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SpirmfaiizecL JH^&'lhe following curious article is taken ^HHnn au English newspaper of the year and is thers called MM THE PERPETUAL ALMANAC.; B BB SULDIER'S PRAYER BOOK, h^b by hichakd la>*e. Frivol? Soldier, belonging to the FortyBMfc second Regiment, who was taken B^^v before the Mayor of Glasgow for ]}hy'nnj cards during shine szrvire,. The Scrgesmr ooairEJindvd'the Soldiers to Cbarch, and when ti.o parson read the B prayers lie took his text. Tliosc who had g. a BIMe took it eat; but this soldier had Bp neither r Bihle nor a common prayer B^ book; bm polling out a pack of cards, lie spread thci.i out before him. He first W looked atone card and then at the other, V The sergeant of the company saw kits- ana F ."Jiiehvrd, put up the cards; this is no place f-r iheni." "Never mind that.'' said Richard. When the service was over, tho consta^ hie took Richard prisoner, and brought ' n:i:* o?rr?re i.u* .Ufiycr. r"WclV'sai 1 tin.* Mayor, "what have you brought tliHt soldier here for?." "For playing cards in Church." i uV/di, soldier, what bavo you to 6ay I hr yourself!" r "Much, Sir, } hope." "Very good; if r.ot, I will punish you "1 have been," said the soldier, "about six weeks on the march; I have neither Dibis nor Common Prayer Book; I have nothing but p. pack of cards, and I hope to satisfy your worship of the purity of my retention*. "Wry good,"said the Mayor, j hen, spreading the cards before the Mayor, he began with the Acc : :;W!ieu'I see the Ace, it reminds mc t:. ;'. '.l.vrc is but one Cod. ' y.'licii I see the Deuce, it reminds me ci Father .anil Son. " A bet! I sec the Tray, it reminds- me of Father ien and licly Ghost. "YYheu Isce the Four, it reminds-me of the iour Evangelists that preached, \i/ : Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. "\Yhi.n I sec the five, it reminds me of the 'l. o wise virgins that trimmed'their liiuijo. There were ten, but five were fools filial were sir.:I out. ' when I see the Six, it reminds me th.if i;i six days the Lord made heaven and earth. "When I see the seven, it reminds.me ;i;at on the seventh day Cod rested from. M;e works he made and hallowed it. . "When I see the Ei-jht.it reminds-me Q the cigffr. -ightoous persons that were ^ . s^ed wlieu'God drowned the world, viz: Noah and h:s wife, his three sons and their wiVes. "When I sec the Nine, it reminds me of the nine lepers that were cleansed by oar Saviour. There were ten, but nine u never return< d tliuDks. . '-When I ace the Ten it reminds me of the Ten Commandments, which God . handed down to Moses on a tableofstone. f'When i tec the King, it reminds mc 1 W'the Great King of Heaven, which u God (if Sheh^yho went to hear 1 v. hd.'i:i\fdtjr6mon4 for she was as ' a woman as U^'was a man. She 1 ' or ought with her Stay hoys and fifty girl?,. 1 all dressed in l oys apparel, for Kiug Sol- ! om-ii to till vhie!i wore boye and which 1 .. were jiirls. King Solomon sent for ?a- ( i-r, for then: to wash, themselves; the eirls - to the elbows, and the boys only i to tlio v.rii s?so King Solcmou told by < i::,V ' l "Well," said the Mayor, "you have -- ' given a rip.iou of all the cards in the i paciv except one.', i "Which is that?" said the soldier. < <! I pre your honor a description , f c:' t:s:r. '.if yon will not be angry." ' 1 v. i'.' :i >t," said tlie Mayor, "if j-ou , will h'iin idc to be a knave." 1 "W./.!," said the soldier, "the greatest t knave I know is the constable that brought mc "1 do not know," said the Mayor, ( "wi.ci;. r he is the greatest knave; but I . i:r.ow he is the greatest fool-" --jr 'd:en I count how many spots in a 1 p ick, I ;.ad three hundred and sixty-fiVc * ?m..: y days as there are in a year. " 7f L :n L count the number of cards there * arc i:: pack, I findtherc are fifty-two?as 1 many weeks as there are in a year. And 1 I find four suits?tha number of weeks in c a Ul'Uit'i. 1 '1 :iud there are twelve picture cards- t in the "tack, representing the number of ruoat'ii in the year; and on counting the t ir.Ci.f, l and thirteen?the number of I weeks in a quarter. So you see, Sir, the I avk of cards serves for a bible, almanac 1 :?uJ common prayer book to me." i ( r;he imperial feasts- ixrTfcrlco, says n i BBfcjrrcspcntfcnt, have been many and gor*. 1 ^^Kl-ocs. The diamonds worn were of, fabulous prices. Tha Mexican ( ^H^pa^are celebrated for the". r. els.. Tt 1 ^^^Relhriig'uncoiiunon for n ' v tu own E ^^Bventy thousand dollars . ' of dia- \ B^Vnonus and pearls. The; ! passion , pearls, and nowhere? - : - en in the ^Hceu;is of Europe?are stub magnificent ( ones won. The famous black pearls W from Lower California are almost expert rive as diamonds and as beautiful as W opals. The Empress tries to wear the 1 ? Mexican mantilla, which it requires 1 i Spanish blood to carry well, and is said I to carry it as. gracefully as an Indian I bonnetprobable that an exception will be favor of Gen. Johnson, and his granted at puce, instead of putlon indefinite probation,, as in .ses- of other rebel generals, the grounds suggested for mas exception is the fact, said to be lienticated before the Attorney, j that Johnson did ail i:? his power :'.e rebellion to a close long became palpably evident that g was in a collapsed condition. ? CAHDEJf, FRIDAY, SEPT. 8. Through the courtesy of our enterprising, townsman Mr. J. N. Gamewslx, wo have been favored with oopiesof the-New York Daily News Herald, 2'ribure, Times and World, of last Saturday. , The Election ox Monday Last.?Tho following named gentlemen were elected delegatesto fho Stato Convention from Koi shew District. Maj. L. "W. R. BlaIR, and Co'sA. D. Goodwyn * Tho election passed off quietly. Change cf Commands: s.? Major-General Cairol, who commanded a biigndu in ike Socond Corns, at the b:utlo of ihe Wilderness, and was bad y wounded in both arm?, I.as been ordered to succeed General Devius at Fredericksburg. General Perms comes to South Caroli ua. Contests or a "WAT?i>?,AtL."?Iha Charleston Dnilj- yews says: " An exchange informs ' ns that a short time ng.-> a man, in taming a corner, accidently touched, with a ladder lie was carrying on his shoulder, the head of a l?.dy, who was standing there waiting for a cs r to pass. The blow was just sufficient to hurt her feelings by knocking from her hair the ' waterfall'" which ornamented the back of it. lie specific gravity was enough fo burst as it fi 11, when its : contents were spread upon the ground, which, ! wondurful to toll, were as tol'ows: two curled hair puffs; one piece of mourning crape; twodark . colored pin cushons; and one black worsted jstopking! This mystery, then, darker than any the Egyptians possessed, is at, last uuTavelTe^ much to the joy of unsophisticated young geu^ tlemen like oursolves. SouTS GAr.oUNM.?The Washington corns- i pondence of the Charleston Courier says: The President remarked to a gentleman tho other day "that South Carolina was wheeling into i line under the old flag more rapidly than any < other Southern State, taking all things, into con- i sidoration." This was a proud tribute and high ( compliment, comiDg from tho sourco it did, to ] the first State that openly defied the authority of the Federal Government. It is the earnest wish of those who stand on tbe cutsido and looks'- the march of events, that the aetionof I or citizens may be such that the compliment may never have to be withdrawn We nil hoj?and expect that when her Convention meefs^Kt it will speak out as decidedly and emphatically for the Uxion and cooperation with the general Government as Mississippi has. . 3 The election for the Convention is over, and that important body will assemble on Wednesday next. It has serious work before it, and w? hope its niemjbers are earnestly preparing themselves by thought and study for a wise discharge of its duties. The great work before the ' Convention may, to some extent, be estimated *by a gianec at the following obvious subjects p which will necessarily come before itr 8 1st. There is the great work of adopting a j " Constitution conforroinglo the necessities of our j '' condition, by prohibiting slavery. Few can ap I predate this eliange, for it requires an intimate j j knowledge of our laws and Lisiory during all the j ? past of South Carolina, whether as Colony, Pro- j o I t vtnce or si<us, as ww ?o nv>.]< . the agricultural pursuits one! social domestic life J,1 of our people. v >? > V~T.^Aa-r fliic /rrfn? (i^n ^rf|T?iM;r>n Jj: must be made, tosoroe extent, bytfie Convention, and completed by tho Legislature, soon to as- ; jem'ulc, to protect the negro in the rights so- ; . cured Ly the new Constitution cud to preserve ' society from the complete wreck likely to ensue J F from turning;.loose in our midst four hundred ! thousand idle negroes, unprepared for freedom, j The task is indeed Herculean, butihe necessity j .8 upon us and no man is worthy the name of j citizen who is not awake to the importance of the occasion. 3d. There is now no propriety in ihepreeernation of the "Parish System."' Tho system aevcr could have stood tho test of argument tave in convention with the conservatism desi- ^ able in vfSw of slavery and states rights, now ' rationc ccssante, ceseat ipta lex." The system 1,1 Vor-n irnro rlrm-n lnn<? FVr.OP but for tilfc it UlliU tuiii v gxmv mv ? ? -V..JJ - j - . nidule country which stand ne a barrier between he up-country and the parishes; now of course I .hat help will be withdrawn, and the parishes j lannot help themselves if ihey are opposed to , ;hc change. Their preponderance) was chief.y ; n their senatorial representation'; that is Isst in he convention nud tlic five Districts which nrc ^ livided into parishes are in n weful minority. . Chis change will work a reduction of the Senate ! j rom forty-Eix down to thirty members. It it; ]. ikely, however, that at an early day some of j f .he larger Districts will be divided; so as to se- i j, :ure a larger Senate. Thirty is too small aj t lumber for a representative body which controls j i he Legislation of a State. j g 4th. We presume it is a settled quesion that j o he election for Presidential electors and probn j a rly for Goveruor and Lieutenant Governor shall ! ie " giveD to tho people," as it is expressed.? j t EVc hope that when this is done the Legislature j ' vill take upon tliemrelv--"-- 'he appointment op, jourt officers, as expenr ic 1 r? I v piwen ' 11 that popularity is a wry i . v. U>u ol Ui.v or. a Sheriff or Ordinary. , 1 5th. It,will be necessary v.\* think for the j (' Convention to ordain thafcall acts of the Legis- j ature, passed, during the war, and not in con- j f istent. with the change of the constitution, shall j c je held valid?otherwise endless confusion and 1 wide spread ruin will result. ' * rl 6th. It will be necessary to alter the proper- J :y qualification for members of the Sonata and s douse of Representatives?otherwise the ruiti a which'has visited our State will disqualify large * numbers of those best suited to serve the poo- v. Pie. These are a few of the obvious matters upon ) wbieh enactments must be had by the Conventiou. Tlierc are other matters of great public policy upon which that body will express their views, and probably in some of them mcmoi ial- ^ izo the United States Government?such as the f colonization of the negroe, the pardon ofJeffek* sox Davis, &c., and probably the subject of com- } pensation to the. owners for the emancipated ne- g groes. This may be regarded as chimerical, but t while we would counsel our people to build no a unwise hopes upon the suggestion. yet prece- c dent isall iu favor of compciisaUop-," while if the 0 Fouth is ever to recover from her ruined condi- c lion, if-rnr private dcole are over to be paid, if t we are ever to be of any service in building up again this great .country "this relief must be af- a forded. r - f -* '! . -V- _< ? . _; j. <: Special attention is called to the advertisements of HoBHAP.d and Yocoir; also the.advertisemcntofMr. P. n. Moors, to bo found in another column. Both those gon'tlemen are soiling goods of aU .kinds and styles at remarkable low pricee. Give them a cali. It is confidently assorted that the President has determined as soon as possible to withdraw the orders suspending the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus and to dispense with Military Court*. Demand on the Treasury.?The Secretary of the Treasury will be able to meet all urgent demands from certificates ofindebteduce3, from the receipts of Internal U'evcbtt#" '\lle stooped to every tfiipfj^id endured'everythiug. He had euedfin the. Immbiest mnnuer, and when unjustly and ungraciously rt pulsed, had began to sue..again.As eoon as he found that the smallest show of independence in Parliament was offensive to the qireen, he had abased himself to the dust before h#r. and imnlored foreivencss in terms bet tor 6uitcd to a convicted thief than to a knight of the shire." Such nro tko withering words applied by jIacauly to Lord BaCo.y 'the pre; tut, wisest menncBt. of mankind." Wo' would earnestly commend them to the* consideration of all ihe people of the South in their dealings with tire powcis of the United States. Let us al. follow .'tie examples of our noble Govornor Perry and our inimitable Hampton. Lotus submit candidly, r-espoctfully ani loyally tcthc untboriifai Gl t lit-1 go'vt'l 1177;CTIT. T^it n3~r.nilZCTtTTTT-TUaLh.il go every duty incumbent upon us as citizens, truly and. coii6cicntioit8:y. XoU itg short of this is a compliance with' the oaths wo have elected to take ; but for dignity's sake let thcro be no lip sai vice in our professions. Syeophantio ovprcs-ions of repentance, or of a loyalty that has known no change,, can deceive no one, and only begets the contempt of Lhrsc tl.oy wore intended to conciliate. President Johnston, wo aro delighted to perceive, lias become disgusted with the fawning hypocrites who have been cringing at the footstool if power, and has shut down the gates of parion on all those who profess "to have dono nohing for the rebellion." lie knows u eil enough ;hat in this war there were no neutrals?all were lor or against. We hope then that all 0':r people will take the cachings of honesty, doorcv and 5cl.-respect( md that our convention, while-it woe is every picstiou.wiih a spirit of loyally to the United states will express their s-ntimotits on all subsets bi fore them in a calm and dignified mnnter, and without any proler.sive cringing. Let every man in the South go to work zcal>usly in liis private and public duties. If weiretobe "h wers of wood and drawers of water,' et tis do tin so duties well. Let us in all hings so bear ourselves as to secure to otifelves, so far as our conquered'condition will How, the resin ct of oiirsolv-i-s.aiid of he world -then if all else Vie loaf we will have the price Lt?s blesii; g 1 men.t gih <on.<ria recti.'' "We are informed from a 1 portions of.our Dierict, thiil thieving is icniLk on the increase.? 'or sonio lime- lings, cattle Ac., have bt-en in ;rcai demand by marauders, but as the eupply l'thr.so qundruprwris notsuflic.'eiit to gratify the hirst for pluitd r. the thieves have tronc briskly ito the lu-rsr and mule market, and Severn)italics in the District have recently beefi fobbed; re can.on y recommend to our planters and othItoTwitemwa-pnc: irii b !e. ??"* vSfc . -:"Oc* Kkv Ar.vkltnsKMents.?Th e followiig aye new a ivei'tis^tr.ctvts in this wiick's laper ipy-rttd li.r the first time Hubbard and ?ae?mi- Cheap goods. | " " ?Just received. T. S. Niokeison?Xickcrsun's IloteL II. F. Hodgson?Kerosine Oil. " " ?Toniters Oil. " " -?Window Glass. ' '* ? N'mv Perfumery. '* " ?Confectionary. John Russell?Missing BookWillis and Ohtsolnj?Factors h:u1 .'uin mission Merchants. i U. I*. Bouncy? Attorney lit Law. 1'lio-?. F. Mc-Dow?Citation. II. F. Hodgson?Drugs and Medicines, j The I.on!>;?;. Timks O.v the X'iOHO.? | "he Load an Thv-ts speaks as follows of | ho present condition of the negroes : flefpless, impulsive, ignorant, with tie j invment to expect for regular wctk.i --'.i- - - r t i:i kllll Citttr, uirw IUIIIJU Jiifvikt, an vppur unity to tempt them to violence nrnl ilundcr, can we. wonder if .the existing ndustry of the South lins vc-ry little to iopc from the asshtance of the black recdmcti, and if, on the other hand, the ;rcat mass of the slaves sectned destined o pt-risii together' with the system which, f tyrannized ever, brutalized, and de* ;raded thorn, had, at any rate, the merit f providing them with food, lodging nd clothing. It is easy for a victorious Government >y a few words to stiike off the fetters of he slave;- and suddonly dislocate and lestrny tlie industry of a whole comnunity, but it-is not easy for it to find I r "ti this awful question, which] . i- j -i- . : :<? and more importnnff}y(' leninuds a:? answer. Trial of a Spiritualist.?Charles J.hdche.-k-r a spiritual medium, was recully arrested and tried at Buffalo, N. l-., for a breech of tlie revenue law in xereisiqg his ea.ling without a license, riierc was intense excitement among the piritnalists and kindred co-labcrers, who sscmblcd in great numbers to attend the rial.. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty. ?his, in effect, pronouuees Colchester's icrformances not of a supernatural character as he claims, but merely a species f magic or jngglerry, for the practice of vlrich a license is necessary. Defendant's counsel Mr. Ilibbard, applied for '"'A * ncf At 1 O ?! A A vl O IU pitoi nu i| uvaiiuno v/A viaj, uuv allowing points: First, constitutionality of the Revenue aw, imposing a fee for license. Second ,efficiently of indictment. Third, were lie performances so public as to require i license* Fonrlli, was the occupation ?f defendant in any sense a trade, business >r profession requiring a licence. Fifth, institution questions respecting guaranee of freedom of religious belief, The Court-granted three or four days, nil more, if required, for presentation of be questions technically. / > ... *. J r i"" w jrm i T piute-' ryw wai Elective Franchise. Haine.?The right to voto may be exercised by any citizen of the United ' States who liasjcsided in the State three month^ and is iiot a paupor or criminal. New Hamsiiire?Tax-paying: male citizens, twenty-one yearn old, are voters. Vermont.?The privilege of voting, is exercised by every good citizen of the United States who has resided in tho State one year. Each voter sworn to cast his vote for tho interest of tho commonwealth, as ho believes them to be.. Massachusetts.?The Privilege of voting is cnjoyc-d by every male citizen twenty-one years of age; not a pauper or imbecile, lie must hare resided in the State one year,, and six months in the town or district where he claims his suffrage, and' must not be indebted to the State on account of taxes. Foreigners must bo citizens two years before they > vote. * Rhode Island.?The privilege of voting is permitted to citizens of twenty-ono ; years, residents ot ttie state one year, and of their voting district six months. . Each voter must own real estate to the amount of one hundred and ' thirty-four dollars, or uiu?t he a native born citizen, of two years residence in the State, registered seven days, an J a tax-payer of one dollar per annum. Connecticut.?Every whito male citizen of twenty-one years, and of good .character, a resident of the State f"i one i nud of his voting di-trict i-i n months, is entitled to vffSJ." J Jo mtfst nr.-tra.ke an oath ptsscribcd by law, and be able to read any section of the United States or Connecticut Constitution. JNj&W York.?The right Itv vote is held by every while male citizen who has-resided, in the State one voar, in the county four months, and thirty days in his votyig district. Colored persons must he residents three years, and own a freehold estate worth 8250, taxes paid. Nkw Jerskv.?The elective, franchise is common to all white male citizens, resident one year in the State and five ^"months in a voting district, provided they are not ineligible to special ..provision?. ; Pennsylvania ?The light to vole is held by every white male citizen twentyoiu? years old. lie must lva.v.e wsk-UM in the State one year,.a ad- in his- voting dis1 triot ten days previous to election. Unless tinder twenty-one years of age, he must have paid a State cr county tax within two years ^ Unio>?1Js-e rigtit to vato is- possessed by ovejy male citizen twenty-one years ; of age who has rcshled in the Siale one j year, and in an election district a spool- I Soil tim?-. Indiana.?The c-lcctive franchise is possessed by all white citizens twenty-. one years old, who have resided in the j Slate six months. fVireignei.s can vote j if they have resided i:i the State six ; months, r.nd declared their intention to become citizens. Illinois.?Suffrage is exercised by j ; white citizens twenty-one yeare old, resi- j | dent of the State one year. i j Michigan.?The privilege of voting is | common to to all .white citizens twenty-! jJsrfcAmnrs aid, red ih nt in the State three j. ten days in a township or | ward. I'orcigneis resident two years and ; a half,"who have declared their intentions . to become tftizens, may \*ot3 wit ho ;t 1 being naturalized. Iowa.?The elective fra-iichbrc is com- ! mon to ail free white maks twunty-oiiu { years olj, who have resided' in. the State ! six months and'in thecountv where tlmv | veto, twenty day?.' Miscount-.?The privilege or voting is | extended to all lie.- white males. Foreigners who have resided in the Slate one i year after declaring their intention to | become citizens, aie allowed fo vols. Caufoknia.?The cleetito franchise, i is extended to all free white males twenty- I j one years old, resident of the State six 1 months, and of an electoral district or county thirty days. ! 31inni:so1v.-*'? franchise extended to all whits- male indabiiants twenty one fears old, resident in the State four j iiontlis previous to flection. Foreigners j vlio ha\e declared their intention to become citizens, and who have been rcsi- | cents of the United States four mouths, j Oueoon.?The right of suffrage is i extended to every white male twenty-one j tears old, who has resided in the State s x months previous to an election. If of foreign birth, a voter is-required to have resided one year in the United States, and to have declared his intention to be- j come a citizen one year preceding election. No negro, Chinaman, or mulatto is allowed to- vote. We bare no means ni hand' to furnish the laws of. the States admitted since Oregon. Delaware.?The right of suffrage is cxerci-od' by all- free white male, citizens, resitlvi-'-for ona ypar of the State,, and o.jjp 11:< :..'i iii the county, who have paid a'coum, i i\ within two years. J] i.".?: .\n.?The right of suffrage 1 may he exercised by every, white male 1 te'fizcn twenty-one years old, who has i 1 resided a year in the State, and six ' months in the county where he would vote. Virginia.?The right to vote is shared by all white male citzens resident in the State two year-,.and in a voting district one year before election. Vote.- are not given by written ballots, but.by the voice in acclaiution, unless in case, of dumb persons. North Carolina.?The elective franhise is shared by all free white inuies Weutj-one years old, who pay ; axes. The privilege of voting for Sena t?rs is restricted to- owners of freehold jxoperty, comprising fifty aero. South Carolina.?The elective frans I diise may be exercised by free white male ctizens, residents of the State two years, 1 Jvcry voter must own fifty acrc6 of land, atown lot, or pay taxes in Lis election 1 dstrict. GeOp.cia.?The privilege is enjoyed ] br white male citizens twenty-one years ] o'd, who have resided six months in the clnnty .where they vote,, and paid taxe3 ' according to law. - > Kentucky*?Every froc white male J t i ? citizen, twenty one years old, resident of the State two year6, of bis county one year, and election -precinct sixty dtyfl, is entitled tcrvote.. Tennessee..?Tbe night to "Cote is held l>y every free white .pale, twenty one years old, who is a citizcrt- and resident of his county six months. Male adults of color, who are allowed to he witnesses, also possess the right of suffrage. ? Louisiana-?The qualified voters of the State consist of free white citizens, I twenty-one years old, resident of the j State a year, and of their parish six ruouths. A voter who removes from one parish-to another,-ia alrowcd to vote in the former till he becomes quali* ficd in the latter. Mississippi^? Suffrage is extended to all free white citizens twenoy-ono years old, iesidont of tbe State one year, and of the county foar. months. An elector who temporarily removes to another distri.ct'ra'ay vote in such district.. Alabama.?The right to- vote is held by all white citizens twenty-one years old, resident in the State a year, and iu a voting district three months, Missouri.?Tim elective franchise is -11 ...i u UUi.-ll 10 an uou nine viu^uo ?.< ?,? vm. years old, resilient ;n the .State a year, and in the couuty or district three months. Arkansas.?The right to voto is exercised by .free white citizens twenty-one years old, residents- in the State six )uui)tL#,^MMfc-4>r 4-tr? county ia which Jia lives. Florida.?The elcctn'? franchise may bo exercised. by all white citizens twentyone years old, residents in the State two years,'and of a county six months, who aro enrolled-in the militia. Texas ?The right to vole is allowed to free white males twenty-one years old, who were citizens ofTexas at the time its Staie-Constitution was adopted, and who have resided in the State a year, and in their voting district six month previous to election. If an election happens in another county, within his own district, ho may vote for district officers. An elector may vote for State oilers wherever he may find bi-ra-self at election time.. iPolicy of the President in Granting Pardons, A Washington dispatch says: The President's door was thrown open at the usual henrr and' the room was soon filled with a inoiloy crowd' of both sexes. ! As usual, two-thirds of these present desired pardons- for themselves or fVcinds; but i he bearing of the Piesident tswards sr.fh applicants has been Uoiieahly changed of laic. His sense of justice revolts at 11 A* bare idea of biibeiy and corrnp'ioii l-eing instrumental in obtaining the pardon of any otn*. The Herald's exposure of mi i-r.str.uee last week in which five htm dred dollars, paid to 1 but. Thomas Oorwin, j secured what tho applicant .svccred'olhcrwi.-c unable to obtain, appears to lave first called his attention to tin- subject and aroused his sn-piekins. lie is now determined 60 eioivise the greatest caution in the matter,, nud t<i give eacfr i'tidi-1 vidua I ease IVi s undivided person a !>j? etc n-,__ Meat..' tire tfi>' sfp, therefore, was to-suspend action-in the Attorney-General's Oftieo upon all upplieations for pardon until sortie ?!i.-posith.n has been made ol j iIk'.-c already aciumuluti'd. .So more re- ; quisitious are to- be nude 011 the State j iJ.-pattnicnt fur pardon until fiillior ciders. j The President is reported to have been j sever.1 in his remarks to those who a p.- j pr ached him on the subject of pn-rdim* j to-day.- One old' gen tinmen hail a letter | in his possession stating that his pardon | Could be obtained for nine hnndreirdollaar. j The President asked who offered 10 | obtain it for that sum. He wanted above i all things to ascertain wh<?tlic men were that accepted bribes. lie said he had j nAltliiwl Him* 'in/1 il iclmriilcf i influences were used to obtain pardons; j but be desired spec!fit: iuforma&ion instead j of generalities. and declaretl.lhat his office j was the pardon office, and that the Attorney General's office bad little to da w'rth it. The newspapers might ;isscit that! two hundred wore pardoned daily because j, that number of requisitions passed through-!! the Attorney General's office; hut he wished the fact to be known that he investiga* 1 ted eaeh case himself, and' only granted such persons as recommended themselves ' to his-clemency.- Soma of. tlioss-present asked for permission to call' again for a . further confide at ion of their case. The 1'resident significantly replied?"ft would be some time be lure uianv mote pardons would be granted."This would seem to 1 dispose of the project of organizing a sep- . ruate pardon bureau. Dtl'OKTM'KNT OF I'ATtDOS SSEKERS. Some of the Southern visitors to Washington he! rave as if they had an undisputed ( right to the pardon fun which they have ' applied, and are correspondingly importunate. This retards rather tlmn facilitates \ their object, for the President continues | 1 to act in such n manner as to assure them that panlon is a deed of clemency ami not of ri^ht. Tho lar< number of applicants ire however, more considerable. ... c Condition of the South- ] ern Freedmen. i The Mobile Register, of the 9th inst,, says on this subject: Now, what are the facts patent to all men here, Northern or Southern, who see with unpreju- c diced eyes ?. Take this city. It is full of negro servants, yet we believe wc are within the bonds t of truth when, we allege that nearly one-half the families in 1 this city are without cooks in i their kitchens. The negro women find it too hot to cook at | T this season of the year. They t] refuse to work for the really c high wages which families are a mxious to pay for their services. Stepping with a gentleman into n lis house yesterday, he pointed. c< WMHUtfiiijHi? iiH 1 w ifcnw.f.iHMii iinnn wurwii to the pavement in front of his? dwelling -r he remarked, the only way I can get these pavements swept is to d# it myself.. I camnot hire a servant to do anything. He was a man of fortune, lived j like a gentleman, and was a kind, ' good master to his servants. InI side the house the gentleman's j wife informed' us that she had no i cook, and that a boy she had j hired from the Freedmen's Burean was ill with fevor, and ?he had to nurse him herself. In the great majority of cases, when j a negro servant can be prevailed' i upon to enter your service, he is ! so idle and so stuffed with false* ' notions of his freedom, that they | are rather a burthen than a help' to the family. With these facts', before us, we read paragraphs im the radical press like the follow-ing trom one of their organs ini St. Louis: "It is, perhaps, worthy of no-tice, that Virginia, so long- d'istib> gitished for her pretension to su-' perior civilization, is probably the' . worst of all the rebel States ini the treatment which is pursued^ towards the emancipated blacks.. Her slaveholders appear to excelr in the ingenuity of the expedients to rob the poor negroos of their labor, without rendering them more than tire shadow of remuneration, and to make their condition as freemen intolerable.It is even eb^rged upon them that, in certain localites, they + have adopted the policy of turning their servants, who have worn themselves out doing their bidding, upon the world to perish, without care and without protection." So- far from "robbing the poor negroes of their labor," the difficulty is to get their labor for waivLlrtL it* ah r\ t?*t n rl av_ lYlilLll ? UUIU hJ\s UUQU1VU orbitant at the North. The South is full of work to be- done, and' in cities and on plantations thec-ry is for laborers for a liberal compensation. In the fa e of this demand, the negroes are roaming abeut tlVe country or clustering arorrnd the towns picking up a precarious existence, and, as a natural consequence, sickening and dying by thousands. A gentleman just from Memhpia tells us that 25,000 of these No-^ mads arc squatted afountr f he'out- skirts of that city, the men doing nothing, and the women depeE#*^ dent on what thov can gain ironi- vj? the troops. Sickness apd- death, are holding high carnival in their midst. And do we of the South-' . not pity these poor people. Fromi the bottom of our hearts we do. Sale ofSouthern Bank NotesRICHMOND,.A0GVST 23, i860. [REPOIITED BY LAN3ASTI H & CO ] There has been a slight' improvement in some, of the Virginia banks, while some are not. so-good. Wc quote : Wheeling Stinks and Exchange Bank of Virginia, at-Alexandria 90 to 9oc. Farmers' Bank, 50c. Exchange Bank, at Alexandria, 45c. Bank oi' the Valley, Bank' of Old Da* minion, Traders' Bank, Bank of Rock* ingham and.Bank of Virginia, 30c. % i> _ 1. ri t> .. i_ .f n. _i_ jjariK 01 v.oiumurce aim x>auK oi nocx bridge, 27-1 -2. Bank of Winchester, Merchants' Bank and South-western Bank of Virginia,. 25c; Farmer*, Bank of Virginia, Farmers' Bank of Fiocastle and Exchange Bank of Virginia, 22c. Bank of-City of Petersburg and Bank of Richmond, 20o: Monficello; Unwardsviilb,- Scottsvillej. L'ittsyhania and Central, 10c. P atlk of the Conimouwealth and Phil- lipph Nosnlcs. North Carolina Bank notes range from 20e. to 30c. South Caroliua Bank notes average 15.,.. weept Union Bank of South Carolina,. 10r. People's Bank, 25c. Bank of Newberry and SbuthwcRtdti tail Road Bank, 23c. Bank of Hamburg, Planters' and Mc** jhanics', and Bank of Cbe.-ter, 18c. Georgia.?Average for good Banks,. l5c., except Georgia and Ccntrial RaiD toad Banks, 55c, Bank of Savannah and Marine Bank; >t Georgia, 3oc. Bank of Middle Georgia, 25o. Bank of State of Georgia, 20c. Alabama.??Bank of Mobile and. Soutii - ru BankJ 40c. Eastern Bank of Alabama, 25c.j all oth?rs, 20c. Louisiana Bank notes range from 25c.o ?0c. Tennessee Rank notes-range from 10c... o 45c. We'quote gold to-day, 143 buying and 46-selling.?Richmond Republic. ' Important Council of Indians.? 'be largest and most important council :ic Indian tribes ever held upon this ontinent will assemble at Fort Gibson bout the 1st of September, to settle pon their future relations with the lovernracnt. Some thirty tribes will beipresented, and the whole number twE!. aunt 75,000 strong.