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TERMS? One copy fol'"ono ycnr.;;^._.S 2.50 " v " riibnttis.... 1.25 Ten copies for one- year....?.20.00 Twenty copies for?ho year..:.?._37.50 The clubs of ten And twenty will be sent to any address. Subscriptions will not be received for a less period than Bfz months* ADVERTISING RATES. AilVcrtisc-Jients will be Inserted at th? rate of One Dollar pier square of ono inch space for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents pec-square for each subsequent Insertion. Liberal contracts, made with those wishing to advertise for three, six or twelve months.. Obituary.notices exceeding fire lines will be charged for at advertising rates. Announcement of candidates, Fi^o Dollars in each case, invariably in advance. Job Work cash on delivery, in every instance. ANDERSON C. H., S. C. -.-. ^TOURSDAY MORNING/ JULY 6, 1871. .Seventh Volume. With this number begins the seventh vol ?mneof the Intelligencer since the war. For sii years, the paper has grown steadily in influence and popular-favor, and to-day rests upon a secure basis, with more than one thous? and subscribers and an extensive advertising patronage. It is not for us to say whether or not the past management of this journal has ' been Conducive to the public welfare. Suffice it, that a generous people have warmly sus ^'iained the proprietors,, and that we have en? deavored, to merit that consideration at their hands. It has been our constant aim to lead the people in honorable paths of peace and in ^dustry, that the future prosperity ? of this sec? tion may be assured; and that, rising from the depths of adversity and despair, the dawn of a brighter day might break upon our visions, and the glorious effulgence of its meridian height descend to after generations. True and faith? ful to friends, we have sought to maintain a -frank and manly opposition to our political ^fbes, ascribing credit only where it is due, and ^denouncing boldly the vices and corruptions of those seeking to drag the State into unutterable *^e*pths of woe. But why rehearse the past 'course of this journal? It is famili?r as . "household words" to the section in which it circulates, and is a proud guarantee for the fbture, under its present management. We have promised, from tune to time, to im? prove" the typographical appearance of the In iteMigcncer. These promises are redeemed, and the present issue is printed altogether with type purchased during the last fifteen months. JJKe have very recently added a fount of new -type intended especially for advertisements, and its beautiful, clear impression will only ?enhance the value of such favors to our adver? tising patrons. '. h .Under favorable auspices, and with hearts j Yand hands devoted to the work, we enter upon j the seventh volume with a determination to "achieve still greater success in the realm of fjadmalism. And to this end, we would invoke j ^fee-continued1 co-operation and encouragement j ToiEeyery: citizen who has sustained us in the ^?tr*and a far trial from those not now upon our subscription books. ? - ^ t,'f*m ' J5$r Col. G. F. Townes, of the Grcenvnlc Enterprise, gave us a passing call on his way to Walhalla yesterday. ?J?P" We'are under obligations to Hon. Horace Capr?n, Commissioner of Agriculture, for the monthly report of the Department of ] Agriculture for May and June. -?? ? ? ?10" A colored girl named Margaret Cun irrngham was sent to the Lunatic Asylum on Tuesdiy last. We learn that, during the last six months, seven persons have been sent to the j Asylotrnfrom this county. Messrs.'Gilreath & Burgiss have recent? ly opened anew Tm establishment on Brick Range, and will keep constantly on hand an extensive assortmentof goods, at wholesale and retail, We invite attention to'their advertise? ment for further particulars. The attendance of country people on Monday last was quite fair for saleday in July, as it is usually a dull occasion, in consequence of the crops being on hand and generally press? ing, at this time. Scarcely any business was transacted, however, and the legal officers made no sales of property. B&- Mr. A. B. Towers, Agent of the Andes Insurance Co. of Cincinnati, will accept our thanks for recent favors. Mr. Towers has lately j become the agent of the Andes Company, which has a cash capital and surplus of $1,200, 000. He will be pleased to receive applications J for insurance in this or any other reliable c?m- ] pany represented by him at. this place. The advertisement of Maj. B. F. Wbit ner announces fhs.t he has accepted the agency for Anderson county of the South Carolina Land and Immigration Association, and that he is prepared to furnish tickets at any time. Sub-agents are wanted in every portion of tho county, and liberal per centagc allowed. Cir? culars furnished-gratis on application to Maj. Whitnor or at thw office.. A basket of vegetables from Col, T. J. Roberte, proprietor of the Benson House, came to hand on Tuesday'last. Among the variety was a Beet measuring twenty-two inches in cir cetiiference?tomatoes, one of them measuring eleven' frtfch es, and squashes equally large as your hat brim f - These were truly fine speci? mens, and we congratulate the Colonel and his. boarders upon such successful gardening. An Investigating Committee. The Ku Klux Committee, uow; sitting in Washington, has recently appointed asub-coni mittee to visit certain portions of North and South Carolina, immediately, to inquire into the condition of affairs. Senator Scott, of Pennsylvania, and Representatives Stevenson and Van Trump, of Ohio, compose tho sub? committee. The two first named are Republi? cans, and Judge Van Trump is a sterling Dem? ocrat. They will proceed at once to Columbia, and afterwards visit Spartaubnrg or Greenville, and thence to North Carolina. The minority of theKu Klux> Commilke arc anxious that the conservatives- shall secure a full hearing before this sub-committee. This Bub-cor.imittee reached Columbia on last Saturday, and began the examination of witnesses on Monday. The College Festivities at Walhalla. Our neighboring town was quite alive last week, in consequence of the festivities connec? ted with the aiinual examination and com? mencement of the Newberry College, located at that place. On Monday and Tuesday, the .commencement exercises passed off With great eclat, and in the' presence of numerous friends from almost every section of the State. We understaud that the examinations and speeches were quite interesting, and showed great cere on the part of the profe^-ors, and diligent study ?and application among the studonts. As our readers are informed already, this institution is under the patronage of the Lutheran denomin? ation, and while its strength> aud usefulness proceeds maiuly from that direction, the citi? zens from Walhalla are striving earnestly to build up an- educational institution of lastiug honor and benefit to the people generally. The pure, bracing atmosphere, noted for its healthy influence, together with natural advantages of no ordinary character; the facility of railroad communication with the outer world, and tho cheapness of living in this section of the State, added to the ability and fitness of President Smeltzer and his corps of assistants, all com? bine to render this College famous in days to come.. It is fast growing in importance, and We donbt not that an onward impulse has been given during the past week of- infinite advan? tage to its success hereafter. It was our fortune to be present on Wednes? day, 28th of June, at the laying of the corner? stone of the College building, and to witness the interest and enthusiasm manifested by the large assembly in everything pertaining to this institution. A brief description of the cere? mony will not be inappropriate. The Masonic fraternity assembled at their usual place of meeting at 11 o'clock, a. m. The procession was formed under the direction of Maj. S. P. Dendy, Marshal of the Day, and marched to the Lutheran Church, where an immense audi? ence bad already assembled. The Exercises were opened with prayor by Bro. C. E. Chich ester, of Charleston, acting as Grand Chaplain. The acting Grand Master, Rev. J. H. Honour, introduced the orator of the day, Rev. W. S. Bowman, of Charleston, who dcliveied an ad? dress suited to the occasion. His.theme, " Re? ligious' education the future hope of our coun? try, and Masonry as connected with sanctified learning and scientific development," was ably discussed iu all its practical bearings. When the address was concluded, the procession again formed and proceeded to the College building, where the beautiful and impressive rite of the Masonic fraternity was duly observed in laying the corner-stone. It was an unusual spectacle, however, as the building has been erected for several years" and these ceremonies are ordina? rily observed when the work is first commenced. But circumstances have prevented an earlier observance of the time-honored custom, and as the building is not yet completed, tho acting Grand Master found no difficulty in adapting tho prescribed form to the occasion. Efforts were made during the day to raise money to complete the College building, and we are gratified to state that the means em? ployed were quite successful. Among other things, the ladies of Walhalla had prepared an ample supply of refreshments and substantial--, the proceeds of which were set apart for the benefit of the College. The dinner was spread in the recitation rooms, and hundreds partook oMhe bountiful repast, much to their own sat? isfaction and that of the ladies in charge, we presume. The festivities closed on Thursday night with a commencement ball and supper at Biemann's Hotel, which was largely attended and credita? bly managed, we understand. Air Line Railroad. President Buford, of the Air Line Railroad, visited our town on Tuesday last. - He was waited upon by a committee of gentlemen rep? resenting the town, and conversed very pleas? antly in regard to the location of the Road by this place. He seems quite anxious that the surveys now being made from Greenville, by way of this town to Gainesville shall be thorough and exhaustive, and further declares that it would be gratifying to find an easy, cheap and desirablo route by Anderson, in con? sequence of its local business and advantages. The present survey might discover a practi? cable and short route, and in this event, there is no doubt about the road cotmng-'here,-?nless our people fail to discharge-their duty in mak? ing the subscription proposed.. Col. Buford thought that every exertion should be made to get at a satisfactory solution of this vexed ques? tion of location; but frankly asserted that it I was the intention-of those in authority to con | struct the Road over a route of their own se ? lection, withou regard to specific terms of original charters. The corps of engineers on the Georgia aide are accompanied by Maj. Thos. B. Lee,, whoso services were procured by the people of Ander? son. They are running the line from Roberts' church to Gainesville. Another corps has re? connoitred the line to Greenville, and will return for a more careful examination of the route._ The New County. The Greenville Enterprise contains the pro? ceedings of a public meeting held at the resi? dence of Capt. Henry T. Stokes, in thr lower portion of that county, on the 10th of June. The objcot of the meeting was to take prelimi? nary action towards tho formation of a new County from portions of Greenville, Anderson, Abbeville and Lanrcns.. Messrs. James1 Me Cullough, Jesse French aud A. W. Ramsey were appointed a committee to locate the line, constituting the boundary of territory it 9 pro? posed to take from Greenville for t!:c said County. The citizens of Anderson,- Abbeville and Laurcns were requested to hold meetings in those sections proposing to unite in this movement, and to appoint similar committees for the purpose of conferring with the above named committee at HoneaPath at some future day. ? These committees of conference arc re qucsed to make a report of their action to pub? lic meetingf? in their respective sections. The object of this" movement, if. we arc correctly advised, is to organize a County with the Court House at Honea Path. With this object in view, a bill was introduced at the last session of the Legislature, and wc presume that active exertions will be made next winter to carry out the project._ ? Subscriptions are making in New York city for a monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee. Reminiscences of Dr. Johnson. Tbc editor of tho Working Chrvslian has ex- ' auiined the manuscript, contaiuing "Dr. W. B. Johnson's Reminiscences," and finds that they j are very interesting. These reminiscences were written by Dr. Johnson a fow years before his death,- and are said.to contain a good autobiog? raphy of this working and useful man/ His comments on the men, aud times, and places of his life and labors, arc replete -with iutcref-t. Bro. Gaincs proposes to publish these reminis? cences, together with the funeral discourse of Dr. J. C. Furmau on the occasion of Dr. John? son's death, and other sketches of this great I and good man, in neat book form. Ho thinks the book will contain about 150 pages, and that it can be sold for $1. When the names of three hundred persons are pledged for as many copies, the work will be put in print without delay. In this community, where Dr. Johnson lived ?and labored for so' many years, and where his honored remains are now reposing, we think there will be no difficulty in securing a large list of subscribers to the proposed work.- Let active exertions be made at once, so that at least this memorial.of his services and useful? ness may be assured. The death of Dr. John? son occurred during the war, and it was the in? tention of the Baptist denomination to erect a monument to his memory. As this intention has never been carried out, and probably will not be forbears to come, we think it tho duty of all desiring to perpetuate the recollection of this eminent and devoted servant of God to ?encourage Bro. Gaines in this voluntary under? taking, by forwarding orders at once for copies of this work. We* will take pleasure in re? ceiving the names of persons who are willing to subscribe, and we trust that others will-more actively canvass the subject both in and out of tho denomination. - mm * mm ' Baptist Sunday School Convention. We see it stated that the Executive Board of the Baptist State Convention has appointed a meeting to be held with the Sumter Baptist Church, on Thursday, 20th of July inst. Ev? ery school in the State is authorized to send one delegate. Such as cannot be represented by delegates-are requested to furnish, by letter, a statement as to the number of teachers and scholars, male and female, and the condition of tho school. Wo presume that arrangements will be made with the various railroads to pass delegates for one fare, going and returning. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Brushy Creek, June 24,1871. By virtue of-an act of the Legislature, a portion of the citizens of this School District met for the purpose of voting for or against an additional tax being levied for school purposes. On motion, Mr. Joshua Smith was called to tho Chair, and Mr. T. H. Russell requested to act as Secretary. It was moved and seconded, that an addition? al tax of one-half mill on the dollar be assessed and collected on the property of this School District for educational purposes. Adopted unanimously. T.'H. Russell offered the following resolu? tion, which was adopted: Iiesolvcdx That wldlc we regard the tuition fees of paramount importance, we are willing for the Trustees to use the fund appropriated for school purposes in this School District as their wisdom may direct, to the interest of ed? ucational purposes. It was moved and seconded, that a copy of the proceedings of this meeting be sent to the Anderson Intelligencer, with a request that they be published. Adopted. Ajourncd sine die. JOSHUA SMITH, Chin'n. T. II. RUSSELL, Secretary. Influence op Books on tiie Pkooress or tiie Present Aoe.?Tho present century is frequently lauded as pre-eminently the great progressive ago of tho world's history. Whilo it lias been honored by somo of tho mostimpor* tant inventions and discoveries, yet this is not its great distinguishing features. It is particu? larly noted for the general diffusion of learning and the general improvement of the mass of civilized mankind. This is due to fast print? ing machiuorv, rendering bookB, magazines, etc., cheap, and within the reach of every one. j What really constitutes tho value of useffil books? The fact that thev are the records of; experience. Previously, the experience gained ' by one man was useful'only to those in Ids im ! mediate neighborhood, but now it is spread i broadcast over tho world. We thus learn maivy I principles and many truths from others, and j aro spared tho labor of searching for thnm our [ selves. It is thus that this age lias developed such remarkablo progress hr-thd mosses. I Books?records of experience?aro tho great i workers in this great craiso, Tho Agricultu ral Magazine is the great medi? um of conveying tho result of one farmer's ex? perience to another farmer, and when it finds that a number of farmers will have tho samo experience, its duty is to extract tho truth in- I volved and present it in concise form to the ag? ricultural reador. We know of fow magazines which more fully ?understands its peculiar sphorethr.u the Rvral Carolinian. The July number is now boforo us, and presents its usual supply of facts, prac? tice and truths. This magazine should be en? couraged?it is well encouraged; but whilo enough so for tho publishers, yet not enough , so for the farmers. It should be in every home stead in the South?it should be the groat modi-' urn of Interchange of experiences among tho farmers of the South, and thus enable them to take their proper place in" the progress-of the ago-_^_ Hearth and Home.?This excellent.family j newspaper, which has been rapidly increasing its circulation by adapting its articles both for the little people and those of moresobcrthought, | contains this week two of Flank Beard's splen? did pictures, in which tho Fourth of July cele? bration in a city is admirably illustrated. It also contains an account of tho new Polar ex? pedition, and wood-cuts of tho Polaris just started for tho arctic regions, ('apt. Hall's Arc? tic sledge and canvas boat. Orange Judd it Co., Publishers and Proprietors, No. :m5 Broadway, New York. Southern Cui.tiva.tor.?Tho July issue has a number*of able articles from earnest, practi? cal writers, on various subjects of interest to. Southern farmers. It has been so long a favor? ite among our agricultural population that it is almost useless to add encomiums at this time. It is enough to know that the present managers are fully alive to the wants and necessities of their numerous readers, and arc constantly im? proving and increasing its interest. Wm. & W. L. Jones, Athens, Ga. FRUIT Cans.?As tho season for putting up fruit for winter use is at hand, we take pleasure hi directing the attention of housekeepers to the fruit cans advertised by Mr. J. L. Dawson, as being convenient, cheap and desirable. Wo linvo recently tested tho matter, and know Whereof we speak, that theso cans arc admira? bly milted for tho preservation of fruit in its most perfect state, and wo are sure that the case J and dexterity with which they can bo sealed < will prove r. strong recommendation. I ITEMS OF STATE NEWS. ? Lewis Covar and Pickens B. Ryan, prom I ineut citizens of Edgefield, died recently. I ? Mr. Robert Kirksey, of Bickens county, died on Thursday of last week, aged seventy one years. ?- The "National Bank of Newberry is a suc? cess. The stock has been paid in, and banking operations will commence at once, j ? Gen. E. M. Law will deliver the opening ! address before the Fair, which will begin at Darlington on the fourth of October next. ? Wednesday, the. 28th of June, the anni? versary of the b'attle of Fort Moultrie, in 1770, was appropriately observed in Charleston. ? W. Bonue?u Murray, a respected citizen of Sumter, died on the 18th inst, near States burg, of apoplexy. He was forty-nine years of age. ? Mr. E. M. Hix, of Laurens, met with a sad accident while at work with his planing machine, last Tuesday, by which his left hand was caught and cut in two. ? A colored man named Jefferson Davis, an escaped convict from the Penitentiary, has been re-arrested by the Sheriff of Greenville county, and will be sent back to durance vile. ?The clerk of the Mansion House in Green? ville, a young Scotchman, disappointed in a love affair, attempted suieide on Sunday?first by drowning, and afterwards by poison. He is in a dangerous condition. ? W. J. Magrath, Esq., President of the South Carolina Railroad, has gone to Europe on a business, trip. Henry Gourdin, Esq., one of tho Directors, is acting President during the absence of Mr.- Magrath; ? The depot of the Air Line Railroad, in tho city of Greenville, has been located about one mile from the Court House. The Moun? taineer thinks it probable thai; the workshops of this Company will be located in that vicin? ity. ? Two of the negroes accused of the mur? der of Mr. Daniel-F. Driggers, at Adam's Run, Oolleton County, in January last, were sen? tenced to death at Walterboro on the 26th ult. Their names are Andrew Doyley'ahd Charles Mechanic. ? ?At the recent session of the Southern Baptist Convention at St. Louis, it was deter? mined to remove the Baptist Theological Sem? inary, now located in Greenville, to some point in Kentucky, probably Louisvilb or Russell ville. Efforts are being made to raise an en? dowment of $300,000. ? It is expected that the telegraph line along the Greenville and Columbia Railroad will bo placed in operation to Helena and Cokesbury during the present week. . Mr. Jabcz Norton, an experienced telegraphist, has been appointed chief operator of the line, and went to the abdvc stations on Tuesday to be? gin work. ? F. W. Dawson. Esq., of the Charleston News, has arrived safely in England, but his continental tour is interrupted by a neglect to take his naturalization papers with him. No naturalized American can obtain a passport from the American minister to England, un? less he can show naturalization papers or cer? tified copies of the same. ? The Laurensvillc Herald learns from a private source, which it deems reliable, that the sale of the Greenville aud Columbia Rail? road to the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company has been "consummated. Rumors to this effect have been afloat for several weeks. The statement is denied by the railroad officials in Columbia, however. ? The Chester Jleporter says: The small cir? cumstance of some fifty disguised men having gone'into Rutherfordton about ten days, or rather nights ago, and having gone through a Republican printing office, putting it in such a condition that another paper would not soon issue from its press, and at the same time took out a Mr. Justice, nn ex-member of the Legis? lature, aud gave him a pretty severe thrashing, was tho occasion of the cavalry, stationed* at Chester,.being ordered to Rutherfordton, ^X'. ? On Saturday last, twenty-five armed ne groes went to the plantation of Angus Red, in Barnwcll County, S. C, about twelve miles be? low Augusta, on tho Savannah River. Ar? riving at Red's residence, the party fired a volley into it, killing Thomas A. Lowe, and se? riously wounding Red and his wife and mother. After disarming lied, the negroes returned to Paul B. Hammond's plantation, where the deputy sheriff tried to arrest them, but without , success, as they refused to disarm. The ne? groes, however, promised to go to Aikc-u, aud stand an investigation. One of the parties im? plicated was arrested in Augusta on Monday evening. His version is that Red and Lowe at? tempted to chastise a negro for stealing from the premises of the former; that the negro escaped from them and .returned with the armed band, who did the shooting, by way of retribution. The affair caused uneasiness and alarm. The party arrested in Augusta repre? sents himself as a school teacher, and says he was ou his way to Aiken to deliver himself op to tho authorities. Northern and Western Ku KIux. The annexed record of crime is conind from the last issue of a Northern paper, and shows th.o necessity for a vigorous enforcement of the Ku Klux law in ovcry portion of that benight? ed-region : AtPrinceville, Illinois, June 24?, one Mc Namee attempted to hang Miss Potter, a school teacher, for punishing his child. She was rescued by two men passing at the time. A young woman, unknown, was murdered near Chase's Station, Md., June 24th, by men who claim to havo mistaken her for a male thief dressed in woman's clothes. It is suppo? sed sho was insane. Juno 25th, a body of unknown men attacked the house of the Moody family, near Orleans, Ky. Vessels full of benzine were thrown into the house, followed by several large torpedoes loaded with buckshot, nails, screws, and similar missiles. Three of the inmates were seriously wounded. The assassins escaped. Eight roughs entered a saloon in New York city on the 26th of Jur and attacked the keeper, who inflicted- a mortal wound on one of his assailants. The operatives of the Newark rolling mill, Ohio, recently arrested George S. Tignt, the President, for refusing their back pay. He was subsequently released, on promising to account for the funds in his hands. The miners' strike in A matter county, Cal., has compelled the suspension of all work in tho mines. The local authorities being power? less to restore order, the First Regiment of Na? tional Guards has been ordered from San Fran? cisco to-the scene of disturbance. Michael Mecncy recently knocked a negro into the canal at Buffalo, N. Y., where he was drowned. Mecncy then fled to Canada, whither he was pursued, arrested, and brought back. A quarrel recently between two men in New York city, unknown to each other, resulted in the death of one of them. At Stouc Lake, Indiana, Juno 23rd, Addie Dwight was shot and instantly killed by Chan cev Barnes for refusing to marry him. Barnes subsequently shot himself, aud is not expected to recover. John Key, charged with the murder of his father and another person in Flcminsburg, Kv., has been convicted of murder in tho first de? gree. Joseph Mcssner, the wife murderer, has been sentenced to be hanged at Rochester, N. Y., on the 11th of August.' In a quarrel recently between two Germans in New York city, one seized a knife and stabbed the other several times, inflicting mor? tal wounds. ? Tho Charlotte Democrat says that Col. Leavenworth, who has been iu England for soiiio time past, has secured a fortune of $150, 000 for Mr. John El wood and his brother, of that section, which has been left them iu Eng? land. ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE. ? Robert Latham, a prominent banker of Washington, is dead. ? Kossuth, it is rumoret?, intends making another visit to the United States. ? Newton Booth is the Republican candi? date for Governor of California; ? The Legislature of Connecticut has appro? priated $500,000 for the erection of a uew State House. ? France pays Prussia a splendid compli? ment iu adopting the army corps system of the latter. ? It is proposed to erect a'inonument to the late Clement L. Vallandingham iu Dayton, Ohio. ? Watermelons are so numerous and cheap in Florida that an enterprise has been started for their shipment north in large quantities. ? The establishment of female suffrage in Wyoming is said to hare brought political ruin upon all male candidates who are not good looking. ? It is reported that the Democrats of Iowa arc opposed to the "new departure," and have called a convention to meet on the 10th of Au? gust. ? It is said that 30,000 of the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres were carried off bv the late epidemic, or about one-third of the entire body of inhabitants. ?? A wealthy citizen of New York has been missing three weeks. It is supposed he has been murdered for a three thousand dollar dia? mond pin. ? John O. Breckinridge is again Vice President. This time, however, it is not of the United States, but of the Big Sandy Railroad | in Kentucky. ? Twenty-eight citizens are on trial at .Ox f?rd, Miss., Tor hanging a negro while disguised ' as Ku Klux. The best legal talent in the State is employed in the case. ? Rev. G. Wilson McPhail, President of Davidson College, died last week. The com? mencement exercises, in consequence of this sad event, were necessarily suspended. ? The late Robert G. Shaw, -of Massachu? setts, was one of the most philanthropic of men. During fifty years he gave to objects of public charity not less than ?400,000. ? It is a curious fact, demonstrated by the recent British censur. that' the population of Ireland is actually less than the number of Irish who are now in the United States. ? The corner-stone of a $50,000 monument to the Confederate dead of Georgia, is to be laid in Augusta, on the 12th of October, the anniversary of Gen. Lee's death. ? ? The Emperor of Prussia has granted am? nesty to all natives of Alsace and Lorraine under sentence for political or military offenses, except where such offenses are combined with ordinary crimes. ? The Democracy- of New Mexico have nominated Hon. Jose M. Gallegos for delegate to Congress, and adopted a platform accepting the political situation. The election in the territory takes place September 11. ? Accounts from Pennsylvania give P very satisfactory report of the canvass in that State. It is said t.:. rc is little doUbt of a Democratic succe--< in tho fall. The party is united, and the Radicals arc 'fighting'over the spoils. ? Governor.Gratz Brown, of Missouri, has been on a visit to his friends at Frankfort, Ivy., where he was born and raised. While there the citizens vied with each other, .without dis? tinction of party, in paying him attention. ? People in Fairfield, Iowa, were startled from their beds about one o'clock on the morn? ing of June 17th by the explosion of a meteor, which streamed through the heavens from south-east to north-west, and illuminated the town as in broad day light. ? Hon. S. S; Cox has written a letter to a Cincinnati paper in which he claims to have, delivered the speech against the "conscription bill" in 1S63, which, he says, was erroneously attributed to Vallandingham, and for which that distinguished martyr was sent into exile. ? The Small Pox is still raging in London. The deaths from this loathsome disease amount, weekly, to two hundred and forty. It is singu? lar that London physicians are so unskillful in the treatment of this malady. In this country, the mortality from small pox is very trifling. ? The Republicans of Maine nominated Sidney Perhatn for Governor last week. The resolutions affirm that they have no cansc for consigning the past with its eventful memories to oblivion, and no desire to forget the lessons of patriotism and loyalty, and the teachings revealed. ? B. F. Turner, a negro member of Con? gress from that district, informs the editor of the Selma (Ala.) Times and Messenger that he has appointed said editor's pet waiting boy, John .Gee, a cadet to the Military Academy at West Poiut Both tho Congressman and his appointee were oncc^ slaves of Dr. Gee, of Selma. ? A robbery of tho express car on the Mo? bile and Ohio railroad occurred^ a few nights ago?the robbers having seized $180,000 at one haul. It is said the robbers broke through the top of the car while tho train was in motion and the messenger asleep, and, lifting out the safe, succeeded in making their escape without detection. ? On the pretence of negotiating the new loan, the leading officials of the Treasury De? partment at Washington are, one by one, leav? ing for Europe, thus-getting their summer holi-. day .at the expense of tho Government, which pays them at the rate of ten dollars a day while on these missions, besides teu conts a mile for the cost of travel. ? The State Department has received large numbers of letters from parties in different parts of the country asking to be supplied with some of the cundurango, the recently discover? ed cancer remedy brought to tho attention of the government "by the Ecuadorian minister. As the supply is exhausted thcrcquests cannot complied with. ? General Sherman mentions, in conversa? tion with friends, that everywhere he went on his recent tour of inspection he met with warm receptions from the people, especially iu Lou? isiana and Texas. The Governors of those States informed him that the peace and order therein would favorably contrast with any pe? riod previous to the late war. ? The President has offered the position of' Commissioner of Agriculture, made vacant by the resignation of General Capron, to the veteran journalist and agriculturist, P. R. Freas, of the, Germantown (Pa.) Telegraph, lie, however, 'for reasons of a personal and business character only, is unwilling, even in the face of this complimentary offer, to change his lifelong determination not to take office. ? Several papers having stated that the Ku Klux bill expires at the close of the next ses? sion of Congress, the Boston Advertiser takes occasion to correct the error. It seems that there is no limit to the duration of the act. The provision authorizing the President to sus? pend the imvile i of the writ of habeas cor? pus is made tciii i table at tho end of the next regular session of ?tigress, and this restriction has been pypularly but erroneously extended to the entire ad. ? Andrew Jackson Donclson, who was the adopted : i'n ? f Andrew Jackson, died in Mem? phis on tiie -?lh ult. He was a man of deci? ded personal worth, and of more than ordinary attainments as well as ability, though not by any means a great man. He would, perhaps, never have become known to fame but for his connection with the hero of New Orleans. As it was he figured but to a limited extent in public affairs, though he held several positions of importance under the Government. He was Charge d'Affairs to the Republic of Texas in 1S44, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plc ncpotcntiary to Prussia in 1846, and to the! Federal Government of Gcrmauy in ISIS. In 1S5?, he was on the ticket with Mr. Filmorc*as the candidate of the American party for Vice President of the United States, for which office he received the electoral vote of the State of Maryland?eight in number?since which lime he haj not figured in public life. Another Letter from John On im v Adams National Issues and the Condition of South. From the Augusta {Ark.) Bulletin. Some short time since we wrote a letter to. this gentleman upon political matters, express? ing, among other things, apprehension that,' with Gi"ant's vast patronage, most unscrupu? lously used, he would not yield the Presidential chair, even if defeated before the people in ; and that our Republic, like its prcdeces-. sors of old. is so rapidly drifting into the chan? nels of corruption that the people, in despair, may look to one military leader as the only means of saving them from the utter ruin threatened by another. This was the general scope of our letter, to which the following is a reply. It will be seen that Mr. Adams, who represents the anti-Radical party of New Eng? land, endorses the Vallandinghatn policy; and the question with the South is, can she save herself if she throws off her friends in New7 England, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the other. States ? They "accept the situation," not be-, cause it is right and just, but because it is im? posed Upon them by a force they cannot \resist. Read Mr. Adams' letter1: Quincy, Mess., June 5,1871. . Dear Sir : I cannot pass over silently a let-; tcr which gratifies me as much.as yours, which! I received to-day; and yet I feel shy of .speak? ing to you or any citizen of the "subject States.". I dislike to cam the retort, "Oh, it is very, easyi to preach; but suffer as we have and then.teR us how you feel, and we will listen." I do' try' to take it home to myself, and I do not doubt I that in, similar circumstances I should be today I an "unrepentant rebel," sore, angry, beaten ancf. defiant. And with me it would doubtless have, beeu as it has hceu with you, that "the tender. mercies of reconstruction had been harder to/ to bear than all the horrors of invasive war." I should have been galled by misgovernment, robbed by imported knavery of the pittance which the war had spared; exasperated! by wil? ful and persistent misrepresentation; and cruel? ly condemned to hopeless impotence for -the imputed guilt of cowardly crimes I abhorred. I should have been condemned, too, to hold my personal liberty at the nod of a mercenary car? pet-bagger or the whim of a military satrap. I say that I fear I should have been an "ur-J reconcilable." In such a case I think I should* be sulky; but I know I should be silly if I yielded to the feeling. For, whence must my relief come if my last .estate is not to become worse than the first? Is there a man outside an asylum who thinks that by such a course the' "lost cause" can be regained? .By whom, then 1 If by the North, believe mc that the experi-. ment of secession has satisfied us that no cause is worth a civil war. That war has confirmed,' beyond the shadow of a turning, the destiny which decreed that there shall be but one OtfK federate people of the North American Union, No. Rebellious I might be; but weafenough to await the resurrection of secession I do not think I could be. You auj.1- r-aud your friends and neighbors and mine are of one blood; we. were once "fellow-citizens," and the old-time kindness must linger yet, in spots. Out fathers. were "brethren,".and that must count for some-, thing.. The whole political problem of the fu? ture turns upon the answer, to the question,-' "Shall we live together as friends, or enemies ?". Nbw, the whole internal policy of the present administration says war. Reconstruction meant war; aud the Ku-Klux bill declared war. This' Union is now held together by force. Certain? ly, if this is to be permanent, it would have been better to have parted at once. Lf the struggle to cast out slavery oveArew the Con? stitution, what chance is there for a "free" gov? ernment, if the North is to rule the South 1 South Carolina is to-day the most shameless parody on republican institutions since repub? lican Rome bestrode all the nations of the an? cient world, nit tbo*WW)rd to their throats, ! stripped them bare, and tho? lacked words to laud the loveliness of liberty. You cannot be" subject and we be long free. The untrammelled exercise oi local self-government by the people' of the States fs the salt which preserves our whole system. Take that away and our frame' of polity will rapidly rot into despotism. There-' fore it is that, not as a partisan, but wholly as a fellow-citizen, I trust that all the gcod citi? zens of the seceded States will frankly and hon? estly accept the revolutionary changes which have been forced upon the Constitution, and with them cheerfully ad.?pt the new relations of amity and political and civii equality to? wards the emaucipated class which these changes involve. And therefore I am glad when I see the noblc-spirit of your letter per? vading the Southern people as it does, despite I the malignity of a partisan press, while tho I sterling sense of Mr. Vallaudingham has re 1 formed the Northern Democracy. And it mat? tere, not what man may be.chosen to lead us so long as his heart is large enough to hold his whole country, his soul brave enough to em? brace a Confederate as a brother, and his .plat- ' form wide enough for every American citizen to stand upon. To compass this end something of sacrifice is required of us all: much of self coutrol is demanded of the South. You and all I hear assure me that the attempt will be made: and if rBade honestly and in earnest, it cannot fail. Again thanking you for your let-, tor, I ain, very rcspectfullv, vour obedient ser? vant, J.Q.ADAMS. To J. T. Trezcvaut, Esq., Augusta, Ark. , Moderx Domestic Cookery.?We copy" the annexed paragraph from the Greenville Enterprise of last week.: We have been furnished, by the author, with a copy of this new aud valuable book on do-' mestic cookery and other household matters. Wo sneak on the authority of the most intelli? gent ladies, who have examined it, that it is superior for practical use of any book of tho kind they have ever known. It is adapted to " the wants of families, and every housekeeper ought to procure a copy. Miss Brown has pro? duced a work that is most creditable to ner talents. It is one of many instances showing that the ladies of the South can rival and per-' haps excel their Northern sisters in household economy and in literary performances, if they choose to make the effort. In housekeeping, our.Southern women have always beeu famous." We predict a large circulation for Miss-Brown's book. It is printed on beautiful paper, distinct' typography, and neatly bound. ? The Savannah Advertiser says that recent report from several sections 6f Georgia confirm the previous reports of the discouraging con? dition of the cotton crops. The long continued rains have rendered the cotton crop so grassy that it will be almost impossible to rescue it'.' To increase the discomfiture of the planters, most them arc short of hands, many of the ' colored people having gr >;e off to gather black? berries. The alarming condition of the cotton 1 crops has caused the corn to be neglected. A** simliar state of things is represented to exist in all the Golf States that have lately been visited by heavy rains. ? Hon. Horace* Capron, Commissioner of Agriculture, recently tendered his resignation' to the President, the same to take effect on the 1st of August. Mr. Capron resigns for the purpose of entering upon a contract with the Japauese Government to infuse certain Ameri? can ideas relating to agriculture, &c, into that country. Mr. Capron will go to Japan shortly after tlie expiration of his term here, aud is empowered to take out with him all kinds o2* machinery, agricultural and otherwise, and he will be accompanied to* Japan by a geologist and other scientific gentlemen, who will all en? gage in the development of the resources of that country. ? We arc not especially partial to the car-' pet-bagger Bowcn, who doubtless deserves in? definite confinement at hard labor, but it really does seem hard that a Radical politician should ? be punished for nothing worse than bigamy. It is selling a dangerous precedent by. which every Radical office from Maine to Texas is Liable to be made vaca?t whenever justice claim ? her dues.