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J. D. B. Deßow, Esq, haring recently returned from an extensive Southern toar, was summoned as a witness, a few days since, before the Congressional Joint Com mittee of Reconstruction. He testified np oo several, leading points, we are Informed very much as follows: The Sooth Acquiesces.—Them seems to be a general, nay, uo|veisalfi*qEiesceiice in the results of the war, much dis satisfaction prevai| ia reference to the coarse panned by Congress. The people, having fully and honestly tried the exper iment of seceseion, are satisfied with the result, and there is no disposition in any .quarter, in any shape or form, to emb arras the United States Government, or t|'refrail from the performance of aU the duties of citizenship. Those in favor of or opposed to secession are agreed that it is onr best interest to aeeept what the Government has dose in reference to the negro, as well as in reference to other matters. The Freedman’s Bureau is universally ttmpiaioed of aa a great evil to the whites as well as to the blacks, and been the cause of much heartburning aod • feeling of hos tility which did not exist at|h* the time of the eurrender. The hostility is not serious, and would speedily yield on the adoption of liberal measures by Congress. • Military Force.—None whafcver it re quired at the South) except whet the °r Treatment of Union Men.— There ia a prejudice against these Ihu remained in the South end pretended fealty to it, bet * who now, for interested motives, set up that they were always loyal to the Union. Much deception of the kind il practiced. Union mm, who left the country for that reason, and took no part in the war, are respected when they return. The preju dice never amount* to hostility, and no one would be molested in any manner on that aooount. I know of no exceptions. Such persons require no protection. There might be some little unkindness of look or expression towards them, and they would not expect freedom of social intercourse. jJjJgVjtempt would be made by any one to interfere with their personal and political rights—none whatever. Treatment of Northern Men.—The sec* ess ion men—the men who were in the war are generally ruined and their families des titute ; and there is, for this reason, a dis position to sustain them if they undertake any business. Actual sympathy with their opinions must, of course, have Its weight. On tbe other hand, there are many who are in flourishing business—Northern men, who came to the South during or since the war, and who conduct the most extensive aod lucrative operations. The discrimina tion, where it exieta/U merely social. At present it is well marked. I hare never known it to take an offensive shape. There ii ooolnees, reserve, but nothing mote. La dies at part lea may not receive tbe •Men tions of Federal officers, yet tbe festivities go on in tbe same room, and no unpleat neae occurs. The feeling is stronger than it was. ft is tho result of polities! causes. It will wear awa j. , Wilt tbe Soath Support the Union Against a Foreign Power?—Many young men might be tempted to fight against the flag; bet ninety-nine in the hundred of the people are lick of war, and would sus tain the United States, beyond a doubt; if not from affection, at lesst from a con viction of the overwhelming power of the Federal Government. Alter the results of the lete war, they would know any oppo aition to be hopeless. Besides all foreign, powers are hated anddespiaed, because? of their course toward the Condederacy, and would never be tms ted: and none am be lieved tb be able to cope with the Uolted States. J - r-* ■r-tmrr*— Do the People Expect Pay for Their Slaves!—This matter is sometimes discuss ed, but no expectation of the kind exists. It would be difficult of disoernment be tween slaves and other property; and the conflict between claimants would defeat any scheme. The non-slave-holders—the vast majority—would ask why pay for •lave* aod not pay us for our property too t Political Elections in Future.—There an to few men of the Union side from whom the choice oould be made, and the proportion of talent and worth it so over whelmingly on the other side, that there febnt little option. Other things being equal, they would prefer men in sympathy with them. There are many and notable exceptions, and such [wjll become more and mom frequent. Fraternity.—The country is so desolate, there is so much distress, so much want and suffering among the people of the South, UMt they have no time for politics. They are disposed to go to work to restore their broken fortunes. If the exciting, annoy ing, and irritating causes were removed, it would not be six months before the feeling between the Northern and Southern mem j would be softened, and a restoration of j harmony weald ,be haatened. The very necessities «f oar condition require it; we would find Northern"- men bringing their capital and industry among ns, and they would be welcomed. Labor and capital We must have. The Negro is defective as a laborer. There was even under the sys tem a deficiency of labor at the Sooth. Treatment of the Negro.—He is not held responsible for wbat has happened.— A kindly feeling exist* towards him. Tbe disposition is to provide for his neceeeities and secure his rights, and thus make him a cheerful and reliable laborer. It ia be lieved to be the interest of tbe employer to do this. I know of some who provide teachers and preachers. No outside inter ference is necessary. This is no new mat ter with ns. We have had free negroea in all time. There were some three hundred thousand at the South before the war, and half as many at the North. Our treat ment of them was never complained of.— No charges of that kind came even from tbd North When !wm at the bend of the United States Census Office, in 1853, I compared the condition of time people in both sections, and publishsd the results. The a#vantage to education and property was largely io favorjif the Southern freed men. Some of our friedrewi owned large plantations and slaves, many were exclu sive holders. If without outside pressure this was the case then, why not now!— Why should we change ? Wbat policy, (o say no more, would be subserved f We can do right now aa well aa then, and will do it. Emancipation aa Compared with Slav ery,—lf tbe negro works up to tbe former standard, the present system is cheaper.— It is too soon to decide whether be will work. A summer must come They woik very well eo far generally, though the women are not disposed to field work. Upon the mere money question the South would he benefited. If we can gel the labor it will be cheaper to hire’than to own the negro! A plantation conld be worked with little outlay. Effect upon the Negro.—Emancipation will prove disastrous to him. I judge from the experience of other countries, and not from any we have yet had. I judge by bis thriftless character,and disposition to crowd into the citiea and tofena. It is what I see all over the Sou;b. In the suburbs every where you wilt see them crowded in mis eralfle shanties, eking oOt a vary uncertain subsistence. The mortality among them has bean frightful. dfil Righto to the Freedman.—Therein a willingness to extend every right whatev er except that of suffrage. He ia not thought fit to exercise that. Were he to vote bis idcli natfpp would be on the side of hie employer; but that might, and peri haps would be, counteracted by emissaries sent into the country. Northern men who have come to tbe South since the war very generally think as we do in these matters. They »sv they have found our experience worth more than their theories. The negro is not thought to be smoeptible of much education. People rather smile at the at tempt to educate them. There ia So oppo sition to it, however. Schools for them are multiplying. Under slavery they were taught on the plantations Bible lessons, payers, hymns, catechism, etc. The opin ion is growing among ns everywhere that it will afford every facility of education. That it my opinion clearly. Right of Secession.—l never doubted the existence of tbit right, bnt am satisfied by the results of the war, and regard it utterly useless and hopeless to assert any each right again. The event of tbe war was a distinct pronunciation against tbe right, and a final settlement of the question. Our people are better satisfied since the ex periment hat been made, and ha ve nothing to regret They have lost everything, but not at they think, honor. I am perfectly satisfied that the people of the South have gum up all ideas of secession. Leadened people of all clas ses of opinions agree upon that subject.' A Canadian paper, under the head of «A Screw Loore," advertises Alexander Screw, a hone thief, who has broken jail. THEaCTLFTORBpY, ■■■*— • The following beautifiil versea ware quo ted by Bishop Qnintard, in a sermon re cently delivered in Jackson, Tenn.: Chisel ia band stood a Sculptor boy. With hi* marble bteek before him ; And his eyo lit by with • gleam of joy, Aa so angel drum passed orer him. Ha carved thstdrssm on s shapolesa stone, With many a sharp ioeisioo— That Aegol draw ha had mad* Us ova, He had esught that Angel-vision. ■£ Sculptors of lift) are vo aa wc stand, jg With o«r aouia uocarved before oaf- Waiting an hour, whan at God’a command, .Our lifo-dream passes before us. II we espre it then eo a shapeless atone With many a sharp ioeisfeu— That AugeMream Shall be oar own— Onr own that Angel-vision FORT SUKTBB. A correspondent, writing from Charles ton harbor, gives the following animated description of that famous iooulity: In tbe center, ia the mid channel, like a grimpontinel, stands Fort Sumter, bowed, broken and deeolate. A shapeless pile of earth and sand, and brick, it bears no like ness to its former self. Where the new cross of the Confederacy nod the palmetto flag of General Ripley were so proudly flying in April and July of eighteen hun dred and thirty..three,only one one single banner, and that the red, white and blue, now waves. Scarred aod cracked, its walla seem ready to fall. The face toward Cumming’sPoint ia erushed and broken into a steep bill of mingled sand and brick and shot and and shell. Tbe fees toward Fort Moultrie by a solid work of interwoven palmetto logs. Yet the structure of tbe fort is scared and cracked and broken above and behind these additional defense*. Tbe casemates, closed hnd covered by immense framework of heavy beams.and this again thick with earth, can be entered only by winding pat sages, damp aod dripping with moisture.— The casemates onoe entered, it would hard ly seem possible that any human being could have lived any length of time within them. The guns we. > slimy and mouldy, and the carriages wete swosting with «>li- extending one io the palmetto logs, you oonld look down around the base 6f the fort, where tbe cease less tide bad woven over each of the stones a mantle like, thick green, wet flats, and see fragments of sheel and broken bolts. You could look to tbe right and see where the, wall had crumbled and fallen into thrift. You could look above aod see tbe logs rent and gashed, and the brick wall with groat scare and ragged cracks and wide seams, aa though a little more of the storm of iron shot would have, beat it down beneath the surface of tbe sea. You would look to the left and see the closed posts, the rough re paring, the broken parapet In the interior the sandy earth was sup ported in its irregularity by numberless fasoines and gabions, and dotted here and there by dark boles which admitted ns into the damp cavorns. What bed been tbe parade was now green and slimy with the stagnaut moisture, over which were scat tered pieces of an old exploded gun, scraps of iron hoops, a few decayed btrrei stoves, iron and leaden shot scattered from shrap nel, and bits of soiled clothing end broken bay oasts. From the toll flagstaff in the center a small Union banner was waving. And this was all that remained of Fort Sumter. * — l —-ah«. m Tan s Brnsvoixxc*.—Tree benevolence inspires with the love of justice, and prompts him in whose boeoui it glows, neither to oppress the weak, to impose on the igno rant, nor to overreach the unwary; but to give every man bis due, and with steady and undeviating steps to walk in the hal lowed path ot equity. Deceit and dissim ulation, fraud and falsehood, are far from the humble worshipper of God; integrity is enthroned in bis heart, truth dwells on his lips, and an enlightened sense of doty regulates the whole of his conduct He faithfully performs every promise, and ful fils every engagement. Others reepeotand trust his word, because he ret ports and bolds it sacred liimslef. His life is charac terized by the simplicity of troth, and the dignity of virtue; and, in dealing with him, they who have an opportunity of knowing his character plaoe unbounded confidence in his justice and faithfulness. About the worst Fun eves made,— If a man at table takes a pull at the ham and eggs, should that be considered a good eggs ham pulT? (example.) A THRILLIHG IHCIDRIfT. No. 2," with the following incident of the battle of Gettysburg: “When General Longstreet advanced np on tbe Federal Jeft,.lta first pot was Carried. Bnt the enemy being-- hesiilj reinforced, rallied, and in turn drove ear position oftbe line (Anderton’e brigade) from fits pod- j lion, as well as other brigades on onr right and left. Again we. charged and again were driven back, ffliis was a critical mo ment for us ; nearly all of our general offi cers were kilted or wouqded. Our heavy line hadcrambled to a mere bandlul, and the flower of Longstreet’s corps lay welter ing in blood. We were slowly retreating leaving many of our dead and wounded in the bands of the exuldgg foe. The hosts of the enemy came on like the mighty tides of the ocean, and the pseaDs'of victory were already rising from their haughty lines. Tbe bine bilk in their rear were bristling with bayonets, and pouring torrents of reinforcements down their winding slopes. Now, when, we should have been reinforc ed with 80,000 troop*, General Lee bad not a man to send us. Officers broke their swords apon the rocka, and many of them wept. Our dead and wounded comrades lay around us by tbonsands, and it seemed as if there was no hand to save the shatter ed remnant from destruction. Bat aid did not come—a man—a solitary man threw himself before the juggernaut of Federal power, and alone and unaided, sought to stay its onward progress. I, remember, ss if it were but yesterday, the zouave cap and iroa gray beard of the stranger. None knew him, but ail idolized him for his brav ery. He moved through the awfal storm with a steady step, and his unlisted sword seemed to say to tbe advancing foe “thus far ahalt though come and no farther.”— H# rend nothing, bnt his godlike example made a hero of every man who saw him.— Soldiers looked in the hot of their com rades, and the question came simultaneous ly to their blackened lips, “Who is he?” echoed right and left, far up and down the line. * Tbe enemy came on like a tornado, and tbe proud hero stood enveloped in the smoke, of their muskets like a lion at bay. Men forgot to reload their pieces or conceal themselves behind the rocks, but stood atu pified with wonder. “Who it he ?” men groaned—“ Who is he V* officers repeated until the cry became fearful. ‘‘General Lee,” someone shouted, and tie word ran along the Ikie like an electric flash. “Gen eral Lee, forever !" above tbe battles roar, and as one msn our gallant soldiers rushed like a thunder bolt upon the astonished foe ; "follow General Lee !” cried our wounded comrades, as they lay upon the trampled earth and tossed up their bloody caps. No 1 body of men on the broad green earth could have pithstood the terrible impetuosity of this onset. The Federal troops, though they fought desper ately, were compelled to give back, and at last to retreat ia confusion to the heights, leaving their dead and wounded in our hand* * ® v 4 I ' h.sJC-4 But where was tbe stranger ? “Alas t The paths of glory lead but to the grave.” Tbe war is over now, and tbe brave men whom ye met that day as deadly enemies we now meet as friends. We wonld not detract one ray from tbe military glory that adores each of their heroes, bnt would do justice to our lamented dead; and if, by this imperfect sketch, I can add one flower to the cbapletof a fallen hero’s feme, I shall feel myself amply rewarded. And that he ro—“who is he ?” The answer comes up from the graves of Geftysburg—Gea. Paul J. Semraea. Vietub. —“Save your blushes,” said a distinguished Italian to his young relation, whom he saw issuing from a place of ill report; “you should have blushed when yon went in.” Vice should excite shame for its own sake, ai)9«not tbe censure which it. may incur from others. Tbe virtue of him who is guarded from tempt ation only by the fear of the world and tbe probaMNlr cl detection, is certainly fortified by feeble defences. And if such an one has the good fortune, through the various vicissitudes V>f his life, to preserve the blessing of a good conscience and the jewel of a good name, he may well con sider that life a series of miracles. m , _ ."There’sonr Gersbom,” said Mr. ®iot well, “he must go off to tbe city, to get his Jiving by his wits.” "Well, bow did he make out U asked a friend, •‘Ah,” said the old man, with a sigh, tapping his fore head significantly, "he foiled for want of capitaL” '■ Tub Vaults or ttt Bakes or Frascev—The walls of these vaults are of stupendous thickness. On descending the steps leading to their entrance, the fires obstacle we find is an iron locked with three keys, one which is In the bands of tbe Governor of tbe Bank ; the second Mpept.by the cashier, and tbe tired by tbe censor so that the door cannot be opened -wfeheet the *fem ton eons consent of them* three functionaries. We fens gain access to the first compartment containing tbe funds for ourientuae. Tbe safe kept here is so curiously constructed, that if yon do not knew the secret oi its construction, the slightest touch anywhere will set a noise alarm agoing loud enough to startle all the inmates of the establishment. The next compartment is circular and /ailed the serree; it cannot be entered without the same ceremonial, and is fitted np with fire-proof shelves. It contains aU impor tant deeds, notes and papers belonging to the Bank, aUoAhe deposits of private per sons. Hare tire Duke of Brunswick need to leave his jewels, previous to going on a journey. Mademoiselle Mare used to send her diamonds there; the lingot d’or was deposited -in the same place. After tbe serree came the vaults properly to called, tbe entrance to which is closed by aa iron door, secured by several combination locks; it turns on central pivots, like Italian doors. It gives access to a wall-hole contsituog a winding staircase, admitting bat one st a time, and leading to s subterranean gal leries four hundred end twenty metres in length. These are filled with iron casks containing ingots and coin and labelled according to thoir contents. By way of additional security, the wall-hole might be filled up with clay, and the vaults with wa ter, at a moment’s notice, if the safety of the treasure were menaced in tbe slightest de gree. A stuttering boy who bad become familiar with the round-faced figures on tombstones supposed to represent cherubs, seraphs, and other heavenly creatures, hap pening to shoot an owl one day exclaimed, “Well, th-th-there,snow ( if I hai-haint abo sho-shot a cherubim An editor announces tbe death of a lady of his acquaintance, and thus touchingly adds: "In her decease tbe siok lost an in valuable frieod. Long will she Beam to stand at their bedside, at she waa wont, with the balm of consolation in one hand, anda cup of rhubarb in the other* Two sorts or Bi.essisos.— ‘lt is a great blearing to possess wbat one withes,” said someone to an ancient philosopher, who replied, “ It is a still graatar blessing still not to desire what one does not possess P* u Thais so* broke in an old bschelor, with a sneering glance at the philosophers’ wives. A prudish spinster, In describing wbat king of a man her husband wonld have to be, said that she should require him not only to be “strietly religious,” but also of “good character.” f i ||f|& ¥ Against the miss,” said a knight of tbe birchen rod, “can yon decline a hist ?" “Yes, sir," said the girl, dropping a perplexed courtesy, “I can—but 1 hate to, most plaguilv.” “My son, yon should always respect the old.” “No, sir, ps, I can’t respect vegeta bles.” “Vegetables, »y son 1 What do mean ?” “Why, doeen’t a man belong to tbe vegetable kingdom when age and ex perience have made him sage 1” A Freucb officer, quarrelling with a Swiss, reproached him with country’s vice of fighting on either side for money ; “while we Frenchmen," said he, “fight for honor." “Yes, sir,” replied the Swire; “every oae fights for that he most wants.” “Don’t yon think Mr. K. a speaker of great power ?” asked a gentleman, in ref erence to a pompons, long-winded lecturer, who spoke in a high-keyed, drawling voice. “Yes; kigh-drt»l-Hs power,” was tbs re ply of tbe peyson addressed. Every man has bis price, so said Wal pole ; but be never said as much of women. The fact is, Walpole judged the ladies only too correctly, for he knew that many of those dear creator** are beyond all prise 1 In the Malay language, fire same word signifies women sad flowers. So for so good. ButHunx, the old bacbejdr, says “it is a delicate nsj ofinlimating that each is remarkable for Ha (sjtalk.” A farmer, when flagellating two st bis oldest boys, was asked what he wai doing. “Thrashing wild oats,” was his reply. rs - The great Fair at BaltisMV* for the re lief ST the destitute of tbe Bouh hta been a' greet tuccese—o T er $70,000 has already been , realized. *