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COLUMBIA. Thursday Morning, May 31, 1866. President Making. A paragraph which wo published on Tuesday morning announced that arrangements were being made by prominent Democrats to secuio the representation of-the eleven South? ern Stales in tho next Democratic Convention, and that Gen. Sherman, is named for President. Fernando Wood, of New York, it is alleged, is the chief .spirit in this movement, brit we are inclined to doubt this allegation, especially that he is to be nominated as Vice-Presi . dent, with Sherman as President. We, of the unrepresented eleven States, at this time feel very little interest in the party movements, but we venture to predict, that if they should be ad? mitted to the nominating convention referred to, they would give their united ballot for Andrew Johnson. They regard him, and very properly, too, as the conservator of the Consti? tution, and the only living statesman that can save the country. As to the nomination of Gen. Sher? man by any convention in which tho Southern States might bo represent? ed, it is so preposterous that it is scarcely worth while to notice it. Whatever his capacity as a General and military strategist may be, so far as we know, he c-xn lay no claims to statesmanship. Besides*this want of statesmanship, tho Southern people cannot soon forget the heavy inflic? tions he laid np on them in his tri? umphant march through their coun? try. They are as generous as they are brave, but it is too soon to ask them to support thc man who thought it his duty, in crushing out the "re? bellion," to lay waste and devastate the country in his line of mareil. But, as we said, our people just now have enough to do to raise bread and meat, without bothering them? selves with politics. But we cannot be indifferent spec? tators of political movements even if we have no right to participate in them. We are pleased to see that the Democratic party in Ohio in State Convention assembled, resolved that "tliey will cordially and actively sup? port Andrew Johnson as President of the United States in all the necessary and proper means to carry out his policy" for the restoration of the Union, "and especially in securing immediate representation in the Senate and House of Representatives, from which it is now unconstitution? ally and arbitrarily withheld, unless on the degrading condition of infe? riority in the House, and of negro politicnl and civil equality enforced by the Federal Government." This is encouraging from the great State of Ohio, and would induce iu (that is, if we had anything to say in the matter,) to nominate Andrew Johnson for President, and C. L. Vallandigham for Vice-President. Wc think this would be a strong team tc run over the President's course. TiiB EUROPEAN FINANCIAL NEWS I> NEW YORK.-Tho New York corres pondence of the 22d of the Philadel phia Ledger says that financia circles bear up under tho Europeai advices much better than could rca sonably bo expected. At first every body was paralyzed by tho fragmen tary character of tho Halifax tele gram?, which described the culmina lion of the panic, but said nothing ubout the causes which immediately produced it; but the arrival of tin preceding steamer, this morning made everything clear, and it wa: seen that the trouble was tho resul mainly of the French Emperor' speech to the workmen of Auxerre Tho address here, us in England, i accepted as a proof that if wa really breaks out between Italy an< Austria, Franco is not to be a passiv spectator. Business men having En ropean connections are arrangin; their affairs accordingly. THE SUMTER NEWS.- We have re ceive< the first number of a new pu per published in Sumter by H. L Darr, and edited by F. J. Moses, ji Its typographical execution and edi tonal management gives evidenc that the proprietor and editor wi make an excellent journal. Wo wis the \mrs abundant success. Congress Hall, at Saratoga, was en tirely destroyed by fire on Tuesda morning. Only a small part of th furniture was saved. Loss, $200,00C No other hotel injured ? Who fa Responsible! Since tho report of Dr. Cooper, ^sentbyr-ihe President to rrrvostigate the reports concerning the health of Mr. Davis, wo perceive the Northern press is. considerably agitated ?vs to whose door the charge ef unneces? sary harshness in the imprisonment of that distinguished prisoner is to be laid. Tho New York Tribune lays the whole blaine upon tho President, and tacitly admits that Dr. Cooper's re? port reveals a course of treatment towards Mr. Davis as almost amounts to a national shame. The World is disposed to place the blame on Secre? tary Stanton's shoulders, or at least on those of some of his subordinates. That paper says: "Jefferson Davis, once arrested and incarcerated in a national foi tress, passed under tho direct immediate control of the Secretary of W ar. So long as tho President thought fit to permit Mr. Edwin M. Stanton to sit at the council-board of his Cabinet, he was bound to presume the Minis? ter whom he honored with his confi? dence, incapable, at Ica-d, of dis gracing the national escutcheon by acts of meiin and binburie brutality inflicted upon a captive. Now that upon the highest and nio.st unim? peachable testimony, it is known that snell acts have boen done, the worst enemies of Edwin M. Stanton would have been slow to charge the respon? sibility of them upon him. It did not need the American civil war, nor tho trial of Wirz, nor the exposure of the tortures indicted upon North Carolina negroes by New England clerical agents of tho Freedmen's Bureau, to remind candid and well informed men bow easy a thing it is for ignorant and cruel subordinates * ) blacken tho name of their supe? riors by conduct which it must often be impossible for those superiors, overwhelmed with multitudinous cares, effectually to supervise. Re? membering this, we forbore, in call? ing public attention to Surgeon Cooper's most sickening disclosures, to express any opinion whatever as to the guilty authorship of this na? tional shame. Seeing that the Wai Secretary, the sole and only higl public functionary directly involved belongs to the extremest clas9 of tht radical philanthropists who shoir with Thaddeus Stevens for superlm man vengeance upon the defeatoi South, we esteemed it just and cou i siderate to afford Mr. Stanton am Mr. Stanton's friends the opportunity of applying to the case that Congres sional microscope in the virtue o which they have heretofore shown s< large and catholic a faith. "The Tribune now rushes in wher* wo forebore to tread, and by its pre mature out-cry that the Presiden must be held resposible for all act done under the authority of Edwii M. Stanton, compels both the Presi I dent and the public t<> look in on I direction, and in one direction only j for tho origin of a crime which, w I will do it the justice to say. it is nc so bose as to excuso, and falters upo [tho attempt even feebly t<> cxteu i nate." j There is a very simple way of get j ting rid of th?4 whole matter. L< ?President Johnson issue his procli I matioii, declaring a general amnesty, ? and thus throw open the prison dooi ! o. Jefferson Davis. By such a grao ful act, he would carn still even in higher degree than he now possess* it the cordial and enduring gratitud) I not only of the people of the Sont! j but of thc true and good men in evei ? section of the country. j THRMONETARY PANI?! IN ENOI.ANI , Private letters received in Bostn i from merchants in London and I, i vorpool speak ol' the monetary pan j experienced there as one of the mo severe, for tho moment, ever reinei ! bored. As to the future, the write ! are divided in opinion. Some a ; hopeful that< lovernrnentintorforen ? will put a stoj) to the troubles, \vhi : others state that a very heavy dooli) j in commercial values will have to 1 submitted to, which will produ ; more failures. Messrs. Peto A Beti I the London bankers, had issued card announcing the cause'ol' tin suspension. They say they bave clear balance of over ?1,000,000, ai i hope soon to effect arrangements j discharge all their liabilities. -.- - CHANOE OF SCHET?TIIJE.- Tho Sn ter Watchman loams that the sol i dide of tho passenger trains on t Wilmington and Manchester Bail re will be changed on or about the proximo. By this arrangement, t wearisome delay now inflicted up tho passenger, to Charleston, either Florence or Kingsville, will give u to ?'lose connections at these places Anion;;- tho amendments to the I bill is one taking off from passeng tho 2',. percent, now sad.lied on th by the internal revenue law. A huge gang of counterfeiters \\< arrested at St Louis on Tuesday Col ambla ?nd Hamburg Railroad. Wo leam from tho Augusta Chroni? cle and Sentinel that a railroad meot iug will be held at Edgefiold.C. H., ou Monday next, sale-day. ' It is understood that tho meeting -will be addressed by dov. Piokens, Gov. Bonham, Cul. Johnston and other distinguished gentlemen. Tho object of tho mooting is the consideration of the necessity for a speedy comple? tion of tho Columbia and Augusta Railroad. The Chronicle says: "The next fall promise? a heavy immigration to tho South. Tho beau? tiful country ?which lies contiguous to the village and along tho ridge is just such laud as small farmers will -want. Healthy, well watered, producing linc vegetables, one of tho finest fruit regions, being seldom injured by frost-growing peaches, grapes, ap? ples, currants, pears, cherries and plums. The soil is o-v-'y cultivated, brings good crops o- ec ton, corn and wheat. But these lands are now cheap, because inaccessible. The completion of this road will greatly enhance their value -bringing all their Surplus within easy reach of Augusta, Charleston and Savannah." TUE PRESBYTERIAN ASSBMBI.TES. Tiie New School Assembly has de? cided to meet in Cincinnati on tho third Thursday in May, IS(J7. The Old School Assembly has resolved to meet next year al Rochester, New York. A despatch, dated Si. Louis, 2Gth, says: Thesubjoetof tho re-union of the Old and New School Churches was reported upon in the Old School As? sembly to-day. Thc plan suggested is for tho appointment of a commit? tee of niuo ministers and six ciders to meet a similar committee of the New School Assembly, who, ufter consultation, ii they deem re-union desirable or practicable, are to report measures for its accomplishment to the next General Assembly. A motion by Dr. Van Dyke, that a Conference Assembly bo invited to join in tho union, was laid on the table. Thc report of tho committee was adopted by a large majority. A series of pa? triotic resolutions on the stat i * ?d thc country were passed by the Ww School Assembly to-day. TUE GAME IX ECROPE. Tho Lon don correspondent of the New York News says: "The Napoleon iden is, you s*e, rather substantial. Nor i-. this all Napoleon intends to cut Prussia cf fectually. Austria and Italy arc t> form an offensive und defensive al Hailee, and Austria, backe.1 up""b} Italy and by France, will be in a po sition to guurautee to the smalle: German powers their independence and so to take the lead in Germany Depend upon it, Prussia will bc th' loser hy the present game. Sin- wi! sillier tho most by the war. which sb in the first instance provoked. \V> can but marvel at the blindness wind presages destruct ion. "] am greatly ninusod with the ?uv respondenco between Mr. Sewar? and the French Government. Soin people aro green enough to thin! that Napoleon has been worsted Now, what are the facts? The Freud army is still in Mexico, and. even i iii?; compact isrigidb adhered to, wi! not ?prit Mexico until Novembei 18(57. Meantime, in spite of protest.? a foreign anny is I teing gathered b Maximilian." TUE CIVIL Ki..?II ; Ihr.n. -Th Alexandria (,'a-ctlc of Weduesda evening says that in the Circuit ( 'our: when the ease of the Conimonwealt vs. Roo, a white man, charged wit felony, was being tried, W. Willong! by, Commonwealth's Attorney, aske that lie might be permitted to inti-? duce negro witnesses to testify in tli caso, claiming the right todoso und. the provisions of the civil rights l>i! The Judge declined permission o the ground that this was a Stat Court, and that he was neting undi the laws of tho State, which forbar" that a negro should testify in a ea; against a white man. ex.-, pt "win the ca-e arise.-; out of an injury don attempted, or threatened, to the p< son, property, or rights of a colon person or Indian, or win n tho offen? was committed by a white person : conjunction with a cob.red person < Indian." Hie judge stated hisdete mination to execute the laws of h State until ordered to do otherwise. The National Tntelliijenccr.tA Satu day, says: Tho llepnblican members cd* t! Senate were yesterday in caucus fro Itt until 1 (."clock, with the oxeepti? of about an hour, from 12 until while the Senate were in session, ha* not transpired w hat was donc, b it was understood that the subject Congress taking a recess was devil? ed and disapproved of, and tli afterwards thc subject of reconstrti lion was debated. ' ft is stated that proposition was made by Senat Sherman, which, although not at til acceptable to many, finally reeeivi tho approbation of all preseut, ai it is said will bo passed in tho S< na by thirty-four votes. Those gentlemen of New < >rlea who had been imprisoned ai I". Picketts by Butler, Banks, or soi other military satrap, had a re uni the other day in New Orleans, wi u sumptuous dinner accompanying Yo Gi-ncrul? Sfictliiian aiul t'iillrr ton. "Wo take thia method of addressing these officers, as we think it most likely to havo tho desired effect; and in BO doing we wish to call attention to both the benefits which have ac? crued from the establishment of the tho Freedmen's Bureau, and to point out tho frauds that havo bern com? mitted through it, and its general and mischievous mismanagement. No doubt thc establishment of the Bureau had a humane and benevo? lent object in view; but the idea of thc necessity for such an institution is founded in great error. Tho es? tablishment of such an institution takes it for granted that the two races cannot live in peuce and quiet, without the intervention of thLs Bu? reau, whereas thu facts as they exist do certainly show to the contrary, lt is true thc negro does not work as weil us properly organized and systematized laborers should do, yet, when wo consider his experiment and previous condition, we ought not to be surprised. The Southerner is not, but many of the Northern mon who liavo established farms with and employed thc freedman, find great difficulty in conducting their farms upon anything; like the pleasantly or? ganized condition of farms North, [u several instances which recently came nuder our observation in Mis? sissippi and Alabama, Northern men who ii;;.I undertaken cotton planta? tions could get nothing to work ac Cording to their notions, and on one large plantation, near Selma, a North? ern man had employed one hundred ?uni eighty hands, and in consequence of his rides and regulations of labor, eveiy negro he had employed left him after Iii ; crop was planted. The consequence is, he abusos tho negro, while Iiis Southern neighbors will probably unwed in getting hall work fruin thu freedmen, ?iud will live. In some install?es, the officers in charge ol' tim administration of tin Freedmen's Bureau understand ami appreciate theil position, but not om- in a hundred and tho great mis? fortune is that the people who h.ivf to doa! with subordinate officers sub mit with perfect composure to auj and .di of their exactions without complaint. They say, well, if I com plain, he will put mo in jail, <>r lu will take all of my negroes from mc which has been done, because cit i zeus, in some instances, arc-il.-.pose, to have a reason for their exaetious Tho snboi'diuato o thee rs of tho ila reau, almost without exception, ac ii[.>>n this principle with the citizen I have your finger in a vice, and will make you do as 1 like; and, act ing upon this principle, they havi extorted money from thousands, am have inflicted thc '.rentes', damag. upon others. But there is no telliiij the amount of mouey paid to the su l.ioidinate olficers of this Bureau, t acquire their favorable consideration But thu ollieers themselves ha\ availed themselves ol every means i their power to make tho citizen compensate them in money bu- l lu - j services. For iiistat.ee: two ol' m neighbors ha?I a controversy about fence;thc Bureau officer summonei them Indore him, and after lu ann their statements, he charged ?Vi SlO each for his trouble, ami decline to make any di ei don in the ease. 1 many instance . persons who ha pr??porty marked "C. S." went t thu Bureau officer and paid bini small amount and kept it. My noigl bor was sentenced to iniprisoiimei for one month, but the officer, und. standing that he would be relit:ve? on aecount of his frauds and misai: nagemeiit, told the person in priso ! that if he would pay him $20. 1 would -ase liim from iinprisoi ' mont. i ne subordinate officers i this so?:tiou of Smith Carolina \?\\ ! received many of them as much: .Sl.tii it) : i T ?tl ?l.ilOU for approx ing coi i tract:- between freedmen and the I employees, which was nol antho j ?zeil, and which tho superior office j prohibited when brought to their a tetition. The officers.should bo coi peile?! to r. lund the money so frau ulcntly exacted from the citizen In many instances, farmers could n go) ?heir lands restored, or could U iget the l'ree?lmeii either to contra j or leas?' tho place. Some citizens, such cases, have proposed to the < ficers in charge of the Unnau t?>gi ; them ?in interest io tho crop if tin would reston- these farms, and coi pel the lahorers toenntract and wor In sueli cases, the olficers never i fused to comply, and many of t plantations are now worked in tl way. i'.ut -nine of thc superior i fm?rs have forced citizens to give i their plantations by their ?wauaj. ? mont, and arc now working tho sm plantation on their own aeeoin atld ill .sollie install?e.. tllO ofl'lCt have taken the rations for these plo tnt ii >t i i maier their official authorit Now. it (Jens. Stecilmaii and Full? ti.H w ul h.- sufficiently on ergot ic looking into (he eon!rael., of h< tho snpi rt'ir and subordinate otfic. ot the Bureau, they will timi a in: of corruption and imposition np the citizens and (?ovurumcnt win surpasses anything they ever dream of. One great difficulty which tin officers must moot with, is tho fact especialh the c is.- with subordilit ollieers 'thal they have left no ree' of their transaction t in their ollie Tho> ?ir?! very frequently relievi ami the officer succeeding never lit ? un\ trace of tie- doing* of In pre cessors. Tho officers who lately took charge of the Bureau in my District expressed th? greatest astonishment at the out ni joes that had been perpe? trated Upon both citizens and freed? men by his predecessor. He said that his administration ol his duties was both fraudulent and au imposi? tion ripon the people. Every citizen who ban had much business with the bureau could testify to a similar slate of affairs. B. \V a-iiiii-iloii .N'tw-t. It is in contemplation to build ?1 new and costly Exe.euty.ve Mansion on the high grounds East of thc Capitol, and turn the "White House into a fire? proof building for thc Stato Depart? ment, it was for that purpose leave was asked to-day to bring in a joint resolution directing the proper com? mittee to make II rocon?oissance for a site. Gen. Howard's attempt to white? wash t!i Freedmen's Bureau has greatly lowered that officer in the President's estimation, lt is reported that the President has requested him j to resign, and will remove him if he does not resign. The President is! determined that the outrages und abuses practiced by the officers and agents of the Bureau must cease. i nave ?ooii put m possession o*j some tacts which 1 am not allowed to use yet, but which confirm me iu the belief that there is a perfect understanding between Mr. Seward and Santa Anna, and that the former will labor 7. lalously to bring about the suc?e s o ff San'a Anna's scheme, as >et forth in my last two despatches. The- probabilities of a general Eu? ropean war constitute tho chief topic of conversation here to-night. lt is the opinion of those best informed on the subject, that the speech of Napoleon at Auxerre does not necea-1 sari ly render wai certain, and that it j uia\ be some months before liostili- j ties eommeuce, or even th>?t war may j be averted, but al the soiu time that j a general Furo pean war is probable. I In ri gani to the price <>t gold, it is : believed that ii will steadily advance te? a nundi higher ligure. i j AW V..ri. X'-.cs, 28///. j Titui RT.KS OK .-. N'oTEn WOMAN. ' The New York papers give a.sad ar ? count of tue tatt of thc once cele-j bruted Mrs. Eaton, whose iu tinonee, i in t! .? dav .sot' Andrew Jackson, was sufficient to cause a rupture in his! Cabinet, and to produce alienation of j kinil 1\ relations between .hicksonand Mr. Calhoun, and other members of his Cabine*, which materially altered the ]>ros)Kiths for life of IIM?? a dozen eminent statesmen. Mrs. Kahm hus for many years re j sided iii New Vori-, in the possession | and enjoyment of a fortune of S"200.- ' OOO. 'liier,- r.-i.led with her two grand children, om- of whom was a young woman ot' great personal at-, tractions. lt wa. the misfortune of this girl to form the acquaintance of j a in edy Italian tlaneiiig-uiaster, who. : ingratiating himself with tin? young won,.m. was received upon an inti? mate footing in the family of Mrs. Kutoii. Ascertaining that tho grand? mother was a lady of lal ee fortune, he |>.od lo., addresses to Mrs. Eaton, : with so much success that she became his wife, and placed her whole for? tune in bis hands. He then succeed? ed in winning the all'eetious of the grand-daughter, and having convert- j ed the whole of Mrs. Eaton's fortune ' into exchange. In- tied to Kurope last ' week with the grand-daughter, leav? ing :? letter, ?n which ho coolly in? forms his impoverished wife that if soe will ""keep quiet," lit! will allow1 her twenty dollnrs "a week for the rest of her life." As thc provisions nt i:o extradition roach this infamous case, the wretch will escape punish? ment. Sir Frederick I ?nice, has conveyed to Mr. S uar I the thanks of himself and his Government for the efficient manner in which our Government repressed tho late Fenian demonsta-1 tions against Canada. Ile expresses | himself as being satisfied that all dangt r is now over, hut intimates that tire British Government is now fully prepared lo n pel all such at? tempts, either against Canada or Ire? land, ll ./.-./o'./>// <./ Correspondence .Ve,;- J'...-/,- \'r,r<, 2l'..',V. -*. . ?? - Tm: PKKSIHENT'S POLICY IN THE WEST. A special Washington de? spatch to the Boston P?.<t says that a prominent and wry intelligent gen? tientan of *h. Ulterior Department, who has . a journeying through In? diana ami Michigan during the past two weeks o. nilieial business, re port; that there is arc-action in po? litical sentiment in those States. Ile was surprised to find so great unani? mity itt favor of the Pr? nient. Ga the 10th, a negro attempted an outrage on a Miss Guim?, near Ma sonville, l>avis County. Kentucky, liewa- caught, confessed his guilt, und wa i m m?diat ely hung by the en? raged citizens. income returns will not be allowed to ht; published m future, nor will am journal or individual he allow ed in t'ut.iie ko male II copy of them. P. B. Grattan, an eminent lawyer ol Hiclimond, hus been appointed report, i ot' thc Virginia Court of Ap peah a Paris architect, bellowing an ??lea from the lennans, has invented a brick which hardens with time and completely rosi ?td humidity. The Woolen Mills, New ork, liav< l.n <h I roved I ?a $U)0,000 Ijooal Items. Mortgages asid Conveyances of Beal Es? tate for ?ale at thia office. We are indebted to E. W. Lyle*, Esq., Mail Agent on the Charlotte Hoad, for copies of New York and Richmond papers, ahead of the mail. TUK RCUNINO OK COIATMBIA.-Au iuioi eating account ol the "Sack and Destruc? tion .>r the City of Columbia, S. C.," ha? just been issued, in pamphlet form, fr(?m the Tficenlx a team power pre*??, order can bo Riled to any extent. Kingle copies 50 rente. CoOKT ov AITKAI.8.-The Court, on Tues? day, waa occupied in hearing the caso of the Bank of Charleston TM. the Bank of th?-^* Stat?. Mr. Wilkinaon, followed by Attor? ney-General Kayne, heard on behalf of the appellee. Mr. Yeadon in reply for appal? lan t, without concluding. BOOK AND JOB PKINTTSO.-The Ptuxuir office is now fully supplied with carda, colored and white paper, colored ink, wood type, etc., and is now iu condition to exe? cute all manner of book and job printing in the shortest possible time. Give ns a rall. "Bnx Aar." - We are indebted to tho publisher, Mr. Mullaley, tho editor of the New York Metropolitan Record, for a copy of a work entitled "Bill Arp -so-called- a Side Show of the Southern Side of the War." We have published, in the Phoenix, a number oT these letters, ami they have been almost universally pubbshed by the presa of tho South, and have stamped tho author, C. II. Smith, Esq., as one of the beet humorous writers in the country. These letters, now collected and published in neat permanent form, and appropriately illustrated, will doubtless meet with au ex? tensive ?ale. Thc motto of the author is "I'm a good Union tuan, so-called, but I'll bet on Dixie so long us she's got a dollar." The pi ic. of this volume is tl.SO. Il MOI L'f KOK A "I.oe vi.." Tho local of the Phimis ia sometimes hard up for au item, Lut reutet? his poverty of invention. The local of thu Wheeling (Va.) Register, however, ia not so barren. He gets off th? following sensational: "As a gentleman was passing along fourth stieet. yesterday, he passed a place wln i-e a humber of boys were playing marbles, one of them, in shooting hia marble, ole veil v put it under the gentle? man's foot. The gentleman slipped and stumbled against a lady, also passing, pre? cipitating lier, along with himself, upon a large hog, who was examining the cutter geographically for debris. The hog, fright? ened out of Iiis propriety, bolted off and ran bot ween the legs of another gentlc inau, who, in fallin?, frightened a span of In.raes attached to a wagon in an alley. A man who was in a carpenter shop near by was about to light a cigar, and upon start? ing up to ?<?o what waa tho mattor, dropped bia lighted match among the shavings, and a tire came near being originated. Thus ended this budget of accidents for the day." "TUK LOST CA?SK." From the publish? ers, 12. J!. Treat .V. Co., .b>. 054 Broadway, Sew York, we have received specimen pages of the forthcoming History of the War of the Confederates, by Edward A. I'ollard, Ks,j., author of "Black Dia? monds," Ac, and late editor of the Rich? ill..ml Examiner. ?fTho distinguished ability of thc author, and his excellent op? portunities for statistical and other infor? mation in reference to his subject ia a guarantee that the work will be invaluable as history, and desirable as an addition to tho literature of the South. It will be comprised in one large octavo vol?me of nearly eight hundred pages, including twenty-four steel portraits of prominent Confederate leaders; and will contain a full ami authentic account of the riso and progress of the lato Southern Confederacy, the campaigns, battles and incidents in th? most gigantic struggle in the world'a his? tory. It will he published only by aub scriptiou. S KW A10 hivrisKiiKNTs. -Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for the first time: A. lt. Phillips-Attractive Auction. T. B. Crews Tri-Weekly Hack Line. 1). T. Harvey- Horses, Slides, Ac. Fisher & Heinitsh -New Supplies. E. Sill- Pure Mountain Whiskey. T. < rowlev -Cows for Sale. TERKIBT.K Tole*ADO.-A terrific tor? nado, at Honesdale, Pa., swept over the borough on hist Monday evening. Thc great bridge spanning the Lieck - awanus at Sixth street was lifted bodily from its foundation, and fell into the river a mass of ruins. A number of barns, out-houses, etc., were demolished. Trees and sticks of timber filled the air. The course of the tornado was West to East, thence South, and finally towards the North? east. No lives were lost. Thc Marion Crescent, of the 30th, says: We hear a good deal of complaint of the injurious effects of the wet weather upon the cotton crop. The crops, too, have become very grassy, requiring the utmost efforts to put them in a clean condition. This is rendered improbable in some instances, owing to the refusal of the freedmen to work, as in times that are pone. On one plantation eight left at once. _ - The Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge over tho James Uiver, burned April 3, 1866, has been rebuilt. The first regular train went across it on Saturday night last. The Louisiana cotton crops are calculated nt one-half of fast month's estimate. The corn crops are looking well. Tho sugar crops, where plant ed. ure abundant.