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" COLUMBIA. ^ Tuesday Morning, July 3,1868. Tike OM Purtle?. ^e are not disposed ta enter into any mere party politics, or induce others by any word o? suggestion to do so. The call for the convention of all true ?nion men has, however, provoked some discussion whore tho old party issues are still kept up, as to how they will be affected and how they will act under the circumstances. We consider that all the friends of Union, harmony and peace should unite and be fully represented in the approaching Convention, which has been called to meet iu Philadelphia next month, whatever may have been their old party affiliations-Whig, Democrat or Republican. These old parties never had before them the grave issues now presented to the people of this country, and the only object should be to take the "nearest eui" to restoration and peace. Looking at the subject in this point of view, we regret to see that con? servative New York journal the World take a different view of the matter in its Thursday's issue. That paper takes the ground bodily that it is too late for this movement-that if it had been adopted earlier it would have sustained it; and, moreover, as? serts that the Democratic party do not see anything in it which should induce them to give up their "party" organization. Are we never to be rid of these partisan squabbles, espe? cially when the country demands no? thing but simple, pure patriotic move? ments to restore thc union of the States of thc republic. Why the World, which for many months we have deemed a truly conservative journal, totally ignoring the old and effete party issues, should take the ground indicated in the two para? graphs we extract from the article we allude to, we cannot possibly con? ceive. The TForWsays: "If President Johnson or his friends had any idea of organizing a new party, they should have commenced at least eight months earlier. Eight or ten months ago, the President stood well in the estimation of thc Republican party, a majority ol whom, at that time, deprecated a separation from him. Then, none ol their papers had openly attacked him, and few had ceased to speak of birr with respect. But every day that hat elapsed since the meeting of Congres* has weakened his hold upon the affec tions of the party, which has novt settled into hopeless estrangement ano alienation. While he has slept, thc enemy has sown tares. Had a Na? tional Convention been called in De? cember, the friends of the President might have had the co-operation ol a large portion of the Republican party, and have secured for him nmm Republican papers, which, during th? winter, gradually yielded to the influ euee of Congress, and have taken ai attitude of declared hostility. Tc wait till nearly tho whole Republicai party has been detached, embittered and fully committed against the Pre sident, and then attempt to form a nev party, is like letting seed-time ant even summer pass, and then making a great ado of ploughing and sowing amid the frosts of autumn. "If the President has no faith ii this tardy and belated movement, i will do no harm. But if he thinks i new Congress, favorable to his policy can now bo elected, except by th< Democratic party, and if, under tbi illusion, he wastes his influence ii nursing a new and dumb organiza tion, it will be equally unfortunate for him and for the country. He wil have thrown away a great opportu nity. He will afterwards figure merel; as the head of a feeble personal party instead of being backed by a grea and truly national organization, pow erful in every State, and embracing i majority of the whole people." If the World is going to make i lofty and remarkable political somer sault, so be it; but it bas failed t< convince us that there are not men ii all the old parties, who will gladi; come to the rescue of the countr; and the Constitution from the de structive grasp of the radical faction who threaten to subvert the institn tions upon which our freo Govern ment was originally based. Let th good and conservative men of al parties at the North, who wish t save the country, unite with thei fellow-citizens of the South in a lon pull and a strong pull for the ol Union, and we are convinced tba Democrats, Cd Line Whigs, RepuV beans, ?kc, will be terms that will b ignored then, and we trust for a time to come. _ M. Dronyn de l'Huys has bee: decorated by the King of Denmar with the Order of the Elephan which has been conferred upon on] two Frenchmen outside of the In peria! family. ?wsp*per IMiooMlonsi. We have no desire tu continue thc discussion which the editor of th? Sotdh Caroliniwi has deemed it ne-, cesaary to make an important feature in the conduct of his paper. When we wrote the first article, noticing ? I very reprehensible practice of adver? tising quack medicines nt-yes, "ri? diculously" -small prices, wedid soae a practice we have always, before and since the war, denounced as wrong in Southern journals; and the sophistry and the short-turnings of the Carolinian have not changed our opinion on tin1 subject. We now reiterate what we have said, that the whole system of thus advertising patent, but worthless, nostrums is inimical to the best inte? rests of the community; bnt it is very strange that the South Carolinian is the only paper, with which we ex? change, that considered this intended rebuke as a personal matter. He has been itching for some such opportu? nity to make his paper famous-or notorious-as his violently-toned re? ply to a co temporary on a mild re? buke on a very reprehensible article, which had appeared in a former issue of the Carolinian, certainly indicates. We have no taste for such discus? sion as the valiant champion of tho Ca? rolinian invites. Private and personal matters are not subjects of newspaper discussion; we never invited it, nor will we be drawn into it by any evasive whirligigs of the editor of the Carolinian. The proprietor and the "veteran editor" of the Phatnix have discrimination enough to discover that the game of the conductor of the Carolinian is a shallow bid for the home advertising patronage, which is so slow coming to his columns, not? withstanding his assertion that he charges three times the rates to fo? reign advertisers he charges domestic patrons-this sham is fully under? stood. He may rest assured that we will rebuke and reprove anything we, in our humble conception, may think wrong in the Southern press just at this time, notwithstanding his as sumed censorship. It will not be om fault if past mistakes of Southerr papers be continued-if the doj should return to his vomit, or the SOY return to its wallowing in the mire The editor of the Carolinian may in dulge in his taste in this way; fo ourselves, we have done with it, a we have with the Carolinian and al such discussions as he is anxious t< provoke. -< m ? > Connecticut. The radical Governor (the Legisla ture of that State being in session has received a copy of what is collei "The New Radical Platform," whicl has been submitted to the Legislatur and already adopted by the Senat? The Legislature is radical-intensel so-and it is probable the measur will pass-the Lower House. There is a strange inconsistency i the Legislature of a State whos people, by an overwhelming vote, ri jected negro suffrage, in thrusting o the people of the South a measui which their own citizens could nc stomach. The vote on the measm-t in tho Senate of Connecticut, shov that the party linos are now clear! defined. The radicals (so-called, pt se,) are going to act as a separat party, independent of loyalists, an even of the original Republicans, i: be it; for in such a movement think we see the speedy and fin overthrow of the destructives throng] out the country. There are (or should be) thirty-si States in the Union ; three-fourths < these-twenty-seven-must ratify tl proposed amendment to make it vail There are at least ten Southern' Stat that will not ratify it, and it is high probable that there are some of tl old so-called non-slaveholding Stat will reject it; so that the prospect ft its rejection is very encouraging. Ii deed, we never believed the radica imagined it would be adopted. Tho only development (and, pe haps, it was the only object of pas ing the amendment und report of tl Reconstruction Committee,) is th the radicals are determined to defii clearly their position, and on it p the issue before tho country. O opinion is, they will be swamp even by the aid of their former frien and allies. A lump of gold taken from t North Carolina gold mines, weight five pounds, ia on exhibition at Stab ville, North Carolina. It is t largest lump found in th? State sir 1828. m CAITHR OF THE WA? BKTWBEN PBCS aiA ANO AUSTRIA.-There- aro many readers who, not having kepi np with j the current liistory of political affairs ir Europe, now that war has actually begun between Prussia and Austria, desire to know the exact cause that has ?et these two great powers fcy the ears. Everybody knows that it is something about Schleswig and Hol? stein; but what is it? Here it is: By the defeat of Denmark, whom j England encouraged to go to war and then deserted, the two great German powers became, in 18G4, joint pos? sessors of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Less than a year afterward, Austria sold her rights in Lauenburg for 2,500,000 thalers, and by the Convention of Gasteui, it was agreed that the joint occupation should terminate, that Austria should take possession of Holstein and Prussia of Schleswig. This was one step in the negotiation by which Prussia expected ultimately to become master of both tho Duchies; but beyond this point Austria refused to go, and rejected every proposition for the final cession of her rights to Holstein-a province of little value to Austria, but of great value to Prussia, on account of its nearness to her frontiers and of its sea-port, Kiel. As the diplomacy of Prussia grow moro and moro urgent, Austria, on the 1st of June last, handed over the question to the Federal Diet of Ger- j many. This step Prussia instantly j denounced as a violation of the Cou- 1 vention of Gastein, since by that Convention it had been agreed that \ all matters relating to tho Duchies should bo settled between Austria and Prussia independently of the ! Confederation. Prussia, therefore, declared that Convention nt an end, | and insisted that, as a consequence, j her right to the joint occupation of | Holstein was revived. She marched j troops into Holstein, anil at the last advices had crossed the frontiers of j Saxony and was marching on Dres- : den. Bcnedek, the Austrian com mander, will also attempt to seize Dresden, the possession of which will be a most important advantage to ? either side obtaining it, as an army I once established there could not bo : dislodged without a long campaign, j Just South of Dresden lies the ground which the wars of Frederick made i famous, and which has since been reckoned an impregnable position. A GOOD MOVE.-Gen. Scott, com- ? mander of the Department of this State, has issued a very stringent j order in relation to freedmen, order- : ing the arrest of all freed men and women who have left their contract for labor on any terms, shall be arrest? ed as vagi-ants and put to work on the public roads. The order, in its pro? visions, is very stringent, and will effect much good in this city as well as in Charleston, if effectually carried out, as wo have no doubt it will bo. THE PBESIDENT'S ORO AK OS THE I NATIONAL. CONVENTION.-The yatton- ' al Republican,\oi Thursday, gives the following excellent reasons why tho proposed National Convention should be held : "The reason for calling the Cou- i vention is to give an opportunity to every Union man to decide whether he is for tho Constitution or for Con? gressional usurpation; whether be is for governing this land according to its laws, or as a uation of conquerors; whether he is for ono whole, united nation, or for one-third of its States to be shorn of all their rights, and one-third of its people degraded into vassals and subjects; whether he is for the rule of a section and a reign of political terror, or for tho return ; of harmony and fraternity; whether ' he is for a flag lustrous with glory, or J for one with eleven stars obliterated or obscured. And when these ques tions aro replied to at the polls in November next, we expect to lind the masses of tho Union men who voted | in 1864 for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson supporting Presi? dent Johnson and tho Constitution, instead of Congress and usurpation. The voice of patriotism and national? ity which will go up from Independ? ence Square on the 14th of August will sound the knell of sectionalism and radicalism throughout the land." THE LEGISLATURES AND TUE CON? STITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.--It is stated that Governor Swann will not call an extra session of the Maryland Legis? lature, to ratify the constitutional amendment. A despatch from Wash? ington says, also, that it is rumored in that city that tho Governors of at least two or three Western States will not convene their State Legisla? tures for tho purpose of ratifying tho sonstitutional or reconstruction Amendment. The friends of the Ad? ministration aro fully satisfied that it will not be acted upon by the neces? sary number of States (twenty-three) before the fall elections. It is also considered very doubtful whether a piorum of the'Tennessee Legislature *in be got together this summer, {Baltimore Sun, 2C>tli ult. Tho Freedmen's Bureau agents at Meridian have notified tho colored population who have no visible means of support, that from this date the Sheriff of th? County will arrest them and hire them ont under tho vagrant Act. Xjocal Items. Remember thc; Johnnie)* to-night, at Gibbes* Hall. An evening eau be plea? santly spent. A receipt book belonging to the National Expresa Company was lost on .Saturday. The finder wiU confer a favor and be libe? rally rewarded by leaving i'. at their office. FURTHER REDUCTION OF FREI? UT.-We call the attention of our readers to tho notice of a further reduction of freight on cotton on thc South Carolina Railroad. I This i-< highly commendable in the an I thorities of this road. TUE BtBTBOPOMTAW RECORD.-Mr. R. H. Walton, ol the National Express Company, is the agent of this staunch advocate of thc rights of the South. It should be strongly supported throughout thc South? ern States, so that its proprietor will have positive evidence that II?H noble efforts are appreciated. THE RACKS. Dur readers will bear in mind the races, which come off to-morrow and thc three succeeding days. The !adiee arri respectfully invited t?> be present, as a suitable building has been prepared foi their accommodation. Through the exer tions of C. J. Bollin, Esq., Mr. Superinten? dent Peake has consented to issue ticket* over the South Carolina Railroad, good foi six days, for PROVOST COURT.- The following eaioi were disposed ot yesterday: The I'uiled States xs. La>>on Brown freedman.-Charge larceny. Found guilty and sentenced to thirty days hard labor. " 77?e United States vt. Wesley Doris, freed man. Charge stealing cotton. He wai found guilty, ?nd sentenced to sixty day bard labor. EXCURSION TICKETS. The issue of ex cursiou tickets on the South Carolina Rail road, commencing to-day, will en ab! many of our low-country friends to vini thc rum? of Columbia, and the improve incuts going on in our stricken city. We regret that excursion tickets wer not granted for au importunity of visitin; our city for witnessing the ceremonies <; to-day. We are assured thal this wa? a oversight, both on our part in Columbi and that of thc railroad officers, but tba on any future occasion, they will cheei fully grant the requisite facilities. THE COLUMBIA MEMORIAL, ASSOCIATION. To-day is to be devoted hythe ladies < Columbia to the decoration of thc grav< of thc Confederate soldiers, their kindre and defenders. Thc ceremonies will I quite imposing, and we sincerely boj that the request of the ladies will be un versally complied with that all our cil?ei will unite in these- pion.- and interest in ceremonies. Throughout the Southern laud tina cer inony, wc have no doubt, will become t annual offering to the gallant dead, ev? until the time when gem-rations may ha passed away. The institution of such ti ting memorial ceremonies rctlecta cree upon the devotion and patriotism oft' ladies of the South. AH an appropria accompaniment to the other features of t ceremonial, we venture to suggest the to ingot the different church bells and t bell of the city, from the hour of thc moi ment of thc procession until the close the exercises. Wi- have been requested to say to t ladies, that on their attendance at t c?r?monie!, to-day. they will wem a bl? bow on their left shoulder?. Through the courtesy of the agents the Southern and National Express Co panics, Mr. Hitchcock and other Kent nien owning them, vehicles for thc acco modal i^n of ladies will be al the May?. Office at M o'clock precisely- other pul engagements requiring them at au hi shortly after. Ladies, therefore, who sire to avail themselves of this kind oil should be. promptly in attendance. Hu is hoped that as many ladies as possi will join in thc procession, as the belie Petersburg ami other Southern cities h done. All the Committees will unite as i Committee at the Cemetery in decorat thc graves. Tho procession will be formed in fron the Mayor's office, on Assembly stri ct the following order: Officers and Soldiers of the Confeder anny, of all grades ami arms. Students of the South Carolina Univers Tho Fire Department of Columbia. Citizens of Richland District. The Honorable the Mavor and Alden of Columbia. Judges and Chanel Hm s. Professors of tho South Carolina Col!? The Reverend Clergy, of all denominate Orators of the day. The procession will move at half-pa: o'clock precisely. When the procession rives at the Cemetery, it will open to right and left, forming two linus, fron each tither. The rear will then close mardi into tho Cometer}-; the hues clo; as the rear advances, until tho whole cession shall have entend in inve order. Wo understand that addresses ?. A delivered at the Cemetery, this aftorn> by Col. F. NV. McMast. r and Rev. W Beggs. Thc huhes of the Memorial Associa request that all places of business sha closed at 3 o'clock, ns a mark of respei thc dead. As the Vluvnis made the suggestion tho ladies ediould engage in these cen nies, which had been so will received where, it would beg ?eave to contributt following for the occasion, as an hui tribute to the daughters of the South: 1 RF. WOMEN OF ot ll SOUTH-LAND. Respectfully Dedicated to the Ladies1 M rial Association cf Colundua. nv W. H. JOHNSTON. The women of our South-land! Heroic, true and brave, Who, through four long and weary ye? Their best affections gave Gave to their country, and her canse, Their hoarded wealth of love, And taught us, in her darkest hour To seek our strength above ! Tho women of oar South-land, Who loved "the causo" so well! j And -whose devotion faltered nut Until its banners fell. Now weave the garland's rosy bough* To deek each uamble gravi-, Where (deeps a Boldier of that cause He vr, inly died to save! Tho women of our South-land, Though that cauBe went down in gloom, Their deathless love atilt lingers hound those dwellers of the tomb: Who sleep thc sleep of heroes, A brave and gallant band. And gave up all but honor For their loved and stricken land! Tho women of our Soath-hutd, By mountain vale and wold! Where'er om- heroes sleep in death. Their loving hearts enfold The memory of the gallant deeds, Un many a well-won Held. By sons and brothers they lind taught Ttl at lesson-ne'er to yieUt! I The women of our South-land! Let all with one accord, j For them, and for their works of lore. Rise up and bloss the Lord! The soldier, on his dying couch, Amid tho throes of pain, Has blossed the soothing hand and vote? j He never sought in vam. j The women of our South-land, lu their "memorial'' bands, Seek to honor the departed With work of loving hands; Bnt the living's not forgotten, 'Mid their garlands and their Mowers; For thc stricken onei still suffering Are spent the toili. , hours. The women of our South-land! How nobly have they won The meed of praise and blessing For all their zeal haili done! In the stricken homes of thousand*. Where thc spoiler's foot has trod. Their names in grateful praise and prayer Uplifted are to God! The women of oar South-land! Yea. the daughters of a State! By their uoble doods and effort Did a fund of wealth create. The widowed hearts of mothers Will rise and call them blessed, And the rescued orphans praise them When those mothers are at rest. Oh! Maryland, your daughters A wreath of glory claim, Which ne'er shall fade or perish While virtue has a name "Mong thc households of our South-land, Where bleeding hearts they've healed. May the (?od of Love and Mercy lie their everlasting shield! The women of our South-laud From where Potomac laves The tomb of our first PATUIOT, To those far-off Southern grave? Where weep tho Texan mothers O'er many a fallen son, This work of loving meuion These women have begun. The Winnen of our South-land: A thousand grave-yarda hold Their dearly cherished treasures 'Neath their consecrated mould, But the lowly mounds aro garnished By sweet Affection's batu!, And flower-hillocks have become Throughout our Southern land! The daughters of Columbia Chouse the evening of the day before their noble sires renounce,! A foreign despot's sway. To deck the graves of loved one?. Who fell as patriots fal!, When summoned to the conflict By a bleeding country's call! To the women of our South-laud, Oh! then give words of cheer Nor let them dock unaided That ?alien couiUry,? birr For each noble son who perished. Of that country formel a part. And well deserves the homage t if every noble heart. Oh! women of our South-lano, Where'er thc tale is told Of all your love, endurance, faith. There will you live enrolled Among the heroines of earth [ti every laud and clime. Your names and memory kept green Throughout all coining time ! The following tribute to the gallant dea i- contributed by a well-known and gifte writer of this city : ruiBrxAm HYMN t,.,-.,./,- tirad Confederate Soldier*. UV M. lt. We bring to-day our tribute flowers, Well-water d with our grateful tears, To strew them on thea graves of oura . Ours, yes! in all life's coming years. We'll claim these precious graves our owi Where rest our unforgotten gone. Their country's glory and her pride. Who nobly lived and" bravely died. The heroes who, as martyr.-, bore Th" cruel warfare's pain and toil. Who ever in the battle's fore Bra veil death for their own native soil; O! eau the living o'er forget The dead to whom they owe such debt? No! linked with all tho glorious past. Their memory shall forever last. And now, for all the debt wo owe To them who died our land to save, If but a simple flower we throw Upon a patriot's glorious grave. That flower, if rightly understood. Will tell our heart's deep gratitude, And speak our love with tenderer tone Tuan letter.-: on a marble stone. The following are the Committees: COMMITTEE FOR LUTHERAN CHURCH. Mrs Blankenstein, Mrs Frank. Bovne, . Hislop, berg, COMMITTEE Volt TRINITY CHURCH. Misses Carroll, Lieut W A Gibbes, Caldwell, ! ?r LeConte, Pope, Mr Trezevant, Miss Fisher. Reynolds, Kdwards, Taylor, 1" Guignard. Barnwell. K Crawford. Marshal!, H Gibbes, Crawford, L Singleton, F, W Fisher, Sett, W C Fisher, /. La Borde, J W Davidson, B Beckwith, R Shand, LeConte, Thos Grogg. COMMITTEE roa WASHINGTON ST. CHURCH Miss Purker. Miss A Nichols, Wallace. Lient W C McGregi Wade, Mr F, J Scott, Gibson, F. J Arthur, Bell. Walter Gregg, Semi, , Fripp, Oln/.c, ' Bryce, M Martin, Charles Stanlej COMMITTEE ron OOI.I.KOE CHAPEI.. Mr? KUY. Mrs Hamp Gibbes. J I*. Revnolds, Alexander, Mis? sill, ' Dr Reynolds, Reynolds, LaBorde, Pickling, Mr Rivers. COMMITTEE FOR BAPTIST CHURCH. Mrs Robert Shiver. Mis? Etta Bell. Thoa Gibson, Julia Bell, Mi-s Amelia Pickling,Misses Swaffield. F. Pickling, COMMITTEE ?OK ST. PETER'S CHURCH Mrs Bauskett. Miss Lvnch, Bollin. Mr Hauskott ll Caldwell Bolliu, Mis? Bauskett. Di Lyuch COMMrTTKK FOB PRKHBYTEBIAN ?.m ic H. Mis? Callie Bryce,. Jiu? Ad? Him?, Sanie Pelham, ? K LeCoDlc. Alice Sloan, Mr Geo How??. Mag Crawford. Huteon, Eliza Sloan, McBryde, Lalla Adams, W Beckham. Squier. LeConte, Sue Adger, Kice. Libbie Bryce, Barker, K Burroughs. J C Bryce, McKenzie. Furnian, Jacobe. Geo Bogg?, isaacs, J Scott, Witherspoon, Geo Fripp. Mr Alfred Trenholm. COMMITTKF. FOR BROEIVING WREATHS ANI? l> KOO RATIONS. Mrs Dargan, Miss Marv Taylor, Nichole, Shand, ' . w, Corde?, Shelton, Mi8s Sims, Pringle, Wallace, Tah# L Singleton, Sloan,' McLean, Miases Jacobo, Burroughs. Maxcy BoUinger, Caldwell, Libbie Bryce, Col Sloan, Isaacs, Capt Senn. Cathcart, Mr J T Sims, McKenzie, John E Bryce, Kate Crawford. Rich d Singleton, M Crawford, James Black, SaUie De Veaux, Sam Townsend, Emma Heywaro, James Frasier, Murdock, Andrew Crawford McKay, Wm Trozevant, Irezevant, Walter Fisher. Caddy Walker, COMMITTEE FOB DECORATIVO THE TEMPLE. Mrs A Clarkson, Miss N Green, Bachman, C Green, Sallie Goodwyn, S W Levin, Kay, M G Levin. H Thompson, A Boatwright, W Hitchcock, H Boll, Nickerson, Troy, Shelton, J Crawford, Cohen, [.everett, Levin, Wells. Di McCants, E McCully, Timrod, Montague, DeScnssure, Blakelv, J P Thomas, Henry, Goignard, Misses McCollough, Selby, Herriott, DeFontaine, Capt He wot son, Miss E Hey ward, Mr Bachman, Gregg, John A Kay, M Stark, O Waring, .C Hampton, E Dovilhora, G Elmore, Geo Howe, E Taber, Rich'd Caldwell, M Rhett, Theo Fiaher, M McLean, Swaffield, C McLean, Mr W B Stanley. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which are pnbbshed this morning for the first time C. F. Jackson-Lost Cow. Meeting of True Brotherhood Lodge. Sunday School Celebration. H. T. Peake-Cotton Freight?. Horse and Buggy to Rame. Great Attraction at McKenzie'?. Trevet ic, Beraghi-Free Lunch. Meeting of the Jockey Club. Celebration by Colorod People. MR. DAVIS' QUARTERS AND FABE. Bitter complaint is made that the Government is supporting Mr. Davis in a style of more than ordinary com? fort. By whose authority these re? ports are framed and circulated it is impossible to say, bnt we can say very positively that they are not true. The rooms occupied by Mrs. Davis are scantily furnished with furniture -of the most ordinary kind, purchased by herself. Mr. Davis' condition of health precludes him from living on the Government rations offered him, and he consequently draws none. His table is supplied by food bought by himself, ?nd it is of the simplest sort. At night he occupies a room in Car? roll Hall, or_ three sides of which are grated openings, and he is thus com? pelled to Bleep under the ever-watch? ing eyes of sentinels. All these tales about the luxurious accommodations and fare ottered Mr. Davis are but repetitions of one of the earliest in? vented stories of the war. Wh?n Fort LaFayette was crammed to re? pletion with prisoners, most of whom were living on foul water and half cooked or half-rotten pork, the New York journals constantly published reports to the effect that those suffer? ing men were enjoying all the luxu? ries of a first-class hotel. Falsehood is never respectable, even if it rise to the magnitude of a bulletin or a pro? clamation. But it was reserved to a large class of writers during our late war to present the world with a sys? tem of lying which had, at all events, the questionable merit of being as new as it was base and low. [ Baltimore Gazette, 28/? r?t. A NEW POLITICAL ORGANIZATION. An extensive society, entitled "The Bela von i? m Brotherhood," ha? been organized, with its headquarters in New York. It is stated that the society already numbers some 200, 000, comprising Poles, Bohemians, Silesia us, Moravians and Servians. Mutual improvement and strength, both political and social, are the principal objects of the organization. A central committee has been ap? pointed, who purpose establishing a library and reading room for the beneht of the society. Facilities and protection for emigration are also to be extended. Let ters have been trans? mitted to President Johnson and Secretary Seward, asking the iij^ifii 1 and co-operation of these gentlemen, and appointing them honorary mem? bers, to which replies have been received, both from the Secretary and President, acknowledging the compli? ment paid them, and expressing ap? probation of and sympathy with the objects of the society. A. J. Hamilton, whom the Pre? sident appointed Provisional Go? vernor of Texas, is reported to have turned against him-incited thereto by the allurement? of Speaker Col? fax and other Congressional radicals with whom he has kept np an impro? per intimacy since his arrival in Washington. A little girl in Michigan tried to poison her papa for pro ven tic g her elopement with her lover.