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COLUMBI^ Saturday Morning, Sept. 15,18G6. Home Education. There was ono error, among many others, to which, before the-rupture between the North and the South, the public journals of the latter sec? tion frequently called tho attoutiou of their readers. Tbis was the very silly aud extravagant custom of send i ug their children to Northern schools. We lind imagintod that' the civil war, nndjmore especially its disastrous re? sults, would haye effected tho chauge in this respect which the lectures aud u?^H?wiftir>ng o?'Southern- journalists failed to accomplish; but,we are afraid we ure again doomed to disappoint? ment. There must be some ground for the queries of a Memphis paper, when j it asks: Why is it that men, who claim tobo true Southern men-some I of them warm advocates of secession | -are sending their sons and daugh- I ters to Northern schools? Why should money be taken from the impoverish ed South and sent to swell tho over- | flowing coffers of the North? Have i we no Southern teachers, who can teach these young girls and boys, that they must bo placed under the charge of Yankee Presbyterians, who wern so hdly audpnre that thoy could -not affiliate with their Southern lireth ren in ibo St. Louis General Assembly, unless they would confess they were und had been .sinners all their lives? Aro we so ready tc? acknowledge our inferiority, that wo mast take tho money left in tho South to eduoata otu* sans and daughters at Northern schools, that they may be taught that we aro ell traitors and criminals of the highest grade? Some of the.se questions are perti? nent, and are entitled to the consi? deration of the people; but in treat? ing <nx this subject, we would simply discuss ii on the basis of common sense. In the first place, the parents of tito Soutli, generally speaking, cannot alford to send their children to Noti?iorn hoarding schools; they ure extravagant aud expensive beyond tue mere-additional outlay for a pro? per outfit and traveling expenses. Secondly, in the main, they are not - superior-no, nor equal-to the in? stitutions of learning now to bo found in every Southern State, aud all experience in the past justifies this assertion. And even if, in tho past, when "rich Southerners" could afford it, it was deemed necessary to finish off with tho tinsel of &howy accom? plishments acquired at these famous (at a distance) seminaries, to pro? perly qualify the children of thc South to enter tho "society" for which they were destined, yet, at the present time, there is small pretexts for such pretensions. In the third place; we are convinced that in tho numerous institutions of learning established throughout the South-many of them recently there can be obtained a sounder and bettor education-that there will bo found os able, if not abler, professors and teachers in every department that a moro moral and healthful in ilnenec will be exercised over tho pupils, than can be found or furnish? ed in the boasted Northern semina? ries or academies, with their flaunt? ing, showy preceptresses, or their supercilious, puritanical professors and teachers. Those are facts that cannot be gain-say ed ; and it would be well for parent-) to consider this sub? ject, and remember it will add no? thing to their daughters' eclat in future, on entering into socioty, to boast that she graduated at some "Madame's fashionable Northern semi? nary. The day for all that sort of flummery and nonsense has passed away-and we hope forever. In the fourth place, every pupil from the South who enters a North? ern school or seminary, dips tho flag of Southern independence in this re? spect, and acknowledges tho supe? riority of Northern civilization, lite? rature and manners. Every dollar spent for education there is tribute paid to stilted arrogance, and a bla? tant but unfounded assumption of unapproachable excellence ir* every department of letters. It is high time tho Son thorn people should abandon this sycophancy to a sclf assumed elevated standard of supe? riority, in all that relates to the social duties and amenities of life. They ought to teach their children, or have them taught, that there is something worthier to live for than to sport gracefully the gew-gaw trumpery of fashionable Hf?*? HighWPfHlty~ t?' perform to society and to their conn Ivy than ntorel/to 'Win s the ajfphVSfce of the b#terflies$ tito forfrer,?>r detract from the' fair ramo ?id re? sources, of tho latter, from the dic? tates of vanity or pleasure. The South has failed to win politi? cal independence, but in this higher grade of that national attribute, there are no lions in the path of its com? plete accomplishment. It remains with her matrons and sires whether they will perfoiw their 0 dy xxx this respect to their children and th cir .j country,-or whether they will so act as t? make applicable io themselves the proverb that one of tho apostles applier, to "the fool that returneth to his folly." The Income front Cotton. We published yesterday nu article from the Augusta Chronicle and Sen? tinel-against the abandonment of , tito culturo of cotton by the South? ern people-and agree with the writer that it would be very foolish I for them to do so. A limited culture of the staple is desirable, and indeed is, in a measure, forced upon us by j tho. decrease in effective labor, and by i the necessities of the planter for the food requisite to raise cattle and stock. Buta limited culture is compeu- j sated by an increase iii value, and the difference iu the various estimates, therefore, does not affect the return value in proportion bi the difference. , The lowest estimate wo have soon is 1,250,000 bales, and the highest, that of tho New York Mercantile Journat, 2,000,000. Higher scatter- j iug estimates have been made, but we do not think on competent autho? rity. Let tis take tho lowest and es? timate tho average weight of tho bales at 400 pounds each, and tho price at twenty-five cents per pound, and we have a gross income to thc South of $125,000,000; the highest estimate will increase that income to j .9200,000,00o. Of course expenses j labor, bagging, rope, Arc.-have to be I deducted; but both our estimate in weight and, we think, iu tho price, I are below rather than above what j will be realized. This is au income that the South eauuot dispense with, and two crops of ?200,000,000 or 3250,000,000 will nearly set her right upon her feet again. By that time, tho quan? tity and quality of tho labor, either white or black, will prohably be im? proved, and tho cotton growing ?tates be prepared to enter upon, a new career of prosperity and inde? pendence. But, as in previous articles wc have shown, ttic income from the kingly staple direct to the South, might be doubled, were her people to engago in its manufacture. This income would even bo more profitable I than that derived from the simple culture; for it would give employ? ment to a large class of those among us who aro not fit for field labor, and thus diminish thc number of the poor, and lighten the burden of taxation in that proportion. So that, besides an income of $400,000,000 or $500, 000,000, wo would render tho hum? blest class of our population self-sus? taining, and thus add to tho prosper? ity and independence of the South. This we believe to be the future mis? sion of King Cotton; let him not, then, be ruthlessly or rashly deposed. A Southern correspondent of a New York paper, in a recent letter, directs attention to the fact that many of tho disturbers of Southern peace, and the most unscrupulous assailants of the restoration measures of the Adminis? tration, are occupants of Federal offices, and iu receipt of pay from the Government they abuse. This is true, not only of individuals em? ployed under the Freedmen's Bureau, but of other officials, who derive their power for mischief from their connection with the Administration. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the cleaning ont process which has been commenced in the North will by and by bo extended to the South, where thorough work is greatly needed. There, if anywhere, perfect harmony between the Executive and the office? holder is a necessity. Through tito cable we know the price of London stocks three hours before they aro ?old, anti should any? thing recherche happen to the pretty Empress Engen ie, tire- ladies of America would know it three houri before "tho squall." Strange, isn't it? Mexico In Part?._ _ ' ^'Tntfl?tiiftrt vaB ff?m* ?atopialoSng: us some items from Paris, ia relation to M?cican affair?. The Paris correa pondent of the Independence Beige wita* The Empress Charlotte has paid her Inst visit to the Emperor, and there is no longer the slightest doubt that his Mnjesty announced to that Princess, with extreme regret, hisir revoeablc resolution not to subacribo to any of the nrnmj??ments -which j sho hiul conic to proposo ns the means o? aiding the dynasty inMexi- j co/ It is now certain that thc Em prc?s of Mexico .will not again return to that country, and that the empe? ror Maximilian viii soon join her in Europe, niter having alidicated. There is a rumor thnt ships of war arc to bc fitted out ut Brest to cruise on the coast ot' Mexico, and an at? tempt has been made to raise the be? lief that a last effort is to bo made, by troops on board of them, in favor of thc dynasty of tho Emperor Maxi? milian; birt that idea is evidently not serious, and if some ships of war arc to be sent bi Mexican waters-which assertion I do not guarantee-they would moro probably have the mission to protect French subjects who may become involved in danger by tho course of events. On thc other hand, a Paris journal, tho Memorial Di'pluvialiq ne, says: Fur" from coming to Paris to present thc name of her august consort any ! ultimatum, or put forward menaces j of abdication, as certain journals have J pleased to imagine, tho worthy com ? panion of Maximilian I 'has, uCcord I ing to our information, given to thc I Emperor of the French a faithful de? scription of the difficulties already j conquered, and thone which still re ' main to be overcome in order to coin plete, in an efheacious and durable manner, tho political regeneration o? Mexico. With the means of whicl the Government of Maximilian 1 al ready disposes, and those which th? country could furnish, the general pa cification would certainly be accom plished if up to the period fixed fo: tho evacuation, the French fore? united to the Mexican army wer? utilized, neconling to a plan of opera tiona combined in a way to delive thc provinces of the North from th? incessant incursions of the dissidents Tho Empress appears charged t< submit that plan to the upprobatio] of the Emperor of the French, ii poiuting out that the pacification o Mexico's interest, not only thc Gov? ernment of Maximilian I, but als? thc cause of civilization and of Freud influence in America. It is also tm that all those who have hud tho bono of conversing with the Empress Chai lotte have been struck by the int movable confidence which her Majes ty manifests in the future prosperity of the Mexican Empire. ? - The Pittsburg (Pennsylvania) (r. zetU: (radical) declares, with a tear ii each eye, that "it is no longer a sc cret that in Pennsylvania tho consm-v atives arc co-operating with the Di moerats as in New York. They wi oil vote for Clymer, and for tho Di. trict and County Democratic cami dates. This is preliminary to a joh effort to elect a President two yea] hence," kc. As in Pennsylvania an New York, soin Ohio, Indiana, 111 nois, Michigan aud other Wester. States. THE FORTIETH CONOKES??. -TU COMINO ELECTIONS AND TIIEU; C?>NS: QTJENCES. - Thc New York Herald, < Monday, in an editorial on the con ing Congressional election, say.-: "The real struggle for the Portie! Congress will not begin with th Maine election, but in the Peunsy vania, Ohio and Indiana State eic lions of October; and the returi from those three great central Stat will probably determine what th Congress is to bc. A conservati' majority from the Stales represente ? in thc present Congress will secur with the organization of tho ne: 1 Congress, (any tim?; after the 1th j March next.) the admission of all tl I excluded States; ami so, with tl I complete triumph of President Joh ! son's restoration policy, we shall ha a speedy and satisfactory setUeme: of this business of Southern reco i straction. On the other hand, if ti j radicals come ont of this fight with working majority in the next llou of Representatives (under the prese ministrations of that body) we sin not only have the great work Southern restoration indefinite postponed, but a reconstruction the Government nt Washington thc most radical kind. We may <. peet this work to begin with the ii peachment of President Johnson ni to be made perfect with the substit tion of a mun ns President pro let who will sign anything coining ire 'Old Thad. Stevens,' from a swee ing confiscation of Southern est?t to the distribution of them amoi 'the loyal blacks1 ot tho Freedmer Bureau, lt will be perceived in tl connection that Stevens, iu openii his canvass of Pennsylvania, lakes i steji backwards, but intends, in r tinning to Congress, to resume 1 original programme and to fight ? it to the last extremity o? his 'lubo on t-artli.' " -? * - Tl H? French navy has the bigg, gun vet cast -a 4t>.(KK) pounder. TFhe President made a speech in o St, Lorjuj^ We make the following ^ extract, fixing the binnie ol the New ^ Orleans riots on thc indic?is, nnd ; indicating their purposes tovdepose j ? Li] Perhaps, if you had a word or two ] , on the subject of New Orleans, you ? ! might understand more about it than yon do, [laughter and cheers;'] and if you will go back [erics for Seward] and ascertain the eau >e of the riot at New Orleans, perhaps you would not j be so prompt in calling out Kew-i Orleans. If you will take tip the riot nt New Orleans, ami Tface it TfacTt Td] its source, orto its immediate cause, j -you will find ont who was responsible ' for the blood that was shed there. If | you will take up the riot at New | Orleans, und trace iL back to the j radical Congress, [great cheering and I cries of "Bully,"1 you will find that it was substantially planned. If you will take up thc proceedings in their caucases, you will understand they then knew [cheers] that convention was to be called which was extinct by ? its power having expired; thut it was; said the intention was that a new | Government was tobe organized;and in the organization of that Govern-] ment the i u tent ion was to enfranchise : i one portion of the population, called I I the colored population, which had I just been emanicipatod, and at tho ; j same time disfranchise white men. j [Great ?heeling, j When you design ? h talking about New Orleans, fconfu i sion,] you ought to understand what you are talking about. YYlit-a you' read the speeches that were made, or ? take up the facts on Friday and Satnr I day, before thal convention sat, you I I will there find that the speeches wen- ! incendiary in their character, and ! inciting the black population to ann j themselves ami prepare foi- tho shed? ding (d' blood. I A voie?!-"That's j so," nnd cheers. [ You will also find that the convention did assemble in violation of law, and the intention of that convention wrns lo supersede the recognized authorities ia tho Statu Government ^i' louisiana, which had been recognized by the Government . of the Uuited States, ami every niau j engaged in that rebellion, iu that j convention, with the intention ! of superseding and uptnruing the I civil Government which had boen ' recognized by tim Government cf tho I United States 1 say that he was a j traitor to the Constitution of the ' United States; |?beors;] and hence i youniiul that another rebellion was i commenced, having its origin in tho radical Congress. Those nu n were to go there, a Goverve.nmo:>t was to be organized, andtheone in existence ! in Louisiana was to bo Superseded, ! set aside and overthrown. ! You say you talk lo me about New i Orleans. Suppose tho question was i to e.uno ap when they liad establish ! ed their Government .1 question of j political power - which of tho two 1 Governments was to be recognized ; a new Government inAn^ursiUl under j this defunct convention, sitting in I violation of law. and without th? will ! of the people; thea, whoa they had established their Government and ex . tended universal or impartial fran I ch iso, as they called it. to the colored j population, then the radical (' m I gross was to determine that a Govern I ment established on negro votes was to be the Government <>f Louisiana. [Voices-"Never," and choirs and ! huzzas for "Audy."] j So much for the New Orleans riot ; I and there, was the origin of thc blood that was shed, and everv drop of it ; is anon their skirts, and they ari! re? sponsible ba- it. ?('hoers. I leonid j test lats thing ;>. little closer, bat will not do it here to-night; but when you I talk about New Orleans, aud talk about the causes and consequences that resulted from the proceedings ol I that kind, perhaps, as I have pro ! voked questions of that kind, though it does not provoke me, f will tell you a few wholesome things that have been done by this radical Con? gress. [Cheers.] la connection with Now Orleans nnd the extension . of theelectivefrauchi.se, ? know thal L have been traduced and abused. I ' know- this came in advance of au hore. You have heard that T hav? ; attempted to exercise an arbitrary : power in resisting laws that were at : tempted to be enforced upon tin Government. [Cheers, and cries ol ? "Hear!"] That 1 had exercised tin i veto p?.wer. I "Bully fi.r you."! That 1 had abandoned the party timi ; elected mo, and that I was traitor [cheers] -because 1 exercised lin . veto power in attempting to, and du for a time, arrest a bill that wry called a Freedmen's Bureau LilL [Cheers. I Ye-, that I was a traitor And 1 have leen traduced. 1 have i been slandered. ' have been callee .ladas Iscariot, and all that. Now, i my countrymen, ii i.^ very eavy io ?re ; dnlge ia epithets, lt. is easy to cal] a man .hulas, and to cry out traitor but when he is called upon to gi vt ' arguments and facts, ho is very ofter; fourni wauling, dudas Iscariot! (! yes, there was a Judas, and one ot I the twelve Apostle.-., and the Apostle; had a Christ. [A voice-"Anil : .Mosos."j if 1 have played thc Judas, who Im? been my Christ thal ? have played the Judas'with? Was it Thad. Stevens? Was it Charle* Sumner? Was if Wendell Phillips' [Hisses aud cheers.] Arc these the men that stop and compare them selves to the Sa\ ?oar? And is every body that diners with them in opi? nion, and tries to stay and am si their diabolical and nefarious policy, tobe Uao Binnari a? ? . Indgm} "-^IInMaLBf aid cheers for "Andy.") In the days I vhen there wero twelve Apostles, and I FhenMkCro Was a /Shtfst, there was | dso auadas aud?whua there were hulosas, there ?ere* unbelievers!' i [Groans for Fletolnir.] t Yes, oh, yes', ?nbeh?vers^ii Christ ; men who per lecute? arra slandered nnd brought lim before Pontius Pilate, and pre? ferred charges and condemned and put [rira to death on the cross to satisfy unbelievers. And this saino perse? cuting, diabolical, nefarious clan to lay would persecute and shed the blood of innocent men to cany out? their purposes. I heard some ono in the crowd mir -we ? *hiHT "H "ftfoses. [Laughter and chitern,} Yes, thcrej is a Moses; and 1 know sometimes- if lias been said that I would be a Moses lo the colored man. Why, I have labored in tho cause of emancipation tis much ns any other mortal mnti living; but while I have striven to emancipate the colored man, I have felt, and now feel, that we have a ?rent many white men that wanted emancipation. [Laughter-cheers.] lhere is a sot amongst yon that have got shackles on their hubs, and are as much, under the huel and control of their masters as tho colored man that was emancipated. I call npon you here, to-uight, as freemen, to favor the emancipation of tho white mau as well ns thc colored man. Tho President further remarked, ns wc are talking about this Congress and respectable gentlemen who contend that the President is wrong because he vetoed the Freedman's Bureau bil!, and thus, becuuso he chose to exercise the veto power, ho committed H high offence, and. therefore, ought to be impeached. ("Never.") Yes, they are ready to impeach him, and them try it,'"] if they wer? satis lied that they hud the next Congres* by sueii n divided majority ns this, upon some pretext or other, thej would vacate thc Executive Depart mont of the United States. Texan Mattera. hi the Texas Senate, on thc 10th o Ant-nsf. the following resolution showing tho purpose of theLoueSta: .State, like South Carolina, to recog nize tho services of hersoldiers in tin late war, was adopted: Resol ml, That the sum of $20,000 or so much thereof as may be ueees sary, bc and the same is hereby ap prnpriated for the purpose of procur ing artificial or cork leprs for thos who have lost u leg in the militar; sci v ii i; of tho country, being citizen oi Texas in the late war with th United States, they being Cqnfedc rata soldiers. On the 27th, in the same bod} Senator Knox, of Boxar, offered resolution to the effect that tho ordi nance of thc Convention rcpudiatin ali debts contracted by thc State b< tween tho 28th of January, 1801, an I.'.:.1 -itli day of August, 1805, being ir organic and not having been subini tod tn th:> people; that the ?Jd Sectio of : ;.i.l ordinance bc repealed, an that the Committee on Judiciary b instructed to report the repealing c thc same by bill or otherwise. Ou this thc Austin correspondei of the Houston Journal gives the pr? vaioat sentiment thus: Much injustice was done to ii dividuals by this wholesale scheme ( robbery, butthat was small iu cou parison with that done to thc Stat? by impairing her credit andcripplir her nergies to such au extent th; to-day ber bonds would not bring i the market one-fifth of their fa< value. Wiii?e it was required of i thal the debt, created for war pu poses, should bc deviated null ar void, yet it was not necessary, n< was it proper, that our credit shoill be utterly prostrated by a sweepii repudiation of every State oblig tion. Tho Comptroller ot Texas repor to the Semite of that State that tl lo s of revenue arising from thc ab lit ion of Af rican slavery, as based? tit.- value of slaves in 1800. at the UK existing rate of taxation being 12 cents ou the S100 valuation, is $131 ;;tii,17, that being the tax OH ?10e? ?KS,'.>2() 10. Thc aggregate value tho?taxable property of tho State, rendered for taxation for the ye I860, was ?29-1,315,639. And ' t estimated number ol' acres up< which no tax was paid for the ye i865 was 56,821,220. A LOMAN STKEET EXPOSED VIEW. Some interesting discover] litive recently lieeii made near Basin stoke, England, tho site ?f thc a cient British and Benian capital Southern Britain. Thc main slr? and a street running from it lin been laid open, together with t1 large I ?oman houses with tesselat pavements. The walls which si rounded the capital wer? three rai. in length. The sito of the ampi theatre hus been found, and an i mission pass in bone, like the pas. of the present dav, dug (?ut. Coi connected with the periods aider to the birth of our Saviour have a! been found. A brick also has tum up, on which some Loman lover 1 cut words relating to "my lass," ' my girl." Twenty buildings in Sing Sii New York, wer?- burned on Sundi Loss ?300.000. HuOJLH KO? THIS Oi KICK. -L? t |ers et A?tui$iigta$o :i. Declaration un ^ondlfcr B#ed tf?jte,'Mortgages and Con? vey MMJCS of Boid Estate. ; Musj? xa?us PSBK-We learn front Hie order ?f Clio Pon Commander, that the band of thc Cth United .Staten Infantry will perform at the Park, thi? afternoon, st i '. o'clock. .. " <?> MAU. ABBAWomXMTH.-AB mail? aro open for delivery at 8 o'clock in the nun li? ing, and close aa follows: Northern, 5 V p. -m.t South Carolina Railroad, 8 p. m.; Char leaton, m. r Omen rttUr, lr p: in. ;T*u B?Tilli?r# oi< Coi.ohi?A? JUL* inter estin:; account ol the ' Sack ?nd Desiri;. - tiou af tho City of Columbia, ti. C.," ha-r just b?en??aeti,; . P*mph^< t?rui. from th? -f>fc<i???'> power pre-*. Orders ulled to any extent. Price SO Carita. Copies can bo obtained at this ofhee aad thc bookstore*. A fatal accident came very near occur - ring, in thia city, a few days ago. On tho publication of thc dog ordinance, a lad, wlio was th? fortunate owner of a puppy, conceived thc happy idea of escaping the tax, and saving his favorite from tb* fatal bnllets of the police, by keeping him tied on tho piazza. During thc last thuuder 1 storm, Mr. Dog becamo alarmed, and for? getting that the rope around hi* neck was I attached to a post, made a spring over- the I railing, sad remained suspended in the i air. Fortunately, ho wa? discovered by j his owner, who released him. Moral - pay I your tar, or in attempting to escap*, your ! canine friend may como toan untimely end. 'liss M. A. Bute--"Soldiers' Friwid"- is j in this city, a guest at thc Shiver House, i ?iany remember Mis*? Etti c'a success in re j lieving thc surTeriugs of others during the war, by collecting laige .supplies and send? ing them to different points in the South. She has plaits of education, for and in foe South, for thc Confederate soldiers' chil ! dren, which she bas now for public con?; deration. Thc country would be ungrate - I ful, ?iileed, were they to forget ber past j kindness tu? the soldiers in hospitals and in prison, ilis* li., eujoyed much expe? rience as a teacher before t he war she having proven herself SS zealous as Intel? ligent iu jilli lan thro pic objects. We rea I sonably calculate on ber securing the I kindest consideration from tho public, and I urge successfully tho claims and advan I tagesof lier educational plans nial schemes, j which we will take pleasure bi soon plac I ing before our readers. In alt. countries, j it is education that makes a. nation great. I lt would bo criminal to neglect plans ami seb?ales to erect institutions iu thf ;South j whose influences will bo a media ia ??mn . j latiug mental activity and evoking ?aleut i from all classes of society, in langland. Miss lillie's name was familial- during the I war. She was the recipient of many libe j ral donation* from tao tirai up Alex. Collie I& Co., landon, and many other of her foreign friends, who, ao doubt, will contri? bute to aid her to erect the school abu j proposes tu establish in aoiuo central pince i in thu South. Tho cause is one worthy of ! the approval of all good and true hearts all over the world where heroism apd patriot? ism is respected. The whole- coon try wiil feel tho benehcial efl. . Uof < dueatioii. \Ve usc every effort to stimulate to exertion and reward merit in every walk of life, and turu thc minds of thc Young to scien? tific studies. We need thc Britiidi policy, which rewards merit ot every kind. Niav AnvitansKJiiiN rs. Attention is call? ed to the following advertibc;uo:d?,,which ara published tUii morion;; fm i\n: first tim? : Sam. Oreen-Public Hale. Mr. Zuni..erinna's Institute. * ' T. M. Pollock -Good Thing:?. John T. Sloan-Seed Wheat. THIRTY-TWO YEARS Aoo.-The New ] York Tribune, in a notice of Stephen i A. Douglas, says: It is thirty-two years, since Dong j las, a poor wayfaring Yankee boy, j went to seek his fortunes in. the : State which afterwards honored him I as one of her most eminent citizens, i lie wandered early from his Green j Mountain home, with . nothing but a : plain New England education, and a j determination to rise. Tired of cab - ; inet making and teachings he engaged in what was called "studying law.'' ! The fame of Jackson filled the laud, j and the smart Yankee, not oppressed i with scruples, saw that the sign .in ; Tennessee was the star of conquest. His great rival, Lincoln, was keeping a post-office, fresh'f rom the glories of the Black Hawk war. Andrew John i son was mayor of a little moan tai a town in Tennessee; Jefferson Davis, a lieutenant of dragoons, was chasing the Indians; Seward was grieving ; over his defeat as Governor; Bred; i arid ge was studying the orations of I Cicero against Catadine, at a Kentucky college; Citase was endeavoring to ; gain a law practice iu Cincinnati: ? Stinnner was entering the Boston bar; Roderick was cutting ?tone; Grant I was a school l>oy in his teens; Farra I gut was watching the honor of his I ting, on the torrid coasts of Brazil, and tiie orator of to-day, tired of wai : and law, had entered politics and : become the New York Secretary ?I i State. - -? . THE MAINE EX^KCTION.--From de i spatehes received, it appears that at ' the election held in Maine on Monday ; for Governor, Congressmen and mem ben ?if the Legislature, the 'Republi? cans carried every town and county . by greater majorities than in previous years. This is the result generally \ ant ?oijKited. Ten counties have not ; been heard from? but they have, : doubtlesss, gone as the rest.