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COLUMBI^. Wednesday Morning, Oct. 10,1866. Tile* ("onstittitioiinl Amendment. We have already published the provisions of this monstrous bill, which, in addition to all the Southern people have already suffered, will be forced upon them if the elections now in progress result favorably to the radical party. Andwhutis the pretence* for thus compelling thc people to enact an electoral law repugnant to all right or justice? The answer is, that ns slavery has been abolished, tho freed? men will count, rn making np tho basis of representation. Well, we ask in return, whoso fault is it that Southern representation should b? increased in this way? Certainly not the people of the South. Only three fifths of the blacks were heretofore allowed the South in making up the representative basis, while every ne- j gro in the former free States was counted, and that, too, without the privilege of voting. A cotemporary makes np a count of the loss and gain to each section on the rcsr.lt of eith< r the adoption or rejection of theauv ndment, which may thus be briefly stated: Il the amendment bc rejected, the South will gain nine representatives, and thc North will lose them. But the Northern loss will be so divided among the several States as scarcely I to be felt. If the amendment should be adopted, the North would make all the gain, for the reason that the large negro population will not be counted in establishing the rate of representation. If, however, the Northern States admit the negroes to the right of suf? frage and the South does not, illinois Maine. Michigan, New Jersey and Wisconsin will gain one representa? tive each, Massachusetts two, and New York four. Titus it will be seen that the rule which excludes negroes not admitted to the right of suffrage will affect the Northern States but little. This is -radical fairness, for they assumed-which assumption wc hope will prove correct-that the South will not consent to negro suf? frage, aud it is, therefore, easy, under the operation of this amendment, to rob her of a large portion of her political strength in tho Government, and thus reduce her to a cypher in its legislative branch. But does radical faith warrant the j Southern people to hope that even should they adopt tho amendment which they present as the only condi? tion to the restoration of our rights in the councils- of thc nation, they will be admitted? What have the Southern people not done, borne and suffered, to obtain the boon of resto? ration and peace? They have done and suffered more than any people On the face of the globe, who have been overpowered by superior numbers. They have consented to the loss of millions upon millions of their pro? perty in slaves. By this act, four filth 5 of the people ol' the South were brought to the vergG of ruin, and many of them utterly ruined. In addition, the blighting simoon of war swept over the entire South, and millions moro of property was de? stroyed. And now these afflicted and ruined people are required to humili? ate themselves 1ill further. Let us hope that this required act of self degredation will not bc submitted to by an honorable and gallant people. How much more they may be called upon to endure, no sage in the coun? try can predict; but whatever it may be, however great their trials, let them bear them with manhood, but rigidly adhere to honor and duty duty to themselves and to their chil? dren. -- ?? * ? ? A CHANCE.-Any one yoting girl living in Middle Tennessee, Alabama or Mississippi, whose 'father was killed in battle, and whose means or resources were destroyed by this "cruel war," will be given one year's board and tuition in ono of thc best female colleges in the State of Ken? tucky by addressing, \ i th references, Cedar Bluff Female College, Wood? burn P. O., Warren County, Ken? tucky. She will not be received as a chanty scholar, but ono whose fa? ther's blood left a double inheritance to his child. INTERNAL. REVENUE DECISION._ Corn beef, packed and sealed in tin cans, holding from twenty-five to fifty pounds, is subject to a stamp duty under schedule C. Beef in bar? rels is held to be exempt. The Chinese pirates have defeated a Government expedition sent against them. Pence* or War. Hine- we fought for these long 1 years, poured ont blood, and expend? ed treasure without stint, for the I sake of perpetuating the military j reign of North over South? Was it I to destroy self-government and over? throw the foundations of the Union that the war was carried on? So the radicals would have us believe. ! Neither before the war, nor during the war. nor since the war, lias there been a time when the Northern States liad any right to prescribe civil law in the Southern States; nor can it be done now without destroying the whole fabric ol' tho American Union. What business have we with South? ern local law to-day? "We have con? quered them," says a radical, "and therefore we have a, rieht to prescribe what social jaws we please." Non? sense! We have conquered ourselves. We have suppressed an insurrection in our own body politic. We have extirpated a disease which took pos? session of one of our own organs of life. Wo shouted till we were hoarse that the war was "for the life of the nation." Let us have done with this sectionalism, then, and remember that the United States form one grand body to which each part is necessary, and in which each part has ci pial rights. The administering of local law to the South, as ?1 conquered ter? ritory, implies a right in the majority of the States to make laws for the mi? nority. So long as military law w as administered there was no such im? plication, but this business vi pre? scribing civil and social law is like poisoning one's own arm with the idea that the poison can be confined to that locality. The veins and arte? ries run through the whole system. The wrong is done to tho whole con? stitution by an outrage on one part of t^ie body, and the whole body will suffer for thc wrong. We have no right, either by law or conquest, nor on moral principles, to treat the Southern States as conquered terri? tories and populations. We may ad? minister the law to individuals as severely as we please. We may punish men and women and children. But the United States Government might as well repeal the charters ot New Orleans, Mobile and Charleston, and wipe them ont ns cities in ti i c South, as to declare a Southern State dead or not a member of the Union. The moral right, the legal right, thc constitutional right, is just the sann in both cases. "But," says a sincere radical, "have we not the right to refuse them ad mission to the Union unless thej adopt such laws and social principles as wc think correct?" No; you have no such right under tho Constitutior and laws of our land, nor have yoi the moral right unless you give, then ut the same time the right of accept ing or rejecting your terms of union Tho grand wrong, the outrage tc American principles, the rotten timbe: which men arc now engaged in fore ing into the Constitution itself, i: this plan of holding a State by th? throat and declaring that it shall no come into your Union, not bc pro tected by your Constitution, unless i will agree with you to alter that Con stitution and submit to amendment of your proposing; but when tin State asks, "Will you let me stay on of your Union if 1 don't like you new proposals?" the answer is a fiera "No." This isa hideous burlesque on the old idea of a free Americai Union. The vanity of a Union thu constructed is but too plain. Ii. ha not thc consistency of a summe morning cloud. It will not havi strength to endure through a gene ration of politicians. It can only b a perpetual civil war. Was it fo this we fought? [New York Journal <f Commerce. TUE OTHER SIDE.-Herc is a de rightful description of Brazil, give: by the "Town Trifler" of thc Louis ville Courier. We arc not to be un ? derstood as endorsing it: j For the benefit of those of on friends whose patriotism impels then to fly like cowards from the task c hard work set before thc poor bc labored South; who prefer to live lazy, enervating, licentious peoph instead of manfully going to work t place "the old land" on its legs again we have carefully collected some im portant, statistics of the South Ame rican Eelen they sigh for. Ther may be found spiders with bodie two inches and legs seven ineho long, that catch and suck birds; bul terflies that are mistaken for hun ming-birds; green snakes, just lik creeping plants, and a lively corf snake with bands of vermillion an black, separated by clear white ring; monkeys with white hair all ovc them; monkeys only seven inehc long; and owl-faced apes that slee all day and are remarkably lively a night. Reptiles, insects, and twi thirds of the fruits and berries ai poisonous; and the birds, thong boasting brilliant plumage, are soin less. Take it all in all, tho Soutl poor, ruined and desolated as she i is worth a hundred Brazils yet. Li those who want to desert her leavi They will not be missed, and tl room they would have occupied wi bc filled with better people. - o ? ? May not tho millenium and 1) mocracy run on parallel lines-lil predestination and free agency? [ Charlottesville Clin m ide. God forbid! for parallel lines nev meet. What then would become the poor Democracy? [Petersburg Index. Cnlnmuisi ?ml Augusto. Railroad. Tho Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, speaking of railroad conventions, says: The road to Columbia is one of thc most important links in tho grout line of railways passing through this placo, and it is ot* tho very first im? portance to tho prosperity of the city that it be pushed forward to comple? tion ut the earliest practical period. This road was commenced about thc tum; of tho breaking ont of the war, and was kept alive by thc indomita? ble (Miorgy und perseverance of its President through the long and gloomy period of our lute disastrous struggle. We learn that nearly all thc grading is finished, and that, with the aid of our city now, in the way ol' a liberal subscription, it can bo placed upou a footing which will insure its successful completion at no distant day. Tho interests of our whole people arc so directly involved in this enterprise that we have no he? sitation in earnestly recommending our city authorities to lend it such aid as they may bc able lo do, in view of the present financial condi? tion of the city. Our people arc too poor to raise much money from their individual resources for thc encou? ragement of railroad enterprises, lint if some plan could be devised where? by the credit of the city could be ob? tained for the road, either in the en? dorsement of its bonds, or* by "the is? suing and sale of bonds by the city, to be loaned to the company, or for tin; purchase of stock in the road, we are very sure such a plan would meet tho hearty approval of a large majori? ty of our people and tax-payers. We suggest that the city subscribe for $150,000 in the stock of the road, paying therefor, in her bonds, at par. These bonds could be used by the company in the purchase of coin, and when they fell due. could be paid by selling the stool; for which they are issued. No man who bas inves? tigated the matter will doubt for a moment that it will be a paying road improperly managed, and. therefore, its stock will bring par as soon as the road is completed. SECRETARY MCCULLOCH A.XD THE PRESIDENT.- -Secretary McCnllock has written a letter declining to speak in Indiana, or. account o?' a pressure of official engagements, in winch he says : "In the unfortunate controversy that has .-irisen between the President and Congress. I stand with the for? mer.'* In regard to the President's plan of restoration, which hud been approved by Mr. Lincoln, he remarks: "To that plan, 1 regarded the party of which 1 aiu a member as virtually committed by the action of its conventions and the resolutions of Congress, before Mr., Jonnson at? tempted to carry it into effect; to that plan I am still committed by tho dictates of my best judgment. That the principles which he advocates and represents will be vindicated at the approaching elections, I -hope and believe. Ol* their ultimate vin "dicatiou, I am fully persuaded, as I am of the perpetuity of our republi? can institutions.'' A remarkable instance of courage and presence of uti nd was exhibited a few days ugo by a little girl, only eight years old, in Hardin County, Illinois, in a lit ol' jealous frenzy, the step-father of thc child shot her mother through the heart with a fowling piece, and made his escape through a window. Roused by tho report, the little girl entered the room, where the apalling spectacle of her dead mother presented itself, the lifeblood welling up in profusion, whilst an infant lay quietly in her arms. The little girl's first impulse was to rescue the babe, which would soon have strangled in the blood, and with it in her arms, and thc two other children at her side, she started for the house of her aunt, a distance of nearly two miles, and reached there before any of thc family were awake. Here she related the tragic circumstances. CONFLICT ov THE CIVIL AND MILI? TARY AUTHORITY.- On the 29th ult., James Holly, a free man of color before Lincoln's proclamation, ob? tained a peace warrant from Colonel Edmondson, the Mayor of the town, against Brevet Colonel G. R. Carse, of the Freedmen's Bureau, for threat? ening to shoot lum. After hearing the case, the Mayor bound Colonel Carse over in the sum of fifty dollars to keep the peace, which the Colonel refused to give, denying that he was subject to civil jurisdiction. Action was suspended in tho matter until the case could be laid before Major General Schofield. [Lexington ( lazette. General Schofield will have no trouble in deciding thc case. He has authorized the civil authorities here to punish his soldiers for violations of the law.-Richmond Dispatch. It is stated that Longworth's cele? brated wine cellars containing 150 00(1 gallons, were recently oversowed, and tho champagne bottles went oil' in a deafening fusillade. The Nashville papers announce that cholera is rapidly disappearing from thc city, and that large numbers ol' the citizens who had fled from the disease uro returning. A Hebrew seminary for training ministers and teachers of the Hebrew fr A is about to be established in IT delphia. The Crowning Horror. Fifteen Union soldiers, confined at Andersonvillc until tho close of the war, wore last Monday discovered still in confinement iu a eave near Atlanta, guarded by rebel guerillas, and totally ignorant that the war was ended. They were starved and ema? ciated, having been cruelly abused, and most of them were nearly idiotic from tho protracted confinement in darkness, not having seen the light since leaving Andersonvillc. [Chicago Post. The Atlanta New Ern pronounces tho above a simple, unrelieved, abso? lute lie, without even the shadow of a foundation, upon which the New Orleans Crescent thus comments: It is all very well for the Atlanta New Era to take such a lofty stand? ing upon the subject; but who that knows that a (conspiracy was lately discovered in this city to assassinate Gen. Sheridan and overwhelm his forces "at one fell swoop," will doubt the Chicago,Post? Who that knows the chain-gang at Mobile only yester? day unearthed 150,000 rebels, splen? didly armed, equipped, provisioned, ammunitioned and drilled, preparing for tin' next advance against thc* Spanish Fort, will question the vera? city of the Chicago Post? Who that has ever heard King Cutler, or .Duck Durant, or Mike Hahn, portray the horrors and dangers that surround them, will doubt this latest revelation of thc Chicago Posti Who that lias heard the account of the fearful at? tempt to assassinate tl*e lovely Gov. Wells,- and to murder him by smo? thering him with horrid Confederate Hags, will ever doubt the Chicago Post? . Oh, nd! Mr. Atlanta New Era, you cannot blind folks in that fashion. As surely as the New York Herald is high-toned and incorrupt il de-assure as Horace Greeley-isas firm and just as many believe him to be sagacious -as surely as Maj. C?en. Butler is magnanimous, honest and truthful - as sure as Thad. Stevens is au angel of love and mercy, and n faithful representative of H m who preached "Peace on earth and good will to? ward men" -this last "crowning 'Hor? ror'" is a frightful, palpable, damna? ble reality! Read it again and be? lieve! Let us have no more attempts to throw cold water on such records as these, which bear tho impress of truth on their very face. Tell the tratLj. and shanie the devil! THE WITHDRAWAL OE TIIF. FRENCH FROM MEXU'-I.- '?? letter from Paris, dated on September IS, states that the French Emperor, alarmed at the attitude assumed by the United States*on tho Mexican question, has ordered a large fleet of transports to rendezvous at Cherbourg, to sail at once for Mexico, and to take back all the French contingent. This impor? tant announcement, if trustworthy, shows that the days ot" fie Mexican Empire ure almost numbered, and contrasts most un fortunately witli the bold words ol' Maximilian's recent I speech.. POLITICAL RIOTS IN PHTLADELPHLY. At tlie close of the conservative meeting held in front of Indepen? dence Hall, Philadelphia, Friday night, a disturbance occurred, in which fire-arms were freely used, ?ind several men were seriously injured. On the same night, about 12 o'clock, as a Republican torch-light proces? sion was marching through the streets, it was fired on from the head? quarters ol' the "White Soldiers' and Sailors' Club." The Republicans left their ranks and gutted the club rooms. Several men on both sides were shot. THE NEGRO AT CHICAGO.-The fol? lowing appears almost unaccountable ? after reading of the manner in which ! tho menagerie of "Southern Loyal-? ists" was received and entertained at ; radical Chicago: A Chicago special of Saturday j says: "Rosa Gold Dust, owned by j Mr. Dorsey, Kentucky, appeared on j the track driven by a colored man, when tho drivers of tho other horses ! refused to trot unless thc nigger was | ruled ou>t. Mr. Dorsey, rather than j disappoint tho large crowd of peo? ple, accordingly withdrew his mare." Tho President lias appointed Rolfe S. Saunders, of the Memphis Daily Commercial, one of the most ably conducted journals in the South, collector of internal revenue for the Eighth District in Tennessee. Mr. Saunders lias long been connected with tiie press, and has occupied a prominent part in the politics of his State for many years. Ho was an old Henry Clay Whig uud an original Union man, and will make an effi? cient and popular oiiicer. Tlie report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, for September, states that a deficiency in the harvests of Great Britain and France this yen will induce large demands upon our j surplus of breadstuff's und cereals at | remunerative prices. Thc United ? States Commercial Agent in England j writes, on the 7th ult., that tho rains ' have badly damaged tlie wheat crop ? all over thc United Kingdom, and it I will not be moro than one-half of that i of last year. Direct trade between Memphis and ? Europe,'says thc Avalanche, is a fixed ' fact. In tlio fall a vessel direct from Europe will arrive at tho lauding in ? Memphis. Ay Fung, a Japanese Prince, has j arrived in San Francisco, en roate for | Yale College. ' G H KELE Y OX THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT-His ANSWER TO DEMO? CRATIC: OBJECTIONS.-1. They assort that tho Republicans have not pro? posed it in good faith. In their view scores of such men as William Pitt Fessenden, Henry Wilson, John Sherman, Lyman Trumbull. Timothy O. Howe, ?.Vc, arr, tricksters and cheats, who spent months in devising an amendment to the Constitution which the South would not accept, yet which the North would consider fair, so as (in their phrase) to "per? petuate disunion. *' We do not deem this deserving an answer. They who really suppose that eminent statesmen are simply sharpers of a low grade will continue in this faith, whatever maybe said to the contrary. They aro to be not convinced but pitied. But those who mislead them know better. 2. They assert that the States lately in revolt have no assurance that their representatives will be ad? mitted to seats in Congress if they should ratify the amendment. In a certain sense that is true. ? We eau imagine a fashion of ratifica? tion that would not insure instant admission to Congress. A State might ratify with palpable intent not to have the amendment engrafted on the Constitution, but in order to acquire power to defeat it. Rut if any State shall,, in good faith, ratify it, accepting it?as a settlement of the chief matters'iu dispute, and doing its best to have it generally ratified and acquiesced in, then vc presume that State will be treated exactly as Tennessee has already beim. She ratified it, and was fully represented in both houses of Congress within the ensuing week. [New York Tribi?ie. - -<-?.<?-?- . BURNINO OF BURNHAM. -The following correspondence between Cen. Sheridan ind Gov. Throckinort?u is published to show the state of alfa irs in Gen. Sheridan's depart ment : NEW ORLEANS, September 20, 1SG6. Tn his Excellency Governor Throcknwrton: 1 have just received from Col. Mason his report on the altair which occurred at Brcnhani, Texas, on the 7th inst., and have directed him to notify Brevet Maj. Smith that he must not permit himself nor any of his men to be arrested. I respectfully re? quest of your Excellency to do all in your [lower tn allay the excitement there, and 1 will de all in my power to satisfy tho ends of justice m every case, but I doubt it much justice could bc- .lone in a commu? nity w hich compels our officers and soldiers to remain inside of tin- detence thrown around thoir camps. 1 will have an addi? tional ami thr-ough investigation of-this affair, if possible, to ascertain if any sol? diers were guilty of the affair, but Col. Mason is clearly ol' the impression that those designated for arrest aro innocent. Bespectfnllv, vour obedient servant, P. H. SHERIDAN, Major-General U. S. A. EXECCTIVE OFFICE, AUSTIN, September 22, 1866. Gen. I', lt. Sheridan, Commanding Distria of Ha- Gulf, N~ew Orleans. ' GENERAL: Vour telegram is received. Everything shall be dom? to allay excite? ment, A committee of discreet men has i been sent to examine ami report upon thc Bronham affair. The report will besenttc yon. ! have telegraphed to Judge Shep herd, at Brcnhani, that no arrests of sol j diera be made. I rely upon you to set justice done. Von shall have my earnest support. General,judge not hastily. 1 think a great wrong has beeil?done thest people. Tho evidence as taken by Col Mason do,-s not fully sustain his conclu? sions. 1 beg you to send Maj. Smith ant bis men elsewhere, and put others then instead. Respectfully, .1. Vi. THROCKMORTON". i ! A REVEREND SLANDERER.- -Tin Rev. B. J. Ives, of Auburn, Nev York, having publicly stated that tin President was drunk while in tba place, cx-Gov. Throop, -whose goes "Mr. Johnson was, pronounces tin statement to be false, and calls upoi thc reverend gentleman to retract it Several notes are appended from gen tlemen who were present on the oe elision referred to, and who testify that President Johnson drank no thing stronger than coffee. It is said that a certain wealth; gentleman in Kentucky has proposei to endow a chair of history in Wash ington College, Virginia, on conditio] that he should be permitted to nairn thc first professor, intimating tba his choice would be Col. Wm. Pres ton Johnston, son of the late Albei Sidney Johnston, and member of th personal staff of ex-President Davis It is estimated that there are in th Southern States of the America; "Union" upwards of 500,000 negr "tramps," and that the amount o contributions burglariously ant thievishly levied by them upon th white people of these States .wi] largely exceed $5,000,000. The Memphis Appeal pertinents asks, "Was it not because the sailoi are on shipboard and not on short and therefore unable to particip?t in elections, that the radical Congres excluded them from the bounty bi siness?" CONNECTICUT ELECTIONS.-140 ot of 163 towns ol' Connecticut held Lue: elections last Monday. Of 115 towi: so far heard from, seventy-one hav decided themselves Republicai thirty-seven Democrats, and ?eve arc divided. A HIT.-The New York Work alluding to that paragon of Bobadil: the radical General, who is a cand date for Governor in Pennsylvania1 says: "Geary's pen is mightier thu his sword." A correspondent inquires if Browi low and Hunnicnt represpnt the "Ii: fernal" Rev. Department? A large factory is about to be erec ed in Raleigh, N. C., for the mai facture of stripes, ginghams, &c. Ijocal Itema. BLANKS Fob SALE AT THIS OFFICE.-Let? ters nf Administration, Declaration ou Bond or Sealed Note, M "fixages and Con? veyances of Kcal Estate. COPARTNERSHIP.-it will be seen by an advertisement in this morning'* issue that our young friend, Mr. David Jones, ha? taken an interest in tlie dry goods house of Messrs. Shiver A Beckham. Success attend him. Tilt BCBXIN'C OK CoiiUaiBiA. An IMfcJ esting account oi the "Sack and Destruc? tion of the City ot Columbia, S. C.," lias just been issued, pamphlet form, Zion? the Pharnix power press. Orders filled to any extent. Price 50 cents. Copies can be obtained at this office and thc bookstores. MAIL AIIKAXOEMKNTS.-Until further no? tice, the mail? will open and <*\uni> as fol? lows: Northern mail opens '. 1^ a. m.; closes 12? p. ni. Charleston and Western mailopons :tp. m.; closes 94 a. m. Greenville mail opens ?-i p. m.: closes S p. m. On Sunday thc hour of delivery is from :i to 4 p. m. TUE RURAL SOUTHERN EB.-The first num? ber of this new weekly journal waa issued yesterday, hy Messrs. R. M. Stokes Sc Co. It is a quarto of eight paxes, and has de? partments i'm- agriculture, horticulture, education, Ac. It has also a "Young Men's Department'" und a "Ladies' Olio," all of which are well tilled. The Southerner will make a good paper for the farmer and {danter. . T. S. NICKEHSON, Lsg.- It will be seen by an advertisement in our paper, that our* enterprising fellow-citizen and "prince of hoted keepers has spread himself consider? ably, having, besides running his excellent hotel in this city, purchased the "Plant- . ors'," in Augusta. He has beaten tho ma? nagers of the Columbia, and Augusta Rail? road, and will be ready to spread a banquet at either end of their road, when they have a jubilation in honor of its completion. We trust that Mr. Niokerson will have his usual success in the management of his new enterprise. CORRECTION.-Wo are truly glad to cor? rect an erroneous statement made in yes? terday's Phosnix, in reference to the Ursu? line Convent and Academy. We were led into the error hythe information furnished by a contemporary. They were invited by the Bishop of Mobile to establish a branch institution in Tuscaloosa, and two of the teachers have footie there forthat purpose. The Convent, wo aro pleased to state, is to romain at its present location, Vaia Crucis. We hope it may continue to receive that patronage which it so richly merits. FEMALE CLERKS.-The editor of one of our Northern exchanges, during a trip through tiie manufacturing towns, says ho noticed that a majority of the manufac? turers had young ladies employed in their counting-rooms as book-keepers and ac? countants. They aro more generally relia? ble than the other sos, careful correspon? dents, are not liable to have loafers in tho counting-room smoking their employers' cigars during his absence, and last, per? haps not least, don't spend his money playing hilliards, drinking, or driving fast horses. These are very good recommendations, and we can see no good reason why well educated voling women, who have their own labor solely to depend on for a sup? port, or who may have' been deprived of former means and resources by the la*e war, should not fill such situations aa book-keepers. N::w ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for tho first time: Levin St Peixotto-Books at Auction. Shiver & Beckham-Copartnership. J. & T. R. Agnew-Salt, Gras? Scythes. Meeting*of Columbia Chapter. Spicy breath, teeth white and speckltss, Fragrant Sozodont secures: Ladies, can you be so reckless As to fail to make them yours? VEGETABLE OILS.-Medicinal vegetables have been brought into service by Colgate St Co., in the manufacture of their Aroma? tic Vegetable Soap, a new thing, which must b*e a very favorite preparation, from its mild and" healing properties. Those who once become accustomed to thc bene? ficial action of the soap, will use no other. Gov. MOREHEAD ALIVE.- We aro exceedingly gratified, says the Louis? ville Courier of the 4th inst., to be able to stop the painful rumor that has been prevailing for some days of the death of Ex-Gov. Charles S. Morehead. We are assured by a gentleman who left there on Friday last that he was then well and hearty. THE FEDERAL DEAD.-The work of exhuming the Federal dead in the State of Georgia has commenced, and will be continued until all are re? moved to the National Cemetery, at Marietta. Tho superintendent ex? pects, with the number of hands em? ployed, to be able to remove at least 200 a week. At the last Circuit Court in Fayette County, West Virginia, James S. Cassaday recovered a verdict of 3600 and costs, against Gen. Alfred Beck? ley, of Raleigh, and Col. James W. Davis, of Greenbrier, for horses taken by them while iu command of the militia during the war. It is estimated that thera were, during the l?to war, 1,012 churches burned in the Southern States, in? volving a loss of about $5,000,000. The Secretary of tho Interior has decided that the rebellion being over, Southern people have the same rights as all others under the patent laws.