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%ix ?ptaii ?riln" gmncind?gtbottb la politics, litte, fitote, fe. BY JAMES A. HOYT. ANDERSON C. H, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE U, 1866. VOLUME 1.?-NUMBER 52. Tlae Intelligencer I IS PUBLISHED "vTEEKLT AT $S.50 PER A.1SJSTJJSI, IN U. S. CURRENCY. "Bill Axp "-So-CaUed. I The editor of the .Metropolitan Record, John Mullally, Esq., has recently pub? lished the letters of the humorous " Bill Arpj" in book form. We have not seen too work, but have been informed that it " will be sold for one dollar and a half a copy, will contain a large number of hu? morous illustrations, and will also have a life-like portrait of the author." The fol? lowing is addressed to the publisher, and is an admirable preface to the many ex? cellent hits made by the distinguished hu? morist in these fugitive letters, which have attracted so much attention through- j out the United States. "We commend the perusal of this preface, as indicativo of the genial soul from whence emanates tho broad ?'humor and bold declarations of these epistles: to the publisher. Yours, requesting copies of my humor? ous letters for publication, is before me. I have thought that they were hardly wor? thy of being placed before tho public in book form. At the time they were writ? ten they, were appreciated, because the minds of the people needed relaxation from the momentous and absorbing inter? ests of the .war. The fountain of thought was tired, and these were its rest. The humor that is in them was entertaining then, ior it Was pertinent to the occasion that provoked it, and very impertinent to those it held up before the pubiic eye. I do not think that such humor will bear the wasting severity of time. It was once considered sparkling and exhilarat? ing, but like good. wine it has become 1 stale from having been too long un? corked. Nevertheless, these letters may be worthy of preservation, as illustrative of a part of the war?as a side-show^to the Southern side of it?an index to our feel? ings and sentiments, and for this reason only I place them at your disposal. I must request, however, that in compiling them, you will thoroughly revise and re? construct the orthography. When I be? gan writing under the signature of Bill Arp, l.was honestly idealizing the lan? guage and humor of an unlettered coun? tryman who bears that name. I tried to write as he would, could he have written at all. His earnest, honest wit attracted " my attention,, and he declares to this day that I have faithfully expressed his senti? ments. Those who know him can see more of him in my letters than they can of me, and in this view of my labors I may be suspected of playing Boswell to ?n un? educated and humorous man, whose name is not Johnson, but Arp. Reflection has, however, convinced me that while good taste would not condemn one or two letters for murdering her Ma? jesty's English, yet a frequent repetition of the offence can hardly bo justified. It is demoralizing to language. The truth is, no wit is good wit that will not bear to ' be correctly written, and I therefore di? rect a reconstruction of the orthography, even at the peril of Mr. Arp's reputation. For the sentiments that pervade theso ? letters, I have no apology to make. At the time they appeared in the press of tho South, these sentiments were the silent . echoes of our people's thoughts, and this accounts in the main for the popularity . with which they were received. Of course they contain exaggerations, and prophe? cies which were never fulfilled; but both sections were playing " brag " as well as "rbattle," and though we could not com? pote with the opponents iu the former, yet some of us did try toehold our own. At ,bo.th games we were whipped by over? whelming forces, and we have given it up. Conquered, but not convinced, we have ?accepted the situation, and have jrfedged ourselves to abide by it. We have sworn to do so. We have declared it most sol? emnly in convention. We havo asserted It in ?very act and deed; and .Southern honor, which our enemies cannot appreci? ate, but which is untarnished and imper? ishable, is the seal of our good faith. Who? ever testifies to the existence among us of an association designing a renewal of tho "rebellion, is either the victim of his own cowardice, or else the author of a selfish and heartless lie. I say this with feeling and indignation, for we see in such testi? mony, ^willingness, nay, a desire on the part of our military rulers, to retain over us their power and their tyranny for mali? cious or avaricious ends. Wo have long felt, and we still are feeling their insults, their black mail, their robberies. - Ours is the stranded ship, and the Federal officers ?mong ub are the wreckers; ours the car? cass, and they the vultures who are pick? ing our denuded bones. The little that was left our people is seized, and released on paying a part into private pockets. They get rich and resign, and a fresh corps of vampires take their places, to re? new the operation. I have even known them to steal by night, and haul away the poor pittance of damaged corn that our fonerous (?) Government had stored for istribution to our starving poor. It is for such purposes that milkary dominion is to be continued. Would that this were all! But not content with even this ex? haustion of our spanty means, they are . aivnuling our contracts made with the la? borers who were content to work in our fields for fair wages, and aro tolling them off to parts unknown under false pretences. Our ploughs aro standing in tho fields idle, i CUT wTEOS S? RBtillcdj anq* the land swarms with agents "who are bribing the Eoor negroes away under promises of igher wages, and under the sanction of a Bureau as rotten as the promises of Pha roah. Vce victis. 'But still wo abide all these sad results, and look upon it as a part of the war, and in keeping with the charac? ter of those who have so long been our enemies. They but exhibit the animus of a people whose hate and avarice induced the rebellion. Such oppression has turned from them almost the last opponent of se? cession, and caused them to regret that they did not throw their lives and for? tunes into the fight. Perhaps this is all for the best. "Wo cannot tell. We have almost ceased to philosophize upon it, for we have no timo to think. The work of actual reconstruc? tion absorbs our time and energies. I mean the reconstruction of our individual fortunes, our houses, our fields and farms, our railroads, manufactures, grave-yards, schools and churches. We have no time to stop and mourn over the loss of liberty. But I can find time to ask, What has the North gained by the war? What principles have been established ? Whaf great or vital questions have been settled? Is the sovereignty of a State forever an? nulled ? Then let Illinois take down her deceitful sign, obliterate her great seal of State, and choose another, for the one she now has is obsolete?an eagle proudly pos? tured under a scroll, with ? State sovereign? ty " upon it. Is it tho fredom of. slaves that has been accomplished? Alas! tho one and a half millions who have perished in the war, are certainly free; the remain? der are rapidly realizing the same liberty,, or finding a new bondage in other climates. Like the poor Indian, the race is-doomed, and the mighty North still triumphs in the glory of its accomplishment. But I will not speak more of this. . To tho char? itable reader let me say, Forgive me if you find something to condemn in tho follow? ing pages. It is not in my heart to offend a good man, whether he live North or Southland there b? Detter judges than I of what should have, or have not, been written. It may be said that the charac? ter of these letters has no tendency to soften the animosities engendered by the late unhappy strife. I can only answer, that it is not in rebel nature to be humble to those who would put the heel of t}rran ny upon us. Our people are a unit upon ? tlio.nv?r:il of tho fight they made. Thoy isiutxri i v feel that the provocation of tho war was not of their begetting. Many a time and oft have men aud nations been conquered, but not convinced. Tho story of Ireland, Poland, and the " Hero of the Lakes," has beeu often re-produced, to il? lustrate that wrongs aro not remedied, nor rights secured, by wager of battle. While mourning the loss of thousands of the noblest of our race, while suffering the poverty and desolation with which our conquerors have visited us, while momory stings with the rape and arson which bar? barians under arms enforced and heartless officers permitted, it is not in human na? ture to smother resentment against those who would still play the tyrant and grind us into dust. But to you, kind reader, who can speak gently to tho orring (if wo have erred,) who would pour oil upon the. troubled waters, and prefer tho hand of kindred love, let me say that, though proudly de? fiant oi our enemies, the noble manliness of our people will moot you cordially at tho first sincere effort toward an honora? ble reconciliation. Otherwise we will close up tho avenues of our hearts, and like the red man of tho forest, transmit our bitterness and our wrongs a heritage to our children. Republicans, Puritans, Pharisees, Saints ?you were suckled with songs of pity for the charcoal race, whose hypocritical sympathies have been for years playing leap-frog over tho poverty and distress around your own door, and alighting far off in the sunny land; who have seen and are seeing thousands of your dusky pets perished and passing away, from the lack of food and tho lust of freedom; yon whose morning hymn is, " I love my love with a B, because he is black," and whoso even? ing prayer, " May the Lord send freedom, without money and without price;" you who look upon our people as a race of turbuleBt dovils, and a foul blot upon tho good name of the land?to you I com? mend all the comfort that you can find within these pages. Small though this volume be, it will nevertheless save you the exclamation, "Oh, that mine adversa? ry had written a book \" CHARLES H. SMITH. Prentice's Sayings.?The war of arms is atanend.but tho war of ideas still rages. The bloodshed of the former is almost equaled by the inkshed of the latter. The.Pittsburg Gazette says that " Con fress will do. its duty." When will itpro ably have tho kindness to bogin ? The radicals say that President John? son is inconsistent. If ho is, we arc glad that he has the courage to be. The New York News says that Senator Sumner is bold. Very?except where thore is danger. Parson Brownlow professes to be wed? ded to principle. The old fellow couldn't be if ho would. Principle wouldn't marry him. Principle would scorn the old graybeard's addresses. Principle would cock her nose at him?and hold it. If the radicals aro distressed beyond all endurance that the suspension of habeas corpus is at- an end, let them suspend themsolves. -* ? The patentees of Grover & Baker's celebrated sewing machines have applied for an extension of the patent. ?NAdams Express Company has con? cluded a contract with the Government for the exclusive transportation of all G/oyernmcnt valuables, The Horrors of Point Lookout and Elmira. Wo have been anxious, says the Char lottesvillc ( Va.) Chronicle, to see from some competent hand an account of the man? ner in which our Confederate soldiers fared as prisoners of war, and we aro, therefore, happy to announce that Air. A. M. Kelley, of the Petersburg into, has published iu a small and very readable volume his experience of a protracted con? finement at Point Lookout and Elmira. There is so much said about Anderson ville and Salisbury, that it is well to know how these things were managed by the partios whoso virtuous indignation has been so much" aroused against Capt. Wirz and Major Gee. . It is proper, however, to bear in mind that the opportunities for providing somo tolerable degree of comfort to those held as prisoners of war were very different nt the North from what they wore at tho South. For the last two years of the war tho population of the Southern Confedera? cy were not only deprived of the luxuries of life, but it was really a struggle to pro? cure food of the plainest kind. Most per? sons consumed no tea, coffee, or sugar; many lived without meat. The clothing was of the rudest material, and the ward? robes of the wealthiest exceedingly scanty. By a rigid blockade tho Federal ships and troops rendered it difficult to procure medicines, which, if obtained, were sold at fabulous prices. It is well known also that our armies subsisted on the scantiest rations, and that frequently they were almost in a Starving condition. At the North there was everything in abundance?corn, wheat, pork, beet, veg? etables, woolen and cotton fabrics, medi? cines, wines, fruit, tea, coffee, etc. Notwithstanding this, at the prisons of Poiut Lookout and Elmira, where thou? sands of prisoners wore confined, our men were always hungry, and in the winter were never protected from the cold. Mr. Kelley gives tho following as the bill of fare at Point Lookout: For break? fast, four.or five ounces of meat (pork or beef) and a slice of bread and "rather over half a pint of watery slop, by cour? tesy called soup." This was all a man got to oat in twenty-four hours. At Elmira tho ration of bread was a full pound per day. The meat ration, ou tho other hand, was invariably scanty. "It sometimes happened that the same man got bones only for soveral successive days." Eats were eaten in numbers. "I have seen," says our author, "a mob of hungry 'rebs' besiege tho bone cart, and beg from the driver fragments on which an August sun had been burning for sev? eral days. At Point Lookout the water was "so impregnated with some mineral as to offend every nose, and induce diarrhea in almost every case. It colors everything black in which it is allowed to rest, and a scum rises on the top of a vessel if it is left standing during the night, which re? flects the prismatics colors as distinctly as the surface of a stagnant pool." There are "wells" outside the prison pen from which the Federals supplied themsolves with good water. Speaking of this same prison, the writer says: "During the scorching summer, whose severity during tho day is as great on that sand-barren as anywhoro in tho Union north of the gulf, and through the hard winter, which is more severe at that point than anywhere in tho country south of Boston, these poor fellows wero con? fined here in open tents on the naked ground, without a plank or a handful of straw between them and the heat or tho frost of the earth. And when, in the winter, a high tide or an easterly gale would flood tho pen, and freeze as it flooded, the sufferings of tho half-clad wretches may bo easily imagined. Many died outright, etc. Even tho well-clad sentinels, although relieved every thirty minutes, (instead of every two hours, as is the army rule,) perished in some in? stances, and others lost their feet and hands.through tho terrible cold of the season." "During all this season tho ration of wood allowed to each man was an armful for five days, and this had to cook for him as well as to warm him." This is not all: Only one blanket was allowed to each man. There were regu? lar inspections, and every extra blanket was seized. "You could receive nothing in tho way of clothing without giving up tho corres? ponding article which you might chance to possess." All money was also taken away. Every third day thero wero negro sen? tinels on duty, whose "insolence and bru? tality were intolerable." If a prisoner crossed the dead line, their warning was tho click of tho lock, sometimes the dis? charge of the musket. Tho shelter at Point Lookout was at the rate of one "A" tent?covering about six feet square?to each squad of five; or one Siblcy tent?diameter fifteon feet?to every oighteon men. The author was transferred from Point Lookout to Elmira, whore a number of the officers in command were civil and kind, and a number of brutes and villains. One Capt. Bowden. at this prison, had up before him, on some occasion, a prisoner named Hale?of tho old Stonewall brigade ?for drunkenness,and hesoughtto know where he got his liquor. Halo refused to tell, as it would compromise others. He was accordingly tied up by the thumbs, sufforing exquisite torture; but he refused to peach, and called on his fellow prison? ers to remember this when thoy got home. Bowden grew exasperated,and attempted to gag him by fastening a heavy oak tent pin in his mouth sufficiently?a difficult operation; ho struck him in the face with the oaken billet?a blow which broke several of his teeth and covcrod his mouth with blood! At Elmira the most scandalous neglect existed in the hospitals in the matter of providing his patients with proper food. "I do not doubt that many of them per? ished from actual starvation." There was also "an inexcusable defi? ciency in medicine" Several weeks, in which dysentery and inflammation of the bowels prevailed, there was not a grain of any preparation of opium in the dis? pensary, and many a poor fellow died for the want of this medicine. Tho doctors were also extremely ignorant. Tho mor? tality which took place exceeded even the reported mortality at Andersonville. At Andersonville, out of a population of 36,000, six thousand, or one-sixth of I all, died from February 1,1864, to August [ 1, 1864. At Elmira tho quota was not made up till the last of August, so that Soptember was the first month during which any fair estimate of tho mortality could be mado. Now, out of loss than 9500 persons on tho first of Sep? tember, throe hundred and eighty-six died that month. At Andersonville, it was onethirty-sixth of tho whole per month; at Elmira it was one twenty-fifth. At the first it was less than three per cent, per month; at tho latter it was four per cent, per month. -;-* g News in Brief. ? The best farm in Iowa was sold tho other day for $50,000. ? A child lately died at Poughkeepsio from eating poisonous ice cream. ? A colored woman called "Old Aunt Biddy Lundy" died recently near JVIacon at the advanced ago of 112 years. ? Tho father of the peasant who saved the Czar's lifo has been "recalled" from Siberia, where ho was in exilo. ? Estimates of the gold coin, in tho country range betweon ono hundred and three hundred millions. ? One of tho trapoz performers in a New York circus missed his hold, fell, and fatally injured himself. ? An actress in Mobilo was driven to" suicide by jealousy of her husband. ? Tho Chicago Times says President Johnson will deliver tho Douglas monu? ment oration there. ? Two little Buffalo girls left their homes and turned gipsies. After wan? dering with a tribo for somo time, they escaped, reported to the Now York police, and were returned to their homes. ? A desperate affray occurred in Paris, Kentucky, on tho 28th, botwoon Charlos J Hilton and Noah Aloxander. Alexander stabbed Hilton severely, but not danger? ously, and in return received three piuol shots, wounding him very seriously. ? A young man named Thos. E. Judge was killed in Louisville recently by a billiard saloon keeper. Tho affray oc? curred in tho saloon. Judge was a no- j phew of one of tho proprietors of tho Louisville Hotel. ? During Gen. Frank Blair's speech at Warrensborg, Missouri, on Friday tho Its inst., a disturbance occurred in which ono man was killed and several wounded.?j Cause, politics and whiskey. ? Cincinnati has been made tho seat of the Home Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church (O. S.) ? Willie P. Mangum, of North Caro? lina, has been appointed by the President Consul at Nagasaki, Japan. He can take the test oath that ho nevor aidod or sym? pathized with the South. ? The Governor of Virginia has done I a sensible thing. He has appointed a J "Board of Immigration," under an Act of tho Legislature, to promote immigration into the State. The board has met and organized. It has no funds, but it is going to work without thom. It's a good sign in the Old Dominion, a sign of vigor, pluck and hopo. Never say dio is the I right motto. ? John Townsend, of Edisto Island, S. O, the man who gave tho Confederacy 8100,000 in gold in 1861, has not been more successful in keeping his rccontly j ?hired German laborers than ho was in re- J taining his slaves. Ho says: "Thoy cost mc thirty-fivo dollars each to bring them to Charleston from New York. I fed them far better than ever I thought of feeding my hands, even gavo them j coffee and sonrkront, when what should j thoy do but demand buttor for their I bread, and milk for their coffeo, and tho j next thing the whole crowd left mc." ? It is a singular fact what wore vast treeless prairies in Illonois twelve years ago are now covered with a dense growth j of thrifty young forest.trees, comprising various species of oak, Jiickory, cotton-j wood, ash, etc. ? We have now, it is said, three spies in tho country. Gen. Sweeney says Ste-1 phens is an English spy; Senor Romero, the Mexican Ministor. says Santa Anna j is a French spy; and Santa Anna char* ges Romero with being an Austrian spy. ? There is an old negro in Danville, j Va., 115 years old. He has smoked over j since he was ten years old, and, tho Times j says, has buried soventeon masters, who, we suppose, did not smoke. ? Hugh Callan, for whoso apprehen? sion a reward is offored by the Governor, and who stands charged with tho murder of Edward Milligan, on the 27th of April last, on the finding of a Coroner's inquest, and who has been at largo sinco that time, surrendered himself on Wednesday I to Magistrate Whiting, and was by him committed to jail to await his trial at tho approaching term of the Court of General Sessions. So says tho Charleston Courier. ? Rev. Goo. D. Cummins, D. D., of Chicago, is elected Assistant Bishop of tho Protestant Episcopal Church, for tho dio? cese of Kentuck}T. Dr. Cummins is a na? tive of Maryland, about forty years of age, and reputed to bean eloquent'and learned clergyman. "Good and Better." A father sat by the ehimney post On a winter's day enjoying a roast; By his side a maiden young and fair, A girl with wealth of golden hair; And she teased the father, stern and cold, With a question of duty, trite and old: "Say, father, what shall a maiden do wtxen a man of merit comes to woo t And, father, what of this pain in my breast ? j: Married or single?which is best? Then tho sire to the maiden young and fair, The girl of wealth of golden hair, He answers, as ever do fathers cold, To the question of duty, trite and old ; "She who weddeth, keeps God's letter; She who weds not, doeth better." Then me?kly answered the maiden,ftir, The girl with tho wealth of golden hair ; "I will keep the sense of the Holy Letter, Content to do well without doing better" -o Because. It is not because your heart is mine?mino only Mine alone! It is not because you choose mo, weak and lonely, For your own; Not because the earth is fairer, and the skies Spread above you Aro more radiant for the .shine of your eyes? That I love you! It is not because the world's perplexed meaning Grows more clear; And the parapets of neaven, with angels leaning, Seem more near; Nay, not ev'n because your hand holds heart and life, At your will Soothing, hushing all its discord, making.strife Culm and still; But because this human Love, tho' true and sweet, Yours and mine? Has been sent by Love moro tender, more complete, More divine; That it leads our hearts to rest at last in Heaven, Far above you; Do I take you as a gift that God has givon? And I love you 1 Meeting in Fickens. The citizens of Pickens District assem? bled on Monday tho 4th instant, to take into consideration tho condition of the country and the efFoct of tho abrogation of tho "stay law." We subjoin tho pre-, amblo and resolutions adopted by the mooting: Whereas, Tho melancholly and most unfortunato result of our late belligeren? cy has loft the peoplq,. of our State in a condition of unprecedented prostration and ruin; and whereas, Southern proper? ty, which formed the basis of Southern credit, has been rudely and ruthlessly torn from our possession, and thereby forever rendered unavailable for the pay mont of our debts ; and whereas, in con? sequence thereof insolvency almost uni? versal, with all its direful and heart-rend? ing surroundings, pervades our land; and whereas, the question of Southern indebt? edness is ono of vast and most absorb-; ing intorest, fraught with bearings and residts more momentous than any'which j has over addressed itself to the conside? ration of our people; and whereas, the general precipitation of suits at law for tho collection of debts, as foreshadowed; by tho late decision of tho Court of Er? rors, ou tho stay law, would unquestiona? bly revolutionize our population, and sink our people to a depth of misery, desola? tion and pauperism unparalleled in the history of the world; and whereas, by reason of tho great scarcity of money, and tho immenso amount which would bo thrown into the market, property sold by Sheriff's would change owners at nominal prices, not reaching in thousands of cases, tho debts for which sold, and thereby blasting tho hopos of both creditor and debtor; and whereas, it is tho manifest obligation and policy of our government to maintain tho general welfare of the people, and its especial duty at this crisis to prosorvo tho integrity of Southern citizenship. Therefore, bo it Resolved, That tho Legislature should be convened at tho earliest day practica? ble. Resolved, That disclaming every fool? ing and principle of dictation, we never? theless most earnestly entreat our fellow citizens throughout the State, to co-ope rato with us promptly in our efforts to rescue our people from the depth of deg ration and utter ruin so imminent and now pending Resolved, That wo earnestly recommend to debtors the importance of proceeding at once to make arrangements with cred? itors to settlo or arrange in sorao amicable way, without suit, their indebtedness; and that we regard it the duty and obli? gation of creditors to be as lenient as possible, and, if in their power, enabloour citizens to dischargo their indebtedness and rotain their position as citizens. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Keowee Cou? rier, and that the papers of the State be requested to copy. Resolved, That the Secretary be re? quested to prepare and forward to His Excellency the Governor a copy of our proceedings. -4> ? The Montgomery Mail informs us that Gen. Kossor, whoso intelligent and gallant service for tho South reflected such honor upon our arms, will take charge of the division of the National Ex? press Company from the Rio Grande to Montgomery. Gen. Eosscr will make his headquarters at; New Orleans. We learn from him that Gen. Joseph E. John? ston will remain President of the Ex? press, having declined the Presidency of the Alabama and Tennessee Eivcr .Rail? road, lately offered him. Gen. Scott's Letter to Mri Seward. The recent death of Qencral Scott, and the universal lamentation over the event at the North, as well as the respect shown to his character aud ability at the South, justifies the republication of the following letter to the present Secretary of State, written on the day preceding the first in? auguration of Mr. Lincoln: Washington, March 3,1861. Dear Sie : Hoping that in a day or two the new President will have happily passed through all personal danger, and find himself installed an honored success or of the great Washington, with you as the chief of'his Cabinet?I beg leave Ho repeat in writing what I have before said to you orally?this supplement to my printed views " Views" (dated in October last) on the highly disordered condition of our (so late) happy and glorious Union. To meet the extraordinary exigencies of the times, it seems to me that I am fuilty of no arrogance in limiting the resident's field.of selection to ono of the four plans of procedure subjoined r L Throw off the old and'assumo a new designation?the Union party?adopt the conciliatory measures proposed by Mr. Crittenden, or the Peace Convention and,' my life upon it, wo shall have no new., casjp of secession : but, on the contrary, an early return of many, if not all of the States which have already broken off from the Union. Without some equally benign measure, the remaining slaveholding States will probably join the Montgomery Confederacy in less than sixty days?when this city, being included in a foreign country, would require a permanent gar? rison of -at least thirty-five thousand troops, to protect the Government within it. II. Collect the duties on foreign goods outside the forts of which this Govern? ment has lost the command, or close such ports by act of Congress, and blockade thorn. III. Conquer the seceded States by in? vading armies. No doubt this might be done in two or three years, by a young and able General?a Wolfe, aDesaix, or a Hoche?with three hundred thousand d'm ciplined men, (kept up to that number,) estimating a third for garrisons, and the loss of a yet greater number by skirmish? es, sieges, battles, and Southern fevcre. The destruction of life and property on the other side would he frightful?howev? er perfect the moral discipline of the inva? ders. The conquest completed, at that enormous waste of human life to the North and Northwest, with at least $250,000,000 added thereto and cui bono ? Fifteen de? vastated provinces ! not to be brought into harmony with their conquerors; but to be held for generations by heavy garrisons, at an expense quadruple the.net duties or taxes which it would bo possible to extort from them, followed by a protector or an Emperor. IV. Say to the seceded States? Way? ward sisters, dtpart.in peace. In haste, I remain, vory truly yours. * WI-NFIELD SCOTT. Hon. W. H. Seward. -? From Washington. Washington, "June 7.?The Congres? sional proceedings aro unimportant. Mr. Davis addressed the Senate against the reconstruction bill, and denounced the radical policy. The radicals will endeavor to force a volo this week. There is tin doubt of its passage by the required two thirds vote. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue decides that interest and- dividends dcriv^ ed-from fixed investments, without refer? ence to the time during which these stocks are held; but when gains derived from the sale of stocks involve interest, receiv? ed or accrued, soch gains may be. regard? ed as derived frompusiness alone. Tho value of property used in business, less the amount of insurance, may be doducted when lost from the gains .and profit of business. Washington, June 8.?In tho Senate, to-day, the reconstruction." resolutions passed?yeas 33. nays 11. Tho latter were: Cowan, Davis, Doolittle, Guthrie, Hen? driks, Johnson, McDougal, Norton, Rid? dle, Saulsbury, Van Winkle; absont, Brown, Dixon, Nesmith and Wright. Tho final report of the Reconstruciion Committee, setting ferth reasons for tho " action of tho majority, was read in both houses to-day. The conclusions of the Committee are, briefly, that tho people of the South have proved.themselves insur? gents and traitors, and forfeited all politi? cal rights and privileges; that the so-oallod Confederate States are not entitled to representation in Congress; that before allowing it adequate security for future peace and safety should be required frem them, and this can only be found in such such changes of the organic law as shall determine the civil rights and privileges of the citizens in all parts of the republic; that representation should bo upon an equitable basis ; a stigma should be fixed on treason, and protection should be in? sured to all loyal people against future claims for expenses incurred in the rebell? ion and for slaves emancipated by tho wa-', together With an express grant of po^er in Congress to enforce these provipons. To this end, the Committee advoc^e the joint resolution amendatory of o Con? stitution ; and have presented wo sepa? rate bills, designed to carry th> same into effect. Tho Committee clai*> in conclu? sion, that these bills are tb result of con? ciliation and concession The report is signed by ten Republic^ members. The dissenters are Senato* Johnson and Rep? resentatives Grider*nd Rodgers. ? Wyman's F^Uj a noted place in St. Louis, in the centre of the city, was burned on nnursday, 31st ult. Several stores wer burned at the s: me time.? ?350,000 /orth of property Was destroyed.