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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. AMNESTY. THE NEW PIAN OF PARDON. WHO ARE TO BB EXCEPTED. rTHE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL IN FULL. WASHINGTON, June 21. The Reconstruction Committee this morning reported to the House of Representatives a new amnesty bul, which was ordered to be printed and recommitted. Its provisions are i follows : It provides for fu? and general grace, am? ines ty and oblivion of certain wrongful acts, do? ing or omissions of all persons engaged in the var of the late rebellion, perpetrated, incurred >r forfeited, between the 11th day of April, 1861, and the 20th day of August, 1866, with ie full restoration of all rights anaV. privileges Iost or Injured thereby and therein. The lol owing ?sses of persons and right, titles and auses of action are exempted from oil the ovislons of this act, and none other : First Whoever, having been educated at the ' Academy at West Point, or the Naval Lcademy afcAnnapolls, shall have engaged in ie reberfwn and insurrection against the Jolted States, or given aid and comfort to the 3 ne mi es thereof. Second. Whoever having been a member of ither House of the Congress of the United ates shall have engaged in the rebellion ist the same, or given aid and comfort to lie enemies thereof, and whoever was a mein? er of the so-called Confederate Congress. Third. Whoever shall have held the office of lead of one o? the executive departments of tie Government of the United States, or min? er plenipotentiary, or minister resident, or Judge of any court under the United States, and shall have engaged in rebellion or Insur? rection against the same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof, and whoever shall have held either of the like offices under ? the so-called Confederate States, j Fourth. Whoever shaU have voted for or signed any ordinance of secession .of any State, or held the office of Governor of such ?State, while the same was in rebellion. I Fifth. Whoever, while in tha service of the .'so-called Confederate States, treated with cru? elty, or otherwise than according to the usages bf war, any prisoner or war neld by authority of the so-called Confederate States. Sixth. Whoever, having charge and custody of the public monies of the United States, en? trusted twthem between said dates, have not duly accounted for and paid over the same, hjuid whoever shall have embezzled or secreted .public stores, public goods, chattels, monies, -provisions or military and naval property of j the United States. J? Seventh. Ali deserters from the army and 'navy of the United States and all bounty jumpers. ' Eighth. All property or rights of property I acquired by any levy, Judgment or extort made and executed upon any lands or tene? ments, goods, or chattels, or other valuable thing whatever, and any sale or forfeiture by confiscation or taxation whereby any rights or titles have become vested, either In the United States or in third persons. Ninth. Every piece or parcel of land, how? ever It may b*> described or bounded, which now ls or Im. been used as a national ceme? tery, in wL.cn the bodies of the soldiers of the United States are Interred, or which is in the occupation of the United States for a proposed cemetery, which parcels ol' land are hereby de? clared to be the propety of the United States, In fee or captare in war, and forever dedicated tb the nie and purposes of cemeteries for the I soldiers of the United States heretofore in : terred, or hereafter to be interred therein, ? and to be under the sole Jurisdiction of the United States for said purposes, inalienable forever; provided, that nothing herein con? tained shall affect or impair the validity of any act of Congress removing the political disabili? ties of any person herein exempted from the benefltsyf the provisions of this act. This act ol amnesty and oblivion shall ex? tend to all acts and omissions made or done or omitted tobe done by any officer or soldier or other agent of the United States in carrying |^.oat or potting in execution the laws of the j United States known as the-Reconstruction I acts, and the. other acts for the government of | the rebellious States, however the same may be entitled as fully and with the same benefits . and to the same extent as ii the said acts and ; omissions bad been done or omitted by such I officers and soldiers during the war of the re i hellion. [ I The Committee of Ways and Means reported t, back to the House the Senate Funding bill with a slight verbal amendment. The Civil Appropriation bill was taken up and considered during the remainder of the ses j sion. SENATE. ? In the Senate the House bili to pave Penn fj sylvania avenue was passed, jj The amendment to the Postofflce Appropria? it Uon bill, abolishing the franking privilege, > was rejected-yeas 26, nays 23. The bill then t passed. The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill with amendments was passed. . The Naval Appropriation bill was taken up. jjj The Hara! Committee offered several amend . ment? ; one revising the entire pay Hst of the j! navy, and regulating the promotion of officers, f after which fte Senate adjourned without ? action. * I In the l??ate. last night, in a discussion on the Pacific Railroad bill, an amendment in the interest of the rhirty-flfih parallel, with a view ol exaggerating converging Southern inter? ests, was agreed to, thus defeating any South? ern bill this session! EE ES UMPTION P UNISHED. NEW ORLEANS, June 21. Judge John A. Campbell and Mr. J. Q. A. Fellows were fined five hundred dollars each ?.for contempt of court, in offering to file a / petition that their clients could not get justice {therein. THE PRIZE ^t?NG. MOBILE, June 21. Turner and Donnelly fought this morning eighty-seven rounds. Turner was declared the winner. Time-two hours thirty-five min? utes. The fight took place at Kushla, eleven miles north of this city. THE HORNET AFLOAT. WILMINGTON, June 21. I The five guns, &c, are being replaced on jthe Cuba, formerly the Hornet. She will leave - here for New York, lt is thought, in a few j "days, under charge of Captain J. N. Mafflt, for 1 iierly commander of the Confederate cruiser yfrorida/** MATTERS IN COLUMBIA. Radical Rows-A White Military Com? pany Accepted as Part of the Militia -Alarm of the Ring at the Reform Movement-A Powwow for To-night. [SrKCIAL TELEGRAM TO TBS NEWS.] COLUMBIA, June 21. A colored policeman named John Fitzsim mons was mortally^ wounded with a pistol to? day, while arresting Munroe Simons, a white man, who was recently a constable under the sheriff. Both the parties were Radicals. For some hours after the deed Intense excitement prevailed among the colored people, and there were open threats of lynching the murderer, but all ls quiet this evening. Another shooting-affray occurred this eve? ning, in which a jealous husband 6hot his wile and a man with buckshot. Both the latter are severely wounded. All the parties were col? ored. Governor Scott has accepted, as a part of the State militia, the Columbia Rifles, a white company lately organized under Captain O'Neale. There is to be a grand political rally of the supporters of Scott and the Ring, on Wednes? day evening, at the State House. Speeches in abundance are promise4!]. The officeholders here are thoroughly alarmed at the strength which the Reform movement is so suddenly developing in every direction, and are prepar? ing to come down handsomely to secure the perpetuation of their ill-gotten power. EUROPE. The English Education Bill. LONDON, June 21. The Bishop of Manchester delivered an ad? dress last evening to the Educational Aid So? ciety of his diocese on the Education bill. He approved generally of the new bill now pend? ing in Parliament, and hoped an amendment would be added making education compul? sory. Portaga!. LISBON, June 21. The Rinajofficlally received the new Ameri? can Minister a few days ago. On Sunday a monster demonstration[took place here In favor of General Saldanha. Twelve thousand per? sons participated. Riot near Liege-An Expensive Failure. LONDON, June 21. There was a conflict between the police and militia at Ververs, near Liege, which resulted in the defeat of the unarmed police. Many were hurt. The Iron-clad Inconstant is now generally admitted to be a failure as a sea-going vessel. MA YES VI LL E. The Ma ion Ic Celebration-The Ceremo? nies-Thc Weather. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.] MAYKSVILLE, June 18. Do your readers know that this name ls ap? propriated to a neat rural village on the Wil? mington and Manchester Railroad, ten mites east of Suraterville and about the same dis? tance west of Lynchburg-al' in Sumter Coun? ty? Such is the fact And better society is scarcely afforded by any community of equal extent, numbers and situation. I commend lt for hospitality. We had quite a turnout of the Masonic fra? ternity, and citizens generally, yesterday. The occasion was the laying of the corner-stone of a new Masonic Temple, for the use of Salem Lodge, No. 141, Mr. Warren, W. M., and a pic? nic. Colonel M. Moses, acting grand master, conducted the ceremonies, and presided with marked dignity and urbanity. He made a short, pleasing address to the audience, setting forth the designs of the temple to be erected in their midst, and urging that they should fos? ter lt. Mr. J. S. Richardson, of Sumterville, deliver? ed the oration. He dwelt upon the origin, history, character and principles of the Order. To say that the address was appropriate, chaste, elegant, and altogether telling and well received, notwithstanding the excessive heat of the hour, ls the least complimentary of any expression we heard of it. After the speech, the audience, some Ave or six hundred in number, repaired to the splen? did grove in front of Mr. M. P. Mayes's, where a splendid repast was spread, and to which ample justice was done by all parties. Cer? tainly the sumptuous fare was worthy of the occasion, and the good people who prepared it. Everybody thought so. But the table was not cleared, nor the com? missariat exhausted before a heavy rain forced a retreat to the nearest shelter. Music and conversation enlivened the disappointed parties until late in the afternoon. , Sumter County has had abundant rains for the last three o" four weeks, and while the corn crop could not look better at this season, and cotton is not yet injured, our farmers are, nevertheless, beginning to complain of too much grass. Well, we are getting plenty of fruit; it is ripening well, and we hope it will not rain forever. TIMBER. THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN. Some Useful Hints. A'little tract, issued for distribution by the Ladies' Sanitary Association of London, gives these wise suggestions for the nurture of chil? dren in health of body and spirit: 1. Never refuse a thing If lt is harmless, but give it, if you are able, without delay. 2. Never give anything because it is cried for, that you have refused when asked for. 3. Be careful to observe real illness, and avoid causing bodily uneasiness from over clothing, or cold or unwholesome food, such as candy, sugar-pi urns, sour fruit, or giving buns or cakes to quiet the child. 4. Avoid false promises. They are sure to be found out false. 5. Avoid threats of all kinds. If believed, they make children tirald, nnd injure both mind and body: if not believed, they are use? less. Such threats as bogle, policeman, and black man, are sure to be lound out to be false if the child lives, fi. Never say anything untrue to a child. 7. Do not wreak your own bad temper, or visit your own feelings of fatigue and trouble on children, by being severe with them, or by saying, "You shan't nave ic,''or "I won't give it to you," when .there is no reason for refusal, except that yon are yourself tired, or In trou ble? or out of sorts. 8. Avoid giving orders, such as "Stand still," "Go on," "Hold your tongue," "Put it dswn," Ac, unless you really mean that they should be obeyed; aud the'fewer orders you gtve the better. 9. -Neither give too much pity, nor yet be se? vere and unkind when a child tumbles down or hurts itself. 10. Do not worry a child. Let it alone, and let it live in peace. 11. Teach it early to play alone and amuse itself. To sum up all in a few words-try to feel like a child; to enter into Its griefs and Joys, its trials aud triumphs. WHITTEMORE'S WOES. CONGRESS GIVES THE RADICAL KNAVE SIS DESERTS. HIS CREDENTIALS POLITELY RETURNED. A Snob for Governor Scott. THE DEBATE OF SATURDAY [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] WASHINGTON, June 21. There was a great crowd in the galleries of the House of Representatives to-day, the at? traction being the expected action in the case of Whittemore, representative elect from South Carolina. At the expiration of the morning hour, the Speaker announced the special or? der, the consideration ol the credentials of B. F. Whittemore. These credentials were read as follows: THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. By his Excellency, Robert E. Scott, Goiernor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State aforesaid: To Hon. B. F. WHITTEMORE : Whereas. In pursuance of an act entitled "An act providing for the next general election and the manner of conducting the same," passed on the 26th day or September, In the year of our Lord 1868, an election has been held to All the vacancy ta the House of Representatives of the Forty-first Congress from the First Congressional District or this State, and, upon examination of the returns which have been received, it appears that you, the said B. F. Whittemore, have been duly elected by a majority of votes: I do, there? fore, by virtue of the powers in me vested, com? mission you, the said B. F. whittemore. to repre? sent the people of this State as a member of the House or Representatives or the Forty-first Con? gress from the First Congressional District of this State. Given under my hand and the seal of the State, In Columbia, this loth day or June, in the year ol our Lord 1870, and in the nlnety-rourth year or the independence or the United States or America. By the Governor : ROBERT K. SCOTT. F. L. CARDOZO, Secretary or Suite. As soon as the reading of this certificate of Governor Scott had been concluded, General John A. Logan, of Illinois, (the Commander-in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic,) of? fered a resolution that the House decline to allow Whittemore to be sworn in, and direct that his credentials be returned to him. Gen? eral Logan supported his resolution in a vigor? ous speech, contending that the House had the right to say that a man of infamous char? acter should be excluded. Whittemore had committed an Infamous crime, and was dis? qualified in the eyes of Congress and the world. Farnsworth opposed the resolution, and at the conclusion of his speech, the resolution was adopted-yeas 131, nays 24. The following were the members who voted against the resolution and in favor of sealing Whittemore : Arnel, Ayer, Brooks, (of Massa? chusetts,) Butler, of (Massachusetts,) Cessna, Cobb, (of North Carolina,) Coburn, Farns? worth, Hoar, Jenckes, Kelly, Knapp, Maynard, Morrill, (of Maine,) Newsham, Poland, Root, Sawyer, Smith, Smith, (of Tennessee,) Taffe. Taylor, Twichell and Whittemore. The Debate on Saturday In AVhltte mort'K Case. We copy from the Globe the following re? port of the debate in the House on Saturday last. wrr?n the credentials of Whittemore were first laid before that body by the Speaker : Mr. Logan. I object, slr, lo the swearing In of the person claiming to have been elect? ed from that district in South Carolina, for Up reasons I propose to present to the Houw. Hence I propose to object to the credentials being received by the House. The Speaker. The credentials are before the House. Mr. Logan. They are before the House; and the next question is the swearing in of the member, unless there are objections. I do not wish it referred to nay committee. This House is fully Informed to consider the matter now. There are his credentials, aud I object to his taking the oath of office, for the reason that he has disqualified himsef from being a member of this body, which fact appears upon the Journal of this House. Mr. Farnsworth. If these credentials are re? ferred to a committee this gentleman will not bc sworn in until after tho committee hits made Its report. Then, of course, my colleague will have an opportunity to interpose his objec? tions. It seems to me these credent ials ought to be referred to the Committee of Elections, so that they may examine Into the matter, as credentials have been referred in like cases. Mr. Logan. Tho reason I object to its refer? ence ls this: I do not wish this question to go to any committee of this House, to be pocket? ed until alter Congress adjourns. I want thc question settled by this House now, whether they will admit this man to a seat here or not. There ls, slr, no necessity for the examination of a committee. We have the law here, and we may examine it without the report of-a committee What necessity can there be for a report by the Committee of Elections ? There is uo coutest. HU election is not con? tested, as I understand, by any person claim? ing thc seat. It is a mere question whether Ulis manTs qualifications are such as entitle him to a seat in this House, there being no question as to whetlieranybody else isenlitled. It ls therefore not a question for the Commit? tee of Elections, but a question for this House to determine, whether this man shall have a right to be seated here or not. It is for that reason, sir, that I make the objection to his being admitted to take tho oath of ollice and to take his scat as a member of Congress. And I am ready to sustain my position here bv precedents to which I think this House will pay some attention. If the question shall now be opened tor debate, I am ready to go on and give my reasons to tho House, and to submit thc authorities on which I base the conclusions at which I have arrived. I move that this question be postponed until Tuesday. Mr. Farnsworth. I do not seo' how the House can properly act on this question with? out the report of the committee. If we do so, we act simply on the declaration ol members. So far as the present question before the House is concerned, that ol'the swearing in ol' tills member, we have no otlici.il Intimation presented with the credentials on which action of the nature Indicated by my colleague can be based. True, wo rerncmberas members of Congress something that transpired some woeks ago. But that is not enough. My ob? ject in moving to refer the case to the Commit? tee of Elections is that that committee, to whom such credentials are always referred, may gather the facts, thc precedents, the law, everything bearing on this question, and re? port to this House a resolution for its action. But If we postpone the case for consideration on some future day, my colleague will make a speech, other gentlemen will make speeches, and we will have a tedious debate, going over the very same ground which we went over a few weeks ago," without the precedents being presented In a proper form (or going upon the Journals of tho House. 1 desire that the facts shall bo reported upon by the Committee of Elections, so that the journals ol t he House and thu documents ol Congress may show upon what the House lias based its action, why should not this be done ? Why should we not, as in any other case when a man's credentials are presented, send these credentials to the Committee of Elections ? I am willing to trust that com? mittee to make a report, and then my col? league may take such action as he pleases. I hope, therefore, that the House will vote down the motion to postpone, and agree to the mo? tion to refer the case to the Committee of Elections. at. Mr. Garfield, ol Ohio, I ask that th?Tbllow ing may be referred to the Committee on the Rules: Resolved, That the following be added to the rules of the House: In case any person presents himself at the bar of the Honse to be sworn in as a member elect, who may have been expelled, or who may have resigned during the same Con? gress while a resolution for his expulsion was pending, it shall be la order, before administer? ing the oath to such member elect, to refer the case to the committee which had in charge the resolution of expulsion, or the House may at once take action on the case. Mr. Logan. The reason why I object to re? ferring this case to a committee is, that It would be treating lt with a consideration to which it is not entitled. This House is per? fectly conversant with all the facts. Members here know all about the man. They know his character anil his position before the coun? try. They know what were his Sets when he was before a member of this House, and what was the course which the House pursued in regard to him. It ls merely a question for the House to determine whether this man shall be again allowed to take a seat during this Con? gress. That is all there is about it. It is not a question for the Committee of Elections, or for any other committee, to re? port upon. It is merely a question whether this House will stand by the resolution It adopted but a few weeks since by a unanimous vote. It is a question for the House to decide, and not for any committee. It ls merely a question whether this House, after having de? clared that this man was unworthy to hold a seat in the Forty-first Congress, will now re? pudiate its action, or whether lt will stand by that which was Justified by the moral sense of this House and of this country. That is all there is in this case. I want this case to be kept before the House, and I want the House to act directly upon lt I am ready to-day wjth all the law and the pre? cedents to meet this case, and to argue it be? fore the House. I do not desire to have it go bet?re any committee, nor do I believe that any committee desires to examine lt. It Is a case which needs no further examination; the record ls here; the evidence ls all here and printed. We know the facts and the circum? stances attending the resignation. We have here the certificate that he has been re-elected to represent a certain constituency. If you should refer this case to a committee you would only be requiring them to rereport what has already been reported by a commit? tee. It is for this House to determine whether they will readmit this man to a seat here after the resolution w? passed but a short time since. There is no question about the manner of the election, or in regard lo the voting at that election, or in reference to the Governor's certificate, or to any position this man may have occupied in the canvass or out of lt. The only question is in regard to the position he occupies before this house In presenting him? self to be resworn in as a member of Congress. I will modify my motion so that this case shall be postponed to Tuesday next, immedi? ately after the morning hour, at which time we will have the naked question before the House for its decision. I now call the previ? ous question. Mr. Maynard. I rise to make an Inquiry. Suppose a majority ot the House should be of opinion that these credentials ought to be re? ferred to the Committee ot Elections, how could they manifest that preference li the pre? vious question should be seconded" ? The Speaker. Ii the House should refuse to second the demand for the previous ques? tion, the motion to refer would be in order. The previous question was seconded; there being-ayes eighty, noes not counted. The main question was ordered, and under the operation thereof the motion of Mr. Logan, to postpone the further consideration or the subject till next Tuesday, alter the morning hour, was agreed to. LET THE REFORMERS PRESS OX! [From the Colombia Phoenix ] In reference to the form-of political activity in this State, as our readers are aware, the form preferred was not our first choice. It is true that we advocated Just such doctrines as are enunciated in the platform adopted, but as to the method of putting them Into action, another instrumentality was preferred by us. But the gist of the matter with us has been secured by the action of the Convention. The Issue of negro suffrage bas been eliminated from the canvass, as was proper, and thc Convention adopted the policy of action, and of aggressive action. We have what we want. We have the policy that we be? lieve in. We see no wisdom in inactivity in these moving times. He who stands still will either be brushed aside or run over. That party that does not work and move on will either be brushed aside or overwhelmed. We must be up and doing, and mould to our firm purpose the elements around us. No laissez-faire system will serve our purpose. We esteem it, therefore, fortunate for the State that the present administration ol' our State affairs Is to be challenged before the popular tribunal. Misrule, corruption, fraud and self aggrandlzement are to be called In question In the person of thc guilty, and let them be call? ed In question. And let us hope that the peo? ple of the State will be equal to the emergency -that their spirits will make them rise to the level of their duties. Let us be understood. Now, as ever, we would press the lines of industry and inmigration. But political Re? form is linked willi industrial development, and we cannot pat them asunder. Let, there? fore, the wont of Reform go on. When the programme has been arranged, and the work? ers are ready, let them go lorth and do their work thoroughly. Already has the opposition movement done good. Already has a boastful and arrogant faction been put upon Its good behavior. We shall not discourage this dis? position. But still must we be allowed to ex? press the common dlstrst for enforced repen? tance. We are reminded of the saying: The devil wa3 sick. The devil a saint would be; The devil was well, The devil a saint was he. Let the opposition, therefore, press on, and using the weapons of truth and fair-dealing, it must achieve a large, If not a full measure ol' success. TUE WEATHER AXD THE CROPS. Orungeburg. Our regular correspondent, writing yester? day, says: Our district has been deluged with heavy and constant rain for a month" past, and lt ls ? serious question with our farmers what to do to counteract the growing injury to the crops. Thegrass ls rank in its growth, and in some instances has so choked the cotton plant that Ileitis of cotton are being ploughed over for corn. It has been alike injurious to corn, par? ticularly in swamp lands, where work is e?ec lually slopped. A general anxiety is felt, and, should the ralo continue, the prospect will be vastly cut short. The Investment in commer? cial fertilizers has been unusually large, and every nerve strained tu pile up a golden har? vest," but a damper is put on the calculations of those lately exhuberant with promise of success. The heavens are dense with, leaden clouds, that ever and anon burst on us with torrents. Burn well? The Lodger says: "The rain still comes in abundance, and planters are trying to get used to seeing it, but we are sorry to say that many are In danger of losing their crops on account of the rapid growth of grass, which comes up again as fast as lt is cut down. We had quite a storm on Sunday afternoon, and heur ol'numerous fences being blown down." -A heavy tornado passed over Marianna, Florida, last *. unday, at 10 o'clock A. M., so river passengers report to the Columbus Sun. The top of the dry goods and grocery store of Fowler, Davis it Co. was blown dowB, and the goods damaged by the rain to the extent of $11000. The destruction- of plantations was immense. _ _ -The weather in England hus been more favorable for the crops. There have been suc? cessive thunder-storms, extending over a wide tract of country, and several destructive fires caused by lightning are reported. > TUE DRIFT OF POLITICS. The Outlook, as \l ewed by the Wash? ington Correspondent of a Radical Journal. George Alfred Townsend, the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, the leading Republican Journal of the West, pre? sents a diagnosis of the condition of the Radi? cal, "The Barren Tree Party," and foretells Its dissolution, with the phlegmatic science of a Paris physician, delivering his opinion upon an Important patient sick of a hopeless di? sease. Townsend says that the party will die in 1872. From the stand-point of Washington, he thus portrays the dying agonies: The Republican party will undoubtedly have as much as it can do to keep Its ma? jority in the House of Representatives. It will lose seats in New York, and, I suspect, in every Southern State, and will be hard pushed in Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio, Missouri and parts o? Pennsylvania. By the Executive Gov? ernment and the Senate lt will be able to hold the leading strings of power for at least three years more, but the experience of the past ls that the Senate is a ductile and malleable body, seldom leaning far from the true senti? ments of the lower House, and if you ever find the House to pass an Important bill and the Senate to non-concur, you may general? ly conclude that the House, having the fear of the people before its eyes, legislated hypocritically, aud afterward went up to the Senate and begged non concurrence. This was the case with thc re? peal of the franking privilege, and even.with the House's impeachment of P/esldent John? son. The unchanging Senate, therefore, is, by the conditions of Itself, a thing of change, reflecting the wishes of the lower house, as the mirror of Athene showed persons the face of the Gorgon. Let the Senate stand in the way of a determined Congress and the noises of the people will terrify lt as Wellington and his peers grew pale before the roar of the Re? form party. With the Senate against Andrew Jackson, lt was never able to do more than to Irritate him by rejecllng a few of his appoint? ments. The history of a Senate against the President is that it becomes corrupted by his patronage, and of a Senate against a House, that it yields to intimidation and the will of the country. Nevertheless, on grave occasions lt ls the citadel of the State against all. I say, therefore, that the change of the lower House ls equivalent to a general change of polity and expenditure; and yet, singular as lt may appear, a change of majority In the House of Representatives at present might be sub? stantially a Republican victory. Mucli of the present Congress is only Republican in name and organization. The purposes tor which the party was organized, and thc spirit which ani? mated lt, are retained by a minority of the Re? publicans In Congress only. Thc Republican party was the party of free homesteads, but this Congress uas swept down the homestead system and substituted the land monopoly system. The Republican party was the party of no section, but of national irecdom; this Congress considers Pennsylvania to be the Union, and Insulation to be enlighten men'. The Republican party was the party of ali, and an equal ch >nce for them all; but this Congress luis represented a few, and they not those whose dally cry ls, "What shall we eat. and what shall we drink, and wherewithal shall we be clothed ?" The Republican party set up a new man as tb 2 type of the State, and asked that he be unrestrained in his industries, adventures and enterprises, and be left free to establish confederacies of freemen Uko him? self in his own way; the majority of Congress would create a State modelled upon its own pct theories and private Interests, and compel the man to inhabit and conform to it. This is the Republicanism of a majority of Congress, a set of Inventive bureaucrats and a "mice" In every drawer of the bureau. Let these take their Involved piece of cabinet-ware, which they have named the New Nation, and preach upon it for a text. The Republicans of the West ha\e been true to their flrst conception. The mern hers from the State of Illinois have in geni ral voted solidly and intelligently for the free State with a man lu lt, and there ls scarcely one of them who, according to his degree of power and light, has not distinguished his day and generation. The Republicans of the States of Missouri and Iowa have, in general, been equally true to the origin of. their party, and Ohio and Indiana have furnished several con? sistent exemplars of the spirit of 'SC. In Wis? consin and Michigan the old mastadons of Whiggery have risen up and sought lu vain to realize the time and the clime, but the effort has generally been too much for their vegeta? rian stomachs. In those States the Republi? can party ls In a clear majority, but the Repub? lican party has been betrayed In Congress. Those men who have sold or misinterpreted the manhood of the West are now to come face to face with their constituents, and it is no funeral of the Republican party if they be elected to stay at home. TUE DATS OF TUE CONFEDERACY. Extracts from John Mitchel's Journal During the War. We give some further extracts, passim, from the War Journal ol John Mitchel, now in course of publication. Writing in February, 1804, he says : I have undertaken the task of writing the leading articles for Mr. Daniel's Examiner. Thte Journal ls not favorable lo the President and administration; and I confess that since I have come to get a full view of Hie inside (thc wrong side) ol the Confederacy my own en? thusiasm for Mr. Davis and his counsellors has sensibly diminished. With a Just and nobie cause to inspire them, and a brave and generous people under their guidance, these folks prove themselves sadly below tneir high vocation. Mr. Davis ls.certainly above ail cor? ruption, or connivance at corruption, yet there ls grievous corruption in almost every depart? ment of government. The President's invete? rate likings and disllkings also are creating more and more jealousy and mischief In the army. In truth, the late partial disasters, or at least failure of our usual brilliant success-at Gettysburg and at Vicksburg-mako every one more opt to find fault. Our troops aro now but poorly clad, and the value of Confederate paper money has so much depreciated that they can scarcely be said to get pay at all. So lt has become more and more difficult to keep them together, and tile country is full of stragglers-that is, deserters-wandering to? wards their homes. Our railroads arc wearing out fast, and we cannot provide means of renewing the one quarter ol them. In short, the resources of tho South are a measurable quantity, anti we can see to the end of them, and the speedy end, while tho resources of the enemy are tru? ly Immeasurable. Worst of all, Ute enemy has learned both to fight and to ride. Thura is now in the Northern army a really serviceable, well-mounted and trained force ol* cavalry, while our horse regiments have scarcely im? proved since Hie Bull Run battle. Therefore there is amongst our common soldiers a cer? tain discouragement which at times amounts to disaffection, especially when they find some iavorite general (Johnston or Beauregard) kept down by the President, and incompetent men holding posts of the greatest moment. But, as I said, thc greatest weakness of our cause lies in that one consideration-that Hie great mass of lue people do not find them? selves so deeply interested in Hie success of the Confederacy as to make them endure for an indefinitely "longer time, perhaps years to come, the hardship and the hunger, und Hie marching in bad shoes or no shoes, and the picket-guard on frosty nights. They say to ont' another, indeed, that they must not be beaten, that it will never do to give the thing up, but tlioy do not always mean lt now when they say it. Still there is everywhere a show of thc high? est confidence; and it is real confidence, too; of which the best proof is, that both privale persons and public companies invest their money in Confederate securities; although the wisest, both Jews and Gentiles, buy land, which, strange to say, many proprietors are willing to sell for our rose-colored treasury bills. We are lodged in a house upon Fifth street, and my wife is surprised ti? lind that the people are by no means starving; that we can go to the market and purchase excellent meat, fish, vegetables, even game and oysters, If we only have enough of that same rosy money. Wine, indeed, is rare, though I know some Richmond citizens who still have their cellars stored, and, in fact, certain of Hiern do still import wine from Europe, smuggling out cotton through the blockade to pay Hs price; for wine undeunde must be had. In? deed, the Catholic clergy must have a little for their sacrament; and my worthy friend, Father Teeling, uses the scuppernong of North Caro? lina, a pure wine, and quite palatable. The same Father Teeling having lately received two dozen of scuppcrnoug as a present, invit? ed a few friends to dine with him; and those friends drank up almost the whole of the good man's sacramental wine. As to the other usu? al and needful supplies of a household, there ls no difficulty, no scarcity at all. You can al? ways buy one egg for one dollar; and if you have plenty of the rose-tinted dollars, you may have canvas-back ducks and champagne. But these luxuries, I must confess, are enjoyed chiefly by the happy fraternity of gamblers, who own or rent the finest buildings on Main street, and give suppers of the gods. March 1.-We hear of the appointment of Grant as commander-in-chief. I am not sure that I know much about this Grant; a rather bad tanner, I believe. Yet, perhaps, a better tanner than engineer; for nc has been tiring to dictate a course to the Mississippi by which the river might be cut off from vicksburg, or Vicksburg from the river. I ara not very sure whether this Grant, or some other fool, was the originator o? the Vicksburg canal. Grant, one of thc captors of Vicksburg, has been made commander-in-chief o? the North? ern forces. They say he is a blockhead; but if J he ls only resolute enough to sacrifice his men, without the least scruple and without the least | result, knowing he can replace his losses, and thal we can never replace ours, blockhead as he is, he must beat us in the long run. March.-Spring is opening; the days are waxing longer; the ground ls growing dryer. War weather ls coming once more. Roads in? vite the wheels of artillery and commissary wagons; warbling birds on every spray prac? tice the notes of the battle-b?gle, and all nature calls aloud to man, that if he bas got anything particular to do in the way of farming or fight? ing, now is his time. We In the Confederacy are expecting nothing less than another grand advance of the Yankee forces across the Rapi da? and Rappahannock, "on to Richmond,'' but combined, this time, with a contempora? neous advance of the Northern army of the West by way of Chattanooga and Atlanta. This investment of Richmond ls going to be on a gigantic scale Indeed. GEORGIA CROES. The editor of the South Georgia Times bas seen the first cotton blooms of Lowndes Coun? ty. They made their appearance on the 10th instant. Reports from Lee County represent pros? pects never better for good crops, both of corn and cotton Cotton is knee high, and farmers are ready to lay buy their corn. With no dis? aster, more cotton will be made than in any year since the war. The Americus Courier says: "Cotton Is looking remarkably well all through our sec? tion, and planters are announcing blooms a plenty. The prospect Just now is fine for a large yield, though the plant is subject to so many disasters, no prediction can be relied on. It is said there are several plantations in our county not In cultivation on account of scarci? ty of labor." ? The Madison Journal, of Saturday, notes the falling of a shower almost daily for the past week, perhaps a little too much for the wheat crop, which ls now being harvested, and is as floe as was ever seen in that section. Corn, oats and cotton are all doing remarkably well. Should the season continue as favorable np to August, as it has boen up to this time, the pre? sent year will be without a precedent for good crops. The Talbotton Standard, of the 16tb, reports plentltul showers, making a decided Improve? ment in thc corn and cotton crops; negroes are working exceedingly well; grass rank, but the situation encouraging. Cotton blooms appear? ed on the farm oLMr. D. Ruff, near Talbotton, on the 7th instant. A terrible tornado passed near the line of Talbot and Taylor Counties a few days ago, carrying away six negro houses, fences, Ac. Rev. C. W. Howard writes as follows to the Plantation : i'The ride across from Rlnggold to Lookout Mountain, fills the mind with thoughts of plenty. Two ridges, the Pea Vine and cblckamauga, are crossed. Except these ridges the lands are ol' great fertility. The ground Is literally burthened with the wheat crop. Finer, I have never seen. There are fields on the Cblckamauga and in McLcraore's Cove that will make from twenty to thirty bushels to the acre. There was some little rust, but not enough to bc injurious. 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PEAKE, m ay 13 General Superintendent. TAMES CONNER'S SONS UNITED STATES TYPE AND ELECTROTYPE FOUNDRY AND PRINTER'S WAREHOUSE, NOS. 28, 80 AND 32, CENTRE STREET, CORNER READ AND DUANE STREETS, NEW YORK. A large Stock of ENGLISH AND GERMAN FACES, both Plain and Ornamental, kept on hand. All Type cast at this establishment is manufacturedlfrom the metal known as Conner's Unequalled Hard Type Metal. Every article ne? cessary for a perfect Printing Offlce rurnlshed. Ian2fl stuthemop* _ M. g. HAN CK EL, M. D., DENTIST, Das resumed the practice of his profession Booms No. 235 King street, opposite Hasel, over SPEAR'S Jewelry Store' Jan25 8 thstu