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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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^