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Jtoaps aaft $acfc. [ At a recent meeting of the Baptists of Jefferaon City Mission, it was resolved to drop all qoestions of polities and posh on with, ttdigiQn.. ?? The biggest big tree yet discovered in California is fifty-two feet five inohes iD diameter, or over one hundred and fifty feet in circumference - Only the stamp is left. ?s-5The Atlantic cable has been completed and the Great Eastern left Shearnees on the 13th ultimo, to commence the work of oonneoting the Old World with the New. ~-w~IoBanity is becoming fearfully prevalent among the negroes. Fifteen or Bixteen were placed in confinement in Richmond last month from this cause. On Friday night when an alarm of C" ?in PatanKnra thn llrWtni ftf XU.O WW mo g??VU Ui A ?- WW. the engine-holies were found to be seourely nailed up. vi? ? One fhundred and seventy-two post offiaes hive been re-established in Georgia. In 1859: there were eight hundred and fifty four.: Reconstruction is slow. cAn Atnerican watch factory at Elgin, 111., with 8250,000 capital, will be ready to make sixty watches per day by September. Most of th* stockholders were formerly workmen at Waltham. A Cordova Colonel, Dr. F. L. Merriwethmfr has retnrned to Texas; he left Geneiub Early at Havana waiting for the arrival of Sheridan, for the purpose of fighting a duel with him. There are only thirty-three villages, tcwns'aad eities in the States of Alabama and Mississippi in which postmasters, regularly appointed and dnly sworn in, are to be found. -??The Tax Collector of Pickens has already collected $8,000, and the Courier a ia a nlaaanrn t/1 spp with what flar. mmjo .? w m f ? neatness our people are endeavoring to raise mdtoj. ttrpay their taxes." ?- Baltimore is estimated to have a population of 300,000, at least. In 1860 it was 212,418. In Ward Five, where the population was 5,360, the number of residents, by a recent census, is shown to be 12,052: * As an instance of the manner in which the citizens of New Fork are packed, thft Superintedent of Publio Buildings says there are 161 tenement houses giving accommodation to 1700 families, besides farnishiog room for upwards of 100 stores. The Demopolis New Era says Gen. Joseph E. Johnston has positively accepted the Prendenoy of the Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Railroad. He arrived in Selma on last Monday, and will make that his future home. ?? The Delhi (East India) Gazette of 1 4?wl elatao fKat ft V*r\TT oKnnf l<UO JIVIil VI DldlVD buttu n wvj wvvuu i twelve years of age has just been rescued from the den of a wolf in one of the neighboring jangles. He goes on all fonrs very swiftly, and is fonder of raw meat than anything else. Elias Howe, the inventor and patentee of the sewing-machine needle, has declared his purpose not to apply for an extension ofcthis patent, which runs out this year, n- - m-.~- j .1?L i. i a -iiand. 4 half dollars on it already, which he regards as fortune enough for one man. ?? The Oxford (Miss.) Falcon says that a tax assessor of a neighboring oonnty reports 127 negro babies born since the present Congress has been in session?78 of tbe number are named Thad. Stevens. Tbe assessor asked tbe mothers the reason for naming their babies that name, and that 1 they universally replied tbat they had been told that there was a great man in Congress ; by that name whose wife was a negro woman. -i?The bridge over the Catawba river, ' on the Charlotte and Colombia Railroad, i has been repaired with memorial iron. The j order for the chains and other iron-work necessary to its reconstruction, was given to Messrs. Anderson & Co., of the Tredegar Works in this oity, and was executed with material purchased at the sale of the scrap iron of the Confederate States Armory, and oonsisting of musket and rifle barrels, bayonets, Ac., captured or gathered od many a battle-field, and deposited there for repair, but destroyed by the fire.?Richmond Jtinquirer. We welcome the news from Fortress Monroe of the assignment of spacious and oomfortable apartments for the house-keepiog ofMr.-and Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Byand-by, the farce will have become too glaring, and then he will be let go What is the use of persisting in a cheat whereby nobody is cheated ? Mr. Davis is not to be tried?at all events, not with intent or expectation of convicting him?then why is be longer subsisted at the public cost ? Let us have abend of shame.?N. Y Tribune. In the course of some conversation in relation to dogs, Governor Anderson, of Ohio, relates a Texas habit of training dogs with sheep. A pup is taken from its mother before its eyes are opened and put with a ewe to suckle. After a few times the ewe becomes reconciled to the pup, whioh fol lows ber like a lamb, grows op and remains with the flock, and no wolf, man or strange dog cab come near the sheep, and the dog will bring the flock to the fold regularly at half-past seven in the evening, if you habitually feed him at that hoar. It ia stated by prominent Senators in Washington, that Mr. Seward has concluded a secret treaty with Napoleon, by which the United States is debarred from interfering with the movement of the foreign troops now supporting Maximilian. After the withdrawal of tbo French, Maximilian, it is understood, will offer himself as a candidate ; for the Presidency of the Mexican republic. Having secured that positiou, be is to take advantage of soy small revolution, of which Mexico affords so many, and deolare himself Emperor, thereby flanking the Monroe doctrine, and-having a firmer imperial throne than at present. It is probable the Senate will solicit information from Mr. Seward concerning this little game. In New England the crops are generally reported good; hay will be abundant, i and the fruit yield millions of dollars in advance of last year. In the Sonth the general report is that crops will turn out well, although in some quarters excessive rains are oomplaioed of. The wheat throughout Geor gia has been harvested, and although the crop is by no means excellent it turns oat, :?-? jV ? ] better than was anticipated some time ago. Along the lower Mississippi frequent crevasses have caused great destruction. In Southern Illinois the wheat orop is said to ba a failure, but oorn is promising well. In Ohio and Indiana.the wheat promises very badly, bat in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota it is exoelleat. In Maryland and Pennsylvania it is only moderate. ??An interesting mercantile case was deoided in Charleston a few days sinoe. ; Some parties who had borrowed money from the Bank of the State of Sontb Carolina on a .Fire Loan bond, brought a suit against the Bank for asking more than the rate of interest which the face of the bond called for. The investigation proved that money was borrowed on these bonds for the space of thirteen years, daring which time the party borrowing shonld pay 6 per cent. 1b the case before oourt, the bond was over doe and the Bank charged the legal interest of 7 per oent., upon the part unpaid. Judge Dawkins decided that the Bank had acted legally in the matter, as the obligations they were under were cancelled by the non-payment of tbe bond. Ibr fJorMi? tafatefc. YORXVILLEa S. C. THURSDAY MOBHING, JULY 6,1866. . OUR TERMS?IN ADVANCE. 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IN "GREENBACKS." 8 COPIES,...S 4 50 $6 00 ' 5 COPIES,... 9 75 18 BO 10 COPIES,... 17 BO 80 00 and an extra oopy to the person making a club of ten. J9*WitbiD one month from the date a clnb is retamed and the money paid, the person making the club, may add any number of names at the same rate. 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 inh wn?li ||L THE "SITUATION." THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU The first bill passed by Congress, to continue in foroe the Freedmeo's Bureau, was killed gome months ago by the Exeoutive veto, and the South then trusted that this unpalatable subjeot was forever dismissed. Not so, however. The new bill, introduced in the House shortly after the defeat of the ? . J .V.i t? J 1 IirSt 0De,4>aasea mat uuuy Hume wccaa agw, and has unexpectedly met the approval of the Senate. It is now, to all ioteota, the law of the land. The President will certainly veto it, as it clearly opposes his views as to the policy to be adopted towards the South; bat this will be a mere matter of form that both Gooses will overrde with imponity. An abstraot of the Bill, as it passed the Senate, will be found in to-day's paper. NATIONAL CONVENTION. The call for a National Union Convention of Delegates from all the States, has been issaed by the National Union Club, at Washington. The Democrats in Congress endorse this measure, and many of the leading men of the North favor it. It is believed to be the only course left, to stay the mad strides of the party now in power, and to secare harmony, and a perfect understanding between trnly loyal men in both sections of the country. The bringing together of representatives from all sections, and the face to face interchange of views, is likely to produce favorable results. If it does not, we know of nothing whatever that will. With the lights now before us, we can see no harm in the South being represented at this Convention, but on the other hand, a prospect of real benefit, provided it commits the country to no radical platform. This, the men we send, must exert themselves to avoid. address to the people. The Democratic and conservative members of Congress have agreed upon an address to the people of the United States, whioh will be published in a few days. It approves of the proposed Philadelphia Convention, and urges all the States to participate in its proceedings. It favors the immediate representation in Congress, of all the States, as the first and primary object of reform. It is, we think, destined to exercise a wide influence over the oountry. the cabinet. Secretary Harlan, of Iowa, having been reoently elected a Senator from his State, is announced as ready to take his leave of the Cabinet. O. H. Browning, Esq., a Democrat is reported as his probable successor in the Department of the Interior. Harlan is one of the "ob . ?v U ~~ structionista" and his exit from the Cabinet does as no harm. ADJOURNMENT OP CONGRESS. ( Bbownlow has called together the Ten- \ nessee Legislature with a view of having it f to ratify the recent Constitutional Amend- < ment. Congress stays its adjournment t until that body is heard from. If the t Legislature ratifies the amendment, the < Tennessee Delegates will be immediately ] admitted into the two Houses?or suoh of [ them as can take the oath. The radicals ] seem eapeoially anxious about this matter. 1 It will, if it succeeds, be the only praotioal t work accomplished during the longest ees- 1 sion ever held. As it is, they have noth- f ing to point to now but bunoombe speeches, ] AA?*aftfwftnfa b*a man nf OUVft CUCli VUUOV1UUUUVO !? IUVU V4 sufficient sense to understand the difference between words and works. They understand probably, that the Sooth could have been represented in Congress, at any day during the session that they woold have permitted it, and opon terms satisfactory to the masses of the people. As this has been looked upoh as one of the prime objeots of his long debate, they no doubt consider it dangerons to present themselves before their constituents again, with the empty resolts before them. < CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. y Some of our readers may feel an interest j in the progress of this matter before the ( country. The Legislature of New Hamp. y shire has ratified the amendment in one House, by a vote of nearly two to one. The ( Governor of Maine proposes to convene the ^ Legislature of that State, if other States < do so, to take aotion in the matter. The , TunnpMSA TiAOMAlfittfcnrA wm ?n hin mat yesterday, for the same purpose. The prob- j abilities are that all of the New England ( and most of the Western States, will adopt j the amendment. It eannot become a law, t and this faot is well understood?as three fourths of the States eannot be influenced j to sustain it. Tennessee may'do so?the t remaining States of the South certainly will ( not, for they have spoken already. NEW PRESIDENTIAL MANSION. j Congress seems determined to Bpend as ] mnch of the people's bard earned green- j backs, as it can at this session. It has de- ? termined upon the erection of a palace in Washington, as a residence tor the Prosi- r dent, that will probably rival the famed r temples of the East, if the said present ( Congress can control the matter nntil it is oompleted. The Senate has instructed the Commissioners of Public Buildings to se- e cure one hundred acres of ground within 8 the City limits, upon whioh this edifice and E its surroundings are to Btand. The wisdom oL " tuinlfnnt?rm?l? ?mrn -U ? objeot at this time, must have been brought J through a strained oourse of reasoning. 1 But?"rule or ruin" is the motto. THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES A special Senate Committee has agreed a to report a bill appropriating $4,000,000, j for temporary repairs of the levees along ? the Mississippi. These levees it will be " remembered were out and destroyed in f many places by the United States troops in c their western campaigns. Property to an a almost fabulous amount has been destroyed by the consequent inundations of the river. ^ The present crops in the famous valley, c once the richest portion of the American continent, have been swept away by the 1 spring freshets. The people are unable to jj reconstruct these river barriers, and this ^ appropriation is all that can save this part ] of the South from absolute ruin. ( THE STAY LAW. We call attention to the letter in another e column, addiessed by Judge Aldbioh, to a ] Committee of citizens of Edgefield and d Lexington Districts, upon the subject of a the Stay Law. We cordially endorse the | views of Judge Aldrich, as expressed in ^ bis manly letter, and commend them to the ] tbongbtfal consideration of the people of c the State. The Legislature will doubtless, ^ be convened at an early day, to take this ^ subject into consideration; and if any oon- t stitutional mode of relief can be afforded by that body, it will, no doubt, be given.?- ^ There is neither efficacy nor propriety in ? resistance, and we do not doubt but what the 0 Legislature will devise some means of les- t sening the hardship that must result from a ( foroible adjustment of the indebtedness of f g the oountry at this time We are not in t favor of another stay law, even if such could ] be Constitutionally enaoted ; bat any mode o of relief that does not smaok of repudiation and giveB the much needed indulgence, we 8 should be glad to see adopted. c WHO WILL PITY HIM P c Gen. Kilpatrick, a personage well a known to roaDy of the houseless and desti- ? tnte people of this St-te, was accredited by ^ Mr. Lincoln just before his death, as En- r voy to Chili. The renowned incendiary d has, however, at last come to grief. A 6 Captain in the United States Navy ha9 re- ^ cently preferred charges against this worthy, which are said to show up his charaoter in a f style any thing but desirable. He has been 1 recalled from his post to undergo his trial, jj and as he still holds a commission in the . v Federal Army, the case will be brought be- , foro a Military Court. If a few of the t old ladies of South Carolina, Georgia or * Virginia oould be impanneled into a jury to * decide upon the oharges, we would not give ( much for this General's commission, or his g neok even. ? ii H- " WAR IN EUROPE. The ^European quanel as was geoera'Iy i ixpeoted, has resulted in a declaration of < ear, between Prussia and Austria. The <r'~- ' - i brmer power has assumed the responsibility , )f commencing hostilities, by sending I roops to oooupy Holstein and the dispa* 1 ed Provinces. The Austrian troops withIrew as the Prussians advanoed, and 'a , jremature conflict was wisely avoided.? j Fhe next mail will bring the news of a pass at arms, and soon thereafter of great rattles in rapid succession. Italy is ready ;o grapple with Austria on the soil of Velitia, and has moved her army to the frontier to await the signal guns from the Prussian attack. The peaceful valleys and faras along the fihrne, are said to he aelerted by their male population, who have gone to swell the ranks of the army. The probabilities are that a war of unexampled Fury and desolmtios, is all that can appease tbe ill feelings that have been engendered Detween the rival sovereigns of Europe; md that all the prinoipal powers will drift into it before its olose. ?? ?. For the YorkviHe Enquirer. PUBLIC MEETING. In pursuance of a call previously published, a meeting of oitizens of this District iras held in the Court House on Monday ast, to take into consideration the proper neans to be adopted in memory of those vho fell in the late war. On motion of Maj. J. W. Avery, Col. j Dad. Jones was called to the Chair, and Tames F. Hart, Esq., requested to aot as Secretary. The chairman, in a forcible ind eloquent manner, explained the obects of the meeting?the landableneBs of ta purposes?and the certainty of a suelessful issue to the labors of those engaged n it, if they worked zealously and penisently, in furtherance of its objeots. Tbe meeting was then formally opened >y prayer from the Rev. M. D. Wood, and he ohairman announced the iiouse as ready for business. On motion, a committee of five, oonsiatog of Capt. L. M. Grist, Dr. J. M. ^owrt, S. G. Brown, Esq., Dr. John Hat, and Col. J. A. McLean, was appointsd to Drenare business for tbe meeting; After a brief absence, the committee eturned, and reported through their Cbair an, the following Constitution for the irganization of a permanent association : CONSTITUTION. Article 1. This association shall be known ls the York District Monumental Society, md have for its objeot the erection of a mitable monument to commemorate the loldiers from York District, who died in the icrvioe of the late Confederate States. ?i. <.i Tiro umcere~sunn cuusisiror & " President, Vice President, Treasurer, Sec* etary and Sixteen Directors, who 9ball hold he offices to which tbey may be elected for me year, and be re-eligible. Article 3. The first election shall be by loclamation, by a majority of the persons jresent for the purpose of organizing the Society. Subsequent elections shall be at he annual meeting by a majority of the nembers present. All white persons who nay have subscribed and paid one dollar, ir a greater sum, to be considered members ind entitled to vote. Article 4. The meetings of the Society hall be held annually, and as frequently in .ddition, as a majority of the Direotors may leem necessary. Article 5. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at the Annual and lall meetings of the Sooiety?order the Creasarer to pay all bills against the Sooiey, whioh may have passed the Board of 3ireotors?appoint all Standing and Speoial Committees, and be ex-officio Chairman of he Board of Directors. He shall convene > meeting of the Board of Direotors when >ver requested so to do, in writing, by three )irectors. Eight Direotors and the Preailent shall constitute a quorum for the transition of business. In the absence of the President and Vice President, nine Direoors, with one of the number as President, no tern., shall constitute a quorum. The President not to vote on any question exlept in case of a tie. . . Article 6. In the absence of the Preailent, the Vioe President shall be invested ] ritb all the powers which are delegated to v. ug x Atoivacu*. Article 7. It shall be the doty of the ' Treasurer to attend all meetings of the So- ] iety and Board of Directors?to receive all , onies in behalf of the Society?keep a . lorreot aocount of the same and publish in ' he District newspaper as often as necessary not less than oDce a month) the amonnt 1 iaid by eaoh individual, and pay out the i ame upon the order of the President with j he sanction of a majority of the Board of , )irectors. Whenever required by the So- ] iety or Board of Direotors, he shall Bubmit ' . report showing his transactions and the 1 mount of funds on hand. Article 8. It shall be the duty of the [ Secretary, to attend all meetings of the So- i iety, and of the Board of Directors?keep J , correct record of the proceedings of the { ame?issue all oalls for meetings of the Society or Board of Directors when so diectfcd by the President, and keep a oorreot ecord of the name, Company, Kegiment, 1 late of death and circumstances of death of ' very soldier who may be reported to him t iy the Chairman of the' Committee desig- lated for that purpose. Article 9. The Directors shall beseleoted rom each Military Beat in the District.? x 7he Direotor of each Beat shall be the ^ Jhairman of the Committee -ippointed in < tie Bet* to raise funds for the purposes of j be Sooiety. He shall rooeive all monies ( vhich may be collected in bis Beat; report 1 he amounts and by whom paid, and pay ( he same over to the Treasurer, and take his ( eceipt therefor. A majority of the Direo- ] ora (not less than a quorum) may, by eleo- i ion, fill any vaoancy that may occur t mongst the officers between annual meet- \ ags. 1 Article 10 the President shall appoint I Standing Committee in each Boat?to jonsist of two ladies and two gentlemen? whose duty it shall be to raise funds for the purposes of the Society, and report the oamesand amounts paid-by each individual to the Direotor of the Beat, pay the money to him and take his receipt Article 11. The President shall appoint I Standing Committee in each Beat, consisting of two gentlemen, whose dnty it shall be to procure the name, Company, Regiment date of death, and ciroumstancef of death of every soldier who formerly resided in his Beat, and who died in the ser vice of the late Confederate Government, and report the same to the Secretary. Article 12. Whenever deemed neoessarj by a majority of the Directors, the Presi dent shall appoint from among the memben of the Seoiety, a Committee of five on the Monument, whose doty it shall be to receive designs and estimates of ooat, and snbmit i recommendatory report at an annual 01 oalled meeting of tbe society, for adoption Article 13. The foregoing Constitution may be altered or amended by a vote o! two-thirds of the members present at at annual or oalled meeting?-after poblii notioe of the meeting and its object haj been given through the District newspapei for one month. The report was adopted without dissent On motion of Maj. A. A. McKenzie, ii was resolved that the election of permaneni officers of the Society be deferred until th< first Monday in August, when a regulai meeting for that purpose will be held. ' On motion of Col. J. A. McLean, thi temporary officers were requested to holt their seats nntil their plaoes were filled bj those regularly eleoted. There being no farther basiness suggested, the meeting thereupon adjourned unti the first Monday in August. LOCAL MATTERS. NEW ADVBBTI8EMENTS. E. M. Law, President?Annual Meeting of the Stockhold en of the K. M. Railroad Company. John M. Jackson?Announcement for Tax Collector. Floyd, Dobson & Co.?Powder and Shot. " " " ?New Country Flour. " " " ?Candy and Raisins. " " " ?Country Bacon. " ' " ?White Baltimore Corn. G. r. Ratchford ?Pay up ! W. B. Metts?Beware of the Cholera ! South Carolina Railroad?Rc-estnbllahingit. Receiving am Forwarding Office. F. C. Harris?Card to the Public. J. N. Robson?C ommlssion Merchant. J. A. Carroll?Notice to Creditors. Enquirer Office?Gold Ring Found. F. M. Galbraith?Cotton Tax. J. M. & R. B. Anderson?Yorkviile Female Seminary. -.-J *.ii.t ir1 ???* The Soldier Dead. - ?? - .1 J 11. we nope?earnestly auu aubuuaiukikan ?that the good work of honoring the dea< from this Distriot, advocated by those wb< have written in the Enquirer in its favor will not be allowed to stop without a fai; measure of success. The articles upoi this subject, we are pleased to see, has re oeived the attention of the press elsewhere and resulted in the necessary action in theii communities. The ladies of Columbia havi formed a Memorial Association, and 01 Tuesday, assembled to ornament the gravei of the honored dead, from that city and th< District. The meeting to take place here on Sales Day in AugU9t, is one that concerns as all There is soaroely a fireside in all the Die triot, from which the sad ravages of. war, has not wrested some tender relio. Affection longs to do then#the last honors of th< grave; and the general plan suggested ii one that places this object within the meam of rich and poor alike. We call upon the ladies to work for thii object. We know that the bare mention o the subjeot, will draw from them a read} co-operation in its behalf. A large share of the success of the enterprise will resi upon their efforts. The meeting in August will elect the necessary officers of the So ciety, and appoint committees to encore names and contributions in the District.? We trast it will be folly attended, and express the sentiment of the District upon thie important subjeot. The Test Oath as aDnlicable tc attorneys practising in the U S. Court, bae been deoided adversely to the Oatb in the District Court of South Carolina, at Char, leston. The case was brought up by a rule issued against Daniel Horlbeck, Clerk of the District Court, for refusing to sign and seal a writ signed by Counsel, who had not taken the Oath. The matter was argued before the Hon. Geo. S. Bryan, District Judge, by Hon. W. D. Porter, and Wm. Whaley Esq., for the rule. The following is the order made in the oase : JNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, SOUTU CAROLINA DISTRICT. Harlam H. Thayer, a citizen of Massachusetts, it. S. C. Millet, a citizen of South Carolina. VRIT IN TRESPASS?WM. WJIAI.EY, PLAINTI! >''*S ATTORNEY. On motion of Wm. Whaley, Esq., It is Ordered, That Daniel Horlbeck, Clerk of tills Court, do show cause, on [Miesday, 20th June, 1866, why he refused to sign and attest he writ In the above case. On the return of the Rule, the Clerk showed for ecu .J, hat William Whaley had not taken and fUed the oath comnonly called the Test Oatb. After hearing argument, Ordered, That the Law of 1865, uMMAnctlPiitinnnl In ir?: 9nnllr>atiAh ?n thmr?n?ir*_ t is ordered and adjudged, that the Oath bu dispensed rith ; the rule be made absolute, and the Clerk do sign and leal the writ presented by the Attorney, Mr. Whaley, and e be admitted to his full rights as a practitioner of this Jourt. This decision accords with tbo rulings of ivery Court in whioh the case has been ;eated. The Supreme Court, it will be remembered, bo'ds a reserved deoision upon .his question, said to conform to that of the District Courts. A Paris paper notioes the faot that, jotwitbstanding the invention of rifled runs, the disproportion of killed and woundid in battle remains about the same as ever, ustifying the statement made in the time >f Marshal Saze, that eaob man killed in )attlo represented a quantity of bullets ejaal to his own weight. At Solferino, for izample, the Austrians fired 8,400,000 mus* ret shots, while the number of killed anong the French was about 2,000, and of he wounded 10,000. Thus one man fas hit for every 700 shots, and one killed "or every 4,200. BY^tTAS. WOOD DAVIDSON. . _? ? conmrBiA. s: c.. 2 jtoy. isbb. ~ Gold Holds its own; and like the hot weather is likely to do so at least for a season. The War.' Prussia and Austria still stand snarling 1 at each other, bat no battle ensues. ;3mall Pox. We still have a few?a very few?oasesin town; enough to prevent oar saying . i there is none. . 3 . Cholera. , This pestilence advances with velvet ) soles, and doea not desire to alarm oa by > rapid or noisy strides. It seems like a lion t creeping opon its prey. (Jod help ns when he makes his plnnge! . Fairfield Herald. i This weekly has recently made its reapf pearance. We hail its appearanoe with i pleasure. It was once, in the lang lang ) oyne, in our hands for a period; and we i feel a sort of family feeling for it. Odr r heart goes ont to it and wishes it the best of skies to sail under. It is in the han%: of friends, good hands moreover; and ike , can commend it heartily to the. patronage of the District. 1 Harper. enoVd *<!? veoq 5 We are pleased to see that Messrs. r Townsend & North, who have hitherto kept Harpers* vile monthly and still viler weekly , on sale, have ordered'them stopped. . This is right. If our enemies and niKfir minrpnrppflnf,. ilttWUIO OIO W f r defame, hiss at, and spit upon as, as Harper baa bee doing, in God's name let us not , pay the expenses. . This is one step, and in the right direction. Let this spirit go on with" its Work. The University. ? The Examination in the tJ. S. C. oloaed Friday afternoon, the 29th oltimo. Now follow three months of vacation.. ^ We havp received the Prospectus oL the, University for 186& It comprises four pages of foolsoap, and contains the conditions of admission into the University, the studies necessary to prepare for the same, and the expenses. ! We-shall publish these matters in a few weeks, for the information of saoh as may need or desire it. We need space to do so this week. ' Coolies in New York. We are advised that there are hundreds of this olass employed in the metropolitan f TKfl? drt RArvine of lighter kinds. " V - ---J "! -- - o 1 Tbe men are very baody at needle work, 3 embroidery, and fanoy work generally ; together with light chamber work and the ' tasks tbat women nsaally perform. . r We here nse the word cooly in its comJ mou meaning?a laborer from China. The . word (originally Koolte) is a Hindoetanee word; and in India is applied to hired ' laborers, especially porters. In America it r means a Chinese laborer. ,, ' Tmrt Pnftlf ... 1 Last week we called attention to Professor s Venable's contemplated series of scbooL } books in Mathematics, as something wbiob southern men should patronize. , This week we take pleasure in mentioning a series of school books in tbe same branch, written by a southern man and . published by a southern house. We mean the Arithmetic and the Algebra of P. A Towne, of Mobile, Alabama, published by John P. Morton & Co., in Louisville KenJ tuoky. 3 We have not bad au opportunity of ex3 amining these books for ourself; but in advance of suoh examination we feel safe in nnmmnndin? them to sonthern natron sue. ^ 0 , * : 7 The Confederate Dead. . . The ladies of Colombia bare organized 1 a society, called the "Colombia Memorial j ! Association," to take io charge the graves t and the memories of the Confederate dead t who are boried io and near the city. Mrs. Mao Fie is President, aod Miss I. D. Mar' tin, Secretary and Treasurer. ) The first doties of this Association are . assigned for Tuesday, the 3d of July, at Elm wood Cemetery. The graves are to be decorated, addresses delivered, and. each other tribates as woman's better natore and purer hearts may suggest. The celebration is to. be annual. We 1 understand that the tenth of May has been 1 set apart as the day for the celebration, in i coming years. . The Man about Town. We beg to present this individual to our , readers again. He has just found out that ( the war is over, and reached town but a ( OUUlb 01U1O He has already commenced hit efforts at being witty, with very much his old-time success. Daring his absence be had beard of the capital hon mot about the empty parse that a lover presented to his ladylove, with its most suggestive language,? "No change in me." The Man about Toirn determined to let off the mot as original. He aeoordingly presented an expansive parse to Hannah Jane, aud, in order to puzzle her before he should astonish her with the witty rejoinder, as well as 'o prepare the way for it, asked her?What language would the purse adopt were it to speak the sentiment of the donor himself? Hannah Jane had heard the old wittic*iqj, and with woman's proverbial perver- 1 sity would not say that; but mortified her devoted adorer by replying:?"No sense a I (cen's) in me." i fTL. vt * rr i_ r _.?,1 a. x,00 t aub iu. n.. x. ueany ihilhcu. .no una fallen into a deolioe since; and is suapeoted 1 of drinking deeply of lager beer I ) Cookery. For many years Soyer baa been (be stand* ard authority npon the subjeot of oookery. Professional oooks quoted him as the Magnus Apollo of that art. From the* cuisine of royalty down to the vilest mechante gar: gote, every oook thought it the style to quote Alexis Soyer. His "Standard Cookery for the People" was a popularization of the Soyer idea for English and American use. . - - Soyer oooked meats rare. That was the style.. Carving was a second shedding of blood. It was aristooratio to eat raw meat. Bat things have changed recently. A new regime ia now A new authority has arisea. Soyer-haa. passed away. 1 The new man is Pierre Blot, and his "What to eat and how to cook" it*' is the new law unto cooks?a law tWffeT reoognized ThrongBtfUl'tWBWB?? PfllftMIl Blot announoes that all meats , done. I Presto?change 1' ' It is now respectable jfo ealrwdll-dotic meat. Nay more j it is the ityle to eat welldone meat. Soyer has passed sway,'ami with bite has pissed the respectability of , v i f rf, ' v. %2' eating raw meat. Professor Blot is saw king of cookerydom; and Professor Blot says, oook meat well-done. ""Brio, it is re* spectable?it t it stylish?Is is lephuJOtUt ton?to eat well-dohe meato.. Vive le Professeur Blot / and vive the honest, old-time, well-donemestl^ e Jioqi We like the new regime-* ** a*. ,r?rb We am lil? the ?oontr|Mtafe:.d!iNi' blood enough I : *1 be*'.bqjMdtf mrnm+Hm+mmm** * -?*??* MEBE-MENTldir. ' A correspondent of the Colombia Phfejiiz1 nominates Cof. Ii. D. Childs as'a' candidate for the LAiibktttre Vbt ^SiebYSi^^inW? The Charleston papers 4dndv*jaf the sodden death of Br. John Kufld^blf?, A portion of the 5th Regfafetft,#. S. Cavalry is statioide'dii Chested. Tlbis is the regiment E. Lee, A. S, Johnston and Hood irewofficera --So. great-is the demandfor Craven's prison-life of Jefferson Davis, that . Paul's Chnrofa yard in London Is Worth |5;iJ 000,000 per acre .8tonewidi Jackson' never would open a letter wh ich C&4W him on Sunday, nor ever, if he ooald help it,~?nd aw.; nary course of mail, would have to make any part of its journey on thai; r\ ttt r? v ^ i _ * n ^? i jjr yy m raroam, iormeriy 01 oparcauuurg, was shot and: mortally woanded; by a tier: Mr. Dickson, X khild a- bridge over ^ River, at Wilmington. Bat one murder has been ootpmitted in New York fqr ,threemonths, 111mn11liiT>]? inYIiinfin tlfli iimMl years -'If yoa want to;sleepr don't praise another woman while Vonr wife u ? w? 1 . la?ttF; '^w ? *9 \i VELJSEDVtAWB BUREAU The felic?#Wifi#-? diUtof BUI for establishing the Section 1. That the act ^ Bureau for the relief of freedmen ac iffe gees, approved March 3,, 1866, shall can*, tinne in force ?of term and after the.paange of this act Sec. 2. That the supervision add-ptn pi said Bureau shall extend to all loyel tefixgees and freedmen so" fe)r as tho^'p^ie Snail D6 necessary w eaaoie tueui as iipw ]y as practicable, to become self-supporting oitizens of the United States, and to aid them in making the freedom oonferred: by proclamation andertbe laws of States^ and by ooostitntional amendment,. avaHaWb-St^ tbem and benefiqial ?r the republic:? Sec. 8\ That the President stmtt, by and with the advioe and consent of the Senate, appoint two assistant commissioners in addition to those authorized by thcaoHo whioh this is an amendment, who shall ghre like bonds and reoeiye the sameairinttflmdaries provided in said act, and eitili'df the Assistant Commissioners of theBtatotflrt have charge of one distriot ooatainia^itihfrrefugees or freedmen, to beasrigoed him^y. the commissioner, with the approval oHf?1 President, and the commissioner shad, $ik der the direction of the Presidentvand s6 far as the same shall iffW: jtiljjiWIF necessary to the efficient and' economical administration of the Bureau, appoint ifciA' agents, clerks and assistants-as may Wtoquired for the :proper cpfldactqf JftOTMt reau. Military officers or enlisted men may ha r?atnfla><t fnr uartnan Mni)> chIm^ 4j% Ati. ty under this act, and the Presideot may, if in his judgment safe and judicious eo to do, detail from the attnyall the offioers and agents of this Bureau; but no officer*? assigned shall have an increase of Jpay?ra]K lowances.' Each olerk or agadtnot hftfWitt fore authorised by law, sot .being aanttittry officer, shall have in annmd salary afoat leas than $500 nor. more than $l$2G0^anr cording to the servieejmqoiifcdxo&fciattntii it Bhall be the doty of thn Gomnussiocugr, when it oan be done oonaistantly with pnbr lic interest, to appoint as assistant eommist sionere, agents and clerks, such man a* have proved their loyalty bp faillifUl <win in the armies of tho Union daring; Ifeolrobellion) and all persons appointed- Ho MUt vice under this act, and the aet ^a mhtafe this is an amendment, ahull haiasl f|fi rtwiM sd in the military servmamf^boq Bmtfd States as to be under , the m ditmry juriSdiotion, and entitled to the military protection of the Government while in iho-disehafgfr of the duties of their office. ,.-q .asis? -Arv Sec. 4. That officers of th<r Vetera# ite serve Corps or of the volunteer sCftiee, tad* ) duty in the Ftoedmelft'lftitaNrWtatalf' ;ant commissioners, a^nts, medleaNflleet^ >r in other capacities, whose regitaeotaw sorps have been or may hereafter?: be qrata ;ered oot or service, may be retained dpon inch doty as officers of said Barean, with he sane compensation as is now provided )y law for their respective grades, -and tha Secretary of War shall have poWM Wdll raoanoies until otheroffioerscan be detailed n their places without detriment to the jublio service. -* jitviAi ?.trrnT-< Sec. 5. That the seeond section of the iot to whieb this is an amendment, shall be ieemed to authorize the Secretary of Wtar o issue such medical stores or other sap. )fies and transportation, and afford soeh nedieul or other aid as may be needful -for he purpose named in said section: Profit led, tiiat no person shall be deemed "desti? ate," suffering or dependent apon the jrUfUIUUIOUV 1V& DWJ/J/Wk *? ?? ... .i-.-p >f this act, who is able to find employment) ind conld, by proper industry orelMio^ ivoid nuoh destitution, eafferiagof dnpefc* ience -.' 1 Section six confirms to be Parishes of St Helena aod St, Lake's n South Carolina, the titles to^Uip ka?l 'old by the tar Commissioners, aadbidinby he U. 8. Government^ and provides that he leases which said {ceedmeii hold, be tanged into certificates of sals. Ttalfita