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•jm you with * of the Uon preciato cor in which you .ltiou of North jl towards re relations ; but done to render An acceptance lent abolishing and States by the is, iff, my judg o the successful desired by all.— fly the questions to me, it will be Mon must depend loldeu will be again exercise of his tunc iOr until be shall have i by orders to tjiat flis that the President anything further to the hoy have complied fully die following telegraphic Perry, of South Carolina, erest . . tho 4th Is just received.— oas been done in South Carolina live to peace and restoration, the thinks it impossible to antici- He expects, therefore, that you ) exercise tho duties heretolore you as Provisional Governor of until you shall be relieved by Jserves, with regret, that noith in nor State Legislature have debts and obligat ions contract of the State for unconstitntion ellious purposes to be void. He i that the State seems to decline mal amendment of the Constitu nited States abolishing slavery, jd to you yesterday as follows : a. .dent directs me to write you that an early adoption of the Congressional amend ment of the Constitution of the United States, abolishing slavery, by the South Carolina Leg - islature, is deemed peculiarly important, and specially desirable with relereuce to the gen eral situation ot the Union. I have only to •ay that the President’s opinion before express ed remain unchanged. [Signed] W. H. Seward. The Resources ok tub South. —No country has such mjources as those which tiie Southern States, have within themselves. In their area nearly all the productions necessary for the subsistence of man, or that enter into commer ce, are found. The best flour comes from the wheat fields of Virginia, and other parts of the South. It is the best und greatest tobacco growing region in the world. The Gulf Stream and a suitable soil make it the only Country where the long staple cotton can be growu. Com will grow luxuriantly and yield abnudantly, with little labor, and in many places by scratching the earth. The sugar oauo rises and swells to au enormous sizs, full of juice, from the teeming soil of Louisiana ; ami where is there any rice found like that of South Carolina and Georgia, Look, too, ut the grazing lands, the fine siock, and the wool ot the South. How valuable, too, are the forests of oak, of pine and other timber which onr ship builders appreciate so much. The mountains are full of the finest iron, coal, cop per and gold. FrQitd of every description grow abundantly. Nowhere, perhaps, do the peacb, melon, grape, pear and pineapple thrive better or with as little trouble. In fact, the productions of the South are so varied and valuable that we cannot enumerate them an within the limits of this article. ■ Now, all tin# is wanted to make our sunny land wealthy and prosperous, is to have these immense resources developed. Every one should do all in bis power to accomplish this desired obj ot It it cauuot be doue by one kind of labor it cun by auother. If the freed - ineu will uot work, the white emigrant will. Let us give the former a fair trial, offer them •very reasonable and encouraging inducement that can be asked or expected. Then, if noth ing can be dene with them, letus import white labor at onoe from Europe. 'I here is no time to'dally or temporise. Soon it will be time to commence preparing for the next crop. The emergency is a great one. It affects our future. Let us be prepared for it. Those who sucoeed iu raising large crops the coming year, will be amply repa’d all the pecuniary losses Buffered during the war. Tks Fibs in Hamburg. —We learn that the turning of Mr. Batter’s barn and outbuildings in Hamburg, on Tuesday night, was quite a •erious .if!air. The fire occnrred between ten and eleven o’clock. The barn itself cost over $5,000. Besides this there was burned fifteen hundred bushels of corn, other forage, several wagons, and seventeen horses aud mules— •ome of them very valuable auimais. The buildings were set on fire. The incendiary, a negro boy named Joe, has been caugnt and seat to EJgefield lor trial. There was no insurance fiO the property. ’ Ol ' t£ *‘\ - ruccd tor .be t£ *.• iiales that the j ‘‘ r •** tv * ‘ / the id'Sfcf-g Os I i"'"' “-'d. -• .a or n , '"tend* <Jree. w- t propagate the } - tO the uf/nogt o f 1 . I 3 State, dtotric?, and ■oer controlled by is veeti'd Si a j • md tfiouse of | «i«ie of ift’le -'cs and dis- I ■sflt'detl dcleg!**e j a. ml ■ rs. The tbnate is «’* lutmbers, nominated by a :• root each State and district sentatlves or delegates ■Uricts- a two thirds vote : 1 cct. TLe usual rules are '/enimen’of the two Hon *. '* • P etHeot to nresidi- i its i , rn, vbo is also Vice-Prcsi- j iLot the • •. an ujo vacancy occur- j : bee .. i iir, P>. de.o. The Congress is j semb'e a ast once o year, on tLe first 5 ■lay it t ; tuber, ~6 such place as i let shall Me). Propositions for -air 1 r, iDU- in; t origin.ie iu the .Sonata and ! ret' .o tho President for his approval I a w< -(Lit-.- vole n overrule tho vt io. P .„j!. -••n by La tot by a get,era] ’ vote ot he two .Houses, and holes'; is offlis for one year, lb oempensation « fixed by Con gress. J is nquired to nominate for tin. appro Ml Affairs, of the T -ea-iuv, of .Naval AJFaiis, and ! of Civ 1 d'.vrs. iht .dent, wiiit tho .mate, has power \ to make treaties- and alliances with persons ' and pow.'i fv' \. } to the objects of the! S'eni. n Brotbeihood, to appoint envoys and emb* jadore, and receive the gam-*. State and j Disti’.et Centres, im-.iu tb# r-c i mdadoa ot ami ,r ity ot the State del, gates , • appointed Dy tb- President Var'ou . ..is - eruu’ * of ti local circles it> / .en. Mem hers be proposed a week I<.‘ore inilia tion fftmbcrs whods lot atte-< i the meet ings ;he circles or nay the ! iuo for en wee. -rs cor. ide-eJ ia : .tandi > />£..d cam ter ■ '••*-» Id. ,i , t ui ! bo ’ ity: .uov ng-» are id jt. ■ wee All : V s . religious or poin.ro . sub . sou i t * . cts of the ord P .re pro-ill .j. , fee !r: not i ont uo ~ j i ies less tan ft, ceu ...... - B n ai .ml ag the objects o the ore ci > y uu;<'of:;- 5a puciahe ex pn fim .-ri i. moving from , : ice to plf cc must 1 -. * .ods or Lift or ■nt-ofi jc* tie 1 »: .it t urion ciCbt pret * tht > ' •• .‘-.il head* and pat • V i>s b>. . • Uin-- •' *he netnution oi the Fenian Brotherhood, whose Congress is now sitting, with closed doors, in New York. Whether it is 'published by authority or was obtaiued surreptitiously we are not advised— probably the latter. Wtn Deserted.—The Atlanta Intelligencer in noticing anew house in that city remarks thus t We desire to call special attention to the ad vertisement of Howard & Robson, agents for E. M. Bruce Jt Cos , dealers in cotton exchange and coin. They have sight Exchange on New \ork for sale, and we take pleasure in recom mending this house as oue of the most respon sible in the whole country ; and believe, with the facilities at their command, they will please all who may entrust business at tbeir hands. Their relations with tho business house cfE M. Bruce A. Cos., is evidence sufficient that the most liberal and reliable transactions alone will characterize the firm of Howard & Ilobson. The high and delicate compliment paid the house of E. SI. Bruce $r Cos., of this city, in the above paragraph is well merited. The transactions of no house ever established in the South have been characteriz?d with more liberality and reliability. The head of the house, lion. E. M. Bruce is a thoroughly practical busins-s man in every particular. High minded, honorable, aud liberal even to a fault, he has withiu a few mouths succeeded iu establishing in our midst, a business which would cost most men years of toil and labor. When Mr. B. first came among us and com menced operations, wo heard many a man prophesy that he would fail iu carrying out his plans. Events show that he has succeeded. And his career proves what au active go-ahead business man can accomplish. Such men are valuable citizens iu any community. They set good examples of enterprise, and keep things moving. The Northern Elections. —The returns of the elections held in New York, Massachn seets, New Jersey, Wisconsin. Maryland, Mis souri and Illinois indicate the complete suc cess of the Republican ticket. In Massachu setts the Democrats have elected six Represen 6atives and • the Republican party fourteen. General Banks is elected to Congress. In New York the Democrats elected but one State Senator. The Republican gains in New York city are about 13,000. There is no doubt ot the election of Geuerai Barlow. New Jersey gives a Republican majority, electing Marcus L. Ward Governor, and se curing a majoriiy in the State Legislature. In Maryland and Wisconsin the retnrns are of the same character. Col. Chavez, the Republican candidate for Delegate to Congress from the 'territory of New Mexico, was elected by a majority of 2 331. A majority of the Territorial Legisla ture is also Republican. a a— An Oi.d Maxim Verified. —lt is an old maxim that politics makes strange bedfel lows. We see by the papers that Gov. Par j sons, of Ala , and Henry Ward Beechtr are j stumpitg New England tozether. Such a j thing before the war, would not have been j 'bought possible. Good New?. —The Louisville Journal has | ‘ good reason” to anticipate the Teturn ol General Breckinridge to Kentucky “before a great while. ’ Such an event would be most gratifying to the host of friends the Geneial has in Georgia. 4 *iica- .?£ rLoifO .t.ES— The iafe j P gro tr .-n: jo Jem .. emsed that > HDCtit , 3.1 , !u f a a Lit! ’in -hv pulLc j reals A littlo : ht *ory < th * is! »ni s ! ao it' discovery, wi 1 , Eut fcea;u : s-- tb '.- ore, a: t:e ptescut time. Jamaica ta abe itiful is!»aJ, large and fer sp toy cu * e tons pop;’ v’, n. Is - 8 I° D S a:i! ‘ in extreme Lroactt, t.. da more than fou*- rr i,..an &• re ! V\ .’ ad it was inhabi -1 aiy ttigwMKfcra who, wiPJn fifty y.*ars. w.:. -s- *ti >ni fit- l Dd beiore ;he fisroe Ar, : ‘ and iv: .caring Caetilian . 1 w s wrested from . nmandeis of the .v . nwell, and the ; ] ( quickly elevated p. nin the British auies. i. ha.-, been grade Jiy ri- ini eg in wealth i- iltiou of b avery. ti— 3 whirrs hav’ag 1d: ’b md in large Biaa b.*rs and the black , :-;ra r >n only slightly i: -»?e ’ Tb ; mo.-* . - irlerr. -Hng of the white popuiat’ot. have nigratc- i to the Continent, and settled in ’MIUh G iin a, at Dcmerara, ere they have c-.-iod fra: a capital and la bor, and have le:t Jama ,t :a a decaying con J ■ — ’ T - bavo intioduced a large number oi '’ooiks liooi India, and lire business and prosperity t . that Island Las far outstripped that of Jamaica. According to the Ceu>.;s of ISGI the popiula tloolif fsaaics ■ - 878,433, of which i..,80', were whbfco. The population - "sarago was siger than it is now ex oeedin ..; 'ibJ.Oof which GO.OOO were whites Jauieica is the .«i<Ji.ace of the Captain Gen era. ..u'l - rnor in Cniaf of the Windward Isles, ard a British man-of-war is always .ept mnntng about tho L'.and. The average and ia Jamaica is I.COO Loops "t -vh-i n BCU are blacks. The black troops there -tsi? t.;n. are the First Wes . nd’... Itegim , whose , yaliy is heigiiten<d by an late’ - .< • . The black men in uinform, be i■ i. despi«e tee n low black trash,” * taey lev foo li eirowu color cut of it—the late cipioci to the sentiment. About 60 i'JO ot th: p> pulation ute mulat- Uhis, between whom tha negroes there is nrobabiy, as i gene.ally the case, much jeal ousjr. »uo Maroon negroea have also peipejj tim uu h atrocity and blood shed Che !Ia ions ■ dee-’ended from the slave.ri if the Spauio who when their ma’s t .i, we:?-driven on ihe English, remained 1,1 cs of tho North, and I " inually recruit ed by runaways from i 11 */■■ sh sottleineiiLS, until they became a >rm wo; annuity—alwavn, difficult to ; keep * in bou ■> ,; nd often indulging in j torooioiii. rtbreakj. ‘ * j !;i >ra of th.i present insurrection , •-’*> “ i fully kept from the public, as 88 >id by the military authorities. a truth in regard to ! reak, however, seems toffi ’O' bo n icli . politicai organiz itioa, ’*ke ii n i ,na :miugo, as a violent ebuili )n ' 'he blacks—straitened for sup '' *'»•• indolent to earn, or re ‘ M i brown out ot work iu the ’• by .’tie .itc rematkable droughts. , ' rivt o? ' nd could doubtless grow I .apiuiy Li general class rising and !,n In sixag* d-8 on the authorities and ! the wh.ti'g. , A ft" • r..s c u • Right Direction. —We | notice .'tat Cos! f“ own, of the Freed men’s Bu:ea; 3 o-derod the agents in tha l -k; t < (.5 ! tlm : he freedmon enter into couu’ucta w 1 m ..ho have employment for them, and that they be compelled to carry out what they agee to do. The Colonel also adds: When employment is offered on terms that will provide for comfortable subsistence of laborers, and keep them lrorn dependence and charity, they should be treated as common vagrants if they don’t accept it ; aud the rules of the Bureau must be rigidly enforced. This is a thing which should be done every* where. We believe that the negro should be scrupulously protected in all his rights—but, unless ho has a competency to live upon, he should be compelled to “earn his bread by the sweat ol his brow.” Vagrancy is a right* if it may be so termed, in which no inant should be protected ■; be he either white or black. Freedom is not laziness ; neither is a lazy poor man a freeman ; he is tha most ab ject slave that ever lived. Many of the freedmen in our midst are work ing with a will, and are showing every dispo sition to help themselves. All such should be encouraged. We to say, however, that there are a great many who show no dis position to work, even when they can get it All such should be taken in baud at once* and compelled to do something for a living. A living they must have, and if they are not compelled to obtain it honestly, they will get it dishonestly. Our cities are filled with vagrants of all colors. The quicker steps are taken to make them work, the better. If any officer, either military or civil, has any power to check and eradicate the great and growing evil of vagrancy, we hope he will enforce it—and that right quickly. Report of the Agricultural Commissioner. Hon, Isaac Newton, Commissioner of Agri culture, in his leport for October, states that the threshing of the wheat has shown that the in juries from wet weather are over-estimated. In the report for August, the returns of the wheat crop showed in quantity and quality that there was a deficit of 26,241,- fifb bushels, but the estimates now made, which are final, exhibit the decrease under last yeai’s crop in quantity to be 12,172.993 bushels The increase in the oat crop in 1865 is nearly 50,000,000 of bushels, and of the hay crop of 5,000,000 tons. The tables exhibit the mil crops as most abundant. That of the corn is all that could be disired. It will bo the larges 1 ever grown in the United States, so that plenty cf cereal food will bless the coun try and the labors cf the farmer. The com crop is equally good in the Southern States, end as planting there is much greater than ordinary, that section can consume only a portion of the amount gio wn. It can, there- 1 fore, the commissioner says, devote t’ue next crop season to a greater production of cotton. How CitizevshU’ mat bs Lost.— The Secre tary of the Interior has decided that a person born i 1 the United States, and who remov.s to a foreign country and takes the oath of al legiance to the Government thereof, and sub sequently returns to the United States, must, on arriving make application for a patent, and be regarded as a subject of the Government to which he removed, until he complies with the naturalization laws of the United States. The. decision was occasioned by the application for a patent by an individual born in the State of Maine who removed to Novi Scotia and swore allegiance to the Qieen, and who. at the expiration of ten years, returned to the United States. He?;by Ward Beecker ox Gsx Lee —ln a recent fi: mou Henry Ward B eci er made the ar.ntxed remarks in ngard to Gtu. Robert L:e : _ r ••I cannot read, except with disf&pprobafi n, much that has been written with regard to the Ftite of things at the South. I was pained with many of the criticisms that were passed upon Gen. Lee upon his assuming the piesi - fvney of a college. When the war ceased who could have been more modest f W'ao could have been more true to his word and honor than he? Aud when called by his feiiow ciil - z?cs to bo president of a college, these carping criticisms are iudulged ia. Must he not do something for a living t For my own part I v/as thankful that he was c-Lel to the presi dency. and I have loason to believe that tha young mm who graduate under him v/.il ia the main he true amd fuith‘ui to tbo Gov ernment he lives under, and that he will set them an example. This irjuriou,; criticism is not magnanimous;*we ttre the stronger party, and if tOcro is to be magnanimity anywhere we arc to show it.” The spirit shown by Beecher on this occasion is highly commendable. I is evident that he believes iu forgattinr the past, and for ail to unite and make our common countty a great and prosperous one for the future. We do not believe in many things Beecher does ; we think Li:n generally radically wrong. But it is gratifying so observe that he has lately shown a more conservative and conciliatory temper than in days gonc-by May other Northern radicals follow his example, as long a. he continues iu the right path. Executive AmuNTiiENTs —By direction or request of tho State Convention, ,Provis ional Governor Johnson, has lappointed two most excellent committees, who are to make reports in order that they may be laid before the next Legislature. One of these committees are composed of the Hons. Thomas P. Satfold, of Morgan ; Charles J. Jordan, of Jasper ; and 0. A Loch rane, of Bibb. This committo is raised to in vestigate the financial affrirs of the State, cov ing the transactions of the past four or five years, and will commence fhtir labo«* at the capital on the 20th inst. The other committee consists of Messrs. E Starnes, of Richmond ; Linton Stephens, ot Haucocit; Wm. Hope Hull, of Clark ; Logan E. Bleckley, of Fulton ; and L. N. Whittle, o Bibb. This committee is raised to prepare a code of raws for the protection and govern ment of the lreedmenand freed women of Geor gia, and to report tho same at the earliest practicable peiiod to lay before the Legislature ot the State. The U. S. Navy during the AVar.— lt has been officially ascertained that during the war, the Federal Navy lost 1,406 men killed, and 1,G38 wounded. 75,0G0 sailors and are on the rolls, .inclusive of all losses on ground battles, on the Mississippi and at Charleston, Mobile, Fort Fisher, and elsewhere. The whole expense of navy, Bince the begin ning of the war, including the construction and equipment of all its vessels, and their maintenance, has been less than $230,000,000, or only about seven aud one-half per cent, of the national debt. The Federal Government has constructed, sincß 1861, two hundred and ten vessels of war, all 6f which are of the most improved models, and contain all the ap pliances of modern offensive and defensive arts of war. Tlieio are now ship* onongh in the service no snow Tor rne money spent, to consti tute what is probably a better navy than that of either of the European powers. The Cholera in New York —We notics by the last papers that the excitement concerning the cholera in New York has nearly died away. No new cases had appeared upon the infected steamship Atlanta. The Board of Health has resolved to make a thorough medical examina tion of the disease upon the steamship. The uninfected passengers are to be received on board the old receiving Bhip, North Carolina, which is to be sent from the Brook! in Navy Yard to the Lower Quarantine for that pur pose. A meeting cf the principal physicians Las beeu held to deriso proper measures to be taken in the eventof the cholera making its appearance in the itv. It was proposed to raise a fund of fifij thousand dollars to estab lish hospitals in ev«ry ward for the reception of the sick, aud tomake other necessary ar rangements to prev?nt the spread of the dis ease. The Bteamshp Europe baß been released from detention at tie Lower Quarantine, and allowed to come tothe city. Heavy Exports^ —The returns of export clearances from theNew York Custom House, for the week ending November 7, made up the extraordinarily heaFy aggregate of $6,608,467 in currency, or aboit one hundred per cent, more than the tofel for the corresponding week of last year. Included iu the week's ex ports have been 14621 bales of cotton, valued at $3,523,735. Ofthis amount 12,450 bales of the curreccy value of $3,001,449, were ship ped to Liverpool; 1,741 bales, valued at $430,- 898, to Cork, doubtless “for orders,” as the frieght brokers plrase it; and 430 bales, valued at $91,308, to Havre. These enormous shipments of domestic produce must favorably affect our foreign trade balances, increase the supply of exchange, lessen the demand for gold, and vastly aid the chief financial agent of the Government in his commendable efforts to restore the National finances to a specie basis. The Fenian Movement in Canada. —The Montreal Transcript furnishes the annexed re port of an extraordinary speech delivered on the Fenian movement : On Sunday, th>' 29th of October, immedi ately utter High Mass, Mr. Perrault, the repre sentative in Parliament of the county of R’ch elicu, addressed the large assembly attending the s rvice at Sorel, from before the church door. Mr. Perrault declaimed against the con federation of the Provinces, and augured from it miseries and disasters. As this portion of the discourse was of the stereotyped order, it need not be particularly advened to. That portion which was of the moie extraordinary nature was hi3 discourse to the French Canadi ans shorn he addressed upon the Fenian move ments, and the orgin.aims, and determination of that body, Mr. Perrault told his audience that the Irish were driven, by the tyranny of England, to Avenge themselves upon their hereditary foes and tyrants in the manner they are now doing. The Society of Fenians was iucited by the wrongs of an injured people. He Faid that the Fenians would invade Canada during the ensuing winter, and would hold the Upper Province. That they could do so was no matter of doubt. They would then have the money of the Provinces in their hacd3, with which they could buy and equip ships, and carry on a war against England. Mr. Per rault then expatiated with energy upon the wrongs Irelaud had Buttered, und which had driven her to seek this mode of redress. The speech was extremely energetic, and e ded by h s reaFserdou of the intension of the Fenians of the United States to invade the Provinces, I and ol their success in so doing. Mr. Pc-r --j rauit's representations were ot so positive a : nature, as’ti induce a belief that hs authorities | came irem other soorces than mere surmise ; ' and : hat the warning came from actual au i thoriiy. Upon listening to the conversation of those in the crowd assembled, there appear ed to be a foil belief in the alarming informa tion he Lai given, and the people departed in much agitation and alarm. Sooth Caiujxisa Laws iS Recahd to Fkeed v. n. —lhe Columbia Pi a* dx publishes the an- j n x i synop-is of .he law? introduced into the Legislature of that State in regard to freed men : Ail'i.ee ncg'-c*8 I mubtiloes and mestizoes, ail heedmen and tieod women, aud all d;cc«id auT 3 tt rough either Bex. of any of these per sons, feLai; be Known as persons cf color, ex c pt that every descendant who may nave of Caucasian blood siv.n eights or mo-e shall be deemed n white person. The statutes and regulations c- ccernicg Eiaves, are now inapplicable to p-Upons ot Cj'.or ; and a though such persons are not en t’t.’ed to soo al or political tquality with white pers. ns they shall have ;lie ri'ht to a qulie ovin > and dispose ot properlty ; to mak" contracts to oL’j :y the frails of tbeir labors ; to sue P.nd to be sued ; artu to receive protection under their persen s mid picp^rty. Is : relations between husband and wife are nmp y provided for, making recognition of tbs pai iies sufficient evidence. With regard to the apprenticing of the child run of freefuicu, the following sections are re commended : A child of coloied perents, or of parents oi whom one shall be a person of color, over the age of two years, may be bound by the father, if he be living in the District, or in case his death or absence from Ihe District, by the mother, as an appreut.ee to any respectable w hite or colored person, who i j competent to make a contract —a male, until ho shall attain tho ago of twenty-one years, and a female un til she shall attain the age ot eiguteen years. Illegitimate childre-U, within the age above specified, may be bound by the mother. Colored children between the ages mention ed, who have neither father nor mother, living in the District in which they are found, or whose pat cuts are paupers, or unutle to affoid tnem a comfortable ftaintenauce, or whose parents are not teachiug them habits of indus try and h nesiy, or are persons of notoriously iad character, or are vagrants, or have been convicted of infamous offences, and colored children in all cases where they are iu ’danger of moral contamination, may be bound as an ptentices by the District Judge, or oue of the Magistrates, for the aforesaid term.-. Maks ot the age of twelve yeats and females of the age ot ten years shall sign the inden ture of apprenticeship, and be bound thereby. Yv hen the apprentice is under these ages, aud in ail cus sos compulsory apprenticeship where the infant refuses assent, his signature sha:l not be necessary to the validity of the apprenticeship,-and the master's obligation of apptenth”ship shall be executed iu the pres ence of the District Judge, or one of the Magis trates, certified by him, and filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court. The indeutuie of voluntary apprenticeship ilrail be under seal, and signed by the master, the parent and the apprentice, and attested by t vo creditable witnesses, and approved by the District Judge, or one of the magistrates, All perrons of color, who make contracts for service or labor in husbandry, shall bo known as servants, and those with whom' they con tract shall be known as masters. Contracts between master and servants for more than one week, shall be in writing, and attested by one white witness, and shall be approved by the Judge of the District Court, or by one of the Magistrates. The period of service jthall be expressed in the cent act; but if it be not expressed, it shall be until the twenty-fifth day of Decem ber of the pear in which it is made. If the rate of wages be not stipulated by the parties to the contract it shall be fixed by the District Judge, or a Magistrate, on application by one of the parties, on notice to the other. A person oi color who has no parent living in the District, and is ten years of age, and is not enapprentice, may make a valid contract for one y ar’s labor or service. Contracts between masters and servants may be set aside for fraud or unfairness, notwith standing they have been approved. Contracts between masters and servants shall be preFeuiea ior approval within twenty days after tlieli execution. Contracts shall not be binding on the servant unless they are in writing, and have been nre sented for approval within the time aforesaid. For any neglect of the duty to makea con tract as herein directed, or the evasion of that duty by the employment of persons of color, from day to day, on his premites, the party of fending Bhall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be liable, on conviction, to pay a sum not ex ceeding fifty dollars, and not less than five dollars, for each person so employed. For the approval of a contract, the following fees shall be paid down to the District Judge or the Mag istrate, as the <-a3o may be : For a con tract of one month or less, for each servant, 50 cents. For a contract net exeeding three months and’ more than one month, for each servant $1 00. For a contract not exceeding six months and more than three months, for each servant, $2 00. For a contract of one year or any time more than six months, for each servant, $3,00. For a Contract for more than one year, for each year or part of a year over one year, for each servant $3 00. ’lhree fourths of which fees shall be paid by the master and one-fourth by the servant. TH 1 Gen. Tilso.vs Address at Athens. —Gen. Tilson, cf the Freedmen’s Bureau, delivered a speech iu Athens on Sunday. The Watchman speaks thus of it : Gen. T. informed his colored hearers, in the mo3t emphatic terms, that there will not be, at Christmas or any other time, any division of lands or any other property —that if the ne groes wanted homes the coming year, they must hire to those who have houses to live in . and land3 to cultivate—that they would bo ’ compelled to comply with the bargains they made, and that if they failed to make contracts the Bureau wwsjd make them for them ami compel them to femiply, even if they had to attach a ball and chain to them, as the Gov ernment was determined they should not spend their time in idleness. He also cau tioned the freedmen against insubordination or any sort of insolence to the whites. An other subject to which he gave great promi nence was the habit of stealing—assuring them that this would not be tolerated, and that they would be severely punished. We do not pretend to do justice to Gen. T’a addtess, as we only heard a part of it, and pos sessed no facilities for taking notes. We have only adverted to some of the most prominent points. It abounded in sensible advice to the colored people, and although of them were greatly disappointed, we trust that, having heard from the lips of the accredited organ of the Government, they will now learn what their real status is. We think that Gen. is eminently qualified for the position to which he has been called, and have no doubt but that he will fill it with great acceptably. ITM BB Creed of tub Successful Party in Louisiana. —The platform of the Wells or “ .National Democratic Party,” which appears to have swept the ritate ot Louisiana, contains the fol lowing among other resolutions : Resolved, That we hold this to be a Gov ernment of white people, made and to be per petuated for the exclusive political benefit of the white ra;e. and in accordance with the constant adjudication of the United States ! Supreme Court, that people of African descent cannot ba considered citizans of the United States, and there cau, in no event, nor under any circumstances, be any equality between the white aud other racer. Resolved, That the institution of slavery having been effectually abolished in the South ern States, we consider it our right to petition Congress ior compensation for all losses sus tained by the emancipation policy. Southern National Banks —The following is the list of the national banks established in the Southern States, up to Nov, 10 : Capital. Virginia—fourteen $1,622,400 TennesFee —seven 1,000,000 North Carolina—two.. 100.000 Geoigia—three 300.000 Alabama—three 402.000 Mississippi—one 50 000 Louisana—two 800 000 Texas—one 200,000 f ■ an The Indian Commissioner, Mr. Cooley, has issued a circular requiring the Indian Agent to subscribe that he will not be interested in any : manner with traders at the post. FUHKiU.N ITSMS. The Liverpool Feist rep ats ih-j di nvnisl.iug in Sontt ampic n. •* Harry Kelley, the champion oarsman of 15 :g!nu i has accepted the challenge of Hamid of Fitts’ urg, tbo American champion, for a race to bo pu'led over the Champion Course from l’u’L-. t i Morllakc. o ; the Thames, next spring, for LAOt) a side, ihe Amereau champ ion being allowed £SO for expenses. Dr. Livingstone, the African ixp'orer, was at Bombay at last accounts, arranging for another expedition into the inteMor of Africa A droll revelation in Polish affairs has j ist appeared. It is that fifty Foies, compromised by the revolution, and Rating to be hangtd or sent to Siberia, toik refuge ia-t j ear in a unat-'c asylum in Waitaw, vhe-.e c'hey have safely remained ever since, maintained at the expense c*' tho government from which they were hidii g The French papers nil exprees great satis faction at Ihe prospect of a line of steamers between Norfolk, Va, and St. Naznre, France. It is stated that the emperor it so o'eased with the enterprise t hat ho ho 6 an nooneed his intention of taking sicck to a large amount, in tne new lino. The Emperor ot Morocco has permitted telegraphic wires to be laid in his domains. A rai'way is to be laid, under live superin tendance cf the Scrv du government, between Belgrade and Alexiuacz, near the Turkish fortress of Niss.i. An eat then vase has been found at Raven na containing nearly oOJ gold pieces, bearing the c trig os oi Roman emperors of first century of the Chrisian tra Their approximate value is set down at twenty francs each. Great cuvicsity has been excited at Cher bouig by a small vessel, propelled by elec tricity. Hie inventor, aFi each Engineer, has show n lt : B discovery to the Marquis de Gha3- seloup Laubant, M nister of Marine. Another scientific question is submaiue locomo tion. Several trials have been made, but with out success. However, an Italian engin *r, Gnglielmo, G'nstiniadi, has presented D» the French Government the model of asubmariue boat. The French Government has directed a special committee to examine aud report upon the system. A London paper publishes a description of a curious invention, designed to ca.ch Bale burglars. The depredator no sooner com mences, iu peifcct ignorance of the secret ar rangements, to torce open the uoor, drill the lick or move the Sate, than by so doiDg, he sends a telegraph message to the nearest police effi.-e, txbibitiug the number of the bate he is attacking, and this number, registered in the poke; books, has opposite to it tao address ot the house ia which tho robbery 1b being affect ed. Messrs Erlanger Sr Cos., of Farir, and Sob roc der & Go., Loudon, slate that they have no funas iu hand, or m any way under their eon tiot, cr any property iu any way under their control, vv.’iica could bo mace available lor tbo payment of the interest on the loau, or which wtu'd have been made so available, if the confederate government had been still exist ing The money received in respect of the loau was, by order ot the confederate govern ment, paid over to its accredited agent. The money for the payment of the interest and sinking fund on. the Join heretofore reached them through the same agency. The amount for the coupons and sinking fund, due on the Ist inalaat, bad not beeu paid imo their hands, although ’hey applied to; it Over seventy inouaaud persons died of the cholera iu Russia. The engineers employed in boring Mont Cenis tunnel have come upon a quartz which B Ilk- ly to cause gicat delay iu its completion. A fine statue of the Emperor Trojan is said to have been found while excavating near the Villa Lavinia, in Rome. A y-ouug Scotch nobleman, still a minor, has been lately playing at a German watering place, losing on an average $7,500 a day. Tbs Directors of the East Prussia Railway are now having iron boxes made, which will be fixed in front of the locomotives, and filled with sand. By a simple process, merely turn ing a cock, the driver can open them as re quired, and the sand falling on the rails gives he necessary purchase for the wheel® t The Russian Government rm™ not, appear disposed as jet, to release its heavy grasp on Poland. Its latest act with respect to that uu happy country is an order to a'l the Univer sities to restrict the number of Polish students to one Until of the total number admited. Poland haß now no longer a university within its limits. A railway is to be built through the Alps by the pass of 6t. Gothard. highly yeaisof labor and an expenditure of e'ghty millions of francs wiil be involved in the undertaking. A dentist of Edinburgh has pateuded an in genious modification of forceps, which admits artificially cooied air through its points to the gum, so as to deaden sensation pre viously to the extraction of the tooth, and thus render the operation painless. Some of the features of the Paris exhibition of 1867 is thus noticed : The park which will surround the exhibition is to be laid out in the English style, and will contain an international theatre, aud a lawn where the games of all nations will be played. There will boa lec ture room, with a laboratory, for the use of any foreign savant who may have anew theory to propose. Ihe exterior enciente of the park will contain the agricultural exhibition, with model farms, domestic animals, and exhibition of horticulture aud pisciculture. There are to be twenty entrances, and it is proposed to es tablish a communication by railway. Steam scavengers and “macademizsrs” hav ing been found to answer their purpose ex tremely well in the streets of Paris, there is now in daily operation a steam roller for crush ing the stones and leveling and consolidating j the roads. This powerful machine weighs about 14 000 kilogrammes, and is being worked with the utmost facility ou tho Point Royal, making the asceais aud decents without the least difficulty. Two men—au engine-driver and stoker—are sufficient to work the engine. Gaiibald'i offers himsolf as a candidate for representative of Tuiin in the next Italian Legislature, with a view of preventing the an nexation of Savoy to Franca, and of hastening the conquest of Venitia and the Papal States. At a concert given in Killarney, Ireland, re cently, “God Save the Queen” was hissed. In conformity with the agreement between Louis Napoleon and Frances Joseph, as an nounced in the Moniteur, the official gazette of the French Emperor, the enlistment of Austrian troops lor Mexico is rapidly pro gressing, and Count Bcmbelles, Maximiltian’s special envoy, is expected at Vienna to super intend the military affairs of Mexico in the Austrian empire. In reply to Mr. Sewards remonstrance, tho French Emperor may again assujp Mr. Bigelow that no further troops are to be sent from France ; they will be »ent from Austria and Belgium. The cholera made great ravages in the con vents ot Spain. About five hundred persons died per day in Madrid. Earl Russell is in his seventy-third yeai. The Trial of Mr. Davis -The Norfolk cor respondent of the Philadelphia Press writes of the trial of Mr Davis, in his letter of ihe sth iust., as follows ; “Since the removal of Davis from his quar ters in the casements of Portress Monroe to the more comfoi table and distinguished ones at Carroll Hall, there -has been a marked change in hi3 physique and spirits. He is more communicative, more hopeful. “His correspondence with the counsel he has selected lor the approaching trial ( f or, if it ever comas, it is surely approaching) is large, and every argument found in his lavor will undoubtedly be brought out. His friends here Beem to have the impression that the President i3 opposed to trying him before a military commission, though several of the Cabinet are iu favor of that mode.. They as sert that he is cf the Fame belief h inself. Whatever the fetling against him in the North may be, there is undoubtedly a strong feeling iu Lis favor tbrciugh n ut the South. Some ot the prominent men of this State have already exerted themselves strongly in behalf, while even in Maryland, furthe.* North—is Baltimore, indeed—there are petitions circula ting, which receive numerous signatures. An effort is being made to establish a national Bank at Atlanta. The small pox is on the increase in Macon A National Bank has been organized in Macon. . Busness at Columbus is on the increase, NKW4 EIMMVUV. Archbishop Cullen has just if:md a mar.j - festo to the cjor.-y of the a-eh o.o> ere of D- b lin, against the Fenian broiherLuod. thorough ly cmdenviing it. He denounces Orangemen, Ribboemin, Feuinns and Free Masons, aid *ays tha Fenian'sm is a compound ot wicked uees and folly. The wine of Champr-gne and Burgundy will be of rare quality this year ; the vintage was never so favorable, not even in the famed com et tear. Northern men are investing largely in Vir ginia lands. The German c gar and tobacco dealers in tend urging on Oougress, at its next rea-iou, the necessity of abolishing the law taxing manufactured, tobacco. Witbiu the past four months more than a dozen gold aud silver mines in Colorado. Ida ho, Nevada and Calaifornia have hern sold in L mdou by American agents at largo prices, aud there is now a large numlnr of English men on their way to examine other mines with a few to purchasing. The United States Secretary of Wav h is restor ed to W A Graves, oi Norfolk, his thipyard «ud marine railway. Railroad communicaiion is now perfect be tween Jackson, Meridan and Vicksburg. The “bieak-bcne’’ fever is somewhat prev alent in New Orleans. Acclimated persons are not disturbed by it, while few strangers es- cape ita annoyance. An extraordinary billaid match has just been completed between two well known citi zens of Denver. They acieed to play for SIUO a game of one hundred points, and to continue it witlioi t bleeping, eating or cessa tion, until the party most exhausted should agree to forfeit SSOO to the other. It lasted for twenty-two hours, and £l2 900-was lost by the superior player, who gave odds cf forty points to his antagonist, and the victor paid the toifeit of 8500. During the latter portion of the contest the stakes wero SBOO per game. The Auditor of Mississippi foots up the pro bable indebtedness ot that State at 324 53,100. The present indihledness of ihe State ot Illinois is $9,021 200. bonded and otherwise. The pioce.eds of the two mill tax this year will bo $650,000 and of the Illinois Central Riil road $500,000, all of which will be applied to liquidatimr the bonded debt. Extensive discovtries ot black su’phuret of copper have recently been made near the snmici of South Mountain, Caretown District, Wash ington County, Maryland. Suicides ami elopemeatß scent rife in all parts of the country. A man near Nashville a few days ago. uad his brains dashed out by a blow from an axe in the hands of a robber. Two watches were stolen from bis body. Amos Lawrence, of Boston, through an agent, recently entered 12,000 acres of laud at the Topeka, Kansas, land office These lands are mostly located ia Greenwdfci and Chase counties, and are designed for Eastern colo nists It is also said a colony of three to fom thousand Germans are on their way to settle ii Western Kansas. The N. Y. Chamber of Commcrco hsivo adopted resolutions approving tho sentiments expressed by tbo Secretary ol tho Treasury in his speech at Fort Wsvne, as well as his recent action in funding $60,000,000 of It gal tender notes, thus giving the assuianceof his deteimi ua'.ion to exert his influence and authority ia favor of an early refutn to specie payments. They also protest against auy attempt to in crease the issue of the National Bank Currency beyond the S3OO 000,000 authorized, or the issue ot a single dollar more of paper monoy in any form. A machine for mining coal has recently beeu undergoing a series of practical tests in one ot the Pennsylvania mines, and the experiments have proved in the highest degree satisfactory. The power used in these experiments i.s com pressed air, woiked at a pressure of from twenty-eight to thirty-two pounds to the square inch. With a greater pressure greater results would probably be attained, but it iH claimed that thus far tho machine is a complete success, and promises to effect an entire revo lution in the operations of coal mining. ** vote polled in Flori - da at the late election—only three thousand -votes in the entire State. The planters of Virginia aro well pleased with the prospect of an early supply of white labor. There have been nrganized three hundred and five National Banks, three of which have voluntarily surrendered their charters, while one has been suspended Congress will be ask ed to extend the National Banking capital from three hundred millions to five hundred mil lions of dollars. An employee in Belcher’s saloon, Philadel phia, bled to death on Monday from cu'ting a wart off ons of his feet. He tried in vain to stop the hemorrhage by tying a cord around his leg, and was tound dead lying on his face on the floor. The White Sulpher SpriDgs of Virginia are to be resuscitated as a popular watering place. A petition, written by a lady, for the pardon of Gov. Vance, is in circulation in North Caro lina. A suit has been commenced by Messrs. Ketchum &Cos., againßt Charles Graham, to recover a loan ot SIOO,OOO. Defendant admits the loan, but claims that he deposited checks for gold amountieg to SBO,OOO, which were misappropriated Gen. Beauregard has accepted the office ot superintendaut of the New Orleans & Jack son Railroad. A steamer at New York was advertised to receive freight on Friday, October* 2M, lor Mobile. By daylight on Friday there a line of drays and wagons that extended more than half a miie from the dock where the steamer lay. Some ot these drays did not reach the Bteamer until the middle of Satur day afternoon. During the n ; ght most of the draymen removed their auimais, leaving the vehicles and their loads in tho c*.rß of wateh m a. The steamor was compelled to make an end of receiving long before all the freight on the drays was delivered, and departed ou Sun day morning, carrying ail the cargo she could get on board. The speculators in Western produce are get ting in trouble. The harve°ts h»ve pioved larger than supposed, and they find it daiiy more difficult to carry and keep out ot market, *for the purpose of forcing up prices, the im mense amounts of grain centering at the prin cipal points in the West. The citizens of San Antonio, Texas, rue holding meetings to get up a State subscription for Gen. stood. Among other cases which will be argued be fore the Supreme Court this winter, will be one involving the right of a railroad or a turnpike company to grant to telegraph com panies the exclusive right to erect r'wts on it* route. . Gen. Henry C. Wayne, has been appointed agent for the btate of Georgia,* for the Ameri can Land Company, and agency located at 57 Broadway, New York. An arrangement has been made between the Boston and New Orleans Steamship Companies and the Atlantic and Mississippi Navigation, of St. Louis, by which freight shipped to or from any point in the lower Mississippi valley can be billed through as on one continuous line. The flax culture is anew branch of industry in Canada, and promises well. In the diocese of the Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore, the sum of $9,302,58 has been col lected at the Archbishop’s call, to be distri buted among Southern widows and orphans who may be in want. The ground occupied by the dismantled fotts surrounding Washington is to be turned over to the owners as sqou as all the buildings at tiched to the forts are sold. The census of 1865 gives DubDque, lowa, 15,814, the largest city in the State. Daven port is the next, with 14,068. The new tea cent currency notes are nearly ready for distribution. They are half an inch longer and a quarter of an inch wider than those now in use. A medallion head of Wash ington forms the centre of tho vigneite, while on the sides are minute representations of masts of ships, warehouses, &c.; and on each side of the medallion, in fancy lettering, the figures “10.” The signatures of the United states Tieasurer and of the Register of the Treasury are appended to the note. The dress is printed in green, and but little bronze is be ing used. The number of persons entitled to vote in New York city is about one hundred thou sand. Two artesian wells have been completed in Chioago, giving 800,000 gallons per day.)#