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Jtoajrs and .facts. The Northern papers report that the liabilities of the firm of Eraser, Trenholm & Co., have been ascertained to exceed their assests by nearly , one million pounds sterling. Henry Ward Beecher is literally following < the advice given by Artemus Ward to a worthless 1 young man. "Do something," said Artemus; i do something. If you can't get to be a clerk to a manure wagon, why, write for the Ledger!" A corps of thirty stump orators, chiefly coloredj have Men hired and sent South by the Republican Congressional Committee. They are directed to seek out and inflame the negroes even in ' the smallest villages. Another batch will soon follow. General Sickles writes to Senator Wilson in iavor of a July session under ' 'existing circumstances," and asking for a further appropriation to execute the reconstruction acts. Instead of half a million dollars for the whole, he says his district? the Carolines?will require "at least" that sum. 1 It is said that the Brownlowites are introdu- . cing the negroes of Tennessee into a secret organisation, which, ostensibly for benevolent purposes. , requires the initiated oolored man to take a fearful < oath to murder those who abandon its ranks and upjMK juiunuiunuui. -A patent has recently been issued to Loren- j so Sibert, of Augusta County, Ya., for making , steel railroad bars, and other steel, direct from a blast furnace, at comparatively little expense. If ' such a process is successful, it is one of the most important discoveries of the age. The Portuguese Governor of Macao has raised a commotion among his female Chinese subjects ' by issuing an edict against small feet This is worse than the conduct of the Welsh landlady, < Miss Lloyd, who recently forbade her tenants Uf j wear hoops. At a medical students' examination he was i asked: "Do wounds often heal by the first inten- , taon?" "Not when the patient is rich and the doctor poor.'' ' 'When does mortification ensue ?'' "When you pop the question, and are answered noTwT A rural youth dropped casually into a hard- 1 ware store. Lounging through the store, he came to a large buzz-saw suspended to the wall. Giving it a rap with his knuckles, he remarked to the < storekeeper, who came up at that moment: "I ] had an old dad ripped to pieces with one of them \ fellers last week! ' The State Department has received information that of five hundred and twenty-four United States exhibitors at the Paris Exhibition, two hun- 1 dred and two have received prizes, viz: Four ' grand prizes, seventeen gold prizes, sixty-two sil- < ver pnzes, one hundred and three bronze medals, j and seventy-nine honorable mentions. j Mr. Isaac NewtoD, Commissioner of Agricul- i tore, died in Washington, Wednesday. lie was a native of New Jersey, was once in business in Philadelnhia. came to Virginia some years ago, and bought lands near Acquia creek, and subse- ' quently was appointed to the office which he held ' and retained until hb death. ^ A German statistical writer remarks that the ; invention of the sewing machine has enabled one woman to sew as much as a hundred could sew by j hand a century ago; he continues, one woman now , demands as much clothing as a hundred did a century ago?so matters are not so much changed af- ' ter all. i In England there are many farmers who 1 more than support themselves ana large families ( on the product of six acres,"besides paying heavy 1 rents. Agriculturists in Germany, who are proprietors of five acres, support themselves on two, and lay up money on the product of the remainder. A directory recently publbhed in Richmond gjve& in its local history of tne city, the singular and significant fact that 368 houses in the city are ownea by negroes, all of which were acquired while slavery existed, and no instance has occurred since the termination of the war, of any negro purchasing or acquiring ownership of a house. ??The medals awarded for sculpture, at the 1 Paris Exposition, have been distributed in a manner little gratifying to any nation, except France. Thb b not strange, when it b considered that the majority of each of the fine-art juries w*s composed of Frenchmen, and that they, like all other men, are better able to appreciate themselves than others. ?r In a school, recently, a teacher took occasion to relate an anecdote of the little girl who tried to "overcome evil with good," by giving a new Testament to a boy who had ill-treated her. The story was appreciated; for a few minutes afterwards one boy struck another, and being asked the reason said he was "trying to get a testament" Thb was a practical bearing altogether unexpected. A servant girl, in Covington, Ky., living in the family of a doctor, filled the pepper castor with horse condition powders, which the doctor had left lying around loose. The unsuspecting saw-bones b greatly addicted to pepper, and used a large quantity of the oondition powder at his next meal. He is now in fine oondition, has rented a stall in the livery stable, and talks about runniug for mayor. The Washington correspondent of the Baltic more Sun telegraphs to that paper, on Monday: Tim Union Congresssional Executive Committee are in receipt of a number of letters and telegrams from members of Congress, stating they will be here to attend the July session of Congress. EDough members have been heard from to ensure a quorum, and it is generally understood that the session will be a short one, not lasting over two or three weeks. A new method of improving the roads has been projected in England. It is uroposeed to lay two pairs of nearly flat rails with a slight depression in each rail, so that wagon wheels will keep the track; and also to lav a guide rail in the middle of each track for the driver to sight with the pole of his carriage, so as to be able to keep the wheels in the the depression. This system, it is claimed, will materially lessen the power necessary to draw heavily ladeu wagons. A dispatch says: "General Longstreet has left New Orleans for Jackson, Miss., where he will remain with his family and attend to his private affairs. He is said to have felt totally unprepared for the storm his letters created iu the Southern press. He meditated no intention of allying himself with the Radical party, but simply expressed, with a soldier's ignorance of sophistry, the policy he thought best and most likely to secure an early reconstruction of the country." A special Washington dispatch to the Philadelphia Press says: "Letters received here from prominent members of both houses of Congress indicate that at the coming meeting of that body the, provisional governments now existing in the bouth will be entirely abolished, and the territorial plan, advocated by Senator Sumner and Hon. Thaadeus Stevens some time ago, adopted. Prominent Southern Unionists declare that while these governments remain in force, thorough reconstruction is impossible." At the royal palace at Berlin, forty thousand wax candles are instantaneously lighted by one match. The mode of proceeding is simple enough, the wicks being previously all connected by a thread spun out or gun-cotton, on lighting one end of which all the candles are lighted simultaneously, and thus the whole of seven hundred apartments are illuminated at once. The process is so easy Vllttt lUC VTUUUC1 Uiab AW uvu Uivtv v???Mw..vv known and generally practiced. In Russia the same ingenious method is employed for lighting up the churches on grand occasions. ??Helper, a prominent Radical, says: "On the premises of no respectable white person; in the mansion of no honorable private citizen; in no lawfully convened public assembly; in no rationally moral or religious society; in no decently kept hotel ] in no restaurant worthy of the patronage of white people; in no reputable store or shop; in no place whatever where any occupant or visitor is of Caucasian blood?should the loathsome presence of any negro or negress ever be tolerated.' Helper diners from other Radicals by frankly expressing his aversion. They agree with him perfectly but are afraid to say so.?J{ichmond Duqxitch. The emancipation question in Cuba is again rumored. A Spanish mail steamer, it is said, recently arrived, brought out a royal decree declaring free all colored children born of slave parents, on and after the 1st of July next After that date any slave may obtain his or her liberty for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. There seems to be no doubt that such a decree had been received by the Captain General, although it had not been published, for fear that its sudden circulation might occasion dangerous commotion among the negroes. Setting a price upon the liberty, which any slave may now purchase, will perhaps enhance the value of the proffered boon ana serve to stimulate ambition ana industry. The Eufaula (Ala.,) News is responsible for the following: ''A good joke is told us bv a friend who was present at the freedmen's celebration in Clayton last week. It was proposed, before the procession was formed, to head the column with the stars and stripes proudly whipping the breeze, and tail it with the stars ana bars ignobly trailing in the dust. The proposition was submitted to one of the most prominent and influential of the colored marshals, who, when he heard it, suffered his indignation to get the upper hand of him. He replied that no such thing should be did where he was. He fout under de Confederate flag, and if he cotch any fool nigger draggin it along in de dirt, he was gwine to hurt him. lit* forMIe ^nqniw. EDITORS: JAS. E. WILSON JAS. F. HART. YORKVlIiLE, S.~C7T~ THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1867. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance. X.?The papor will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which pavment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (?) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will underfho time naid for has exDired. REGISTRATION AGAIN. The question of registration, which bears so important a part in our future history, is soon to receive a practical development in this State. The period for beginning this important work is so close at hand, that but little time is left our people in which to form an opinion in the matter. Upon this one branch of our political duties, we profess our ability to advise; and we say, unhesitatingly, to all who do not feel themselves disqualified, under the opinion of the Attorney-General, to go to their respective precincts at the time appointed, and register. It will never do to suffer the grave questions submitted to our action, to go by default We roust prepare to meet them in the best way possible, under the few privileges yet accorded us. One of these privileges is that of voting. We yet have the reserved right to give our sanction to the formation of a new State Constitution, and assist in selecting those who are to frame it; or to oppose such a proceeding. Those who may either favor or oppose the measure, can only do so effectually at the polls; for a failure to register will exclude any voice in the matter either way. If any person desires to vote for a Convention, he must first register. If he opposes the holding of a Contention he must register, or not be allowed to vote. If he is intrusted in the selection of suitable persons to assist in framing a Constitution, he must register; or if a Constitution should be adopted and submitted to the people for ratification, those who may oppose or favor its ratification, are those only who have registered at the proper time.? Hence eveiy question concerning our most vital future interests is to be determined by this question of registration. It is the Alpha and Omega of our political future, and a wilful neglect of the privilege is sheer madness, and in the highest degree criminal. Passing such issues by default accomplishes nothing, defeats nothing, advances nothing. It is merely acting the remark?"I have no care for the future of myself or children ; do what thou wilt." We trust there is no one in our midst, whose apathy will lead him to the adoption of a course so unjust to himself, so forgetful of his duty to his neighbor, and so remiss in his responsibility for the future. THE LIQUOR ORDER. A committee of the Charleston Board of Trade waited on General Sickles last week, to procure some modifications in the stringency of Order No. 32, so far as it relates to the sales of liquor. The Committee presented a written statement of the losses, inconveniences and annoyances which must result from a strict enforcement of the order. In addition to this document, General Sickles was favored with a verbal explanation that lasted for two hours. In reply, General Sickles, as reported by the Mercury, said that "his purpose in issuing the order was to curtail the consumption of ardent liquors in irresponsible bar-rooms, so as to avoid any danger of riot or disorder in the district during the registration and following elections. He said that he believed in Charleston all these things might be avoided, and that the municipal officers and police would in all cases be sufficient to preserve the peace. This, however, he thought, would not be the case in the country districts, and he could make no exception in favor of this city. He said the measure was intended to be a temporary one, and would be in force for several months." We must say that, since reading Gen. Sickles' reasons lor this part of Order No. 32, that document appears less unreasonable than it did.? Whether the measure is lawful or not, there can be no doubt of its wisdom as a precautionary measure, in view of the approaching political excitements.? One of the duties of a Distrist Commander is to preserve order, and it is cmineutly proper for him to look ahead and remove, so far as lies in his power, all incentives to disorder. Liquor is a fruitful source of disorder, fraud jnd riot, at elections, and we do not regret that so powerful an element of demoralization is to be put under the ban, until the elections are over. As the closing of bar-rooms is a temporary measure, the privileges of old soakers are not materially abridged ; for they can lay in a three month's supply, and that, too, at a les3 expense than their half-hour supply has heretofore cost them. As to our Commander's power to make such laws, that is an entirely different question. Mr. Stanbery thinks that he has no power to make laws, under the Military bill. Practically, he has power to make any law he pleases, for Congress, which claims to be the government, and which we think has pretty well established this claim, will not be likely to endorse any opposition to Sickles, coming from Andrew Joiinson. Be this as it may, our people are, for the present at least, subject to General Sickles' orders, and their unaided opposition can be of no avail. But they will be extremely fortunate, if all his orders are based on as good reasons as his liquor orders. The General has promised to make a written reply to the communication of the Board of Trade, which, we presume, will contain his reasons at length. A POSSIBLE ROW WITH MEXICO. Poor Mexico seems fated to be always in trouble, either from internal commotions or foreign quarrels. She has not yet got clear of the Maximilian fracas; and k really seems to be an impossibility to learn the fate of that unfortunate prince. At last accounts, he was not sentenced or executed, but the doom of death still threatens him. But Mexico is in danger from the movements of another noted character in her history?Gen. Santa Anna. This personage took it into his head to return to Mexico, after the defeat of Maximilian's cause. In pursuance of this project, he went to Vera Cruz, accompanied by a staff, on board the U. S. ship Mrginia. On this vessel he was visited by the American and British consuls. Everything seemed to go on smoothly with him, until the 7th instant, when he was arrested by Commander Roe, of the U. S. steamer Tacouy, accompanied by Commander Aynsley, of the British man of war -Tnsn? and removed to the Tnronv. Com mander Roe, however, returned him to the Captain of the Virginia, with orders to land him at a foreign port. On the 11th, the commander of the Mexican Liberal forces came on board and offered to arrest him. Santa Anna stated that he was a prisoner of the United States, and the Captain of the Virginia, refused to surrender him, spreading the American flag on his gangway. The Mexican officers, backed by three sloops of war, paid little attention to this emblem of liberty, and stepping upon its sacred stars, took possesion of and removed Santa Anna. This is certainly an insult to the United States, being a violation of the laws of nations, which for bids the forcible entrance upon the vessel of one power, by the officers of another, except in Mtse of actual war between the two powers. It is exactly similiar to the Trent case, when Commander Wilkes forcibly took Messrs. Mason and Slidell from a British vessel. In that case, England demanded and received the prisoners so taken, with an elaborate apology from the U. S. Govern ment. No less can be demanded in this case, and if Mexico refuses to comply with the demand, war must follow. But it is highly probable tha i she will not hesitate to appease the wrath of the great American nation. The difference between the powers of the nations is favorable to a peaceful solution of the difficulty. Small nations, like small boys, are generally anxious to keep on good terms with big ones. a noble example. The Mercury states that three young men of j Charleston, belonging to good families and of good education, have recently sailed for Liverpool, in the capacity of common sailors. Rather than live in listless idleness, without any aim or use in life, they prefer to brave the dangers of the seas and endure the rough usage to which all siiilors mast accustom themselves. This spirit must call forth the praise of all who admire true manhood, however the effeminate exquisites of the day may 1 *A ? ? fn* mliAm reguru It, JLIlUt a JUUier is a uciufj lui nuuiu kuviv is no place in Southern society, is a fact patent to the blindest mind, but it needs to be impressed upon our young men. The great majority of these are at work, either with their hands or their heads; but there are still a few drones on hand. To them the example of these Charleston young men is offered for their special attention. We don't mean that they all should pack up at once and go tc sea, though they would occupy a higher position on the scale of intelligent beings as cabin boys than as loafers. But they should begin to do something, even if it appear lower than the destiny to which they imagine themselves born. The way to rise higher is to show a readiness to begin. If they really possess talents, they will not be kept under long. BURKE'S WEEKLY FOR GIRLS & BOYS. The first number of this new paper is before us, and is all that its Publishers promised in the way of good looks. It contains the first chapter of "Marooner's Island," a sequel to the Young Marooners, with an illustration ; the beginning of a new Fairy Tale by Mrs. Ford, of Rome, Georgia, entitled "The Little Woman in Green," with an illustration; a sketch of Sergeant Jasper, witlih an illustration; a Poem, "Good Mooly Cow," with an illustration; "The Cloud," with an illustration; an illustrated Rebus, Riddles, Enigmas, etc., besides other Stories, Poems, Anecdotes, etc. The Publishers have already received sufficient encouragement to insure the regular publication of the paper, so that subscriptions may now be forwarded with the money. Terms, $2 a year. Address J. W. Burke & Co., Macon, Ga. CONGRESS FOR SALE. The New York Herald publishes a statement from a correspondent in Louisville, Ky., which admirably illustrates the moral purity of our National Legislature. He says: "A New York national banking-house recently sent out circulars assessing allthe national ^banks one-sixtecntn per cent, on tneir capiuu, w juuu a fund to buy up Congress and defeat the opposition of the raonoiioly. Should all the banks respond, the fund will amount to over two millions. I have seen the circular." These astute bankers betray a thorough knowledge of the science of government, as carried on in the "model republic" of the world. They have a bill which they wish passed, and like business men, they count the cost In this case it is not estimated at a very high figure; for Congressional integrity has been for some time a declining article in tbe market. Sacrifice of honor was once considered a high-priced service, but it is now so frequent an occurrence for men to vote against their own convictions of right, that vote brokers find their wares at a discount What a commentary upon political virtue, when the expense of bribing Congress is publicly estimated in a printed circular, intended for circulation through the country. If this corruption was confined to Northern men, we of the South might indulge in a little sectional criticism. But alas, there is reason to believe that mauy of our trusted and honored leaders of other days are equally ready to sell themselves, though their price is generally office?not money. Every man who offers advice to the people, begins by saying he is not a candidate for office. "Not a candidate," yet some of them have been candidates all their lives, and if not actually held back by the J disqualifications of the military bill, would be rushing into the race for office with all the spirit of life-long party-hacks. We dislike to impugn the motives of any man; but if the times teach one lesson more prominently than another, it is to distrust loud professions of patriotism. Have not all our noted political recreants?the Brownlows, the Browns, the Holdcns, the Hunnicutts, &c.? been noted in the past for their zeal in favor of the very principles they now oppose ? The corruptness of our public men is one of the darkest omens for the future of our country. Other evils may be remedied; the passion of popular animosities may subside; the dangers of universal suffrage may be averted, if our country is blessed with upright and wise statesmen. But where the legislators are corrupt, the people cannot remain free from corruption. History tell us that Jugurtha, when carried away from Rome after having been a captive there for some time, frequently looked back upon the city, and at length exclaimed: "0 venal city, how soon would you fall, if you could find a purchaser!" The time has come, when the same remark may be made of the land of Washington. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. North Carolina Gunno. We see it stated that a company with a capital of $250,000 Is about to commence the manufacture of a Guano, to be equal to the Patapsco Guano, in Wilmington. This is an enterprise of importance to the people of the Carolinas, and its success ought to be earnestly desired by them. It requires the energy and capital of several such companies, to furnish all the fertilizers which the hungry soil of these two States needs right now. Come to Grief! We learn from the Charleston Mercury of Saturday, that one of the "born again" emissaries of freedom?Rev. C. C. Bowen, of Charleston, S. C.?has lately come to grief. As the special friend of the frcedmen, he has lately been in the habit of 1,5c otfontinns iinnn t.lio nnrsos of his UUOIAJVVllJg lllO UIWUV4VUU | particular friends; and so zealously has he performed this favorite line of duty, that considerable difficulty has been found in recovering these objects of his affection. At last accounts he was enjoying a quiet berth in Castle Pinckney, awaiting a trial upon charges of embezzlement of money, and assumption of military authority. Balaam's Ass. A subscriber sends us the following poetical answer to our puzzle of last week, which answer is correct: "Why smit'st tliou me?" to Balaam spoke A crcaturo quite uncouth, "Have not I served thee all my life E'en from my earliest youth?" "What harm to thcc can'st thou recall As thou to me hast done?" "Have I not ever faithful proved And never duty shunn'd ?" Thus spoke the cuts, while pow'r Divino Mirac'lou-s aid has lent;? Nor would we dare to say from this, To Judgment she'll be sent. As this riddle excited considerable interest, we venture to propound another, which we think will test the mathematical ingenuity of our readers. If is as follows: A man gave his son $100 with which to purchase 100 head of stock. He was to pay $10 each, foi cows; $3 each, for sheep; and 50 cents each, foi pigs. How many of each kind of stock did he buy? ' An Expensive Hnnt. . t A party of fox-hunters in Belmont county, d West Virginia, recently returned home at night, ^ leaving their hounds still on the trail. Being left ? to themselves, the sagacious animals got into a t flock of sheep, killing and crippling eighty before fc they quitted them. The owners of the dogs com- 'J promised the matter by paying the full value of ev- 1 ery sheep killed. If fox-hunters always paid dam- * ages as they accrued, in this way, hounds would be- * come an expensive luxury. In this case, in addition t to the money already paid out, the hunters have a t fair prospect of forking over ahead of them; for f dogs which have once killed sheep are not to be * trusted. The love of mutton is the besetting sin c of all such dogs; in fact, it is doubtful whether auy * dog is free from it, though it is not always devel- r oped in actual transgression. Sheep and dogs do not thrive well in the same community. Efficacy of Pardons. | Several prominent citizens of Savannah, t flo inolnrli'nrr a AnnftidaratA fVmOTMSTnnn And A lUViUUldg U WUAVU\?M?w w??g- w Confederate General, made a formal demand to be j registered on the 29th ultimo, basing their claim upon pardons received from the President The Board after consideration, decided that under Gen. Pope's instructions, they could not allow the appli- I cants to be registered until further instructions are received from headquarters. This application, if pushed through, will test the President's power to pardon political offences. While we had a constitution, the President enjoyed and exercised this right unquestioned. But it by no means follows that he possesses 'it now, as his rights have been materially abridged since the war For his sake, as well as for the sake of hundreds who hold, pardons from the President, it is advisable that the validity of these evidenoes of freedom be speedily tested. A Charleston Bank Closed. Gen. Sickles has closed the Charleston Savings Bank, on the plea that that institution had on s deposite certain sums of money belonging to four ? of his soldiers. These soldiers were in Major An- r derson's command, and before the war, had depos- a ited money in the Charleston Savings Institution, a This concern is entirely different from the first men- 1 tioned, and is now in process of liquidation. But as ~ the two concerns happen to have liad the same officers, Gen. S. brings the new bank to taw for 1 the sins of (he old one. These gentlemen were ordered to Hand over to the military authorities the t amount of depositee due the aforesaid soldiers, with s interest at seven percent per annum from the time * f i . -- -i-_.. ? ~i rm.? * or aeposue, or w sum, up snup. xucy avA^pi^u ^ the latter alternative, not feeling themselves bound v by the responsibilities of another institution, and c the bank building, with its contents, is now in the t possession of the guardians of our liberties. 4 Saratoga Snobishness. We see it stated, in a Northern paper which I aspires to be the representative of the "upper 4 crust," that the fashionable sojourners at Saratoga 4 Springs find it impossible to get boots and shoes c worthy to be worn on their delicate feet, at that 8 place. In mercy to these unfortunate sufferers, a 0 New York shoe-maker has opened an establish- ' ment at Saratoga, where the soft-footed (and we may add, the soft-headed) can get boots and shoes of irreproachable New York manufacture. This ( is about as rich a specimen of sap-heodism as we ( have seen lately. In all probability some of these j exquisites, laying claim to an aristocratic delicacy of understanding, arc themselves the sons and { daughters of honest shoe-makers, and their taste j, for a neat fit is therefore hereditary. We don't think Queen Victoria ever worried herself concern- t ing the maker of her shoes; but an aristocracy of j mushroom origin and growth is necessarily more rj sensitive about such small things. ? Gen. Sickles' Resignation Not Accepted.] From the following telegram, it will be seen j that Gen. Sickles is to be continued in command of t this military District: ? I t - War Department, 1 Washington, D. C., June 21,1867. ) Mai - Gen. Sickles, Charleston, S- C.: Your telegram asking to be relieved from com- 8 inand of the Second Military District, and demand- 1 ing a Court of Inquiry, was submitted by the Sec- ^ retary of War, yesterday, to the President of the ? United States, who directs you to retain your com- j mand, and he declines to order the Court of Inquiry demanded by you. 2 Bv order of the President of the U. States. 1 (Signed) E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G. 1 Heavy on Sheridan. ? Some of the New York papers have got off i a burlesque upon the style and character of Sheri- i dan's orders, which we annex. It reads very much i like his productions, and if it were within his power . to do so, he would not be long in issuing an order i to the same effect s N. 0., June 10, 1867. 1 Special Order No. 8,990,561,732. t Andrew Johnson, the President of the United t States, being an impediment in the way of the ^ proper entorceinenc 01 me neconsirucuou aui, is . removed from his office. It is not thought necessary to fill the office, the general commanding this 1 department feeling himself competent to run the machine. P. H. Sheridan, Major General Commanding. ? Homicide of a Colored Register. 1 A few weeks since, at Greeusboro', Ala., < Mr. John C. Orrick, shot and killed a negro by the t name of Aleck Webb, who had been appointed one < of the Registers for Hall county. Considerable 1 excitement was the result, and for several days a ' collision of the two races appeared imminent The < Montgomery Advertiser of a late date gives the i following version of the affair: 1 "Webb, the colored register, walked into the 1 store of Orrick and made a statement, which was 1 denied by some colored boys present Orrick in- ? terceded, sustaining the position of the boys; and ^ his assertion was pronounced a d?d lie. He asked Webb if he knew who he was talking to. The ] negro replied that he did; a d?d son of a b?h. 1 Orrick drew a pistol, shot him, and. as soon as he ^ could arrange his papers, left. The matter had < nothing to do with the registry, and the colored man forfeited his life for a most wanton insult, ^ and as many white ineu have done under similar , circumstances.' * "Going to the Races." ] The turf is a favorite amusement in England, ( its upholders representing every grade of society in the land. The anxiety of the lower classes to ] be present on such occasions is well illustrated by the following account of the scene along the road to ' the Derby race-course, taken from the London 1 Telegraph-. "There was the old one-horse shay which broke 1 down at the narrowest part of the road, and which, 1 in all human probability, remains there to the pres- I ent hour; there were the costermongers' carts which cut in between the drags, while their occupants poured out upon all who interferred with them, volleys of what was recentlv described in the 1 House of Commons as'pure Anglo-Saxon.' There ; was the usual array of young clerks and shop-boys, with false noses and penny trumpets and paper 1 wreaths round their hats, who not onlv looked fool- , ish, but, what is much worse, looked as if they knew how they looked; there were Hansoms occu- ; pied by unprotected females, who dispensed smiles and kisses to the passers-by with an unusual affa- 1 bility, which somewhat depreciated the value of Vioortmnlimonf wore dra^s crowded with officers, and vans whose company was quite as good humored, if not as well-bred; there were butchers' carts, and gigs, and every sort of vehicle which could go upon wheels." Romantic Story. The Home Journal tells a story which could easily be developed into a novel, if some one of the ten thousand writers of fiction in our country would take hold of it One remarkable point in the narrative is the statement that the two unwounded heroes were promoted for gallantry, while wtTare left to infer that the cripples were not The story is as follows, and, on the authority of the Home 1 Journal, we believe it to be true : 1 A few months after the breaking out of the war < in '61, a party of four ladies and four gentlemen were dining together at Delmonico's. During the j dinner, in talking over the national affairs, the [ gentlemen, one and all, solemnly agreech to volunteer and serve during the war. The ladies were very enthusiastic, and promised to do all in their ' power to help the good cause. They then signed a document, agreeing, if they lived through he struggle, to meet at the house of one of the lalies on a certain day, hour and vear, and there reite their several experiences. The day named for he re-union was the 14th of June, 1867, when hey all assembled together once more. Two of he gentlemen had been promoted on the field for iravery; one was a colonel, and the other a major. Che remaining two had both been wounded, one laving lost a leg, and the other an arm. As for he ladies, one was married to the gallant soldier vho lost his leg, he having fallen in love with her vbile she was nursing the wounded in the hospial; another was engaged to the colonel, aud tne hird to the gentleman who lost his arm. The ourth young lady and the major assured the rest hat they had arranged to live single the remainler of their lives. The evening was delightfully lassed, in listening to the many thrilling and a few imusing adventures each had gone through, rhe University of N. C. A correspondent of the Cleveland (Ohio) Leader, who accompanied the President's party to Chanel Hill, caves the following compliments to he N. C. University: Chapel Hill, the seat of the college, is situated n Orange county, and is now, notwithstanding the avages of war, a charming and delightful spot? its situation is that of calm, quiet peaceable soliude, embowered by trees, which add by their hade a degree of repose and beauty to the scene. Che country around it presents a very fine aspect, >eing well cultivated and inhabited by an intelligent class of people. The farm houses are neat ind some of them even elegant This beautiful own is one of earth's sweetest spots. Gardens of nost delicious flowers add beauty and fragrance to he place. The University is the chief attraction, ind is a superb building. It is surrounded by a ampus of fifty acres, ana is surpassed by no similar nstitutiou in the land. The lordly nails of old ienyon, and even Yale, are not superior in archiectural splendor to this fine edifice. Here many fthe most noted men of the South, including Prank Blair, of Missourij graduated. In 1859, when President Buchanan visited this institution, there vere five hundred students; now there are only linety-eight. The libraries of the college and the ocieties contain over thirty thousand volumes, and i finer collection of books I have seldom seen.? )ne of the attractions of the campus is a splendid nonument^ commemorating the learning, piety ind devotion of Br. Caldwell, a native of New Jerey, the first President of the College. The Colege grounds suffered little from Sherman's army -indeed college and church were sfcldom injured >y those bold and reckless men, who made the fanous march through Georgia and the Carolinas. ***** **# The commencement exercises were excellent, and he young students acquitted themselves handomely. The college chapel was crowded with the airest and most beautiful girls of the State. We pprp rAminded of similar gatherings in our beauti iful Ohio. The ball in tfie evening, at which we ?erc not present, was a brilliant affair. The Presilent and General Sickles participated. The auhorities of the college and the students did eveiyhing to render the officers of the army at home. The correspondent is slightly deluded in his o>inion of Sherman's bummers. Those gallant men tad little reverence for learning or colleges ; but if hey let this one alone, probably they did so beause no hens were found roosting in its classic hades. They were, moreover, held in some sort if order when they reached Chapel Hill, as the war ras then over. MERE-MENTION. Our thanks are hereby tendered to Mrs. E. M. lurrenco, for a "mess" of fine potatoes. "The Chester Standard is advised of the arrival of Dr. T. McF. Gaston and two hundred and eighty-five migrants, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "The retorts concerning Maximilian continue very conflictng. It is not known whether he has been pardonid or shot "The Richmond papers announce he marriage, in that city, on the 25th ultimo, of lev. J. L. M. Curry, of Alabama, and Miss Mary Thomas. Mr. Curry was a member of the Confederate Congress from Alabama, but is now a minster of the Baptist denomination. *Two young adies have been court-martialed in Florida for puting flowers on Confederate graves. It is staed that Senator Sherman, in a recent despatch, ays he will attend Congress if business requires t He sees nothing yet to warrant the extra sesion. New wheat was exhibited in Baltimore, VId., on Friday. It was a lot of sixty bushels of food red from Chester, S. C. It brought three hilars and thirty cents per bushel. "Hon. B. I. Hill, of Georgia, is writing a series of earnest irticles, imploring the people not to sanction or rote for the military programme. Admiral Tucker, formerly of the Confederate Navy, has reiigned his commission in the navy of Peru. A uan is on trial iu Detroit for the seduction of his wife, after having been divorced from her and narried to another woman. The Newberry Herald says that a mortgage bond was recently ecorded in the Clerk's office of that District, the stamp duty amounting to $1,500." The exmrts from the United States during the first quar er of the present year were about $133,000,000, ind of this amount the Southern States furnished ?92,000,000. The Charleston papers announce ;he death, on Saturday last, of Mr. Wm. White, proprietor of the Charleston Hotel. NOTES OF TRAVEL. Dear Enquirer.?At 10 o'clock at night, 4th of Tune, I left Niagara, and went to Rochester, in he State of New York. This city is some seveny miles from Niagara, situated on Genesee River, six miles from Lake Ontario. It has a population )f about 60,000, and is a place of great attraction, [t is a fine manufacturing locality. There are nany excellent flour mills, iron foundries and oth;r manufacturing establishments in this city. The ivcr, running through the city, has fine facilities or machinery, and adds greatly to the beauty of he place. The river flows under several blocks of he city. It has been arched over, and the houses itand on this artificial foundation, right over the ivater. After disappearing for a few hundred rards, the river again comes into sight, just before t leaps over a perpendicular precipice 96 feet high, ivhich forms a cataract very much like the Amerijan Falls of Niagara. While at Rochester, I visited its University, ivhicli is a famous institution held by the Baptists. The same denomination have also a Theological .nstitution here, in which a large number of stuients are educated for the ministry. 1 was most hospitably entertained while at this place, by brother Moseley, a Deacon of the 2nd Baptist Church. I received liberal donations from :he Baptists of this city. They promised to send i box of books for our Sabbath School in Yorkville. Leaving Rochester, I passed several important places. One of these is Syracuse, a place noted for its salt works. I passed through Utica, a beautiful city in the State of New York. Thence I svent to Troy, a large and handsome city on the Hudson River, noted for its Iron and Bell Foundries. At this place, I dined with Dr. Baldwin, Pastor of the First Baptist Church. From Troy, I went down the river in the afternoon, and in forty-five minutes was in the fair city of Albany, the capital of New York State. It is also on the ? - ? ?. i_;n J- .1 il._ Hudson iliver, Duuc on me nin siue iuung me river. Near the top of the hill are some of the finest buildings I ever saw. Some of these are the public buildings of the State. Just a day or two before I arrived in Albany, the Hiscock tragedy had taken place. Mr. Cole, who was a MajorGeneral in the Federal Army, and Hon. Mr. Hiscock, both lived at Syracuse, N. Y. It seems that Gen. Cole's wife seduced Mr. Hiscock. Cole and Hiscock were both in Albany on business. Gen. Cole walked into a hotel, where he found Hiscock standing conversing with some friends. The General slipped behind, pulled out his pistol and shot Hiscock through the head, who fell on the floor and was soon dead. The trial against Cole was going on the day I was there. A few days later he was committed to jail for murder. I left Albany that evening, and arrived at New York City early next morning. From Troy to New York, I traveled along the bank of Hudson River, a distance of two hundred miles. This route affords the finest scenery in the United States. I spent a day in the great city of New York. In the evening, I took the train for Richmond. I did not stop in Philadelphia, but came and spent the Sabbath in Baltimore, and heard Dr. Fuller preach in his church. On Monday morning I left Baltimore, and soon passed through Washington city. The steamboat route from Washington to Aoquia Creek is a most delightful one. Leaving the steamboat, we went into the car bound for Richmond. Soon we reached Fredericksburg, which place I need not describe to many of your readers. Many a soldier remembers this classic spot Well, pretty much as the war left this town, I found it It is recovering very slowly. There are many traces of the war yet to be seen between Fredericksburg and Richmond.? I spent an afternoon and a night in Richmond. It seemed to me that this famous city, which was so full of Confederate life when I was there in 1862, is now shrouded in gloom. The capital, the grass and trees in the surrounding parks, seemed to be draped in mourning; while the statues of Washington, Jefferson, Patrick Heniy and Clay were hanging down their heads in pensiveness, as they surveyed this fallen land and these evil dayp' Richmond is, however, gradually recovering frrfm iV . J _ _! If- ^ j. 11.1 1 me oust anu asnes. iuaau street is now wauea oy many new and handsome buildings. From Richmond, I came by Danville, Greensboro'. Charlotte and Chester, to Yorkville. I am now lodging for a short time with the "widow G," who kindly agrees to board me free of charge, though she complains very much of hard times, f would be truly glad to have any of my friends call at her house and see me. A mutton ham, from Clark's Fork, visited the widow the other day and put her in a very good humor. She would, no doubt, be truly glad to have other such friends call on her. G. SCHOOL EXAMINATION. To the Editor of the YorhnUe Enquirer : Dear Sir :?In these days of calamity, destitution and despondency, it is well for us to have the spell broken, even if it be but temporarily, and bosk for a few hours, in the clear sunshine of Heaven ; and forget what we now are, by an observance of some of the time-honored usages of the path Such a season of oblivion and happiness, we were permitted to enjoy on the 25th ultimo, in attending the examination and exhibition of the school of Mr. Edward Livingston, A. M., taught fofthe. last two quarters, at Purity Church, within two miles and a half of Chesterville. The day opened brightly and beautifully, after a long season of nun and gloominess; and the people, obeying the better impulses of their nature, poured forth from town and country, to enjoy the promised repast? "The feast of reason and the flow of soul." We will not deny, that a possible taste for more substantial viands may have had some slight influence with many of the gay crowd assembled there.? But when people go in for enjoyment, they must K#> rharv of criticisms. So were we. We felt en tirely willing to think of every lady on the ground as being entirely elevated above the natural, and intent only on the gratification of her mental appetites. As for the masculines, it required a considerable stretch of credulity to admit the same thing toward them; but charity conquered, and we surrendered ourselves entirely to the amenities of the occasion, and reveled again in the memories of the past, by admitting, in full force, all the joyous influences of the passing hour. The Beauty and Grace of the surrounding country were well represented, as was also the intelligence and sturdy common sense of the sterner sex. We must not omit the fact, that the freed men of the neighborhood were seen in groups, about the ground ; and serving women, as in days of yore, were nursing the babies, and handing water to the beaux and belles, and generally superintending the outward comfort of their former masters and mistresses.? The old links which bound them together in happier days, show a considerable inclination toward ie-knitting. These evidences of returning harmony we hriled with pleasure. But to the examination. The classes which were made to pass through the ordeal, were mostly of the smaller children of both sexes; mostly scholars of two quarters' tuition by the present teacher. These were selected with a view of exhibiting the comparative improvement, rather than the actual attainments of the children. They were rigidly examined in the elementary principles of Latin, Arithmetic and English Grammar, and showed a familiarity with principles, and a promptness in answering questions, which were highly creditable to teacher and pupils. Mr. Livingston'8 manner of teaching is thoroughly analytical; and whilst he evidently attaches the most importance to a correct understanding of the principles of science; he does not, by any means, neglect the proper formulas, by which they are most clearly expressed. His discipline of the school is judicious and successful, ignoring the system of prizes, which, in his judgment,stimulates a few, and leaves the majority in despair. He aims at the highest possible development of each individual member of his classes; leaving all comparisons to be suggested to the minds of the children, by their own relative improvement His success is certainly praiseworthy, and exceeds any thing we remember to have ever witnessed, with children of the same age and opportunities. The translations given of Latin sentences, and the ease and correctness with which they were parsed, by students who had been only t^o quarters engaged in the study of the Language, surpassed anything we have been accustomed to witness. After a bountiful repast, of which all partook, who felt so inclined, the audience assembled again to witness the oratorical and colloquial exercises of the school. The speeches were delivered in a creditable manner, considering the extreme youth and inexperience of the orators themselves. The Dialogues were of an amusing character, and the actors sustained their parts to the satisfaction, and no small amusement, of the listening audience. As evidence of this, the beaux and belles ceased occasionally, to smile on each other, and bestowed a part of their approbation on their little friends on the stage. The grim visages of the Papas relaxed into a broad grin; the amiable faces of the Mamas beamed with renewed tenderness, on the "little darlings," and the freed men and women burst forth into enthusiastic "yah-yah's." Such teachers as Mr. Livingstone, who are diligently engaged in gathering up the scattered and frayed ends of our educational interests, deserve, and should receive high commendation. We hope ere long, there will be many such in the fields, which are now ripe for the harvest The following is the order of exercises for the exhibition: "Address to Parents," by 0. W. Tongue; "The Little Speaker," byJ. A. Dunovant; jThe Land of our Birth," by W. M. Nicholson ; "The School Room," (Dialogue); "Old Ironsides/' by W. G. White ; "The Life Boat" by A, Q. Dunovant: "Emulation," by Hugh Knox; "The Female Exquisites," (Dialogue); "Western Grandiloquence. by w. a. Sanders; "Address to the Ladies, by J. Reedy; "Don't be too positive/' (Dialogue); "Influence of Knowledge/ by J. H. McLintock; "Death of a Boy," by?L I). McDonald : "Socrates Snooks," by S. T. McKeown; "The Way to John Smith's," (Dialogue); "The Character of Patriotic Persons," by J. W. Whyte; "The Venomous Worm," byH. McHeniy; "Paddy's Metamorphosis," byM. W. Thompson; ltThe Gold Fever," (DialogueJ; "The Ship/' by G. B. White; "Poland," by H. Reedy; "TheStudent, Farmer and Minister," (Dialogue); "Moral Effects of Intemperance," by W. D. Knox; "Influence of country" by J. C. Henry ; "The Future," by E. Letson ; "The Rival Oratore." (Dialogue) ; "Character of Senecharib," by W. A. Latimer ; "The Orphan," by R. H. Sealy; "Pedantry/' (Dialogue); "Valedictory," by J. C. H. BairtL AN OBSERVER. * Register.?Our cotemporary of the Mobile Advertiser and Register seems to be in earnest on the subject of registration. He says: "The apathy in'registering betokens a species of madness. If the people do hot come up and register, twelve months will develop the fairest example of a political and social hell on earth, that thin world has ever seen. Let every man hasten to free ' himself from self-reproach, and, when the evil time comes, be able to say to the old men and the women and children of the land, "thou canst not say I did it 1' " LOCAL ITEMS. % JEW ADVEETISEMEHT8. R. Lathan?Langham Academy. Andrew Jackson?Notice of Quarterly Taxes. CarrolL Clark A Co.?Bivingeville Yarn at >1.60. Grand National Entertainment. W. B. Metis, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale of Land belonging to the Estate of S. A. Fairies, Deceased. W. B. Metis, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale of Land belonging to the Estate 0/ Samuel McDowell, Deceased. W..B. Metis. C. E. Y. D-?Commissioner's Sale of Land belonging to the Estase of Esther Dr.. J ohnfi av?Fresh Arrivals-New Goods. Mrs. G. and Miss Eliza ManigaulL?School Notice. W. B. Metis, C. E. Y. D.?Commissloner's Sals < of land^belon^mgtothe Estate of M^. Jas. { R. H.^lennfa'V. D.-Sheriff'h Sale. W^L. Hopsoni?Public House/ 0UB P06T-OFFI0?8. A Washington telegram states that several post' offices have recently been opened in the Southern States, and that the Department intends perfecting the service in these States as speedily as possible. As several mail routes have been discontinued in this District, we would suggest that this is a good time to make application for the re-opening of old routes and offioes and the establishment of new ones. From reliable information which we have recently obtained, we believe that there will be little difficulty in getting offices, if the proper course is pursued in makng application. The principal difficulty consists in finding pawns able to qualify and willing to serve as post-masters. This is & matter in which we feel a deep interest, as the present paucity of post-offices is a serious impediment to newspaper circulation. Many families decline to take a paper, because they live too far from a post-office to repeive it regularly. We hope onr friends will exert jhemaehrai to have the dormant post-offioes of York and adjoining districts resurrected at an early day. - :We offer our oordial co-operationis the furtherance of this work. If persons interested will call at our office, wo will ' give them the neoeswy information as to mode of application &c., and any other assistance within our power. , SOUTHERN CONFISCATION. One of the most curious phases of human thought is the idea among the white pe?|Ae of the South that they belong to a very superior race.? It is noticeable that* all nations dwnlr well of themselves?each, indeed, thinking itself superior to all other nations. The French religioualy believe that they are the greatest people of modern or ancient times. Just across the channel John Bull despises the Frenchman, and the idea has never occured to him that there is any human being equal to the true Briton. The Spaniard is notoriously proud; the Italian mncies that Italy is the land of all that is inspiring and grand '; the German conceives that the Teutonic race is the highest type of humanity. Thus national vanity is oertainly a prevailing weakness; but the South has carried it farther than other people, and cherished the feeling under more disoouraging circumstances. ^ We vividly remember that in 1860 we universal-. ly regarded ourselves as the most remarkable people that had yet appeared; we valued ourselves chiefly for our courage, our political sagacity, our wealth, our literature, and our social refinement Wfl Mipvsd m tliA mrMt aTvinMhnninff ninnnAr that we were the greatest politicians uTtLe world;, i that a Southern planter or a Southern lawyer was by nature a ruler of mankind, The reply to this was secession, and our present condition. We also believed (the most remarkable delusion that any person ever labored under) that we were the richest people in the world. We were in the habit, in our newspapers and Congressional speeches, of provipethis V%ire8. The wa*pricked this bubble. We also believed that one Southern man oould whip five Yankees: the error here was in fixing on the number five instead of two. A* to social refinement, we were inaccurate here too: our society resembled that of England in the eighteenth century: our planters ana farmers resembled the old oountry squires of England in that age, more than they did the gentiy of the same country in this day. ' '* "v| Another instance of national delusion we omitted to allude to, and must mention before we go farther; that of the Northern people: they fancy that they are refined, literary, religious, and grand generally. As. to refinement we presume that in the upper classes of society there is more vulgarity at the North, than anywhere in the world. As to literature, they have produced nothing except two or three historical works. As to religion, it is so J mixed np with humamtarianism, socialism, <tc.> that it is difficult to estimate it accurately. As to grandeur, the meanness displayed towards the Southern people exhibits the national character in a rather repulsive than pleasing light . The want of political sagacity in the Southern people was evinced, not only by a disastrous war into which they plunged withont counting the cost I It was evinced at every step of the war. It was " evinced by the failure on several occasions to ter- f ] urinate the war on honorable terms, when they were in a position to do so. It was then evinced after the war, by their failure to ratify the Constitutional Amendment We fear that it is going to be still farther and " still more disastrously manifested by the Registra" tion now in progress throughout the South. In every Southern State bat two, the whites are in the majority. But it is probable that when the returns from the Registration are in, a matter involving the veiy existence of the South, it will appear that the whites have been so stolid and unimpresable that they will have suffered the blacks to seise - "j the government in every single State?even in Virginia, where the whites ought to out-register the blacks bv fiftv thousand. - - What are we to think of such a race? What is the use of bragging on such a race ? Bid the conquering Greeks or Ko mans do this way ? Bid any nation that has made its way in the world, and left its track on the page of history, ever show such policy ? Here we have in Virginia our destiny in our hands?another opportunity left us to rally? and we are apparency like a person lying in a stupor from the administration of some powerful drug. The blacks are swarming to seize the power in the State like bees, and the whites are sitting on theirjworm fences?letting things rip. In Louisi- . ana, the registration stands about 50,000 blacks to A 20,000 whites, although by the census of 1860 the m whites were in the majority. Was there ever such j a fatuity? was there ever such blindness? was ' there ever such suicide ? There is only one thing that seems to arouse the sleeper: that is the crack of Thaddeus Stevens' whip when it smacks out the sound "confiscation : the slomberer hops up then and looks around, and is very busy for a little while. Those who are blessed with no land, tell him to crack away?as if this was the only danger. Look at Jamaica} leak at St_Domingo!. Thejiapgeris not so great of confiscation: the danger is a negro constitution. Charlottesville (Fa.) Chronicle. NEGRO JURIES. The Atlanta Intelligencer publishes the following extract from a letter received by a gentleman in that city, from his brother, in Texas: "A negro man had hired himself to Mr. A. for $15 per moDth, and at the expiration^ of ten months sued Mr. A. for $150. A. admitted the contract as alleged by the negro, and admitted that he (the negro) had worked for him the length of time for which the negro claimed wages. The case was submitted to the negro jury. under the charge of the court, and to the astonishment of all present they brought in a verdict in favor of the ^ ' plaintiff for $110. The iudge told them he did not see how they could render such a verdict: that the negro plaintiff was clearly entitled, by the admission of Mr. A., to $150. A large, dirty, greasy negro juryman roso up in the jury box, and with much gravity informed his honor that $11 per month was all the negro's services were worth; that he knew the plaintiff to be a trifling, lazy scoundrel, and that the jury would not allow him any more. The white man (Mr. A.) of coarse has no cause for complaint at the verdict But this is a sample of their ideas of law and facta. At the close of the first week of court in Houston, the necto jury were paid off at the rate of $2 per day for their services as jurors. And on the Monday morning following, when court opened, the negroes literally besieged the court house to get upon the jury. One old crippled negro stopped the judge on nis way to court, and begged for a place on the jury, urging his crippled ana most helpless condition as a reason wny he should be selected, and < m further proposed to take the job of sitting on the jury by the year. When the judge informed him the court would be in session only three or four i weeks, he seemed to think this was only an artful | dodge of his honor to avoid closing the contract, I and ingeniously proposed to take the job by the 1 year at $1 per day! This is the pure undefiled j channel through which verdicts now flow.'' 11