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THE FAIRFIED HERALD. W INN 'Ro1 t , S. C. Wednesday Morning, Juuo 24, 1868. Desportes, Wiliiams & Co., Props. Nomina.ions for Municipal Officos, 0. H1. MeMASTER. WARDIENS. T. N. W1 I'1' 1 El ilS, JOHN FI AS Eli, J. M. Fl-LLIO'TT1, W. If. WILLIAMS. Death of Mr. D. B. MoOroight. - It is with deep sadness that we are 9 called to record the death of Mr. 1). 13. MCCiIGinr, who is so well known to our readers ind the Proe.s, as the Editor of tho Wi N NsnIno N itws, and FAIRFnI.w IElRAL, afIter a loug Und painful illness, he expired, on Friday I last, about six o'clock, P. M. II is ' funeral took place on Saturday 5 o'clock, P'. 11. The Presbyterian'" Church, in which the services wereJ. held, was crowded with friends, whol indicated by their presence and grief, 1 how universally he was respected in life an1d lainented in death. lie leaves a wife and three smallm children to mourn his death. 'Thy have our de p and heartfelt synpally. t We regret tha it wc ar ncot abl)e to give a more extended noticoo of onr deceased friend anil Editor, a lhort biogra ph icaI shot cl of his lifo howev or, will be furnished for the next is. huo. Cotton Tax. ah: Weo give below a st aiemient show Ing the exact amount of Tax tha has been paid on cot ton, asse.wed in Winnhoro, fromi the lst October 186, to the 18ti of d lne, 1868. In the year 18G6, Tax on Cot ton, " .Y In the year 1867, Tax on Cotton, 5 in the year 1868, Tax oi Cotton, 30,955.51 $91,:;.29.95 The Income '['ax for the year 1861, inchlding ar tieles in ehedtle A, and special Tax dating from May 1st, 1865. 3,726.00 ThO Iocoimea Tax for the year 1865, including ar ti ies in Schodulo A, and special tax dating front May 1st, 1 86, 3,8-19.33 The licoie Tax for tiho year 1866, inet d ing ar tieles inl Seliedulo A, and special Tax dating tfrom May~ 1st, 18G7, 4 ,.53.d9 The Income Tazx f'or the year 180i7, including ar.. tieles inl Sche~dulo A, and Special Tlax dating from 1st mlay, 1868, 1,817.91 Total, $.l08,176.t,8 The1 abiove statemen iit cominpris on ly the cotton taxes asssesscd in Winas boro. An assessment not be ing no cessary prior to sh iment to any poin t. - inl thle collect ion District, it follows, that a large piroportionl of' thle crop~ shippedl directly to Chesteor and 00 lumia, d~iI wich may) be safely estimai ed at not less thanit one-hialfC oft lie crop, is not represented in the abIove Iig We believe that the entire tax on the cott-n of this lDist rict in thie pe riod emblraed~ above will not fall be low $200,0100.00J and~ is probably, not loss than $250t,000.00. A Stirrimg Appeal. The Mobile Kernaing Ecwes says thie Nationm/1lntd1becel:r, appeals to thle~ people of the North in lainguagc that oughlt to stir the blood and arouse thiej soul to resistance of the tyranny, wh ich a corrupt and degraded Con-i gress is fastening upon thiem. We, of{ the South are only spectators of thie great draman now in piogress of enact mont, bunt wo are not disinterested Spectab)ors. Th'le cha ins are alreaidy~ fastened upon01 us, while they are onl being woundl~ about theo iimbs of thie Noth. Our only hope of speedy sal. vat ion (we have tie despondlency as to the erentual result) is in tho resi. tance that may be made by the people. of the North to their own enslave.j moent. The trunipet tones or the In.~ tell~qencer, thle rofore, a Iltigh no speaking directly to us, cannot fail toI stir our henrts in the cho, If not oth~or-~ wise. We quote "Froomen of tlie .North I Knows tha~t the clutch of usurpation is at. the~ throat of your Ministers of Justiceo~ thma your troachorous servatnts, .de term n ted to destroy your Const't ut ioi defended by your Chief Magistrato,i have desperately resolved uponiabue.i gating the legislativo branoh of your1 Government, entrusted to their per fldlous hands, and in order .to doniol. iah al rotraint f treason, are about~ to destroy all the departinents of G ov erilnent, even t i'r own, and fitting your 1,iberties from your shn il'ders, tb hiy till at the, feet or a :nilitury'despot. Know, people of tho great free North, :at., your chains are' forged ; that the )nyonet, as it wore, are sharpenld, the Muskets chari ed, the orders written, hat tre to ilete out to each one of you what liberty, what property, what it'e he shall retain. ]3hold, at your Ireside the apparition of the gutard or a midnight arrest ; in your ilaces if worship, the armed censor of yod )rayers ; in your fields, at your work ahles, ont the high roads, the snaky Ind skuilkiig detectivo. Listen ! Vou nay hear the drum, as it drops in at 'our startled car, the palsy that hiiekens your yet freo tongue. We ell you that the SupremQ.(iourt is to >c struck down: that the equal balanco >f the Three Great )opartm1en1ts is waying from its equilibrium ; that he great tripad of the Republic is to >e broken I p ; that from your politi maI temples your hotrayers are baniish. ng youir gods and from t ho genius of 'ouri' freedomn, are wrenchin g her in iolable sceptre . TPhut a few wretch $,', drunk upon irresponsihl power, oatlhsomeO with guilt, hideous with 'loud, and ned with lust, nay riot in vonr hal lIs of power, through the de radation of the South, your luiberties irre to be destroyed, your consit iut ion subverted, your republic dissolved, andl your flo diShonored anong nat Lions forever. Ariso, freemen, in your fiery ntjes ty ! Consuue wit hi the lithtning of your powe'rful rehke this devilish combhination of perlidy and greed. Shak11;e oif the fatal ineredu1lit.y which lays you sipinu' in the midst of peril, :11' let not. the siun go down ere you h;:ve shaken the earth with your tli Ilhy tread. Gia'ber, in every 1:ll - lei in the land, froni lIasilport to .. to ria, and seil ti to l'venii the shout of your 11indignation. Tmwin1ding' 40eet ot 'our1i' fir'e 41011 is woven and its Collin inade. Shall it die and be buried Route~ra Prc bytaria'i lnuchos. At the lI.te session ot t ho Old I'res byter"iani General .\ssembily, held at .\lhany, th' followin preablle f and i'r'souiti 11s inl relation to the Syinods IAmt sep:arated from said A' ssemlhy fiiring the' war, :ld which formIled the S4hutl''Irn General A\ssebluly, Col Vened in Ir. llock's Churbh in Bal. Imor41'e, Were :eloptd 111 : W here:'s, the Synods of Ala1am1, A rk:nsauS. G eorgia:, 3lep'his, lissis sippi, No'rthI ('ar'olina, South Catrolina, 'T'exas 141 Virginia, with the several P'resbyteries iul' their c:1re, have, with the1( except ion of tihe: Presbytery of New. Orleans, in the Synol of 31is Sissippi, volmtarily withdhrawn from our cn'.nltection and or'nt;liized then selves into It separato church ; there fore, lIesolved, ThaInt thle Permlanent 'rk is directed to drop their lunes from the list of our Sv nods and l'resbyteries, and that they I: ' lion) g to bie regarded as a 1 part of the P'resbyterian Church onder the care of this Assemb'hly, with the ox ,ept ut th We Presbytery of New Or. 1l11ns, whi Ich is liereby attached to tlie Synod)4 of Naishile114. Re'solved:, That thle Assembly dhoes hierebly iecogize th le organiiizatioll ini to whichth thesto Synods havei' forimedr themsielve as ua 11separaote4 and inde - piendient clhurichi, sunstainin111g to uts thie ~am1e4 relamtion which:1 we accord to ot her buranihies of' the P re:,by torianiiI~ Che, and her'eaflter' it, is to he treated aic cord ingtly by all thle courts under 01ur car'e. Res.olveCd, '""at thle Ars'ely also t akes tisi occasIionl to) say th1114, wile (itcnnot justif thes11e4 bre thr ien in: eparai:it inig themciselvyes fromil thle churnebi ofi thir i faithleris, it regrets thle ir iIth-i drawali~i, anid ex prescses thle (iarnetst hopo lihaIt they may see thle i'ira y clear to return to their formiier r'eh11 tionis. ('otton Uonvention, he Cot ton ('onvenition1 at Bositon), say3s thet BRichmonlid Di)sjmlch4, 01n its second14 dlay's sit ting, dliscus~sed the quelst ion of' lie tar' on cotaoni, which inclidenltly involved the question of tfrands in the packling of' cotton. With1 regardli'4 to Iitre th11 generail dlesirec seemiedl to be thait thle purchaser0$C should bo reliIeved( fr'oni payinog for thatt as so luch cotton. On the sub. ject of impure cotton antd frauds in packing, soverl'1 speaikers acquitted the S'out hiern cot ton-lanlters of all bilamei. Mr. Simlpson, of M assachiu setts, said thoso f'rauds werec the wor'k of persons "fronm the Nor'th.." Mr. Nourse of the samile State, agreed with himii. It was urigod that cotton shld~( be so paekodl and marked as that the paScker could14 be t raced ouit ulpon thlL discover'y of fraud. Tfhis is thiecase with tobacco, thriough the system1 of manifest, marks, &ce. Resolutions to carry~ (out these objects wore discussed, without 11inal act ion. -Incidentally, somioinmg wa'is said about the poverty of Southern plan ter's, and the. importance of aiding themu iln their operations of dotton m ultu re. Ini t114 course of ,deobate siomtnthin wvns also said of the unfortunauto .ro milts.to thie Noit'horn. imen who '. hur ried to the South after the war, etn barked in the oulth'nt.16n of totton with tho .most sanguino e f ootatiot. We all hero know~ sop'iothiing of thiose 3agorexpeotation id 1Ifthtod pro pt..Th ilgh4 Mo, Duflio, of South Carolina, had his 'frty-balo.thegry," but these North- ti ben men had their hundred and tweir I hundJred-bale theorios. They i11mag t ietd that they had but to comoc down 'tl hero and got into the shoes of tho o Southern planter, and soon enjoy tho, S .Ncase and abundance once enjoyed by oi the unfortunate planters ; and more- d< over, that they (these Northern moecn) wnuld soon deport themselves with the manly Case and unaffected dignity ind grace of those "played out" cot- 0] toif-planters, as they were pleased to term them. Never were men doomed 4 to sadder disappointnont. They' were wholly unacquainted with the " business, and wore yet at greater . fault with reference to the negro as a I freedman. After spending, each in dividual, his thousands, aggregating ri perhups a million or two, these outer- rc prising gentlemnen pocketed their , losses and withdrew in disgust with cotton, the negro, anid the South. As the people are never so proud of their, losses as of their gains, the experi-4 enee of the Nortleri1 men turned i Sonthern planters has never been ful- r ly understood at the North. & Immigration. It 10 apparent to us that this subject has excited the iit linist. int erest through out the*fistrict.. it has Iakeni deep hold upon the jidglment and the lopes of our so people, ii I it as elhcited 2n nificen0 ti. proffers from estimrab le, earnest 1.nd o pr1act i'1 geril emI n ii from every see'ion . ~ji of the District, for they sece in its accomn- t p lida nientt a certain a sirnmeniality for .achieving a pI rcal ir-g''eira tion and e Irne recons' ruct ion. It I trnscend polic. ties, for it involves that and much more. It emibraceis also, the social and material resuscitation of our prrs. t< Irate country. It is time that some action be taken 1 i the matter. It is time for consul etationi, interchange; of ideas, and the adoption of a scheme of operation. S it is time to set in action an agency of such prouise. With this view and af ter' 3o0nenc upon the matter, we t namoie tie second Monday in July. next, as at day of Meeting. We in vite a full and free attendance of our 11 citizens on this occasion. We wisha to see if possible, all the ea:nestness, nolmon sense and experience of the community united on that day In giv. ing practical, feasible and energetic direction to a hopeful enterprise. We repeat, we are reqcested to d name tile 13th prox., the 2d Monday in July, as a day of meeting. The Negro Voto. w The following, from the New York "I World shows that the Democrats of n' the North are beginning to awake to at the i mportaice of securiniig 11 portion(1 ti of thle Southlern niegro vote in the ti Presidential election: "Another01 object of tis bill isto secure thme electoral votes of the re lm~it ted States for the Republican - cand1(1idtes. Ini thiis,juidginig from the A present appear")ncles, theoy seem likely a to be successful. TIhere is no possible ec way by which the Demoeciatic party a caln preent P'residentiaul electors he0- N ing chosen in those States, or pre- ie ount thle votes of those eletors be- c ing Coullnted. Theli 0only thling we ill can i do is to make a1 sttenous at tenmt toarry those States for our Ltiekot ; and considering the great tac numberli2'l of whites wholl ar'e disfran- ti, ehised, 0our 02nly chaneo10 of suCcess (conl- e sistsi inl iiin~ g tilenelgr'ovote. -Uuit \V thme Democratic parlt~y does not seem S likely to adlopt any eflicienlt miethiod of doing tiS. Foi' our1 part, we do not a yet see tihe wisdom of letting se venty ai electoral v'otes go by dlefault andl turnl , thle se1110 against uts. WX~e had1( rather, 800 ai Demiooraitio President elected by s negrol' voCtes, thlan dlefonited by noe- he~ gr votsine, inl spite of all wre at cndvto thle niegroes wiill, eithler pi ftor its or against us. We need to a brj1'ing over butt a verty small11 perceentage jp;of tlhem to carry'3 every' Southerni S8 tt. A man11 mayl r'easonably oh-. ject to being sonsed inlto a. muddy is millh-pond, and is a fool if lie does not h struggle with all his mIght against thle attempt of ,' gatng of r-uflians to fling himi in ; hilt being in, lhe is " Cfinal2 ly a fool if ho0 pr'efers to sink Y rathler than save his life by swiahming inl such dIirty wat(,r o ai Thle INow Yom'k Wiorld sass that the ~ S"supporter's of 1~Mr. Pend1(leton and1( ofIl Mr. haseagre':.in cosideringf time (1-w 1ancial1 problem as tihe imnportanlt wich~l will engage theo attenitioni of time ~ Glovernment for the next four years8." 4This,acoording to the Whorld, .is a r p erfectly sound judgment, and doe sia orod it to thb aga l'y of theo party. 6< Oregon in hier late elections' h'ad Kgone demiocratio from "Aarreot"-to eel. l1ar." Thus thq~ great .wheel of popn. I Ular retion .rolls forward. c Tile dowLlodoinfoneticut) oity 'leotion .wenmt Demmorati6 on Monday by about seventy majority on the avoe. ago. Tihe voto'wwunusually heavy. A NshvlloIspe sof the 2d says that w~itin; tl o' fiyeadays provious therdhad b em'fourjnurders in the vi- " nifof the iy~,:. V A call has been issued for a conven an of colored Republicans of Maryland, elaware,. West Virginia, Kentucky 1el Missouri, to be held mn Bal imore on e 4th1 of August, for the purpose e, ganizing the colored people of those ate. as Ia, unit to agitate 11e (llestifon equal rights. The Chicago platform >ea not please these' negroes. Memphis has soon another sight in e shape of a bloody settlement of an d feud. Two-men got in a fight in a rbor slkop, one using a knife and the her a pistol. Both of them .wore se rcl.y wounded, and.during the fray negro was killed by a stray shot, the ill striking him in the forohead caus g instant death. Several light snow falls were expe enced on the Central Pacific Rail ad near the summit during the past. ek. [cOM MUNICAnED.] Montleol'o Demooratio Associat on. Mn. EoI on :--D nin : It may terest yourself, and some of your aders, to know something of our As ciation,--its success ; its prospects success, &c. We organized an Association here, pril 1 ith. known as the Monticello emocratic Conservative Arsociation. Our Constitution is very much the me as those of other iimilar associa 1)1n or clubs ; hut differs from muany ' them, in that it retuires an Exccu vo Committoo of five members, hose business it is to engage speak. s for the different meetin~gs, to pro ire and report names ot applicants r membership, &e. We mention this, because we re ird the existence of such a cotumit e, as of the greatest importance. Our oflioers are, Col. W. J. Alston, resident ; Dr. W. P. Curry, Col. T. Dawkins, and blaj. J. I. Lyles, ice Presidents; and i. M. Zealy,, 3eretary. Wo have now one hundred and five embers, seventy-five (75) white, and irty (30) colored meubers. Although our success in making embers of the colored people is not I that could be desired, still consid 'able has been accomplished. The Radical vote has been diminish 1 130, annd we have hope of dimin hing it to a minority, at least by the ixIt election. This will certainly be to case, if all white men will do their Ity. Wo are sorry to s y, that there is a od deal of apathy a mong some of our hite men ; and we fear there is even iposition a uong a few. On the hole, however, we feel encouraged, d hope to be able to report some ing more interestinlg at som01e future mue. W. J. ALSTON, President. . . ZF.AI.Y, Secretary. A~i WVaING' FRoM OAL 1IF'ORNIA. ccording to the Saln Francisco Blulledin. (C Statie of Cai orn ia is fumli of sta rving erks and thriivinig laborers. Evcry' 'amer "brmngs young fellows fromj ew York, Bostoun, Phldelphlia andi ahiimore, and evenI from Lonidoni, lasgow. FIranlce and G1ermaniy, look g for situations."'1' Th conidit in of1 e'so y'oung mienl is thuts describled: Sonme havev ev en been foolish enough throw lip berths at home, thIinkimig at. becauise California is a pro.,per mIS munry, clerks rmust, be in dlennd. - T hen tihey get hero they walk the reets, bore thleir acquaintances, prev monl their friends, and are snubbed bv rangers who are wveary of answvering e commoni initerrogatory, 'Do( von ant a clerk ill this est alish menit ?' MenI with trades, on the contrary, arle id to be generally prosperous; af~d ii s been proved that five years of andy manual habor in California, at the( 'esenit rates of wages, wvili give a maln good house and in good farm. HAYrr.-Correspondlence from IHavti mntbrestmig. Sallnave hand assured t'he or'eign) Ministers dhaL no0 dIamage would done to the capital except that inflict I y the enemy ; at the amo time he muounced his detormination never to 'ld. The Cacos made an assaitt up~on o city oni the morning of the 3d inst.. id were repulsed with heavy loss. All the prison ers ecaptured wvere buter I by the troops in the rmost expeditious md approved negro fahion. Salnave ad endea voredl to dec a compromise' ih the Sounthern revolutiomists upon e condition that they should noite illh him in repeliing thme Cacos. Tihe -oposition was md~ignanltiy rejected, anid ehappy and highly civilized negro putblicans were still vigorously at work iughtering each other at the last, ac REINDICTMENT' OF 'SURRATT.- The and jury of thme Criminal Court of aahington have found a .true bill of Aiotrmor.t againa6 John H. Surrati, Iarging himl, under the second sootion the ao6 of July 1'?, l8620 with, giv g aid anrd coomfort to the onomy. b~e uIa1ge conneeotalg lhim with the urdor 01 Lincolndls abandoned. A6 Badeh-Baden a' ladf asked he lend "ihy they ealled' a town 'de. itod.- to play O.watering pilace 1" .Jooaus/'an8World hot friend, "th~ sitoN ro regeneralycleanas ot, Latest by Telegraph. Congressional, WASUtINOTON, June 16. SENATE.-Rill were introduced facilita ting the settlement of the prize cases in the/ northern district of Florida; also, relatlivo to the coast defences; also, for the furt her : security of life on stenm-propelled vessels. The consideration of the nt ional curren. y bill was resumed, and discussed till ad journment. llomtsi..-Under (heo. regular onll, among other bills introduced wits a bill amending. the homestead law ; also, regulating h/naes corpus ; also, dividing Texas and providing. for the admission of the fractions ; also, au t horizing nidi re1iiring the Secretary of Wnr to deliver certain arms to the Siuthern' .States for their militin immedialely after the discontinunn to of military govertnments therein. A bill providing for tn addition of twenty per cent. to the salaries of Depart ment emaployes wAS passed-71 to 64. The tax bill was recommitted, and the' committee ordered to report as early as possible a spe'clal bill revlsing the tax on' whiskey nnd tobteco. Senate bill amendidg thecharter by which tie soldiers' vote atre ignorel and the city government placed under Radical control' was passed. The Hlouse refused to entertain Logan's resolution looking to the removal of the capital A'n order was p-assed giving the bill re vising the whiskey and tobacco tax unin. terru1ted possession or the IlIouso 'The report of the Committee on Enrolled ills, on the expected motion to include mineral oils in the special bill, was defeat ed. The ! ouse then adjourned. WasuiNoroN, -June 17. SxNAT.-The Texas Convention resola tions that. congressional reconstruction would fail tinder General Iluchanau'snppoint. mncats were ferred to the Judiciary Commit tee. The memorial of William S. Shipley, of Kentucky, was tend. It charges that his <on, residing at Columbus, Ga., had been arrested by military authority in violation of the Constitution, and carried 200 miles f'rom his homse to Atlanta, where he is now contined, deprived of communication with his friends ; that he is falsely charged wit h being concerned it the murder of George. W. Ashburne, who was killed in a negro house of ill-ane. The memorial was re ferred. The jnuliciary Committee's motion inde. initely postponing the Senate and Hlouse nntendtents to the baukrupt law was pass. ed. The Chair laid before the Senate a tele. graphic dispatch from the Constitutional Cotinvention of L'exas, dated at Austin, June 16th, contaitning resolutions passed at flint date asking the permission of Congress for the Convention to organize a military force. in conjuntion with the military command er, to subdue crime and lawlessness, which t hey allege is now so frequent int hat Statle and further setting forth tha;t it Congress does not grant this power tite loyal people ot Texas will be ompelled to take the law in their own hands in self-defence. Refer ted to the Comruittee of M ilitary Affairs. 'I lie considerationa of Ithe finance bill was t.ltett resumed. The section forbiding banks' to pay interest on the deposits of other banks was eraved. 'The provision with drawing twenty millions from districts which have a surplus, and awarding it to listricts comparatively deficient in national batnktmg capital, was adopted. The addi tional capital goes to districts which have now less than five dollars per inhabitant. ''le bill passed by a veto of 25 to 14. Acomnittee of conference was appointed on the bill removing political disahilities. T'hoSetate then went into executive ses sion and adjonned. Ilous.-The Election Committee report md in favor of sentina McKee, from the Ninth Kentucky district. Ordered to .e printed. The bill promoting American commerce was then taken up, the tmain feiture, or *iiawhack, bei ng the tariff' on mattetial used ini ship-butildling.* Ait ateindmoenit allowing five foreign hot totms, owned excluively by citirens, to by utsed in convecyinig western produce fromn New Orleans to New Yor'k, was rejected. antl tie mttert finally tabled by an almost <olid weternm vote. .'tAmendmients to (the political relief bill were nton-eoncutrred I., rutd a cotiference demtandedt. The flouse thetn adjourned. lYAsttIsoToN, ,Juno 18. SnNA-rS -The.Post-oflice Committee re ported favrorably otn he bill est abl ishting a cotinutouts railrontd betne to Mlobile. iThe bill allowing thet United States to ap peal in sitms from dist riot courts, withtout giving sec'urty, was passed. Thle bill allow ing (the side of armed ves sels to heelligeretnts for commeinrcial purposes wais passedl. . The bill relieving exporters of' rum and spirits was killed in cotiferenco. Thte cotitico on te bill removing disa, bilitios report a bill recotmmeniding that the namews of Getorge WV. Jones, of Tennessee, andl Georgo llouston, of Almabama, thie only Demoorats In the list, be erased ; whticht was adop~t ed. Air. Ihendricks denounced this actiorn as shattnefully partial. No Radical setnator' ventutred to reply. Ross and Van Winkle voted tiay. The Senate (lhen weont into executive session and adjourned. U ot'rn:.-Thie clerk's boitus bill was tabled by a vote of 68 to 64. This action affectual ly kills It. ResolutIons denutnclary of the Indian treaty ratliled by (the Senate was passed, T1heoy declare (liat (toheionse will feel bound ~to refuse tappropriations, for Its rat inea t Ion. The treaty is a amall affaIr with the Osage Indians, bitt Is important as t Ihe firt diirect nank otn the combined por of (the President end thie Senate to make treaties. rTe bill modifying and essentially limit ing the jurisdtotion of the Court, of Claims was passed. 1Bil1 relievIng earrying companies from liability for loss or damage to goods caus ~ed by the Union or Confed orate. forces was passed-80 to 42. This bill, if It becomes a i law, will protect, express companies ~againast i numerable suits. Thec river and htarlgour bill was postpon ed tillTucaday next, and te House adjourn ed, W Asaxo'roN, June0 19.. SENATE.-.A bIll was introducted iransfor rIng the control of the Indians to the Freed. men's J)ureau. The vote rejecting the bill relieving from tax (ho export era of distilled rutm was re-. coonsmdered and the' bill passed. IPaocino raIlroad matters we're dlseussed tintil adjouranoet.fr I"ioust.--The bill providing frthe safety o'f passengers os'Id .0 steamn vessels, ar regtlbtting the systebi ~as pig wto A diviion, . - ~ - -t o t The Conforenee .Comhnitee's~ report oa the hilt for relIeving partis fromf 'litical disabilities w as rejecd.78 to f oot& lwo'.thilrds majority. .Tije 'I~en~geta,, ,0 oteo(iot bt the orabure of the narpos~ 'of to' Deoratsafrom th, lie1st' er,11eWyN, +ot'd Wlh the Republioans; wh* oppose piel 3u a I aniy shape. .s'~'~ ' sage of this bill congressional reconstruo. 1 Lion would be a failure, and untold evil would result. I Mir. liruomall, who had changed lilt vote I for the purpose, moved a rconsiderattion of the yvote ,.ani the motion prevailing, the question comes up again next MSonday. The ienateo's amendment to the bill con tinuing the Freedmen's Bureau was conw ourred in, and the bill now goes to the Pre sident. Adjrurned. From Washington. WAsnzsuroN, Juno 16. Surratt's counsel a.niotnmced themselves ready. but the prosecution avked a post, . Iponemellt ; wi ereuiponl the court tixedt hit trial for next Alonday, when. if lie prosecu- t tion is not ready, Surratt will be bailed. Surratt's long imprisonmient. '-as eharac- 1 terized as a disgrace to any court of jus tire Mr. 4. It. Lamar, of Columbus, Ga., is n here in t ho interest of the young men now c imprisoned b military authority for alleg- j ed implication in the murder of Ashburno r The circumstances connected with the ar- c rests were published here, and excited t astonishment and indignation. Mr. Lamar ' represents that the proceedings meet with disapproval here, without. regard to party, and it is understood motions will be made I in Congress on the subject to-morrow by Republicans. Mr. Pomeroy will introduce a bill in the Senate forfeiting the Nashville and Decatu Rtoad land grants. WAsutIoToN, June 17. "I Increased uncertainty prevails regarding tihe whiskey and tobacco tax 1ill. huller's corruption report is looked for Anxiously, but tainted parties. among whon are no acquittal senators. find Butler willing to be slow and careful. The news of the contest in the Florida Legislature for senator ha been received here. The Florida delegation are relieved of apprehensions felt last night of a negro coming to the Se'nte from Florida, and they scent hnppy. Bowen has been confirmod as Mayor b/ the Circuit Court. Burlingame and hie Chinese suite visited the Senate today, WAsnINnTON, June 19. Tho xpress this afternoon says it is re- 1 ported on good authority that Chief Justice Chase has written a letter, to be read in the National Denocratio Convention, placing himself squarely on any plat form the Con vention miay determine on, but urging that 1 negro suffrage be recognized and universal s imnesty demanded. Private advices from Atlanta represent hat the civilians held by the military at - Columbus. Ga., aie treated with increased v vigor. The house Juilci:ry Conmittee D intemplates bringing the matter before the Aouse on Monday. Scoretary MlotCiloeh has not resigned, bhough a report to that effect was published in an evening paper. The defeat. otf tie political disahiiity re. lief bill in the iionso Ihis evening created a strong fluttering. It is very likely than it will pass on Monday, Ihough the Demo- c wrat' will vote solidly against it, unless [louston, of Alabamna, and Jones, of Tennes tee, are restored by it. WYAsuiXNroN, June 19. The dredge boat to clear nut the mouth of ii te Mississippi river left Boston yesterday for New Orleans. Mr James Resigns the Office of Internal Revenue Collector, &o, WASuiNOTON, June 15. Mr. James, collector of internal revenue it Richmond, has t endered, his resignatlow I of that office. 4 General Mulford will doubtless receive v the nomination as successor to Mr. James. Among the Candidates for nomination as Dommisioner of Internal lIevenue is Mr 0 zumntins, new collector of internal sere.- C ue for tie four h district of Petsylvania ~ The P'residentt now seems mnlined to hmobi rmek the nonminmadion of a successor to ?,lr.. IRallins until lie can htavo assurance of thle irobability of confirmuation of a capable. fi ionest, and efficientt nomiinee. -si E'rom North Oar ilina-Proclamation of I Governor Holdea, & IlI.zt, June 16. WVilliam WV. Ilolden, Governor eleot of ~ortht Ciarolina, issues his proclamation to. norrow cwinvening the General Assembly IWednesday the 1st. of Julhy next. - The aea fillers wvili be instawl ied, it ls.underst.nod, as~ mon as their disabiilit iesw have been renmov ud, except such as are already qualitied, it vwio, it. is presumed, wvill riumphy wvi th th lii; aw of Congress just passed. From New Orloans. - Niuw Oarmass, June 16.. ti General Bucohanan hwas reilved the New )rleans Gas Company fromn the action of' Glene--al Banks's order of March 15, 1864,s requiring said company' to transfer to time Quartermaster's Department all stook st and-' ing on Its books in the namo of personms in I lie civil or militairy. erwvice of the "Itcbe' s G6vermimenit, or who had not complied with~ the act of Congress of July 17, 18612, or thmei President's proclamuat ion of Decembnler 8,j 1862. All sneh itock, togethmer with thie7, unpaid dlividemnds aconm nuhwrted since .Januua.b ry, 1866. is released fromn the restrictiotns of, said erder. There was n~o attempt, at an inauguration oftthe Stat~e officinls to-dasy, as called for In Packard's two proolamations, though they were in eon'nhtationi this tmorning, and ab uiniiiderable orowd ofnegroes in attendance f at Mechanics Instituto, In expectatioa of the Import ant event. Comnments of the English Pr ass on the Appointment of Reverdy Johnson. LONDON, June 15. The London papers applaud Ilevordywi Johinsopt's appointment. Trhe Times says: "No envoy could be sent here who would be' hailed with moore confidence as the honored spokestaan of a great nation." Thme Deaily Newc, says: "life will repre-. Bent the United States as a whole not see tionally."* Marine Disaster. FOJ-rnSSa MosnoE, June 15.' The*DBritish barqmue Istria, froetn New Or. 1caps for Liverpool, ashore off Cape liatter.. as,,wenw to pieces. Out of her crew, num boring twenty-six mnep, only three were eav- a Th e'teatner nevada ha Ali'oe to lees." -.h 4 - - lso11o . ;The I'loridR Legislature, S TArLAJIASSa , June 17. -t *Welsli tau eleoIcid Unif od States sonate Ior the form which expires in March 1869, l'here wss tno eleotionfor the other senator rD the fqurs~yet~e tpram Lo.day, The result - a up~trtl in, Osborne Is ahead. 4. ri of 8. Anubite, 4." bro V. Osborno (Radical, from Now York), 81 ; ). B. Hurt (a nativo. known as a southern )ylist), 21; Governor Marvin (Democrat), a. A third senator for the term commencing larch 1, 1809, will be elected. ouisiana Radioals Brought to Grief General Grant "Goes Baok" on them The --ew Offloers not to be installed until the State is Admitted. New O1XLEAZs, June 19. A telegram from General Grant is pro ulgated by General Buchanan in the form f an order for instruction and guidance to .11 concerned. General Grant approves eteral Buelhnan's course hoth in regard to io State and municipal oflices. lie says he civil ;fli ers elcte.I cannot be installed mtil the State is admitted into the Unio.n. ltntil Ihen the State ( '.vernmht. is provi lonal, tnd entirely under General Buehan n's control. Ie lentes tlhe matter o ath of ollice entirely to General Buchana s udgment,but suggests, however,, that the atht prescribed by the new Constitution umy should be requ irel, If the suggestion e adopted, it will permit. ninny officers to unlify who could not otherwise do so. eorgia Politics-The Oalunbus Prison ers-Honors to Ex-Prosident Puohan an's Memory. A Tr.ANTA, GA., June 19. General John B. Gordon publishes a card eclining to allow the use of his name in he election for United States senator. A large number of persons fron t his see. on will go to the Damocratio National Con. cntion at New York. At the garrison. to-day guns were fired in espect to the memory of Ex. 'resident Buch 11111). Twenty-eight of the Columbus prisoners re here nuder military guard, some of them n close cells. It is said they are arrested or participation in the murder of Ashburno ist spring. Carey W. Style's new p-iper, The Cont, U/ion, is gain.ing great popuionrity. The first lot of new wheat was sold here esterday at. $2.10 per bushel. 1 Tsumnur.F CASUALTY -1tEt'OuT> Dnowx. :o oF Two WtiTr MtuEN AND A Nxuxo Wo. AN.-Ou Wednesday aftornoon, Mr. B. oddin left the city for his place on Wando iver, accompanied by a white man, threo egro mon and a negro woman The boat tarted before the storm, and had proceeded D wit hin a tmilo of the plantation, when it ras capsized by a sudden gust, The boat -as soon righted and tho inmates regained heir seats, but everything was lost, with ho exception of one oar. They drifted elplessly down the river, until opposite V'eldon and P'attotn-s place, when tho boat ras again capsized, and Mr. Roddin, the rishmtan and the negro woman were una le to regain their position, and sunk. The ries of the negro men attracted the atten, on of sonic laborers on the Patten place, ho put olT in a boat and reseu:d them. wo of tie boat hands camne to the city yes rday, and reported the facts of the drown. ig to Mr. Pickett, Mr. Roddin's partner. [ Charleston News, 191h. Wiy HonATio SYMount DECLiNES TO na CANIDATE.-Governor Seymour is be eved to have a hereditary tendency to in-. liity ; and he has been warned by his hysieians that. the excitement of a Presi. ential campaign would most probably do ilop the disease, and !hnit at any rate the hor and harassing cares of the first year ' a Presidential aspiration would be almost rtain to do it.--Letter in Cincinnati Ga tie. Further particutlar-s from thle disastrous re in Malrquet te, Alich., on Lake Superior, ate that every business houso in the plae, timout a solitar-y except ion, was burned to to ground. Several very large and costly* icks were dest royed, atnd as the shiipment. Eriron ore and the carrying trade generally as a large traflic bet ween Mlarquette atnd tet' towns on the lakes the blow is a very iveroe one. It is said that Nlipoleon employs many of 1o demni montde tis his spies and~ ngents; and arrino, the Italian, whoa was for four- years Shis secret se-vice, says that a fashionable :gnio lias beett set up wit h nmoney frota te Emtperor-'s privy putr9e in every capital Eutrope, and~ in three Amorican cities, by omenC who act as epIcs for Naipoleon, who ad him daily or weekly reports. CouransauA~r Sunoimoss.-Dr. Frank lamiltotn puilelies in the M/edical Cazette a Irong protest. against dleharing ft-ova all itbiic otflice such medical practitioner-s as arved as sulrgeonis or in any other profes onal capacity in the 4 onferiorate army. [o calls ont Congress to modify the iron.; lad oath of July, 1862, so far as it applies > thtem. Tutx CONFEDERA TI DE AD.--Measures are elng taken to provide some suit able mark r the graves of the Confederate soldIers hto are but-led in Loudouin Psark Cemetery, nd already nearly $800 hMs been raIsed for me object. As it Is impossible to distin.. tish the graves of tnany, the original lde& f ~placing htead andi foot. stones at each rave has been abandoned, and it has been, etermtitned to ertet a simple and approrl to moinument. -Baltimore ,Sutn, Rrours or NA-runArLZEn ( 'ITISEuNs ADnOA T-, 'ito Senate Comm nittee on: ForeIgn Relatioha ave unanimously agreed to postpone the uestion of the rights of- naturalised citii ens abroad until the next session, as there re negotIatIons pending abroad that would e stoiely ilterfereti with if Congress bould take ip the quest ion no* - Dr, lIarlow presented to thue Massaehi&., ette Medical Sooiety the ,skull of a mau Iho in 1848 had a three .pound tatoaperlag "on driven throu'gh hiis cheel eand brain, oming out of Itie ctntre of lhs skull pmeare4 ith bi-ains and blood.. After a leing illneeg. 1c man recovered, and died in a -esatap~l. t in M1ay, 1861, twelve ye irs afterwards, Congioe s a giderly deteVnmied to br~b AlsbAmtn onee with bpri roJbote4.Ool.n itution, .h ,ais epidhe hbair of t sad as sbrts egtrsbM UJngress wil ull ha is~' by.I tode tsau miudt b4 a sioc 141q 1, titfe aesto gind. The Leg la -