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* 3& -?'_. O?iiTJMBlA. Saturday Morning, Joly 22,1855. _I ^-.--? ? Gov. Ferry's Speech. The speech of Gov. Perry, made prior to his appointment, which we puMisa ia thia day's papor, will be read with*interest .nd satisfaction by all claves of our peo? ple. It ia's simple, clear, manly and well considered performance, and its utterance was,particularly well-timed and appro? priate. If is manly and sensible, in many respects forcible and impressive-in all, it indicates a just, ealm, discriminating mind, free from allVash opinion, free from passion and indiscretion, void of all sub? tlety, all demngogueisoi, and calculated, we think, to relieve tho public mind of much of its foreboding and apprehension. As a matter of course, it can indicate no particular policy indus future government of the State, for*the simple reason that, at the time of ita utterance, Mr. Perry was as little conscious of the honor th nt await? ed liim as was any of dhu public. And, besides, we lake.for granted that the policy ?if his government is measurably to be shaped and iudicated by the powers that be tit Washington, whither he has goue for instructions. But something of thia policy, so far as it ts confided to his discretion, may be gathered from the gene? ral tone of the speech, from its happy moderation of sentiment, and the just judgment which marks the performance throughout. We have every cojifiJenoe that Gov. Perry will prove himself . a judicious, ..thoughtful and indulgent ruler; moderate of exaction, temperate in the exercise of power, considerate of society abd of all of the best interests of the State He has long beeu known as one solicitous of reform in educationafaud legal respects, and he will no doubt seek to inaugurate certain measures of which he has, been consistently an advocate in the Hegi.-latur? for more than twenty years. One of these occurs to us in the penitentiary system. O this measure, he has always been a zealous champion, as well through the press as fr Uie House of Assembly. Oue or mort able articles from his pen, in support o the adoption of such a system io th? State will be found in the pa^es of aha Souther/ Quarterly Review. When this measun was urged, there were held to be vita objections to its adoption in our eectioo or rather the reasons for its adoption wen held to be inadequate, in consequence o our slave, institutions-it being argu?e that, for a community of negro alavei under domestic' discipline, there was m necessity for such aa institution. But, ii the manumission of the negroef, the argu merit of Mr. Perry may be urged wit, renewed force; ami, indeed, without i penitentiary, a tread mill, and the usus agencies-of moral and physical disciplin ia such an institution, society in the Sont would every where ' become a p?ndeme nium. Vi e have need to proceed wit! doublo speed to the task of putting ou houses ia order, and putting the peopl everywhere ia wholesome bauds of ri straiut. Gov. Perry cannot too soon comment ids operations ia behalf of the. re-estal Jishment of government. He will oeed t address himself vigorously to such organ zation of Ahe moral and physical forces t will reduce to order all the elements i discord-to find employment for the id -to re establish the obsolete laws in r gard to vagrancy-protect property, pi down outlawry, re open thc schools learning, remedy the more urgent evils the pc ir, and subdue licentious netion ns well a.-^ appetites and passions, to tl wholesome modesty which will keep tl trespasser within his proper bouuc Verily, his hands are full; he will' ha enough to do?o tax th? thought and wc down the muscle^ and the sinews. Ai we must come to his support with ti hear resoluti?n to do our best in accordait with his. All whd would save t wretched hulk of State-the poor vess half abandoned to its fate, rudderle T ilotlcss, drifting about at the mercy wind and wave, surrounded by night a tttorai, with a rocky nhore under her 1< and a yawning chasm beneath her plou| ing prows, lt will need all his firmne all his vigtfr of mind, all the philosopl tho fruit of equal ot.udy, thought a ?teperience, all the oyrnpathy and suppc of friend* and people, and oil the favoi ijtod, to enable Goy. Perry, or an3' Gov jor, to bring the shattered vessel saf in to a safo harbor, and steady at a so . anchorage. We entreat of oar readers, accordingly, to give him a be?rty ?Isar ance, at the beginning of his labors, of their full co-operation. Let ns all work together to thi.commoft end. The ship is ours, and we sink or ?wim together. * What will bo the End? , | The radical Abolitionists of New Eng? land have had a meeting at Boston, and j have published a manifesto to the disaf? fected of all clnases at tbe North. We i shall probably publish this deeument here? after, or make such a synopsis of it us will j give to our readers a sufficient notion of its 'contents. It is sufficiently viperous. ! We content ourselves now with giving the | heading* of it from the Ne w York papers, describing suuima'ri.'y its venomous efilbo diments. These declare that the South must be made a satrapy; *coutjnued?ut.ider 1 military occupation; that- unless negro suffrage is granted, there shall he no peace; President Johnson is to be flunked, or malle to succumb. He must be subdued. Failing to obtain their desires, the faction iuts J,hreaten disunion. The President iniislToh.Tiige his attitude aud submit to their diclation. or the Republic is gone. . Negro suffrage and while extermination at the South are held to be essential to the salvation of the Union. In support of all* these veuomous propositions, we have the'' speeches of Weudell Phillips and Henry Winter Davis. Of these, hereafter, lt is very certain lhaLthese people will never suffer the people of thia or any country to remain al peace, uoder any conditions, so fong as they derive their importance from riding the hobbies of factiom How long will this be permitted* them? How long will the nation-for it ia,now a con? solidated nation-be torn and distracted by the licentious babble and factio\i3 pro? vocations of these w ilfuT and designing men? -- ? y Our new type is en route from Charles? ton, after a mysterious delay, for which we have to make our acknowledgments to the too great modesty and forbearance oj friends, who held back diffidently when they should have pushed forth busily, and kept us waiting while keeping themselves in the cold. A murragi upon their mo? desty! say'we. The Nashville Union states that ?ip to the present time the greater number of applicants for special pardon and amnesty, under the exception classes of President .Johuson's proclamation, are ex officers of the late Confederate army. A sri it adds: "These men have fought g-allanily, endured 1 great hardships and sufferings, and are familiar wifh the horrors of war. They? can appreciate properly the blessings of peace, and are prepared, in good faith and honesty, to remme^their duties and obli? gations as citizens. So much confidence Trad Gen. Shermnn in the officers and sol 'diers of 'Johnson's command, adter min? gling with them ?ubsequent to their sur? render, that he declared he would, in case of invasion of the United States, be wil? ling to command them. Civilians, owning property to the amount of ?20,000, are' backward in asking for pardon." SUDDEN DEATHS.-Severn! sudden death* have occurred here, at Charleston and at Savannah, during the pastf w*>ek. Mr. Dau'iel McLaughlin, well known t<> us all as "Dan," at Mr. P#ter Fitzgerald's Res? taurant, in rear of the post office, died very suddenly lastSunday night, lie was I with friends till 9 o'eloek the evening" before, but had complained for a day or twb of not feeling as well as usual.' A Mr. Flood, who was in charge of the Cattle Corral, near Drayton's plantation, ."?s Touud dead in bed last Saturday . iortfrng. Mr.'C. Hergues, one of the firm of Bay i'ley ec Herguep, lessees of Graham's planta? tion, on frhis island, was found dead in his |. bed yesterday morning. Several other cases have occurred, but the names are unknown to us. But these should be a warning to us all to adhere as strictly as possible to the laws of health. Exposure .to the extreme heat of the sun, the drinking of long di aughts of ?ce water, or, what is worse than either, the too free use of spirituous liquors, all tend directly to congestion. A word to the wise is suf? ficient.-Port Royal N?v> South, lath. Mra. Lincoln threatens to^ig up the body of her late husband ana pack it off to Washington. Sbe writes to the Na? tional Monument Association at Spring? field,.Illinois, that unless the monument is erected <rver the President'* remains ai Oak Ridge, and a deed gi*ven*o her of the plot on which it is placed, she will accept a proposition for the removal of thc remains to Washington. . Dick Turner, tho turnkey of Libby Pri co;i, hos arrived in Brazil, safe and sound. M: -'J' .*v--:->-v".>v ^?..'r;^ . Xjooal Items. Hot air, as if from a fiery furnace. Trie jog star rages prematurely, and the pros? pect before us is one of another scorching week-hot airs, a blazing" sky ted cn angry sun. THE FINEST OF TUE SEBBCF-This may appear an extravagant exprersioc; bet if any one thinking so had an opportunity cf seeing and examining the basset cf peaches of several V-jrieties, sent-" to' 2s bj Kr. George^ A. Shields yesterday, the uccbta would have been settled. Mr. G. "fill pleas? accept the thanks of the entire PJionix establishment for his beautiful present. Wagons in demand. Cotton continues i to arrive. Greenbacks multiply. Holders of cotton fight shy of them. Have very I lit tle faith in .the. mere color of money, whether shown io gieenbaeks or blue. Will take .Mexican dol?ais or European gold--nay, will take any quantity of American.' Sellers of cotton toss high heads?for high rates. Buyers exceedingly argumentative in the endeavor to persuade them to more accommodating notions in regard to trade. . . Tbe proclamation of President John? son appointing the Honorable Benja? min P. Terry, Provisional Governor of South Carolina, is in precisely the same terms and language as'those "by which Government and Governor? have been proclaimed for this and the other rehabilitated States. It it dated the thirteenth day? of June, 1S65. . The following is ?lie clause contain ing the appointment of Mr. Perry: Now, tberetore, in obedience to th? high and soler?n duties imposed upoi me by the Constitution o? the United States, and for the purpose ot ena bliug ttye loyal people of said State t< organize a Slate Government, whereby justice may be established, domesth tranquility insured, and loyal citizen 'protected ia all their rights of life liberty and property, I, Andrew John son. President of the United State! and Commander-in-Chief of the arty; and navy of the United .-States, d hereby appoint Benjamin F. Perry, c South Carolina, Provisional Governo of the State of South Carolina, whoa d?ly it shall be, at the earlies* practi cable period, to prescribe such* rule and regulations as may be necessar and proper for convening a conventiot composed of delegates to be chvosen b ?hat portion of 'die peoplo of sai State who are loyal to the Unite. States, and no other?, for the purpot of filtering or amending the constitt tion thereof; and with authority ! exercise, within the limits of sa; State, all the po-.ver.-v tioeessary ai: proper to enable such loyal peuple the State of South-Carolina to restoi said State to its constitutional relatioi to the Federal Govern merit, and : present such a republican form Suite Government as will entitle tl State-to the guarantee of. the Unit? States eberefor, and its people to pr tection by the United States again invasi?n, insurrection and dotne-t violence; jjrovided, that in any ck tion that may be hereafter held f choosing delegates to any State co ventien as^aforesaid, no person shall qualified as an eteetor, or shall eligible as a member df such conve t'.on, ur.Jus he shall have previous takeu and subscribed the oath amifesty,.as set forth m the Presiden proclamation of May 29, A. D.1SC and is a voter qualified as presenb by the constitufiqn aud laws of t State of South Carolina in force i mediately before the 17th day of ? vember, A. D. 1860, the date of t so-called ordinance' of secession; a the said convention, wheo couvent or the legislature that may h^ the after assembled, will prescribe I qualification of the electors, and 1 eligibility of persons to hold of) under the constitution and laws OP State, a power the people of the se ral States composing the Fed? Union have rightfully exercised fr Ibo origin of the Government to present time. tr GT.S. B&ECKINBIPGE GONE TO EUBOPE. letter dated Havana, July 8, thus I nounccs the departure of Gen. J.C. Br 'inridge for England: "Gen. Brcckinr; left, yesterday for England, on board Britisl. mail steamer. On board the s steamer left "Mr. C. J, Holm, ex-Conl ratj consul. A Sunday ia Goos? Creek. DANK*R? CROSS ROADS, SAIKT JAMKB* Goose CREEK PABCSH, July 1?, 1865.-On Sunday the parish* toners wer? favored with preaching in the Methodist Mission Church in this neighborhood. Th? services vr?re conducted by the Kev. Thos. YL Leadbeater, RU oid resident in the Parish, and the Rev. T W. L<*wi?, a Missionary of the Northern Metho? dist Church. Tue congregation was composed of a goodly number of parishioners, together with a *till larges, numbe; oi,t-.oiored people from the adjacent? plantations. Mr. Lewis took BS his text a portion of the '23th verse, 21st chapter Matthew, im these ?words: "Go work to-day in my vine? yard." "In the course of his remark-?, in illustration of the meaning of the words o? text quoted, thc reverend gentleman embraced the opportunity of impressing upon the miuds <>f hi? colored hearers, in plain and unmistak? able language, their temporal duty to themselves and their country, which, ? have no doubt, will prove of much greater benefit to them than the in? flammatory remarks which they have frequently listen*! to in Chaileston. They were told by the preacher that their friends in tho North expect? ed them to work and be a self-sus? taining people. That the people of the North were a working people, and had a hatred for the lozylfod thriftless. That the fgrand d?cret of the pros? perity and wealth of the Northen) States wits in the fact that everybody worked, botb^ men and women, and worked bard; even worked harder than they did whilst slaves. He also told them that if they ex? pected the favor and countenance of their Northern friend?, they must first show themselves worthy of it by habits of industry, sobriety and honesty. But should they show - a contrary disposition, they would find no friends among the Yankees, who bad no respect or feeling for the lazy, indolent, drunken or thievish'. The wbolft nature of the Yankees.wa? industry and work; and if they found among them those who would not work, and could not show that tbey were possessed of an honest livelibold, they were report? ed to aa officer, who marched them straight oif to the work. house, or some other place provided for such people, where they were pct through the ropes of industry for MX month; or longer, as their cases might deserve. At the expira'.ion of a specified time they were released, and if then they would not wort?, they were returned, and ibero kept until good evidence was given of a change in their dispo sition. The preacher admonished them against leaving their homes in tb? country and resorting to the city expecting to live in idleness upon tin Government rations, He told them that these must be an end to these rations, and that end must come soon: and that if they expected, to go to tin city and run their nose against somi commissary (-tore, ano" thus be sup pot ted in idleness, they were great i v mistaken, and would soon learn tba they had put their nose in the wronj place. Ile most earnestly advisee them to remain at their ol?? homes fo the present at leasi, and work, even i they had to do so for small wages. Ht reminded them that their former mas ters had been so reduced in circum stances-from the effects of the war tba it was'not in their power to pay then high wages, and that they would b much better off and far more indepen dent by remaining at home and work ing for a small sum than they woul< be hy huddling together ia the city i idleness and vice, where their rac were dying daily in large numbers. [Cor. of the Charleston Courier. -1-~ ? - The Ohio Repnblicsn Convention is r gsrded as a ?barp rebuke to the Chai faction . - The conservativo e!-ment was ; predominant that the radical faotion di not dare even to make a trial of its strengt Maj Geo. Jacob D. .Cox, a successful so dier, is politically the especial friend Po?tmss|er-Oeneral Dennison, and wi nominated by acclamation. With unao rnity also, the convention retuned to su scribe to the dogma of negro suffrage. Tl attempt was made by Don Piatt, but tl previous question cut off his ainendi resolutions. The emphatic r&pu<] ?ardon Judg* Chase by hi? own Statp, trie Atl thinks, looks as if there wasn't "going Ss mneh sf a shown? after ?ill." I '* [JvY? York Kxpr.*:. m Wa ?inlc or Swim Together. Now row, my pillant broth?rt, row, . Give way with will ?nd sinew; Theft sens that rise before our prow . Will try the mnecle iii youl But what's tlie fear if hearts be trut? We've hut to pull together True heart? and han J3, all bent to do. Will bear us bravely, bear ut through. And nive the ship, and save the crew, In spite ot wind and wenlhet! Row, brother?, row! rote, brothers, row! One long sirorjg pull togethsi! . II* And cheer with courage, ?a ye row; What though the tempest brewing. Works fate for many s brother now. That drives, head on, to mini 'Tis not for us to shirk or shrink. Though out in fearful weather; Wc know som? comrade's doom'd to ?unk, And we, too, hang on Dancer's brink;, But fear ye nod don't stop to think! Pull bravely oil togethei! Row, brothers, row! row, biol hers, row! One loni; Krong pull togethei! tu. Ber..', to your >>:!is, good brothers, row! Gif?; way with hearty courage] Death'? just as nigh on ?and ft* now. When nen - ure wolves nt forage; And Heaven's an near on sea a3 ?hore, However wild the weather; We've hut lo ply th?s mani}' oar. And shout our ears to ocean's roar, i-i'or heed the Fate, behinei, before, And bravely pull together! Row, brothers, row! row, brothers, row!. . One long strong pull togethei! iv. Bend to your oars, dear brothers, bendl We moy ijot-'soape this danger Bin tfenee ot peril prove the friend. f And we've escaped even stranger. /'Ti* something of God's law, I think, When out in angrv weather, And men are dashed on Dancer's brink, And all seem doom'd, and many sink. That one and ail their hands should link, ' And bravely pull together. Row, brothers, row] row, brothers, rowt We sink or swim together! A REMARKABLE CONFIRMATION. Sir Henry Rawlinson has been distin? guished for his success in deciphering the arrowheaded inscriptions brought, to light by the modern explorations of Niueveh and Babylon, though all scholars have not accepted his inter? pretation. Twelve years ago he read on a Nineveh . monument that two Assyrian kings, ono of whom was con? temporary with Jehu, the king of Israel, visited a cave at the source of ?be Tigris, and there -inscribed tffieir names. Mr. Taylor, the English consul at Diarbekir, recently discovered this . cave from which the Tigris flows, and tlifere found the inscriptions of the two kings, preserved on the rock till the prese*t time. This remarkable dis? covery establishes beyond doubt the authenticity of the interpretations of those old writings which have thrown so mugh li^ht upon Scriptu'? history. At a?conceit in a* country town a couple of very inferior tallow candles having been brought in requisition, a ?adv jocosely asked if they were spermacetti. ''Oh, no," replied Nick, "they are veritable sperm o' country." Aunt Nancy was noted tor her shouting propensit}-, but in an evil hour she took a turkey hen belonging to some one else. The next Sabbath she fixed up to go church a? usual, and her mistress asked her how she could have the hardihood to go to church, and take on so, after stealing ns she had done. She replied, 'La! Miss, do you think I'd give up my blessed Saviour for one old turkey hen? No, nevell' and off she went. [Journal ct Messenger. A Goon EXAMI'LK.-The Duke of Wel? lington addressed the following letter to his tenantry at Strathfieldsaye: "DEAS SIR. I think it right to explain clearly to you my feeling regarding tit* exercise of your vote, lt is a trust im? posed upon you for the advantage of the country, and the responsibility for the proper exercise of it resrs on yourself alone. It is placed by the c*ouut.y ia your hands, not ia rnjne. and I beg you distiuctly to understand that BO on? has any authority in stating that I wish to bias you in favor of any candidate. I am, yours, ?tc, WELLINGTON." SUICIDE.-The Charleston Courier state? that a man named Richard Teasdale com? mitted suicide in Morris street, in that city, on Saturday last. He had been un? employed for a length of time, and had eaten nothing in three days. Another lake has been discovered in Central Africa, from whence the Nile iasueR. <. j AL obstinate old widower sats J -ria.', f sboukl Ce f*pe*'l*?r mir iff.