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COLOMBIA. Saturday Morning, July 21, 186?. School Rooks for the South. Tho professors in the University of Virginia have done a good work for the youth of the Southern States, iu ]>reparing a series <>f text-books for schools and academies. They ure issued from the press of C. B. Rich ardson & Co., New York, und the List embraces the following works: "Southern School Readers," foi families and schools, consisting of ?even volumes, by George F. Holmes, LL.L\, Professor of History aud General Litt?rature ; "Au Kiemen tory English Grammar," and "A Chro? nological History of the United States," by Professor Holmes; "A Grammar in French," "A French Reader for Beginners," aud anotuei for schools and colleges, by M. Schelt de Vere, Professor of Modern Lan? guages; "Outlines of Latin Gram mar," and "A Progressive Latin Reader," by Basil L. GiHersieeve. Professor of Ancient Languages; ant' a complete series of mathematica text-books, by Charles S. Venable Professor of Mathematics. tn noticing this commendable en texprise, it is not oar desire to writ? a puff of the books enumerated, fo we have not seen any of them ; no is it our desire to go contrary to ou own precepts and teachings, tr promoting a continuance of sec tiona! strife or alienation, bj- ou remarks on the subject under cou side-ration ; but it is our duty to speal the truth and promote' ami fostc Southern enterprise and effort in tin particular department ol letters. And our reasons are these: Beior the war, the press of the South ha too frequent occasion to condemn th text-books sent us from tho Nortl (mostly from the pen of New Ruglan writers,) because they were filled wit insidious teachings against Souther people and Southern institution; From the most primary spelling books to the professed historic:; of til United States, there was not one ; them that did not contain some ui friendly allusion to the people of V. South and a sneer or phillipp against our former institution. O wir to the watchfulness of parents an the prudence and discretion of toad ers, and, perhaps, to a great exten the intuitive perception of the tarni by tho children themselves, the pc sou thus sought to be -instilled in the minds of Southern youth, prov* harmless, as the large number boys from schools and of young mi from our colleges, who prompt donned "the jacket of grey," abu dantly testify. Still, it would ha been much better not to have run t risk, and to have had text-books frc Southern authors, or at least frc candid and just men? and not frc fie P.iritan writers. 1 nogra pin and historians. Bat if these books had little in; rious effects at the South, there is telling to what extent they aided producing animosity against us in t minds of tho young people at t North. The principles inculcate and the precepts and lessons tauf in the early routine of education, ? easily received as truth by the yon and susceptible, and are not. easy ei-adicate in after years, even wi truth should resume her sway; ; we have no doubt that this sort education was a powerful instru.u tality in the hands of the fanatics ? factionists (if the North in foment that sectional hatred and animo; which, in later years, were so f fully developed. But, be this as it may, the cn that induced the Southern people former times, to wish for sci books not fainted with teaching sentiments hostile to their pence prosperity, exist with equal, if greater, force now. Tho biston the lato * civil war, or "rebellion, it is now fashionably called, hat be written, aud embodied or appc ed to evry school history of United States, as must also the ca which led to it. Is it not eraine proper, therefore, that this * should bo preparod by those who write a history without denuncia and without undue prejudice or ferenco for any section? Such a -v from any pen in either Nortl South will bo welcomed by us ; as "a burnt child dreads tho fire will the Southern- people, from past experience in these nj nt likely prefer Southern school li from the pens of Southern write We hail with gratification, t fore, the announcement of thies of text books. They are, as the York publishers state in their notice*, ? "j ?re pured by distinguished scBolarsj and friend? of education at the j South." We trust that they xml lie j j, adopted in ?very preparatory- school; j and academy where such works are . r?rpiired.'tind that they will be fol ! lowe?! by other works in tho eduea ; tiotml departments of literature adapt- \ I ed to theoireumstuncesund condition ! of tile times. i ! ... -^.^ - - i Slurlliii)( DisclusKiCh-AnulUi I Civil IV ? r. i - ? ' A General Sherm:*u, * in u recent i [speech to the students m Yhle Col-, ! lege, said a war was approaching tilts I couutry to which auythiug in the past i was meii>child's jduy. . General Sher I io .r gave no particulars, but wc pre? stir.e tb? omission is supplied by H. J. Raymond j of tho New York Times, in an editorial over his own initial. We extract a collide of paragraphs from that lotter. Ir i> doted Wash j ington. Jtiiy l?: The Union party in Congress is just now experiencing a panic of more than usual severity, and its action under til?1 circumstances docs more credit to its /.eal than to ifs discre? tion. . You may have noticed the passage j in tin' if ouse, a few day.-, since, of a resolution offered by (?enera! l'aine. I of Wisconsin, calling on the Stales to I organize, discipline and equip their militia, and directing that two-thirds of the arms, ordnance and ammuni? tion now under custody id' the Gene? ral Government be distributed among j the States- -tho distribution among tho I loyal States to bake piueeimmediately, and that among the States lately ?a rebellion to be postponed until fur? ther order-. The resolut ititi e:ni:e lip from the Committee on Military Af? fairs, and was pushed fo a vote, with? out debate or delay, nuder the pre? vious question. It attracted as li: tl? I attention in Congress as it has in the I country; and the public will doubt i less receive with incredulity the ! assurance that it was intended by . those who secured its passage as tim . first step toward preparation for another \ civil icar. Although no debate, woe : had upon it, nnunbers were urged to ! vote for it. by direct conversational I appeals on the floor "Li the part of the I few who wet-.- privy to its introdnc ? tiou. Some were told that it was ne I cessary, lo enable the Southern loyal I ists lo protect them >elvi s; others thal : it was simply a matter of detail in th? ?? \Vur Department: others that tin arms must be taken ??.ix of thc hand ol the President, anti others that ii was proposed al the instance of i.L< Secretary oT War. \u appeal wa: made by Mr. ECusson, of 1 >wa. t? ? allow debate upon it. ns it seem I ! I be a matter of importance, but tim ? was refused. j Most of the lea.lino-aud reflectiu; radicals in Cougress take this view o I tho political future: If tito full elco j tions result in the choice of Norther: : Democrats i nough to constitute when adth'd to the members from tin '(Southern States, n majority ol tin , j House, they assume thal this mn j joriiy, thus constituted, will chum t< j be the Congress, and will act accord 1 ingly, and that they wiil b-* reeog il ni zed by tho President ?is the bod; j to which lie will k >ud his message _ j and whoso session ; he will, if the ae ! cessity should uris , prob ..' by mili ' tory force. They assert, on The ot he i baud, that the Union members f: .:: ? tho loyal States-if they constitute 4 j majority from those Si des - willclaii J ro be the only legal Congress, au .! .viii, if necessary, invoke an instil ' I reotion of the people to mainttu hem in that position. Tin y ? > m i ?u the- least conceal their porp;) i M the event of such a collision, lo u] )i peal to force, aud I ? ''drive the riv; i I Congress, with tito President and i.! i I Cabinet and supporters, into UK1 V. r tomac," to use iee language of or. of the ablest and most sincer . < * their number. If you v. ill recall th 1 j remarks of Mr. :i ntw?di, of .Mas ; rlchilsetls, ii: the las! week's ii rsi cai lens, you wit; set- th';-, movemei clearly foreshadowi .t. indeedavowe? -I Ile declared bis belie! that an issi ol' force WA- rapidly nppi'oaeliing, un r< that we must be prepared to meet i j. He act'., aral ail who co-operate wit , him in these measures prob-.--. to ac 1 ? tinder the apprehension that t!.e Pr r sident intends to resort to force - th l! ho means to disperse the pivsontCo j, I gress, on it - ro-assembling in Deco: . : ber, ?i it refuses lo admit the Sotii ; ern members; and Mr. Fiirnswor. s j ascribed to Mr. Seward the deciar j I feion, thal this Congress should ne\ 1 re-assemble, uni* ss the South ; members were admitted; in snppn M of thia belief, I need scarcely s? q. that Mr. Seward nev.".- made any t ir marl-: of tho kind, nor that th . pr I- jed ascribed to tho President purely an invention, or at bes; t' I ; crazy dream of a political night-raai II . Dut in either case i! serves the sui ?-?purpose, lt covets, and is held b justify the determination to (iron _ the North, and prepare for a res. I to force, upon ihe assembling of * .? i fortieth Congress ia extra or in rev o I lar session; nod this determination ir j avowed. And the resolution to win j I I hr ve referred, for an organis?t: 'lof thc militia and a distribution iB j arms in the Northern States, is t : initifil stop to its execution. i- Mr. Raymond dues oot prop: is any comment upon the result of ev w a movement, but he says that, if o I-'M-JJ contingency should prise, "the pwnrj would not lie a swlitat?t war, as warf tho last-it would he a war of political part?t s and of neighbor h?"vods. " Ho " docs not holievo the llepubliean party at large entertain these views, but "that thc extreme radicals d<> entertain thom. there is not the slightest doubt." .Ww have not room for further ex? tra?is from tii? Utter. Mr. li., in the concluding paragraph, writes us fol? lows: The Italian army suffered a sud re? verie tho other day, because, trusting in the goodness of its-cause, ? inarch? ed boldly upon fortresses whose strengt!? it depised. 'rho TJiiion party will consult its own safety aud t?i'j good of the country by uot throwing its. If against the Philadel? phia Convention until it knows a lit? te metre o? tiio nature and strength o?' iis armament. As oar readers know, Raymond, at the late radical caucus, wont over bodily to Thad. Stevens. The im? port of this brief piece of advice with which ho closes his letter is. sim? ply this: If ibo radicals find them? selves strong enough, they should begin lin: var: rf not, defer action. T i i es : . are t n dy s tur t? i 11 g disclosures, and, wo iliink, should arouse the peo? ple of the N'ortii bo t hoir perilous con? dition. Woof thc South will scarcely be participants tit' the conflict -we have ?md enough of civil war for many n year to come, (?od lielp the coun? try in lier present distracted condi? tion a rendition to which, as wc have often ?ti?! b< fore, the radicals have brought her. i'll?' Autidolr. We publish, this morning, lie: vet?: message or' President Johnson of tie Freedmen's rinroan bill. lt is no! necessary lo n? tice thc strong point: thc President bas made, as we refei our r. aciers to the nu?ssage itself. Wc put ii <>n record, ns it i- worthy : plrtce.uloagsidc with his former abb Slab- papers; Tile President and tin country aro approaching tx crisis tba will try both to their utmost capacity. EJt-fitk.?Mg !';? nf (hr Cabint-I. The following is Secretary Speed': letter of resignation, li is short am i H weet : ATTOKNEY-lxENERAi/s OFFN F, WASHINGTON, duly 1(5. ISlW. To in's }?].>.>?. I*?>,><? :i ANIU?VAV JOHNSON President <tf the United States. Sn:: I hereby resign to you Un office of Attorney-General "of tin j Unit d States. h.- good enough ; sir, to accept roy thanks for th i kindness, consideration and conti chutee you have ever shown to :>.ie 1 have the honor b> be, most re I speettully, JAMES SPEED. 1 As tho Xew York Herald says, ' th tide of revolution in the Cxovernmeu ai Washington lois fairly s. r i';." There enc now be no moro shui fling. Tho issue is fairly made u between the President and the ran eals, mid gue.-- before the country an (ho people. Thc result of the co; ttict, in either ease, 5; pretty we known to them, und it is for <'//. ;,? ? <b'.'ide whether the country is to I subj toted to continued civil strife, i be restored to unity and peace, more important issue ens never <.>..:: before the country during the ninoi years o? her exist, tic,.. We hopi: tl people will decide wi ely and wei!. Missus. EIMTOUS: From thc: mat) public meetings I told in various po lions of our State to take into coi s:M ration tho condition of the e.mi [ try, and -tiio thousands ?d impiirii nunie by ntunbers of its citizens, sn; inf/, -what shall we .lo?" arv. . s tl most soi ions upprehensions for tl "uiure. With a drought upon u h'-re. nnervnalled bv that ot 184 fu.urts opened to the collection dt thc h.'tivy taxes to be born '.fi system of 'ab:.:' to operate, ii rtnunigement of which v>.: arc un?. ((Hain ted with; snakes the futn look dar!;, indeed, . > the :u<>st em getic aiming ns. lr has been suggested to your ci respondent that, nuder tho exi.stii circumstances, the Legislature of o Stab; should authorize the sale bonds of the State to the amount -..'.: ?.ooo.O'io. then lend her eitize amounts sullicient to liquidate tin I indebtedness, taking a mortgn upon their real estate for its pay mi in ten or twenty years, paying t interest annually. J hope you will ttrgt upon t Legislature, through your columi tin- importance of snell a measure; ,. it is, to inv mind, the only hope t relief.. ' GREENWOOD. TUE TEST OATH is nus STATE. Washington correspondent says .1 bear that there is no intention ! interfering with the recent d?cisi of the TTnited State? District Coi for South (.'at (?lina, to tho effect tl the test oath, aa applied to lawyt practicing in the South, is un com i tu*ional. This decision may the j , fore be revur.h'cl as holding good. Slate It? in?. Tho Lancaster-/^;<7<7'*J' says. ? Tiie drought still prevails in this, vicinity. Kain foll in several portions' of tho District, last week, but ir> i many sections there has been no raitr I for a number of weeks, and we regret I to hoar that the general prospect for j a crop is very unfavorable-. The Anderson Intelligence}' has the I following: I We learn thnt, on Sunday la.st, a \ disturbance took place among the utv ! groes' of a colored Sunday School, I some six. miles South-east of this vii I Iago. Knives, dubs aud rocks were freely brandished during" the melee, . but "nobody hurt. '' We did not hear \ the origin o? the ?ray. j Tho ?orkviUe Enquirer says: j An unfortunate rumor prevails.to I the effect-that there are several eases of ' small-pox in this town. We take j groo? pleasure in assuring ?un friends j from elsewhere^that there is' not a' j case of the disease at this place. " The Spartanburg Express says! The intenso .heat of tho past two j weeks and long continued drought : art; exciting the fears of our farmers with respect to' their crops. The j early upland corn is already seriously injured, and a lew more days of such intense bea! and drying winds will destroy it. aud .shorten the product nf tho later crops-. We aro (fiad to 1 hear thai some parts of the Disfrict have mit suffered for the want of rain. The same paper gives" an interest? ing account of a freedmen's pic-uic. I It says: (bi Sa-.imlay afternoon, in com? pany with sewra! gentlemen wlm S were invited guests, w- repaired ti the beautiful ??MV" in rear of Mr. White's house, to attend a pie-ni< given by the freedmen of this place. . Tim ion-- procession which had bee), formed at the Court House am' marehf-d np Main street was airead} upon the ground, in open rank, form ling two loni* lines of both sexes arrayed iu ali tho pay attire pticalinj to that r ice. The white guests, head ed by ne of the marshals, wer? marou. .trough these open column: with ttl! overedheads, and conducted t-. stn.el . : . -<-11-. 1 in the (trove. Ml S. Hobo was then called upon to ad dress the largo ass. rn lily. He s'pok t.. them in true p?ti iarehal style; wit] pluiunoss. earnestness and sincerity laid do wu some wholesome maxim for the government of their conduct and urged upon them the importune of being constantly employed, whe thor the clomp fixation was -much o litt'.-. "Six days shalt thou htbu ard d<> all thy work,*' was his thetm which he en foret ;d and illustrated t thc edilieatiou of Iiis attentive audi euee. Tho address was kindly r< ce:vt d and loudly applauded. A ne? un 1 well-furuish< d table was sotnpai for the invited gi mids, witli attem' ants to wait upon them: while th freedmen were summoned to one o a more extendive -cale, well provide with everything ?hat could tempt t!i appetite. The managers performo their dutio.- well, preserved g??-; ord? r, and conducted everything wit propriety. - - - - - - ;>:\r,;;?t- to tile Party, Tin- Xtilio:tit!Rrpit'dictn, of Tue ?lay. has tho.following lvmarks iip? the Philadelphia Convention, whi< we commend l . > ti:- attention of tho: who arc fearful thal the Democrat party will be swallowed np by tl Republicans: '.Thu t ti lernoss with which son of ourr.idic.il fri? H?1S express tb* fears thal the members of the Uni* party who j;o into tho Phiiadelph (Convention 'will be swallowed up 1 the copperheads and Southern robo! is at times ij'ti'i overcoming to v, We almost shudder at the idea, tn :mir mind reverta o? the. s.id fate Jonah. Tlien we turn to tho Dem eratic papers, and weihidcousolatu . in tho fr.ct that some of them exprc ? the same tear about their brethre namely, that they will be swallow np by I he National Union party, mei bei-s ?if .vhich initiated au I called t ; Philadi Iphia I '.< ?nveut ion. Wiri; f. and trembling, we have (.joked ab* to ascertain who' will be the wh: >tnd who will be Jonah. We do: . i tili ilk a cathartic would darna ci tin r I he Union or Democratic pal ju-t al rids t imc 1 ! m itiors very lit which party ar Philadelphia : whale or which is Jonah. Atter t ? siiceasi ?ii of Jonah, we have n urnalistio accounts of the mo "ments of the wi de. Whether it di? or swallowed another man or a wh convention, or IVIS stralli/ireu, is i ? sh ied." Jiie iir.pul'lic'in thou re Hearses history of valions coalitions wh . succeed* d in defeating the old parti "Thero are as good tish in the as were ever caught. We are i willing to make another coalition ' these high, natte-.al purpose.?, necessary. And to that end we v ; come men to the Philadelphia C volition from every State in the Un viho ?'an endorse the principles of caii. As there is a just God, the ri will triumph at Philadelphia." t --? <?- - - - SKCHETAT?Y SEWAnn. Itis.repot v , in Washington that Secretary Sew \ has prepared n letter of resignati His oTijecl is thought t.) la-.to ind odier more obnoxious members thc Cabinet1 to follow his exam His r< '/nation will not be accept ?t: liri for ?Ile People. li Tho Marion Cresent baa Ure i'ol ?owing thoughts and suggestions on tho present pecuniar;,- condition of the people of this State: - The ?etiuii of t he Court of Errors in annulling tiio RtViy law has created, in tonio sections ol' the- State, quite a ?lanie on tile indebtedness of the peo plc. ft scorns to be feared that the 'crediton* will everywhere levy upon and sell thu lands ot* Ute debtors, and that u large portion ot .mr population will become 1'orisfamihatecL.aud "sent into lb i & bieuthuig world"' without a roof to .shelba- th'Uii. Tu this District, o.ur citizens are RS calm a? ii thc star law was still in force. "We think here, that public'opinion will so discounte? nance every appearance of oppression by creditors, that the debtor? will be amply protected. Thc Legislature 1 will, it is said, lee called together by the- (?overnor, ns-soon HS Congress -adjonms^-to make laws adapted to I the now c ondition of "the country. S What that new condition may bc!, we cannot now altogether foresee. But while thc* Legislature is in session, something may be done fur thu relief of tho unfortunate debtors, who have lost- property Iry emancipation and the devastating hand t>f wm-. Thc I credit of the Slate'is froud, and it I w ould be weil to negotiate a loan of ?tome millions, as was done' for re? building Charleston, aJ'ter the gre;?* tire had ccmsumc-d a kirge portion of ' it. about titirty yours) agio. Messrs. i Uariug, Brothers ?_ Co., of Loudon, : lent Li ie State, through the agency ol the Lloti. George McDnme, Sl.OUi;, 00? on the bond:, of the State, at five ?lei- cen?, intered ; for the ;>a.y2?ie?.t ot i which the profits of Um liatik of thc ! Sui!-- . -t South Carolina wt:.-, pledget! ! as ?i security. Such .1 1? ::n indy hi procur?e! tiOiv, ned tho Stat, woult j iucur tio?roiiv u.> risk; for life monej : could lie h ut out to farmers, manu facturer-* and o> men engageel ii commerce, on the most aCeoiumodut : ing terms and on thc best security U ! tin- State. Mortgages of re al estate with or without personal security ! would make loans by the State to en terprisiug individu?is perfectly safe ? Let ibis be il ?ne, and South Carolim I would leap forward af once on tb I road <o privrjyifrity in agriculture j commerce and manufactures. Th * labor of freedmen cannot b . r< Iii .1 o: fofthe production of large crops o cotton and rice, us in the days gon by, nod thc wealth of the State wi I her. after be in different ohunntds ; much to our advantage and to th ruin ol the negro, who has, in truth '?been frc. tl to death,-1 ;us some on I hus very, forcibly said. Many person iu this District Lave been compeli? to abandon large j>orrions of thei crops .ui accouutof the dchdeation c . the freed tu i n it: the performance < ' t?o ir contracts. Eu the vicinity c Society Hill, in this Stab-. 100 acre LUI one plantation and 130 acres o another, have in like manner bet j abandoned. ir has been suggested that, as tl j Scripture is Ruthority for h year, release, i verv seventh verfr, arno! the Jews, so" wc have the hight? sanction for mn Iring this a year of gen ral discharge from all debts, i -p chilly as most of the debts now th were contracted on the basis of she property, or in the purchase of slave which the lawless, relentless and di ? b .Heal besom of emancipation b forever swept away. lint it must 1 ; renn mbered that release every sevi I years was a part of the Jewish po cy, to which tu. ir business and tina ci:.I operation ?adapte d themselves, we adiipt our affairs to the exist?) statute of limitations, which is a i lease every four years on simphi co tracts, nu J similar to the release the Jews. A r? lease of all d?lits nc woul-l be repudiation, ami mo clearly a violation of the Constitnti than the stay law. There is a class of poisons, some whom, by chance or by cunning, pi cure seats in the Legislature, who t ai wa vs croaking against running t Stab* into debt. They oppose alic terprisc . .vhi.-h require the uso of I State s credit, or ot the publicmom i because, they say, tho dear peo; will have to be taxed to pay what ' Stale may in c. une bonnd-for. T is the mere trick of the decepti faithless demagogue. The State i tue taxes of tue people never had j pay a dollar of the tire loan, ab. alluded to; for the money was p buckby.tba borrowers in every stance. . i.that the lenders t> State got their money again r.fte j rebuilt Charleston. Sowiliitbev ti:,- ioan proposed in this article. . ?-? . * St.: ITO UN Lv.UI-jio.U/ CoNVENW Wc referred, yesterday, in un arti to tin- . ute rprise mentioned in following extract from a bich?n letter to the Kew ?ork Fferald: '.There is sonic: anxiety to k: whetlu r the party of New Yolk c talists. supposed to bt? backed by , Globe iiisnraneo Company of 1 don, und to whom tho Virginia C mi sinners, in May Inst, gave Covington and Ohio Railroad, accept ami complete that franc! , '.rin y had ninety days to aee.ej . decline. Their most important i't tho c mneccion of the Atlantic the SvYsl is of vital intercsl to \ cia, and should hove been raadej ago. lint Virginia has never first-class men nt the bead of hej terna] iuiprovean nts. She has no DeWitt. Clinton." . -.-.-?*. Uorses are brushed by steat England. s "r_? ?C*t ?5 *-. VVo liavo boen re?]iueHted t<> stale that them.Trill be u barbecue- at Join, r's Hotel, to-day, at 2 o'clock. Tho lovera of good cabing should not foil ti lx> in attendance. >fclTin M. Cohen, Eso;., advertises some delicious and deas.on.tdi: articles, to which consumer? would do wc Tl to pay attention. Hirt h otu e-01 ade blackberry jelly ix really fine. . His ?torein ou \ssernbTy street, near Pendleton. lf.vvolts. - -UV aia* indebted ?<> thc obliging and att.cntire agent of thc National Kx prubS C?M?pany for ii'i?t.-wed bi Yura ju tlied| latest pajR-r^ j\nin liirhiiioi.il, altimore, . .tc. Also Lo T. T. Zea ly. Etq.. for similar* attentions. GqnEv'si LAOY'F Hoon. Wc hr: ve received ft'onvMebtirs^Towns??l.*iG S?rth the An-_ guit anni! ir of this fashionable work. is rao ft is ?ly illustrate-!, ami its reading matter-is, itt tunad, ad iptcd to the circl<? of reader-* for which it is intended. Messrs. Townsend <t Xortbcan stfpply the demand. l\ ter Ti. (Hays. B&tp, has also furriishcd us witli a copy of Ortdfy. Persons de? sirous of subscribing cati do through Mr.fi. ._ Prof. P.ernhardt'B glasses *re ground by peculiar machinery. Their spherical accu? racy i? true. The focus at Hie exact centrq. This in a point of vital itnjKiriance. ??o other lenses possossit. They are need at ?ll tlie hospitals for diseases of thc eye, in Berlin. Prussia, anti elsewhere. These, are some of the advantages ?et forth in tia* Professor's advertisement. He has met with unprecedented *ucee<;s herc. He is constantly engagea tn miaister;ng to th<? relief of the afflicted, whoso vision is im? paired t'rnni any cause. Thc medical fa-" cult y endorse him, and all who have had occasion to avail themselves of his profes? sional skill? The Professor has a book of testimonials from various parts of the United States. His oftice is at Niekerson's Hotel. I adi? b entrance, second fioor. As bis-stay is limited, i-.U who have defective eyes should call ou bim sooo. Ni \s A i ? v>: RTISEJIKNTS. Attention iscall 5 . i tb; rollowhix advertisements, wbicli re published (.Itiif morning for th. :ir.-; .li?*: Browne A Schiimer Iii. c. Cora, Ac. Malvin 31. Cohen Jellies, Putter, Arr. .T. * T. R. Agt cw New Goods-. Shepherd, Due .v G ?hen -Tinners' Siorrk. P. Cantwell -\'ig liam?, bard, &c. pnrbec A Walter lussolntion. V>. T. Walter-Atna ion Business. J. W. Daniels-Distress Safe. TU.- TV n nfs MC Li^klatuit'. As this body, iii the extraordinary course of its Governor and the radi? cal members thereof, is attracting considerable attention, - we extract from tho Nashville Uni?n moi Hmuier, of the 17th inst., the following stnto m< nt, which exhibits some character? istics of tyranny that is of a piece with the radical programme through? out the coantry: The first fruits of the revolutionary proceedings of the Tennessee Legis? lature were witnessed in this city. The Hon. Pleasant Williams, a mem? ber of the Legislature from Carter County, was forcibly arrested at Ids nome, on Snii? ; morning last, be f. :e ditv-ligut, by two men, named Frappe and Sipel-one of them a white mau and the other a negro which was the white and which the black, we did not learn. Ile was hur? ried to the cars by these persons in hut haste and brought to this-city. On his arrival, he Wsis turned over io Wm. Heydt, a special sergeant-at nrms, (an officer unknown to the laws of Tennessee.) created for this special occasion. He was then carried to the capitol, and there kept in close cus? tody during tho greater part of the day--not being allowed to go to his ; dinner. In the afternoon, Mr. "Wilhams, through a friend, waa enabled to ?om j municate with counsel, who imme i diately applied to Judge Thomas N. , Frazier, of the Criminal Court, for a writ of hnhent corpus, which he grant? ed, abd tho hearing is set for this morning, at9 o'clock. Mr. Williams has also instituted ? snit against the party making the arrest, together with ail the members of the House who were present and voted for tlie measure which led to his arrest-laying his damages nt S50.0?L). for false imprisonment. We e.innot refrain from pronounc? ing this entire proceeding ou the part of tho Legislature as the most high , handed andftagitons usurpation, ami outrageous violation of personal liberty, that has ever occurred in the legislative history of America. If Hie radicals have deliberately resolved to enforce their opinions and measures upon the people of the State of Ten? nessee by usurpation and violence, it ! is time for us to arouse and vindicate . the maj-sty of popular righiSj^Td institutions. We do ?ot counsel violence, but we do advise and insist, upon the 1 assertion of the liberties of the peo? ple according to law, and thc prompt . suppression of lawlessness, whether it is manifested by the petty thief, the highway rubber, or n member of the Legislature, or a cabal or conspiracy ? of members. The subversion of tho liberties of n free people is tho most heinous of public crimes. -? o ? ? A mulatto and a young lady, who eloped, have been overtaken and brought hick. Tlie friends of the young lady took the African to parts unknown, lt i-- believed they lynch? ed him. His father, who has con I siderable property, is determined fully I to investigate the matter.