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Learn to Wait.
Learn to wait-hope's slow fruition ;
Faint not, though the way seem long ;
There is joy in each condition
.. Heart, though suffering, may growstrong.
Constant sunslhine, howe'er welcome,
No'er would ripen fruit or flowers:
Giant oaks owe half their greatness
To the scathing tempest's power.
Thus a soul, untouched by sorrow,
Aims not at the higher state;
Joys seek not a brighter morrow
Only sad hearts learn to wait.
luman strength and human greatness
Spring not from life's sunny side:
Heroes must be more than driftwood
Floating on a waveless tide.
[Correspondence of the New York Herald.]
The Memphis Commeroial Convention.
MEMPIIIa, May 20.
Under the call of the Statesthe fol
lowing resolutions were read and re
ferred, together with many not read :
That the standing committees hold
over until the next session, the chair
man of which shall have power to call
them together at any time,and requires
the railroads to furnish transpor
tation; asking each State to hold con
ventions and appoint ten delegates to
the General Commerial Convention;
for the committee to ascertain an ex
peditious form of a permanent con
vention to meet from time to time;
asking for aid for the Augusta and
Brunswick Railway; for government
aid for the Solma and Memphis Rail
road, and for a committee of five to
memoralise Congress on all the sub
jeots endorsed by the Convention.
A resolution requesting the South
ern railroads to hold conventions for
the purpose of establiahing an emigra
tion corporation and taking means to
systematize labor was ably supported
by Colonel Cole, of Georgia, and pass
ed under a suspension of the rules.
Governor Patton offered a resolu
tion, which was passed under a sus
pension of the rules, to momoralizo
Congress for the repeal of the direct
land tax of 1862.
The morning hour having expired
the Committee on the Southern Paci
Qe Railway made the following report,
which was unanimously adopted amid
great applause:
Resolved. That in the opinion of
this Convention the interests of the
whole country, and especially the
Southern States, could be served by
a main trunk railway line from San
Diego, Cal., through Junction river,
Colorado, and the (lila, and along the
valley of the Gila south of that river
to El Paso, on the Rio Grande, and
thence to a convenient central point
near the thirty-second parallel of la
titude east of Brazos river, in the
State of Texas; from which main
trunk feeder roads should lead from
St. Louis, Cairo, Memphis, Vicksburg,
New Orleans and other points, all of
whioh feeder roads having equal right
of connection with their main trunk ;
while similar fender roads from San
Francisco and other points on the Pa
cific coast should have similar equal
rights of connection.
Resolved, That the President of the
Convention be requested to. forward a
copy of this resolution to the P'resi
dent and Vice President of the Uni.
ted States and Speaker of the House
of Representatives, and request them
to present the same to the respective
Houses of Congress.
The Committee, which was composed
of representatives from seventeen
States, including three members of
Congress, gave the following reasons
for he report:
1st. It is' the shortest line connect
ing the Gulf of Mexico and Valley of
the Mississippi with the I*aoifio; and
2d. It is the line, of all those now
unoeoupi.ed. of most .oasy grades and
cheapest constructed on permit.+
* 3d. It passes through less inhospi
'9 table and barren country and over
more fertile and hospitable lands than
any other un?ocupled route proposed.
4th. The line is touched by water
transportation at three points, afford
ing the gre atest facilities for construc
tion, and consequently hastening and
cheapening such construction.
5th. The line will open to the worl,d
the great mineral resottrees of Arizo
na and Sonora, and render teore vtl
uable the stock raising distriots of
Texas, New Mexico and Northern
Mexico, and thus enjoy unrivalled traf
fic.
6th. It will inevitably attract nu
morous feeders fromn the neighboring
republic of Mexleo, arddthus nt alg
stimulate enterprise there but secure
to our shipping ports 0 pOttettion
of the bullion which not sedk %m
rope by hazadromd eondubte andestadg
ghang vessels.
7th. It will opei ither now -dotton.
growing area in Texas, Nov Mexie.
and Arizona, the lands for cotton
grwn eing now useless on account
a klak of facilities for transnnr
tation.
8th. It is well known that some
roads which would be among the feed
er roads referred to in the resolution
have not only been projected but are
already in active course of construction
without waiting for government subsi.
dy or encouragment.
9th. The last, though not least
The construction of this route, more
than all else besides, encourages what
we feel to be the great necessity of
the hour-emigration and direct trade
with Europa.
The committee on direct trade with
Europe reported in foevr of the for
mation of steamship lines from the
Southern ports, which should be en
couraged by subscription. The said
lines should be patronized by the
planters and merchants of the South.
They approve of the scheme inaugu
rated between Norfolk and Liverpool,
organized at the Norfolk Convention.
Mr. Lindsey, of Alabama, present
ed a minority report setting forth the
claims of Charleston, New Orleans,
Savannah and Mobile, which elicited a
long debate. Adjourned.
To ARMS.-The Conservative Ex
ecutive Committee on yesterday
adopted the following important reso
lution. It is the trumpet call to
arms And can it fail to summon to
the field the gallant leaders in their
country's defence ? Never was there
a period of such peril in dn history
of the State-never a time when the
heroism of her sons was more imperi
tively necessary for the public welfare.
The heroism of the sacrifice of feel
ing. opinion and self, for the general
safety--the heroism of devoting time
and self incessantly and vigorously to
the common cause.
The leaders, we are sure, will res
pond. The committee propose to add
to the spirit of the campaign by in
ducing prominent speakers to canvass
the State at large, and have invited
that able debater, Mr. Patrick Henry
Aylstt, to do so. le has consented
and will soon set out on his important
mission. Such is the imminence of
the -danger that the State should be
even now in a blaze of excitement
with preparation for the day of battle.
It needs but to arouse the public mind
to save Virginia.
The resolution is as follows:
"Resolved, That the c%untry and
district canvassers of t.1:e Conerva
tive party earnestly exhorted to re
newed and doubled exertions both in
preparation for the approaching cou
test and the prosecution of it. The
paramount iniportane of voting (lown
the 'test-oath' and tho'disfranuhiAing'
clauses cannot be overestimated ;
neither cnn we overestimate theneees
sity of scouring a good Legislature
and the best man we can for Governor.
These considerations surely should call
forth our earnest endeavors and arouse
as to enthusiastic efforts in behalf in
behalf of our glorious old Common
wealth."---Rich mond Dispatcl.
Hiotn TirEs IN HAYTI.-The ne
groes are having a high old time.
Here Is something from the late news=
paper correspondence:
Provisions aro being sold at the
most fabulous rates-a barrel of flour
being valued at $5,00u (Haytien pa
per currency) and a barrel of pork at
$14,000. Gold in a few days rose in
value from $6300 to $1,200 for the
American dollor, and now it reaches
$1,500. The people arc- positively
starving, and merchants will only sell
for coffee and specie. So great is the
destitution everywhere, that threats
are made of ani open and violent pil
laging of the piovision stores, and no
property is safe. because there is no
protection whatever.
The villages of Torbeck, Pert Salut
and Cavalilon had been captured by
the insurgents; therefore those places
were lost to the Government, of, 81
nave, and all the plains Caynes has
been completely scoured by the army
of General Domingue, who cleared
away the hordes of the barbarous picos
or pieqguets. The mnassacre of those
bloodthirsty wretches Is represented
as perfectly horrifying. 0cc thou
sand five hundred of them were left.
dead and unburied in one of the val
leys through which Domingue's 'army
passed._
C AarI-T-BI'oosa--8 eo UNDRa L .
There is 60o difference between a cpr
pet-bagger and a scoundrel. The
w6tds are synonymous. 1t cannot be
otherwine. We do not eare ~hether
ho is a man of long prayers, ol'iawt
ones, or of no prayers at all. Ite as
an adventurer of a 'sordid, vengeful,
roeokless, esual c&st. Hd cates only
for self, in poin6- of worldly profit;
and has no cares as to how his .inter
est. are promote4. Rule .or ruin Is
his motto; force Is his weapop, geooit
abad falgehood his- tnaln allies, and
canting pIty his refeg,. The carpet..
b rhis beht esiate it a h poite
in s adel.Under 'th' petext
pf'extta philant~ropy lie is 4I$, the
4eviPa3rork w1sereiPer 1i ge ; kek.
ingo' 4eoUebned, proa,al" 'as.
Dlesscaauf.
A eonvidt In the Indiana positen
tiary wase,imt out 11astre uiner, . ind
esaped. He nowrritos~ the wsrden
that he has picked enough, and would
like to come back, as ho is sick and
out of money.
The West and. tie Southr
"The wires are eloquent o ver the
moral and political effect of the
visit of the Illinois Press Assooiation
to our sister State of Alabama. If
any good is done, the South will owe
it to the liberality and hospitality of
the Mobilians and the people of.Mont
gomery. We know, if anybody oou.d,
the Mobilians' 'if they had a mind to
the wotk,' would exorcise the fiends
of intolerance and sectional bigotry
from the representatives of the Illinois
Press, and reinspire them with senti
ments of respect and preference for
the white race.
Accordingly, we see that np sooner
had they been taken in hand by the
Board of Trade than the soles fell
from their,eyes, and they began to see
that they had been living in an atmo
sphere of delusion about the South
that they had been crammed, and
were cramming their readers with
falsehoods. They were astonished at
everything they saw, because it was
so different from what they expected
to see. The Reconstruction Commit
tee and the carpet-baggers had pre
pared them for outrages, violenoes,
rudeness and abuses of all sorts ; but
when they found everything more
peaceful and orderly than it was at
home-everybody more polite, kind
and cordial than anybody in Illinois,
they seemed to have been dumbfound
ed.
We say with the press dispatch that
we hope this is the beginning of a new
era. The fortunes of the West are
identified with those of the South.
Here is the market for their grain and
meat-their horses and mules-their
agricultural implements, bagging,
rope, stoves, iron, steel and a vast
variety of manufactured goods, with
which the great West, by reason of
her congruity, is filling our markets to
the gradual exclusion of the products
of the Eastern and Middle States.
Why, then, in the name of all that
is sensible, should the great West per
sist in that unjust and oppressive com
bination with the East to strike down
the South and trample her under the
feet of a senseless radicalism, which
coks to reverse all known conditions
of social order and industrial pro
gress? Why should the West, by
this unnatural combination, burden
her own trade with enormous excise
and tariff duties, in order to beat the
life out of her best customers, the
men of the S!uth ?
The West and the South are natu
ral allies. The interests of both lie
priumrily in the advanc-ment of agri.,
culture, an'l by a mnost felkitous di
versity of climate their farm products
do not compete, but make markets for
each other; so that never does the
Southern planter realize fine crops
and good prices but he divides his
earnings most liberally with the
Western farmer.
Thus out of the past crop year the
West, it is estimated, has received
more than twenty millions of dollars
for live stock, and for corn and meat
she will probably receive from the
South upwards of a hundred millions
more. The natural poliey which be
fits the condition and pursuits of the
two sections is identical, and they
ought to be friends and coadjutors.
Let the western men think over the
plain suggestions of the situation1 and
ask themselves wlrethe m anyt,hing they
will be likely to gain by playing bob
to the New England kite can compert
sate them for what they will lose in
assisting that section to stab the
South?i With the aid of the South a
glorious career is open to the West.
She can control the destinies of the
continent. She can dir.ct the ener
gies of the Government. Bcatored
to her normal condition and released
from the ineubris of oarpet.basgism, the
South will have the intelligence, the
p'ower a:nd the disposition to be a most
reliable and efficient ally to the West
ern States,
Where are the youing Western poli'
ticians with acumnen and genius to
see the splendid 'futtare which will
open before them under the inspira
tion of their gratad idea ?.
Look at matters now. A continent
ruled by Bioston I All the ~leading
offied in the habds of Massaehnsetts.
All the leading ideas controlling this
vast govetnmebt the offspring, In great
p art, of .semi-orazed .fanatios like
Wendell Phillipis and $uneor, and
0 of addlepated sociSl and polifiiea
soiloisats of both sexes. A'i' thesne fit
successors to Douglass, Benton, Olay
auid Jaeksbn?' Atw these* the people
to shape the destinies of this-great re
public ? Are men wiho can't get orst
of the'atmospheore of lJoatoa,'to' con
trol a government coverilt a fifth of
f,he habitable globe 2 'Yodmig men of
the West, awakej and .ekst f the
New England bib and a~vadling
cloUh"i cn d.T
. oWFVDERATFe-S?4TaB M4NEr-WANT.
xn.-onfeoderato money is not.
OarolIzit'edhend MVemthe enanre
W. C. Trofj of Payetteville,0 offru
Hoes anttd careesaxitie 000
tears ivd ourie.,axete n
State Medical Assooiation.
FIRST DAY.
A ieoting of the Medioal Assoia-.
tion of South Carolina was begun on
Thursday, notice of which was crowd
ed out of our issue of yesterday.
On Thursday the following nemo
bers worn presnnt.
Abbeville--Dr. W. C. Norwood.
Barnwell-Drs. Alexander Storm,
L. M. Ayer.
Beaufort--Dr. W. T. Brouland,
Mariou-Drs. D. S. Priye, T. B.
Bass.
Kershaw-Dr. S. Baruch.
Orangeburg-Dr. N. 0. Wetatotte,
Richland-Drs. A. N. Talley, R.
W. Gibbes, Joi, *T. Darm'y.
Charleston-Drs. Wm. H1ume, J. L.
Anerum, W. H. Bailey, J. Summors
Buist, Win. M. hitch, W. C. ,Horl
back, F. Poyro Porcher, Manning
Sinons, F. L. Parker, M. Grenland,
T. S. Thomson, R. A. Kinlocli, Robt.
Lobby, Sr., Robert Lebby, Jr., F. M.
Robertson, J. W. Anpel, II. W. Do
Saussure, George B. 'Z rescott, W. C.
Ravenel, M. H. Carrore, Joseph
Yates,J. P. Chazal.
The following resolutions were of
fered by Dr. R. A. Kinlooh and
adopted:
1. Resolved, That so much of the
Constitution as defines eligibititr for
membership be temporarily _suspOnd
el, and that all regular diplomated
physicians of good standing be per
mitted to unite themselves by sub
scribing their names to the Constitu
tion and paying the usual asses$muont
for the year. '
2. Resolved, That the Corresponding
Secretary. furnish as oarly as possible
a correct list of all members, nrrauged
by counties.
3. Resolved, That a Committee, con
sisting of one member for eaoh Coun
ty or Society represented, be appoint- 8
ad by the Chair, to report as conve
nient a revised Constitution for the
government of this body.
An election was then entrbd into
for officers with the following result :
Dr. A. N. Talley, of Columbia,
Prosident.
J)r, W. C. IIorlbeck,of Charleston, ?
First Vicee-President.
Dr. A. S. Sally, of Orangeburg,
Second Vice-President.
Dr. J. Somers Buist, of Charleston,
Recording Secretary.
1)r. F. P. Porcher, of Charleston,
Corresponding Secretary.
Dr. W (. Norwood, of Abbeville,
stated that he had prepared a large
nutamhel' of clreulars, setting forth the
medileal efFects of Vera runa. Vericlec.
After the transaction of unimpor- 1
taut business the meeting adjourned.
1 Charleston Courie"r.
The State Board of Equalisation 1
met on Tuesday last in Columbia.
The valuations returned from the sev
eral counties are aurprisingly low. In
Orange burg County, for instance, the
average value of land was returned
at $1 per acre. The real property of
the city of Charleston is returned at
$17,000,000. The average value of t
stores;and dwellings at this rate is t
$1300. .The personal property of t
Charleston County is assessed at $9,
000,000, a malifest absurdity. At
least $1,000,000 of city stock is frau
dalently held back by owners. The
merchant stock of the city is returnedt
at $2,500,000. Is this a bare swin
dIe ? If not, wh at is, it ? A thorough
re-examination will be ordered.
I tis useless to try to shirhc taxation
by known undervaluation falsely
sworn to. The assessments of years
past are at hand, and.comparison with
them gives general indications to the
Boar'd of E~qualization, -and if the to
tal is low thme rate of tai on the assess-I
ment *ill be higher. That is all,
Intepressnt eaae the total of the
State is $1 15,000,000. The real-value
lh not less than $250,000,000. -
The Board of Equaliation raised
thme Orangeburg return 300 per cent.
That of Darlington County, on the
other hand, was .well done and stands
as it.is. The valuation for Charles-r
ton is raised 'from $17,000,000 to
something over '$21,000,000. The
Stat, total, as figord by the Hoard of
Equalization, is $16,000,00. On
this lo valuation the. tax will be
about 7 mills on the .dollar., At a
fair Vuination it would be' less than 5
mills.-S. C. Repub>lican.3
Mr,xmr.Among the iteume of tele..
graphmic tows from mMexido tvhich we
published yesterday. wer9 the an
nonnee-nents~ that the revolution in the
State of $inaloa had e nded gond that
another uprising, under -Qdneral Pla-I
cido Vega as leaderr is anticipated.- i
Such are the iveeent Use dIlowns
of revolut inary.eoign in Mexico-1
They oannot fail f,o convinoe the world
that Nape? iswiRf!1 51i his origi-'.
nal plea for interferedifotu 'tlflnter.
est of.4ivilizition andlidnmkity, with~
a view to est~aish lawpn690er and~
a stalle goveipiment inm that u~nhappy J
coontiv.-N.\Y1'.Uerald.
Thereaf * 1bWtiV'lfM"A1op" in
MiobIgsn. A eg9o$got3d,?about b
aevofy feo in iae ~q, wn ton
opedig~ in the e mtre thrp ki whlich a
soub eomos up at of the' aehing of
mighty waters. At least suoh is the
story told by a int paper.
The Negro Wajo$ty in'South Oarplina.
To-day there ate 100,000 more -e"
graes than white, in south Carplinu.
In ten years the two races will be
aqual in numbers.
It is a notorious fact that the' no.
gro raco does not-inorease-as fast as
the white ; and we shall assume that
uhis deficiency of increase by births is
s three to four. Should this assump.
ion appear excessive, we will throw
fn the greater immigration of whites.
The mortuary reports of 1808 in
Charleston show that out of popula
f 40,000, equally divided between
1he two races, there were 1,208 deaths
-370 whites and 818 negroes. That
P On" nvh}t in wvery 8fty.e,)e "dies per
innum, and one negro In every twen
yfOur; which is les than Iwo per
,ent. of whites and more than four
>or cent. of negroes, there being 20,- 1
100 of each in the city. Municipal I
-egulations and public hospitals make
,be mortality among the negroes
>robably less in the city than it is in
he country; but we reckon it the I
ame. It is about the same with
ehites.
Now, there are 700,000 in this State
f which 400,000 are negroes and1i
100,000 whites. This is the differ
nee, as already stated, is 100,000. 1
Two per cent. (the death rate of
he whites) of 800,000 is 0,000--the1
iumber of whites that die each year
n the State. Four per cent. (the
leath rate of the negroes) of 400,000
s 16,000-the number of negroes that t
lie each year in the State. |
The difference between the negro|
lead of each year (16,000) and the
vhite dead (6,000) is just 10,000. I
hat is, there are 10,000 mere no- r
;ro deaths than white death every
ear.
The numerical majority of the ne
;roes to-day is 100,000. Divide that r
umber by the annual difference of
leerease (10,000) and the result is t
en. That is to say, it will take ten
ears to remove the present majority
.nd make the numbers. of the two
aces equal.
The estimate of 700,000 divided as
bove, was made for 1865. If the I
hove calculation ie true at all, it
vi1l date from that year ; and 1875 is
he end of the ten years. For con
enience and brevity we have spoken
f the majority as being that of to
ny, instead of four years ago.-.y.
W'ood Davirlson, correspondent York
'ilc Enguircr.
From time to time, the English
res discuss the feasibility of em- t
loying in their foreign wars the more
arlike elenents among the two hun- 1
red millions of their East Indian f
rnpire. ''he Sikhs and Ghoorkas 1
ave proved especially serviceable as c
oldiers in India itself, and have 1
liays displayed the most unflinching t
nyalty to the English crown. Army )
flors are now urging the employ
ient af a force of Sikhs and Ghoorkas ,d
a the chronic wars of the colony of r
ew Zealand, as the agency for ex- t
erminating the natives who trouble le
he colonists. The Ghoorka is an ex- 1
raordinary specimen of Oriental hu- 3
oanity. H is a native of Nepaul- t
mountaineer, born In dense forest t,
rho climbs and springs like a oat,
nd has the organism and muscular p
ensity of a tiger. lie is the smallest j
f mortals, but is among the strongest. s,
le is accustomed from boyhood to il
re arms, inferior though they be, and b~
a manhood he usea a crooked kcnife a
rith such dexterity that with it he (
uts off a live buffalo's bead with one
troke. With this same weapon,
rherever he halts for the night in the
ushb, lie can make with green twigs ~
but imnpertious to ordinary rein ia *'
ass than sixty minutes. Hence, in b
allowing an enemy he cau dispense i
with a tent, He requires no expen
ive commissauiat, baker's and botch.
r's establishment. lHe oobs for
imself. T wo pounds of flower, halft
pound of split peas, two ounces of
utter, or a quarter of a pound of
iut ton suet, a little salt, and a few
ond iments, atisfy his w,ants, and be
se very little pay for the pleadire of I
~hting. But would be stand the
himate of other countries?
Thirty years ago South derolina
row ton, and it was,demenstrated be
'end the possibilit of doub~t that'
louth Carolina conld grow tea as yell
a China, .It has not been done, be
ause it requiirep small and cheap la-C
or ; but 16 will sooner or later, be
rown in the~ South~ in large u antitien.
liey fired a broadside, in C1ingo, a1
ow (Jays agn; on, the reetion.of, tier'
rst tea received by J(ho oaiflo Ep il
gad. sit, will not bg ntrr than a
;enertion.lbefore yo will fire f 9oa4
ide'ini glorigea,lpf; over; t)s ls .opr
oAd~ ef tea,reeived oer tue. poin
tLi Suikern .1ai ro,d from. .South
~~se ua pr,lving 1* Ooluibia oni
f6nda y the Columbia and Aa u.
jwqe pn4y lat,sve *Ip.
* qOnrte. )Jnssi V :151)o
id, for maoy threads will bind ad' 11.
>bant, and mniy drops wilt maske a
'ive . 4,
Outrageous Insult to Oar Colored
Soldiers.
We are informed by the daily press
thqt.,"he lgdians of the plains will
Akt take scalps from the heads of no
tro soldiers killed in battle."
Is not this a flagrant violation of
iho spirit of the civil rights bill, of
the new amendments to the Constitu
tion, and of the reconstruction policy
)f Congress I
This is the crowning insult to our
colored citizens.
Shall the red-skins be allowed thus
to make distinctions on account of
race or color ?
When the colored troops fight
)ravely, may' those untaxed Tndios
scorn their scalps, as being no trophy
rorth the taking off ?
This contemptuous treatment of the
>lack man by the rod man is not to
>e borne.
Senator Sdumner must attend to this.
He mitst prepare resolutions.
He nust fulminate speeches against
he noble red man of the forest, who
then on the path, dares to show a
avago disrespect to wool I
He has abolished the word "white'
a the District of Columbia, lot him
Lolish the word "black" on the
>la ins.
Let him cause it to be enacted that
vhen the untaxed red skin says
"Ug, big Indian no scalp nigger !"
omebody shall shoot him on the spot.
It is not because of the difficulty of
aking off the colored man's scalp.
No such thing.
Indians scalp very short-headed
rhite soldiers.
It is their contempt for the negro as
n inferior race.
They must be taught better.
Here is missionary work to do.
And a now stipulation bhould be
ade in all Indian treaties, that no
istinction of race or color shall be
uade with the'soalping knife.
The insult is 'too cutting.-Boeton
7ourier.
ENGLAND REPUSEs TO RELEASk
IALPiNE.--The State Department has
eceived two dispatches from Reverdy
'ohnson in regard to - the'courso the
,nglish C-rernment intends to pur
ue regardiig &.nian prisoners. It
rill be remembered that the case of
. G. Ilalpine and others was submit- !
ad to Pre2id, v J : a- ,-gh Judge
,arter, of Ciniimlt :v f on be
alf of a mass neeting there. The
'resident at once sent dispatches to
linister Johnson, and directed him
a try to secure the release of the
risoners. Mr. Johnson immediately
Lid the matter before the English
ovcrnment. After considerable de
ty he received in reply a comnmuni
ation containing a list of about twen
y prisoners whon it did not propose
a release under any circumstances.
mong these were Halpine, Cafterty,
haw and Burke. Subsequently Mr.
ohnson made a second attempt, and
eeived a second answer reiterating
ao determination of the TEnglish Gov
rnment to make no more releases of
'enians. In closing his dispatch to
Ir. Fish conveying this last informa
ion, Mr. Johnson expressed the -hope
at this action would be reversed at
o;distant day, and at least part of the
rf'soners be released. For the pres
rat, however, the State Department
3es no ground to expect that any of
me Fenian prisoniers whose eases have
eon under consideration will be set
b liberty.- Wash&ington dispatch& to
~incinnati G'azette
THmE WHITE. PINE REG10N-SILvER
Y TiHE TON.-A visit to the assay
mos and mills of 8hermantown will
e good for the doubters of the groat
'saith of White Pine, There bul
on in glittering bars-crude, retort,
od plippery amalgam--can be seen
y the ton. Yesterday we saw at Mr.
other'd assay office nineteen massive
ars of silver, of the average value of
1,828 each, making an aggregate of
35,'/'83, the result of two days's melt
mg and assay. Besides these finish
di bars there were some three hun.,
red pounds of ernde bullion direct
rem the retorts of the mills, and val
ed at $4,500.--75-asumre City (Neva.
a) News.
Tun~ PaoPosED PREsBYTERIAN RE
propc.-The New York correspondent
f the Philadelphia Ledger, undeor date
f May 24th, writes:
"It is pretty safe to concinde from
b.e whole tenor of te-'day's proceedings
a the Old and New School Assem
'lieu that the pr'oposed reunion will
e triupht1ry carried. The speech.
s, resolutions, &e., all run in that
hannel -atm'tg. Prominent -laymen
Ike William~ E. Dodge. are making
spoolkl ef'orts inside and outside both
EilethaflIeh to-nromote the tTion feel
ng"W hefon is conMunrn.
fd it itnded. to celebrate the
dharith adsy- of pfager ie all the
Vr'.b eran churches th rotighout the
Inid_ -1That~id,'the Neith.3
' ANA fearrs onldbt p~s Of
'ate. who is a apital potli pa
Tttosc FUNvY CHni:sE.-The Same
cable dispatches which brought us
news that Mr. Burlingame had sub
mittol the preliminaries of a most
friendly and satisfactory treaty be
tween China and France to the French
Minister of Foreign Affairs at Paris
brought also an account of a most see
rious, most unfriendly and most unsa
.tisfactory assault upon the French
Ambassador at Pekin by a high oflieial
of the Chinese government. The as
sault consisted of a slap in the face
administered to the French Ambassa.
dor by the Chinese oflicial wearing a
queue. Report says that the retort
of the Count do Lallemand was to haul
down the French flag from the lega
tion of the empire which he represent
ed. If such an affront was offered to
a foreign official in this country it
would be the offender and not tho flag
that would be lowered, and that very
quickly, too. The Chinanan would
be very likely to find his level, how
ever exalted he might have been be
fore the insult was offered. But these
Chinese are very funny people in mat
ters of diplomacy. They do not ap
pear to know the difference between a
plenipotentiary and an ordinary mor
tal. Will the French government en
lighten them ? An excellent oppor
tunity for doing so appears to be now
p resented in the case of the Count de
Lallemand in the C-lestial city of Pe
kin.-N. Y. Herald.
TEtrIFIC Ex'LOSION OF A LoCOMo
TIVE AT MOUUNT HOLLY, N. J.-On
Friday last an engine of the Camden
and Burlington county (New Jersey)
railroad exploded its boiler while pass
ing near Mount Holly. The engine
was raised from the track and thrown
violently into the air, and descended
the track with tremendous force break.
ing ties, bending rails, and scattering
pieces of machinery in every direc
tion. Again springing into the air, it
made several revolutions, and finally
lodged in the R incocas creek, a dis
tance of one hundred fret from where
the explosion ocourred. The cars
were thrown together in one confused
mass. The engineer, Job Goskill, and
the fireman, Charles L. Platt, were
both fatally injured, and have since
died. The conductor, John Sayler,
is very seriously hurt, but hopes are
entertained of his recovery. Mr. Say
ler was thrown under some cars and
rubbish, and was only extricated with
great difficulty; he was seriously
scalded, and his face and head were
cut severely. The gig-top brakeman,
Edward Joyce, was blown with the gig
into an ad.joining field, but escaped
with a broken arm. There were five
others on different parts of the train
who escaped with slight, bruises. The
explosion was caused by too great a
pressure of steam, it being necessary
for heavy trains to put on a full head
in conseuence of the steep grade at,
this place.
A Luaz: ])ouGr.Ass.-Fred Doug
lass, Junior, son of Fred Douglass,
Senior, applied to Mr. Wolfe, Regis
ter of Deeds, in Washington, yester
day, for clerkship. Mr. D.,uglass
confessed he belonged to a "despised
class," yet notwithstanding, had
fought acceptably for the Union as a
Massachusetts soldier, adding that he
Wvas a son of Fred Douglass-a man
who was held in bondage on account,
of the difference of caste-and a prin
ter ; but his trade was rendered use
less in his hands in conserptence of the
exclusive action of the Printers'
UJnions on the question of color. Mr.
WVolfe replied favorably, and Fred,
Junior, is provided for. The "Black
Douglass" will likely become a rally
ing cry, as in Europe in olden time.
AM.r WRoNG.-It is reported that
the new Minister to China is to confer
before his departure with some eccle
sIastical bodies about the protection
of missionaries ini the Celestial coun
try. Is this Minister to represent the
ecclesiastical bodies of the United
States? If lhe goes out loaded with
missionaries ho goes out to fail and to
complicate atnd prejudice our true in
terests in China. We have got noth
ing whatever to do with the religion
of the Chinese ;and for our accredited
representative to take a position that
regards them as heathen is a diplo
matic insult. Is this* appointment
one more blund er 1. Y. 1Terak.
Ss'.unz.-The new candidate for the
Spanish throne who has been brougha
forward, Prince Augustas of Portugal,
is a brother of the present King of
Portugal, and the youngest son of
Don :Fernando, who recently declined
the t,hrono. Prince Anugustus is twen
ty-two years old, and the marriage
beti$een him and the daughter of the
Duke of Montpensier, It ie thought,
may satisfy both the par'tisans of the
IoAtter and those who prefer a Portu
gese prince.-N. Y. Tr'ibune.
CoMPIbIFd A nRT.-- 8en.tfo Sumner
is reciving .anony mous. leuers from
England. The following is. a speci.
men, .
LeaOo16N--Sir - I enclose an arti.
ole fromi one of our papers, which oon.
tains a proper view of yone speseh.
#Oj0.W91f, dlw; Neto that, In
Y-o,ra rmpe0t.fully,