i ti ta ry force in that region. Instigated by real or imagi nary grievances, tho indians occasionally committed acts of burburons violence upon emigrants and our fron tier settlements; hut a general Indian war has been providentially j averted. The Com missioners under tho act ! of 20th of July, 1SG7, were invested with j full power to adjust existing diOloulties, ne. j go ti nt o treaties with the disaffected bands, i and select for them reservations, remote from tho traveled routes between thc Mississippi and thc Pacific. They entered without de lay upon tho execution of their trust, but have not yet. made, any olliieal report of their j proceedings, lt. is of vital importance that our distant, territorio*should be. exempt from Indian out. breaks, and tint the construction j of the I'.vihY Kdlroid, au object of national j import mee, shod 1 not be interrupted by hos. -i-i .i * i tile trio is, ihese objeuh, ros woll as tho ma- ; terial intorostn a id tho moral -.nd intolloetuil improvement of the Indians, em he most ef fectually se Hired hy concentrating t!- mi upon port ions ol' country sot tipari for their exclu sive use, and lo.iatod at points remoto from our highways and cnuroaehiiig white settle ments. Sine-: the commencement of t h e second session of the. Thirty-ninth Congress, ."?10 mile? of road have been constructed on th? main line and branches of the Pacific Railway. Tito iino from ; * ? i i H i . t is rapidly approaching the eastern b.vm of the R?ky Mountains, while the terminus of the last. I section of constructed road ie. California, sc ; eepted hy the Government on tho 21th div! of October last, was but ll inilcj distant from tho summit of the Sierra Nevada. The re markable energy evinced hy the Companies offers the strongest assurance that the com pletion of the road from Sacramento Ut Oma ha will not be long deferred. During the last fiscal year 7,011,11 ? acres.of public land were disposed of, and tho cash receipts from .sab-s nr J ?W3 ?. - , .... realized from those sources during thc pre ceding year. The amount paid to pension ers, including expenses of disbursements, was &18,619,956, ?nd 3P>,4S2 names were added to the rolls. The entire number of pension ers on the 30th of June Inst was 155,474 - j Dieven thousand six hundred and fifty-fly*'I patents and designs were issued durinfe tho i year ending Sept. 80, J807, and at ?fiat dale ? tho bataneo in tho treasury I ? I*?1 credit of the patient fund was $286,U0r< The report, of th<. Secretary of tho Navy states that we have, seven squadrons actively and judiciously employed, under cH?cient and able comman ders, in protecting thc persons and property of American eitiiscna, maintaining tho digni ty and power of tho Government, and promo ting the commerce and business interest of our countrymen iii every part of the world. Of thc 288 vessels composing thc present navy of the United States, f)0, carrying 507 guns, aro in .squadron service. During the year the number of vessels itt commission h is been re duced 12, and there are DI less on squadron duty than there were at the date of the last, report. A large nutnborof vessels were com menced and in course of construction when thc war terminated, and although Congress had made the necessary appropriations for their completion, the Department lins cither suspended work upon thom or limited thc slow completion of the steam vessels, so ?is lo meet tite. contracts for machinery made with private establishments. The total expendi tures of the Navy Department ?"or tho fiscal y,J?)'Ort'li?g June oil, IS<57, were. 881,03-1, 011. No appropriations luve been made or required since the close et tim )WX lor f',A construction and repair of vessels, for steam nnohinory, ordnance, provisions and cloth ing, fuel, hemp, eec, thc balances under these sovefal heads having been moni ?han sufli eiont for onrront expenditures. Tt shod ti: also be stated to tho credit of tho Department that, besides asking no appropriations for thc above objects for the last two years, the Seo rotary ol' the. Navy, on the 89th of Septem ber last, in accordance with thc act. of May I ? 1820, requested tho Secretary ol' tho Tt'onsu ry to carry to the surplus fund tho sum ol ?85,000.000, being thc amount received fron . thc sales of vessels and other war properly and tho remnants ol' former appropriations. Tho report of tho Postmaster-General show: tho business of tho Post-Ollice Do-parttnen and tho condition of the postal service in i very favorable light, and the attention of Cou gross is called to its practical receommomls tions. Tho receipts of tho Department fe the year ending June 30, 1807, including ti special appropriations for sea and laud soi vico and for freo mail matter, were $10,078 003. Tho expenditures for all purposes wet $?.0,285,488, loaving au unexpended balam in favor of . tho Department of $718,211 which oan bo nppliod toward tho exponaos t tho Department for tho ourront year. Tl increase of postal revenue, independent ? specific appropriations, for Mic year 1*07, over j that of 1800, was S.S?O.OU. Tho iucroaso of revenue from tho sale of stamps ami stamp, od envelopes wis $788,401. The increase of expenditures for 1*07 over those of tho pre vious voir 'Vis .)\vi og ch ?oliy to the extension of thc Und und ocean malo service. During the pel yoar new postal oouvontlOUl hava hoon ratified mid exchanged with thc United Kingdom of Groat Britaiu and Ireland, Bel gium, the Netherlands. Swit/.erland, tho North German Union, Italy, c>nd tho Coloni al Government ot Hong-Kong, reducing very largely tho rates of oocan and laud postages to and from and within those countries. Thc report of tho Act ing Ocmunisaionor of Agricul ture concisely presents tho condition, wants, and progress .if an interest eminently worthy '.he fostering oare of Congress, and exhibits a largo mostireof useful remit-achieved du ring th- year to whioh it refers. The rc establishment of peAco at home, and the rommption of dxtendc 1 trad :, travel, and u omni oreo ab road have served to increase thc number and variety of questions ii? tho Do part Merit for Foreign Altai M. Nouo of those question's, however, have seriously disturbed our re! tiona with other State?. Tho Republic of Moxie.-) haying hoon re lieved from foreign intervention is oamostly engaged in cfiorls> re-optublish her constitu tional system of govcrum Mit. A good under standing continues to oxi.U between pur Gov erin,?ont and thc Itcpuhlics of ilayti and San Domingo, and our cordial relations with tho Ccutr.d ?nd South American States romain unchanged. Tho louder made in conformity with the r?solution of Congress of tho good dliccs of thc Government, with a view to au unieablo adjustment and peace between Bra it! and her allies on one side, and Paraguay on tho other, and between Chili ar l her allies on mc one side, and Spain on thc other, though kindly received, has in neither case been fully ioccptod by tho belligerents. War in tho calley of tho Parana is still vigorously main tained. On tho other hand, antur?g--'!!'?'? v d ....-v..^. . nwintl i.'iijuTl iiuy 1 * ' icen more than a year SUv,;',(h-!lh 1 shall, >u any proper occasio- l,nt m?y occur, renew bc conciliatory -commendations which have tl ready bc*" made. Brazil, wich enlightened sagapky "rid coniprehonsivo statesmanship, ; ,c.s opened thc great channels of the Amazon ! .nd its tributaries to universal oom meroo.- - j )no thing more seems needful to aosuino ai apid and cheering progress in South A mori ta, f refer to those peaceful habits without vhic'i Stales and nations ca:;:jot in this age ,vcll expect niateriid prosperity or social ad vancement. Thc Reposition Universal nf industry ai Paris has parsed and sectus lo have fully real zed the high expectations of the Kreuch Gov ernment. If duo allowance be malo for thc recen., political derangement ol' industry herc, tho part which 'ho United States has boone in ibis exhibition ol' invention and arl may be. regarded with very high satisfaction. During tho lOxpositiou a Conference was hold, of del egates from several nations, tho United S tatos being ono, in which tho inconveniences of commerce and cotntnorcial intoroourso result ing from divers standards of money value wore discussed, and plans wore developed for establishing by universal oonsont and common principle for thc coinage of gold. These Ooo? fovonoos aro expected to bo renewed with tho attendance of many foreign St t?os not hitherto represented. A report of thoso in teresting proceed *s will bc submitted to Congress, which .11 no doubt justly appro ci ito tho great object, mid bc ready to adopt any measure which may lend to facilitate its ul; i mato accomplishment. On thc 2?th of Fobrnatj, 13fi2, Oongrosf jC[.?f;rcd hy law that Treasury note? without interest, authorized by that ?ot, should be lo cal tender in payment of all debts, publie and private, within thc United States. Au anim nt romittancd <*< WOO, less stipulated penses, acoraos to cimenta nude- tho Cou volition made with Spain in 1834. These xi mittancos, since tho passage of that act, havi boon paid in such notes. The. claimants in ?ist that tho Government ought to requin payitiontin coin. The subject may bo doemci worthy of your attention. No arrangement hus a? yet boen roached fe thc settlement of our claims for Dritish de? rodations upon thc commoron of the Unite States. I bave, felt it my duty t;> decline th proposition for arbitration made by lier Ma esta's Government, became it has li if Kori ; been accmnpaniod by reservations and limit: ! lions incompatible with the rights, iutorcs i ami honor of our country, lt is not to bc Oj j proben Vd that Great Britain will persist i ber rofuvilto satisfy those just and reason bio claims, which involve tho sacred prim pies of non intervention--a principio hone forth not moro important to tho Unitod Stat than all other commercial nations. Tho Wost Tndia Islands wore settled ai colonized by Enropoan States siniultnnoou* 1 witt? tin setUmnenl and ..??Ionization of t ? American Coutiacnt. Mont of tho eolouica planted herc became independent nations iu the olosc of the lust and the beginning of the present century. ()ur own country embraces communities which ut ouo period wore oolo lilq-S ol Great Jintaln, Franco, Holland, Spain, 1 Swjdon, and Russia. The people in tho Wost Indies, with thc exception of those of thc Isl j au oof Hayti, buve uoithor att?iuod nor as , pired to iudopondenoe, nor have they become I prepared for eelfdefmice. Although possesa j iog considerable oovumoroiaJ value, thoy have beso held by several European Sute* which colonised or at aoiue time cuuquorcd them, chiefly for purposes of military and uav.\l utrat op in carrying out Kuropoau policy and do j sign iti regard to this coutinout. In our Uer j olutionary war, ports and harbors in the West i India ?slondi) wore u?ed by our enemy to tho g?K injury and ciubarra^mont of tho United j Stores. Wo had the same oxporieuoe iu Great ? Britain. Tho same European policy for a loug ! littju excluded us even from tindo with the Wist ludios, while we wore at peace with all nations. tn our record civil war, thc Rebels and tb ir pir.iiioid blockado-brcaking allies found facilities m the same ports for the work, which tlyjy too .successfully accomplished, of injuring any devastating tho commerce which wc are onraged?in rebuilding. Wo labored (special ly /Hider this disadvantage-that European st i m vesi?ols employed by our enemies found fnVidly ? In.Uer, protection, and supplies in Wi I [udhui ports, while, our own naval op?r ai/ . '0 necessarily carried on from our Cf. .. t.;.ot shores. There was then a univcr R?\;ci.?og of tho want of an advanced naval ouipost betweeu the Atlantic coast and Ku roK Tho duty of obtuining such an outpost pejcefully aud lawfully, while neither doing noj mcoaoing injury to other States, earnestly cnbged tim attention of thc Executive De pa^incut before thc close of tho war, and it hwuot been lost sight of since that time. A no/jin ti roi v di"<dmilA* ??-.??..1 ???1 wiuul-iii. j&Sbt. Tho required foothold there was for tmat. 'y secured by our lato treaty with thc Wmperor of Russia, and it now seems opera ive that tho more obvious necessities of the \tlautie Coast should not be less carefully provided for. A good and oonyonient port md harbor, capable of easy defense will sup dy that want. With thc possession of such i station by the United States neither wo nor my other American nation need longer appro- ! .nd injury or oitonso from any tra n sa tl au tic .ueiny. I agree with our carly statosinon that tho West Indies naturally gravitato to and may bo expected ultimately to bc absorbed by ?ho Continental States including our own. I .creo with thom also that it is wiso to loavo tho question of such absorption to this pro cess of natural political gravitation. The isl ands ?if yt. Thomas and St. John's, which constitute a part of thc group called thc Vir gin Islands, seemed to oller us advantages ?rn? mediately desirable, while their acquisition could bc secured in harmony with thc princi ples tu which I have alluded. A treaty ha? therefore been concluded with tho King of Denmark for the ocasi?n of those islands, and will bc submitted to tho Sonate for considera tion. It will hardly bo ncocssary to oall tho at tention of Congress to the eubjcot of provi ding for thc payment to Russia of the sum stipulated in thc treaty for tho cession of Alas ka I'obsession baring ' ion formally deliv ered to our Commissioner, the territory re mains fer thc present in onre of a military force, awaiting such civil organizations rn shall bo directed by Congress. Tho annotation of many small Germar State? to Pnmeia, and thc ro-oTgar.iarf.ion. o that country under a now and liberal oonsti to.lion, hsvo induood mo to ronow the effor to obtnin a just nod prompt settlement of tin long-vexed question concerning thc claims o foroign States for military servieo from thci .subjects naturalized in thc United States. In connection with this subject thc ntten Mon of Cortge i? respectful.!; called to singular and embarrassing conflict of laws.~ Thc Executive Department of this Govert mont has hitherto uniformly held, as jt no' hob's, that naturalization in conformity wit the Constitution and laws of thc United Stat? absolves thc recipient from his native nllog ance. The Courts of Great Britain hold'thi I allegiance to tho British Crown is indofcas; bio, and is not absolved by our laws of ffati rali/.iition. liri tish judges cito courts and la authorities of thc United States in support i I that theory against tho position hold by tl i Executive authority of thc United States. This conflict perplexes thc public, mind co ccroing tho rights of naturalized citizens, a impairs the. national authority abroad, called attention to this subject in my last ? huai Message, and no to again respectfully i poid to Congress to declaro tho national v unmistakably upon this important qucstb Tho abuse of our latos hythe clandestino pt ecution of the A frican slave trude, from Am loan port? or by American citizens hus alto j ?ether ccu:?cd, nod under existing oircumstan j cc? no apprehensions bf its rcuowal in this j part of tho world arc entertained. Under I theso circumstances it becomes u question I whether we ?Indi not propose to Her M nj os j ty s Government a suspension or ?Hooutinu I ,lU0e of tho stipulations for inaiutuining naval force for tho .suppression of that trade. AN DU KW JOHNSON. Washington, Deo. 3, UsOV. Prom Washington. WASOINOTUN, Doocwbcr H. -Lo the Mon ate, a petition ww prescuted from au ?ai menso number of nataralilLzed oitiacus, oom. plaiaing of grievances and asking their rights to be defined by law; roforred to Committee on Foroigu Relations. Mr. Anthony intro duecd a bill dcohtring null the Confiscation and Forfeiture Acts, passed by rebel legisla tures ; referred to the J udiciary Committee. Sherman introduced a bill, providiug that all balances from captured or abandoned property be placed in thc Treasury, and not drawn thence without the authority of law. Shenuau ?tated that thc amount rouohod sev eral millions. A discussion onsucd, during whioh McCulioeh was charge! with illegally disposiug of several hundred thousands; anil tiie bill was postponed. Sumner presented a memorial from Ooh. lirisban and 30,001? Kentucky negroes, con taining an allegation which Mr. i ?avis pro nounced foul and mendacious ?bel* on Ken tucky. \ bill to raise legal tondors to pur, came up. Merril delivered an elaborate speech. After executive session, adjourned. In thc llouso, thc Judiciary Committee re ported back the bill relative to thc govern ment of thc rebol States, and it was referred to tiie Ueoonstruction Committee. The Com. inittoo on Claims reported advorsly ou tho po ife^ms^ HM. Internal revenue receipts to day #300,000. Secretary Wells roccived a dispatch from tho Acting Conaul-Goneral at Havana, dated December 10th, in which he: t?nje :? t( From mr Consul at Jamaica, wo have furthW frews >f tho earthquakes at St. Thoma?, ToTbia and itirox. Thc earthquake began orr the 18th )f November, and continued until tho 20th. Tho destruction of lives and property was im mense." WASUINOTOX, Docombor 12.-In tho Son nte, Sherman reported thc House bill repeal lng thc cotton tux ; it will bo considered to morrow. Thc biil covering proceeds captured and abandoned property into Treasury wa* re sumed. Fcssondon said it amounted to ?35, 000,000, but he opposed the bill, as there arc claims now pending in the Court of Claims for 320,000,000 worth of this property, to whom the bill would work injustice. Tho Btibjcct was postpoucd. Tho joint resolution oensuring thc President was resumed. Thc Senate refusod to concur in tho House resolu tion to adjourn, until tho bill striking M whito" from tho District laws becomes a law. Adjourned. In tho Hotiso, Ashley, of Ohio, offered a bill relating to thc Froeduicu'g Hnroau, which wai referred to tho Committee on Freedmen'* Almira ; also, a bill to .acilitato tho rccon atruction of tho Southern States. M ay uar c offered a resolution, providing that diplomat ic and- consular representatives to itnyti am other African Governments, bo selected fron negroes ; referred to Committee on Forotgi Affairs. Schcr.ek made a point of order, tha under thc Constitution, uo dist inctions shouh bo made. "he Speaker said tho point wa well taken. Tho President's message to thc Senate giv ing his reasons for thc ausp <*ion of Stanton is regarded as masterly ..ml wonderful!; shrewd. Tho President quotes Stanton's rc ply to thc President's request that Stanto should resign ; wherein Stanton says that cot sidorations of a high public character lea ??2> to withhold his resignation until tho no> meeting of Congress. This, tho Prcsid?i holds, was notonly adcclaration, but was d?fiai I and utterly wanting in thc respect due fro I Stanton to his superior officer. Thc point made, that Stanton could not appeal to tl i law creating thc War Department, beean I that law gives thc President thc right to i ! move Stanton. The tenure of office, bill alo ! supported Stanton ; but that law did not coi pol Stanton to retain thc office of Scoref I of War. Tho President argues the ncticss of unity and harmony among his constitntii al advisers ; alludes to his having with I one exception, retained the cabinet of predecessor; states incidentally that tho o inet was unanimous on hisjpolicy of rec struction, and upon the unconstitutionality the tcnuro of office bill. Stanton, hav 1 boon United States Attorney, was specii consulted, and was emphatic and absoluto his condemnation of tho bill as unoonst al-. Thc most pointed specific charge, rc ! to thc Now Orleans riot?. According to tho 1 narrative, Gen. Baird reported fo Stanton tho danger of thc riots, aod asked advice. Stnu . ton not only withhold instructions to Baird, hut kept, the despatch from thc President aud his Cabinet until after tho occurrence of tho i riot. Thc President holds, had Stanton ac ted himsolf, or made message from Baird known to his superior, the riot would hnvo been prevented. He produoes a lotter from Sheridan, to tho effect that, had Sheridan boen advised of the danger, the riot i oould have been avoided. Tho President ? concludes, that tho publio cannot complain of j thc ohsnge, because the iudicious measures of I the new SocrUiry have already saved mc ny ' mill ions of public treasure. Virginia Conservative Convention. RICHMOND, Dec. 12.-Tho Conservativo Convention met this morning. The Commit tee reported a scries of resolutions, which were adopted unanimously as follows : Tho first recognizes that by thc resuit of thc war, slavery has been abolished, and it is not tho desire of thc people of Virginia to ?duce to slavery again a people emancipated by tho events of tho war, aud by amendments to tho Constitution of thc United States. The sec ond assert? the right of Virginia to be re stored to tho Union, and declares her inten tion ie good faith to perform her duties to tho Union. The ..ard protests against thc gov erning of Virginia in any way not defined in the Federal Constitution. Tho fourth adopts tho language of thc resolut iou adopted at tho Cooper InstiiUto, New York, that Military Governments are subversive of thc fundamen tal ideas of our Government, and its object, which is to subj cot tho people of thc Southern States to thc rule of a race just emerged from davcry, is abhorront to the civilization of man kind, ami the Northern people, in surrender ing, ns it does, one third of tho Senate, and moquartcr of the House of Reprcsenjtativosf irlib aro without auy of tho training, lrffl>T&f >r traditions of self-government. Fifth dis claims all hostility to thc black population, md asserts that tho people of Virginia sin jerely desire to soo their advanoc in intelli gence, and are willing to extend to them lib jral protection ; but While any Constitution idopted by tho State, should make all men jqual before tho law, yet this Convention dis tinctly declares that Governments of thc States ind Union were formed by white men, to b ? jubjoct lo their control, and suffrage should itill bo regulated so as to oontinuc both under control Of tho white race. A resolution vas adopted, authorizing tho Central Committee to take steps for testing the constitutionality of thc Reconstruction Acts in the United Stales Supreme Court. In discussing this resolution, Gen. Imbodcu, who had sued out a mandamus against Gen. Schofield, stated that his oaso, with similar ouos relative to suffrage iii Alabama and Mis sissippi, would bc onrried to tho Supreme Court. Thc President was authorized to appoint a oommittoe to prepare an address to tho poople of Virginia and of tho United States, and tho Convention adjourned sine die. After thc adjournment, Hon. R. M. T. Hunter made a short addross, in answer to calls, iu which bc said that between slavery and military rule, bc preferred the latter-for the mon who wioldod tho latter wore of his own race. He" cited llayti and Jamaicans results ot negro rule, and believed that the radical majority in Congress, if they expected to control thc blacks and provont their excess es, would find themselves woefully mistaken. To give the blaoks thc power of governments, in the Southern States would be tho highest crimo against naturo, and he boliovod "whot t.bn Midrib ?aw- tim rounW?, tV?/?*rt .?..>?*,vl 1>U ro-action Which would sweep sm\u govorr meats from the face of Amcric?.. This got oration has suffered, and riv.y Raffor moro but tho State will live and loo1* baok at th period as only a dark ei'?sodo. Tho scout now passing may make men truer to tho Sta willoh gave them birth. ATLANTA, Doodtnbor 12.-Tho Reco st ruction Convention passed a ruliof ordinnn ? this morning, introduced by R. B. Bullook, j Richmo'idv which reads as follows : " Jl it enacted, <fc, That from and af the pitssing of this ordinance, all levies wh ha.ee been or may bo made under exe ?ion, issued from any oourtof this Stato, si bo susponded unfci&this Convention shall li taken, or refused to taite, final action xi] tho matter of relief ; and that all sales un executions, in . violation of this ordinal shall bc null and wid, and of no effcot." The Georgia Supremo Court 1ia"?nig d ded that the stay laws of tho last Hoglsjat ?re unconstitutional, this ordinanoo, whiq is understood will ty onfofecd. by Gdtt.'r; commanding this Military Btstriet, tm! ?< rate rn? a barrior to. all legal notions tipo? vate debts, until tho Convcn^on eau, a,o,tj