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Sf.nap* and farts.
*
In Washington (Sty, rumor says that negotiatioBsare
positively in progress for the aoquisi.
tita-by the United States of ton, Sandwich Islands.
?rr Zion s Herald, a Northern publication, advertises
two colored preachers, "of superior parts,"
who want white congregations^: It says: "Now,
brethren, let us practice as we preach.
A wealthy Boston grocer began business,
while a boy, by trading beech nuts for pins, which
he traded for gooee-quDls, and the goose-quills for
oopper. His instinct for money was strong.
??- The JewB are about establishing a synagogue
in Wilmington. They are in oorrespondence
with several Rabbis, with the view to the location
of one, and offer a salary of $2,500 per annum.
When the President's aid waited upon Gen.
Grant with the order assigning that chieftain to
the war office he was at hisheadquarters, smoking.
He read the order, looked at the offioer, and made
a speech. He saia, "Very welL-''
A Dayton man concocted a Dew advertising
scheme the other day. He sent a silk balloon sev-1
enl hundred feet in the air, when a patent rase
exploded a large bag full of circulars, and they
eaxne flattering down to all parts of the city.
A party of divers at Nashville hooked on to
what* they supposed was the safe of a steamer
sank some twenty years ago. After long and hard
labor they succeeded in raising an old cooking
rtove.
Hugh McElrov, a Montana miner, shot
himself deliberately through the head with nis revolver
while lying in bed. A coroner's ptuy returned
a verdict that the deceased committed suicide,
and that he did it in *df-defcnce."
A New York correspondent says: "It is
said that General Sickles will decline to be transferred
to another field of militaiy usefulness, but
w31 return to New York to follow the practice ?f
??Statistics of the colored schools in Virginia
show that nearly 17,000 scholars are enrolled, the
annual expense of whose teaching will- be about
$100,000. f In Richmond, 3,000 colored pupils receive
Instruction from forty-three teachers, some
of the latter being also colored.
The Radical press throughout the country is
severe upon Grant for accepting the office from
which Stanton has been suspended. The writers intimate
that if Grant had declined the War Office,
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?An ear of com, raised in Anne Arundel county,
and brought to Richmond, is probably one of
the largest ever produced in the United States. It
is about ten inches long and weighed three and a
half pounds. Near the stem it was twelve inches
J in circumference, and nearly indies in circum'
ferenoe at the small end.
Two thousand five hundred striking tailors,
; of London, have resolved that if their demands be
not oomplied with they will emigrate en masse; and,
to begin with, subscriptions were raised for twenty
passages to the United States, whicWwere ballotteu
for among the strikers. The tailors in Uncle Sam's
dominion will hardly welcome such an influx of the
trade from abroad.
-It is stated that the President has ordered
the Bureau of Confederate Archives, of which Dr.
Francis Lieber was chief, to be closed. This bureau
was organized by Secretary Stanton, and contains
all the captured records of the civil and military
administration of the defunct Confederacy.
It is presumed they can be kept without a learned
professor ia charge of them at a high salary.
A late San Francisco letter says: The Chinese
are passing into our State by wholesale, and
practically solving the labor question. Over 2,700
nave arrived within the last 45 days, and there are
four shiploads more already due at this point from
Hong Kong. These men do not lose an hour, but
go to wotk in the mines, on the railroad, on
ranches, or in other industrial pursuits, as fast as
they arrive. ,,
. The Charleston Mercury says that the iron
bridge for some time in process of construction at
the Tredegar Iron Works, of Richmond. Va., for
the Columbia and Augusta Railroad, to be placed
over the Cong&Tee river, has been^ompleted and is
now being shipped. It consists of three spans 160
feet long, and seven spans 80 feet in length. The
aggregate weight of this bridge is within a fraction
of 500,000 pounds.
Advices from Nicaragua state that the ravages
of the cholera have been distressing. Seven
hundred and ninety-four deaths are reported in the
* district of Leon. Whole villages on the north
- coast were swept away. Cases along the transit
route seem to be sporadic, but even this alarming
epidemic had passed into Costa Rica, where two
hundred ranches among the Mosquito Indians were
stripped of inhabitants.
A man died of cholera at a hotel in Paris,
during the late visitation of the disease; the proprietor
of the hotel entered an action against his
executors for two thousand francs, as damages for
the injury his establishment had sustained owing
to the contagious character of the malady. The
court deliver? judgement, ordering the payment of
the ordinary bill for the expenses, but only allowing
800 francs for the injury done to the establishment
by the fact of the death.
The Reduction in the superfluous clerks employed
in the War Department continues. It ier
' stated that in the Bureau devoted to the exchange
of prisoners, the business of which is almost closed
up, the cierks have been informed that the funds
' n trrViin'k tVinT. Viotta V*Apn liprptnfnrp nflirl ar*?
very nearly exhausted; and those who desire to remain
in Government employ, will find it necessary
to enlist in the army, and be detailed for clerk
duty. General Grant is determined, in his administration
of the War Department, to do it as eco- ,
nomicaDy as possible.
It is rumored that Gen. Pope will soon issue
a stringent order, restraining hens from setting on
pure white eggs, and all whose broods are not equally
composed of black and mongrel chicks will
be exiled; black pepper is to take the place of red;
black mustard ana brown cabbages must be the only
kind raised in gardens; abolishing and declaring
obsolete the word "'hill," substituting "eminence"
and "high mountain" for it, and pig raisers
are forbidden to have ' 'Chester county whites''
in their styes.
American coin is quite plentiful abroad. It
is reported that nearly all foreign countries, especially
the British Colonial Possession on this continent,
are flooded with American coin. In Canada
silver is so abundant as to be regarded a decided
nuisance, which the authorities and people are
discussing measures to abate. At a special meeting
of the London, C. W., Board of Trade, held a
few days since, a resolution was passed urging
merchants and others to take American silver at
four per cent discount, until something definite is
done with regard in thp matter,
?? General Grant has issued an order that will
strip the feathers of a great many officers who strut
in the gorgeous plumage of volunteer rank. He
construes the Acts of Congress on the subject to
mean that the volunteer rank of officers holding
commissions in the regular army shall be duly entered
upon the army register. But no officer of
the regular army will be officially addressed by any
other than the title attached to his lineal or brevet
laujk JL1I tuc Jl&guiai aiuiJ , auu uu VUIVA/I nui nuai
any other than the uniform prescribed for his lineal
or brevet grade in the same.
General Pope, Commander of the third Miltary
District, having been communicated with in
reference to the report that he intended to issue an
order staying the collection of debts, replies "no
conceivable circumstance could induce me to interfere
with the general business of the State, or the
relations of debtor and creditor. The only orders
issued, or to be issued, are such as are considered
::*l necessary to the execution of the Reconstruction
* Acts, which do not warrant violent changes in the
ordinaiy course of civil business. The people
must look for relief to the State Convention. I
do not consider it in my province to adjust such
matters."
A curious experiment was recently tried by
two inhabitants or Vienna, between whom the
question arose whether man or woman had the
most vanity. Unable to convince each other, they
made the subject a question of bet; the stakes were
- 1 i rn * m i i ,t 3 a
two nunarea norms, j.o aeciae, tney agreea 10
place themselves before a mirror shop and count
the number of men and women, who out of one
hundred of either sex, should stop and admire
themselves in the looking-glasses. In an hour
they had counted out of one hundred women, eighty
who had stopped to look at themselves, and out
of one hundred men, ninety-five who paused to admire
their faces.
The New Fork Tribune, the most ultra neSo
paper published in the United States, gives
e following facts for the consideration of the
freedmen : ^ There are 12,000,000 of people in
the South, whereof at least 8,000,000 are whites.
There is ample room there for 50,000,000 more, <
and crowds are flocking in, a. J of them whites.?
Europe is sending us a full thousand per day. and
the South proffers them cheap land, a genial clime,
and employment for every sort of industrial capacity.
Now that a good harvest has delivered the
South from famine, and her reconstruction is in
rapid progress, there is no region on earth that
should attract so many immigrants. . Twenty years
hence she will have 25,000,000 to 30.000,000 of
people, whereof the blacks will pfobably number
5,000.000 or 6,000,000. Unless all the laws which
have hitherto governed the increase of population
are subverted, the whites of the South must increase
faster than the blacks by at least four to one.
Not that the blacks will fail to increase also, but
thev are nowise recruited by immigration, and cannot
be. Africa sends forth no voluntary emigrants;
the slave trade is on its last legs; and no negroes
are coming to this country from any quarter. How,
then, is it possible that the 4,000,000 of blacks in
this country should overbear the 8,000,000 of
whites in the South, with the millions on the point
of flocking thither?"
EDITORS:
JAS. E. WILSON JAS. F. HART.
YORK VILLE. S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 5,' 1867.
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CHANGES OF MILITARY COMMANDERS.
Our readers will remember that an order was
issued by the President, on the 17 th ult, relieving
General Sheridan from the command of the 5th
Military District, and appointing Major-General
Thomas, as his suocessor. General Grant, as
Secretary of War, ad interim, promulgated the order.
Owing to physical disability, General Thomas
was excused from compliance with this order;
and on the 27th ult, the President in another or- ]
der directed Gen. Hancock to assume command
of Sheridan's District, and transferring the latter '
officer to the Department of Missouri. This order,
it is stated, General Grant, declined to enforce, .
upon the ground that as Commander of the Army,
he was to some extent responsible for the execu- (
tion of the Reconstruction Acts, and that no Dis- '
trict Commander could be relieved by the order of
the President, Affairs remained in this attitude '
for a day or two; and the probability of a split up 1
of the most disastrous oharactcr, became hourly '
more imminent Opportune circumstanoes, how- 1
ever, induced General Grant, at this time to alter 1
his opinions as'to the powers of the Executive, 1
and the necessary orders were promulgated through 1
the war office. On the same day, an order was is- *
sued by the President, similar in its terms, relicv- '
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mg general oickukb iroiu iue uuuiuiuuu ui tuc ^uu
District, and assigning Major-General E. R. S.
Canby, to the vacant command. The latter officer
has, by this time, probably, entered upon the
discharge of his duties at Charleston.
In the original order issued by Grant, assigning
Thomas to the command of the 5th District,
he was instructed "to continue in force all orders
made by his predecessor, unless directed to alter
and revoke the same, by the Commanding GenereraL"
In the second batch of orders issued?
those assigning Hancock and Canby to vacant
commands?this important paragraph is omitted.
The President, in his order of the 27th, however,
forestalls the necessary continuance of obnoxious
orders, by empowering the new Commanders
merely to "exercise any and all powers conferred
by Acts of Congress upon District Commanders,
and any and all authority pertaining to officers in
Command of military departments."
The immediate cause of General Sickles' removal,
grew out of a refusal on his part to rescind
so much of Order No. 10, as conflicted with the exercise
of authority by the United States Courts.
Sickles asked for delay until he could argue the
matter, and this being deemed an act of insubordination
in a military officer, he was at once relieved.
As his rank was only in the volunteer service, it
is presumed that he will be mustered out of service,
as Major General, and assume the duties of
his commission as Colonel in the regular army.
These important changes in District Commanders,
have not occurred without their attendant
shve of excitement to the country. They have
developed another of the evils of these military satrapies,
found in the circumstance that the orders
of the Constitutional Commander-in-Chief of the
army, for their removal, can only be obeyed at the
imminent peril of a revolution.
/ NEGRO EDUCATION.
The indifference of the white people of the South
to the sentiments of the negroes, is really surprising.
Little, if any, desire is shown to acquire an
influence over their minds, or to teach them that
th'e interests of both races are not conflicting.
When it is remembered that the political power
of this State is to be wielded by an effective majority
of black voters, this indifference becomes unwise,
not to say criminal. It is indeed strange
that men of intelligence are willing to sit calmly
down and witness the clothing with power of an
ignorant race, without an effort to instruct them as
to their new duties, or to secure that power for the
benefit of right principles aud proper objects.
As things now are, the negroes, without the
slightest conception of the purpose for which the
ballot system is intended, see in it only a means by
which they imagine they can get property. Nor
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are tney mucn to De Diamea ior noiamg sucn opin- j
ions; for they know nothing at all about the nature
of government, and the idea of voting themselves (
rich has been held out to them as a bait, by par- t
ties hostile to the Southern white race. This idea J
having been seized by their minds, how can they
be expected to believe it false, unless those who ^
know better undeceive them ? If Southern men (
scornfully hold themselves aloof, refuse to explain
kindly and patiently such errors, and stupidly "let
things rir>"?whi1? Radicals send out
energetic emissaries, who use every effort fo wiri j
the confidence of the negroes, the result can be <
easily fore-told. There is yet time for the restora- ,
tion of the old confidence between the races, if it is j
only attempted. But so long as one party cajoles,
while the other studiously neglects the negro vote, ,
it is not in human nature for them to forsake the ]
former and take sides with the latter.
Whatever may be said to the contrary, negroes
are human beings and subject to the same rules of ;
influence as the whites. They are easily won by <
kindness and sympathy, or repelled by contempt ]
and indifference. The only means by which the
Radical party has gained converts among them, (
are to boast (falsely) of what they have done for ;
them, and to show an interest (sometimes pretended 1
and sometimes sincere) in their welfare. And
wherever Southern men have used the same |
means, their influence is fully equal to that of
Radical missionaries, and generally greater; for it i
Is strengthed by the additional power of old associ- i
ation. Wherever a Southerner has undertaken ,
the task of teaching a negro school, he has been 1
rewarded by their unlimited confidence and an af- <
feetion seldom equalled by white scholars; and this <
is so because they appreciate the advantages of j
an education more hitrhlv than those* who have |
always enjoyed these advantages. i
It ought to be a matter of regret that the in- !
stances by which the last assertion is to be proved
are so few. But we are convinced, from one case 1
which came under our immediate observation, that t
any one who engages faithfully in the honorable
work of preparing tbls hitherto untaught race for 1
usefulness as citizens, will have no cause to regret I
his labors. And is it not more properly the work of S
our own people than of strangers ? We are cer- c
tainly more vitally interested in their becoming in- c
telligent, industrious and upright members of society
than all the world besides. They have been 1
thrown upon our hands, in the new capacity of political
equals; their votes count for as much as
ours; they are as eligible to office, and having the
advantage of numbers, they are likely to be the
makers and the un makers of law.
Under these circumstances, common prudence
dictates that we should use every effort to fit th em
for their responsibilities. We are not resposible
for the crime of giving the ballot to them while unfit
for it, but we are compelled to bear the consequences.
Our only chance for good government is
to confer intelligence upon them. And for this
reason, if for no other, negro schools ought to be
enoouraged and sustained. The occupation of a
negro teacher may be looked upon as "low," by
some persons; but there is none which is more
honorable or useful The Southern man who undertakes
the charge of a negro school now, is do ing
a favor and a service to his country; he is in a position
of great influence, and if he uses that influence
aright, he is entitled to the gratitude of both
whites an (^blacks. v ^
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EDUCATIONAL.
We have received from Rev. H. Strong, Superintendent,
a catalogue of the Mayesville School,
located in Sumter District, S. C. We are always
pleased to have the privilege of speaking in behalf
of educational institutions; and in this instanoe we
are afforded additional gratification by the fact that
the institution is a nsw one, that has arisen in tliese
sombre days, through the energy of its principal
The catalogue of students is large, embracing
names from eight or ten Districts in this State. It
has a male and female department, and can be
reached by the W. & M. R. R.
We are in receipt, also, of the Annnal catalogue
of the Baptist Female College at Greenville, S. C.
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to have passed through the ordfeal that has attended
such enterprises, with more than a general
share of success, if we may judge by the very respectable
number of names embraced in the list of
students.
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THE MI8SI88IPPI CENSUS.
A recently published census of Mississippi, taken
last year, developes the following facts:
White. Black.
En I860 her population was 353,899 447,404.
En 1866 it was. 343,469 381,288.
Decrease in six years 10,439 66,116,
>r three per cent decrease in the white, and 15 per
jent decrease in the black population.
This is a somewhat surprising result, when the
losses from the casualties of war sustained by the
whites, and the exemption of the blacks from those
casualties, are taken into consideration. Despite
he reducing powers of the battle-field, the hospital,
rod the prison, the white race holds its own better
han the black. Causes evidently more destructive
than these, must have been in operation, to effect
the more rapid decrease of the black population.
What these causes are, is not easy to decide;
but neglect, unoleaness and freedom from restmint
ire probably some of them. Unaccustomed to
jare for themselves and glorying in unrestrained
license, they have not been able to keep themeeves
within those bounds to indulgenoe which the laws
)f health require.
Immigration may possibly have recruited the
white race, though we are unaware of any extiraoriinary
flow of immigration to Mississippi; and of
that which has gone there, a full proportion has
insisted of negroes. The result in Misaauippi
nay reasonably be assumed as that of the South,
[f, then, the negro race is decreasing at the rate of
15 per cent in six years, or 2} per cent annually,
;beir prospect is dark indeed. So far from gov;rning
the country by the "decisive ipajoritiea" so
feelingly implored by General. Pope, they will
toon become a mere remnant like the Indians.
The true intest of the black population requires
hem to cultivate the friondship of the white peo)Ie
of the South. They are the natural friends of
he black race. Under their care, it flourished and
ncreused. But since their new friends, the Jiadi:als,
took charge of the negro race, it is found to
>c decreasing. These Radicals boast loudly of
vhat tbey have done and are going to do for them;
rnt to what does it amount, if they are wasting away
inder so much kindness ? They can vote and gloy
in being free; but why don't they increase by
hese blessings ? Can it be possible that they acually
enjoyed life more and therefore lived louger,
n a state of slavery ? This cannot be, for Lincoln,
md the whole host of "martyrs," said that slavery
ras a sin and a curse. It must be that they are
lying out generally for joy.
?
MERE-MENTION.
Louis Napoleon is individually in debt some six
nillions of francs. General Sheridan has ap>ointcd
Aristide Mary, a mulatto, to be an Aldernan
of New Orleans. Ex-Provisional Goverfyr
W. W. Holden is Grand President of the Uuon
League in North Carolina. General Joseph
E. Johnson is suggested as a suitable person
"or the Presidency of the Chapel Hill University,
nade vacant by the resignation of ex-Governor
swain. John B. Goughis to receive $12,000
or preaching temperance in Chicago this, winer.
The Buffalo Courier says that Sheridan
s the youngest man ever mentioned for the Prcsilency,
but thinks that he will be old enough bebre
he gets it Railroads in this country are
)eing built at the rate of a thousand miles a year,
md immigrants land on its shores at the rate of
)ne thousand a day. One of the griefs of a dir'orce-seeking
husband in Chicago was, that his
rife struck him with the carving-knife and the
rtove-handle. Some of the Jamaicans want
innexation to the United States because of high
axes on the Island! One of the men who
lelped Fulton to build the first steamboat, is living
it JNODiesvuie, inaiana. ne is ninety-seven years
ild. A Mobile paper advises the negroes to
(end men of their own color to Congress rather
;han white speculators in black votes. Hon.
John McQueen, formerly a representative in Congress
from South Carolina, died at Society Hill,
>n the 30th ultimo, of appoplexy.
POLITICAL NEWS.
?Registration returns have been received in
lull from all the countiesjn Alabama. Total, 160,390.
"Whites, 72,747; blacks, 88,248. Only ten
jandidates have been announced in the State so
far. One colored.
?A dispatch from Wilmington, North Carolina,
says the removal of General Sickles is generally
denounced by the Republicans there. The
Southerners take little or no interest in the matter.
? The Bainbridge Georgian says that General
Pope has, by an order, suspended *he publication
i)f the Albany Nms, on the general charge of disloyalty.
? The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel Jisserts,
Dn the authority of one of the members of the
Board of Registration, that private instructions
have been issued to the effect that no freedmen
will be permitted to take seats in the approaching
State Convention.
? Judge Fowle, of North Carolina, at a recent
term of Martin Superior Court, decided that negroes
are eligible to sit on juries under the existing
laics of the State, since the abolition of slavery.?
rhis ruling is independent of the Civil Rights Act
of Congress, and the order of Gen. Sickles. It is
simply the construction of the State laws, regarding
the new position of the colored people, since
the abolition of slavery. The negro, however,
must have the same qualifications that are required
for white jurors.
? Registration in North Carolina will shew a
Dalance of about twelve thousand votes in favor of
die whites.
? Special Order No. 429, from Gen. Grant's
leadquarters, is as follows: Commanders of the
Military Districts created under the Act of March
r, 1867, will make no appointments to civil offices
>f persons who have been removed by themselves
ir their predecessors in command.
? Thaddeus Stevens has nearly recovered his
lealth, and has written a letter in which he says
that there is no law to prohibit the removal of Dis- If
trict commanders without the consent of the Sen- n<
ate. He claims that conservatism, as defined by w
some Senators, is worse than copperheadism. it
?We feel authorised to state that the reports ui
of any personifdiffbpenoes between the President fa
and Gen. Grant are, ; unfounded. Whatever may
be their respective views as to matters of detail, d'
there is ho conflict between them as to the prerog- ^
atives of each.?InteUigeiuxr^ 29th. j*
? The Anderson Intelligencer states that Gen.
Sickles W informed Governor Orr, that hereafter
all appointments to office in this State, will be ^
made by military authority. Since the passage of T
the reconstruction laws, all officers who were appointed
by law received their appointments from jjj
Governor Orr, as before. The Governor is re-quested
to make recommendations of persons to o<
fill vacancies. n<
? Gem Pope has issued an order for an election 01
in^WJBma, on the 1st of October, on the ques- ^
fron of a Convention, and for delegates to the same. ^
The State is divided into forty election districts, qi
. AGRICULTURAL NEWS. A
The reports from the ootton crop oontinne to he, .
for the most piut, gloomy. In Texas and Louisi- 0j
ana the army worm, boll worm and caterpillar are ^
doing great destruction. In Georgia the wet wea- n
ther has injured the mips to a limited extent?
The caterpillar has also done some dqpage in the ai
Southwestern' ptftions of the State. The Macon to
Telegraph* sajp^'SOar Brooks oounty correspon- lo
dent gives a doleful account of cotton prospects iii 01
Southern Georgia and Florida. His statements ^
are fully corroborated.by. other accounts from the g,
same section, " In Middle and Southwestern Gear- <x
gia, also the same state of things exists to a great- A
er or less extent In this vicinity the rain con- &
tinues, and the crop must necessarily be cut short ^
From Baker county our letter gives wfavorable m
news, while a letter received last evening from g,
Stewart county says: '1The caterpillars have eat tc
out several large cotton fields or the Chattahoo- ti:
chee river and are still on the increase." . v<
A letter from'Ascension parish, Louisiana, in ^
the National Intelligencer, says: Throughout this q
extent of country the corn crop will be short, and pi
no cotton made to speak of. Cow peas are indif- p
ferent, because the rain which fell here during ^
weeks prevented the planting of them in a great $
measure, and naturally injured those which had '
been put in the ground. The crop of sugar in this ^
region formerly was some 18,000 hogsheads; now, u
I do not think it will reach 1,800 hogsheads." B
The Wilmington (N. C.) Pbst says: "It is very ^
gratifying to know that in spite of the immense ^
amount of damage sustained by the plantations ^
along our river from the effect of the heavy rains, cc
the rice crop has improved greatly, and now bids
fair to realize on an average, in some instances, at
least two thirds of the amount which was planted
for." vi
The peach crop has turned out to be a very large pi
one, in these sections Where this fruit is regularly tt
cultivated as a crop. New York city is now re- y<
ceiving a daily supply of 110,000 baskets from the lii
small State of Delaware alone. This amounts to to
one hundred car loads, and tho supply from Dela- in
ware is erpected to reach 275 car loads per day, gi
during the first two weeks of this month. Balti- tt
more and Philadelphia are also receiving and con- c?
suming large quantities of peaches. i
The Tensas (La.) Gazette says that the cholera
has appeared on some of the plantations of that ^
parish, greatly demoralizing the laborers. The ca- ^
terpillar has appeared in the cotton. Many of the N
planters are preparing to emigrate, as they see no as
prospect of a speedy regeneration of the industry
of that section of the State. j?
One hundred bales of new cotton, were received aj
at Montgomery, Ala., on the 30ih of August tt
The crop is badly hurt and cut short by the worms, pi
EDITORIAL INKLINGS. t"
Struck by Lightning. P
The Charleston papers announce that St ^
^Michael's Church has again been struck by lightning,
breaking the lightning rod in the same place
that it did the last time. The current of electrici- T1
ty passed under the door, doing a few slight inju- jP
ries to the pavement of the vestibule. The Mer- ^
cury thinks the door of St Michael's is not a safe ^
place in a storm. It seems a pity that the old m
spire, which was the untouched target of hostile cfc
batteries during a siege of four years, should now el
be struck by the thunderbolts of heaven's artillery. w'
Why General Siekles was Removed.
The Washington correspondent of the New er
York Herald, gives the following as the reasons C<
why General Sickles was removed: Wl
"The cause of the removal of Gen. Sickles is his ot
insubordination in disobeving the positive com- ,
mandsofthe President^ The Order No. 10, resisting
the execution of mandates of the United
c!C.iwaamo in Pnvnlino ttqu voo. ^
OLiilCd UU|/lCUIu VUUIb Ul Vi ill vui uiliiuj niM ivw
cinded by the President some weeks ago; and Gen. cr
Grant instructed Gen. Sickles accordingly; but ??
the latter, instead of promptly submitting, ordered
his subordihates not to obey the instructions for- .
warded by the Attorney-General at the command 10
of the President^ and wrote a very offensive letter ccj
to Gen. Grant, in which he alluded in disrespect- w
ful terms indirectly to the President, and asked .
for a suspension of the order until such time as he mj
(Sickles) could write a defence of his course. The
President, however, refuses to wait when a plain
positive command is recklessly disregarded, and retires
Sickles with unusual promptness. The next
victim will undoubtedly bo Gen. Pope, who in a J?
short time will be removed to make way for Gen.
Wager S wayne."
Why Gen. Sheridan was Removed.
A correspondent of the Boston Pbst, recent- re
ly had a talk with President Johnson, and amongst a
other things inquired of him why Sheridan was 03
removed. President Johnson gave Kim the fol
lowing reasons: w]
"There were two good causes, but only one had in
been considered; the first one was rather of a per- sh
sonal character, and had been overlooked. The m
telegram of the 23d of June, which was so disre- lit
spcctful to the Executive, had been claimed by ti<
General Grant to be a private telegram to himself of
and that no official notice of its existence had ever fo
vet reached the President. But the second ground ev
for the removal of Gen. Sheridan was the exercise se
of powers he did not possess, and the exercise of se
his legitimate powers in an arbitrary and offensive
manner. ~ Tasked if he would behind enough to pi
designate what acts he included under the latter fe
clause. He said the removal of Gov. Wells was G
entirely uncalled for and unjustifiable. Governor m
Wells had placed at Gen. Sheridan's disposal the fa
whole civil machinery of the State to aid him in
the execution of the Reconstruction Acts. Nor so
had the latter ever indicated or pointed out a sin- fir
fjle act or word of the Governor which 4was calcu- dc
ated to embarrass him in the proper execution of re
his duty.
On the other hand. General Sheridan had endeavored
to execute the law as a partisan and had
adopted Radicalism as the only true test of loyalty. 0f
His sole purpose seemed to be to secure negro su- .
Ssemacy and degrade the whites, and for such con- rj:
uct I deemed it my duty to relieve him from that "
command. I inquired if he did not think Governor
Thockmorton had attempted to thwart the General bi
in a proper execution of the law. He answered all
emphatically, "No, sir; the records prove the re- P<
verse. The Governor of Texas also placed the ry
whole civil machinery of his State at the disposal fa
of the military power, and aided it in every way H
possible except in the manufacture of a Radical di
majority of voters and in securing negro suprema- cn
cy. This was Governor Throckmorton's sinning,
on/1 C-vr. V.o g?9 nphifmrilv removed hv Gen- CO
nuiui uv ii-w ? ^ --? ??
eral Sheridan." U'
Iron vs. Rope Ties.
It will be Been from the subjoined paragraph, ^
indicating the action of New York cotton merch- de
ants, that the question of iron hoops for cotton
bales is no longer one of doubtful utility. The a- ^
greement to make no deduction for tare on this ac- p
count, alone equalizes the advantages. But in addition
to this, the insurance companies have also qq
agreed to take shipping risks on cotton, bound in to
iron at one-third less premium, than when bound Se
in rope. Another advantage will be found in the
enhanced price cotton thus baled, will command in 0
the New York market It is estimated by ootton ^
merchants, that planters will realize from fifty er
cents to one dollar per bole in favor of iron hoops, mi
? tbe difference in the cost of iron and rope does
)t consume this premium in the selling price,
e would advise the use of iron altogether, and if
does, the iron hoop is safer against fire, and its 3e
fully justified as a matter of precaution to the
inner.
"Nkw Yobk, August 17,1867.?We the unsrsigned,
Cotton nierchants of this city, hereby
jree that after this date we will make no deducon
for iron bands on Cotton. Six bands to be alwed
to each bale, and any bands over six to be
it off before weighing.' r r i(
The above card is signed by nearly all the cot>n
merchants in New York.
'he Health of Thad. Stevens.
It is stated that Thad Stevens is alarmingly
I. We are not much uneasy about the old generaan,
as he is in the habit of getting very feeble
jcaaionally, and the first sign of convalescence is a
2W blast for confiscation, disfranchisement, or some
iher punishment for rebels. But there may be
>me truth in the reports of his Ming health ; for
le ejectment of Stanton,# the cutting of Snerilan's
comb and the detection of Holt, are events
aite likely to produce bile on so sensitively "loy1"
a stomach as old "Iron-works" possesses.
. British M. P. Chased by Indians.
An exchange publishes the following account
f the adventures of Mr. Thomas Cave, a memsr
of the British Parliament, in the Western
lains:
"While at Julesburg, Colonel CarHn, commandfit
of the post, tendered to Mr. Cave the hospiilities
of his camp and an invitation for an antepe
hunt on the prairies at five o'clock next mortng.
The invitation was at once accepted, and
itn Colonel Carlio, his orderly, and two scouts,
le member of Parliament was accompanied to the
?ld. They were not long in finding antelopes in
insiderablenumbers, aDd excellent sport was had.
tier a lev hours among these aotierea Deaunes,
brace of wolves appeared on the scent, and Mr.
ave, being finelv mounted, decided to make a
ish at them, ana, after an exciting chase of two
iles, came up with the cayota. He found that
3 had left his* rifle with his attendants, and turned
i call them to him to procure it, when he was nofied
that a band of hostile Indians were mariceuiring
to cut hftn off from his party. This was
ridentlv no time to fany for the Drush of the wolf,
hich had been run down and exhausted. Mr.
ave, therefore, reluctantly gave up the chn9e, and
atting spurs to his horse soon regained his cominionn
with their firearms, when a new difficulty
jset them. A scout dashed up with the not very
leering intelligence thatanother band of the "gensmen
without hats" was approaching from an opisite
direction, aud another scout came up with a
milar report A council of war was at once held
id the party dismounted for a stand-up fight?
eing armed with the Henry repeating rifle, they
oulu doubtless have rendered a good account of
lemselyes, had not the Indians deemed discretion
le Better part of valor, and concluded they could
ie just as well a little further off. The party aciraingly
returned safely to camp."
THE NEGRO DEBT QUESTION.
In the United States District Court, at Green- ?
lie, on the 22d ultimo, Judge Bryan presiding
robably the most important case was decided, 1
tat has been before any of our Courts in many
jars, being a decision on the question as, to the
iDMty oi persons \yno purcnasea negroes previous
i emancipation. It will be observed that accord
g to this decision, persons who purchased ne- 1
oes previous to the war, and have not paid for
lem, are liable to do so. We find a report of the
ise in the Greenville Mountaineer :
Thomas R. Agnew, Assignee, vs. Simpson Bo).
This was an aotion on a note given for the
archase money of "a negro slave sold by Mrs. ,
fofford to the Defendant in 1858. and warranted
7 her at that time to be sound ana a slave for life. ;
ote for $1000, interest annually, due in 1860, wag,,
tsigned to Plaintiff.
The defence relied upon was a failure oLwnsidation
in that the negro, warranted to be a slave
r life, is still alive, but had been made free. And
so upon payment?the debt being sequestered by
le Government of the Confederate States as the
roperty of an alien enemy, was paid under coraalsion
of that Government, while at war with the
uited States. Hon. B. F. Perry appeared for the
laintiff. The defence was conducted by Messrs. !
P. Reed and Bo bo. The case was referred to a
ry and ably and fully argued by the counsel on i
>th sides. ! \
In his charge, the Judge said, substantially:?
he amount is small, the principle, of overwhelm- ,
g importance. I should gladly have escaped
om the consideration of this case. The settle- 1
ent of the question, however it be settled, will j
rry poverty home to some one. Great invest- (
ents lie in bonds and notes given for the pur- 1
iase money of negroes. In these, women and '
lildren have staked their all. The question is, ;
ho shall bear the loss ? Poverty and hardship j
ust come. In my opinion the hardship must be <
irne by those who had the misfortune to be own- ;
s. It does not come within the province of this j
)urt to adjust and equalize the burdens of the ]
lr. That office, tantas componere, belongs to '
her than a judicial tribunal {
Abolition grew out of the war?the position of ]
ese Southern States in the war they waged a,inst
the Government Negroes were employed <
many of the essential elements of the war; they ]
eated subsistence for the armies, erected fortifitions,
and, in fact, constituted the industrial ba>
of the great conflict The abolition of slavery
us became a military necessity?emancipation an ]
evitable moral result of the war. Th^e States
uld not be recognized until they should recognize- aat
the war had effected.
It was competent for the United States to deal
th slaves just as with other personal property. <
re owner must suffer. Who suffered when mules i
horses were taken? or cotton burnt or lifted, or ,
ips captured at sea? Who, but the owner of
cn property ? But the laws of property, regulating
the relationship of debtor ana creditor, in ,
e matter of mules, ships or cotton, were not abgated.
Debts or balances due on.the purchase {
such mules, ships or cotton, were not cancelled.
ic debtors were not released. Their obligations '
main in force at this day. The seller never mode
guarantee against the action of war. Take the
se of land. A. owns a fee simple/ He sells and '
nveys the title he got, placing the purchaser in
>ssession of all the incidents of ownership with
[rich he himself had been invested. If the State, 1
a. I
lliu excreiec ui jus ugui m cuuucui uujjiumi,
lould take the fee for public uses, the seller
akes do guarantee against the State; he is not
ible for the acts of the State or against oonfisca>n
of the United States.^ In this case, the ground
defence, failure of consideration, does not therere
appear to be made out; the warranty was in
eiy view good at the time it was given; its subauent
failure was due to causes for which the
er of the negro was in no wise responsible.
The other ground of defence, payment by corailson
under the Sequestration Law of the Conderate
Government, is equally untenable. That
overnment never had a legal existence, and payent
of the debt under its-regulations was therere
void.
Under these instructions the jury retired, and
on returned with the following verdict: "We
id for the Plaintiff sixteen hundred and fifty-one
illars and five cents," the full amount with iuteStk
OUR NEW COMMANDER. " j
The Charleston Courier furnishes a short sketch
' the new Commander of the 2nd Military Disict,
which is of interest to our people at this time.
re extract the following:
"General E. R. S. Canby is a Southerner by
rth. He is a native of the State of Kentucky,
though he received his appointment to West
)int from Indiana. He graduated at the MilitaAcademy
in 1839, and was assigned to the inntry
branch of the service as Second Lieutenant
e was in the Mexican war, and performed his
ity, if not with great distinction, at least with
edit
He served as a Major of Infantry, under the
mmand of Joe Johnston, in the expedition to
tah. In 1861 ho was sent to New Mexico.,
aere the Indians had proved threatening ana
istile, and by the ability with which he conduci
the campaign won for himself a reputation for
cided military talent
Perhaps his most noticeable participation in the
tive struggle of the late war was his defence of
ew Mexico in the campaign of 1862 against the
jnfederate forces under General H. H. Sibley.
Gen. Canby was shortly after, on account of the
nfidence felt in his administrative ability, ordered
Washington, and assigned to duty as Assistant
scretary of War.
At one period he commanded the Department
Louisiana. He is, therefore, an old army offir.
He is not, so far as is known, a candidate for
e Presidency. He is not, it is understood, eith- c
a politician or wedded to the interests of any t
sre party organization. t
LOCAL ITEMS. |C
FEW ADVEBTISEMEFT8.
John R, London, Agent,Rock Hfll?Guano. ~
John R. London, Rook Bill?Bagging and Rope. "
Brown and Cuyler, New York?Commission Mer- chants.
W, B. 'Melts, C.E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale
of Real Estate of James M. Williams, DeW.
B. Metts C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale
of Land belonging to the Estate of F. A. ErW.
B.WMettsr," a E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale
of land belonging to the Estate of Big). J. G. b
Lindsey, deceased. a >j 1 C
W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale
of Houses and Lots belonging to A. W.
Beard. t]
W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale n
of land whereon Mrs. Anna H. Feemster
resided at the time of her death.
W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale f
of the Real Estate of B. F. Wither"*, deceased
W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Notice to Defendant, a
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. D.?Ordinary's Sale. h
" " " -Ordinary's Sale. 1
Carroll, Clark <fc Co.?New and Cheap Goods. n
P. J. O'Connell, Chairman of Board of Reglstra- h
tion?Revision of Lists. _
E. M. Law, President?Rail Road Meeting.
Daniel Kerr, Chairman of Board of Registration? o
Revision of Lists.
J. H. Bailv, Son and Daughter?Fashionable Dan- .i
cing School. ?
BAILEYS VARIETIES. $
The Bailey Troupe gave two of their"entertain- a
ments in our town last week, and one on Tuesday j,
night of this week, aD of which were well attended p
an'dgave very general satisfaction to those who p
were present The performances ate quite pleasing,
and during these dull days, our citizens are
much indebted to the troupe for the amusement
afforded.
o
, BEVIVAI& #
The New Bethel and Union Baptist Churches, 1
in this District, have enjoyed a refreshing revival a
during the past month. Eight persons have been
baptized at the forma: Church, and sixteen alike
latter. Ten have beep baptized at the Union Bap- h
tist Church, in Gaston County, N. C. These (3
Churches are under the care of Elder Thjia# B. ta
Gaines, Pastor of the YorkviHe Baptist Church. A
Within the last twplve: months,. M?. Gaines has u
baptized eighty-one persons, in his field of labor., 8
' *" ??1 ' it
THE LYdEUUi . J
We are pleased to know thata few of our young
men, impressed with the importance of self im- ^
provement^have organized themselves into a lite- y
rary association bearing the above title. The fol- e
lowing officers have been elected: t]
W. B. Wilson, President. * p
James F. Hart, Vice President tj
Jos. W. Colcock, Secretary. y
J. A. McLean, Treasurer.
Thos. W. Clawson, Librarian. ?
riant 1
THE mCPB MOUHTAHRAIL ROAD. ,, ,!' "
We omitted to chroniole in our last issue, the b
completion of the track of the King's Mountain g
Rail Road. The rails were laid to the (Depot on 9
Tuesday of last week, and trains run daily to Chea- &
ter," starting from this place. One of th6 locomo- A
tives?the King's Mountain?has been completely t)
overhauled, and refitted in Columbia; and is now ?
performing admirably on this road. ' J'
- A meeting of stockholders was held here op
Monday last, ? which it was determined to post- b
pone the regular meeting until Wednesday,, the a
11th instant . As matters of importance will be. ^
considered at this meeting, we would suggest a ?
general attendance of stockholders. - r - n
^ KEGBtatATIOI 11101^ MBTBIOT. |
The Registration Boards fbr this District finish- K
ed their first round on Saturday evening last? ?
Through the courtesy of members of the Boards, n
we are enabled to present our readers with full re- tl
turns. It will be observed that the negroes have a
a majority in this District of one hundred and a
eighty six. Several of the Registers have informed
us that there are quite a number of whites w^o
have not registered, while on the confa^,'buifew j
Degrees have failed to do so. The Boards w31 com
mence the final revision on the 16th of this month, ?
when those who have failed to register should go _
forward and do so. To those who are entitled to
the privilege, registration can do no harm; while p
i failure to attend to the matter may do a great ?
leal of injuiy. The following is the state of the
"polls": '
ForkviHe. 369 ' 337 L
McConnellsville, 104 204
Blairsville, : 121- 165
Clay Hill, JOO 146 ol
Bethel,.........................a.,.,.....,. 108 120 h
Bethany, 100' . .44. ^,
Bpydton, ; 194 90 j
wylie's Store, ,. 114"; - 149 v
Clark's Storei.....;..;...i.;;.1;.45". ' 50
Fort Mill, i..~ 144 t, 171 >
Rock Hill, 205 ; , 316 &
Coate's Tavern, ... 69. . 70 ei
Pride's Old Mill, 52 " 49'
1725 1911
ai
Majority for Blacks, 186 ?3
. d; i : > ly
SANF ORD CONOVEB alias DUNHA^L- ^
This individual, for some time, has attracted st
x>nsiderable attention from his oonnection with the to
mpeachment'achemes of Ashley, Butler, Holt of
md others. The Albany (N. Y,} Express furnish- of
is the following sketch of hi* life: ' , cl
Conover is a bold, bad man. He was born*in tb
Westchester .County in this State. His father was th
i, very respectable man, named Dunham^ and died
eaving an estate of about $60,000. His son Chas. .i
A Dunham?now Sanford Gonover?received a ,
rood education, and afterwards read law in the of- Dv
nf Van Anfwprn And .Tnmes. in Near York nt
sity. While in their office he exhibited great ap- ili
;itude. In a very short space of time he qualified p,
himself to prepare complaints or answers in tjie Qf
nost difficult and intricate cases. He also evinced ,
i very great capacity in availing himself of every ,
ipportunity to change a wrong into an apparent w
ignt He continued in the office t>f Van. Ant- hi
verp and James until the death of his father, of
vhen, in conjunction with his mother, he adminis- jn
ered on the estate of his deceased parent, and ?
nauaged by a trick to obtain possession of letters
testamentary from the surrogate without filling the
-equisite legal security. Having thus obtained the
control of the estate, he led a reckless, spendthrift pi
ife, nearly exhausting the property before the p*
riends of bis mother succeeded in putting a stop ^
to his bold and desperate career.
When the war broke out he resolved to turn it "r?
to advantage, and follow out his devil-may-care 113
tort of life. He succeeded in ingratiating himself ty
nto favor with Secretary of War Cameron^ and bj
ifter the battle of Bull Run be started a military w
jrganization under the title of the "Cameron Le- .
rion." which of course, never amounted to any
;hing. Bat it enabled him to swindle the govern- '
Bent of a large amount of supplies of every lord, p
ill of which ne converted to his individual use. in
rhe n*~n enlisted for his legion and sent to him
vere sold by him into organisations, and finally the ^
egion exploded. He then engaged in the business
)f substitute brokerage, which ne carried on suo- P
lessfully for some time. When the business was lei
lull he would enlist himself, receive bounty, and *
lesert This he did eight or ten times. On the ca
rial of the assassins of President Lincoln in 1865, hj
le volunteered as a witness in behalf of the Gov- Di
;rnmentto involve Jeff. Davis, Jake Thompson j*
md George Sanders. In order to sustain his own
estimony, he subpoenaed several witnesses, men "
vho never had the slightest knowledge of the case,
vho swore to just what he instructed them to.? M
tlis evidence before the Congressional investiga- ^
ing committee, which is unnecessary to repeat, ^
iroved to be a tissue of falsehoods, from beginning w
o end, and he was therefore indicted, tried, and {1
?nvicted of wilful and deliberate peijuiy. .
Is Booth Alive??Ben. Mason, an officer in ^
he United States Navy, in a letter dated at New a
Orleans, says that he has the best evidence that fck
irVilkes Booth is alive in a foreign country, and "j
hat John B. Eaton, a friend of Booth, ana close- j,,
y resembling him, was killed instead of Booth.
L'he question then arises, who was the real nrffmrpin. <4
Saton or Booth? After all the commotion, it may w
ranspire that as Eaton died for Booth, Booth la *
>eing abused for Eaton. " 'V? 1 ot
' " ti
The Washington Star says: "The chances at
>f General Ward H. Lamon, late District T
ire said to be exceedingly good fbr the Post-mas- bt
er-Generalahip, shoula there.be a change there." at
IHEBTEB lOONTRIBUTOBIAL.
BY vafc H. BRAWLEY.
CHE8TEE, SEPTEMBER 3. 1M7.
THECHB8m8TAIDU?
Appeared last week, ia A^alf skeet, after a susension
of several weeks.
?
CHAHGE OF SCHEDULE 01 0HABL0T1BI. WHAM.
Under the new schedule, the catt from Gohimia,
on the above road; now reach efiStffer at 12
dock and 40 minutes, M; from Charlotte, at 2
'dock,- P. -M. This wiB be more- ebfomtfdfet,4br
le people of this section, than the last arrangement
BUBIHE88 H OHEBTH^ -if_.
A good deal'Of cotton has been bronght into
market, withifi the last week or two, at this place,
od our streets have had an air of business activi- '
j unusual at this -seasonr This cott^p, for the
tost part, has been held for higher prices, which
ave failed to come; and it u now sold to make
ay for the new crop, which promises* to be a large
oe. _ . ^
Chester has, within the last year or two, become
be market for a great deal of cotton from the surranding
Districts, which superior rauroad &oBes,
and the enterprise of our business men, has
ttracted to this point As yet, this influx of trade
as had Kttle apparent influence on our general
rosperity. Li a few years it will befeft in multilied
comforts and internal improvements ' ' .
~ M '' BimUFTOT. .. '
We notice no applications ftoin this District, for
be benefit of the Bankrupt'Act It would be exeedingly
gratifying, if dip was an indication, as it
9em?r of financial soundness among the people.?
Ve fear that such is not the case, but that, in *eIky,
-the majority ufus are fit sahjeota ink the
!onrt ofBankruptcy.
The indispoeition to take the benefit of this Aet,
as; we think, arisen irom the feeling of tmeeriain7
among the people as to a continuance or restoraiow?f
civil government, and the behef prevalent
mong many, that,in sump shape or ntber,: those
rill be a general iepudiatioil .of old dcbtsL Gen.
intloc' OfHar. NVv 10 hv mnwiulinf the. Jfli
sctionofdebte, for the present^ has doasara&to
wterthis feefing. - xv~'
There canbe no doubt that the country .a harened
with debts which can never be paid, and
rhich Weigh like an incubus upon it, crashing its
nergy. and repressing its vitality. Hie sooner
his weight is removed tbeMsetterifc wflLbeforitbe
00 pie at large. Whether it wifi.be by repudiaon
or by the machinery of the bankrnpt laws, is
et to be determined. There are so many difficul?8
in the way of solution by the first plan,' beides
the question of honor and honesty involved
1 it, that we mayrwe^r^iflfafe^iat^W^
overnment which can be estsbfishedin South Osr[ina.
. Even if a revddtionaty; "goverfltiebt, is stablished,
which will sanctioi?riBch 'a' sehetpe,
he United States Court certainly wiH recognise
he validity of no laws interfering writh the payleut
of debts, in any cases -coming within their
msdiction. M#afcwTsr:?sa*
A case in point arose the other day, in an'notion
rought on a note given tor the purchase money of
negro.
aat the note should Bepaw* wen. Eiccea tome
intrary notwithstanding. "To' thtt complexion
mgt -we cotne at last"?that tho&e who owe debts
iay expect to be cotnpeBed to pay them,ifthey
Jfrejiny thing to paywith. Persons who expect,
t anytime, to "seek the benefit of the Bankrupt
uct, wilTdo well to rememberthat after the expiirion
of ohe year from the time of the paseageof
lis Act, no Bankrupt wiD be discharged whose
seta will not have paid fifty cents on the dollar
Phisdebdf* #
"" T.Ttroiw. 7' ^
A Niw Maqazine.?The first number of The
Iroadway, the dew illustrated international montfr'
magazine, baa speared. It is pubBahedin
ondon aodNewYoHr; in the former place at ix
e nee, in the latter for 25 cents.
The first nnmber is certainly a good one, for !fte
rice?better than we expected from the prefitoous,
flippant fmd facetious prospectus. .. _
An historical romance, "Brakespeare," tqr the
athor of Guy Livingstone, is the "piece .de resisinoe"
of the present number. It is very deyer,
i is everything by this writer,, with none of the
ijectionable features which are found in some of
is other works.
nrhtpar^ tHynnian,' exquisite in djcttou and
An amusing paper by Edmund Yates, 'lathe
auson," with seven or eight other articles, making
ghtj pages of light, pleasant reading. .
If the ne^ pexjodicalJwpt np-Jto,,^apwaant
andard, it wjjl be ar welcome addition to the magine
literature of tins country. But it is, as past
:perijf?ce warns us, mneheasier tobe^brillisiitj
than to continue steadily, in well doing. .
Japan ?We find some very pleasant j?n&inructive
sketches of Japanese manners and cusms,
in a volume just published by Lieut Silver,
'theEnglish Royal Marines.. As the tdtfiotis
' this country with Japan are beooming very
cse, while we langii at their jogglen,. and sell
em our iron-dads, it may be instructive to know
at the government of Japan consists of anoHirchy
of feudal Princes, called Dai mios, wielding
isolate authority in their respective provinces,
it subject to Jhe general control of one of their
anber, (aek^pd from one of the three great fames)
who, assisted by a Gorogio, or Great Council,
esides over the affiuzs of the. State in the name
' the Wikado, or spiritual Emperor, its supreme
sad. Stots Bashi, the present l^rooon, or Siogoun, (
Inch is the move correct title, is represented as a l|
mdsome and able man, in the dirty-second year 1
his age. Efe intends to inaugurate a new epoch
Japan, marked by a free and friendly interurse
withthe Western nations.
Mr. Cakltlk has written another of his onertic.
original and bombastic "Latter-Day Parallels,"
apropot of the new Befonn Bill jost ]
used in England, which has added several huned
thousand to iheivoting class, condemning .
jth his usual strength and vehemence, "thaffe
g in of new snppb'es of blackguardism, gurnroir
bribeality, amenability to beer and balderdash,
r way of amending the wqes we have had from
ir previous supplies of that bad article.*' The
tellectof a span who believes in the possibility of
mprovement by suoh a method, is to me," says
is rugged Jeremiah, "a longed off and shut up
tellect"
The applicability of all that he says, to our own
Ddition in this country, is so complete, that this
iper is published and commented on by all of our
iding journals,
There is certainly one conclusion, in which we
n all agree with him, "the sooner such a mass of I
rpocrLaes, universal mismanagements, and brutal |
ati tudes and infidelities ?uZ#?if not in some hn- 1
ovement, thenin death and finis?may it not be
e better?" , t ?
Timely "Wahnujq.?The New Yotk Nation,
i ultra-radical paper, warna the colored people of
ie South, and especially those of Virginia, against
ie suicidal policy, of bending themselves into a
urty exclusively against the whites, and snffiwinir
lemselves "to be keptilr a constant ferment" by
few white men, who we rising them for their
vn profit and advantage. And it teQa them to
member that whilst tfc* gam u?? succeed for j
year or two, it moat^m. the end,- recoil upon 1
iose who are playing it ; lor, 'says the Nahon,
there to scarcely a State, which'can toe cbntrolled
r the colored rote atone for more than two or
ireeyeaia. Certainly Virginia-is not one of that
Mai .Thewhite votes VW ooasteWte a fipjority
henevertheyohooee to act together: and they
ill probacy inprepp iarmore rapidly than the ^
hers. Immigration w? too flow in that dirccdo
: andflrtfCnf eoaSe, exclusively white, g
id in great part nnfirkmdfy to the colored people,
hto tothewarofcriaatdr "rebels" or "aacesh,"
itofawjtftei dqvotedfiriemlto the radical party,
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