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ijptwif £ cShniintL lugpbta.oa. UKIIMKMMY MUKNISM MAY as. InstttulloD?. The distinctive feature of civilization is the combination and organization of labor—mental and physical. Thin is accomplished through those voluntary associations or unions, which w« are accustom' and to call Institutions, where by the efforts and resources of individuals are concentrated and directed to a given end ; and the zeal and energy of members, stimulated by rivalry and interest, are made effectual to achieve success by being controlled and regu lated by system. Institutions effect, for civil pursuits, that which the General and Staff effect for an army in military life—contrivo, uire< t, and enforce— plan and execute. ' The wealth necessary to accomplish great works is rarely acquired in a long life ; and the talent which acquires it in one business, is seldom the talent required for successful man agement in unotber. Extensive Railroads or manufactories are commercial institutions which demand wealth and talent too vast and varied for an individual. They are obtained, therefore, only by contributions from commu nities. * No people "have received greater benefit from associated enterprise than the people of England. No nation in modem times has done more to cherish and sustain institutions, or acquired greater power and renown, by means of such efforts, than the Kingdom of Great Britain. No legislation goes farther to foster and protect them than the legislation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The “Limited Liability act,” under fair notice, permits every association for every purpose, not inconsistent with national interests, or di* redly and positively subversive of social morals. British capital has sought, and British talent devised, every conceivable enterprise which can promise profit or benefit —from un East India Company waging war and conquering an Empire, and a British Fur Company, trading with savages for peltries of the polar region* of the North, down to gather ing Guano from below the tropics,and burying their own dead under contract with a Patent Air-tight Collin Company. Nothing has es caped the vigilance of their enterprise. Nothing has been too great to be undertaken ; nothing too insignificant for venture. In the United States, the North has emulated this example, and fairly challenged a compari son iu enterprise which foroshadows at no dis» taut day a success which will outstrip the com petition of the old world iu everjT particular. iu the East, New England, beginning with out exports, without accumulated wealth or natural resources, has converted the epithet which originated with the savage and was fastened upon her in derision by British tyran ny into a synonym for successful enterprise. But the dovelopemenf ol the great resources of the West lias already achieved results which sur pass New England in profit and magnitude. The Soiltli, superior in climate aud produc tions, and but little inferior in mineral re sources, had almost exclusively restricted and direuled enterprise to tilling the soil. This has been rewarded by results of a mag nificent surplus which has given cheap products, wealth and p; osperity in lavish almndance, to Manchester, Birmingham aud Lowell. The fertility oi soil was exhausted aud our youug men forced to seek uow homes with uo other aim thau to repeat the livss of their lathers, aud contribute more aud more to the revenues of princely manufaotut'erß. Isolation and emi gration were the effects at home ; compari sons, supercilious aud full of hypocrisy, and injniioua agitation, ware thu groat returns from abroad. The now era upon which we are jusf entering, promises dilierent results. Surplus will be im mensely curtailed. If prosperity returns to our laud, it will tie that prosperity wldch em braces aii arts and all trades. The miner aDd the mecuanic, the artizau and the farmer, will each contribute to the advancement of gene ral as well os individual interest—without a fear of disturbing the faith of Iler Grace, the Dutchess of Sutherland, or evoking the saintly sympathies of her New Knglaud coadjutors. Capital,ever timid, no longer dreads agitation in that region, which bus supp'ied the materials for fabrics ol cambric and sustenance for prurient sensibilities, aud will eventually seek purma nent investment in a land possessed of so many natural advantages, aud promising large and quick returns. But it is the duty as it wiilbe to the advantage of our own people, to begin the work. We have the energy. The late war developed greatly our ingenuity, and has left untouched some splendid tnonumonts of the skill and industry ot onr mechanics, which will compare favorably with the achievements of those in that land of “busy hum aud industry, ” which has for so long a time been nourished by the profits of sileut Southern toil. Let us then unite that which remains to us of wealth and talent, aud found, however great, however small, according to our meaus, institutions fop commerce, merchandise, and manufacture, to foster skill, encourage industry, and re-estab lish on a surer and firmer foundation our pros perity. Cotlou Intimates Our cotemporariea are indulging in all eorts of calculations in reference to the probable extent of the coming crop; and some are pushing tbeir prophetic views so far as to esti mate the price which the questionable amount raised will bear uext year. Still there is a popular taste for these esti mates, and we iheretore copy the following, made we belive by the Fufaula News, and used by a city cotemporary to show that plant ing cotton is not likely to be protitablu : 100 bales, 450 llw, at 15 cents, $0,760 00 CONTRA. Federal tax. 5c per lb, $2,250 00 Bailing, storage, Ac, 500 00 Hire 25 bauds at $S a rn'tb, 2,400 00 Feeding, clothing. Ac, 1,250 00 Taxes, 60 00 Total. *6,450 00 Fro lit, S3OO 00 Taking the premises of 16 cents per lb. as the ruling price of the next crop, and the illus tration is as dear as any in mathematics, that cotton planting will not pay ; but wo respect fully submit that unless the crop far exceeds the usual estimates, and what the present pros pects indicate, the next crop is likely to com mand at least twice the amount taken as the basis of this calculation. It is uot our purpose to encourage undue devotion to cotton as a staple ; but it is nc. questionably our main dependance for the healthy recuperation of of our ruined fortunes; and we have no idea that a crop of 1,600.000 to 2,000.000 bales—both of which wo consider lav in excess ot the preseut promise of the Stowing yield—will command less than pre sent prices. Therefore we trust our planters will not be intlueuced by calculations like the above, and give their' crop up to grass, or convert it into other staples. It is wise, as we have repeatedly urged, to provide amply f or the cereals. We believe the scarcity ot labor has induced planters very generally to do this, and that, without disas ter, the preseut wheat crop would have been the largest ever made in the South. The corn crop is also quite satisfactory. We therefore hope every energy will be directed to making ns mnefc cotton as possible. If the stand is bad replant it ; keep the grass down, and trust to I’rov idence. lion.B. \ ance has consented to deliver the annual address before the two Literary $o- Cieties of the North Carolina University at the approaching Commencement. [EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.] LETTfcK FBO9 JEFFERS OS COOTV. Louisville, Ga , May 16, 18C6. LOUISVILLE IN' THE OLDEN TIME. Chronicle and Herdtntl: This is one of the oldest, and, at the beginning of this century, the third largest town in the State. The seat of the State Government up to 1807, it was a thriving, prosperous and populous town, com. mandirig the trade of a large tract of country, the most fertile and densely populated in the State. Situated on the East bank of the Great Oceechee river, it continued to do a thriving business until the construction of Railroads wrought such a marvellous change in the trans portation of the ■ country! The old line of boats plying on the river to and from Savan - nah, making the round trip, under favorable circumstances, in two weeks, gave way before the lightning like speed of the Railroad loco motive, and the glory of Louisville departed forever. Just here it may not lie uninteresting to some of your readers to relate an incident that occurred in our State Legislature, which will show with what great distrust and preju dice Railroad projects were viewed when first proposed in the State. When the original charter for the Central Railroad was before the Legislature, there was a provision iu one of its sections which requir ed the line to be run through or near the town of Louisville. The masses of the country people thought that the introduction of these roads would destroy the prosperity of the country, ruin the great wagon interests,and take away the trade of tho inlaml towns. To avoid to some extent at least, these dreadful evils, so far aa they might apply to Louisville, the friends of that town succeeded in having stricken out oi the charter the requirement that the line should be run through or near the town. The road was, in accordance with the impressed wishes of the peopie, ultimately located on a line leaving the town twelve miles to the Eastward. Thus cut off, as it were, by its own act, from Railroad connections—its boating intere»ts destroyed—its great wagon trade driven off by the steam whistle—the old town is, to-day, a striking monument of the folly and Bhort sightedness of its former friends. The Seat of Government, as I have said, ior several years, it acquired an importance and in fluence in the history of the State which under less favorable circumstances it would never have enjoyed. It was here that the fa mous, or rather infamous, Yazoo act was des troyed, under the auspices and influence of that sterling patriot and revered statesman, James Jackson. The old State House, in which the Ueneral Assembly held its sessions, a plain, two story brick edifice, handsomely finished and appropriately decorated in its interior ar rangements, was standing long alter the WTiter of this reached manhood. He has often had the spot whoro tho conflagration took place pointed out to him by eye-witnesses of the scone. The Capitol occupied the centre of a large square, with its main front to the east. The entrance from Sixth street, led through a long avenue ot I’ride of Inilia trees to the steps of the eastern porch. On the right, as yon en tered the building, was the Hall of the House of Representatives, a fine old room with very high ceiling, deep windows and heavy cornices. On tho left was the library and different com mittee rooms. Ascending to the upper story by a wide and elaborately ornamented winding stairway, which ran from the hall between tho Representative Chamber and the Com mittee Rooms, and landed in a spacious cham ber, on the second floor—the Senate Chamber a large, plain room, 24 by 45 feet, without or numunt and plainly finished, was on the left. On the opposite side was the Executive Cham her and tho offices of the Secretary of State, Treasurer and Comptroller. From this accidental arrangement of the two branches of our State Legislature has arisen the term Upper and Lower House, which is preserved to this day. It was from these Halls that the procession issued which effaced from the statute book Georgia’s great aud only dis grace, THE YAZOO FRAUD. That was a glorious day for the reputation of our good old State. The sun shone clear and bright, not a leaf stirred; nature seemed to look with suspended animation upon the sol emn scone. An immensa throng of both sexes and all ages lined both sides of the avenue from the Capitol to Sixth street, for it was down this avenue the procession was to move, What a queer sight, this heaving throng. The women were arrayed in their finest apparel and in the height of •fashion—narrow, short skirts, barely reaching to the ankle, high heeled boots, short waists, huge leg-of-mutton sleeves, large sugar-scoop bonnets and ponderous reti cules. The men, many of them, in knee breeches, long waistcoats, long coats, wide trimmed or cocked hats, bright shoe buckles and powdered perukes’. And now approaches the grand pageant. The venerable form of the chief Executive, preceded by two heralds, armed with batons, is soon to issue from the eastern porch of the Capitol, supported on either side by his private Secretaries, followed by the Sargeant-at-arms, bearing the obnoxious and disgraceful acts now to be consigned to the Uame, and the State House officers marching, two and two, in the rear. Next comes the President of the Senate, flanked on either side by the Secretary and Assistant Secretary ; then, in order, the Senators, two and two. After these the Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives, with the Chief Clerk ami his assist ant, and the members in the same order. Slowly and with measured tread the procession moves to the loot of the avenue on sixth street, whore, in accordance with previous arrange ments, a barrel of tar and a lighted faggot has been prepared for the solemn occasion. Ar riving at the appointed place, the procession is formed in a circle around the place of execu tion. Silence, deep and profound, sits upon the ifffmense throng. At a signal, all heads are bowed.in mute response to an appropriate prayer offered by the Chaplain of tne two Houses. Then the Secretary of State reads, in di&p and solemn tone, the act just passed, repealing the infamous law, and the Joint Resolution of the two Houses, ordering the record of its passage and the curolled bill to be destroyed. These are placed in the receptacle prepared for them —the barrel ol tar—and the lighted torch is handed to the Secretary of State, by whom the final act in the deeply interesting ceremony is to be performed. Just then, as if by inspi ration. someone in the audience cried out, "Let tire be brought from heaven to extinguish this mighty fraud '* The idea is quickly seized upon/and a sun glass, in the hands of the Governor, i$ held over the barrel. But a momeut, ami the pale white smoke is suing in tiny folds from the doomed combusti bles shows that the work is begun—a mo meut more aud the red dailies issue from the tar and paper, and the joyous cries of the assem bled multitude, which rend the air in deafen ing shouts, ascend to heaven, and the deed is done. And thus perished this mighty fraud, as stated by one who was a participant in the exciting drama. THE OLD CHINA TREK. The old tree under whose branches th's scene was enacted, was uprooted by a storm a few years since, and the writer of this brief and imperfect sketch planted in its place with bis own hands a young elm, to mark the spot for future generations. When Sherman's army occupied Louisville, in lJlil, this tree was de stroyed, aud nothing now remains to indicate the sacred spot but the blighted stump ot the young elm. Will not some public spirited citizen ol the town renew the mark of this classic scene ? louisyellk as it is— shermaa’s vandalism. : I took up my pen to tell you something of the present town and its prospects, and find that as usual I have wandered to the far off past, and been as garrulous as au old maid, (I beg the ladies’ pardon for the comparison.) The Superior Court is in s ession, Judge Hook presiding. There is but little litigation in this •county, and the Court very rarely sits over Tiree or four days. The town has evidences of the public spirit of its inhabitants in the seve ral new and substantial buildings which have been recently erected, and are now in course oi construction. Sherman s angels burned out ail the business portion of the town, including one or two of the best residences, and these are be ing replaced with new and creditable struc tures. There was no excuse for this- act of vandalism, as there was not a bale of cotton in the town. It was burned in wanton revenge tor the destruction of the bridge across the rive- near the town,- which retarded lor a few hours the march of his grand army. £ GLOOMY CROP PROSPECTS. The crop prospects in this county, are of the most gloomy charaoter. The corn is small, and in many instances has been badly worked. The wheat crop was very promising until the setting in of the recent continuous cold rains, which have given it the rust. A<small 4 crop of this important cereal will be realized. The stand of cotton is defective. Indeed,! have conversed with but ons planter who has any thing like a fair stand. Many have ploughed up their first planting and replanted in . orn, while a number are still frying to procure cot ton seed for another trial. Under the most favorable circumstances not more than a half crop can be made here. GOOD CONDUCT OF THE FREEDMEN. The deportment of the freedmen is reported as generally good—though aii concur in the statement that they are not working up to the limit which was accomplished as slaves.— Many rate their labor at one half their former effectiveness, while some put it even higher than that. In some rare instances they are reported as doing very little. THE CHRONICLE k SENTINEL Has many friends here, and as soon as mail facilities are opened, it will receive a large number of subscribers. I send you a very respectable list herewith, and could increase it very much if the different old mail routes were established. I intend spending a day or two in looking over the crops in this section, and will write you fully when that is done. W. Temperance Affiance. At the recent annual meetiug of the Ameri can Temperance Alliance iu New York, over 6,000 children were present, Thealliancce has been actively at work among the youths, sail ors and destitute of tho city and has done much good. The new law regulating the sale of strong drinks, especially on Sundays, and the concentration of temperance influence, accom plished in the formation of the new society, are steps in the right direction, and “we pray that peace and power may attend all efforts to re move the business which is piling up coffins, opening graves, tolliDg bells, breaking hearts, blasting hopes, ransacking the church, and de stroying souls by thousands.’’ No Prospect of Modification— The Presby ter, in noticing the commissioners elected to the Northern General Assembly, says : “The action of the Presbytery of New York shows that modification wiji receive little support from that quarter. The Ministerial Commissioners and Rev J M Krebs, D.D., John C Lowria, D.D., and Rev 0 C Jones. Dr Krebs is one oi the signers of Dr Breckinridge’s call for a convention. Dr N L Rice, who is understood to be in favor of a modification ol 1865, was a candidate, or was nominated, but failed to get votes enough to be elected. The East is not likely to furnish much aid iu favor of reacting. Since Chicago ha3 elected Dr F T Brown aud Rev R G Thompson, signers of the call for a convention, with elders of the same way of thinking, unless the East comes to the rescue, there will be tew to inform the Assembly wherein the action of 1805 is noL'in conformity with our standards,’ and it Bhould be changed so as to bring it into ‘con formity.’ Charleston. —The Presbytery of Newark, N J, has taken under its care a Church organ ized at Charleston, S C, by the Rav Ennais J Adams, one of tho members, and lately a mis sionary in Atrio,3. Charleston Hems. The principal merchants of Charleston have agreed to close their places of business every Saturday afternoon, during the hot weather, from the 19th of May to the 19 th of August. The News is pained to learn of the death by accident of Ur. Christopher Fitzsimons. While out on his plantation, about 26 miles from Charleston, he was overtaken by a great storm, on Thursday, about 1 P. M., aud sought shelter in a barn, and while there in fancied security, the house fell in, and killed him and a negro woman, who also had repaired to this place of refuge. Dr. F. leaves a large family and many warm aud admiring friends to mourn his loss. The Courier contains the annexed : Our esteemed fellow-citizen, Dr. li. A. Kmlcch, with his little son and colored driver, while riding in his buggy on East Bay, nearly oppo site the Courier office, yesterday morning, came in collision with a dray, snapping pff the left wheel of the buggy ani frightening the horse, which started off at an alarming speed, dragging the vehicle and itp occupants after him. Fortunately the animal slipped and fell within a short distance from where he started. The buggy was overturned and the occupants thrown out, the driver keeping the little boy in his arms to save him from injury. Both the Doctor and his son escaped uninjured, which was also supposed to be the case with the driver. After taking the Doctor’s son into Mr. Ad ger’s hardware Establishment, the driver re turned, and collecting the animal’s equipments, left, making no complaint and apparently ua harmed. We regret to learn, however, from the Doctor, that the fall brought on hemor rhage, which resulted iu the death ol his faith ful servant yesterday afternoon His care and noble efforts to save his youthful charge, elic ited the highest admiration of the spectators, aud certainly deserves a worthy tribute to his memory. Death ol Ex-Gov. Allen. The last mail from Vera Cruz brings the melancholy intelligence of the death of the above distinguished citizen of the South. The New Orleans Picayune says of him : The lamented deceased was a respectable planter in Louisiana when the Confederate war broke out. and immediately entered the ser vice as Colonel of the 4ih Regiment of volun teers, and raising to the rank of brigadier general, proved himself a brave and gallant officer. Subsequently disabled by a severe wound, he was, on the expiration of liov. Moore’s term, elected Governor of Louisiana, and held that high office when the war elosed- He was then at Shreveport, where, learning that he was among the excepted from amnesty, he crossed Texas and Northern Mexico by way ot Monterey, to the city, and engaged iu the publication of the Mexican Times newspaper, in which he was very successful. Recently his ol«i wound broke out afresh, and be would have sought medical advice iu Paris but he was unable to make the journey. Gov. Allen was a man of enthusiastic tempe rament and generous spirit, and possessed a mind well cultivated aud stored with polite learning. His death, so iar away from home and friends, is a sad one, but his memory will ever be cherished by the people of Louisiana, whom he served devotedly. His administration of the highest office in her gift was able, earnest, and faithful. 'Ve presume his remains will be brought home for burial in the land and under the guardianshin of the people he loved so well. The Rcfieentc ofjXapoleoti. A Paris correspondent of the*London Tifnes writing, April 80th says : The general uneasiness which has prevailed so long, and the pertubation in the financial world which has proved ruinous to so many, are owing to the impenetrable sileflee of the Government as to the political line it will fol low in the event of a rupture hetweeu Austria and Prussia. The unofficial organ of the For eign gOffice has, indeed, published articles which may have been meant to tranquiiize the public mind, but which, unfortunately, from the ambiguity of their language, only aggravated the panic. The official organ of the government has, however, cot uttered a word, and the attempt made by one of the members of the Legislative corps to elicit information of some kind, favorable or unfavorable or otherwise, from the Government, has been without effect. . v IUIIgIOH ix TELLIfiEKCE. 'merlcao Bible Society—Jubilee Year. The fiftieth anniversary of the American Bible Society was commemorated in the Church comer, of Fifffi avc-nue and Nineteenth street by a sermon by the Rev. Isaac Ferris. LED, Chancellor o't the New York Univer sity. The speaker states that previous to the date ot its organization, in 1816, there were 176 different Bible societies in this country. 35 of which were in tbit State, It was at the suggestion of the British and Foreign Society that the organization of the present Society was undertaken. The New York Bible So ciety, moved in the first instance by the repre sentations of the sister English Society, adopt ed resolutions'in 1815 which led to a conven tion in this city, May Btb, 1816. Twenty-five societies were represented by sixty ol their strongest men. About seventy-two dilierent editions of the Bible have been issued in forty-three lan guages. In all of the Continental languages, in China, both in the Fon Chou and Manda rin dialect, in Japanese, Hindoostan, Sanscrit, Arabic, Syriac, in the tongues-of the Pacific I-le3, and in the dialects of the aboriginal lan guages ot this continent. All the Christian denominations were united in the inception of this enterprise, bpt the great body of the Bap tists soon withdrew tteir aid. It is worthy of notice, however, that some of the represen tative men of that body of Christians were very influential in shaping the most pions aims of the Society from the first, and which have prevailed until this tim9. One of the greatest achievements of the society, in co-orperation whh the American Board cf Foreign Missions, is the translation and printing of the Bible ia the Arabic language. This great work has been many years in its accomplishment, and is now going through the press at the Bible House. It is printed in the caligraphy of Keson, and is regarded with great favor by the fastidious native scholars of the Orient, The British Foreign Bible Society have made a request for plates, and wiilbe supplied. The number of Bibles issued by the Society during the fifty years of its continuation is 21,409,996 distri buted in regard to time, as follows ; first ten years, 489,000 ; second, 1.540.000 ; third, 2,- 500,000 ; fourth, 0,000,000 ; fifth, 10,000,000. There are in connection with the present Society 5,232 auxiliaries, beside two recently added iu Tennessee composed of freedmen. The past five years has been an eventful era in the history of the Society. At a time during our civil conflict, when our English frieods re* garded our affairs as critical, the British and Foieign Bible proffered liberal pecuniary aid, which, happily, was not heeded. The army was largely supplied with Bibles during the late war, and large quantities were sent through the lines and gladlv accepted by the Confed erates . The energies with whicn the freedmen thirst for the precious word is one ot the hap piest comments on the appreciation with which they receive the gift of freedom. The opera tions of the Society have been aided very ma terially by generous contributions, amounting in aii to ab0ut'510,434,953. distributed as to periods as follows : first ten years, $450,000 ; second, $900,000 ; third. $1,243,000 ; fourth, $3,440,000 ; fifth, $4,750,000. The cost of the present Bible House was about $250,000. MEETINGS OF RELIGIOUS AND PHILANTHROPIC SO- CIETIES IS NEW YORK. The Fifteenth or Jubilee Anniversary of the New York Sunday School Union, was hold in that city Tuesday afternoon in the Lutheran Church. The anniversary was celebrated also in the evening at the 4th Avenue Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. Ferris presiding. The juinual anniversary of the American and Foreign Christian Union also took piace in the evening at the Presbyterian Church, corner of sth avenue and 19th streets. Several mission aries and prominent divines addressed the audience. The progress of Presbyterianism and Sunday schools in foreign lands was freely discussed. The anniversary of the American Missionary Association was oelebrated tor the first time iu that city, at Cooper Institute, Tuesday morn ing. Addresses were delivered by Maj. Gjb O A. Howard, of the FreedmenM Bureau, and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. NEW EPISCOPAL METHODIST CONVENTION. A portion of the Methodists of the Middle and Northern States have united upon the name Methodist Church, simply as the new name of all the Methodist sect, except the Methodist Episcopal. They have been hold ing a convention in Cincinnati. We observe that the new concirn is already dabbling in politics. Rev. Mr. Lvle, of Benec.v Falls, N. Y., offered a resolution denouncing President Johnson and endorsing thp Freedmen’s Bu reau bill, the civil rights bill and negro suf frage throughout the United States. It was laid .upon the table for further consideration. CONVENTION' CF UAI’TISTS AND DISCIPLES. This body met at Richmond April 24 th, and continued In session until the 27th. Its meet ings were strictly private. At the close of the Convention it was resolved, at least for the present, not te publish its minutes. Instead of printing the minutes of the Convention, Dr W. F. Broaddus and Elder J. W. Goss were requested to prepare and publish, over their signatures, a brief address to the Baptists and Disciples of Virginia, setting forth the results of the Conference. Texas,— A correspondent of the Christian Observer says : “The spring meeting of the Presbytery of Central Texas was held on March 29th. An acoount of its proceedings was re. ceived just as we were going to press. Our readers will be glad to hear from their Trans- Mississippi brethren, and to know that they stand firmly with the General Assembly which met in Macon, Georgia. An attempt which was made to carry the Presbytery over to the Northern Assembly, was a signal failure, re ceiving only the support of the two men who brought it up,.one of whom immediately took a dismission to join a Presbytery in lowa.” • FRIENDS. The Hicksite branch of the Society of Friends, at Philadelphia, are erecting a spa cious college at Westdale, Pa , for the educa tion of their own children. It will cost up ward of $200,000. UNITARIAN. The Boston Congregationalist says : “Onr Uniaiian friends have purchased, for the use of the American JJniarian Association, a com modious house on Ohauncy street, nearly op-, posite-the Congregational Library building, and fitted and furnished it in a very conven ient and attractive manner. The wants of the denomination are carefully provided for ; and the book room, sales room, reading room, and offices, present a very cheerful and home like appearance. The grace of hospitality caa now be exercised. For the first time in our annals, our friends from other parts of the country, and liberal Christians from all over the world, will receive a cordiai welcome un der our own roof. miscellaneous. Rev. T. E.St. John, pastor of the Univer salist church in Worcester, has accepted a call to be settled over a Universalist society in Chicago with a salary of $4,000. The Advocate and Journal, a Methodist paper, has reports showing that in the month of March there were 15,436 conversions in the congregations of that denomination through out the country. There are six churches now existing in Bos ton that were founded in the seventeenth cen tury, and eleven that were founded in the eighteenth century. The body of Phillip Embury, “the founder of American Methodism,” has lately exhumed, and on Friday was re-interred with approfjj ate ceremonies, in the cemetery at Troy ny the Troy Conference of the M. E. church. A long procession followed the body to the grave. The Independent, speaking of the approach ing festival of the Congregational Union at the Plymonth church, Brookln, says, “We are going to bring down Governor Buckingham from Connecticut to preside. Thi3 selection was a shrewd device of the finance committee, because the sight of his face is worth the price of a ticket.’’ Among the recent conversions in Illinois uuder the preaching of the fomous revivalist, Rev. Mr. Hammond, is Hon. John T. Kindsay. of Peoria, Senator from that district. Since his conversion he has addressed large meet ings at Springfield and other points with won derful power and eloquence. Hon. W. W. O Brien, a leading democratic lawyer of Peo ria, and haretoiore a strong Roman Catholic, is aiso engaged in the same woik with Mr. Lindsay. At the annual conference of tha African Methodist church held at Washington, D. C., last week, a white brother was ordained, but not without some opposition. Some of the colored clergymen thought a mixture of colors would not work well in their chiA;h ; they had no prejudice against color, but were not sure that a white clergyman would be acceptable to a colored church. The majority, however; thought it a good thing to have a mixture of colors, and Rev James Reed said. “Let us show that we do not disrespect a man on ac count of color,’’ The fifteenth anniversary of the Five Points House of Industry was celebrated Tuesday by the examination of over 300 children in figures, grammar and geography. The Boston Tract Society held their 52d anni versary in Irving Hall before a very respect able and attentive audience. Speeches were delivered by Rev. Dr. Yermilleye and other clergymen on|fbe occasion. Maj. Geu. How ard nade a which called forth much appiiuse. It is contemplated that the Boston and Sew York Tract Societies will, ere long, be irited. Jr’ Tie first general missionary meeting of the University Society of New York was held Tuetday evening at Bieeker street Church, at whijh Rev. J. H. Hart-ell, of Buffalo, deliver ed an address on denominational advance, allrdine to the rapid progress of Universalism in toe Uniter! States. Short addresses were male by E. W. Crowell, and H. McAdam. Ker. D. C. Tomlinson, financial agent, read hisreport, showing the total receipts of the society to be $8.666 35. The I asi Banquet of the Girondists. It has been truly said that the romances of history surpass those of fiction. An instance >f this, among a hundred others durng the first French resolution, is alforded in the banquet of he Girondists on the night before their execu lion. It has always, in my estimation, stood forth as a pleasant and exceedingly interesting, .hough mournful incident, amidst the wild ■ urges of that terrible time. The Girondists having tor a time been the most powerful, as they ever were the most ins teliectual party in the convention, had been gradually subverted by their implacable foes; the jacobins, headed by Robespierre, and at length, on May 31, 1793, the latter, having invoked the aid of the AiatV/e and sans culottes, made a demand fdflheir arrest. It was successful, and though of the impending danger, many made their escape into the country, yet forty-one, and among them the ablest, were seized and consigned to imprisonment in a por tion of the old Carmelite convent near the cen tre of Pt£s. Its walls still retain the memori als of thfi illustrious inmates, fresh as on she day whe«hey went forth to their doom. In- yjptl knives and pencils, or traced in let ters formfa with their own blood, may still be read by the curious eye their last sentiments, generally expressed in words of ancient and favßrite authors’ as combining the utterance of their own patriotic ideas with their veneration for antiquity. There still lives in vivid letters the constancy of Vergniaud, the boldness of Gensonne, the energy of Dutchatel, the gentle ness of Fauchet, the vivacity of Fonfrede and Ducos, the martial fire of Slilery and Valaze, tile heroism, of all. Five months elapsed before their persecutors ventured on their trial. Some time was needful to accustom the people to their abscence from the public deliberations and pave the way to their ultimate disposal. That cap tivity witnessed a return to the souls of the prisonors of all the true manhood and nobility that gilded the early days of their pubiic life, belbre contact with baser minds had eclipsed their brightness and stained their glory. Theirs were souls which adversity, more than prosperi ty ennobles, as gold tarnishes in a stagnant at mosphere, but grows brighter by attrition. Pa triotism and love of liberty, which were their religion, lent them consolation, and from the darkness of the present they turned, alas! not to the prospect of a better future—that they had never taught themselves to do—but to the virtuous theories of the past; the hopes of a Utopia wherewith they once believed this sor row laden world, or, at least, their own beloved France, would be blessed.- It was age revelling in the visions of youth; it was the mourner re calling the pleasant dreams from which he has altogether too soon awaked to sorrow. At length, on October 23d, they were sum moned before the revolutionary tribunal. At the bar of that court death-warrents were sealed be fore trial. The farce of justice continued un til the 30th, and few of the accused anticipated anacquittal or deigned a defence. On the fin al announcement of their fate, Valaze drove a poignard into his own heart and expired before his judges. Vergniaud threw away a dose of poison before furnished by his friends, and re solved to die with his companions. Stllery ex claimed, “This is the most glorious day of my life !” Fonfrede, embracing his bosom friend, Ducos, cried, Cheer, my friend, we shall die to gether!” Then, assembling around the corpse of Valeze, they shouted,'“We die innocent! Vive la lUpubliquc !” It was past ten o’clock at night when the con demned were conducted to their prison, which they entered singing the stirring Marseillaise. At midnight they sat down to a splendid ban quet, provided by the munificence of a friend in the city, to recruit their physical strength, and over the choicest of viands for the outer, ex change the last sentiments of the intellectual man. Vergniaud presided with the same calm dignity as he had ever shown when filling the chair of the Assembly. During the repast, which none would have supposed to be the pre lude of death, the conversation was noisy and animated on the part of the young men; cheer ful but more grave among their elder colleagues; but gradually assuming a more serious tone on the part of all as the morning advanced.— There began to steal over them the solemn shad ow of that unknown land which they were rapidly approaching. A question of Ducos: “What shall we be doing to-morrow at this time!” elicited replies expressive of their vari ous giades ot religious belief, from glowing ideas of a happy immortality to the dark depths of blank, annihilation. The mysterious problem of the future destiny of the soul became, at length the sole topic of conversation, and all naturally turned to their leader, Vergniaud, for his last opinions upon this important theme.— Then and there, standing with one foot on the threshold of eternity, that magnificent man poured forth till dawn an eloquence that more intensely affected his listeners than ever did. his profoundest efforts from the tribune. The tout ensemble of time, subject, occasion, and orator conspired to give his utterances the force of in spiration. They brought tears to the eyes of many, and in all an indescribable tranquility for the awful consummation of the morrow. It was not the ineffable peace that pervades the soul ol the dying Christian, based on the sweet assurance of pardoned sin and the certainty of a better life; but its calm similitude, born of philosophy and leavened, if not vivified, by the doctrine of immortality. In that, as well as in a God of eternal rectitude, Vergniaud was a full believer; but his religion was patriotism. In his final words he sought to reconcile the different opinions of his enraptured hearers. “Let us,” said he, “believe what we will; but let us die certain ot our life and the price of our death.— Let us sacrifice what we possess, the one his doubt, the other his faith., all of us our blood, for liberty. When man. osiers himself as a vie® tim to Heaven, what morejean he give I” So broke the morning of their last day on earth. At 10 o’clock, October 31, came the summons for execution. The final preparations were made, and the last memorials to friends duly re membered. Gensonne picked up a lock of his raven hair from the scissors of the executioner, and sent it by a friend to his wife, saying, “Tell her it is all I can give her of my remains, and that my last thoughts in death were hers.”— \ ergniaud scratched the date of the day upon the inside case of his watch, and sent it to a young girl to whom he was said to be espoused, All left their last souvenirs to their dearest friends, and then, forming in column, followed the executioners to the tumbrils that were to convey them to the guillotine. On mounting them tbey burst again into the Marseillaise, anil continued it on their arrival at the scaffold,- There, after mutual embraces, they ascended, one by one, the fatal steps, and suffered the fall of the knife with unblenching firmness. Gradu ally weaker, as their numbers diminished, grew the hymn, until at length it became a solo by the last survivor, Vergniaud; Truly has it been said of him, “He did not die, but passed away in enthusiasm, and his life, commenced by immortal orations, ended by a hymn to the eternity of the Revolution.” —Springfield Re lican. Charlemagne’* Tomb. . Charlemagne's tomb, which has for centu ries been a mystery, has at last bsea discov ered in the cathedral Alx-la-Cbapelle. Search has repeatedly been made for it under the auspii cs ot the Court of Berlin, but has hith erto been unsuccessful. The discovery was finally made by accident, as is often the case. Operations had been going on in the cathedral for some weeks, and traces of old edifices had been found. Outside the Carlolingian octagon the tomb was found, an inscription on a stone j a the shape of a keystone of an arch proving its identity with the resting piaee of the great Emperor. The inscription is as follows : “In hoc sepulcbro sunt tumulat ossa Caroli Magni Eeo i u acterno—Grau. S. T.” The edifice in which the remains were entombed is not as splendid a one as had been supposed. Receipts asd Disbursements. —The total re ceipt in the revenue during the week were $1,234,376 80. Receipts from customs daring the week ending the 12th inst., from the ports mentioned, were as follows : New York, $2,- 253,300 ; Philadelphia $103,559 48; Boston, $290,415 31; Baltimore, $60,266 24—making an aggregate income received from these sources for the period mentioned of $938,953 s 83. The disbursements of the Treasury on ac count of the war, navy and interior depart ments for last week were as follows : War, $r0S,011; navy, $1,270,276 ; interior, $376.- 004. One million six hundred and sixteen thou sand seven hundred and thirty dollars of the National bank note currency was issued last week. Total amount issued up to date, $272,- 878,895. The Crop-. Georgia. —ln the region adjoining Augusta, the prospect is anything but cheering. There is not an average of half a stand of cottoD, and the amount planted is not moie than one half lo two thirds the old aiea. Corn on up lands looks well, but on the bottoms is quite drowned out, and will have to be replanted, if the water dries off in time. Wheat which was very promising two or three weeks ago has been badly damaged by the rains, the extent of which is not yet fully ascertained. We hope for a fair crop, but fears rnst, which is generally reported os more opless pre valent. From Lower Georgia the accounts all agree that crops are terribly in tbe grass, and where stands were good, planters are much discour aged. The negroes are quitting work just in the nick of time to go to pic nice and meetings to semi delegates to the Equal Rights Conven tion in this city. A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph, writing from Baker county, lays much of the illness of the negroes in that section to the bad management and partiality of the agent of the FreedmerFs Bureau at Albany. Ha says that crops in that region are almost choked with grass. Our accounts from Middle and Upper Georgia are no! very full, but are rather more favorable than from this section and the South west. But they indicate a very small cotton crop, with a fair prospector corn and wheat, unless the rain the last thiee days shall prqve fatal to the prospects of the latter staple. Alahama. —A gentleman from Nashville, who has a plantation near Demopolis, Ala., and who has j ust returned from a visit to it, speaks very encouragingly of his prospects for a good crop. He has four hundred acres planted in cotton, which is now up and grow ing fiuoiy. The laborers (freedoien) on his plantation are working faithfully, and he apprehends no diffieulty with theca. Some of the river bottom lauds have been overflown, and the cotton on them destroyed; and unsea sonable rains have damaged tbe young plant in many places; but on the whole, in that region, there is but little cause of complaint. lie paid a visit to Mobile whilst absent, and found business in that city very dull, as it was in all tho other cities and towns in Alabama that he visited. The people are quiet and hopeful, and look forward with interest to the future. —Nashville Union. • The Autauga Citizen gives a more favorable report of the crops in that county than we have from many other sections. It says ; “The crops in this county, from all we can learn, are in a thriving condition; the negroes are working well, and everybody seems sanguine that there will be fine crops of both com and cotton made.” Tho Eui'aula News says there Is much com plaint among the planters of that section, of the unpromising appearance of the crops, which have been injured by the wet weather. A Dadovllle correspondent of tho Mall, writing on the 15th, says: “Chances, are very good for the wheat crop to fail on acoount of tbe wqt. ’* The Mobile Advertiser says that the very discouraging accounts frem tho cotton crop in the interior of the Stuto, and extending to Middle Mississippi, have caused an advance of fully one cent a pound in cotton in Mobile, in spite of the stagnation in Liverpool. South Carolina. —Wheat is already slightly affected with the rust, and promises to be se , riouslv damaged if the present unseasonable weather should be of long continuance. Owing to detective cotton seed there seems to be a general failure to obtain a good stand of cot ton. The prospects of corn seem to be gener ally good in the District and reports from oth er ’ sections of the State and of the country generally are of a favorable character. 'The fteedmen are adhering pretty faithfully to their contracts, and very agreeably to the disappointment of their employers.— Abbeville Banner. The Edgefield Advertiser of the lGth instant says : There la an almost universal complaint rela tive to the cotton plant. With some the defec tive seed have failed to germinate, whilst others represent the cotton as up, but looking yollow and sick. The farmers are despondent, and lear that they will not realize more than a third of a crop. Wheat, and oats, however, are looking tine, and a handsome yield is an ticipated. Aud now that the heavy rains seem to have ceased, corn is improving, and will, with proper attention, soon get over the back set from the recent excessive rains. The Yorkviilo Enquirer ot the 17th instant says Continuous rains have operated to the serious disadvantage of the eailv crops in this district. The cool weather has been unfavorable to the cotton crop. A much smaller quantity of land than usual has been planted, and the seed being by time, have produced-bad stands. Farmers do not appear hopeful or the results. iu a recent trip through the Western part ot this district pud a portion ot Union, we notic ed the same difficulties existing The wheat crops in the latter district are highly promis tag- Tho Chester Standard, of the 17th instant says : Planters from various portions of the Dis trict, with whom we have recently conversed, present a discouraging view of their prospects. The late heavy rains have seriously injured the wheat, and rust is affecting that cereal. Much of the cotton seed having failed to come up, many have re planted their lands in corn. Corn promises iairiy at present. The fruit crop lias been sadly damaged by the late frosts. it is reported that the crop of rice in the best rice districts of South Carolina, this year, will not be more than one-eighth to one-sixth of what it once was. Florida.— The Mariana (Fla.) Courier says : “Iu consequence of the failure of the cotton seed to germinate in many instances in this county, the planters, for want of fresh seed, have planted laud in corn they had designed for cotton. Tbe weather has not this season been propitious in obtaining a good stand of cotton, and thus far the hopes of the farmer are lingering op the tide of successful experi ment. The stand of corn is good and the plant looks well. • The Tailahasseo Sentinel says: We are in formed that fears are entertained by many farmers through this part of the State of a short cotton crop, owing to the fact that most of this year’s crop was planted with old seed, which did not contain enough oil in them to produce a healthy germination. To plough up the cotton crop, therefore, and plant the same lands in corn seems to be in serious contempla tion. It will be a good Idea. North Carolina. —The Raleigh Progress learns tuat in Wake and adjoining coun ties the wheat crop is promising, but corn is not looking as well as usual. The Charlotte Democrat says : We hear pretty general complaint in this county that the cotton seed planted is net coming up. Many persons are replanting, but wheiher they will meet with better success re mains to be seen. Tknn’issek. —The Nashville Union, of the 13 th ius taut, says : “We are informed by farm ers residing a short distance In the country, that the crops begin to look very fine. Corn, especially, is doing well.’’ The Nashville .Union and American, of the 15th instant, says: “Our information from all portions of the State is that both corn and cot ton are being injured by the cut-worm. The present spell is very unfavorable. Corn and cotton, even when the stand is good, grow very slowly.’’ Texas.— A late Houston paper says the wheat harvest on the Upper Colorado River surpasses that of any former year. The grass is exceed ingly fine, and the beeves lusciously fat. Mississippi. —The Memphis Ledger says : “The great havoc which has been made in the cotton fields bordering on the Mississippi river, by the present oveiflow, is appalling. It is no exaggeration to say that uncounted thousands of acres of land prepared for cotton have been abandoned. The seed planted has rotted in the ground, and the moat fertile portion of the cotton growing region of the South is a watery sea of desolation. We have no language ade quate to convey to our friends the sympathy we feel for their misfortunes. We do not pre tend to know how far this state of things will affect the cotton market, but those who calcu late on a large crop had better investigate the subject. New York.— The last half of April was rath er cool, with the exception of a few very warm days, and vegetation is not generally so for ward as at the same date last year. For the past ten days. however, we have had growing weather and there is no reason to apprehend a light growth of either glass or grain. From Central New York we have favorable news. Indiana.—We have no definite reports about wheat. The Lebanon Patriot says the fruit prospect in that State is good. Apples will not be more than half a crop. Peaches are en tirely killed. The pear and Cherry trees are not more than half as full of bloom as last year. Germanic Confederation. While tbe war cloud deepens in Europe, and, on all-sides. the note of dreadful preparation is menacing the comfort and civilization of the 200.000.000 people that inhabit the continent, which claims to be the farthest advanced in Christianity and enlightenment, the rest of mankind whose destinies cannot fail to be affected severely, by the impending conflict, are concerned to know the present status and condition of the German Bund, whose troubles demand so large a share of their attention.-- Om readers, probably, share this curiosity, and for their service we copy from the Mercantile Journal the following important facts, compiled from the latest official sources, which throw a clear, penetrating light npou the entire subject. The Germanic Ormfederation, or “Dentches Bund,” as it is termed in the common Teutonic tongue, consists of thirty-two sovereign States and four free cities, as follows : Inhabitants Jan. 1, ’62. Number. States. Austria, (1861) 13,000,000 4 1 Prussia, 14,200,000 4 II Bavaria, 4,700,000 4 II Saxonv, 2,250,000 4 IV Hanover, 4,900,000 4 V Wurtemberg, 1,750,000 4 VI Baden, 1,370,000 3 VI l Electoral Hessee. 740.000 3 VIII Grand Ducby of Hesse, 860,000 3 IX Holstein & Lauenb’gh, 600,000 3- X Luxemburgh, 202,500 | Limburgh, 210 000 ' ) Brunswick, 282,500 2 XIII Mecklenburgh, ) 550,000 2 V XIV Schwerin, ) Nassau. 460,000 2 XII SaxetWoimar. 270,000 1 ) Saxe Meiningon, 172,000 1 XII Saxe Altenburgh, 158,000 1 ) Saxe Coburg Gotha, 160,000 I XII Mecklenburgh Strelitz, 100,000 1 XIV Oldenburg, 296,000 1 XI Anhalt Dessau Goethen 125,000 I ( Anhalt Bornburg 58,000 1 ( XV Schwerin Sonderahausen 65,000 1 | ,- v Schwerin Rudolstadt 72,000 1 | Lichtenstein 7,200 1 j Waldeck 59.000 1 j Reuss (elder branch) 42,200 1 i do. (junior “ ) 85,000 1 }-XVI Schaumburg Lippe 37,000 1 | Lippe Detmold, 100,000 1 I . Hesse Romburg 27,000 1 | The four cities : Lubeck 50,000 1 j Frankfort, O. M. 90,000 1 i'vviT Bremen 100,000 1 C Hamburgh 230,000 1 J Total 45,271,900. 66. XVII. That is to say in all, 45,291,900 souls enti. tied to representation as Germans, with 66 votes divided between 32- States, subdivided into 17 electoral Curies, or Colleges. According to the act. of the Congress of Vien na, of June 9th, 1815, the number of states was 34, but in she Almanach da Gotha, the great Court calender of Europe, for 1807, this total is reduced to 32 and the number of votes from 69 to. 66. The Austrian Empire after the Census of October 31st, 1867, oontained 35.019,058 in habitants, from whom must be deducted for Lombardy, which is now Italian, about 1,500,- 000. This leaves the present number at 33,- 500.000 thus made up : Austrian subjects iu the Confederation , 13,000,000 Austrian subjects not in the Confederation 20,500,000 j The Austrian subordinate Kingdoms and pro vincea, included in the Bund are tho Grand Duchy of Austria, the Ducy ofSazburgh, Duchy of Styria, Duchy of Carinthia, Duchy of Car niola, Trieste and its territory, the circle Goertz, part of the circle of Istria, the principality of Tyrol and the Vararlbery, tbe Kingdom of Bohemia, the Margravate of Moravia, tbe Duchy of Silesia, the Duchy of Gallicia, and the Duchies of Auschwitz and of Zator. ifTTne States that do not form a part pf the Confederation, are Hungary, Galachia, with exception of the Duchies of Auschweitz and Zator, Croatia, Dalmatia, tho Bukovina,.Sla vonia, Transylvania and Venetia. According to the Census of 1864, the total population of the Kingdom of Prussia, includ ing the Duchy of Lauenburg, was 19,303,263 i ihabitauts subdivided as follows: Prussian subjects in the Germanic Bund 14,059,000 Prussian subjects not in the Bund,.. 5,200,000 The two Prussian provinces not comprised in the Confederation, are Prussia proper, and the Grand Duchy of Posefi. Thelobject and scope of this powerful (com bination formed in common defence, after tho shocks and terrors of the gigantic wars of Na poleon had ceased, yet left their solemn lee. sons behind them, are at this moment impor tantly worth reviewing. The National unity is between Scylla and Cbarybds. On the one hand should the great war now threatened, actually take place, it is likely to be trampled to atoms by the feet of contending hosts, on the other, since peace, it seems, can be main tained only by yielding all that Prussia asks this great aggressive Power is certain to be embodied in prosecuting her designs against the independence of the minor German States, thus not only altering the map of Europe, but completely changing the commercial relations of the entire continent. Tbe Tune of Southern Journals. A Washington correspondent of the Rich mond Enquirer throws out the following timely suggestions iu reference to the tone which should be maintained by tbo Southern press at this time. We agree with the Enquirer, which, in publishing the. letter, admits that there is occasion for the caution, and hope, as we do, that the press will entertain it in good part, and where it is needed, profit by it. It is, indeed, no part of the Southern char acter, anymore than it is at this time, the part of prudence, either to make braggart demon strations, or to engage in billingsgate and quar relings. Such conduct is neither dignified nor manly. Brave men fight upon occasion, but they never play the braggart or the termagant. Washington, D. C., May 10th, 1866. The object of.this letter is not so much to communicate news, as to offer a few sugges tions in reference to the tone and conduct of our Southern journals. I have residod here since last November, and my means of getting authentic and reliable Information has been the best, and my opportunities of understanding the feelings and objects ot the Radical dema gogues in Congress very good. It is very evi dent that the Radicals are losing the confidence of their constituents, and also their own confi dence in the success of their diabolical under takings; and they now eagerly scan every line that is written, and listen attentively to every syllable spoken by the-people of tho South, in hope of finding something that can be coined into political capital to promote their designs. Yon have no idea what an amount of injury the late ovation in Mobile has done for the poor, oppressed and desolated South; nor can you imagine how much any ostentioua parade over tbe Late Confederacy and Its heroes serves to strengthen the hands of the enemies of the South. I might particularize late instances In the presß of your city. I hope not only that your paper, but ali the papers of the South, will evoid utterances that weaken their friends and strengthen their enemies at the turning point iu the battle. Remarks that give a pleasure at the moment, but are quickly forgotten among you, are remembered and put in scrap-books by your foes here, and used in the battle against your friends. If you would not do the latter this service, let the Southern press be dignified and as reticent as allowable. These are the views of all the conservatives of this city, who are often forced to lament, because having the opportunity to see .he in jury done to the cause of justice and the con etitntion, and the blows dealt the President, by remarks and demonstrations that afford capital for the Radicals. I send you some extracts from the speeches of Mr. Nyeand others, in the Senate, to-day, which will serve to illustrate what I have said. ' In 1859 a gentleman by the name of Talbot Green, of Tennessee, afterwards an officer in the late rebel army, published a popular work, entitled “A Winter in the Federal City/ >n which he positively asserts that “Andrew Johnson, in spite of the fates, would be Chief Magistrate of the United States before the close of the year 1865;“ that “his administra tion would be stormy/ that he would labor an der extraordinary embarrassments, but would eventually make oue of the most popular Presidents that ever ruled America.” Whether he be “unprofita or the son of a prophet, the prediction has become so far literally true. — National Intelligencer. Love is as necessary to a woman's heart as a fashionable bonnet to her head, indeed, we think, rather more so, for nothing less than a large measure of love will content her ; whereas, the recent fashion has shown that she can be satisfied with a very little bonnet. ibout Business Colleges. There is hardly a city or town in the laud that has not one or more institutions for the initiation of young men into the mysteries of business. They are called “colleges,” and are usually very liberally patronized. Every pos sible means is adopted to tempt young men thithei. Lists of names are supplied by post masters, aud ever after, until they respond fa vorably or beg to be let alone, they are plied with every possible devic» of advertisement, prospectus, and promise of business positions. The most common argument emp'oyed is that a degree from a business soliege will greatly facilitate entranco into business life. This is generally the strongest appeal, and from every part of the country flow into she “business colleges 'crowds of young men. One Instilu tion. perhaps the most successful of the kind— has an average altendar.ee of twelve hundred students. Papers are published setting forth the untold advantages of this department of education, popular lecturers and bands of mu sic are employed to lend eolat to the matter, and, in a few weeks alter appearing in the rn igic circle, a young mau cat vies off the wand of universal knowledge that is to turn thereof ter all things to gold. Votes in. E’eitoral Colleges. So far as they go, we believe these institu tions to be of some value. But most young men will do better to apply themselves to general study until they are ready to commence active business. The more time spent in study, the better. In these days thorough business accomplishments are only attained by thorough education. Nor is the education of the bust-' ness college greatly considered by business men in employing clerks and assistants, while a general education and general information •are counted as of the greatest value. In fact, the graduate of a business college is at a dis advantage in this city, so great is (he prejudice against a system necessarily nrbitary and superficial. The fact is, this smattering of practical knowledge is very apt to. induce airs and conceits which business men cannot brook. A young man must be willing to commence at the bottom, learuing the business principles and habits of his employer. His degree from a “college’’will aid him but little, and if it leads him to'pretensions and arrogance It is very likely to work to his Injury.— Round Table. From South America. New York dates to tho 15th say : The Chronicle of to-day publishes the ad dress from General F. C. DeMasquera, the new President of the United States of Columbia, to the people of the Republic. The President strongly denounces Ihe insurrectionary move ments, and gives assurances that bo will pro tect every citizen in the enjoyment of his rights. Before sailing from Europe, President Mas quera concluded a treaty of friendship aud commerce, and another relative to postal affairs, with England. He also arrived at an ngie, j ment with the Papal Government concerning the administration of ecclesiassical affairs, which has iong been a subject of dispute be tween the political and eccltsiastieal authori ties. According to the agreement the Church will continuo to be separated from the State. The Brazilian fleet Las reached Teresbaccus, on the Paraguay river, and was in a line ex tending to Pasca de La Patra on tho Parana. Baron Porto is opposite Itoparian with 10,090 men. Thesteamser Dorathora, captured by the Peruvian Monitor Hennesaw, had been refused admission to the port and had been burned at sea, A dinner was giveu on board the American steamer South America, to dis tinguished men in the city, during, which tbo most cordial harmony prevailed and the great est sympathy demonstrated towards the United Slates. The Herald’s St. Thomas, West India, cor respondent says : The idea of annexation' to the United .States was extending to and was well received in all the West Indies. The Mexican General Amente, with Gen. Herron, has sailed from St. Thomas for Eu rope, » Trinidad languishes in all its interest under the system of Government to which it is sub jected. tntliicuce of Feiuale Society. It is better for you to pass an evening once or twice in a lady’s drawing room, even though the conversation is slow; and you know the girl’s song by heart, than in a club, tavern or the pit of a theatre, All amusements of youth to which virtuous women arc not admitted, rely on it, are deleterious in their nature. All men who avoid female society have dull perceptions, and are stupid, or have gross tastes, and revolt against what is pure. Your club swaggerers, who are sucking the huts of billiard cues all night, call female society insipid. Poetry is insipid to a yekel; beauty has no charms for a blind man; music does not please a poor beast, who does not know one tune from another; and as a true epicure is hardly ever tired of waters sanchy and brown bread and butter, I protest 1 can sit for a whole night talking to a well regu lated, kindly woman, about her girl coming out, or her boy at college, and like the evening’s ens tertainment. One of the great benefits a man may derive from woman’s society is, that he is bound to be respectful to them. The habit is of great good to your moral mart, depend upon it. Our education makes of us the most eminently selfish men in the world. We fight for our selves, we push for ourselves, we yawn lor our selves, we light our pipes and say we won’t go out; we prefer ourselves and our ease; and the greatest good that comes to a man from a woman’s society is, that he has to think for somebody besides himself, somebody to whom he is bound to be constantly attentive and re spectful.—Thackary. Coolie Lubor. The subject of Coolie labor, for the rice fields of the South, continues to attract considerable attention among the Southern and, indeed, the Northern press. For our own paTt, we are un willing to conclude any opinion upon the sub ject till further experience of the capacity and conduct of the negro as a free laborer. The Norfolk Virginian, says, however : “The malaria of the rice fields is fatal to the Caucasian, and no more certain death can be incurred than that which follows exposure on the great plantations of the Pee Dee and Sav annah after dark. It is equal to prussic acid not so swift, but as infallible. “Thero is a race, however, which can be made available for rice culture and it will not be until the Orient has been made tributary to our necessities that this great staple can again be grown to any considerable extent. The Coolies are tbe people who can do this work; who can stand the climate; who will do it, and gladly too, for a compensation far below that of half the crop, which, to them, would be what the possession of Aladdin’s lamp or a Roc’s egg would have been to us—the re alization of a fable—the substantiation of magic. They are inured to a burning sun; they are do cile, and easily subsisted. Contracts could be made for their importation.” Farmers, to the Front. Id Abbeville we notice that a proposition for the re-organization of their District Agri cultural Society has been brought to the at tention of the people, i his is a good move a move in the right direction. And we would rejoice to know that our citizens too were mov ing in the matter. By ail means let’s revive and resuscitate the Edgeville District Agricul tural Society. None can for a moment doubt the importance of now doing everything that will advance us as an agricultural people. And none can deny that Agricultural Societies and Fairs are the very best means to bring out and promote the latent talent, skill, industry and indomitable perseverance of our brave but almost ruined people. Come, Farmers, to the front. Take your true position ; and with concert of action, and a determination to suc ceed. the Edgeviile District Agricultural Sdeio ty will be revived, and life and activity infused intoit again —Edgefield Advertiser. English and French Oratory.— The Paris Presse has been indulging of late in compari sons between modern English and French ora tory. It maintains that the recent debates in the corpa legislatif prove that thero are still orators in France who carry off tho palm for eloquence by their power, elevation of ideas, clearness of statement and grasp of subject. This superiority is claimed to be manifested both in politictl, religious, literary and scien tific discussion. MM. Thiers, Jules Favre, Emile Olivier, Buffet and liouher, Minister and Etat, are pronounced superior to the orator ical celebrities of England, who are enumerat ed as Earl Hassell, the Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley, John Bright, Banj. Disraeli, Robert Lowe, Edward Horsman, and the most facile, tbe most eloquent of a'l contemporary de baters, the man with the mouth of gold, the Chrysostom of parliament, Wm. Ewart Glad stone. Balances.— The so lowing is a statement of the amount of funds in the cash vaults of the Treasury on the 13th inst: U. S. legal tender notes, 268,000 dollars; national bank notes, 92,380 dollars; fractional currency of all denominations, 1,476,785 dol lars; gold, 303,000 dollars; silver, 205,000 dol lars, cents, 590 dollars; reserve fund, tempo rary loan, 30.000 000 dollars; reserve fund, surplus issue U. S.' notes, 37,932,425 dollars; reserve fund, surplus issue compound interest notes in redemption, 4,960,000 dollars,