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Ay Si t Proprietor. HUKTER UICH0LS0N, EDITOR. ... . - 9 COLUMMIA, TE'.t Saturday Moraine, Way I2ili, 1SGG. "" v News and Rumors. , 'A rrcwdoiitki Message, in reply to an liwjo-ry fmt tlie tirmr of 7tepTe!ntat:res, s:ate Kmt iiA-frydo kw harm nmrd, and 707 case yet remain undiijoed of. Under the 13th excep tinu of tbe Amnesty Proclamation, iO!S parjonn fcave be-n issued. This Is known as the 20,000 thiie. ' ' . .iilnjor-Gciicral Howard reports pro perty nr.z I nntlor the art of July, 1362, and restor ed bythe P-ttreau, 1S,CI acre ; abandoned property allotted to (rtodiB?n and rmfcired by tlx- Crura a, 1 4,. 641 mere-? abeodtmeA jTuixrtr not allotted to freed om ToiU.ni! iy the Duma, 400,009 Km. TotaL 430,t0Sam-.;" tt ' ' ' - ' The Ttmcs, of the -Ttli, says: Tie, trade of the ffttft wouk wan fairly active in the liiM if Import entries, end tlir shipment of I lume-rtic PmJurc. There was added to tlie last a rlupmrut f iifcariy a million of Gold and Silver. Tbe businciw ia -Irotf-ijfu aad Domestic Merchandise, from store ad tut of boud, ia aatfertry fur the season of the ? 'l it! "; -' :" . vTlip; 'Mcmpliii Ledger says the great liaoc wiuch baa been made in the cotton Colds bor dering n tlte Mississippi rirer by tlie present over flow, appalling. - It ia no exaggeration to ssy that taceunted thousand of acre of land prepared for cetfeai, hare Item abandoned. Tlie eecd planted Las rxUnd ja the ground, and the most fertile portion of Hb bitk growing irjriati of the South ia a watery aea of idtaolatioq, 'Te bare n language adt-quate trr cotirrr to our fn-uda tlie sympathy we feel for their voisfirtoiwe. - Te do wot pretend to know how fr Mj'a itxte of thia trill fli-ct tbe oiloa market, twit MHtoe who vlce fee an targe crop bad better Tlie Coruph-jlllrr of . the Currency femLea aatotvment wiich allows the actual receipts W 1nr, wj'rrput fical year to April 1st, In be filO, iilTlr and at Uie same rate for tiia next three wiitlM tby will amount for tlie year $540,000,000, t Iiioo $3)00,000 my be added for the inewne ti."; - i i, ?;!' J 'i . Mrs. jeflcrson Davis was accompanied i Foilru.i.Mnnrwc by two acrraaU and her yonnjrest .iiV)fliaj girl., Slia waa eacorted by lieutenant Iff srn1a olo Uo rortTPM. The condilkms of her Vl Hf unknown.; Sbg broujtt a larpe quantity of 'XXVfr wuk bar, as if erileatiy deaipning to wmain mnm K?nffth ut tim. : :Tc Uouse lias pawed, without porecte4 by Uie Judiciary Commit lout debate, aittcc, which !ii elK-ct pare (lie war ("omewhat for tlio trial of Jcf- J'.T-va I'arjs. It proTi'dos for the time and place of 1M pic Circuit Court for tbe Eastern District of Vir:niii, and allows tlie Judge to either hold tbe cVwirt at Norfolk or Richmond. The bill was receir ed In the Senate and duty referred. t - THE SITUATION. V; " ' STATE. tj Tennessee u to-day the most unfortn DaU $tatc on the coutlucnt cursed as Mvcr was a State, by a Land of political ontlaw, who accidentally occupy offi cial positions ; her people impoverished hy, four years ww, her limbs shacUcd nud . bound ly infamous enactments, calted laws, ho is certainly . deserving of the pity of all the world. "We ven ture the assertion that, since the first at tempt at representative government, his tory contains no record of just snch a l)6dv acting in a legislative capacity, as is now assembled at Nashville. As rep rescntataves, they cannot truthfully claim five thousand constituents in the taTe. In point of information, integri ty and respectability, they represent about the same number, and generally the same persons, as do the inmates of tbe State Penitentiary and Insane Asy lum. It can.be established before any lioncsl jury -of twelve disinterested and impartial men, that three-fourths of that body have already been guilty of willful perjury. "While this is so, it ex cites no remark, simply because it aston il no on acquainted with the private character of the individual members. 1 1( is not, therefore, a matter vi surprise that such a. body, imbecile, incompetent, and bent on plundering the coffers of the State, should seek to perpetuate their hold upon the public offices. . Their chief aim is .plnndcr, and to gain this they Itare li6itatcd at nothing, and will be deterred by none of the considerations that usually operate to control, or gov ern, the actions of honorable men. To these they are as deaf as is the highway rebber to the pleadings of his hclp!e?s yi;uins. ' It need surprise no one, there fore if Uicy should attempt to organize an armed band in every county, by which to govern. and control the elections, and follect their plunder. Such a step has cn, aud may vet be, in-contem pis lion. ThenTtoo, they would lite to muzzle the J'Itss. Tliey are enraged that their mis deeds should be chronicled, and grow fu rious whoii lilting aud appropriate terms arc-applied to them and their conduct. J ii this they arc unreasonable. They can play tlio tyraut and sport at will with :ieT(:hU of men, because their position ghies thcin the power so to do ; but there 5Vibtpowcr on earth can save them from Uic scoru and contempt of honest men, ei titer & a- body or as individual aud tint tinie is- farmnorcd when they can rither intimidate or control a free press to overlook or countcuauce their crimes The convict who has served his time in th Penitentiary, rarely returns to the community from whence he was sent; Not Jc respected w.ll be the position of Ike radicals of the preseut Legislature, when" their terms expire. - f. e.ii -XATIOKAJ- ' ' At Washington, a like 6ccnc of confu sion reigns. The disgraceful fruit of an rmfortunata accident, the present ; Con gress has sagacity enough to know, that Bnder the ordinary and lawful adminis tration of affairs, they would be driven front their places, for incompetency, at the first election. They arc determined to arrange matters while tlie power is in their hands.". They are determined to se cure, thcr, offices, and to do this, they deem it necessary to keep out the South ern States, aad, so far as they can, to pre vent the restoration of kindly feelings fJetween the people of the South and Xorth. ..Itmattera not that every inter- tfctof the Government is materially in-J jaced by this course, and the welfare of the who'e nation jcoperdizod. : They re gard the success of their party as para Mrount toall things else. . ' i .TpW.ortrinatcly, tlie Executive has ome'rpgard for the Corftltution yet, and lia too, tlie norve to back Ids ideas and 'doctrines by brave words and offi cial acts While he stands firm and de fends The Constitntion, and" insists upon Laving , the "Government administered according to its plain teachings, there is hfcf far the Ecpublic.- But for Tenues . tee, under the preseut miserable misrule fccre-1 no hope.- Her only sal ration is iu the general convention to remodel the State fopstitaiion,'Lud tfiereby rid the State of (lie iacuV-'-sv '.!. ,i '. ' --Otir luty toward finns. The cni.inrip;ition of the late neirro slaves is one of the great events in the present century. "Whether it be rijfht or n rong is a queslftm of the past, the fact is accomplished, end we, their late own ers, have only to consider them in their new relations. Their total unprepaml ie9 for their new state, their lielplesfs and deienleiit condition, as a matter of course, appeals to the sympathy of all Christendom. Upon their late owners howevtr, they have other and .-troner claims than arise fYom the general prin cinlcs of idiilanthronr. "We are yet. nnd must, while they remain in our midst, coiitinuc to be in closer relation with them than any outsiders can be.. There fore, their welfare is more intimately blended with our interest. This fact, aside from all consideration of past re lationship, renders it both our interest and duty to befriend them and aid them in preparing themselves for their new life. They need our friendship now far more than even they needed the help of philanthropist, real or mock. "When they were slaves they had enough and efficient friends. "We know them belter tlian any others can, and when left to their own impulses they naturally rely upon their fowncr masters. In view of these facts therefore, it be comes our imperative duty to look to their education. It is not only bad poli cy, but wrong in itself, to trust these matters in the hands of imported teach ers. All of these are incompetent : first through want of the proper motive ; se cond, through ignorance of the . negro character, and thirdly, through lack of moral competency. It is a fact establislv cd by reasoning, ' nnd bome out br ex perience, that the men and women who volunteer as teachers from the North ia the negro schools atablished throughout the South, are now, and have all along, been exercising a most pernicious aud dangerous influence over them. ' An in fluence which tends to the disadvantage of the negroes and the disturbance of the peace and good order of society. . In very many cases it is the practice of these imported teaches to indoctrinate their pupils with the idea that their for mer owners arc their natural nnd irre concilable enemies. This state of affairs must inevitably result seriously to he injnr')f the peace, quiet nnd welfare bf society. Unfortunately for, this," fts'foi' everything else, our State is cursed with a Legislature so ignorant and debased bv prejudico and fanaticism that it is hope less to look to them for help. "With a decent Legislature it would be quite practicable to establish a system of adu cation for the negroes that would benefit them and relieve the country from the bad influence of the foreign teachers. We are glad to sec that the subject is at tracting the attention of our contempo raries of ilic press, and hope to see it dis cussed fully and freely. To us the most feasible plan seems to be through the-in tervention of the various Christian de nominations. These unfortunate people stand as much in need of jnoral as men tal training, and no field of missionary labor can be more appropriate or more fruitful of good results. Each of the churches ia our land has its home mis sion, which might be turned to efficient use in the training of the youngnegrocs and fitting them for the duties aud re sponsibilities that now devolve on them. Thus will that harmony be promoted which is essential to our peace and pros perity as a people, and their welfare and improvement as a race. This matter is of vital interest and pressing importance, and the sooner it is taken in hand by competent parties in every community the better it will be for both whites and blacks. A Small Cloud. Among the news items of the day we find the following, which looks as though there might be- something like a fight ahead of us after all, on the Monroe doc trine: s "What is the conditionof the country ? The wr is over and the Union still practically dissolved. What are the sijrns of the times T 11" the instructions piven by the S.-cretary of tatc fc enr Minister to Austria are carried oit."t'ie tvtmlt will be war between this countrr and Aastria. We may dcfeit the few sol diers she mar wn.l against us, but site- will till the yeas with pnvaUvrs ;o destroy our commerce. With the eleven Statss excluded from the Union, we are not m a condition to po t war : and if the report of the Committee on Reconstruction is adopted, these States will be kept out till after Uie next 1 residential election." We-are not apprised of the exact na ture of Secretary Seward's instructions, but wc cannot see how he can object to French troops occupying Mexico and ac quiesce in Austrian troops taking their places. As wc have taken occasion heretofore to stxite, the announcement made with such unction in the Northern press, thatNAroLEox had deserted Max imilian, and announced his intention to withdraw his troops, was all cry and no wool. The facts will show, that, before agreeing to recall his troops, he had se cured the enlistment of a like number of Austriaus to relieve them. The remarks of Senator Johksoh re fercd to above are as follows : "The State Department has received positive infor mation that the detatchments of Austrian troops have Railed for Vera Cruz, and that others will follow. Tlie Austrian Minister liere has made all his arrange ments to leave this rapitol, and will depart in about three weeks, witliout waiting for Mr. Seward's dis missal, and independent of Sir. Seward's action. It is understood that lie acts under instructions from bis own tfovernment. l'caple are now bepinninp to see the point nf what Reverdy Johnson said in the Senate Uie otlicr day, that Mr. Seward's instructions to M.Motlcy will result in war with Austria. Wc learn from the Memphis papers that on Monday night last, while Col. Heart, the senior editor of the Daily Commercial, was sitting at his desk writing, two shots were fired at him from the opposite side f the street, the balls lodging in the wall just above Ids head. The assassins, three in number, (discovered by the police in a few mo ments afterward, as they were making off,) attempted to murder Col. Heart, from a position tinder the shed of the Adams Block. Fortunately, the deadly missives missed their aim. The Supreme Court of Tennessee, now session at Jackson, in an able and elabo rate opinion delivered by Judsrc Haw kins, has decided that the Act of Con- nrfce rIti1i rAAniraa f 1 ivco. i v i ,iwa .a lite &lal& n UliaUUf issued from State Court9o be stamped, is unconstitutional' .Consequently writs issued from Courts and Justices need not be stamped.- . ., . .-. .; Excites ent at StevensonI A rren- lleman who came in on the Nashville train last evening informed us that there was some excitement at Stevensou Monday" nirrht, in conscauencc of a tur bulent disposition 'manifested bv a por- uouoi me negroes ai mat-point Jie stated that several of them were slosh ing round with their nistola in hand, and talking in a war to provoke a mnss. - ' Krom onr Ppeeta! Correspondent. ' Mn. Eorrm : Shut out as I was, for four years, from all communication with Tennessee, yon can readily Imagine with what a hearty welcome' I receive the weekly visits bf "Tun Herald," and with what interest I peruse its contents. Few people fully appreciate the value and importance of a County paper, nritTl by some cause they are deprived of it. This want of appreciation is made mani fest by their failing, iu many instances, to make up a respectable subscription list I mean a paying list and in this way the Editor, u forced to divide hia time, and look to other sources lor a sup port. What thinking man would be de prived of the benefits resulting from a well conducted paper in his county? Rob a county of this advantage; and you are deprived of an advertising medium, of county news, of a place even to notice the death or marriage of a member of vonr fiimilv. ' " ' ! ' It is enough to make one shudder at the very idea of living, to say nothing about dying, in such a connty. j Again, there is a great neglect on the part of subscribers generally, iu report ing tiie news which would ic of interest to many. Things often occur in differ ent parts of a county, which can only be known through its paper, and although it may be of littjc interest to those living in that neighborhood, yet, to others it may prove of great interest, ... But I did not set out to write a letter advisory to the good citizens of Maury. They know their duty, and the only fears I have are thtrt they do not know 'The Herald'' is half so good as what it is. Give it, then, your support in the way of subscription, influence, ifems of news, and you will become noted, not only at home, but abroad, for your libe rality, influence and intelligence. By the way, Panola can boast of an excellent paper, edited by M. S. Word, in the town If you doubt this assertion, place .it on your exchange list, and you can very soon, tell something of the material in r i ; vsi-'f: -' ' t The ' condition - of . affairs, is rather more prosperous here than it was. : Far men are'biisily' engaged in planting the cotton crop, arid haye bcen annoyed no little by '( thd frcijueut ahd.hcavy rains A .very full crop is being planted. , tjora is .up,' and ration time.' was consumed in replanting, -'occasioned,1 doubtless,' br planting so carlyl, lids difficulty cannot wcl be avoided, as the corn crop must be finished, to give lime for the planting of the cotton crop. To succeed well with cotton, it must be planted as early as pos sible. Farmers are moving things On with great energy, determined to give free la bor a thorough test. Some express great doubt as to the profits resulting from this new experiment, while others are more hopeful, aud think something can be made. The negroes are disposed to work well, and establish,' if possible, the character of being good workers. There is one common complaint against all, and that is, it is impossible to have them at work as early in the mornings, as their employers would wish. . ' Tlie people here were considerably crestfallen when the news was received tliat "the civil rights bill" had passed. Some looked alone on the dark 6ide of the picture, and imagined unnumbered woes, that would soon follow. There was no-,;bowof promise," to such thinn ers. There was another class, who look ed on the other side ' of the picture, and njw, like ,Micawbcr,tare always looking for something to "taru up." ...... i '. It is thought there will be another meeting soon of the Legislature of this State. . It is difficult to imagine the ob ject Of this meeting, unless it be, to test again the power of "the Federal authori ty" to undo what is done. ,' I would like to write more, but this letter is now too loug, and I may at some future time wish to draw on your time and patience. ' VcryKespV, P. Panola co Miss., May 4th, '66. ' Ovit Monthly Exchanges. Our month ly friends are coming to hand promptly, and it is a real pleasure to note the eviden ces which each presents, of success and prosperity. The first arrival is "Tlie Amer ican Agriculturist.'" As with every previous number this year, "Agriculturist for May,'" comes in extra size (40 large pagers 1) It is rich, not only in excellent reading matter, but also, as usual, in many beautiful and in structive engravings. It stands at the head of the Northern agricultural press, and is one among the few jounuils published iu that section that has never been infected with the negro-mania. We commend it ve ry sincerely, for its many excellencies, and would be giad to see it widely circulated among our farming friends. It is publish ed in New York, by Orange, Judd & Co, at 1,50 a year. Next we have "The Southern Cultivator."" This is emphatically the Southern farm journal, excelling, beyond comparison, all others that come to our table. The May number is peculiarly rich, in well written articles upon all the leading topics, inter esting to the Southern farmer. It is pub lished at Athens, Gaj ; Edited by D. Bed raond and Wm. N. White, at $2,00 per annum.- ' . : .; : ' ' - , " ' '. uTheHorticuUurUrFor May'we do not find so interesting as it is wont to be. We miss some of its best contributors, but sup pes3 another number will make tip what this one lacks. These are all of the Agri cultural monthlies for May that have reach cdus." ' -: ' """ Found Deab. On last Sunday morn ing an old negro man who formerly be longed to Mr. D. II.-C Spcnce,- of this city, and had remained on his place du ring the war, went to the stable for the purpose of attending to bis horse, and in about fifteen minutes was found lying iu a lifeless condition. Supposed cause of his death rheumatism of tlie heart He remarked to his wife as he left the breakfast table, .that he had eaten one more hearty meal, if he should never live to take another. . Tableaux and Concert at Jackson, Tenn. The tableaux and concert given at Jackson, Tenn., on the 3d and 4th in stant, for tlie benefit of the maimed sol diers, rdsulted- in the collection of over $1,700 including private subscription. The New York World says i- ... ' Tlie proceedings in the case of John O'Mahony, late Head Centre, are still in progress "at the headquarters in Union Square. The terrible crash in the for tunes of O'Mahony, ha completely hum bled that august iiidivinual and render ed him powerless. ' 1153 chief supporters art deserting him.in shoals,' and in 'i few days' he wili'have to' face the gathering storm alone and unsupported. To fen der the matter worse' there is a division in the organizationj and the factions are now preparing for a fight for the spoils, one led by O'Mthony, and the other by B. Lorau"KiHian, who despite the dis graceful - failure at Eastport, is still as picturesque and imposing as ever." " ' . . . - . .. . .i. .i : Letter "from Hon. Cutc Clarksville, April 30, 1S0G. Tolhc Citizens of Robertson, Mont gomery and Stewart counties: As soon as notified of my election, I immediately repaired to Nashville, and on the Dili of ApriL presented to the Senate the cer tificate of my election, as required by law, and asked to be admitted to my seat, that I might perform the duties you ex pected of me. There was no other clai mant for the position, and no exception taken to the returns of the sheriffs and certificates of my election. I was t in formed by the Speaker, that the Senate had adopted a rule to do no business without a quorum. In vaiu I urged upon him that the admission of new members was not a part of the business of the Senate requiring a quorum that the organization of the Senate by the ad mission of new members was necessary before a quorum could be formed that such was the practice in all legislative bodies that, in Congress, members, were admitted and qualified upon pro duction of a certificate of election, and sometimes even upon publication in the newspapers, giving the election of appli cant; and that the Senate, now in ses sion, had been organized on the present ment of the certificates of election. He replied: "The rule of the Senate must be adhered to." Upon some occasions, the admission of myself and Mr. Garret, (member'elcet from Smith,) would, have made a quo rum, and would have enabled the Sen ate to proceed with the public business. After remaing some ten or twelve days in attendance upon the Senate, a quo rum appeared. The Speaker submitted my certificates of election to the Senate, and although there was still no other claimant, and no objections to the re turns, they were referred to the commit tee on elections, and mv admission" and qualification still refused. After the case had remained some seven or eight days before the committee, the public business going on, and 'some of the measures of the most important character involving your interest and dearest rights, I be come impatient at the exclusion of your representative from his scat, ' aud thus silencing the voice of three counties. I therefore addressed a memorial to tlie Senate, respectfully asking the decision of my case at once,. Two days after, the committee of elections reported against ray admission. . ; ' This was done npon the gronhds that I had "consented to," and "countenanced" the rebellion, and as my three sons had been in the Confederate army, they pre sumed Iliad contributed "merjis" to aid the Confederate cause ; and as I had not voted in the spring elections, Lwasnpt entitled to hold office,' although' no. such law existed.' There, was no proof of any act committed' by mc," for. or against either party. ' Tlie. proof showed I had remained quietly and peaceably at home, taking no part, and unable from age and infirmity) to take any part, had I been so inclined, other than the expression of my opinion upon public men and public measures. - For the first time, in the history of our country, has a peaceably and orderly citizen been condemned and punished tor entertaining and expressing his opin ion upon political questions, involving his own interest as well as the rights of the people. But even if 6uch expression of public opinion had been made crimi nal by law, I had complied with the pro clamations of the President taken the oath of amnesty, and obtained a pardon from the President, which relieved me from any responsibility for all prior mis deeds, if any had been committed, and restored me to all the rights and privil igesofa citizen. Notwithstanding the immunity thus extended to mc, as well as citizens generally, the Senate under took an examination of my character and conduct as a citizen without any spe cific charges against me ; without court or jury, and without any testimony jus tifying ii, declared me guilty of some crime which disqualified me for the po sition your votes had assigued uie. Some twenty other counties were, in like man ner deprived of their representatives. Such acts were palpable violations of ur constitution which secures to me the right of trial by jury, in open court, and the examination of witnesses face to face, as wcfl as destructive of the 'constitutional right of the people to be presented in their legislative assemblies by such indi viduals as they may select, subject alone to the qualifications prescribed in the Constitution, of residence, citizenship, and proper age. The character of tlie individual selected, whether moral, re ligious or political, is the proper subject of enquiry for the people before the elec tion, and the assumption of it by the Senate, is a daring usurpation of the rights of the yeoplc. The offense or crime, as they are pleased to call it, if any, which we com mitted, was against the United States. We were responsible to the United States alone for our conduct, and to them be longed the infliction of the punishment, which was imposed upon us with no sparing hand. The loss of our property, the burning of our cities and villages, the destruction of aur farms, the sacrifice of thousands of our best men, will ever attest the severity of the punishment The United States were satisfied with it, and in the proclamations of amnesty and pardon iromised us protection of person and property upon our submis sion and obedience to the laws. The conditions haye been complied with, and a proclamation of peace made by the President Those claiming to be your representatives, not content with the punishment imposed upon our gallant soldiers and their friends, 1 for services rendered their own State, and required by its authorities, not only emancipated slaves by driving from the ballot-box every one who will not vote according to their wishes and views ; and whilst thus depriving yon of the right of re presentation which they claimed to be a constitutional provision, and to con tinue until changed by another convent tion, ther are daily creating new debts, and making large expenditures, which must necessarily produce heavy taxation. Taxation without representation is a badge of slavery to which - our citizens will never submit ' ; . :r The bill now pending before the legis lature, and will probably become a law. will exclude from the bailot-boi nine teen-twentieths of the 'people,'-if not more. " Thai act of the "5th of Jurite last' did not exclude arFufficient "number' of voters to secure the success of the ' radi cal party, and therefore a new law more restrictive is demanded, and so framed" as to place in tbe hands of the Governor the power to exclude every man who will not vote the ticket favored bv him. They have another bill pending, mak ing the State assume the payment of all the losses of the Union men, by giving the bonds of the State, payable in thirty years, with six per cent interest, which it is estimated will create a debt from twenty to fifty millions of dollars, and without any of the guards and restric tions which is so necessary to .protect the interests of the State against fraudu lent claimants. The adoption of these two measures, if carried into effect, will not only de prive yon of your most valued constitu tional rights, but must make your State bankrupt Other measures, of a most pernicious character, are pending before that body, which I cannot point out iu snch an ad dress as this, which will involve expen ditures to an amount heretofore unknown in this State, and a taxation never dreamed of by anv of her citizens. ' The Government of Tennessee, as ad ministered by the present incumbent is the most destable oligarchy of modern times, and conducted without the least regard to the cardinal principles npon which our fee institutions were origin ally based. ' - . ; 1 Its organization, took place in- time of war, intended, no doubt honestly, to-give aid to the United States in the great struggle for existence, and will therefore furnish some" excuse for the irregulari ties in getting it up, and for its acts du ring the war; but that any citizen, thus selected, after the war has ended, should still persist in tkeir Usurpations sticking tb the places assigned them,, and Icgisla-J Johnson, c ng against the known wishes ol such a najoritv of the people, exhibits an am bition for office, a selfishness nnd hardi hood not ofteniet with in civilized communities.- To misrepresent any people, knowiugly, has been, heretofore, always considered a, degradation to which iio man, liaving proper self-respect, would submit Correct principles, self-respect Lduty to the people a well an th"!Mvlves should have induced them, at tlie close of the war, to have surrendered their usurped, ill-gotten power, to t he people to whom it belonged, which would have been followed by peace ; harmony an prosperity at home. . If such a course could no w be adopte.', ami the art of disfranchisement repealed ; and a conciliatory course practiced by those now in power, the State would be as peaceful and orderly as at any o;hcr period in our history. It is not to be expected that the citizens will quietly submit to be governed, even wisely and justly by such a minority, especially if obtained from military authority with out their consent, or getting control of the State by legislative tricks and con trivances. The acts of our State Government say to the world, that ninetcen-twentieths of our people are traitors to their country unfit for self-government, and must be subjected to that by the sword. It would seem but just and" proper that those who entertain such sentiments, should aban don such traitorous neighbors, and seek a home with more gonial spirits among the Yankees. To be thus deprived of the invaluable right of self-government ; to have such unjust burthens imposed on U3, by men who are not onr representatives, would seem to demand of hs prompt and speedy action for our own relief, as well as the suitable punishment of those who have dared to usurp our rights. But the con test now. going on at Washington, be tween th President and Congress, for tNi restoration of the States and the rights of the people, and which must soon be settled, as I confidently believe, in behalf of the latter, renders it prudent, in my judgment, for ns to be calm, quiet and orderly, bearing f.nd forbearing much, so as to enable 113 to give efficient aid to the President in his effort to preserve the Government ns it was made by the great and good men who framed cur Constitution? aud to put down the infa mous Radical Congress, who labor, lay and night, to change the Constitution and overthrow' the Government trans mitted tons by our venerated ancestors. Changes or alterations in the Consti tution, by such fanatical, ' nnprincipled partisans as Stephens, Phillips, Brown low, etc., can result tin 110 good to. the people.'-' I prefer trusting" my destiny and that of mv1 children to the pure and patriotic institutions of Washington and 1113 associates.. 1 y e may, nowever 00 something, in the midst of these troubles. to preserve the honor! and integrity of tne state irom tlie ruthless hands now controlling it Each county can instruct those claiming to represent them, and demand a compliance with the instuc tions or a resignation. The right of in struction has ever been held sacred in a republican government If they fail to obey instruction we can repudiate all they do, and the time will soon come when appropriate punishment can be imposed on the miserable tools of party and faction. They may learn a lesson from the fate of Hainan, who erected a gallows for Mordccai, and was hanjred on his own gallows ; or from the fate of the inventor of the guillotine, who -was among its earliest victims. They m make abed of thorns for the people to lie on, and it may 60on become their bed of repose. 1 shall never cease to remember, with gratitgde, the liberal and generous sup port given me for half a century, and regret that circumstances, beyond my control, have prevented nie from serving you as I wished to have done, and as you expected. Your fellow-citizen, C. Johnson. : THE CUBANS. Horrible Dcmoril i za t ion am 011 g t he Negroes The Slave Trade Still activeQueer stories about the Intentions of the Ainefican Gov ernment, &c. I have had a wild trip among the coffee and sugar estates in the interior, and have seen with my own eyes, face to fiiee, the lowest typos of humanity I have ever encountered. I had not before 6cen anything so brutal, and worse than brufc-like, as the the mass of negroes on the more retired Cuban estates. There arc, within twenty miles of this curious old eity of hills, three estates in one neighborhood, numbering among their inhabitants over a thousand slaves above twelve years of age, in which not a fourth part of them have the faintest sense of any other religion than devil Avorship. They arc in intellect three degrees above the beasts of the field. They, or their immediate parents, were brought from Africa. Many of them have been land ed in Cuba within three years certainly perhaps within one ; for the evidence that the African slave trade is still active on the Cuban coast stires one in the face on every side. Peculiar circumstances (one of" them an implied pledge that mine was a visit of personal interest, and not for mischief-making,) opened to me a field which few are permitted to enter, and, one truth to say, I have no desire to revisit . The ' last more than taught mc enough about this clas3 of negroes. I had present two interpreters, who had the key to the character of the Afri cans. Ono of them wras the parish priest, the other an African emancijaado ol Mohammedan parentage, and a man of more mind than anv other pure nesrro on either of these large estates. Yet this man seriously assured me that he did not believe the wild Americans had souls. Some of their children learn that there is a god, and that brings them a little bit of a soul (alma pequcnita), and that baby soul of their's grows when they find out it is WTongto lie and steal, until at last it is as large as aa egg, 'nnd can be seen by angels when it is called to judgment 1 ' - y.-.-;'.4 : ' : I asked the padre "what he thought of the -plan of givin these people the right and the ponv'er ofelecting 'the' men who were to rule the -whites and their' pro- penyi ' lie shook ina lieadtmournfhlly and 6aid that the history of the Spanish American republics proved that where ever an unprepared race had obtained the control of any country, anarchy, decadence And ' mutual butcheries had been the invariable result They begin by robbing and expelling the whites to get at "their property if they do not slaughter on the spot Thus the supe rior classess eventually fade out, and when that prey is exhausted, the dark bloods turn npon each other. "That" said he, has been and js the history of the American continent, with the excep tion of Brazil and the United States, and it -will be the history of Cuba if the Washington Cabinet carries out its inten tion of driving the white race out of the Antilles." I emphasize the last sentence, for I know "that this opinion is spreading through all the better classes, as well as among the negroes, in all these islands, and it is likely to produce; immense mischief.- 1 . - The press" of your great commercial cities ought to nip the error while there is yet time. The real Africans are too stupid to care about anything but the free blacks, and especially those who can reada little are imbned with the idea that tlie negroes, and nothing buf tlie negroes, are the absorbing care and delight of the "American" Government The padre and a mulatto overseer were the first to inform me st the visit of Secretary Seward to St Domingo. '-This overseer is a free man of some education, and he said confidentially that the Head General of my country had come down to these seas to advise all the white men to leave Cuba and St Domingo as soon as they could. I did not contradict him directly, as 1 wanted to hear him to the end hut I could not drain more out of him than that he and his class were con vinced that our government was very seriously at work to dear the Antilles ft of the white nice. I have i;i the last few weeks touched this qnetion wiili dozens of persons of a far hhdier grado than this mulatto overseer and they alt seemed to regard it as a fixed principle of American policy, to make over the West Indies to the blacks. "To dismiss nine-tenths of their capital would be to destroy the productive capabilities of these island, and such a 'purpose Vnnuot find favor with the American merchants. Spain declares that Cuba must be Afri caner Spanislu and the highest authori ties of this island tiai in Mr. Seward as their "sincere and enlightened ally;" but I do not see why the rights and in terests of the whites many not be rc spected, while the blacks are encourag ed in the line of freedom and progress as fist and as completely as their actual condition will warrcut I will not believe that any statesman would wish to annihilate production in the Antilles by Africanizing such precious pro ducers. , ' - . i , Cm a. STATE ITE3IS. . J ' , nENRT COUNTT. y v We are glad to see the following para graph in the Paris Intelligencer. We hope to find in some future number an announcement 'of the complete success of the enterprise; 'We ar6' requested by several gentle men, to announce, that on Saturday even ini at two o'clock. May the 5th, there will be a public meeting, at the Court House, for the purpose of considering the subiect of education in general, and the establishment of a male college, at Paris, 111 particular. Every person m the country is invited to attend, the la dies especially. The occasion will be enlivened by addresses from the very best speakers. , . BEDFORD. . The Expositor informs us that : On Monday night last, in a fit of tem porary derangement, Mr. Fountain Cleve land, attempted to commit, suicide by shooting himself. The wound is consid ered dangerous but we hope, will not prove fatal. We have heard various ru mors in rerrard to the manner in which it occurred but know nothing in regard to the facts. His critical condition Is one of gainful solicitude to his family and friends, v We learn also, that on the same night, Mr, David Sublett of Mur frcesborp, committed suicide, the shoot ing in his ' case terminated; fatally. On the same nisrbt in' Petersburg. Marshall county, a young man whose name we did nof if arivntomTJAittea. saicmer .vecare tniabhj to assign anycatise for these rash acts, all committed on the'same night e.uggY,iXBadwhiskef.if f . In 1833 Shelbwille lost one-third of its inhabitants by cholera, and its corpo rate authority mindful of this are going to work to clean up and get it iu a healthy condition. MONTGOMERY. The Chronicle says of The Wheat Crop. As the season ad vances, it develops the fact that the wheat crop will prove well nigh a failure in this vicinity, this year. The excessive hard freezes last winter, unaccompanied, as they were, by snow, made it by far the most severe season on wheat that we have had for many years. Hopes were entertained by some, in the early part of spring, that the germ was not kill ed, and-that it would tiller sufficiently to cover the land, but we notice many fields almost bare, and have not to this date, seen a single piece of wheat that would make fifteen bushels to the acre, even where it was protected from the North winds. Many, very many fields will not replace the seed put upon them. Our best lands,- with a favorable season, will average from twenty to twenty-five bushels per acre. Apropos ot wheat, wc have heard it suggested, by one of our most experien ced' farmers-, that the best preventative against freezes is put the wheat in with single plows, always plowing East and West, leaving the land 111 small ridges. The Southern' exposure of those ridges will protect the wheat from the freezes and, and even allowing all the northern side of the ridge to ie killed, that on the southern will tiller sufficiently to cover the land. We think it worth trying. Since the above was written, we learn that large fields of wheat are affected with a singular and unusual disease, turning yellow at the bottom, and nearly all the blades liaving yellow spots npon them. It is apprehended, where this disease has attacked the wheat, there will be total failure. Cannot our contemporary get some of the Clarksville savans to examine and report on this new disease ? . ' RUTOERFORD. The Murfreesboro Monitor says : The Tennessee Manufacturing Com pany at this place raised steam on Thurs day'last The engine worked finely. The balance of their machinery will be here in a few days, when they will bo ready to go to work. They begin on buckets, we believe. Our city and neighborhood was visit ed on Tuesday morning last with the heaviest rain and thunder storm which has occurred for many a day. The thun der rolled the lightning flashed iu con tinuous and blinding sheets. The win dows of heaven seemed opened and the rain fell in such torrents as to threaten another deluge, but in an hour or two it was all over, and nobody hurt Would that we could say as much of the politi-? cal and recently still rending of our op pressed and afflicted country and people. ' There is one spot where our Northern friends seem to be getting enough of the negroes. They are said to be as thick as blackberries, blackbirds, black-heart-cherrics, i whortleberries or any other dark object areand Old Point Comfort Camp Hamilton, Hampton and the whole adjaeehVienhtry literally - swarm with them. From Fortress Monroe to Yprktown the whole country is a camp ground for the sons of Ham." , : ' '' . Lookiug jto the fact, perhaps, that Jhq pieaiitacsof Old Pdiikaa.WliO$plaa6. of tasliionable resort, may Jie nucn oi-minished-dtiriaj? the trminef season, by the presence and participation of Cuffee, in the enjoyments of the season, the offi cers, soldiers and attaches of that locali ty are said to be getting tired of Cuffee. They have no idea of swimming and wal lowing in the water of the same bath house with the gentlemen from Africa. Though water, and especially sea water, is a highly purifying element, yet it would seem as if it was thought there will not be enough in Hamptoniioads and Chesapeake Bay for both whites and blacks when the bathing season com mences. This enormous"' accumulation of. ne groes on the Peninsular is easily explain ed. Bounded on each side by the James and York, two rivers abounding in fish and oysters, the Peninsular is a glrdeu spot for Cuflee, because he can live with out labor on the natural products of salt water. The country, moreover, abounds in raccoon and opossums, "varmints" that have a wonderful attraction for the negro. The scheme f colonization in Florida, which the officers At the Point are said to have under consideration for the negroes about that place, is not like ly to be palatable to Cuffee, unlets tlie fish, oysters, .'coons and 'possums could accompany him." ' . : '. ' We expect our military friends at Old Point will yet wish Cuffee in' a hotter region thanFJorida, lfore they have the last ot liim. Eich. Times. Sir Fletcher Norton was noted for his want of courtesy. When phKidiuj before Lord Mansfield, on some question of unmo ral right he chanced to say, "My lord, I can illustrate the point In an Instant in my own person. I myself have two little manors n The iudge instantly interrupted with-Oue of bis uluudc-st smiles : "We know- it, Sir FktcberJ' New Advertisements. Returned Again ! ! MS. ANN CARRINGTON, j AT the lkascii of MME. DKMOUEST'S ' EMPOR1M OF FASHION. Y7"Ol'I,l UESI'KCTrTLLY AXXOUXCE TO 1 the Ladic-st.-f Columbia and kurronuding coun try, that shu has re-opcucl a , Millinery Establishment, . AT TIIE SAME HOUSE, OX TIIE CORNER OF MARKET AXD EMBARGO STREET, COLUMBIA, TENN. Where will be icpt a large and varied assortment milineiiygoo'ds, ' BONNETS, HATS, .AND TRIMMINGS, Of the latest and most beautiful styles. She hopes her old cliloners and the ladic of Colombia, will call and examine, her Good.-, believing that she can please them all. lf Bonnets and Huts cleaned, dyed and pressed in the latest styles. May 12-3m " W. J. ARCINUTOX. J. H. fAKBAK. ARRIHGTON & FARRAR, REAL ESTATE AND General Agents, Selling, Halting, and Leasing Ileal Es tate, Collection of Claims, etc., XO. 83, TUBLIC SQUARE, Between City Hotel and Method t Publishing ITonse, - NASHVILLE, TENN, , May 12-3m F. L. FHIERSON, REALER IX Cloths, Cassimeres, Reacly-Made Clothing, . Boots, Shoes, Htas, Caps, And FURNISHING GOODS of all Descriptions, Which will be sold CHEAP FOR CASH, UU-LU-MLUA, XJSJixV. .11 W. Main Street, Sonth side, two.dovrs from Cor Main Street, Sonth side, two.dovrs from Core T "H rJ PubKr-Sqrairc. j j? jl riothire'EFido to ordor unAeY fcVdireclSwfof'lhL ' Clothinif'EFidi Exolx. Particolar attentinn paid to Cottintf of Qc: O 3"All kinds of Uucurrent Money taken at Nash ville prices. ' - PLEASE GIVE US A CALL, Mayl2-lyr TREES!! TREES!! ? t f T7E XOW PRESEXT TO THE PEOPLE OF V V Tennessee and Xurth Alabama, the largest va riety of choice; fruit Originated in and near this latitude, that erer was collected by any Xnrseryman or out-red before in the United St ites ; therefore we would invite you one and all, to come and get you a CHOICE FAMILY ORCHARD, For $25,00. It will consist of the following numbers : 80 Ap ples, 15 Peach trees, one NecUi ine, one Apricot, 2 l'luins, 2 Grapevines. The choicest long keeping varieties? of Apples may be had in nnanties to suit lmrchasers ' '' There will probably never such an opportunity occur in your lifetime as the present, where you can obtain 2, 3, ami 4 year old Trues for 25 cts each. . There are many advantages in favor of the 4 year oldtroes. 1st. The superiority of the body over the head enables it to transfer the sap with greater ease. 2. ILibbits,the greatest enemies ol young Orchards will ran'ly ever attack them. , 31. Tlio wood being wtjll ripened and being pro tectedli a thicker bark will keep tlie sap at a more equal temperature, and prevent a npid evaporation during the snmmer months. 4th. The weight of sap will drive a new root mnch faster and through a harder soil than a younger tree. aio. I he tree will come into bearing several years somier, and have a head vastlv superior1 tn strength, Deauty, size ana bearing woott. To convince the public of the importance of secu ring 4 year old trees, we shall simply refer you to the numerous tests and experiments made by the most scientific Urchardists, both in iurope and America, who have taken up their Orchards and re-set them after 4 years growth.' Our own experiments prove conclusively that the advantage is greatly in favor of four year old trees, they paying back the entire outlay before ymngcr trees come into bearing. ' The Apple Tree will range about as follows: oix W inter to one rail and one tunimer variety. The Peaches will rangu from Uie earliest to the la test. By leaving your orders at the office of Col. A. M. Loosey, Columbia, Tenn.; Gen. Jons C. Brown, Pulaski, Tenn.; Rev. Geo. Mitcihi.l, Athens, North Alabama, or by calling at our sale lot near the Meth odist Church in Columbia, they will be promptly at tended to and the trees forwarded to any point by Rail desired by purchasers. Send for the Family Orehord by October 1st. AXDRUS 4 STEELE. S. W. Steele, Columbia. Jas. Asnurs. Mt. Pleasant. May 12, Ic6t5-lv. Insolvent Notice. InAVE THW DAY SUGGESTED TO THE Clerk of the County Court of Maury conntv, Ten nessee, the insolvency of the estate of Reuben R. Owens, deceased. Alf persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to file them in tiie of fice of the Clerk of the Conntv Court of said county. on or tefore the 1st day of Xovember, ISoS, authen ticated m the law rcnuireSjforpro rata settlement, or they will be barred. W.D. TRAJNTHAM, Way 10, IStSO. n39-4w Adm'r. ' Insolvent Notice. T HAVE TIII3 DAY SUGGESTED TO' THE JL Clerk of the County Court of Maury County Ten nessee the insolvency of the estate of William Hnm phrey, deceased. AH persons Uavimr claims against said .estate are hereby notified to file them in the office of the Clerk of the said County Conrt of said Comity, on or before the 1st day of November authenticated as the law requiresor pro rati settle ment, or they will be barred. J. W. PAGE, May 10th, 1856. n39-4w Adm'r. NOTICE. THIS IS TO NOTIFY SIMEON A. HOYEY that conditional iudement has been rendered gainst him by me, and that his Lands, lying in Lev- I IS VOUaV l eunvee, nas ueen aiuirjiieu . u in stance of S A Whiteside, ia satisfy hira in plea of debt for thirty. and,fiftj seven 1Q0 dollar &0,Wj) which wiil be sold as the law directs, unless 8aid judgment be otherwise satisfied. - ( T ! J. A. BURROW, J: Pj ! MarehgyiM5-n39fc5jOOt 1 FoIw Coanty. RiSDILlI. flEBER'&CO., No. 53 College Street, (UP STAIRS,) OPPOSITE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. . JJAYE OPENED TEE' LARGEST LOT OF Men, Boys and Childrens CLOTHING la the City, to which we call the special attenron of Merchants Ilhaving purchased them at a time when tta i-ricea were at the ., LOWEST MARK, We will be enabled to oficr : K UNUSUAL INDUCEMENTS.' - - ALSO, A LARGE STOCK OF l ' . Staple and Fancy Dry Groods OF EVERY VARIETY. AT 1 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. ' i: AX DAL M, WEBEH x- co 53 College Street, - NASHVILLE, TEN5N. .'May5-tf . IX OCPEIS Tii s;(ck of GENT?, " LAIIES, anil " r?7 , , MISSES t. Wc will sell thcrn from this date at . . - -i - , Greatly Eeduced Prices--. GREEN & CREErJ, .43, College Ste.ee, : w, ... i --: i "' t c i ? A FcUlA-tf ' NASHVILLE, TENN. " - i ' ;: in-' VI . W. OAVTiELL. h. w. ximnr. GAMBELL& EAGER, . MTJSIOi'i BOOKS, PERIODICALS, TN33,w:s:,, . . . . ii AXD NOTION HOUSE! Post OfTico Building, COLUMBIA. TENN. . . . -.-1 .-a.-o OUR OBJECT TO PLEASE, OUR DETEBMI natiou to establish a first clasa reputation. Any thing wanted and not on hand, can anj will be sup plied in a few days. I.ilnt disormntS'MMle pa Teachers or L rustics wisaisiu puAJtac Schawl Books. In addition we keep all (he latest SHEET IHTJSIC. " Ton will find it to your interest to order from na." Price lists sunt on application,; and aH orders will receive the same prompt and careful attention as if bongnt i person; ; - rr T.r ,j rj, vp BOOKS, STATIONERY, and periodicals; Wholesale and Retail School BooTts.BIank Book S0CB00KSJT'0VIBCl'0pt- JPliQliQgijaphiGiiAlliUHis, Picture?, Map, Portfolios; asset Notions. STEEL, QUILL AND GOLD PENS COMBS, BRUSHES, WALL PArER, . PITES. 'W CCTLERT, clocks, . : j . ';-A. JEWELRY", TATES COLLARS, T i;-l COLOGNES," POMADES, , . SOAPS, ' BLACKING. -IXK, PAPER, ENVELOPES, tfcCy AC. 0 m 5ov. 25-tf J. M. HUSTOiV, McCOKD'S OLT STAND? 'COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, . w - . . DEALER IS" t'ttf) Dry Goods, Groceries, - BOOTS, SHOES, & HATSv , AG EXT FOR THE : Celebrated MILLER PLOW, Rofinnp onrl Wrmmr Pnmhln AND ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY EOE TBLEj Maniifacture of Sorghum. L fpylHahest rrica paid for Rags, Flax 8eed, April 28, lSfitMyr ' ICE CREAM SALOONr T A Great Treat far the CITIZENS 0JC0tUMBW7 Pflrs. M. A. McQUADE, - WI3IIES TO INFORM TIIE LADBiUa Gentlemen of Columbia, that herself an Brother have opened a , I Ice Cream Saloon; In part of her Business boose, where thsj Wuld be pleased to wait upon a 1 who may give them .uiuuga i:ur,iw Gentlemen to accompany them: we will ecleav- w vo maise mem ieei as umugn Mey Were at home. Come Ladles and Gentlemen and we will emU-avon iu picas v. Parties and Pir-vir-a m t ..u-j . v shortest notice. All orders sent will be nrnmnti attended to IL A. Mr-ofr riF April 23-3m T. B. RAINS, CO Driigg;Lst i I,) AND APOTHECARY, , Corner ITorth Main St reel and Vallic S'juare, two Doors from the''. c COLUMBIA, .TENNESSEE.. . FIXE PERFUMERY, SUCH A3 POXD LILY, Night Blooming Cere us, Jockey Club, Extract from Lubin, Condray, Bazir, and Weight, the ladies will find a complete assortment at Uie Drug .aaiL. Chemierj Store of , -..t r. ,TbT AprUM - . - ? '-' 18! RATH THE UNDERSIGNED ARB USINQ THE LC bricatiDg Oil, sold by T. B. Bat, at 91.S9 PJ JHu, and eonifef it jnpgrioia Lent Oii ftr Machinery, for Saw Mills, or other Machinery dome heavy work.,'-. -.-.iWWM.vA.TUJKlIC Practical Machinist and Engi .:L-M ;;jie5 jjiETT. Apes- ...... - ixiiu jt rj i v. STEPHEN'S DOMESTIC' D'ts. XI Full IXDIGO AND MADDER. AX SXTBA FINJ article of real Spanish Flat indigo and Madder, Inst received at . ' Apr 28 T. B. RAINS. COAL OIL AND COAL OIL LAMPS. A large assortment and great variety ef Coal Qik Lamps, with the very finest article of Coal Oil, at-, waye on hand, and tor aale cheap, at . ;r Apr28 T, R. RAINS. C FISHER &. GREGORY; WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS AID APOTHECARIES,., , '. . . - . i -X . v AXD DEALELS IN ,. Z .-.i X .i r D rugs; lie dicinpdj Dye Stuffs, Fancy Articles School Books, Stationery, SADDLERS AND SHOEMAKERS ; FINDINGS OF ALL KINDS. . - " - - -1 AH of which w offer the trade at Naabille prieee, and guarantee satisfaction. ' ' .'' ! j ' Mr. 1E HELM, ki.g and favorably known a Drncgwt and Apothecary t this eewnraaity, ie la C3r Violov; ako, Mr. GEOUGX RlERbOK,f considerable experience ha- th boauiesa, tattk-ef whom wouU he happy to wait spore their iU friends and caster.era. - v f , .'nr AagU4t li, lajji-ly- . ' , ft W 1