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* - \ m *+> * a-.. - - . % i =i*t WA-MiNoros, Ju'.y 13. The following in the text of lli? till as It hnd both IIoom: Bt it Utitotod bf tk* Sen alt anil I/oute of of United State* of J l?nri??, in Co*grot* atttmbled. That It it KM by dttlirti to hit* boon tho true In-, ?nt and meanlog of tbe Aet of 2<1 March, Ml, entitled, " An Aet to provide for tbe TOW efficient government of tbo rebel tatee," and of the Aet supplementary there to, paseod an the *3d of March, ISA?, that to weveramenta then existing in the rebel istee of Vlqgiala, North Carollnn, ftoutbWnoilna, Georgia, Mieaieoippl, Louisiana, tolie, Texas aad Arkansas, were not <gal State governm enta, and that there Iter tbe said governments, if continued' rare continued subject in all respects to he military commander* of the respective fctrisU, and to the paramount authority or | songrcaa. Sac. 9. That the commander of any <1 irrfet named in aaid Aat ahall have pow or, abjaetto the disapproval of the General of ha Army of the United Stato*. to have ofeel Mil disapproved; whenever, in the (pinion of auoh commander, the proper adnioiatration of aaid Aat ehali require it, to hapend or remote from office or from the <>rformanee of official duties and the exorlae of official powers, any officer or pm-'on ' tiding ot exercising, or presuming to hold <t exercire, any ?ivll or military office or uty in such district, under any power of lection, appointment or authority, derived 001 or granted by or claimed under any voalled State, or the government thereof, * any municipal or other division thereof; Ad upon suspension or removal by such atnmander, subject to the disapproval of he General of the Army, as aforesaid, shall save the power to provide from time to inae for the performance of the said duties of euch officer or pereon so suspended or removed, by the detail of some competent officer or soldier of the army, or by the sp pointmdnt of some other person to perform the same, and to fill vacancies occasioned by deetli, resignation or otherwiso. Snc. 8. That the General of tho Army of the United States shall be invested with all the power of suspension, removal, appointment and detail granted in' the proeeding section to district commanders. Snc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the - ? "* - i.~.,i.. Acts Ol ine omoers 01 uiuniiu> oimuj uv... , in removing in said districts persons excr cising the functions of civil office, and Appointing others In their stead, are hereby oonflrmed: Provided, That any person heretofore or hereafter appointed by any distriot commander to exeroiac tiie functions of any civil office, may bo removed either by the military officers In command of the district, or by the General of the Army; and it shall be the duty of such commanders to remove from office as aforesaid, all pereons who sre disloyal to tlio Government o( the United Slates, or who u?e their official influence in any manner to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct the due and proper administration of this Act, and the Acts to which it is supplementary. Sue. fi. That the boards of registration provided for in tlio Act supplementary to an Act to provide for tlio more efficient government of the rebel States, passed March 23, 1867, shall have power, and ft ahall be their duty, not to allow the registration of any person ; to ascertain, upon such facts or information as they can obtain, whether such person is entitled to be registered under said Act; and the oath required by said Act shall not be conclusive on such question ; and no person shall be registered unless such board shall decide that he is entitled thereto. And such board shall | also have power to exomine, nnder oath, to be administered by any member of such board, any one touching the qualification of any person olaiming registration. Tint in very case of a refusal by the board to register an applicant, and in every case of atriMng his name from tlio list, as lien inafter provided, the board shall mnko a note or memorandum, which shall be returned with the registration list to the Commanding General of the district,"letting forth the grounds oi suon reiusni or bucyi jnrikin^ irom the Hat: Provided, That no peraon shall ho disqualified as a member of any hoard of registration by reason of race or color. 8bc. 0. That the true intent and meaning -of the oath prescribed in said supplement ary Act la. among other tiling^ that no person who has been a member of the Leg islature of any State, or who has held any executive or jadieial office in any State, whether he bas taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States or not, and whether he was held in such office at the eomraenoement of the rebellion, or bad held It before, and who was afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United Stales, or giving aid and com* fort to the enemies thereof, is entitled to be registered or to vote, and the words, " exeeutivo or jadieial office in any State," in eaid oath mentioned, shall be construed to Include all civil offices created by law for the administration on any general law of a State, or for the administration of justice. 8ac. 7. That the time for completing the original registration provided for in said Act may, in the discretion of the commander of any diatriet.be extended to the 1st day of October, lf>67, and the boards of regiairation shall have Dover, and it shall ho their duly, commencing fourteen dnys prior to any election under said Act, and npon reasonable pnbllo notice of the time and place thereof, to revise, for a period of five ( days, the registration lists, an 1 npon being satisfied that any person not entitled there- , to has been registered, to strike tlio name of sueh; person from the list; and such i hoard shall also, during tho some period, i add'to rocli rsgislry the names of all per- I sons who, st that time, possess the qnnlifi. ' rations required by said Act, who have not ] already been registered ; and no person ^ 1 shall at any time be entitled to be register '< T H e 3 I cd ; and no person shall nt any lime be en I lilted toJ>? registered, or to vote, by reason * of nny eaeeutive pnrdon or amnesty for nny 1 not or thing which, without such pnrdon or I entirety, would disqualify hint from registering or voting. Sko. 8. That section 4 of enid last named Act shall l>e construed to authorize the CommnndingOenersl named therein, whenever he shall deem it needful, to remove nny member of the board of registration and to appoint another in hia stead, and to fill any vacancy in such board. Sko. 9. That all members of anld boards of registration, and all persons hereafter elected or appointed to office in said military district", under any so-called Slate or municipal authority, or by detail or upnnintnuinl of tha district, commanders, shall i be required to take end lo subscribe the ' oath of office prescribed by law for offioer* ' of the United States. i Sue. 10. That no district commander or ( member of the board of registration, or any , of the odicors or appoint res noting under ( them, shall be bound in his nclion by any | opinion of any civil officer of the United i States. i 8bo. 11. That the provisions of this Act 1 and the Acts to which this is supplement ' nry, shall be construed literally, to the end ' that all the intents thereof may bo fiply ^ and perfectly carried out. A hill has passed the House appropriate , ing $1,076,000 for reconstruction. During | the disonssion. KHridge spoke nl>out the | extravagance ol dietrictcommandcri?nllud i ing to Sickles as a greater harlequin than the commander at New Orleans; and had | read by the Clerk newspaper articles speak ing of tire display made by Sickles, riding around Charleston in a conch and four.? 1 Bingham replied that it wss fitting a man who had lost a leg in defence of his Gov ernnient should rido in a coach and four. Nothing important in the Senate, except the passage of the reconstruction Act, ' which goes to the President. Tn the House, to day, the petition of the , Legislature of Arknnsns for an appropriation i to improve the Mississippi levers, was re- i coived, by a vote of fifty-six to forty three, : and referred to the Committee on Appro' priations. The reception was opposed, on the ground that Arkansas ,wns no State and tire Legislature could not petition. Clit ?mttlirrit (Outrrunnr. r _____ CltEENVlLLE, S?C. THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1867. The New Act of Conffrosa. Thrice tho'Congrcss has sharpened the spear of their power, and thrice hnvo thrust it into j the bosom of the South. One has not sufficed, two hnvo not sufficed, will three suffice ? If, | unfortunately, tho President should suggest ! anything hereafter, tliero may ho a fourth or n fifth or a sixth Act thrust at tho pnssiro South. When blow* arc dealt by a madman, tho , mora he strikes tho tnoro ho becomes infuratcd. Wo hope this will not be tho ease. Tliero is reason to say that tho lcsgislation of Congress is infuratcd by passion anil party excitement, Wo lioro of tho South tiavo no rights accorded to us, and exist as a people entirely by tho inerey and sufferance of Congress as now constituted ; nothing wo eon say or do seems capable of altering their predetermination. The Act jnst passed, which will be fouud in our columns, secures to the Coinmnndwig (Jencral absolute power in tho State placed under him, subject, In sotno things, to the control of General (1 rant, who has thus bccomo, as it were, the emperor of eight millions of pooplo. May not Ibis bo a beginning of something that may hereafter he more general ? It saows wonderful confidence in tho mili tary commanders on tho part of tho majority in Congress, to invest them with tho supremo legislation and control of ten States. What is to hinder, but their own will, tho Command- 1 ing Generals, headed by General Orait, from 1 massing nil iho power, strength nn<l resources I of those States, togothor with tho rogular Ar- ' my under their command, to effect any pur- ' poso of ambition ? It is clearly indicated that I no civil authority is to intvrposo or hinder the i military at this tiino. Congress adjourns, and i the military is supremo. They may do as , they plcnso. Suppose they were to conclude to resist Congress, ns SitKitihAX did iho Prosi- , dent, with the applnuse of the House of Kcpresentatives. Tho President inighf, In turn, upplaud and cncourago tho military, and, in a moment, in tho twinkling of an eye, as It were, POWEll which tho multitude of the t'eited States have been drilled to worship and olioy ' for tho last sevon years, would be found with I her standard reared high over tho OKNB- 1 11ALS marquee. "The will of tho Nation'' I would be suddenly found taking rofugu under i that same standard , undor tho same plausible i howovor false, plea, of necessity. Where would 1 be constitutional barriers and fortifications to ] resist ? where oven tho common sentiment of ( i??r iuuou uioicui'ii nun nnu oaiiorcu ( ramparts, constructed by such obi fogies as ( Wasiiixotox, Jkkfkiinos, If ahii.tou, Praxklk, Maimson, etc? Already the bugle note for tbe coining tramp of " the man on horso. back" baa been founded by a leading journal 1 of the North, which snpgests tho quoro if *omo ' of the groat Northern States or jrroviuera of ' the central government at Washington would ' not bo better and morn honestly governed by 1 tho snmo system Congress has inaugurated at ' the South. Whilst thousands of tho whites, 1 If not a majority, with tho great mass of tl>? < negroes in the Soath, would bo content to support a military domination, rather than the civil rule of a party, whilst that party rules for party ends- alono, as would be urged against it , Whatever thoir motives, be their intents wick- g ed or charitable, patriotic or sclflsb, we are not ? now deciding; have not Congress sot the ex- j nmplo to tho nation of placing tho military su' 0 prctne over tho Executive, tho Judiciary, all oivil power but thoir own party powor, all oonititntion, State ond Federal, all charters, and thoso o/ rli/hn which tho speakers of the iinglish language have been used to In ages pnst, irnd which were never deliberately sacriIced by legislators and people in any county '' >oforc, and which are [solemnly embodied in " ;hc Poilur.il Constitution and in tho ooostl'u *1 > BTMiRR ion of the Ktatea., Blppvto tho military rider 1 efuaea to *urren(W* Um rain* of hi* war bora*, tow. held in hi* band*, to the wisbea of the tarty that plaoed them in hi* graap, what d toarer can oontrol him? Could a law of that C tarty?paasod even by It* majority lu Cougrys.i J ?would that majority agree or?n to attempt t my restraint ? VTo *ee the Houso of Rep re- e tentative and tha Sonate most aeriowely di*- n igreetng already Qpon the military view.-? ? rho partv in tho lloure, unanimously almo?t> g tpplaudcd the mutiny of a General agalnat <j :ho President. the Commander' In Chief of the - Army and Navy ; and the Senate party almost is unanimously refused to sanction the foiolatlon. Suppose, in case the military carries oat ;he immense power, over the cival authority, to ts legitimate end, or attempts so to do, is tho Congress sure of its own strength, in hotb louses, that will enable it to po#? even, much ess enforce, nny countervailing actf Tho Senate might disapprove tho measure bf tho House and the llouso tho measure of the Sen- j ste, and the President, looking on Congress as t greater usurper even than the "military, night tako either a neutral position or posi. ! Lively side with tho military, as tho safest for ilinsclf and tho country. It ia not iuprobi- ' jlo tho Congress having bean his persecutors ind unsparing denouneers, his sympathise would he with tho Artny. Such convictiona of ( would speedily engehdor and strongthen sonriolions of </?fy In tho masaoaof the nation. | This mny l>o alt considered wild speculation, j )Ut tutioli wilder speculations have been reail- j ted. We do not assume to prophecy or to ob- j itruct iho progress of events. Whatever hap- ' pens, the Southern people, who aro the power- i less siihjeuUiol the powers that be, arc not res- i [lonsible. I Wn aro nuiong thoso who cling to our old j preferences for constitutional liborty, not only liberty for each Southern State, but for each ' Northern State ; and now, more than ever, our own future liberties for onrrelves and our posterity dupond on preserving the great principles of that constitulional liberty inherited 1 from our revolutionary ancestors. Wo are' j uimrcsscu 10 see propositions nivoren oy con- | sorvativo republican patters to amond the Conititution of the United States, so as to take n ?wn,r all control of tho suffrage from tho in* dividual Slates, where it was properly left by , Ihcso same fathers. If tho Southern States , aro now forcibly deprived of this control, wo t do not wish tho North and AVest to suffer t tho loss ef the saino liberty. Wo do not wish \ California to lose the power to protect herself , against the thiotlnv, idolatrous millions of , China; wo do not wish Kentucky or Iilinois, I , or nny other State, forced to confer suffrago on I , African* because Virginia and South Carolina ! | ond the rest arc forced ; wo do not Wish to see ' all the North American continent become as Mexico and South America. Tho tiuio mny come when Asia mny empty its millions of ooppcr colored heathens upon these shores, and tho government of these United States! tho dependants of tho boasted l'ilgrims, Chevaliers, liugtienots nnd other whito folks, who ' have hi history evinced capacity to framo and ! support free institutions, and to profit so immensely h,v Christianity and its glorious civilization, will darkly fall in o the hands of dark races of men which will l?e aided nnd abetted by tho apostates from kindred and blood which are always to be found whon the bribe of power is offered to their JudfM hands. This result i? tint merely possible, it Is probable In the future. Our l'neifie const is now tnotO accessible to Asia than the Atlantic const was to Europe prior to ocean steam navigation, which dates, ns It wore, j luit yes'crday. The population of A?in j is multitudinous, as ihe sands ol the sea in- ' numerable. Once turn its tide flowing to North America, which, in climate is adopted admirably to support its growth and success, and in a generation or two it would become, with universal suffrage forced i n ] over}' Slate, a ruling nower. Then, where' would be the hopes of UepnbMoanisin In the world I No, our hope of Republican l?licr? ty now rests with tho free States of (lie North nml ffwt; they mu-rt not surrender tlxir own freedom b?e?HM they Imvc destroyed that of the South; for the present at leart, they must preserve their* for themselves and for our future benefit.? They must, ami will see before long, that it is ri.'lit for ell white men In the South, is well ns all negroes, to have political rights, and, as we have sniJ on former occasion*, they must alto reach the conclusion that thero i? such a thing as the forgiveness of sins, however great tinners they think u'O may have been. More than this, should Ihc fears of many wl-ie and good men be realized, and the negro voters prove destructive t'> the liberties and wall-being of ?ny Southern State, the freedom of the Northern and W eetern States, untrammelled hy Constitutional oonatralnta, to enforce and ' perpetuate universal suffrage in every State, might save us from utter ruin, and we believe would do it. There might arise some tympathy for the down-trodden white man, nme shame and blush upon the clieeka of Ihe white men and white women of the North to save from degradation theh-Sculhrrn kindred. Ilonaoa Gbkrly says even now that he does not love the negro more ihnn the Caucasian, or think him equal in ' -iijireciiy i (IKI.I-KK, a grrm AOOIIllonlSt, | ' iliioku ho had better depart from among ' js ; Oehkitt Smitii is not in favor of hia aa- ' ".endancy, and unless Christianity, truth ?nd philosophy utterly expire, the time will spo?'<Hly come when no good man any ^ where will deaire it or give it countenance. Kor the sake of humanity, we hope, the * tforth will not he deprived of their control ^ >f ilia suffrage question in their own States. ^ ? -?- ( Exchange of Palptte.. T>r. Buim, of the Presbyterian Churoh, ^ will preach in the Methodist pnlpft next lunday, at 11 o'clock, and Rev. Mr, Hum " irirr, of the Methodist Church, will fill Dr. e Iuist'b place in the Presbyterian Church n the same day and hour. Dr. Ma*lv, Jr., will deliver the Sunday * icruing sermon in the Hapllat Church. . K Politico in Ooorjtia. m An intelligent gentleman, just from At" " inta, aaya that the feelings of tha people ^ I that State, is growing stronger and |, rong< r against convention. V' S aTBI9 The Poetry of Mre. Browning. by Bev. John A. Broodua, D.D^H Ob Tuesday evening ImV Dr. ellvered a Lecture before the lAtiMfiSi t Heb. on the subject of "Mrs. PrrlUffrtjB | ] "ortry." The assembly in the Court HoUeerc rat, as usual, large and brilliant, end was! 1 ntertaincd and instruoted by a most oMmh! nd delightful Lecture. The e'aima of p^ lj try were explained and Vindicated Iflft if nnoA laernait nrnfiinnrl en<l etmlHI^V' lie difference between male end >oot?. Mid the reason for Uie greater nieces of men in that department of genius, fits admirably treated. Dr. BaoAnus tank>d Mrs. BsoWnisO as the first of female \>ela of any age, and supported It is opinion vith satisfactory reasons. Those who arc tot familiar with her writings, who listened o the lecture, will certainly fee) dispoeed .o read her worka at Uie first opportunity. Mrs. BrowninO was placed by the lecturer n the third class of poets, but when it is understood that he only gave the preoclenee to about eeven names, only two certainly in the first elaee, aneient and modern) lod five in the second, and associated her with such names aa Pors, Damns and Bvioi?, one can appreciate hie very high eetiiinte of her merits. Doctor B. thought no Amorleau poet approached tills class. Thero is no one of our acquaintance to shoae learning, taste and judgement we woutd tooner dofer, yet wo folt disposed to rebel igalhst the authority of tUo lecturer when he ailed to rank Mn.roa in the first class of loots, tt is singular that most all critics, and he world generally, only allow two or three Irst class poets to hsvo ever lived ; all agroo (million nn and Buakspbakk aro of that class, ind with simo hesitation, Pasts is also nclordcd tho situation. Critics rarely placo it 11.tot among them, bat the vvStiiiuu i?.-oplo lo. The authority of tho mass of intelligent coders is suporior to that of any select few, loworcr learned and groat. ITo who drew hit aspiration from every elasic fonnt, end "Sl? oiiin's brook that flowed fast by the Oracle if tlod", who soarod, with no middle flight* luivn Mm AnsimSan If' a*-* * " ?w.v ??V ??vw?mu muuui) |iumiIDg inHlgH 1111 then tinattcinpted In prose or rhyme, that he ni^ht assert eternal porirdonce and Justify the vaysof God (n man, displayed powers that faiiis 'd him to contend eucoesfuHy with the mightiest >f the mighty for a plate In their rattle, and there to Is, a fixed etnrin the poetic heavens, shining with undiminished head ; and although twooth>t greet once are shining lliem also, even With inure varied corrusoations, there Mit.-rox will tontintie to glow, aetar of the first tnagnitudo Torever, unless God shall grant a now and improved creation of human intellect. Bala of the Goodlott Houe. Tlie building formerly known by tbe above name, lias recently changed hnnd*. It'll as been purchased from the proprietor, Mr. II. Ai.t.in Trrrrn, for the use of the Southern Hiplist Theological Seminnry, established at this place, for five thousand dollars, payable in five years. The whole premises will at once undergo a thorough repair, although no part of the general arrangement of the building will 1 e changed; after which, it will 1.0 applied to the purposes of the students in nttendonec upon the chools of the Seminary, as residences, free of cost to them. Ic effecting the purchase of this property, poor yoang men who are candidates for the ministry, and are preparing at this place, will be vastly benefited. Free tuition with ao room rent to pay, the difficulties attend ng the course of preparation required for snlering thia useful and holy calling, will he greatly lessened, and we know of none who lake more interest in removing the obstacle* of the indigent to an education, than the |cnrned and pious gentlemen at the head of llic Seminary. The Freodman's Views. We publish n communication tliis week from s freedman, and we nre plained to see [lie hearty disclaimer of any of the evil purpose* which ho complains are attributable ? his race. If the negroaa are governed by ight feeling and pood sense, they will enleavor, in the u?e of political power, to pronote their own interest by promoting the ntoreat of the whole State. No good can ome by listening to strangers who try to uske them mistrust their white neighbors ?nd friends. The providence of Ood has (iven them liberty; they should not enilavc themselven to any patty, they nre interested to keep pcaee and friendship ivilli tljose among whom they live in the W?nth. They are In a great minority, as a whole, in the Sonthern States, all their in terests arc here, they should not sutler themselves to he made tools and fools of by nen who run over the country and get up political meetings on Sundays. Oood men ?nd true friends would not thus violate lod's law, it seems to u?, doing evil that jood may eomo. The Bible, that ^the writer seems to respect, condemns such conduct" By their fruits ye shall know them." tw Next Tuesday evening's lecture he- j ore the Literary Club will be delivered by Ciofessor Joskto LkComftk, of the Sooth Caroline ? - ??? .-- ? uuujrcv, ~~ 1 llf l>OII j formation," if we mistake not. I?adiea *aif. We learn that the ladles of the Baptist ^burch have in contemplation the holding >f another Pair, In a short time, probably within a few weeks. It will be held in the 3onrt Home, and will be, no doubt, a grand ifT??ir, gotten up for the benefit of the llittrth. Tliia Fair will be preceded, by an Ice >eam Saloon, making way for it. Howiver, we will keep our town reeidere pos'd in the progreaa of events. Wat hat la Hotel. Wehaveeome pleasant memories connectd with the hotel of Mr. Rikmann at Wsthal ?. We hoard of hie fame as a good ho*t ret through an accomplished and intellU i ent lady who waa an invalid, who spent im? little time at the establishment, years go, and was highly delighted with Mr. ( ItRMAtn's management. Since then, we eve oecaeionally visited the flouse.'and ad onr piepossesriona fulfill d. See Ad- H Discoicnt. , > ? thorough acqiri3inj|HfflnHH|^H|^H^H m philosophers, sCHEFto^B^H^^HH science m true or ed to the idea of right, in ancoincnt or foiling to nisei grcsslvo ago. The iueid style, of observation ahd praetioal bearing^gaBBBB sent social, politioai and religions eoflfi?jHHH| our country, makes ono Jwlsh thaM^^BH^Bj have the oration in a mora tnngiblaJrg^ft3ME read it again and again at his leastfjH Por riia soutiikrr kkTampiua^^ jj From the Freodmeil- j Jtettrii Bditor*?Wq do not wish lo enter P into any discussion about whoso Governraetot this is, but wo would simply ask you to ^llow us to corroet somo of tbo many tnisapprehen* ions in rogar<l to us, in our now position. Wo oannot soo how it is that a poopio with whom wo hnvo lived so loug,oan now giro placo to such visions of future troubles as wo bavo scon exhibited in tho writings of somo of our formor owners, for sUch Icars only areata a morbid disposition that is not at all pleasant to any of us, and it is poisonous to' our intcrosts as long as wo livo together. It will not b? asking too much if wo call upon all to remember our eonduct in the past or present, for tho world is looking with admiration and wonder at as as a wholo,ovon if there ore a few who do not do as wo wish them ; bat you would not condemn the whole tree for tbo sake of a lew dead branches ? Wo leavo tbo quoetion of intellectual culture for our children to provo to tho world, as the chool house has boon openod to them. Time alone is noedoif. Tho history of our forefathers, wo think, baa nothing to do with as in this country, for who can deny the fact that we are living undor tlio gonial influences of religion?tho emtio religion that raised tho Britons, Scandinavians and Gauls, and made this fair land what it is? If the imitation of these Christian gentlemen have partly civitircd us already, what will bb tho results when wo havo tho whole force of their instructions brought fo bear upon us? Tho intellectual machinery of this nation can polish tho darkest intellect, and we are not at war with it, liko the Indians. We think that wo can safoly say that not only the African, bat the Chinaman, or any other heathen nation, can be raised to tho highest state of eirilisat on in this country, if thoy are not excluded from our institutions of learning, and from tho rights of mon, living under a Republican form of Gov eminent. As regards oar origin, wo tbink it safor to tako tho word of God for our guide in this matter than to tnko Prof. Agasslx's opinion, or tboso who believe wtita him. We hevo been taught by gentlemen of known piety and intelligence to say "our God,"and" onr Father who art In heaven," and we still bolievo it.? But where thete gentlemen got this new and strnngo doctrine from, is bard to tall. What a wonderful discovery for the nineteenth eootury this is! Bat Wo choose rather to beltcro Messrs. Bnist. Fonnan, Arthur, Broadas, Boyee, and a host of others, than to believe those who are not Christians, for they all taught us to say " onr Father." We do honestly bolieve that if San Doiningo bad had the saino number of men in it who feared God as this country has, there never would have bocn any sueh n fosrful tragedy, unless they suffered themselves to be led by new doctrines instead of the Holy llible. Tboso places named by the fearful, never bad tho light that we onjoy, and they ought nevor to be once named by any in comparison with our fair land, now teeming with sehrill] houses and ohurehes, and, tho'best of all, a living, active Christianity, shedding its refining light on us all. How groundless ore those fears, soon by false prophets in the distance, hut they will die without tho sight eoming nny nearer. But we would ssy to those who aru thus troubled, that if we thought that their sentiments were the true sentiments of tho whole pftople, wo would propose - a wholesule emigration to the load offered us by the government, that thoy may rest in peace, for we want to enjoy our newly given sights as quietly as possiblo, and we don't think it a wiso plan for any ono to wish thoumelves dea l on oar aceount, for the World is wide enough for us all. Any hew, we will see to it that there "will be no war of races, for it always takes two partlos to make a fight, and we will not begin Orst, but retnembor, that "as yo would that men showid do unto you, do ye or en so to thorn." What hu been said by many nboat u? filling all the State office*, in at fabulous at a fairy tale got up in one's owu bead. For, while we want tho State to bars ail its necessary officers, we do not desire to fill them all ourselves; and such a statement at that published' in your last issnn will only creato malice against us, without a eause. Wo want good men to rule us, but we nevor have said black or white men, for that is a question that will sottle itself; but we will try to put men in office who are trying to make a permanent peace for all men who love equal rights, and will not sow seeds of strife and discord. If friendship and peaee can grow oat of suoh abusive and wrathful expressions as we have seen eorning from the pen of Mr. l'erry and others, (against the poor freedmen,) they will be the first evil seeds that ever brought forth good fruit. But we will say of them, as y..u. I (aid of the Jew*, "t'other, forgive them, for they know not what they do." Wo would any, lAstly, that wo hope that tho?o who hare taught as to beHere that Ood lathe Father of ua all, will notnow treat uaaa I though wo really hnd a different origin, but , will bewaro of atrange doctrinet. ( May the fearful tako freah courage, and rest j in pcaee, and may the riaion of aagre rut' never diaturb their ailent aliimbora. ' If wo do right, Ood will aond ua proaperity, I and thle fair land will arise and (Line with a ( toanty never teen before. Dot, for Ood'a take, ( l int try to nj?pree* ua on acoonat of what the ;ovcruineut has douo for ua, or for ?nr eolor. ' fRKEDMEJV. t J* iN3 i?< By~y ^ * - OijP'\SDM|| ?m ?x?li^pippip|nBBpBH9B|^MnB learn toVHHHN^^WJQpN^HHgflHpflHBS realiae a much larger share of sfnaplaw^p^^^^^ nosa, in practicing a new system of doraestld oconomy. ' LATB BBGINHKB. XOh TBS BODTflRRB *!?TBKP*ISII. Meeting of the Greenville Bar1At a meeting of the Bar, held upon the act-* journment of the Court of Equity this morning, (twelfth of July,) on motion of Judge Campbell, Governor Perry waa roqucated tcf prcrido and Wm. E. Earle to net aa Secretary. Gon. IV. K. Baslcy presented the fallowing preamble and resolutions: WifknaAR, the preaont term of the Conrt U the first at whieh bis Honor Chancellor Leseano baa presided in- this place ; and, whereaa, wo desire to express our appreciation of the abfo and efficient manner in whieh be bti conducted the business of his court; therefore, lttoolved, by the Greenville Bar, That the elevation of Mr. Leskshb to the .Chancery Bench has secured to tho people of the State an ablo and efficient jndioial officer, whose Ifcafning, dcumon and ability will make plain the intricacies of the law, while his courteous manners adorn the U?noh, and make pleesaat tho administration of tW Law. lUtnlvtH, That a copy of this Preamble and Resolution bo presented to liis Honor, and that they be published in tho newspapers of tho Town. B. P. PiRRY, Chairman. Its. E. Eatm/*, Secretary. 44* u-fc firrpuss rnon TsxitSss'sa.?>We find thb following letter, dated SbclbyriUe, Ten be sees, 4th instant, In tho Charleston Newt: Mn. Kkitoh: Tennossoo and Georgia haro mndo several millions bushels of wheat, and there is a largo corn crop to bo made yot. Tbo rfpinton is, oorn will sell at forty cents per bushel this fall. Tho com crbp WilT bo larger than it has been for twenty years, add, if the seasons arc favorable from this out, all will be right. Tennessee, in 1844, made more corn tfcart any State In tho Union, and this yeaf she will do the same. Onr Southern railroads, if thsy do their duty, will hare as mosb floor, wheat and com to carry down South as they possibly can do. But If they persist In the present prohibitory rates, tho produoe will bare to go elsewhere. Lincoln County, in thie State, wUl make more corn than tho whole State of Georgia?and whisky, too. There are 125 distilleries in Linooln County. Now, if our railroads will do as jtikUoe, Wo can got a large trado from Ooorgia.and Tehnossoc. The frioghrt on flour from Nashville to Cbareston, 500 miles, Is $2.75; frees Nashville to Now York, 1,250 miles, $1.7#. Flouf can be (hipped from Nashville to Charieeton, via Now York, 2000 miles, Tor $2.10. In eoneluslon, I will say that the wbolo Southern States havo and will make mora wheat and corn than they hare since America has been a country. Q. A. NEUFFBR< PsniosAt ArriAKtici of tee poem?a correspondent at Rome describes tie personal appearance of tho Pope: " I mot him tho other day, on the Via Angelina, a pieasent shady street that rear eat North nndor the wells of the Vatican, wttero he had gone, as Is his wont, to take an ?*#ing drive. He generally drives oat between $ and A o'clock, goes out a few hundred rods, end then dismounts and walkr. I saw htm walk over e mile, and then be' disappeared from sight, still walking, while Mr earrthg* followed slowly on behind. He welhf shbllit totter peculiar to old age, and yet with tei a little rapidity anil energy. I am. bound to any Plus IX bar tho plcasantest face I have aaen in Europe; fair good natnre amounts almost to a weakness, and his hesitation la Mid to givo bis councillors much tronblt." A Narrow Escape.?At NRahvHfev on lbs 17th instant, tho telagraph opa*> rators narrowly escaped with their foot, so violent wera the nasbee of electricity. Tb? A uo jumiiivr Most of the instrument!) were Mt?d by being cut out, The infctniibrtte connected with the wire lending \& Memphis bed not been cut, end the op* erator, Mr. tionergan, ?u transmitting messages to that point, but fortooaloly had opened bis u key," thereby brcelling the circuit, to ask a question regard* ing a message. Doubtless hie life wp*> thus providentially spared. Ae it vwa? he received a stunning shook, sterling back in terror and araasomeal at the blinding Hash and stunning report, end tffqrding no little am overwent to his comrades by endeavoring to back drnr he next table. From tbe braae points in tbe ewileh-board, lightning streamed tix or eight feet into the room, enneiug ? general stampede and scatter afeonf he " lightning boys." Outeida of th* flice, a ball of Are about a foot [a di-> imeter was seen to leap from on# wire e another, a distance of several feet.