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COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning, March 2, 1867.
Ei-Ror. Brown Favori Acceptance.
This formerly well-known politi?
cian has written a letter in response
to a note addressed to him by some
gentlemen, in which he favors the
acceptance of the military bill, giving
his reasons for the position he has
assumed in regard to it. The letter
occupies about three columns, and
we do not deem his opinion of such
importance as to copy it. A few
passing notes, however.
Among the grounds the ex-Go?
vernor takes in support of his views
is, that it might have the effect of
adjusting the unhappy differences
which exist between thc President
?ml Congress. Tho former had con?
tended all the while that the question
<of suffrage belongs to the States, and.
on the other hand, Congress refuses
io recognize the State Governments
established under his direction, with?
out their adoption of the constitu?
tional amendment und universal suf?
frage. Therefore, this politician ?uglies
that "by a compliance on the part of
the States, Congress would maintain
its point of honor.'*
If the people or the politicians of
the South are so unselfish (the truth
ia, are so mean) as to ignore consti?
tutional rights, and to sacrifice and
bury without the remotest chance of
resurrection, all the principles of
constitutional liberty, and the forms
even of republican government,
handed down to them by tho august
framers of the Constitution and laws,
upon which those principles alone
can securely rest, in order that the
piesent Congress might maintain its
point of honor, then, indeed, are
they fit smbjects for the despotism
which the radical majority of that
body lias just created to govern
them.
But the idea that the adoption of
the bill aud amendments conferring
universal suffrage by the Southern
States, when they are to be forced
upon them at tho point of the bayo?
net, is the exercise of a right ex?
clusively belonging to the State, is
perfectly absurd. True, the South?
ern people may be compelled to br
governed by its provisions, but the
right not to accept it voluntarily still
remains; the right to be consistent,
the right not to aid or consent ti
their degradation as a people, is oin
that cannot be taken away or ton:
from them by any force brought tc
bear upon them, or any deprivations
or burdens imposed upon them bj
the radical legislators who hav<
framed this 'nil!. Tiny must and wi!
submit, iii this bill becomes a law,
and trust to God, the iuterpositiot
of ?he Supreme Court, and, lastly
to their own power of heroic endur
ance for final deliverance.
Many of us unfortunates wholivet
under the short-lived and now extin
gnashed Confederate Government
weil remember the trouble this sunn
Joseph Ji. Brown gave to the authori
ties of that Government, by his cap
tious stickling-for State rights, ?^?pc
'dully with regard to thc Georgi;
soldiers, whose services the Govern
ment required and claimed to de
maud- But look at this document h
has just written, and tell us how hi
past conduct can be reconciled wit!
the views therein expressed. The:
he was the thunderer in defence c
State rights, even to the detriment c
tho cause he had espoused ; now h
is among the first to counsel abjec
submission to the decrees of radical
ism! We do not think, therefort
that he is a fit counsellor for the pee
pie of Georgia, or of the Souther
States.
The radicals themselves will be sui
prised and amused, while thej' wi
contemn their advocate, when the
find a whilom States rights leade
and rebel ex-Governor using argumen
to maintain their "point of honor,
in their devotion to negro suffrage
What a contrast between the maul
language of President Johnson, ina
his messages and speeches-especiad
that used in his recent report?e! cor
versation with Col. Halpine, pul
"libbed yesterday--and thisbumiliatin
epistle. The one is that of a states
niau,- the other that of a politician e
no exalted grade. The Southern pee
pie will listen to the advice of thei
wisest and best men, but not to au
from a man -wh.ose counsels are bas?e
in the remotest degree, on tho pre
priety of saving the "point of h<
nor" of the present Jacobin Congres
A Very Grave Crisis.
Some may think, an J we know that
there are some who say, that the
newspapers of the South devote too
much space to the political events
transpiring in Washington. They
aver that we have no part or lot in
the matter or in the business trans?
acted. This is all wrong; the news?
papers of tho South do not discuss
politics as in the olden time-they
merely give the facts actually occur?
ring in the radical conclave now legis?
lating for tho people of these States,
and which legislation, no matter how
oppressive, dishonoring or despotic
it mp y be, they arc powerless to
modify or resist in tho slightest de?
gree.
There never was, even while the
the question of secession occupied
their attention, a graver crisis for tho
people of the Southern States, and
their journalists would be recreant to
their obligations and responsibilities
were they to ignore tho political
storm which threatens to burst over
theui and sweep away the remnant
which has been left them of all they
can call their own. The legislation
now being perfected affects every in?
terest"^ the Southern States, for the
iron heel of radical hatred and fana?
ticism is lifted to crush them out.
The Richmond Times has an article
more immediately addressed to the
Legislature of that State, from which
we extract the subjoined paragraphs,
as applicable to the Southern States
generally :
"In ten or fifteen days, all of ns
will know, not only the fate of the
Sherman abomination, but also the
measure of relief which wo may hope
for, (if it becomes a law,) from the
action of the Supreme Court, as well
as fronT the manner of its enforce?
ment by the order of the President to
his subordinate officials. For light
upon this subject, we must wait a
short time. We think that there can
be no two opinions as to tho propriety
of the Legislature continuing in ses?
sion, during those few days of anxious
uncertainty which must elapse before
the time for prompt and decisive ac?
tion upon the part of that body ar?
rives. And when the timi: comes for
taking the initiative to decide the
question of white or black supremacy
in Virginia, no man should be go?
verned or controlled for a moment
by musty precedents of action, which
fail to moot the terrible clangor at our
doors. When the time for quick and
determined action arrives, we hope
so to exert the talents which (rod has
given us as to most surely sustain the
supremacy of that noble race of oin
own blood and color, which has made
this ancient Commonwealth great,
noble and honored for centuries.
"Negro suffrage having been thrust
upon us at the point of the bayonet,
ami with such devilish ingenuity that
we cannot avoid it, we shall advocate
any and every system of legitimate
action which shall be necessary te
maintain our supremacy upon the
soil of the Old Dominion. We are
entering upon a new order of things,
and our self-preservation demand:
that we should prepare to grapplt
with new dangers and emergencies.
"We believe that the march oi
events will soon render differences ol
opinion among the respectable white
men of Virginia impossible, but un
til that time arrives, let us invoke
tolerance, confidence in the rectitude
of each other's purposes, and tin
banishment of acrimonious and bitte]
feeling where difference of opinion h
impossible. Dissension among n:
now would give to the world a spec
taele as deplorable anel revolting ai
t hat which the doomed and wrangling
tribes of the Jewish Covenant pre
sented when the stern, remorseless
and long-drawn lines of tho army o
Titus environed the city of Jerusa
lem."
The only legitimate action tin
States, as such," can take to ward ol
tho full fe>rce of the aggressive, if no
final blow, is to invoke the interposi
tion of the Supreme Court to test th
constitutionality of the military bill
Should that august tribunal pro
nounce it unconstitutional, the Presi
dent would be fully relieved from th
responsibility of er forcing its provi
sions. To ignore tho consideration
of the measures now concocting fo
the subjugation, enslavement an<
disfranchisement of the Souther]
people, or to refuse to warn them o
their almost certain destiny, wouli
be a crime. Every enactment of th
radical Congress is intended to crus!
the people of tho South, politically
physically and socially. Should we
then, be silent, and, ignoring all th
signs cf the times, fold our hands am
say, "Sufficient unto tho day is th
evil thereof?" We think not.
Tho dwelling of Mrs. Mary Lamar
situated some two miles from Ham
burg, Edgefield District, was con
sumed by fire on the night of ttl?
21st ult. Cause of the fire has no
been ascertained.
In the United States we pay twelv?
cents each for the President' salary.
I860 and 1S06.
The Charleston Mwcury has the
following interesting contrasts of
trade iii the above years:
If we compare the business of the
South Carolina Railroad for the years
I860 and 1800 with the common
standard given by the exhibits of the
United States reports for the decade
ending with 1800-that is, if we com?
pare the number of passengers car
I ried with the resident white popula?
tion, and the loading articles of
freight with the same articles pro?
duced by thc several Districts pene?
trated or traversed by the South Ca?
rolina Railroad and its branches, we
will have the following interesting
facts:
The number of passengers carried
in 1800 were 175 in 100 of the white
population-in 1800, only 00 in 100.
The receipts for the transportation of
passengers amounted to $4.0'2 per
head, while in 1SG0 it reached St.42.
The receipts for mail and express was
74.6-10 cents per head in 1860, and
only 21 "j cents in 1866. Tho re-:
ceipts for freight in 18G0 reached
$10.34 per head of white population,
and $126.13 per farm of all sizes; the
receipts for the same in 1866 reached
$9.37 per head and 8114.2.4 per farm.
Tho receipts per mile of road in
I860, when there were 242 miles in
regular use, reached $0,100.84. In
1800, the Camden branch not in use,
the receipts per mile of road were
$0,435.
Of the leading articles of freight
transported, there were in 1800 one
barrel of flour to each 0.0-10 bushels
wheat raised in the several Districts;
in 1800, one barrel carried to 01.8-10
bushels of wheat raised in 1800. Of
all other cereals, except rice, there
was carried in lsOO one bushel to 138
bushels raised; in 1866, one bushel
carried to 240 bushels raised in 18G0.
There were 314,01) bales of cotton
carried over the road in 1800, and the
Districts produced in that year 120,
553. Consequently, the two great
extensions of the South Carolina
road-that to Charlotte, and that to
Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville,
Laurens and Spartanburg, with the
city of Augusta-must have furnished
104,000 bales; of which it is probable
that tho city of Augusta furnished
little, if any, more than one-third.
The proportion carried to the quan?
tity raised in 1801) was 2.G1-100 bales
to one. In 1800, the total number of
bales carried, derived from all
sources, were 94,097 bales; less than
thirty uer cent, of the transportation
of I860, and 22,45G bales less than
were raised in L860 in the eight Dis?
tricts tributary to this road.
Of naval stoves, there were for?
warded in 1800 one barrel to e.ighty
acres of uncultivated land; while in
1866 there was only one barrel to
397.7-10 acres. No statement of the
other products of the forest are given
in the reports o? the business of tin,
road.
Of ibo live stock capable of fur?
nishing our markets, there was trans?
ported in 18iit) one head to 34.63-100
raised; in 1866, one to 128.3-10.
To each farm of all sizes there was
transported l:!.t biles of general
merchandize; and in 1866, 07-100 of
a bale, or less than one-half the sup?
ply of 1800.
These facts ?ire suggestive, and we
would recommend them to the atten?
tion of merchants ayd railway ma?
nagers. ^
THE EFFECTS OF TIM-: "AMEND?
MENT"-ACTION OF TUE SITKEMI:
COUKT.-The National Intelligencer
diseusses the provisions of the well
known Constitutional amendment,
und says:
It being now assumed by the lead?
ing radicals that the above provi?
sions are part and parcel of the Con?
stitution, as it certainly will be il
some Southern States adopt it, rightt
accrue under it that, cannot be im?
paired, directly or indirectly, by Act.'
of Congress which conflict with it.
For instance, the first section of tin
Constitutional amendment absolutely
! inhibits military government in tin
features exposed in this article. No;
to particularize, it may be generally
stated that in the respects that tin
Constitutional amendment treats spe
cially, the destructive law just passed
and, indeed, any Act conflicting witl
j any of its parts, it is null and void
If the Constitutional amendments d<
not apply to the ten excluded State;
a.? States, then there was no occasioi
for them, and no ground exists fo
assault upon such States for havin;
declared against said Constitutiona
amendments. If the ease of sucl
States was provided for by the Con
stitntional amendment, then no men
Act of Congress can overstep it am
declare the State Governments it le
gislated concerning, void, or provi
sional, or territorial.
If the destruction bill of Congres
were brought up for decision befor<
the Supreme Court, who does no
suppose that a full bench would de
clare its unconstitutionality in toto.
What true statesman or emiuen
jurist, anywhere in the broad laud
would not so declare? Such a mon
strous measure undoubtedly cha!
lenges a veto that would commam
the approval of the country. That i
might receive, upon a full and jus
consideration of the subject, the sup
port of moro than a third of tin
House of Representatives who shall
be regardful of the public opprobriurx
that will attach to the immeasurabh
act of political infamy, is quito possi?
ble.
The Supreme Court Powcrlru.
Two decisions which have been
rendered very recently by the Su?
preme Court, furnish the most pain?
ful evidence of the contempt ana in?
dignity with which the decisions of
that tribunal are treated, when they
conflict with tho resistless current of
Northern sentiment. Feeling secure
in their hold upon the worst preju?
dices and passions of thc mob, not
only do radical Congressmen, but Fed?
eral judges of the Underwood typo
trample those decisions in the mire
beneath their hoofs.
The Supreme. Court has just de?
clared thc test oath unconstitutional,
and admitted prominent Confede?
rate civil and military officers to prac?
tice before that tribunal. In the j
teeth of that decision, and under the j
-very shadow of the dome of the capi?
tol, the judges of a Federal Court, in i
the District of Columbia, have de- !
clared it null and void, and refused to
permit a Confederate lawyer to prac?
tice. And we find depraved public
sentiment at the North lauding to tho
very skies the insolent rebels against
the decision of thc Supreme Court,
and fiercely assailing the eminent
and patriotic jurists, whoso authority
has been set at open defiance.
Again: The Supreme Court has
just decided that it is not competent I
for military commandants, in time of
peace, to imprison and try by court- i
martial, persons charged with thc I
commission of crime, who are not
connected with tho army. Yet Gen.
Thomas does arrest and menace with
trial, seuteuce and punishment by
court-martial, citizens of Georgia, i
whose alleged crime consists in wav?
ing Confederate banners.
And Congress, by a vote sufficient
to over-ride tho veto, has just passed
the most barbarous, wicked and
monstrous act of modern times-an
act which <lenios jury trial to every
man, woman and child of eleven mil?
lions of people, wheuevera brigadier
general shall desire to imprison, try,
seuteuce and put to death, any such
man, woman or child.
In the presence of that" hideous
public sentiment, which applauds to
the echo these insults to the Judicial
Department of the Government, thc
venerable jurists of the Supreme
Court are as powerless as a tea-party
of elderly females would be to resist
a charge of cavalry. And so it has
always boon during the last fifty
years, whenever publie sentiment run
counter to tue judiciary. Publicsen
timent, Nor! h as well as South, has
again and again utterly disregarded
the decisions of the Supreme Court.
The "Cherokee cases" were remark?
able instances of Southern disregard
of the decisions of the Supreme Court;
and it would take a dozen columns of
this paper to give a history of the j
numerous instances in which the !
Court has been set at defiance by that ?
ebbless torrent of fanatical Northern j
sentiment which has swept the conn
try into the vortex of anarchy and
ruin.
We conjure, therefore, our people, !
not to 4>ut too much confidence in j
the ability of the Supreme Court to !
save us from tire dangers which me- ,
nace us. - Richmond Times.
TROUBLE APPREHENDED IN INDIA.. 1
The London correspondent of the ,
New York Tunes writes that there
are in England apprehensions of more
troubles in India. Seventy thousand
British bayonets watch over the
safety of that vost and populous
realm, but such a force is a heavy
drain upon Englaud for men, and a
cause of constantly increasing taxa?
tion in India. The East Indians are i
becoming every year moni educated ?
with respect to European affairs, and j
the correspondent says there is
little doubt that either France or I
Russia, if at war with England, could j
stir up a revolt in India which the
entire British force could not quell. I
It is a matter of great difficulty to j
govern so large a country Irv mere I
brute force and without any pretence j
of sympathy or loyalty. The Indians, j
in fact, hate their conquerors, their j
plunderers and their oppressors, i
aliens in religion and race. Mahom
medansand Pagans, they alike detest
their European and Christian rulers.
Every means taken to educate and
improve the condition of the Hindoos j
makes them the more dangerous. A
country like India in sucha condition
is a mine that needs but a spark to
explode it.
--*-?-?-?
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE-EXTRA SES?
SION.-The Richmond Times, of
Wednesday, says:
"It is the generally received opi
nion throughout the country that
President Johnson will, to-day, re?
turn the military bill to Congress,
'with his objections,' and that Con?
gress will at once pass it over the
veto. We have authentic informa?
tion that should this be done, it is
the intention of Governor Pierpont,
unless the Legislature, to-morrow or
Saturday, calis a convention, to ?[con?
vene the Legislature in extra session.
Two days being manifestly inade?
quate for the proper consideration of
so important a measure as calling a
State Convention, the extra session ;
may be regarded ascertain."
We presume that, if the military
bill becomes a law, the most of the
Southern Legislatures would be call?
ed together. But, then, what would |
be tho use? Their acts would be j
deemed illegal by the radical Go- I
vern ment.
Thc Crowning Enormity.
Tho concluding paragraph of the
following extract from the Wash?
ington correspondence of the Balti- j
more Gazette refers to the rumors
lately circulated in Washington and
Philadelphia, concerning a confisca?
tion bill: .
'?A bill repudiating debts due by
the Government to Southern men'
who sided with the Confederacy, has
been passed by both Houses. The j
injustice of this measure will be more
apparent when it is considered that
such parties are held to a rigid ac?
count for even constructive liabili?
ties. Indebtedness to the Post Ollice
Department for stamps, envelopes,
&C, which, under the circumstances,
were of no possible value to any one,
and which in no way took a dollar
ont of the public treasury, is set up
and payment enforced, even where l
the parties are dead and their estates
insolvent, by the unlawful withdrawal
of mail facilities, so that tin; money
may be wrung from entirely innocent
people.
"Many other acts cir similar charac- |
ter have either already been passed i
or are upon the tapis. I hear of a;
bil! which has been pr?parai pro- j
viding for extensive confiscation of
Southern lauded estates. Thc idea ?
that the military bill is the crowning
enormity; that it contains the ultima?
tum of the radicals; that it is intend?
ed as a finality, is openly derided by
all promiuent members of the domi?
nant party. They say they have ap?
plied the 'entering wedge'-their ul?
timate design is to seize upon every
inch of Southern soil. I understand
that the confiscation bill I have al?
luded to was seen by Mr. Johnson, !
your Senator, and that this know- j
ledge of the existence ol' such a pro- !
ject is alleged by him in palliation of j
his vote upon the military bill. It ?
must be obvious, however, that sub- j
mission to the outrageous demands
already made is a very ineffectual
way of preventing further enormi- j
ties."
MILITARY PUXJE.-Dr. Bellamy, on |
yesterday, says the Columbus (Ga.)
Sun, informed us that he had on his i
place two small negroes-a boy ot
twelve and a girl of ten years. Their
mother was a slave and died niter !
the raid. The children were given j
to Mrs. 13. by their mother, andi
were "'raised in the house.'" Several
weeks ago, Captain Mosebach, of the |
Bureau, sent him word lo have these j
children brought to his ollice. Reply I
was given that they would be sent {
when they desired lo come. The !
matter thus continued until a day or
two ago, when another note was sent '
and the same reply elicited. After- I
wards the soldiers came out after th > I
children and took occasion to use
harsh language to Mrs. B. The j
children not coming Tuesday, as the
Bureau had peremptorily ordered,
two soldiers were sent to arrest the !
Doctor, which they did. The boy
had previously gone to the Bureau, !
and the soldiers tore away the little !
girl, while clinging to Dr. B.'s child.
The Doctor was kept under arrest at
the office for nearly an hour to have
him shown what Mosebaeh's autho?
rity was ami then release:]. He does
not know why the Bureau wanted
the eh'ldren as they had been legally
bound over to him.
THE SECUET MISSION.-The follow?
ing queer taie is told by a Northern
newspaper in regard to thelatesecre?
mission o? Mr. Fred. Seward:
The secret mission of the steamer
Gettysburg, with Frederick Seward |
and Admiral Porter on board, has j
been unearthed. The intent! >n was
to purchase the Island of St. Domingo
for a coaling station. President Ca?
brai thought the plan a good one, but
demanded cash down, and plenty of
it. A large amount of specie had been
brought aboard at Annapolis, but at
Port Royal, Jamaica, the sailors
broke into the ward-room where it
was stored, abstracted three bags of
it, and deserted the ship with their
booty. But a reward of $100 being
offered for the recovery of the mo?
ney, the search for them was very
brisk, and ono of them was caught
with a fortune on his person. He was
turned over to the first lieutenant,
who, it is said, compassionately re?
turned the money to him, and sent
him ashore. Thus the "missionaries"
had not money enough to purchase
St. Domingo, and, alter recuperating
their health at Nassau, returned, dis?
appointed, to Annapolis.
A Wilmington (N. C.) paper says:
Never since the blockade was raised '
has our port been so entirely bare of |
shipping. The eye looks in vain j
along long lines of empty wharfs for
the numerous masts that are wont to
grace our waters, and shipping clerks ?
industrously attempt to keep upai
show of work, while idle draymen !
lounge lazily on cotton bales. This j
is ascribable as much to adverse
winds as to dull times, for many ves- j
sols have been long due here. It. is
not more than once in many years
that there is only ono ship offering
for a cargo in Wilmington.
A friend writing ns from New York
says that "Otto Lehfeld, another j
German tragedian, said to be tho I
greatest 'King Lear' in Paderland, j
lias announced his intention to come
to this country, but he asks a gua?
rantee of $2,000 a night, and board
free. " This beats Dawson and Ristori.
The New York World calls London j
the Siberia of American humorists.
BUSINESS MAN.-Tt will be seen
un advertisement in another coln
that Mr. A. R. Colton, though meet?
ing with a severe misfortune on yes?
terday morning, in the loss of his
warehouse, ..vc., is still prepared to
accommodate purchasers with .nov
amount of articles in his line.
THE COLUMBIA VARIETIES. -This
company, which is fas! gaining popu?
larity, gave their promised entertain?
ment last night to a crowded house.
The proceeds on this occasion are to
bc given to the Ladies' Memorial As?
sociation. We are glad to see our
home band so well patronized.
DIVINE SERVICES.-The rector of
Trinity Church being absent, there
will be (by his request) service there
on Sunday, March both morning
and afternoon, by tho Lev. Mr
Pringle. The Communion will bo.
administered, as usual, on the first
Sunday in tho month. ?
The congregation of Christ Church
are respectfully invited to attend the
services cm this occasion.
FIRE.-At about 5 o'clock, yester?
day morning, the alarm of lire was
Sounded, and was found to proceed
from the extensive Cotton Gin Ware?
house, of Mr. A. li. Colton, situated
near the Greenville and Charleston
Railroad Depots. The building and
contents, consisting of cotton and
machinery, was entirely destroyed.
Mr. Colton was sleeping in the build?
ing, and barely escaped with his life.
The larger portion of the property
was insured. Thc fire is believed to
be the work of an incendiary.
NKW AUVKRT IS KM I :NTS. --Attention is call?
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for the tirst
time:
NV. T. Walter Auction Sale.
A. Ii. Colton -Burnt out yesterday.
Garick A Co.-Dissolution.
D. Cr. Thompson-House to Rent.
John C. Dial--Kerosene Oil, A.c.
A Card of Thanks.
.... ?. ....
A REASONABLE REQUEST.-The
Richmond Enquirer closes an
editorial as follows: "We entreat
the men of the North to tako counsel
of their own knowledge of human
nature-to consult their interests-to
remember tin Lr oaths and engage?
ments-in their dealings with tue
South. If they will not admit us to
our privileges at Washington, at
least leave us to peace in our local
affairs. Lid tin; Samson whom they
have captured and whose eyes they
have put out, be useful tn tho mill,
instead ot making of him au occasion
of general calamity."
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The New Yuri: D<vj Dook says all
lite papers of New England complain
bitterly of the fearful prevalence of
crime. They profess not to know
the cause of so much knocking down,
murdering and robbing. They will
probably lind it in the first linjc of an
old song
"Rho minstrc . returned from tho war."
The simple truth is, that these pa?
triots have returned, and with them
tr goodly number of fellows who were
emptied out of penitentiaries into
the loyal army. The old j ail-birds are
nourishing as loyal heroes.
- . o- -
For tlie first time in tho world, the
closing commercial intelligence of
London and Liverpool luis been pub?
lished in New York on the same day.
Tho cable' despatch which wc pub?
lished Saturday, giving the closing
quotations, could not have left Lon?
don before 4 o'clock p. m., and yet
was received in New York at noon of
the same day. This gives a little less
than one hour for transmission be?
tween the two cities.
The New York Post learns from
South Carolina that Mr. Orr has re?
ceived such treatment from the ex?
tremists for his recent moderate
counsels that his friends are outraged
and offended, and talk of cutting
loose from men who they begin to
see are too thick-headed to accept
anything but ruin.
It is said that the negroes in Nash?
ville are greatly enthused over the
renomination of Brownlow for Go?
vernor. If this is true, it shows a
greater degree of demoralization
among them than we had supposed
they could reach in so short a time.
The American Institute has de?
cided to hold a World's Fair at New
York in 1S7?>, beginning on the 4th
of July, the centennial of the sign?
ing of the Declaration of Indepen?
dence.
A novelty at an elegant wedding
which occurred a few days since in
Troy, N. Y., was two pretty little
girls, less than twelve years of age,
acting as bridesmaids.
The entire family of Wm. Paxton,
in Rockbridgo County, Va., was poi?
soned by their negro cook, last Satur?
day v, eek. Thc poison was put in
their coffee.
A movement is on foot tc; lay pipes
from Titusville, Pa., to New York,
for the purpose of transporting oil
in competition with the railways.
The French troops have really
abandoned 'the halls of the Monte?
zuma."
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