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COLUMBIA. Thursday Morning, May 23,1867.j? From Columbia-Our L.?bqjera.^ Tho New York Herald, of Friday, publishes two letters from thia city, ?written by ono of its "special" cor? respondents. BTe writes- about tho appearance of tho oity, sand-hills, in a very fair spirit; but when bc comes to speak of thc inevitable ne? gro, ho ia evidently at nea, or ha* been grossly deceived. For instance, ho says thaf? an many instances, tho negroes have contracted for one-fifth of what they make on thc farms and plantations, and all?gea that tho ne? groes aro overreached by the first party to tho contract, the negroar believhig that the higher' the figuVc in the fraction, the ; greater th;o; amount, so that u third must bc less than a fifth in their estimation. Thfc laborer, ho says, has scomiugly mado. up his mind to bo content with his biro as it is offered tp'.him; but ho significantly'"'adds: "Other days other counsels, pcrknps, but now it is Hobson's choice-that or none." Our own people know how prepos? terous these statements are; but it is such letters as these which, in many instances, induce tho Northern pco plo to believo that tho Southern whites systematically defraud the freedmen of their earnings, and that thc latter havo no remedy against such dishonest practices. As to any set of laborers on any farm or planta? tion in this vicinity getting only, in return for his work, one-fifth of what ho makes, tho statoment is about as far from the truth ns thc other, that there ia one freedman out of five hundred who, however ignorant he may bc of financial matters, who thinks or believes that one-fifth of the crop is more than one-third, which tho correspondent would soon find ont, if he tried to impose in this way on thojr ignorance or credulity. Again, he says that although tho negroes in this region are fonnd to do their labor satisfactorily, yet "it cannot bc buid that they are stimu? lated by tho amount of their wages 810 a month being the largest price paid." Whilst writing this, we in? quired of a gentleman who we knew worked a far in in the vicinity of Co lambin, nnd who had also some freed? men, wagoners, ?c. To the hands on tho farm, he pays $12.50 per month, with board and houses to livo in; to the latter, he pays-they preferring thc arrangement-$24 per mouth, without board, and this, wa presume, is about tho average rate of wages paid. No such fraudulent dealings could take place with tho treed men in this vicinity. They have friends in almost every family of the former slaveholders, and they have sagacity enough to seek their counsel and advice in financial troubles or in any othci emergency, li they are fleeced nt all, it ii not by those to tho manor born, or to those with whom they have nsaociah tl all their lives. These mischievous epistles i'roia the South, unjust us they are to ber people, aro of course road by thousands and be? lieved by many, and it i.s thus t'iat the whites of tho South are traduced, ami thus is the necessity foigned for the enlightenment of the freedme.i against the wiles, seductions and hypocritical blandishments, ns they call it, of their former masters and neighbors. It would bu a great bless? ing to tho country if Northern news? papers would employ honest and reliable nu n as ..heir Southern tra? veling correspondents. That such men could ho found-when tho edit? ors themselves do not vi^it tho South -is proven by the correspondence of some of thc leading journals of New York, such as the Journal of Com? merce, Express, kc, and were such judicious selections of writers made by other of their political journals, tho progress of reconstruction would bo comparatively unobstructed. -?-*.?-? SUOQBSTION TO CONGRESS._The Herald, in view of the political dis? turbances at the mass meetings in the South, suggests : "Congress should come to the res? cue on thia point. It should certainly aasomblo in July, nnd take measures to provide ngainst political campaign? ing in districts not politically free, but subject to military law. If it does not, wo shall seo undone nil that has hitherto been dono toward a restora? tion of the States." Cheat a physioiau by leading ? tompcrnto life, and tho luwyei wy koeping out of debt. MESSRS. EDITORS: By permission pf a ktad Providener, and ^at th* TeciuestW the Kev. E. TV- Bukt, Di D.f pasfLr, I preached id t&e Paesbyg torian (Miurch^' in the tow&of Groen| ville, S?XJ., on Sabbath m?rnihg, the, 19th May, to a largo congregation. Pursuant to appointment, n very largo Biblo meeting, including Pro? testant Episcopalians, Methodist Episcopalians, Baptists and Presby? terinns, was held in the Presbyterian Churchy in thc town of Greenville, S. C.,;oa .Sabbath, tho 19th May, at 5 o'clock' p. m. After addresses hy Rev. Ellison Capers, of tho Episcopal Church, and Kev. E. A. Bolles, of the Lmtherau Church, tho Greenville Dis? trict Biblo Society was re-organized, os auxiliary to the American Bible Societv. Board of Managers-Rev. E, T. Buist, D. D., President; Kev. Ellison Capers, vice-President; Dr. P. A Walter, Secretary; L. B. Cline, Trea? surer; Prof. Patrick, M. M. Gaines, Thos. Steen and W. E. Earle. The following resolutions vero unanimously adopted hy this Society : Resolved, That this Sooioty regards tho American Bible Society as a noblo Christian institution, calculated to do a great-work ia propagating tho Gos pol nt home and abroad, and think it should be cherished and sustained all over thc laud. Resnlncrf, That thc Greenville Dis? trict Bible Society return their heart? felt thanks to this noble institution j for its muuiiicent donation of 500 Bibles aud Testaments, of various kinds nud in beautiful styles of bind? ing, for distribution in our bounds, now in a time wo so much need thom, aud that it appreciates it as a token oi Christian love nud regard. Rcsolveil, That we appreciate highly tho visit of their agent, Rev. E. A. Bolles, aud think him a mau well cal? culated to promote the interest of thc great Society for which he labors. This meeting, so largely attended; was one of much interest, aud it wai very encouraging to see the difieren denominations of Christians so ear uestly engaged :u tho great and goo? Bible work. Benediction by Rev. Basil Manly jr., D. D., of tho Baptist Church. May tho blessing of God ever resi tipon the clergy and people of th' delightful towu of Greenville. Yours truly, E. A. BOLLES, Agent American Bible Society For South Carolina. COLUMBIA, S. C., May 22, 1807. DRY GOODS.-The New York Intk pendent, (tho dry goods organ of tba city,) ia its issue of Saturday, says: Thc dry goods trade must again b reported as dat. Jobbers, importe] and commission houses alike eon plain. Such dullness in the midd! of May has not been known in man years. Merchants from the interic will Jiot buy goods, uuder existiu circumstances, except in very srnn lots to supply absolute wants. N amount of urging avails, aud chea goods aro no temptation what eve Cotton is lower, gold is falliug. M; nufaoturora are stopping their mil! money in the country is scare breads tu fife are dear; rents and oth< expense--* enormous; tuxes are higl and things generally look blue. The: are simple, stubborn facts, and wi have their legitimate influence. 'J ignore them is foolish. To ucee] them as Providential dispensation wisdom. To whine or go long-fact is unchristian. Brown sheetings and shirtings a steadily tending downward. Sal limited; stock Increasing. Bleach? goods, except for ono or two standai brands, are also declining. Bric are nominal and fluctuate dail according to circumstances. Prin are in lesa demand, even for bc spring stylos, and prices are weakc Job lots aro down considerably, s; one or two cents per yard. A lari Stock must go over to next soaso unless closed out in thc auction roos or the knife put in deep to sonic - tim leading jobbers. Drills are low aud unsettled in price; transactio small. Denims and cottonades a very dull in Qrst hands, the jobbil trade h iving been for the prose supplied at auction. i "hiting cloths are at a stand t iu price and .sales. Ginghams a wanted in small lots at reduced price Printed lawns are accumulating Stock, and only a few latest sp..'; styles ure wanted. Muslin delaiu ur.' inactive; warmer weather sto sales. Cloths anil cassi meres a heavy and neglected. Other dome tic goods are lower. Carpetings a active, ut firmer prices. Foreii goods, ?>f almost every descriptio are lower. Sales at auction rest badly. . GENERAL LONGSTREET.-Tin- X? York Tribune says: Gen. Longstreet's presence amoi the vice-presidents ol' a meeting New Orleans, addressed by tho Ho Henry Wilson, was highly remark ole. Of course, he is not a rndici but hu knows thc wisdom ?>f lil rahty, and can be hospitable to fr and sincere speech. There is iu t manly act of Gen. Longstre<;t an e COliragtng evorturo toward the reen Ditton of Northern men andNorthe . ideas. Ho may not believe as we d ! hut the act itself is practical reco ciliation, and we applaud it. Gerrit Smith to th? Vrcetlm.?^?. . We mako tho following extract from the spooOh of thia dis tin gaished Abo? litionist, delivered in tho- African Church in Bichmond, lasfc'IWday night. It is'well worthy of-perusal by the freedmen, and contains some admirable advice : We must learn, in judging one an? other, to make proper allowance for difference in circumstances and edu? cation. Had I been born aud bred nt the Bonth, I should probably havo been a slaveholder. Had ono'of yon been born where I waa, aud -brought up ia jny circumstances, ha .would probably havo been au Abolitionist. Least of all, must you bolicvo that thc white mon of thc South, becanso they wronged you in tho past, will wrong you in thc. future. You aro now freedmen; and gradually, and,-I trust, rapidly, their minds and hearts and lives will adjust themselves to the new relations in which yon now stand to them. Tho educated men of thc South, with hero and ibero an excep? tion of incorrigible baseness, will prove themselves to bo your friends. Do not cultivate, nor let others cul tivate in you, jealousy of thom. Fai better will it be, both for your spiii aud thc spirit of thoso friends, tha you generously, confide in them. Lo mo here Bay, to tho end of guarding you against an indiscriminating ant unwise confidence. Tn:st ho man white or black-vote for no man, b bc of the Republican or Democrat] party, who does not acquiesce in you possession of the ballot, nnd rejoic in your deliverance from thc yoke o slavery. Respect yourselves, and yo are safe. Failing of this, yon ar lost. Give no couutenonco to "oouiiac; tion." The scheme will never Y realized. It never should be. 3 could not be entered upon withoi ruining tho whole South, black un white-and, but too probably, witl out ruining the whole nation ala< Buy your homes, and then you c;i enjoy them. Wero they wrested fro others, there could bc no blesseduc in them. "Confiscation" would e gender such a war in tho heart-ay nud such a war of the bands also could not for several generations 1 calmed into peace. Were I called on to say what is i dispensable to bring peace to o still deeply disturbed country, would say: 1> Thu South, must sincerely t quiesce in tho abolition of slave and in universal suffrage. 2. The North must, through t earnest action of Congress, relic the South of all fear of "confisi tion." She is painfully embarrass and in no small degree paralyzed this fear. There is hesitancy to Y her lands, from the apprehensi that the land-holder cauuot ghv sure title. And this threat of "e liscation" constantly tempts her i>< to hope that they will get nor without paying for them. Aloreov the whole South is in distressful ni of loans. But, so long os this tin of "confiscation" hangs over lands, what prudent capitalists ' consent to take mortgages nj ! them? j il. Through such action the No i munt restore to their political rig ; tho disfranchised class in thc Soi This disfranchisement works cvi many ways, and good in uo way. was not necessary to withhold po eal power from its subjects, thro thc fear that they would wield ii a disloyal spirit. The great majo of them have ab cady become or rapidly becoming loyal. More this disfranchisement does, thro the sympathy it begets for its ( jejts, increase rather than tlimil their political influence. One n objection to it is, that on it? fm violates universal suffrage; that y ciplo which is fast taking its p amongst the settled and pcrinai American principles. Another jection to this disfrauchi.scmcn that whilst we are aiming to estai j political equality between tho r.1 it has thc appearance of setting black man above thc white, still auothcr objection to Hie did chisoment is, that it is regarda its subjects as un invidious mid suiting distinction. So also is il g irded by tho masses of the Sont I whites. Aud wo must never fe that these masses are strongly ntl r 1 to their leaders, nnd exceed i tjtiiek to resent whatever real or posed wrong is done to those leui ! Let me say, ere I leave this to] disfranchisement, that nnmorc signed petitions to Congress fro? blacks of thc South to relieve I old leaders of tho South of thci litical disabilities, would he oi the handsomest and happiest tl in the world, lt would IK* eflec too. For, in thc first place, flintiest rebel heart would be ra by such magnanimity; nnd, ii second place, Congress would i could not-withstand thc pray such petitioners for such un ohj< I need say no more. What I said suffices to show you what ki a peace I desire. It is thc [ enc? comes from a fraternal and h und forgiving spirit. It suffices to show what kiud of a Unie these States I desire. It is a union. No other can endure, other is worth having or worth < to the pains of "reconstructing. -# ? ?-. In Lowell, two rival traders their stoics open and goods hm out all uight, eoCk having deturii not to close until the other did. Daraipcsa.-The following is tho official order,~!|j?fu refereuco to f?s-, tiibng,^l^wVtts referred to yestpr* day: W HKADQ'RS 2D Mn.rrARY DISTRICT, P CHARLESTON, May 20, 1807. General Qrders.&o. 25. It appears from sundry petitions and official representations, that thc present scanty ?apply of food in the Carolinas is seriously diminished by thc large quantity of grain consumed in numerous distilleries, put up and worked iu defiance of the revenue laws of tho United States; it is rep? resented that few or none of the re? quirements of law are observed in any of theso establishments; that'thc officers of the internal revenue ser? vice, while endeavoring to assess and collect tho whiskey tax, nrq frequent? ly treated with disrespect and some? times menaced with violence; <ind that when offenders are prosecuted in the civil courts and violations of the interna* revenue laws indisputably proved, juries fail to convict tho f parties; it is further shown that this unlawful trafilo makes food dearer in places where large numbers aro depending upon nubba and private i bounty; that the Government is, be? sides, defrauded of a lhrge amount of j revenue; that tho authority of it? civil oflleers ?B brought into con? tempt; and, furthermore, that the mischief complained of tends to in crease poverty, disorder and crime therefore, in tho exercise of the au thority vested in tho .Commanding General, it ii ordered that: L The distillation or inanufactur< of whiskey or other spirits fron grain is prohibited in this military district. Any person so engaged o: employed will bo deemed guilty of i misdemeanor. Tho possession of i still or other apparatus for this pur pose will be considered presumptive evidence of a violation of the rcvcntu laws, and tho party or parties usini the samo, or on whose premises or ii whose possession the same may b found, will be arrested and brough to trial before a military tribunal composed of thc commanding office of tho post and two oflioers of th army next iu rank on duty within th territorial limits of tho post. If th exigencies of the service do not pei mit tho detail of other officers, till fact will be duly certified, and th post commauder will hear and dote mine thc case. II. Thc peualties, punishments an forfeitures prescribed by tho sever Acts of Congress for distilling c manufacturing whiskey, or otb spirits, in violation of thc revent laws, will be imposed and executt by the military tribunals hereby a thorized. III. No sentence extending to ii prisonment, forfeiture of stills, liqu or other property, or the imposith of a Ano or other penalty, will 1 carried into effect until reported these headquarters, and approved 1 the Commanding General. IV. AU troops of thc Uni ted Stab magistrates, sheriffs, constables, p lice, aud others in authority, aro J quired, and all citizens aro solicite to be vigilant tn detecting and prom in giving information of the vio tion of these orders. Commandi: ollicers will be held responsible f their enforcement. By command of Major-General E. Sickles. J. W. CLOUS, Capt. 38th I., A. D. C. Ss A. A. A. C FROM CANADA.-A despatch fri Montreal to the New York Herildaa; The Minerva (French .scmi-olhc journal herc) tells its readers tl "Mr. Davis, the heroic President thc late Southern Confederacy, ir be looked for to-day or to-morrov and that "thc oitjrwill be proud give him its hospitality." No doi tho paper speaks by authority, a the Mayor being n Mr. Starncs man who is devoted to the party power and shares their pro-Confc rate (Southern) view.-;, it is vi likely that Davis, on bis arrival, ?? receive something Uki the hospital of the city. Thc presold ministry have tal tho lone from Euglnnd, and spol unofficially in favor of the lute re concern, and grieved for its undi downfall; they were also jubilan! tho apparent establishment of empire in Mexico, and Iachrymos< its sudden dissolution. Therefore may bo inferred that thcro will shaking of bands and a good deal other nonsense between Davis ? tho conservative -i. c., the anti-Ai rican putty--on that great offend' arrival herc. THREATENING NEGRO DEMONST TIONS NEAR THE CARBON HlLL Cl PITS.-The negroes in the vicinity the Carbon Hill coal minos are, are iuformed, drilling assiduot and iu large numbers, their cond being such as to create very .seri apprehensions of trouble in minds of the white citizens of neighborhood. Tho negroes aro v insolent tn their manners, and thn en to take the lands of the win which they say properly belong.? them according to the rights gi auteed them by the recent Cong sional legislation. [Richmond Km ?ni rei REGISTERS OP BANKRUPTCY.-A list of nominees for registers of ba rnptey was tumlo out bv Chief Jus Cbnno, on Saturday. There is, as law provides, one for each diatt These appointees are to bo eonfirr by the United States District Jud< I Washington Repnblicai Tho Charitable I o lt ?ry Scti?m?a." Notwithstanding the thorough ex pMitiqE which has becm uiudo, from time 3 tin?, of the v*rioife "gift enterprises,'' tho "ohnrite>blo Present? ation ^ojeci;" &c.--all ol which aro unmistakable lottery seh?tneenn vio? lation of tho laws Of most of tho States, and more for individual ag? grandizement than anything else these things continue to bo auda? ciously put forth for public alluro .mcnt. It is evident that nothing short of tho direct and vigorous ac? tion of tim law, brought to bear im? mediately upon the managers of these "enterprises," is to prove effective in saving tho community from their mischiefs and their demoralization. It ia gratifying to see, therefore, that Attoruey-Goueral Brewster, of Penn? sylvania, has officially given his opi? nion and taken prompt action against a scheme, ostensibly in behalf ola Gettysburg Asylum for Invalid Sol? diers, a bill for which was lately put through tuc L?gislature of that State. Tho act, in addition to its pretended object, was designed to legalize au extensive lottery pysteiu in Pennsyl? vania for a period of twenty years, nuder covor of phraseology authoriz? ing the corporation created to hold fairs and acquire properly, real and personal, und to dispose of tho same at such times, in such places and upon such ternis a ... tho corporation should see tit. It is asserted that thc names of several respectable genera] officers, including that of Maj. Gen. Meade, were used an corporators, without their knowledge of thc rea character ol the concern, and it wah not until tho proceedings ?>f a prc tended meeting of thc corporatior (at which only two were present lately became known, that tho expo sure'took place. At thc meeting ii question, the principal business trans acted was the election of a number o thc leading lottery men in the conn try, including some in Now York nm Maryland, it is said, as member? o tho corporation, and tho wholesali transfer to them of all tho power and authorities supposed to have bee: couferred upon the corporation. On of $12,000,001), which, in time, th lottery would have brought in, onl about $300,000 were to be doled on to the ostensible asylum fund, an there was at first sight what appeal ed to be a liberal donation of $10,0U at once to tho State. Such was th scheme, but it has boon nippod i the bud. This ought to bo a lease in regard to all these great protende charity undertakings, where pris schemes, tickets and drawings figur whether they bo iu the North or ll South; whether they bo for a "Gc tysburg Asylum for Invalid Soldiers or a "Southern Orphans' Home." '. is true, that in some minor loc projects, undertaken occasionally I parties well known among tho whose pat rouage is'sought, everythit may be fairly done, and the procce secured to a worthy object; but evi then the effect is pernicious in-fe tcring a spirit of gambling. Gen rally, however, the public must largely Recced in such transactions for, even supposing the project charities should ever bc entered upc tho danger is that only a minor pc tion of tho moneys received will thus applied. Immense profits, shown in this l'eun'sylvuniu chalti would accrue to the managers and Where these things are withe charters, any pretense of expensi commissions, costiless cf worthh articles, &&, may bo put forward absorbing tho moneys of those w arc duped, through cather a feeli of charity or a love of gain, ii taking ventures in them. Where a projects of this sort ure made to h from Baltimore, the well known fi that all lotteries ?md devices evasion of them are nuluwful in 1 State of Maryland, ought to bc sufficient admonition to the dist, public. But, if all is true that heir, it has not been. If a chal? is granted by thc Virginia Legh tine to an association to build asylum for soldiers' orphans in tl State, it certainly dues not author Hie running of a lottery in any sha as a grand charitable cntertainmc or otherwise, in Maryland. We ? one example of this sort of thing our city a few months ugo, when individual, on th" pretense of an ten lied gilt of $5,000 for the ben of the poor, ian off his 030,000 } scheme very successfully to hims by a distribution of cheap jewel and still cheapov engravings nio:>l and only parted with $1,000 to Association for the Relief of Poor, in instalments of $500 ea by way of advertising and work nj) interest in tin; snit; of ticket.' the affair was progressing to climax of a drawing. One such p?riment is epiite enough. Th er a far more cheap and sure way tuc charitably disposed to sec asylums for invalid soldiers, or orphans of deceased soldiers, X" and South, than relinnce on KI schemes as these. Ualtimore Sun. Tin; We stern papers record un ot tragedy in Indiana. A Mrs. Allgi (rame all the way from Kentucky Jackson County to reclaim a I band who had deserted her. brute of a husband repudiated with .sneers, and tho woman, goai to madness, took poison, and found dead in thc- porch next day. Tho income of Mr. Bonner, of New York Ledge); last year, w as c $200,000. Ho was formerly a jc ncyuinu printer on the Harli Cowan!. Local Item.?. POS??' OFP?E ^?U^s^The office i? open jfcrorn fe n.*m. u?U 3?.j p.m., nDcl jfrpru Gentil 7 p. k. The North? ers mjjl closes at 3.!.$p. m., ami all ot ncr mails closo at 8"p; m. CONFIRMATION. -Right Rev. Bishop Lynch arrived in Columbia Tuesday afternoon, aud, yesterday morning, administered the sacrament of con? firmation to some twelve or fifteen persons iu .St. Peter* ( 'lunch. - - Tiltia-: THOUSAND Ces ninnes.-? Merchants and those engaged in other pursuits, who desire that their goods br tl^eiv business services should bo daily brought to the atten? tion, of. three or four thousand read-, ors)' onght~tondrcrli.se in the &hognix?: which circulates in even- District iu tin? State, and more especially ir. those which have constan! commun: cation With Columbia. Tuisisworth thinking about. TELEGRAPHIC DESTAT. r.s.-The Phiunix aud (ricmier are the only papers iu the State, outside of the city of Charleston, that receive aud publish tho latest telegraphic de? spatches, market reports, etc.-Ame? rican and European. Recollect, also, that thc news in these publications is furnished throughout tho upper Dis? tricts twenty-four hours ahead of the ! Charleston papers. The subscription I to the daily is SS a year; tri-weekly 5, and weekly S3. THE PRICE OE Gonn.-Tho quota? tions of gold, as given in our tele? graphic despatches, every morning, do not convey a fixed idea to the casual reader. The information need? ed by the generality of people is. what a paper dollar is worth, at this or that quotation. The following table gives the desired information: When gold is quoted at $1.10, a paper dollar is worth 91 cents nearly. "When gold is quoted ut $1.15, a paper dollar is worth 87 couts. When gold is quoted at $1.20, a paper dollar is worth 83cents.' "When gold is quoted at $1.25, a paper dollar is worth 80 cents. When gold is quoted at $1.30, a paper dollar is worth 77 cents nearly. When gold is quoted at $1.35. a paper dollar is worth 74 coots. When gold is quoted afc $1.40. a paper dollar is worth 71 cents. When gold is quoted at $1.45. a paper dollar is worth 69 cents. When gold is quoted at ?J1.50, a i paper dollar is worth GG0^ cents. j -. - j Jon PRINTING.-Tko Job Office of I the Phoenix is as complete as auy iu ! the South. It is furnished with now I fonts of type of all descriptions and j of the most modern styles. All work executed promptly, with taste aud skill, and at reasonable rates. MESSRS. EDITORS: Your ure re? quested to publish the following call for a public meeting: GEKERAL 0RDER8 Xo. ?S\-Gell.?K? Sickles having issued nu order'stating that, on the third Monday of July next, he would proceed or danse 'to be made a registration of a!! the male citizens (not disfranchised) of twOl'l ty-ono years aud upwards in South Carolina; and as boards of registra? tion and managers will bb appointed to superintend such registration ami manage elections to bo held there? after; and as "it is essential that every board of registration should bo composed of persons of recognized j consideration and worth, fairly rep resenting the population, nnd in whoso impartiality and capacity the body of the voters in thc vicinage may have a just reliance," therefore a public meeting of the citizens of the Dutch Fork, in Lexington Di* trict, will beheld at the old Battalion : Ground, at Michael Koon's, on Sa I tnrday, thc 25th of this mouth, nt 10 o'clock a. m., in order to give the ] people a chance to say who shall and will be their registers and manag? rs, and also to divide the Fork into con? venient registration and election pre? cincts, and to confer upon matters o? general and individual interest, in j reference to tho ro-organizntion of our State Government under the re? construction laws of Congress. A general attendance is requested, a.s tho present condition of tho political affairs of our Stato demanda ihr earnest and undivided attention ol all good citizens who desire ibo fu? ture good, peace and welfare of the country. .. :.w Anvxr.TisKMKNTS.- Attention is call I. i ... tho niliouriiig advertisement!, whiol j aie i.;:!.b.-.!ie:! this morning Sir tho lirst I ?n?:" ?!. F. Jackson -Dry Goods si ?'.>.'.. Meeting; Acacia Lodge, s. Gardner -l'ia JO for Salo, j D. c. Pcixotto -Auction Sales l'n-day. Mei ting Israelitish Sunday School. , Fisher >V Lowrance -Leather aud Hice. - I (u entering npon thc third wed; ol iii ' ! popular clearing sales, Mr. It. 0. Sblvei intends offering some wonders in all style; of Bmbroblured Onods, Thc favor and u >i ulAi iiy of the .-louring move Inducen him io contin?o tn dispense tho ?ror.t Lar ?ain- as heretofore.