The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, July 08, 1868, Image 4
Selected Poetry. V
WEEP I WEEPI
ti
Auferre, trueidare, rapere falsis norinibus, tc
in)periu? : qui ubi eoliludinern faciunt, paccn tj
appellant.* .
[ Tacitus Agricola, XXX. Ac
Weep I weep, for a fallen land, c
For a standard sheet laid low I
Freedom Is lost I let every ieart c
Echo the note of we I t
Yea, weep ye soldiers, woop ; t
'Twill not your manhood stain
To mourn with grievous bittorness
Honor and valor slain I
t"
Weep, friendless women weep I
For the golden (lays of yore
For the desolate hones, the acoking hearts;
The loved ones are no noro.
Bravely they fought and well,
That noble hero band ;
Bravely they fought and bravely died!
To save their suffering land
Our Southern soil is rod
With the blood of many slain ; 1
Like sacrifioial wine it fell,
Btt- the sacrifice was vain ;
Peace dawns upon our land,
Oh, God, that tIis should be,
That Peaco should smile o'er Freedom's
grave,
And we that smile should see.
Let Southern men now lake
A long farewell of Fame
Lot Southern men bow meokly down
To tyranny and shame I
Great God I that such shoulUl live
To hail the fatal hour,
That, crushes Freedom to Iho (lust,
'Neath Northern hate and power I
But many a patriot heart
Yet thrills to the war god's breath ;
And many still NN mild battle on
For Freedomi to the death I
Weep I weep ! lut iot for them,
The martyrs 'unath the sod,
For they eternal yeaoo have found
Around the throne of God I
Pesee l-Peace l-'tis but a word
A mockery-a name
Alas, 0 God I 'tis but the wreath
That hides the tyrant's chain I
Yet if it thus must be
And Freedom no'or be won
Thon, Father, give its strength to say
"Thy will on earth be donoi"
CAnant:.
*To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under
false titles, they call government : and where
they make a desert, they call it peace.
SING THAT SWEETMELODY AGAIN.
Sing that sweet melody again,
I heard it once in happier hours,
It fall, upon my weary brain
Like breath of sunmer flower'.
It brings before my pensive nind
The hallowed scones of other years,
When life was one long (lay of joy,
Bright-unalloyed with tears.
The blooming hawthorn scents (lo air,
The lark's loud song is in the sky,
And gathering sweets from balmy flowers,
The boo hums maerry by.
Again I hear my Mary's voico,
Her matchless form I see once more,
Again her watclhing glance of love
Enchants mno as of yore.
Her small whilte hand is clasped in mine,
Her fragrant breath is on my oheok,
Wrapt in a trance of thrilling joy,
Our heartu too full to speak.
Oh I could satch ecatnoy but lasI, 4
Such scenus of ravislang delig lit,
Who would sich happiness exc hange
For other words, though bright?
'The song is hushed, its cohoes die,
Like fairy musio in the air;
'Out of its rapture breathing spell
Awake to grief and care.
A Preolamation,
By vug. ri.tEotixv 0o' vi UNiTKD
s'rmns,
Whe/.reas, In the month of July, Aun- I
no Domnin't 1861, iiinLceptinig the conidi- e
tion of civil war, which was brought by (
*nsurrectioni and rebellion in 'several of
'the States which constittt thie United a
States, theo two Houses of Congress did c
-solemnily declare thant the war was not h
wvaged on (lie part of the Government d~
in any spirit of opproession, nor for any ,
purpose of conquest or subjngationi, nor
for atny purpose of overtharowing or in- d
terformng itha the rights or established a
institution3 o I toe States, bnt only to
defend and maintain theo anpremacy of c
the Constittution of thec United Stautes, a
antd to preserve the Union with all the a
dignity, equality andi rights of the sove- ti
ral1 Stat'e umtmpaired, and that so soon 14
an those objectsashotuld be accomphisheod,
hewar on the part of the Govertnment
should cease ; and, l
Wreas, The President of the Uni-g
ted States has heretofore, in the spirit of u
that declaration, and with the view of
securimg for it ultimate and complete ef
fect,, set forth several proclamations il
offering amneisty and pardon to persons ~
who had boon or wvoro concerned in the
aforesaid rebellion, which proclamations, C
however, were attended with prudential tl
resorvations and exceptione, (lien deem- e
ed necessary and proper, and which
proclamations wvere respectively issued
on the 8th day of Dccemiber, 1863, on
the 26th of March, 1804, on the 29th t.
day of May, 1865, and on the 7th day
of tober, 1887; and,(
TV-a. he said lamentable civil
war has long since s ltogetheor ceased, 8
with an acknowledgment by all thme V
States of the supr'emacy of the Federal 'n
Oonstlttioni and the G overnment there- ~
under, anid- there no longer exists any
reasonable ground to apprehend a ro.
newal af the civil war, or any foreign 0
interference, or any unlawful resistanae t
by any portion of the people of the o
States to. he Oonstitution and laws of
the United Statea ; and,
Whereas, It is desirable to reduce the ii
standing army anid to bring to a ter- n
mination military occupation), martial o
law1rreilitary tribunals, abridgment of
freedoin of speoch and of the press. and
stiapinio'n of the privilege of habeas l
Qprpuas, and the right of trial by jury ; g
suoh encroachment. upon our free insti- a
tutionsin times of peace being danger. 1j
ous to public liberty, inconr~patible with
the Irvi dylgights o(~he tqitizens, Coil
trary to ie ~toae aria qpirit of our re- O2
ptbid~en? -fom of:oernment and
ev~ine of the natioal resources; t
It is believed that amnnesky SC
and ?|dom ill tend to secure a com- -
lete and universal establishmont and
rovalonco of municit pal law and order
conformity with the Constitution or
ie United States, and to romovo all
apearances or presumptions of a retalia
ry or vindictivo policy on the pait of
to Government, attended by io'nece
try disqjualifieations, pains4, penalties,
)nbisentions andi disfranchisements upon
sW couuyt p romnoi1o and procure
)mpleto fraternal reconciliation among
te wholo people, with dut submissioin
> the Constitutioi aid baws:
Now, therefore, he it known that 1,
Lndrew Johnson, Pr'3idlent of tho Uni
ud States, do, by virtue of th Coisti
ution, and in the n m of the people of
tie U sited State.s, hereby proclaim and
eslare, unconditionally and without
eservation, to all and to overy person
h), directly or indirect!y, participated
a the late insurrection or rebellion, ex
eptitg such person or persons as may
to under presontment or indictmniit ii
ny court of the United States having
o)petont jurisdiction upon a charge 0
renson or other felony, a full pardoi
und amnesty for the olkinso of treason
gainst the United States, or of adher
ng to their enemies during the late civil
var, with restoration of all rights of
Property, except as to slaves; also as to
ny preperty of which any person may
iave been legally divested under the
aws of the United States.
[n testimony whereof I have signed
these presents with my hand, and
have caused the soal of the United
States to bo herounto affixed. l)ono
at tho city of Washington, tho 4th
day of July, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and si xty.
eight, and of the ind mdience of the
United States or A' . i the ninety.
third.
By the President:
ANDRE~W JOHNSON.
WrVr. 11. S-wA .an, Secretary of State.
The corruption committeo report coy
rs over twenty cohmnns, without posi.
ii*o facts or assertions. The report
labors to show at probability that moiny
was raised ani, used to acquit, President
Johnson. 'I'l( amount of dirt thrown is
imazing. Searcely a friend of the Presi
lent or prominent political o'phonieni
,scapes.
A lBr.acK ''iunwr .Kii..in--AN On
i1'INATe ScoUNntn, BiWtisi-s T-o Sit
tEND111n AND 1s Smoor.-''Iho Seguin,
Texas, ./ournn/ records the following
lase of fatal obstinaticy -
'1'hore was killed on Tuesday the
!8th, in this plaoe a negro man, known
et Pegleg Riihard. For some months
)ant he had been suspected of theft.
Jin the above late, a search warrant
vas issued out by Mir. Saddler, who
tad good reason for beliovsng, that a
tot of h is tools wore in Dick's posses
nion (he was Ia harness maker) and
placed in the hands of officer Neill
or execution. 'Thle oflicer perforined
tis ditty, and found the tools. While
bhoro, ho recognized somo goods which
10 thought had once been ins the pos
tesion of Messrs. Smith & ('ockrum -
to informed Mr. Smith, wIto imme
Ilately sued out a search warrant.,
)lacing it ill Noill's haunds. In the
anCati timo Dick luid left his store and
wont oil' to a brother freedmen and
torrowed a double.barrelled shot gun
uid returned. On the approach of
qeil1 this time, Dick appeared, gun
n hand curing tho officer, telling
im if he dar'keneod the (1001 lie would
ill himt. Neill appear'ed in the door
uid demianded a surr1.end~er', wthien DIick
ovelod lhis gunl, alreadliy cocked, upon01
i i. Neill stopped aside, and drew
'ut his revol ver', when Deputy SherilIl'
iordlon camio up) and called to ick
ot to make it fool of' him soltf but to
utrrendercl. Dick loveled his~ gun up..
n him wvithi an oath thareatened to
ill himii if he tenter'ed the door1. G or
01n.1now stepped aside for the pur
oso of passing to tlim back oft tho
011s0, whlen Noill remnarked, "Gor
on1, wh'lat tmutst I. do,"' and was ani
wor'ed "kill himi if you cani." NeillI
hion Iire'd, but imissed himl, and( nga in
alled to him i to $turrenider, butt .1 )ick
ill refunsed to do so. Just at that
iomnont Ncil11 turi'n g his head, sawv
10 nogr'o at a window, with his gunl
vo'led upon1 himii: Neill instantly
n'anug inl at thmo door and( ied, theo
tot e'tterod the neck aund downwarid
adged in tho right shoulder ; the ne
ro loll and (lied inl abaut forty' inf
Les.
A very singular and interest
ig reor0t f'romi EFngland says
lhnt the Bishop) of' London ha~s
r'dered that the Pr'esidlent otf
lie United States shall be pr'ay
I for' along withL the Queeni
uid Paiameutint. This is "a
>Ueh of natureo," so to speak,
iat wvill atfect a gr'eat ~muany.
Vhcther suggested~ by the
nueen, or' by the traditional
enius of that city qf Lonidon,
'hich was the for'triess of' those
hlo were the fiends of the
mericans, it is significant
noungh, as showing, that in spite
r the hot 01(d family blood, and1
te blowv struck in the r'ed heat
r mortal passion-in spite of
10 recent bickerinigs and jea
>usies, and oven the fear' that
e0 may all takQ to the wicked
Id style of ar'bitramient again,
ti somne sudden urging, there
still something that draws to
ather' those two gr'eat fa
ilies of English speaking men,
he thing may have someo ex
mnt and sentiment in it. But
etent and sentiment are ver'y
>od things in their way, when
tey occur on the same Bide of
'und reason and good feeling.
-N.. Y Tim4
General Loo as a Trainor and 'Ruler of u
Young, &o. b
Dr. Bagyh, who attendeed the h
late Connencement at Wash- it
in'ton College, writes of Gen. o
Lee as follows im a letter to his h
pa)er, the iVaivo Virginian :
An1d here it will be in place
to relate that, on my return t
trom Lexington, a geuntleman in
the coach expressed the fear el
that General Leo's kindness of t
heart and his desire to enlarge
the college might perhaps,
make h111n too lenient; anitl, )os
sibly, lower the sehsla tic staln
dard. To quiet his fears I told r
hims what lu1( beens told tme a
few day, before b)' I clergymuiani I
residmg 11 in Lexinugton. li
"Gneral Lee's office," said A
ie, "is no11 sinecnre. .Isis work
taxes to the utm1iost his power
ful constitution. .1le registers
in his miiiudl nlot only the face h
but the nalme of each of the a
41.0 studelnt.. Nor is that all. ei
Ile call tell you the standing of p
each student in the several s'
brntlches which lie studies, and i
any neglect of duty is l)romIptly S
Pull ished. v
"Punished !"I e xelaimled.r
"Yes," said he; "inl G eneral 3
Lee's own way.'
"low is that ?" I inquired.
"Well not long since a young e
friend of' mine, who is in the S
college, confessed to me that he a
had been, as lie expressed it a
'hauled l)'-that is, he had rc
ceived It meVssage to the eflleet "
the President desired to sec him T
in his oflice." A
"Did General Lee lecture fu
yol l?" t
"N'\o, Indeed !''b
")id he scold you ?' U
"Scold ! I only wish he had. 8
lie talked to Ie so kindly that C(
he nearly broke mlly heart, and s
you don't catch me in there t
again, I tell you." vi
That is "General. Lee's way,' "l
not like Stonewall Jackson's but
quite as effectual in college as i,
was Jackson's in the army. I' au
we add to this personal super
vision of each individual stu.
(lent the labor of correspon
dence (a great deal of which C
cannot be taken ofl' his hands) iP
and other (uties, we may tin
derstand how it is that the re- t
port, which went the round of to
the papers a few months ago, of ti
the General's fiiling health ir
should have gained credence. tll
iHe has imi-oved very much of by
late, but does not prceent that '4
robust appearanice to wic~h our
eyes were acculstomned diurinig ia
the war. .Replying tongentle- su
lan, who congratulated him at 14
the alumni suppler' upon thea
Iln'opeCt. of the long ho~lidaiy
before him lie expressed his re- TI
grets at not being aub to taI
monunt his horse and ride day a:
after day among the mountains. o
lie must desire and must need or
greatly the quietude and re- TI
freshment of' the soul which a
comles of solitary conuuniion ti
wvith nature. U.pon~ his health po
hang too mny priceless itter- oni
ests for it to be hazarded, and 9
of' this it were well that thioso *
inediately aroundl him should 2i
never be unindful. si
The revered affectio~n and ad- "
mniration with which General "
Le is egrded by the citizens of
ofLexington seems rather' to lie
nmerease than to lesson-pro~of ni"
enough, if' proof were wanting '
ot' the true greatness of the man. ral
Whenever ho rides through L<
the v'illao'e, the people watch i
him with as munch interest as <
though they had niever seen him tln
lbofore, and if he chance to stop th<
in the street on sonmc business, th
they linger at their doors and **
windows as it' their eyes wvould c
never tiroe of gazing upon that ve
face so her'oic yet so full of all "i
gentleness, t
TnE1~ Ku KLUx 'o m3ETJ[Iown gt
IN THEi' SH[ADE.---We wcore in- <bie
formemd last evening, says these
Charleston Cout-ier', by a dis- Lu
timguished mem ber' of 'the Re- by
publican party, and opno who is as
ai candidate for high political "
prefermeint, thtat a report has do'
rtttained wide circulatipn in thje me'
up-counitry, that a secret politi- of
eal orgamization has been form.. Som
ed of members solemnly SWOr'n of
to put to death, within a twelve- dia'
rnth, ever'y man in the State he
who holds office under the new
'egimie. Indeed, so far-has this
>btained ednen amons te
usophisticated, that many will
o deterred from fulfilling the
udable intentions of 'accept
ig sinecure positions, which
ar generous commonwealth
as provided with lavish hand
uider the present adininisti a
mn. We incline to the opinion
at the whole matter is an
gifious sell, and the self-sa
eing parties may, with safe
, piteh into the good offices.
The Omrnibus Bill.
S.coNu M .ir"Any )isrute-r,
CAntr.a-roxi'i, June 20, 1868.
'enercl Orders 1\T, 1 7.
The following law of the United
aces is published for general informiia.
Al :
n Act to admit the States of North
Carolina. Som h Carolina, Louisiana
Georgia; Alabaina and Florida to
relpresentation in Congress.
Whereas, the people of Northi Cara
in, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
id- Florida, have, in pursaneo of an
et entitled "A n Act. for the more efh.
ent governuent of tile rebel States,"
issed March 2, 1807, and the Acts
pphimentary thereto, framed Consti
tions of Stat) government which are
publican, and have adopted said con.
itutions by large majorities of the
tns cast at the elections held for the
tification or rejection of the same ;
he~*rer
le i enacted by the ,R'enlte and House
lepresentatires of the United States of
mcrwa in (ongress aem' ebled, Timat
teh of the States of North Carolina,
utl Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, AlI
>numa and Florida shall be entitled and
imi.ted to representation in Congress
a State of tho Union when the Legis
ture of snch State shall have duly rati
dlthe amendment to the Constitution
the tnite3 States proposed by the
birty-ninth Congress, and known as
rticlo Fourteen, upon the following
u'lnmi't.a conditions: that the consti.
tion of neither of said States shall ever
so amended or changed as to deprivo
y citizen or clas of citizens of the
ritted States of the right to vote In said
ate who are entitled to voto by the
anstitution tiereof !.erein recognized,
cept as a punishment for such crimes
are now felonies at common law,
hereof they shall have been duly con.
cted, under laws enally applicable to
I the inhabitants of said State: Provi.
i/, That any alteration of said Coast:
tion may he made with regard to the
no and pace of residence of voters
d the State of Georgia shall only bec
tiled and admitted to representation
ion tlhis furt her fundamental condition ;
at the first and third subdivisions of
!ctioii 17, of the fifth Articles of the
institution of said State, except the
oviso t.o the first subdivision, shall be I
ill and void. and that the General As.
nibly of said State, by solemn publie .
t, shall declare the assent of the Statef
the foregoing fundamental condi- i
art.
Si:. 2. And be it farther enactcc, That
ohe (lay fixed for the first, meeting of
D Legislature of eaier of said States
the Constitution or Ordinance thero.
shall have himssed, or have so nearly
ived before tihe passage of this act,
it thiero shall! not, he ti me for the Leg.
ituiro to assemble at thbe period~ fixed,
hi [egislatuire shall conveno at, the
d of twenty days from the time this
takes effect, unless ihe Governor
et shall sooner convene the same.
SF:c. 3. And bo it further enacted,
at the first, 'ectioin of this Act, shall
to effect as to each State, except,~
orgia, when such State shall, by its r
gislature, duly ratify Article Fourteen (
the "unieinments of' the Constituition r
the United States proposed by the
irty-ninth Congress, aind as -to the f
dte of Georgia, wheni it shall in addi
n, givo the asent of said State to theO t
danwintal conidition herroinb~efore im- t
ed upon the samte ;ail thereupon the e
cers ohfeach State, duly elected and*
ilitiedi nder thle Constiutioni t hereof, I
dl be ilnugnlrated without declay ; but,
persoui prohueud fi omt holdinig office
dler the United States, or tunder any
ite, by Section 3 of t he proposed
(endmilont to the Constitution of thle
iitcd States, kniown as A rtielo Four- i
n, shall be dee'medh eligible to any C
ec in either of said States, unless re-1I
ved froml disabilhty as provided in saidi c
end~ment. And it is hereby tade the a
ty of the President, within ten days '
er receiving oflicial information of the 1
ificationl of said anmendmlent by the i
gislatturo of eithler of said States, to '
10 a proclamation iaoiuncinlg that, e
t. (l'kssd .Tune 25, 1868.C
The provisions3 of the second and r~
.d sections of the foregoing law, an
>rizinig and regniring the Legislature of t
several States embraced in its opera.
18 to "con veno at t~le endl of 20 days t
im the time this act, takes effect, un1
I the Governor elect shall sooner con.
Ice tihe samio," and directing that
en any States, proposed by the Thir. C
nth Congress, the officers of such i
ite, "duly elected. and quiabfied under "
I Uonstitution thereof, shall be inau- d
'ated without delay," are regarded as Ii
plensmig withb the oath of' oflico pre
bed by the law of July 2, 1802, so o
as it concerns te menmbers elect of n
Legislature wholi are not disqualified d
the constituttonal amnendmenat known tl
A\ rticle F'ourteen. A coordingly, -50 J
ch of the provisions of General Or- ti
g No. '70, of May 2, 1868, *and No. ft
of May 12, 1808, as requires the tI
anbers elect of the General Assemnbl~ t
he States .of N*orth Carolina and s1
ith Citrolit rebcLydly, to take hs
oaty ,qf offico .pfescribed by the .act
ruly 4, 8.02, before entering upon't ho
harge of-the antties of their oaltes, is e4
oby revoked.
ly command of Byt. Mpj. Gen.- Ed. t
B3. Caniby- hi
LomB8V. OIRo, p1
A. A. A. A~ b
Immigration.
'Tle following remarks are taken part.
ly from the Now York C'ourier C En.
7uirer, and partly from the Courricr des
ts -Un is:
During the last week, thero arrived at t
Castle Garden 6,555 passengers, bring. 1
ling with them in speciO, $245,075, t
cien by them. This gives $38 for t
each man, woman or child. But unmi- I
grants never state the wholo sum they
possess-perhaps not by two-thirds.
Tlo Courier f, Enquirer says that
last year 340,000 imigrants arrived in
the United States, and if they brought
with them similar sums, they have add
ed to the capital of the United States,
$13,000,000 ini money. Tho value of
their labor amounts to $129,000,000, so
t.hat thev have added $1.12,000,000 to
the wealth of the U'nited States. )o.
ducting $5 for each em lligrant, on ac
colnit of patupers or the punislmntit of
criminals, (though the law demiatnds $2
only, which is fond quite suflicient,) wo
would have.
Capital and labor brought
by the immigrants *142,000,000
Deduct $5 per head 1,700,000
Reilainig increase of
wealth of the United
States by immigration
in one year $140,000,000
We remember a foot note in Dr. Lie
ber'. ''CivIi Liberiv," in which that
atithor stated tint, according to careful
imqmiries by the governments, both in
Germany and the United States, the
sunm carried annually out. of Germany by
emigrants amounts to about fifteen mil
lions of Prussian dollars.
THE M C saE MOvaMENT PnOonEss
\ua.-The Chase movement seems to
revive with the approach of the time for
holding the New York Convention. It
continues the chief topic of interest, as
the complexion of the entire political
ca mpaign depends upon the nomination. I
Leading Democrats and Congressmen
here have placed themselves in commiu
nication with the various Congressional
Districts in relation to the nomination.
rho result is an overwhelming demon
stration by the rank and file in favor of
ULhase. The old politicians and perhaps
t majority of the delegatka may noet,
respond to this feeling, many of the dle- .
,ates being elected in advance of the
levelopment of the Chase feelng, since
he nomination of General Grant and
he close of impeachment. There seems
uo be no doubt that Chase's nomination c
would be favorably received by demo
,ratic masses, and not only win over a o
argo number of republicans but also i
)revent a serious defection in the ranks
)f the temocracy to General Grant in t
:aso of the nomination of an extreme t
lemocrat. Mr. Chase's decision in a
Vorth Cirolina case, which was over. I
tuled by General Sickles, is quoted as
in evidence of his opposition to military
tile in the South. Despatches recieved
ere from New York represent that
overnor Soymore, Mr. Belmont and
ho Tammany Sachems are organizing
or Mr. Chase;-C'or. N. Y Cumnmer.
ial Advertiser.
A BATCH OF JACOInIN PROPir~ cs.
['hoodoro Tilton. editor of the New '
work Independent, prophesied as fol
ows, in ease impoachment failed :
"Ono fact that will have some weight
rith genuine Republicans-the lfact
f M~r. Johnson is acqfuittLed, recon
truetion and thle Republican pirty ~
,rc destroyed together."0
John WV. Foneiy saw it in this light: I
"Should the Senate of the United
itates fail to convict Andrew Johnson '
n the accusations of thme House, not "
ni electoral vote, with the exception ~
f the vote of West Virginia, Missou- 0
i, and To'nnessoo, wvill be given tor
ton. Grant in the Southern States
ext November." al
Old T1had. Stevens laid it down as to
allows : ' a
"If the President is not convicted
he Radical candlidat~e will carry but ki
we Northern States-Massaehusetts .9
ud Vermont."' i
Study the above, and think of yourti
atter end, ye miserable ei
"S9innerR, poor and needy,
Weak and wotundedl, sick and sore."
Howv SooN FoRooTTEN.-So lately l
cad, so soon forgotten. 'Tis the wayb
f the world. Men take us by the
and and are anxious about the health
f our bodies, and laugh at our jokes,
nd we really think, like the fly on the
,hool, that we hatvo something to do a
pith tho turning of the oatrth. Some'
ay we (lie and are buried. Thle sun
os not stop for funerals ; everything ai
ocs on as usual ; we are not miisseod l'
ni the streets; mon laugh at jokes ;
no or two hearts feel the wounds of
fllietion ; one or two forms. But jo
ho crowd moves in the daily circle,
nd in three days the groait wave of it
hue sweeps over our stops and washes
utthe last vestige of our lives.
PRE~stDENT JoHNsoN AND THES DI~io
UA-rro CONVENTION AT Ni~w Yom - _
umT ts FRmIENDS SAY.- W~ashjngtyon, rr
unc 21, 1868.--F'riends of the Presi- inI
ent hero claim that lie will receive the fu
irgest vo on the first ballot in the w
rigw York Convention, and anticipate M
a the part of the Prelsident, within the w<
ext three or four days, sonme official seo
amotilstratiotis which wvill secure him ta
'0 nommiiatiott' They claim that Mr. th.
ohnson's gallant stand for the Constitu- sti
on entitles him to the gratitude and Tli
vor of the Conservative party, and ma
iat .some bold stroke of policy is all as
at is needed to securo ii. Hence they arn
y that important events are near at (10
mnd.-Special to Baltimore Gazette. oal
An rishman1 a,,ahort time mn this e
untry, was oat'irg 'boiled green corn.
fter oastinig off all the corn he passed fom
o cob back to th~e lady who sat at the h
ad of the table, saying, "Would y~ouIa
aso be so kind as to put som~e mwor
ans on the athick ?"mb
TunsEa 1's CxU.-Loans can bo had at
,hroo per cent on call in Wall street, and
hero Is a supply of money in excess of the
lomand, while the best commercial paper is
caroe and wanted at five to six per cent.
i other words, there is a plethora of unem
)loyed money. We see ia similar state of
hings to that whloh has existed for 0tomo
imo, and still exists, in England. Money
here has been as low as one per cent, itd
tow can bo had at two per Cent, It is much
ho same In Paris. Like causes produce
imilar efecots. Money accuutlated to a
ast a'nount in tho banks of lngland and
rantce becauso capitalists had becomenfraid
o invest in speculative ci erprise.i after the
ollipse of several great railroad and other
echeines. Panic and excessive tituidity ful
owed the failure of Sir Morton Peto and
there in England just the saino as they
lid some years ago the failure of Hiudson,
inother great railroad king. Now York,
ike London or Paris, is lb great financibl
sentto, to which noney tiows, where it ac
Juniulates whenever speculativO enterprises
receive a cheek or people becouio afraid of
nvesling in anytiing that is not perfectly
msfo in the regular course of trade.
We have hadl 1o great panic or collapse, it
s true; but the low rate of interest, and
tbundanice of unemployed capital here
wrise in part. from a similar cause to that
it Ei~glhnd at the period referred to. Capi
aists are timid nand in i state of uncertain
y. Wilhi all our vast resolurces waiting to
se developed, and with Ihe fairest proillse
>tf prolitable ret urns for capital invested in
betn, there is doubt and want ot' conifidene.
Phis is especially the Case with regard to
he South, whero thero in so muih need of
apital and where there is more undevelopcd
realth tIhan ill any other paft of the conn
ry or the world. People do not know what.
bsurid or rtinous mucasures our incapablie
cud reckless Congress may pass; they can.
lot see their way clear in tiht future ; they
re like men at. sea without a rudder to
;uide thom on 'heir way.--V. 1. Herald.
Awru.. Eri':c'' or MisrOlTTUN1.-.ohnil
ihaa, of Rutledge township, Ill., had his
rops destroyed by the storm on the 2d uilt.,
lid. being unsettled in reason by the great
ass, on the 8t1 he determined to end hiis
ife. lie cut his throat with a rasor,conm
Iei ely severing the trachea and tOsophiagus,
utt leaving the arteries intact. The DeWitt
edialr of the Iuth says;
"The victim has survived nin days on
ourishmlnt ad1min1istered through the gap.
ig wound by means of a tube. lle, of
ourse, is speehlless, but., being a fine wri
er, Comiunicates With his friends by menus
t' pon and paper, which he does frequeni
y. W'hen interrogated by his father-in -law,
Iolin, what made you do this dreadful
ling ?' he took a pen and wrote : "'he rtormi
is destroyed my crop, andi my family
ould have to starve, and I did not want to
ve and see it.' Several days after he fit:-t
'ounded himself le was dotected with a1u
Id dull pocket-knife, trying to ialko his
'ouid inore speedily fatal. lie afterwards
rote on a slip of paper, in. answer to a
uestion, that 'if he had not already done
ic deed lie would not now do it.' lie is
aiy growing weaker, and cannot survive
Tlly more days, and yet so01ns mutcll more
neonecrned about it than do his friends
nd neighbors.
IlioT IN Ilo.us.os, '1':xas.-l roi the
Ottston Tdegraph, of the 111th, wo learn
mtt the city has just escaped aL bloody coni
ict between thle bilacks and whites oil theO
uudaty previous. It. arose from thle arrest.
a colored mantl nlamed Noble, who,, in at
mpllting~ to quiet. a quasrrel between two of
s friends ait a dlanco on Saturday inighit,
sis shot at, and in returnn sdhot, his adver
ury. Early Sundaiy mnorning a mob01 of
'.med negr'oes demainded Noble froml the.
fli' who had him inl contiineent. Being
fifed, a largeir and morei' excited mob was
10eedily gathered around the calaboose ; the
ismr bell was rung and the whites bugani
smemble in lairge inumber's, also armied,
aa bloody collision seemued inevitable.
lit after' a while the neogroes disdper'sedl, bit.
lipt the cit~y ill an alarm all Sundsay and rl
iiiday nighlt Th'ie whole city wvas filled
ith airmedl mnel, and~ runners were senit inito
Le country-o Loth ler's, but, mlost, providen
mily, the-exscieent passed without actual
Ihision and bloodshed.
TarE IsoonniUiTinlJltTY oF TiiH RAD)ICALs.
From a p~aragralph iln til issue of thle Ita
cal organ of' this oily, says the New Or.,
an11e ie, one0 wio 'dl suihppoe that lie ineml
sirs of t hat party were entirely incorrupt i.
e, itf he (lid not know 1110 Inen. Bunt we
ippen to know that. they are very far fromlt
ung above teimptaition. If they have not.i
hankering alter ollice, andI thait which
iikes office desiraible, it w ould bo * dfitult, I
ploinlt ouit who has. We have heard, and~ 1
't incelinied to believe, that Ihose catndidatest
i the Senatoiail positions who have the I
nlgest purso will cairry the day.
We admliire thle fran~k confession of the I
urnal referred to when it says:
"The lepublican parlty is nlow poor', and ~
members arc p1or, but wvithI thle ptron-ml S
e of tIS Stato and of the United States Inl
uisiania, all I his will soon cshaisigo, iand it
ill become rieh anid powerful,,"
Th'le grasshopper pliagtte is devasiatink t
eslern Iowa in a fearful manner. A S
lend who has just. come in from Sioux City .t
forms us that of about oao hutndred and t
ty miles wide, extending fr'om South-a
ssternm Dakota, chiefly between the0 Des
eine and Missouri river's, to fthe South..
stern boundary of Iowa, there will be
ircooy a wheat field left exemapt from to..0
destrutotion by these vorniin. Thtey fill
s aIr and cover the ground, making a con.
nlt sound like that of' a heavy ishower. f
cy sometimes galhor over night inl sucoh
iads upon the track of the railroada
to st-op thto tr'ain by lubricating the a
ok when orushled by the wheels. Thtoy c
rour'whoat first, and 'after'nards take to ti
le and weeds, leaving grass and~ other ft
>ps comparatively unharmied.
Pntcm OF WiH EAT IILDUoED.'--WO aro,ln. a
mesh, says the Augustla Constitutionalist of
26th, that the wheoat merchlants of At- f
t& have put down the pric of' wheoat to
.80 per bushol1 This is in cohipsmmi
the inferiority of the grain and thoil
Audanos of theam *.
Tuo Latest Phase of Roconstruotion.
In another column we publish to
day General Orders No. 120, issued
yesterday by General Canby. It di
rects that all oflicers of the new Stato
government be inaugurated immedi
ately upon the ratification, by the
Legislature, of the fourtoenth article
constitutional amendment. No test
oath required.
"To facilitate the organization of
the new State governuronts," the fol
lowing appointments are mado:
"To be Governor of South Carolina,
Robert K. Scott, Governor elect, vice
James L. Orr, removed.
''o be Lieutenant Governor, Lom.
uel Boozer, Liieuttonaut Govetnor
elect, to fill a vacancy.
"To take efl'eot, July 6, 1868 er
the mteet ing of the General Assembly
oft tie State of South Carolina."
For fIuithet encutiietts, we refer to
the order itself.
The "reioval'' of Governor Orr at
this time is another piruof, if further
proof were needed, of the utter inca
pacity of the (Congressional tinkers, to
construct a State Government. We
not onlyPhave had four separato Re
construction acts, pur lporting to givo
the entire prograi mue of the Recoti
struction farce, but we were treated to
anl utinibus bill in addition, and now
on the very eve of the "glorious" con
sunu nation there is a further confes
siot of the inadc tuaey of the Conl
gressioual legislatnion. "To facilitate
the organization of the now St ate gov
ernmtents," etc., Governor Orr is re.
ttioved, and Governor Scott appointed
by the General Commanding.
According to the Reconstruction
acts the State is not ia Stett until af
ter the constitutional .. . endmtliit
shall have been rati led : and on the
other hand, ther is a difliculty in se2
ing how a State that is not, a State
cani conist itutionally vote upon a con
stitut ional a tnendment. But we do
not see how this last removal mends
the Matter.-,lercury.
PloNu:nt SOU'ir.R:iN Eau'CATIONAr.
AtD SoctrTv.- Wo take tlhe following
from the Baltitiore (azet' of Monday,
29th ult.
At a meeting oT the Charleston Di.
rectors of tilie "IPionrer Sether Edt
cational Aid Society" the reoort of the
Rev. A. T. Porter, Superintendedt,
was submitted and forwarded to tho
Secretary at Baltimore.
By this it appears that the num
ber of pupils on the register
I SP 470
Regular pu:ils, 330
Average attendance, 300
There are three male teachers and
eight fetunIcs, Otto janitor. The pay
t' the Principal is $85 per month, of
the assistants $50 per mouth to one
and $-10 to the other ; of tho female
teachers $30 each per month ; of the
janitors $20 per month ; making the
upoases of the schocl for the month of
funo as follows
l'evl expenses, $455.00
niount received from pri
vate sourecs, of which
$119.28 is from pay pu
pils, 185.00
TFrom the funds of the iusti
tuttiona, $200.00
'he Itomte estabhlisheod in
conniection with the~ sebieZ
snpports thirty-soven boys.
TJhere' arc one inn tron, tan
assistitutt and two sor
vanits.
lIto OXponses for theo monthl
of' Junc, including moedi-'
cal attendaince and 50om1 4
clothing, arc, 497425
l'otal expenlscs Schiools and
Hotnto for month of June,
fronm funds of thao Institu
'Itioniita cplt 455.25
The rignal epot, ith the items
hecreitn contained, may be soon at the
11hoc of Jos. BI.YTu ALsTON,
. Secretary.
LX'TnAoRDtINARfY IEciran~p.--.The to.
alioclipso of tihe sun, which is to tatko
>l~ace on the 18th of August next,
aill present ImuCh a long duration of
larknesas, that astr'oonors are antici.
ating it gvithi unusual interest. Fronm
car Adon tihe cntral line of the
clipso extends to tihe Southern coast
f' New Guinea, crossing ilindostani,
hao Bay of Blengal, the Maylayan poln
nsular, tand the Gulf' of' Sianm on tile
vay ; and .at eortainl places on this
imc theodutratin of total darkness wvill
to at 6.40. At the date in gnostion,
ho moon wdil not h)0 mere than six
ours fr'om its perigee, whilo the sun
all not be far frotm its apigee ; a two
cldi cond itiont whileh increases the ap
inrent diamneter of the moon, and
hows the ap1paret. diameter of thto
un, nearly at the smnallest Honco
bie pirolonuged darlkness. f'4J1
hianee occurs but, rarely, and wo 4-.
ot wonder thiat a strong desire exi~t
> mtake the most of it in endeavors to
ulvo certain ihghly important qjues,
ions8 iln phtysical science. Uniuoki ly,
me southawost monsoon Will soon1 bo
t its full -biast on theo 10th of August,
bih ihits heavy oloua ilrn
or observation either uncertain or
npossiblo, except on tile eastern sido
f thle mountain ranges.
TH Mississieri'E lLnCrloN-TuI,1Nm,
1no REAOh'ioN.---Vhatever. nmay tbhe
nal reported result theore lhas unques,~
onably, been a wonderfud reaction
mtong the blacks in the lategijs,~e
ppi ootion. .'Demnocratic ba-ho.,
ies, otn tile foatIng of equal rights-.
lose fostival8 in the Woods, wvhero
ce pigs and fowls and broad and
hiskey are furnished by subscription
td consumed by whaolosalo--..aro ro
rted ats hsivhng turned the escalo
none the darkies. If so, nogi Auf.
ago in the Souto hencefortli ig in the
uads of the eonservativo ; for .they
weo all the ttatorials for these baylye,