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= ~ Aa to*ny ?*t?r paagto *ni I* W eoaaMwjity la n*N?a to Mm Nqala irfoMa of Oto|M? baton to Stoto eaa ba rwftorwd ba !U plaeo fa tho Union, * proton (any* fll Darliagtoa Sooth or tier) to aooAaw to ton*a tor a clearer nndorataading. The iftk awttM of to* tail! 1*1-7 ort, known *a " the tootot bfll* atatoa too** condition*, and tha Moil tff prouaadiag (a giraa in tbo anpplomoatary not, eaUod " too 8hallabarg*r bill." ! *<? *!? aaaiBTaaTiow. 9M* to to bo mad* of ovory male eltlson, Ir- I t reopootivo of color, who tn not diafraaehlaod, |> aad who moat toko tbo fbllowing oath 1 * I- -t d? aolomaly swear, or affirm, in tha prooanoa bf Almighty Ood, that I aa> a llMaaa of tbo Stoto of ; that I bar* r*? sided la said Stat* for month* sort preceding thi* day, aad nov reaido in tbo county of , or the pariah of , in aaid State aa to* aaao may bo j that I am twonty-on* *aara aUitkai T Kava an a* Km a ft JUftptoiifikUto) I hr participation la any rebellion or elril war against Ik laws of aay Stata or of ths United Miat? / (hat 1 bar* Hnr boon a member of any State Legislators, or held aay Kxeentive or Jadtoial Office in aay State, and afterward* engaged la laoametloa and rebellion against the United States, and given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; that 1 have never taken aa oath as a member of Congress of the U. 8., o* ss an officer of the United States, or aa a member of any State Legislature, or aa an Executive or Jndieial Officer of any Stata, to rapport the Coaetitntion of the United States, and afterwards engagod in insurrection or rebellion against the Unltod States* or given aid or oomfbrtto the enemies thereof; that I will faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the Unltod States, and will to the best of lay ability, encourage others so to do. So help me God." 2D.?AX. ELECTION TOR DELEGATUS TO A COXYKXTIO*. Thlslwill he ordered hT the commanding General, and at the time of Toting in addition to the name of delegate on his ballot, enoh registered voter is to vote for or against a Convention ; tf a majority of votes is given for a Coventlon, then otto will be held provided, tbnt a majority of all registered votert shall bavo voted oa the question. to.?rni coxvkxtiox. Within sixty days from the date of the election the commanding General will give the delegates notice to assemble at a time and place, to bo named in his notification, and said delegates when organised shall proceed to form a constitution and oivil Government. This constitution when framed is to conform to the United States Constitution in all re spocts ; it taunt also provide thnt tho elective franchise shall lo enjoyed only by those qualified without regard to color?that is, ibo fran> cblsa mast be given to the negroes and a portion ot the whites disfranchised. After the (training of the Constitution and arranging for a civil government, the Convention will give net tee of an election, to bo hold in thirty days, for ratification or rejection. 4th. ?rnr. second kdectiox. This election will bo conducted by tho same board who held the first one and the simple qnestien to bo docldod is, " Shall the Constitution be accepted 7" After the election the returns will be made to the commanding General and by him submitted again to tho Convention, (who nro still supposed to bo in ses IdAi) If the Constitution is ratified by a majority of the registered Voters, the President oi the Contention Will send a copy to the President of the United States, who will send it to Congress, if in session or, at their next meeting. &TH.?THE TRinn Et.EOTION. Under the provisions of the new Constitution another election will he held for member( te a legislature; this election will also be held by the same board of managers as at the former eloctions, and the returns sent to the commanding General, who will also issuo the notioo for a meeting of tho members elect to the legislature. firn.?the tvetsL trrnn. This body witl be organised under tho new Constitution, and whan organised it is one of the conditions named that it shall adopt tho Constitutional amendment formorly rejected. When this if then eomes? 7m.?THE i.ast mov em ext. If it shall appear to tho Congress thnt tho condition! tnat body has made, have all been I complied with, and the above named Constitution*! amend moot has been adopted by a twothird* majority of all the State* and bocomo a part of the National Constitution, then the State shall he declared entitled to representation in Congress and its Senators and Representatives shall be admitted upon their taking the oath prescribed by law. Tckhmmo.?The New York Ilerald, of f riday, says: Prices of flour nnd wheat " touched bottom " in thla market yesterday, the decline in flour from the ldgheat prices in May, be ing an average of fully ?4 a barrel, and in wheat (1 per bueheL Thus has flour followed pork and cotton in a great decline, from prlcoa which had been reached in anticipation of a deficiency in the supplies. In the case of pork and breadstuff*, these break* in price* took place most opportune ly for the financial soundness of the trade, being at the eommenoement of the marketing of new crops, when sloeks were small; bnt in eotton, the decline was, unfortunate ly, on i? very large stock, on?l the losaes were ruinous. We take it, a* already said, that prices of flour and wheat have " tonehed bottom ;** because the decline has been sufficient to permit the execution of export orders. Now, we hare no flour nor wheat to spare, and we cannot look for any increase of supplies for some weeks to come. We hare in store no more than is necessary to earry us through. We cannot, therefore, permit the execution of export orders to any extent; prices must at ones rise above them. In tha meantime, let ns hope that bakers will take oognizanoe of the fact that flour is $1 per barrel cheaper than six weeks age, and ahow it in their loaves. Tba Judiciary Committee is investi 1 gating the circumstances connected with the pardon of lion. George SV. Oayie, of Alnbnma, who daring the war offered a reward of a million dollars for the assassination rf Mr. Lincoln. H 6 :S 1 - tv.. *! i.t'1,11 ,i. tt -oa e 4Jit #tratjrtnt ?dnpriw., 11 GJUceirviLioc, s. c. nmtaoAT, nn rr, im. !? Editor la abesnt, attending tha com iMwtd exsreiass of tha Reidrllte 8ehoola, where k? wm yesterday to hare delivered an sddraea. Tax President haa issued an order, etat ng that whereas several commanders of military districts, created by the Acta of Congreea known aa I be Reeonetraetlon A eta, Kara expressed doubts aa to tha proper eon truatlon thereof, and in rrepeat to eome of the powers and dutiea tinder said acta. and % 11..* a ? at. _ ? si a 'mm J nitTs appucu iv m? (vxflcuuvi ior lniorm- ^ tllon in relation thereto; and where** the , aid acta of Congress have baan referred to | the Attorney -General lor his opinion tharaon, and the aaid nrta and tha opinion of the A< toroey-Oeneral have baan fully and aara- 1 fuRy considered by tha Praaidaat, in eon- 1 fereneo with tha heads of tha respective 1 departments, tha President aeaepta tha fol- ' lowing as a practical interpretation of the < aforeeaid acta of Congress on the points ' therein presented, and direeta the same to ' be transmitted to tlie respective military commanders for their information, in order that there may be uniformity in the exeeu tion of aaid acta. I The " practical interpretation" is the ? nineteen points of tha Attorney-General'* summary, which wo have published on the , outside of this isane. The Anderson Int*lliRenoer. The Inttlli</ene*r rebukes ths Enltrpritr forcotnmsnUng on what wo regarded as blatno- I abts omission of certain papers not nsmed, and vf a certain Religious Newspaper that was named. Wo think still we were right in making the suggestions, which wo certainly did without animosity to any one. We now beg leave to remind ths /sldlipcserr, that when he characterises tempcrato and respectfal lan' iruaro. in resrnrd to a serious subiect as 44 Sou ml and Fury," he ought nt least to publish it, or ? n spccimon, that others might judge of tlie " justness of hie criticism. We are inclined to i think 'he lutelligtHcer ia a little pecnliitr in bia ordinate of the matter, but tho genileat admonition which atira tho conacienco, sometimes sounds litre thunder to the guilty. ii i , t - i o The Southern Opinion. 1 This ia the title of n spirited and nhle paper. Thnt it will be no commonplace affair ia eerti- 0 fled by the character of the editor. The disdistinguished II. Hires Pollard ia editor.? We hare read tho first number. Persona wishing to inspect may And it at onr office. Tho 1 paper ia further recommended by the fact that * Paul II. Hats* ia to have charge of the Lit- * era ay Department. Wo extract Uie concluding pare of Mr. Pollard's address, and that of Mr. Hatxk: "Wo accept the new condition of affaire in good fuitll, lind wo aJeiee the pen/de of tk' v Soutk to cttmii'y ? good frrliug iritk Ike re- n guirememtt of tke military bill. Wo arc tired f of turmoil, confusion and dissension. Reconstruction ahull find no foe or opponent in ns, * and the government, ciril and military, shall 1 not be obstructed in any of its operations ( through our influence. Rut whilo we shall counsel submission, ncvor shall wo admit the ' ctvose of tho South to bo a " crime," and brand | as "felons" and " traitors " the gallant men, who, half-fed and almost naked, fought for four long years with a gallantry and endurance of which history furnishes no exampio. Wo ) scorn thnt class of trucklers to power, who c A.. H.t Irnnw 1? ?. * ?1,1. ??. ??HI Mill fawning and licking the hand that smites c them ; and still mure do we despite that still f baser tribe of creatures who have so recently become more radical than tho Radicals. If we ' are ever to be restored to that Union, whieb, t under Radical manipulation, presents the won- , dcrful anomaly of being two things and in two places at tho same tin o, indestructible when it is sought to desolve it, and melted into thin air when it is fought to re-enter it, omnipres- ?i ent as the all pervading Yankee when its heavy f hand la to be felt, and unapproachable as the milky way when its privileges are claimed, wo would enter it not as emancipated hewers of I wood nnd drawers of water, l>at as equals and a sharers of the rights and privileges of a com- t. mon govommont, to whoso historical glory and lustre-tho South has chiefly contributed in the past. H. R. POLLARD." LiTKn.vnv Xoticks.?Pokpacr.?In assuming control of this, tho critical and literary h department ol the Southern Opinion, I shail endeavor to interest the reader with brief but '' careful notices of all such works, American S and Knglish, as may seem to he worthy of gen- li oral or scholastic attention. The real character of a book, as regards its moral aims, its originality, its learning nnd artistic spirit, will alone determine, so far as the critie is aide to fi judge fairly on these points, tho nnturo and j] scope of the review presented. At tho same ? time, our journal being eaj>ecially devoted to the intorcata of tho South?to her intelloetaal b advancement in the tutare, no less than to her 1 brilliant history in the past?the productions t of Southern authors, and the issues of Southern publishing houses, will l>e prominently 11 brought to the public view. Nor shall I con- n fine myself wholly to the discussion of the merits of moroly recont publications. In the ceaseless activity of the Pross, and tho accumulation of fresh literary material, wo are ? tempted to forget, or to pass over with undne d haste, many a work of sterling ability and j, value, bequeathed to us by the thinkers of former years. I shall occasionally attempt to " nnenrth these mental troasures, and to bring t them once more to the light. ? Itriolly, therefore, the present column of tho Southern Opinion will be devoted to a wqllconsidered resume of tho current literature ol lliM i!aV Vftrioil liV RA AlPlirflion. nn* and limn into thoiio region* of tho intellectual Post, V which tho true scholar, who la likewise a true conservatist, will never consent utterly to abandon or ignore. PAUL H. 1IAYNE. Accident on the W. and M. Railroad. We loam froin the Columbia I'htrnix that a train which left Wilmington on Baturday last for Kingivillo rnn off the track r.rar Whitcsvillo, an<l forty-four mile* from Wilmington. A culvert had been washed away hy the late rains, and the engine and leading cara were precipitated into tho wash. Tho engwiocr, Hkkiiv Burkktt, was instantly killed, a man natned Harralsnn bad his legs ent off, and several passengers were severely bruised. * Fnn tiik Pbsitbrti art.?The Abbeville Hnnner states that Monday Brown, John j Comfit, Cato Nelson and George Koundtree, freedmen, who were sentenced to the Penitentiary at tho Fall Term of the District Court, and who have been confined in jail at thia place, took their departure on Monday morning | lor the Penitentiary, in charge of Ike Sheriff. ZiMtm tfVNf. J. I. OwMto. W The l*ntwpo iiHrmi by lUi gwillwww, m f?Mliy ?mh| ImV tl Ik* OmH Bo?w, h w* w?H Hi Wtfily MIiiiM, aolwUhrtwd- tl >| lb* All ! to* ?IWw**?. B* pfiwUd oi lia anbjeet, Ik* Ifillti flteta Com* Bar**;, I n a hht lk?t ww? *y to Ik* expectations h ft bta delighted MiWiN, lad Mum who tot- o *W*i bin tkroafk kla dlMMiw, mliitd to- d braaatton*on tie (object of toIoo ItioalowlaMo. HI* delivery wo* Aw iad wqr, wad bU entra* lotion nnnstially eloor ond distinct. Wo think Ik* iiwwwlly la ender Tory freat obligations to the Literary Clnh for proton ting those oppoitafilttee of pleasant wad profit combined, nod that, too, of ao ebaste an >rder. Paath of an BoHnaU* Lady. We regret to loam that the beloved with of , Dr. B. Maklt, departed thU life at her real- \ nun, in taia lows, on Mit iiftt, ?ll?r a pro- , nwted Ulreea of mm month#. 44 Mm gtreth f kis beloved sleep." Pnor. J. n. Cailiim dellnnd m wldrtn >efor? the Sunday SehooU of Um plaoe at the 1 Baptist Church, on Suadsy afternoon last.? J File remarks were directed more particularly j H) the young men, and wore listened to with ^ jrest interest by the entire audience. In the ( iangnago of a distinguished literary friend present on the occasion, " be gave bis hearers more than they could well carry away at once.** ??? e Leoture Before the Literary Otub. The leetufe before the Literary Olub, to ' be delivered at the Court hou?e, on next Tuesday evening, will be given by Dr. R. T. [luwr. bulject?Educution th? California * y f the South. An intelligent friond sends us the following valuable recipe: Black Bxnnr Wise.?To four quarts of 1 fresh juice, add ono quart of water,-three pounds of crushsd sugar; allow it to remain 1 in an open vessel thirty-six hours; skim, ' train and pnt into a keg or jag, wbick must 1 ke full, reserve somo of the mush in a bottle ? >r jog, from which to fill tho vessel whilst fers ' Dentation is going on. The waste is oonsid- * irable. When all fermentations have ceased, ? mt a two pound sand bag on tho bong, and tllow it to remain with a weight, occuiondlly illing up until tho middlo of September, and b n March bottle. d Beglstration Itema- r! The number registered In the two precincts ti n tho outskirts of Augusts, is 74.1. &80 col- n red and 163 whites. Registration bogan In j, bo city on Monday, last. ^ Registration in the first and second Wards t< ? eiounc, iaeI woes, stooU, white?, 400 ; col- p ?d, A14. a The registration in two wards of the City of d 'etersbnrg closed on the 20th. Whites rogiscrod, Oil ; colored, 1,038. In two remaining rurds, in which registration will be held horefter, the whites aro believed to be in the ma- '' ority. 1 ..... - i> Mr. II. W. Hair, who reside* about six or v even miles from thi* place, says the Barn J rell Sentinrl, of Ute 28<1 inst, showed lis ^ n Tuesday Inst, a cotton stalk, meanilring ^ our feet in height, with twenty five forms ^ ind n bloom on it. This is thecarliest that j ins yel been reported to us in tho i'istriet, g ind from what we enn lenrn, Mr. Hair's enire crop will average from to S feet in ^ leighL , About the weather, the Se*>litiel saya; ( Sinee our last i*suo we hare been perfect* j y inundated. It commeneed raining on g iunday last, and we hive had mm o or leaa fc ver since. The grass n I moat walks, and 1* u nst getting ahead of the hoes. The cry is a iretywhere heard of too much rain, and at I he present time there ia no aigns of fair ' weather. * Thr Unlonrillo Times of tho 21st, says that J luring the proceeding week, heavy rains have g alien in that section, ana tho water eoursos } imvs been very full. Bottom lands genci.r.]ly lavo boon overflowed, and considerable da<u- I ? ige done to the corn crop. It also le.trns that c srgo quantities of wheat have bees carried off ? y high water, after being cot. Tub .Newberry Herald soys: A mortgage ( as been recorded in the Clerk's office at tills ^ lace for the sum nf $1,600,000, the Revenue tamps upon which amounted to the nice ttle sum of $1,600. 80 says the Clerk. '' flit Arc Crimen, Camden, was destroyed hy '' ro on tho 20th ult. The Joamal says that be Organ and Bell were consumed with the " hurch, but the Pariah Records and Plate, oi ing kept elsewhere, escaped destruction.? a 'he sorvico books, vestnionts, communion v able, chairs, carpets and many other more- t bles were saved by the promptness and kinds ess of the citisens. T Mr. Jksrk Howard died in this place ^ n Monday last, of consumption. He had j 11 ring the war received a wound from which e never recovered the effects of, hastening ^ lis death. His funeral took place at tho Bapist Church, and his remains were followed to 84 ho gravo by the Masonle Order, of whieh he ras a member. ^ Tho Masonie address advertised to have n icon delivered on the 34th inst., at the Court House, has been postponed to Monday next, 1 irst of July, at 8 o'clock, In coosoqnence of ho illness of Rr? A It ?k- ? ' *> have delivered the address on the oceajioo. ? ... I Last week we mentioned a large yield of wheat, on the lot of one of onr town gen- ' lemen. Here ie something that beala it, 1 rrom the Chester Standard: * Mr. E. J. West, of this town, has joet har- f rested n small patch of wheat, about onebird of an acre, and the product was 13$ >ushels, or at the rate of 40$ bushels per tere. The grain is known as the red Ala* 1 iama whaat. Tha land is blac.k jaek, with ' i stiff clay subsoil He spread fourteen two* ' fiorse wagon loads of ordinary manure, ' [ehi|>, ashes and sow,) on the lot, and tha 1 sbora la tha result. ' Since tho wheat was eat, he ha* planted the same ground in eorn and peae, and now 1 fias a fine prospoet of realising another 1 ptendid crop. 1 4k ?1aw3S laptnr ku bwi pardoned, la IwtId| the country u mw1|9B^H| f Tanjplco and Vara Cratin opi3^^| Un&rinro O. W. McMawaw, In a MUr (Wnr of Ik* tM, commenting on ttwm^>w sree of tk* Qui?hka Fkmmim w oa?|H||p Jot. Pmr'l latter*, conclude* aa follows : ' r ?* Bal, Wkna any In aaa*kaaicni, In regard to t 9*T*nMf Panar'a opinions ia ragard topolit- ( ieal matter*, that X hare bean watching htm c r?r the laat thirty-a I* 9x aeren years, and X y tare noror found him wrong according to my ( sdgraent, nnleaa it waa when be aroepted an { >ffloo under the Confederate Oorerament. I { lon't aay this waa Wrong ; but If Qor. Paanr (Tor vwt wrong (hat ?U (ho timv." I Tun rooont rains horn boon pwtty general, , to think, tbnraghowt tbo Stnlo. The Plokeno ( Courier reports s " Largo qaantiUea of rain | >ar? fallen thio week. The river, at thta polnt( , ho* boon oat of tho kaaka. Considerable dam- j tgo haa boon dooo on oomo of tho at roam a in ho District. Harvesting haa boon seriously interfered with by tbo rain and saooooding ] dowdy, damp weather." I |<> . pSf See important obaugos in onr " Oreen- t rill** Prices Current-" Prices areOoming down. Hoimira a Cosva.vno r.?Tho Mlselssppt i Barion isji that to vote down a convention is t o close tbo door against reconstruction, leav- a ng no opportnnity of reviewing onr action.? i On tbo contrary, If a convention ts bold, all * be onbjeots involved in tbe question of reeon itrnction, together with tho action of tho eon- I rontion, are to bo aubmltted to tho people for t ratification or rejection. Even if yon are now >ppooed to reconotraction, would it not be rise to bold a convention, nnd leave your li inal decision to he rendered by tho lights bo- b 'ore yon at tbe latest moment T There is no "I idling what a day may bring forth. Beware f hasty action. j] Auousta, Jnno 21. j? General Pope Issued instructions to the Ol oanls of registration to-day, directing that it Icrks and reporters of tho supreme court, t\ lerks of superior and inferior courts, ordina- It ies and elcrks of the court ordinary, county n ?usurers, county surveyors, receivers, tax 0 stainers, tr collectors, tax receivers, sheriff's, t| isticcs of peace, coroners, mayors, recorders, ^ Mormon or eounciimon of any incorporated ?wn, who arc ex-officers, and justices who, revious to the war, accepted those offices and florwartls participated in robelllop, are all * isqualifled and not entitled to reglAration. II List or ScurRMOKD National Banks.? _ 'bo following is a list of National Banks that l( avo failed and are now in the bands of the ^ tcociver, with amount of circulating notes sued to each : First National Bank Attica, lew York, circulation, 945,000; Merchants 1 ational Bank, Washington, 1>. C., $180,000 ; l' 'enango, National Bank, Franklin, Pa., $85,* '' 00 ; Tennessee National Bank, Memphis, ?' 00,000 ; First National Bank, Newton, Mass., *' 1^0,000 ; First National bank, Relma, Ala., S5.000 ; First National Bank, New Orleans, t< 1180,000. xi Am Qcns.?Extraordinary interest has been ft nanifested in the recent assassination in Brook- C yn of a Mr. Carr, on account of tbo uucotnoon weapon which the murderer used. This rory natural, as tho idea of an air gun sug- S ;ests a moasuro of eowardice, and a cool diatolism on the part ot the person who would I ise an instrument of that character, which re by no means pleasant to reflect upon.? t lappily, these villianous weapons aro little t mown in this country ; wo are informed that here is haly one gunsmith (n the United 1 Itates who can manufacture or ropair them, t irnong many European nations, whore nir n ;uns bar* been almost co-existent with gun owder, strict restrictive measures are enforced ( igainst their construction and salo. They g re, however, surreptitiously manufactured, ? nd the few which have reached this noun try re of foreign workmanship. ^ Prick or Lands in North Carolina.?Cot- li r?n ftnm rtotaln^a sn.l OAS 1a.w1- Ok 1. ?< < |? lanun, %)U IV fUU, ' ml m high $100. Grape land*, $5 to $15. lorn, cotton, or turpentine landa, $1.60 to fi 10, In the midJIe Counties of the SlaU, t ?nda producing cotton, corn, oat* and wheat r tobacco, corn, oata and wheat can be ought from $5 to $25 per acre. Thin landa tl i the Mine region can be bought for leaa. b ieyond the mountains, lands for grazing " r the cultivation of the cereala and fruit, re bought from $3 to $25. The intrinsic ? slue, locality and improvement*, regulate K he price. " ii As Impoktaxt Dkcisio* is BAsanrprcr. he law report column of the New York Tiiano of the 13th inat., contain* the following: An important order war made yesterday by * udge Blatchford, Involving the conatruetion C T the twenty-Srst section of the Wank nipt " ct. The learned judge baa aet tho example f putting a liberal construction upon t'nat jc action, by granting a stay of proceedings on j4 n order of the Stato Court for examination M f a judgment debtor, when tbo creditor haa .( ot proved hi* claim. Circular from Oen. 8icklee, dated May ft, 1M7, aayit " Paragraph 12th of General Order* No. 10, * inrrent aerie* from these Headquarter*, does " lot prohibit the uaa of fowling pieee* for hunt- ^ og game upon one's own premise*. " Commanding officers of Posts arc author- t toil upon good and sufficient cidh shown, to *| ;rant permission to puhlie officers to carry Q rms when absolutely necessary in tho diss a barge of their duties, such permission to be n writinR, in each ensc, and to be revoked vhen abased." .. ? Flour Sales ?n Atlanta.?The Era aaya ( hat at an anetion aale in that eity on Tuea- e lay, " Kennedy " brands in barrels brought ^ from $7.80 to $7 90 per barrel; Georgia , dills, $0; "8L Louis," $5.50 to $8; half sicks, $2 to $2.1$ per sack. The figures ( >eing too low, very little was solJ. t yi" A new rebellion baa been organised in Tennessee by starting thirteen new cotton t 'aitoriee. The intention Is, to eonqner New a England spinners and bring them down. ivoi. ir he strictures, I sh^^H||^Hfl|H^^m^^^H ?nplitit | or, If 7o7TmNHH^H rbol? tenor *u a desire to tljBnMHMfl^Hj confederates In arms" of tbn^HaT^^HRMB lition In which the/ have been pWEBjDgX^HD trogross of revolution, I should >laint or explaaaUon upon your codjHgHOBH I am well satisfied that erdor ?smV|^^ ;sntsed out of confhslon, as long listing intorcsts of the two parties anilMl lubserved. The war was made upon RepelBB iican issues, and it seems to me fair and Jusiffl :hat the settlement should be ttade aoeord- [' Ingly. The conviction, together with the views expressed So tny letter, end jour invitation, in March last, to express mj opinion upon polities, are mj excuses for speaking and for taking the eonceeeions that I think toe, and or offering my oounsol to the people. If I anderstaad the object of polltios, it is 0 reliore the distress of the poople, and to irovide for their ftiture comfort." The course hat I advise will be sure to meet their view, in (I do justice to all. In times of great ease md comfort, I should not presume to interfere rith politics, no matter what technicalities or pecial pleadings might be adopted bj parties. Jut theso are uuusual times, and call for pracleal advice. A Singular Suicide.?Hughey Kern, who iad been arrested.for the brutal assault and alterj eonira tied on the person of Myra horn, a colored girl, nine years of age, ornmilted suicide In jail on Tneeday night, [la body was fonnd in the morning by the tilor, and Coroner Whiting at once notified f the occurrence. Kern had been confined 1 a cell in the tower, where the cells have so doors, the inner being an iron grating. appeared that the deed had been preicditated, for the coat and hat of the pricncr were found placed in a corner, and ie careful preparations made, evinces a ctermination of purpose rarely met with. >rn had taken a strep from hit waist ^ nd attached it to the bar of the inner door? ^ bsut three and a half feet from the <rrou..d . i<) end of the strap wn? connected with is handkerchi<Jf, which he had previously laced around hta neck. The prisoner most ten have thrown himself forward, and are endured all the horrors of a death relilting from' strangulation. When found, le hody was resting partly on the floor, ie head being only one anJ a half feet om the floor ot the cell. Kern was a dies liarged United States soldier, and had bown no s'gns of insanity. The jury renrned a verdict that Hughey Kern came ? his death by suioide, by hanging himself rith a leather strap and a handkerchief, istened to the inner door of hia cell, in 'harlcaton Jail.? Charleston Xiuw. Tho London Times, Telegraph ahd I Itnr approve tho release of Jefferson Davis. ?LB~ There is a conaidorablo emigration roin New England to Florida. jg-iJ- A letter from ltomo says that U is bought that Archbishop Spalding will return o America a Cardinal. prise fight took place in tho 17tli i i iVord of Philadelphia, on tho 2<!d inst., bewecn Dillon and Ward, which lasted an hour .nd twenty minutes. Dillon won. Tbo Iron-clad Stonewall, formerly a !onfederato cruiser of English build, bos been old to the Japanese Government for half a illion of dollars. Reports from agents of the Freedmcn's lurcnu in Georgia, Virginia and Sonth Caroina show an improved condition as regards bor and food. A traveler in Georgia enw five hundred amishing women, many with babies at their ireasts, locking broad ami clothing at one ( lation near Dallas. I ^ JL- A cliimncy at Thompsonville, Connecicul, 100 feet high and containing 100,000 rieki, was moved, last week, a diitanco of ' 0 feet wiilioat damage. S-^L- Tho President's trip is a continued ration. No i|>eechca aro made. He is the ' uest of the Btatos through which be posses. ] ccrctary Reward and General ltousscau share n the honors. ' General D. N. Couch, of Maaaaehalotto, , is iai>), has been elected and accepted the residency of a Mining and Manufacturing ' ompany that has recently purchased sixty 1 juare miles of mineral land in Virginia. The Washington Star ssys that " the Radnl Committee with whom the matter was >ft for decision, have come to the ooncluon that thore is no neeessity for a meet- ' tg of Coagraas in July." * ' General Shelhy, who acquired great no- , iriety in the Weat during tho war, and , rho has been living in Mexioo since the , urrender, arrived in New Orleans last Sun ay on hi* way back to Miaaouri. A discovery of a rich vein of sliver of j lie highest promise has just been made at i ho risifram mine in Kohemia, at the depth , f four hundred fathoms, or one hundred J nd thirty fathoma below the level of the ea. , A traveler in Texas writes that that I Itate, as soon as the Indians are reduced to | uhjection, will be able to supply the whole | ountry with better corned beef than can he | >roduced in any ether part of the world, and < >f coureo much cheaper. I Jt4T- The eelebretion of the annivorsary of be battle of Danker Hill took place at Charles- | own, Massachusetts, on Monday last. It is I tated that twenty thousand inhabitant# of j hs city turned oat in procession, aad that aa I nany more wore present from Boston and the | urroui.ding cities. I v joining toon. I biwln' ikia full of (bo (lemffl^^WffiBnnB health, and of vigor, and 1 aa^^HPMHpl North Carolina, the cotton #p ringing jp, which is to supply, next year, the mills of Massachusetts. 1 bavoseea, in New York, the wheat growing that is o supply the West Indies and the Soulhsrn Slates. I know that nature designs hat this whole oontinent?not merely here thirty-six Slates, but this whole jontinent?should be, soonor or later, within the magic circle of the Attteri~ can Union." Tus IfuMmirri Lktbbsl?Oeo. T. <X Hind nan, in s letter to ths Helens (Ark.) Olsr. on, makes sn important roggeetion In rejsrd to the proteelion of the lands aioag he Missiesippi from overflow. He asya hat the levcoa have proved unreliable, sad ite plan ie to ereate side dralne, east sad rest of the Mississippi, carrying directly o the Gulf so much of fta surplus waters hat Its-natural banks will bs a sufficient terrier for the rest. For example: a drain .cross the Cumberland, with a steamboat anal turning its excels into the Tvaascese. ind another drain and canal diverting the zceseive Tennessee waters into the Tomtigbee or Chatiahooehia, would afford the rain uu vne easi nae, ana mi Of UH FMl rould be provided by similar dams aodasin's, turning the sarplus waters of the Matte throngh Grand River into tha Ar* ;snsas; those of the latter into Bayou Bar* holomew (their aneient ehannel) and these if Red River and lis tributaries Into the itchafalays. Whether the plan is praati. able or not roust be tested by aetoal ear* ?7* ______ Tnx New York Tribune save (here iro more " To Lets " to be seen in bos? ness streets than have been nolioed for everal years, and prices of real estate, xcept for special iocaliona, favor the >uyer. The demand for property Is nainly confined to * medium," ai.d fan* sy descriptions cannot be placed except it a concession. The high prices paidor building materials have given way, tnd quotations are tending downward. Tux Jacluon (Tenn.) aWbig says: 4 A parly of gentlemen, in digging ditch, in llatcbie bottomv in this Ootm* ty, a few weeks ago, for the purpose of J raining a slough, found imbedded in liaru <day, at the distance of five feet from the surface, a large tortle, alive ind in good condition. How it came here, and on what it fed, are mysteries hat we leave for naturalists ana geolo* gists to explain." A Former Newspaper Carrier.? [Ion. George C. Gotham, who baa been nominated by the Repubiicana for Gov jrnor 01 u> wornra, fM, twenty years %go, a news carrier in New London, Connecticut, gelling hie schooling and paying his way by hit own exertions* He haa been an adilor and a lawyer, and is at present Clerk of the Supreme Court of California. Ttiv Grkat Fin*.?The burning of ibe ITarlford carpet factoriea will throw about 2,000 peraona out of employe ant, rbe mills, last month, tnrnad out about 35,000 yards of carpet. Only a nart of the company's works are at TarilTville. rbe Iom is estimated at from $1,000,* 300 to $1,500,000. DmcADSTurrs Declining.?In two eeeks corn in Chicago ftll twenty eenta a busbol; oats fell thirty cents In a few lays; rye, in a month fell flfly-fleo sents, and Spring wheat fell ninety fire sent*. Tbia is encouraging. Our farm* era must send on their proidncel ? Houston can boast of a negro debat* ing society of rather exclusive preten* lions. At a recent meeting the sable orators unanimously 44 rMnftiwt tK?i *11 white men worth fire t hoot end dollars tod over should be considered as equals, tnd treated with every consideration." Gov. Orr offers a reward of $250, for the sprehension of Vandry Do* tin, who committed a robbery awl aa? klrocious murder on the body of J awes Johnston, In Barnwell District, on tbe 3d instant. ? ' . |( Sows emigrant passengers OS a Mfe> liasippi steamboat recently foond aoase t>ags of boans among tbe freight, and mlped themselves to a boontiful sapply ror soup. Tbe beasts were east or oil, >?ans, consigned to e druggist, and caes id a decided commotion among the' hievee. ptf Ustper, the men who wrote the " Is* vending Crisis," a short tins# before the west ios Jnst published another booh, U whloh he iroposM to give all tbo negroes nottoo to fdt ho Vottod States by a given time. The 400isys wilt eonelede this Ab-,P.tlool*t si' tsitf'eraut Ilelpor, after all.