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BwrTia.oo PER ANNUM. |Bi!P'"vfft?'(ftd Cm?. . BBEMBp|Mji? HQkt wrt yy iM (he ikon to ' pjAn'ilhc waters below ltvn'i dsilc and deep; ^vVhere thb fbgged pine In it* lonely pride, Latuw gloomily over Ihe murky lide'; Where reed* aod ruahea ere leU end rank, Arid the weed* grow thick on the winding b.?k, AVliere the shadow U heavy the who'e day - through, LIVfer At4ts thboring* Hie old crtnoe. The nacloa* peddle* ere Idly dropped, f Lilte a wa-\hrA\e wing* that the storm Uath >i lopped, AhffbrokMJ on tfieTalHng. one o'er one, Lfk* folded hand* when the work ia done; While busily back end forth between, The apidet stretohea hi* silvery acreen. And the aoletnu owl, with hi* dull "too boo;* ' !* " : Ncatlee down on the aide of the oM canoe. The atern, half wank in the slimy were, ' * Hots slowly away in iu living grave, And the green vow creep* o'er it* dull da y. ' I* til lltdi?g the mouldering du*t away. Like the hand that plant* o'er th* tomb a flower, ?9 tl.o ivy that maatlaa a fallen tower; Wldi? many a blossom of llvlieat hue, Sl^dag*op o'er (he alern of the old canoe. T^e $uri-eoUeas waters are daad and itiil? But die light winda play with the boat at will, And bully in and out again. Itidoata the length of Ua ruaty chain. Like fhe weary March of the hand* of lime, Thkt meet and part at the noontide ehliue [ And the shore le klsaed at each turn anew, By the dripping bow of the old canoe. Oh, many a time witn a eareleca hand 1 have puehed it away from the pebbly trend, And paddled it down where the etreara ran . j gnlck? Where the whirls were wild and tlia storm was thick; A ad laughed as I leaned o'er the rocking side, Akd looked below in tbe broken tide, To see that the faeea and boite were two. That ware mirrored back from the old canoe. Put now. aa I leitfl o'er the ernmbling tide, And look below in the sluggish tide, The fsee that f se/ls graver grown, Abd tbe laugh that I hear baa aaobtrton?( And the hands that lent to the light skiff wings, Have grown familiar with sterner things; But! lore to think of the honfs that flew, Ajt'I rocked where the whirla their wild spray tbrew: Eke the blossoms moved or the greet) gram grew, O'er the moaldering slero of the old csneo. ' u What doth hikdm mr to br Baptized f w?This question received a new solution in Haiubutg, 6. C , on Sunday 1 Aat. In ail the colored Baptist churchen in and around Augusta, a great revival baa been going on for some weeks, and many had been baptised or im? merited. This contagion baa not confined Itself to the Georgia side of the Savannah river, but spread into Scuth Carolina, with like glorious results, tintil the raw material or that which was accessible, was well nigh played oot. On 8nnday, ho'wever, a solitary subject was found, and he, headed and surrounded by the minister and a large crowd, took up the line of march for the Savannah. On arriving beside the swift running stream, and the subject was almost ia the attitude of tbs Eunuch with which PhiHp rode in the chariot, M Here is water?what doth binder me to be baptieed," when the poor candidate's eyes were suddenly opened by the tnin Liter propounding to him the solemn nuestion," Are you married fH ~Nosir." ' Then you can never be bapthred so Ibttg as you are living In Illieit' inter* course without a woman, thouoh von fouy consider her your w{|jb. ^hi? fell like ? bomb?bel! into ap enemy's camp aiid iht b'tb to tbtaking, bot not wish iftgtb spofr the show, and jeopard bii cfcwneea for kingdom come, be soon made op hie mind and Intimated bis willingness to oowspfy with the letter of ^>e lew, and the woman (dressed in a plain,aod iiaedipg ^suspectingty, ip 4l>e crowd to aee him dipped) r ai trotted ont before the assembled throng, the knq4 tied on the bank and ber husband accordingly immersed wf|h all the ?>tes and oarfrooniaa. [Aufuetm Chronicle and Sentinel, CftOWIMO OV aft A VlCTORT.?'Oit Naysrille (Kentucky) Bolletia. In hot); or of the reeent Democratic victory in H}at ffcate, heeds eU the columns on l?eth its inside pages, with large cuts oi roosters, a double column rooster Lead< ing the two ooltuuos containing tbe elec RnHP^1'')'''' > it iff y tnwr. ? *? * fct?/r L - - _ | An Effective 8p?rcL . Senator Wihwa has found a lion in Ma path. At Montgomery, Ala , he challenged arty Southern man to reply to him. The gage of battle wee accepted by Oeneral Jus II. Clanlon, who, though taken byeurprtae, delivered a telling and eloquent epeech. To the exclusion of other mutter, "1 we reproduce the anbetaaee of hia ratnarke, for which we are Indebted to the Montgomery Mallr ! * friend* and FH W C'h'nn*: I returned from ttie country a fow minalee since, and waa informed that some colored men had called at my office, to invite mfc to attend ibfa meeting. 1 appreciate this act of Mrtdndei, confidence and friond ahlp on their part. My colored blende, we are Southern men, l>ol;n upon thasamcaoil, live in the same eonntry, and will slcen in the eanrne grave yard when llfe'a tronnlea nnebver^ and Otir destiny is the same. If , Jort preapeY, -the white race of the Sonth ] will prosj-'Cr; and if the white race proa- j peYs, you must proeper; and whatever mis- '( ibrtune ia visited i?| on the South, must be , horno alike by both raco?. It is alike your ( duty and intereat to cultivate friendly re~ ( lotions wl'h your neighbors and your lop. nier owners, who are to-day, and ever have ' been, yonr beat friends. For one, I can proudly aav that no ooa in thia assembly can aaeert that 1 ever opprcseed him whea i he was a slave. On ena occasion I fought for ona of you io theee a'reeta. On another, jrhen a white m*? bad bean waylsj-ci and murdered, and hia neighbors had acrembled, and taken the law in their hands with the avowed purpose of executing the two soppoted leaders, who wye colored men, I iplerposrd, with others, and suceceded in having them placed in jail, and a fair trial given thsro. Oue was convicted and hung ; the other acquitted, aud still lives. The Senator from Massachusetts, who has just addressed you, mod who lives several thousand mileadistant, has noliUsl to >nn ill* object of bis political pilgrimage South. Be ha* challenged any one prevent to meet him in diacamion to night, and haa offered to divide time with any one who would accept. I wa*born and raited in the South, and hope to be burled In her eoiL I have nv t the bifiVe men of the Korth on many field*; they outnumbered and overcame us; and I certainly have no fear of their politi ciana. But for my family, life would have but few charms tor me. Neither the Hear of the gallowet the^gibbef, or the bayonet, will ever cause roe to des<-rt my people, forsake tlds bright Southern land Which gave ni* birth, or dnter me from the expression of my honoat sentiments under anv circum stances. Some young Southern Radical*, who have recently addressed you. Siy that the Sherman bill which thay ar* ad voealing, would disfranchise them, and henoe their efforts were purely unselfish, whilst at the time their application* to be relieved from tha disabilities of that measure are pending at Washington, and they are doubtless ex peeling to call on you for your Votes at the next election for this State. I will here state my own position briefly on thl* point. i believe that bill is unconstitutional?I believe it is oppressive to a certain class of oar best men. As soon as that bill passed Congress, a high Federal official with the kindest feelinga for me personalty, aald to me: ''You were nol an original secessionist Congress will remove your disahtiiliaa tinder tha Sherman bilk You mast sand on an nppll cation, find t will approve it, and help you to gat it throngl^" I replied that tlia Republican party had no right tinder the Con ftitution to disfranchise me, and 1 would nevfir ask for relief at their handa, and that i? my poskiob to-night. The honorable Senator from ktarsachusells has said some things which cvinpe good fealings cn his part, and which 1 ap prove, lie haa also said many things from wbieh I must dissent and made many a* 1 teiiions which the political history, and ; particularly that of our recent ud fort mm to war, proves to be untruo. He commences with the history of slavery in the South since he came upon the stage of notion, and ( endeavor* to fit the responsibility of the j existeneeof that institution upon IheSouthern people, with all of Its horrors as depicted by his trivid imagination. 1 will cairy the gentleman back to the starting point of the institution op this continent, snd before I take my seat I will prove to you that the North is responsible for the existence of slavery with whatever evils attached to It; and I am frank to say that there were features in slavery which were wrong. Many years ago, my friend*, before the United States had an existence as a nation, your forefathers inhabited the homes of your raee?Africa. The Northern people, who were thon as no* a commercial people, owning many ships, went to the coast of Africa and I ought some and stole or kidnapped your grandfathers snd mothers, placed them in the hold of their veaaelr in great number*, and in chains took some few to their Northern homes, nod sent most of them to be sold to the Southern people for slave*. In this work they had'vnlunble colaborers in the English and' 8panisb. Iky this traffle la human flesh they made large sotDDgot nH>n*y, TKa VLvnlkarit n.i/tnla a ? as*.?t era I vnla X?re cppoeed to th? nlare trad*, when the ilonift threw off the joke of Droit Britain. the Southern Goloni?? emonoet them, end one of the principal reeeoo* which they pnblWhed to the world In jiittlfieation of their Cauae, ?H that (he mother country had itnpeeed elarery end the alave trade 1 upon them ngalnat their withe* When oar. isdeneodenee wa* aeknowlodg 1 ed and we fbrmeo A Uuion of the Colooiaa, f the South waa till oppoeed to the alave trade, and It would hgva then been deeltred piracy, and half qftyour.raee In the United State* wonld tint nave b?en here now, bat 1 in Africa; but the Northern men eognged , In the trade, found It to be ao profitable, . add ao entirely free from eny eoneelentioua , eeroplea were they, that they loaUtrd that their pione operation* ahonld continue twenty rente loog. r, and the8outh.yjalded. Theae alave trader* inveated their money Im lend*, hoaeen end other property* et the North, which made taeey of their grand 1 children or great-grandchildren rioh. nod tome of whom are now leading Republl i oana. i The elavrholdera of, tiyi Northern Sty tea f did the Mint thing in moat i?etei*eae by tendiog their alavctto Virginia, apd other ' Southern fliat.a, and veiling them, whan their atava l.ib*>r became lcaa profitobla in a cold climate than white laber, and have HI V ^HHRBpr' * hbhhb^ PHKEL-L?Aaui^^^^^.^. r^^- . u 1 X7- r~\ -m 1-x i /A. un iri " - 'v- '' ^ t - : ? GKEKNV1LLE. SOUTH ,.,.ii.f i ..nr^mirwuti t ?si aceamused themselves by baaing the Southern peo^S 44 ikivf drivers?and ths Senator,, the descendant of these man, ia here to-night reminding yon of the wrongs you have received at the lianda of your former owners, and advising yon to avoid political alliances with you (rienda and neighbors, and to seek no alliance with people in distant Stater, the Republican* of the North. I repeat that the consoienclous scruples of the North w ere not seen cropping out until they had your race to their pockets, where tney have taken good care to keep you ever elooe.' There are many goad people at the North who are your friends, and who have neVer engaged in the slave trade, owned slaves, or approved of slavery. The aan.e can be said of the South} and If let alone bv the North that class would have been mXich larger in the South. More slaves haVcbeen freed by the act of their owners in the South than at the North. George Washington owned al>cnt rthe thousand, which lie freed at hit death. Mr. Randolph did ihe same. General Oglethorpe opposed slavery in Georgia. There is a man on this Mage who knows that 1 had an angry controversy many ycara ago In this city formJoining Henry Clay's emancipation scheme for Kentucky. He was my political leader, I never knew 1dm to do Wrong, but I fear we will never look upon his like again. The gontleman from Massachusetts savt you ought to identify yonreelvee with the Radical part}' of the North, because (hey have waded through a bloody war of four pears to osteon free, to give you lh? right .<> mi upon juiiop, 10 rme on railroads, im ify as witnesses in court*, and much else. [ deny every assertion ha has made on (heaa wlnts, and challenge him to the proof. He a ho says that this war was commenced by lie North to aetyon free and confer on you ha right* which yon now enjoy, falsifies lite history Of the country; not intenlionil'y, I hope. The Government of the Unit id*Slatee. during the war, again and sgain leolared moat solemnly that this war was not commenced or being waged fur con]ue*t, or with a view of interfering with wr property th slaves In the States Mr. Lincoln urged us to return to the Union, pledging ilia Government to receive u* most cordially, and give slavery its proteo lion in the State*. We wete threatened with emancipation if we did not come hack. In one hand the Government offered u* Union and Slavery," and in the other war rebellion and emancipation." Having (one to war on principle, the South chose he latter. No man know* this better than he honorable Senator. Nor will he or ~>enemi Swayne. who is ott rh? stand, deny he aweition that 1 ohi now going to u>uke, lint we cobld have gone hock in the Union ind held you a? our Slave* to-day. Von ire not indrbted to the North or to the South for yonr freedom, hut to God. In tend ol" aburing us you ought to remember lint tld* rebellion which you are taught to I ! Spies, by your enemle* nod our*, who only ] :<>nte amongM. you for yonr vot?-S, was an nstrument in tlic hand* of God for yonr leftverance, so far as mortal aye can divine he put potca of the Creator. Tlie Southern people do not enry you pour ft eedom. They would not restora you to bondage if Ihey Could. Tfiey have jour well being at heart, t did not lira a gun lor elavery. Mora than half the Southern 1 irttiy never owned a e'ave. Hardee, Olehurne, and many othera signed a petition long before tho war cloaed. for your tree 4nm anf) In rnti an nnitw * ? ?? ~ ?" volunteer and assist jotir %lnte Mends of the South in achieving Southern Independence. President Davit recommended tliii court*, ind It in the theatre, in thit elty, endoreed bie policy in the presence of a Very Infge assembly, and tinted that I would lake great pleasure in commanding colored troop* Tou acted well jour port during that unfortunate stiuggle, for which you de serve, end have, the g.atitutle of every Southern man and woman in our midst. The gentleman toys that the Mexican war wae brought on nud advocated by Mr. Calhoun for the purpose of increasing the area of freedom. No man ought to know better lhau the honored representative of Massachusetts that the statement is untrui. Mr. Calhoun and also Mr. Clay, the great Southern giants alive at the time, opposed the war. Mr. Calhoun was to the Inst the bitterest opponent of the war?predicting aa he did the disastrous results upon the peace of the country. Instead of that war being wsged for slavery, it was vsry evl dent, as the result proved, that any territory adjoining us whieh could be acquired would he free territory. That war gave to the North, California, Utah and New Mexico. Thongh only a boy, 1 fo lowed the old flag through that war with many thousand good and true fmen from my section who only regarded the National honor of onr common country. Again astoho-ctyou became tree. The North aided to five you wiih a bayonet and Military Pio'dnmntions only as they believed it would injure us and raise you up a hostile element in our midst; and seemingly making your welfare a sec ondary consideration. To render this set of theira valid and eonatitutiowel, it was nceeeaary that We should act. We nailed toother oar Conventions, and without lies itation, mad* you constitutionally free forever. We also gave you the right to testify in eaa?B where- you were Interested, and I advocated in this State lie use your right to teatify in all eaaea You now enjoy many privilege*here not onjoyed by your rate in the Northern State* Aa the gentleman haa oungratu laled you upon your improved aoodititon here, and oreated still greater expectations for your future political and social relations in the South, let ute tell you what great blessings the North.lias conferred uponyour raoe even in hie own State. First, until vary reeently, eltborgh your rnee et the North are free, end here the ad vantagee of the free school system of which he boasts, and few in number% yet whilst your numbers rapidly ineraased as slaves in the han4u-of eruel master# referred to by him. y^t with him at the Nerth Ihev have diminished, your raoe have beeo and are still excluded from Northern hotels, steam beat cabins, relit oad ear#, and<plaees ot amusement. They have been frequently exCI led from such pleeea, end sometime# mobd far claiming the right* of white people. A*4 .whet hea been the reealt. ef every ef fort em their port to obtain redrew end eetalrffsh their rights by lew. Thay have in eveary laatanoe, (unless it be very renently,) eigsnl'y failnd. The courts of the country wero against them. I aew, in Northern newspapers, aud 1 beliatu it to It true, for ? ? ?l >r f ifc.ii ?ti - j*.rtj| l ??;? * ' > > j*; i * ? ? ***'-"? ^ -.{ miti VM ' * ? *j\J it1 * {i**' DPTJL^R caUoi.Ina. May 30. ipg I lilvt no*h?r? It ?onln^1?lr4, that about the last of 1RM, or the tint of the prveest jeer. Fredrick Douglass, a mulatto of Ne* York, Who U said to be a highly educated and polished men, who conducts himself with great propriety everywhere, travelled as far Wret as 8t. I.ouis, and was there and everywhere on Ids route refused admission into the first class hotels of the North and West Nearly evety Northern State haa discriminated against tliem aa jurors, witnesses, and heretofore at the ballot box. They nowhere at the North enjoy. In fact, alt the rights of white people, and in moat States North th-y are by local lnwa denied political equality at the nreaent time. One or moro States went so far as to deny them settlement within their boundaries altogether. You have been reminded, by the gentlo man, of pecuniary ftvors conferred ; the supplies voted you by hia party, and the Burenit under General Swaynein Alabama, as another reason why you should nut. with the Republicans. I believe Gen. Swayne to be a friend of yours. I believe the gentleman wiio has addressed yon ia also a fiiend. for thoy hnvj no cause to be otherwise f but no better friend than I nm and many other Southern men. Many of us have been educated by your labor, and I hope I shall live long enough to pay you hack with compound interest In promoting education among yon, whieh 1 tell you is the only hope of your raee. I requested that Gen Swayne be continued over us; for although we aee things front different aland points, yet I believe he Wants to do right, and I never think less of any one for an lioucst difference of opinion merely. Hut however worthy the motive of the act on the part of the Government in assisting tou through the Bureau, and for r-'-'.h the Senator, amongst other reasons, claims your votes for the Republican party, it la an undeniable faot that the sums party discriminates against you in the way of taxes on cotton, and in this way wring front tha sweat of your "brow one hundred dol lata to every one teeilved by yoa through lite svine Bureau. With these facts staring you in the face which the honorable Senator will not deny, whatistlie obvious object of his visit Soutli f It is this, inV friends: His nsrtv is in rwiw er, and he ie lore aiding to keep them so He ie here 10 form a political alliance with you and what few whites can be induced to join hint. They want office, they wont spoils, and they Want to retail) power. It in quite pleasant and profitable to them. It is not because they love you better than other people. I warn you against him and all like him, at home or from abroad, a a * e I It occurs to me just al this moment, that there it another portion of the honorable Senator's last or second speech, to which I will briefly allude, lie says I have mentioned Cottle things he never before h 'ard. In thul ho has none the advantage of mc, for he has spoken of nlatiy thing* that he did, that I have not lu.ard ol before. He boasts of what the Northern army did. but I did not know he was with them. It is only vety recently that he invaded the South, lie reminds mc or the bold frontiers man, who, when the bear entered the cabin door quite unexpectedly, ran up into the loft. The goo 1 wife, having no means of escape, used the pitchfork very freely, kill ing the bear, the husband in the loft eying out all the wldle at the top of his voice, ' Lay on, Nancy I lay on, Nancy I" When assured that the bear was quite dead, he descended from his safe retreatt walked up to the side of his Wife, and, with the air of a game cockt e)cclaimedv " Naney, oin't we brave t" The gentleman o in afford to boast n0? of wbatnts Aid} In conclusion, let me say, that you have known mo from my boyhood. I have al ways done the besll could for you, and am'1 still your friend. Although 1 have been deprived of citizenship, yet I love my coun try and her people, and I will remain with you. When I took the ontli to support the Constitution And Union of tho States, I did so after much r- flectic and in perfect good faith. I did so with determination that I would do all that. I could to promote the peace and prosperity of my whole country, and particularly your race, who were, and are now so nr.'.eh in need of instruction.? Thtre is a minister (Rev. Jnmot Newman) of the Gospel in this city who knows that during the war and at a time when the South expected to be successful, that we pledged ourself one to the other, to give the energies of our life to the improvement of your condition. Things have since changed. I am prostrated by the war, but I will assist ) on all Ijsan, and am doing so now and encouiuging others to do something. My henrt was made glad a few days since when I heard that a Southern man. notwithstAnd rug our impoverished condition, had donated a piece of laud in litis city lor a school house for your children, and upon which, 1 learn, the Government proposes putting up the building. But for the excitement and prejudice on the question engendered by politicians, NoVth and South, before the war, your condition would have been a much better one than it if. I believe yoa will liear me out in the assertion that your forraar Southern ownsra treated you quite as well as the Northern men did, beiorc they old you to ua, and as well as those who settled in onr midst and owned slaves be fore the war. Your own observation and experience teaches you that the latter elsse, whether from Maeaaehnsetta or any other New England State, ware, as a general rule, mere exacting titan our Southern born peo pie My father hired ont slaves for many year* for an catate, and told me, what I knew to be true, that those slaves never did rsfuse to live with- or run away from any but twomen. and one of theae was from Connect!Anf an/I ft Kn aIKar fmm inma nllif-r Na*.K#ph Slate. When you return lo your homea, be Induatriou*, eobcr, and economical, *?? wages and buy and adorn \ our hotnea, howover email, educate your euildren, cultivate peace with all, and God wil' blra* and reward your efforts, I thank you for the respectful attention you have given me. - The Southern baptist Convention,*! its late immor, named Saturday before the fourth Sunday in June next aa a day of genera) prayer and humiliation throughout the Southern Church, Curat a phyeioian by leading a temperate life, and the lawyer by Keeping out of Uebu EVENTS *5 r. " [ Marriage Agency in Europe. The Pail Mull Gazette gives an amusing expose of the operations of an '* Office for International Marriages," said to be the only eatablybment of the kind existing in England. It consists of Mr. John Schwartz <fc Co , the " 00,** being Mrs. Schwartz. In their circular they say they have references of the highest character, and are prepared to correspond in any written language with any customer who may be conjugally incliued. They agree to ensure perfect satisfaction in the delicate negotiations they undertake, and no exception, certainly, can be taken to tbeif terms. No prepayment of any kind is required from their clients, save for postage, until after the honeymoon, and then the matter is left entirely to the honor of the parties concerned. As these terms are much more liberal than those of similar establishments in this country, all of which insist npon payment of h-avy fees in advance, we give ourfair readers the benefit of the list of no blemen who Mr. and Mis. Schwartz have en disponibilile: 1. An Austrian Count, 32 years of age, Chamberlain to his 1. K. Majesty and Mxj jr in the army, possessor of large estates in 8axony, with a yearly income of 12 000 thaler*. 2. A Dutch Count, 33 years of age, attached to the household of a Royal Prince of Holland, and director of a well known gas compagnie in a foreign wumrj* 8. An Italian Count, 40 years of age, holding a commission as LieutenantColonel or Cavalry in the Italian array. The e noblemen, being desirous of concluding matrimonial alliances, do not look for liigh family descent; they would cheerfully offer their hands and high social position to any lady of good education, unblemished reputation and possessing n jointure from ?20,000 to ? 10,000. The illustrious names of the families or these counts, as well as their own brilliant careers, are sufficient guarantee for their honest intentions, and any lady, either of the aristocracy or middle classes, possessing the enuiner ated qualifications, will have a rare opportunity of acquiring not only a highly gilted husband, but also of becoming a member of one of the first families in Europe. Mr. and Mrs.Schwartz publish a nutn her of certificates and letters to show that they give entire satisfaction to their customers. We give the following from Chancellor Submit, a Prussian no bleman, with a string of titles a yard long: tfiitORxnn, December Y, 1859.- Gens tlemen: in reply to your honored letter 1 beg to announce that I am since 6evo ral weeks married to Lady von Timoni My wife is a very excellent person, and I am quite satisfied, and there fore I thank you again. As soon as I shall receive her dowry I shall make my thanks more substantial. Assuriug you of our highest mutual esteem, I remain yours obediently, Sabatii. Another gentleman announces that ins wne, ouiair.eu tiirougn tiieir ottlce, is extremely unwell, and Folicits (beir services in case the illness should prove fatal ! Could more touching evidence bo given of his grateful confidence ! Peace in Europe. Our cable despatches announce the ratification of the terms of peace by all the Governments which were represented in the conference of Londou. Thus the great wotk of the conference is con automated, and the peace of Europe is secured. It took the uine plenipotentiaries but three days to bring about this result?to prevent a war which threatened to he more extensive, and to involve more terrible sacrifices, than any which this generation has known. The promptitude with which all parties have assented to the treaty, shows that there was less of a determination for war in any quarter than bad appeared to be the case while the quarrel was in progress. The eagerness of Bit marck to try conclusions with Napoleon, and the anxiety of the French to test guns with the Prussians, were not only amenable to reason, but both the one and the other seized the very first op portunity to submit their case to the judgment of the North, and give assurance that they would abide by its decision. The proposition of the English Government for a conference was no sooner made (ban it was agreed lo on alt hands, and tbe terms of tbe conferenee were no sooner reached than each power advanced to give tbem final rat ifica'ion. If w<) recall no similar body which ever met with graver business or in a more perilous crisis, we know of none which ever acted with greater despatch, or completed its duties with more satisfaction to all concerned. Aa to tbe rnduraru* of tbe peaet which has thus quickly been brought about, no opinion from any q-iarter is worth listening to. We shall doubtless be told by a great many wise-acre* that, notwithstanding the oonfhrence, war must break out within a few mouths, or at all events, by next year. Perhaps it will; but then, again, per* i i 1 n ' No. l." Imps it will not. If no better reasons for it can be given than those whiolt have just Wen refuted and laid aside bv the conference, we shall not ha troubled for some nrr.o at least; and even if far better rfuom can be given fat .it than these, we shall still refute to bo troubled; fur we learo. in the ooarae of lime, that there are many forces operating upon etfairs And modifying their character, which can never be taken into account in arguments preliminary to the event. We believe* notwithstanding all that has been said, that it is, and will bo for years to come, the general policy of France, as well a? of England, to maintain the peace of Europe, and to postpone, so far as possible, all arg'.meni* about distuibiog questions. There ar.i but few matters of dispute about which the voice of these two great powers would not be potential. We do not believe that France has lost anything in prestige, power or hoDor by Napoleon's course in regard to this war question, or in regard to the peacu conference. To assert that she has, is to take a very narrow and short sighted view of her position in the European system. Nor do we believe that the Emperor's course has weakened his bold upon the French people. On the contrary, we beiieve.it has strengthened bis Government in all re<pect?, and brightened the prospects of his dynasty. ?JVetr York Timet, 18f&. Gov. Perry's Letter. The Charleston Mercury haa the following comments on tha last letter of Gov. Perry: Mr. Perry, o/ course, has out before us his anil war Unionism, which, considering the experiences of the war, and the present condition of things, eliciting hia letters. cm* might suppose he would be thy of so* nounoiug. Saving this harmless effervescence, we object to one thing in Mr. Perry'* letter, ami that Is the counsel he gives, that the white race should, In South Carolina, vote against the call of a convention, and we Object to this counsel simply becsuse we do not think that we con defeat the call of the convention. Mr. Perry himself, in a previous letter, says that the black population in IhisStalo are more numerous than the whites, by 60,000. Deduct the women nnd children, and this will give about 16,000 voters, 16,000. therefore, is the majority of blaek voters. Now, suppose the white population votea against a convention, is it likely that no portion of this 16,000 majority will reach the polls! If it does, the convention will be called. The relative strength o( tho white aud blaek population will be ascertained by the registry, when we will better Understand the real state of the case. To us it appears certain that a portion of these 16,000 voters, will reach the polls, if the white population opposes a convention ; and a convention will be called. And if a convention is called, by snch a division of the races at the polls, will not that very anj tagonism which Mr. Perry so strongly deprecates be put into full operation t The fiist election is to be held on this question ; and if a division arise upon it, parties must be formed, and their results secured for all the ofter stages of reconstruction, by Its operations. If, then, the white race united cannot prevent the call of a convention in South Carolina, what use can there be in their assuming an attitude of organised antagonismt To us it appears that it will be far wiser, if possible, to endeavor to keep the two races together in harmony with each other by acting together. If we fail in this ?ffort, through the influence of Northern emissaries and the hostility of the block population, be it so. On them will be the fearful responsibility of the consequences which will ensue. The whole population, white and blaek, voting for a convention, the organization of pnrties will trulv arise on the election of delegates to the convention. Here will he a better field for keening the races together. Tho candidates will have their personal influence ; and the white population, having voted with the blaok for a convention, will he in a belter position to influence them. By a proper energy on the part of tho white population, we have little doubt that a conservative convention can be elected. We beg leave, however, to say, that wo are by no moans satisfied that the consequences of the Military Act, so forcibly deCicted by Mr. l'erry, will occur, even if tho lack population should control, for a time, the State. We have not the leeat apprehension that they will rule the white population. That result may be accomplished hy a standing army of the vhitt roe* in South Carolina ; but negroes, in no form or numbers, can produce it. A terrible stato of things may be produced by sueh an attempt, but it will fail utterly. Nor have we the least fear that a convention of nagtoCS In 8outh Carolina will confiscate the hinds of the white peoplo, for their benefit or appropriation. It would require 10,000 United States troops In eaeh District in the State to turn the white population oat of their homes, and put negroea into them ; and after such a work was accomplished, it would have a deplorabla tendency to be undone, whieb all the troops of ths United States may fad to prevent. Mr. Cyrus Fikld has caused to published the Announcement that a Urge iceberg has to damaged the cable of 1806. lhat the tignnis through it have censed. The cable of 1865 still works well. Th* McKinney (Texas) Enquirer says that a farmer up there raised 175 bushels to the Acre of the largest, finest and most palatable sweet potatoes it ever saw or tasted, and the Haatrop Advertiser state* that a farmer of that county raised 300 bushels to lb* aore. Tnx Eakiikst Yst.?The Tampa (Fla.) l'eninsula, of the llth instant, says fine water melons have been brought to that tuwkel for the past | week.