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HBBv treatment HHBPtw^Sprtiavlnni It a proof nHSj^MRtn^Filn people. The Ohineee ^HHpHpmetimea pot their female children to weath, and when reproved for it, will Bay, " it la only a girl* Ash a Chinaman who haa male and female children, how many children he haa, and ha, very probably, will mention the number ot his boye, but say nothing about hia girls Bona are regarded aa eo great a bleeaing that offerings are made to the go da, that sons might be born. A missionary in sneaking of visiting a small village in China, asys: " From the number of women in the ^-liiuli tnr.i.,,1 ..til t.r> cryin wi> were pretty well persuaded that they were under aa little restraint ae the men from in dulgiog their curloeoty ; and upon inquiry we found it to b? ao. We were eondueted to a small temple when we had the opportunity of conversing with many who came around ua. On a second vieit, while addressing them, one man held up a child, and publicly acknowledged that he had killed five of the helpleee beings, having preserved bat two, 1 thought he was jetting, but as no surprise or dissent was expressed by his neighbors, and as thsrs was an air of simplicity and regret in the individual, there was no reason to doubt its truth. After repeating hia eonfaaaion, he added, with affecting simplicity, 'It was before I beard you speak on this subject; I did not know It waa wrong; I would not do so now.'? Wishing to obtain the testimony of the assembled villagers, I put the question publioly: ' What number of female infants in this village are destroyed at birth V The reply was, ' more than one-half.' As there waa no discussion among them, whloli is not the ease when tkey differ in opinion, and ae we were fully oonvineed from our own observation of the numerical inequality of the sexes, the proportion of deaths they gave did not striae us as extravagant." The wives are bargained for, for a price, end taken to the bridegroom's houee. They do not choose their husbanda, eomeqiientlv they are, In effect, the sieves, and not the OPOipanions of their husbands. And so etrong is the feeling in China that this is rigm, mat even a iema>e wnwr in naurosa! * hor eex, telle them that they ought to be content with their condition, and that submission will show that they are good wives. The wife ia so completely nmlor the power of her mother in-law, that the mother-in-law may strike her, ana the husband does not dare to object. The compression of the feet of the females in China, is a moet cruel custom. Those persons who suppose that it ia attended with no pain, labor under a vory erroneous hnpreasion. The child will frequently tear off the bandages, on account of the sailer ing she endures. She ie told, however, to beer the pain, that the enstom Is respectable, ana that through it, sho will be regarded as possessing a claim to respectability It is difficult to account for thia custom. One writer says that a daughter of An Emperor was disabled and deformed in her feet from her birth, and that the lathers of her playmates had the fast of their own children compressed to save the feelings of tha.cilpple wnen they were together. The eyee of children are eotnetimes put oat; though this Is said frequently to be done from a fear on the part of parents that they will not be able to support their children, yet for parents to act thus la the ex hibttlon of a most nnnatural feeling of the human heart " Without natnral affection " ie one of the marks of some of the ancient heathen as given by Paul. It is likewise OJif of the marks of some of the heathen in modern times, and we frequently behold it among the Inhabitants of the Chinesa Empire. In the common transactions of life, there ia constantly apparent the greatest lack of sympathy, when their fellow ereatnrea are in suffering circumntnncea. . In going to the mimion chapel one morntog, r.ew an apparently poor man, having his food in a small earthen vessel. He let It falL As Is generally the ease with any tMng of thia kind that falls on the stone srelk, mo It was now, hia jar was broken, hirfaod partly spoiled, or entirely lost.? There was ona genera1 laugh among the Chinese around. None seemed to pity. In 4a Kotn/v itHilaa 4 la A naaaaaWo AI bearing hie lore, ha waa likewise under the necessity of knowing the mortifying truth, thgthialoae furuiahcd amusement for oth era. At the aame time, it is very probable that he, too, would have joined in the laugh, il another and not hlmaelf had been the loeer. , Ia*a gospel land, thia would have afforded amusoment to some?to playful boys and theughtleae young men?hut here it affordi am nee m en t to alL In a Oespel land, the poor man would have met with some pity, here he met with none. Truly la it thg ease, that Ignorance blnnti the aoeial feelinga of the heart. Nothing short of the prevalence of Qoepel prinei plea, will be Ute meaaa of ehowing fully tc the benighted their dutv to their fellow T OM? MIT an instance of one of the Irtoliftd metboria of pwMInK children wnrtlBM rttarud to by tho Chinese. A wsmen put her little boy ia the water foi the Mhe of learning him obedience to hei commend*. Rhe hed e bamboo pole, ami would push him with it, In order to fright en htm, after she had driven him in.? A erowd was around them, laugh ing whenever he received a free! fright. She allowed others, loo, to frighter him. One yonng man threw water In hii fee#, and she joined in the leugh when hi erted oat from fear. A few day* before thie, I had seen a mai die a rope arennd a little boy, and pnt bin in th# water while a erowd looked on. The Ohiaeee, in punishing their children alas! ahow a spirit of revenge, and not i desire for the good of the child. The pro prUty of punishing the child in such a waj that others should not see it, does not seen one* to enter their wind*. Every fresh ae of this public punishment doubtless lias thi llect of souring (lie ehild's disposition.? Tl.?i "MM that is lau^hcJ at by his phiy he is punished, will doubtlees SffiffSwin tnrn. at them, when they are punSgKHt Miserable system I with the lendIBSWfleepeUntly to foster, In the rising gen|IBk the spirit of revenge, end to beget j aBtafseling lieart, I 9||i wonder that when the Chinese arrive <at molarity, their hearts are so little affected by the roiteriee of others. There are | some parents in Christian countries who have no objection to others joining them in leasing a child that has offended. For the honor of Christianity, it is to be hoped that sneh eases are comparatively rare. One who bad an opportunity of knowing, has said; "The Chinese, in eome measure; even seem gratified in speaking of the ii... ?r ui?iirows vi uiiioiD. M Thej almost invariably laugh, when speaking of the death of people know o to them, and even of those they called their friends?they will speak of going to a friend's house to mourn over him, and speak of It with a smiling, happy fmo, as if talking of their friend's approaching wedding." 1 have, myself, seen the dead body of an infant upon the Canton River, and wiien I have asked what it was, the answer would be given, with a etnile on the countenance of the one who answered it. It is sometimes the case that the eyes of the Chinese are filled with tears, in relating coses of misery, bnt it is from excess of merriment, and not from grief. I have seen a person tall down in a fit, and the by-staudere gather around him? none offering the helping hand?lodking at the unhappy roan more as tf they were looking at a show, than at a human being in distress. I have seen the mother punish fhe child in a manner so eevero that it would seem almost a miracle that the child was not disabled for life. The thing that is nearest the parent is at once taken up, although it may be of some weighty material, and sometimes the head, and sometimes the face of the child receives the heavy blows. A man should reflect before he says of any persona in America, (however cruel and degraded,) " they are worse than heathens.*' I I Green Manuring?Clover, Peas, Buckwheat, CornAll cultivated lands require to he re-supplied, according to their need, witli those natural and inherent constituents of fertile soils which are absorbed by the growing Blant, and carried off in sncee?sivejcrops.? pon this depends its productive capacity, for a long scries of years. The best manures are, therefore, those that abound in certain mineral and vegetable substance*, in that ktate in which they are most readily taken by the growing plant. It would be teaching the simplest elementary principles of farming for us to say anything here con cerning the merits of barn yard manure, guano or bone dust; but the value of green orops ploughed under as forming an ensiiy accessible and highly beneficial fertilizer, has never ret, we think, been regarded by tho generality of our farmers, with the importance it deserves. The beneficial influence of green crope tnrntd under, ie much belter understood and appreciated in Europe, and especially Among tbe thrifty Germans, than ii is with us. By this method the sandy wastes of Belgium have been converted, with but little assistance from other kinds of manures, into a fertile loam. The farms there are, for the most part, divided among small proprietors, and, as they scarce ly exceed fifty acres, they are easily worked, and by patient iodustry, and by tho shrewd adaptation of means to ends, oacli farm lias been cultivated almost to the perfection of a garden. The Belgians, ant, to a large extent, their neighbors of Holland, have oeen taught by that best of all teachers, practical experience, that green plants ploughed under will give, with tho exeeplioa of ammonia, all the constituents necessary to enrioh the soil upon which their crops are grown. Of these constituents one-third may be derived from the soil its self, and to that extent are merely returned to it in the green crop that is ploughed under, but the remaining two-thirds are drawn from the atmosphere, and are, therefore, clear gain. There are quite a variety of green crops which might be made useful in a course of renovation, but the chief crops for this purpose, whichark adopted to general use by our farmers, may be limited to four. These ore, 1st, clover; 2d, field peas; 8d, buekwheat; 4th. broadcast corn. Of these four, the first on the list, and the first in point of ex eeilence, is clover, and next to clover the field pea, commonly known at the South as the eow pea. In an exhaustive treatise on this subject, to be found in the Report of the Agricultural Department for 1864, the relative values of different green crops when ploughed under in tho process of ren. ovnting soils, more or less exhsusted by too frequent cropping, is very clearly presented. 1 We propose to draw from this source such i points in a condensed form as are most worthy of attention, and, we also propose to show at the same tiuio, by comparative > statements, why thia mode of manuring is F beneficial to (ho soil, and ennblee it to bear heavy crops of wheat, and corn, and rye, I and oats, and barley, on lands that previous' ly failed to produce them remuneratively. 1 The value of the red eiover for manorial 1 purposes consists in the fact that when de> composed it contains all the constituents that enter into the production of a crop of > wheat, as the following analysis of clover 1 as compered with wheat will show : Had (,'loaer 100 port*. Wheat. Strata. . Potash ) 86.45 80.02 17 98 Soda, J 0.00 8.82 2.47 Kasa QO A4 1 1 ft M id 9 liiiuv, ? ? i.?u i.va , Magnesia, 4.08 13.80 1.04 l Oxide of Iron,.. 0.26 001 0.46 r Phosphoric acid, 6.71 46.79 2.75 Sulphuric acid,. 1 35 0.00 8.00 I Silica, 1.05 8.60 63.89 Uhlorine,. 8.02 ... .... It will thus be seon that clover contains a large proportion of limo, potash, mngnei sia, phoaphorio and aalphnrfo acid and chloi rine, all of which are subetanees that enter i largely into the composition of wheat. An ? other advantage of clover Is that It sends Its tap roots deep into the soil, and by its i succulent sterna and broad leavee It protects i the soil it covers from evaporation, and thus adds considerably to its fertility by the , mere shade it affords, just as ground eover% ed with rough, fibrous material, becomes fertile from the mere fact of being so coverf cd, and from the retention of moisture it which is a consequence of it. The wheat t and cornfgrown on clover lays are generally less liable to diseaso, and the grain is of - better quality then (lint grown under the stimulus of stable manure, whilst a good mf i??>+?? GREENVILLE. SOUTH -LI ? ? 1 crop of clover turned under, furnishes to the soil large a quantity of fertilising substances an ten or twelve loads of riili and well rotted manure from the bntn yard, whilst there is no expense incurred in hauling or preparing. Mr. Wol finger remarks that the best mode of treating clover is to let the first year's growth full and decay on the ground, or it may be pastured lightly in the full of the J ear. Ihe second year, the first crop may e eat for hav. awl alter tli- ?. topped for seed the residue tnny be turned under, lie suggests, however, tlitt the second crop may oe ploughed under nfier it hu purtlilljr ripened tu seeds, l>y which menus a full supply of seed will be deposited iu the soil for luturegrowth. Wo object to either of these processes If the oMect of growing clover is to renovate the soil, it should be reserved in its entirety for this special purposo ; we would not turn i hoof on it; we would n< t put a scythe into it; we would let the crops of the first year fall and cover the ground, and those of the second year we would likewise leave un touched until the seed was termed nt.t\ tho stems began to turn brown. Then, nnd then only we would put the plough in and turn all under together. The objection sometimes raised that green crops turned under sour the soil, would thus be obviated, but a decided advantage would be gained, and all apprehensions of any such result set at rest, if, before ploughing under, tho field were broadcasted with ten bushels of lime to the acre. Next to clover In point of value ns a crop for turning under, is the field pes?which in its haulms and stalks contains, likd do ver, " a very large proportion of lime, potash, carbonic acid and chloride of sodium, besides considerable quantities of phospho t ic and sulphurio acid, magnesia, soda, Ac." The advantage of peas is that they can be grown on lighter soils than clover, nnd, therefore, especially in the case of the cow pea, are preferable in the sandy soils of the South to clover, which rarely grows well there, and frequently falls altogether. Mr. Kuffin?and the South had very few more experienced agriculturists than lie? expressed the opinion that the cow pea was " even better than clover as a preparing and manuring crop for wheat." However this may he north of the Potomac, it is certain that south of Ihvt line it is very highly esteemed, and that its merits deserve it should be better known to agriculturists generally. After |>eas we rank buckwheat as a good crop for turning under; it grows rapidly, is largely benefitted by plaster, and if, on the noor soils Oil wllieli it is nrnnn.?l llist it hIinil be used, ft few bushel* of lime or wood ashes ore broadcasted previously to seeding down to buckwheat, it rarely fails to grow vigorously. Tho etrnw of buek wheat " contains conaidcruble quantities ol lime, magnesia, potash, soda, and phosphoric and sulphuric acid," and aa It will grow with in<>re or less vigor on almost any soil, and will makea moderate stand where even clover would fail, it consiitutes the best green crop wherewith to commence the process of renovation by a course of green ma nuring. After one or two crops of buck wheat haVa heen turned under, clover or pens may follow with the certainty of a good stand, and when these nro also given to the soil, its restoration to a good state of fertility may, with judicious management, be regarded as certain. Of course the re suit aimed at may be hastened by the addition of auch manures as can be spar, d from the barn yard, even though the quantity is small, and especially by turnishilig the soil annually with a few bushels of lime or ashes to each acre that, is subjected to this inex pensive mode of hupiovrmcnt. Finally, there is broadcast corn. But to obtain a heavy crop of broadcast corn presupposes t lie land early in gool condition, whilst a light crop has, by no menus, so bens eficial an effect on the soil as either ot the three crops previously mentioned. Moreover the broadcast corn turned under, ex ecpt in soils where lime naturally abounds, will most assuredly, in the process of fermentation, sour the land. It Is, therefore, the least desirable o' all the renovators we have named. Were we about to eommonce the Improvement of a very poor piece of wo atiAlllil rtAHimanao ? *?!? Kuabitil.ant aided by a mail quantity of wood aches. Two crops of buckwheat might be grown in one season, Loth of these we would turn under. Leaving the land, fallow through the winter, wo would break it up the ensuing spring and seed the cow pea, following this in due succession with clover. [Maryland Fanner. . -4-^'e Thk Lkokso or tiib Tmnn Dimmer.?Tho legend, as it is called, of tho Master Mason, is ono of tho most touching and bcnutiful in tho great drama of life. Pounded, as it is, upon ' the mysteries and ceremonies of the uncicut Egyptians, it has come down to us as the very embodiment and substanco of Masonry. It is the impressive exemplification of the birth, tho life, tho duties, the death, and tho resurrection of man. It stamps upon the intelligent Mason the sublime doctrine ot the immortality of tho soul : and it was a wiso provision of all Ornnd Lodges, that the dogrce should never bo mutilated, that it should never bo given iu part only, but should be conipleto at every undertaking. To omit this legend is to omit tho degreo itself, and for its omission the (Irund Lodge of Missouri will accept no ordinary excuse, not even tho ignorance of the Muster, who may not have the talent or industry to learn it.? This legend is tho grand land-mark, the unfading beacon of Masonic centuries. It is never changed ; it will admit of no rcmovtl, for it is tho rallying point of the Universal Brotherhood. It convoys volumes of thought, and furnishes food for the refloctive mind down to tho graro, and as a simple drama stands nncouallcd besides nnv of tho Droductions of eoni us. No Mason ever participated in and forgot it; ho foit its moral upon his soul, aa though it were the touch of a Divinity, and when properly understood, it inspire* a solemnity second only to the scene of death. Let no invontivo and tinkering genius, therefore, ever tamper with this benntiful legend ; it wants nothing added to it, and will allow nothing taken from It.? The t'rrrmatoH, St. L+Hl?. Stuawbkrky Rkds?When making new strawberry plantations set the plant* at dtstannee of about eighteen Inches in the row, and the rows two to two and a half feet opart, and expect to keep them afterward in hills, aa by so doing a larger berry and mare quantity is obtained than when grown In matted beds. Do n?t wait for the weeds to grow soiarge as to smother the strawberry vine before commencing with the hoe, bnt remember that it is easisr ami less labor to boo over an acre three times when the weeds are only one Inch high, than to hoe and weed it once after they get to bu six inches, a foot or more. | Horticulturist. i CAROLINA. JUNE 20. 186 Letter from Oeneral Longstreet. The New Orleans Republican publishes the following letter from General Long* street. The Republican claims that the 1 General haa taken liia stand upon the plat, form of their part}', and considers that the Democracy have lost all of their vitality, 1 and that with the surrender of General Lea nothing remained to the 8outli but to ac cepi me situation : ' Nkw Oblkaxr, May 16, 18G7. General Jamt* Longelreet: (iknkral?In your ulmirtlilnUtUr of the Otli ultimo you remaik llmt "our efforts at reconstruction will be vain and tireless unless we embark in the enterprise with the sincerity of purpose which will command succese. The spirit which inspired the above paragraph, together with the fact that thousands of bravo soldiers are still ready to follow their lender wherever he may see fit to call them, hue emboldened me to extend to you an invitation to attend a muss meeting in Lafayette Square to-morrow evening, at which the lion. Henry Wilson, a distinguished leader in the Republican party, wtll address the citizens of New Orleans. As soldiers, we were opposed to each er during the late war ; but as citizens, may we not wisely unite in efforta to restore Louisiana to her foimer position in the Union through the party now in power, and which in all probability will retain power for many years to come ? If you accept, I shall be glad to hear your views on the condition of public nffuirs^ Respectfully yours, etc , J0I1N M. O. PARKER. New OrikAkm, La., June 3, 1867. J. M. O. Parker, Esq. My Dear Sir?Your esteemed favor of the 16th tilt,, was duly received. I was much pleased to have the opportunity to hear Senator Wilson,and was agreeably surprised to meet suoh fairness and frankness In a politician whom I have been taught to believe uncompromisingly opposed to the white people of tlie South. 1 have maturely considered yotir snggestion to * wisely unite in efforts to restore Louisiana to her former position in the Union, through the party now in power." My letter of the Gth of April, to which you refer, clearly indicates n <lesiio for practical reconstruction and reconciliation. Practical men can ?ure)y distinguish between practical reconstruction and reconstruction as an abstract question. 1 will endeavor, however, with renewed energy, to meet your u,.l,?. .i,?...~.i?- ti : " .... ..uiiliBu.ijr that I apprehend is tlie want of lliat wisdom which is necessary fur the great work. 1 shall bo happy tu wutk in any harness that promises relief lc our dintren-eJ people, ar.d iinruioiiy to the nation. It matters not whether I bear the mantle of Mr. Davis or the mantle of Mr. Sumner, so that 1 may lielp to bt ing the tlory of " peace and good will towntd ntcn." I shall set out by assuming a proposition thai 1 hold to be Self-evident, viz: Tbe highest of luitnnp laws is the law that is established by appeal to arms. The gr?at principlta that divided political parties prior to the war were thoroughly discustol by our wisest statesmen. W lien nigumenl was exhausted resort was had to compromise. When com promise was unavailing, discussion was renewed, and expedients were sought, but none could lie found to suit the emergency. Appeal was finally made to the sword, to determine which of the claims was the true construction of a constitutional law. The sword has decided in favor of the North, and what they claimed as principles cmse to he principles, nud arc become law. The viewsthat we hold cease to bo principles because tliey are oppesed to law. It is therefore uur duty to abandon ideas that are obsolete and conform to tlio requirements of law. The military bill, and amendments, are ponce offerings. Wo should accept them as such, nud place ourselves upon them as the storting point from which to meet future political issues as they arise. I.ike other Southern men, I naturally eougltl alliance with the Democratic parly, merely because it was opposed to the Republican party. Rut us far as I can judge, there is nothing tangible about it, excopt the issues that were staked upon the wnr and there lost. Finding nothing to take hold of except prejudice, which cannot be worked into good lor any one, it is proper and right that I should seek sonic stand point irom which goou may ue none. If I appreciate the principles of the Democratic pnrty, its promineut features oppose the enfranchisement of the colored nmn, And deny the right to legislate upon the subject of suffrage, except l?y the States individually. These two features have a tendency to exclude Southern men from that party ; for the colored man is already enfranchised hero, and we cannot seek itllhttico with a pnrty that would restrict his l ights. The exclusive right of the States to legislate upon suffrage will make the enfranchisement of the blacks, whether for better or lor worse, n fixture among ua It nppeare, thcrefoie, that those who cry loudest against this new order of things as a public calamity, nre those whose principles would fix it upon us without a remedy ? Hence it becomes us to iusist that suffrage be extended in all of the Slates, and fully tested. The peoplo of the NorHi should adopt what they have forced upon us; and if it he proved to be n mistake, the)' should remove it by the remedy under Republican principles of uniform lawn upon suffrage. If every man in the country will meet i.. -i.k i:? m"> bh?i? wit.il n |?rv|?cr n|>|m ci iuuuii ui uui condition, and come fairly up to his responsibilities, on to inorrow the sun will smile upon a liappy people ; our fields will again begin to yield their increase ; our railroads and rivers will teem with abundant commerce ; our towns and oitios will resound with the tumult of trade, and we ahnll bo invigorated by the blessings of Almighty Ood. I am, sir, very respectfully. Your most obe?lu-ut servant, JAMES L0KGST11EET. Fkkt> roa Ham.?A correspondent of tho Massachusetts Ploughman recommends tho following feed for hens, as a good prepare tlon to make thena lay : " Take ono quart of corn and boil St in clear water, to which he added, while boiling, a table spoonful of black pepper, or half the quantity of cayenne ; this quantity to be allowed to every nine licna dally, then the water to be drained oil' fur theni to drink when sufficiently cool, or to be tnixed with one third little water." EVENTS 7. Lay Preaching in England. A Loutlon correspondent writes: The Dvan of Wvetmlnlster ha* made attempts to get an nudienoe in Westminister Abbey, but he haa ao far failed. Some of ill A ttnn*ra Koea !?#???? a, A |U?4 I'"!- "????"? "?* should he invito Mr.- Spurgeon to preach (or liim. he would probably find his house full. But it would not be needful to limit the invitation to Mr. Spurgeon. 8ome of the most popular men thia moment in Loodon are l. ymen. Mr. Vowley, who preaches each Sunday night in Exeter Hall, and fill* it too. who ha* a chapel of hie own, built by himself and father in law, which holds over one thousand persons, la a butcher. He keeps a large butcher's shop, goes to market to purchase hia own cattle, and attends to his businrgs all the week. He would fill the Abbey or St. l'aul'a. Then cornea Mr. Carter, who for yeara has been at work among the thieves, pick pockets, and the desperadoes of the city? who has seen one thousand auch reformed? who has formed a church out of this abandoned class?who, willi bis rough, rude, sanctified utterance, captivates the crowd? he could fill St. Paul'* Then comes Richard Weaver, the collier, the prise fighter who, without character or education, be' came a convert?who attends horse races and prire fights to preach Jesus?who can command an audience of one thousand anywhere?whose fine person, wonderful voice and fine talent for singing has attracted and led to a religious life one thousand?he could do the same. Then conies Mr. Stott, a carpenter, who left his bench tools to preach and came to London, preached in the hall of a tavern, met with marked results, built a commodious chapel, preaches to an audienes only second to Spurgeon, keeps a carpenter shop, and works daily at the bench. He never lacks an audience anywhere. And these arc only specimens of the thousands of men in London who, for the sake of Christ, and without hope of earthly reward, woik all day and preach the Gospel freely nearly every night as well as on Sunday, When it was found that the working clasros would not go Into the churches, it was proposed to open theatres. But it was the intention of the committee to allow none but regular ordained clergymen to preach. But it was soon found that the masses would not attend and it wan not till the lny element came in, that the rude telling rough eloquence of the warm-heaited, hut Uneducated workmen came on to the platform, that the masses were stirred. This work has been kept up five years. Seven theatres are now kept open each Sunday night, and are^crowdcd. The success Is triumphal. Washington, June IS. The drawing for the jury for Surratt's trial is progressing. The panel will most protmbiy lie completed to day. Tlio Intel llgenci-r, which is regarded as the Executive organ, bus the following: "We have authority for tlio statement that, st a very recent consultation of the Cabinet, it was decided tlint tlio military officers in Command of the five districts into w liich the ten unrepresented Southern Slates are divided have no power to remove civil officers deriving their authority from the State Governments, as now organised. The question, we understand, before the Cabinet, bad more immediate refeienoe to the removal of the Gov rnor and other civil officers of the Slate of Louisiana by General Sheridan, but, of course, will apply to the action of the other four commanders.. No doubt the forthcoming opinion of the At torney-Gcnerol, in accordance with the reasoning of which, it is understood, the decision rtf-rred to was arrived at. will fully justify the legality and propriety of this uotenninstion. It scarcely need be suggested that the issuing of orders replacing the deposed officer?, (which tr.ay become necessary, as a couseqoence of this decision of the Government,) would be no ground for application, on the part of General Sheridan, to he relieved from the poaition he holds; much less would it warrant the iiifcrcnex ibnt the Admint?lrallnn nnni.m. plates or <1< sires his removal for his errors. We feel authorised to pay that the speculations of sensational journals upon this point, however they may tie attemptod"to be supported by iinagiued political inanacuvies on the part of either the friends or enemies of tho General, arc wholly without found ation." It is almost certain that the acts of District Commanders wherein they have transcended nominations of the law will be reversed, and the power of the Provisional Governors be restored, and that functionaries of Provuional Governments will hereafter only be removed by court-martial or Act of Congress. This is lite decision of the Cabinet, Stanton only dissenting by silence. The probable resignation of District Command era under these reversals and restraints was discussed. Such action was apprehended and deplored. The point was made, however, that these District Commanders were soldiers on duty, and that however unpleasant tho duly, they cannot abandon their posts. Is it bo??Fknuut os Raii.roaos.?We hear great complaints against the exorbitant freights on tho 8outb Carolina Railroads. Our merchants have laid in very heavy stocks this Spring, hut a very small portion of them have been transported over the Southern roads. It is cheaper to send produce to South Carolina by wagon and return without loading, and genu empty wagons 10 cireenvine, icon., lor goods than lo have them shipped over the South Caro'iina roads. It costs as much, for freight or passage, from Greenville, 8. C., to Charleston, as from Greenville, Tenn., to. Baltimore, and the latter trip can be made in less lime. We know of thousands of dollars of freight lost to the South Oarc lina roads this Spring, by high freights This ought not to be, for we prefer trading with Charleston lo any oilier point, but arc driven from there by high freight. [ A t/irvifle, (If. C.,)N(v* Grek.n Corn roa Winter Us*.?Take the ears of corn, remove ths husk, all but the last one ; get a tight cask, put in a layer of corn and a layer of salt, alt, another of corn, and another of salt, sod so on until the oask is full; pour in a little cold water, and cover tight. When yon wish to cook it, tako it out of the brine, remove the husk, cut it o(T from the cob, and soak till fresh. This is better than drying, and not as much troulde. Green corn will not keep in gbiss jnrs or tin enns. Tlih Iis our experience ; perhaps some one hai been more successful its% NO. 4. H THE WINDS. Augusta, 0*., is arranging a bnby show. jp*t~ The speculators are bag inning to " acknowledge the corn " crop. &&- There are only about 400,000 taxable incomes in the Unitod States. Nino hundred gold models are to Wf distributed at the Paris Exposition. , A self-propelling steam fire engine Is if operation at Manchester, N. U. yr-?- The commerce of Oalroston, Texas, It is estimated, will reach $80,000,000 this year. The prettiest neck tie for a lady?the arms of her baby. tW Their are eating watermelons la Newberno, North Carolina, The famous Tredegar iron works are in full blast near Richmond, employing 400 mon. A message on the Belgium telegraph over iu longest lino, ooete only half a oent a word. The potato blight has appeared in Ireland, and whole fields are affected by tho disease. A correspondent thinks tho eottoa crop of Georgia will bo doublo that of last year. Dr. Ayer's pills are good te hare, if not to take. They gave him an income lost year of $08,678. Col. John Campbell, a noted turfman, formerly of Baltimore, but lately of Mobile, died lost week. General Bucktaer, of the Confederate nrtny, bos been sued for $567,000 for burning bridges during the war. It is stated that Fred. Douglass, mecotr panied by other colored orators, is about to mako a canvass of tho South. General John G. Foster has accepted the invitation of a number of leading Bos tonians to a public dinner on Wednesday next. A third part of General Custar's cavalry force in the Indian country, have deserted upon their horses. JBF* Lota of New York belles, it is said, will summer at homo this summer, owing to papa's impccuniosity. f&r According to ail accounts, tho thieves in New York are high-toned gentlemen compared with tho polico of that city. Punch says Mr. Gladstone is so constantly " waited upon " by reformers, that he has discharged all his footmen. A hand organ gVinder in Philadelphia was found to have $6,600 in bills on his person. His " notes " were valuable. Greeley says that his heart swells at tho thought of negro emancipation. It the swelling is a bod one, Greeley, poultice it. /C9* A girl, 14 years of age, carries the moil between Bteno House and Manassas Station, Vu., a distance of 6} miles. tar Five women are editors of papers in Tnuta WAinnn Kotra anma 'at ktou toxlloa " in that Slate. A n Irishman's idea of tho manufacture of ice cream in, Unit it Is usually baked in a remarkably cold oven. The Gvansville (Indiana) Sentinel nominates General Robert K Lee, for tho next Presidency of the United Stated JC-jlI' A Pennsylvanian has just bad to pay a liu^f twenty dollars for patting his arm around a lady's waist. It was a droadful waste of money. A roan in Louisville, whose wife died of cholera, has sued the city for $25,000, alleging that the Impurity of tho city caused tho disease. Accidental Insurance Companies in England paid the policy held by the heirs of a murdered man, arguing that murder is an accident. We are told by philosophers that shutting the eyes inakos tho hearing more aeutc?a fact that may account for numerous closed eyes on Sundays. Uf~The Kentucky Ladiee' Association of liouisville have just forwarded $1,800 to Gen. Lee for the benefit of Washington College, Va. [y A clergyman was arrested at Erie Pa, yesterday, charged with embezzling $15,000 worth of revenue stamps. He was formerly olerk in the interna! r?veut)Q office. fg* The editor of the Lawrenee (Kansas) Tribune says that in one hour he counted on one dry, sandy ridge, 10.0o0,000,0u0 grasshoppers, and left some uncounted. A New York jury compelled a man to pay $6,000 for a woman and ohild whom he suffocated by slopping the ehimney tight. ?"T*o Virginians have taken ont a patent for the manufacturing whisky from cornstalks, which ?s said to be of superior nu.lilu <1....... tar j. K. Hayes, proprietor of the Se. vannnh Republican, fined end imprisoned for libel in March last, has been released by Governor Jenkins. tfT In the 8tate of Misetssfppi there are thirty nine political papers. Of the?e fifteen are opposed to reconstruction under the law of Congress, and twenly-four iu favor of it. pg* Gen. Lee reports that Ihere are at the college over which he presides in Lexington, Vs., 89# students in attendance? Virginia, Kentucky and Tennnrsee being the States most largely represented. vtr daho advices slats that the Indiana are nltacking the stages and stage stations, tsking off their stock. The Indians are mounted on fine horses, raid to have belonged to the Second Cavalry. ?r A colored candidate for lh? Slate Convention, in Pluvana county, Virginia, announeca himeelf iu favor of a low tariff, no laxaa, plenty of money at the South and cheap whisky .specially, fW Oen Schofield has iasued an order direoting the sppoinlmeut of military corn missioner* foi ant. district*, her.after to be defined, and g'v ng them abeolute power over the police, *li?t Hi, constables, and other civil officials. ? BT ' "he good will of the Richmond limes was sold at auction In the oily of Richmond on Saturday last. Messrs. Cowardio A Ellison were th? | nrchasers, at Ilia sum of $8,200. The publication of the Times will not be continued. It will be merged with the Daily Dtapateh of that eity. Local Et.scnows m Wan Viboikia.?The local eleetiona in West Vitginia, which have recently taken place, show large Conservative gains, and many counties have been completely revolutionised. Every i county in what is known as Van-llandle lias given largo Conservative majorities, and i the greet diminution in Radical stri ugth ut aaid to be noticeable every win re.