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JSgJ* In all cases, the money will bo required upon delivery of the work. Orders, accompanied with the cash, will receive prompt attention. The Amnesty Proclamation. .Washington, Septembers. The following proclamation was issued this moruing: By the President of the United States of ?America. . A PROCLAMATION. ^Yliereas, in the month of July, Anno J}6mini 1S61) the two Houses ot Congress, With extraordinary unanimity and solem? nity, declared that the war then existing w?s not waged on thei-part of the Gov? ernment in any' spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjuga? tion, nor purpose, of overthrowing or in? terfering^ ith the rights or established in? stitutions, of the States, .but to defend and maintain the' supremacy of the Constitu? tion, and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality and rights of the several. States unimpaired;-and that as soon as- these objects should be accom plishedj the war ought to cease. And whereas, the President of the Uni? ted States, oh the Sth day of December, Ann? D?niirii 1863, and on the 26th day of March, Anno Domini 1864, did, with the object of suppressing the then existing rebellion, or inducing all persons to return to-tneir loyalty,1 and of restoring the au-1 thority of the United States, issue procla? mations offering aihnesty and pardon to all persons who had directly or indirectly participated in the then existing rebellion, except as' in those proclamations was ?pec; lied; and reserved. And whereas, the President of the Uni? ted States did, on the 29th day of May, Anno^omini 1865, issue a further procla? mation^" with" the same objects before men? tioned;-and to the end that the authority of.the Government of the United States might be restored, and that peace, order and freedom might be established; and the President did, by. the said last men? tioned.proclamation, proclaim and declare that he thereby granted to all persons who had directly or indirectly participated in the then existing rebellion, except as there? in excepted, amnesty and pardon, with restoration" of all rights of property, ex? cept as to slaves, and except in certain cases where legal proceedings had been instituted,.but upon . condition that .such persons should take arid'subscribe an oath therein prescribed; whichoath should be registered for permanent preservation. And whereas, in "and by the said last mentioned proclamation, the 29th day of* May, Anno Domini 1865, fourteen cxten-. sive classes of persons therein specially de? scribed, were altogether excepted and ex-' eluded .from the bchclits thereof. And whereas, the President of the Uni? ted States did, on the 2d day of April, Anno Domini 1866, issue a proclamation declaring that the insurrection was at an end, and-was henceforth to be so regarded. And whereas, thero now exists no or? ganized armed resistance of misguided t;itizens or others to the authority of the United States, in the States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi Florida and Texas; and the laws can be sustained therein by the pro? per civil authority, State or Federal, and the people of said States are well and loy? ally disposed,'and have conformed, or, if permitted to do so, will conform, in their legislation to the condition of affairs grow? ing out of the amendment to the Constitu? tion of the United States, prohibiting slavery within the limits and jurisdiction of-the United States. And whereas, there no longer exists any reasonable ground to apprehend within 'the States which were involved in the late rebellion, any renewal-thereof, or any un? lawful .resistance by the people of said States to the Constitutiou and laws of the United States. And whereas, large standing armies, military occupation, martial law, military tribunals, the suspension of the writ of habeas corjnts and the right of trial by jury are, in the time of peace, dangerous to public liberty, incompatible with the the individual rights of the citizen, con? trary to the genius and spirit of our free * institutions, and exhaustive of the nation? al resources, and ought not, therefore, to be sanctioned or allowed, except in cases of actual necessity for repelling invasion or suppressing insurrection or rebellion. And whereas, a retaliatory or vindictive policy, attended by unnecessary disquali? fications, pains, penalties, conliscation and disfranehisement, now, as always, could onl) tend to hinder reconciliation among the.people and national restoration, while it must seriously embarrass, obstruct and repress popular energies and national in? dustry and enterprise. And whereas, for these reasons, it is now deemed essential to the public wel? fare, and to the more perfect restoration of .constitutional law and order, that the said last ,mentioned proclamation so, as aforesaid.'issued on the 29th day of May, A. D. 1865, should be modified, and that the full and benificent pardon conceded ' thereby should be opened and futhcr ex? tended to a large number of the persons who, by its aforesaid exceptions, have been hitherto excluded from Executive clemency. Now, therefore, bo it known, that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the Uni? ted States, do hereby proclaim and de? clare that the full pardon described in tho said proclamation of tho 29th day of May, A. D. 1865, shall henceforth bo opened and extended to all persons who directly or indirectly participated in tho late re? bellion, with the restoration or all privi? leges, immunities and rights of property, except as to prop >rty with regard to slaves, and except in cases of legal pro? ceedings _ under .tho laws of tho United States; but upon this condition, neverthe? less, that every such person who shall seek to avail himself of this proclama? tion, shall take and subscribe the follow? ing oath, and shall cause tho same to bo registered for the permanent preservation in the samo manner and with the same effect as with tho oath prescribed in said proclamation of the 29th day of May, 1865, namely: "I, ^-; do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and dotend the Constitution of tho United States and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have Veen made during the late rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God." The following persons, and none others, are excluded from the benefits of this proclamation, and of the said proclamation of the 20th day of May, 1865, namely: 1 The chief or pretended chief executive officers, including the President, the Vice President, and all heads of departments of the pretended Confedrate or rebel Govern? ment, and all who were agents thereof in foreign States or countries, and all who held or pretended to hold in the service of the said pretended Confederate Govern? ment; a military rank or title above the grade of Brigadier-General, or naval rank or title above that of Captain, and all who were or pretended to be Governors of States, while maintaining, abetting, or sub? mitting and acquiescing in the rebellion. 2. All persons who, in any way, treated otherwise than as prisoners of war persons who in any capacity, were employed or engaged in the military or naval service of the United States. 3. All persons who at the time they may seek to obtain the bene? fit of proclamation, are in civil, military or naval confinement or custody, or legally held to bail, as either engaged directly or indirectly in the assassination of the late President of the United States, or in any plot or conspiracy in any manner there? with connected. In testimony whereof, I have signed these presents with my hand, and have caused the seal of the United States to be "thereto affixed. Done at the city of Washington, the seventh day of Sep? tember, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. ANDREW JOHNSON. - By the President. William H. Seward, Secretary of State. -9 The November Election in New York State.?The second Tuesday in Novem? ber an election will be held in New York for State officers, members of the Legisla? ture and various judicial and county offi? cers. In the December following, :i local election will take place for Mayor and Common Council. As the December con? test is sure to be won by the Democracy, it will not excite much interest. The State election, however, which takes place a month earlier, will be hot, close and bitter, and probably one of the most ex? citing ever held in New York. A cor? respondent says: The Democracy will go into the No? vember fight with more earnestness and vigor than they have brought to any struggle since the McClellun and Lincoln campaign of 1864. when they really car? ried the Slate but were swindled out of their victory by the arrest of their agents for the collection of the soldier's vote, and the "confiscation" of the votes which these agents had collected. No such scheme for their defeat can bo adopted this year. The-soldiers arc at home, and oven if they were still in the field, there is no'Stanton in the War Department to seize Democratic votes and thrust collec? tors into prison. One reason why the Democrats are hopeful and almost confi? dent, is tho clear, plain issue created by the bold step forward which the Presi? dent has taken. This has infused vigor into the masses and given their purpose more earnestness than it had last year, or the year before, when Mr. Johnson's real position was very hard to guess at. Another is the fact that a considerable number of Germans, quite enough to turn the scale, who are indignant at the inva? sion of their rights which has taken place under the stringent Sunday liquor law. have resolved to turn their backs upon Radicalism. If all tho Germans who have promised to vote against the Radicals keep their word next November, the State ought to go Democratic by ten or fifteen thousand major it}'. Radical Convention at Raleigh.? For several days, a Radical Convention has been in session at Raleigh, N. C. The following resolution in regard to Confis? cation was adopted : Resolved, That the Republican party of North Carolina, on tho subject of confis? cation, and all other matters pertaining to reconstruction, will faithfully adhere to and abide by tho reconstruction plan and measures of Congress. The Raleigh Sentinel thus discourses upon the Convention : "It is said, by those who were so unfor? tunate as to be present, that thopow-wow of tho white and negro Radicals, on Wednesday night, exceeded all powers of description. Confusion, disorder, vitu? peration, appeals to the passions, vindic tiveness, hato and effluvia, were rifo. There is one very noticeable and marked difference between tho present Radical Convention and that which met in this city, in March last, to wit: in tho char actor and appearance of tho white dele? gates. Tho present is incomparably in? ferior in that respect. With, of course, somo few oxceptions, as was remarked to us by an intelligent colored man, they "arc the sorriest looking set of white mon" we have ever beheld." Southern Loyalists. There has never been an undertaking of any movement in the history of the world, however sacred and holy, however criminal and wicked, when apparent or real weakness or defeat gavo reason to adherents to desert, but what the oppor? tunity was greedily embraced, and the converts signalized their apostaey by an over zealous affection lor their new friends and new cause. Since the avaricious Ju? das betrayed his Master for thirty pieces of 6ilvcr, and the trembling Peter denied Him, fearing the wrath of His persecu? tors, there has been no cause or leader, sacred or profane, when def'eut and over? throw threatened, but what had many of the followers to renounce their allegiance in the hope of reward or influenced by fears of injury to person or property. The most earnest devotee in religion : the most gallant officer in battle, have given way under the one or the other of the influences?their principles, like Bob Acres' courage, oozing out at the ends of their fingers, in the face of defeat. Hon? or among thieves is only possible in the event of continued success, and becomes a myth in the dungeons or in sight of the gallows of outraged law. The South, in her recent struggle for independence, has proved no exception to this general rule, and wc notice, day after duy, those most steeped in "treason and rebellion," who fired the Southern heart, voted men and monej7, pledged the last man and the last dollar, and in fact did everything but meet the dangers their cowardly natures shrank from, now de? siring to offer the property, nay, the blood, of their more honorable Confederates, upon the altar of their unmistakable loy alty. Conscious of their own perfidy, and doubtful of convincing others of their earnestness, they desire, through excess, to establish the proof of their position, hoping by their very intemperance to bo received without the usual probation to which converts arc subjected. Such men, who have been a disgrace to all ages and every undertaking, have usu? ally found but temporary benefit from their conduct. For although in times rf revolutions good men ma}* sulFer and bad men rule, the inherent honor and truth of man will rise above the petty troubles of the hour, and exert their sway over the destinies of individuals and of na? tions. The base pandcrer to fear and ava? rice will be disappointed, or his temporary success will only serve to make him the more notorious victim of outraged honor and truth. It is a little remarkable with what meagre success the Southern renegades have met their windy protestations of ex? treme and unmixed loyalty. Either from the character of the men themselves, their over-eagerness to make their patri? otism p?y, or in the present confusion of political matters, their unblushing efforts to ride into office upon the shoulders of the negroes, the better class of Northern men openly denounce them, or only re? frain from doing so in hope of using them for the purposes of party success. Wo were especially struck with this fiu't by the open declaration of some of the leading speakers in a meeting of ex officers, soldiers and sailors of the United States, held in the city of Richmond a few days since. Their objects being po? litical, a discussion upon a pending reso? lution brought out an inquiry into the prospects of reconstruction in Virginia, and the means best to bo used in accom? plishing that object. Lieut. Col. Merrill is reported as say? ing, in substance : '?That he had rather take by the hand a Confederate soldier who fought from honest intentions in a wrong cause, if he honestly accepted the situation, than the so-called Virginia loyalist?even if ho docs have a newspaper?who voted for the ordinance of secession, and thereby put the former into service against his will." '?Col. Egbert says he was not in favor of keeping in office those renegade Vir? ginians who voted for secession and then went North as Union shrickers, in pre? ference to men who had periled their Jives in defence of their country." Other members of tho organization spoko in the same spirit. It may suit tho purposes of calculating politicians to use these subservient tools, but honorable men, who periled their lives to maintain the government, cannot continuo in social and political affiliation with men who have no claims to their respect, and who will surely contaminate sill with whom thoy come in contact. Men cannot and will not forfeit their self-respect by useless and distasteful attempts to cover the base? ness of such characters under the conven? ient plea of party necessities, or roward their crimes by official drains upon the Federal Treasury. Such characters must soon stand before their fellow-men stripped of all their masks, and die ami be buried in the ignominious graves dug by their own conduct amidst tho execrations of the ignorant people whom they have be? trayed. Many of these Southern loyalists havo rather over-stepped the bounds of pru denco in their grasping desire to secure tho rewards of their perfidy, in swallow? ing the test oath for a quarterly conside? ration. "Wc sec it stated that the United States District Attornoy for Georgia has announced that such as have taken this oath wrongfully will be prosecuted for perjury. There is an inviting field for the same operation in this State, unless our Attorney is too bus}' giving "homo thrustn" to tho "dead rebellion," or in sympathy with such pcrjurors, and pleas? ed with his own escape, ho has issuod a special dispensation to his erring breth? ren. The day will como when these men cannot escape the consequences of their crimes, and they will call upon the rooks and mountains to fall on them, and the darkness to hide them from an outraged people.?Wilmington (A7. G.) Journal. -o A Western Plan of Southern Relief. A writer in the St. Louis Republican proposes what he characterizes as "a quick, certain, sure plan to reconstruct the South, restore its prosperity and pre? vent the possibility of being ruled by ne? groes and fanatics." Here it is: "Every man in the Southern States must now see that the old plan of large plantations must be done away with, and to keep 6uch places, now that the negroes are free, is neither practicable nor desira? ble. Large plantations, if practicable, are against the true interests of the South. What they need is population; population is political power and wealth. "That being the case, how are they to acquire this population ? The answer is easj-. Let every man in the South in? stantly subdivide his land into forty acre tracts, as near as possible dividing the wooded and cleared land equally, at any rate giving to each forty acres rive or ten of wood. When this is done, let them offer to the people of tho Western States to give to each settler from those States alternate forty acres of land, requiring no other terms than that each settler shall bring with him a team, farming im? plements and means to build a house, and five years residence. In Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and other Western States land is worth from 850 to S15U per acre. These lands are out of tho reach of the thousands and hundreds of thousands of young, enterprising and industrious men who are looking about for wives and a future settlement. Open these alternate forty acres of good rich land to them, and instantly every avenue of travel will be filled with intelligent, thrifty, practical farmers, going south with their wives, their horses and im? proved farming implements to settle on the lands donated them. We mention Western men because, as contrasted with a foreign population, they are skilled farmers. Let this be done, and in five years at most we shall h avc an overwhelming white population ruling the country, de? veloping its resources and building up schools, colleges, academics, churches and railroads where now there are none. Let this be done, and we shall soon soo a height of prosperity in the South never dreamed of by them. The Brownlows, Hunnicutts, and all such fanatics, with their negro votes, will vanish like the mists of morn beforo the rising sun. Let this be done, and the alternate forty acres reserved will be worth fivefold more than the whole is now. Let this bo done, and the South will rise up again as a ruling power in the land, and confiscation and excessive taxation will vanish. -o Revolutionary Schemes.?The Wash? ington correspondent of tho Boston Po$t writes to that paper : Somo startling revelations arc leaking out here toucliiug the revolutionary schemes of the radical leaders. It has been discovered that the plan for radical governments and negro supremacy in the Southern States was concocted and ma? tured at the Convention of Southern L03* alists,' on tho 13th of September last, in Philadelphia, where were present the radical Governors of the several Northern States. It was then and there determined to organize a revolutionary army, which should hold the South under the control of the radicals, regardless of what might be the popular vote. It was also deter? mined that E. M. Pease should, by some means, bo placed at the head of the State organization in Texas; and, in obedience to this plot of the revolutionists, General Sheridan deposed Governor Throckmor ton, and installed Pease in the executive chair. In further continuation of tho same plot, General E. J. Davis was given a roving commission by General Sheridan, ostensibly for the purpose of superintend? ing the registration, but really to organize the Texas quota of the Grand Army of the Republic, the members of which are sworn to hold the power of the South, rc gardlcsB of Constitutional or legal barriers. That work is now in rapid progress, and funds are being supplied through the "Loyal Leagues" by the Radical Con? gressional Committee ofthis city, of which Mr. Schcnck. of Ohio, is chairman. My information is to the effect that the mili? tary organization is now being rapidly pushed forward in all the Southern States, and it is reported that the supreme com? mand ofthis revolutionary forco has been bestowed on the lato commander of tho Fifth Military District. In view of this powerful organization, which stands ready to throttle the Government, the late proclamation of the President may not be ill-timed. Of the truth of this statement there is now abundant proof, and steps will bo taken b}* tho Govern? ment to meet the impending danger. ? It is a common error that it is bene? ficial to break a blister in order to let out the water or blood that fills it. This wa? ter or blood is a healing substance, of a kind most appropriate lor the parts where the skin is destroyed, and if the blister be allowed to dry, new skin forms more rap- j idly under it, and much pain is avoided. In exceptional cases, when the blister is very full of fluid, so that it causes much pain by its tension, a small portion of the fluid may bo given a chance to cscapo by the prick of a lino need 10. A blister should also be covered up in some way to protect it from being ruptured by acci? dent. ? "Ho for the West!" would not so of? ten be the cry of our young men, if more of them were willing to hoe at the South. The Final Remedy. Hero are some sensible views, from a long article in the Charlottcsville (Ya.) Chronicle: What we feel disappointed about at the South (after the disappointment about the war) is that there is delay in putting things in order again, and starting the mighty engine of society anew on the firm and broad highway. "With true American impatience, wo consider that I two or three years is long enough to re? construct an empire, or remodel a conti? nent ; and we feel that at least if the thing is not clone in our days it had as well be left undone. The meaning of the late civil war isjiot yet understood ? the measure of that great event has not yet been taken. The mean? ing of American Democracy is not yet re? vealed. The subject of African Slavery, its final cause?is not at all comprehended. The future destiny of the negro race is associated with the qnestion of the desti? ny of all the inferior race?whether they look to elevation or extinction. The question of our form of government is far from determined. The question of Mex? ico is mixed up with our future. So of Canada. Then California and Chinese immigration. Then, specially, the destiny of the Gulf States; Then the formation of political parties in the country. In short, we stand in the midst of con? fusion?and no brain can compass such vast themes, and no eye penetrate the fu? ture. It is idle to worry ourselves. That there is method in all this mad | ncss, we do know. That a living?and that a masterpiece?that a living embryo stirs within this misty womb, no Christian will doubt. That from these veiled and inky waters the Spirit will evoke some fair creation, experience docs not permit us to question. That the great coil of history, by a determinate and pre-estab? lished law, is unwinding itself here, as it has done heretofore, and will continue to do, until the intricate mechanism of hu? man destiny has achieved its assigned limits, and ceased its pulsations, only an atheistical philosophy can rctuso to believe. It is not a whit darker than it has often been. There was utter confu? sion in France in the days of the long? haired kings. There was utter confusion under tho successors of Charlcmagcnc. Thcro was anarchy and confusion and civil wars under the successors of Hugh Capet. There was anarchy under the Guise and Coligny's. There was fearful misgovernmcnt uudcr the Bourbons.? And then followed the Revolution. We have had five or six years of civil troubles; and if many or few more are in store for us, we do not know. Our business is what lies at hand.? Unable to cast the horoscope of the future, it is our assigned part to go to work, and to believe in Cod. If we are bent on securing beyond pcr adventure our future well-being, here is a sovereign receipt?to work with our hands and have faith in God. The South is a scene of idleness and unbelief. Faith in God and good honest labor will put these military districts beyond the experiments of tho American Congress. These medi? cines may be deemed plattendes? old wo? men's remedies?but they arc chock full of profound philosophy?as men usually discover when brought to an absolute stand-still in their individual concerus. Lieut. J. C. Braine. About thirteen months ago ex-Lieut. J. C. Braine. of the Confederate Navy? an Englishman by birth and a Southerner by adoption, a man distinguished for ex? ploits in the legitimate naval warfare con? ducted by the Confederate States?was arrested by the United States authorities upon charges of murder and piracy, in? carcerated in King's County Jail, New York, and there remains to this day in close confinement, denied a trial, and with but little prospect either of obtaining a hearing or a release. He is the last and only prisoner now held untried for his participation in the late war. In the meanwhile, as though he had been en? tirely forgotten by our people, by those for whom lie sacrificed domestic tranquil lit}', fortune and comfort, and in tho de? fence of those liborties he carved out a reputation which will not easily perish, he has received not ono word of good cheer, one morsel of assistance, or a friend? ly visit save from five individuals, Colonel .lames Gardner, of Augusta, Georgia. Gen. Loring, of Virginia, Mr. Waller, of the same State, Mr. "Woods, of New York, and Major Edward Willis, of this city. ! These gentlemen, whose services in his behalf doscrvo honorable mention, have contributed, as far as circumstances would permit, to relieve the severity of his situ? ation, and enable him to bear with forti? tude the punishment which is being so inexplicably visited upon him, and they now desire to inaugurate measures which will conduco to the "speedy trial" guaran? teed by the Constitution of tho Govern? ment in whoso power he lies, or to the restoration to liberty, which cannot fail to follow an impartial hearing of his case. Wo most earnestly hope, for the sake of the hero whose cause they have espoused, for tho sake of the wife and children from whom he has been so long and cruelly separated, for tho sake of injured inno? cence, and last, but not least, for tho vin? dication of the gratitude which the adhe? rents of tho "lost cause*' must feel for a gallant man, that these gentlemen will be ?berall}* aided by South Carolinians in their righteous cause, and that we may soon, for the credit of the Government and the justification of an unfortunate but innocent man, be enabled to chronicle his restoration to his family and friends.? Charleston Courier. -e ? Why is a conceited fool like a rifle? Because he has a vacant space under the cap. Gen. Sickles and his Clerk. "We recall the historical fact. On the 7th ot November, I860, the District Court of the United States for South Carolina was in session. The presiding judge, sworn to fealty the Federal Constitution, and to administer justice in a court crea? ted by Federal enactment, and sustained, by the Federal Treasury, rose in his place, and in the presence of a crowded audi? ence, announced that the election of a sectional President by a sectional majori? ty was a sufficient cause for the freemen of South Carolina to assert the inalienable rights of self-government, and for the State to resume her unquestionable sov-> oroignty, and snap the bands which bound, her to a hated Union. He, therefore di? vested himself of his robes of office, threw aside the gown in which ho was arrayed, and declared the Federal Court for that district stood adjourned forever 1 That speech inflamed an excited populace. It roused a frenzied people to madness, and led to a violent public meeting that night, at which a transparency was exhibited which represented a Federal judge in the act of firing a gnn which was to shiver tho Federal Union into fragments. This same judge made one of the most violent speeches delivered at the meeting, and took the lead in the mad crowd that, hur? rying to the State Capitol, threatened and coaxed the Legislature into authorizing the election of delegates on the 6th of De? cember to a convention which was to meet on tho 17th, and on the loth he was made the Secretary of State of the sovereign State of South Carolina; so that the foremost among the secessionists of South. Carolina was Judge A. G. Magrath. To-day, as we learn from an article in the New York Weekly, that ex-Judge is the chief clerk of Major-General Sickles, autocrat of the Carolinas. To-day he has the car ot that Commanding General,and is found to be one of the readiest and most fulsome of his defenders. It is a spectacle sufficient to rouse the indigna? tion of every honest Union man through? out the country to find that this man who thus led in the mad movement against the Government of the United States is not only more potent than he ever was when a Federal Judge, but is the right-hand man of ono who, in the name of the United States, enacts codes, sets aside Legislatures, and tramples upon the authority of the Federal courts. Is it from Judge Magrath that Major General Sickles has learned to despise the authori? ty of a Federal Judge!?National Intelli? gencer. -??? The President and Gen. Grant.?The Baltimore Gazette expresses surprise at the apparent inability of its cotemporaries to understand General Grant's "line" since he has been a member of tho Cabi? net. Tho editor thinks, and we fully agree with him, that, as General Grant has been forced' to speak, and has de? clare 1 that his views are those of tho most pronounced Radicals, he is a puzzle no longer. But, says the Gazette: We confess it does somewhat puzzle us to comprehend what Mr. Johnson meant by taking General Grant into his Cabinet when the latter did not approve his policy, or what he means by ordering tho estab? lishment and maintenance of military des? potisms, pure and simple, in tho South, and reminding General Grant, at the same time, of the duty of the President to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed," and of his oath "to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution." We understand General Grant, but not Mr. Johnson. Wo see clearly that the policy of the former will bring about the inevitable destruc? tion of the South and the final and com? plete overthrow of what remains of tho Republic?anarchy in ono section and discord in the other. Wo do not see how the inconsistent and halting measures of the President arc calculated to avert tho impending ruin, or even temporarily stay its advance. General Beauregard.?The following extract from a private letter, says tho Montgomery Advertiser, dated New York, September 2d, and rccived in this city, will interest the innumerable friends of the distinguished hero to whom it refers: "General Beauregard has been stopping in our city for several daj-s past, and is quite a lion, but a very secluded and quiet ono in his way. He is, however, so re? tired in his habits, and so gentlemanly and unobtrusive in Iiis manners, that thus far ho has hardly allowed any attention to be paid to him. lie is at present on a visit to the beautiful country seat, in ono of the most recherche rural districts, of one of our wealthiest and most honorable mer? chants, who, in past times, ere our sad civil war broke the friendly feelings which existed between the people of the North? ern and Southern States, amassed a very large fortune in the Southern trade. He now takes pleasure in repaying, as far as he can, the gratitude he owes to tho South for all his wealth and riches, by treating her most distinguished, as well as her lowliest children, with every mark of con? sideration, kindness, courtesy and respect, wherever he finds an opportunity to do so. Tho General appears to be in excel? lent health, and evidently desires nothing more than to see tho whole country onco more united on the broad basis of good fellowship and fraternal regard." ? '?Pat," said Judge Smith, to his neighbor in a sleeping car, "you would have to remain a long time in tho old country before you could have slept with a judge." "Yes, yer honor; and ye would have been a long time in the ould country be? fore ye'd been a Judge."