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Tuesday Morning, June 26, 1856. . ! Thc Finit to Bow thc Knee. With ft haste that would be inde-: cent in any other dfficm?, the old sinner who tyrannizes over the peo p?e of Tennessee has issued his pro? clamation, convening the "so-called"* Legislature of that unhappy State to meet on the Fourth of July next, for I the purpose of ratifying the odious _ ... Constitutional amendment j oat passed by Congress. The black and malignant ooncep ; tion of desecrating the political Qnvb bath of the country, hy assembling his mongrel crew of radicals on that day, for the purposes indicated, could not have been hatched in any other brain-outside Of Thad. Ste? vens' penitentiary-than that of Brownlow's. In ordinary times, and '."for ordinary political purposes, it would be deemed a shanie to have fe;-"'commenced a session of any Legisla ?gl '"fere on that day; but when the pur *" pose is to prostitute a once noble r State and people before the idols erected by Thad. Stevens and his followers, the execration of every true man, woman and child in the Southern States, will be coupled, if they speak of him at all, with the name of William G. Brownlow. On that day-the Fourth of July ninety years ago, the fathers of that revolution which brought civil and religious freedom to the then colonies of England, signed a declaration of rights, which has become immortal ized throughout the world, and which will be held in sacred remembrance aa .long as liberty has a dwelling place upon the earth. And now, not a century has elapsed, when some of the degenerate heirs and inheritors of the priceless boon bequeathed to them, are to assem ~ bl? and desecrate the day, by sign? ing aicay the rights their fore-fathers asserted, and for which the blood oi patriotic thousands were shed during the eight years' struggle for liberty and national independence. Thie recreant Governor intends, if possi? ble, to place the people of Tennessee under a worse tyranny than that ex? ercised by Great Britain in 1776-wc mean the tyranny and despotism oi the unprincipled faction, who control ' the legislative department of thc Government, and who crown theil series of oppressive measures against the South by this insulting and de? grading "amendment" to the Consti? tution of the United States. We trust in God that such an appendix will never sully the pages, of that glorious instrument. That our readers may understand the views of this radical Governor which, of course, are the views of hil Legislature-we extract the following paragraphs from the body of his pro clamation: In view of the rebellious eonduc of so many of our people, and th< treachery of those who controlled hei action, Congress has deemed it neces sary to require of us certain condi tiona precedent as guarantees for on: future loyalty. To this end, it hm been deemed necessary, to the se entity of the whole conntry, that tin State Legislature should ratify cer tain amendments to the Constitution of the United States, which may b* briefly stated as follows: 1. Equal protection of all citizen in the enjoyment of life, liberty am property. 2. That classes who are disfran chised without crime shall not b taken into account in fixing the basi of Federal representation. 3. That certain persons who h av proved themselves dangerous to th peace of tho country shall not be eli gible to office. 4. The va?dity of tho natiom debt shall not be questioned, while ai debts incurred in aid of the rebellio are illegal and void. ?* As to tho disloyal portion of ou " people, these terms are mild in th -extreme, and it is hoped that there i nothing in them repugnant to th sentiments of the loyal ; or if thei be, that all objections will be yiolde upon the altar of our common t our try. This is the programme of iufam; concocted and drawn np by one wi: has been suffered too long to enjc that liberty of tongue and pen whic was guaranteed by that instrurnei which the radicals now wish to doh; by tacking on this abominable amem ment. God save the true people i Tennessee, and give them, ere loni a happy deliverance from misrule ai tyranny, and a restoration of the rights and privileges, in accordant with tho policy enunciated by thc distinguished fellow-citizen, wh standing at the helm of State, in tl only barrier agai'nxt despotism left to them and the whole people of the South. - J! ^ KM ar At io? fed thc Vre ?ii Fooplf. This subject is flt present claiming the attention, and, we think. very properly, of some of our Southern papers and citizens of other States of the Sonth. It ia but reasonable to suppose that in time th freedmen wiD be so identified with our inte? rests, political and material, that it will be of the utmost importance they should be educated, and titas rendered competent to contribute to the development of the resources of the country, with nmch mare force and effect than they could in n state of ignorance. But this education should be con? ducted nud supervised by those among whom they were born nud ? raised, and with whom, even now, j in their new condition of freedom, they have strong sympathies and j attachments. In process of time, and especially if we are to be govern? ed by tho ultraists of the North, these people may attain to tho exercise of all the rights of citizenship. Each State is its own judge in this matter, aud whenever a State feels that her laborers or peasantry-the freed? men-are properly qualified by edu? cation and otherwise, the franchise will doubtless be conferred upon them. But independent of this considera? tion, how much moro valuable will educated labor be than that of igno rance. And a proper system of edu? cation, expressly for this people, in traduced into our present free schoo' system, will strengthen their sympa thies and increase the ties of that na tural community of interest, whicl must be perfect to retrieve the for tunes and develop the wealth ot th< South. Thc Army. The new anny bill which has pass ed the House prohibits anybody wh< served in the civil, military or nava service of tho Confederacy from beinj appointed to the army of the Unite* States. This is a contemptible niauifestatioi of spite; but we wonder if the countn should get involved in a foreign war if these same radical legislators wonk not be glad to get into the rank am file some of the boys who used t< wear the grey jacket, and if the; would not revoke the prohibition, i j they could obtain the services of sue] officers os Lee, Johnston, Beauregard and others, who officered the arm}- o the late Confederacy. MESSRS. EDITORS : Edwin J. Scott Esq., having resigned his seat as ; member of the House of Representa fives, an election will be held, in ; short time, for a member to fill th unexpired term. An extra session of the Legislature we are informed, will be convened a an early day, to which matters of th greatest importance will be submit I ted. ! It behooves the citizens of Rich land District, therefore, in choosin, a member, to select a gentleman c large experience in the varied pm suits of life, of sonnd practical sens and unflinching integrity. With this view, tho name of Co] L. D. Childs is respectfully s ubini tte to the voters of the District as em nently qualified to fill the vacanc occasioned by tho resignation of Ec win J. Scott, Esq. E PEURIBTJS UNUM. THE PROSCRIBED CONFEDERATES. - Tho New York News argues that th new constitutional amendment, eve if ratified, will fail to exclude froi office tho prominent Confederate o ficers at whom it ia aimod. Tl points aro these: First. The operatic of the amendment must bc prospec ive, or else it would conflict with tl spirit of that other provision of tl Constitution which forbids thc pa sage of ex i>ost facto laws. There .something in this point, but v should not like to rely upon it. Tl second, however, is better. It i that the parties to be proscribed mu first have been convicted of havit "engaged in insurrection or robt lion," before they could be exclude from office. By a private letter from the pt prietor, Ave learn that the storehou of Mr. W. Ii. Mabrey, at Lyles' For Newberry District, was destroyed 1 fire on the night of 19th June. T entire contents of the building, i eluding ;5;$,:i00 in cash, were buri The loss is estimated at $5,Of. Incendiaries are about, nml o people should be on the look-out. **" From Ctatcisinati. The Charleston Courier publishes 'the subjoined extract from a letter irom the Chamber; of Commerce dele? gation, under date Cincinnati, 17th instan t : "Messrs. Mordecai. Trenhohn, Kerr, "West, and Courtenay^ ore all" here. We have been received by the president and members of the Cin? cinnati Chamber of Commerce with great courtesy and kindness, and : spent last evening at the Club House. We find, that the Knoxville people are altogether in favor of the Bine Ridge route, and, therefore, we wait for their delegation to arrive here. They ore expected to-morrow, and we are to have a public meeting, on Tuesday evening, of the citizens, whore we shall be heard. "The plan of building railroads, in this section of country, is to get sub? scriptions to a road, to be paid as a bonus, on tho construction of the road. "Already there lias been subscribed $800,000, in Cincinnati," and it will reach $1,000,000. This is exclusive of what will be done in louisville. Now, if wo put in the $3,000,000 al? ready spent on our Blue Ridge, road, as a bonus, the company will have S4,000,000 subscribed to completo a rood to cost S7,000,000 originally.'' The Nashville Union und American, of tho 22d inst., says: "George A. Trenhohn, of tho Charleston delegation to Cincinnati on the railroad project, addressed tho citizens of the latter city, on Tuesday eveniug. President McGhee, of the Knoxville and Kentucky B??road, also read a report upon its condition.*' Kow IN CHARLESTON.-On Sunday there was somewhat of a riot in Charleston. Some white and colored boys amused themselves by forming allignments and pelting each other with stones. As it progressed, grown people of both classes entered into tho melee, with sticks and other weapons. The police interfered, and it was thought h:ul quelled the dis? turbance, but afterwards 300 negroes i paraded the streets, directed by some eight or ten negro soldiers. Thc po? lice, with a detachment of regulars j from the Citadel, ti nally restored or I der and quiet. OUR It AIRO AP CONNECTIONS.-Tho i Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, of j Sunday, urging tho importance of speedily finishing up contemplated railroads, says: Tho Millcdgeville road, when com? pleted to Macon, will certainly draw much of the Western trade and travel hero. The projected line to Colum? bia will shorten the route North nearby 100 miles, and will give almost an air line from Richmond, ria Dan? ville, Greensboro, Charlotte and Co? lumbia, to this place. The Milledge villo road will be an extension of tins inner and shorter liue to the West. These two latter roads-the Colum? bia and the Milledgevilie-should bc pushed to completion as rapidly a* possible. We know that tho scarcity of money in the South, at this time, forbids the hope that sufficient funda can be raised here for the completion of these roads. The bonds of the companies can, we are reliably in? formed, be sold at a fair price iu New York. This is the plan that lins been adopted by other roads to raisf funds, and we eau see no objection te ? it. At all events, something must b< ! done, and done at once, or the inter? ests of the city will bo seriously im paired. j PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND TIM I IRISH.-Says a Washington corros pondent of the Nash ville Banner under June ll: The brushing awa] of the Fenian cobweb seemed to leavi Congress and the President nothing todo but to continue the old quarre over reconstruction. The resolution of Mr. Ancona, how ever, offered in the House to-day, fol j like a shell into the camp ol" the radi cals. They hid been donouncin, Andrew Johnson, for three or iou days, for his interference, with th invasion of Canada by Messrs Sweeny and Company, and in thi way endeavoring to excite tho Iris: and to array them against the Admit istration. Mr. Ancona came to th rescue like a knight-errant. "Let u repeal the neutrality law.?," said he t the radicals. That was a poser. T vote against it would have been t , I stultify themselves, and to have e> ! hibited their utter hollowness to th ?Irish; and to vote for it would 1 I ruin, as a matter of course. "If yo j are in favor of a war with England, . said Mr. Ancona, "if you really wai to help the Fenians, let us repeal :t the international agreements betwee Great Britain and the United State i and prepare at once for the conflict. Never was the duplicity of a pari . j so suddenly and vividly rev?ale? , I Scbenck turned pale; Thaddeus St j vens turned red; and Banks frisk* . about like a little Scotch terrier loo] ' ' ir.g for a rut hole. There ec "M 1 ! j no debate, and they did not dori . ' lay the matter on the table. So, oft a good deal of confusion, they "r ; ferred" Mr. Ancona's proposition 1 : tho Committee on Foreign Affair . j where it will rest until the day of a journment. TH? European W?r. . A Southern gentleman now resid? ing in Stuttgart, Germany, is a regu? lar correspondent of the-So nih er? Christian Advoctile. As ho appears to. be a good observer, and has excellent opportunities for hearing and seeing what is going on, we copy the follow? ing extract from his last letter, writ? ten au the 17th of May. He says: I see very uearlv the same scenes transacting around and about me that I saw in Georgia in 1861; camps being established; drilling of recruits; railroad trains of troops hurried to and fro; horses being pressed into service; young men of twenty to twenty-six being torn from their situ? ations and families to fight for what? Ah, there is the difference! The Southern soldiers went to fighl for principle, fur independence, and became patriots, heroes; whilst the German soldier is forced into service, and most reluctantly seizes his anni against his brethren to fight for t chimera. The war is most unpalatable arnon{ all classes of people-merchants, ina uufacturers and bankers, whose busi ness is already bitterly suffering mechanics, farmers, soldiers and-tin women. The most opposite effort: aie continually being made at Berlii to preserve peace still at the hist mo ment; but the authorities seem to Ix doomed to a fatal blindness, for the; do not show yet the least dispositioi to listen to the sober, well-meant ad vices of reason. Arrogance, greet for annexation, the fancied ecrtaint; of having the prey in their clutches aro too deeply rooted there. Th Prussian Cabinet does? not evei shrink from the fearful rosponsibilit of conjuring up a general Europea: war, with all its horrors and ruinen consequences to national prosperit and individual happiness. The king' own family-with thc exception c two or three princes commandin some corps in the army ami politic:1 fanatics-are. for peace. The queen, the queen-mother, th Princess Royal and Chicen Victori have used their utmost exertions t induce the King to change his cours* In vain! Even the Emperor of Rm sia has vainly urged that, in case c au outbreak, he would side with An: tria. With the exception of a fe miniature principalities, hedged i by the Prussian monarchy, the who! of (rermany stands arrayed in am against the latter, which aas no oth* open sym]iathizei' and ally than Ital; England and Russia are opposed t war; hence, under certain eireun stances, rather against instead ot ft Prussia. France will hardly adv? cate nn aggrandizement of Prnssi; Napoleon will, therefore, nt faillies content himself with intervening, i the course of the war, to secure h own spoils ami the lion's share. Ne elections for the Prussian House i Representatives have been ordere? and it remains to bo seen whether tl Chambers will vote tlie million treasure and men that this fratricid war demands, or protest against KUI proofs of loyalty. Ii? :iutiinl L<tt?-r. The following beautiful letter fro the talented Southern authoress, Mi Evans, will be read with gratificatio Vi, the Hon. Mayor, Hoard cf AUh men und Cotnmon Council of the C, nf Mobile. GU.NTI.KMEN: In grateful comniein ration of tho heroism of the nol dead, who fell in defence of our cit I respectfully solicit permission erect upon the mound in the cent of Bienville Square, a maible mou ment, thirty feet in height, bearing brief inscription in honor of t faithful standard-bearers of our 1< cause; in tiine>norabilia" whoso nu hie lips slmll whisper to every pa ing stranger, sisle viator. The tl tance and seclusion ol' the sj appropriated as the "soldier's n . have been deemed valid objections the erection of a monument in 1 city cemetery, and all who have ma fested an interest in this last a most inadequate tribute to our fal countrymen, concur in tin; opiui that, it' raised in Bienville Square, would furnish a grateful in memora which would ornament and hall the site selected. A bra/.eu Beigh Lion ou a vast pedestal of hun bones. {00 feet high, marked battle-Held of Waterloo, fifty ye ago. Louis, uf Bavaria, laid n Ratisbon, the corner-stone of halla;' and upon the Pantheon, Paris, appropriated to the recept of the ashes ol France's great m arc inscribed the words: "Aux (ero Hommes ha Patrie Reconnaissante. Shall the poor meed of a poop gratitude be withheld from the gi clad Confederate legions who i sleep unhonored on Alabama soil: ."A people's voice! we are a people yet, Tho' all mon else tl air nobler dreams foi Wo have a voice with winch to pay 11 JO I Of bonndli?SN lova, and reverence. an> ?rct." Believing that thc hallowed me ries ol' Spanish Fort, Blakely, F Morgan and Gaines and Powell the Tenn* sseo und the Selma, thrill your hearts, and plead trum tongued for thc privilege I roque? your hands, and that you will dially co-operate in the atteiup rescue our martyred defenders ? oblivion, V am, gentlemen, vern spectfully, AUGUSTA J. EVAN; - . ?. - A tire occurred in St. Joseph, J on th<- 21st inst., which destn properly to the amount of $360,1 Bal rope. We extract the following from an" article in the London Times, June 0 : In one quarter, any delays of the German powers; are likely to excite impatience and - indignation. Ital/ has given herself np eo completely to a warlike policy, that it wonk! he impossible for the Government to stop the people, and difficult for the people to stop themselves. Wo know not what secret understanding there . may be between Prussia and Italy, whether anything like a convention has been arranged, and, if so, what form it has assumed. But -virtually an alliance has been concluded, and Italy will not fail to urge upon the Prussian Government the expediency of immediate- war. Italy can now only see safety in such a course. Her levies aro so large, her exiienses so enormous in proportion to her means, the enthusiasm of the people has been so roused, such multitudes of men have flocked into tho army, that to return to a state of political quiet and expectation would, in tho opinion of Italian politicians, be equivalent to national ruin. With her, to draw back would be fatal, while to stand still and allow the country to be crushed by a war expenditure is im? possible The "revolution," to use the Continental phrase, has been ! called to the aid of the Italian Government, and this same revolu? tion is a spirit which is not easily laid when it has once been summoned. We may then expect to find the Prus? sian Government exposed to the strongest solicitations of its ally, and Italy, perhaps, committed to a strug? gle by some rash act ol' those whom she has summoned to hor banner. It is announced that the King was im? mediately to arrive in Florence, and til at General Cialdini was also to be , there. Councils of war will, no doubt, I follow, aud Italy will calculate her I ehuuees iu attacking her enemy, with j or without the help of an ally. But if Austria remains on the defensive, ! those who attack the9%)uadrilateral will have no easy task. Somothiug I more than zeal and patriotism is re . quisite to turn a strong army out of such a position. If any gleam appears ou the dark ; horizon, it is to be found iu Ute temper , and behavior of th?; Prussian and i other German populations. The Kui}, of Prussia and his minister maj' wei ; hesitate, when they seo "what misery I they have caused, and what a spiri j may soon be roused. The eouscrip j tion presses with tremendous severity ] on the Prussian people. The conn ; try, though richer and more indus : trions than formerly, has uot increase* I in population to a degree which wil ! admit of such enormous gathering I of men. The army which is actualb ' in the field is said to amount to 280, i OOO fighting men, with 55,000 aeces , series. There are 110,000 depo ; troops, and 120,000 of the first hoi j of the Landwehr in garrisons. Ii : times of enthusiasm, like 1813. thee* j calls for flesh and blood may be an ; swered without unwillingness; but i war to please a minister., or eveu t< 1 gaiu a sea-coast and a fine liarboi must not make too great demand* The requirements of the State hav i now beeu beyond all bounds. A popt J lotion of les? than 19,000,000 is ea ! peoted to support an army of mor I than 500,000 men on active servie* ! To make up the number, the clerk i j taken from the counting-house, th j tradesman from his shop, and the pei ; saut from the field. Women are everj i where performing more than thei , usual share of the hard and coors ! work of tho world. An act of hoi i tility on the part of Austria, such t : the entrance of Marshal Benedek int Prussian territory, might make tb people forget these hardships i ! hatred of the enemy, bnt, at presen tho discontent is chiefly with the ; own Government. Xot until tl enemy strikes a blow, will tho Kin j have a really zealous and warlike arm; As long as pence is preserved, there the probability that this dispositic : of the Prussian people may ha^ sonic influence upon tho ministeri pi?1 ?cy. The middle States, whic have not yet given up hopes of reeoi : ciliation, are, no doubt, encouragi I by this disinclination for war to pe severe tn their efforts. Their ow ; limited power, however, and tho cur brous machinery of the Confeder ; tion, are likely to interpose great o stades to effective action. With the abandonment of the Co ference, the efforts of the ueutr powers have naturally come to ? end; though, ii there were to appe ; any chance of resuming profitai j negotiations, it would, doubtless, n ; be neglected. Every power is inti ! ested in checking a war which m spread over the greater part of ? continent Even distant Spain ai j Portugal think it necessary to ta measures for insuring their neutra ty. As regards Central and Sont eastern Europe, the prospect gloomy enough. "Xor are the oat ing portions of the Turkish cnipi yet so secure that wo can afford dispense with the supervision ai II guardianship that the great pow? ; j have exercised. If those powers f [ ' engaged iu war, an ambitious emp like Russia may attempt a return . a policy that has only been tempo 1 rily abandoned. Though we cam ? I thiuk it right that tho neutral Sta i I should further interf?re with 1 belligerents, they might take coun together for thc; benefit of the rest Europe, and use their influence prevent any ambitious power fr I turning the general confusion to , count. ?cal IWZXM. TBAXKS-"Wilgar* indebted, in the mit senee of our Charleston mails, to ibo off Oers of the National Express Company for a copy of the Charleston Courier, ot yes? terday. ROOK A NI? JOB I'KI.NTINO. -Th** Pkanis office in now fully supplied with card*, colored and white paper,voktrcd ink, WIM,.I typ**, etc., and IM in condition to execute alt manner of book and job printing bi th. shortest possible time. THF. L.u>rEs' HOKE.-We have received thc second number of thin new literary weekly journal, published .by Dr. T. 8. rowell, and edited by that talented writer, Mrs. L. Virginia French. The first and second nambern givo evidence that thia will be a paper devoted, aa its motto say*, "to the varied interest* of Southern wo? manhood." It ia pnbliahed at Atlanta, and we can commend it aa one of the beat' literary papers started in the South since tho termination oi the war. THE NEWBERRY HERALD-Wc were gra? tified to receive even a small sheet fron the Hero'd office, and we congratulate the Messrs. Qrenekcr un their enterprise and energy. We also commend tbera to the people of Newberry, aa in every way worthy to be sustained in giving them a first-rate District paper. THE COLUMBIA MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. AB suggested in the Phoenix, a few ?lay? ago, a meeting of the ladies of this city was held in the Chapel of the Theological Seminary, yesterday afternoon, aud an association with the above title formed. It is thoh intention to take cue nf, and at stated periods decorate the grave? of the Confederates buried in this vicinity-about 200 in number. The following Committee ??f Arrangements was appointed to arrange for a decoration ?>n Tuesday next, July 3: Mrs. C. R. Bryce, Miss Mary Hampton, Mrs. Dargan, Miss Jane Reynolds, Mrs. Cordes, Mia? LaBorde, Misa O'Neal, Mia? Martin, Miss A. Sima, Mrs. Fair, Mian Nich? ol?, Misa Glaze, Miss Graco Elmore, Misa Adger, Mia-? Wallace and Mis? Wade. The members of the Committee are requested to meet in the Chapel of the Theological Seminary, thia afternoon, at 6 o'clock. W? shall endeavor to publish the foll proceed? ings in our next. PROVOST COVKT. --The following rases were diaposed of yesterday: The United States ts. Samuel f?ona/wrte, freedman. -Charge-Stealing a mule. On Friday night last, a Mr. Balinger, a tobac? conist, waa encamped near the South Caro? lina Railroad depot, with his wagons; next morning, be missed one of his mules; no? tified the police of the fact; in the after? noon, was informed that hie mule and the thief had been found, lt was in evidence that the muh' had boen offered by the pri? soner to several persons for sale. One in ?lividual met him several miles above Co? lumbia, trying to sell the mule, and, having cause to suppose that he hud atoles it, in? duced him to come to Colombia, where he waa identified and arrested. Thia freed? man is one o? the two who escaped from the guard house, about two weeks since. The Court fonnd him guilty, and sentenced him to sixty days bard labor. The United Statesv*. Aleck Ratout, freed? man.-Charge-Assault and battery on a United States soldier. Not guilty. i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention ie call j od to the following advertisements, which i aro pul dished this morning for the first I time: Mrs. J. P. Reed-Millinery. Shod air A Stieglitz-Dissolution. E. tc G. D. Hope-Claret on Draught. J. C. Janney-Election Notice. Tolleson A Janney-New Goods. "WHAT WILL FRANCE DO?-The col? lapse of the Paris Peace Conference owing to the stubbornness of Austzai can scarcely fail to wound ?he amour propriai of the Emperor Napoleon, whose pet project it was from the start. Evidently His French Majesty expected to turn the Congress to ac? count, in so far as it might obtain from him a reputation as grand pacificator. He was to preside over its deliberations in person-and to his Minister of State, M. de l'Hnys, was to be committed the duty of entertain? ing its august members. In fact, some of the imperial organs, never doubting that Austria, like Barkis, was "willin', " had commenced dis? counting the thing in advance. They had begun to talk of the decline of British influence on continental politics, in contrast with the . over shadowing presage of France, which could thus at pleasnre make peace or war. These felicitations, it is now seen, were of brief duration. The Emperor's efforts have not met with their predicted success, and the pres? tirle of France, great as it undoubted-, ly is, is not sufficiently potent to have any particular influence with the&ouse of Hapsburg, even at this criais in ita destiny. In all human probability, - however, the result will be, anon, to odd one more to the list of Austria's enemies. The Emperor Napoleon will no doubt watch his opportunity -"nursing in wrath to. keep it warm"-as the w_r goes on; and if, ultimately, tho Court of Vienna has no reason to regret the snubbinM-gt has given him, in the face of all Hu rope, tla-n we know nothing at all of . the character of tho niau. [ Neve York Express. -..#".-? The following is an extract of a let j tor, dated Orangeburg, S. C., June j 20: All the troops leave this District ' to-day. This must be construed as a i compliment to the peacefulness of . this District. The school for freed children will close shortly; and un? doubtedly peaoefcl pursuits will now thrive. The crops are in a fair con? dition, although cotton planting has been a labor of sisyphius. The hands am working well, and there is much building going on.