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nnnpm. |C?r.n nnd decided under (lie g*n?u E^^clTtn ib? rra^^^HBpRl HpP^nAMPPRSnfHHMHRrVew OrfBHK Mnrch 18 : ^*0feAR Sir : In yonr paper of yee'.erfr-tl*jr, yoi have expressed n desire to beer [the views of several gentlemen upon the political condi'ion of (be country. I find my name mentioned upon your list, and proceed, without hesitation, lo reB epond. A* I bare never applied myself to politics, Icaonot claim to speak to (he wise statesmen of the country, who are devoting ther energies to the solution of the problem which agi:ares the public ' mind. 1 can only speak theplaiu, hon < est conviclions of a soldier. It can hardly be necessary, at this late day, to enter into a discussion of the matter that is nsuallv brought up in arguing the proposed plan for reconstructing tha Government. Indeed, I think that many of theui are not peni nent to the question. The striking feature, and the one that , our people should keep in view, is that , are are a conquered people. Recogniz , iag ibis fact fairly and squarely, there is , bill one course left for wise men to pur , sue. Accept the terms that nre oflered OS by the conquerors 1 There can he no discredit to a conquered people for ) accepting (be conditions offered by their conquerors. Nor is there any-occasion for a feeling of humiliation. We have made an honest, and I hope that I might a*y a "creditable fight, hut we have lost. Let us come forward, then, , and accept the ends involved in the struggle. ' . Our people earnestly desire that (he constilu'ional Government shall be re established, and the only means to ac complisb this is, to comply with the re 2uirements of the recent Congressional igislatiou. It is said by mine that Congress will , cot recive us even after wc have compli ed with their -condition*. Jtut ( can | find no sufficient reason for entertaining I 4ills proposition fi>r a moment. I can not admit thai the representative men of a great nation could make such a pledge in bad faith. Admitting, how ever, that there is such a mental ro?cr alion, can that be any excuse for us in failing to discharge our duly ! Let us accept the te:ius, as we are in duty bound to do, and if there is a lack of good faith, let it be upon others. I am, very respectfully, your most obedient servant J A MES LON'GSTliEET. Grant and Lee after the Surrender.* Generals Grant, Otd and Sheridan, with three or four staff officers each, W.?t up to the court house, and of our staff there went three, and a senior aid, the chief of staff and the adjutant general. The town consisted of about live bouses, a tavern and a c<?)rt bouse, all on one street, and that was boaided up at one end to keep (he cows out. On the right hand as we went in, was the principal residence, owned by Mr. McLean, and to bis house General Grant <vras conducted to meet General Lee.? At the fence the whole party dismounted, and walking over a narrow grass (lot to the house, noticed General Lee'* rtron nil>Kiii k *? 1 iucib, in cnnrgc ot an orderly, wjjo was holding Lis own as well. General Gj-iyal Angered the house with one or two of his slidf. and the rest of us sat down on the piazza and waited. Mr. McLean was out there, too, but so much excited by liis appreciation of passing events that he did not know where his puntp was, or whether he had any, or if not, couldn't tell us whether there was a spring, in a moment Col onel Babcock came out, smiling, whirl ing his hat around his head once and beckoned Generals Ord and Sheridan to <cucne in. They walked the floor silent. Jy as people do who have tho first peep Mi * baby, and alter aw hile General Loe came out and signalized to his ordeily to bridle his horse. While this was be irg durve he stood on the lowest step of tba piazza ((we had all risen respectful]y as he passed down) and looking over ' into#the valloy towards his army, smote his band together several times in an absent soil of tray, utterly unconscious of the people ah ,ul him, and seoming to see nothing till his horse was led in front of him. As he stood there he ap . nMriut In /> ?Knni ?!?i? *' I W nwvuv ?IAI J jcnia VI (IgV, ? tail, soldierly figuro of a man, with a 1*111 %r*y be?r<i, a new suit of grey clothe--*, M bi^b. gve.y full bat, with a cord, long buck-skin gauntlets, high riding boots . And a beautiful sword, lie was all ilia', our fancy had painted btmyasJ lie had (he sympathy of us all Mne rode away . Just na he gathered up bit bridle, Gen, Grant went down the steps, end .parsing in front of hia horse, touched his bat to Gen. Lee, who made a similar salute, nod then left the yard and resumed to bis own lines with his orderly stud single staff officer who had accompanied him to the interview, and who wna said to have been Col, Marshall, his phjef &f slatf, t quiet Lurking man in spectacles, looking Tnore liko one of , thought than of action. Con. Grant ' presented soioeihit.g of a control to Gen. Lee, in (he way of uniform, not only in colof, hut in style and general effect. He had on a sugar"lirnf hit. almost peculiar to himseif, a frock coat, pnJLuntoned and sploshed with mod, a dn'ik vest, dark blue pantaloons, (nekod into l? p hoots, mi-ddy also,' ntyl no srtotd. 11is count* nance wrts iiot r?-J TNI ftt&b at Alt, Aud not ? muscle of bis face Myl.<t.Th*> "f his thoughts. If b? was W^mutb pleased by ib? surrender of He, nothing in liis air or manner indi~ Jped it. The jojfui occasion -didn't lAetn to awalcen in liim a responsive echo, and he went and mounted bis horse and rode aw ay silently, to send off a dispatch which should electrify the North, and vet all the church-bells tinging on this happy Sunday evening. With flon. Sheridan in Qeo. Lee's last Campaign, by a Staff Officer. < . . 1 ' J SnTTTUXTPM vwrrmtDtor ^ V/ a laiv 11 A^i.1 1 ?i lil lVXOli. ' ?v ' GREENVILLE, 3. a THURSDAY. APRIb 4. 186T. V 1 1 U~ ' ' * * .1 ,. ~ Court of Appeals.! The Court of Appeals will meet in Columbia on Monday, J5th of April instant. Applieantsior admission to tho Jlnr will be exam- ' incd on tho 17tl?. Appeals frojtn Charleston rill firpt bo heard, and from other Circuits as follows; Northern, Western, Southern, Middle and Eastern. ? ? . Congress Adjourned. Every ono wi.l be | leased to know that Congjrem has adjutirned. En- ugh has been dona for the country to dijfesl 1-otwoen now and next Session in lh comber. By that Line wc hope reconstruction will be eoffir ciently established to take the South out of the month of all polititiens, and that we hall be allowed the same right to mind our awn business as Ma:ne, Oregon, or Kansas, or ryen Massnchusttts. In faot, *re hall aoon he represented in Congress, when we can help to mirtd other people'* business as well as our own, in Federal legislation. Court pt Spartanbprg this W^wk. , _ NVtW found the docket# crowded with summary processes, and divers State cases, many of the latter seem to have been frivol ?u#; and thfie were many acquittals. Solicitor Reku to the contrary notwithstanding. ZtMi-i Tinson, charged with arson, w'as acquitted. There w'as less litigation in tho summaiy coses than ntGre<.n?illc,Lut as the criminal docket Is larger, we suppose the week w ill he occupied with these, and no oast s reach od on tlie-issue docket. There was n largo crowd atteudirgon Monday, comparatively few on Ttiesday. mid Wednesday still fewer. The form work is now the most n!tractive, nnd in parsing through Spartanburg District, we noticed mtioh new fctiujng, and other itn provements, showing vigorous xcitions u> make crops onU redeem llic lost time of t!??* last five yours. Tlie lands along (lie high-road s<?. m to V>-> cultivated mostly I>y white won. We hiw very few ncgrh**, passing on the road, and very few, indeed, in the streets of Spnitiin* hurg. Many have left th ?l Distric', as well as ether Disbiois in the State. Seicoil. We learn that Oapt. Fif.\nr Arnim, Tcepcc toi United States Interim! Revenue, bn-?s-i? ed some twer.tv-five or thirty atil:s, being operated in Greenville Dhtrict, forfeited for non-comp'innee with the Revenue Live* ? We di. not. think '.hut this will enhance the price of corn any. Assistant Assessor. Mr. Knuu.nd Huokkr has qualified and entered upon the execution of the duties ot Assist art. Assessor of llie 23d Division, 3d Collection District, which cml races the bounds of the Upper Regiment. lie sue ceed*C*pt. D. It. G/.iqk, His office is lo cate.d in tlie old Post Office building. The Palmetto House ot Spartanburg. The I'.ilntetlo Honso is kept by Mr. W m Inwis, who is n gO'.tleinnn of fb e manners and education. The very neat style in which the rooms and bedding of the house at* .kept, is n great recommendation. But the lower of good living lias.his taste most especially gratified hy the table, which Is admirably supplied *rith " the best the market affords," and what is better still, the cooking is very nice indeed. Ilia llonor Judge Clover, and most of (llA 1 iftU V* o CO o ml Jfisnw r*' 1"?" m.I.l l a-.. ? -- - J ?. ?"J ".i.e. Ironized the Palmetto House,- and nil pronounced judgment in favor of tho establishment *s lirst rate. v V' ^ _ - , , , , . ! _ Tho Spartanburg Newspapers. W? had the pleasure of meeting. at Spar tnnhiirg Court., that ahle and veteran edi tor, Dr. \Vaii.acE, of flu- Spartan, and was highly* gratified to find hiiu fresh and buoyapt as ever, with good prospects well de served /.?r the Spar-tan. W* also had the pi ensure of meeting with the proprietor oiui editor of the Jigprru>, Mr. T. A. Havdex, and found him in his office actively engaged in tho great vocation, the lever of Archimides, The pro*! The pros*! v -? We Were met by kindly grei lings from both these gentlemen, and most eordhil'y reciproeatc their good will. The Spartan; in the last number, gives a good bint, to the Charleston papers as to their disregard of the erouotry press. The Woather and Fruit. . April come* in moat delightfully I.right and bland, There ar? at 111 hopes of a supply of fruit, although It was much injured hy the hard frecz-s of Mutch. The Bunoombe Btreat Store. Happening, a few days since, to drop into this store, we were phased to Bee tit* tine stocks ot Goods then being opened by it* energetic proprh tor, Mr. T. w. Davis. The location of th<? slor' should not prevent our down town citizens from giving it. a cull, as the prices are very returnable, and the tin Us polite and aaootninodating. ' , i ? ^ ^ mm . v ? f ir The dreiuioo of the Bishop io rt furen re to the wise rAe/?*tly tried before the Kelesinaticai UodneH io tUkpinee, haaHeeh piritfb^ird. The defendant is to he su*f<ei4 < d from the excrcl^oi uiiui.Jsu tul turn-lions <?>r five y??rr. j p oft A^A^ooo to men. The torch-light. procession, followed by an immense concourse of colored people, Assembled in front of Major* General D. E. Sickles* quarter*, on itwsviHV mgm, 10 oner nun ?ne com plimenl of a serenade A Her the bsnd had pe< formed severs! Aire, in wpons^ to the loud nnd repented calls of the assemblage General Sickles presented him self 11 is appearance was the signal for the moat enthusiastic dcmotiMrations, lie said : *' My friends, 1 thank yon for yonr visit. Although unexpected, it is none 1 he less gratifying. It'is your privilege, not mine, to lake patlns a partisan in the political action of the day. Mv duty is'to see that every citizen of Nor h and South Carolina has a full , and fair opportunity to vote as his judgment and conscience may dictate. This duty I shall endeavor to perform. The colored raco in this country have gained just praise for their admirable conduct during the vrr, and pending the recent agitation of their civil and political enfranchisement. In my department I can truly bear tes'imony to your patient forbearance. When sorely provoked to ve'aliate by cruel acts of violence and humiliation, you have borne yourselves with unfaltering con iideuce. The Jar of your deliverance was not -distant. [Cheers.] Let. ms i enjoin upon you all in this hour of) <fur success, perseverance in well doing.? < You are now citizens of the republic. Remember that the strength of the na- < lion lies in the virtue, industry, loyally | and courage of its citizens. You must < trv andf-?vindicate -the hopes of your i f. iend-, and repel the forebodings of the i sceptical by proving yourselves wot thy of the privileges to which you hate , been admitted. ^Applau^e] When- , ever any large addition has bean made | to the voters of a Suite, the sanio ap- \ prehension's have been expressed that , are now heard with-reference to vour selves. Those already enfranchised are | easily alarmed at any considerable i change in the established order of ; things. So fur. in this country, experience has shown that union, lihertv and power are safe in the baud* of those w ho earn their bread hv the sweat-of . tbe'r brow*. [Applause] jVonc love the land of tluir birth none fondly ; none will dvf-nd it with moro constat) cv and valor' than lho-? whose labor make up the-sinn of a nation's wealth. | Applause ] So long a? the destinies of thi< country ate in the hands of those whose fat ones tire made.sacred by j is tii*; whoHCj liberties depends on the courage wi h which they are main laitwsl ; the add flag may d^fy all <*ti enties, whether from without or within [tileat ?ppl .Its..*] It would Id* difficult, tinder the most favorable circim-tunces, for any lace of men to nngsg*. a* ion have now to do, in ihe most interesting political eventv wi hottl b-ing^ deeply moved by rtheji import;.ucj and nov. Iiy. Let me advi-e you as n friend, and as one not without experience in pahlic affairs, t" p eserve at all times the utmost ino.l oration of language, houner and con duct. Avoid ever\tiring .like violence, impatience or ind comm. !) > not give even your adversaries j. i-?t occasion to complain of the least diste-p'ct shown to their, in voor discussions, piivatc 01 public. And beware of tlnawj who would endeav.or to excite *n.tno?i'ies between the white and black tnees. The prosperity of the Son h, the wel fare of the country, are intimately a*?o ] c??!?*?j wiii? in* m' Hiony artr| good ret i ing which should exist between the people of- bmii race* mihI the South.? WliHl^ver seiiourly impair* the interests of one race, must result seriously to the other. Intelligence, culture, cujrit*I. land, are not le.-s essentia! tlimr labor, and yet without labor, these can have no solid And enduiing foundation. You have already shown your appreciation of these advantages by the eagerness with which you have employed the op portunities lately given 'o you to . edu cate yourselves. It will not be long be fore tire while race in the South will see ' h<>w deeply the)' are interested in the education, industry, thrift and progress of their .Colored population. In this mutual dependence lies the security of all. # v Abundant time and opportunity will be afforded, and ample notice will be gircn of all the succet*'u'fl steps to be taken in the organization of the State Government within my command. It I will nol l>? necessary, nor can it be o;h erwiae than injurious to yourselves, for you to neglect your regular employment and association* to attend to political affairs. J promise you t bat wtih.out any nuch sacrifice on yonrjturt, every man in the Carolina* entitled to a voice in -tliA decision of the great question to be jarssed upon under uiy *upt*rvbiony shall have a fair chance 10 act bis part without let or Uiodf.ranceiWm ouy one Mv fiieruls, I wish you al] guod night. 1 [ftuthudustic cheers.} l>ita'rn bit l>no?NiNO.? We have learned with deep regiet, of the untimely dca'ii of a son of l?r. W. W. Ander- j eon, of Slafeburg. lie wt^s drowned On Saturday last, on the plan hmod of his uncle, Colohel Child*,. We have not heard minutely of tbe circumstance* attending this melancholy disaster, and. tbcrefoie, hesitate to lav them iu detail before otir readers. The. deceased is said to hare been an intelligent, smart young lad. of the age of eleven or iatelye years.? Sumter Ntvt. Tiib projectors of a flying machine in California aspect to oinkr the trip across the coliliuOut in tWeni r-four | Lours. WBBW frxvgt- juxs* v^Oeneral Sl3K?P? Jjiatiict In addition l,> clv'' officers In Loui?iana^BeB^*ceived by telegraph and putdABH Mix* Phoenix, the Washingto.. conQSp3H|f of the New York Tiniest, on Frfc^ley, TclfjKphe as follow#: An effort will eoon be made to induce Major'General Sheridan to rentotre Governor Throckmorton, ol Tcxna. TheUniou men now here from that State claim that it will be useless for them to Attempt to organize a Government under the reeopatruc ti?n bill while he ia In power, as his influence, and all the pntronage of bis position, will be used by him in behalf of the rebels anil iKa nlnesoa Tl? sir m eo afraid that the freedmco will I ?driven to vofe ngairst their wishes, unless the control of the Government Is ?n the h inrfs of the Union party, and stat i that there are at least fifty counties in which they will not be allowed to vote at all. unlem* they are protected by tho presence ?/ FedeVal troops. If Throckmorton is remftvod, the appointment of a Union man will ho secured, no matter what the desire of" the Administration niny be, ns the law requires *11 officers to tako the iron-clnd test oath.? Throckmorton cannot lake it, and there are but few men of proiirinence in the State whoenn. Among them are Judge Paschal, Judge SherW"?'d and Judge Thomas?all radical Unionists. The special correspondent of the BaltiDior o Sun says: . '" The statement* in Washington correspondence to Northern n-'wspapers, that the Pieaident is importuned hy representatives of all the rebels in New Orleans with protests against the nctiop of Gen. Sheridan In removing civil officers, <ke., I am au Lhorized to say, Without the slightest foundation in truth. The President^ it may be said in this Jonnec'.i.en, has not iu any way inteifered with Ihe notion of the five military coins roonders of tho Sputhei n Mtotvs since-the i>rdcr Appointing thetn to tbcJr several jummnnds was issued. " I?rt Tiikm Rpkak?The people of the South never stood in gieitter noed of the ndviee of those lending men. in U'ltflVO IHlorrtl! l' Olwl iit.lnsmotsi ? vc<v i? T una cv'in'l J n\J^lir*7in they place confidence, Jhan now. Not only are the Mia<* Jull of peril, but the civil war lias swept ft way ofd party lines nn<1 land-mat ks, nnd the statesmen i f (ho South arc silent HtnJ in retireinert/ Hence it is that whenever soma great Commander of the Isie Confederate armies spesks, his voice is like light Illuminating the daiknc** of midnight.? The men to whom the mosses turned with the most confiding trust during the late war, and whose heroic deeds and honorable scars are evidences of their devotion to the South an.l her best iaicicsts,Jiave .-till a powerful bold up* oil the athc- ions of our people. II.'lice it is ibat the ttoua*el? of Lee, 1 leaning ii-l, Lo? gsi-eclr Hii-I llamp'.oh, carry aij inllnetice and weight w hicli Calhoun, \\ cb-ler, Clav and Jack-on might h.iva c?> ied in times gone by. when great siau'sineu Controlled the will of the iiiH-ses. The nuaniuiit) with which our great est heroes and ipost chivalrous champ ions counsel prompt and deci<U-d action upon the part of our people, slio.vs how iinpoMant it is that, ia the precept j ineture. no leading Southerrt man should besilvOt. Let them <u>itn*el the masses. [ Richmond Tim*. Ui- gist RATtOJr.-?1The UichinOnd His patch extiaota ilie following paragraph from lie Richmond correspondence of the New York Times. We presume there will ha as I'ttle dVlay as possible in all the. military district* hi eoiutnenc1 ing the work of reconstruction ; I ain informed thai it is tlie intention of General Schofield to lake immediate in llie way of registration of vol crs, n? provided, by the supplementary reconstrno!ion bill. Ii is thought the convention will assemble inJJune, and if so, tlie action necessary to the admis? sion of reprcsen'alives to Congress will Ire bad in lirno for the i^xl winter session. -TLal consummation is devoutly wi lled for, as the only means of restor ing public confidence, and leviving the tradeof the coi.iitiy,now so utterly prostiato. Tiiit TGoht Way.?The South Georgia Tuucs says t One of the most successful farmers we have ever known?a man who could not w rite his own name?made it a rule, from which ho never varied, to plant one thin) of hi- land in small giain, one thiid in Indian corn, and the bal auco in cotton. Many years ago, he settled in Witkes County, oT this Slate, fie grubbed for the tooui'v ?hat bought him twentf-five acres of the poorest land in that County. lie died rich, leaving a munificent farm and numerous slaves. 80 much for systematic continued working, upon a sensible ti) a n Jl' 1 nri Iwv. I * -J 1 ^ ' ? - j,...... u'wijmiiij nuuinn i no ]|inil n ?emible oiio, but few will walk upon it. Our errors are nut the fruit o^ our deliberate judgment, but of our baste. Lcadiko Conservative* in Tannonsee, say* a Na.hvijle tlispaieb-. propose (bat Colored voters be mviieJ to tip- politic*! meeting*, nnd send deleg ale* to (be eon vcolion which meet* in tbis city next month to nominate a candidate for Governor. The proportion is encouragingly recieved, and wiH probably be adopted. The oolood voima ana,Invited to aend representative* u> tire Republican 4J<>ngres>ioiuvJ C^nvHtili<io, which if catKd to meet ?? tl.in crty on ilia 1 ft-.!* of May next, ?>?i J ?l?n Trimhl^, who ha* aitdadv announced bwunetiaya ran diddle, doabttesa be a*>ui runted,? ll ia-ooi known who mu? Cpuse^Taiivoe ^?<ll rots, . * . J Greebjr U here, orga$P>KSH|>jB Jeff>r*on l)avh?. .;. ';JJj The rogintration npa'bf conMnue? more marked approaches the heart of the third ward, yesterday^and 93 whites registered. 7 Tim Pruvi.loiil I imiirt.Il I r,.l n_Q ? * I inations yesterday. i | Attorney General iil<>lt testifies wWw| I I tooth** diary was ?polled before r$aetfc**E : iog him. I The Senate is more favorable to the ' confirmation of the Russian treaty The pressure is very heavy. The internal revenue receipts to day Amount to $1,500,1)00. . In the Senate, Senator Thomas, of Maryland, presented a letter?which was referred to the Judiciary Commit tee?asserting thai he never saw the charge-- in the report of the Bank of Commerce. Reverdy Johnson defended -Thomas in an eloquent speeob, showing the-prudence and honesty of the Treasury in 1801. After a abort Executive session, adjourned. . The President seat in a Urge number of nominations to-day ; but none of them of any. importance. The Supreme - Court commences business in a cnse involving the light to.lax land and products. In answer to a direct question re garding ibe Release of Mr. !>avi*,'a member of the President's Staff teplied that it was considered a question for the courts. The Mexican Legation has official news from San Louis Potosi tp the lllb. . E-iCnbedo commanded the concentrated ' arrtiies of Ihe No>th, West and Centre. Krorino succeeded E-cobedo as commander of the army of tite North. Junction City, Kansas, April 2>. 1 General Hancock's Indian expe'di -. (ion, 1,500 strong, is at Salina. The weather in Uxah and Colorado was intensely cold ; duiing the march, the toercury was forty - degrees bek># zero, and the snow very deep. - A large number of horses and cattle were fiozen. tidtterai Auger and st:?ll are snow bound at L6n? Star Station, on tho Northern Pacifle Hailroad. ' The eapturo of Fort Ha ford, at the mouth of the Yellow Stone Kiver, Upper Misrourj, i* - confirmed. Colonel Hntikin, wife and child, anil thegarri toa, consisting of ui(;htyvw?r9 ina?sacr?d at its capture. The loss of the Indians was three hundred killed, and 1,000 wounded. . It is believed that Chili is' about abandoning an alliance, and is making terms with Strain for herself. Trouble between Chili and Pern will probably follow Chilia, abandonment ot the alii auce. A Rtorm in a villag/J of Bolivia de stroycd -twenty houses and una hundred lives. Paris, April 2. IPipoleon, accompanied by Eugenie nnd Ci'tfdMe. ItMimt'ly oper.oi tits Export ion yesterday. TheYe was no burstcrowsnera whatever from the nuMcs present. London, April 2. The troops found, near Dublin, three Fe- , idanr, fully armed, and fii'rd on them, lrill-* it>g on#', nnollier was subsequently cap lured, who proved to lie the notcriou* Mo Chil e. The third escaped. Wlkf, Apt 11 2. . lo the ITonae of Lords, last night, the Puke of Buckingham, Colonial Seoretory, anid the proapeolive transfer of lite Russian American Poss<a-ions to the United States, was a matter of indifference lo England. r- Pcbi.i*, April 2. A despatch from Cork report a that a fight took place in the vicinity of that city, this morning, lietwetn th ? troop* ami a band of i Kfuinna in which several rebels were laken prisoners. Bombay advices represent the growers of i cotton greatly increased. The New York Herald's Irtland correspondent predicts a rising,on the moderation of the weather. It had snowed fifteen days successively. IIabtkobi), April s. Gen. English has been elected Governor ? and Hubbard, Ilotvhkiss and Wm. P. Barmini (Democrats) and Starkweather (Republican) Congressmen. Latktl?All but eight towns give English fcf>3 majority ; the Senate haa twelve Re publicans and uine D.moarats; the liottss has thirty Republiqan Majority. CixoiyeATI. Aprils. The Democrats gain' one eouaeiluiau. ; w ' i -Titti right of suffrage is not considered n great boon in Kentucky, if one may judge by a jury** estimate. Ed-' waid Williams brought an action against tw<> persons in Covington, for illegibly preventing bisn from voting in the Presidential election of 188i, I ! and laid his rl*m?nro? ?t Aoft nan ? The jury gave Lira a verdict for 004 ceht. wacom. ga., march 26. A Urge meeting of feed men ha* been livid at thin place. Tb?y were addrena <-d by several prominent citizen*, and a preamble And resolutions were pa*sed thanking Congress for emancipation and -suffrage, and disavowing any bitter feeling* toward* their Ute masters. Tbey pro in we a faithful and respectful dis,charge of their duties, anil endorse the policy of Governor Drown. p . / * -?'* *? D. Cami-brlT, Grand lecturer r of booth Unrollna. is now in the eastern portion of the 8'Ate, tor the pwrposC of instructing the various Masonic Lodge*, I ;?n?J .in oflU# to Cause A uniformity of i"wk- / t. . ? The do, t b*tth?*i^ragmroBBHH8^HJH^^B prompt and requirements of GowBftfe, seem# to be RQling'?Mp^|H^^H^^^H9| Tit a cession of Ru**iR?^^roBH|^^JH fttes considerable exclteKMafSu^^^HsHHBH lion among (Jaliforniaos andot&iin! the far West. It fa regarded Mow to the dominion of Canada. Requisition had ' origin in a petitwH^HBH from-the Legislative Assembly of Wash*V?|gfljn ington Territory, praying the Govern maul to Moure from Russia such rights '< as will enable our Bshincr vessels to visit port* nnd harbors of its possessions for provisions and repairs, And as a place of lefuge for sick aud disabled fishermen. The memorial is dtled January 10, 1886. Wise Coukskls ?The Richmond Whig very truly observes : M This is { no time for division among our nswa* papers, our le^ixlator*, or oar people; no time for crimination or controversy. We should all, if possible, think, feel and act in unison. We should all vote, and vote together. We should endeavor to attract .the support und eo operalion of >11 men, whatever their antecedents And whatever tbeir color." Til* Rev. Bisuor V*. M. WlGUVMatt.?We r? gratified to lurn from authority thst this popular and distinguished Divine contemplates removal, at at) 'early day, from Greensboro', Alabama, hla present plaea of residence, to this city. It >a understood , that he will oeenpy the former residence of Bishop Caper*, on St. Phillip Street, near Morris. The numerous friends of the learned and eloqneot Bishop I" this city, will be bappy to hear the announcement of his arrival here, for the purpoeapf Asking up his permanent residence among us. [ Charlttlon Courier. 100,000 acres of land, mainly lying in Morgan County, Tenneeaae, on tha line of the projected Tennessee and Pacifio Railroad, have beeo purchased for the purpose of settling immigrants from foreign countries. 100 German families, composed of young persons belonging to the better-claMese of society, eecli bringing to the Uaited States an average of f 600 in gold, arc now on l heir wiiy to Ttuntssrc, and have eon* traded for a portion of the land above re* f?rred to. * loyiftance ix Francs.?According to an official French report on primary educatiop, the average number of men in France who are unable to eign their marrlege register ii twenty-six per cent, and of womed more than forty-one per cent. In some localities, * however, the poportion it far higher?sir* ty-seven per cent among the men, and uinety eight per eent. among the women. A Texas Item.?The Austin Intelligencer aavs: " Brown domestics of an excellent qnali y, and in all respecU equal to the Northern brands, are now made by the manufacturing company of New Bacunfe|s, a flourishing German town, situated near the junction of the Comal and Gaudelupe, in this State. Both these are mountain streams, furnishing any amouot of water power. A London surgeon has invented an article, called ** rhigoltne." from petro* leuin, which has all the beneficial re- ' aulta of chloroform without its attend* ant dangers. It is applied externally, and renders the pari iusenaiblo to pain. A 11nilt ton Itarrtila nf nrnrlo ai) ara ha. cc-sary to the manufacture of one gal- .? " loo of * rhigoline." ' >r Cotton Factories in Tknnbwb.-* There are now thirteen cotton, faetoriee in operation in Tenneaaea, repreeenting nea>?y #1,000.000, and giving employ* . ^ ment to over 900 operatives. Thereera also in the State several flourishing factories for the manufacture of steam engines, cotton presses and agricultural implements. hiiNNBsots proposes to print 100(t ' 000 copies of a pamphlet lQ English, German and Scandinavian, setting forth that oold but thriving Slate presents to the torrent of immigration now moving from continental Europe to these American shores. Similar efforts, we team, are made by every Bute of the North* * west. ? Mob* than ever is-it now necessary " that every Southern boy should learo a' ..Jj. .1 IJ . L- -tr Li. u iiwr??uguiuT?m on uh ooai, ron up bit sleeve*, and go at something?by which lie own make a living, and aup- . port hitiMelf. . t 1 \ , UtVFNia, Awtlf. Coo/?(UttU Oenaral Smith P. Bank* bead was beatea to death, last night, it U au|>po?ed by poKeemea discharged at bia ?n*unee. -- . ,, ; " v %WH Governor Tb*otb?ort?a .baa tola graphed to Waahtugtoa that Taxaa will lau r (a*di?iolj ra?r|aalM aujjh tba reoonatruattonAot. >/ '* / , " Tac Hilary o( tbe Gorernor et tba ' little province of New Uruoewiek ia 150,000 ia gold, or practicaHy about three time* that of tbe I'ruaideat of the Uuiled Slatea. Qa, March 28. \ General Sweeny baa forbidden tba elections to be held until General JVpe aaauuies cotumuod.