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_COLUMBIA.
Harder or Dr. O. V. Trtifvnnt.
The New Orleans Everting True Delia,
of October 27th, mentions the death of Dr.
Octavius V. Trozevant, of Charleston, who
died from a stab in the side inflicted by a
negro named Fortuno Wright, a member
of the 96th Regiment, TJ. 8. C. He waa
in his fifty-sixth jear, and he possessed
the highest esteem of hosts of friends
whom he won in the course of his long and
well-spent life. His murderer is under ar?
rest and in the hands of thc Provost
Marshal at Carrolton.
Dr. Trozevant loft Columbia a few months
ago, and we deeply regret to chronicle his
untimely death. Ho was tho brother of
our esteemed fellow-citizen and oldest
physician, Dr. D. H. Trezevant.
Insurance.
As a large number of our citizens are
interested in tho subject, and have policies
in a great many various Northern com?
panies, it will be of some importance to
them to learn that a Convention of Fire
Insurance Underwriters was held in Now
York on the 15th instant, at the Under?
writers' Chambers, in thc Manhattan Life
Insurance Company building, No. 156
Broadway, at which a resolution was passed
organizing for thc purpose of a united
effort to secure the passage, in the next
Congress, of a national bill of insurance,
lu order to do away with all State legisla?
tion on tho subject of insurance, and
place insurance companies upon the sara?
general basis as national banks. A bill
was introduced in tho last Congress, on
the petition of Cyrus P. Smith and others,
for the establishment of a bureau of life
insurance, which was favorably considered,
and the bill printed and laid over to next
March. The meeting was addressed by
Messrs. Sl&usbury, Hope and Heald, of
New York city, and by Mr. Noyes, of Con?
necticut. It is probable that all the other
Insurance interests will combine and co?
operate together for the success of the
measure.
FROM MISSISSIPPI.-The lower houso of
the Mississippi Legislature has passed
over tho Governor's veto a bill abolishing
-the Special Court of Equity established by
Provisional Governor Sharkey, and it is
said that the Senate will likewise pass it.
The Legislature has appointed a commit?
tee to solicit of President Johnson the par?
don of Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the
? Interior in President Buchanan's Cabinet,
and subsequently one of the reputed Con?
federate agents in Canada.
In Copian County, Mississippi, a difficulty
recently occurred between the Sheriff and
the Agent of tho Freedmen's Bureau, ter?
minating in tho former imprisoning the
latter. Gen. Osterhaus, upon learning of
this, sent thither troops, who liberated the
imprisoned official, and the County was
again placed under close military surveil?
lance.
THE TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.-A joint
resolution passed thc Senatt, a few days
?ince, setting forth as tho sense of the Le?
gislature that the appointments of Repre?
sentatives to Congress, in Tennessee,
shorn'd bo by qualified voters. Adopted
under suspension of the rule, ami referred
to tho Committee on Federal Relations.
A bill has passed the House, proposing a
stay of executions until the first day of
Jan nary, 1870, provided that the debtor
pays one-fourth of his debt annually for
four years. The Senate bill to disqualify
ministers of the Gospel who participated
in secession from celebrating the rights of
marriage, has been rejected by the House.
A FAIR HIT.-The New York Express
thus photographs the radicals: ''If radi?
calism could only learn to cook its own
eggs, boil its own pot, mend its own
clothes, and-let other people's pots, and
eggs, and clothes alone, wo could live in a
peaceful, happy and contented country; but
tho real live radical will boil in every?
body's pot, cuok everybody's eggs, and
mend every hedy's clothes, taking all the
eggw, pots and clothes, however, as his
pay for so doing."
ROMAN CATHOLIC CONGRESS.-A great Con?
gress of Roman Catholics is to be held this
month at Troves. Like the Congress held
some two years ago at Malines, it is expect?
ed that the coming assemblage (which
will bo the seventeenth general meeting of
Catholics in Germany) will Dumber amongst
its members some of tho most eminent
men belonging to the Roman Catholic faith
in Europe. Montalembert will be among
thu speakers.
DEATH OF TUB LAST CHIEF or THE CHOC?
TAWS.-The Jackson (Miss.) News, of Octo?
ber 10, announces the death of Col. Green?
wood Ltffore, the last chief of thc Choctaw
Indians. By his influence mainly the best
portion of the State of Mississippi was
ceded by the treaty of Dancing Rabbit
Creek to the United States. Leffore was
formerly State Senator from his County.
He was the son of a Frenchman by an In?
dian wife, but identified himself fully with
the Indians.
LegislatureSouthj?aroliiia.
Thnnday, November 9. 1805.
SENATE^""
The Senate met at 12 m. The Clerk read
the journal of the proceedings of yester?
day.
Mr. Kershaw offered a resolutiou, with
reference to re-building the Kershaw Jail,
which was agreed to, and the commiliee
instructed accordingly.
Mr. Arthur presented tho petition of B.
and T. J. Bawls, for the use of a canal which
runs through their lands.
Messrs. Arthur, Johnson and Buist sub?
mitted reports of committees.
Mr. McQueen presented the petition of
the Commissioners of Public Buildings of
Chesterfield District, asking an appropria?
tion for the building ol a court house and
jail.
Mr. Charles presented tho petition of J.
Carrin Teal, that the title to certain es?
cheated property be conferred on him.
Mr. Arthur offered a resolution, that tho
Committee on Finance and Banks be in?
structed to make arrangements for meet?
ing the expenses of the Legislature at the
present special session, and that a message
De sent to the House, asking the anno \t
ment of a committee to confer with tho
Committee of the Senate; which was agreed
to.
The special order for 12 m.-a bill to esta?
blish and regulate the domestic relations
of persons of color, and to amend the law
in relation to paupers, vagrancy and bas?
tardy-waB discussed, and, on motion of
Mr. Kershaw, was discharged, and the
same subject, made the special order for
to-morrow, at ll a. m.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF BEPRESBNTATIYES.
The Clerk called the roll, the Speaker
took the Chair, and the.House preceeded to
business.
Mr. Scott presented the petition of B.
and T. J. Bawls for the use of a canal,
where it runs through their lands.
Mr. Hough presented the petition of
citizens of Cheraw, for the passage of an
act authorizing the Courts for Chesterfield
District to bo held in Cheraw.
Mr. "Warley introduced a bill to amend
the law allowing insolvents to prefer cre?
ditors; which was read the first time, and
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Messrs. Richardson and Anderson sub?
mitted reports of committees.
Mr. Bonham introduced a resolution,
that this General Assembly take a recess
from Monday next, at 3 o'clock p. m., until
Saturday before the fourth Mond?)- in No?
vember instant, at 7 o'clock p. m.; which
was agreed to.
Mr. Green introduced a bill to provide
that the Circuit Judge shall have power in
civil cases to decido ?BSUCS of fact; also, a j
biU to declare service of process upon any
officer or agent of a corporation valid in |
certain cases.
Mr. Melchers, from the Charleston Dele?
gation, to whom was referred so much of
tho Message No. 1 of the Provisional Go?
vernor as relates to tho Quarantine Law,
made a report, and reported a bill to esta?
blish regulations for "the purpose of pre?
venting tho spread of Asiatic Cholera in
this State.
The House proceeded to the considera?
tion of a hill to establish and regulate the
domestic relations of persons of color, and
to amend tho law in relation to paupers,
vagrancy and bastardy, which had been
made the special order of the day for this
day, at 12 o'clock; which was discussed,
and after receiving amendments, was dis?
charged, and made the special order of the
day for to-morrow, at 12 m.
Adjourned.
THE LATE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.-This
body adjourned on Tuesday, the 24th ult.,
after a session of seventeen days. The
New York Expr?s*, in speaking of tko pro?
ceedings of the Convention, says:
The Convention had a difficult and deli?
cate work to do, but it is due to it to Hay,
it has done it thoroughly and well. It had
to re-unite a Church temporarily sundered
by the convulsions of a great civil war.
The stumbling blocks to that end were not
many perhaps but they were formidable.
One. "by one, however, these were removed,
and at the close of their labors, clergy and
laity alike had the satisfaction of beholding
the "unity of the faith'' preserved as it
should be "the bond of peace." Some few,
doubtless: go away disappointed at. the re?
sult-the fuw who sought to distract thc
counsels of the Convention, by transferring
to it the discussion of political and secular
questions, more appropriate to Congress,
or the party conventions, or the Loyal
League Clubs, than to the deliberations of
a church which proposes to live up to the
doctrines of Him whose kingdom was not
of this world. But while these lament,
other men will rejoice that at least one of
our great church organizations has out?
lived tho storms of civil war, and stands
out before the world to-day stronger than
ever in the affections not only of all who
have the cause of religion at heart, but of
all who desire to sec our political Union
consolidated and fortified, in the hearts a" d
consciences of thc people. A church th; 1
has thus set its face against tho ingenious
devices of those who. outside of ber com?
munion, would drag her down into the mire
of partisan politics, or identify her with the
transient temporal interests of the passing
dav, or circumscribe that field of lier spirit?
ual labels which should be as broad as the
universe itself, by mere lines of latitude
and longitude we say, a church like this
must, go on prospering and to prosper
while other organizations that have yielded
to thc tempter, must pay the penalty of
their weakness in loss of influence, power
and position. These, unhappily, have con?
formed themselves to the "'fashion of the
world"-the fashion that "passetli away."
The action of the Convention, with refer?
ence to the Southern dioceses, has been so
kind and conciliatory throughout, that it
can hardly be questioned that when the
few delegates from that section return and
make their report, tho necessary formali?
ties to make the re-union final and complete
will be immediately ontered upon, ancl this
may be done either at thu Council called at
Mobile next month, or otherwise, as thc
Bishops themselves may elect.
Advices from New Orleans ?tate that
Gen. Can by has received orders to muster
out all the negro troops that can bo spared
in his department. Several regiments will
be disbanded. They will not be allowed to
purchase weapons.
?>atc Foreign Newa.
Tho Charleston N'?tes, of Wodncsday, 8th,
has New York papers of the 4th inst. We
extract tho Aeirs' summary o? foreign in?
telligence brought by late arrivals from
Europe:
Another meeting of the irrepressible
holders of tho rebel cotton loan had been
held in London, at which statement? of a
singular character wero made. Erlanger,
who put the loan on the market, and Schro?
der ?Sc Co., bis London agents, refused to
give the unfortunate victims any informa?
tion as to what money they had received or
what they had done with it, or as to the
nature of then: contract with the rebel
Government. A long opinion from an
"eminent international Ia wer" was laid
before the meeting, demonstrating to the
satisfaction of the holders of the loan tho
doctrine of State rights and United States
responsibility; and with this slender ray of
comfort, these dupes were obliged to rest
content. Loud complaints were made that
the "large and influential holders of the
loan known to exist" did not como forward,
and in their absence the meeting was ad?
journed. One interested individual made
tho remarkable confession that ho was
always opposed to the South, but took up
the loan as a matter of speculation, buying
the bonds " very cheap.
Tho steamship Atlanta, from London on
the 10th, and Brest on the 13th ult., arrived
at quarantine, New York harbor, on Thurs?
day night, having had on board during the
passage from fifty to sixty cases of cholera,
and fifteen deaths from the disease. The
Atlanta had altogether fivo hundred and
fifty-six passengers, over firs hundred of
them being in the steerage, and among
these latter tho cholera was entirely con?
fined. Tbo Atlanta was sent to the lower
bay, about fiftcea mUoa from tho city, snd
the hospital ship Florence Nightingale was
despatched to her relief. These facts,
however, need cause no alarm, as no com?
munication between tbo infected vessel and
the shore is permitted, and the strictest
quarantine arrangements have been made
to meet any similar cases that may occur.
A meeting* of the Health Commissioners
was held, at which a memorial to Presi?
dent Johnson, asking for tho temporary
appropriation of a piece of Government
land on Sandy Hook, on which to establish
a hospital of detention for cholera cases,
was adoptod. The Commissioners inform
the citizens that there is no cause for alarm,
warn them against sensation rumors, say
that all proper precautionary measures are
being taken, and promise'to issue from
time to time true statements in regard to
the disoase, if it should manage to effect
an entry among us.
Later intelligence regarding the progross
of the war in South America botweea
Paraguay and the allies, newspaper files,
dated in Buenos Ayres to the 12th, and Rio
Janeiro to the 24th of September, have
been received. There had been no sovere
engagement of the opposing armios since
tho battle of Yatahy, but tho siege of Uru?
guayana still continued. On the 5th of
August, about seven or eight thousand
Paraguayans shut themselves up in this
town, which was immediately besieged by
an army of twenty thousand Brazilians,
Argentines and Umguavans. Up L the
date of latest accounts, tho investment had
continued thirty-seven days, the little army !
within having worked night and day to
strengthen its position, and its commander |
peremptorily refusing to surrender. Tho
Emperor of Brazil and the President of
the Argentine Confederation had gone to
Uruguayana to assist in the direction of
affairs ami to hold a conference with
General Flores, President of Uruguay, -who
was superintending operations on behalf
of the allies. The latter appeared to be
suffering much more from lack of supplies
than the besieged, and many of their
troops had died of starvation. However,
they felt confident of soon having posses?
sion of tho town. All the prisoners the
allies take they incorporate in their own
armies, and it is said that these recruits
fight very well against their own flag. On
th?: Parana river the Paraguayans had
gained some advantages, having consid?
erably damaged the Brazilian fleet and
advanced their positions ami works on its
withdrawing down the river. It is believed
that Paraguay, after manning all her gar?
risons anti placing her boundaries in a good
state of defence, can put one hundred
thousand men in the field outside of her
own territory for offensive operations.
According to the London Spectator, there
is likely to bo a December session of the
British Parliament. The. royal commission
on the cattle plague will report very strong?
ly on the prospects of the wide and serious
loss to the community, and advocate the
early summoning of Parliament to advise
suitable measures of remedy and preven?
tion.
The ministerial crisis caused by the
death of Lord Palmerston had not termi?
nated when the Java sailed. Karl Russell
had undertaken to reform the present
ministry, and had convened a Cabinet
council; but nothing definite would be de
cided upon until after the funeral of the
late Premier, and until the Queen returned
from Scotland.
Paris medical papers state that the
cholera remains stationary, other ac?
counts put tho number of cases at five
hundred daily. The Emperor Napoleon
visited thc Hotel Dieu, to satisfy himself
that proper care and attention was bestow?
ed on the cholera patients.
The London press generally agree that
Earl Russell's personal unpopularity will
render any ministry which he may* form
v< rj unstable, and Mr. Gladstone is looked
up to as thc man best qualified to conduct
a liberal Government.
Thc Cunard steamship Java, which ar?
rived at New York on Friday morning,
brought two days later news from Europe.
Severe storms on the north-east coast of
England had caused the destruction of a
deal of property and the sacrifice of many
lives.
Cholera had nearly disappeared from
Madrid, there being only thirty-three cases
there on the 18th ult.
Behind those Roseate Gates, the lips of
girlhood, there should be a fragrant palace
elegantly furnished with ivory and coral.
To drop metaphor. Young ladies, you
should keep your teeth and gums in per?
fect order, if you hopo in after-life to enjoy
the blessings of a sound set of dentals and
a sweet breath. What will enable yon to
do this? you ask. Nothing but Flagrant
Sozodont, wc reply. $
Texas.
CONDITION or PLANTERS-ADVICE TO ni KM.
The editor of the San Antonio Herald,
j y m> LO v?ik a Cfip, tiltia nilled xi oin ViOiorii,
[ Texas, to his paper concerning the plan
j tors of the State, their present condition,
I their prospects and their duty:
I regret to say that I have not found tho
people down hore as hopeful of prosperity
in the future as I had expected. All tho
way on tho route from San Antonio to this
place, I made it a special point to inquire
of farmers, planters, stock-raisers and
house-keepers, how their former servants
were getting along in tho discharge of
their duties as laborers? In some few in?
stance? I learned they were doing very well,
as well as conld bo reasonably expected;
but in a majority of cases, and more es?
pecial] v as 1 approached the coast, did I
hear almost constantly complaints of a lack
of good faith on the part 01 the negroes in
the observance of conditions of their con?
tracts. Idleness, running away and steal?
ing were among the principal crimes
charged against them. To oppose this,
the people at present have no remedy, or
at least they feel that they hare none, out?
side of an appeal to the military to arrest
the negro and return him to his place of
residence, whore he eau bo made to comply
with his conditions of the contract.
There is much cotton now suffering to bo
flicked, which is certain to be wasted for
he want of hands to pick it out. The ne?
groes flock to thc towns aud ask for light
work, by the job or by tho day, seemingly
desiring to do just enough work to keep
from starving, and that ?H all. Now some
remedy must bo provided, or else tho in?
dustry which has heretofore supplied tbs
country wiih commerce and prosperity will
vanish like the mist before the rays of tho
morning sun; and, instead of beholding
the snowy fleecod cotton stretching away
in broad nelda of magnificent proportions,
with com and other cereals, the traveler
from tho North and from Europe will only
behold a few scanty acros of such bread
stuffs as are necessary for the maintenance
of the white family, and produced solely by
thc labor of its head.
This is no fiction. It is a truih patent
to thc observation of everr candid mind.
Is there no help for it ? I telioro there is.
The remedy is in the hands of the people.
But the people must first become citizens
entitled tb rote, and elect raters who have
the sense, thc manliness and the courage
and tho honesty necessary to pass suck
organic and legislative enactments as will
best adapt the State to the changed condi?
tion of the labor system of the South.
This should bo done immediately, or, my
word for it, the next cotton crop of Texas
wiU not be one-fourth of the present. Let
the people be prompt in the discharge of
? their duty and if for any selfish motives
those who represent the Government fail
on their part, tho blame will attuck where
it properly belongs.
I It is certain that thc General Govern
t mont has deemed it wise and prudent to
abolish slavery as a result of thc war, still
I it is no part of the policy of the Govern?
ment to destroy the industry of the South.
On tho contrary, the Administration at
Washington hopes tkat tko South will be
more prosperous and produce more under
a system of free than slave labor. This
hope may bo realized yet, vain as it ap
?iears to the minds of most persons at first
dusk; but it requires many important
changes, wkick will adapt Texas to tke
new order of tilings, and which will render
free labor available to tho command of
capitalists the same as slave labor bas
been heretofore. Tke negro cannot and
will not be permitted to live in our midst
witkont work, constant, honest, faithful
work, the samo as white people are com?
pelled to render for stipulated wages.
If experience should prove, as it has done
in a majority of cases so far, that he has
neitker the intelligence nor tke disposition
to do tkis, then the Legislature will have
to pass a stringent vagract act, and wher?
ever and whenever he is found without
honest employment and a home, with no
visible means of support, arrest him as a
vagrant and compel kim to work the ?ame
! as any other crimmal, upon tke public
works" or in tko penitentiary. I do not
argue in favor of any oppressions to be
imposed upon him, but as he is made the
equal of the white man in the enjoyment of
personal rights, so let him receive tho
punishment due for the violation of Iiis
contracts wkick kc lins voluntarily entered
into.
1 cannot go into tke mi nu ti o of a plan to
effect tkis object, but your representatives
in the next Legislature, can and no doub}
will. I have dwelt upon tkis subject some?
what at length, but I have done so for the
laudable purpose of encouraging our agri
eultu'r il people, upon whom the real wealth
of the i ?untry so much depends. I dislike to
see their hitherto prosperous and beautiful
plantations and farms growing np in wild
weeds and tall grass. I believe there is a
remedy-I want to seo it applied. Good
citizens everywhere desire it. Tho Go?
vernment desires it, ami I may add that I
believe it is hound to como sooner or later,
in one shape or another.
It requires the right spirit, the right
temper of mind, and a proper action on the
part of all concerned. It may take sonic
time, and our interests will in a great mea?
sure languish while it is being accomplish?
ed, but it will bo done. And in conclusion
upon this matter, let mc say to the planter,
don't get discouraged, and sell your lands
for a song, ' nor yet leave tho country ; but
bestir yourselves to do the bust you can
until you can do better. Time, patience,
perseverance and a good, willing mind aro
great cure-alla for present ills. It will be
your fault if you do not exercise all these.
ABOLITION OF FREEDMEN'S BcBEATJ COURTS.
_Tho New Orleans Daily Nroi-pubhskes an
important circular, issued by Gen. Fuller?
ton, abolishing the Provost Courts for
Freedmen, and all other courts established
by the Freedmen's Bureau. Tho cases in I
which freedmen are concerned are remitted
to the civil ct Hirts, to be disposed of as all
others are; tko only way in whick tke in?
terference of representatives of tke Freed?
men's Hui eau will be aliowed in suck cases
is as "next friend or attorney;" and no ar?
rests nor interference with courts will be
allowed to be made by agents of tke Bu?
reau. Tke sole condition attacked to tkese
concessions is tkat tke freedmen shall bo
treated with justice tempered with mercy,
and with consideration for the peculiar
situation in which tkey find themselves
placed.
Iioca.1 Items.
THE MAILS-Wo aro still without North?
ern mails, and unable to furnish our readers
ai good a paper as we wish to giro them.
CASH.-We wish it distinctly understood
that our terms for subscription, advertising
and job work are cash. The money must
ia every case accompany orders, or they ?e<K
not bt attended to. This rale applies to aH.
JTCSTPUBLISHSD.-The Sack and Destruc?
tion ?f tho City of Columbi?, originally
published in th? Columbia Phcsnix. A
pamphlet edition ef the above ha? just
been issued and is for sale at thia od?
pries $1 a copy.
Hiv ADVBRTISSMEICTS.-Attention ia call?
ed to the following advertisements, which
are pnblished for the first time thia mern
ign:
John Alexander-Lime for Sale.
A. Palmer-Cooking Stoves.
Schedule Spartanburg and Union K. B.
Mrs. Brevard-To Bont.
Coffin & Ravenel-Dry Goods.
Board for Members ot the Legislature.
James G. Gibbes-Cheap Goods.
Lumsden A McGeo-JuBt Received.
" " -Lobsters, Ac.
" " -Herrings, Sec.
?' " -Table Salt, Ao.
O'Brion A MeAndrows-Dissolution.
Apply at this Office-Keys Lost.
Apply to Hon. J. Townsend-Situation.
Declination of G. M. Bynum.
A HARD HIT AT THE CHIEF Juanea.-The
New York World thus comments on the
lato electioneering jaunt of Chief Justice
Chase:
It is with great pleasure wo announce
that an aet of Congress requires th? pre?
sence of the Chief Justtce of tho Supreme
Court in Washington on the first Monday
of Docomber, and that judicial duties will
compel him to remain there for some
months. Since that high tribunaladjourn
en, last spring, the country has been con?
stantly scandalized by the acts of the
Chief Justice "on his travels." That emi?
nent functionary seems to have managed,
with porfeet uuc^ss, to Ao. daring the
summer and autumn, just the things which
regard for tho proprieties of his position
demanded he should not do. From making
speeches on the street corners, in the ex?
treme South, to squads of vagrant blacks,
he had passed through audiences of ap?
plauding partisans in the South-west and
junkutting expeditions on the North-west?
ern lakes, at the expense of the Treasury
Department, to club Buppers ?nd Republi?
can gatherings at New York city.
Ali question about tho evident in?
decency of these exploits of the first
magistrate of the land is forever answer?
ed by tho other inquiry, whether John Jay,
or John Rutledge, or Oliver Ellsworth, or
John Marshall, or Roger B. Tany would
ever have so far forgot themselves, or thc
great office they held? These eminent
magistrates of America were convinced,
and acted on tho conviction, that a judge
must be not only honest, well intentioned,
and no respecter of persons, bat must be
behoved to De such. Tho love and trust of
the people must go out to him as he enters
the temple of juwtice, or he will bear the
sword of the law in vain. The best por?
tion of a vacation spent in politic partisan
cabals cannot be surest way to enable a
newly appionted judge, rusty in the learn?
ing of tho books, to be profoundly versed
in that constitutional, statute, and com?
mon law, the mastery of which exacts long
labors, the labora of a life-time, abstract?
ed from business and politics.
GEKMAK IMMIGRATION.-Tho Directors of
the German Society held a monthly meet?
ing at their office on Battery Place yester?
day. The agent of the society submitted a
report, fr rm which it appeared that during
the past month 20,606 emigrants were
landed at Castle Garden, of whom 10,687
wore Gcrmaus. 5,460 of these arrived in
fourteen vessels from Bremen; 2,602 in five
vessels from Hamburg; 800 in three vessels
from Havre; 67 in two from London; 1,614
in fifteen from Liverpool; and 216 in ono
vessel from Antwerp. During tho same
period of last vear, 6,816 German immi?
grants were landed at this port. Tho whole
immigration at this port since tho 1st of
January amounted to 107,333 persons, of
whom 50,817 were Germans. During the
same period of last year, the whole immi?
gration amounted to 100,426 persons, of
whom 45,472 were Germans. Only fifty-one
persons were provided with employment
through thc agency of thc German Society
during the past month.
[Neu York Herald.
THE FREEDMEN OF MISSISSIPPI.-The Mis?
sissippi State Convention appointed a
committee to prepare and report to the
Legislature, for its consideration and ac?
tion, such laws and changes in existing
laws, as might seem expedient in view of
the amendment of tho State Constitution
prohibiting slavery. The committee have
performed their labors and made a report,
which 'ias been submitted to tho Degisla
ture. They state that they "propose to
protect the person, property, wages and
contracts of tho freedmen and laborer,
more highly, promptly, fully and cer?
tainly, than was ever before given to the
whites of the State, and to secure them
against all possible frauds, deceits, cheats
and impositions in fact and in law, and to
give them full security and speedy redress,
as well as complete 1 flief against either,
as necessary and proper to stimulate labor
and an honest rectitude, and with a view
to their future comfort and independence."
The Mobile candidates for Congress are
thus politically classified >y tho Times, of
that city:
"Tho Hon. C. C. Langdon, an original
Union man, but who rallied to the standard
of his State, and stood by secession so
long as anything of it wa? left; tho Hon. T.
M. Mathews, a'i,o an original Union man,
who stood out the tide of secession, ovon
while in appearance successful; and, finally,
Col. S. R. Cleveland, a former Democrat of
the State sovereignty school, who believed
in secession, fought for it, and now sub?
mits, but says he does not repent, and if
the South has sinned, she has be?n mulct?
ed into damages heavy enough to make up
for her errors."