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mmm - - ,? . ' : M i-"0 1 % . 1# - Lgl'jfc* T: *?5,,'ty^t n '- i mt yf ' -*| X - Tv- " ^? ' ' * 1 ttt Bub-Editor. Pj&-,' . f?f tk* It&Uixa Enterprise. B?g&\ l Mf?r*. Bdiiort?I herewith tend yon. B Hbt pnblleaUeo , (bo eabjoiaad correa;? nd H^Mw,in teferaaea to want aatraordinary B papblH, recently leaned from the FreesBHBKtiUad_-?The Negro: Whet la hi* ethnoBg&ffjfrg"*' whii I In lie the progeny ol Hnm ? be a descendant oT Adam end Kvcf 1I?# SPpJr * e tool I or Is ho a benst hi God's nomenB|^^ olalure T Whet is hisstatu*, as firoJ by God In creation f What la Wi rel.illon to the white raoet" The author undertakes to prove, from the Bible, that the pegro is a beast, without a pool I That lie was created By' God, with the other anlpials, before Adam and Ere I That the negra wan the berpent who seduced Kvo to eat of the forbidden fruit! That the " aone of God,'" wpekenoftn Genesin, were the deaeendanteof Adam,'and " the danghtoreof men" were <b? " tehildreo of the negro t This miscegenation Waa'ao offensive to (iod. that he earned the Hood ho destroy the WorKt, The negro Went into the ark with other animal*. The apoethmter, h quoted for authority, that there werd bet " eight toula In tho arli."? Noah and hie wife, anil eons an 1 their wives, **W?PW4 the dtgbt; hence ?ho negro has 1w soul! That miscegenation took place after the Flood, which caused the drstruo1 tion of the T?wor of Babol, the slaughter of -w i, - , ..IJVI ?u*|- '?*jn| | UVUVH VU I *IC wKtss of 8odom and Qoincrrnli. The wriUr allows conclusively, that *ri? . thsr Hm, nor Canaan, nor their descend ants, were negroes. "but whilo p? reons. lfa *dlhowS what great eventa have Won brought ' boot by elaveholdcra, from Abraham to 'Qansful Washington, and conclude* by any. Uglhat the negro iq America most be sent I of, or re-onslavod, or tNt conntry will be * destroyed by God. This Mine of iniscege' nation la the highest olTy/teo in the sight <Jod that can be committed. He over, looked the'murder of Abel aiid (he incest of * Lot, bat the qilxturo of men and beasts ho could iH'i, and can not overlook. ?Wwj;Ucr is a man of learning, and great Biblical knowledge, and a t ilea well. 1 do , not sqdorso his views, at all, as will bo seen I by my letter in reply to Mr. J'syne. Hut It ? Would b* a liula funny if U?? fanatical Black v Republicans North, should do as ths nut*ri > wfca.iielpar has duos, and jump from one .? extreme to tho other, and feoeatuo the pros sty toe of this book. " Nasuviluc, July 29, 1867. Jffta JCncelUncy Qo*. forty?Dear Sir: By this mall I send yru a pamphlet on ...* tha negro,' said by all our ablest scholars . aadlfbblictl stud so U to b? the most extraordinary dowument that has appeared since - the -Hood, tha Divine \Vritings excepted ?tod to be unanswerable, irrefutable and true' It will eompa) all to revive Ibctr Biblical And historical knowledge from the creation to ths flood, and from ths (food to ths sat tlOSisnt of Canaan, by ths Hebrows, under' ' *o?m and Aaron, and must change the Opinions of the world in regard to the neS3K ioto nolo, and make the destiny of our country turn on its.reje<jti?n or assumption Dr. X^lleotlial and ,\Viae Professor Agassi* a# at, think so, * *It lms been stereotyped, and the State el Ohio hae ordered 100,000 ooplee for di.i' tribollon * and New York a much larger ". pnaber, and will ba distiibuted generally all over the North first, and thon to come " South. Only a few private copies are being tyaw eentSoulh. to leading citizens to obtain their opinion of it, and whether to send the . South now or wlten. For thie view it ie oent to you, and your opinion ol tie truth or falsity dear red. If it can ba overturned, afetfco writer wishes it done, and for this pur , poae baa aent a copy, and written a request to Messrs, H. W. Beoeher, Weuddl PJiilltof r and Mr.Suinner, of the United Stales Senate"The writer ie of Revolutionary and Ma. torio ancestry. Your reply on its meilts #ad other advantages for present necessities ,1, of our pooplo nntl States, is earnestly re quested at your earliest convenience, but lq Dot (or publientioo. ?i j. Very reapectfnlly, , . > B. H. TA.YNB * w*. i Direct to tare of Payne, Jones ?t Co," m1 8. 0., August 5th, lBftf. J?. JI. Payne, Etq.?pear Mr: I have "**' Hoofved yoor letter and-pamphlet, and ** WfrilryhtrtftiHTJ feMtrnWh*. 1 have read the pamphlet-with great'Interest. It ie," * Indeed a rnok '*trftoMini?ry publication, 'htftTlrtll antenhth tbe rebgfotia world. There r* ire potion* of It, hi reference to tins do "** aoendants of Hmd, unanswerable, and mint pot to redt f&reeer the idea that he or Canaan win concerted Into negroes by the ftome of Cod. hlany other parte are ptau?h li# and ecenijngly logical. But the main ffeftlt, thut the nt-^ro ia a beast, without a ab?l, ia hold assumption, contradicted by Ifttfroti and observation. That the negro and white man hare had aatne origin, ftnd are descended from ^ the same parents, la sheer noneenss, in my * opinion, contradicted by a thousand unac? "** awemble faeis and arguments. "Th" negro, fa ? more the brother of tha white man than thejanbaes fa the brother of the horse, h- < Or the owl la the aisle* of the eagle." There have been different creation* of men end animal* since the earth waa formed. Tha latter fact, iceontistaldy picvrn by + . I . v-. * ifctyjbip+ :-.< v#j?v<*--> & " " 1 I etolofev. The rental as of are at variet* ol animal*, Which do not now ?X&, hova been found in the earth; and atfll no vntiga hat bean discovered of many otbora which now live, Man ia evidently a much later oreatlon than animal*, or wraa voetige of liiin would havo beea found with tha remain* of bird*, and anlmala, and creeping things, of which tha bowels of tha earth ara full.? Iustead of one orCation of man, thoro here been, perhaps, a dosen, all of reeeht'dates, compared with iho creation of the earth, plants, fowls, fishes and animals. And oil these creations of man hare been marked with distinct different characteristics, in slraotnrCt form, color and Moral and Intel lcdnal development*. 80 It has beOQ with animals, and fowls, and ctdeplbg things of the same class. The cat, tiger, leopard and lion, are all of one Class of Animate. The Negro, Indian, Chinaman and Caucasian, ara Mkewlee, all one data of human beings. But they ure no more kht to each other, 'than the cat is to the IPvo, or the jackass to tho horse, the owl to the eagle, or tho porch to the shad. S\>r hare the negroes descend ed from the white man, any more than the oat from the lion, the jackass from the horde, tho owl from the eagle, or the perch from tho ehad. These different Varieties of men, animals and lishca, Were (Seated by God as they now exist. This is proven inexorably by history as Well- fts science. For fivs | thousand years past, history teaches us that | (hero has been no shadow of change in the different varieties or spOelva of men. oni male, birds, fishes or creeping things. They exht now as they did tl|c?, There has nut been the rllghUst approach on the part of the cat to beOoine a lion, or the juclcass to beeomo a liors-% or the owl to h&soiue an eagle, or a negro to become n white tnaA.-sTho representation ef the negro in Egypt four thousand joars ago, and his mummy 01 as ancient a date, arc perfeot types of the negro of the present day. His woolly head> his black skin, his face, body and limbs were then precisely what they are now> and what they were when creuted by the Almighty hnnd. fn tho Bibio we have three distinct creations mentioned. In the 6rst, ? God said, let ue make man in onr imago, ancr our likeness "-t-BIaLb axd ru Maik, cqkatcd He iiium." In tho second chapter Geacsie ?? ore. informed thnt, " there wns not a mou to till the grourftV This was after he had made man, ' mole an J fcuiolc created He them." We are informed then that "the Lord God formed roan of the dpet of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the hrenth of life, and diai) became a living soul." " And tho Lord God said, it is not good that man should be alone, I will make him a help meet for him. And tho Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and lie slept; and . Us took one of his ribs and closed up the | tL-sh thereof; And the rib which the Loru God bed. taken from man, made He a wo man, and brought tier unto the man.* Thle w?s all after the first croetion in seven days, and after God had rest*! on tho seventh day 1 This creation of Adam and Eve was after lis had created man ; "male and female created He them * The Bible waa 09! intended to instruct us any more la ethnology and natural philosophy, then in astronomy and geology. It ieaniospiiel book of religion and moral* and nothing more, Keienoe and philosophy ft does nob pretend to teach. It waa not neoeeaary that they should be taught to man, either for his happiness la this life, at the world to soma, An J all of maa'e wonderful explorations in the mysteries of na lure, only tench hint how utterly ignorant ho is of God's universe. The earth, instonrl of having been created six thousand years ago, has existed, beyond all doubt, tans o< thousands of years, as ihown, incouteatahly by geology. And in all probability the aartb is of a very recant, origin, compared tc that of tlx world. In hulk or spans, it h not to^tho world what a grain of saud would be to the earth. The stars, instead of beinf made "to shins on tho earth," were mad< euas illainioating other worlds Hko ours I The negro is not a mora Vcnst without i foul, as this pousphlot would teach us, but at inferior species of wan, as tho oat U of th< lion and the sebra of tha barso, Out are created by God, as they now exist, perhaps nl different poriods, for wise purpose9. And it ii .as much impossible! to mako n whito man 01 an Indian out of a negro or his <k*eondanu in a thousand years, as it is to convert a en into a Hon, or a jackass Into n horse, in th< samo apaco of titoo. God's creations ennno be changed by time, or otroumatanccs, or hu man skill or science. As they were made, s< must they continue, in all tbeir essential char aetcristlca. The Chinamen huvo for thousand* oi years ooniprcuou toe root or ttioir women but alt children are born in China, after thi compression of foot for thousand* of years with Just such fet ae God originally gav< thorn. If the negro < to havo the right of sufTragi and oquality with the whlta man, politically a war of rnecs, sooner or later, must inevitably , ensue, and one or tlru uthor exterminated ii the Sonthorn States. That slavery can eve: be restored, or the uogro ro-on*tavod, la as iin possible as it would be impolitic and unwise That the whole raeo can be sent ail at once t< Africa, is impossible. What then eanbe dorr for thorn? common sense and reason Wouk answer i Let them remain in the Knot ben States, M free men, ontitled to ?i|U*l rights in the protection of their lives, property aac liberty, before the law- but do not fnrci on Itum politic,it rights, which 'bey ato inca . . v? 1 I i) ai?i i I DX OF I>C ' ? *? ? ? GREENVILLE. SOUTH CA1 ' pablo of ex?rt1?litfc irlaety or pw<??Hy. - An J l In the exeroito of which moat rwujt their dci Btrnoifop. . - > Tho m xt boat plnn of disposing of tho nojo^ wtiioh MggNU iteolf to my mind, U to colototaa them,, la onoor two 8 toMm, ma top#rot# or ttistUmt oomuianlty, or mUm, m!u keen done with tho IodUw- .Tbo lands may be , purchased bp the Government for this purpoeo. If they could bo sent to Liberia, ami supported there for twalvo months, U would be infinitely bettor. Could not this bo dene In the oourse of ten or twenty years? Tbote sent first would mako pro*Won* for others who afo to follow. Tho labor of t)ie nogro in tho Southern States, as a farmer, will ho utterly worthless In a ffcw years. They wilt soon cease to hire themselves to work on largo cotton plantations, a# thoy have done in Jamaiea to Work en. the sugar plantations. This Is too much like tlarery to bo continued any longtb of time.? Thu natural doe ire of the negro, in the Sooth- 1 era Stales, will be, and must bo, as it has been In Jamaica, to be mostor.of bis own timo, and 1 indulge bis own Idle Inclinations and pursuits. 1 This be can do, as soon as he is able to get 1 " a shanty" and u a patch," whore ho may l>oMibly eke out a wlsomblo existence. Citl- 1 sous of this charaotcr' enn not possibly add to J tho improvement, or help to enrich n country. It matters not, whether thcro nro five thousand or flvo hundred thousand suob laborers in a' State, they will not Increase tho prosperity of tho State, or add to its wcnlth. On the contrary?wiH cxchtdo other laborers, and thereby- Injure tb'o State. What wo now want in tho Southern States, Is ah industrious, Intelligent and thrifty population, who will build comfortable houses, plant or. chords, erect maahinory, and dcvelopo tho hidden resources of tho country. This tho negro never will do. There may be a fow oxeoplions, but so few as not to bo worth considering. Whilst the negro continues to liiro 'himself as a Inborcr to the cotton planters, he may add to the wealth of tho State, if ho docs : not t<? his own; others Will bo benefited by his labor, If bo;himsotf is not. Bat this will notcontlnu6,'ss I bavo already said. Tho experience of Jamaica and All tho other Wost India Islands whoro tho negro has boon sot frno ?.? fact. Tho history or the negro in tho Northern States where ho has been free for more than half a century, shotrs that tie wiil only work chough to obtain a baro Subslstoneo. lie does not grow rich thcro'or oectiniulnte i>roporty.? Is it at all likely that ho will do bettor in tho Southern States? Tha history of tho negro In Africa, whore he has always boon free, proves tho sauio thing.*- I do not believe, therefore, that tho three or four millions of negroes in tbo Southern States will, in the course of a few years, tnako more than a baro subsistence* And if they oontlnuo here, to tho exclusion of o^hcr labor, tho' Southern States arc destinod to poverty and misery. I am with great ror.p.Vt, youro truly. At., D. F. PERRY. 1 Tan Mihi.stku'h Sai.au y.?A worthy miller?so Dr. Chaplain tells thostery in Dr. Dunbar's memoir?was once pshiod by hearing that tho minister was going away for want-of aupport, tbo church having decidod that they ooukl no longor raise his salary. Ho called n ' meeting and addressed his brotheron very modestly, for ho was one of tho poorest among theso comfortablo farmers. Re askod if want of tunhcy was tho onty ronton for this change, and if they Were all united in desiring foe services of the pastor, they coald still keep him. The pastor was useful and beloro&i but tho flock was so poorl " Well." said the milU- ? T I i? V , - ? ? ...V.r a u??U N |VIon %?y which I c?a raiso his salery withuut asking yon (or s dollar, If you will allow mo to take u>y own way to do It. I will assumo the responsibility fur one year, lluve I yohr eonsoot ?" Of courso they could not refcse this, ultho' they cxprceeod surprise, knowing tbo miliar to ' be hut a poor inau. . V-Tho year drew to a close. The minister had been blessed in his tabors, and to ons' had 1 bcon called on for any money. When they > came together, the millor asked lho pastor if bis wants had bcon supplied, -add his salary I promptly mot? Ho replied V> the affimatlve. I When the brethren wcrif ackml if (bey were I any poorer than at tlitf bagholng or thb year, each replied, " No," askingdiew iHey Obuld bo i whon tholr ohurch privileges "hail been to myet toriously paid fur. lie asked again, "la any > man i>oorer for keeping tbo Minister t" aud tbo reply was as before. " said ho, t "brethren, I havo only to teit jMu tjntt you ( haro paid tho salary tbo rauio k* ve^. always f did. only more of it with greater promptness. You remember you told mo to toko my own way in this matter, and I have done so. As , enob of yon brought his grist to mill, I took , out as much grain as I thought your propotion and laid it away for tho salary. M'hon harvest , was over I sold it, and have paid the minister regularly from th? proceeds. You confess that , yon aro no poorer ; so yon havo never miasori it. and thoreforo nlade no sacrifice poso we stop talking about lotting our ministar go, and add oAoUglt to liU sulory to multa ua feci tiiat wo aro doing something." Dr. Dunbar Med to say, " Ob, for a miller in overy oburch !" It in said that when a steel pen lilt been used onlil it appears to be spoiled place it over a flame (a gaslight, for inntance) for, nay a quarter of a minute, then dip it into water and it will again be tit for nee. A new pen, which ie found too bard to write with, will bocome softer by being thus heated. Tnn Wow nMfirating earl are now bring?** to New Vork tho dressed earoasses Of steer* nnd sheep, killed in Ohio, sL,d tho iue.it . arrives in |eritct < rder. . -..I - V t 1*11 1 ?? MDTTT A T> 7X JUX^.Xt ' I i i i . I" ROLINA. SEPTEMBER 11 JJI'. 111 ! !. .mil 'I .1 - lit t; Br tm prmioiar ew iu Unirn Butu ?a Proclamation.?whtnm, by Um Cobs Lite t ion of the United States, tfc? Kxaoutlvo power U rested la a President of th? United States of Amcrica, wbo U bound by solemn 1 QAtb faithfully to axeeuto tbo ofice of Preai-1 dent, and, to tho bout of hi* ?V>bty( to pr*-' serve, protect mod dofond tbo Constitution of tho United States, apd is, by tbo samo instrument, mado Cominander-in-chelr of tbo Army and Nary of the United States, and is requirod to tafco (sro that tbo laws bo faithfully etoeuted; and wboreas, by tho same Constitution and tho law* of tbo United States, which shall U made In pnronsneo thoroof, shall bo tho suporomo law of tho land, and bo bound thereby j and whereas, in and by tbo samo Constitution, tbo judicial powers of tbo UuW tod Statoo is invested in ono Supreme Court, and in arch other courts as Congress way, from time to timo, ordain and establish ; and tho aforesaid Judicial power is'declared to extend to all cases in law and equity arising under tho Constitution, tho laws of tho United States, and the treaties which shall bo tnadc under their anthorlty; and whereas offloern, Dlvit and military, are bound by oath that they will support and instate the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and will boar tree faith aad and alliglanoo to tho I same; and whereas alt oflloers of tbo army And navy of tho United States, in accepting their commissions under tbo laws of Congross and tho rules end articles of war; incnr an obligation to obacrro, obey and and follow such directions as they shall, from tunc to time, receive from the President, or Oencrnl, or other superior officers serving thoni, according to tho rules and discipline of war; and whereas it Is provided by law that, whenovcr, by reason of unlawful .obstructions, combinations or assemblages of persons, or rebellion against tho authority of the Oofernment of tho Unit,*! SLit?? <? impracticable) iu tbo judgment of ibo I'rcsideDt of tho United Slates, to enforce) by the ordinary Course of judicial proceedings) tho laws of tbo United States within any Stitto or Territory, tho Executive, in that case, 1s authorised and required to seenro their fuithfUl execution by tho assistanco of tho hind and naval forces; and whereas impediments and obstructions, serious In their oharocter, baro recently been Interpoeod tn tho Pt.ifos of North Carolina and Sottth 0hfoHtiaJ"hind?r1ng tho performing, for*n time, a pfojwr enforcement thoro of the- law* of Unifed -States, 'and of thd judgtncu'fe and doer res of a lawfUj,. court thereof, in disregard of the oomtna#*! a>j . tho President of" tho United States ; and whereas reasonable and well-founded apprehensions exist that such ill-ad vised and unlaw-fut proceedings may be again attempted there or olsowbere t ? Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnsorrv President of the United Statei, do hcruhy waro all persons against obstructing or hindering in any way whatever tho faithful execution of the Conilitution and the \aVta 1 and I do solemnly enjoin the commanding officers of the Government, civil and military, to render dus submission and obedience bo said taws aud to tho judgments and decrees of tho courts of the United States, and to giro alt tho aid in their poWor necessary to Iho prompt enforcement and execution Of such laws, dec rocs, judgment and processes) And I do hereby enjoin upon the officers of tho army and navy to assist and sustain tho eonrts and other civil authorities of the Unltod States in a fntu.ful administration of tho law* thereof, and in (he judgments, decrees, mandate! mad processes of conrts of (ho United States, mod call upon all food and well disposed etltsens of (ho Ifnitod Statos (o remember that Upon the said Constitution and laws, and hpon the judgments, docrocs and processes of the courts, made in aoc or dan eo with the courts, depend the psrpotutttlon of the lirfts, liberty, prosperity and happiness of the people. And I exhort evory one to tostify thoir devotion to their country, their pride in.its prosperity and greatness, and their determination to uphold Itsfroo institutions t-y a hearty eo-operdtlon in the efforts of the Government to sustain tho authority of tho law, to maintain the suprciiiicy of the Federal Constitution, and to pre servo unimparod tho "fntorgrity of tho National Union-. In testimony wheroof, I havo eansod the seal of tho United States to he affixed to those presents, and sign tho same with ray band.?> Done at the eity of tfaabtngtoh, tho third day of September, In the year of our" Lord, ono thousand eight hundred and shrty-soven. By tho Prfsldedt 1 ANDREW JOHNSON. W*. II. SnwAnn, Soerotary of State. Tub Bono and Grxonback Qubstion.?A MlffSDBOllSnt. erllinff front lfon??nnM? Iowa, to the Cintiuuaii Knquirer, on the -18th instant, says: The largest meeting that has been held to Yen Huron County, Iowa, for many years, was held in Keossuqua on Saturday, the lOth of August. Henry Clay Dean addreaded the quiet and attentive audience for three hour*. The audience was of every part of polities and every eeet of rellKion . ^ . The intercut felt in the payment of the public debt in greenbacks was kindle d in the wildest enthusiasm. I'eop'e of all par ties acquiesced in this plan of liquidation. The sn.nker argued ail of the question* involved In the collateral questions ui tariff, teiopa, and other forms of taxnlion. The people arc with ue upon dhia qnea tion, which la the key note of the great contest of 1868. No such success his ever attended the inauguration of any great question. ' * ? \ wiaLTtiy, merchant, stupidly intoxicated, got off the cam at West Nawton, Pa., last week, and after staggering about town till past midnight, enteied a paper mill, where ho drank deeply of the contents of a atone pitch er ; (hen lay down and expired in fear* ful agony. Tbo pitcher containod vitriol. EVENTS . +i *K'-i . 1867. u 11 I L 1, . > . > * ;, ;j'? , .1 The Great Issue Pri??t? tdrkt* from N?? Tvrk mur? as that there ) a pause io public filing on the subject of Southern reconstruction.*? The Herald Uetlll hkNhlng Ob toward* a Con aortal ire policy, and tho tnaWi begin to feel that the column of Radical reform it now ihrOatenibg tho North ae it long threat cnod the South. The following leader ap pears in the New York Herald of 6?turThp groat national lean# which wQl over thedow all olhara In our eotnlng Fall dee Uona in the Northern State* will he the iseuo of negro uipreniscy hureefUr in our national affaire, through a Southern negro political balance of power, contemplated, and broadly foreshadowed In the CongreS tVonal program me of Sonthorn reeonstruotion. Tlio Republican party, from Abrahnru Lincoln's election to the Presidency down to this scheme of e transfer of politico! power in the South from the white to the blaok race, baa been eoataiped by the almost unbroken voioe of the Northern I Stales in ?U It* measures ; first, fur the sup. pression of the rebellion, and next, for tbe reorganisation of tho rebel States on the basis of universal liberty. But In this bold and dangerous scheme of putting tlu Hou'b era polities! balance of power over our national affnire in lite hand* of the blacks, just released from the darkness and demoralisation ol negro slavery, it strikes us that only In another form tho Republicans are niaktiig tho same fatal mistake which wae made by tho late National Democracy when they attempted to perjwtunte the reign of the Southern slaveholdiog oligarchy, with their laws, decrees and dogmas for the perpetuation and extension oi slavery itself. This is but tlib swinging of tho pendulum trom <>ne extreme to the other?it is steering irom Soylla to Ch?r}l>dia What peace or Jinruony oao wo hope for in exchanging the insolent rule of . the late three hundred thousand Southern slaveholders for the rule of five hnndrad thousand Southern negroes who but yesterday wore slaves and the descendants of ignorant slaves for hundreds of years? The experiment involves an out* rage upon the enlightened public opinion of the Northern States which will surely meet with a decisive retmke. We cannot doubt that this dofpernte ex pertinent of negro supremacy will bo am piratically condemned by the voice of New York ia onr coming November election. A change of eight or ten thousand votes In the six hundred and odd thousands of this great Commonwealth ia hula bagatelle; but it will Mujic* to revolutionize the Stat*. Upon this broad and distinct question of negro "uprainacy, however, wa may lo?k for a change of thirty, forty or fifty thousand, a( compared with the figures of our last November election. In Ohio, with Vallan dlgham and his obnoxious copperhead no' ttons again in the foreground, there ia but a gloomy prospect for the opposition elements They eannot be combined On Vsllandigliani or under Vallandigbam. Put in Psnnsyl vania they have a very fair prospect of an. ticipatiog in Ootoberthe inevitable November reaction in New York. Upon tkie question we expect a political reaction in tha North this Fall which will enforce some attention and raspeut fr?ni Congress. It is to the people that we look for a rescue ( for while the laws stand as they are President Johnson can do vary little to stay their op* sratlon, iiowever great the number of re* movals and changes he may make. We 1 look to the people for a reaction against this noriloua aehema f..r fn?t?ninr. ..n.m B ...C country a controlling negro political balance of power.?Charleston Mercury. One of the men who helped Fulton to build the first steamboat is living at Nobleaville, Indiana. lie la ninetyseven year* old. - . Nor Arnatn.??-A naval officer being at sea in a dreadful storm, bis wife was sitting in the cabin with him, and filled With alarm for the safety of the vessel, was so surprised at bis serenity and composure that she criod out: " My doar, are you not afraid ? How is it potudblo you cau bo so calm in such a dreadful storm t" He rose from his cbnirj dashed it to the dock, drew his swurd, and pointing it at the broast of his wife, exclaimed. "Aroyott afraid T" She immediately an* wo rod : " " No." " Why T" said tho|oflleor. " Because," rejoined tho Wifo, "t know this sword is in tho hands of my husbsnd. and h* loves mo too well to hurt mo." " Then," said he, " J know In whom I bcllcvo, and that llo who holds tlio winds in bi( lists and tho wators in tho hollow of his hsnd^ Is my father." Maxr a person has seen a pet canary or other bird In a state of pcfturbation, plucking at himself continually, bis feathers standing all wrong. In vain is his food ehangod, and in vain is a saucer of clean water always kept in tbo cage. The ennso ot his wretchcdncfta has not been found out. If the owner of s pet In such difficulty will take down tho cage and look np to the roof thereof, there will be most likely to b<r seen, a mass of stulT like red rust. That rod rust is nothing moro or less than myriads of parasites infesting tho bird, and for which wateris no remedy, Ily procuring a lighted candle and holding it under every partiola of the top of the cage till all chance of anything being left alive is gone, tho rem* dy is complete. The pet will soon brighter op ?,;:iin after his "home warming." * -- * m _ - ? 4 k " * ' *. *f -w . . V ? *w ? - \ ^ ' ' .,i" .i .: ' NO. 16.' -? - Beconstruotion?Oon, Httnpton'* L?ti?r. Tbo Wow Yortt tferaltt, of B?nd?7,?ootih< tho following vlgoroug editorial upon tho pro(TWI of MboDltrantlrta. ft >N1 kit mm . tk.i It mji, emphatically, that M legislation can or shall destroy th? whole Booth; and that the I)oopie must mhha It their task, at UM coming elections, to giv* the whole country such a Udvornmentae its Interests require t Oa the part of Congfeas, Ihcre is a dcslro to usurp completely tho executive power; and l>y numerous acts, not as yqt daring to overthrow at a single stroke, tboy sap Its branches , and-Indirectly try to destroy IBs trait k of the tree, 'they ApphaT to forgot entirely that wo aro a pooplo wbese political powers hare arisen to the surface, bfcrn of qloiheate whiek karo had little sympathy In conrtnoa, except tho benefit of union; that the war was aot the result of political passions Which Ms the off. splng of a moment, fcrtlVrather the culmination of clashing forces brought unavoidably Into contact by owe rytUonel progress?which foroes sooner or-later, had to appol to the sword. Wo have destroyed the causes which produced tho war , bavo eliminated from tho national problem of harmony one of, the two great elements that had euffioiont power to coll nrtnlcs Into tho field and maintain a fierce 'conflict for supremacy. The problem ends here, however ; for wo chnrtot dostroy the Bouth. We cannot alter Jior cttinatC, bet productions, licr interests based oft agrlettltwTa , woalth. We cannot, by any enactment of Congress, ohango the brain that clhnatto and race causes produce. Wo cannot, therefore, ignore that, do what wo may, our human laws have little offoct in battling with these of Ilcnvcn. The Bouth, by forood measures, may, to the gratification of a party, bo represented for a as moment that party may desire, hut it will ouly bo ior a moment. If we throw iuto our legislative halls a representative mass of ignoranco, it tcifl not legielate for tho South alone ; it alto govern* the North' 1F? attade North and South equally, when ore giro the negro, hi his present uneducated Condition, tho elective frnnchiee, and with the Bouth wo, too, must suffer tho control ot logo ran cry, or appeal to the Inovitablo military dictatorship to froo us from it. Wo havo destroyed slavery?a I system of productive energy that could not I livo in whitn Itlui, imkUiC. \l'- - -?I fifty years over what we foolishly call reconstruction , and we cannot, with any power we possess, destroy the wholo South. No leglsla* tion will offot t It. The letter which wo published yesterday,' from Wado Hampton, contained some truths which aro valuable for our rccouetructionlets to study, as tbo effect of their efforts to restore harmony. IIo prefers the present military rule to the rule of ignorance which the radical programme would establish. Aside from that jo vo professed bj hi in for the United States Constitution, which he drew the sword to destroy, thor'o is much of good sense in the letter. It indicates how difficult fo tbo problem before us as Congress has attempted to solvo It. His letter very wisely advocator the rights of tho negro, bnt not the Utopias* theories which prom Ho to ruiu him. It says t " We have recognised (he freedom of tho blacks, and have placed this foot beyond all' probability of doubt, Gonial or recall." Wo cannot carry out reconstruction as either tho Posident er Congress Would, each Is a radical manner, dictated. Bread statesmanship will remain contented in bsving retrtovod tkw causes of the late war?will forget party feeling in tho general good. The PreSiddht, giving a general amnesty, as it is rumored that ho may do, will restore harmony to a groat oxtcnt. If he does not dd It, if partisan rule over him Is deeper than his statesmanship, the country mutt still suffer. Congress must still drive on at its mad, revolutionary pace,and lea-re to the people, in the coming elections, tho tnsk of upsetting both Congress and the President, and the giving once more the country n Government which will seek dttf best interests. i an i? A coRRESrosnKXT write*) that millions ex. olusivuncss is still maintained in full forco in Sweden, lie says ho was himself lately fined a heavy sent, " for allowing people to como together for worship in his privato houso, during tho hours that the Sweodish church held service or mass> as it is yet called, and this fine was exacted by tho sanction of the King, before whoso ootirt the cos? Was tried." 11?' affirms that " priests, assisted by sheriffs and policemen, do yet on tor by force into people'* houses, and by force take the infants from anguished mothers' arms, to have them legally baptised j and a caso is known in whiefe ' poor farmer's only Cow has been taken inpayment. "A doctor of uiodieino, tho chistoily physician, of a large city iu Sweden, and bightly o(doomed, has lately felt compelled to lbavo the couutty with bis wife and ohildron, owing to the narrow-minded priest policy of tho go*crnmont, debarring his growing up children from the prospoct of over making a respectable livelihood in their native laud." The gov* crnmont docs all it can to prevent the oat Sow of emigration, and so far succoo f -f to tr.ako 1 it commercially impossible to ship tb.-m direct from 8wodon. Consequently they tuust first go to England, either to Hull or London, from thenco they are trsnsforrod to Liverpool. they take steamships for New York. A Pittxflold (Mam.) woman woro $.10,01X1 worth, of diamonds at * wedding party lately. | Her husband was a quartermaster of tho loje 1 stripe. Tkhxp.xskb has n new sulphur spring near | Memphis, whieh can bo smelUd a quarter of a mile off. Tho ono at Nashville, in the gubernatorial mansion, con be stnollcd over the entire State. Arioso late items it is stated that extensive i frauds upon the government have just been discovered at St. Louis, in tho payment of i large sums upon forged soldiers' discharges. Tbut bcrt of '-mws is stale.