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THURSDAY MORNIXG, JUNE 23, IS 70. AGENTS FOB THE INTELLIGENCER. Walkee, Evass <t Cogswell, Charleston, S. C. Joh>- T. Sloan, jr., Columbia, S. C. W. H. E. Todd, General Agent. ESP" South Carolina bond* were quoted in New York on Monday last?old 91; new S2J. jgg" Preaching may be expected in the Pres? byterian church on next Sabbath, morning and afternoon, by Rev. J. H. Gaillard, of Miss. Acceptable Present.?We duly appreciate the favors of our friends at any time, but the receipt of a basket of vegetables, including beets, beans ard cucumbers, from Dr. Jas. A. Todd on yesterday, was exceedingly timely and ac? ceptable, and we beg leave to return thanks for the compliment. Fine Wheat.?We have received samples of wheat grown by Mr. D. M. Watson, of this county, superior to anything of the kiud yet exhibited this season. The heads are large and full, measuring from five to six inches in length, and of course the yield will be extra? ordin?r}'. We hope that our friend will fur? nish the result for publication. - Sudden Death.?We learn that Fannie Peyton, an aged and respectable colored wo? man, was found dead at her residence in this village on Monday morning last. The testi? mony of a physician, at the coroner's inquest, held that she died of heart disease, and the verdict was rendered accordingly. She was greatly respected by all classes of our citizens. An Erroneous Impression.?It is not true that any portion of the citizens of Ander? son intend to petition the next Legislature for a change of name to HARRis-burg! Evident? ly, such reports are set afloat by envious and prejudiced persons, who-are unwilling to give due credit to the energy, enterprise and sagac? ity of A ndersonians. Wc would advise them not to boar false witness against their neigh? bors, nor to covet the prosperity of others. Board of Health.?At a recent meeting of j the Town Council, the following gentlemen were constituted a Board of Health for the town of Anderson: Dr. Thos. A. EviXS, B. F. Crayton, R. S. Hill, Thos. M. White and Dr. W. H. Nardin. Any persons being cognizant of nuisances, such as are detrimental to the health of the town, would render public sen-ice by reporting the same to any member of the Board, The Nickerson House.?Having recently visited Columbia, we desire to say a word in behalf of "mine host" Wright, the genial and popular proprietor of the Nickerson House, one of the most delightful hotels in the State. The ne<':t and airy rooms, the well-supplied ta? ble, and accommodating disposition of Mr. Wright amply compensate a traveler for the trifling inconvenience of its location. In fact, when the duties of the d:iy are accomplished, one feels refreshed and relieved to enter such a quiet and well-ordered establishment, and is made forgetful of the fact that there is a busy world outside. We cordially recommend the Niokerson House to our friends. Air Line Railroad?The Town Council of Anderson, at a special meeting held on Tuesday last, adopted resolutions for the pur? pose of being represented at the stockholders' meeting of the Air Line Railroad, which will convene in Atlanta, Ga., on Tuesday next, 28th hist. In order to carry out the wishes of the CouneiJ. and the people of Anderson, the following gentlemen were requested to attend the meeting of stockholders and represent the interests of our town: Hon. James L. Oer,. Hon. J. P. Reed and B. F. Crayton, Esq. It is understood that the two last named have signified their willingness and readiness to ac? cept the trust confided in them ; but it is feared that the official duties of Judge Orr, who is holding Court at Abbeville, will prevent him from being in attendance. It is earnestly hoped, however, that Judge Orr will find it consistent and convenient for him to be pres? ent, as much depends upon the action of this meeting. Gratuitous Advertising.?The Chester Reporter and the Columbia Guardian arc ma? king inquiries after one Dr. Clark, No 10 Amity Street, New York, who is advertising his "London Remedies" in nearly all of our exchanges. The Dr. fails to respond when asked for money, and as payment never entered into his calculations, we presume that he is nowise concerned about the gratuitous adver? tisements of our brethren. We observe that the Christian Neighbor advertises a firm styled M. O'Keefe & Son, (secdmen,) Rochester, N. Y., which concern has mulcted that worthy journal to the amount of $17.00 for advertising. These gentlemen likewise refuse to answer when invited to settle their indebtedness. Sueh eases are excessively provoking to a publisher, but there is a remedy for that class of diseases, far superior to the London Remedies. It is not patented, either, and costs absolutely nothing. It consists in maintaining an "armed neutrality" towards every establishment propo? sing to advertise, unless satisfactory references are given, or money paid in advance. Wc have long since adopted this rule, and would urge jhe proprietors of newspapers, in this State es? pecially, to keep aloof from "entangling alli? ances" with Northern advertisers, where they are not fully satisfied as to an ability and wil? lingness to pay the printer. By the way, have any of our cotcmporartes been paid for adver? tising "Koskoo" ? Wc have a proposition under advisement, and would like to know. BQT It is stated that Gov. Scott has accu? mulated, during the past two years, a fortune of $250,000, and that be only asks the office of Governor for another term to enable him t>> retire on a competency. Will some mathema? tician oblige us with the rule showing how this ,'imount could Lc honestly made in two years from a $5,000 salary ? It is likewise stated that Comptroller General Neagle had to borrow money to defray his expenses to Co? lumbia two years ago. and that he is now worth $600,000. These statements are doubtless ex? aggerated, but we would like to know exactly how much truth there is in them. The Reform Convention. We give the proceedings of the recent Con? vention upon our first page to-day. Twenty one counties were represented, and there was ] considerable enthusiasm manifested by those who favored the Convention and the policy of nominating a State ticket. It was our privi? lege to represent, in part, the county of An? derson, and as our views upon the expediency of placing candidates in the field for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor have been well known to the people' of this county, it is hardly necessary to state that we main? tained these views before the Convention. We were honestly opposed to making any nomina? tions, especially at this time, and it must be candidly acknowledged that our judgment was not influenced to the contrary by any argu? ments or opinions brought to light on that occasion. But we stood in a hopeless minority, and when the Convention determined to place standard-bearers in the field, its decision was respected by us, in the spirit of not wishing to create discord among our political associates. "We are willing, at all times, to consult and advise with our friends, and it was for this purpose that we withdrew opposition to the Convention and endorsed the proposition for Anderson to be represented. Now, that our ideas of expediency and sound policy have been thrust aside, and a totally different course pursued, we shall not argue the questions in? volved, but simply acquiesce in the result. It must not be expected, however, that this jour? nal will enter the campaign with enthusiasm. The course of events will be faithfully and ear? nestly recorded, and the work of reformation in our State government will receive a genuine co-operation. We are unalterably opposed to the villainies and corruptions practiced in high places, and will lend our feeble efforts to their exposure on every suitable occasion. We shall hope for good results in the approaching election, and will utter no word of discourage? ment to others more zealous and enthusiastic in support of the policy adopted. The platform adopted by the Convention meets with our hearty and unqalified approval. It is a fair and honest recognition of accom? plished facts. The questions hitherto dividing the races in this State are permanently settled by this action of the Convention, which was composed of white and colored delegates. It was the first occasion, since the present state of public affairs has been inaugurated, that repre? sentatives of both races met together in this capacity. The tone of the colored speakers was admirable, and evinced a clear perception of the duties devolving upon their people to? wards securing an honest and upright adminis? tration of the State government. We would rejoice to know that their leading men, from the seaboard to the mountains, were equally desirous of bringing about this reformation, and would assist in hurling from power and patronage the vampires who have fattened upon the bleed of the commonwealth for the last two years. The nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor arc Hon. R. d. carpenter, of Charleston, and Gen. M. C. butler, of Edge field. Judge Carpenter is highly esteemed by the people of Charleston, where he has re? sided for the last three years, and it is declared that he possesses great acquirements as ;? popular orator. He is undoubtedly gifted in many re? spects, and has performed the functions of his judicial office with ability and satisfaction to the people and bar of his Circuit. In another column, we give a brief .-ketch of his life and services. Gen. Butler, the nominee for Lieu? tenant Governor, is best known as a gallant Confederate officer. He is not without experi? ence as a political leader, and possesses tlie dash and enthusiasm requisite for success in public life. He has served in the Legislature of this State, and from his youth has received a gener? ous support among his neighbors and friends. We are informed that the colored people of Edgefield are enthusiastic in his praise as a fair-minded and honorable man, whom they are willing to trust with implicit confidence. We have known Gen. butler for about fifteen years, and outside of his brilliant record as a dashing cavalry officer, we commend him to our people as an honorable and upright gentle? man "without fear and without reproach." -?? Judge H?ge. The unwilling constituents of this gentleman, in this region, will be pleased to learn some? thing of his movements, as the official records of Congress do not show any great attention to his duties as Representative. The Newberry Herald of last week notices his presence in that town, at a hilarious meeting of bis colored con? stituents, while the Abbeville Pres? states that he has visited that place recently arid on sever? al occasions. Of course, the distinguished (?) Representative makes a speech each visit, and is severely denunciatory of his political oppo? nents. We were in Columbia three or four weeks ago, and Judge Ho<?E was there at that time. We left Columbia on last Saturday, and he was slill hanging about the capital. His prolonged absence from official duties is not ex? plained, and we are left to conjecture. Rumor says that HoGE in wofully beset in regard to the Radical nomination for Congress, and thai he is making-industrious efforts to keep down opposition to him in the nominating conven? tion. It has been darkly hinted that R. I>. Elliott, (colored.) will receive the nomination, and is a decided favorite among the Radicals over the present incumbent. Be this true or not, we can assure the occupant of -Mr. Rekd's scat in Congress that the white people of this section would infinitely prefer Elliott, if the choice lies between him and Hook. - . - Agricultural Statistics.?Wc have re? ceived a circular from Hon. Simeon CoRLKY, Commissioner of Agricultural Statistics in South Carolina. This circular is addressed to the citizens of this State, with the view of col? lecting valuable statistical information oT tbe kinds of crops raised in the different parts of the Stale; the general character of the soil ; the varieties of fruits cultivated ; the varieties of forest trees ; information concerning slock . tho climate; detailed description of lands for sale; location and character of manufacttiries, and about churches and schools. The circular states thai, !,the varied information thus ob? tained will be. compared, classified and prepar? ed for publication, in a form designed for gen? eral use. Such as is not published will be open to the examination of all editors, and all per? sons or companies who desire it, for their own instruction or use in persuading immigrants to come to our State." j Niles G. Parker,'State Treasurer. The following letter is copied from the New | York Nation. It is the testimony of "a thor? ough Republican" as to the merits of the State Treasurer, Niles G. Parker, formerly of Mas? sachusetts. In this connection it is interesting to know that the recent exposure of the Land Commission swindle, whereby somebody made SPO.OflO out of a single transaction in that office, is about to bring the swindle home to Treasurer Paeker, if we may believe Radical sources. "While in Columbia last week, this subject was being thoroughly discussed, and a prominent Radical office-holder distinctly stated, within our hearing, that the swindle had been narrow? ed down to two members of the Advisory Board. The correspondent of the Charleston Neios al? leges that these are Treasurer Parker aud Attorney General CHAMBERLAIN', and expres? ses the opinion that one more move will decide the issue between them. From all we could learn, the ex-Captain of the 33rd U. S. Colored Troops, now holding the purse-strings of this State, will be made to disgorge the almost fabu? lous amount obtained by this nefarious trans? action, and we may indulge the hope that other villainies will be unearthed before long. Wc copy the letter to which reference is made in the foregoing: To the Editor of the Nation?Sir : My atten? tion has been called to an article in the New York Independent in reference to our State Treasurer, Niles G. Parker. He is spoken of as having restored this State to solvency, and obtained for himself the respect of all business men, both in this'country and in Europe. I enlisted this Parker in the First Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, at Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he had been the unsuccessful proprietor of a restaurant and bar. After he left the army he commenced busi? ness in Charleston, where he failed, and is now restoring himself to solvency by compromising with his creditors for abouttwehtv-five cents on the dollar. Since 18G5 I have held a claim against him for several hundred dollars, which my attorney has settled recently for thirty cents on the dollar. It is my opinion that the. amount expended by Mr. Parker for diamonds, since he has been State Treasurer, would more than pay all his debts in full. It is well known that there were many mem? bers of the Constitutional Convention and of the General Assembly who had been drifted so that they could barely write their names, and yet could hardly write a word in the English language. There were no members of the Gen? eral Assembly in times past who could neither read nor write. This State was represented in the Assembly by meu of the highest culture and ample means. I am, and always have been a thorough Re? publican, but am opposed to being any longer misrepresented by incompetent, corrupt men. (Signed) J. W. Collins, Post Office Box 33. Beaufort. S. C, May 20, 1870. ?..... _ .. - Obsequies of Dickens.?Any information about the death and burial of the great author, who is mourned on both sides of the Atlantic with equal sincerity, will prove interesting now. His immediate friends were at first un? decided where to bury him. Some years ago he expressed a fancy to be laid in an old grave? yard at Rochester, which has since l>ccn closed. Hence, it was finally determined that West? minister Abbey should receive the remains, and on Tuesday morning the interment took place. The funeral was entirely private, and, as no intimation of it had reached the public ear, no crowd was collected at the London sta? tion on the arrival of the funeral train from Gad's Hill. Three coaches carried the mourn? ing party to the venerable pile, where the re? mains were received by the Dean of Westmili? ter and other officials. The remains were placed in the Poet's Corner, at the foot of Handel and at the head of Sheridan, with Maca?LEY and cumberland on either side? a fitting resting-place for the great departed. Flowers were strewn upon the bier, after which the burial service was read, and the funeral of Chari.es Dickens was ended. After the cer? emonies, thousands of citizens crowded to the spot where the illustrious novelist rests from his labors. The following gem from the writings of Dickens has been afloat on the sea of jour? nalism for some time past. It was beautiful before ; the world's recent bereavement makes it sadly appropriate and touching now : "There is nothing?no, nothing?beautiful and good that dies and is forgotten. An in? fant, a prattling child, dying in its cradle, will live again in the better thoughts of those who loved it, and play its part, though its body be burned to ashes or buried in the deepest sea. There is not an angel added to the hosts of heaven but does its blessed work on earth in those who loved it here. Dead ! Oh, if the good deeds of human creatures could be traced to their source, how beautiful would even death appear! for how much charity, mercy and purified affection would be seen to have their growth in dusty graves!" - .... ? Funeral of Wm. Gilmore Simms.?The people of Charleston attested their reverence aud affection for the great novelist and poet on the occasion of his burial. Previous to his death, Mr. Simms stated that he wanted no one to officiate as his pall-bearer who did not love him and whom he did not love,and consequent? ly only his intimate friends acted in this ca? pacity. The funeral rites of the Episcopal church were solemnly performed at St. Paul's by Rev. Messrs. C. C. PlNCKNEY and J. W. MILES, after which the remains were removed to a hearse, aud the procession moved slowly to Magnolia Cemetery. Here, in a corner of the plat donated for a monument to JoIIN C. CAL 1I0UN, the remains of South Carolina's gifted novelist, historian aud poet were interred, with? out formal ceremonies. The coffin was profusely decorated with wreaths, and crosses of (lowers and evergreens. On these was laid a representation of a harp, appropriately inscribed, "Woodland's harp is mute." It was the work of a lady, and the in? scription is from the poem, "0 Temporal 0, More*!" written by J. DlCKSOM BltUNH, of New Orleans, an intimate friend of Mr Simms, and in which this reference is made to the lat? ter: "Ami 'Woodland's'* harp I* unite; the ?ray old ninn UpmkN liy hin lonely heart Ii and ires reu im mmg ; Or, it In- sing, the note Im Mid und ?rmi, hike (In: pale face of onu who ha* hiiflered long." ?The homestead <>f Mr. simniN, whleh was destroyed l>y Sherman's nrmy. ?- -? fliSf We are indebted to a committee of the Preston Literary Society of Woflbnl College for an invitation to be present at their annual celebration on the 18th instant, when they will debate the question, "Are Protective Duties Beneficial." Affirmative?L. K. Clyde, Green? ville, S. C.; J. W. Dickson, Anderson, S. C. Negative?R. J. Shipp, Gaston, N. C.; ,T. C. Wallace, Union, S. C. Editor's Table. Hearth and Home for this week (dated June 25th) containsthe first of a series of sketches entitled ".Icthro Throop's Night Thoughts," by John Thomas, who is no other than Petroleum V. Nasby. The great humorist will take an honest country boy to tho city, conduct him through the usual experience, and restore him to his home a sadder and wiser hoy satisfied that the peaceful, honest and temperate life of cte farmer is the best and safest life that can be lived. This is a lesson greatly needed at* this time, and Nasby is the man to teach it. The Working Christian.?Tho second volume of this excellent religions and family newspaper will begin with the first number in July. It is now published in Charles? ton, and has an able co-ns of cditora. The proprietor is a'sisted hy Rev. J. l. Reynolds, D.D.. and Rev. l. II. Shuck. The "Sunday School Department," and that of "General Intelligence," are conducted by Oliver f. Gregory. During its first year, the paper has gained a circulation of 1,500, and is still gaining ground. It bids fair to be one of the most popular and useful religious pa? llors in the South. II in devoted to tho interests of the people of South Carolina. Sketches of living and deceased ministers will he continued from week to week, during the next year. Besides religious reading, it will contain valu? able reading on Education, Agriculture, and in fact every subject that, has a bearing on the prosperity of mir country. Demorests' Monthly Magazine.?The July number has an unusually large and elegant display of the Summer Fashions, with over sixty illustrations and two steel en? gravings, together with its entertaining literary matter, popular music, and other attractive features, and so ele? gantly and artistically got up as to make it emphatically a model magazine. A new and extraordinary list of pre? miums is published, among which is a fine parlor chroiuo, printed in eighteen colors and worth S-i.OO, to be given each subscriber. Three dollars per annum. Address, W. Jennings DEMOREST, 838 Broadway, New York. Demorests' Yoc.Vfi AMERICA.?The July number, just received, Is a fair specimen of this sparkling and |>opular juvenile monthly. Its entertaining stories, sketches, an? ecdotes, correspondence, poetry, music, puzzles, and nu? merous illustrations, and a chromo of the meadow-lark, furnish a rich mental feast for Young America. The new list of valuable premiums for yearly subscribers Is perfect? ly astonishing; in fact, several of them are alone worth the subscription price. Send for the July number. Ad? dress, w. Jennings Demouest, s:ts Broadway, x. Y. jFbr the Anderson Intelligencer. Nomination. Mb. Editor : It is important that the peo? ple of the Third Congressional District should begin to look around them for the most suita? ble and available person to represent them in the next Congress of the United States. Pre? suming that a Convention will lie assembled for the purpose of selecting a candidate, as the choice of the conservative voters, I desire to suggest for the consideration of those interest? ed the name of a gallant citizen of Edgefield, Maj. Wm. T. Gary. lie is a young man of decided ability, resolute bearing and sterling worth, and would do credit as a Representative to his constituents. Maj. Gaby is not disqual? ified under the Fourteenth Amendment, and I fed satisfied that he conies under that class of fair, honest and independent citizens who would find no difficulty in obtaining the re? moval of technical disabilities. He is ex? tremely popular as a citizen of Edgefield, and his bold, vigorous and manly course on ques? tions arising under the existing state of public affairs, commends him to the support and con? fidence ol the people of this Congressional District. Therefore, I suggest his name as worthy of the highest consideration by the Convention alluded to, if such an one is held ! and in the event that there is none, I beg leave to nominate him as an independent candidate, trusting that he will go before the people upon his individual merits, and receive their warm? est encouragement and support. ANDERSON. - s> - Tribute or Respect.?Previous to the ad? journment of the Reform Convention, Robert Aldrich, E-jq., of Barn well, announced the death of Hon. Wm. Gilmorc Simms, South Carolina's historian, novelist and poet. Mr. Aldrich made a few feeling and appropriate re? marks in reference to the deceased, and conclu? ded by offering the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, not only the State of South Caro? lina but the whole country, has received witli profound sorrow tiie announcement of the death of our beloved and honored fellow-citizen, Wm. Gilmorc Simtns, who has illustrated in song and story every portion of our history ; therefore, 1. Resolved, That this convention mourns with manly grief the irreparable loss the State has sustained. 2. Resolved, That in his life-long works and labors which have so distinguished this great man, and which have reflected as much honor on his beloved State as on himself, he has meri? ted the love and gratitude of his fellow-citizens. 3. Resolved, That the President of this con? vention be requested to convey to W. Gilmorc Sinims, Jr., the oldest son of his distinguished father, the heartfelt sympathies of this body with the children of the illustrious dead, whose loss they and we deplore. 4. Resolved, That the papers throughout the State be requested to publish this preamble and resolutions. The preamble and resolutions were unani? mously adopted by the convention.' Knocking fob Admission?It will be seen from the annexed Congressional proceedings of last Saturday, that WlIITTEMORE has knocked for admission, and meets with serious opposi? tion. Iiis friend LOGAN is a considerable bar? rier to his hopes and aspirations: The Speaker laid before the House the crcd entails of B. F. Whittcmorc, member elect from South Carolina. Logan objected to swearing in the person claiming to represent the State of South Carolina, under these credentials. Farns wortb suggested that the case he referred to the Committee on Elections. Logan did not want the case to go to the committee. The individ? ual hail disgraced himself, and the journal of the House so expressed it; and it was a ques? tion for the House to decide for itself. Farns worth insisted that it ought to go to the com? mittee. Logan said he did not wish it to go to the committee, to be pocketed till after Con? gress adjourned ; he wanted the question settled now ; the election was not contested?only the question was, whether the House, would admit him. Farnsworth could not see how the House could act, without a report to go upon ; there was no official record; true, members remem? bered the proceedings sonic weeks ago, but they could not go upon that. Logan said, to refer it was to treat the case with more consideration than it deserved ; the House was familiar with all the facts, and it was a mere question wheth? er they would allow him to occupy a seat in this Congress; whether they would stand by what their own moral sense, and the sense of the people prompted them to do ; he moved the ease be postponed to Tuesday next, after morning hour; agreed to. Garficld offered a resolution, that when a member is expelled, or resigns, pending a resolution of expulsion, the case should he referred to the committee in which the resolution of expulsion was considered. Referred to Committee on Rules. Sam-da Dental Society.?At a meeting of various members of tin; dental profession from adjacent counties, held in Newbcrry re? cently, an organization of a local dental society was perfected by the election of permanent officers and the adoption of by-laws and eon- j stitution. The organization is styled the Salu da Dental Society, with Dr. newton Sims as President The next meeting will be held at I Williumston, in this county, on the last Th?rs- J day in August next, at 7 o'clock p. m. ' Sketch of Judge Carpenter. The Charleston News thus sketches the life o.'lion. R. B. Carpenter, the candidate of the Union Reform party for Governor of this I State : Judge Carpenter was born in Franklin Coun? ty, Vermont, on the first day of January, 1S2G. When twelve years of age his parents removed to Kentucky. Here the Judge received an academical education. When ready for col luge ill health compelled him to travel, and about four years was spent in travelling in Texas and in the Southwest generally. When his health was restored he returned to Ken? tucky and read law in the office of the Hon. I late J. T. Morchead, at one time Governor of j that State, and also United States Senator, i On the first day of January, 1847, then being j twenty-one years of age, the Judge was ad? mitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the State of Kentucky. He commenced the practice of law, and in 1851 was elected attor? ney for the Commonwealth. This office he held until 1854, when he was elected attorney for the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Company. After holding this ollice for three years, living in Chicago the while, he returned to Kentucky, where, in 1SG2, he was re-elected commonwealth's attorney, and retained that position until 1807, in which year he came to this city. He was appointed by Chief Justice Chase registrar in bankruptcy for this district, and discharged the duties of this office until the second of January, 1869, when he took his seat as Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, having been elected on the ninth of* December, 1S68, by a three-fourths vote of the Legisla? ture. As Judge of this Circuit, Judge Carpenter has given universal satisfaction. It h thought that he will resign his office, to accept the nomination, as soon as the criminal docket of his court is disposed of, which will probably be before the close of the present month. In person and in bearing Judge Carpenter impresses all who meet him as a man of singu? lar ability, energy and force of character. Forty-four years of age, and of commanding stature, his features bespeak the presence of an iron will and a dauntless determination. In the bitter political contests of Kentucky, in which he has taken part, he has gained no little reputation for ready wit and effective speaking on the stump. In addressing a pub? lic assembly, his style is direct, earnest and incisive; and those of our citizens, of what? ever color or political convictions, who may have the good fortune to hear him in the course of the approaching canvass, will sec the veil torn from the organized rascalities of the Scott Ring, in a style at which the arch robbers in Columbia, and their understrappers elsewhere, callous as they are, will fairly wince. Reconstructing the Cabinet. The Washington correspondent of the New York World writes as follows to that paper, up? on the resignation of Attorney-General Hoar and the subsequent nomination of Amos T. Akerman, Esq., to fill that distinguished po? sition. Mr. akerman resides at Elbertom Ga., and is well known to many of our readers: The rumors which have become chronic du? ring the past two months regarding the status of Attorney-General Hoar in the Cabinet were to-day set at rest by the acceptance by the President of Mr. Hoar's resignation, and the nomination of Amos T. Akerman, of Georgia, to the Senate, as his successor. As it has been for sjme time the well-known and settled pur? pose of the President to relieve his Cabinet of .Mr. Hoar, and as the latter has as well express? ed his intention of leaving, his resignation has not created a tenth part of the surprise that the nomination of his hitherto unknown successor has elicited. Had it not been for the presence of a lew (reorgians in the city, whom the Presi? dent consulted on Tuesday regarding the char? acter ami capacity of Mr." Akerman. it would be a difficult matter to toll who he is; and this becomes amusing from the fact that the Radi? cals give it out that the President is about com? mencing a general reorganization of his Cabi? net with men of more prominence in the Re? publican party and men more acceptable to Congress. The new Attorney-General is de? scribed a? a gentleman of the old school, tall | aud spare, and about fifty years of age. He is \ a native of New Hampshire, but has resided in Georgia for thirty years, and was loyal to this government throughout the war. He was among the first in Georgia to indorse the mili? tary policy of reconstruction, and ha< been a firm supporter of the Bullock administration which was the first fruits of that policy. He was at the head of the Grant electoral ticket in Georgia, and was rewarded by being appointed United States District-Attorney for that dis? trict. This past winter he was a candidate for United States district judge, but failed to re? ceive the appointment. In fact his biography could all be written on the back of his new commission. It is briefer aud of less impor? tance even than those of Bclknap and Robe-on, who were lifted from a similar obscurity into their present official stations. It is learned, however, that the President, in selecting Mr. Akerman, desired to concede something to ge? ographical position, and therefore determined to put a representative in the Cabinet from the cotton States. The Washington Star of last Saturday makes the annexed comments in regard to the appoint? ment : It seems pretty certain that the more radical Republicans will make an earnest effort to pro? cure the withdrawal of Ackcrman's nomina? tion to the Attorney-Generalship, or failing in that, to prevent his confirmation by the Senate. This action grows out of the part borne by Mr. Ackcrman during the late rebellion, in which it is alleged he voluntarily took an active part for about eighteen months. It appears that the legal and political disabilities imposed upon Air. Ackcrman by the fourteenth amendment were removed by the Act approved on the 14th December last, in which his name appears with about 1,500 others. The opposition to him would seem, therefore, not to be based upon strictly legal objections, but rather upon the questions of propriety in the President choos? ing a constitutional adviser from that class, while plenty of men at least equal in ability and reputation to Mr. Ackcrman, and without any taint upon their patriotism, could be had for the place." The New York Tribune, in view of Aker man's nomination as Attorney-General, says : "We recognize in the new appointment a cheering sign that the administration is deter? mined to break down the idea that men who were carried into the rebellion, but have since frankly and honorably accepted the result, must be forever excluded from public trust." -+ Judge Carpenter Accepts.?The follow paragraph is copied from the Charleston News of last Monday : Wc know it will send a thrill of joy and con? fidence throughout the State when wc announce, as we are now able to do definitely, that the Hon. R. B. CartKMitcr is in hearty and active accord with the prcat Reform movement so auspiciouslv inngurated at Columbia last week, and that he will accept, as a public duty, the nomination for Governor. In a few days, as soon as the unusual pressure of business in his court will allow, he will relinquish the judicial robes ; and, until this be done, his formal ac? ceptance of the leadership of the Reform col j umn will not be made public; but wc have thought proper, in the meantime, to make this ! announcement, that all doubts on the score of his acceptance might be at once and finally set at rest. ? Texas is supremely happy. Water is a I dollar a buckct,-'and whiskey about the same price, so that it doesn't pay to adtdtcrate the latter. 1 ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. ? Moses Wingate, of Havcrhill, Mass., died lust week, aged over 100 years. ? On after the 1st of July the post office at Surater will become a money order office. j ? General Wade Hamptou has purchased a steam plow for $18,000. ? Texas has over 500 miles of railroad, and 1 is rapidly building more. ? Hon. Gustavus A. Henry, of Tennessee, is recovering from his late serious illness. ? Father Ryan, after a pleasure trip to Eu . rope, proposes to make Mobile his future home. ! ? The Radical State Convention of Maiue I has nominated Sidney Perhain for Governor. ? Hon. Ben Wood and family are on a ; summer tour to Europe. ? The Michigan Republican State Conven? tion is to be held.in Detroit on the 1st of Sep? tember. ? Louisiana Democratic papers are insisting that the Executive Committee ought at once to call a State Convention. ? James L. Harris, colored, is about to be elected to Congress from the 4th District of North Carolina, vice Dewees resigned. ? The annual commencement of the Uni? versity of Georgia begins on the first Wednes? day in August. ? TheH avana police have again commenced ; arresting members of the Masonic fraternity for i holding secret meetings. j ? Mrs. Stanton, wile of the late Secretary of j War, has rented a mansion at Germantown, Pa, ! Her health is somewhat impaired. ? United States Senators Anthony, of Rhode Island, and Cragin, of New Hampshire, have been re-elected by their respective Legislatures, ? Col. John Baxter, formerly of North Caro? lina, was shot and wounded in the arm recently, in a street affray at Knoxville, Tenn., with Gen, Mabry. ? Jerome Bonaparte died in Baltimore last Friday, aged 05. His mother-in-law, Mrs, Williams, died the same day and at the same place. ? Gen. Robert Anderson, who surrendered Fort Sumter at the beginning of the late war, has been living for some months at Tours, in France, in declining health. ? The Springfield (Mass.) Republican thinks it would be "an excellent thing for the country to have two such dead-iu-earnest men as Wen? dell Phillipsand Andrew Johnson in Congress." ? The drought in France causes great dis t ress and loss of property. Cattle are perishing for want of fodder and water, and fears are entertained that the crops will be ruined. ? Col. I. G. McKissick, of Union, has been proposed as a candidate for Congress to repre? sent the Fourth Congressional District. He is eligible to Federal office, having had his disa? bilities removed by Congress. ? The force at work on the Port Royal Rail? road is being increased at all points. Arrange? ments are in progress to work night and day, and it is believed that the road will be comple? ted to Augusta by the 1st of November next. ? Fourteen negroes, charged with murder, robbery and arson, perpetrated in Green coun? ty, Ala., some three weeks ago, have been ar? rested. One of the party has turned State's evidence. ? Mr. Dickens left a fortune of .?80,000. Six monthly part3 of the '"Mystery of Edwin Drood" are finished, and the story is so out? lined as to leave its completion easy. It is understood that Wilkic Collms undertakes the task. ? Some white gentlemen who took seats in the colored men's car on a Georgia railroad, the other day, were invited to another car by the conductor, as the two colored passengers ob? jected to white gentlemen sitting in the car. ? Judge Melton has announced his opinion in the case of the Blue Ridge Railroad, ad? versely to the motion for injunction, which he has ordered to be dissolved. We presume that the question will be taken to the Supreme Court fur final adjudication. ? Victor C. Barringer, Esq., of North Caro? lina, Judge .Tair.es, of Ohio, and Benjamin V. Abbott, of New York, have been appointed a new commission to codify the laws of the Uni- _ teil States, the salary to bo $?,000 a year, with stationery, &c. ? Sargent S. Frontiss, a son of the renown? ed orator and advocate of the same name, was the other day admitted to the bar in Louisiana, lie has been engaged in mercantile pursuits for a number of years, during which time he has prepared himself for Iiis new profession. ? A Democratic caucus of fifty members of Congress was in session at WTashington last Friday night. It is proposed to urge the South? ern people not lo nominate persons for Congress incapable of taking the test oath, unless their disabilities arc removed. ? In the proposed new constitution of Illi? nois, each member of the Legislature has to take an oath to the following effect:?That he has not bribed any votes at his election, and neither has received, nor will receive any money or other valuable thing for any vote or other official act. ? Hon. Thomas D. Eliot, formerly a promi? nent member of Congress from Massachusetts, died in New Bedford on Tuesday, aged 62 years. He was in Congress in 1855, and again from 1S?9 to 1SG9, and was one of the most active members of the Commerce Committee of the House of Representatives. ? W. J. T. Glenn, of Union, advertises a winter grass, which he claims to have discover? ed on his own plantation and tested for more than twelve years. He says he is fully satisfied it is a grass that will enable ever}- one owning a few acres of land to have just as fine pastu? rage in winter as in summer. ? A correspondent of the Coahoma (Miss.) Delta complains of the ill-treatment of some German immigrants by their employers ?in that section, and says truly that if this practice is observed to the new comers they will be very likcly not only to absent themselves, but advise their friends to stay away. ? At a Sunday School celebration in Jack? son, Tenn., over four thousand five hundred children and ten thousand adults were in at? tendance. Hon. Jefferson Davis was present, and addressed the immense audience for the space of ten minutes, in an earnest and thril? ling manner. His appearance on the stand oc? casioned tremendous applause. ? The evidence in the case of Gen. Howard, charged with corruption in the administration of the Frecdman's Bureau, has been closed. The committee will carefully overhaul the tes-? timonv, which will probably occupy the re? mainder of the session. The case was closed with a long statement from Howard. ? Governor Holden has issued orders to the different military divisions of the State, for the formation of a regiment of State troops for ac? tive service, to be made up of white volunteers if they can be obtained; if not, negroes will be enlisted. He also orders the immediate enrol? ment of the militia, with instructions to set apart a special number of mounted men in each regiment, to be used as a reserve. ? Gen. P. B. 31. Young is in Washington, urging that unless Binghanrs or some such amendment is adopted, the people of Georgia would greatly prefer a government entirely in tlie hands of the military until the State shall be properly organized for admission into the Union, and that the people have power to elect all officers of the State in November. This ?will probably be favored by many Democrats and some Republicans. ? Gratz Brown, of Missouri, formerly Uni? ted States Senator, delivered an oration in St. Louis on decoration day, in which he spoke strongly in favor of the removal of political dis? abilities from the white men of the South. It is probably true, says the Union and American that a large majority of the Republican party are in favor of Buch a policy. The. press of that party in all our principal cities have spoken warmly in favor of it, and have con? demned Congress for its action in continuing those disabilities, and making it a penal offense for any Confederate to hold office who is dis? qualified by the fourteenth amendment.