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^g'" j j i i ?Mai i COLUMBIA. Wodneeday Morning, Jilly Lt; 1886. . - f> * - Tbalr n??l. : Tiie^Washing^Qn National RepubH - <.-&!. one d?y last week had a, very eigaificaut article on the ? -u utera plated movoruents "T>f the faction in ?oa , ^ * g*ess. The article is ?aid to be from the pen pf Gea. Swift, of Massaeuu eetta, v?ho was cliief of Gah. 'Banks nt a ff. After stating that the party 'T* have in caneas determined to hold a - Convention, in Washington, in Sep? tember", to erect a new platform and nominate .Gen.' Grant for the Presi? dency, tho writer says: , "If the convention is held, and the . .plan is carried to a nomination, it " simply means that the radicals intend i revolution, lt is an attempt to carry theFortieth Congress for th? radicals ?on the personal strength of their nominee; then to keep ont the eleven unrepresented States from the next Congress and the next Electoral Col . lege? unless their terms are complied "with; and if an issue arises between the votes cast in accordance with the '"Constitution and the vote as pre? scribed by Congress, to have the sword drawn and the army ranged on the aide of Congress- against the con? stitutionally elected President in 1868. V We devote more attention and space to the doings of this faction " than might appear seemly in a jonr - nal published among a people who are deprived of their political rights in Congress by this very party, hut we deem it Our duty to expose their machinations and do all in our power to concentrate an opposition to them among all the friends of the Union and liberty. The press of the coun? try aro doing good service in theil timely exposures of the various schemes that these unprincipled men are concocting to retain power in theil own hands, and thereby ruin every interest. The writer referred" to doet not think they can succeed in tbh new movement, as it would inevitably produce civil war, and they canno1 inaugurate this without-' the supper of the bond-holders and soldiers neither of whom want to see a re newal of sectional strife? More of lt. lt may have escaped the attention of our readers, that in the new pro gramme of the radicals there is a sec tion which declares that the nntionn faith pledged to the United State bond-holders "shall not be question ed." Now, we venture to say that n one in America ever thought c "questioning" the pledged faith c the country for the payment of it d?lits. But the scheme of the radicals, b lugging in this unnecessary anienc ment, is easily ventilated. In th first place, they designed to recru as allies all the bond-holders in tl country; and in the next place, thc wanted to make it apx ar that all wi opposed their whole nefarious fh*oje< to disfranchise and keep the Sout ont of Congress, and her people fro: holding of?icial positions, were repi diators. A more bald-faced ntteni] ai political jugglery cannot well 1 imagined. It would puzzle a Phil delphia lawyer to discover what coi nection negro suffrage had with tl national faith and public debt. The proposal by this faction i Congress to prohibit the States froi taxing United States bonds, besid its manifest injustice, is another bo .stroke at the destruction of all th is left us of State rights. The bonds are chiefly, we presume, in tl hands of moneyed capitalists, usure or brokers, and to tax all other int rests in society and let these shar go free, is a shameless bid for the su port of the money-changers ai bloated capitalists. When or whe is this thing going to stop? Sur? tho people of this country have int ligeuce and patriotism enough to p the brake on this car of Juggi naut, which is crushing under wheels every vestige of the libert of the people and every remnant the Constitution. -,-? - dov. ORR.-We learn from t Pickens Courier, that Gov. Orr v in attendance at tho Court of Eqn at that place on Monday last. The Courier says: We have it fr( good authority, that the "Distr Courts" will soon be put in operatic The Legislature of South Caroli will be convened in extra session, Gov. Orr, in perhaps a few weeks. The same paper says: Mr. Chi topher Jones, of Cheohee, 1 distributed, through Col. L. N. Ri ins. ten bushels of corn to the dei tute in Ced. it.'s neighborhood. 1 poor will bless Mr. Jones for timely liberality. / . -. .v, - - * ?*. ?. ? ...-.*... * ? :.,V " . . ... - .. " m.????? TUc Cyop oir Brc?a*t?ffi?. Thtf Commissioner ,A?rieJilttrre is doing good ?arrice -to the oountry, in the estimates be is malting up of the incoming crops. These estimates, based upon reliable information, will materially ?id itt preventing sp?cula? tion |a the necessaries of life. He has n?m issued an additional report, by Tr hie h. we learn that the prospect, ou the first of June, was for seven tenths, bf a crop, throughout the whole country. . With favorable weather and ab? sence from casualties, before har? vesting, the indications point to three fourths, of au average yield of wheat. Indiana seems to have suffered most from winter-killiug-from appear? ance, thirty-four per cent.; Ohio? four-tenths. But Indiana lias four tenths more spring wheat th au usual, and Ohio two and-a-half-tenths. Illi? nois promises three-fourths of a crop j Wisconsin, three-fourths; Iowa, a lull crop; New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, eight-tenths of a crop. The injury to winter wheat, in New Hampshire, was less than one-tenth; in Maine, twenty-four per cent. ; in Massachusetts, one-tenth; and three tenths each, in Vermont aud Con? necticut. In view of these figures and th? probability that not much will be ex? ported, it is reasonable to expect that we will have a fail- supply of bread stufis, and at moderate rates, if thc sharks of speculation do not find some way of raising prices. . The Revolutionist*. We learn from the National Intelli? gencer, of last-Saturday, that a ne-vi and startling; scheme of usurpation ii contemplated by the radicals, whicl is that Congress sholl take a recess and meanwhile they will organize an other central directory, upon whicl shall be conferred plenary authority to exercise during the recess-if poa sible, directly; if not, indirectly-al tho powers of Congress. The Inielli gencer says: "The boldness of this scheme i absolutely startling. It is an undi? guised attempt to substitute a Con gressional oligarchy in the place o the Constitutional Government, and by brow-beating the Executive ant stifling tho expression of popular opi ni on, to perpetuate power in th hands of the Congressional majorit until it can complete the revolution i has undertaken, entirely set aside til Constitution, and by a coup (Vete seize to itself the whole gov?rumen of this great nation." It cannot be possible that the Prt sident, the conservator of the Const: tution, can stand idly by and see thi nefarious scheme put into nxecutior He should use all tho power wit which the Constitution invests him t save the country from destruction b the ruthless acts of this base party The people of the United States e: peet this at his hands, and hope li will be equal to the emergency. Th? Principle. Tito Nashville Union and America? of the 4th iust., published tho tw following paragraphs: ' Thc revolution which actual! began on thc 4th of July, 177i originated in a petty act of Parlii ment, taxing very lightly articles < necessity to the American peopl They were amply able to pay the ta but they had no voice in i's levy. Th was the point of difference bet wet the 'motlier and the children.' gave us this incomparable day, ai our liberties, lt is this principie v this day celebrate. Let no one forg it; and those who are ignorant 1 them be informed of it." "A penny tax on a pound of te imposed without representation c the part of tho people called upon pay it, led to the war which mai America free of British rule, and ii mortalized this day. The tax w nothing, but the principle was over thing. Let the people compare tl. historical fact with the present pas iug history of our country." -. ?-1 Mr. Littell, thc venerable editor "T7te Living Age" - the eighty-nin volume of which is just completed announces that, having nearly reach tho age of three-score years and te ho would be glad to appoint a si cesser in the management of his \ nodical. Tts circulation is said have recently been increased. TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.-The S nate referred aresolutionratifying t constitutional amendment to tho Co mittee on the Judiciery. The Hoi of Representatives had no quorum last advices. Twenty-five clerks have been d charged from the Pension Office, Washingfon, to make room for p tialiy disabled soldiers, and it stated that twenty more are to be moved forthwith. f JV j ...... ?ft - Tkr M?W TavriflT. Even their own newspapers can? not stand the new tariff bill of the radicals. The New York Post, one of tho moat influential organs of Re? publicanism, says: "We cannot doubt that the Presi? dent'will veto this oppressive bill. He .is too enlightened a statesman, and too impartial a lover of tho whole country, to give his consent to a scheme whose efforts will be, as we have frequently shown, to cripple our foreign commerce, to increase the present high pri?es of the necessa? ries of life, to retard the progress of the country, to grant monopolies to a few manufacturing capitalists, and to seduce the scanty laboring for?e of the country from profitable into unprofitable employments. ' 'What is needed is a revenue tariff, and we hope some members of Con? gress will take the trouble to frame a bill to jfchat end, and propose it. In the meantime, we trust thc members .from the Southern States, who can take the oath, will bo admitted to their seats. "We warn the prohibitionists that they ride too high a horse for safety. They aro trying to force a most hate? ful and wicked Boheme upon the country.- That is bad enoagb, but -they are, at the same time, keeping ont the Representatives of the South? ern States. Are they doing this in order to make sure of their own schemes? Is it to secure the passage of this prohibitive and destructive bill, that they refuse to admit the Southern members? It would seem so, from their high-handed course. f*Thc American people will not tolerate such legislation; they will sweep away, at the first opportunity, men so faithless lo the general wel? fare; there are already signs to show that the men who vote for this tariff, especially under the aggravating cir enmatan cea of the exclusion from de? bate and vote of the Southern mem? bers, will be left in a small majority in the'next Congress." : It appears that the proposed tarif hill amounts almost to a prohibitior ou certain articles of hardware. A writer in tho New I'ork World show; up this feature of the bill as follows It is now proposed, by taxing tin importation of pocket cutlery, cost ing under $5, with a specific duty o 75c. per dozen, and costing $5 pe: dozen and above, with 82 per dozen in addition^to 50 per cent, ad val.; t< tax every child's knifo costing (Jd sterling per dozen, or C. H. value 12e., with both rates of tax, 8c. which is COG per oont. On car? boy's knife, which cost ls. 3d. or 30c per dozen, the two duties will amoun to 90c., equal to 300 per cent.; ani? on every farmer's knife, costing 3s or 72c, the tariff will be $1.11, o 154 per cent. ; whilst the duty on al pocket knives costing custom hons value, 72c. to $9. GS, will average 72 pe cent. Surely the present tariff of 5 per cent, should be enough to satisf; any one. In table cutlery, a considerable quantity is imported, which cost 0. per gloss, or $1.44. The specif! duty, as the clause passed the House is 12c. per dozen, or $1.44 per gross which, with the 45 per cent, arl ral. is S2.09, equal to 145 per cent. Th table cutlery extensively used throng! the country costing Ids., or $3.86pe gross, the Specific and ad ral. duty i 63.18, or 82 per cent. Ivory tabl knives, costing bs. per dozen, o $1.44, is to bear a specific duty of 6 per dozen, and ad ral. 45 per cent, together $1.65, or 115 per cent,, an a 10s. table knife C. H., value $2.4". with - both rates, bears a duty < $2.09, equal to 8f> per cent. Now was it not reasonable that the presen tariff of 35 per cent, should bo suit; cient, or could there not be moder; tiou enough lo dispense with the spt elfie now proposed? An English 12-inch flat-bastar file, used by nearly every mechanic custom house value 62.20, with th proposed heavy specific of $2 pt dozen, is taxed 91 per cent., whih Gcrmau files, being of less cost, at taxed, on tho average, l il per cen Tho proposed duty on Genua wrought nails varies from 111 to l?j p^r cent. ; halter and dog chains, S per cant. ; coil chains, jllO to 135 pi cent ; trace chains, 134 to 154 p? cent. ; hooks and hinges, 183 pt cent. ; on curry-combs and pad-lock: with specific, 25c, and ad roi., 46 p< cent. ; on cheaper kinds, costing hoi 18c. to 48c per dozen, cd which grei quantities are used, the tariff is 93 1 1S4 per cent. All these goods come into goner; use by tho bulk of tho communit; especially among tho poorer classe main of whom have not tho moans I pay high prices. Tims revenue wi bo sacrificed, and the populath generally injured. Besides whici manufacturers here have the fuciiiti for supplying only a v ty small po tiou of the demand, which, itself, w tend to high prices. - -? . *- - - - JrixiE INGLTS. Thc Chariest* News is pained to learn of tho con mud illness of his Honor Judi Inglis, fruin a private letter receive on Monday by a gentleman ?>f th city, intelligence roaches us that 1 Honor is in a most critical conditio - . - - -?, . ?. Generals Steedman and Fullerto now in New Orleans, report affairs Mississippi less hopeful than in ; other States they have visited coi bined. ThoConftsdcrnt? Dead ?at SUarpsbnrg. . CHAIOJSSTON, July 5, 1866. MESSES. EDITO-ES: I have jost re? turned from the battle-field of Sharps burg, where I met Mr. Aaron Good. He has devoted his time to tho care of the graves of those buried on that field, and has the names and locali? ties of all the marked graves. He has also all tho unknown graves marked by their localities and the names of those buried on each side of them. In this way, he knows j every grave on the field, and can take I you to any grave you may ask for. I These graves are as kindly cared for as is possible nuder the circumstances, I but the owners of the land cannot be prevented from ploughing over them. This they have done, and committed outrages of which I dare not write. [The "rebels" of Maryland and Vir ginia beg the daughters of South arelina to bring home their dead; j and could they see the battle-field af j I did, I know they would accede tc I the request. Enclosed you will find I a list of the marked graves of thc j South Carolinians buried on the bat i tie-field of Sharpsburg. If I can give ! any information, I will be glad to dc so. Papers through the State wonlc oblige bv publishing the list. 'Miss M. S. McRENZIE. SOUTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS BCTUED O? THE FIELD OF SHABPSBTIKO. ! Wm. Cox, 7th Regiment-location Sam. Poppenborgess' Meadow. ' A. M. Hughney, 2d Regiment 1 West of Dunkurk's Church. T. B. V. Johnson, 2d Regiment We?t of Dunkurk's Church. 1 E. B. Goin, Company A, 3d Regi ment, East of Honsser's house. S. T. Orain, Company L, 3d Regi ment, East of Honsser's house. Wm. Franklin, Company G, 3< Regiment, East of Honsser's house. M. J. Shuber or Shuben, Compan, I, 3d Regiment, East of Housser' house. Sergt. N. Y. McNelty, Company O 3d Regiment, East of Housser' house. Jesse Gray, Company B, 3d Reg ment, East of Houssor's house, j Lieut. Abernathy, Company D, 3 ! Regiment, East of Houssor's house. S. T. McCoy, Company E, 3d R< ! ment, East of Honsser's house, j Corp. .T. R. Harris, Company 1 3d Regiment. East of Housser house. H. G. Gallmau, Company E, S ! Regiment. East of Honsser's house J. B. Boyd, Second Sergeant P. G 2d Regiment. East of Housser house. Samuol Robinson, P. G., 2d Reg | ment, East of Housser's bouse. Dr. E. W. Taller, Captain Smith orchard. B. Rollins, McIntosh's Battalia [Capt. Smith's orchard. W. E. Willingham. 12th Regimen ?Capt. Smith's orchard. . A. Douglass, Gtb Regiment, Ism ! Smith's yard. j R. D.' Crawford, 6th Regime! j West of Israel Smith's yard, j A. T. Byrd, 6th Regiment, West Israel Smith's yard. J. S. Bozeinan, 3d Regiment, .Toi i Meyer'sfiehl, Wostof Bonn, in arno ; the cedars. W. R. Lindsey, 3d Regiment, sm : field, below the Bonn. I J. C. Morgan, 3d Regiment. Gc j Lind's orchard. I M. Johnston, Company B, 6th 1 ; giment, Mrs. Kennedy's orchard. W. E. Little, Company D, P. S. ! Mrs. Kennedy's orchard. IS!. E. or M. C., Company H, J'. S., Mrs. Kennedy's orchard. Newton Petty, Company M, P. S., Mrs. Kennedy's orchard. George Fink, Company il, 1'. S., Mrs. Kennedy's orchard. .1. Binks, Company ll, 6th Re ment, Mrs. Kennedy's orchard. C. Golickley, Company K, 5th 1 gi ment, .Mrs. Kennedy's orchard. lt. Cret?on, Company F, 6th Re ment, Mrs. Kennedy's orchard. A. Zellaeuni, Company H. 5th 1 nient. Mrs. Kennedy's orchard. E. li. Frazzer, 12th Regime Bhtckford's farm-field, next Harpe Ferry. .lames Wright, Company G, Regiment, in Episcopal Gravc-yar< Stephen 1*. (troves. Surgeon, il in hospital. G. Williams, 7th Regiment, Oe ber 2. JJ. II. Sheppard, Brooks' Artille ( >cl ober 7. J. T. Wise, October 23, Bonobo V. J. Hill, Bonoboro. Capt. L. C. Howie. 8 th Regi rn? J. Tl ousel 's corn-field. J. Stubs. 23d Regiment, in Lut ran Grave-yard. J. M. Farms, 17th Regiment. Dunlap, Company C. 12th R? ment, Morgan Millar's field Roach. Company ll, 12th K< ment. Capt. M. B. Karvin. P. S. S., < in hospital. W. Chumen, 1st Regiment, die hospital. J. L. Davis, 1st Regiment, die? hospital. J. Loveless. 2<1 Regiment. Col. (5. S. James' grave ison Wise's farm. South Mountain. At Berkettsville, North ol the theran Church, in a grove of \vo< is the grave of Dr. Braclox. The superintendent of public pi ing luis issued proposals for che type plates of the illustrations to company tho Patent Office Re] for I8bt'<, which ure b> bo engri as patents aro issued, thus seen the issue of the work emly next y From Wmhlngton. - _ .J The House, to-cLy, showed sn- in dispositioa to pass, ut present, a bill graut tug pensions to the sailors and soldiers of the war ol 1812, by recom? mending it, after debate, to the Com? mittee on Invalid Pensiona. It is es? timated that there aro over 100,000 persons who would receive a pension if this bill were passed, and that it would add to thc pension list frpm $10,000,000,000 to $15,000,000,001} per annum. The solo objection to the passage of thc bill is based on financial grounds. The President, to-day, signed au Act to allow the Union Pacific Kail way Company until next December to change the general line of its roads. There was an influential opposition against the bill in Con gress. and a pressure to secure thc President's veto. The company arc to have alternate sections of land us signed them on thc new route, but no additional United States bond* f?r< to be issued to aid in the construction of said road. On the arrival of ex-Oovemo; Sharkey, of Mississippi, it ia said th? address of the Southern Senators ano Representatives elect, endorsing th< Philadelphia Convention, will bo is sued.-Cor,. 2jfev> York Work!. We are without intelligence fron Nashville, in regard to the expectec meeting of the State Assembly, or the 4th instant. But we havejati advices whieh have convinced th< Senators and Representatives clea1 from Tennessee that the Legislatur will not ratify the constitutiona amendment. The last account i that of the members of the Lower House, there are sixty-four entitle? to take their seats. Sixty-one woul< I form a quorum. Therefore, if ord four of the whole number refuse t approve, there will be no quorum But it happens that sixteen of th members aro opposed to the quintupl artielo. Of course, to render thei opposition effective, they must pr< vent the house from forming it que rum. How it is with the Senate, w have not yet heard. The fail .ure of Tennessee to ratif the radical edict will confuse the: entire programme. Even if the art cle should be adopted by Tennesse* it is not to be believed that it woul be eventually ratified by the requisv number of States. Therefore, it h been argued that Tennessee, withoi danger to her intercuts or violence her principles, can suffer ber repr sentatives to come here, take theoai and their pay and mileage. That all they c luld take, for it would 1 too late for them to take any part legislation at this session. But Tennessee accept the "radical issue it will serve to produce the imprt j sion at the North that all the loy I men of the South are with the rad ! cals in their policy: j The radical tarili is too strong ev? for Western radicalism, lt is strung . but still not unaccountable, that t ! radical.-, have been seven mouths u j consciously working against thoi j selves. They have found first < ! and thru another mode of divid? and destroying their own pari Their tariff is the finishing snick blow. They have, in every instan. ! put tho dagger, thus reserved 1 themselves, into tho hands of th leader. Thaddeus Stevens, and has dono their business for tin very completely. [Cor. Haiti-more Sun. Radical leaders lu re betray un anxiety in regard to tho Philadelpl ! Convention than they dare to ada j It is said they will endeavor to def ' the objects of the convention by r. j nipulating Southern wires thron I such instruments ns Hamilton. 'Texas. Brownlow, of Tennessee, H J don, of North Carolina, and otho I to secure a Southern delegation j the convention of the most violi and ultra Southern rights, fire-cati i malcontents, in order that, if poi ' ble, a row can be created. Tl i argue that the reception of such dt . gates will destroy the influence of 1 convention in tho North, while tl: I rejection will be equally damaging thc new party in tho South. 1 game will certainly be attempted, 1 will be met by counter action on part of the conservatives to sec m derate representatives from all Southern States-failing in whi they will boldly close the dc I against all others. New York Her* We understand that tho Senate oxecutiue session, yesterday, r.iti: three treaties-one with Venezu ono with Morocco, and one with I Indian tribe. The only nominal confirmed was that of W. J. Mose \ commissioner for the settlement i the Missouri war debt. [ "National Jittvlliijeneet All the Prussian princes of pu ; :ige are i:i thu Held. A thorough li : ti try training is a parr of thc edi tion of every male member of j royal house. Tho Crown Pru : Frederick William, commands least nominally-the forces in Sill while Prince Frederick Charles i: the head of the armies in Sa\i The former is the son of tho Iv ! Ho is nearly thirty-live years ?d' \ having been born late in 1881. 1 manie.1 to Queen Victoria's el daughter. Prince Frederick Chi is a brother of tho King, and boru in 1801. . ?? (lens. Sherman and Logan, < Oglesby and others addressed largest meeting ever assembled ii State of Illinois, on the 4th of J The meeting was at Cairo, and i gotten np by the returned soldie Mor t g a> es and Conveyance? of Kcal K% taie for sale at this oftice. MAIL AUK V. : O EXE NTS. -The Pent Office ia open daring the week from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. and from 5* p. ru. to 7 p. m. On Sun? day, from 8 to ya. sa. - Northern mail opens8 e. c.; closes 2? p. m. Southern " 54p.m.; " 9 p.m. Charleston " s?p. m.; . 9 p. m. Greenville B. R, " 8 a.m.; " -Sip. m. Edgcfleld - "8 a.m.; " m All mails close on Sunday at 2 p. ta. Tax BUHN-INI* or COIA-MB?A.-An inter? esting account of the ''Sack" and Destruc? tion of the City of- Columbia, S. C.," ha* just been issued, in pamphlet form, from the Pitante power press. Orders filled to any extent. Single copies 50 cents. BOOK AND JOB I^INTINO.-The Phtrnir office is now fully supplied with cards, colored and while paper, colored ink, Wood type, etc., and is in condition to execute all manner of book and job printing io the shortest possible time. THE ELECTION.-An el -ction was held yesterday for a member of the Legislature from this District, to fill the vacancy occa? sioned by the resignation of E. J. Scott, Esq. The result in Columbia was: Major .1. T. Thomas, 133; Colonel L. D. Childs. 2?. Tt was generally believed, and so re? ported, that Colonel Childs was not a can? didate, r-._ ARRESTED.-A man, calling himself Chas. A. Warfalle, son of Judge Warrarie, of Turas, was arrested in this city, on Mon? day night, by Chief of Police. Green, on a charge of robbing a Wilmington (N. 00 bank. He was released, but waa re-arrest? ed yesterday morning, whUe depositing a package of money (for shipment to New York) with the agent of the National Ex? press Company. An application was made to Judge Aldrich, by A. G. Baskin, Esq., for the release of tke prisoner on a writ ot ii abeas corpus. He had a hearing yester? day afternoon, but the Judge did not ren? der a decision. NEW ADVERT?SEMENTS. -Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published lids morning for the first time: Mrs. S. A. Smith- Ladies' Hats. Fragrant Sozodont. Apply at this Office Wet Nurse Wanted. WHKRF. THE SHOE PINCHES.-Certain den? tists, who have tooth nostrums to sell, and who lind that the Sozodont is taking the place of every other dentifrice in the land, shake their heads knowingly, and hint that it is deleterious. If they mean deleterious to their interests, no doubt they ar? right. Were it destructive to the teotb, these ca? vilers would have nothing to say against it, as evil effects would bring grist to their mill: their motives are too transparent not I to be seen by every intelligent person. The Chicago Tribune speaks out and as good as confesses that the radicals don't want the amendments ratified. What they do want is to prolong their party sway. The TW-^ bu ne says: Well, let it come. If the Southern j States will listen to the delusive counsels of Andrew Johnson-if they 1 vish to rouse again tho spirit which j crushed tho rebellion-if they desire to postpone the day of their re-en 1 trance into the Union, and finally j come in ou the basis of equal politi I cal rights to white and black-thev j will refuse to ratify the mild ameutt I meut now proposed to them, and wait for a new revelation from a new Congress. We do not ask them to ratify. Our purpose, which is to establish impartial suffering all over the land, ;.ad to carry out in practice the noble theories of the Declaration ot Independence, will be best served by their blindness and obstinacy. The Egyptians were swallowed up in the. Red Sea because Pharaoh's heart was hardened. TnE CONVENTION.-The Charleston Weirs concludes an article on the Convention as follows: "To our miud, there has never been a time, in the whore history of our politics, in which a proposal has been taken up by tho people with such ready and spontaneous zeal, and greeted with such unequivocal marks of vigorous approval. The voice ol the people will be heard in this Con? vention, and it is of tho greatest im? portance that we in the South should send our delegates. We especially enjoin upon the people of this State the immediate necessity of calling public meetings, as suggested by Go? vernor Orr, and appointing delegates to Columbia. Let there be no hesi? tation nor delay. Immediate action is what is wanted." The director of thc mint gives th following information: I The new three cent pieces are put in bags of $30, and the five cent ? pieces in sums oi $50 each; and j either of these svfms,|or any larger i amount, ol which fifty or thirty is the multiple, will be sent iu the order of the entry of application. The rea? sonable expenses of the transporta ih. ot the cent and three cent pieces in sums of 830, and tho five centooin in sums uf 850 or upwards, to any point accessible by railroad or steam boat, will be paid by the miut. , The Adams and Southern Express Companies will act am agents for par ties ordering cents, ?c, to which ! money or drafts on National Banks, i payable to their order, may bo sent, or drafts on certificates of deposit in National Banks, payable to the direc? tor or treasurer of tho mint, may be sent, and the coins ordered will be forwarded when the money is re ceived or the drafts collected.