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THE ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER, BY JAMES A. HOYT TERMS: TWO DOLLARS AND A HAL? PER ANNUM, ik united 8tatks currency. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted at the rates of One Dol? lar per square of twelve lines for the first insertion and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Liberal deductions made to those who advertise by Ute year. JQ?" For announcing a candidate, Five Dollars la advance. S&* Obituaries exceeding five lines charged for at advertising rates. A CALL FOR THE NATIONAL UNION CONVEN? TION. The following is the call for a National Union Convention of all the States, to be held in Phila? delphia on the 14th of August next, a telegraphic summary of which was published in tho Times yes? terday morning. It is understood to have the ap? proval of gentlemen of prominence, in addition to those whose names aro appended, and may there? for* bo regarded as a most important political pa Jer: "A National Union Convention of at least two delegates from each Congressional district of all the States; two from each Territory; two from the District of Columbia, and four delegates at large from each State, will be held at the city of Philadelphia on the second Tuesday, tho 14th of August next. Such delegates will be chosen by the electors of the several States who sustain the Administration in maintaining unbroken the Union ef the States under the Constitution which our forefathers established, and who agree in the fol? lowing propositions, viz: "The Union of the States is in every case indissoluble and is perpetual, and the Constitution of the United States and the laws passed by Congress in pursuance thereof, supremo, and constant, and universal in their obligation. "The rights, the dignity, and tho equality of the States in the Union, including the right of repre oentation in Congress, are solemnly guaranteed by that Constitution, to save which from overthrow so much blood and treasure was expended in the late civil war. '?There is no right anywhere to dissolve the Union, or to separate States from the Union,- either by a voluntary withdrawal by force of arms, or by Congressional action?neither by the secession of the States nor by the exclusion of their loyal and qualified representatives, nor by the National Gov? ernment, or any other power. "Slavery is abolished, and neither can nor ought to be re-established in any Slate or territory within our jurisdiction. "Each State has the undoubted right to pre? scribe the qualifications of its electors, and no ex? ternal powers rightfully can or ought to dictate, control or influence tho free and voluntary action of the States in the exercise of that right. "The maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially of the right of each State to order and control its own domestic concerns ac? cording. to> Us own judgment exclusively, subject only to* the Constitution of the United States, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends, and the overthrow of that system by the usurpation and centralization of power in Con? gress would bo a revolution dangerous to republi? can government and destructive of liberty. "Each House of Congress is made by the Con? stitution the sole-judge of the election returns and qualifications of its members,, but the exclusion of loyal Senators and Representatives, properly chosen and qualified under the Constitution and laws, is unjust u?d revolutionary. Every patriot should frown upon all those acts and proceedings everywhere, which can serve no other purpose than to- rekindle tho animosities of the war, and the effect of which upon our moral, social and "national interests at home and upon our standing abroad, differing only in degree, is injurious, like war itself. "The purposes of the war having been to pro serve the Union and the Constitution, by putting down the rebellion, and the rebellion having been suppressed, all resistance to the authority of the General Government being at an end, and the war having ceased, war measures should also cease and should be followed by measures of peaceful ad? ministration, so that union, harmony and concord may. be encouraged, and industry, commerce and the arts-of peace revived and promoted; and the early restoration, of all the States to the exercise of their constitutional' powers in the National Gov? ernment is indispensably necessary to ihe strength and to tho defenoe of the Republic and to the maintenance of the public credit. "All such electors in the thirty-six States and nine Territories of tho United States, and in the District of Columbia, who, in a spirit of patriotism and love for the Union, can rise above personal and sectional considerations, and who desire to see a truly National Union Convention which shall represent all the States and Territories of the Union, assembled as friends and brothers, under the national flag, to hold council together upon the state of the Union, and to take measures to avert possible danger from the same, are specially requested to take port in the choice of such dele? gates. Bui no delegate will take a seat in such Convention who does not loyally accept the na? tional situation and cordially endorse the princi? ple above set forth, and who is not attached in true allegiance to the Constitution, the Union and tho Government of the United States." A, Wi Raxdall, President. J. R- Doohttli:, 0. H. Browning, EonAR Cowan, Charles Knap, Samoel Fowler, Executive Committee National Union Club. Washington, June 25, 1866. We recommend the holding of the above Conven? tion, and endorse the call therefor. James Dixon, T. A. Hendricks, Daniel S. Norton, J. W. Nesmith. -*-? ? A letter from a source to bo credited,- received at Washington, 1st inst., dated Tampico, Mexico, June 15) says that the people of Hujuta, and all the other principal towns in the Huastela Dwtriot, havo risen again in-favor of Juarez. Victoria is also in the hands of the Juarists. Theletter says the Juarists wilT' take Tampico- from the Imperial? ists ; its capture being entirely feasible, as it is garrisoned entirely by Mexicans impressed into the service, who will not fight against their own people. ? The London St*r Bays that the part which Hungary may take in tlu impending war, should it unfortunately burst forth,:,, ^ interesting spec? ulation. It is clear she holds iutfie hollow of her hand the destiny of the Austrian ,mpirc. Once engaged, with Italy on the one side tiw ^^sia on the other, Austria would be wholly at u, mercy of the Hungarians, if they seized the chance.? M* ?ert their own liberties at the expense of the v^. pi re. HORRIBLE M?BDER IN MICHIGA2T. The Columbus (Michigan) Journal, of tho 19th instant, gives the following particulars of the re? cent murder of his wife and her daughter by Isaao Van Auoken, of Medina township, in that State: Van Aucken claims that a number of relatives of his wife are leagued together as a band of thieves, and that he has been made to suffer from their depredations, having lost a horse, harnoss and other valuables, and having been severely punished by his wife's brother about two weeks since; that at times his wife would appear to fa? vor him, and then again to seem linked in with her friends to complete his ruin. Things had been going on in this manner for some time, when yesterday afternoon the subject was broached in conversation. High words en? sued. He censured his wife for turning from him to assist others in robbing him of his possessions. ! His wife replied insultingly, and he made some demonstration toward offering her personal vio? lence, buttwo of his sons were present, who en? treated of him not to injure her and he desisted for the time. The boys then ran out of the house to call for assistance to prevent any harm being done, leaving Van Aucken alone with his wife and her daughter, a young girl about eleven years of age. The two women soon started for the back part of the house, closely followed by the criminal. The conversation still continued, and upon reaching the woodshed, in reply to some complaint of her husband, Mrs. Van Aucken said: "There is the axe; take it and finish me." Van Aucken re? plied, "I have boen hammered once on your ac? count, and I won't suffer it again." As he spoke he sprang forward and dealt his wife a blow on the head with the axe, felling her to the ground. He then started in pursuit of his step-daughter and struck at her, but she did not receive the full force of the blow, and he pi-essed on for a few steps, im? pelled by his own momentum. He returned to the girl and struck her upon tho head, killing her in? stantly. Fearing lest the blow administered to his wife had not been sufficient to cause death, and that she died either fainted or was shamming, and being determined on her destruction, he went to the place where she lay, and buried the axe in her throat, almost severing her head from her body. The prisonor is about forty years of age, rather below the medium stature, with dark hair, gray eyes, and sandy whiskers. He was a well-to-do farmer, having a fine place under a good state of cultivation. A man of rather ordinary education, but industrious and enterprising, he was highly esteemed by his neighbors who were not con? nected with the family on his wife's side. He confesses to having committed the murder, says he is tired of life, and cares not what they do with him. He could not bear to feel that he was a victim to tho machinations of a set of thieves.? Mrs. Van. Aucken was his second wife, and the girl her daughter by a former marriage. We regret the necessity of comment in this case, for although the crime is horrible in all its details, we cannot but feel a degree of sympathy with the criminal, who was driven to the deed of violence by the abuse of his family. THE STAY LAW. The following preamble and resolutions were passed on the 20th ult. at a mass meeting of the citizens of Edgeffeld and Lexington Districts: "Wdebeas, Tho Courts have been thrown open to creditors, and the debtors of the State suddenly placed in a condition of imminent peril; And Wiiebeas, The prospective wide-spread ruin and desolation which must surely and inevitably re? sult therefrom, so terrific and alarming to the peo? ple, call most loudly for them to rise up and speak in their own behalf, as the only means left them of averting the direst calamity that ever befell any portion of the human race; And Whereas, The debtor classes are about to be sacrificed most un? justly and ungenerously for that which within itself is no crime?Indebtedness. Be it therefore, JResolaed, That it is unwise, impolitic, unrea? sonable and grossly subversive of the best inter? ests of the country, to maintain that the great up? heaving of property and revulsion of finances which the country has experienced, should not be a most powerful argument in favor of the rights of debtors against claims that were predicated on slave property, now swept as by the bosom of de? struction, an event which could neither be fore? seen nor avoided. Resotved, That debtors have rights as well as creditors, and that while the former are not dis? posed to deprive the latter of a reasonable satis? faction for their favors in the past, they most earnestly and urgently protest against having their rights ignored, and justice trampled upon; which must inevitably be the result, unless the impend? ing evil bo averted by an organic law of the land. "Resolved, That the Chairman of this meeting be requested to appoint a Commission of three of our citizens, to wait upon his Excellency the Governor at an early day, and urge npon him to assemble the Legislature as soon as possible, to the end that measures may be adopted to avert the ruin and distress now threatening to fall upon us. "Resolved, That our fellow-citizens throughout the State be requested to co-operate with us in urging the justice of our cause. "Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting are eminently due, and are hereby tendered, to the Hon. A. P. Aldrich, for his able, manly and inde? pendent effort on the Bench to stay tho disasters of which we have spoken in the preceding Pream? ble and Resolutions. ? Whilst the radicals, says the New York Her? ald, are busily engaged in finding out new ways whereby the South may be debarred from Repre? sentation in the councils of the country, the tax collector is no less busy and prompt in calling on the impoverished States of that section for their quota towards keeping the Covernment going and assisting to pay the salaries of men, in Congress and out of it, who make use of their official posi? tions to torture and persecute the Southern people. Thus is it that without representation, the South is compelled to submit to taxation?a system that once caused some commotion upon this continent, if the history of Georgo Washington be correct. ? Washington despatches state that ex-Gov? ernor Pratt, counsel for Mr. Davis, lias had an? other interview with the President, and again urged the release of his client or his removal to another place. He declares that he is failing rap? idly in health. Horace Greeley has again strongly endorsed the application for his release on parole. The President, bo far as known* is still averse to any change. The Columbia Phoenix, of the 3rd inst., says that Gen. Scott, commander of the Department of this State, has issued a very stringent order in re? lation to freedmcn, ordering the arrest of all frecd mer* and women who have left their contract for labor on any terms, shall be arrested as vagrants and put to work on the public roads. The order, in its provisions, is very stringent, and will effect much good in this city as well as in Charleston, if effectually carried out, as we hare no doubt ii will GLEANINGS FROM OUR EXCHANGES. ? The notorious Forney has declared himself a candidate for the United States Senate, and is mak? ing speeches in advocacy of his claims. ? There is no prospect of an early adjournment of Congress. ? James Robinson, the bare-backed rider with Lent's New York Circus, gets an annual salary of $24,000. ? Mr. Grinnell picked up a piece of the cane with wbich Gen. Rosseau whipped him, and said he proposed to present it to Mrs. Grinnell. ? The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations are understood to be averse to the confirmation of the nominations of ex-Governors Holden and John? son to foreign missions. ? Private Miles O'Riley is the author of Dr. Craven's book on the prison life of Jeff. Davis?so says the Albany Journal. ? The colored citizens of Philadelphia held a masa meeting on Thursday evening, to protest against their exclusion from the street cars. ? The Lexington, Kentucky, Gazette has been received in Democratic interests. ? The committee appointed to raise by sub? scription a million of dollars from the citizens of Cincinnati, to secure the building of the Southern railroad, have procured subscriptions amounting to about ?860,000. ? A most remarkable trial is now going on in one of the courts in London, in which even the right of Queen Victoria to sit upon the throne is brought into dispute. ? General Cass was estimated to be worth from four to five millions. ? A Presbyterian clergyman living at Medina, New York, chastised his child three years old, for two hours, on account of its refusing to say its prayers. The little sufferer died from the effects of the hideous cruelty. ? Horace Greely suggests that the U. S. Senate be reconstructed as follows: Each State with less than 500,000 enfranchised population, one Senator; over 600,000 and under 2,000,000, two Senators; for each additional 100,000, onc^moro. ? Senator Lane of Kansas is quito ill, being threatened with paralysis. He has received leave of absence for the remainder of the first session of the present Congress. ? The case of General Blair against the judge of election in Missouri, who refused to receive his vote without taking the iron-clad oath, was decided against the General. It is the first decision in the State of Missouri involving the validity of a voter's oath. ? A lump of gold taken from the North Caroli? na gold mines, weighing five pounds, is on exhibi? tion at Statesville, North Carolina. It is the larg. est lump found in the State since 1828. ? Colonel John Taylor Wood, a grandson of General Rachary Taylor, and Captain Wilkinson, both of the late Confederate navy, are engaged in the commission business at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and are doing well in business. ? Gen. McLaws, of tho late Confederate army, recently elected Clerk of the Superior Court of Richmond county, Georgia, has received an order from Gen. Tillson, commanding in that State, for? bidding him to hold or exercise any civil or politi? cal office. ? An Austrian officer has arrived at Mobile, empowered to offer positions in the Austrian army to ex-Confederates. It is throught that quite a number will avail themselves of the opportunity to plunge again into the exciting scenes of war. ? Gen. Jas. F. Shields is to stump Missouri for the Conservative ticket. It is said that he is to be a candidate for United States Senator from Mis? souri. ? An American watch facto-y at Elgin, III., with $250,000 capital, will be ready to make sixty watches per day by September. Most of the stockholders were formerly workmen at Wal tham. ? The cotton crop of Mississippi is estimated at one fourth the usual amount. It is in a fine condition. ? General Banks stated in the House of Repre? sentatives that he had reason to believe our Gov? ernment would ask from Groat Britain the release of the Fenian prisoners taken in Canada. ? The bill to reimburse the State of West Vir? ginia for expenditures in enrolling, equipping and paying troops during the war, has received the President's signature. ? The President had approved the bill extend? ing the provisions of the Homestead Law to all the public lands in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida, with a provision that for two years no entry shall be made for more than eighty acres. The bill permits negroes as well as whites to acquire homesteads on these lands. ? William White, of Hcnrico county, Virginia, one of the prisoners at the Dry Tortugas, who was recently pardoned, has arrived at Memphis. He is quite a yout'?, and had been confined on the is? land about two years on the charge of feeing a spy during the war. ? The Franklin (Tennessee) Review says that the Confederate dead from the battle field, and for five miles about Franklin, have been removed and reinterred in the McGavock Cemetery. The num? ber interred is 1,486. Head and foot boards are placed to each grave, and very few are unknown. ? The Rosseau and Grinnell Investigating Com? mittee have done nothing, owing to the absence of the two members of the Committee. Both of the principals have returned, and are anxious that the matter should be disposed of. The members of the Committee are not in favor of expelling Rosseau. ? Capt. G. W. Harris, the author of those com? ical sketches of Western and Southern life, the " Sut Lovengood Papers," has reappeared in print in an article on the new style of hoops. His hu? mor is as broad as the tilters. ? The finest residence in the South is that of W. B. Johnson, of Macon, Georgia, modeled after the plans of European palaces. In order not to know how much it cost, he destroyed the bills as fast as they wero paid. _James Littleworth, of Tennessee, now seven? ty-eight years old, is the father of thirty-one chil? dren, the oldest of whom "ft fifty years, and the youngest four months. He is living with his fourth wife, whom he married at the age of fifty-nine, she being then a little Indian squaw of fourteen. _ The Bankrupt law is now before the Senate, having passed the House. The National Intelligen j eer says: "If we may judge from the expressions j of opinion in the public press, of all sections, it is the most popular measure ever brought before Congress. The commercial interests of the coun? try, whether bearing creditor or debtor relations, warmly approve and urge it as an act now indis? pensable to general prosperity. Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, in a graceful note regrets hi3 inability to accept an invitation extended to him by the young ladies of the Female Seminary at Fredericksburg, to address them on Commence? ment Day. In concluding his note Mr. Hunter says: "But the experience of the past will justify me in the opinion, and the voice of history will de? clare as I do, that the daughters of Virginia can look to no higher source in this world for counsel and example, than to their own noble mothers. FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, June 80.?The Senate confirmed the nominations of Martin F. Fonway, of Rich? mond, Va., ex-member of Congress from Kansas, as Consul at Marseilles, France; and Thomas L. Cuthbert as Naval Officer at Charleston, South Carolina. The special committee of the Senate have agreed to report a bill appropriating ?4,000,000 for tem? porary repairs of the Mississippi levees. The bill will pass the Senate, and several of the most pro? minent members of the House indicate their inten? tion to vote for it. The total receipts from internal revenue, cus? toms, miscellaneous sources, sales of public lands and direct taxes from sales of public lands, for the fiscal yoar ending to-day, will, it is estimated, at the Treasury Department, foot up over $550,000, 600. The receipts from internal revenue, as esti? mated, will be $370,000,000; direct tax, about S2, 900,000 ; from miscellaneous sources, $G5,000,000; and from sales of public lands, about ?600,000. Three persons were pardoned to-day by the Pre? sident?Mrs. Mary Coll, Mrs. Mary W. Anderson and O. P. Daniel, of Greene county, Ga. All of these applicants come under the $20,000 clause of the amnesty proclamation. Washington, June 30.?The Senate adopted a resolution instructing the Committee on Publio Buildings to inquire into the propriety of purchas? ing grounds not less than 100 acres in extent, for a public park and site for a presidential mansion. The national telegraphic bill was passed. On mo? tion of Mr. Wilson, the Senate insisted on its amendment to tho Freedm'en's Bureau bill, and agreed to a commit tec of conference. The House was engaged all day considering the tariff bill. Mr. Poland offered a resolution calling for a copy of the official oath taken by Albert El more, who was recently confirmed by the Senate as Collector of Customs at Mobile, as he held office under the late Confederate Government, which was adopted. Washington, July 2.?The Conference Commit? tee of both Houses agreed on the Paris Exposition bill, only substituting currency for coin. The bill goes to the President. The House passed a reso? lution requesting the President to inform that body whether the personal rights of citizens of the United States are at present sufficiently protected in the Southern States, and whether any further legislation is necessary to clothe him with suffi? cient authority to protect all loyal citizens of States recently in rebellion in tho enjoyment of their constitutional rights. The Conference Committee arranged the difference between the two bouses on the Freedmen's Bureau bill, and the bill goes to the President for approval or rejection. The Chief of Ordnance, in a communication to Congress, says the retention of Harper's Ferry is not necessary or advantageous to the public inter? est, and recommends all public lands, buildings and other property there be sold, and the proceeds of the sale applied to the construction of the Western Armony. Representative Sidney Clarke, this morning, re? ceived a telegram from Leavcnworth, Kansas, say? ing that Senator Lane, of that State, shot himself through the head last night, and died at 9 o'clock to-day. Senator Lane left Washington a week or ten days ago, and at the time complained of being unwell, suffering from nervous debility. Representatives Spalding, Banks and Thaycr, the majority of the special committee on the Ros seau-Grinncll affair, made a report to-day. They condemn Rosseau for caning Grinnell, on the ground that an act of violence against a Repre? sentative is an act of insurrection against the pco- | pic he represents ; that Rosseau committed an in? excusable breach of the privileges of the House; they therefore offer a resolution for his expulsion, while they recommend another resolution, saying that the personal reflections of Grinnell on Rosseau in debate merit the disapproval of the House. The minority of the committee?Raymond and nogan ?while concurring generally in the views of the majority, propose that Roseau be only repri? manded. The report will be hereafter considered. ? THE FOURTH OF JULY. The Baltimore Gazelle says on the Fourth of July I of lust year, a multitude of orators throughout the North ecstatically congratulated the people upon the issue of the war. In a hundred rhetorical har? angues the latter were assured that with the other precious things which returning peace had brought were those inestimable blessings, the Constitution and the Union. All those felicitations seemed to us at the time to be something more than prema? ture, for it was impossible to accept them without first ignoring or denying everything in the shape of a fact. A year has passed away, and the same orators are re-stringing their old tropes in honor of the approaching national anniversary. Eleven States remain unrepresented, in the Federal Con? gress. Millions of people are being governed and taxed without being consulted or heard. Military tribunals usurp the functions of the civil magis? trate in many parts of the South. A " State pris? oner" still vainly asks to be judged by the law. A General in Georgia has peremptorily prohibited a citizen from accepting any "civil or political office;" and an order from Washington has closed an im? portant local court in Alabama because the Judge is personally obnoxious to the Government. Here in Maryland a large proportion of the people are disfranchised ; and in Baltimore twenty-five out of thirty-five thousand citizens are excluded from the polls, the most of them merely for having enter? tained political opinions and sympathies which were not agreeable to the authorities at the Nation? al Capital. But we are to have our annual instal ment of jubilant vaporing. We shall again be told that we are the freest and hnppicst nation on tho earth?that we alone are capable of self-govern? ment and of conducting a country to the culminat? ing point of prosperity and greatness?that the "effete despotisms" of France and England must fall as soon as the people of those countries more clearly realize the splendid results of republican institutions on this continent. Numbers of speak? ers will repeat the language of the illustrious Gen? eral Choke to Martin Chuzzlewit, when he said to that unlucky emigrant, " Well! you come from an old country ; from a country, sir, that has piled up golden calves as high as Babel, and worshipped 'em for ages. We are a new country, sir; man is in a more primeval state here, sir ; we have not the excuse of having lapsed in the slow course of time into degenerate practices; we have no false gods; man, sir, is man in all his dignity. We fought for that or nothing." And each of our host of orators will say all this with the same gravity and compla? cency with which a Chinaman would dilate on the superior civilization and courage of his countrymen as compared with the outside barbarians of Europe. A very considerable number of people will profess to believe all the high-sounding phrases they hear to bo literally and undisputably true, and will drink perdition to every man who is " disloyal" or " traitorous" enough to doubt whether or not ours is really " the best Government tho world ever saw." -o _ The Ladies Memorial Association of Colum? bia had selected Tuesday last, July 3rd, as the day upon which they would visit the graves of deceased Confederate soldiers. Iviitlltymttx* Thursday Morning, July 5lh, 1866. J$@?* The readers of the Intelligencer will excuse the meagre amount of editorial in this issue. Other engagements have prevented the editor from con? tributing to its columns. -? The ladies of the Baptist congregation re? alized $160 by tho Promonade Concert given on Thursday night last. The entire affair was a suc? cess in design and arrangement, and the communi? ty was gratified by a novel and pleasing entertain? ment. -o 5^r* The attendance of citizens on Monday last was quite large, owing doubtless to the inter? esting fact that the Tax Collector intended to close his books on that day. Public sales were at a dis? count?money scarce and business dull. -o figF" The Southern Cultivator for July has been received. We repeat our conviction that no farmer should be without this admirable monthly, which is devoted exclusively to agricultural and domestic interests. -? j3gT" The attention of the public is invited to an important proclamation from Governor Obb, in an? other column. -<s ELECTION FOB ORDINARY. The election for Ordinary of Anderson District, which was held on Tuesday last, resulted in the choice of Capt. Robert J?nkijts, by a majority of fifty-two votes over his first opponent. The vote, as reported by the managers, sums up a total as follows: JtnKiN's, - - - - 504 votes Wilkes,. 452 " Mabtin, - - - - - 134 M Williams, - - - - - 63 " -:-? NOBTHEEN VS. SOUTHEBN RECONSTRUCTION. The puissant editor of the Sullivan County, (N. Y.) Republican has at length deigned an answer to an editorial in these columns some weeks since. His learned and satisfactory production will be found upon the first page of this issue. Undoubt? edly, were all men of his opinion, there would not be any difference of sentiment! The world, how? ever, is inclined to believe that there are two sides to every question, (the Republican to the contrary notwithstanding,) and when that journal pronoun? ces its opinions dictatorially and emphatically, there can be found those who demur to its admin? istration of justice and its ex cathedra announce? ments between right and wrong. Among this class, unfortunately, stands tho Intelligencer. We do not make an "ovation" to the dogmas and her? esies (as we regard them) of "all right-thinking men"?that is, the Republican and its party ; and consequently have failed to accept a very proper suggestion?according to tho Republican?in the magnanimous spirit in which it was given. With? out hoping to convince this journal of our sincerity and earnestness in the premises, we shall briefly notice the article referred to, and then conclude this profitless controversy. The Republican says that had the Southern cause been "one that could commend itself to justice and right," it would have succeeded. Where is the logic of this extraordinary statement ? Has it never been tho case, in tho history of mankind, that the cause of truth and justice was trampled under foot? Is the world so ungenerous and un? charitable as to accord only the meed of praise to the successful antagonist in a warfare ? Has the Re? publican, in every-day life, never witnessed the oppression of tho weak, the tyranny of the strong, and the defeat of everlasting principles of truth and justice? It is merely suggested that there is a possibility for the South to have been right in her cause, whether prudent and discreet in the remedy employed or not. The results of tho war did not define the justice involved in questions antecedent to the war; but, in our humble judg? ment, settled forever tho practicability of seces- i sion as a remedy for wrongs inflicted by the ene? mies of Constitutional Government, yea, by the identical party upheld by the Republican. And while the South sought relief in this measure, it was not so much for the actual encroachments of this fanatical party?although there is abundant proof of its progress in that direction?as for an undcfinable dread of the abuse of power by men who decreed a "higher law" than the Constitution. The Southern people had been taught to revere that instrument in all its bearings, and it was their desire to maintain its provisions unimpaired. Hence the adoption of almost a counterpart by the Confederacy. This nails the falsehood to the coun? ter that the "men who inaugurated" secession "do not believe in a Republican or Democratic form of Government," or else the Republican stamps the Constitution of the United States an aristocratic instrument of organic law. If the latter, then we may well despair of producing any argument which will prove the remotest possibility that the South was right. But we pass on to the question propounded by the Republican, as to our belief in the right of se? cession. If we had not believed secession to be an unqualified right of the States, then our voice would never have been raised in its behalf. Many of the leaders of the Radical party professed the same belief?the philosophical Gbeelt, tho rhetor? ical PniLirs, and all others of the extreme wing of the Republicans party believed in the right of a State to withdraw from the Federal compact. And if they possess "the honesty they have always claimed par excellence in politics, they will not now declare that defeat and disaster changed their opinions. Under the Constitution, as it came from the founders of this Government, we shall always believe that a State has the right to secede ; under that instrument, as it will emanate from the pliant and plastic hands of the Republican party, there will be no doubt upon this question?secession will be made a nullity. Therefore, there is no neces? sity for the fluent ejaculations of the Republican in regard to preparation for contingencies, for its party will certainly require sufficient guarantees ere they admit the "lost sheep" into their frater? nal fold. If to exclude the Sonth from representation while taxing every branch of industry, and main? taining military rule throughout the boundaries of "rebellion," when peace is effectually preserved and sustained?if these are indications of unfail? ing friendship and good will, then will the Radi? cal men of the North live in history as our warm? est friends and most discreet advisers. But the Intelligencer is blind and ignorant enough to be? lieve that these measures are intolerant and op? pressive, and hence applauds the men who have the boldness and temerity to denounce them?thus nobly stemming the current under which is being wrecked the political hopes and aspiration of the American people. -* ? Pollard, of the Examiner, has had another rumpus. He brands a certain Samuel James as a Poltroon and Coward. STATE SEWS. TheEdgofield Adortiser contradicts the rumor that ex- Governor Pick ens has been seriously ill, although he has been visited with several chills, and his general health is not so good as in former days. The Greenville Enterprise announces that Mr. J. M. Allen has entered upon the duties of Postmas? ter at that place, having taken the test oath and received his commission. The ladies of Greenville have organized a Memorial Association in honor of the Confederate dead. We learn from the Abbeville Press that the An? nual Commencement of Due West Female College will take place on Wednesday next. The Anniver? sary Address will be delivered by F. G. DeFon? taine, Esq., of the Columbia Carolinian. The Laurensville Herald states, that Dr. Samuel J. Price has been elected PresideDt of the Laurens? ville Female College. The Commencement exerci? ses were to take place on yesterday. The Pickens Courier announces frost in that District on the 19th of June. A new postoffice has been established, known as " Mile Creek," in Pickens District, and Mrs. Mary J. Robins appoin? ted postmistress. THE ACQUITTAL OF GEE. A few days since we announced the intelligence from Raleigh, N. C, that Major Gee, of the late Confederate army, and during the latter period of the war the Superintendent of the military prison at Salisbury, and who has been on trial for al? leged wanton inhumanity to prisoners of the Federal army, had been acquitted. We have not seen that the authorities at Washington have ap? proved the finding of the Commission, but it is stated that the action of that body was unanimous, and its confirmation by the President through the Secretary of War will doubtless follow, if it has not already been announced. It is slated that the defence established by proof the following facts : "First. That every officer connected with that post and prison made every possible effort to'sup ply the prisoners. "Second. That they were supplied to the full extent of the ability of the country and the Gov? ernment "Third. That at no time, in no way, was there ever made any difference as to the quantity and quality of supplies furnished them and the Con? federate soldiers who guarded them ; and, "Fourth. That their sufferings were caused b7 the failure of their Government to furnish them with proper supplies, by its refusal to exchange them, and by its hostile operations which rendered it impossible to select a proper place for a priaon depot." It is to the honor of the country that a court composed of officers of the United States army have had the manliness and courage to disregard the clamor for blood of the vindictive partisans at the North. That set induced mischief enough, and sufficiently disfigured the national character, and it is to be hoped that this will pnt an end to these court martinis of paroled prisoners.?Nash? ville Union and American. EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. Tho steamship Bremen has arrived with Europe? an dates to the 20th ultimo. Prussia and Italy formally declared war against Austria on the 19th. The Prussians entered Denmark. Tho King of Saxony, with drawing into Bohemia, his army ef? fected a junction with the Austrians. Diplomatic Relations are broken off between Prussia and Bavaria. The Prussians occupy Hanover, and threaten Frankfort. An engagement took place between the Prus? sians and Hessians, near Frankfort, and a regi? ment of the latter were almost annihilated. The Austrians are hourly expected in Saxony. The State*of Oldjinburg withdrew from the Con? federation. A battle is expected near Frankfort, before which is assembled from thirty to fifty thousand Federal troops. The Federal plan of operations are said to be for the reconquest Holstein. The Austrians have commenced hostilities by crossing the Italian frontier at Guhrano and firing on the Prussians. The latter have not crossed the Austrian fron? tier, but reports are that they are moving toward Bohemia. Twenty tousand Prussians havo occupied Mer cham two miles from Leipsic, and subsequently the W?rzen and Reisa Railroad. The British Ministers were defeated on an amendment to the reform bill, which was carried against the Government by eleven majority. Mr. Gladstone communicated the fact to the Queen at Balmoral.?American Patriot. ? We find the following item in the general news summary of the Charleston Daily News of the 30th ult: "Recent Mexican advices are to the effect that the hopes of the Confederate emigrants to Mexico are at an end. The Cardova colony, founded by Gen. Sterling Price and Gov. Harris, has been broken up, the houses burnt and crops destroyed by guerrillas of the Liberal party, and the Confederates, about one hundred in nnmber, forced to flee for safety to the City of Cordova. The Liberals are speculating on tho downfall of Maximillian and dreaming of annexation with the United States." ? The post mortem examination of a little girl, aged seven years, who died in Bethlehem, Con? necticut, revealed the fact that her death was caused by partic:os which had been bitten from her finger nails They were swallowed ,and stick? ing into the sides of her stomach caused ulccra tions, and death ensued. MARRIED, on the 2Gth ult., by Rev. J. B. Hill house, Mr. E. P. Moot.e and Miss M. A. Lewis, aU of this District. *** Printer's fee received. ' Anderson District Medical Society. THE regular quarterly meeting of the Anderson District Medical Society will be held on Saturday next, 7th instant, at 12 o'clock m. W. H. NARDIN, Secretary. July 5, 1866 3 1 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAEOLIUTA, ANDERSON DISTRICT, IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY* John W. Stewart vs. John G. Watt and wife, Flem? ing Stacks and wife, Harvey S. Stewart and others. IT appearing to my satisfaction that Harvey S. Stewart, Jane Stewart, Elizabeth Par tain and Emily Stacks, Defendants in the above stated case, reside without and beyond the Emits of this- State. It is therefore, Ordered, That they do appear and objecttothe division or sale of the Real Estate of John Stewart, deceased, on or before the 1st day of October next, or their consent to the same will be entered of record. JOHN W. DANIELS, c.c. and Act. o.a.?. June 29, I860 3 3m