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UMli) Jntfllijpcfr. ATLANTA, GEOEGIA, Wednesday, July 4, 1866. The Call for a National I nlon Con- The Cotton Crop. ventlon. 1 The attention of our readers is inTited to the Our AN ashington City correspondent “Inside ; following communication.addressed to this paper demotes a large portion of his letter, which we j from an intelligent source—one who has had Used Up. publish in another column, to the proposed “Na tional Union Convention,’’ to be held in Phila delphia on the second Tuesday (the 14th) of Au gust next. In order that our readers may fully understand what is proposed to be accomplished j by this Convention, and of whom it is to be com- { posed, we take occasion now to publish the “cali,.’’ It has already become a question with 1806. I'rlnou Life of Jefferson Davit. Dr. Craven’s book which gives an account of the prison life of Jefferson Davis, i3 creating quite a sensation in the w hole country. Y'e have * quoted largely from it, and may hereafter again j do so. Our present object in referring to| this re-1 - . ~ markable book, is to correct a misapprehension lhe South ' ‘‘ whetlier il wil! be represented, or j excellent journal that I may say a few things ! man y years, in this place. send delegates to that Convention ?” It is called 1 - - — large experience in the cultivation of cotton in this State, “to the manner bom" as it were, and upon whose judgment as to results, after personal j observation, we place much reliance .- [COMJCTKICATED.) Jcxe, 2\ Editor Atlanta Intelligencer : YTill you allow me a small space in your most [COXJCCSICATXD.] Palmetto High School, June 29,1866. Mr. Editor: Allow me, through your valua ble paper, to say a few words in regard to the examination exercises of the above named insti tution, which came oft on the 21st and 22d in stants. The exercises of this veiy flourisliing j present “used up’’ condition, school were opened in January last, by Captain BY KITTY CLYDE. Well! here I am at last, bag and baggage, af ter six months of the most brilliant belle-dom.— Oh! Vincent Park, com me je t'aime, eomme je t'ainie ; and thou art doubly dear now in my Used up emphat- that may exist in the minds of some of our read- | ere in regard to our opinion of it, for the reason that we admitted into our colums on yesterday a communication from a respected friend, which embraced a severe denunciation of it We in cline to differ with our aforesaid correspondent. We did not deem this necessary at the time we published his communication, for we hold to tlie rule, that Editors are not responsible for the opinions of others that may appear in their jour nals, in the absence of their endorsement, by them. Lest, however, we repeat, misapprehen sion may exist, as to our opinions of this work of I)r. Craven, we pen these lines. The spirit of the work, iu our judgment, and the same view is taken of it by Southern journals of the highest respectability, is commendable; and says the Charleston -Yew, “reflects the greatest credit on the author’s heart. An anti-slavery man all his life, and a Republican from the very inception of that party, Dr. Craven proves himself true to the noble instincts of humanity in so thoroughly divesting himself of the prejudices of a life-time, and publishing this book in the teeth of his fierce brethren of the Radical press and party. The book lias been very well received almost every where, and it is only such ultra sheets as Forney’s Chronicle, Churl Schurz’s Pont, and others of that ilk—that are lost to all sense of shame and de cency—who carp and pretend to sneer at this spontaneous exhibition of good feeling in a man ner that can redound only in disgrace on their own heads, and on the heads of their entire fac tion.” We agree with our Charleston cotemporary and cannot, therefore, join in the denunciations of Dr. Craven’s book which appeared in our cor respondent’s article. Deatructlvo dale In AiigUMta- Jaiiiltlcn. -Sad < a- The Augusta Constitutionalist, of Friday morn ing, gays that “yesterday afternoon, at half-past four o’clock, a hurricane visited our city. It was one of brief duration, but was very severe. Scores of trees were uprooted or snapped asun der like pipe stems. About one-fourth of the tin roofing of the Waynesboro Railroad Freight De pot was blown off and landed in the yard adja cent. Fortunately no one was injured. “Two hundred l’ect of the building known us the Government Press Warehouse was com pletely demolished. Several persons had takeu shelter in it from the rain and were more or less injured by the falling timbers. Mr. L. B. Davis, the Broad street merchant, was seriously, if not fatally wounded. The gentleman who was in charge of the litter bearers that were conveying Mr. Davis from the scene of the accident in formed us that it was supposed that the unfortu nate gentleman’s back was broken. We hope that his fears will not be confirmed. "Two other white persons were injured, but, as wc learn, not seriously. Their names are Mr. Jerry llanlon and Mr. O’Hara. When we arrived at the wreck these gentleman had been conveyed to their homes, and we were unable to gather any particulars as to the extent of the in juries received by them. A negro man was also injured, but we could ascertain nothing of his whereabouts. A horse, which was attached to a buggy, and under the roof of the warehouse at the time of the sad occurrence, was killed, and the buggy entirely ruined. “A cotton shed on McIntosh street, the prop erty of Mr. A. Scranton, was destroyed by this gale. No one was iu the building at the time. Po«tinnNterM In GeorslM. We arc indebted to P. II. Woodward, Esq., Special Agent ol the P. O. Department, for the following list, of Postmasters commissioned in Georgia since May 22d. Two hundred and five Georgia offices are now filled by commissioned postmasters: COITNTT. Wilcox, Troup, Lumpkin, Jefferson, Glynn, Pierce, Talbot, Tatnal), Mitchell, Walker, Harris, Folk. Newton, Putuani, Madison, Hart, Hanks, Irwin, Clinch, Columbia, Tatuall, Tw.ggs, Oglethorpe, Warren, Campbell, Liberty, Meriwether, Oglethorpe, Pickens, Troup, Wayne, Meriwether, Johnson, FOBTMASTER. H. L. Davis. 11. II. Cary. J. Williamson. J. W Carswell. M. T. Gordon. W. Brunt. D. 11. Funderburk. D. Barnard. C. M. Burtz. J. C. Lee. MissM. W. Pitcliford. 11. W. Watts. W. E. McCalla. Miss S. J. Prudden. Catherine Andrew. H. N. Mulky. Mrs. E. P. Dodd. D. J. Penn. W. H. Clifton. Mrs. E. Wood. M. J. Moody. Mrs. A; Jordan. J. K. Beil. J. T. Whaley. Miss M. (x. Burch. P. R. Lyons. W. H. Lofton. W. Brook. Mrs. N. Coleman. G. M. White. Miss A. Hiphsmith. J. T. Lawrence. ML E. McNayat. nrrioE. Abbeville, Antioch, Atirarin, Bin tow. Bethel, Blackshear, Box Spriup, Bull Creek, Camilla, Cassandra, Cataula, Cedar Town, Conyers, Eatonton, Port Lamar, Hartwell, Homer, Irwinville, Lawton. Lombardy, lamp Branch, Marion, M axey. Mayfield, Palmetto, Kiceboro, Rocky Mount, Stephens. Talkiug Rock, Vernon, Waynes ville, Woodbury, Wripht rifle. Lieutenant General Wade Hampton. Of this “ Bayard ” of the late Confederate army aud, in peace or war, of the South, the Memphis Argun says: “ Ten or twelve miles be low hero, at Lake Washington, lives, in quiet re tirement, Lieutenant General W tule Hampton, the second greatest cavalry chieftain of the late Confederacy. He owns two or three extensive plantations, upon which he divides his time, de voting himself chiefly to the congenial pursuits of a representative Southern gentleman—books, planting, and the chase. Jlis former slaves, of whom he owned several hundred, true to their ancient allegiance and their own interests, re main with the General, aud are represented as contented and industrious.” “The New Era.”—Our friend Little, of Fred ericksburg, iu reviving his paper last year, called it. iu acknowledgment of the new order ol things. The New Era. But as the new era, bad enough in the outset, has been all the while getting worse, he has wisely determined to exscind from his popular publication what is suggestive only of unpleasant reflections, and accordingly announces that the paper will be known hereafter as The News.— Whig. Our neighbor on Peach-Tree, whatever its opinions may be in regard to the new era, still adheres to its cognomen, notwithstanding, we take the liberty of presuming, that, like its Fred ericksburg’s late namesake, it will be willing tc» concede, “the new era was bad enough in the outset” and “has been all the while getting “Whai'a in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." The Cholera Progressing:. Recent advices from the North represent this plague as slowly but steadily progressing. There were six deaths from cholera iu New York city on Sunday. On Friday there was one death from the same cause in Albany, and during last week the pestilence is said to have killed three victims in Schenectady. Mr. Win. II. Mann, of Baltimore, being in New York on last Saturday, was Liken sick and started home by the first train. He arrived in Baltimore on Sunday mornin ; ujion to do so, as are the States of every other sec tion, and upon its decision much depends.— For Georgia we are not authorized to speak, save to affirm, with confidence, that it will, and does heart and soul, sustain the President, to whom the people of the whole South owe so much ; and, as it is the avowed purpose of the proposed Convention to sustain him, also, in the war made upon his measures by the radical re publicans, we cannot but wish it success. As a unit, however, the Southern States should act upon the question of representation in the Con vention. There is time for deliberation, and no haste is necessary in its determination. The Press of the South, in this matter, should be exponents of the people's will. The people should determine the question, while the press should cast such light before them as will clearly indi cate the “political situation” and bring them soon to a patriotic determination in regard to their course of action. Below will lie found the “call” to which we have referred: A National Union Convention, of at least two delegates from each Congressional district of all the States, two from each Territory, two from the District of Columbia, and four delegates at large from each State, will be held at the city of Philadelphia, on the second Tuesday (14th) of August next. Such delegates will be chosen by the electors of the severaPStates who sustain the Administra tion in maintaining unbroken the Union of the States, under the Constitution which our fathers established, aud who agree in the following pro positions, viz: The Union of the States is, in every case, in dissoluble, and is perpetual; and the Constitu tion of the United States, and the laws passed by Congress in pursuance thereof, supreme, and con stant, and universal in their obligation. The rights, the dignity and the equality of the States in the Union, including the right of repre sentation in Congress, are solemnly guaranteed by that Constitution, to save which from over throw so much blood and treasure were expend ed in the late civil war. There is no right, anywhere, to dissolve the Union, or to separate States from the Union, either by voluntary withdrawal, by force of arms, or by congressional action ; neither by the secession of the States, nor by the exclusion of their loyal and qualified representatives, nor by the National Government iu any other form. Slavery is abolished, and neither can, nor ought to be, re-established in any State or Terri tory within our jurisdiction. Each State has the undoubted right to pre scribe the qualifications ot its own electors, and no external power rightfully can, or ought to, dictate, control, or influence the free and volun tary action of the States in the exercise of that right. The maintenance inviolate of the rights ot the States, and especially of the right of each State to order and control its own domestic concerns, according to its own judgment exclusively, sub ject only to the Constitution of the United States, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fa bric depends, and the overthrow of that system by the usurpation and centralization of power in Congress would be a revolution, dangerous to republican government and destructive of lib erty. Each House of Congress is made, by the Con stitution, the sole judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its members ; but the exclu sion of loyal Senators and Representatives, prop erly chosen and qualified, under the Constitution anil laws, is unjust aud revolutionary. Every patriot should frown upon all those acts and proceedings, everywhere, which can serve no other purpose than to rekindle the animosities of war, aud the effect of which upon our moral, so cial and material interests at home, aud upon our standing abroad, differing only in degree, is inju rious like war itself. The purpose of the war having been to pre serve the Union and the Constitution by putting down the rebellion, and the rebellion having been suppressed, all resistance to the authority of the General Government being at an end, and the war having ceased, war measures should also cease, and should be followed by measures of peaceful administration, so that union, har mony, and concord may be encouraged, and in dustry, commerce, and the arts of peace revived and promoted; aud the early restoration of all the States to the exercise of their constitutional powers in the National Government is indispen sably necessary to the strength and the defense of the Republic, aud to the maintenance of tlie public credit. All such electors iu the thirty-six States and nine Territorries of the United States, and in the District of Columbia, who iu a spirit of patriot ism aud love for the Union, can rise above per sonal and sectional considerations, and who de sire to sec a truly National Union Convention, which shall represent all the States and Territor ies of the Union, assemble, as friends and broth el's, under the national flag, to hold counsel to gether upon the State of the Union, and to take measures to avert possible danger from the same, are especially requested to take part in the choice of such delegates. But no delegate will take a seat in such Con vention who docs not loyally accept the national situation and cordially endorse the principles above seth lorth, and who is not attached,in true allegiance, to the Constitution, the Union,, and the Government of the United States. Washington, June 25, 1866. A. W. Randall, President. J. R. Doolittle, O. H. Browning, Edgar Cowan, Charles Knap, Samuel Fowler, Executive Committee National Union Club. We recommend the holding of the above Con vention, and endorse the call therefor. Daniel S. Norton, J. W. Nesmith, James Dixon, T. A. Hendricks. I.COJUIUNIC4TED.1 Editor Atlanta InfilRgencer : I have noticed a call for a National Conven tion, to be held shortly in Philadelphia. I am pleased, Mr. Editor, with the movement, and think Georgia ought by all means to be repre sented in said convention. I have witnessed with pleasure the manly efforts of President John son to restore the Union, and now think every lover of his country, whetlier of the North or of the South, should rally manfully to his support. I am satisfied the President has the good of the whole country at heart, and if the good, law- abiding men of the Union will only stand firm in his support it will not be long until truth and justice will triumph. J regard President John son as the foremost man of the ogp; ope who thoroughly understands human nature and the workings of our political system. Let us hear from you. 4- Citizen. Note by the Editor.—We design soon to refer to the call for the proposed “National Con vention,” to which our esteemed correspondent refers. Supreme Court—The Stay Law. The Supreme Court, which lias been iu ses sion at Millcdgeville for the past five weeks, ad journed on Saturday last. TV c learn that the Court made no decision on the “Constitutional ity ol the Stax* Law,” which iias been so elabor ately argued before it during the session. The case in which the question was argued, j went oft on another ground. It was a rule against the Sheriff of Macon county. The plaintiff in fi.fr. in October 1S65, ordered the Sheriff to make obout the “Cotton Crop?” and with due defer ence to the “two feet” cotton sent you, I must say, so far as my knowledge extends, that field of cotton stands “without its fellow.” I have had, in days gone by, some experience in the management of cotton and in watching the crop, while growing, from planting to maturity, and I say, without fear of successful contradiction, that the present crop is decidedly the most unpromis ing that I have seen for the last twenty years.— Let no one say I am a speculator. I am a small planter, and I feel my interest identified with the planters. I have lately traveled from Griffiu to Coving ton, and to Forsyth ; also to Fayetteville. I saw a gentleman last week from Tallahassee, Flor ida, and he says the cotton crop from that point to Macon is the poorest he has seen in ten years. He said take the crop as a whole and he did not see how it could be made to yield one bale to ten acres. I have been through some of the best cotton counties in Middle Georgia during the past fifteen days, and I have no such thought as that the cotton will make an average of four inches in bight. You will occasionally find some higher, but then you will find a great deal much lower, and, generally, in bad condition, both for the want of work and the unhealthy condition I find it in. Do you ask me, Sir, the cause of this sad state of things ? If you do, I will only give you my own opinion, for which I charge nothing, neither do I hold any one responsible. 1 will mention a few things out ot a great many, which might be named that has contribu ted to the great injury of the cotton crop; and First. “ Bad preparation ot the ground.”— Whether, under all the circumstances, the farm ers could have made any better preparation is not for me to say. But so far as my knowledge extends, the preparation this year was far be hind the preparation of former years. But Secondly. The manner ot planting was con ducted with much less care than usual. Cotton planted by freedmen, was put too deep in the ground, and that was one cause of such unusual bad stands. Seed planted this year was general ly old, and its effects nre now being realized.— You can scarcely fiud a stalk of cotton from old seed which is not diseased. The leaf is cupped, as though it had the rust. By a further exami nation, you will find the bark on the stalk dis eased, aud I find the top and tributary roots are also diseased. Black spots can be found upon them, which injure the circulation, and I shall not be at all surprised if all the cotton planted from old seed will be an entire failure. Impure seed will never yield much cotton, when highly cultivated. My cotton now growing from seed raised last year is nearly hand-high. Cotton from my old seed is about four inches—and while the former cotton looks healthy, havin, smooth, broad leaves, the latter cotton looks un healthy, leaves curled up generally. Thirdly. Owing to so much rain, the cotton crop has been cultivated very badly. Many have been overcropped, and not one half the freed men will, and do work this year as they did last year. I assure yon, sir, I never saw as many “grassy” cotton fields in my life as I have seen this year. Many fields and farms have been abandoned, and many more will be, I have no doubt. Now, Mr. Editor, if cotton will average six inches the first day of July, how, think you, it will average tlie first of August? and I ask where is the stalk to come from upon which cot ton can grow ? Dry, hot weather may help, and it may kill all cotton growing from old seed. Put down the crop short and no mistake, at least so thinks your old friend, Abner. P. S.—I may in future say sometiug about the com crop. A. ami ! a levy ou defendant’s property. Tlie Sheriff re- ~ ispd. and plead in justification in, pronounced his case Asiatic cholera, lie died “ Slav Law of the prex ious legislature, xvhich . . , , , ; bv its terms, was to operate during the coulmu- ° unJa - v cveaU3 £ al h ve o clock. ance of the xvar. The Court held that at the tirno ! the order to levy xvas given, there was no “ SUy i Law” in existence, inasmuch as the xvar had ended, aud the Sheriff xvas therefore liable under The Wheat Crop. The Columbus Sun says : “The wheat crop, xvhcrc it has been threshed, as we learn from almost every portion of the J South and South-west, is turning out much bet- I ter than was anticipated—the yield ahead of last year. This being the case for a decline in flour from the present figures. The* South and the South-xvc-st has made nearly, quite, enough to ’supply the home demaud.” Ten tobacco factories arc in operation at Dan ville, Virginia. the rule. [COMKUNICATED.] Editor Atlanta Intelligencer : When the true man of the South, during the late war, may have entertained an honest opposi tion to the administration of our public affairs, and xvhilst he may have had just cause for that difference of opinion; and xvhilst a liberal senti ment tolerated this opposing viexv, believing it to be the result of opinions no less founded in an earnest desire for the common good, yet, at the close of the contest, with the cause lost, and our hopes forex'er blasted, the true patriot threw over the memories of the past the mantle of forgetful ness, burying in a common grax e the conflict ot opposing opinion. However much the writer of this article regretted, Mr. Editor, the convictions of duty which in you gave rise to the necessity of a manly issue with the authorities of the Con federate Government, xvhenever you esteemed their policy adverse to the good of that cause we all so much revered, we yet appreciate the mo tive in your difference of opinion, feeling that as patriots we were all embarked on the same sea for a common destiny. Since the close of the war the magnanimous spirit manifested by you for our vanquished leader, and the generous sym pathy in his behalf is worthy of all praise. It xvas natural to expect a like spirit would have everyxvfiere manifested itself, and that the oppo sition to Mr. Davis during the war, after its close, xvould be silenced forever, instead of degenera ting into the petty yanity of low bom pride, without the shadoxv of a pretext; on the contrary, we regret to see, as exinced in the conduct of cer tain individuals, a disposition to let Bo opportuni ty pass of displaying a cold and callous hatred of Mr. Davis, equalled only in meanness of some by he who would rob the dead to secure the cov- etted jewels of the living. That the u authenticated statements of a mer cenary yankee Surgeon whose ruling passion— so characteristic of his race—to accumulate worthless greenbacks fry the publication of his trash—a book purporting to disclose not only the barbarous treatment inflicted upon the prisoner of State, as well as his prison life and experience— should be accepted as truth and made the shal low pretext for attacking his past administrative policy, or for bringing odium upon the unhappy present ot that great man, evidences a heart less cold as tlie iceburgs, and uuforgiving as the graxre. Whilst we detest their infamous princi ples, we yet admire the open candor of the Radi; pals. But the man of Southern birth xvhq dares attempt, in this hour of his great calamity, to add file least reproach to the conduct of the rep resentative of those principles for which xve main ly struggled, is a libel upon human nature, an apostate from God, and a traitor to his country. Sach deserves to be hunted down by the hyena jpstincts of the savages and barbarians. With the manifold misfortunes xvhich have overtaken us as a people—the xyrongs endured, with no tri; bunal to which we may appeal—--it the depravity of human nature had one virtue left, that virtue would embody itself into a voice harmonious as the South sea breeze, and indignant in its mutter ing wrath as the tempest blast and thunder peal that startles the ear of HeaveD, it xvould utter forth a voice of conacmuatlou from land to land and sga to sea, "V ERItas. ■ J. A. Richardson, who has shown himself in ev | ery way competent “to teach the young idea how j to shoot.” The examination exercises were pro nounced the best ever witnessed, at least for I never saw classes more proficient in all their studies, from spelling to the classics. To thoroughly understand as the pupils advanced, and to exercise the creative energies of the mind, have been the great aims of the principal of this excellent school. His teachings of English Grammar are based upon the principle of analysis—teaching thoroughly all the principles of construction. The Latin classes, also, acquitted themselves with great credit The classes in mathematics xvere very good, from the first principles of Arithmetic to the highest in Geometry. At the conclusion of the last evening’s exer cises, we had two able, eloquent and interesting speeches from C._ H. Mobley, Esq., and Professor P. F. Smith, on the importance of education. I am glad to see an interest manifested in the advancement of the arts and sciences in our snnny clime, and to see such a start made as the last week has exhibited. The culture of the mind is the great and imperative duty of all countries under the most auspicious circumstan ces, but more especially is it the duty cf the South to-day, having just emerged from all the horrors of a four years’ war. Let us all throw our influ ence to this great undertaking, and we may yet cherish the highest hopes, ere long, to boast that there is “life” enough “in the old land yet” to elevate our sons and daughters to the highest moral and literaiy standard. One of tlie great proverbs is, “ In all thy getting get understand ing. She shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honor xvhen you embrace her; she shall give thy head an ornament of grace and a crown of glory.” A. S. W. ily; aud Miss Flora McFlimsy’s xvardrobe, after all and my tears shall water and nourish it j arouses her; it is repeated a second tunc before dai’lv Alone! dll alone! in this great house, and I she responds. As she opens the door a servant in tliis, “wide, xvide world.” No father, no announces “ a^ gentleman m the parlor to see mother’, no sister, no brother, anil yet people * envy me, and think I have everything to make me happx\ Alas! every heart knoxvs its own bit terness; and that “there’s many a face that xvears a smile above a heart of care ” is a melancholy truth. But fie! tie! a truce to tears and senti mentality. Vincent Park shall be “gay and fes tive” while I reigu here ! Let me see! I xvill WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. The Wasliineton correspondent of the Cin cinnati Gazette says : “It has at last been dis covered what became of the Government funds in the hands of the defaulting ex-collector Carl- It xvas generally supposed Washington City, June 28, I860. THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION. Unquestionably the readers of the Intelli gencer have read the call for a National Con vention, to assemble at Philadelphia on the 14th of August next. It may not be uninteresting, however, for the Southern people to be informed as to the moving spirits in this scheme, other than those whose names are attached to the call; for, believing myself in the integrity and patriotism of the people, 1 conceive it to be tlie duty of those who are in the habit of com municating with them, through the medium of the press, to state facts candidly and explain de tails, to the end that those who are disposed to do right may clearly understand the right. In the first place, then, it is safe to say that the call meets with the hearty approval of President Johnson, and of all his trusted advisers. It was proposed by those who supported Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency in 1864, and its objects and aims are most heartily approved by such Demo crats as Senators Hendricks, of Indiana, Norton and Nesmith. Thurloxv Weed, of Nexv York, aided in its preparation, and is most sincerely enlisted for its success. And just here, a word in reference to this sagacious, but wiry politician, may not be amiss. He has been suspected of halting between two opinions, and perhaps justly, but his conduct here ou Mon day has undoubtedly increased the chasm be tween himself and the radicals. Suddenly, radi cal members of Congress have discovered that their recommendations for executive patronage were likely to be disregarded, because of the op position of Mr. Weed. One of them called on the great manager and inquired if the facts were as alleged? “Yes,” replied6£r. Weed. “Why?’ inquired the-Congressmfei^^^jBecause hfe is op posed to the restoration policy of President Johnson, to-wit: The admission of Senators and Representatives from the Southern States.” The colloquy was not prolonged. The Southern peo ple should not be deceived by the opposition of certain Northern friends of the South to this pro posed convention. Local differences and person al jealousies are perhaps at the bottom of their strictures. Certainly the convention can do no harm to the South, and it may, and it is believed will, result in much good. The tact that Sena tor Hendricks endorses it, is a guarantee of the desirability of its assemblage. The radicals are engaged in a desperate attempt to save the real object of their scheme,the permanent disfranchise ment of the South, and a denial of all represen tation in the Congress of the nation, except on the acceptance of negro suffrage, which they know the South will never concede, and which they do not really desire her to concede. Their plan is to make a fight at the North on the three- fifths representation in Congress. This the Phil adelphia Convention can and will check-mate by making the issue sharply and distinctly on its real, merits, whether the Southern States are out or in ? Whether we shall have “taxation with out representation ?” Whether we shall have a duplicate of George HI in the person of some Northern Radical ? The three-fifths question can be settled hereafter. The Convention wifi bring the vital question before the people at the fall elections. Then let Georgia send her ablest and wisest statesmen. Two from each Congressional District are named in the address, but ten discreet men could do no harm. If the South does not participate in the Convention, the Radicals will allege the cause to be hatred for the Union, and contempt for the President. Rut let aU. true Southerners remember that if independence is im possible, equality may be obtained by the defeat of the Radicals. “Things is working” 4 TEXAS RADICAL. The beastly Andrew J. Hamilton, Military Governor of Texas, is here, hobnobbing with the Radicals. It is understood that he seeks a quar rel with the President, with the expectation of being paid by the Rads to canvass the North dur- the fall campaigns. The poor, abandoned creature may thus raise means sufficient to sup ply himself xvith brandy for a few months. THE TARIFF QUESTION. Recent developments indicate that the Tariff question will soon become as important in Ame rican politics as it was thirty years ago. It is openly charged here that New England manu facturers and the Salt interest have combined, and may succeed in the adoption of a tariff sub ficiently high to amount to prohibition. If so, the President may take it into his obstinate head to veto the bill, and then you may expect jo hear dismal howls from New England, and hallelu jahs from the prairies of the IVest. RQB5EY ON JOSH PA HILL- John W, Forney, the Dead Duck, proclaimed in a recent speech in Pennsylvania, that Colonel Joshua Hill was an advocate of negro suffrage. Of course, the man who would attempt to induce another to commit pejjury to hlast the reputation of a virtuous woman, as did J. W. F- in the For rest case, would not hesitate to utter a falsehood with reference to the position of Colonel Hill-— The latter gentleman is now in the city, and I Shall take occasion to recur to this subject in my next TENNESSEE AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND MENT. It is now regarded as absolutely certain that there are not 56 Sumnerites in the Tennessee leg- i isiature, and that, therefore, there will cot be a j quorum in Nashville on the 4th of July. I will write again on Saturday. Inside. ally “doxvn at the heels and out at the elbow a fa Mrs. Wragge, and bearing a very slight re semblance (as far as being seedy is concerned) to our chief delight, a hen-pecked husband, such as is described, so touchingly, by Washington Irving. Well, as I said before, I have arrived at Vincent Park; shaken hands with all iny do mestics; partaken of a delightful beverage, com monly known as butter-milk, just fresh from my spring house, simply to please my dairy-maid; devoured several plates ot strawberries, just to tickle the fancy of my gardener; led my chickens and ducks; pulled all the rarest floxvers in the parterre and conservatoire; taken a stroll over the grounds; had a sail on the lake; and, to be brief, done everything in tliree hours that should have occupied a rational beiug one xveek, aud finally, rushed down to the stable, saddled “Lightning” and xvent at full tilt over my planta tion, followed close at the heels, in regular Di Vernon style, by a pack of hounds. I made many wise suggestions to my overseer, none of which he has the least idea ot putting into exe cution. Oh! these men are abominable crea tures, and imagine that xx’omen known nothin^ but notwithstanding they are so contrary aud perverse,they are “right conx'enieut to hax’e about the house,” particularly xvhen you have “bills” to pay. But, as I started out to remark, after having accomplished in three hours what should have taken a week or more, without even taking off my traveling suit, I returned reluctantly to the house and found my maid had prepared a luke warm bath(the beat of most people’s hearts)for me into which I sailed forthwith, and came out feci ing like I bad quaffed a draught ot the “ Kind Nepenthe,” or else had discoVred the real stream of Lethe, and its xvaters had restored the fresh ness that I had lost in my winter’s dissipation Then “ sleep, tired nature’s sweet restorer,” that comes alike to rich and poor, asserted her rights, and “ xvrapped in the arms of Morpheus,” xvhat blissful visions floated through my mind ot the “days that are no more”—“oh, death in lift the day^s that are no more.” Having taken a short nap, of about seventeen hours, I awoke! No pardonnez moi, I xvas aroused by a rude shakin administered by the aforesaid maid, whom xve shall designate as “ Marie,” for short—“oh ! Miss Clara, do get up; here’s your supper and break fast untasted, and it is now time to dress for din ner. Do wake up, and let us hear the sound of your voice, for everything seems like a grave yard xvhen you are asleep or away. We all feared you might have taken something to make you sleep.” “Oh, no, Marie; I will live until I die, and that’s the last thing I intend to do; and I hope you’ll be there to see it well done; and do dress me becom ingly.” “Oh, Miss Clara, do don’t talk so.” “Well how, Marie, I will not—get me something to put on; a white Gabrielle will do, or something cool then you can retire and bring my dinner up to day, as I do not feel like going down.” And, seated at a window, enveloped in a white Gabrielle, I soliloquized thus : “ Well, now Clara you and I have been companions for twenty long years; let’s have no secrets from each other —through joy and sorroxv, hope and fear, love and hate, xve have struggled ou till this present time. It xvas my father’s will, that I should be brought up in a convent; not enter society un til I was twenty, and at the very advanced age of twenty-one I xvas to marry; and as I am the only surviving member of the family, that xvlio- ever was fool enough to marry me should take my name—should 1 object to this little paternal but tyrannical arrangement, all the property xvas to go to some distant relatix’e. The deuce take my guardian ; he kept me faithfully at the con vent until the very day I was twenty; then J, Miss Vincent, startled him into a hysterical fit by announcing to him my determination to spend the winter in the city, xvith some friends, and im mediately made my exit, leax'ing the dear sisters praying most devoutly for myfuture welfare ; and that I might be delivered from “ the flesh and the devil” in ail time to come. Blessings ou their kind hearts; they did all they could to . make my stay at the convent agreeable. But for all that, it xvas nothing more than a prison, ancl I tlie caged bird that xvore myself out fluttering against the iron bars. But, heaven be preserved! school days are over, and Miss Vincent, the heir ess, the owner of Vincent Park, is on tlie tapis with any number of suitors at her feet. Let me see; at least titty have already proposed ; forty- nine are willing to take my name—the fiftieth one, having a little independence left, hopes to dis cover some flaw in the will, but says it shall not materially interfere with his affection for me. Oh ! how I loathe and hate a man xvho could so far forget his manhood as to take his wife’s name; how I detest myself for listening to their disgusting pro posals ; but then, anything, pour passer le temps! Oh! my father, how could you have had it iu your heart to leave such a will ? What is the perpetuation of a name in comparison to having all the bright hopes of your daughter’s life crush ed ? Why, xvliy, did I not die when you and my sainted mother xvere taken ? Oh! that I could die now, ancl be at rest! But hold ! there’s an other clause in the will that runs thus, “If Clara Vincent refuses to carry out her father’s xvill, the property, consisting of money, lands, stocks, bonds and furniture, jewelry, plate, and every thing appertaining to the Vincent estate, except the family Bible and $5, shall pass to some dis tant relations, xvho shall take immediate posses sion of Vincent Park.” Oh ! my father, you did not love your infant daughter, or you could never have been so cruel as to turn that lone one into the xvorld friendless, penniless, and houseless. Hard, isn’t it? But foolish as it may seem, I have fully made up my mind to part with this magnificent estate, ancl go houseless into the streets and beg for bread, rather than be forced to marry a man I do not love. If the right one proposes xvitiiin the next six months, I’ll marry him; if not., then I will go forth with my Bible for my guide, and praying God to take me into his flock, and guide and direct m3' footsteps aright. Wiry, why should this cloud hang over my life, blighting it xvith a more deadly poison than if I sat beneath the mournful shade of the upas? Why should every pleasure be mixed With gal} ? Oh ! lioxv little does the xvorld know ot the sad, sad hearts friends, (including all mv disconsolate lovers;) a band of music, and what a gay' time xve shall have. The xvorld shall not know that my heart is breakiug of unrequited love. Softly, though, must rest at least two weeks before they come. The two xveeks glided rapidly by, aud found Clara feeling like a new being, thanks to a plenty of sleep and regular hours ; and quite ready for another season of gayety. In the interim, cards had been sent and letters of acceptance been re ceived. The happy day hail arrived which should throng the halls of Vincent Park xvith vis itors, and in tlie midst of certain household pre parations, which devolved upon Clara, as sole mistress, she found only time to ask one question —will he come! aud her heart went pit-a-pat un til she feared its loud beating would disclose her hidden secret. Carriages had been sent to the depot, which xvas five miles distant, and just as the lingering rays of the declining sun xvere tip ping tlie grand old oaks, and bathing Vincent Park in a flood of light, Clara took her stand upon the gallery to watch tor the coming of her guests. Dressed in pure white Paris muslin, trimmed with the most elegant Vallenciennes lace, xvitii her raven hair draxvn back from her intellectual brow, she looked regal. This simple costume was only relieved by a cluster of crim son geranium floxvers in her hair, and was ex- tremely becoming to her brunette style. But be neath that seemingly calm exterior, who can de scribe tlie storm that xvas raging in her heart, as she asked time and again, “ does he lore me ?”— “ Will he come f" Sunset, deepened into twi light, and twilight into night, before the welcome sound of carriage wheels greeted her anxious ear. Every tree in the magnificent park was hung xvith red and white lamps; the illumina tion xvas perfect, and the scene grand. As the procession wound slowly up the winding ax'enue tlie band which preceded them struck up one ot the most brilliant, galops, and the scene xvas indescribable. Then came the greetings; kisses \\ ere exchanged; hands shaken ; com pliments paid and received, and Clara xvith that suaviter in modo, fortiter in re which so few combine, made everybody feel per fectly at home, which is at last, aside from all formality, the only genuine hospitality. Ladies and gentlemen retired to exchange their toilettes for the ex’euing. In the midst of this momentary' calm Clara sought refuge in her own boudoir to hide her tearful eyes ami aching heart, aud to ask again will he come ? Just then a gentle rap recalled her to herself, ancl she wiped away the last tear as Marie announced that a gentleman below de sired to see her. Rushing down, thinking per haps it was he at last, she came near running ox'er Gen. to whom xve have before alluded. Miss Vincent.” With trembling lingers and beating heart she makes some little change in her toilette and gix'esventto the following xvordsy “Now heart be still; the only thing in this xvorld that could make yo.11 thrill xvith joy is denied me forex’er. Am I not alone; all alone in the world ? henceforth thou slialt only throb xvith pain. Who would care if I were (lead ? Have not the friends of prosperity fled ill the clays of adversity ? li i , sad to think of, but nevertheless true, that I would not ex'en lie expected to shed a tear over the grave of any one. Of course it is only my' guardian come to arrange some little niatterof business." With ij her mind filled xvith these and other thoughts, ' Clara found her way anxiously and nervously to the parlor; the room xvas darnkeued, and at first she tliil not discox'er that he iia.l come! In an other instant a slight scream announced her joy, and wrapped in his arms and folded to hmnnniy breast, her weary heart is at rest. In his rich, deep, inauly voice he breathed his tale of love, hopeless as he believed; he toll her how lie worshipped her, ancl yet never could have taken her name; of the struggle between his pride ancl poverty, ancl how he longed to in ike a name that she should he proud to bear ; how lie had striven by' absence to conquer liis love, but all, all in vain, aud now ho had come to lay name, fame, lux e, life and all at her feet. In the midst of tears and smiles Clara heard his declaration, anil felt that it was no sacrifice, hut a privilege and a pleasure to give up everything for him. Let the curtain gently fall upon this scene, while we turn to the last and closing one. The same day’s mail brought a letter from Clara’s guardian enclosing the following note from her" father, written just previous to his death, with instructions that it should not be delivered until her miud was fully' made up to many the man of her choice. My Daughter : Long ere your eyes shall read these lines, the hand that penned them xvill be stiff and cold in death. I know you will pass unscathed through the fiery ordeal xvhich a fath er’s hand in kindness prepared for you. I know you xvill have the courage to resist my tyrannical will. Know noxv that it xx as false, and be happy in the selection of the man you lov'C—and who lox’es you for yourself alone. I lnvd rather have seen you dead than married to a man xvho xvould have taken your name. Having seen so much unhappiness in domestic life, and believing llwt it all arose from want of congeniality ancl sym pathy, I determined to spare you that anguish— lienee my ruse. Be happy', return with your husband to Vincent Park, everything is yours. From Your Father. Reclining beneath the shade of the magnificent oaks at Vincent Park, and basking in the love and smiles ot my noble husband, 1 am no longer “used up,” but resting ever resting! Atlanta, June 25, 1866. Tlie Small-Fox. It will be pleasing intelligence to this conuan- Tlie Constitutional Amendment. Connecticut ratified the Ceutral Dirctory 1 s : , ^ n > V* 1 Memphis. — F . . . , being far i . , , , , , , . _ ,,__ , that the money xvas sxvainped iu the failure of ntly to know that the last case of small-pox was we look 1 Amendul0nt ^ bclorc - V ^ UnUy ’ The GoV ‘ a bank there last November II turns out. bow- ! discharged from the remilar hospital vesterday ., xx L look | ernor Qf 0hi0i it is sta red, refuses to call a spe- ; ever, that the $700,000 or *S00,000 in Treasuiy ^, i Vi hospital y esten.ay. cial session of the Legislature for that purpose, notes, xvhiph yyre placed in fiis bands by the' le U1 >ogi s now closed, and t e urm ure an Indiana does the same. It is now pretty clear Treasury tpsell, were used iq the purchase of; bedding is being packed np for use again if the .. . ... ... . - cotton. This and other transactions in that disease shall make its appearance next fall. that whatever may be the ultimate fate of the | section have cost the Government upward of 1,- ' _ Amendment, it cannot become a part of the ^ 200,000. The Carlton case is now being investiga- . A man shot his wife in West Hoboken, New Constitution before next spring. I tod by the Committee on Banking and Currency, j Jersey, mistaking her for a burglar. “ That, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.” And yet smile on in the midst of death and de spair. Tears! Come, Clara, cheer up, thy eyes are unused to weeping, and as “ every cloud has its silver lining,” so may the inexplicable myste ry, xvhich now veils thy future in darkness he made as bright as a loug suuuy day. Well, let’s see; here are a dozen unopened letters. Propo sals, J dgre say, from some senseless, brainless idiots, desiring to become Mr. Vincent, but more especially to take charge of Vincent Park, and be my guardian generally. Let ter 1st, from that handsome Major, with the dark brown eyes, desiring to visit me at my country seat. I shall insist upon his coming; anything to kill time, or I mav become desperate, and kill ravself. Letter No. "2, from that killing Brigadier-General, who hasn’t more brains than he ought to have, but is a real society man, and says such sxveet things that quite charm tlie fair sex; you know women don’t care about men being too smart; he says he pines in my absence, and can- RQt five except in my smile. I shall tell him to hurry on, for the dear creatures can ill afford to lose him. Letter No. 8—from that gentlemanly rowdy, known as Captain , who is the most brilliant, drunken, fascinating, good-for-nothing, sweetest fellow that ever turned the heads ofgii.1- dy women. And he also begs permission to come, apd so on, nod so on. I will not weary' you or myself with any more of these billet dour, but gpntly commit them all to the flames, and pray for the happiness ot the writers. With eager fin-, gers anxiously broke the seal of every letter, but looked in vain and in an agony of suspense iqr a name and signature which have become in delibly impressed upon my heart of hearts, and ydijch is dearer to rne than life itself. Tush! Clara; hast thou fallen a victim to the divine passion ? Art in love xvith a man who has never, even in the most remote degree, men tioned the subject. Yes! but then, he had such a sweet, sad way of looking at me, and sighing when he was near me. Oftentimes, when I did pot dream that he saxv me, xvould he fold pr,J shawl about me, when I left the heated dancing saloon, for a promenade on the gallery. He ap preciated my music, and brought me little gems of poetry, which he read with so much pathos; very often would he bring me a cluster of rose guranium leaves—with the emblem “preference.” Re did not bore me by talking about tlie weather, waterfalls, looped skirts, empress trails, but talk- i fid to me of books, the scieaces and art. We freely exchanged ideas, and sometimes had a most animated discussiou. He never compli mented me, and for that, I loved him. He never told me I xvas handsome, although others raved about my charms—for that, I adored him. In short, he treated me like I was a rational hu man being, endowed with some aspiration above the set of a hoop-skirt, or a “love of a bonnet,” Yet, why do I love this man ? Love Is a tame word for the bliqd idolatry which burns within my inmost soul for him. My' fervent nature knows no medium, and it is with the fondest worship that my heart goes out to him. By day and night, I have no thought except for him; and yet, what agony to be kept in such painful suspense. May j not, like “Lady Geraldine,” so touchingly described by that greatest of all wo men, Mrs. Browning, stoop and ask him to mar ry me ? Oh! no—God forbid. Locked deep with in the inmost recesses of my woman’s heart will I;keep my bidden love sacred from the eyes of He began by saying that in the hurry of the greet ings, lie hail forgotten to deliver a message, sent by Mr. , “he regretted that most urgent business detained him in the city, but hoped to be present at the ball.” Why that agitated man ner? Why that paling of the cheek, Clara? She could hardly recover herself sufficiently to say she “regretted it, too.” Tlie General then began by renewing his suit, and vowing by Heaven and earth she must be his, when fortu nately the appearance of her guests relieved her from any further declarations; and her time, du ring the remainder of his stay, xvas given so gen erally to her visitors that his hopeless suit xvas not renewed. Dancing, promenading, flirting, with a sprinkling of ice-lemonade, strawberry cream, “Madame Cliquot,” gotten up regardless of crushed ice, bon bons, &c., xvere tlie order of the evening. The following night was the mas querade ball, xvhich was only an enlarged and unabridged edition of the evening previous, to which xvas added the costume ot every nation and clime, and among them were the classic Greek, the Roman warrior, the oriental Turk, French and Swiss peasants, “the glorious Sor ceress of the Nile,” supported by her mailed Bacchus, “ Mark Antony,” Rob Roy aud Helen McGregor, and Di Vernon, Good Queen Bess, faithful Sir Walter Raleigh, faithless Earl of Leicester, Queen Anne, xvith numerous attaches, Night aud Morning, Paul Pry, Mrs. Partington, Our Country' Counsin, and many others too nu merous to mention, but all of xvhich xvere most elegantly gotten up and admirably sustained. It is needless to add that “ Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spoke again And all went merry as a marriage bell,” save in one heart.f That heart xvas Clara’s—we will not attempt to describe the painful suspense which Clara suffered during that day, nor how it reached its zenith as the day xvore on and deep ened into night; and hour after hour passed, and he came not! There are some feelings of the heart which cannot be described, which are too sacred to be dragged into the light of day. Those who have experienced the bitter paug, as they imagined, of unrequited love, when that other heart xvas breaking because of the circumstances which made concealment necessary, will appre ciate Clara’s feelings. Those who have never been in love xvould not understand them if they were described in the most eloquent language, so xve refrain. \\ hen Clara had finished receiv ing her guests she retired and made her toilet as Mary, Queen of Scotts,” and looked lovelier than ever, if possible. But we ween tlie gentle Mary never bore a sadder heart, even xvhen an inmate of Loch Leven Castle, than Clara did on this ame evening. Time llexx' by 011 rosy' xvings, and not until the East began to be streaked with the ays of morning, and Aurora insolent to assert her rights once more, did their crowd think of dispersing. Finally the hour of parting came, and as Clara received the aaieux of her last dis persing guests she sank exhausted upon a tete-a- tete, where she remained for several hours totally unconscious of the lapse of time. Fortunately for her, her guests had all retired, and her feeliligs were thus spared publicity. Thus the xveek wore on, which together xvith ten-pins, billiards, cards, horse-back rides, pic-nics, Ac., during the day, and musie and dancing at night, seemed but a day. At tlie expiration of a week Clara was alone—Vincent Park looked grander than ever and Clara walked the house " “ hike one who treads alone Some banquet hall deserted.’ Six months passed speedily away, unmarked by some save by the sunshine and happiness they brought. Wearily, xvearily, did they hang upon Clara's hands. Her mind was folly made up to leave the ancestral halls of her fathers, no matter how bitter the pang, rather than yield to the unkiud aud tyrauical dictates of her father’s xvill. Friends interceded, suitors urged their claims in glowing terms, her guardian did every thing to dissuade her from this rash act, but it all availed naught. It is utterly impossible to de scribe his chagrin and mortification, when, upon asking xvhat she intended to do for a support, she coolly informed him that she had already an- axvered an advertisement she had seen desiring a music teacher iu some little remote toxvn in the interior of the State. She told him she xx’ould leave for that place on the next day, as she would then be twenty-one, and that she hoped he would inform her distant relatives that they wer? noxv solo possessors of Vincent Park, aud could take immediate possession. After returning many heartfelt thanks for his numerous acts of kind ness and his forbearance with her wayward dis position, through all tlie long years that had passed, she kissed him affectionately and said “good-bye.” Iler guardian choked doxvn tlte rising tear, and silently offered up an earnest prayer for the future happiness of his ward. In the retirement of her own room and on her bend ed knee, God alone knows how she wept and prayed for that assistance which comes only from His divine throne of grace and mercy; and liow she besought him to guide her steps in the unexplored future. God only knew the struggle it cost her to leave Vincent Park, the home of her childhood—the home where, in years gone by, her father had brought her mother-, a happy bride—that home that xvas endeared to her by every object that met her eye; by every' sacred memory that can fill tlie human heart. God. give thee Strength,thou orphaned girl,in this dark hour. One year has passed aw ay, aud instead of the mad-cap girl xve (hen met, we now behold Clara a “sadder and wiser” woman. One month has passed since she entered unun heT duties, and no tidings of the “ loved ancl lost.” An Interesting Case. The following interesting case, unavoidably' crowded out oi our issue oi' yesterday, xvas de cided on Monday by' R. J. Morgan, special judge, xvho was appointed to decide tlie case owing to a legal disability of the presiding Chancellor, re specting the case. The facts are as follows: Sa rah Green, by George Fleece, her next friend, r,x. Robert L. Smith and others. Sarali DeGragraf- fenried married Solomon Green. Atthedateof the marriage, her father by parol, gave to her several negroes, which her iiusband took into possession, and held for more than three years. Afterwards her father made a written gift of t lie same slaves to her sole and separate use, free from tlie control and liabilities of her husband. Her husband’s creditors obtained judgment against him to the amount of $4,800; and had their execution levied on the negroes. She filed a bill claiming the negroes, ancl seeking to en join their sale under the execution. C. C Gleaves became her surety on tlie injunction bond. In November, I860, tlie Chancery Court! gave a final decree, declaring tlie slaves subject to the execution and ordering the clerk and mas ter to sell them to satisfy the creditor’s claims, and if the negroes xvere not delivered to him on demand, then declaring the complainant and her surety on the injunction bond liable. The com plainant appealed to the Supreme Court; that court at the April term, 1861, affirmed llic de cree of the Chancellor, ancl remanded tire; case to the Chancery Court for further proceedings.— The procedendo from the Supreme Court was. filled July 1st, 1861. Gleaves then took posses sion of the slaves, and tendered them to tlie clerk and master repeatedly during tlie fall and win ter, but lie declined to receive them. Tlie Chan cery Court held its regular session in November; 1861, and continued open to April, 1862. Th' negroes xvere freed by tlie Constitution of Ter nessee in 1865, and Gleaves insisted he was no longer bound, as the performance of his boHu xvas 'rendered impossible by law. The court held that the obtaining of the injunction was wrong ful, ancl the complainant and surety liable an wrong doers, and though i the property xvas de stroyed by enactment of the law, yet they xvere liable, and that the principle, that if an act is lawful at the time of the contract, and becomes impossible subsequently by act of laxv, theoblig- er is discharged, did‘not apply to this case.— Memphis Avalanche, June 21. Horrible Massacre In Wilkinson County-. We heard last night, from a reliable gentleman, the particulars of a massacre in Wilkinson county that is without a parallel in atrocity in tbit South. The facts are in brief as follows: Two negro men—Pompey O’Bannon, formerly the property of a gentleman of the latter name in Wilkinson, and William, who hails from Chat tanooga, but both more recently from this vicin ity—left Macon Saturday last aud on Wednesday afternoon made their appearance at the house of Mr. John Rollins, about three-quarters of a mile from No. 15, C. R. R. Mr. Rollins is a respectable citizen and a merchant at No. 15, and was absent on a visit to Savannah. The two negroes, armed, with double-barrelled guns and heavy clubs, en- tered tlie house, complained of being JiunOTy an(£ asked Mrs, Rollins for something to eat. She re- plied that something had been left from dinner- and they were welcome to it, and was about leaving the room to obtain it when she xvas felled to the floor by bloxvs from the clubs in tlie hands of the villains and beat until life was extinct.— Her child, about 8 months old, was treated in a similar way, together with a daughter about thee years of age both having their heads and faces horribly mangled and being left ior dead.— The fiends then made after a negro girl, about twelve years of age, who, after receiving several Violent bloxvs, succeeded in making her escape- across the fields to a neighboring farm bouse, when she gave the alarm. The two children, it is thought, cannot recover. The neighbors soon gathered, some looked after the dead and wound ed, whilst others procured guns ancl dogs and xvent iu pursuit of the villains, xvho fled in the direction of this city. After running them Wed nesday night and the whole of yesterdav, about dark the party came up with one of them, Pom pey O’Bannon, a short distance across the river, and captured him. The party were in hot pur- ‘ suit of the other last night and hi3 capture was thought certain. So far as could be learned, the negroes had no cause of quarrel against Mrs. Rollins, or any of the family, ancl were driven to the murder of a whole family purely by a desire to rob the premi ses and conceal their crime, it being understood that Mr. Rollins had money about the house. To what extent they succeeded in this part of their object, we were unable to learn. Hanging is to good for such demons in human, form.—Macon Telegraph. At first the novelty ape) excitement of her new life kept her spirits up, but now that her duties have become almost second nature, what can her thoughts dwell upon iu the solitude of her own chamber, as everywhere else,but the object of her idolatry? “I vowed that 1 xvould tear his image from my heart, aud Heaven knows I have prayed for it as fervently as I ever prayed for anything in my life ; hut turn where I will his image greets me, anfl with that sad, sweet look of yore seems tQ say, x\ f e shall he happy yet. Why do \ yield to this lingering hope, xvhen I feel and knoxv that it is hopeless—xvhen, too, the conviction is daily forced upon me that all my' sacrifices have been in vain. He does not love me, and is not worthy of the idolatry I give him, unasked and unsougiit.” But in every woman’s heart there is implanted a feeling of sympathy and dependence, and that feeling must find some object upon which to cling and twine. While xve do not indulge tlie belief that to love and be loved is necessary to the existence of woman. Yet xve do say God deliver us from that strong-minded portion o} our sex, who ridicule the idea of love, and say it j is a myth, only indulged fo by misses iu tlieir j teens. While Clara imagines that she is hope lessly in the “slough of despond,” and that henceforth tlie cypress instead of the myrtle shall bloom alone for her, a rap at the door I Extraordinary Speech of Hear Centre: Stevens—Roberts and Sweeny Dorm Dyed Traitors.—On Tuesday evenin'' 3Ir Stephens, the Head Centre of the Irish Fenian movement, was serenaded at his quarters at the Metropolitan Hotel, in Washington, and respond ed, according to the Republican of that city in the following language: Fellow-Countrymen; I thank you, and most cordially, for the compliment conveyed through me, by means of thia beautitul serenade to dear old Ireland It occurs to me that I might noxv tiiroxv aside all considerations of delicacy, and speak in unmistakable terms concerning tlie double-dyed traitors who are rniniDg the cause we hold neaitst our hearts. I say, aud mark the import of my words, that all Irishmen, be they whom they may, xvho arc- throwing obstacles in the direct way to,our coun try’s liberation, are traitors, and are this hour abhorred, despised, execreuted by the men in Ire land. and they dare not for their lives sake place a foot on the soil over wluch the green flag should now in triumph he waving. The men xvho noxv propose to sell the Irish vote of this country to political demagogues are traitors, and I here .de nounce them by mime—Roberts, General Sweeny and the xvhole set called the Senate. It is time ta speak out in plain language, and I will do ft noxv, ligreafter, and forever, by voice and through tlie means of the press. 1 say they* are traitors to the cause of Ireland, and let them so be looked upon, by not only Irishmen, but all Americans who sympathize with struggling free men. Again I thank you, my countrymen, for the compliment you have paid me in listening so patiently', but again I ask you to heed mv admo nition, to be distrustful of the Senate party—the heroes of Campobello, Canada, and 1 may soon have to add Mexico. Mr. Stephens’ speech was received with en thusiasm. A New Orleans letter ol the 14th in 4., says that txvo men were arrested there that ir orninw, charged with complicity in the assassination ot President Lincoln. One admits some association xvith Booth, while the other denies all knowledge of the affair. Both are strangers in that city, and it was understood’were to tie sent to Wash ington.