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* ' ;v . - v r_ anil Jfarts. A frequenter of our sanctum says he has grown so desperate that he will have money if he has to work for it. : Jhe citizens of Sullivan county, Indiana, have had a meeting for the purpose of devising means to keep negroes out of the ooonty. The people of Perry oounty in the same State have passed resolutions that negroes shall not come there to stay The total expenditure of the Navy Department during the four years of war, was about 9350,000,000, and that of the War Department about 92,550,000,000, of which the Quartermaster's Department alone expended about $1,400,000,000. 1 The Charleston Courier of Monday, 9th instant, Is happy to learn, from high authority, that the lands, on Edisto and the other islands on the ooast are shortly to be given to their owners, in conformity with an order from Washington. Two National Banks have failed.? The first National Bank of Attioa, New York, and the American National Bank of Hnllowell have gone by the .board. The oapital of both these defanct institutions foot up-an aggregate of one hundre^housand dollars. Recent accounts from Texas would indicate that the military department of the Government there is under mnoh better and more judicious management than in meet parts of the South. There seems to be uo interferon no with t.ho fiivil RllthoritV &8 6X . ercised by the appointees of Governor Hamilton. whose administration of affairs is latterly giving maob satisfaction. The term Fenian is derived from the Gaelio word Fiann. In the antiquated Gaelio it is written Fiand. It was a name given to an order or class of professional soldiers among the Pagan Irish, long before the Christian era. In ordinary times the Fiann consisted of three legions; in each legion were three hundred men, bat in war there were nsaally seven legions. Collectors of Customs appointed for the Southern ports have filed their bonds and entered upon the discharge of their duties, trusting to Congress to legislate for their payment. Very few ef the appointees, however, have taken the oath of allegiance, exoept that portion which declares that they HI Su?r t.rna anil fnithfnl lrvralfu haraaftnr to the Government.? Washington Star. Daring the month of September, " four hundred and fifty postoffices were reopened in the South, and service ordered on fifty pest-routes. This number would have been largely inoreased, but the department has found a good deal of difficulty in finding persons to act as postmasters who can take the required oath of allegiance to the United states. This oath requires them to deelare that they have never participated in, nor sympathised with the rebellion. ?!? The Commissioner of Internal Revennn in tatiIv tn a Wfar nf f.Ko fVillonfnr nf 7 ? "TV " - ? ?,? Charleston District,' says : "That where rents, interest, salaries, profits, or income of any kind in 1864 was received in Confederate currency, the. market value of such currency estimated in Government onrrency, at the time and place of receipt should be returned as income. If any part of snoh income reoeived in Confederate onrrenoy was disposed of daring 1864 for merchandise or property of any kind, and snoh property was sold at a profit before the close of that year, snoh profit shonld also be returned as income." , - ?? At a reoent meeting of the Louisville (Ky) Board of Trade, it was stated that Mr. Speed, Collector of Internal Revenue, had seized upon the receipt bookB of the Jeffersonville Railroad, stating that the merchants of Louisville had laid themselves liable to heavy damages by signing receipts on the receipt books without affixing the necessary stamp. Mr. Speed said that he would not prosecute the parties, for the reason that he did not believe that it il i * _ _ ? 1 i? a .v was ine intention to aeiraua tne government. The President of the Railroad compromised the matter with the government, so far as the road was concerned, by paying into the Treasury, the sum of $2,500. Advices from Washington, dated October 12, state that Alex., -H. Stephens, Vice-President of the late Confederacy; Trenholm, the late rebel Secretary of the Treasury; John A. Campbell, Confederate Assistant Secretary of War, and Ex-Governor Clark, of Mississippi, having applied to the President for pardons, he has ordered that they be released from close confinementon their respective paroles, to appear at sooh time and place as he may designate, to answer suoh charges as he may direct to be preferred against them. It is farther stip ulated that the parties are to remain in their ' respective Slates until further orders. Pardons have also been signed by tbe President in behalf of the members of the South Carolina seceding convention, fcnd forwarded to Governor Perry for distribution. ~ In ftlississippi, the negro comes to the Burface as elsewhere, but the people are more anzious to make him work than to gire him the right of voting. The planters fear an emigration of their colored laborers to the large towns, where more lucrative employment can be had, and on failing in this employment they anticipate that the negro will become a vagrant and rely upon the State for support. Accordingly tbey urge that an aot of Congress should be passed to permit the cotton growing States to make such laws as will compel the negroes to work for .stipulated wages and for stated lengths of time. Our Jackson correspondent states that the candidates who advooate this course will undoubtedly be elected, and that no man who argued against it would have the linKfoof nkan no i Vt'foVlD .Qfofo WU AMA to ok I vunuvv uw?VO? JLUCIT3 ID QU" solutely do discussion on the suffrage' question. The feeling is so strong that no one ventures to urge per contra. The editor of the Missisnppian, who.suggested that the Legislature was bound to admit negro evidence in the law oourts, met with such a storm of .opposition that he was compelled at onoe to taok and eat his own words. The New York Commercial Advertiser, (Republican) urges the repeal of the Congressional oath, incorporated in an act passed in July, of 1862, and says: "The oath imposed by Congress was a 'military necessity* in time of war, when it was necessary and even vital to know who were e . ? sound and loyal, and to keep ont of offioe all who would use their position to thwart the legitimate purposes of the Government, embarrass its action, or give encouragement to its enemies. The oath belongs to war I legislation. Its day has passed. The laws 1 rendered necessary by the great struggle in which we were engaged are among the curiosities of the past. They have served their purpose, and they find no place in the era of peace. The duty of this day is to repair what has been wasted, to recognize the end of hostilities by breaking down the barriers that were ereoted between North and South, between the loyal and the traitor. There is no more place or reason for the test oath, and for the suspension of habeas corpus, than for trade, restrictions already brushed away, or pass-ports across i the border, North and South. All alike ' belong to a different order of things, to an effete legislation. Will Congress be wise enongh to recognize' the new sitoation, and show by its acts that hannony is restored, and that the Union exists with all its privileges accorded to all its oitizens, who are acknowledged to be loyal and not criminal, whether by their own aots or by that of the President?"'. Whe ffer&wlli dtupam: YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1866. OUB TEBMS?-UJ" ADVANCE. THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS per year TWO DOLLARS for six mouths; ONF. DOLLAR for three months?payable In "greenbacks." When payment is made in specie,?WO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS per year; ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS for six months; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS for three months. Single <?opleSj TEN CENTS. (J^-Corn, Flour, Wheat, Bacon, Lard, Firewood, &c-, will be received for Subscription, Advertising or Job-Work, at {parket prices. 0&- The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which payment bas been made. Subscribers '"h" marlrnn the wraDneror marein of their paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. QQ- Mr. JOHN R. ALLEN, Post Master, at Chester Q. H., is our authorized agent for Chester District. ENQUIRES CLUB RATES. "IN GREENBACKS." 2 copies, one year, in advance,....? 6 00 5 ...? ? ...? 12 50 10 " 25 00 and an extra copy to the person making a olnb of ten. After a club has been . returned and the 1 money paid, the person making the olnb may add as many more subscribers at the rate of the original club, as is desired. x! Subscribers who find a (X) cross mark on the wrapper or margin of their paper, will understand that the time paid for has *expired. CASH! We wish it distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job work are cash. . CHABLOTTE COTTON MABKET. Monday, Ootober 16. Market ooutinuessomewhat excited and we note another slight advance. A small quantity changed hands at prices ranging from 27 to 30 oent8 in gold, and from 41 to 42 cents in ourrenoy.? Charlotte Times, 17 th. COL. JTPT-BEED. . This gentleman, who is a resident of An derson i/istrict, nas Deen in oar town ior several days. He is a candidate to represent tbe people of the 4th Congressional Distriot of this State in the next Congress, and will address the citizens of York District at Yorkville to-*day, (Thursday) and at Blairsville, on Friday. Attention's directed to his card in another column. THE DAIIjY PHCENIX. By a late number of this paper, published at Columbia, by Julian A. Selby, we are pleased to see that W. ~B. Johnston, Esq., has assumed the editorial control.? Mr. Johnston is a veteran of the press, has had much experience in journalism, anu will not fail to mate the rhicnix worthy of a liberal support. The paper is published daily and tri-Weekly. Daily, for six months, $5; trirweekly $3.50. * RAIL ROADS AND THE MAILS. We are gratified to learn from Mr. John B. Erwin, the President of the King's Mountain Rail Road Company, that on and after Monday next, there will be a daily train run over his road from and tb GuthriesviUe, seven miles below Yorkville. He informs ns that through the indefatigable energy of Mr. Edward Thomas, the Superintendent, the rolling stock, which has so long blocked up the lower end of the road has been removed, so that trains can now be ran throngh to the Chester depot. Arrangements have also been perfected for fnrninhintr nnr nitfzana voith a datlv mail We observe by an advertisement in the Charleston Courier that the trains- on the Soath Carolina Rail Road are now running to Hopkin's Tarn Oat, twelve miles below Columbia. [? x FROM EUROPE. Through the Charleston papers we have advices from Europe to the 1st instant. Cotton has advanced very materially, whioh is said to have been oaosed by European bnyors becoming satisfied that the stock on hand in this country is not near so large as heretofore estimated. The advance in one week amounted to about ten cents on the pound. The following are the last quotations, with an upward teudenoy. New Orleans, 24?d-J Mobile, 24d.; Middling 23d. The "arrest of Fenians continue, and an additional number of .prisoners have been brought before the Police Magistrates. At Dublin, on Saturday, September 30, the Government Counsel stated that large sums of money had been received by.some of the Fenians from America. Letters have been intercepted stating the designs of the Fenians are of the most sanguinary oharaoter. One of their designs is the extermination of the nobility on the opening of the rebellion.. RELIGIOUS ITEMS. The annual meeting of the South Carolina Conference, of the Methodist Episoopal Churoh, will be held at Charlotte, N. C., on the 1st of November. Rev. Dr. Sehon, and Rev. Dr. MoFerrih, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, have been pardoned by the President; The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Churoh will convene at Maoon, Ga., on the seoond Thursday ef December. The m an attnnt fpnm ft nntioff nnb lUlJVWAUg *o ?u WtffcVAMW* ? . I lished in a late number ^of the Richmond Gentril Presbyterian, by the permanent officers of the Assembly: "As we failed to hold ouif meeting last spring, it is suggested that Commissioners appointed at that time might legally take their seats as Commissioners to an Assembly now to meet.? If convenient, however, let the Presbyteries meet immediately and appoint Commisrionera to attend an assembly, in the Presbytc| rian Church, in the city of Maeon, Georgia, on the seoond Thursday (14th)?of .DeoemI ber, 1865, at 11 o'clock, A-.M." The next session of the Theologioal Seminary at Colombia, will open on the first of November. w Rev. J. Newton Craig, has resumed the pastoral care of his church st Lancaster C. fl., S.'C. Rev. Wm. E. Boggs, is preaching at Winnsboro', S. C. Rev. A. W. Miller, has accepted a call to Charlotte, N. Q. THE ALABAMiTcONYENTION Adjourned on the .80th oltimo. It adopted an Ordinance eleoting State offioers on the first Monday in November ; also, to fa oilitate the marriage of negroes; authorizing the county commissioners to provide for the indigent and helpless negroes ; and direoting jndioial officers to continue to act as agents of the Freedmen's Bureau. , The Convention by a vote of 6Q .to 19 passed an Ordinance providing that all debts oreated by the State of Alabama in aicf of the late war; directly cht indireotly, are thereby declared void, and that the General Assembly of the State shall have no authority and are thereby forbidden to ratify the eame -or assume or provide for the paytnent of the same, or any part thereof; and the General Assembly of the State sfydl hav# no authority, and are forbidden to assume or make any provision for the payment of any portion of the debts contracted or inourred, directly or. indirectly, by the Confederate States, its agents or its authority. A memorial to the President was passed, asking a general amnesty and pardon; also, a resolution stating that "whereas the people of Alabama had given unmistakable evidence of loyalty, they, therefore, request the withdrawal of the troops from the State. The resolution of adjournment provides that the Convention may be oalled togethex by the President of the same on or before the 24th day of September next. The Convention has also decided, by a vote of 61 to 21, to submit the amendment to the Constitution to a popular'vote. ''MERE-MENTION. It is stated that every able-bodied negro, who was once Gen. Wade Hampton's slave, is now hired by him; men at $10 per month, and women at $8, without board - He expects to raise 300 bales of cotton this season, and means to give* free negro labor a fair' trial. -Hon. William Aiken has been announoed as a Candidate for Congress in the 'Charleston Congressional District. Mrs C. T. Hoey has been appointed postmistress at Shelby, N. C., vice S. A. Hoey, deolined. Ex-Governor Seymour, of New York, in a speech recently, at Syracuse, took strong ground in favor of the representatives from the Southern States r being promptly admitted to seats in the next Congress, insisting that all who opposed their admission were not in favor of a reconstruction of the Union. The. Colleges at Due West?male and female? are now in successful operation. The number of pupils in the Female College is larger than ever before so early in the session. So says the Aberville Press. The News, complains of the irregularity of tljp mails between Winnsboro' and Columbia. Vefy justly, too, judging from our own experience. Dr. John H. Boatwright died in Columbia on Sunday last. He was Mayor of the City at the time, and held the position of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Anoient Free Masons of South Carolina. The President has issued a proclamation relieving Kentucky from martial law. Maj. Gen. Cox, the Union candidate for Governor of Ohio, is eleoted by twenty five thousand majority. This is another anti-negro suffrage triumph. ' New Yorkers say that on an average, the Southern debts will yield fifty cents. on the dollar. A new line of steamers will shortly be established between Baltimore and Charleston and Savannah.-*"" A* Washington despatch to the Cincinnati Gazette says that prominent democratic politicians who have been figuring hp the oomplexion of the next Congress, say that there will be a majority of ten in favor of admitting'the Southern members who come prepared to take the test oath. j ') ' "v eclipse ot the sun. r There will be an Annular eolipse of the Sun, today?Thursday?visible throughout South Caroling. Miller's Almanac speaks of it as follows: '' ' " * | ('Begins at Charleston, 8h. 20m. 0s. A. M.; Greatest obscuration, 9h. 55m. 15s. A. M..j Ends, llh. 47m. 15s. A. M. At Columbia, 8. C., 8h. I6m. A. M.; Greateat obscuration, 9h. 47m. A. M.; Ends, llh. 38m. A. M. ((The oentral line of this eclipse?that is the path on the earth in whioh, if the observer is situated, he will see the centre of the moon to pass over the centre of the sun ?will pass very nearly through Jefferson City, Missouri; Nashville, Tennessee, and Charleston, S. C. By laying a rule on the map, with the edge upon these cities, one may see where the line will pass at intermediate points. On each' side of the central line, to the distanoe of ninety miles, the eclipse will appear aS annular, that is, at tie greatest obscuration the moon's disk will be surrounded by a ring of the sun's disk,-? The eclipse will be seBn as annular t&rongnOat Soatb Carolina, except a few Distriota in the Northeast portion of the State; o?ei Georgia, except the Southwestern part; in the Western part'of North Carolina, and in other States or portions of States lying within the limits thns described. Beyond these limits the eolipse will be orescent, and oi less magnitude as We recede on either side from the oentral line. In another oolnmn will be found an artiole on the subject from a gentleman ol this town, who is qu fait in all snob matters. Read it and smoke your glasses. - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.J. P. Beed?Candidate for Congress. John J.* Poag?Administrator's Notice. Enquirer Office?Stove for gale. ?? " ?Postage Stamps for gale. ? ? ?ShoWL'dae for sale. Andrew Crawford?Factorage, Commission Business, Ac H. D. 8 to we?Administrator's Sale and Notice. D. T. Panlow?Administrator's Notice. Lt. Col. N. Haughton?General Orders, No. 91." J. A. Brown, O. Y. D?Citation?Jane Rpddy, D. T. Lee ley, and R. L. Crook?David Roddy, deceased. Rev. A. A. Poper?School Notice. * Col. W. H. McCorkle?New Store ! New Goods!! E. M. Klrkpatrlck?Watch and Jewelry Business. Floyd, Dotoon A Co.?500 Socks Salt. " " ?Butter and Eggs Wanted. E. M. Klrkpatrlck?Administrator's Notlcer * To thd Voters of the 4th Congressional District of South Carolina, Consisting of the Judicial Districts of Anderson, Pickens, Greenville, Spartan? burg, LaurenS, Union, York and Chester. * Fellow Citizens : I hare, after much hesitation, at the instance of a numbers! friends for whose opinion land wishes I en tertain great respect, consented to become 8 candidate to represent yon in the Congresi of the United States. The eleotion will probably take place aboat the middle oi Novemberr and as the time that will inter vene is very short, and the District is verj Iowa. if. wnnld he finite imnnarible for me (o see, and make myself personally knowc to a majority of yoa, even if I considered il neoessary or proper to resort to the agoienl mode of electioneering. Bnt I take it foi granted, that in the present condition ol the country, personal importunity for position, would, with the intelligent -voters ol the mountain Distriot of South Carolina, be-as distasteful, as mere personal influence and friendship wonld be unavailing. Thai laying all personal consideBKtiozis aside, each voter of the District, in this day of bit country's tribulation, will, on approaching the ballot box and depositing his.vote, be governed exclusively by the judgment he may form of the ability of the party whom he seeks to invest with office, to disobarge tha errant dntian that will devolve noon him. d . ? r Entertaining these views, distrustful .of raj own ability, bat willing to submit myself to the judgment of those whom I offer to represent, it would be alike inconsistent with my sense of propriety,'and degrading to my feelings as a patriot, looking alone, if ] know myself, to the restoration and prosperity of my country, to hunt you down at youi residences, in the social circle, of elsewhere in detail, with persona! importunity for youi suffrages. I therefore take this method oi announcing myself, and respectfully solicit your favorable consideration, with the assurance that if honored with your choice, whatever ability I possess will be devoted with untiring energy" and industry to youi service. 1 would not, however/ be understood as ignoring tbe duty of the candidate to mix with, and make himself known tc those whom he offers to represent. On the contrary I propose, as the more desirable mode of accomplishing that objeot at present, to meet you at oertain times and places. of which notioe is annexed below, for the purpose of making myself known to yon personally and politically, and taking conneel .with yon in relation to the great interests of par country. I earnestly and respectfully invite as many of the citizens of this District as can make it convenient, to meet me at the plaoes indicated, where I propose to address yon and develops fully my views and opinions touching the political condition of the country, and the best mode oi restoring our now prostrate commonwealth to her anoient prosperity, glory and renown. I have the honpr to be, respectfully, your nKar)ionf ooroanL J. P. REED. 1 propose to address the people at the following times and places, Other appointments will be made hereafter, if practicable: At Yorkville, Thursday, October 19. " Blairsyille, Fridiy, October 20. From Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee, October 3, 1865. ?Governor Rrownlbw delivered his annual message to the General Assembly to-day. He congratulates the Assembly on witnessing the termination of the rebellion and the signal triumph of our arms. In regard to new subjects of legislation the wishes of the honest and loyal people of the State should be consulted, for they are always right. He reoommends amendments and -Jj:.: i- . l.'_* i.r auuiuuiJB CO toe rrauouiao lart , uuihbjb, "JL am by no means an advocate of its repeal, or do the loyal people of the State wish any sweeping change;" The restoration of civil law has worked well, and prosperity is promised in every section. Guilty rebels should be treated with -severity in proportion to their offenoes, the mass of them with not less than ten years' disfranchisement, and the leaders with neither mercy nor forbearance. Immigration should be fostered and encouraged, and a commissioner stationed at'the East to secure a numerous foreign I immigration of Allied labor. He says: "I \ din convinced that the white and colored I people oannot lite together politically or so- ] oially aaoquala." He advocates the setting \ apart of some portion of the national territory best adapted for the purpose for a na- I fcion of fireedtnen.; The testimony of ne- I groes is recommended to be taken in the ] courts on the same basis as that of white I parsons. President Johnson's reoOnstruo- I tion policy is. endorsed as the sole hope of ' the oounby. i The Grand Masonic Lodge of Tennessee < met to-day for the first time in four years. Large delegations were in attendance from all parts of the State. / i For the Yorkville Enquirer. THE ECLIPSE. Oar almanacs remind as that this will be a remarkable day; and I suppose everybody will be more or less interested in the oelesi tial phenomenon to be witnessed?name* ly, an extraordinary eclipse of the sOn*? Perhaps even our defeated candidates will not be uninterested spectators; for . they ; may well condole themselves for their , eolipsed popularity- in contemplating the i great king of - day obscured for a while by a lesser light, only to re-appear in greater | splendor. , What a variety of emotions will be awakened in the hearts of all the hnman beings who may witness the eelipse! The astronol mer and mathematician, however, wilt be most intensely interested.. Every observatory within the track of the eclifwr, will be oocnnied bv intent gazers, who, with their instruments will take note of its different phases, and enjoy their occupation more than a child does a new-booght toy. The mere man of bosiness will oomplain because the attention is diverted from money-making. Perhaps some photographers will only notioe the interruption of their work ; while the ignorant will be affected more or less by superstitions fears. ' Yea, it is even probable that somewhere, human life may be sacrificed by savage . heathenism to propitiate some imaginary angry deity. How many in this enlightened {and will have their thoughts directed j to-Him who has'put this vast machinery, in taotion, whose providence preserves it, and i who has given man the faculty to discover > the laws wbioh control it, to calculate with j, precision the times, seasons and various phenomena of the heavenly bodies; as well r as to ooqtemplate the probable objeot and ) end of this material universe. 1 Without" occupying space 'with facta whioh every one can learn from the almanac, . it nlay interest many readers to add a few I particulars in explanation, wbiohare usually not given. The sun apparently traverses the whole oirouit of the heavens onoe a year | from West to East. The moon also trai versesjtbe heavens in the same direction onoe dips. Were these two circles 1 marked out on the sky, they would te seen ' to cross each other at opposite points, and , be inclined abont'five'degrees. The moon's t motion, however, is subject to many irregu> larities; and these orossing points or "nodes" are continually shifting towards the West; | bo that after .about 18 years, the moon orosses nearly in the same place and eclipses i rectxr nearly in the .same order daring aaoh . intervals. It is evident that an eolipse can ' only take plaoe at or very near the node, as | a collision between two trains on different , roads can only happen at the crossing of the same. If the sun and moon are. both ; at the same node, we have a solar eolipse; ' bat if they ar^ at opposite nddes, the moon then falling into the earths shadow, is her[ self eclipsed. . Now It rarely happens, as it will to-day, - that the son and moon meet exaotly at the 1 orosflin? nointa: when thev do. the eoliiwe I p * ' " * , will be eitbeT total ox annular?total when i the apparent disk of the moon equals or - exceeds that of the sun?annular when it 1 is less, as in the .present instance. If at this time the moon were in perigee instead , of apogee, we should )bave a total and still i more remarkable eclipse. The moon's shadow (whioh causes the eolipse) being the section of a cone near its apex, jis com( paratively small, hence great eclipses are i very rare at any particular place, and therefofe, deserve the more attention. Yorkville being near the northern boundary of the annular traolr, we shall see the dark disk of . the moon coming in contact with the bright disk of the sun pn its western edge, pass nearly centrally over it and emerge on the eastern edge. So smoke yonr glasses and have them ready. To my readers of the sterner sex I would say, by no means look through or into anv other kind of glass, for it will as aoredly dim your vision; while a a word of advice to my fair readers may not be amiss. Yont eyes however flashing and overpowering on other oooasions, may, unless properly shielded, oome off losers in a combat with the bright luminary of day. * S. Who will be Admitted?The editor of tl?e Richmond Bulletin has lately visited Washington City, and tells his readers what he learned there, as follows : I have learned enough sinoe my arrival here to convince' me that the great straggle when Congress meets will be on the <jnes- 1 tion of admitting the Southern Represents- J tives to their seats. You may rely upon j this : If any man eleoted to Congress from I the Sodth, whose "loyalty" daring the wt^r < was not above reproach, he will be reftfsed i admittance. A majority of suoh rejections representation xn Congress, ana Will cdhtin- 1 le military GovernmentIn the States. It jehoovea your electors, therefore, to prepare to meet the radicals in thie iafee By sleeting those only,wbo can pees, maimer. , Tour first step must be to secure representation in Congress. That done, the way wHt t>e clear.for the future developments of your policy Justice ' to Mr Johnson requries this at the hands of the South, and it is to be hope 1, they will not fail to elect men who sieve not identified witb-thu Confederate eause.. True polioy demands this, and our people begin to understand it. Mr. Ridgway, I perceive, is. a Candidate for Congress. His election, and the election of men of his political status, would be emi . RnA nentiy acoeptaoie. nauioajuui numu ? <> itself disarmed in Congress, and the Soath would then have a decided voioe in the eoanoile of the country. The first straggle over, yoa can afterwards follow your inoliv nations and eleot whom you please.' V Episcopal General Convention at Phil adelphia. Philadelphia, Ootober 4 ?The sermon-before the Convention this morning, was preached by Dr. Falford,. Lord Bishop of Montreal, from the 1st Corinthiadl, 9th obapter, 22d verse :. J<1 made all things to all men,.. that.-I might'by. all means save some." All the Bishops of the Northern Dioceses were present, except Bishop Williams, ?f Connecticut, and BjBhop Beott, of Oregon. -'Bishop Atkinson, of North Carolina, was seated in the body of .the Church. After the sermon, Bishop StevenB^pt Pennsylvania, sent Dr. Baloh, the Secretary of the Convention, to invite Bishop Atkinson into the chancel. Bishop Atkinsou accepted the invitation, and upon entering the obanoel was cordially received by all-the Bishops and elergy. Religions Services being concluded, the Rev. George M. Randall; D. D , of Boeton, who was Secretary of the last Boqse, called the body to order, asking the deputies to send to his table the testimonials of their eleotioo. : ?-,y -J - ** The dioceses were oalled over, beginning, with Alabama and. ending with Western New York. . , The following nominations for President were made : The Rev. James Craik, Diocese of Kentgo^y, President of the Hoose of Deputies- in 1862; the Rev. Dr. George M. Randall, Diooese of Massachusetts; the i^v. Dr. 51. A. DeWolf Howe, Diooese of Pennsylyania. * A vete was ordered to be taken by dioceses, and orders. Dr. Craik was declared elected President, reoeiving 15 electoral votes and the votes of 13 dioceses. Dr. Randall was elected"6ecretary by acclamation. * Mr. Robert Clarkson, of Chicago, was appointed First Assistant Secretary, and Rev. William Stevens Perry, of.Conneoticut, Second Assistant Secretary. Rev. Dr. Meade and Hon. Horatio Seymour were appointed a committee to wait npon tbe House of Bishops and inform-them that the House was, organised. . A message was received from the House of Bishops, informing the House of its organization, and of the election of tbe Rev. Dr. Baloh as Secretary. When the call of dioceses was made, there was no answer from any of the Southern States except Texas, from which State several delegates were present The whole body of tbe Southern dtooesas is to be represented later In the Convention by a Committee of tbe Confederate Bfobepe, to adjnst the question of re-union: Philadelphia, October 5.?The Episcopal Convention convened this morning in St. Andrew's Church at 10 o'olock. When i the roll was called the delegation from toe diocese of North-Carolina answered to their names, making two soathern dioceses represented in the Conveiflion?Texas-and North CaroHoa. A- resolution was offered by Rev. Dr. Meade, that daring the sessiqif of the Convention a day be set apart as a day of thanksgiving and prayer for the restoration of peace and the preservation of the Union, etb. Mr. Howe, of Philadelphia, offered a resolution declaring the gratitude due to Almighty God for .the restoration of the authority of the governmentpver the territory of the United States, and for the abolition of slavery etc. Both resolutions were, however, temporarily withdrawn, it. being.anderstocd that a resolution of a similar character woold be presented bj\the House of Bishops. . V .'lii- ir. Judge Churchill, of Kentucky, offered* resolution instructing the committee on can cms to inquire into the expediency of amending the canons of tb,e church so as to prohibit any clergyman or candidate for bo1$ orders from entering the army or navy, except in the capacity of a chaplain. AfteY this the convention adjourned. Philadelphia, Oct.: 6 ?The Episcopal Convention re assembled at 10 o'clock. ? ?. . > - ? _ Dr. wigbee, of wewrorlc, stated that two of the deputies from Tennssee were present, bat owing to the absence of the Secretary of that diocese, were unable to present their certificates. He moved that the name of the Tennessee deputies be placed on the roll which was o&rried. The committee appointed yesterday on the subject reported in favor of the adoption of a new canon, forbidding olergymen of the Proteataot Episcopal Church from entering the military or naval service of the Unjted States except in the capacity 'of chaplains, or to enter any military or naval sobool except asbbaplains, .professors ox instructors. Hey. Dr. Cummins offered the following resolution : Resolved, That thia house offers its profound gratitude to Hod that we have among us our brethren, the clerical and lay deputies from the diocese of Texas, North Carolina and Tennessee, and that ye recognize, their presence in our midst as a token add pledge of future and entire restoration of the union of the Choroh throughout the breadth and length of the laud. Judge Spalding, of Ohio, hoped the resolution would not paskj we were glad to receive our brethren from the seoeded States, but he iras opposed to getting down In "ha- . miliation to them; We are glad to see them, bat he considered the passage of auoh a resolution as offoriiig a premium for rebetifiKJ, ' Mr TarnalV of Penhsylvaoia, Moved to lay the motion on the rtebfe: Xost-yeas 12, nays 46/ 1 % * Dr. Hste hoped thafcihe,rpsola{ion*oal<l paw by a large- majority. He abhorred iladifion in which the colored racewta kept in the South, bat if we work with the feet*?g? of petribts, we ought to remenibrr bow large a >part of .the Episoopfel GJtof4?Mtfr plicated at the South. If we oan hold out the olive branch to our brethren $jjfeL South, we ought to do so. He wss surprised at the objection au&byaqrflbpt Honao at the resolution, which he considered entirely inoffensive. He w?l<ajn?d h6r brethren of North CaroHna,'Tern and Tenwithont debate, in theepirit which had been expressed in the remaitapf^fet speaker. Dr. Hare also urged the passage of tile thereaolation. He folly cOaoarred in the sentiments expressed by his colleague. (The resolution was then passed. ' I Philadelphia, October 7.?A message was received from the House of Bishops informing the lower Hoose that thejlotwe ted to the office of Bishop, having been alooted to the exercise of that office in the vacant diocese of Alabama, and that without an examination of the circumstances occasioning certain canonical irregularities I in the eleotion and honsecratipo^ I pressly declaring that its present .action shall never be construed or accepted as a 1 precedent, thi% House thereby accepts the Right Be v. Dr. Wilmcr as the.Bishop, of Alabama, and consents to his episcopate, as such, provided that the House of Clerical I and Lay Depnties is willing to signify its concurrence in such acceptance and con- I sent, and that thereafter the Bishop of Ala- I bama shall transmit, in writing to the preai dinar Bishon?to be bv bim committedto the custody of the register of thts Hootf^? the prourtse of conformity bompmed in the ordinal. . - ^^25 " After a long discossioo oo the proposed new canon relative to clergyman eotering the military or naval service, tbe Convention adjourned, Philadblphja, October 9.?The Convention re-assembled at ten1 o'clock to-day. Rev. Br. Bargess, from the Committee on Consecrating Bishops, reported that due evidence of tbe election of fiev. Charles L. Qutntard as Bishop of Tennessee had been submitted to fhe committee, and reported resolutions, .which were adopted after a lengthy discussion, that they, appro ved;of* the credentials of Rev. Br. Quintard, and give their couseut for his .coqeecratioo as' Bishop of the .Biocese of Tennessee. Rov. I Br. Quintard was for some time Chaplain in iog is a recapitulation of &e public debt, as appears from the books, Treasurer's retarns and requisitions in the Department 0n the 30th of SeptemWl?t:-Tg??r Debt bearing interest In coin .$1,116^58,131 8? Debt bearing interest inVatrfii money.,. ^1,260,000,130 44 : Debt on which interest iuMceased. '.'.Vr.~ XJSS^aO 09 Debt bearingno Interwt. 366,891,093 84 debt-of nearly est over half a million, and ah? a?tt&ti* of 18,012,000 of the legal lender hdfettl circulation." The amount In toeTreasiurjftn c<kn"bi.s..^^1,740,7S3 78 The .imoum Id ihe Treasury to cunro,.. SHT&&M Showing a decreafj^^jpyj^I2,70C,000 of coin as compared with the Auguat statement, and an ioorease of 513,454,157 in currency. The amount'of fractional ?or143,000. There has been an inorease of the 5.20 bonds of Jane SO, 1864, of $8,211,000: and of July 11, 1862, 6 per debtedness, a redaction of over f2^0QP,006. * ^.^e^AiJprentioe Syten^jj-^ 1 ^From sundry enquiries^ and appJi?tiGM ! headquarters in the War Depftrtme?t, we are gratified to lay it before ofUjjNfator Thoee who have applied to ns .within the past few days,rc?n now see clearly their way, and we have no doubt but that eyery facilichi'f11 & thei^byAe^^ona SS1" C war r frrrdmsw and abandoned laifps, Washing-tow, October 4.1856. . State laws with regard to appreatioeaJup will be reoogoized by this Bureau, provided thej make no distinction of color j or, in cm? they Mid laws applying*? wb^ ?oawD ^0<1<9d men^witMn theirrwpecdTe districts The principle to be adored to with regard to J paupers is, that each, county, pviab, tow* ship or oity shall care for and provide for its own poor. Vagrant lawa made for free peoed to the^freedmen. Assistant CommiaeionpJicable to their'reapactbe Sute^^icc^ daace with the foregoing prin^gte^