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(Jbe So'uijjtrn era ID. D H MARTIN -DR M DEAVENPORT .ri>iT » h ► . a biffin, <;a.. ji’l.Yjc, :h«6. A lilariiiß Krror. llow very strange it Li, that scnaible men, yes, those esteemed sensible in our land, should argue as IT every question at issue was resolvable into only two sides—a mcro antithesis of contradictory opposites, one side being necessarily true, and every other side being necessarily untrue, and therefore to be classed in the same category. We are led to this reflection lrom the fact that some of the Southern press, in favor of tho Philadelphia Convention, are very nearly, if not quite, insinuating that because others of tho South are not in favor ol said Convention, coinciding in that respect with the Radicals, the latter two are therefore ou a par, the one no better than the other. Now, this mode of reasoning—we call it such through merest courtesy—to say the least, is very unfair. Let us carry it out in a single case. A mulatto wench proposes, we will say, to become the wife of some mas culine specimen of the genus homo, and modus vrr, the color not mentioned, 'i he Caucasian, mind yo, is not willing to marry her for tho reason that she has too much ol the Ethiopian in her, and i little too much of the Roquet d'Afiique about her; while the Ethiopian rejects her for the reason Unit she has too much of tho Caucasian in her, and a little too little of the Roquet d’Afriquo about her. These modern reasoners would argue that the whiteman and the black man, both repudia ting the yellow wench, were in the same cat .egory, and ono was as bad and blamablc as the other. This is precisely analogous, in our opinion, to the proposed Philadelphia Convention. The Radicals oppose it because it is about half Conservative aiyl half Radi cal, and they would have it to bo all Radi cal, —whilo the opponents to it* of the {South, oppose it because to them it seems to be about half Radical and half Conservative: and they (the Southern opponents) would have it to be all Conservative, —or they would not touch it at all. Tho question, then, before the South, /;</«/•«//’.v /y and lit * rally, is whether the white man will marry tho yellow wench or remain unmarried/’ or whether the South will make the Philadel phia marriage contract to get into the Union, or remain as she is ? We prefer glorious celibacy, in the one ease, and glorious—or inglorious—isolation and standing-aloof, iti the other. A Splendid < linnet'. A discovery has recently bci n made whieh, if it proves to boa half, or even a third, as valuable as is claimed for it, is certainly one of the most important triumphs that genius and science have achieved within, wo night almost snv, a century. It is a discovery that virtually makes the poorest pine lands of the Southern country fully as valuable as her richest deltas or hummocks. Wo nl ludo to the process by which fat pine-wood may bo distilled, and the resulting therefrom of such a quantity and variety of products so valuable in the arts. It is claimed that from one cord of rich pine- wood, distilled according to the new process, the product will be twenty-five gal lons spirits turpentine, fifty gallons oil, one hundred gallons pyroligneous acid, five gal lons alcohol, one and a 1 alf barrels pitch or rosin, ono barrel tar, eight hundred feet illu minating gas, superior to that made of coal, and fifty bushels chnrcoal. Here now is a splendid chance to bring into requisition the long-leaf pine regions of tho South. Some scientific gentlemen of llandsboro, Miss., have already formed a com pany for the purpose of distilling the rich, res inous pine of that region, by the new pro cess, and for the sale of the-produce real ized therefrom. Do the Georgians intend to wait for the Yankees to inaugurate this new businoss for them ?—or have they spirit and enterprise enough to discuss it, and start it for themselves ? Staff' Judge Edmunds, Commissioner of the General Land Office, has been removed from office, by the President, and lion, j Joseph Wilson, now chief clerk in the same department, has been nominated to fill the vacancy. Judgo Edmunds is the noted spiritualist, a man of talent, a sworn and »\c*arinj Radical, and is accused, while on the bench, of having consulted the spirits to enable him to make his judicial decisions. We opine some diabolical spirits have influ enced him to ffttiko some erroneous decis ions, touching the matters of his office, and this, coupled with his Radical proclivities, is the reason why he has been gently lifted out of his boots. Indeed, the removal is reported to have been made on account ot erroneous decisions in certain California land cases, which have been reversed by the Attorney General. Staff' Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, a native Geor gian, but, for many years, a resident of Mis sissippi, and for several years a representa. tive from that State in tho U. S. Congress, recently delivered a literary address, in which he is reported to have said that he did not think there was even tho shadow of States rights left, and he deemed it cruel to delude the people with false hopes as to the future. He could sec no liberty where a po litical line was drawn with right on the one side, and on the other power, lie was ol the opinion that all that is left for the South is tho moral and intellectual culture of the people, and these were worthy of her high cst rPbrt? Public Meeting. The public meeting to take into consider ation tho propriety of sending delegates to the Philadelphia National Convention, r« as sembled at the Court House on .Saturday la*t, when Col. C. Peeples introduced the following resolutions, which were uoani in iir.sly adopted : llaolocd, As the sense'of this meeting, That we rccoguiie in the results of the late Btru/tgle between the North and South, the settlement of the question ot secession a-. de termined against us; and that the institu tion of slavery has been stricken from the list of our constitutional rights. He there fore accept in good taitli the exigencies of our altered condition, and pledge ourselves to observe and maintain the Constitution of the Pnited Stales as the best guarantee of our privileges and the last security for the rights of the States. Jlnoltct/, That to maintain these ends we derm it expedient to send delegates!to the approaching Conservative Convention to be holden in the City of Philadelphia, on the I Ithday of AugustTiext. Able and patriotic speeches were delivered by Col. C. Peeples, Capt. F. S. l itch, Col. A. D. Nunally, Col. L T. Doyal, Dr. Mitch ell and Col. Crawford. On motion, a committee, consisting of Cols. C. 11. Johnson, A. D. Nunnally, R. A <' raw ford, Dr. Mitchell, and W. M. Cline, were appointed to suggest the names of dele gates to represent this county in the District Convention to be held at Macon on the ‘doth inst. Tho Committee repo, ted the namas of Cos! C. Peeples and Col. A. D. Nunnally, which report was unanimously adopted. On motion the delegates wore authorized to appoint alternates in the event they should not he able to attend. <»u motion, it was Hauler'!, That tho city papers he request ed to publish the proceedings of this meet ing. L. T. DOYAL, Cli'n. A. M. SruioiiTs, Scc’y. War I War I War! —-According to Mr. Raymond, of the New YorL 7Vm-s, a repre sentative in Congress from the city of New York, and a semi-Conservativo Radical, the Congress has quietly “ passed an act lor the immediate distribution of tho public arms among the States, (except the Southern States) assuming of course, that they will be able to control a majori'y of the Northern States in any event; and they do not hesi tato to declare that, in case a Northern mi nority should constitute, with tho votes of the South', n majority of the nation, and should undertake to administer the govern ment, they trill summon the Xorth to arms - —depose tltr I'n-ti'h tit, tun/ by a roup iVt Uit maintain t/n ir yrttsp of power." A Prkiucton.— Montgomery Blair, at a Democratic meeting held at Reading, Pa., on the 1Htl» instant, predicted that should the Radicals carry the October elections, the re sult would bo the establishment of two Presidents and two Congresses ; for the Radi cals would immediately impeach President Johnson and turn him out, while, on tho other hand, the Democratic members ol Congress would unito with the regularly elected members from the South. He also warned his hearers that they were on the eve of another civil war. The battle field would he in tho North, while the South would remain a unit. B*«X„ Tho husband of Qdeeu Victoria's eldest daughter eommmands a division of the Prussian army, iu which are also many near relatives of her late husband, Prince Albert, occupying prominent positions.— l er contra, the husband of Victoria's second daughter has a command in the Austrian army. Princo Took, just married to the Princess Mary, of Cambridge, lias accepted a command in the and sets out for tho seat of war, with his bride, be fore the honeymoon is half over. The Salty Rascal.—That infamous old whelp of sin, Brownlow, after Jirown lotrinj the “ Constitutional Amendment of tho Reconstruction Committee” through tho Tennessee Legislature, thus insolently, and insultingly, ur.d tauntingly despatches the result of his diabolical villanies to the seat of Government. MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT ! Nashville, Tens'., July I'd.) 12 o’clock, M. | lion. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington, D C : My compliments to the President. \\ c have carried the Constitutional Amendment in the House. Note—43 to 11, two of his tools refusing to vote. W. G. Brownlow, Governor ol Tennessee. The following, of the same date, he sent to tho “ Dead Duck.” John W. Forney, Clerk of the Senate, Washington, P. 0. : A battle has been fought and won. We have carried the Con stitutional Amendment in the House. \ otc 43 to 11, two of A. Johnson’s tools refusing to vote. My compliments to the “ dead dog’’ in the White House. W. G. Brownlow. Health of Mu. Davis.—Col. Burton V Harrison, Mr. Davis's late private Secretary, visited Mr- D. on the 7th, and found him in a much lower state of health than at a previous recent interview, llis voice is much weaker, his step far less assured, his conversation lo c s cheerful, and with very little buoyancy and animation he then evinc ed. Regarding his approacliiug t;ini Mr. Davis has no apprehension, hut .each day only more anxious -for the trial to begin. No fault is found with his present treatment. 11c has everything he could wish £ir or ex pect but his freedom. Bgfc, The Atlantic Cable, on tho 11th in stant, —the date of latest advices —had been laid one hundred and thirty-five miles.— The 'iuenb were perfect throughout. TELEGRAPHIC. Nlw York, July 21. —Cotton is heavy at Sfi to 3*l cento. Gobi one hunin and and fifty and one-halt 0 Tin: v. Ii: in Cl PIVK The Paris Mmiteur. ot the 1 tth says that negotiations were -till {.ending, and the best feeling prevailed between Prussia and France; but the lat. t advices seem to in dicate that the war will continue. The Prussians have occupied the Prague and arc still advancing. Benedek’s army is organizing, and are 150,0H0 strong, exclusive of cavalry and ar- j tillcry. They arc oa the line ot Olrnutz and Brunn. 'l'ho Prussian headquarters on the 13th were only three miles from Brunn. The Prus.ians under Gen. Mantcufful at tacked the Bavarians near Kisscngcn. The latter defended their position for ten hours, and then retreated to take position on the Main. The Bavarian commander, Kealler, was killed, and (heir loss was heavy. A Vienna telegram of the 1 Ith says the prop. and mediation of Nap.oleon is at an end .for the present, and that Austria must trust to her own strength and resources, Fhe Prussia) is resolved to tight to maintain her position as a great Power. The London Time* declares that England cannot follow Napoleon in an intervention calculated to aggravate the present evils. The Moscow (lazctte asserts that Russia does not want any change in European boundaries, and cannot submit to the dicta tion of France. Russia is dispatching troops to the Sile sian frontier. The Italians have occupied Padua. Not withstanding the French fleet have gone to Venice, Italy persists in advancing towards Venice. Washington, July 24. —The President has signed the joint resolution admitting Tennessee, but says tho preumblo consists of statements sonic of which are assumed, while the joint resolution is merely a declar ation of opinion. Messrs. Maynard, Taylor, and Stokes ap peared and took the oath. This was follow ed by much applause, and the new members received the Congratulation! of the Speaker and others. Now Nuts for fli" National I niou Club to Crack. From the Metropolitan Record. Will this offshoot of Republicanism, with its “ loyal ” tests, and its fanfaronade about “exclude all tho delegates from the South, except those who can take the ‘ oath V" What proportion of the Southern people does it think are free from the “ crime of treason ?” If this I’nion is to be indissoluble under nil circumstances, what becomes ol the right of self-government '! If the majority of voters in any Southern State send a man to Congress whom they have trusted in their day of trial, are they in favor ol refusing him a scat because at one time he was what they called a “ traitor ?” Is the Russian principle of absoluteism, ortho American principle that “Govern ments derive their just power from the con sent of the governed,” the true one to apply in a country whose founders were traitors, and whose great general had a price set up on his head 7 If only “ loyal citizens ” within the State and districts lately overrun by rebellion, are entitled to all the rights guaranteed to them hy the Constitution, and only such arc to be admitted to the right of representation, what does the National Cnion Club think of disfranchising about nineteen-twentieths of the Southern people? If treason is a crime, what do they intend to do with about ten millions of Amcreans who have been guilty of it '! If the Radicals are in favor of “loyalty” as a test, and tho National Cnion Club are also in favor of it, what is the- difference be tween them and the party from which they have separated ? If Andy .Johnson “ pardons rebels ” how can they honestly and consistently support Andy Johnson, particularly when they as sert that “ treason is a crime whieh should he punished If the rights of the State according to the platform of the Chicago Covention, which the National In on Club approves, arc to be maintained, does a State consist in one twentieth or nineteen-twentieths of its popu lation 1 If the National Union Club hope to suc ceed, is it likely to realize that hope by adopting a part of the Radical policy and disgusting the Conservative portion of the people from which it expects to derive its support ? Should George Washington have been tried for treason in the event of liis failure, and should his crime have been made “ odi ous ?” What is the difference between George Washington and Jefferson Davis, except that between victory and defeat ? The Sweets or Editing.—The Char lottesville Chronicle thus gets off its disgust £/ the unanimity with which the people ex pect its editor to be all things to all men : “ i ’raise —universal praise—an American editor is expected to praise every somerset that is turned in a circus, and every speech that is made in a temperance meeting. If one of your neighbors puts anew gutter to a public building, the editor is to tell ths peo ple to look at that gutter—was there ever such a gutter before '! “Isa workman whitewashes somebody’s stable he must compare it to the frescoing of an Italian palace. If a farmer bores a hole in a gate post and fastens the gate with a pin, he musr describe it as a wonderful art in fencing, li a village boy carves the head of an old man on the handle of an umbrella, his father carries the work of art to ths edi tor’s closet, and mildly suggest that “ the boy ought to bo encouraged.” Noteworthy.—Henry Winter Davis is dead; Senator Lane has just shot himself in a fit of mental aberration; Stanton is not woTT; Sumner has had a return of his spinal affection, which, next to his affection for the niirger, troubles himself and cvry ono else ; and Stevens has water on the heart, is dys peptic, old, nervous, and don’t expect to live. On the other hand, we find the Constitution al Uuion men and Democrats all healthy. If we may judge from the few examples above cited, “ Curses, like chickens, are going home to roost.” Verily the ways of Providence are past finding out. (’■’ Wo South Caroti- NEWS, FACTS, AC A Louisville dispatch says a srreat South- 1 ern Telegraph Company is being termed there, with a capital of a million aoilevs - Gen. Kirby Smith is President, and Gen. Don Carlin Hue), \ ice I’resid* nt. The President has given SIOOO to the j .South Carolina 1 henlogieal Institute. j ('hing Wow, the first Chinaman cvcrcxe-j cuted in San Francisco, was hung recently for murder. A son of Mr. Morse, the telegraph invent j or, was rescued from beneath a tram of cars . at Stamford, on the Fourth, hy the foreman of an engine company. Whisky. Grin noil’s friends need:, t brag over his situation, for he acknowledges that he bears the marks of (lane. Mr. Mitchell, the inventor of copper tips for shoes, was drowned near 'turner, Maine, , while trying to save his sou. The papers call Congress “ the Rump Congress.” If this Congress is the country's Rump, tho country should have its Rump well kicked.— Uoniseil/e Jour no/ Ex-President Filmore is to deliver ah ad dress on behalf of America on the occasion of the World’s Exhibition in Paris. On the 11th of August, the old folks of Ft. Louis propose to celebrate the eenten- j nial anniversary of the first grant of laud covering the site of that city. English journals announce the dea h of) John McDougal S'uart, the celebrated ex plorer of the interior of Australia. John Minor Botts, in his Fourth of July address at Baltimore, said : “We are all Johnson men; the only difference is, one' goes for what Johnson says, and the other for what he does 1” It is understood that Ex-Governor Holden will be rejected as Minister to San Salvador, on the ground of his participation in the i rebellion. Tho Richmond Dispatch thinks that the effect of the bill for the organization of tho Courts of the I 'nited States will be to secure the trial of Mr. Davis by Judge Underwood. The salary of Henry Ward Beecher is 812,500 per annum, with house, liquor, and other expenses found. Natural Gas. —At Getsville, near Buf falo, N. Y., a supply of natural gas has been discovered which far exceeds the illumina ting fiower of common gas, and is now dis charging itself at the rate of forty thousand feet per day. It is now in contemplation to light the city of Buffalo with it. Garibaldi has requested his friends to give up f'ctivj him, “ The time lor action," he says, “ has come, and we must postpone festivals till the Italian flag floats in triumph from the towers of Fan Marco.” The common walking-stick used by Mr. Lincoln has been given by Mrs Lincoln to Fred Douglas. An ungallant correspondent accuses Queen Victoria of taking too much port alter din ner. Ex-Prcsideut Fillmore was a [ a-wng< r from Europe in the steamer Persia, and reached his home ill Buffalo on Friday. Asa distinctive mark, . the Prussians throughout the campaign are to wear a strip of white liucu with a red t-ro-s worked upon it rouud the left arm. A blind inventor has invented a gun which may be fired one hundred times in a minute. The stock of cartridges is confined in slides along the barrel. Stirring news from Washington and Nash ville is anticipated in the next ten days.— Matters are said to be in a course of devel opment that will astonish the whole land, and put to shame and confu.-iou some ol those pure and immaculate spirits who have bee carrying things with a high and unholy hand for the last twelve months. This is all we are at liberty to say on the subject at present. — Vhntt. Union. A King Fish.—A large King Fish, measuring five feet in length and weighing over fifty pounds, was captured with a seine by one of our fishermen on yesterday, while fishing near l’ott Pulaski. The King Fish is generally caught on the Florida coast, and the fishermen state that this is the first that has ever been caught iu our waters. — Sac. Itera/d. The Burlington (Iowa) llawheye “ is au thorized by Governor Stone to say” that he has been personally assured by Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, and Governor F’leteher, ot Missouri, that that they do not intend to call extra sessions of the Legislature in their respective States for the purpose of ratifying the Constitutional amendment. Cafforth, a Democrat from Pa., will be turned out, and his seat in the House given to Koontz, a black Republican competitor. Boot-licking Radicals in Congress vie with each other who shall help feeble old Stevens to his seat. One offers an arm, another takes his hat, a third holds up his coat-tad and old Thad., the stage father, says, “ ble.-s ye, my children ; bless ye.” The Wrong Man.—The New York pa pers contain a despatch from Columbia, of the murder of lion. R. Barnwell Rhett. It was another man, a relative of the distin guished Carolinean, though, no doubt many North would prefer that the latter had been the victim. The population of Baltimore is now esti mated at 300,000, and its trade and com merce are represented to be in a most flour ishing condition. Alex. 11. Stephens is announced to deliv er a lecture in Indianapolis the coming sea son. Among the other names on the list for the courso arc those of Fred. Douglass, Horatio Seymour, Wendell Phillips, John B. Gough, and P. T. Barnutn. Tfie Indi atiapolitans are bent upon variety. Beautiful specimens of Jasper, in quanti tites unlimited, have been discovered at the Vermillion Gold Mines, Minesota. Julia Dean Haync has got a divorce in Fait Lake City, and married anew husband, a man who has made “ his pile” in Montana Win. Jessup, the celebrated cutlery man ufacturer of Sheffield, England, reported to be worth twenty millions, is visiting Ft. Louis. It is said the Governor o‘ Massaohuscts will not call an extra session of the Legisla | turc to ratify the Constitutional amendment, j The biggest tree yet discovered in Cali fornia is fifty two feet five inches in diameter, | or over one hundred and fifty feet in circum j fcreuce. Only the 6tump is left, j A well-known wit says: No Yankee is ! satisfied with the truth unless you can prove to him that it is worth eight or ten per cent. \Y\I A, HUFF’S EMPORIUM! 1500 Sacks Mixed and Yellow CORIV, 1200 Sacks WHITE CORN, THE Mixed and Yellow-Corn I am selling at §1,40 by the Car Load, and in smaller quantities $1,45. The White at $1,52 1-2 by the Car load, and $1,55, in small lots. Stocks large—Orders promptly tilled. W, A. HUFF, 30 CASKS ( LEAR SIDES, 2o CASKS SHOULDERS, ,5 CASKS HAMS, ■ This Bacon lam selling at the following prices : CLEAR SIDES, by the Cask, 23 cents. CLEAR RIB, “ “ 22 1-2 “ RIB SIDES. “ “ 22 SHOULDERS, “ “ 10 HAMS, “ “ 25 to 30 “ W. A. HUFF, FLOUM, 75 BARRELS SUPERFINE, SO “ EXTRA. 100 “ FAMILY, 100 “ FANCY BRANDS. This Flour I am selling at Prices ranging from $lO 00 to $lB 00. W. A. HUFF, ; 300 BAtFS OF FftfME HAY* This hav I am selling at $1 00 to $2 25 per hundred, according to quantity ordered. This is a great reduction in prices on that article. In addition to the above leading articles in my trade, I am prepared to fill any and all orders that may be offered for Corn Meal, Stock Peas, Syrup, SUGAR, COFFEE, SODA, RIALS, Osnaburgs, Shirtings, Cotton Yarns Tobacco, Shot Bagging Rope &c. W. A. HUFF. C « £3,000 I JST Gr OL D . 2,000 IN SILVER. HIGHEST PREMIUM PAID BY W. A. HUFF.