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An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. VOL. 3. ANDERSON, S. 0, WEDNESDAyT?CTOBER 2, 1867 NO. 16. * BY EOYT & WALTERS/ .. TERMS: TWO DOLLARS AHD A HALF PEE AUNTJM, IN UNITED STATES CUEEEXCY. l ?". . Y-???- ?- ' RATES. OF ADVERTISIN'G.. iAdtertisojneQts.inserted at the rates of One Dol lar-p'er square of twelve lines for the first insertion and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Xiberal deductions made to those who advertise by the year. wj?p. For announcing a candidate, Five Dollars in advance. ,_ Gov. Orr and Gen. Sickles. Tho ' following correspondence has passed between Governor Orr, and Gen. Scikles, relative to the removal of the ?latter " J&xec?tive Dep'x of S. C, ) Columbia, Sept 7,1867.} Maj-Gen. D. & Sickles, Cluzrleston, S. C. rSiR:~I have learned from the public f>res8j although I have received no official notice of the fact, that you have been re _ iieved from the command of the Second Military District, em bracing this State and North Carolina, and that, by order of the President,"Major General Canby has suc? ceeded to the same. . ./1'desire to express to -you the great re? flet-which I feel, personally and officially, At the-course taken by the President and his -advisers in this matter. There are many of the orders which have been is? sued by"^y on since the passago of theJRe - wnstraetibn bills.in March last which did ? irot Weetvmy approval, but it is due to you and to my official action that I should , *?' bear voluntary testimony to the wisdom and success of your administration, and to,express'.'the opinion that the almost un? limited powers, with which you were in? vested by.the acts of Congress have been exercised- -with moderation and forbear-, ancc. .Your General Orders No 10, so far as this State , is concerned, were, last spring, in my opinion, absolutely necessa? ry, looking,to the impoverished condition of the country, the shortness of the pro - vision and staple crops of last year, to the .general pecuniary" distress pervading the country and to the necessity of protecting die small means of farmers and planters at that time from the process of eourts. They , were thereby enabled to subsist their families and grow the present crop. This crop promises to be, in many re 6i)ects,\and in many sections of the State, the most important and largest that has | been:grownjor several j-ears, and, when Lamssted,. you could, without hazard or apprehension, have executed your pur - poso, as declared to me, of modifying Gen? eral Orders "No. 10, so that creditors .could have enforced their demands with - V?ut producing.genorai distress, if. nothing " more. It is also due to you to say that, in my judgment, if General Orders No. ? lOJj'jul not been issued last spring, a very ? considerable increase in the. number of | troops in this State would have been ne? cessary to have been stationed at many I of the'eourt honses, to have preserved the ' public records from destruction, and in? sure the safety of sheriffs in executing fcivil.process in their bands, which they had been ordered to levy.by thoughtless ?and heartless creditors. In ray opinion, - Geneva! Orders No. 10 received the ap? proval of a very large majority of the citizens of South Carolina, and your gen eWr administration, " as commandant of I the district," is approved by a majorit} nearly as great. In all the official intercourse which we have had, I beg to tender you my thanks for the uniform kindness and courtesy with which I have been treated personally, ahd h*V the disposition you havo always manifested to make the burdens of the military government as light for the peo? ple Avhora I represent as it were possible, under the circumstances. I have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with your successor, Gen. Canby, hut hope that my official relations with him may be marked^with tbe same harmony and land .feeling which have characterized our offi? cial intercourse for nearly two years past. 1-have the honor to be, General, very truly and respectfully, your friend and obedient servant, (Signed) JAS. L. ORE, Govornor of South Carolina. Washington, Sept. 21, 1867. Sir : Your Excellency's letter of the 'tlh hist, was forwarded to me at New York and received on the 14th. The cordial terms in which you are pleased to ?refer to our official and personal relations during my service in the Carolinas are gratefully appreciated. In my successor, Brevet Major General Can by; you will meet un officer whoso ample experience and distinguished services have justly commended him to the confidence of the Government. In view of the announce? ment already made by Geu. Canby, adopt? ing and confirming the orders heretofore ill forco in the Second Military District, it is not probable that any material change in the condition of affairs will result from the change in command. In my retirement,itisasourco of much satisfaction to compare tbe present condi? tion of South Carolina with that which I found on assuming command in the au? tumn of 1865. The system of free labor has been successfully inaugurated. The emancipated blacks havo been invested with civil rights by tho voluntary act of your Legislature. The tranquility and order which have been maintained attest the general desire of all classes of tho people to observe the obligations of good citizens. An abundant harvest has re warded industry. Grain is now exported from Charleston. Legislation has pro cecded almost to completion without com? motion or tumult, or any serious inter? ruption of the ordinary avocations of the people. Since October, 1866, tho courts of the United States and of the State have exercised nearly all their powers without hindrance The jurisdiction of the courts, although a permitted jurisdiction, has never been restricted except in particular cases im poz'atively demanded by tho exigencies of the situation, and the civil authorities in general have been uphold, and civil law has been administered with only such limitations as became necessary in the ex? ecution of the several acts of Congress. The particular measure of my adminis? tration which you are pleased to men? tion with special commendation?goneral order No. 10?was, it is said, the occasion of my dismissal from command. You have justly described the order in ques-J tion as intended to enable the people to make a good crop this year, and thereby obtain the means to support themselves and pay their debts. If my removal had been provoked by some act of oppression, spoliation or cruelty, it would havo been a matter of more regret to myself. As it is, I find no reason to reproach myself for endeavoring to rostore in some degree the material prosperity of an impoverished population, aud avert the serious disturb? ances that would have followed the pros? ecution of more than thirty thousand suits for debts pending in-South Carolina when general order No. 10 was issued, in April last. Although my official relation to the De? partment of the Carolinas has ceased, I cannot be indifferent to the welfare of communities whose interests were so long confided-to my charge, nor is their pros? perity a matter of indifference to the peo? ple of tho United States or their repre? sentatives in Congress. The population of the Carolinas have hot tried to prevent the organization of legal civil governraents in the rebel States; and it is only just for me to state that your own prompt and patriotic acquies? cence in the requirements of the Govern? ment relieved the people you represent of iahny of the burdens of military govern? ment, and at the same time removed some of the more serious impediments to the execution of the reconstruction acts in South Carolina. I trust your people will not suffer any detriment by reason of complications for which- they are not re? sponsible. It only remains for them to comply with the conditions prescribed by Congress, and South Carolina will soon be restored to the Union, with all her an? cient rights and dignity as a sovereign Stato unimpaired. These conditions have no other object than to make our institu? tions truly republican in substance and form, that justice may he done, and that no occasion or pretext lor conflict may hereafter bo luund. There is not, in my judgment, any sufficient reason to appre? hend that the colored |>eoj>lo will, not make good citizens. Freedom and edu? cation aro rapidly developing this long dormant, helpless race. With advantages far infciior to the other races which have found their way to this com try, the Afri? can has proved himself loyal, industrious and obedient to laws. Generously foster? ed and justly treated, the freed man will become the bone aud sinew of Southern population and power. With thc -olutiou of this problem, and the disappear:!nee of tho asperities incident tu a long war, the Carolinas will enter upon a new career of prosperity, alike attractive to the philan? thropist who seeks the happiness of his fellows and gratilying tu slatcsmt-ii whose ambition is gratified in tho progress 0H the Commonwealth. LYinernbering with pleasure the courtesy and consideration always shown to me by }'Our Excellency in all our intercourse, official and person? al, and with the liveliest interest in tin; happy termination of the sad years of strife which have already too long afflic? ted our country, [ remain truly yours, 1). E. sicKu?, Major Gt neral. To his Excellency James L. Or. Views of tiik Piiksident.?As an indi? cation of the President's latest temper on the situation of reconstruction affairs, witness tho following abstracts of his views as recently expressed in conversa? tion "with certain politicians who called upon him for the purpose of urging him to re-open registration in the South, lie informed them that he could not do so without incurring certain risk of impeach mcnt, and admitted that tho reconstruc? tion laws confer on the military comman? ders sole control over registration. His only power of interference was the re? moval of Commanders when they failed to execute the laws in accordance with his views of their legal construction. He admitted that the district commanders are acting under direct authoritj- of Con? gress in the performance of a civil duty, and that if he should attempt to assume power as commandcr-in-chief, to control the time of registration and holding elec tions, they would have the right to refuse to obey his orders, and would not be amenable to punishment for military in? subordination. If they did so, ho stated that the recent promulgation of the am? nesty proclamation threw upon Congress tho onus of depriving legally qualified voters from registry and voting, and he hoped that the Southern people would appreciate it in that light. If any of the pardoned masses, he continued, attempt to register, and arc refused, the court&arc open to them, aud they can compel the military to allow them to register through the courts. If the}' do not do so, he con? cluded the fault of their disfranchiscmcnt is with Congress, as he claimed that he had done all that he could do to restore them to their rights.?New York Times. -& ? An excursion of Western newspaper men to the Itocky Mountains is proposed, to take place in October. There will be ono hundred and fifty persons in the party; each man will bo armed with an Enfield rifle, and a mountain howitzer will be mounted upon a platform car, to be ready in case the rifles fail to repel the Indian attacks expected along the route; a print? ing press is to be taken along, and a twen? ty column daily newspaper will bo pub? lished; tho party will subsist upon game killed on the routo. The Company will leave Chicago on the 7th of October, and go through to the present terminus of the Union Pacific Pailroad?tho Platte route ?and those who do not shoot their neigh bors, as Mr. Winkle did in the famous Pickwickian gunning excursion, or who do not get shot by roaming savages, will return in two woeks. ' Cotton Regulations. Tax on cotton produced in the United States, 2* cents per pound. Cotton prop? erly assessed and returned prior to Sep? tember first, subject to 3 cents per pound. The tax has a lien on the cotton till the tax is paid. Class A?cotton upon which tax is paid. Class B?cotton removed from district of production tax unpaid. Class C?cotton removed from point to point in the district where produced be? fore payment of the tax. Cotton must be described by these designat ions in the bills of lading, way-bills, mauifests and per? mits. Each assessor is required to keep and account with each cotton producer in his district. Assessors at receiving points shall keep an account with each receiver. Au assessor or assistant assessor, and col? lector or assistant collector, is required at places where cotton is weighed and mark? ed. The use of metalic tags for marking cotton will hereafter be required in all cases. Tags will be furnished by the de? partment, and on each tag will be stamp? ed a letter and number in figures, aud "U. S. internal revenue." These tags will be put up in packages of fifty, and numbered in consecutive order, and assessors must be very particular to use them in regular order?as from 1 to 5(3; 50 to 100, etc., as the case may be, on each lot of cotton weighed and marked. The owners can have their cotton weighed and marked at any point in the district, by paying travel? ing expenses of officers, and disagreements may be referred to the commissioner; but the officer must not delay in proceeding to weigh cotton on account of disagreements regarding expenses. The owner may dis? pense with official weights by providing all manual labor, in all cases the assessor or assistant assessor must see cotton weighed and marked. This process does uot require the immediate payment of the tax. Cotton can be held within the dis? trict without the payment of the tax, un? less sold for consumption within the district. Withdrawal for trans? portation under bills of lading, or upon payment; can be made any time. The Secretary appoints weighers. Appli? cations and recommendations shall come through the assessors of the respective districts, and be addressed to the commis? sioners of the internal revenue. Weigh? ers must take the oath of office prescribed by Congress, July 2d, !SG5. Each bale shall he marked gross weight .with ink or paint in large letters. A metallic tag, hercalter described, shall be lixed to each bale by the assessor or assistant assessor. The weigher must make daily returns' to the assessors. Fee for weighing, 25 cents per bale; weigher furnishing metalic tag; the owner pays the fee. Assessors must see that tags arc used, and inserted at the time of weighing and marking, except in cases hereafter mentioned. The letter and number on each tag must be accurately entered in the record kept by the assessor, aud account kept by him with each owner, holder or producer of cotton ; and per? mits, whether issued by the assessor or collector, fur the removal ol cotton, must clearly specify letter and number fur each bale, so that there may be no trouble in identification. When numbers are consec? utive, it will suffice to enter both on re? cord and permit first and last number thus: for a lot of fifty bales the entry may be, "letter A, Kos. 101 to 150." 'Collectors, whenever tax is paid on cotton previously weighed, marked and tagged, will mark, or cause to be marked, upon each bale' with brush and ink, or paint, in large let? ters, the words, "tax paid." Under sec? tion loiir of the Act of July, 1SGG, cotton may be removed from the district in which produced, to other districts, without pre? payment tax, under bond or other securi? ty,* to be prescribed by the commissioner of internal revenue, subject to approval hy the Secretary of the Treasury. It having been found by experience that fur nishinit of increased facilities for removal of cotton, without pre-payment of tax, is consistent with increased security to the Treasury, it is determined to substitute shipments to revenue officers under bill of lading for bonds heretofore required. Ac? cordingly, the owner, or other holder of cotton, which he desires to remove from the district of production to another dis? trict without pre-paymenfc of tax, will hereafter be required to obtain a bill of lading, in duplicate, signed by a well known, regularly established, and respon? sible transportation company, conveying cotton to the collector of the district of destination, for delivery to factor or agent of the owner, after payment of tax. The transportation company signing such bills of lading, will be required to furnish the assessor of the district in which there is a receiving post or point of <lcstina*ion, im? mediately after arrival, with a copy of the manifest or way bill, so far as it relates to any cotton transported by them and stating therein whether the cotton is class A, 1>, or (', as hereinbefore required. Each assessor will keep an account of all cotton entered upon the copies of mani? fests and way-bills so furnished to tiim. Should any transportation company refuse or neglect to furnish the assessor with a copy or manifest or way-bill as above re? quired, the assessor will immediately noti fy all assessors on the line of such trans? portation company of such neglect or re? fusal, and thereafter no permit for the transportation of cotton by such company, will be granted by any assessor, without permission to do so, being obtained from the commissioner of internal revenue. Before cotton is shipped, the owner or holder will apply to the assessor, or near? est assistant assessor of the district in which the cotton was produced, for a per? mit to remove it. The application must describe the cotton by the marks placed upon the bales, and give the weight of each, and must also state bv what route and mode of conveyance it is proposed to transport, and name of the transportation company, with the name of collector to whom it is to be consigned, and of factor or agent to whom it is to be delivered on payment of the tax. Net weights will be ascertained by deducting four per cent, for tare, from gross weight. One copy of this certificate must be transmitted to the collector of district, and another copy must he delivered to the assessor. If, however, the assessor or assistant assessor is satisfied from location of cotton, or dis? tance of cotton gin, or place of shipment from his own residence, or that of desig? nated weigher or marker, that the weigh? ing and marking cannot be done without great inconvenience or extra expense, the officer may take weight as certified by owner of cotton gin, or by freight agent at the place of shipment, and will deliver to the applicant, with permit, a number of | metallic tugs equal to the number of bales named in the permit, which must be car? ried with the cotton, and delivered by the transportation company at place of desti? nation as hereinafter directed. If the transportation company named in the ap? plication is known to the assessor or assist? ant assessor to be responsible, he will grant a permit. It will be the duty of the consignor of the cotton to obtain duplicate bills of lading, and hand or send them forthwith to the assessor who issued the permit, and said assessor will keep one copy and im? mediately mail the other copy to the col? lector of the district to whom the cotton is corsigncd. Should consignor fad withina reasonable time to furnish assessor with duplicate bills of lading as required, said assessor will immediately ascertain the cause of failure; and if he shall find that I the cotton has left the district, he may im? mediately assess tax thereon, and unless satisfactory and proper explanation of the failure be given, he will thereafter is? sue no other permits to persons as are in default. Upon arrival of cotton at place of destination, the transportation compa? ny must deliver it, together with permit of assessor, ? to the collector of internal revenue to whom the cotton is consigned, and at the same time the transportation company must deliver to the assessor of the receiving district the accompanying metallic tags, if any arc sent unattached to the bales, together with a copy of their manifest or way bill, so far as the same relates to the cotton, an account cf which must be kept by said assessor as herein be? fore directed. Section 4 of the Act of .Tidy, lS?G, requires that cotton removed without pro-payment of tax shall be deliv? ered to the collector of internal revenue forthwith upon its arrival at its point of destination, and shall remain subject to his control until taxes thereon, and any necessary charges of custody thereof, shall have been paid, which payment must be | made within ninety days from date of per? mit granted by assessor for removal of cotton. Under this provision of law, the collector will immediately, upon delivery of the cotton to him by transportation company, dispose of cotton and accompa? nying permit of the assessor in the follow? ing manner, viz: If the cotton was not officially weighed and tagged, the shipping district collector will have it weighed by an officer appointed for that purpose, whose duty it will be to affix accompany? ing tags, to be delivered to him by the as? sessors, and to mark on each bale gross weight as herein before dsrected ; in such case, the weigher will make duplicate cer? tificates of weights. The weigher will deliver one copy of these certificates to his collector, and the other copy to the assessor of the same district, and will be required to pay to said assessor the sum of five cents for each metallic tag delivered to him for the purpose of marking bales so weighed, which sum the assessor will dispose of as elsewhere directed; Wheth? er the cotton was weighed and tagged in shipping or receiving, district collectors will require the tax to be paid before they allow the cotton to go out of their posses? sion or custody. If the tax is paid imme? diately, the collector will, on the same day, deliver and forward to his assessor accom? panying permit of the assessor by whom removal was permitted, after endorsing thereon certificate of payment of tax. In ease tax is not paid immediately, and the cotton is held and stored by collector as hereinafter directed, lie will deliver to his assessor accompanying permit as above directed, but changing the certificate so as to read as follows, viz: "I hereby certify that the tax on the within described cotton, amounting to blank dollars, not having been paid I have stored the aforesaid cotton and now hold warehouse receipt of blank for same." The assessor, on receiving said permit, with endorsement of collector, will make proper entries on his account of cotton received, and will then transmit the per? mit to the collector of the district in which it was issued. When the collector is obliged to retain custody of cotton con? signed'" to Iiim-,on account, of failure to pay tax. immediately on its arrival, he shall cause the same to be stored in some suit? able warehouse, the owner of which shall have given adequate security for tho safe custody of such cotton, and shall take a warehouse receipt from such proprietor. Charge for storage must not execod the usual rates. The collector will in no case permit the owner of cotton, his agent or factor to have actual possession of the same until tho tax shall have been fully paid. If tax is not paid before the cxpira ' tion of ninety days from the date of the assessor's permit, the assessor will at onco certify tax to collector for collection ; and, if necessary, the collector will enforce col? lection by distraint and sale of cotton. In such case, tho assessor will enter the tax on his next monthly list, and both he and tho collector will enter proper credit in their bonded account, under head of "Col? lected by distraint and sale of cotton." Whenever the tax is paid on cotton ship j ped under bills of lading, the collector re? ceiving it will deliver to tho proper person his certificate of payment and permit for removal. The following words must be printed or written in red ink across the face of the permit, viz: "This permit au? thorizes the transportation of such bales of cotton, only as bear metalic tags, let? tered and numbered as herein described." In case it should be desired to export part of said cotton, and ship part to another port in the United States, the collector may give separate certificates and permits to cover each lot. In such case, the per? mit covering the lot to be exported must be delivered to and taken tip by the col? lector of custom at tho port of exporta? tion, who. after canceling the same, will transmit it to the assessor of the district in which it was issued. The permit cov? ering the quantity to be shipped to a port in the United States must be delivered to the collector of the district in which such port is situated, before the "landing, dis? charging or delivery of such cotton at the place" of destination can be permitted; and said collector will, after canceling it, transmit said permit to the assessor of the district in which it was issued. Substan? tially the same course will be taken with cotton removed from the district of pro? duction after the payment of the tax under a single permit of tho collector of said district, to a place or port in another dis? trict, where it may be desired to divide and ship it in separate lots, either to a foreign or domestic port. In cases of this kind, the original permit must be pre? sented to and taken up by the collector of internal revenue for the district in which port of trans-shipment it is situated. And lie may issue new permits covering the separate lots, which must be taken up by the collector of customs or collector of in? ternal revenue, as the case may be, as above directed, cancelled and returned to the assessor of the district in which said permits were issued. The original permit above named must likewise be cancelled and returned by the collector, who takes I it up to the assessor of the district in which it was issued. The following words must be printed in red ink across tho face of the permit, viz : "This permit authorizes the transportation of such bales of cotton only as bear metallic tags, lettered and numbered as herein de? scribed." Any person who violates these provisions, or who conveys, or attempts to convey, from any State in which cot? ton is produced to any port or other place without the United States, any cotton upon which tax has not been paid, is lia? ble to a penalty of S10? for each balo of cotton so conveyed or transported, or at? tempted to be transported, or to impris? onment for not more than one year, or both ; and all vessels and vehicles em? ployed in such conveyance or transporta? tion arc liable to seizure and forfeiture hy procccdings in any court of the United States having competent jurisdiction; and all cotton so shipped, or attempted to be shipped or transported without payment of tax or execution of transportation bonds, may be forfeited to the United States. Assessors and collectors are strict? ly enjoined to rigjdly enforce the provis? ions of this section. The Crisis and Our Duty. Wc arc entering upon a campaign in the South, which is to decide, not the fate of a party merely, nor the disposition which is to be made of a few petty offices, but to determine whether negro license and legalized pillage and robbery arc to take the place of law and order, and of that noble civilization which is the work of two centuries of Caucasian energy and talent. Issues of such gigantic magni? tude have never before been presented for the consideration of any considerable portion of the white race; for this is the first instance of an effort to place an ig? norant and inferior people over the heads of their late masters. Unless it shall please God to arrest the authors of this tearful crime, in less than four months, the negro will have as supremo control of some of the oldest and most honored of the "O'd Thirteen" States as he has of Central and Equatorial Africa. Ouronly safety depends upon united and vigorous action, and thorough and complete organ? ization. The disgrace and reproach of defeat would be almost as difficult to bear as the oppressive measures of which wo should be the victims. Wo have the highest incentives which ever operated upon a people. If, therefore, wc throw all of our ener? gies into the pending canvass and secure a Conservative Convention, we shall soon place tho security of the Scato upon a safe foundation. Wo shall demonstrate to tho negroes that the power of tho white man is still supreme in the South, and that the welfare and security of the frccdmcn depend upon their uniting with the whites and abandoning thoso secret onth-bound organizations, into which they have been seduced by radical emissaries. To secure the election of delegates in whose integrit}'and sense of justice the right of both races will bo secure, every registcrcd whito voter should bend his efforts, thoughts and energy until the day of election. No private or public oc? cupation can be of equal importance with the approaching election. Tho man who now counsels his neighbor to inactivity and indifference, is a traitor to his race as base as Judas. Unless tho people of the South aro made sccuro against negro license and misrule by their organic Taw, it will be useless for them to sow and reap, to im? prove and fertilize the soil, to build cities or open great lines of internal improve? ments. Tho stako and interests of the high, the low, the rich and tho poor aro tho samo in the great questions of tho hour. Tho humblest whito man would find life as unendurable as the ruined cap? italist, if wc wore the thralls of negro officials and the victims of negro misrule. It must be borne in mind during the The Intelligencer Job Office. Having recently made considerable additions to this department, we are prepared to execute In the neatest style and on the most reasonable terms. Legal Blanks, Bill Heads, Posters, Cards, Handbills. Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact every style of work usually done in a country Printing Office. BS?" In all cases, the money will be required upon delivery of the work. Orders, accompanied with the cash, will receive prompt attention. pending canvass, that no triumph over the negro is sought lor the restriction of his privileges. All, we believe, desire to make him the equal before tho law of tbe white man, and to clothe him with all the rights which may be necessary for their protection. And they must be given dis? tinctly to understand that they have forced upon the people of the South the formation of a white man's party, by tho formation of secret negro societies, which are the sure hot-beds of a war of races. To secure the triumph of conservatism, we invoke the aid of men of all ages, callings and professions. In this holy crusade to save our section, we would rejoice to see all classes enlisted. The" safetj-, happiness and peace of all depend upon the defeat of the depraved and ut? terly debased wretches who are poison? ing tho minds of the negroes. These renegades do not deny the ehargo that they seek the perpetual disfranchisement of nine-tenths ol ourpeople. Thcyopen? ly avow that the negro is to be exempt from his just burden of taxation, and that property is to be taxed for the education of negro children. In their secret meet? ings, it is stated, the most flagitious schemes for the spoliation of the whites are advocated by men ripe for the peni-1 tentiary. Until this monstrous organiza? tion is defeated, there can be no peace, and we must go into tho pending cam? paign resolved to leave no stone unturned to save the State from the fate of all countries where the emancipated negro is retrograding to tho condition of his an? cestors in the jungles of Africa.?Colum? bia Phainix. -?-:? The Cause of Reaction. The New York Express has the follow? ing. If our Republican cotcmporaries would but try to be honest, for "just once," they would be obliged to acknowledge that, over-riding all local issues, the general re? sult of these elections means : First?That the people are tired of Re? publican rule, and are longing for a change of administration. Second?Convinced that radicalism is running into Jacobinism, and persuaded that to continue the Government in tho hands of the dominant party is to bring on new civil wars and new revolutions, they are resolved to bring about that change. Third?That the people, groaning un? der an almost insupportable load of Fed eral and State debt?the legacy, in part, of profligacy and fraud?are alarmed at tho additions that arc making to it by Congress for the support of military mon? archies and negro bureaux in the South? ern States. Fourth?That the people are beginning to rebel against the high tariff lords of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, who, under the swindling pretence of protec? tion to American home industry, have shut up their ship-yards on tho sea-coast, and compelled the farmer, the mechanic and the workman to pay tribute to a self? ish, soulless and all-grasping oligarchy, now ''governing" through tho instrumen? tality of a rump Congress. Fifth?That the daring and oft-repeated violations of the Constitution by the par? ty in power, together with their attempts to absorb in their own hands tho func? tions of all the other departments of the Federal Government, have persuaded tho; people that the odIv way to save their liberties and to preserve the forms even of free Government, is to turn the con? spirators and usurpers adrift. Sixth?That the popular heart is bo-: ginning to warm once more to tho good old Democratic party, that administered, the Government so long and so well, and. whose exit from power* undor a whirl? wind of sectional fanaticism, opened tho door to a civil war, which sent the flower of our American youth to untimely graves, and executed a three thousand millions mortgage upon labor to capital, to' dis? charge which will keep the white labor? ing man in a condition of positive^lavcry for a whole generation to come. These now arc but somo of the causes which were at work to render inevitable the revolution in public sentiment at the far West and far East. There arc others of a kindred character which might bo specified, but these will suffice. They will suffice, also, we feel certain, to work a corresponding change of mind in the States which arc to pronounce judgment upon tho revolutionists, the conspirators and the terrorists, between now and tho next session of their appropriate mouth? piece and organ, the rump Congress at Washington. Bee Management ron this Month.? The main honey season is now over until buckwheat comes on. Honey boxes that are nearly filled with clover honey should be removed before buckwheat blooms, to prevent mixing the darker honey with it. All honey made in the fall is dark, whether mado from buckwheat, smart-weed, and golden-rod, or other flowers. Notice boxes of honey that havo been removed, and when any moths are discovered, de? stroy them with smoke of burning brim? stone. It is a good plan to smoke all honey in boxes with sulphur about two weeks after removing from the hive. Colonies may be transferred to better hives, if enough is transferred with them. Notice all your stock, and if anv are found quccnlcss, supply queens or tho means of rearing them, and remove tho drone comb. Strengthen weak colonies by taking bees from tho moro populous hives and adding to them, or by adding small swarms, after removing tho queen. Keep all colonies strong enough to defend themselves. Buckwheat may still be sowed.-? Wes? tern Jturalist.