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Spring. i Spring, with her grassy meadows and soft ? blue skies; Spring,! with budding boughs and-peeping .violets, iicr dream of flowers-and -her winged lutes, her refresh-' . ing dews and sunshiny clouds?"is with tis once again-" Tlie redbreast seeks the holly and the cedar.; the wren his. nook beneath the eaves; the red bird- flaunts nis blaziiig" banner through brakeband . .\4hieket: the muckt fij; . bird gl ides with noiseless wingintt>_tlKir. nvatted ihazes of the thorn; the .s .arrows, themselves ri> . visible iiv-the midst of groves of. -almost : -&vlsi51e _green, w.t'I&oine with .sibilant ..^hispe;rs the coming of benuUM Spring. . The- world is 'growing lovcahle-at last L "- Loveable to the eye; can wc say it is al? together loveable to" tlie heart"? That which is fair map please the sense, while ^li: palls upon the. souk r.veru the- soul '.-ni?y lie. en tranced with she "music of birds Oi?iid-tb()':brearri ot the flowers, but it rau*t ; - oe as fi-eeas the one und as pure as the :< -other. - "?, ..."- 'W ? '*.--?'?-.-..?' - " ; A tew years" ago we-could greet the -''sweet, reality of so fair a season,- with ,-. raptitrey unembittered by regrets, tin - clouded with disappointments; but bathed . in the happy light of liberty and-hope.? For sis: or seven years .tbo Springtime came ail ever, but its refreshing airs and > :&wieet flowers mingled their fragranee-in v vain.over the graves: of the dead; and no longer inspires with delight toe hearts of . the living in our midst. The chaplets - 'which summer wove for the brave who fell " before-the storm of battle, were woven- in vain.. The symbolsof glory, the wreaths, :{ the-tmmortelles, that the hand of beaut} .^*^rid aftection1 strewed upon'the graves of ..". the horoic, sparkling ..with tears, were wrought-in vain. ? The. battle was to the strong. The con -^?test is ended. ~ The conquered fought in -. ^vajn. Tbe Spring comes again to the J;conqbered, 'and 'not all that they have - don?-to soothe.the hat-red of their foes . have-availed. "Not all the dignity-they maintained in their defeat, their honor of j ".^the pledges they had-given, not all the r grandetir of -their nature, combined to il .." lastrate-at "first prowess and at last their ?^iitobility of soul when acknowledging de . feat,-have won for them the. poor privi lege of: welcoming-the new-Spring with jgfSt^l "exclamations unto God, that He . hii,< at ii.si.. :it last proclaimed peace and " good will throughout the land. - 7 It is with' an embittered dread that the .-.' worst.has not yet come, that the-farmer .' .'cleaves the yielding soil, that the mcr ..chaiit toils- wearily over his desk, that the v^ther'Jcads-fbrth his son to learn thcies -sons ?f experience, that the mother bends lovingly over her-babe.-: Shall the reward go into the hand of the laborers; shall -be that sows reap-tlie harvest; shall the .-.tradesman hold that .which he hath; shall the father Claim the direction of his son ; ;,:abnU the mother? rdrehming there in the ~ midst of her endearments?behold in her V .child years hence, a warrior bleeding i&jt ;"-"-h?peless cause?are questions that vex the - Solitude and point the discourse of the v-young and old, the peaceful and the proud. These are but the natural consequences of oft deluded hopn*. The Spring has ever '? .heeh a-.Jieasoh to inspire pleasing antici f Rations. " But she has come so frequently -with her violet eyes and her enchanting . voice, her fragrant touch, and her troops ? of elfish birds and fairy music, that the . crushed, deluded, disappointed, desolate ..heart is prone to ,00k upon her wiles as E??'Tpid pf GodTs good dicer, and her bird ' 80ngs*-ai: d' ihe-^breath of hei- zephyr as the. -y voice and-the breath of-a: syren. S/VTei'work and hope are all that we can '.-.do-"Let us not despair. And while wc. I,;"work, and hope-let us be -steadfastly true ..'?0 ourselves in principle as' well as in our .itnjiejv temporal responsibility. The'Spring - is lull oft ?odVgood cheer"; and her voice is-not-the voice.of the syren. The Spring, ''* reviiv,es' liie brightest- recollections of ex? istence, ar.d" bids us to '-look not moiirn ifiijiiy. on' the.-?past."-" From the realms of !..the;gioomy,.deathlike Winter she came. .-?'Out of all darkness earue'light. "Let us *>labor, wait and. hope The - Spring 'is. ever beautiful to the ; brave;.' -What 1 hough there be buried hopes, and that---the golden bowl be bro .V-fcen-;''--that the earth tram which arises p the bright- embroidered mantle of the ""- Spnngv- contains the cold and clammy .". brow,.the waving locks, tho-flashing eye, ; the "frfendry-. hand, the graceful form of. him we loved of all upon earth the best; -^the/Spring is still beautiful. Despite the winter's storm, the war's sad desolation, "he scenes of. death,-the recollections of defeat. ? he realization of oppression?that ; all we have struggletl'forhas.bcen in vain ' ?the beautiful Spring wcos us with the ' voice of an angel Lo labor, wait and hope. ^.?^rPetersbunj Express. -?..> . A Thrilling Incident. Rev. Dr. Bellows thus rclates-a conver-' '??sation he recently had-with Gen. Sher " maiKin St. Louis: r-Gen. Sherman was in California at the .-. period when all the worth, sense, and pa? triotism ol San Francisco were converted into" .unwilling law breakers and an or -. gahized-mob, by i-he establishment of the ?elebrarted vigilance committee, whoso objects were most righteous, but whose ' methods were doubtless justifiable only by revolutionary necessity, it at all. They seized, the known and marked ruffians, J-, gamblers, and banditti of'the-city, and, without legal judge or jury/hung them ,v trie windows of the str^efs, and with *., bloody 1 h--?-.a U> 'drnvo violently all the rest ? '?o.i r'?; ;-:--jr. 'Gen.ijberman was then *? ;.-a-"ban;vc'\ buL had'been.educated a soldier. | ?- His military--conceptions did not allow -him to :-coantenance so completo a viola ': tion of hirwful ?qtfiorityj and, single-hand-. edf.he'stood out against the whole moral weight and wealth of that excited com? munity, insisting upon the peril of such . . .unlawful and high-handed proceedings. I ' asked, him,if it did not require a greater cotirage to face such an . opposition, than to face a bat-terj-? He said it was. stem Work, but that tho .rreatesi d.cmand' cver made on his ittg???x-o?mge was nntl&rthe followin^ circumstances': The citizens of San Francisco wero..eelebrating the fourth of July in the large Ajnorican theatar, which was packed to its utmost capacity. Geu. Sherman was chief marshal, aiid oc? cupied a scat near the ?nn^e. Tlie orator had completed his oration, the poet began Iiis song, when ono of his aids, white with fear, made his way down/the middle aisle to the footlights, and beckoning the gen? eral's ear, ?whispered that the theater, had .settled a foot and a'half in one of its side walls, under the weight of the crowd, and ; might be expected any moment to tumble on their heads in ruins. The general commanded him to sit down jnst where he was, without turning his panic stricken face to the audience, and to say not one word. He then quiotly sent an aid out to report the condition of the wall, and to. see if the settling" increased, then gave his. apparent attention ii* the poem, ex? pecting every moment, aji ho said, to see the pillars reeling and the roof falling in ; but, neverthcfessrecrtain. t'iiat any general or sudden movement and affright of the ! people would hasten the catastrophe and aggravate -the ruin, while, by the ordi? nary slow method ot dispersion, the dan? ger might possibly be escaped. The ex ereisos continued calmly to the close.? The audience left the theater quietly, without suspecting their peril, and the j terrible destruction was. averted by the presence of mind, the self-control, the courage of the brave soul who, contem? plating at one glance all uhe possibilities of the case, decided, in a dilvino calmness, upon the policy of duty, and awaited without one botraying glance, or treach? erous change of complexion,, the uncer? tain, tremendous consequences! What Newpapers Do for Nothing. The following truthful and sensible ar? ticle is worthy of being seriously ponder? ed by every newspaper reader. To a person not familiar wi'th the internal workings of a newspaper establishment, there is a great deal of mystery connected with "tho aft preservative of arts," but to the familiar worker in the sanctum, there is nothing so mysterious as tho mor? bid demand lor editorial services, as a matter of course, or in the way of friend? ship. As "man cannot live by bread alone," so a newspaper cannot sustain itself solely on. good wishes. It must have substantial pabulum. "Read, mark, learn and. inwardly digest" the following: " My observation enables me to state, as a fact, that publishers of newspapers are -more poorly rewarded than any other class of men in the United States, who invest an equal-amount of labor, capital i and thought. They are expected to do more service for less pay, to stand more sponging and "dead heading," to puff and defend more people without feo or hope of reward than any other class. They credit wider and longer, get oftener. cheated, suffer more pecuniary loss/arc oftener the victims of misplaced confidence than any other calling in the community. People pay a printer's bill with much more reluctanco than any oUier. It goes harder with them to ex? pend a dollar on a valuable newspaper than ten on a needless gew-gaw; yet every body avails himself ot the use of the editor's pen and the printer's ink. How-many professional and political reputations and fortunes have been made and sustained by tho friendly, though un? requited pen of the editor? How many embryo towns and cities have been brought into notice and puffed into pros? perity by the press? How many rail? roads now in successful operations would have foundered but for the "lever" that moves the world ? In short, what branch of industry and activity has not been pro? moted, stimulated and defended by the press ? ' And who has tendered it more than a miserable pittanco for its services? The bazaars of fashion and the haunts of; dis? sipation and appetite are thronged with an eager crowd, bearing gold in their palms, and the commodities there vended are sold at enormous profits, though in? trinsically worthless,-and paid for with scrupulous punctuality; while, the count? ing room ot the newspaper is the seat of jewing, cheapening trade, orders and pen? nies. It is made a point of honor to li? quidate a grog bill, iDut not of dishonor to repudiate a printer's bill. Aye, and .more; the editors of a daily journal are expected to give their morn? ing readers the latest items of intelli? gence.. To do this they must do without the natural sleep of ordinary mortals.? The small hours of the morning and them away from their homes and families, reading proof sheets, clipping items from exchanges, preparing telegraphic dis? patches for compositors to set, and en? deavoring to coin it small pittance which many a narrow minded public begrudge them, and when, worn out by incessant toil, they "shake off this mortal coil," if they havo enough of this world's goods to pay their "iuncrnal expenses, their brothor editors may well exclaim, "well done good and faithful servant"?of an ungrateful public. It is generally believed that editors and printers can live on air, or that they have an inexhaustible mine of wealth always at their command. They need no money, and hence they can be put off until a convenient season, while the milliner's bill must bo promptly liquidated.?Newbcrn Journal. -?$> Let there be no Strife. We have not for some, time past, says the Atlanta Intelligencer, addressed a word of appeal, or oven of advico or eounsel, to the Frecdmen in our midst. Perhaps we have been derelict in this, but thero were I motives actuating, which muet no longer control us, and which must henceforth no longer prevail over us?motives, the re? sult rather of sensitiveness in this, that we did not desire to appear officious in tendering counsel to a raco so recently in bondage to- ours. The time has come, however, when wo must address both races?the white aud tho black alike?in our midst. There must be harmony, not antagonism, between the two races in the South. Tho destiny and welfare ot each is with the South. Each claims it as their native land. Tho freedman of the South, must be made to feel and know that there is no Northern, no Western home for him. Ho is planted as it were upon Southern soil, and hero ho must ad? vance and flourish, or recede and perish for no where else within the limits of the "Union" can he enjoy the advantages presented to him hero. It were well, then, for the freedmen within our'-midst to deliberate seriously on their condition, tho relation thoy will bear to the Sonth, and tho absolute necessity which requires that there shall bo no strife between him and the white man.of Southern birth and education, his former master. The South? ern white man is the freedman's natural ! ally. He is the freedman's best friend ? the party most interested in the freed? man's welfare. As the black man advan? ces in prosperity, so will tho white man. Every material interest of the one is iden? tified with that of the other, and we aro gratified to see that this view of tho "sit? uation" is being taken by many of the most intelligent colored men of the South, and oven in this city. But recently, too, there was a political meeting held in Nashville, at which a colored man, one Alexander Williams, who had formerly been a slave, and then a soldier in" the Federal army, who desired to express the opinions of his race. The request was j acceded to, and the following is reported I as an extract from his speech: "Ho came forward amid a shower of applause, and thanked the gontlcmen present fcr tho privilege of addressing" his fellow-citizens. He said slavery was abolished, and no law could restore it; it was dead forever, and he, therefore, could see no reason why tho colored man could not advocate the cause of his former mas? ter, but now best friend, and hold and ex? press bis political sentiments without being called rebels and copperheads. The colored people ought to aid their old friends in the South in restoring harmony and good government. Their former^ owners were willing to lend a helping hand, and the colored citizens should aid them?they have the wealth and capacity, and we toe strength and industry. He could sec no reason why we should not j work for our friends and vote for them too. He was proud to see what had been done to-day, and to hear tho speeches made. This was the placo to give tho colored man his rights?herein tho South, where there are millions of colored men ?not in ibe North, beyond the Ohio.? [Cheeiu] Let us join hand and hand for the common good. We must agree, or there will be a falling out. The colored people only asked to havo their rights, and the speaker felt confident they would be move easily obtained from their old friends than their new and pretended ones. He endorsed everything that had been said in the Convention, and was ready to lay down his life for such prin? ciples. [Applause.] The best thing to ' be.done is to unite. If wo do that, there ' will be no danger of failure." -o A Word to Farmers. As it is our privilege to advise, we must have a word or two with our planting friends. We recognize in them the wealth of the State, the financial power and pros perity of the State, and such being the fact, it behooves us, in a modest sort of a way, to have a word with them about their business, their interest, and the gen? eral prosperity of the country. True wealth is not in what we make, but what we save; like reading, not in what we have read, but what we remember?not in what we eat, but in what we digest. So with the prosperity of any people; it is the internal wealth, or domestic wealth that is felt through every fibre and nerve of our social systcai. A community of interests is true economy and prosperity.. As. it is to-day, what do we see ? What money our planting friends got for their cotton is fast leaving the State for corn and bacon; our wealth is but transitory, but borrowed, if we may so express our? selves; for the Northwest say it is theirs, and sure enough they get it by sending us corn and bacon that we mnst have, when we could have raised it, had wc studied political economy as wc should have done. What we have to say to our planting friends is this: Plant cnonghcorn for your own use by all means. Better plant enough to sell a few bushels to your city, town and village neighbors, who make their living by their professions, trades, &c. Make as much cotton as you please, for cotton is sure money at all times, but do not forget the corn-field, peas, potatoes and especially your hogs. If you do not, or cannot sell provisions, do not come into the market to buy, and thereby enhance the price of such articles to the hurt of those who live not by farming. But where you can sell, you do good in two ways. First, your farming is an advantage J to your neighbor and State. Secondly, you put in your pocket money that would have gone out of the State if you had not have had what was wanted. You are thus enabled to improve your lands, or to invest money in stocks, it' desirable. We meist live withiu ourselves, help each other; keep our money circulating at home among ourselves; build up our homes and towns; invest in home stocks or rail? roads. Such can be, and ought to be done, if you will only be something more than mere cotton planters. But when the country is depleted of its wealth for the necessaries ol life that could have been had at home, it is premeditated murder of our own financial" happiness and pros? perity. Let this year proclaim t,be fact that all of our planting friends have provisions to sell, and that cotton must play second fiddle to the corn crib and hog pen. When sueh is the case, the day of our prosperity as a people is dawning, and if continued in, we will soon stand in the snnlight of unembarrassed and true wealth. Cotton is a good thing in its place, but not when cultivated at the expense of all our pro? visions?remember that truth and act ac? cordingly,.?Southern Recorder. -?'* ? Whj' is a lawyer the most ill-used man in our social system? Because, though he may drive his own carriage, he must draw the conveyances of other peo? ple, ? "Look here, boy," said a gentle? man to an urchin munching candy at a lecture, "von arc annoying me very much." "No I ain t neither," said the urchin, "I'm gnawiu this 'ere candy.'r j Military Orders. We make the following extracts of gen? eral interest from General Orders No, 12 and Special Orders. No. 23, issued, on Monday last, by General Sickles: Cfcaerdl Orders No. 12. Par. X. The sale of spirituous liquors by any person or persons to soldiers sail? ors, or marines in the service of the Uni? ted States, is hereby prohibited; and any person so offending, procuring for, or giv? ing away to any soldier, sailor, or marine, any spiritous liquors, will be brought to trial before a military tribunal, and shall be fined in a sura not exceeding ?100, nor less than ?50, or imprisoned for a period not exceeding two months. And any per? son giving information of any violation of this order, shall, upon conviction of the person accused, be entitled to receive one fourth of the fine imposed and collected. Post Commanders will require sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, and 'the police force within their commands, to report to them any violation ot military orders, and arrest the guilty parties. Pak. XL Post Commanders will exer? cise a supervision over all magistrates, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and police within their commands, and will, whenever necessary for the preservation of order and the efficient discharge of their duties, assume command of the \>o lice force. I The Military Sub-Districts of North i Carolina and South. Carolina are hereby discontinued1. The tei ritory embraced within this com? mand is divided into Posts as follows: ****** 1. The Military Post of Charleston, to embrace the State Districts of Charleston, Colleton, and Berkley, and the adjacent islands; to be commanded by Brevet Brigadier-General H. B. Clitz, Lieuten? ant-Colonel 6th Infantry. Headquarters at Charleston, S. C. Garrison : Headquar? ters, and Companies A, D, F and I, Cth Infantry, and Companies D and F, 40th j Infantry. 2. The Military Post of Hilton TJcad, to embrace the State District of Beaufort and adjacent islands; to bo com? manded by Brevet Captain James Ches? ter, 1st Lieuteuant 3d Artillery. Head? quarters at Hilton Head. 3. The Military Post of Georgetown, to embrace the State Districts of George? town and Ilorry; to be commanded by Brevet Major "E. W. IT. Reed, Captain 8th Infantry. Headquarters at George? town, S. C. 4. The Military Post of Aiken, to em? brace the State Districts of Barn well and Edgefield; to be commanded by Brevet Major L. Walker, Captain 5th Cavalay, Headquarters at Aiken, S. C. 5. The Military Post of Darlington to em? brace the State Districts of Williamsburg, Clarendon, Marion, Darlington, Marlboro and Chesterfield, to be commanded by Captain H. S. Hawkins, Gth Infantry.? Headquarters at Darlington, S. C. G. The Military Post of Columbia, to embrace the State Districts of Orangeburg, Sumter, Kcrshaw, Riebland and Lexing? ton ; tobe commanded by Brevet Briga? dier-General J. D. Green, Colonel Gth In? fantry. Headquarters at Columbia, S. C. 7. The Military Post of New berry, to embrace the State Districts of Newbcrry, Laurens and Abbeville;. to be commanded by Brevet Major J. M'Clcary, Captain Gth Infantry. Headquarters at Newbcrry, S. C. j 8. The Military Post of Anderson, to embrace the State Districts of Anderson, Greenville and Pickcns; to be command e 1 by Brevet Lieutenant Colonel A. T. Smith. Captaiu Sth Infantry. Headquar? ters ot Anderson, S. C. 9. The -military Post of Unionvillo, to embrace the State Districts of Spartan burg and Union; to be commanded by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. N. An? drews, Captain 8th Infantry. 10. The Military Post of Chester, to embrace the State Districts ot York, Chts ter, Fairfield and Lancaster; to be com? manded by Brevet Major D. D. Lynn, Captain Gth Infantry. Headquarters at Chester. Special Orders No. 23. "Par. I, Special Orders No. 21, current series, from these Headquarters, which es? tablish a Provost Court within the Milita? ry Post of Aiken, S. C, are hereby so modified that no sentence affecting the I liberty of any person shall be executed I until it is approved by the Commanding 1 General; and it is lurthcr ordered, that white persons charged with muvder, mau 1 slaughter, rape or arson on the persons or property of persons of color, and persons of color charged with like offences against , the persons or property of white persons, will be brought to trial before a Military Commission; tho accused will be taken I into military custody, and the evidence in the case, with charges, forwarded to these Headquarters. -o i Southern News. RlCiiMONJ), April 25. Senator Wilson spoke at Orange C. H., yesterday. He recounted the events which led to the war, and said that after its close, the North had no ill feeling for the South. The South was submissive, and had the measures now pending been adopted at its close, the South would have said the Government was just and liberal; but when Johnson assumed power, he adopted a different policy, which has brought on all this dissatisfaction. Lincoln had prepared eight conditions for the pardon of the re? bels, all of which met his (Wilson's) ap? proval. Johnson prepared fourteen, which were six too many. He (Wilson) had never favored the $20,000 clause, for he wanted the men of the South, ex? cept a few prominent leaders, to be at lib? erty to go to work. The South had com? plained of Congress violating the Con? stitution, and yet upheld Johnson in his violations of the Constitution, in restoring the States. The speaker was opposed to a black man's party, or a white man's par? ty ; let all who favor human bondage go together, and all who favor freedom and progress go together. If any rebels had cast aside their delusions, let lihera come up and join the Republican party. Major J. Lee, State Senator from Orange, replied to Wilson. He charged the introduction ol slavery upon the North, and said Lincoln did not at first intend to liberate the slaves, and that the Southern people were the blacks' best friends. Wilson replied that, in a year, the North would give the negro suffrage, lie said confiscation might follow, it the recon? struction bill was not accepted. The Legislature of Virginia has passed a law levying a tax of thiity cents on the $100, to pay the four per cent, annual in? terest on the public debt, as heretofore authorized. Certificates will be issued for the deferred two per cents. It has also passed a law consolidating the four lead? ing railroads, connecting the waters of the Ohio and Mississippi with the Atlantic, at Norfolk; also, consolidating the Vir? ginia Central with the Covington and Ohio Railroad. The law provides that the interest the State owns in the roads consolidated, amounting to over $14,000, 000, is to be sold, and payment made on or before the 1st of May, 18GS, in the bonds of the State at par. There are, also, pendiug bet?re the Legislature, sim? ilar bills for the sale of the entire interest the State owns in various railroads, amounting in all to 821,700,000. Senator Wilson addressed a crowd of about 0,000 persons, from the Capitol steps, this afternoon ; nearly all of those present were colored, though all classes of whites were represented. He was introduced by Gov. Pierpont. After alluding to the fact that he visited Richmond upon invita? tion of several members of both Houses of the Legislature, he proceeded to give a history of the reconstruction bill. He then recited events since the close of the war, to show that Johnson's policy was adopted against the will of the nation, and had caused more unhappinessthan the work of any other man in America. It again excited men who had been more than willing to accept the terms of Congress. The reconstruction bill was not passed to humiliate the South, but to meet the needs of the whole country. The question now before the Southern States is whether they will elect men to State oitices and Congress who favor an honest acceptance of the policy of the nation, or men who still mourn over the "lost cause," and who hope something may turn up to overthrow that policy and restore old ideas and old meas? ures. Patriotism demands that the latter class shall never more be -permitted to par? ticipate in the management of the State or the General Government. The aposta cy of Andrew Johnson had made a Re? publican triumph at the next Presidential election certain. The speaker wanted all classes of men?the colored, the white, the loyal and those who had abandoned the wicked heresy of secession?to stand to? gether on the national platform of the Re? publican party. As for the colored vote of Virginia he had no fear of its being controlled by the secessionists. He ap? pealed to the old Whigs of Virginia?the followers [of Henry Clay, who declared that "slavery Avas a grievous wrong, that no contingency could make right"?to seize the occasion and unite their fortunes with the Republican party. Now was their day and hour lo carry Virginia by an overwhelming majority. To that class who are disfranchised for participation in rebellion, he would say, that by speaking and working for the national policy, they would show their countrymen that the dis? abilities now imposed on them ought to be removed, and a country that had proved its generosity would not forget them. Gov. Pierpont, alter Wilson concluded, made a brief speech, advising the colored people to work and make the old State bloom again. Messrs. Hunnicutt and Tucker followed in short :.udrcsses. The former announced his intention of appeal? ing immediately to the military tribunals i against the attacks of the Richmond press. \ The correspondence between Gen. Pope and Gov. Jenkins has been published. Pope asks Jenkins if he had seen General Order No. 1, issued April 10, to re orga? nize the Stales under the millitary bill, before the latter issued nis address to the people of Georgia, ad vising non-action un? til the question is decided by the Supreme Court. Jenkins replies, that he had sup? posed he was cxcicising such freedom in the expression of opinion relative to public matters as steins still accorded to the cit? izens of the republic; and did not imagine that it was abridged by the accident of the speaker ot a writer holding office. In fn turc, he shall do and say what he believes is required by duty and his oath of office, lie will not involve cither a conflict or controversy on the execution of the res? pective trusts; everything of this charac? ter he desires to avoid. The Generalsavs Jenkins' explanation is satisfactory, so far as the fact is concerned ; but being sent to execute the laws of Congress, he will carry out the provisions ot the military bill, which recognizes the existing State Govern? ments as merly provisonal; withthe object of allowing these lo continue for the ad? ministration of the State laws during the progress of reconstruction. Had Congress contemplated opposition from the civil au? thorities, it would have legislated to put the State 'Governments out of existence. Gen, Pope requires that the civil machin? ery of the State be not perverted to frus? trate the execution of the laws; the civil officers are required not to use their influ? ence to prevent the people from submit? ting to and carrying out the laws of Con? gress. After discussing the matter fully, Pope says he will be compelled to remove all officers who while in office, use their influence to prevent the execution of the laws, but hopes harmonious relations may continue between the military and civil authorities. Paragraph 3, General Order No. 1, reads: "It is to be clearly under? stood that civil officers being retained in office shall confine themselves strietly, to the performance of their official duties, and whilst boh ing offices shall not use any influence whatever to deter or dissuade the people from taking an active part in the reconstruction of their State Government under the Act of Congress providing for the more efficient government of the rebel States and the Act supplemental thereto." ? During the trial of a suit in a Wes? tern court, counsel took exception to the ruling on a certain point, and a dispute arose. "If the court please, I "wish to re? fer to this book a moment," said the coun? sel picking up a large volume. "There's no use in your picking up any books," ex- J claimed the judge, angrily, "I have decided this point." "I know that," was the re? joinder; "I'm satisfied of that?but this is a volume of Blackstonc's?I'm cert ain he differs with your honor, and I only want to show you what a d--d old fool Black stone was!" "Ah! that indeed!" ex? claimed the court, smiling all over, "now you begin to talk." Augusta, April 2-1. Philosophy of Labor. There are many circumstances in. life which compel men to follow occupations for which they have no natural aptitude or talent, but it is not the less true that success depends very materially upon the choice ot that particular business, trade or profession most congenial to taste and ability. As there are no two men alike in their mental endowments, it must follow that each individual is better fitted to some one occupation than to any other. Some there are, indeed, who tor want of native energy or tact, will never attain a marked success in arything they undertake; and others are gifted witn a versatility of tal? ent that enables them to accomphsb many different things equally well; but these are the exceptions, and the great majority of mankind will do better in the long run by sticking to some one occupation. The choice cf this should devolve on the in? dividual, and should never be abitrarily fixed for him, even by his parents. So much depends on this beginning that a ?whole life-time may be wasted by a radical mistake. The boy who would have dis? tinguished nimself as an engineer or' in? ventor, may entirely throw away bis en? ergies in the vain endeavor to become a lawyer or a doctor; young men whose talents fit them for mercantile pursuits, of teu spend their time unprofitably in call? ings requiring the very opposite class of talents. So of all the occupations of life. If men are not at least tolerably adapted to them, they will not only fail. of excel? lence and fortune, but the toil which should be a pleasure is weariness. and drudgery. The true aim of life is not to make a for? tune, nor gain renown, though both are desirable and useful rewards of well-di? rected labor. But the grcator part and the best part of life must be spent in labor, either physical or mental, and though many affect to consider this a misfortune, it is really a necessity, apart from the substan? tial results that follow it. -As proof of this, we find men who inherit fortunes, if they are of any mind or character, gener? ally choosing some occupation, and Tabor-, ing at it often quite as hard as their less wealthy neighbors. Idleness is not a lux? ury, but rest a?er labor is. It is a serious question whether those whose fortunes de? prive them of the usual stimulus to toil, are really as happy as others who depend on toil for a living. The toil, however, ' to be agreeable, should be congenial. It is this labor, which particularly dis? tinguishes Americans, that has led to so many grand discoveries and wonder? ful achievments in the present century. When men choose their work aright they enjoy it for the remainder of their lives, and makes improvements in it that outlive themselves and benefit posterity. Men have distinguished themselves in the most humble call'iigs by their own superior tal? ents, while a whole life may be passed in those fields of labor, commonly reckoned the highest, without even a moderate suc? cess. "The natural inference is, thai young men, after having been given a fair gene? ral education, should choose, where they can, their own pursuits in life; and haying chosen, they should bring all their talents and energies to bear upon the calling -of their choice, take a thorough interest in it, and determine to enjoy their work. In ninety-nine cases.out of a hundred fortune comes to those who woo her in thispracti-. cal and straight forward manner.?JVeio York Sun. , Horace Greely a Smart Boy.?Hor? ace Greeley is giving "Counsel to Boys" in The jJtlle Corporal, published at Chi-, eago. In the number for April he gives a leaf fiom his own .personal history : When I was nine years old, there un? expectedly appeared, one daj*, in my father's humble farm house, the clerg}' man, doctor. lawyer, and perhaps one or tjvo other magnates ot our New England rural township, who addressed my parcuts to this effect: Your older son is so promising a student so easy and rapid a learner, that wc think he should have a better education than our common school can give him. We propose, therefore, that he'be sent to Phil? lips' Academy, and thence to college; and wc offer, should yon choose to entrust him to us, to see that he is thoroughly schooled, ? without expense to yorr. My poor but proud parents responded with thanks, but decided that they would give their children all the schooling they eouhl fairly afford, and that this must su? fice them. And among the many things for whicfi I have cause for filial gratitude, I accord a* high place to this decision, True, had they accepted the generous proffer, I should have learned much that I still urgently need to know; for I never was, even for a day, a pupil in any seminary higher than a very common school; I prize the inde? pendence thus secured far above the leanv ing which it would have dearly purchased^ I would like to read Homer and jiEschylus, Plato and Demosthenes, in their native tongue ; but not at the cos* of owing my ability so to read them to the bounty of some sect or educational society, who would reasonably expect of me the cham? pionship of its dogmas in return. I would not be bound, even by the silken ligaments of gratitude, to what seems to me the truth of to-day, if I were thereby to be rendered ever disinclined to accept and welcome the deeper truth that may dawn on my apprehension to-morrow. -.?<? ? A gentleman, who had by a fall bro? ken one of his ribs, was mentioning the circumstance and describing the pain he felt, A surgeon, who was present asked him if the injury he sustained was near the vertebra?. ? "No, sir," replied he, "it was within a few yards of the court bouse 1" Schedule over S. C. Bailroad. GENERAL SUP'TS OFFICE, Chaiileston, S. C, Nov. 3, 18C6. ON and aft er Wednesday, November 7, 1866, th?, Passenger Trains of this road \cill run tho following, schedule: " ATTO?STA TnAlK. Leave Charleston, 8.00 a. m. Arrive at Columbia, 5.20 p. oi. Arrive at Augusta, 5.00 p. m Leave'Augusta^ 7.00 a. m. Leave.Columbia, 6.50. a. m." Arrive at Charleston, 4.00 p. m. tu 110UG ii Mtraix. Leave Augusta,, 5.50 p. m. Arrive a,t Kingsvillo, l-.05,a- m. Arrive at Columbia, 8.00 a. m. Leave Columhia, 2.00 p. m. Arrive at Kingsvillo, 8.40 p. m. Arrive at Augusta, 12.00 night H. T. PEAKE, Gen'lSup't, Nov 15, 1866 2$ *