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f % uno. w. « cumw SOUTHERH HERALD. fIttUAUED KYi’RY Till 11-GaY HuftJtlM) m p. N. Martin cb 00., tWW* ciw»a was**’ amens. SUV Net K.C m itsln *1 ’ ‘flu ft* M QMCopVWX wsuaihs... M o.* Ur ** „ I m- Vi«K sst 4DVCKTK ISO revpeetlaHy w4msim stul pwnwfwly | | I* BILL ARP”-SO CALLED. LETTi.II THOM THE 41 THOU. THE BOOK ROW IX I CE A. y,,«n the Mctropolitaa Recur j ] It is with great pleasure we prevent out reader* with a letter from out um Iwr* si lest friend. Hon. Charles 11. Smith, or * lhll Arp,” the name by whuA be te m..r« familiarly known, lint letter exp en* itself, and we here only n lew sards u> w.Jd. The book will be issued in about a month from the present date, will be sold f..r «.r dollat and a half a copy, will contain a lara number of bumorout iliuslratiorv eteectrd ia the best style of art, and will a so have a life like portrait of the author engraved on steel- As to the request of the distinguished author in regard to ti.e reconstruction of the orthography, we have only to sav that we have done our best ; but if we bare not always succeeded, it must t>e attributed to ilia rebellious character of the language.— We have tried bard to make it “ harmonize" with the strict rules laid down bv Messrs Murray and Webster, and trust we shall l-e acquitted front any complicitv in ih« design against “ Her Majesty ’* English," if in some instances the ** spell” Las not been elo-raUier broken : IO IIIF. PTBLISHM. Yonrs, requesting copies of my humor o’Js letters for publication, is tiefore me. I have thought that they were liardlv worths of being placed lief ire the public in lunik form. At the time they were written tl.ev rate appreciated, Lecsuse the Is of the people needed relaxation from the moment ous and absorbing interests of the war.— The fountain of thought was tired,and tlie-e were its rest. The humor that is in them was entertaining t* en, for it was peitmenl to the occasion that provoked it, and verv impertinent to those it held up before lb* public eye. i do not think that such humor will l-ear tile wasting aeverily of time. It was nnev considered sparkling smi exliileratiug, but like good write it hss become stale fiuiu having been too long Uncorked. Nevertheless, these letters tnav be worth? of preservation, as illustrative of a part of the war—as a aide show tu the Southern side of it—an tudeX to our feelitigs atcl sen ini cut*, and for tins reason only I place ■ hem at your disposal. I must r>qUi-al, however, tlmt in compiling them, you will lliutoughly revise mill ir until uni tin' or llivfjrujilif. W Lcn 1 Ingati writing umh-r (lie signature ii» |(>ll a\r;t. I |i,.i,.-kilY ideal'Z>ng 'lie language and liiinnar of an unlettered count 1 t Ilian who l»e*t» that limnr 1 tried t>> write as !•« would, coui<| he bare written at all. Ill* earnest, hnti.*l wit at* IraCti-d III V attention, «n>l lie ( |ea Uici In tliis day tlmt 1 lime laiililui y ex| re-aed bin sentiments. I lm»e who know Imn can fee more of liim in ttiv letter* than liter can ol me, hikl in this view of my UUua i mar be tmqiecicj of playing It •»well to an un du eated am) liUMinra<tts man. whose name is not Johnson, but Arp. Reflection lias, liowrerer, convincei! me tlial w hile good taste would not c rndetun one or twro letters for muideriug her Unjas tv’s English, yet a frequent repetition of the offence can hardly he jusl'fifal. It It ile inurahz ng to language. The truth is, no wit is good w it that will not brat to be cor rectly written, and I therefore direct a la* construction of the orthography, even at the peril of Mr. Arp’s reputation. For the sentiments that j ervade these tellers, I have no apology to make. At Hie time they appeared in the press of the f-oith, these sentiments were the silent echoes of our people’s thoughts, and this accounts in the mailt for the popularity with which thev were received. <»f course they contain exaggeration*, ami prophecies which Were never fulfilled; hut both sec tions were playing “brag” a« well as “ bat-i tie,” and though we could not compete with cur opponents in the former, yet some of as did try to hold our own. At both games we were whipped by overwhelming forces, and we have given it up. Conquered, hut tu t convinced, we have accepted the situ* tiun, and have pledged ourselves to abide hy it. We have sworn to do so. We have declared it most solemnly in convention.— We have asserted it in every act and deed ; and Southern honor, which our enemies cannot appreciate, hut which is untarnished and in.perishable, is the seal our good faith. Whoever testifies to liio existence among us of an association designing are rmwal of the rehcdlior, it either the victim of his own cowardice, or else the author of a selfish and heartless lie. I say this with feeling and indignation, for we see in such testimony a willingness, nay, adesiieon the part of our military rulers, to retain over us their power and their tyranny for malicious or avaric’ous ends. We have long felt, sad we still are feeling their insults, their black mail, their rotbeiies. Ours it she Stranded ship, and the Federal officer* among us are the wreckers; ours the car cass, and they the vultures who are nicking cur denuded bones. The little that was left our people is seised, and released on paying a part into private pockets. They gel rich and resign, and a fre-h corps of vampire* take their places, to renew (he opperalion. I hsve even known them to steal by niglit, and haul away the poor pittance of damaged corn that our generous (?) Government had stored for distribution to our starving poor. II is for such purposes that niilitaiv domin ion is to be continued. Would that this were all ! Hut not content wiirt even this exhaustion of our scanty means, they are annulling our contracts made with the la borers who were content to work in our fields fur fair wage?, and are tolling then off to parts unknown under false pretences.— Our ploughs sre s ending in the fields Idle, our farms w.ll go untilled, and the land swarms with agents who a-e bribing tbs poor Degrees away under promises of higher wages, *r.d under the sanction of a Bureau as rotten s« the pronrse* of I’haroab. SOUTHERN HERALD. . <■-/ o ; II D. 1 mm & (A I e wrlir. list slid •• visit all ibv*e »»J results, and !«mk spot it ns a pan of the war, and ia keeping a Lb lit# chars.-!er of thus* eln base so lo«g been osr nmir*. They Imt ex bit..( tie ansmwa sf ape -pfe wl-use hale aa J at ars e irdaced tc« r I Ima. Attrb « p|«.*» us ban tail’d i.om. ‘he* almort the lent opponent of secession, sad ranted them to regret that they did not tbrow thoir lives and bwtane* into the figbL iVrbepa this ia all (or the beet. We rewaol ■ ell. We have almost rvnel to phi **so|-b as *|ea if. for m» base no tune to tbisk The woik of art’sai recoastrectise atoot be t-er time and energies. I mesa (be reeowstru- tins «f uar islusivsl foil jnes. ••or bouses, nor heirs and form*, our rail* manufacture*, gfaveyards, schools sad rbovebea. We bare no time to atop «i<d mourn over the !••** of lilierty. _ Im* I ran find Ohm to ask. What has tbe Noriu gained t.y the osr f What piinci p'ea bare been established f Wbat great or vital quest.one base been settled l I* tbe -ocertignly of s Stale b-reset st.i.olled ! - Tbeo let I lutuis lake dona her deceitful • gn, obliterate ber great seal of State, sod cb -se anotber. for (lie one alio now lias is obsolete—< a r««/c pro«.//f pvivrnf V* fee •« srrej//, riM ** iitale soieo lys/y” upo it.— I* it tbe fir—.loin of slates tba! bis In j sc eomp isbmil Alas! tbe t*ae and a balf •moron* who Imt perished in the w*r, are certainly ‘ree; the temsindec are rapidly real air.g ih« same liberty, or finding anew I «mdage ia other climes. I.ike tbe poor Indian, the race in deuii—l. and the mighty Vo th still triumjd.s in the g ut) of >u *c . oinpltsliiirnl. flat | will not s|>eak more of this. To tl-e rhartlable trslif let ir.e *ay, Kurgite me if you find something to condemn tu Ibe following pages. It is nut ■ n my brail to o(i-i <1 « g,,,«| man, whether he live North or So vlb ; aid there !•* licUer judge* than lof wl.st shouSd bare, nr have nut, l-eeu wfitten. It mar lu sac] th it (lie cbatacler us these letters l.as un Itiidi'Di t lit •often the su.mowiiea e iger.de! «and by the late iiiibappi ill f*. I <an only answel, that it i* not in lelnd t.atur* to Iw h'ltnUe I to those wli-i Won!- ; pu; the heel of tyranny I upon u*. I lur people a’e a unit upon the I moral of the fight they Ilia-!#. TlieJ SHI* • elely leei tbs; I lie proi «aat iiut us ll •w *r aas not of their begetting. Malty • tune and oft hav« men and nations Leer con- qoeted, but no* C’lil lined. The Story cf |lleland, I‘oland, and the “llcro of the Lakes." l as U—t: often reprcnfucC’l. to il’tl* jtralu that wrot gs at# imt irn-edtoi, nor I rights M-. use-l, by wages v s b stllss. \\ bi •* iitouii.ii g ibe in-1 of tliotisitiiia us | the i nb'rsl of our lace, wbi’e SufT.'iing the ipov.rty and des*< atiem witb which our ion * ipietols have V-iil-d U* a while to*iliory lit ug* with the rain- and at —iu * Mi It ha*ln run* u> der ai.i * el force>| a'.*l hr irile-s ofti lirte |o-i miltul, it is not in human uaiure to Miiolbir le-eiilmeiit against those who would siill j..*y tt,e tyrant aui gt'itid us into iluat. I ui to veu, k mi reader, who ran speak gently to the riring (,f ac have errnl,) who would pour oil op « the troubled waters, *n I pies.-r the ha nd ol kindred !uve, U-l me mi that, ihougli tnsad'i drtianf of our »«e lilies, the Hob!# ii’Siilihttra *d rtf t>eop'e wilt un el you iiNdtnlly st the fi>*l stncein i ffnrt toward an (■•o.oiab e (eronclil ilton. Other wise we will ch a- up the avenue* of ottr hearts, and l.ke tbe r-d man of the forest, transmit our bitterness and our wrongs as a tier it ago to oin cbihlrvn. Vepulrii an*, sfurilatis, Pharisees, Sa'utK —you wlo were suckled with songs us pity for the charcoal rai e. >» boas by |iOcntical sympathies have been for years playing leap-frog over (lie poverty and dittr«s* around your nw ti .loot*, and alighting far off in tbe sunny land; who have ascii and ate seeing thousand* of your dusky pet* pci mliing atnl pcssing awav, from the lack of fic’d sod the Inst of freedom ; you whose morning hymn is, “ I Into my !cve with a If, boc*u»e lie is black," and whose evening p-wyer, ” May the Lord send freedom, with out money anj without price;" vod wiio look upon our people a- a race us turbulent I devil*, and a foul blot upon the good name of the laini—to toy ! commend axis the coin- ! fort that yon rail find within these page*. — Small though this volume be. il w ill neve> tlielcs* save von tbe exclamation, “Oh that Ikiu* advcisarr bad afitten a book !’’ ('ll ikles 11. Smith. Tun Cotton Tax.—**The proposed tax on cotton of fivo i-en i per pound, ” says tlie the New York Mercantile Journal, •* :s in accordance with tue lecomine.idatioii of Revenue comtni-aioner. It ia expected that an income ut fso.fMro.ooo will lie derived from this source. We find no reason, how ever lo recall our condemn*', on cf the poli cy of taxing cotton. Thera never w»s a lime when ii a o more desirable to pr. uiote the cultivation of tbi* staple. The exhaus tion of the Sou’ 11, and tbe want of capital, j render il a matter of neceasitv for the plant- era to obtain as quick ret tin* as possible, ami the imposition of thi* tax will render sale* dependent on the necessities of the market. Capitalist* will not advance the heavy tax us f2l per bale .unless they see * pro*port of immediate aa'e*. Cotton, wli:cb was lorimerlv almost aa good as gold, msy remain for mot. tba io the hand* of the pro ducer SPA siting ti-e chance* of tue money market and the aaiita of consumers. For these and other obvious reaaoi s, it is dffi cult to res *t ibo com 'aa’.oa that this tax is most injudicious, '-p«-ra!i ig as a direct houn ty to tine fore gn rowipeUti-m, which Great Britain is straining avery effort to stimulate The exjroit duty on cotton is a departure fiom the settled pract:c* of our Government. It is doubtful whether i; is constitutional, and *e trust that Congr .» will hesitate to impose this I urdeo ojh>o the struggling iuJustry of l! o South'.” A CoiScrDSHCE. —Alexander 11. Stephen*. is said by many “ to lie ilia representative of I Sou tli era sentiment"—while James Ste» uhens ia lire •* head-centre ’ of all ll a Feni ans—and Tbad Stevens the heartless cen tre of tbe RaiicaU. ttlFfL\, GEORGIA. THEM MOItNIXG, HI 17, WW. Our C’ouutijr—Brasil, Pis- tba Macon T«!-g-*pb cf May Sid.) Mu.roan, H**«k Cocstt, | April (Bth, 1800. ) Mr. KJitor: If I do not trespass upon your roluroot, an occasional notic'd of cur rent events and such local matters as are of merest, may form ibe subject of conimenl from time to time, during the intervals of leisure and observation, in this my new b’wwe, r sir the conclusion of the war.— Passing from a sect.on of country, which the progress of a oeninrv of refinement *nd ■ v. ration, had embellished and enriched w.ib the sr's and comforts of life, but which baa been fearfully desolated and made <i«SO - by the tavages of the war, ill ibis more favored section, I anxiously watch the ■ "liras us evenla and patiently await the so lu ion of a great problem, our destiny. The • ier lining which so recently tinged the «fk cloud on our political horizon, and presaged Lone to the friends of constitution al lib-rty. lias suddenly vanished, and the pas-age of the “Civil Rights Hill” and the result* of recent elections North, have over shadowed tbe country with a pail of funeral g oom. If the Radical party are determined to rule or to ruin, and will not respect tbe ii 'ir I lines of a brave but unfoi tunate peo ple; if they arc determined to trample out ti e very sp.irl lcs of our ashes; then this unnatuial Union can never bind willing hearts, and any other clime that can shut out the memory of our wrongs, w ill be a grrteful asylum to the oppressed. This les'ln me, ill. Editor, to speak, of a meeting in this county, on the ICtli inst., addressed by Major Robt. Meriwether, re <-entlv from a tour to lirazil. Major M., is roin Edgefield ilistiict. S. C., but mole ro ent’.y s planter in this county. li t was ciimiiti-sioned by the people of Edgefield ! tistricl, to v : sit lira/. I, and report back unon that country, ile enjoy s the reputa -1 nun of a discreet and reliable gentleman, and Ids report was highly interesting, and encouraging to emigration, lie represents the Government to be liberal in it« princi ples, and doing all in its powpr to develop ila agricultural inti rests. With this view, it encourages and will assist emigration — pay ing one third of the passage money to the Empire, Bud furnishing transportation to anv point upon arrival, and one year’s | s..l>sikteiice. The taxes are inconsiderable; l iiid* are abundant, cheap, and of unsurpass ed fertility. They can be jnirchvsed St one dollar per acre, payable in six years, and mu! produce sixty Ln-liel of Corn, ami three thousand pounds Colton, (super.or to that raised here in quality,) per acre. The set tled Coffee p! illations cannot be bought, but lands of like quality in a slate of nature, are plenty, and can be cleaned at an ex pence cf fcl 50 per i.c e. A'l manner ol Tropicd fruits abound. Tho climate is like that of the same latitude in the North Tern derate Zone. The people are kind, honest,, and very . hospitable, and are aho desirous to have our people come among thorn. Religious litter !tv is allowed and enjoyed. Major Meri wether endorses Ills statements by his acts, and is making preparations for n removal, ile is very confident with our superior knowledge of agriculture, and improved implement.-, in tluit very rich countiy, ruined fortune- can be mended. Thus it is we si.all be rilled to witness valuable citizens i leaving li e r old homes, tmless a more mag tiNiiiinous spirit is cherished than we have ioa*ou to believe exists at this time towards the South. May we not yet trust that President Johnson, upheld hy the conserva tive element of the land, will be able to vin dicate the cause of oppressed humanity, and : roll back the tide that threatens to sweep every landmark of constitutional liberty, and extinguish the last hope of the patriot and the philanthropist, Ai.piia. Rbplt of Jicrr. Davis to a Tendxß or SvvirvuiY rnoM North Carolina. — Wuthinyton, May s.—The following letter appears in the Southern papers; Fortress Monroe, April 22, 18GC. \frt.J. II Kyle, Fay< ttevilUe A r . C.: Ml Dear Madam—l have the honor to acknowledge yours of the 1 till instant,, in closing a check to he fowarded to Mrs. Da vis aaapresent from tlie ladies of Fayetteville. Sadly remembering ho w your homes vtere desolated during the war, I could not h*' - e expel led you, in the midst of ruin to have been mindful of those at a distance. Noth ing could add to my admiration for the he roism and virtues of my countrywomen, for the measure was full to everflowing, nor could anything increase the gratitude with which I will ever recur to their confidence and sympathy. It only remains to assure you snd the ladies whom you represent that I am. most gratefully and respecifullc. Your friend ynd obedient servant, Jefferson Davis. Forcey’s Washington Chronicle, of tlie 2d, says: ‘-If auy two men at the South have earned the saUnie title to supreme di ahol.srn, these two are A. 11. Stephens, of Georgia, and ll E. Lee, of Virginia.” A year ago these two prominent leaders Tn an overthrown cause might well Lave expected to be he'd indefinitely under the ban, at least, to have only expected vindication at the hands of history. But Forney’s abuse it evidence that they are likely to receive a len .-ut judgeinen' at the hands of a just and enlightened public sentiment even iu this generation. It is only those whose public ai ts are entitled lo a candid healing from the good and generous and just, that this venal lihe'ler asperses. Men who have a care for their reputations avoid hi* praise a* they would the touch of a leper.— Union and American. BHF* Thomas J. Kelly, “ Adjutant-Gener ■-1 1. R. A.,” desire* to announce to all friend* of Irish freedom, that James Ste phens, C. K I. ii. wou’d positively sail from Havre on the steamship Napoleon HI , on ‘-aturdav. the 28t!i uit., due at New York ao"ut We Inesday, the Rth j>V. Mr. Ste phen* will address the people of the and Ifer ’ cut American cities. A Vnet Hold FsrNK- Stncisikn.— There is a journal publish* 1 »t Portsmouth; New Hampshire, cal '’d T’i e Siates and l is ioh, that evidently < oes i ot care a fig for provost marshals ol “ tbo military.” Re buking a radical p«per lamorous for the blood of vx-Preside t Di vis, in iu issue of the 20tfj it says : “ If a jury can be «-rgan zed who will, like the Journal’s party I- adcr i, commit perjury and damn their own sou s. to appease the African Moloch who sits nthroned here iu New England, and iii the halls of Congress, why then let Mr. Dswis >e tried. Other wise “he ought to b • set t out us the couits Iry ” without judge, jut r, law, decency or ahvtbing eise. They wi lit Mr. t)av:e tried by a military coinin’ ’.sic of packed Jaco bine*. and then they ou and he sure of their victim. Hut they cvn’i quite play that game. That sort of rib nal has played out, and tiiose who liav > h retofore been en gaged in them, and r nd' rml their infamous decisions, stand a bitter chance of being hung than does Jetfei *'j;; Davis. Davis was a lawful belligerent aid Tas committed no crime, and can he co «vi< '.td of none whilst these scoundrels are mi tv of every crime in the calendar. Si g illy are they that their fellow conspira or in Congress are now at work making a ew to shield them from tbe judgement w icb is ii|>on their Hack. This law it ii ’ ;ned to protect not only the members of ree military inqui sitions, but scoundreit if every grade and hue who have been co: milling all manner ■>f crimes under order • i II over the country for liie past five yean. It is ex jtoet facto and unconstitutional, »ni, if enacted by Congress, will probal 'j neet another veto fiom the President. We allude -o this bid ncidentally to show the lawless aims and ch acts of those perjur ed men who have Sie-ia ed tlieii country and their (jckl in the Federal Legislature. These lire the men th H would murder Jef ferson Davis, rrganll • sos every principle of law and justice kt wu among civilized humanity. The Vandalism oi Aikn. Sherman.— The New York World commenting on the Irltcr of Gen Hampton say- : When history come? to make up its ver dict on 11>is, as on otlm questions of the war, il is not in the “Story if the Great March,” or the official liullelii «, that it will search for its facts. And th se are too notorious and too v.ell ealablisln Jto require the aid of even Hamilton's le .limony. Thousands of people in Columbia knew for the sol diers told them so—t s; their city was to he burned and sacked; that General Sher man had promised tw Ttv-four hours’ loot lo his soldiers ; and that three rockets, i thrown up from the hi :Ms on the wed hank -of thn Cot’garep, wot id he the signal for 'commencing the «or s of pillage and de i striiction. They rente i iher liow.at the con | cerled signal, ail the devils in hell seemed jto have been turned oosa in their midst, and how , after twent four hours of untold and unutterable liori »rs, the repetition of the same signal lierah ei the return of com parative order. They 1 now, and their coun tiymen know, and tin world will one day know, that William '7. Sherman is alone responsible for tbe h irning and sacking of Coinin' ia, snd all it ilteudant atrocities; ft his name lives in l lnury, the infamy of the deed will cling to it forever. The mem ory of tlie spirit of ccld blooded cruelly and unrelenting ferocity in which he conducted his campaign will ou lice the recollection of the success which alt 'tided it; bis merits as a soldier will but solve to point the moral of liis cruelties as a in .st; and lie can hope, at best, but for tin) sane of a Syll* or an Alva. The Puoii(.tßß < k Usurpation. —Tbe Nashville Union ifc American, of tbe Btli ilist., under the aliov i heading, says : it becomes our lut;r this morning to clironii.de the passag , by the Senate yester day, ol a bill to take tbs city governments of Nashville, Meinpl it and Chattanooga re spectively, out of tliii hand* of tbeir people and vest them in tin hands of commission ors, appointed by thn Governor. Why it is done ive have not the remotest notion.— There ia not oily i u tin world of like size that is better govert ed, nr in which offences and offenders are More promptly noticed and arrested than ii Nashville. The onH assignable reason f< r this tyrannous action towards this city i» a wanton disregard of popular rights, and r> disposition to exercise a petly despotism o er ai inoffensive people under color of statutory--enactments. We sre ignorant of the merest shadow of pre text for this extraoidinary interference with the municipal authorities of a peaceful and well-ordered city, ind can ascribe it alone to passionate parti in mdignitv. It will pass the House, as a matter of course, and then w : shall see what we aiiall see. Historical Fact.—lt s a fact that the Democratic party I as always sustained every incuitil'eiit of the preside.itial chair who has defended the Const tulion, and th# anti-Dam cicrats have heartily oppoiod all such. Th* only three Preside at* ever elected by th* *nti-D«mocrate were Llarriaon, Taylor nml Lincoln. Each died in lie Presides tin! of fice, and were succeeded by Vice Presidents e 1 , ted by the sam t party. In eaek caae the anti-Democrats qjnrreiei witr the Vice Presidents Wonts they trould Insist on be ing guided by tin Const tutidi—and they each, ijs Turn, had lo thro'V themselves for support on (he 1 eitiocra’ic party. These are significant his oiical facts. What do they teach?—We" Jlitveu JleyisUr. —The Deparlu ent of State at Washing ton has received informaion that the first detachment of Alt' trian trc ops have sailed for \ era Cruz, and ll at othei s will toon follow. Itie Austrian Mil iater at Washington lias perfected a'l his ar --angements for leaving the Capitol, and will lepart it is said, ir. about two weeks, w.ilho it waiting for Mr. Seward’s disruistal. lie ig uudersloid la act under ex plicit instructions from his own government; Everything now looks unfavorable to a pea oc.i' ln adjusttnoti of tlie Mexican and ffietilty. VOL 1. XO. 21. NEWS AMD FACTS. Mobile ia looking forward to the finishing of her great cethedre!, begun in 1839. Three month* moto will probably se* the work completed. Panama advices, receiver! in Wellington on tlie Dili day of May, state that matters have been quiet since the bombardment of Valparaiso. The President hss approved the bill fa sn courage telegraphic oommu..i**ii’;ri between the United Stales and the West Indies, Md the Bahama I.lands. The Monts has passed that section of the Tax bill fixing tho duty on cotton at five cents. The Uoi'sd States Court met at Norfolk, Va., on the Bth of May. Judge Under wood delivered a charge to the Grand Jury, in which he dwelt on the necessity of bringing tbe leaders of the rebellion lo trial. U is estimited that the shipments of tim ber and lumber from tbe port of Brunswick, Ga., the present season w.ll exceed twenty million feet. A writer in a Columbus paper urge* the completion of the gap from Thomasinn to the Muscogee Railroad, a distance of twenty two miles. This connection, it ia asserted, affords a route lo Atlanta, end a connection with the West, several ii.iles shorter than that by Opelika, over a rout* of easy grade at.ti uniform guage. Sumner shows a disposition to abuse the American flag. If justice were done, he would exhibit more stripes than ever the old flag did. Tho following Georgians are buried in the cemetery at Columbia, Teim : Lt. E. R. Bonrquin, cos, 541 h Ga. In. Lt. 11. M. W’yley, 42d Ga. Lt. S. A. Boyd, co. K. 43d Ga. A case of that most horrible disease, the leprosy , it is al lodged, exists in New Or leans. Quite a telegraphic feat was recently ac complished hy the American Telegraph Coin pany in transmitting message* over a cir cuit of one thousand miles without the usual method of the employment of repealers. Tliis was performed bv the application of the new telegraphic invention, called I-efl eralt’a Open-circuit Instrument, which, bv its successful operation on this occasion, provos that a desideratum long wished for by tli a telegraphic fraternity has been fully I attained. The citizens of Columbia, S. C. li\ve call ed a public, meeting, for the pm pose of taking affidavits on all points at issue be tween Generals Hampton and Sherman’, touching the burning of that city. It is now a violation of the laws of Wis consin for minors to etner billiard rooms, or piaces where iiquors are sold. Queen Victoria’s health h*s become im paired again recently, and it is rumored iliat' she is threatened with insanity. The crops in Texas are excellent. The Red river is falling, and all danger of an overflow is past. The Ilonerahle I). W. Voorliees of Indi ana announces, in the Terre Haute Journal, that he will not he a candidate under any circuni«tance* for re election to Congress. He will, however, canvass the district for the Democratic nominee. Il is slated hr some medical writer that Cholera never visits the vicinity of Sulphur Springs, and that an application of the flour of Sulphur lo the feet is a preventive of the disease. One of the salt bed* : n Nevada will yield two million tons of salt per annum. she city of Philadelphia, recently, in one week, exported to foreign countries over one hundred and eighty-five thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight gallons ot petio leum. The entire population of New Y’ork city, including its sul uilw—Brooklyn, Jersey City, <fec., — lar k hut a small fraction of be ing two millions and a half. Washington, May s.—The President this morning staled lie should veto the Col orado hill. Washington, May 7. W. M. Owin has been released on parole from confinement in a fort below New Orleans. Pardons Granted. —The whole number of pardons granted hv the President under the twenty thousand dollar clau*e in the amnesty proclamation, is seven thousand one hundred and nine!v-aeven. tW The freed men’s bureau fer th# dis trict of V\ est Tennessee have given notice to the ci'y authorities of Memphis that the bureau will no longer relieve the city from the responsibility of burying it* own colored paupers. IU Ikterkstivo Experiments. —Experiment* in England have demonstrated that Udey fed to caul* proday more value la Htilk and meat than IkjT barley ia wortk JClnw converted into inan and wait dual. < , tW Proaaia objects to the disarminWafi her fore*, wk*lo Austria continues to main* tain hei r armaments on the Italian borders? ■—YhfoMcCormick, inventor of the reaper and ino*er, lisa sent to General Lee 910,- 000 \9 establish a professorship of practical tnedranlc*. Tba next General Conference will be held at Memphis, Tenn., ou lh« first Wednesday in May, 1870. tW Mr. Joseph Jones, of Cordon, On. and proprietor of the Gordon Hotel, was waylaid and murdered, a few miles from the village, on —The General Conference lias changed the name of their church from the M. E Church, South, to the Methodist Church. The dwelling of Dr. Josiah Florney, near Fort Valiev, was consumed by file on Friday n'ght. This is the second dwelling the 1 *r. has lost l>\ fire. SOUTHERN HERALD, SATBB o* nKxirrwa MS isitsnais, Oa# oopy on# year J* OR Osssopy tii mouth*,. l tm Uns espy three Month* i Oil INraausLt i« asw a NCR If* A# papet* stepped at the end of the lie* psidfor if M pr.iNry mwveJi f}r<rthMM*ta Ussrted at the r*tes efOws bniar and fifty Coots psr aoosrc id Tea Isa«#, f.r tli* first tn#er*mn, and 4fo*«cty-fir# Caff* for LikensT^eJcel loos wait Ten anlmcU for adver tiseroen'* rnenfog this* months asd(eager. |ii Poor Tennn*iibr !—Tbe Loutsv l'* Cou rier alluding lo the ** Franchise Bill," recent ty passed by the Brownlosr faction. Id th* reconatinoted Legialatur* of Tsaßsaao*, say*: "It diafranohisea oino-t»»lhs of the peo ple of Tennessee, ..nd la oao ot the moat reckless and unprincipled outrages ever perpetrated upon lha liberties of a people. Eternal infamy will oting around the names of those who have liras tramplod »poa tho right* of the people, end so ruthlesaly defied and a«t at naught the spirit of oar fr<s« fn- A ntlemen by the name of Talbot Groan, of Ten* neasee, alCsrwards aa ofliosr in tho lata rslnd army, pobtislwd a popular wot It entitled ** A Wiat*r ia the Federal City," la which hs positively asserts that ** Andrew Johason, in spite of the fst-a, would be Chief Magis trate of the United States before the eM>*« of the vesr IMA,” that'** his administratiou would he slot toy ; that he would labor ua'der extraordinary embarrassments, hut ha would eventually mak* one of the moat popular Preside*** M t ever ruled in America." A ft' vi m von an Ouvrk.—Forney (dead iß'k l p hlishee an srconnl of the murder of* »yro in fieoreia, and aaks, “ Where writ at.ylhing l«e found lo surpns* this f” The Richmond Di*|vatch retolla hy asking ; *' Why can’t he swear that the eight people killed near Philadelphia, a fort, night since weie Mark, and that I’rob*t, thn murderer, is a SoHtkrra rrhed f I’krtii.rntial.— We have falien tm pesti lential d.'iys. Cholera in the Orient, Italy »nd South France; Tric.hifil* in German^; Rinderpest in Russia, Holland and Ragland, whereupon tbe Sheep I’lagn# is added. ‘ foVrir To rk Tribune Greeley forgot “ Jacobins in America •" a worse pest than Cholera, Rinderpest, Prichinia, Slieep Plague, Nitro-glycerln* and Ben. Butler — £m. ■ Ciianok thn Cauinet. — President Jordi *on ia Irginning his reconstrtcii.Hi of the Republican party at ill# wrong end. It is all very well to remove radical postmasters and Chase revenue officers; but these change* will Ih» oniin|>ortant unless thev are accompanied hy the removal of the radi cal members of the Cabinet. The way to kill the hydra of Northern rehellion is to chop off ila head, instead of wasting time in trimming off the little end of its tail.—-AT. T. Herald; Order mox nut Was IJu'aktvkxt.—A r-'tent order. No 25 from Washington, is great luler >»t and reads os follows; |. All person* engi*ed in th* cultivation of lands, who may have llic ginvrs us United .State*' Soldiers located iq on tlicir land*, are hereby for bidden to miitilnt* or obliterate the 1 1 Hers of siteh graves bv pln'tgliing or otherwise, or disturb tho Uvadlxiard*. stoke* or fence* around them. 2. All officers on duty, ns I'rovost Marshal*. l*o t Oommanders. or ollicrwi»e cmiuected with tbe military service, sre requested lo send in for mation of lli« looality and condition of tiwti graves, and of any breach of this order, to the Quartermaster General. Pocthk** Haitist Conikntiok.— We are author ized n’ld requested to say so the delegates elect to the Southern Baptist Coavcalfon —is bieh rate's in Russclville Ky.. On Tuesday before the till Sunday iu May —iliat the Southern railroad com panies will grant them return tivltda free of charge, with the exception ol the Mobile A Ithlo. which will pass minister* ** usual for half price Imt Ii ways. The deb-gstes will procure certifi cate* of membership from the Convention, and these will Ik- received by llic several conductors a* sufficient vouchers. Southern papers please copy. — Atlanta Bulletin. FoBTHKeh Monroe, May 3. Mrs. Jeffer.. son Gavin, accompanied by two servants and her youngest chihl, a little g.rt, arrived this morning. She wee escorted by L f sm. Fessenden into the fortress. Tb< uoadiUwws of her visit are unknown. She brought a large quantity of baggage with bar aa jf ev idently designing to remain some length Os time ; in which event, sbo will probably make her boom at tho residence of Df. Cooper, the l'ost Surgeon of the fortrew. The second volume of the History of Julius Cicsaf, by the Emperor of the French, will be published in about a month. It will tie occupied with the Gallic wars, a subject with which Napoleoo has made it a favorite pursuit to liecome acquainted, and for which he has had more numerous and vailiaUo matrrial* than ti.ose which were used for tl.e first part of Ida work. Excavations and explorations have been marie by tb* Empe ror’s command on the sites of the event* to be narrated, for the purpose of further light. Ai.iirkt Sidney JoHswro*. — The New Orleans J’icay une saye : “Ilia high time the grave of Albert Sidney Johnston, buried in tl-o St. Louis Cemetery, should bo marked and honored as becomes bis rank. There was no man in the wliolo country, North pr Sooth, certainly no officer of the pU arm), who was more beloved and xeeMMMAjUMMt Albert Sidney Jobo#toiK|irf,tb3ijjjp lowom are almost daily *U«»n upon b«e I |rar« b .. ft has as yet no suitable mi uuinent JNT One of tee meat /faaspoa f baokera, ktoes WNMMTsTVv - lag of tjie ffrst fiiAwWrs of the Capital to SUOfnft tbrtliem a plan of an undertaking of hflNUovwfTtinH. He is desirous of getting up a company whose aim and shall be to advance money to author*, dramatic and others, musical oomposers and artists of acknowl edged talent, wlto may not have the means of luakiug lueir works known to the public. The Pikectoky’s Flan-.—The New York Times Special Washington Dispatch of tlio Ist, reports that the President m a Calipet meeting delivered himself most pointedly against the Central Directory report, and the only member of the Cabinet who was present and did not concur with him. was Secretary Harlan. Attor nev General Speed was absent in Kentucky. . Knoxville, May s.—The Convention of East lennessce ndoj te<i resolutions petition ing the Legal attire for the act allowing East Tennessee a separate State Govern ment. There tv.xa only four dissenting voti s.