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II Y EOYT & WALTERS. TERMS: rWO DOLLA.ES AND A HALF PER ANNUM, IS VX1TED STATES CUBBEXCT. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted ;it die rales cf One Dol? lar per square of twelve lines for the first insertion and Fiftv Cents for cadi subsequent insertion. Liberal deductions made to those who advertise by the year. jKy- For announcing a candidate, Five Dollars in advance. Our Manufacturing Facilities. "Under this caption," says the Charles? ton Courier, t:\ve publish mi exceedingly interesting letter from .Mr. Charles II. .Funne. of Mobile, to Mr. Hiram Miller, of New York, in reference to the advan? tages possessed by the South, and mure especially this State, fur the manufacture of cotton. We direct to it the thought? ful attention of our readers. Never has there been a time in the history of our afflicted land when a greater necessity existed for opening new, and enlarging old fields of enterprise. Cotton, facetious- | ly but appropriately designated, the ''gay ! deceiver." promises in its mere produc? tion but a poor support fur the eommer- j cial needs of the State, and unless we can j employ the abundant facilities for its1 manipulation, which nature has generous-' Jy placed at our disposal, it may be requi- i site, before many years, to abandon its '?sovereignty," and" use the ploughshare j exclusively for the increase of cereal crops. It some of the capital now flood? ing the North could be breilghl to our aid, from mountain to seaboard the air j would be made merry with the hum of the spindle and loom, ami prosperity abound in the State. Energy, intelli? gence and perseverance alone can accom? plish this result, and we hope that these elements of success will be enlisted at no distant day." The letter referred to appeared origi? nally in the Pickens Courier, ami is as fol? lows : TaMOSSKE, PlCKEXS DISTRICT, S. C. To Hiram Miller, Esq., Neiv York. Dear Piukxd: Alter travelling much through the Western and Northern States 1 have been much struck .with the sad contrast presented by the present condi? tion of our beloved South. Throughout the entire line of my travels, North and West, the evidences of thrift, enterprise and progress were everywhere discerni? ble, lint here, where nature has been so bountiful in her gilts, there are constant, j evidences of decay and discouragement j tending to utter stagnation. It is nut my purpose to allude to the too well | known causes of this state ot things, but ! to assure 3-011 that 1 see the remedy. J know not how to impress my convictions . upon you in a more forcible manner titan to relate to you a lew ol the facts and ob? servations from which I have drawn my conclusions : In 1113* travels through the upper por? tion of the Stale of South Carolina. I visited a small cotton factory, about twelve miles from <ireenville <'. II., called Buena Vista; it was worked by water power, and employed about thirty opera lives, aud upon careful enquiry, I aseer- : taitied it was a very successful enterprise. | Air. Lester, une of the proprietors, in? formed me that during the war they hail worked t wo sets of hands, running day und night ; since that time they have dou? bled their machinery, and that one of their firm was then North, engaged in procuring a still larger amount of ma? chinery. Mr. J'ttrifoy. the agent "t this factory, told me that liny could draw on New York for the-full 'value of their yarns upon consigninent, being at all times a cash article; and that if tl.ey had the ne eessaiy amount of capital, they could in. crease their business an hundred fold : that labor was abundant, the late war having left the countiy filled with widows and orphan children, to whom t! 1 ioccu? pation was a blessing, and almost their ! only resort, next to working in the open I fields. Upon enquiry. 1 found that their wages was 62 per week, and the agent j informed me that the}' expended nearly ; till their pay in the facloiy's store. They ! furnished goods at such prices as made their wages really nett them fifty cents per (by. This seems like Veiy poor pay, but when compared with the cost of liv? ing here is, I am sure, fully equal to the pa\* of operatives in the New Knglaiid States. There is another facloiy within a few miles of said facloiy, where they weave their yarns into cloth, emphying about sixt\' bands; this is also in a flourishing condition. And as far as I can ascertain, most of the Cotton Factories in ihe.Slatc are doing well, the one at Pcnrlleton be- j ing about to double its machinery. From J these and similar facts, ' have become thoroughly convinced that if we of the ; South were hut to devote a lithe of our 1 energy and capital to cotton and other! manufactories that we could, with the aid 1 of our natural advantages, ere Jong wrest from the New Knglnnd States the palm | of manufacturing supremacy on this con- 1 tincnt ; and render our people in every : way more independent and bapiy. It is; indeed si range tlrni our capitalists have been so long indifferent to the ?'real mil- ' ural advantages we have over New Kur? land in this powerful wealth-produciiig business. Should it be asked in what do these ad- I vantages consist, J would reply?1st. Is' not the cotton grown at our very doors ; would not all the expense of transporta? tion, commissions, insurances. &c., be saved? (a very handsome profit in itself.) 2d. Have we not a market at home, and in New Orleans, which could be supplied ly our factories at less cost than they can possible be from the New Kugland States? :{d. We have abundant water-power? the j finest in the world?and much of it so situated that it can be made available al much less cost than those, id' New Fng land generally. I know of (.-ne in this vicinity that has sufficient power to run all the mills at Jlolyokc or Chicopcc, where nature herself has been the Archi? tect, constructing an immense natural dam, '-ace. Ac. as though it. were express ly designed for the site of large factories. It, is, without doubt, the finest in this sec? tion of countiy, nature having left scarce anything for man to do. savo to adapt Iiis machinery to it. The most skillful mill right could not imagine a combination of all the requisite elements superior to ihi> one. Here we have a never tailing moun? tain stream precipitated over a precipice full thirty feet in height, with an immense natural dam of solid granite; the laud so situated immediately below the Kail as to present most admirable sites for the fac? tory buildings. On the other side, a beau? tiful loll to locate a Factory Village, from whose crest a magnificent view of the j ISlue Kidge Mountains is presented.scarce three miles distant, shutting out the North and Northwest winds ; surrounded by j abundant springs of the coldest water ; a climate subject to no extremes of heal or cold; where Doctors find it bard to make a living; where chills and fevers are not known, except when brought from the low country, from whence invalids fre? quently resort to gain exuberant health from the pure mountain air and clear nat-j ural fountains; where there is also abun? dant fine building stone, lime and limber just where it is wanted. * Little Uiver rises among the mountains of the Apalachian chain in I'ickens District, S. C. and flowing along the Southern slope between wooded hills and fertile j and cultivated bottoms, unites with the Tamossec Creek and other tributaries, un? til its volume equals twenty-five feet in width by five feet depth at its lowest ; stage of water. It is here suddenly ar- ; rested, and its current brought almost to j a stand-still by this huge ruck dam. full twenty-five broad on top. and almost lev? el, stretching directly at right angles across the bed of the stream tor full one ' hundred and fifty-feet in length, cruising the water to bark up and spread out to near about the saun- wid'li. Close to the right bank there is a break in this dam of about twenty-live feel in width, in the centre of which break there is a large rock projecting from the immense ruck bed below, which forms a central pier as of a bridge; the banks en either side of solid granite rock, aud forms abutments on both sides immediately above the dam. It is only through the break before de? scribed, that the divided waters lake their leap down the rocky chasm, within the i distance of a hundred yards t<> a pool full thirty feet below the level of the water . above the dam. Standft.g in the centre ol this rock dam. you can dip yoiii band into the stream above, while you can drop a pebble into the river below, a perpeti-j ?iicular height of thirty (eel ; though the face ol the Kail is not perpendicular; but abounds in numerous cascades, bounding, dashing and foaming among the rocks be- I low, where a sudden bend in the river takes its further course oul of! view. <In your right hand, just bcl:?w the 'hutment ' rock, the laud gently slopes oil' to near a level, and no one could doubt that this is the sjioi lor factory bail.lings. 'I he break . in the dam, with its central pier, could be locket! with a flood-gate, or could be wall? ed up with roik audcemenl in a few days, placing the entire stream under human control, by opening a Hume of race lie hind and around the rocky 'blltmclil be? fore mentioned. And here I would men? tion titat it an additional height n| fall were required, this could be readily in? creased lo liiiy feet by building lipon ihr natural dam from 'hutment to 'hutment. In examining tlie spot where ! propose the race should be cut. I was surprised to lind a natural opening of proper dimen? sions in the rocks, and extending near hail the requisite distance, though it was choked up with earth and rocks. This is what I meant by a natural race. f visited this spot with Mr. Christopher Jones, who owns several thousand acres of land adjacent to and including this mill I site, lie purchased this tract in WiL'. with the express view and intention <>| carrying out the purpose to which both' nature and human reason so strongly point, as the legitimate objects nf this happy combination of elements ; and bad not the late war deprived Mr. Jones of a large portion ol his means, this locality would, ere this, have been known as the site of one ol the largest cotton factories in the Southern States. Ant' now. my dear sir. I arrive at the j object of this communication : .\! r. Jones. ' unable himself to accomplish this object, j is not willing thai the country should be deprived of t he advantages he is convinced would: grow out of the improvement ol this mill siti-. and with commendable lib-1 oralify, he offers to donate this mill-site, j together with an hundred acres of land, to any man or company ol'men. w ho will properly improve it. The land will em-! brace the site of the mills and village ex- . tending on both sides of the river. |fe will also guarantee to them an abundance of good building s'one-rock, lime ami i im- ! her. lor the construction of all their build? ings; and if not objected lo, will inve?l in the enterprise ?IU.UU.U in a capital ofsjno.. ?U?. or 6.1.uoo in a capital of SIUU.WU. The location of the mill-silo herein de? scribed, is ten miles from \\ alhalla, in I'ickens hislri'l. There are daily trains from Walhalla to Columbia and Charles? ton, via the IJIue liidge Kailroad. When this road is completed lo the Tunnel, which is now two-thirds finished, the line of the road will jia-s within four miles of the mill-site. Labor can be readily ob taincd here, and ai low rales of compen? sation. 'I lu re are several mining opera? tions going on in this vicinity, and Ihe country gives evidence of bring rie|, in gold and silver. I have visited these mines and washings, and louml able-bodied while men working lor sixty cents per day and finding themselves. In connection with this proposed Fac? tory, probably there is no section ol the country that more needs a store, lo which ' a large trade might be drawn from and beyond the mountains. Though the peo? ple aro poor, ycl in the way of bartering for wool, hides, grain, &c, this could be 1 made a profitable auxiliary to the Fac ton". A Tannery should also be added, j J ns oak bark ami hides an; plentiful. I ' enclose you a truthful article on Lite cost : of provision* iu ihis section. Any further information will I/o cheerfully furnished |p\- .Mr. CTirisToplicr .loncsj who resides two miles I'roui the mill-site, ami whose postofliec is Walhalla, l'ickcns I>istriel. ! Now. sir. I am eonymeed that (his is I one (?I (Iu- finest opportunities for invest? ment to l:?c found in the whole country ; i ami was it known in the right quarters. Mr. Jones' oiler would not In- lung open. And it is with the view ol letting it he known lo enterprising men of capital, < that 1 address you this letter. WillI you IiL- sii kind as in make such use ol it as you may think will liest promote ihr ob? ject. To all who may enquire, assure them, as I assure you. that I have no in? terest whatever in this matter, save and except the interest 1 feel in the welfare of my country; and my conviction thai, we ought to become a manufacturing as well as an agricultural people. Yours Irulv. CIIAS. IT. FoXKK. : - ? - I The Dividing Line in Politics. flic subjoined remarks art; as applica? ble to lids section as Louisiana: It is undeniable 1 hat a strong feeling of ' caste?of cxclusiveiiess?is growing uji in tlic breasts of the colored people, and that i In- tendency to- ignore while men as coun? sellors and leaders?even though ihey he ol the most Uadical type politically?is constantly on the increase. It is useless lor partisans to deny thai ihis is ; \\ir careful observer may daily witness mani? festations ol it in the ordinary current ol events, in the bearing and conduct ol the colored masses, and in the boastful con? versation of the little gathering al struct corners and in public places. The 'former deference to the ??superior intelligence"' ami "greater experience" of their while, allies, so prominently noticeable a few mouths?nay. weeks ago ? has ciithvlv disappeared. They leel that coi:Jrolling political power has been placed in their hands by blind, fanatical legislation, anil they are determined to exert that power to enhance the interests and importance of their own particular class. Thev would be greater or less than t he ordina- j ry human animal?man?did thev act j otherwise; Political and social eotialiiv they now feel is a vested right of which they cannot lie deprived through any re? action of public sentinfenl : and they have \ no hesitation, tlicrelore, in casting aside. ! as no longer useful, the ladder?'compose I 1 mainly ol unreasoning famil ics and selfish political adventurer's?by the aid of which thev have ascended to their present cie- ? vatjon. Kavored above the whiles who j formerly held them in subjection, and! whom they have "I late niosi a.-sidiiotis!v j tnirglil t" I.ate and ni is trust, it i- hut nat- ! ural that they should desire to display| their newly acquired asecmlauev. We do not Leiieve that ihe more im el ligent and prominent colored met;?those who appear to the public as leaders?fullv I appreciate the strength ol this feeling I among their followers. I; i> the shrewd, ! auibitiotis. middle ! ? men. who mingle : with llit.- ignorant mob and manipulate! the secret clubs and societies that excite and foster, with self interested projects constantly iu view, this desire to ignore , all the while influence and form an exclit- ? sivc African party?so exclusively African that none can hope for the emoluments! or hoimrs of office-through its agency win*1 bears not plainlv in their complexi'.u the evidence o| .lark blood. ' This is not fust.-tin or idle speculation : i it. is I rut ii, deny il who may. Keen at ' this very early day. long before any elee lion |i?r new local governments can lie j held, there is scarcely a Slate or munici? pal office thai can he named, for which a ; negro candidate has not already I ren pin j lorward with strong, active supporters al | his back. A colored man. now holding ' oflieeJiy appointment of 1,'eii. Sheridan.' boasted on a leading thoroughdare, in j tones to be hear I by parsers, llial he | would he i lie next Slid ill' elected, ii" ii ens; j hint liily thousand dollars, lie is confi? dent of stu.eding without any such lib? eral e.vpendilare: anoiher i< quite as eon- j lidciil of being the :.e\l Mayor. The nicmhe.rol Congress from the first. his. j Iriel is decided upon, and so on to ihe end of ihe li^i. t)f course these individu? als may ail lie disappointed; we mention the formations of these numerous politi-1 ca! plans and the eagerness with which I he blacks adopt them simply as indica-1 i I ions of tie- desire to osi racist: the whites j daily growing stronger and stronger. ! I'ossibly this article may call forth I bombastic denial and partisan vitupcra-1 lion;; hu! ihos?; who study closely ?he' signs'of the t imes will liefsa'tislicd *??f it s j j en!in- correctness. and that the day i- id ' far distant, should no isnforseeii event transpire, when ihe dividing mark in po? litical parties in New (Irleans. ii no! in Louisiana an-! ihe. entire Sonih. will he [.white .-!<!!.s versus black. .May I'rovi-j ileiiee poSt polio, the. ,-vil hour.?JV~. (>. Turn .<. ' I ? A la,I. keen-eyed count rvman walk-j ed into a court-room during ihe progress j of a trial. Stepping up to mir ol "the I ?'rings,'.; he requested that the prisoners! might he pointed out lo him. The law yer he aeeosl <??{. being somewhat of a wag. pointed lo i he jury. The stranger sur? veyed them critically, when, turning to Ihis informer. In: remarked: ??Well, ihey are a hard looking set. ainl. they"' I , know hy their looks thev ought logo to! Slate prison, every one ol I hem." ? At no moment of dillieulty does a' husband know his niter helplessness, ami : draw so eh su 1 r> his wile's sole lor comfort . and assistance, as when he wants a but- , ' ton sewed on his shirt collar Tho Teachings of the Election. i lie mere transfer of power from one party to another, in ordinary times, is of little account. The recent elections in? volve a great deal more than an assign? ment of ollices. It is not even a triumph over men. Jl is an arraignment id a great party on ihe charge of revolution against the Government of the Constitu? tion. It is llit; vindication of the law. which has been openly violated bv a.pow? erful combination. U is not a matter ol part}- at all. The issue presented was higher. Jl involved the intcgrit}- of our free system of laws. W e need no speculative philosophy lo teach us that the creation of a military despotism is incapable of a legal existence in this-country. We will not argue with any man or set of men. thai trial by jury ami the freedom of speech and the press are inherent rights in the United Slates. Justice and liberty are no gifts of con? ventions. The people never gave any body power lo set aside the one or sup- j press the other. They never had any : such power. They said so when they made the Constitution. That compact was written down as a solemn protest! against every species of arbitrary power. Ii told the representatives, the judiciary, and the President what lliey might do ; and it forbid their doing anything else. It was a charter of liberties of the pCO-1 pie. and not a warrant of oppression. Jl condemned oppression and injustice in ev-1 cry form. Ii made iL a high crime to do thai which was forbidden. It is treason ' against the Government and the Consti? tution to wield the powers delegated to the Legislature, the executive or the judi- j ciary. "outside of the Constitution." The whole scheme of mililarv government over ten Slates is treason. That, is a : high eriuu?the highest crime known to our system, his an offence against the i libel-lies o| the people. The telegraph! tells that a reckless military tyrant down ? in Alabama has just sent a citizen to the Dry Tortugas for speaking disrespectful-, ly of Congress an.I himself. This is a I great crime. Who are the parties to it ? Is it alone the petty despot who for the i hour wields the weapons of Lastern ty? ranny? Is it John Pope? Xoi at all. i it is Congress. It was Congress that armed him with those weapons, il was Congress that stimulated the poor, I weak man to suppress the great con? stitutional guarantee of" trial by jury.? ! 11 was Congress that thus set up a high penalty against freedom of speech. ?*li you dar.: utter words disrespectful ol* the Federal Legislature/' said Congress. ? we will send you to the Dry Tortugas.'* Thai is the penalty wo put upon free speech. Is ii lawful thus to act ? Is it ju*l ? Is it generous? And where are these things done ? l)owniii the State of Alabama, where the despot that did them has disarmed all (lie white people, and ptil ilcm under the dominion of negroes. I bis is the wmk of Congress under the rule ol'AIr. Wade. Negro" govern inch I to succeed military despotism! Anarchy installed to succeed the grossest tyranny ever put upon a people. 'I'll.- people of the great North?the I.pie of Mr. Wade's Slat*?have spoken. Ii i- iioi aii admonition, hut ihe thunders of condemnation. They have said to Con grc --. ?? \ .hi have usurped the power which you have exercised t" oppress people. Voii are guilty of' a high crime?von are ' guilty of' treason against the freest gov crnmcnton earth, audyoii shall be judged, mil by irresponsible tools of power, such , as you have installed in all high places. ; bui by the duly constituted authorities of the C Iii led Stales." | We say with all the emphasis in our I power that the country will hold to the strictest account every man. high or low, lew or many, who has transcended the authority id ihe law and the Constitution within the p:i>t two years and a half. Let I'm- judgment of condemnation lall w ith all its h-gal weight upon iImse great crim? inals'* who have thrown aside the Consti? tution and trampled on the sacred liber-J lies ol this people. Lei the law be vindi-; eated wit h a high sense of its justice, aud an equally high sen-.- ol what is due to (hose who have suffered in ils violation. Il is-the province id' Iree government to preserve the complete integrity ol its own organic system. It must hold to account everv ortender againsl thai, system. Il j must see to it. too. that those who have j sull'ere-1 by ils violation shall he restored lo their rights and liberties. This is the greal end of all jusl authority. The citi? zen wronged musl be set up in all the strength ol his legal rights. Give him I the shield of the law. 11 is precisely the point thai has weighed so heavily against the revolutionists in the recent elections. The negro rule of t he South was a greater weight than any mere party could carry; bui i: might >ti'l have been borne along a vear more if that other weight, the pro? scription and enslavement ol the whites, and a pure military rule had not been ils twin in the programme. Men sometimes like opptv ssioii, till ii hingeson their own lives; then they repudiate it. We do not like oppression at any lime, and we will go-ill lengths to see the great criminals who an- now called suddenly I?< judgment have all the righls which I lie institutions ,,f the country guarantee lo lliein. That is mure ihau liny have been willing lo secure to their vieli*ns. The;people every? where condemn whal ihev have done, and the pcoide demand not ...nlv :1 restoration I o| ii,e old svstein. bui thai where crime j has been cm,niiied il shall be condemcd. No honest man will violate the law,as no honesl man can all'ord lo sit by aud see thu law violated wilh impunity by others. ? \\iiioii,tt //'/.//'?/"'"?''? '"?N'/ ? The concluding words of a "Hah obituary notice are very pathetic, 'die leaves thirl ecu widows and lii'iy-foiir chil? dren to mourn hif> loss *' r Judge Aldrich Suspended. 'I lie fearless position assumed by Judge 1 : Aldrich, at the recent term of the Ivige ' field Court, in relation to the jury order ; of Gen. Cax-uy, when he refused lo obey . that order, led many to suppose (hat the I military authorities would suspend the i Judge from ollice. That supposition isl ; confirmed iu t!ie follow ing extract from a special order of the commanding General, suspending Judge Aldrich from office jand making provision for holding the ' Courts on his circuit: j II. The lion. A. P. Aldrich is hereby suspended from the exercise of all func? tions appertaining Lothe ofiice of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions. Authority is given to His Excellency the Governor of the State of South Caro j lina. lo provide by an assignment of the j Judges of the Court of Common Pleas j and General Sessions, lor the holding of 'the terms of the Court of Common Pleas and Genend Sessions, in the Districts ol j ICdgefield, Partiwcll. Pcatdorl, Coilcton ! and Orangeburg, heretofore assigned to he j held by the Hon. A. P. Aldrich, suspended. ! Whenever. ;tt a term of the Courts of Common Pleas and Genend Sessions in j the District of Kdgelicld. Barnwell. ?etiu ! fort. Coilcton and Orangeburg: a Judge shall fail to attend, it shall be the dutv ol' the Cleric of such Court to adjourn the ! same, from day to day, until advised that the attendance of one of the Judges can? not hi! procured at such term : and before the final adjournment thereof, ii shall he the duty of the Clerk and the Sherilfof the District, to call a Magistrate;ami the said Cotirl shall he deemed fully and legally organized for the purpose ?l inaking jsiry lists and drawing jurors. Said Court, so organized, shall then and there proceed in the manner prescribed by law.and in con? formity with General Orders .\os. v!i and \W. current scries, from these headquar? ters, to draw grand and petit juries for the next term of said court. A correspondent of the Charleston JTrrcunj thus describes the scene resulting i from the enforcement of the above order: Baunwkli. C. II.. i )et. 21, '07. I MkssHs. Kditoks : In my wanderings'. 1 lotind myself at ihis piaco to-day, and I at Id o'clock, followed the crow.I to the ? Presbyterian Church, which is now used as the Court house. Judge Aldrich was i to preside. As a Federal Ollicer iiad ar ; rived in town early this morning, it was ! supposed something interesting would ! transpire. The Judge was escorted to the court room by ihe Sheriff, ainl greeted : pleasantly by the gentlemen of the : liar, who rose lo speak to him. The Clerk called over the grand and petit jurors, hut was not directed to swear j them. When the list was called, the .Judge proceeded to address them in his I earnest manner. He first alluded to (he I sad memories called up by the deaths ol so manv of the members of the Par in the last thirty years: then adverted to (he I present eon.lit ion of t he c 'tintry. and the .-ingle issue of the war?lo restore the I ' L'nion ; then lo his course al Kdgefield. which ha.I been noticed by the military, lie then read the modification of Orders No. s'.i. as communicated in a circular j from Go v. Orr, and his reply thereto, in i whicli he said the modification violates the jury law ol ihe Stale quite as fla? grantly as does the original order; and I the same conscientious and constitutional ! reasons which compelled me not lo eli I loree (he one. will compel me not tocarry out the other. He then read an order, which had been served on him this morn? ing, suspending and not permitting him lo hohl any courts in his circuit. The Judge then addressed the juries on the Kccoustruelioii acts an.I the powers ol the Military Commanders, which do not in? clude his suspension. Pi.-ing Irom his seal he said : Gknti.KMKX : In forced obedience to ihe command of Brevet Major-General Mil. II. S. Canby, 1 lay down my ollice for the present. Personally. I feel no morti? fication at this indignity, because it has been put upon me for ihe conscientious discharge of my constitutional duly. 1 did not receive my Otiice from him. or from anv power which he represents, anil j he has no right Lo remove me. Pat il almost breaks my heart to witness lite ! humiliation of this proud old State, we ? all love so well, in my poor person. He : ol good cheer, il is only lor a time. J see the dawn ol a brighter day. The great heart of ihe American people beats true to constitutional liberty. The time is at hand when we will he relieved from tho Ivrannv and insolence of military despot ? ism. j Gentlemen ol ihe juries, for the present farewell ; but if God spares my life. I will ' yel preside iu ;hi- court, a South ' 'arolina Judge. whose ermine is unstained. ; My brethren of ihe Par. he pa lien I : be i loyal to the constitution; be trite toyotir se'lves. , I Mr. Clerk, as I am tml permitted to perform anv judicial art. von and the Sheriff will 'issue i.> the jt.rors their pay ,.,.,-lilieates as if the Judge laid not al? lem!.'. I* , , ,. Mr Sherilf,del Hie court stand adjourn? ed while tiie voice of justice is stilled. o _ A genius living in California made a nerve and bone all healing salve, ami thought he would experimentaHze a little with il. lie lirst cut oil" his dog's lail and j applied some of the salve to the stump. A new lad grew on! immediately. He then applied some lo the piece of tail ! which he cutoff, and anew dog grew out, ' He did not know which dog was which.. ' ? It is not, great wealth or station j which makes a man happy. Many of the i most wretched bpings on earth have both The Intelligencer Job (Mike. Having recently mode considerable cdditions to this department, we are prepared lo czecuto In (lie neaic.el style and on the taost reasonable leriii?. Legal Blanks, iiill Heads, Posters, Cards, Hun II,ill-.: l'amplilvis-. Labels, and i:i fact every sty';.; of Kork usually doue in a country Printing Office; In all cases, tlio money will be required ii|"in delivery of ihe work. Orders, accompanied with I lie cash, will receive prompt attention. An Eloqiient Eztract. j General George W. Morgan made a capita] speech at Cincinnati theothcr da}', ol which llie following was the eoneJu 1 sion. Jl is one of the bravest Northern I soldiers who speaks, and thus pleads for j mercy to tiio conquered and peace to the , country : i Jiiit is no one to be punished ? Punish I ed ! J)oes that question emanate from u I human heart, or is it an inspiration from a lioud of hell? Punished! Why. my j countrymen, never in the history of civil ; ized warfare was such dire punishment j inflicted upon a conquered people us that I endured by our countrymen of the South, j Towns aud cities sacked and burned, j Whole districts charred ami desolated as j if by the demon of destruction, and mil , lions who wore reared in allluence reduced I by the shock of war to penury aud want, j Rut is no one to die ? Is no blood to bo ! shed ? Almighty God ! Xo one to die! j Let the five hundred thousand Southern I graves around which the melancholy cy : press stands as spectral sentinels monrn j ing over the victims of a fallen cause, an j .-wee the hyena cry for blood. Five hun I dred thousand graves, the sad monuments of the error of a heroic but defeated peo? ple. Five hundred thousand Southern homes are draped in mourning for tho loved ones who slumber in defeat beneath the crimson sod. Five hundred thousand I:Southern bonus are desolate, and the night wind as it sweeps across an hun? dred ensanguined battle-fields, is still bur j thened with the groans of anguish and i the sighs of despair which come from the ; gravi s of those who died in a lost and ; mistaken cause. Five hundred thousand \ Southern mothers, widows, orphans, aro j the living monuments of the blight of I fratricidal war. And who asks for ven ! geanee more than this ? "What demon in human shape cries lor blood ? My coun? trymen, the very earth is still red with brothers' blood, by brothers' shed. Oh, then, let us staunch the gaping wounds of war. and check the crimson tide as it ebbs away. And our own dead heroes, what of them? The laurel blooms upon their graves?the starry banner, under which they nobly died, waves over them. Their bodies are dead, but their names and glo? rious deeds will live forever. They died fur the Union they loved, for the flag they adored. Oh. my countrymen, let it not be said that they died in vain '. Jiut upon their tombs, to consecrate their deeds, let the temple of the Union be restored. And let us all, ""Northmen and Soutbmen join bunds over their graves and swear that our free Constitution shall endure forever. ?. - -o- - Political l'uosrncrs.?We give below an article from the Xew York Nation I Radical.) which, it will be seen, admits that the Democrats will carry Xew York by a majority of from seven to fifteen thousand votes. It says : [ The losses which the Republican party ! has sustained in every election that has occurred during the year, amounting to positive defeats in Connecticut. California and Pennsylvania, and a loss equivalent to a defeat in Ohio, make it necessary to survey the whole field, and consider dis passionately what puliiicul course the country is iikely to take, what probability there is of the restoration of the .Demo? crats to power, and what effect such an event may have upon the country. The actual losses of the Republicans aro a Governor in each of the States of Con? nect ieiiL and California, seven members of ihe House of Representatives, and two United Stales Senators. The diminution j of the Republican majority in the States which have lliu- far voted, as compared ? with last year. is. in round numbers, 107, iioo. viz.- jti.tlUO in Maine. 1.50.0 in Xew I lamps 11 ire, 2,700 in Vermont, 1,000 in Rhode Island. 1.500 in Connecticut, 19, UUO in Pennsylvania. 40.000 in Ohio. 10, 000 in Iowa, ami 15,000 in California. There is every reason to suppose that the Slates which hold elections in November will increase this figure to 200,000, or about one-half of the entire Republican majority in the Northern States. The lv suit ol tho election in Xew York may easily be foreseen. The .Democratic majorities in Xew York and Brooklyn will be reduced nearly 10,000 by the lig'ht vote : but the Republican majorities in the interior (amounting last year to'70.000) will be reduced to'ilO.OOO'or 40.000. In each id the counties of Albany. Rensscl aor. and St. Lawrence there will be a Re? publican loss of some 1?.?O0 voles; in each of a dozen strong Republican counties, Mich as Alleghany. Cnyttgn. Chautauqiie.^ Onondaga. etc.. there will be a loss of 1.000 voles or more, and a smaller loss in almost every other county. 'fids leaves the Democratic ticket a majority in the State of from 7."-"1 to 15.000, which, un |, sssotiie unexp? ? ted change ocelli's before die ejection, it is tolerably certain to have. ?o Ri vi i'i Koi; ('ou.N's.- -We give herewith what is said to be a certain eure tor these trouble.si.ie.e eustonuM^:: Serape a piece of common chalk, put a small portion of it upon the corn and bind it w ith a linen rag. Repeat the npplieation for a tew days, and you will lind the corn come off like a shell, and perfectly cared. The cure is simple and efficacious. .- O- . ? A conductor of a newspaper, speak? ing of a cotetnporary. says: '?He was for? merly a -Member ol Congress, but rapidly rose till he obtained the respectable posi? tion as an editor?a noble example of perseverance under depressing circum? stances." ?- If your mother's mother was my mother's aunt, w hat relation would your greai grand-tathcr's nephew be to my eldest brother's sou :a law.