Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

^Hrtfty??rn?ig. Sept. 19, 18g5. -rim Convention, on Monu^gg? . nothing remarkable. Theye?!^^ themselves rather as preparing for, than doing business. *' .The real work - may be looked for to-morrow, and thereafter, when tho reports begin to come in. There are members, of whom we know, who are evidently girding themselves up foi; the battle. Wo commend to our fair friends to get good seats, to-day and to-morrow. They have heard of Grecian and Ro? man eloquence; but let, them not despair of their own. Their presence is so much inspiration. Let them not withhold it. Many a* young orator would perish in the butl-in his first effort-if beauty were not present to inspire his thoughts and stimidate his imagination into glow. ? beau .tifui woman, with her .smiles 01 frowns, has frequently determined the destiny of a State. Be present, dears, and use-the influence of youi charms. As for tho business of tht day, we need say nothing about it. It was the drudgeryjpart, no ways in? teresting- to spectators. There wai one matter-the admission of a mem? ber from St. Helena, a Mr. Thom son-informally elected, and agaiusl rule. On this subject, we have bul few words to say. ' Law is paramount The highest idea which we can hav< of God himself,-is that he is perfee law; and all human institutions shoult seek, where they operate in courts o law, to emulate the fast, fixed stand ard principles, wliichnrc evolved fi on the Deity. We have* a -hw, and se laws, maxims and* pnicticSs, in thi matter of election. We referred U these but a?iew days ago. There ar? no elections valid in South Carolina i but such as are conducted by man I ager? regularly appointed hy the Lc gislature of South Carolina. If no man agers be appointed, there is good rea son for the anomaly. In the eleetioi of Mr. Thomson, tb*re were no man agers appointed hy law. Suppose * ' return, under such circumstances ^%om^5dgefield, Sumf??HBoi"awGl1' S any other .District, and the rctnr. would be rejected as an impertinenci It woidd not for a moment be cntc? tained. There ought to be good rei ^'sons for the reception of this refur from St. Helena,-remarkable and in posing reasons-on the contrary, a that we have heard, are those wilie should have been conclusive again the reception of the return. But v are accommodating. We submit. ^ feel ourselves drawing momently : flexible, that we shall not be concer ed or conformded by the introductic of a bill for negro suffrage, which, "\ begin to think, will soon become tl necessity of tho country. The Convention seems to be h*usi< enough. .There is a world of resol tions, and will bc a continent of 3 ports. Adversity doos not lessen o * self-esteem. . The defeated counsel of a hundred years is just as full projects, and talks with as loud a to of authority as if he never had bc mistaken in his Hf e. How long 1 Convention will endure, is the qu tion. Some weeks, perhaps, unies short disposition is made of the p jects of ambitious members. It n be that the want of money will tc somewhat to lessen the amount patriotism, to say nothing of p Bi t how can we help it if we are < qv.ent? Has (fod put tho. seals wisdom on our lips, and the .thong of philosophy in our souls, and words of .eloquence on our tongi that wo should keep our mouths sh Heaven forefend! We must deli ourselves. We are ah pretty m . like Miss Martillean, who, being < as a post, not able to hear here would talk for three mortal houris stretch-then stop herself, and in? uantly insist that sie had now a ri to bc heard. . - -..?- - _ The Washington corresponden the New York Herald says . It i* ported in Washington that, 'as on the results of the good sense sin by leading Southern men, and & cially the. large delegation wi visited the White House on Mon last, in cheerfully accepting the seni, position in their States, the dent designs shortly to withdraw the national troops from tho So except such as are required for rison duty, and to again restore people there to the undisturbed i trol of their own affairs. Mr. Davis has been removed f the casemate at Fortress Monro quarters in Carroll Hall, a buil< inside tho wulls of Fortress Mom mt ? ?-^ ?- . - 5 MB. EDITOB : The following infor 'mation 'will doubtless be interesting to.ninnypf your readers; I hove com? piled it from reliabfe sources: Tho House of Representatives of the United States Congress is com? posed of two hundred and. forty-one members, being one representative for every one hundred and twenty-seven thousand inhabitants, according to tin census-of 1860. The said represen? tation is apportioned amongst the States as follows: Alabama 6; Arkan? sas. 3; California 3; Connecticut 4; Delaware 1; Florida 1; Georgia 7; H linois 14; Indiana ll; Iowa 0; Kan? sas 1 ; Kentucky 9; Louisiana C>; Maine 5; Maryland 5^ Massachusetts 10; Michigan fi; Minnesota 2; Mississippi 5; Missouri 9; New Hampshire 3; New Jersey 5; New'Yorkk 31; North Caro? lina 7; Ohio 19; Oregon 1; Pennsvl vania24; Rhode Island '?; ?SoutJi Caro? lina 4; Tennessee 8; Texas 4; Vei mont 3; Virginia 8; West Virginia 3; Wisconsin 6. Total '241. The couv pensution of each Senator and Rep? resentative is ?$3^000 per annum, and $8 for every tweijjy miles of estimated distance from thc place of residence. ^ qp c. j. E. COLORED MEN .SHOOTING WHITE MEN.--Sabbath was*a week ago, a col?rq? soldier shot a white man in the leg. Friday last, near the depot, several colored soldiers fired on white man, but .fortunately not one shot took effect. Last Sabbath, on the train at Loudon, a colored soldier shotTind killed a member of the 8th Tennessee Cavalry, on his way here to be mustered out. Last Sabbath, on Gay street, "Allen Hendricks, of Co. A, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, was run' through the chest by a colored soldier with "a bayonet, and died instantly.- The colored niau had a difficulty with a drunken soldier of the 9th. and Hendricks* stepped forward to take tho intoxicated man .to his regiment. His object was to make peace^and ho demeaned himself quietly. But the colored soldier, in a most unwarrantable manner, drove his.-bayonet through him, and he died, leaving, .as wo are informed, a wife and children to mourn his loss. This murdeivhas produced in? tense feeling among the Tennessee . troops, and it will require firmness and skill on the part or the officers, commanding both parties to prevent sei-ious trouble. "Wo ui3i.xU3l>o.-i.-<1 *<? oj?y *w ?lj?*r? the colored troop?, because they are in uniforms with guns on their shoul? ders. The Government put them into the service, and they an- entitled to a fair showing. But we are opposed to tlie freedom with which they use their bayonets and level their muskets at white men. Loyal men who have been driven from their homes into thc.Federal army-have swed their time out and returned to be mustered I out-don't propose to bo shot down j like dogs by men of any color, or to he ran through with bayonets at ?very .corner of thp street. The truth is, that no troops are needed in East Tennessee, and the I sooner they arc removed the better for them and the country? unless better order is observed. Each sheriff' in-each County is authorized tb keep a force adequate to the order and quiet demanded, and eaeh County foots thc bill. [Brownlow*s Knoxville, Wit ?-j. - MURDERS BY NEGRO TROOPS.-The assassination of Mr.' Grant was the most -horrible affair which ever oc? curred in our country. On Friday night, between thirty a nd forty negro soldiers marched from Camp Nelson, and after pillaging five or six houses in the vicinity of the camp, arrived at Mr. Grant's about 12?o clock, and asked for admittance; he refused, and they commenced firing through the windows and doors, barely missing several members -of the family. '.At length they succeeded in forcing the slats off'- the shutters of a window, and demanded Mr. G.'s-arms; he,had none; but his son hearing the demand, and thinking their object was to steal, handed his father a pistol, which had been found in an adjoining room, and while Mr. G. was in the act of giving it to them, two shots were fired, und he. fell back, shot through the heart. Tlie family, after his death, rushed from tlu: Ito.?sc Mrs. (irani was fired upon, birt escaped without injury. Th#se soldiers evidently went to Mr. Grant's for the purpose of murder. He had been arrested a short time before,, and confined at the camw, for saying the passes issued to the negroes were not lawful, and, it is .supposed while there had incurred the. ill-will of some of the negroes. The President has commuted tlie sentences generally of ?iii soldiers who are condemned to death for desertion. He has substituted a penitentiary iuV prisonment for- a tiU-Hi of years. Titree Massachusetts soldiers have been sent to Fort Delaware for iivo years each. The Montgomery Ledger a>ul Jour ,?krf of the 31st, says: "A. M. Ross, a ; watchman at Mr. Fitzpatrick's resi? dence in the suburbs, was set upon last night, by three freedmen on a , stealing expedition, and was stabled j thirteen times. He was mortally I wounded and cannot recover." A Sharp'TiaiisatUoii in Savannah. . There is? a certain ?ffieial in Savan? nah, -of whom we have heard, who ~is likely to obtain a notoriety one of these days which we suspect he would rather avoid. He is one of those in? dividuals whom President Johnson hos found ont recently, and with whose services he is rapidly dispens? ing. This class of worthies imagine that tlie people of the North arc so egregiously stupid that they attribute their-actions to patriotic and disinter? ested motives ; but they wi^l open their eyes one of these days when they return to the Nortji to ii nd that they arc thoroughly" understood. It was thc ill-fortune of Mr. J. D. How? ell, a young gentleman who is entitled to respect, not alone for his relation? ship with the great State. Prisoner, but for his own mfiiily qualities, to full into the hands of one of those characters, through an altercation that occurred recently in thc Pulaski House, Savannah. The circumstances of the affair are already known*-to our readers, butXhey do not Know that tho official, overlooking the cir? cumstances of the case, and the rights of Mr. Howell, had him incarcerated and refused to set him at liberty until he paid a fine of tico hundred and fifty dollars, which iranio be incr?aked (oJive hundred if not paid before sLp o'cldkk nf the name day. The fine- was paid, however, and now comes the grand point of the winde affair-Mr. H. was allowed exactly twelve hours after the money was procured to leave the dis? trict. That WAS. sharp work, particu> laxly when it is remembered that there was no vessel leaving Sa vim nab till four days thereafter. Commend ns to your loyal, patriotic, energetic Federal official-for dispatch and en? terprise in a matter ol th jp kind. . Who would have stopped to look into the right or .the wrong of thc case when a decision was to ho made be? tween a Union captain and a South? ern secessionist. We suggest that this official is a good subject for promo? tion, and as Gen. Hatch has been re mowed from Charleston fyv certain reasons, he should receive the atten? tion of the proper authorities, lt may, however, be of some .advantage to the Assistant. Provost Marshal to learn that there will, ere long;, be ;? transfer bf authority from shoulder straps to the'civil power, and that President Johnson is becoming heartily tired of the doings of such worthies down South. They are. becoming less ap? preciated in Washington every day. [P?tersdncrg Inde.,-.' EMIGRATION TO THE SOUTH.--It is to be hoped that the beauties of emi? gration are appealing T, tn., wi-*_x. of Northern. EurepC in a new light. Tim Southern States are pining for emigration as the only means of gut? ting at their own resources, of work? ing thc riches in their long-polluted fields, and of spreading over the land f^lad and golden harvests. The meet? ing lately liwld by tho miners ot Pitts? burg shows the "?".cling of the people there on the subject in an unmistak? able light. It is at least natural, il not altogether just, that this class ol workers should repine that their num? bers have been drawn upon to an ex? tent which unpleasantly affects theil rate of wages. Those who composed the meeting there wore men who seo the shortest way to the end of any \ argument that effects their own inte? rests. Workers generally in thoNorti do not sec any inducements presentee by the South great enough to induct I them to i'wund new homes there. They find here sufficient work- and avon those out of employment lind il difficult to persuade themselves thal the shifting of the scene South would bo of immense; or great, ultimate bene, fit. But in this dilemma-, there arc plenty of inducements presented tc the colonists of Northern Europe. Tho interesting class of gentlemei whjO deliver lectures abroad upor American institutions, and who worl hand in hand with agents who pro mote emigration, would lind a greatei practical tendency* given to their Lo mohos, if the advantages of th? Southern States were dwelt upon I Indeed, the Southern States lessneec these. North-Europe* erinigrants thai the NorthrEuropo emigrants need tin Southern States. Ono cannot cxpec much intelligence upon America] subjects among the population of cb? little knock-kneed, purblind, i ulam German town* whore the dingy o"fneia] organ of the Government con tains from time to time an ite(n abou a Now York murder ora Philad?lphii suicide. But in tho more Northen quarters of Europe, intelligence, it i hoped, increases with the frigidity ?J temperature to a certain extent, an? every inducement that could promet emigration t?> our Southern State would be entertained and appreciated The South is a vast field where labo and capital could not bo bestowed ii yuin, and whose wealth is only grow ing more rich and mollow, all uncu] tivat?d as it. is. . j Philadelphia "Evening -TelcgYapJt. Tho New York Ti mrs says: ''It i said, upon- sufficient authority, thn in tho Western part of this Stab particularly in the old wheat growin? counties bordering upon the lakes the cr?)]> of wheat raised this year -vii ono of tho largest in quantity un best in quality ever prodnped. Barrios, thc ex-President of Salve dor, is on trial, with a likelihood < his being convicted and shot, in viols tion of an agreement not to bike hi hfe, given to Nicaragua when lie wu given up. - * . Local Items. We aro andar obligations to Messrs. C. J. Bollin and A. Daugherty for New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Bichmond papers, of thc 13th,'14th and 15th. Messrs. Townsend & North have also favored us with a copv of Harper's Weekly. Messrs. T. A N- regularly receive this publication, as well as Harper's Mit'ja zinc. Thc birds of the .Plnain cTijoycd surely a grateful lunch, sent, yesterday, from the restaurant of Mrs. Boc. We can Conscien? tiously commend that lady's etiigiue.' CJnod cooking, like thieving, is one of the tine arts, and while one beast of a cook will manglo.and deform and defile the venison or the steak, so that human judgment will fay to recognize it. the flue ait of a genu? ine cook will so send it "to the table that every one will ris?/ and call it biassed. Mrs. .Roi: knows her business she has this art. Commend tis to her cuisine. We can answer for tlie line .?('ovo" oys? ters of E. ll. Moise A Co. We are now in the ll. B. lf? months, and cannot, there? fore, orr in eating oysters. 'They are gracious and savory. They bring ns hack to-plcasant memories of Shrewsbury oys? ters at New York, eaten by Shrewsbury dock. Tlicy remind us of Trilesdell, on Sullivan's Island, whonCstanding With one log on HaddrclTa anil tho tither on the sand hills at Sullivan's, he had a whole world of tributary oVsFers under his lcf,'s, from which lie occasionally sent us a sack. A can is not a sack, but, in the absence o?' s sack, a can is very canny. 41 A rain storm l^t night night dark as pitch-prospect gloomy for all abroad. Members of the Cojvvciitbm kee;) housed. Night favorable for meditation. Reasonable expectations of wisdom to-day. September"] going on; October, tho more sane month, ! coming in. Vegetation counselled to take I a recess for two weok.s. Bettor brains j heiter digestion hunger nu re flexible ? - -action more graceful thoughts more sound fancies moro pregnant, and new supplies from ?lu- Charleston market, con? soling and fructifying the more ascetic or lymphatic. It is our notion that this rain storm v.ill last for three days, ?ml then be absorbed in the equinoctial' gale. After tliat, wo shall all do wonders. Mr. President Ma-rath, of the South Ca? rolina Railroad, assures us that his train will certainly reach Hopkins' by tho 1st prox. Ile even hopes f ir better things. The probabilities are that tlc- trains will reach us here, at Columbia, by thc 15th. I So moto it be. There would bc no difficulty but for toe virtue.-, of tho freedmen". Gnf 1 fee's vignr and patience become exhausted afler two ?lays labor, and ho ins!s?s upon me a UJ US lill eilt of ;te, .units, tile settlement of his bill and bi.-own departure, that he may Hine; his counters in thc faces of the shops. Unless ??use good presidents of the railways get Col. Haughton to clap thc screws to all vagrants, white ami black, they will never be able to get them up. Here, yesterday, for example, wc "wore partly a. witness io the sweating processes to which a worthy officer of the Greenville Railroad has been subjected, in his efforts to subsidize the labor of Cuffee. He suc? ceeded in making a contract with Jupiter Plum, and Hercules Hum, both strapping fellows, with mouths aa wide as an oven, lie stationed Jupiter* and Hercules at the corner of Plain and Assembly streets, for half an hour, until he went off for Nico? demus liam and Thcophilus Hobbs, both virtuous freedmen, snppo ?ed candidates for the Presidency. But, when brought Nicodemus and Thcophilus to thc appoint? ed place, Jupiter an i Hercules were non est. Proceeding in search of ti.and two others whom lie could not mid, when he got back Nicodemus and Thcophilus w ere both gone. _ The last we have heard of them, they are petitioning to (.Jen. Saxton to form a joint stock company for a normal freed? man's liquor and license retail store-thc capitally be furnished from the stores of the United States. 9 Nsw ADVERTISEMENTS.- Attention is call? ed to the following ad vcr tis? ments, which are published for tho first time thisjn ru? ing: Hardy Solomon .V Co.*- Dry Cooks, ?fcc'. " Extra Communication Richland Lodge. ?I''. H. Elmore Notice to Tax-payers. The Misses Ma rt Lu- School Notice. Meeting <">f Trustees of S. C. Colle ge. Gov. Perry- -Proclamation. Janies G. Gibbes-?Auctiop Suies. Tri-Weeklv B<rat hine. Durboc A Walter Furniture Sale. ? GEN. LEE ON SU?SMISKION TO-AV?HO I?ITY.-We have previously announced the appointment of Robert E. Lee to the Presidency of * Washington Col? lege, at Lexington, Va. In his letter of acceptance, ho. says: ."ft is the duty of every citizen' in the present condition of the country, to do ?ill in bis power to aid in the restoration of peace and harmony, and in no way oppose the policy of the Btate or General Government directed to that object." And in another place he remarks, .'vii, Ls particularly incum? bent on those charged with the in? struction of .the young ta sot ?in ex-, ample of submission to authority." ! The Board of Trustees of the Insti? tution have called a meeting, ?md in a series of resolutions "heartily con? cur in and fully endorse the senti i ments so well expressed by Gen. Lee; sentiments that cannot fail to com? mend, themselves to tlie approval of the'President of tlie United States, and to the unqualified assent ol' all sensible and virtuous citizens." The Congregation^ Church in Cam bridgeport, Massachusetts,, was de? stroyed by fire on the 6th instant, lt is the fourth church burned in Cain bridge within a few. years.' It was fired by an incendiary. By -3^Xe??-ir?,-fE-?-tiu The Wirr Trial. WASHINGTON, September l i- -dipt. Wirz ia so unwell, thal, ho is unable ' to leave tire prison. Xhe trial, there- I fore, has boen temporarily postponed. ? Tlic Alabama Stat?- Con-vent ion.. MONTGOMERY;, September l l.-The ' newly elected State Convention of ! Alabama mot here to-day, and there j were about ninety members present. | Ex-Gov. Fitzpatrick was chosen Pro- ! sident by {reclamation. The delegates 'comprised many of j the ablest and best mei. in the State. It is supposed that the action of the bodywill pretty closely follow that, of the Mississippi Convention. Gov. Parsons believes and bi.pcs that resolutions permitting negro tes? timony in tho courts will be passed. In. any event, the doings of the Convention will be of a decidedly conservative tone. * . All tin; members present have taken tin1 prescribed oath ol' loyalty. Aft*air?i in I>I?-XI?-??. WASHINGTON, September I?.-Thc accounts frofn Mexico respecting the prosirectsof the republic aro becoming more gloomy. Tlie Mexicans who still adhered to the republic beean io discouraged on, hcariug of tho reduction <>!' Sheri? dan's andy in Texas, and are making the best, terms they eau with Maxi? milian. ""Without an irnmeftitite supply ol men and money from the United States, the Liberals must abandon the contest. Tho Administration, however, w ill neither -suffer thc neutrality laws t< bc violated nor v iii it go to?war foi an idea. ' In view of tho prospects of L?K establishment of thc empire, the sub joet of frontier defences is now re ceiving the "attention of the Govern me iii. Later from Europe. HALIFAX, N. S., September l-l.- Tin steamer Asia, from Liverpool, vii Queenstown on the 3d, has arrived The court which made official in J qui ry into thc burning of thc steam cr Oliisgow, made a report to th I Board of Trade that the ship wa:: st I on fifo by accident, and that stich a< cident" was rendered possible by tb ? objectionable manner in wSieh th cargo was stored in the steerage. I The manufacture of the new Atla'i ?tic Telegraph Cable has been con menccd. * Tho Great Eastern mis bee engaged for cable purp'oses for li\ years. , The French fleet loft Fort-smont after a very successful round of feto: Tho London Times' crop estima states that thc wheat will yield twei ty-six bushels per acre, or four bnsl els below the average ; o:?.ts \ Leid fou tcen'bush?ts below the average; p< tatoea yield unusually well : hay ^iv< an average crop, and pasturage abundant. Count Walewski's resignation as Senator of France has boen accepte* There is nothing nev/ in roforen< to thc progress of the cholera. Livmcrooi., Septen il >or :*>. - -Erc?iinj The. cotton sab s to-day amounted 1 fifteen thousand bales. LONDON, Sept. 3.- United Stab 5.20's closed at 60. -? ? ? Prom W&*Hiitgton. TKOOPS io BE ENTfKEliX WITHIXUAV FliOM TUE so: TH. WASHINGTON, Sept. Iii. it is u derstood hore that it is eoriteinplat< by the President to entirely withdra the troops from thc South, ?il a sho time, leaving the States lately in r hellion to re-organization on the bas of civil government, precisely as th? stood, before the late war, with tl exception of slavery. This policy said to have ariJbn through the go< souse of the Leading Southern m? themselves, in accepting tho prese position of aila, i rs, as disclosed in t] interview bet ween President Johns? and a considerable deputation of tin leading men, at tlie White Houfo I other day. Thus, tlie late slave Stat will have hardly a soldier left amen them, save such as may be requir to garrison the several forts; and thej as nrthc Northern Stab s, will bc ] tained in active service only for t purpose ol' meet inj; any emergen that may aviso from tho action foreign powers. APTTJCATIONS wats PAICOONS. Tliore is na perceptible ubutcim from auy (jfcarter in the applicatic for pardon. Thousands on thousar aro filed away in the Attorney-G1 eral', office, and other thousands the White IJouse. Shelving is bei jilli.: ..? greeted in tibe room of the pardoii clerk, capable of' holding hundreds of thousands of applications, and unh'FS some more expeditious method be de? vised for passing upon them, the shelf room will all soon be needed. It is estimated that-not less than one hun? dred thousand separate amnesty oaths have already been received at ?he State 'Department. Two clerks are constantly engaged assorting and filing these, but months would be necessaay to arrunge those now on hand., if no more were received. In the meantime the magnitude-of the . clerical? work necessary to pardon ono hundred thousand persons \>y thc present method is but imperfectly un? derstood hy the public at large. Hs present progress is a transparent farce, . hiconrptitible with thc dignity of the Government, and should therefore be abandoned. ' General GlUnimrvN Ortier ess thc !:?. Kio ration of Civil Authority. c? KNICK An o it I) Eit s-N o. 30. HTN'KS. DJE1?'T. SoUTl? CAIIOIITNA, HIT/TON HEAT?, S. C.. Sept**, 186?. rii^adt'l' to remove all seeming con 11 ? * - i *^H& isdietion between the civil and mmtnry authorities throughout the State of South Carolina, promote tin* preservation of quiet and good order; relievo t!u; people ?ut much as * possible fi om all unnecessary re? straints of martial law, and rcduee the expense of the military establish- . ment, it. is hereby ordered.: ' * First-That the Superior and Cir cuit l'r?>vost ('oints will continue in operation ??s heretofore, and shall have, as against ?my and ah civil cou ri s, exclusive cognizance *to try and adjudicate in ?iii cases where freedmen and other persons of color are directly or indirectly concerned. * Tins will not l><> so interpreted as to restrict tho authority of~the agents of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Second-The civil courts muy iie op?ned, abd ?iii civil and municipal officers who shall have taken the am? nesty oath last prescribed, and who, if they belong to either of the f iasses excepted from amnesty, shall have received executive pardon, will be al lowed.to resume the exercise of their official linties, under such of the laws ol' South Carolina/ iii loree imme? diately before the 17th day of No? vember, I860, as av?; not inconsistent with the laws of Congress and .tho proclamations of the President, which laws and proclamations art4 in all eases to be respected. Tbfrd-It being impracticable to establish and preserve military posts iixsulliciently close proximity tommin-* tain a perfect military police in ever*? portion of the State, the civil magis? trates will bc allowed to make .irrest:-; in all cases of breach of tlie public peace; but thc arrests of freed? men and other persons el' color, when rendered necessary by the absence bf .the military, will in all caSes be im? mediately reported, and the custody of the pers-dii cr' persons arrested promptly transferred to thc nearest military commaudex*. The functions of civil ofiicens who disregard this order will bs suspended. lix command of Major-Gen. Q. A. GILL'MORE. W. L. M. BoBCirj?, A. A. General. j Tnr. Cox?EnmiATE Co i TON LOAN. ; The following are extracts from an j ini2)ortant decision of vice-Chancellor ; Si;- W: P. Wood: j According to tho recognized law ol' nations-and all thc authorities were, clear upon this point-when a defacto Government had tfecn superseded or put an end to, the displacing Govern? ment succeeds to.all the rights of the rfe/?ci? Government; hut the United States Government could only take (rolf.ui, because it had been the pro? duce of finnis raised by the de f?itio Confederate Government, not by rob? bery or violence, bul by the ordinary course of taxation, and because they - .tlie United States Government- wore now the defacto Government of those States in which the funds had been ra i soil. Speaking of the Confederate Go-, vemment, vice-Chancellor Wood ob? serves: "That Government was an actual and r fc frcio Government, ex? ercising authority, and as aitch receiv? ing submission. The Courts of every country recognized a defacto Govern? ment, and tjhey could not allow tue rights and contracts actiuir>*d by theil1 own subjects with an existing Govern? ment to bc disregarded. The dis? placing Government succeeded to tho property of the displaced Government in the state in which it was found, ?uni siibje? i, to ?ill agreements afmcting it." - The unquestionable deduction from this decision is: Either the United States must take-uporuitscif the pay? ment of thc ( 'onfede rate < lotton Loan, or it must..allow those States which were lately t-ou federated, to fulfill their engagements in i?espec" to it. [ Txmdon Telegraph* POUR M mrs OF WI DOWS. - A yoifi g lady from ('huton County, Kentucky, who recently gave evidente in the Ferguson trial, informs the Nashville DlspafeJi that between lier father's resilience .-nul Albany, a distance of fouT milos, thickly settled, presents an unbroken siring of widows, young ?ind old, all of them made so by tho independent, warfare tarried on in that section'on both shies.