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COLUMBIA. Saturday Morning:, Nov. 10, 1S66. Tlic True Position of tl\o Soutli. We li ave never read a more tri? umphant, vindication of the Southern people than that pronounced by ex Governor Seymour, of New York. Wo quote as editorial the following remarks, which he made at a recent political meeting in ^Tew York. Al? luding to the insane but formidable efforts to enslave and territorialize the South, he said : "We have more to fear from tho South, if it accepts the doctrine of subjugation, than we even had to fear from ita armed re? bellion; wo cannot enslave them without enslaving ourselves. We canrjot have a Government whose Northern face shall smile devotion to the popular will, and whoso Southern aspect shall frown contempt, defi? ance and hate to the people of eleven States. The South has comparatively little io fear from misgovernment; itt lands bave been laid "waste; its sys? tem of labor broken up; its bornes impoverished, audits families thinneti by the sword. It bas seen and fell the worst. It can bide its time. * * It is not wise or safe to ti'ample upor those who for years, with desperate courage, held their ground agains the millions we sent to the field ant the thousands of millions of treasure we spent in the contest." The South can bide its time, am as true as the everlasting bills risi before the morning's sun in thei magnificent beauty, so sure will tb Southern States assert their rights As a cotemporary says, ' 'however slow ly God's mills may grind, our vigi will not be without final compensa tion." Tho April sky is not mor variable than human destinies. On year ago, the Italian groaned beneaf the Kaiser's heel; to-day, Victo Erhanuel holds the Quadrilateral, an salutes tho lions of ?? t. Mark. Th astonishing vicissitudes of fortuu should make men tremble at iuiqu tous exercise of power. Happy thc who thus permit admouishmeu thrice luckless they who receive coi viction, at tho hands of au avengin Providence. We look with confidence to tl result of the present agitations. Ai drew Johnson, standing on the su: basis of the Constitution and tl laws, will bo enabled to overthro the deepest laid schemes of the Jae bins. Fortified as the radicals in Bait moro were by every species of cl: emery, stratagem and iniquitoi legislation to enable them to reta the power which they acquired durii the war, they were defeated on Tuc day, and Maryland has been resent from their clutches. One by one, the border States th were temporarily crushed, benea the iron heel of the military despc ism which prevailed during the wt are taking their proper positions the rauks of tba conservative part Kentucky was the first to break loc from the trammels of radicalism, a in due season Tennesseo and Missoi will Jo likewise. But while (says "the Bichmo Times) all of the old slave States i gravitating steadily towards "eons * vatism," the old free States are 1 coming more aud more radical ea day. New Jersey, for instance, long the most conservative of thef States, gives melancholy evidence this tendency upon the part of all I States North of Mason and Dixo line. Ho! FOR AFK?CA.-The ship G conda, which is to carry a cargc colored passengers to Africa, arri' in Charleston on Thursday. The Common Council of Alb? have adopted resolutions looking practical aid to the Fenians; and Common Council of Troy, with entire approbation of Mayor Fla was to follow suit on the 1st. [ Fenian Rifle Association, held a n important meeting in Troy on 30th ult., and were in session ag on the 31st. Everywhere the cir of the organization exhibit mor practical meaning in their attitu in view of tho approaching poss: executions in Canada, than ever known before. Arms are scatte in great quantities all along fi White Hall to Burlington, and a In quantity are and have been a 1 time secreted on Canadian soil, point not far distant from,St. Albi Vermont. About 830,000 worth of the ca of the steamer Andrew Johm wrecked off the North Carolina co has been recovered.' Interesting from Europe. We extract the following items from tho hist European steamers: THE ENGLISH REFORM MOVEMENT. Mr. W. E. Foster has been address? ing his constituents, at Halifax, and has laid down the tenets of the reform movement. His speech has attracted much attention throughout the coun? try. The Daily News says: He de serves the praise of having delivered, not, perhaps, the most eloquent, but certainly the most persuasive and statesman-like speech on tho reform question, which has bceu heard during the recess. MANCHESTER MILLS ON SHORT TIME. It was stated that, owiug to tho hea? viness in the Manchester goods mar? ket, iu the face of the advance iu Liverpool, many of the manufac? turers of Manchester had resolved upon placiug their mills upou short time, (four days a week,) in order to cheek the production. AMERICAN GUNS.-With regard to the recent satisfactory trial of the Rodman guns in America, the Lon? don Mechanics' Magazin? says: We understand that Government has or? dered one of the 15-inch Rodman guns, with improved carriage, shot and powder, from the United States. The gun will probably arrive in this country in five or six weeks, when we shall hope for a settlement of the question between British and Ameri? can ordnance. A ROYAL MARRIAGE.-It is stated that the Prince of Wales, attended by a numerous suite, will leave Eng? land, for Russia, on the 5th of No? vember, to be present at the marriage of his sister-in-law, the Princess Dagmar, with the Czarewitch. THE FAMINE IN INDIA.-The Bom? bay Tijnes, of the 22d of September, thus speaks of thc deplorable famine which has nearly depopulated . thc best district of Orissa: The measures of relief organized with such zeal in Calcutta by the Bengal Famine Reliei Committee and the public, and se effectively carried outbythe officers of the municipality, have produced a manifest improvement in the state ol tho city during the past fortnight. An eye-witness to the present state ol Orissa, who has beeu acquainted witl: that province for many years, is ol opinion that half of tho population must have perished. Such being tin ease, the condition of the snrvivon must be truly frightful. Balasore seems, at present, to be one huge charnel-house. In Balasore aloue, nc fewer than 396 died in two days, wh.il? the survivors were in such a state thai it took three days to remove tin corpses, and the last statement w< have seen issued by the Secretary o the Famine Fund at that place, showi that, in one week alone, more thai 200,000 persons, of whom 170,001 were incapacitated for work, obtaiuec relief. Famine and sickness ever reached the Europeans resident there and it was seriously considered bi the Government officials, whethe: they should not send away their fami hes from Balasore, as well as tin other Europeans who were not ne cessarily detained by duty. FINANCIAL CRISIS ABROAD.-Then are iu Paris several agents of foreigi Governments, sent to contract fo open and temporary and uupublishe< loaus. The Semaine Financi?re, o the 20th, is informed that the four o five Governments thus seekingmone; are offering from 12 to 15 per cent for loans of a short date. Italy, Tur key, Portugal, Greece, the J)anubiai Principalities, Saxony, and the Go vernment of one or two other coun tries, are in want of funds imme diately. The Paris correspondent o the Post says negotiations are pro ceeding between the foreign envoy aud certain financial companies banking-houses, which propose ti club together. If they can get th security of State revenues, and ob tain 12 or 15 per cent., theyrna; thiuk proper to borrow, on their ow: securities, at half that .price, in Paris The loaus sought are temporary, am the banking-houses must find th money. MEETING IN ANDERSON.-At a pub lie meeting of the citizens of Andel son District, ou the 2d instant, th following resolutions were unan: mously adopted: Resolved, That the impoverishe condition of the country, resultin from the effects of the war, the abc lition of slavery and ttie failure c crops, imperatively demand relic from the Legislature, either by th adoption of au instalment law forth payment of debts, or an annual civ court for the collection of debts. Resolved, That imprisonment fe debt should be abolished, and a bani rupt law passed. Resolved, That if the General Ai sembly has not the power to affor the relief indicated, that it is the: duty to call a Convention of the pee plo, and refer the matter to thatbodi Resolved, That the objects soug? to be attained by tho District Courl can be reached in a different an cheaper way; and whereas econom should be our. motto; therefore, Resolved, That our Representative in the Legislature be memorializec if within their province, to use the efforts to have the Act authorizin and establishing said courts repeaiec Resolved, ?That all foo bills shoul bo revised and adapted to the pr< j seat condition of the country. Washington city, according to censiis just completed, contains 102 612 inhabitants. Tlic Result of tlic Election?. The best resume of the elections' held last Tuesday we find in the Richmond Times, of Wednesday. It will give our readers a pretty good idea, not only of tho result, but of the effects on tho present political condition of tho country: "Twelve States, on yesterday, passed judgment upon the issue which bas been raised between tho Presideut and Congress. New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Wis consiu, Illinois, Kansas, Massachu? setts and Nevada make up the dozen. Of these States, Maryland and Mis? souri deeply and nobly sympathize with tho South, but the voice of their best citizens has heretofore been stifled by registry laws, which were enforced during the war by Federal, bayonets, and are now sustained by the most brazen and atrocious out? rages and frauds. Of this sort of" lawlesnessness, we have just had a precious specimen in Baltimore, and doubtless in many parts of Missouri there w-as enough of it on yesterday. In all the rest of the twelve States which voted on yesterday, radicalism bas been running riot for many months; except in New York, New Jersey and Delaware, and in the Em? pire State, the great city of New York of late has opposed a brave but in? variably unsuccessful resistance to thc radical agricultural districts, where the 'soul of old John Brown' seems to be always 'marching on.' With these exceptions, Massachusetts is the type of all tho rest, and that State, although perpetually boasting of her morality, piety and intelli? gence, yesterday doubtless elected a notorious thief and disgraced coward to Congress, because of his hostility to the Southern people. "Except slight gains, which were anticipated in New York and New Jersey, no one expected anything but defeat and continued reverses to the conservative party in the elec? tions on yesterday. The loss of a member of Congress here, or a gain there, will in no respect control or change the complexion of the next Congress. Of thc ninety-one mem? bers of Congress who were elected on yesterday, we thiuK it probable that at least seventy-five were Republi? cans. In tho seven States in which elections were held some weeks ago, sixty Republicans were elected and twelve conservatives. Of the present Congress of o?e hundred and ninety three members, one hundred and fifty are Republicans, and forty-three are Democrats or conservatives. We think the probabilities are all in favor of tlie strength of the Republicans being just as great in the next Con? gress as it is in this. They will pro? bably have a surplus of at least twen? ty-five over the two-thirds, which enables them to bid defiance to the veto of the President. Congress is now omnipotent, and a worse des? potism never scourged any country, age or people. The atrocities of the 'thirty tyrants,' and the monstrous vices of the 'French Assembly,' in the days of Danton, Marat and Ro? bespierre, promise to find a parallel in the revolutionary body which now riots in lawless power at Washing? ton." THE MEXICAN QUESTION.-A de? spatch to the New York Herald, of Monday, says: Gen. Grant has at last-most pro? bably per instructions from the Pre? sident-taken up the Mexican matter in earnest, and will attend to it with zeal so far as he can be concerned. On Saturday morning, he invited Senor Romero, the Mexican Minister, to a confidential interview at his headquarters, which meeting took place and lasted for some time. After Senor Romero's departure, there was a staff meeting. What connection this may or may not have had with Mexican business, I cannot say. Oue thing more: There is no reason to be? lieve that the Mexican question has been re-opened with France, but that it remains just where the la^t pub? lished note from Drouyn de l'Huysto Mr. Seward placed it. The Govern? ment is waiting to see bow the French act up to the first of the corning year. If at that time it is seen that there is any bad faith exhibited or a tendency to duplicity, then such action will be forcibly recommended as will insure our feelings and interests to be re? spected. President Juarez has written a let? ter, in which he again asserts his unwillingness to consider any projects looking to a cession of the Northern States of Mexico to the United States. Furthermore, it is well known that some three years ago Don Jose Do? mingo Cartez came to this city, and proposed, before the Executive, the annexation to the United States of the State of Chihuahua and States of Mexico on the Pacific coast, in order, as he said, to free them from French intervention, aud that Juarez in? structed Senor Romero to officially deny that Cartez had the right to make auy such proposition. j The last report of the Commission? ers of Emigration shows that the number of emigrants who havo ar? rived at New York during the year to October 17 was 194,102. Tho ar rivals to the same dato last year were 149,237. The increase this year is 45,237 so far, and will doubtless ex? ceed 50,000 before the close of the year. The total emigration of 1866 will probably be a little under a quarter of a million. WORK FOR CONGRESS.-Tho New York Herald cuts out work for the next session of Congress. After re? ferring to the revision of the tariff, financial matters, icc, it says: "With this programme of the busi? ness of the session, it is apparent that Congress cannot afford to waste its time in idle controversies with the President, or in giving effect to preposterous schemes of impeach? ment which Wendell Phillips, Pen. Bu tlc"-, Senator Wade, ex-Judge Advocate Bingham and other fiery radicals have been propounding all over the country. However much we may disapprove of Mr. Johnson's in? discreet language and bearing, he has done nothing in the Presidential office that eau be made even a de? cent pretext for his impeachment, and wo hope that, even if Bingham keeps his vow, not to give rest to his eyes, nor tilumber <<> his eye-lids, until he has presented articles of im? peachment to tho House of Repre? sentatives, aud if Stevens, and Bout well, and Banks, and other radical members stand by him in the per? formance of his vow, there will still be found in the ranks of the Repub? lican party itself a sufiicient number of thoughtful, fair-minded, impartial men to prevent the carrying out Of such an act of injustice. Thc Re? publican party cannot afford to run so great a risk; for it may rest assured that the American people have too keen a sense of justice to endorse or approve of the deposition pi their Chief Magistrate, for no- other cause ihan merely tn gratify apolitical pre? judice or dislike. ^ "We reiterate our belief, therefore, that Congress will avoid a course that would certainly ruin the Republican party, and that might be fraught with disastrous consequences to the whole country; and wc agaiu give ex? pression to the hope that, instead of consuming its brief and valuable time in snell a dangerous experi? ment, it will devoto itself to thc; con? sideration and decision of those great questions of foreign aud domestic policy which we have herein out? lined." TUE POPE'S ALLOCUTION.-For a wouder, the cable gives us an item of interest, in the annouueemeut, that the Pope is preparing to" pull up stakes and quit Rome. Thc intima? tion is conveyed in an allocation re? cently delivered bj- his Holiness, in which, owiug to the fact of the Ita? lian press denouncing the document, it is to be inferred that he assails the motives and conduct of the men who have driveu him to the contempla? tion of this step. It is a pity that the venerable head of the Church cannot yield to the inexorable logic of events without giving vent to such 1outpourings of bitterness. The men who are at tin; head of affairs in Italy are not alone respousible for his tem? poral destitution. They could do but little towards bringing about*that result, if the general sense of Eu? rope, and, in fact, of the whole Chris? tian world, had not been in favor of it. There is scarcely a Catholic who does not feel that the temporal power of tho Papacy has fulfilled all the useful purposes of which, it was sus? ceptible, and that its further continu? ance is detrimental to the best inte? rests of religion. In announcing that he will seek the free exercise of his ministry in other lands, the Holy Father evidently means that ho will act upon the ad? vice that we long ago tendered him, and that he will select the United States as the future seat of his labors. No other country can afford him the freedom of action and security which henceforth must, be the guarantees ol' his spiritual independence. Here he will have a wile field for his exer? tions in the endeavor to bring within the fold tho thousand and one sects into which our community is split up. If he will only reclaim from their errors the spiritualists, free lovers-, nigger worshippers and phi? losophers in breeches who have pro? duced such a Confusion cf ideas and principles among us, he will amply repay us for the hospitality which we afford him. We do not expect the millennium from his presence, butin converting fanatics, controlling the unruly Fenian element, and teaching tho black population of the South the duties and obligations incident to their new condition, he will be giving us something like an instalment of it.-New York Herald. The beginning of the new year will witness the inauguration of unbroken steam, communication around the globe, to be thenceforth prosecuted regularly. The steamship Henry Chauncey will sail on the 11th of De? cember for the Isthmus: will connect there with the Golden City for San Francisco; and from San Francisco, on the 1st day of January, the steam? ship Colorado will sail for Yokohama, in Japan, and Hong Kong, in China. If, arrived at the latter port, the pas? senger still wishes to journey West? ward, he can proceed by the boats of tho Peninsular and Oriental Company to Bombay, and onward through the Red Sea to tho Isthmus of Suez, which, crossed by rail, conducts tb tho British line of Mediterranean steamers, touching at Malta and Gi? braltar, and arrive in England, where ho can take passage. An Arizona letter, dated October 12, says a scouting party from Fort McDowell killed and wounded fifteen male Indians and captured two squaws and seven children. THE INTERNATIONAL OCEAN TELE- I GRAPH COMPANY.-Wc understand I that this corporation, which received its charter at the last session of Con? gress, has already nearly completed I the manufacture of its ocean cable, I and will, in tho course of a few days, send out a party to Key West, to lay down the lino from that point to tho Florida Peninsula. The company an? nounces its intention to have New York and Havana in telegraphic com? munication by tile middle of next March, and there is a fair prospect of an early extension of the line to Pa? nama, thence through the entire chain of West India Islands to British Guiana and Brazil, thus making all those countries tributary to our com? merce. The last Treasury report showed that the aggregate commerce between those countries and the United States amounted to Sl24,000, 000, which doubtless would be greatly augmented under any system of tele? graphic connection. Another advan? tage is anticipated by this proposed ocean telegraph, in the information which will be conveyed to marine in? surance companies when hurric.lues are raging in the tropics. [Nein York World. THE COTTON CROF IN ARKANSAS. A letter in the Little Bock (Ark.) Neics says: Take the whole cotton crop, for 140 miles from Little Bock, on the military road for 100 miles; and from that to Centre Point, and it is the most ;nferfor one that has been raised in twenty years. On ono plantation, where they planted largely; I do not believe the crop will average ?500 pounds to the acre. The owners, however, calculate on an average of GOO pounds to the acre. On this place there is, iu cotton, some 000 or .SOOgaoros, 200 of which I saw; and if that part is au average of the whole crop, it would not bo out of the way to put down tlie quantity at 300 pounds. There are several reasons for the short crop here. Among them, are two or three rises in tho Caddo, that covered the larger part of the crop; and to Hie overflow may be added the unusual wet spring and early summer months. Freedmen are em? ployed on this farm, and I under? stand the proprietors of the crop have had much trouble to get them to work. MEETING ON ST. HELENA.-On Sun? day last, a large congregation gathered together ?rn St. Helena Island, to lis? ten to the remarks of Chaplain M. French, recently returned from a lengthy Northern trip, in connection with the Freedmen's Bureau. It was estimated that there were about 2,000 colored persons present, and a more orderly assembly was never witnessed. The Chaplain's remarks were received with profound and absorbing interest. This church consists ot ?00 mem? bers- 120 being baptizedon that day. Rev. Demas Washington, their mi? nister, was formerly owned by Mr. Coffin, and has learned to read since his emancipation. Chaplain French proposes to ad? dress the colored people at different places, to enjoin upon t li eui their solemn duty, strictly to perform and fully carry out their contracts and agreements. We wish him success. [Beaufort New South. A DANOEROUS COUNTERFEIT.-A new and dangerous counterfeit of United States legal-teuder notes of the denomination of fifty dollars, yes? terday made its appearance at the Treasury Department, and was pro? nounced by Gen. Spinner. United States Treasurer, to be one of the most skillfully executed ever brought to his notice. The spurious note was detected by the vignette of General Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the United'States Treasury, which, on inspection, was found to have been split from a two-dollar Treasury note and neatly pastedl on the coun? terfeit fifty. The engraving of the other portions of the note is cleverly imitated, and can only bo distinguish? ed from the genuine by the closest inspection. -A at ional Rep ublican. THE RIGHT OF EX REBELS TO VOTE IN NEW YORK.-In the Supreme Court, in Brooklyn, on Saturday, Judge Gilbert delivered a decision in the case of Albert Wheeler against tho registrars of the Seventeenth ward. The case was brought up on a motion for a writ of mandamus to compel the registrars to registrar Mr. Wheeler's name as a voter. They had refused to do so, on the ground that Mr. Wheeler had been a surgeon in the rebel army and a traitor to the Government. Judge Gilbert decided that while his inclination would lead him to disfranchise any man who had been in arms against the Govern? ment, yet that there was no law in existence under which it could be done, and he therefore granted the writ. ONE OF THE WITNESSES AGAINST THE SOUTH.-Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, says that tho Southern people are unworthy of trust and confidence, ?iud Horace is "an honor? able man." Hear what he says of himself : "I am an Abolitionist. I was ac? cused of being ono when I first immi? grated to this State. The charge was just. I was full and running over with Abolitionism, but I denied it for policy's sake. I am proud to-day that 1 have been classed among the persecuted set, and deem it tho high? est compliment to be denounced as such."-Speech at Athens, August 21. Xi o o jal XtojooLS ?ho Phcsnix office ia on Main street, a few doors above Taylor (er Camden ) street. DISTRICT COURTS.- We"notice tliat those court? are now?hi full operation'in most of tho Districts in the State. To lawyers and others, tho manual prepared by the Secre? tary of state ;iiid authenticated by bim, will be a most valuable acquisition. Semi your orders to this office. SEVENTEENTH OF FEBRUARY, 1SG3.-Tho terrible incidents of that fearful night, to? gether with those of thc day preceding and the two dava following, are minutely related in the volume issued from the * Phd nix offiCR. They are all faithfully re? corded hy an eye-witness, and ohe of thc mort graphic writers in the State. Secure a copy before they are all gone. "RICHARD in HIMSELF Amis." -Mr. E. It. Stokes hav bis bindery again in opera? tion, and, with a complete and select stock of implements, i?< prepared to execute auv amt every kind of work in -his line, in the very host manner. Of Ids abilities, it is useless to .speak-his reputation as a binder being known throughout the bounds of tho "so-called" Confederacy. Give him an order and you will be perfectly satisfied with his workmanship. THAT MONSTER TCUJCEY. - Wc wen? ono of the "MX hundred'' who officiated at the table where the monster turkey was served np yesterday. Mr. McGninnis has gone to work m the right way, and by supplying his patrons with first quality fare, is sure to draw customers. His lunches are ex? cellent, and although In' docs not always have twenty-eight pound turkeys, yet there aro other dishes which he prepares, that aro very palatable. DESTRUCTION OF] PROPERTY. WO learn that tho gin-housc of John Robertson, Esq., at Long to wu, Fairfield District, was entirely destroyed by tire, about 'J o'clock a. m.. on the 5th of November. Mr. Ro? bertson, who was present at the commence? ment of the fire, thinks it was caused by thc saws striking a rock or nail. There was no insurance on the cotton. Tho loss of property is estimated at about $5,000. The freedmen, seeing their labor destroyed, commenced a general fight -males and females joining in. One of the freedmen, becoming desperate, put a chain around his neck, and attempted to hang himself. OFFICE G. & C. RAILROAD COMPANY, ? . COT.VMBIA, November 9, 1866. To the Editors o?lhe Phoniz: I notice ;n your issue of yesterday, an oxtract from a letter written by "George Anderson, Esq., a prominent citizen of Watorloo, Laurens District," in reference to the movement of cotton across tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad in wa? gons, on their way to Augusta-suggest? ing that freight charges on cotton over the railroad should be rt-duced, and urging the merchants of Columbia to offer in? ducements'to planters and others to ship to this market. I beg leave to annex herewith a state? ment of the freight charges on cotton over this road, which, as far as I am informed, are as low, or lower, than the local charges on any railroad in tho South; and, taking into account, tho depreciation of the' cur? rency, and the increased risk in carrying thc cotton, iu consequence of its increased value, are considerably lasa than were over charged before the war. Arrangements have also been made which remove all difficulties with reference to the payment of the tax. lt is necessary, however, that where cotton lias been as? sessed and the tax not paid, that the as? sessment shall accompany the cotton; but it is very desirable that tho tux on all cot? ton shall ht; paid tit tho points of ship? ment. The charges on salt liavc also boen ma? terially reduced. Littleton and Alston, per hale of -100 pounds...-.$ 50 Hope's, Ponxaria, Frog Level and New? berry, per bah; of -100 lbs. 1 00 Chappell's and Ninety-Six, per bale of 400 lbs. 1 25 New Market, Greenwood and Cokes burv. per bale of 100 lbs. 1 50 Donald's, Abbeville, Hon?a Path, Bel? ton, Anderson and Williamson, per bale of 400 lbs. 2 00 Grove Station and Greenville, per balo of 400 lbs.2 50 Very respectfully, * H. T. HAMMETT, President. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. - Attention is call? ed to tho following advertisements, which aro published this morning for the first time: E. .V G. D. Hope-Flour, Rice, kc. Melvin M. Cohen-Wines, Liquors, kc. E. E. Jackson-Gum Drops, .Vc. Meeting Stockholders W. .t M. Railroad. A. S. Wallace-Appointment, of Deputy. A. Palmer-Box stoves. Mrs. James Clcndining-Hoarding. BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY.-Some fur? ther dates have been received relating to the war between the Brazilians and Paraguayans. They are from a Bra? zilian source. The sinking of the Kio de Janeiro is confirmed. Her commander and sixty-four of the crew perished. The Brazilians .successfully stormed fi fort held by the enemy, taking four pieces of cannon, three Hags and a quantity of ammunition. The loss :if the Brazilians in the assault was 200 killed and 805 wounded; that of the Paraguayans was much heavier, is over 700 were buried by tho Bra? zilians. THE FREEDMEN. - As an evidence if tho great liberality of sentiment >f the couamunity, and the desire of sur people to accord tho freedmen sqnal opportunities in labor, we understand that a freedman well known in this community, by the ?arno of Abraham Ruffin, formerly dave of Mr. Hoyt, has had, in two instances, largo building contracts, which he has executed in a manner .hat repays the confidence reposed in jim.-Sumter Neus.'