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%u |wtopM Jairalg Iiranral---|? to ftata, to, fa. BY JAMES A. HOYT. ANDERSON C. H., S. G, THURSDAY MORNING-, JULY 12, i860. VOLUME IT.-NO. 4. Tlae. Intelligencer IS PUBLISHED "WEEKLY A.X $?.50 PER ArsTVXJM, IN U. S. CURRENCY. To the Citizens of South Carolina. Fellow-Citizens : As Vice-President of the National Union Club for the State of South Carolina, I earnestly invite jour attention to the call for a National Con? vention, issued by the Executive Commit? tee of that body, and recommended by many of the most eminent and patriotic members of both branches of the present Congress. The importance of this meeting, and the beneficial consequences to result from it, can scarcely be exaggerated. Separa? ted as we have been for the last five years from all communication with the people of the North and West; knowing but lit? tle of their opinions, except as expressed through the unjust and oppressive action of the bitter partisan majority which at present controls the National Legislature, this is the first opportunity which has been offered us, to take free and equal counsel with those who feel impelled, by a sense of high patriotism, to oppose the unjust schemes of the radicals in their systematic effort to oppress and humiliate the people of these States, and defeat, if possible, the reconstruction of tho Union indefinitely. The address states clearly the principles upon which we are expect? ed to act in common, and it seems to me there is not one to which this State can? not subscribe in honor and with sincerity. We simply recognize thoso results which the events of tho late war have placed be? yond the bounds of any future political discussion, results in which we have unani? mously and sincerely acquiesced, and in conformity to which we have already modified our Constitution, our legislation and our political sentiments. We are in? vited to join in an acknowledgement of the wisdom of that policy by which An? dreas Johnson, President of the United States, has, in the midit of difficulties un? paralleled in the historj of any Adminis? tration, maintained th< integrity of the Constitution, identifiedthe exercise of the Executive power with the rules of strict justice and the spirit of nercy,and proved his legitimate right to tucceed the great founders of the republic as the Chief Ma? gistrate of a common ctuntry, which can ? be made and preserved as one nation only by the equal admin'stralion of just and equal laws. The purpose of the Cmvention will be to organize, upon tho punciples set forth in tho committee's addess, all conserva? tive men of all sections^tnd of all former parties, and, if possiblo,drivo from power that radical party who are daily tramp? ling under foot the Coniitution, and fast converting a Constitutional Republic into a consolidated despotisn. The great mass of tie people, North and West, have no hightr interest in par ty than through it to seure the wise, en? lightened, just government of tho coun? try, and when Organization is effected, and the President's enlightened policy of reconstruction is presetted for their ap? proval or condemnation ,,here can be lit? tle doubt that he will b triumphantly sustained, and our rights as equals in a restored Union fully eonoded. The compact organiza'ion of the con? servative men is a neccseiy to meet suc? cessfully the well-organizei bands of the radicals, and every man Wio disapproves of the tyrannical and unwse policy of tho latter, should join in this utional patriot? ic league to defeat them. We are without represetation in both houses of Congress; neithlr our opinions nor condition can be officilly known to tho country; unjust and Useriininating taxes are imposed on us?apeople sadly impoverished by tho calamiics of tho last five years?and wo are allcvcd no voice of protest oven in the counils of tho na? tion. Our loyalty to the Gvernment of the United States is impugad in the face of our oaths of allegiance, tken solemn? ly and in good faith, and th poor privi? lege of an official denial is wthheld. We are threatened with disfrancbemcnt and being remanded to a tcrritortl condition, nnd wo aro to be denied all th rights and privileges dear to an America^ and con? secrated by the blood of tht hcroc? of 1776, until wo subscribo to tcms too de? grading and humiliating tobe utcrtained by a freeman for a singlo morcnt. We, then, have the deepest ntcrest in the meeting of the Convention in organ? izing all conservative men to iid in car? rying out the wise and gencrug policy inaugurated by Prcsidont Johfcon; and 1 therefore reiterate, the earncstiopo that you will take immediate steps.to secure the representation of this Stac in the Philadelphia Convention, in August, by the wisest and ablest men in te State. As the time is short, and the ncans of intercommunication between tb differ? ent sections of the State imperfH, I beg leave respectfully to suggest tht public meetings of tho citizens of each-Judicial District be held on the fourth M^day in July instant, (23d,) at the Court Houses, and that delegates be appointed t these meetings to a Convention of tho Sate, to meet at Columbia, on Wednesdy, the first day of August; that tho Stao Con? vention appoint tho delegates t?Phila? delphia. Each judicial district Ending as many delegates to Columbia a may be convenient or agreeable, and thfc Con? vention determining the vote of oah Dis? trict which will, perhaps, bo a vottCqual to the representation of each Distjot in the House1 of Representatives. The delegates from the several Jtjicial Districts making up the Congrosional Districts, will most likely be charget with the selection of two delegates ibrcach District, and the whole Convention select the four delegates at large to represent the State. The selection of the delegates for the Stato at large would seem to re? quire a State Convention, and if it as? sembles, it would be desirable, as already indicated, that it should likewise select tho District delegates. These suggestions as to the mode of se? lecting a convention?the time, place of meeting, and the basis of its organization ?are made in the hope of certainly so curing action in every District, and there is not time otherwise to sottlc by discus? sion or consultation tho details which I havo ventured to make. JAMES L. OER, Tico-Presidcnt of the Union Club For South Carolina. Anderson, S. C, July 4,1SG6. -+ ! Interesting Correspondence. The following correspondence refers to tho action of tho authorities upon j which is based the Governor's proclama? tion, published last week : HEADQUARTERS, Department of the Carolinas, Charleston. S. C, June 6, 18G6. His Excellency JAS. L. ORR, Governor of the State of S. Carolina : Sir : Your communication, dated at Columbia, S. C, May 11, ult, received du? ring my absence from the State, was placed in my hands on my return on Fri? day last, and I have given the earliest consideration to the important questions therein presented. FeeliLg interested in whatever concerns the exercise, by the State, of those func? tions of domestic government that, con? formably to our political system, ought to proceed from the constitutional author? ities of the State, and desiring to promote the restoration of civil government in South Carolina, I avail myself of this opportunity to solicit an expression of the opinion of the Executive and the ju? diciary of the Stato on certain legal ques? tions, upon which my action in regard to the trial of persons in the custody ot the Military authorities must depend. I desire to know whether the Courts of South Carolina can entertain jurisdiction of the following cases, viz : 1st. Criminal proceedings against per? sons for offences affecting the persons, property, or other civil rights of persons of color, as such civil rights are defined and established by the recent Act of Con? gress known as the "Civil Rights Rill," and by the laws of the State not incon? sistent therewith. 2d. Whether, in the administration of justice in South Carolina, the laws rela? ting to the rights of persons and property and the remedies for injuries are the same, as regards the definition of offences, the mode of arrest, indictment and trial, and as to the nature and character of the proofs admissible, without distinction or difference as to the color of the parties or their witnesses. 3d. Whether persons of color are com? petent to testily before Grand Juries and Magistrates in the character of complain? ants in criminal cases, as well as witnesses therein. 4th. Whether the pains and penalties imposed by tho laws of tho State arc identical for offences committed by white persons and by persons of color. I have also to request that your Exoel lency will designate the capital felonies on the trial of which, when committed by white persons against the rights and property of persons of color, the testimo? ny of persons of color is entitled to be received under Section 29 and ot) of the Act to Establish District Courts. The Court of Appeals having adjourn? ed for tho torm, and preferring to avoid the delay of a more formal communica? tion through your Excellency, I applied, through Lt. Col. Willard, to his Honor, tho Chief Justice, in the hope of finding him already prepared to inform mo of the views of the Court on the subject in gon cral, but 1 learn from the Chief Justice that the Judges of the Court of Appeals have not been in consultation upon any question affecting tho operation of the j code, beyond the opinion communicated by your Excellency in relation to the j competency of negro testimony in the trial of a person indicted for a capital felony. -The Chief Justice was kind enough to approve tho course I have adopted of ad? dressing the Court through your Excel? lency. Upon receipt of tho information now respectfully solicited, I shall havo the hon? or to reply definitely to your Excellency's communication of the 11th ult. Yery rospectfully, D. E. SICKLES, Major General Commanding. Executive Department, So. Ca., Charleston, 19th June, 1S66. General : I enclose you herewith a communication from Chief Justico Dun kin, addressed to me in reply to interrog? atories propounded to him by you through me. Yon will obscrvo that he has not answored all your inquiries, because he did not desire to express an opinion with? out full argument and consideration upon some of the points raised. His answers, howovcr, meet fully all tho doubts that have arisen, first as to the right of persons of color to initiate pros? ecutions before magistrates, and give evi? dence before grand juries, as well as to testify on tho trial of cases of felony, committed by a white person against tho person or property of colored persona; and, second, that white persons are in? dictable and triable in the Superior Courts for nn assault and battery on the person of a frecdman, and that such freedmon are competent witnessos in all such trials. Theso points having now boon defii I nitely settled, and ample security under State laws and civil tribunals existing, to secure the persons and property of color? ed persons, in these two classes of offen? ces, I earnestly hope that you will find no further obstacle in tho way of turning over all prisoners in custody of the mili? tary authorities to the civil tribunals of the State for trial, charged with felony or an assault and battery upon the person of a freed man. If you decide to transfer them to tho Civil Courts, I request that you will trans? mit to mo all the ovidence implicating tho parties charged, so that it may be placed in tho hands of the State solicitors in their respective circuits, to be used on the trials. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, JAMES L. ORR, Governor of So. Ca. Charleston, 19th June, 18C6. Sir: My reply to the inquiries pro? pounded by your Excellency is briefly thus : The Court of General Sessions had al? ways cognizance of offences committed by white persons against the persons or property of persons of color. In the case of State vs. Ilill, (2 Spur. 1850,) which was an indictment against a white person for assault and battery on a free person of color, it was not only so ruled, but recognized as well settled law for more than half a century. The District Court of December, 1SG5, not having been put in operation, I sup? pose the general jurisdiction of the Court I of Sessions remains, and, I understand that such has been tho ruling of the Cir? cuit Judges in reference to cases of bas? tardy and of vagrancy which have come before them. The 30th Sec, Act of 1865, provides that, in every case, civil and criminal, in which a person of color is a party, or which affects the person or property of* a person of color, persons of color 6hall be competent witnesses. It is a remedial statute, and must be construed in refer? ence to its object. My opinion is, that porsons of color are competent to testify before grand juries and magistrates in criminal cases, touching the persons or property of persons of color. With great respect, Yonr obedient servant, BENJ. F. DUiSTKIX. His Excellency James L. Orr. ? A trial of someimportancc.growing out of events connected with tho late war. has just been terminated at Knoxville. Tennessee, by the acquittal of the prison? er. The parties tried were four in num? ber, and were, during the war, officers in tho Confederate arm}-. They were charged with murder in having, whilst sitting upon a court-martial, caused cer? tain citizens of a State to bo hanged, to? ward the close of 1861. Tho charge against them was sought to be proved by bringing their connection with this court martial in evidence before tho Court. The verdict, after a long and careful trial, has been to acquit the prisoners, they all having been declared not guilty. This case is interesting, says the New York News, as showing that olficers and privates of the late Confederate army can hot be made amenable to the State Courts for acts committed whilst in that service which were in the ordinary course of mil? itary* law. "When these gentlemen were arrested a year ago, Gen. Grant rocom mended their release on these grounds. The Stale authorities, however, refused to comply with this recommendation, and sinco that time they have remained in jail. It is gratifying to record, as we do in this case, tho evidences of a returning sense of justice on tho part of judges and juries incases wherein defenceless Confed? erates arc concerned. Give Printers Fair Play.?Tho fol? lowing excellent advice appears in an ex? change paper: Do not forgot that it costs something to puff as well as to advertise; and never sponge upon the printers in any manner whatever. It is printer's ink that makes nine tenths of your fortunes; it takes mo noy to buy ink, type, paper, and yet, af? ter all this, few are the thanks that the printers get. Givo the printers fair play, and give up all expectation of gratuitous puffing, etc. The great American states? man, Daniel Webster, was "mighty near right" when ho romarked of the press: ?' Small is the sum required to patronize a newspaper, amply rewarded is its pat? ron, I care not how humble and unpre? tending the gazette which ho takes. It is next to impossible to fill a sheet full of printed matter fifty-two times a year, without putting into it something that is worth reading." Tru*; Cause of the War.?Tho Eu faula (Ala.) News contains some observa? tions on this point that are so just and forcibly expressed, that we think them worthy of reproduction. Tho editor says : ?' If we were asked to give tho strong? est argument in favor of the late rebellion wo would point to the conduct of the dom? inant party towards the South sinco the close of the war. Such inveterate hate, and such blood-hound cruelty arc not tho result of tho conflict of arms, or thoy would be the universal feeling of tho North. The hatred existed long beforo the war?so long indeed, that it had be como hereditary, traditional, educational and only wanted tho opportunity to de? velop all the brutality which now charac izos every word and deed of that beastly faction which basso thoroughly degraded justice, humanity, Christianity and tho Government." From ike Nashville Union and American. THE COAT OF FADED GBEY. BP GEO. Vv'. HARRIS. A low but rests in Lookout's shade As rots its moss-grown roof away, While sun down's glories softly fade, Closing another weary day ; The battle's din is beard no more? No more the hunted stand at bay? The breezes through tho lowly door Swing mute a coat of faded grey, A tattcr'd relic of the fray? A thread-bare coat of faded gray. 'Ti3 hanging on the rough log wall Near to the foot of a widow's bod, By a white plume and well-worn shawl? His gift?the happy morn they wed, By the wee slip their dead child wore? The one they gave the name of May, By her rag doll and pinafore? By right it's there, that coat of grey, A red fleck'd relic of the fray? An armless coat of faded grey. Her all of life now drapes that wall, Poor and patient still she waits On God's good time to gently call Her, too, within the jcwcl'd gates ; And all she craves is here to die? To part from these, and pass away To join her loves eternally That wore the slip?the coat of grey, The shell-torn relic of the fray? Her soldier's coat of faded grey. -.??? From Washington. "Washington, July 4.?The Democrat? ic Senators and Congressmen have issued an address in favor of the Convention at Philadelphia. "National Union," they declare'should be the watch-word of evo ry man, and they denounce the Radicals for persistently refusing to admit the Southern States, and say that laws have been passed effecting their interest in dis? regard of tho fundamental principle of free Government. They urge free repre? sentation from all States and Territories at said Convention, to work in a spirit of harmony, for tho purpose of restoring the constitutional Union, and for this purpose only. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads have agreed to report to the Ilonso the Senate's bill authorizing any telegraph company to construct their line" upon some mail route, whother railroad * bridge or common highway; also with power to take any cable upon our shores ?any laws of tho State to tho contrary notwithstanding. From expressions of members of the House, since the report of the Rosseau Grinncll Committee, it seems hardly pos? sible that a vote of two-thirds, which is necessary for expulsion, can be obtained. It is believed that Gen. Rosseau would prefer expulsion to a public reprimand before the bar of the House. Iiis friend% contend that if he is expelled, an effort will be made to return him as United States Senator from Kentucky this win? ter. The report of the military board, who wcro recently in session for over two months, has not yet received the approv- \ al of tho Secretary of War or General Grant. There are rumors of its being set aside as unsatisfactory, and a new board being convened. It is said that soveral members of the board refused to sign tho report. Washington, July 5.?The Committee of Conference on the tax bill recommend? ed fixing the tax on cotton at three cents per pound, and giving to railroads and gas companies tho right to add to their rates tho tax until the 30th day of April, 18613. They agree to leave tho incomo tax un? changed, tho exemption of ?600 being re? tained. It is understood that the Southern Rep? resentatives will soon issue an address to the people of the South, recommending the solection of delegates to the Philadel? phia Convention. They regard it as high? ly important that the South shall co-ope? rate in that movement, especially as it is understood that tho Convention is only for the restoration of the South to the Union, and not for any party purposes. In the Senate, the bill to repeal the Act retroceding the county of Alexandria to Virginia was discussed and laid over, and the same disposition made of the bill to pay loyal people in the South for supplies furnished. The Senate refused to transfer to the Secretary of War, supervisory and other powers over the acts of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, now exercised by the Secretary of the Interior, by a vote of twenty-one to twelve. Nothing of moment in the House, ex? cepting tho tariff bill. Spalding, of Ohio, gavo notice that after the tariff bill shall be disposed of, ho would move to call up tho resolutions reported by tho select committoe in the Rosscau-Grinncll case. Washington, July 6.?Mr. Fossonden, in the Senate to-day, reported the tax bill as agreed upon by tho Conference Com? mittee. The report gave rise to conside? rable debate, especially tho item fixing tho tax upon cotton at three cents per pound. Tho Conference Committee of both Houses agreed to the tax of three cents on cotton, and having agreed on the minor amendments, the bill now goes to tho President. Attorney-General Speed has directed tho District Attorney to enter a nolle prosequi in tho case against Isaac Fowler, tho defaulting postmaster of this city. Under this, Fowler will bo permitted to return to the United States from Mexico, whoro he has been during some years. The statue of Gen. Washington, -which was taken from the Virginia Military In? stitute by Gen. Hunter, in his raid up the Valley, two years ago, was sent back yes? terday, by the National Express Compa? ny, to Lexington, Va. From the Masonic Trowel. An Incident of the War. Cheraw is a considerable village, or perhaps, rather, a small country town, in the Northern part of South Carolina, but a few miles from the confines of the neighboring State of North Carolina.? Gen. Sherman's victorious army passed through it and remained there some days in the month of February, 1865. The in? habitants were, of course, subjected to all the losses and sufferings which in all ages and in all countries have been consequent upon tho inroad of a triumphant army into tho region of what it deems a pe? culiarly hostile foe. But even amid the excitement of angry and mercenary pas? sions, which always prevail to too great an extent among tho soldiers of an in? vading and conquering host, the 6till small voice of masonry will be heard and felt. Dr. k-, an intelligent mason, and a most worthy citizen of Cheraw, has re? lated to me the following anecdote, which I give almost in his own words : '?'Some time previous to the appearance of Gen. Sherman's army," said the Doc? tor, "I transported from my plantation to my residence in Cheraw, a large amount of provisions, which I had caused to be stored, for safekeeping,in the attic rooms of my dwelling house. There were living with me at the time my wife, my chil? dren, and a lady who was a distant rela? tive, all dependent on me for protection I and support. On tho day after the ap? pearance of the army in the town, I was standing at the door of my mansion when an officer approached, accompanied by a guard and followed by a large baggage wagon. lie introduced himself as Lieut. B-, of Wisconsin, when the following conversation took place: "Have you any specie in your house ?" "I have not." "Have you any gold or silver ?" "Yes, I have a gold watch, and my wife has another; and 1 have the usual plate of a respectable family?some silver forks and spoons, and things of that kind." "Weil, I will attend to those matters in time. What provisions havo you in the house ?" "About enough to last my family a year." "Show them to rac." "I conductod him to tho attic room, fallowed by ray wife, and he accompanied by his guard of soldiers. He looked at the goodly display of wheat, and maiso, and bacon, and corned beef, and then said:?' ? II have an order from Gen. Sherman to tako all your provisions, except ten rations for .ton days for}-our family?Men, set to workrand'firi the wagon." "I looked an with consternation. The idea of being left with only ten days pro? visions, all means of transportation taken away, the railroad and bridges destroyed, and no possibility, therefore, of getting a fresh supply, was\mything but a delecta? ble prospect, as it afforded in the future a very closely approaching picture of actual starvation. But ^thought that if he wero a mason there Was still some hope of saving myself and family from the threatened ruin; and fiV the first time in my life, long as I havo boon a member of tho Order, I determined to have recourse to it for-that aid which it Iwad promised to bo in time of peril and danger. % "I commenced, therefore^n the mute but expressive language 'of our institu? tion to inquire if Lieut. Bf*?, was a brother of the mystic tie. Tis my siguals ho promptly responded, and^iu a few minutes 1 was convinced that \{q was a master mason. I proceeded in the same mysterious manner with my instiga? tions, and was satisfied that he was also a Eo}-al Arch companion, ^nd one Bright too in the ritual. Having learucd-fhus much, I resolved to try the expfrimchtym crusis, and to make that last appeal, tp which I hoped ho would not bo matten? tivc, for upon it was founded my hope of/ food for my wife and children.> "The position of things at this time was thus : I was standing in the centre' of tho room where the provisions xfcjp stored ; on my right hand was my wife; opposite to me was the Lioutonan't; the soldiers had just left with the first load of provisions, which they were conveying to the wagon below. 1 availed myself of the opportunity afforded by theiivrtbseneef and by tho fact that my""wife was.ihtsnt ly looking on the flabr in"* a pensive atti? tude, to move back a step and to rnal^e, that signal t? which no true mhson ^n without perjury, refuse to respon/1. ' "Thojieutenant; as he recognized the hail, soemed for a moment surp-ias'ed, and perhaps confused. .He turned.n-apidly on his heel and retreated to a wjidow, where he sat down and leaned Instead upon his hand, apparently in dejSPthought. After a fow minutes-'the sealers, who had de? posited their first loltd in the wagon, re? turned, aa*tl wc"vp*^reparing to throw an? other load upoji*their shoulders. At that moment thoiieutenant rose from his seat, and in a gruff voice exclaimed: "Men, put those things down. You can go." In response to their look of iurpnsc, he continued : "I guess there sn't more here than is sufficient for the family." "The soldiers departed empty handed, and with them their commanding officer. As he passed out of the door he whisper? ed to a sergeant, who had previously been placed there as a guard over the premises. What that whisper meant I soon learned. Aftor the officer's departure, the sergeant approached me, and in a respectful man? ner asked if I could accommodate him with a place to sleep. I replied in the affirmative, when ho said : "Another man will soon bo here to re? lieve me, but the lieutenant has given me orders to remain iu the house- and protect it from depredations by stragglers." "The mystic sign had prevailed I was left, not with ten days, but with more than ten months provisions; my silver and gold were untouched; and my house, under the careful guardianship of the ser? geant, was never molested during the re* maining stay of the army. "I never saw Lieutenant B-again," said Dr. K-, concluding his tale, "but this I know of him, that whoever he was he was a good and true mason." No mason who reads this little story will, we imagine, refuse his assent to the proposition. -<t> The Battle Field in Europe. The thunder cloud of war has by this time burst upon Germany and Europe. The attempt of diplomacy to avert the conflict and preserve peace by some patch? ed up compromise seems to have been fruitless, and war' is, we presume, now raging in all its fury, desolating the beau? tiful plains and valleys of Central Germa? ny. And, strange to say, it breaks out almost upon the same identical spot where, for centuries past, the destiny of nations has been decided by victory and defeat in battle. A German writer once said that Germany might be compared to the pa? tient servant, across whose broad back the people are fighting out their quarrels. This much is true, there has been no war of any great continental importance, ex? cept the Crimoan and Italian, of latter days, in which the heaviest blows were not struck in Germany and where the decisive battles were not fought in the valley of tho Elbe. The great battle be? tween Ilenry I of Germany and the Hun? garians, which freed the Germans from ever after paying tribute to the then bar? barous Hungarians, was fought hero, near Merseburg. That was about a thousand years ago, and this region has retained to this day its distinction of being the na? tural fighting ground of European na? tions. It was here in this valley that all tho great battles of the thirty years' war were won and lost. Here Tilly gained his lau? rels, blasted his fame, and sacrificed his life. On the line of the Elbe Valley Wal lenstein won his first great name and earned the ducal crown; and here, at Luetzen, Gustav Adolph, tho great Swede Protestant warrior, spilt his blood in vic? tory. But why go back so far; the histo? ry of almost our own day gives proof our assertion. The whole power of the Prus? sian kingdom gave way like a rotten staff bet?re a single blow of Napoleon at Jena, and this giant himself was finally over? come at Leipsic. And now it is this Valley of the Elbe again which is to be the theatre of battles and bloodshed ; for the failure or success of the first campaign depends in a great measure upon which of tho two contend? ing powers succeeds in first taking an ad? vantageous position in Saxon}', with Dresden as the pivot or central po,int. If Austria, then the Prussians will have to retreat from tho frontier and expose Ber? lin to capture; if Prussia, then the Aus trians must offer battle with the advan? tage of position against them. But we did not intend to write upon the military situation of the armies, but only to remark upon the fact that histoiy again unfolds itself upon the same spot it has so often before chosen.?iV. I7. Ncics. News in Brief. ? Grcely is for universal amnesty and universal suffrage. The Louisville Demo? crat proposes to compromise with him on the first half of his proposition. ? The Chicago Journal hazards tho extreme opinion that there arc almost a dozen members of Congress who have not yet offered an amendment to the Consti? tution of the United States. ? Most of the Southern States are taking stops to establish orphan associations for tho care and education of those made or? phans by disasters of the late war. In Mississippi they arc to have one in Lau \dcrdale Springs; in Tennessee, at Clarks yille. - j ? A man living in Haync county, Mis? sissippi, recently awoke from a comforta? ble nap>of fifty-sjx hours precisely. He took his snooze in a barn loft, and was unaccountably missing to his friends dur? ing that period. ?**Mr. J. R. Ivey, of Columbus, Geor* ? 'giafluis received from Count Roman, of Parfs, an emerald medallion, encircled by jftamonds, for protecting from Wil?on's raid five hundred bales of cotton belong? ing to the Count. ? Recently, in the State of Pennsylva? nia, a widower with seven children whs married to a widow with five children, nei? ther party knowing that the other was blessed with responsibilities until after the wedding. A more badly " sold " couple it would be hard to find. ? A half dozen mounted men recently rode up to the jail at Independence, Mo., during the night, and demanded the re? lease of a prisoner. The jailor not com? plying, was shot dead, and his daughter wounded. The citizens pursued tho gang and killed one. The others escaped. ? Richmond (Va.) papers contain the details of a college commencement, at which Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was present. Ho was received with great enthusiasm, and spoke as follows: " Ladies and gentle? men : There is a small village in this good old State known as Appomattox Court House. At this place I was most forcibly reminded, on the 9th day of April, 1S65, that I had nothing further to say. I thank you most heartily for the honor you have so kindly conferred upon me." ? Gen. Banks has offered his indomi? table eword, says an exchange, to drive out tho invaders from Mexico. When that skillful soldier marches again, as in Louisiana, with his baggage train in the van, we shudder to think of the slaughter of French and Imperialists.