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FRIDAY September 4,1868. FOR PRESIDENT, JIO RATIO SEYMOUR. FOR VIC? PRESIDENT, GEN. FRANK P. BLAIR. It seems to havo been wisely decreed that great historians shall appear only after the lapse of many j'carg. As yet, America lias produced no hod worthy to .1.1 r. .-i.. i,.: i- ti ,i: etandun the lofty tncho beside Holm and llutni? and Maciulay, to trace the record of her past for the warning and and unborn. Irving and IWtt have chosen to deal in tho shdowy knighthood i .l at u i o i - ... A .of the Moorish and bpanisli races, and have left to tho pale and prosy' pen of lV ., , , i 1, . ,t , f ,1 1 JJancrOtl the llCCUSO! llie Proua race I which took from the wilds of tho bis ' I (. . . . .. , . , i teotlili century tlie JOVCIJ Sites CU wuicn I tj they hMe built their homes and, cities Tli u far he ban done little more than aggregate a material which it is drudgery to read, and in that impatience always indicative of moderate minds, betrays a partisanship tor me present wuicn no would fain conceal for tho past. iNer-1 vous under tho retirement of his Geld, Le has betrayed a childish dissatisfaction With the tardy honors to WtHcb be has asnired. and clamors for tho narrow and unstablo distinction of the politician. .Oblivious of the fact that a people can write thcir own history on their own hills, and repudiate its compilation at the lands of a parvenu, he has wasted years ,.(. i;f Un,ll,i l.a mh.I.i .f,,l anil of a life he might have made useful, and xaiiing to renect uonor on too country which produced him, has won no chaplct of renown for himself. For a base sub ecrviency to the passions of a national Lour, the cold but slow hand of retribu tion has nailed bim on the wheel of time, where the events he would record acern whirling beyond his visual powers, leaviug him to behold only those mighty spirits who tower in tho past for thcir obedience to laws ho had not the ca parity to, obey. Iu his prolixity ho had I A reached scarcely more than the opening of the first revolution, when the God of Nations, who makes bibtory faster than Mr. Daneroft can write it, terminated our short career of case and glory by the opening of a second one; and while it pleased Ilini to bestow upon us the llachel of Tcaco at tho close of seven years of defensivo labor, it also pleaacd Him to cive to Mr. Bancroft that 'strong delusion" by which bo saw ' pcaco as the reward of four years of '" aggression. Having in his trudging come up to the footprints of Washington and the lustre of Mt. Vernon, his eye vita ait.4ilnnlv riLviMhed bv the chean , ,i i f tinsel which clrstcncd on tho plumo of Grant from tho tiruo it left Fever river, in 18C2, until it was thrown into the perilous eminence which had its climax at Richmond in 1SG5. Tho true historian trusts not himaclf in the stormy present, but, waiting till the dust of timo bespeaks tho death of prejudico, goes patiently to labor among the mouldy records of tho dead, and Jays them bare and bright to candid inspection, (lis is a work of self-duuiul. JIo goes behind tho haunts f mon and ' holds his solitary conitmiuion with the dead. In tho august presence of those temples whence hate and passion have flown, bo cannot lie. Having left the gasoofenvy, he caunot stoal from the bolploM trust so wholly committed to 1 Lis honor. Bui it was consistent with ' tho perverted tasto of Mr. Bancroft that ue should pause iu ins h intone view - before the shadow of Washington to ' moss tho gulf of niuuty years, that he, ' liko the loathsome caterpillar, might crawl und glutton ou the thiiplct of Lee. Yet, true history will ussert its power aud though its march bo leuduu footed as tho slave, iu coil will, like the rcit ' Kcrpent of the Amazu, crush tlat which canuot live forever. Tlieio will 1 yet coiuo a day for America when they . who may hold dear tho memory of tlio: o men who would compel our uuion with thorn aud then reject it, will courish the regret that they were ever boru in a - couutry so democratic as this; uud ' some historian, equal to the task of calling to perpetual I'cmeiubraiico those men of Coufedorato glory o recently poteut and now so nilout, will, iu his charity for mudioerity aud presumption, ' refuse to place Mr. Bancroft ou the poi gnard of justice, that tlio world uiny give i luiu tho notoriety of proclaiming what ho attempted and what hu did not do. At length General Leo bus npokcn There is uot a mugnauimoti.4 soul in our hind who will not iickuowlcdiro him tc be tho finest product of the present ccn tury. ' fiat bis recent views were we wew left alone to read in tbope Liera- glyphioi be has written with his sword on tne bums or V irginia. J ho great minds of his own sectiuu hud sought ' counsel of him at Lexington, but be ' sp'iko not of political events. One word from him would have Ikcu obeyed by a peoplo who .'eve and honor him ; but tho mailed baud of Northern pro dominance had been laid upon bis lips ' and bis fili'tico ipjuiiwJ. An army if turpiog critic, who read Divine law in the New York Trihune., had attempted to obscure his great example' by declar ing Lira a churl. CaFling on mm through the brazen throat of a corrupted press to advocate the causo of Radical ascendancy, they were amazed at a silence they were not capacitated to understand or appreciate. His arm hnd beon bandaged down like that of the Egyptian mummy, and yet they would I Blander him that he failed to bend the supple knre and beat the air with his tongue to the music of a mad multitude. Hut the lustico of Heaven moves not J . . . ... ' ft0,j a9 ti,e scrol 0f time Is steadily mi- rolled it brings to view a tremendous gathering of the Northern men, who, rfcited with Southern blood and a(irme(, roa,nUuJo of thcir own , on g0,ltucrn rr,ckg ana mountains to resist the avaluncho th h diftooKaged. They have be- 1 ui.i.ujjajjvu. I t..l,l . l-.l.., S.imnaon aittiniT hnrn nnrl I Llim! Lnnnnth tint temolri anil utUiIa I - - i i - i . jiav(J 8worD wo 6uaH ncvcr worship there, they fear our power to destroy them in its ruins. Ilieh func tionaries O 1 are despatched, who ask the great war rior of Virginia for counsel in tho storm which threatens to engulf all on boarj. The hand which pressed tho 8ea 0f 8;icnce is withdrawn, and the great man, who during a mighty rcvo lution never did a moan or vindictivo I tliiog, has spoken to the assurance of Ls. - . i & i his troubled country in that phase of peace which is more terriblo than war. r I mi .1 i i r I iuus ia tne unseen nanu 01 rrovi- dence shaping tho diplomacy of events, to r J . I and When tDQ Storm la hldicst and tho I elcment8 f trif b d all Ucl ;a thcir turbulence, behold in the twink- of aQ thal 5ronclad nr,d col. lossal figure which rose to typify North ern cupidity and New Englrad hate, is j turned, like Lot's wife, into a pillar of I i. t v .1 ..l.lt 1 I salt, which thoso same turbulent cle- ments can beat and nlav UDon till it I II. ii , ., . I ciuuiuiu aim icavo umy iuu uariuu waiuu where it Btood. to remind a world that, ... 1 , t .. , , ,.. , ., .lets full of money, to come in and buy. like Babel, it could multiply evil but Ag&;D) ul g0 t,,, ..University could not perpetuate it. Const ilulional View of th War heiwren the Stales. Bu Alexander II. Stevens. ' This work has been upon our tablo for several weeks, ana we should Dave noticed it sooner, but it was our desire to examine it with some decree of euro before we expressed our opinion as to 'its merits. J-rom the many notices of this work by the press, wo had been led to form an erroneous opinion as to its 1 I real object. We supposed it to what I they had represented it a history of the war when in reality it is not a history proper, but a scries of disserta tions. Mr. Stevens bas departed from usage, and adopted the colloquial stylo r ... . ' This we aro compelled to think unfortunate; r ' for when an author lays down a col lorjuy and writes his answer below, we in many instances prejudge the nature of that auswer from the mcro wording of the colloquy. Tho author has cx pressed himself in an awkward sentence upon this very point : " lie felt the risk attend imj putting forth anything, in tho lorm ot a book, which, in its departure froai'tbo usual mode of treating subjects of the character in band, might not be in accordance with tho ruling taste of tho day." The italics are our own. The colloquial style belongs to an age in which printing was unknown, and :,. !,;.. I. tv, .n ,.!.. l ;.,.i ... jB""--"" U1 the critio never found employment, v .- :. :. ..i.,..n i . ,..uu. boouiu u revived in ttie nmetccntn century ; but i: ,., i:.. i.. . , .i.u,.ut, m.. ,juen..uu v..w.c,j, view, the work is, in many respects, ,i t :.. t ...i. n'l w ui to o. ... t.eui 0ui.uui. lueru is is no man better qualifi ;J to perform the i ,i , , .1-1 i.i nvil iiiun tiv niivi linn uuijeiiuacil ll., ana tuo nook snouia una a place in every library. To iho lawyer, tho statesman, tlw politician, and to him who would have a cleur understanding of tho causes, origin aud results of the greatest strug gle known to man, the work is invalu able. It is issued by tho National Publibh- iug Company, Philadelphia, and fur nished by subscription. At the 2nd adjourned of the Educational iiimlyoJ llio ClCinus of bristol, August Xotn, IKtiM, Mr. uvwi carter, (Jhairniau, and Mr. U.L. lurk, .Secretary ; on motion ol Mr. W, 1). Uiuor, il was rcsolveu nuani. mously Ikat a coiumiltee of gentleman he spiioitued lo prepare an "Address to th business Men of litlstnl, in beliill of the HiisUil High School, as uiost advantageous to their own interests and to tlio cause of r.diication in this Community." Tne (JhainiL'U mimed the following com mittee t Huv. ii. A. Caldwell, Rev. C. T, Carroll, lie v. J. T, Kincanon, Rev. J. ), 1 Hillock, Mr. J. K. Anderson, Cupi, W, B, WibisniK, and Dr. J. B. W inston. The O.imuntMO would respectfully sub- mil the following oriel suitress; AN AIUIIU8S TO TIIK BI.'KINtHrt JUKV Or lilllrtTOI., IN 1IKIULV OK TIIK HuisTOl. illllll Sl'NiMII. AMI OK THK CaI'KH OK EDUCATION ynloiitMi j It bohooves a l men to live aud aot up lo the clearest lights of reason They have been ttie nest and wisest and greatest men of evory age who have not only discovered those lights for their own guidance, but have set Ihcui up lor the guidance of their fellow. men kil l of pos terity. 1 nese nave oeen tne true Deuelac tor of our lace, H la in the power t ev ery o 0 bs more or lesa mch a b n 'f ctor, But, ou oiner nau i, me man or set oi men. who wraps himself within the cloak of his own sellishness, and devotes all bis powers solely to sordid gain, dead to every call upon him as a social being, does delib erated disobey tmi injunction ot ins Imil that "no liiau shall live uuto himself " It Is neh men (hat the advocates of every no. I ble enterprise deprecate as its worst ene mies, not only, in not giving ot their abun dance, bnt In being stumbling blocks to others. It is such men whose memories posterity bas a right despise and curse, but whom. In mercy, it chooses to pass over In silent contempt and consign to utter obit v. ion. But such (A the common mass of men of every age whom the Omnipotent Ruler of mankind will mil pass over, bnt will in His- lice curse forever, because mey nave re- fused to recognize and aid in those great schemes which He has appointel for the improvement and civilization or the world, and have thus retarded Its final relorma. tion. In the course of Provldnncc, we, tho peo ple of Bristol, are called upon to pnt on foot one of these grand and noble schemes. Our opportunity has come. The obligation l upon every one of us, and we cannot but meet it, without incurring the solemn re- ,posibli.y of 'suppressing the rise and prog. ress of education among this poople. But, Instant of lis hnina a burden, this nohln scheme proposed to the citizens of Bristol, m '.e acccptea try mem as a loriunaie ZlTi' rlX le acT mVohW hereafter, and to wn to your memories as a lasting monumeut or fume. What more can men desire than to leave to P0"'"'1? great institution of learning, and to have their names ss Its founders on biiii iii.u mull iia.Ma p. MB iiiuiiuuin uu marl, In tablet, hnnir In ll tmbtin 1ml U I there to be read by the youth of unborn I nnnnranunD T in. T r i unliln unntimn.,. KciiumviuiiB i ii-i, iui" wuiHMiioiiL I does not seem to move tbe business men of Bristol to give their co-operation, in the cf- forts now being made to establish lust such an Institution in our midst, to be a living . . J., .l..., 0- ! iiiuiiiuiit-uk unci iijciii. . vnu juu, fiiitiu. men, oll'or a valid reason for your sloth J On tlio contrary, whilst you are doing noth. lug, and are dead weigtita to others, you are the very men to be moat benefitted in the success of King College I There will be drawn here every vear 200 or 4D0 stu dents. At the outlay of 1 400 to each stu. dent, the whole sum expended here every year, will reach the large sum of 8S0.000 or gIGO.000. Besides there will be a large ex- lnditure accruing from the parenu. and K"end? of .. atodenta, aa they Aall come f.om time to time. In this view, every founf "h K" n " ha dnrklcfi oinnwhirp. will Iuith nff fe'SflO each year, which, in four years will reach ....' . T .'!! "" ' , To iirnvA tn von that thin U nn hVa rtrflam. ! wa would cult rmir Attention tnthe town of Charlottesville, consisting of 8000 souls, whichcBs been built np and sustained al- most solely by the University of Virginia. That Institution formerly numbered 750 arudents. the outlay of each was $509 a session and many spent from t1 10(10 to 3000 How, business men ot Bristol, yon can eas ily tell bow an outlay of $400,000 has alone built up a. town of the size of Bristol, and I iiuw, iruiii luntj uiwo iu 1110 u Diversity, me dUtance of a mile, stores are springing np as if by magic, and in their doors stand fat and smiling merchants, inviting these young princes, the sons of the wealthiest mon from the Potomac to the Itio Grande, with pock. of Va." on its fostival days, and see the multitudes of G000 and 10,000 of the wealth of tbe laud, every house full and stores full, merchants and hotel-keepers so busy and so happy, sellln; goods and coining money. We could cite yoii another similar exam ple In Washington College, near Lexington, y4( Are not these strong aud Jl lng pro U to convince you, gentlemen, what King's College will do for Bristol, provided yon will work now to establish this great enter. prise upon a firm and permanent basis T tor every dollar that yon give to-day, to. morrow you shall get back tun : if not vir. tuajly, you will du so in the enhanced value cn8e your indill'orence by saying that there are ,uo many d'uicuitics iu the way r w e loll vim . i I u I 1. I lu AVnnan rt'ha founders 'of that Institution, now the pride f,(1 ,,0IMt of Ameiiua, a compeer of the older and famous schools of Europe, held tceir urst meetings In a log l u on the too of the Blue llidge, and there linked their names and their tamo with that of which Virginia is this day most proud her great U niversity . liut our own enterprise begins under better auspices. In the rich legacy bequeathed to us. It is to be reared here ,D 'ha niountain. at the common centre of railroads, alruady built and to be built, where from the cold North and tho hot cli mates of the South, from the malarious dis tricts ol the Last and tho distant plains of itio west, young men wilt be Invited to come by its readiness of access, the health of the climate, aud tbe beauty of the seen ery. in a moral and intellectual view of edu cation, wu have room lo say but little. We hope that but little is necessary. Eveiy in. telligent man, living in this enlightened age, and taking a retrospective view of the past, is lorced to acknowledge that the great civilizer of the buman race has been edu cation. Yet, when its bunianiziug tll'ects are so generally difl'med, and felt more or less by everybody, like the heat and light of the suo, it is hard lo realize what this great motive power has done for mankind. Schools and books have been its prime me dia .In these tl e oris and sciences have 1 een nursed and bteu preserved and ihrougu l mem trausinitteii irom age to azo. It was liiem transmitted from age to age darkness over the w.rll when ihey wore kept from the puople by artful priests. It was light again, gloriou ligtit, wlieu t geaums student of Wirtembnrg, broke from I nis ceil, ana neia up us pages beloro the eyes of ignorant men. Itliecmt ou that uas taimht. Mind to rule Matter, and brute force to yield to Intellect. To its mild power, tnB world owes that grand era and day wni,n )or Ul0 nriJt ,imo upon tue Deld o1 Steiukiik, there stond two mighty armies boe head and soul was an asthmatic skel- etmi ahd a dwai fili humpback. There the ediicaud tnuida of William III and tlu 11 like ol Luxembourg wisely swayed tho wild spirits and assions of that mighty ho&la, Liu yesieidiy the studious philoso pher pulled with a kilkeii cord, tho awful liglitnii.g from heaven to earth. To-day science has m ide it the mouth-piece of Eu rope and America, under the bine waters Win Atlantic Bill yesterday the exult. iug Watt reclaimed the volatile vapor from the air li'.cl.iy tl moves iln: world. S- are Die dt'Viileua of acienee revealing new facts making uew di-coverios, finding out new in ventions, and Mil'jooiltig by their educated intellects, the natural powers of heaven and earth to the common uses of men. Who are these benefactors of Iheir race but our young men whu catch the Inspired iiloa trum sumo l.ooa at syl ool, and it will not them go, till it comes forth a lull-boru reality, If "E luealion ta to the buman mind. wnai sculpture Is to the block of marble ' then you lathers may be resporsible for de priving I ho world of many a noble spirit, consigning it io oiiuvion. This a grave re sp insiliility. Meu slinuld weigh it well, be loro tin y poiutlvcly refuse, for any unwor thy reason, lo mil in the eause of education. Men have no rinht to ueglcut tlio means ol educating their childri n, and then to seud them out tutu I lie world, as nuisances on society. This question ought lo come home to too Business Mnu oi' liil.tol at this time with double force. We ce no rea-jun why thoy should be a indifferent to the claims ol education, ami there Is ever7 rcu-v n why lliey should co.opeiate In the eslab lishomu of the Bristol High ScIkm 1. You surely will ni deny the great advantages ol education the naponutiiiity of uiiering it io your cnililreii, aud the beuctlti of do. ing tins at Imiiie, under your owa eyes. lo'eal llien, of hanging yourselves as clogs upon the tiioita of others, why do you not come up as uiun and determine to do your jour part f We know that s une of yon are standing back and excusing your want of msn'y gen- eriMty with the pica that the Bristol H'gh School Is Mfdirmii. We are glad to meet you on this your last and only plausible syumieg ground, as lar an leacners are cf aceru) d you hsvo rntfitng to prove this. As to tho Curators, it is designed at the B"xt meeting to appoint then from each f.vangelica! Denomination. The doors of this School are open to Indigent young men of every Evancolical sect J' Chrietians. free of charge, who design study inn for the ministry. Ia this light, you rn compare It with Emnry and Henry College, or any other Institution of learning, and is there any one of them that proposes v d,r as niucn What is your Isst resort t Aftor tolllne you this, cannot you nnite with up, without doing violence to what yon may call reli gious diiterencesf And then, be sure that such differences are not another name for bigotry, the despicable and Implacable tv. rant of weak minds. After your mason Is convinced, take care that petty and mean feelings ot envy and jealousy do not re. strain your action. Do Dot stay from our meeting, with the base feelings of self, shame lor it, trora tho fear that you may be asked (or a little money. It is little worse than the man who deprives his soul Snnilay after Sunday of th benefits of preaching, lor tear 01 neiig esKeu inr ten cents. 19 there In Bristol a nun so basely sol. fish thst, whilst lie wishes to se the Bristol High School succeed, he wants it to do so. by the iffirts of his friends and neigbors alone, and men he will rmp Lis share of the Donvuts r jr mere ne sucii a man among those wu address let him for his owe sake, Keep in's -lecp in nin own sordid heart. .. o ii,-n innii ilium i-i yon, peuuemeo, lire hnMb. h..elr vnm 11. i. ,.,ih ,.,...' prise from such motives, let, if yon do noi now cuwie. up u4 hi in iiiiji preat ruat-i ter, the conclusion is irresistililo that you I do not appreciate the cause of Education. or that you arc in flu 'need by some one of ttie nnman'y motives presented above. It awaits lo be teen whether the peoplo of Bristol are a proof of the saying that education Is only appreciated bv edu cated people, and whether their obsti. nate inaction is to convince tho friends of education here that they are not yet ready lor tnia great blessing, limn will tho speech of ene of our generous townsman be verified that the highest aspirations of our merchants (or themselves and their sons are to "stand in their shop-doors, wait- leg to catch the first glimpse of the old I country man, riding two or three old ducks behind him, when all rush out one to seize tho bridle, an other tho old man's leg, whilht two or three are grabbing at the ducks." Let not fur ther experience prove this to bo so. There is yet another strong r ason why all classes and trades of men should unite now to bnlld up here this School. You will be opening a sure and broad avenno to your sons to an easy, cheap, but first-class, education, fitting them for any position or calling in life. You will be, at tbe same time, creating here a state of cultivated and retlned society, In which Education will be the just, honorable, and distinguishing feat. ore an4 thin education will be roado acccssi- 1 ble to all classes alike in tho proximity and cheapness of the Bristol High School. You will thus, and thus only, surciv binder for. ever tbe growtn and establishment of a cod. tirli and bloated aristocracy of wealth. whither you aro fast tending, and to which, In the nature of things, you will certainly come, and which is the most nn list, tyran nical, pretentious, despicable, and wicked aristocracy that ever did rise and foster upon the society of men. wo know that none of yon want this curse to be the lot of Bristol. But so surely will It be your fix ed doom as it istruo tbatlhe Business men of Bristol are training np their sons to re gard trading and making money as every thing, and to think that to stand behind a connter and measure calico la the sum. mnm 6onim, tbe very acme of human wishes and human destiny.' What a blind delusion I In this common strifo for money, some few will succeed most Of you will fail. Hard feelings will have been engendered In the hot contest, and Vour fortunate neighbor, bloated and pnfl'ed np with his money, will stand over and look down upon yon, with sneering tfride ana smiling con. tempt. All this timo yon will be Imbibing yourselves, and instilling Into your sons, as a legacy, all tho vile and bitter passions of Shylocks. lou will send them Into the world intellectual dwarfs, without the edu cation and learning to make them an honor to their name and to society. Oh f the 6tolid stupidity of men that will not learn that "riches taketh to itself wings and fit. eth away" that though rich to-day, their grandsons will to morrow be poor that they prefer to leave their song a few hun dred greenbacks more to be squandered, than to invest it safely in an education for them which they can never lose or waste, and which, let come what may, will com. fort their distress, relieve the worst of af fliction, aed dignify tho worst poverty, In conclusion, we boseech yon, the bus!. ness men of Bristol, to unite as one man in building up the Bristol IIi(;h School. Let us have a great college here that shall be on this hill a bright light, casting its brightness and glory upon our names and memories, far np the pathway of the futnro. We have several times heard it remarked that you need not present this school to tbe people of 13rlstol in any othor view than that ol a peenniarr nne. In that sense alone, it Is worthy of all their efforts. Bnt will the citizens or Bristol allow this imputation on their names? Will they not , by their acts, prove thia to be slander on them f It is for the business men of Bristol to come np to the help of this great matter. lou are the bone and sinew here, the men of your day, who cau act with effect. Tbe great responsibility is upon you. If this great scheme fails, witli all Its sad conse quences, you will be disgraced. It was the solemn declaration or your mot nsetul and honored citizen that if the Bristol High School was a f.iilure, be did not want to star here, but he would leave tbe placo for ever. We appeal to you, thon, not to lot this be so. 1 his school must be built up, Yon have sons to educate, ion are re mnili'A t.r. tliem and trt-nr.irtv for thelrrto. B,tlon and usefulness They must he edu. cated. If vou ro merchants, and vonr son Is to follow after yon, aim to make him the head of his i ailing teach bim, at least, the laws of trade and finance try to give him a love for learning develop bis intellect elevate his tsstes don't lot him he am?re measurer of calico, a merecouu ter.honner. a mere automaton, with the heavenly spark of reason smothered and al. most gone out from the neglect nt educa tion. We beseech yon do not. So wo could say to the carpenter, tho farmer, the black smith, to all mechanics. By the education of your sons can you only expect to d gnify and elevate these useful and necessary call lugs to their proper spheres. Then we ap. peal to all clasosand trades of the hirine men of Bristol to come up as true and in'ei Igent- m and resolve that von will build up "King's College," as a lasting monument to the citizens of Bristol, In behalf of the great cause of ed ucation. Secrets has ever crowned faithful and persevering ell'orta. Our effort" i-hsll be so crowned. Looking up tho shadow v vista of tho future at "King's College" standing forth a compeer other older sisteis over the land, fit us gain new strength and new conrsgn. When the battle is fmnlit and won, and the brows of the brave are wreathed with laurels, let not then selfish and craven spirits of to-day be talking thon about "our collego," but tn shame bold their tongues forever. The liost'irinm Mission dan. l,ee' vifivH In Hemxinsr. A correspondent of the Uicliuond Whig, who was the Urst to give any decided tutor. mation iu regard to the conference of Oen eral Rosecrans with prominent Southern, ers, in a letter dated White Sulphur Springs, V lrgima, A uziist Sdb, says (ienural Rose crans addressed a letter to Oen. Lo and others, in which bo propounded sundry en. quiilrs to Gun. Lee, aunn g others, whether we cm hope for any permanent peace and prosperity under tho present congressional plan of reconstruction, which surreudrra to the control of negroes and a few whites nearly all of the Southern States ; whuth er, if the whites were all enfranchised and given to the control of the South, they would treat the negroes Justly and kindly. eta. ticDcral Rosecrans requested General Loe to confor with other leading S'thern generals and civilians, and obtaialboir views In connection with bis own-' I A careful and well digested stcfuent was prtparod, addressed to Generiiliose. crans, In reply to bis letter. All tfpar. ties to the conference signed It, and H tiers are expected to do so. After Gener'0'1' name came that of Beauregard, nf the signature of Stephens, of Georgia, i hird on the list. General f.ee, in his ply, states that be believes the people the Bout ti sincerely aoMre peace and a rwora- tion of the Union. He does not ttj' it possible that the country can prosporyhilo the control and management of the gbern. ments of the Mates of tho South reipned In the hands of tho negroes end a few w ites, and while the mass of men represent!!? in. teliieen.-e are disfranchised. lie life eves If tho whites, are relieved of ail iOtical disabilities, and therehy given asceu&ncy, that they will, If left to themselves! treat the negroes with kindness, forbearanB and Justice. Tho Southern people, in bfcopin. Ion, regard the questions of slavery bd se cession as settled finally by the v. ft and they have no disposition or incllmAm to re-establish the one or again try ihcf'ther. It is the unanimous wish, says Gel Lee. of tho Southern people that we sh have lasting peace The people of thiisouth have the greatest interest in having! good and stablo government, that will frotect them In their rights and property, Id un der which they may go to work pSierly, and with tho confidence that whatever they raay accumniate by tdelr labor majtie se. euro for themselves and thoii childri. The reply covers five pages, nd ro.assors em plialically the declarations of the ipnser vative conventions of the South. f In connection with the announewnt of the Suu, yesterday of (Jen. KosecraJj's do. parture Iurui. the Washington Sir con. lectures that it is thought best tbaj Gen. K isecrans should consult vith ttioT emo. cratic leaders elswhere as to the ad? abili ty of producing this correspondence Jiior to its appearance. Baltimore S'un, 8epst. i- Tns Frksioknt os Paid Mii.itia.bi tub Status. Mr. L. C. Brcck and Colon"! Loo. nv BUthorized by tbe conservativesrTen ncssoe to lay before the President t situ atlon of affairs in that State, havef ad a lengtqy interview with tbe Executfo, du. ring which Tennessee matters werf fully discussed, with the following result, cor ding to a Washington telegram : $ "The President referred the eelefrtion to recent orders as the limit of Exeetive power iu tho matter, but assured theuhat every means authorized by tbe constittion and the laws would be Used to eecurthe freedom of the ballot in Tennessee aiythe boutnern states without ltiterlerendi by Federal or tato troops. Tho Present Jqj ground tliat th constitution f iiis any of the States organizing a standing ar. my oi paia soiaiers ; mat minus outy nn cumhent upon every citizen,' who ean'tily be exempted from it by tho piyment a line or providing a substitute ; that the tl ilia is an emergency force, subject de called lrom the plow or loom at any lo ment, and from which no citizen can escae but that a standing army is ropugnauvto tbe constitution and to the spirit of out i- stitutions. Every constitutional power, if the Lxecutivo will be used to prevent tc organization of standing armies of pal troops In any State unless called for atl controlled by lederal authority. "The Fresident, during his prolonged torview with Messrs. Burck and Loona, produced aud read from the books the par of the constitution and the several laws 0 the subject In support ot bis position tl no State can maintain a standing army paid soldiers. The law of 18(15. he dedal ed, was conclusive on this subject. It dis banded and forbade the re.orginizalion , the militia or voluntoer forces ot the Sout era States." The above bnt agrees with the goner J grounds taken by Attorney General Kvartl in his opinion on the subject lately, and oijf. which orders have been issued to the miliJ tary commanders In the South. liallUnori Sun, Sep. 1st. f Norfolk, the Northwest and the laviflc. From the Noriolk Journal. There aro two routes by which to reach the Tennessee railroad from Louisville, Ken tucky, and Cumberland Gap to Bristol. The links lacking on this route are from London to Cumberland Gap forty. rive miles. and thence by a road from the latter point to Bristol ninety-live total miles of road required to be completed to put us into communication with Louisville, li Cum berland Gap, one hundred and forty miles. The second will bo furnished by the "Louisville, Harrodsburg and Virginia rail road" this route bas just been surveyed. The engineer reports the route to be prac ticable, and the people of Kentucky are ' enthusiastic in favor of its construction as well they may be; for it will open up a splun. did portion of Kentucky now cut oil from a market. . This road will run from Lonisvillo, Ken tucky lo llarriHlstiurg, aud theLce it will pass on lo the Yirgiuia line where tbe Lou. isa fork ot Sandy river pastes tlirougl the Cumberland mountains. From Louisville to lllis point is in a straight line 208 milef, andlioii Louisa f rk to tbe Virginia ana Tennessee railroad at the mouth of Crab creek the distance in a straight liue Is 100 miles making from Louisville to the lei iicsse railroad 3U8 miles. These figures being lor direct distances, we must add for the windings of the road. say bt miles, making in all fiom Louisville to tho Tenuessee rallioid by thia route three hundred aud sixty miles, This route tl.en will reacn me Tennessee rca 1 by a sborler distance than by London and Cumberland Gap by apout forty miles. Inasmuch, however, as it meets the 1 runes tee road at a point thirty miles tviriiiuasl of Bristol, this distance baa lo to be subtrao led from the distance to Noriolk, aud ii will leave tho proposed route from Louis ville to Norfolk by the L., 11. und Virginia line be v.i my miles shorter than thai of the route I hrong h Lndou and Cumberland Gup to Bristol, The commisiloners named tn the charter of the Loiiisvile, llarn diburg aud Yirg nta railroad are lo in eel at the counnouoe in LtUivillu to-niouow nigU, when tho en gineer, ll. M. l'atton, E-q , will make a report. The Loniaville couiltr ot me zoui rays: As the object in projecting this road Is to make the shortest possible connection wi'.b Itio Virginia and Te.iuessee road, and give us the imis-f direct roufe to Kurfulk, H Is to be lxtped thai the nivuting will bo largely attended aud the tut ject considered a its importance wairauls." ll we look on Hie map, we snail see mat Louisville ia the (mini through which most oflhi) Great Northwest must reach Noriolk, and abo thai through which the route from Noifolk lo San Francisco must pass. Wu do uot unuei value the coimucttou al ready existing between Norfolk and the States of Teuilesseo anrt the a lutuwisi s inr il will biim: a great trade lo nnr city. Nev ettheless, groat as this trade must be, it w 11 bo but niiali compared Willi wnai must accrue from the ci'iimciiim wlih the NorlhJ aest and lliu I'acilio. Wo sgaui uig' upou our merchants and biliiiies, men the tecessi'y of forming an acoiiaintauee with llie great cities ol the Northwest Cincinnati, f t. Louis, Chicugo, and above all. with LouUvilie. We H unt thai numbers of delegates from those cities will be invited lo attend our convention in October, and that such Inducement will bu ottered that tiler will come without fail Relv unon it. tho Northwest is to bo the m-eal Miiiree from which eur city must draw its prosperity. The Bill al llie Greeubtier White Sul phur Surings, was a great success and was attended by Gens, l.ee, Beauregard, (lid Echols, Hou. Alexander biepbcua aud otn era of distinction. ' Cokobms ok Frxk Masons. A Masonic Congresn, embracing representatives of the craft from atl parts of the world, has been convoked for the lRth of September, at Havre, Franco. There are five questions set down for discussion at this meeting t 1. Masonry at the presont timo : Does It maintain Itself on a levor with social and humanitarian progress f 9. On the Infin. eoco of Masonry on the general progress of sentiments, Idets and manners. Ilow this infleence should be exercised at present. The fundamental principles of Masonry living universal, what measures should We taken in order that regular Jlaons may make themselncs known as such tn the workshops, with all the rites and obedien ces f . Ilow can Free Masons react on onr epoch against the Idea of war, which Is the negative of human fraternity r 6. in what measure and In what manner is It proper to prao'.iee proaclyteistn sgainst the profane 1Jlallimore Sun. PosTor FtpR Affairs. Virginia offices discontinued Rock I'oint, Scott county, and Warsaw, Richmond county postmas- er being ineligible. For failure to give bond Laurel Hill, Lunenburg connty; Porcelain. Augusta county. Locust Dale, Madison county ; Long Creek, Louisa connty Spring Levol, Hanover connty jQullllnsvllle, Scott connty j Shawsville, Montgomery county ; Whitesbnrg ,Lee connty ; Whitlock, Halifax connty j Wyllyston, I'rlnee William county ; Trinity Church, Bedford connty ; Water Lick, Warren connty; Kockvillo, Hanover Connty. For alleged failure to make quarterly returns Taint Lick, Ta3. well connty; Port Conway, King George connty ; White Plains, Brunswick connty; Miller's Tavern, Essex connty; Tye River Depot, Nelson county; Orlean, ranuiuer county ; Stafford Courthouse, Stafford coun ty; Thornton's Depot, rairfax county; Ridgeway, Henry county , and Musoville, Pittsylvania county, Va. From the Virginian. Sticklktvillk, Lkk county, Va., ) July 20th, 18f,8. J Fellow CUmens of tin Eighth Compression. I DUtrivt of Virginia: In announcing my self a candidate to represent this district in tbe Congress of the Lnited States,! will say I am a white man, born in this county, forty eight years of age. and bare my Inter. est Identified wib yours. Iam from princi ple what tbe republican party professed in IS.'iB. I am ia favor of a while, free and republican government, under the const!. union framed by the people for the good ot the people, to secure the liberty and equal laws and I am of opinion that no strict part, isan who adheres to Dartv fur the sake of the party, is qualified to be a representative of the people. ' D uring the war I was a union mau from principle, aud as soon as 1 saw the time arrive to harmonize the people under one common government, with a resumption of social relations, and peace was within our grasp, and to obtain the surrender ol gen eral prejudice, was the great object of my heart, and nulla in the bonds of Union, all under one, common government, subject to equal civil laws, and my earnest desire was the early establishment of civil laws in Virginia. Yours, &c, Jaks W. Sauk. MISl'ELLA NEO US AD VEH T1SMEXTS. DISSOLUTIOWT The firm ot G. P. Crouch 6: Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent. Tbe name of the concern will be used only In wind ing up the business. All parties indebted to tbe tirm are asked to come promptly to timo and settle with our Mr. Crouch, and gtvo trouble to themselves and ns. q G. P. Cnooru Jso. Stkfknkr. The business will be hereafter conducted in the name of G- P, Crouch. In retur ning bis thanks to the public for a liberal patronage in the past, he would respectfuly ask a continuance ot tuo same. Aiig.!Sif G. P. Cboith. tomoiALi Abstract of tuo -mli Annual Statement PHtHIX INSURANCE COMPANY, Of? v HARTFORD, CONN,, File iu thu Auditor of State's Office. ASSETS AT MARKET VALUE : 'ash ou hand, in Bund, aud duo from Agents, . . $107,37,31 'nited States Securities, , l5(.bJ5,Ci( .onus on Ajipruved .Securities, S'J,340,OU .'ew York Bank .Stocks, . 00,125,00 lartford Bank Stocks, . . 242,03K,OO liscellaneous Bank 8tocks, . 6S,00,00 -ouds State, City, Kailroad, and Water, . USS.lif.U.OU fonnecticnt State Bonds, . . HIO.IMMI.Oll lliio State Bonds, . . . 89,fiil.0( Accumulated Interest, . . . 4,3ns.1. Ml ai.318.587.27 tI liabilities, $124,b'Ji.oU . (al income for fiscal year, I,2i4,92o,,04 tal disbursements, . . 1 , 0(V.,1 C'2.80 rotal Losses Paid by the PHCENIX, $4,102,169.78. Vi XU I i. u ai i . t U Ui i Ni m V Airnnfa I Bristol, Term. $ug21 3t I Hay Press. VE have for ule at a very low figure a Bajtcr Hay Press. It has been used oncsen- 84j mid is iu guild condition will make BnJ s weighing from 4(KI to GOO lbs. f ice S 100 original cost ijtio. i i .FOWLKU& G1BBONEY. . aa.21tf IilNB To ' M'uffs, oilet Powders, Powder Boxes ami Hair Oils. Pomades, Colognes, Lubii's licnuine Extracts, Cuiubs, Brushes, Sc., Sc.. cheup fur cash, by W. D. MINOR tl CO. AujJIHf Nickels House Corner. Sl'I'ES and Flavoring Extracts, tal usserluient consisting in A yen flirt of N lit ult-rH Muce, liincer, Cloves, Pepper. Ciiiniiuii, Vanilla, Omngo. I.nruon, Ha. W. V. MI.NOK & Ul. AufSltf Nickels Heuse Corner B AidUiCPTCY ! BANKRUPTCY 1 1 ThebndcrsigDcd ure prepared to prose cute 4ses iu llaiikruiitey in the U. h Courts) if Virginia and Tennessee. Islanki furiiisliid aud Schedule prepared at our ollice. I t York & & Fulkersoa, Att'j3. Bristd, Aug. It, IHliS. 4w PKAL't HAS 1 T S VICTOR1 KS (A3 WELL AS WAR II 1 AMI PAY.U'S PATENT CHURN I HAS riuiVKN 'IO UK "OICE OP TBIIEIiVC." rpillS b without doubt tho best Churn L ever used, and la wni'ianteil to luuk Butter ill iroin three to ten minutes, and in ike iiioi ". mid better Piiittor from the same iiuiiiiiiy ni ll ipmliiy of Milk tlniii uny ether pussniie iiif.ii ii. It is nUm simple and strong in construe tion uud n l liable to get out of repair. It it spi-fiiitly (inriible and dcsiriiblo, he cause ll lamioH Willi enoeraga uud fruiu tho bctt (,tnUty of It.l t i:l Alt, and hence cxntlb all worthless Cliuius m.ide from plunis, that fall tu pieees wlieu prop. erly scaldcjl and suuiied. HIE OU DOMINION CHURN CO., Of MURFHEESHORO", Aro sole owners of Iho Patent. Bight fo tlio Mates 'nf Old and West Virginia, and their Agent, Mr. P. 11. O'NKlL.wiU viaita uunibor of tbe Counties assiniu as poss lile with a view of sell ing CO UN TV R10HTS as well as, supplying the Churns to ceo-u niers. rnnuESHEEs and cleaner? WE have lust received a new tot .of O Westingnouse ft Co's": celebrated Threshers snd Oleanevs, with tripplo gear borse 'pow ers, and Have tliem now ready for alo These machines are the best in nso and em brace oil the new improvements ar elegant in appearance, and at the most reasonable prices. Call and see them . FOWLER 4 GIBIiONEY. SODTH-W ESTEB.N VIRGINIA LAND AGENCY, TALtAFERIlO, HURT & BROS., Licensed Peal Estate Brokers, OFEICE AT THE LAW OFFICE OF W. M.TALIAFERRO, AUlflUUlW, VlJUJllMlA. " PROPOSE TO SELL REAL ESTATE IN Southwestern Virginia. ' . Parties wishing to purchnse lands In this section, or those desirous of selling, will call st the Hbovc-nicntioncd olhce, tic upon the mercantile firm of Hurt & Bras., at tli. Depot, at Abingdon, Va. v. ill. TflljlAri'KllU, F. B. HURT, W P. HURT, W.-VT HURT. Branch Office, GOODSON, VIRGINIA, AT OFFICE OF YORK &. FIXKEKSOX, (Agent.) ' March 27, 88-tf. ' riUIE STONE RIVER UTILITY WORKS X or MURFREESBORO', TE2IN. Are located in a large four-story brick building, and are supplied at great expense with new and the most approved machinery for working ' RED CEDAR. And are now produciug immense iunnlitics of every variety of vessels with more suc cess than any other factory in the world. Tbeir location in the midst of the immense forests of Cedar wood gives grent advan tage any other establiseement, and allows the production or BETTER WARE AT LOWER PRICES TUAN CAN POSSIBLY BE HAD ELSEWHERE, D. II. SPENCK. Supt. ang l ttf ATKIN HOUSE, liiiowlilc, Tcuu. Dkab Sir: This little scroll will inform yon that this New and Elegant Hotel is loca ted Rt the Depot, aud is now open to the publio for patronage. t All the comforts usual in first-class Ho tels may bo realized here. If you wish to spend a ftw days in our city, you will find it pleasant to stop at this House. , i Cood attention, good fare, and reason able bills, always ou band. Connected is a first-class Bar and Barber Shop. Meals at all hours, to suit guests. . Baggage free of charge. Keepectfully yours, ACTON YOUNG, Prop'r. June 12, 18t8.-t.f jF.IGH BROTHERS & PHELPS, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS NO. 6, COMMERCIAL ROW, NORFOLK, VA, Congnmcnts solicited nod liberal advntt ces made. Quo. IlAftMEMKa. Harmklinci. Late of Va. & Tcnn. , R. R. HARMELING BROTHERS, UKALURS IN Dry Guodft, GroccrlcN, Hard ware, Boots, Shoes, Huts, Kerosene Oil, Lamps. Chimneys, Salt, Iron and Castings. All kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE WANTED, For which we wiil pny the highest market price. BiSr Wo return thanks to our friends and the public generally for tho liberal patronage bestowed, uud hope by close application to business to share a portion their future rade. Auglltf . IJARMELIN0 BROS. 8 L'PERIOR Old Virginia Leaf Tobacco, for Chewiug or Smoking, cheup for cash. at W. D. MINOR & CO'S. Aug. 20tf Nickels House Corner. TUST RECEIVED Soda Crackers. Ad- i ainantine Candles, Brown Sonp, Kero sene Oil, Lamps, Rosin, Pulveriied ami Rolled Sulphur, Corn Starch, slid many Other articles useful to housekeepers, which w will sell as low. if not lower, than usual selling prices. W. V, MINOR & CO. Ang. 20, 180R. Nickels House Corner. RO SAO A LIS, THE fRKAT : Blood Purifier ! n TJ "R, TTi M SCROFULA IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS KUUU AS V Consuption iu its early stages "Enlarge ment and Ulccrailou of the Uunds, JoiutH,',Boiies, Kidneys, Uterus, . Chronic UlietimBtUin, Krup. tiuns of tlfb Skin, Chronic Se.ro Eyes, &c, &e. DISEASES OF WOMEN, Loss of Appetite, Sick Headache, Liver Complaint, Pain in the Back, Im prudence in Life, Cray el, GENERAL HAD HEALTH, And All Diseases, of the . Blood, Liver, Kidneys: aud ''ladder, ll is a Pa led Ruuuvntor, . fsr ROSAD A L I S eradicates every kind of liunmr and bad taint, and restores the entire system tu a healthy uondiliou. Ite-lt is perfectly harmless, never pro ducing the slightest injury. ttJr It is not a Secret Ouack ilemoily.-- Tlia urtiulus of which it is made are publiab cd around each bottle. Kf-oiniiiiidc'd by ilie Itlrdicul ruciilly mid TlioiiMauds ol' our SSt'Kl C'illxi'UH. . lAFor TBstimouialsof reuiarkablecurcs, sau "Uosadulia Almikiiao" for this year. Prepared only by Dr. J. J. LAW RENO Iv & CO., 21 1 Itultluioi" Slr!fl, llaltimt JIM., Ami for Sale bv Drugt'wu every whore. July 17, IBM. ly . GENUINE Havana Cigars, Surior Chewing and hmoking Tobaceo.al leaat than usual retail prices. W. D. MINOR & CO. . AuglOif Nickels House Ceruei.