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'Friday Morning, April 80, 1860* j
Th? lame?
The Nashville Union and American
has don? the eouutry a good service
iii discussing thc question at issue
notr between tl io executive and legis?
lativo^ brauche? of the Federal Go?
vernment. "The fear is, that this
disagreement may lend to a conflict
- which will shake again ihe pillars of
the Government."
Hie whole question is in R nut?
shell. The vital question at issue is
. tho relation? undor the Constitution,
which the States hold to the Federal
Government. From tho date of the
adoption of the Constitution, there
i have been variant opinions upon this
subject, and parties have mustered
andT prevailed or failed, according to
circumstances, under the two theories.
A class of great political tliinkeTa
have contended that the provisions of
the Constitution gave the General
Government a great scope o? powers
over all subjects which Governments
are erected for; another, equally great,
have contended that one of the chiel
purposes of a written chart of organic
law was the limitation of the power?
of .the General Government to cer?
tain specified objects, and that thc
great mass of governmental powei
was reserved to the several States.
Incidental causes and questions o:
local interest have, from time to time
made the leaders and the followers o
either set of opinions rush to extremes
The protection of an institution pe
cnliar to oue section of the country
led to an extravagant assertion of tin
doctrine of State sovereignty. It re
ceived its corrective in the result of t
terrible civil war, and we think i
safe to predict that a long period wil
elapse before it will ever be re-assert
ed to the same extent. But, ii
overcoming the centrifugal force o
this doctrine, a dangerous eentripe
tal tendency has been set up, which
if not checked, will lead to results a
inimical to peace and the safety o
the Government under the Constitu
tion as did the doctrine of absolut
State sovereignty. The queatioi
' now ia, shall the States have am
enjoy their true and constitutione
powers, or shall the General Govern
ment absorb and assume sovereignt
over all subjects. The Freedmen'
Bureau bill, the civil rights bill, au
the drift and object of the man
amendments to the Constitutio
which have been presented to Coi:
gress, are parts of this great centr
petal and consolidating movement
A majority of both Houses of Coi
gress seem to look in this directior
The President having opposed, i
18G1, tho one extreme, to-day equall
opposes tho other. Neither are righ
The Constitution so declares, and th
President proposes to make good il
declarations.
We subjoin extracts from Jeffersoi
In a letter to Major John Car
wright, an Englishman, Juno 5, 1$2?
Mr. Jefferson said: "With respect t
our State and Federal Government
I do not think their relations corroe
ly understood by foreigners. Tho
generally suppose the former subo:
diuate to thu latter. But this is nc
the case. They are co-ordinate d<
partments of ono single and integn
whola To tho State Government
are reserved all legislation and tu
ministration in affairs that concer
their own citizens only; and to tl:
Federal Government is given wha
ever concerns foreigners or eiti/.ei
of other States; these functions alor
being made federal. The one is tl
domestic, the other the foreign branc
of tho same Government, neithi
having the control of the other, bi
with its own department. There ai
one or two exceptions only to th
partition of power."
To Judge Johnson, (June 12, 182.1
Jefferson wrote: "I have been blame
lor saving, 'that a prevalence of tl
doctrine of consolidation would oi
day call for reformation or revoh
tion.' I answer by asking if a sing
State of the Union would liavo agre*
to the Constitution, had it given ?
powers to the General Governmcnl
If the wholo opposition to it did n
proceed from the jealousy and fear
every State, of being subjected
the other States in matters mere
its own? Aud is there any reason
believe tho States more disposed nc
than then to acquiesce in this gen
ral surrender of all their rights ai
powers to a consolidated Gover
ment, one and undivided?" Fnrth
on in tho same letter, which is qui
long and very argumentativo, Jeff?
son says : ' 'It may be impracticable
lay down any general formula
words which shall decide at on<
and with precision, in every cai
this limit of jurisdiction. But thc
aro two canons which will guide
safely in most cases. 1st. The ca]
tal and leading object of the Cons
tution was to leave with the States
?authorities which respected their ow ii
citizens only, and to transfer to the
. United States those -which vespeeted
citizens of foreign ot other Statea-^to
make us several as to onrselves, pnt
ono as .to ?ill 'others.- In the latter
case, then, constructions should lean
to the general jurisdiction, if the
I words will bear it; and in favor of the
States in the former, if possible to beso
construed. And, indeed, between
I citizen? and citizens of the sam?
State, and tinder their own laws, I
I know of but a singlo caso in which a
I jurisdiction is given to the General
Government. That is, when any?
thing but gold or silver is made a
j lawful tender, or the obligation of
' contracts is any otherwise impaired.
I The separate L?gislatures had so often
abused that power, that the citizens
? themselves chose to trust it to the
general rather than to their own sepa?
rate authorities. 2d. On every ques?
tion of construction, carry ourselves
back to tho time when the Constitu?
tion was adopted, recollect tho spirit
manifested in the debates, and in?
stead of trying what meaning may
be squeezed out of the text, or in?
vented against it, conform to the
probable one in which it was passed."
Again, in tho samo letter: "Can it
be behoved that, under the jealousies
prevailing against the Government,
at the adoption of the Constitution,
the States meant to surrender thc
authority of preserving order, of en
I forcing moral duties, and restraining
i vice, within their own territory?"
To John Holmes, (April 22, 1820,;
Jefferson wrote: "An abstinence,
too, from this act of power, woulc
remove tho jealousy excited by th?
undertaking of Congress to re^latt
this condition of the different de
scriptions of men composing a Slate
This certainly is the exclusive rigb
of every State, which nothing in th?
Constitution has taken from then
and given to the General Govern
ment. Could Congress, for example
say that the non-freemen of Connecti
cut should be freemen, or that the;
shall not emigrate into any othe
State?"
To liobert J. Garnett (Februar1
14, 1824): "The best key for th
solution of questions of power be
tween our Governments, is the fae
that every foreign and federal powe
is given to the Federal Government
and to the States every power pure!
domestic. I recollect but one in
stauce of control vested in the Fed*
ral over the State authorities in
matter purely domestic, which is tba
of metallic tenders. The Federal is
in truth, our foreign Government
which department alouo is taken fror
the sovereignty of the* separat
States."
No man has lived under the Gr
vernment who has given tho subjec
moro thought, or brought to it tb
powers of a clearer intellect, tba
Thomas Jefferson, and as author <
the "Declaration of Independence,
a copious writer on systems of G<
vernment, and for eight years tL
chief administrator of the system, h
holds an historical attitude which ei
title his deliberate opinions, deliver?
from the retirement of Monticello, t
great weight with all parties at tl
present day.
CHOPS IN GEOTKJIA.-A report, v
do not know whence it originate!
s.iys that 1,000 negroes stampede
from their employers in Georgia ;
spite of contracts, and crops are co
sequently precarious. We do n
imagine crops ure anything like
precarious in tho South as the}' ba?
been represented te be. So far
South Carolina is concerned, the pla
tors express satisfaction ?it the pr<
peet According te the New Yoi
Tribune, tho Hon. A. H. Stephens
of the opinion that, the cotton cr<
throughout the South will amount
S,0OO,OO() bales. Wo can hardly ho]
te realize quite so extensivo au yiel
although we are willing te place t
figures at 2,000,000. We dislike
disagree with an authority so som
and reliable as DeB&tc's Keriew, sa
the Charleston Courier, a contribut
to which has estimated tho corni
crop at not over 1,500,000 bales, h
wo baso our own estimate on inf?
mation received from mimerons pis
tors.
Tura TENKBRSKE ELECTION. -T
election in Tennessee, which ocenrr
on Satnrday last, was a most hum
atiug defeat for the radicals. '1
bolters in Memphis and Nashvi
worn re-elected by overwhelming v
jorities. In Memphis, out of abc
4,000 votes cast, Posten and Walk
bolterr, received all bat 500. WI:
it is remembered that the pres<
franchise law, when it was passed, ^
supposed to exclude all men of Sou
ern proclivities from the polls, th
results must be considered rema
able.
Two of tho Southern Provisio
Governors, Messrs. Holden, of No
Carolina, and Hamilton, of Tei
have arrayed themselves against
President, ami espouned the rad
cause.
ft- *?W Oft&?<-??* tn Am?rl?*? '
By reference to the? telegraphic dw
spatolies published {tl this morning's
paper, it will be se?? that this much
dreaded visitor har-i at length reached
onr sh oros-au English steamer; with
a number of cases on board, having |
been detained at the lower quarantine,
near the entrance to New York bay.
A death from the samo terrible disease |
has also occurred in Portland, Me.
That it will spread rapidly in tho large
cities of the North, there can scarcely
be the shadow of a doubt, as tho ma?
jority of them are in a filthy condi?
tion. It behooves the authorities all
over the country to bo up and doing,
so as to give this scourge a proper re?
ception. Who can tell, but that some I
of the scenes described so vividly by
Sue, in the "Wandering Jew," as
having occurred in tho ever memora?
ble year of our Lord 1832, maj* not
be re-enacted in 1SGC in America?
Two colored soldiers lately visited
the place of Mr. Gregorie, in Christ
Church Parish, and, after insulting
him, fired two shots with a pistol
upon which Mr. Gregorie gave them
the contents of a gun, which resulted
in the killing of one of the negroes.
Mr. Gregorie was arrested by Col. E.
j A. Mozlay, at Mount Pleasant, and at
night his house was attacked by a
I crowd of negro soldiers, the house
plundered, his family ill treated, and
j his daughter slightly injured.
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Tim SOUTHERN INSPECTION. -Tho
orders given by the President to
Generals Steadman and Fullerton,
include an inspection of tho Freed?
men's Bureau, its management and
i its usefulness, and its estimation by
the Southern people. This is to be
done outside of the Bureau, and
without consultation with its chief
officers. They will remain in the
South several weeks.
The steamship Gen. Barnes (of the
Willis ?V. Chisolm line) made the
quickest trip of the season, between
Charleston und New York, leaving
the former city on Saturday evening,
and arriving in New York Monday
evening.
The radicals in Congress are con?
sidering the propriety of robbing
Texas of a portion of her territory to
be held as a reservation for home?
steads for colored soldiers.
BRITISH EXPERIMENTS IS NEOTO
SUFFRAGE.-lu the British House of
Lords, on tho 13th inst, the bill
abolishing the Constitution of the
Island of Jamaica, and transferring
the government of that colony to the
crown, was discussed.
In the course of the discussion,
Earl Grey, who said he had paid par?
ticular attention to the negro pro?
blem for thirty years, and had de?
voted particular attent ion to Jamaica,
mode the following remarks: "Slow
as the progress of the colony has
been, the negroes, by degrees, have
acquired property, and a correspond?
ing political influence, and it is pretty
clear that, in a short time, the politi?
cal ascendency would have passed out
of the hands of the whites into those
of the negroes. This fact explains
the readiness of the Jamaica Parlia?
ment to commit political suicide.
Her Majesty's Government has acted
most prudently in accepting that sa
crifice, and proposing to place the
government of the colony under the
restrictive authority of the crown.
From all the evidence I have been
able to collect, I have come to the
conclusion that for many years to
come the negroes will be unfit to
exercise political power, and, there?
fore, in my opinion, to have abolished
tho authority of the oligarchy, and to
have placed the political power in tho
hands of the blacks, would have left
the colony in a worse position than
before. I confess 1 look with great
alarm at the proposition to place the
political power in the hands of t hose
who wield the brute; physical force of
the colony.
* <? ??. ?
IMPORTANT, IF TRFE- -RECONSTRUC?
TION POSSIBLE. -The Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
says it is given out that a plan for
the reconstruction of t ho Southern
States bas at length beeu agreed upon
by the Committee of Fifteen, which
meets thc approval of all the reeon
stractionists; that it will bo presented
in both Houses in the early part of
this week, ami that a two-thirds vote
of both is confidently expected.
Wc are afraid that there is some
new wrong meditated. Else, why
claim a two-thirds vote for the mea?
sure, as if it were one which the Pre?
sident could not bo expected to ap?
prove? -RicJimond Dispatch.
- - - ^ ?? -
The Washington Chronicle gives
tho following as the list of vetoes
issued since the formation of the
Government: By George Washing
ton, two; by James Maiison, six; by
James Monroe, one;by Andrew Jack?
son, nine; by John Tyler, four; by
James K. Polk, three; by Jame's
Buchanan, one; by Andrew Johnson,
two.
.-."Ii1.-Li_J_'illl'j'JIi
The following new*'wo* reo?i-ired by
tue Saxoniat . '-;
: ATTTOOBAPH IOTTEB ?V THE TO
MR. PBAUODT.
The following graceful lotter has
been -written by tho Queen to Mr.
Peabody :
"WINDSOR CASTLE, March 28, 18GG.
"The Queen hears that Mr. Pea?
body intends shortly to return to
America, and she would bo sorry that
he_ should leave England without
being assured by herself how deeply
sho appreciates the noble act of moro
than princely munificence by which
ho has songht to relieve the wants of
the poorer classes of her subjects
residout in London. It is an act, as
the Queen believes, wholly -without
parallel, and whioh will ca-ry its l>ost
reward in the consciousness of having
contributed so largely to tho assist?
ance of those who can so little help
themselves. Tho Queen would not,
however, have been satisfied withont
giving Mr. Peabody some public
mark of her sense of his munificence,
and she would gladly have conferred
upon him either a baronetcy or the
Grand Cross of the Order of the
Bath, but that she understands Mr.
Peabody to feel himself debarred
from accepting such distinctions. It
only remains, therefore, for the Queen
to give Mr. Peabody this assurance
of her personal foldings, which she
would further wish to mark by askiup
bim to accept a miniature portrait ol
herself, which sho will desire to have
puinted for him, and which, when
finished, eau either be sent to him tc
America, or given to him on the re?
turn which, she rejoices to hear, h<
meditates to the country that owe*
bim so much."
The London lurnea says: "It is tt
an American that wc are indebted foi
the greatest boon ever givcu to tin
poor of London, and it is to a citizei
of the United States that the Queer,
has thought it right to address this
personal expression of gratitude
We cannot but believe that such ai
occurrence will have no little infla
euee iu augmenting the good feeling
which should prevail between tin
two countries. Mr. Peabody ha
done more to foster among us a kind
ly feeling for bis countrymen thai
could have been effected by a gene
ration of statesmen, and the Queen'
letter will, we hope, bc received b;
the Americans ns n conspicuous evi
dence of the friendly regard towan
them which such nets have called fort]
on our part. Between no two coun
tries are friendly relations more natu
ral than between England and Ame
rica, and we trust that this story o
munificence and of gratitude ma;
long be remembered in both nation
as a pledge of peace and friendship.
Tho Time/ Paris corresponden
says: The anxiety occasioned by th
state of affairs between the two grea
German powers is net unlike thu
which preceded the breaking out c
the war between Italy and Austri:
and it is not dispelled by tho elabe
rate article, believed to come from tb
Foreign Office, which has appeare
in 77c Constitutionnel. I lind that
hus rather increased than iliminishc
the apprehensions that, if the?
powers go to war, France cunno
even it' she would, maintain her net
trality.
The anticipation of war betwee
Prussia and Austria bus made a mo:
unfavorable impression on pomme
cial affairs throughout France, and
is remarked us a curious ooiuoidene
that the cash in the bank is no
508,000,t)00f., nearly the amount
reached nuder the republic in 184)
in consequence of the predonged sta;
nation of trade.
The Havre cotttm market is du
and prices declining.
The Nat ional Zeitung, of March ii
publishes the text of t he circular no
forwarded by Prussia to tho Germr
minor States, bearing date the 241
ultimo. It states that Austria, wit
out provocation on the part e?f Pru
sia, has ordered armaments of
threatening character, which comp?
Prussia to arm also em her sid
Prussia must now seek guarantee's f
her security, having vainly ende
vored to obtain them in an alban
with Austria. The German policy
Prussia and the feelings of the Kii
induce ber to seek these gu?rante
first in Germany.
The present organization of t
Federal Constitution does not, ho
ever, permit ol' an active part heil
taken by Germany in anyemergenc
? ven with the best intentions on t
pu t of the different Governments.
Prussia must, therefore, continu
the note, propose a reform of t
Federal Constitution ada]>ted to t
present state nf affairs. 'Phis com
is thc more incumbent on Pruss
since, even from her geographe
position alone, her interests n
identical with the interests of Gi
many. The destiny e>f Prussia is:
ti mutely connected with that e?f G
many.
Count Bismark asks, inconclusa
how far Prussia can rely on the si
port <>f the different. Governmen
in the event of ber being attacked
Austria, or being compelled
throats from that power to make w
The Berlin papers state, that so
military measures have been ordei
hythe Government. The fortres
of Glut/, Cosel, Ncisse, Forgan, \>
tenburg, Spandau, and Madgebu
are to bo armed. Several art ill
regiments will bc raised to their 1
strength. The reserve of the fi
new regiments of the> guard, und
infantry regiments of the til
seventh, ami sixth army corps si
not for the prese"? bo relieved fr
-military service, but be called out.
Ordinances of the Minister of War
and interior are published, ordering
that the substitutes and the men
forming the reserve are to be called
out, j together with the ninth regi-.
ment
A telegram from Breslau, of March
31. says: Thc editors of ti?? Breslau
journals havo been ordered by the
Director of Police to publish no in?
formation whatever in reference to
the military movements -now taking
place. Tire Vienna journals describe
war to be inevitable. In consequence
of the present state of political
affairs, extensive contracts for the
supply of corn have been entered
into with the Credit Assault.
According to the Presse, that insti?
tution is to become a Government
institution, through the appointment
of its Governor being vested in the
ministry.
The trans-Atlantic Company have
undertaken the transport of the
Mexican volunteers to Vera Cruz.
The Paris Constitutionnel says: The
position of France, in view* of the
present difficulties in Germany, is
I very simple, and is the result of a j
I wisc and far-seeing policy, which may
be summed up in the word "neu
! trality." God alone can know if the
i crisis will be decided by war, but the
I Imperial Government has provided
for all contingencies, and, whatever
may happen, France will not be
found unprepared.
WHAT INSTRUMENTS OP WRITING ARE
CHARGEABLE WITH STAMP Dun ES.
The following letter contains an im- j
portant revenue decision :
Sut: The lirst iuternal revenue Act |
took effect, so far as related to stamp
duties, October 1, 18(52. Instruments
executed and delivered prior to that
date, though they may be recorded
afterwards, are not chargeable with
stamp duties.
If auy instrument subject to stamp
duty was issued after October 1, 1862,
and prior to August 1, 1864, un?
stamped, or insiifficiently stamped,
the appropriate stamp may be affixed
in the presence of the Court, register,
or recorder, ns j?rovided by section
163 of the Act of June 30, 1864.
Au instrument issued since August
1, 18(>4, unstamped, or insufficiently
stamped, may be stamped by the col
lector, upon payment for the proper
stamp, and of a penalty of fifty dol- ?
lars; and where the amount of the j
stamp duty exceeds fifty dollars, ou
payment also of interest on said duty
at the rate of six per cent, from tho i
day on which the stamp should have
been affixed.
If the instrument Ls presented to
the collector within twelve calendar
months fruin its issue, the collector is
authorized to remit the penalty, pro?
vided it shall appear to his satisfac?
tion that the omission to stamp it
was by reason of accident, mistake,
inadvertence, or urgent necessity,
and without willful design to evade or
delay the payment of stamp duty.
If the instrument is not presented
within twelve calendar months, the
penalty and interest must be paid to
the collector before he can render it !
valid by affixing the appropriate
stamp, without regard to the cause of
the omission to stamp it at the time
of its issue. The commissioner has
no power to remit this penalty.
Deputy collectors, unless acting
as collectors under section 39, have
no authority to allix stamps or remit
penalties nuder section 158.
The stamp to be affixed to auy in?
strument is tliat required by the law
existing at the time when the instru?
ment was made, signed and issued.
When au instrument is properly
stamped, under either of said sec
tions, the stamping relates back to
tho time when the instrument w-as
issued, and renders it from the be?
ginning as valid, to all intents and
purposes, as if it had been duly
stamped when made, signed and is?
sued.
The whole amount of penalties paid
to collectors for validating unstamped
instruments should be returned on
form 58, with other unassessed penal?
ties, and the money deposited to the
credit of the Treasury of the United
States with other collections.
A. E. ROLLINS,
Commissioner.
Wo hear from all sections of the
Stut*' that there has recently been a
great improvement in the condition
of the growing wheat. Fields in
which, six weeks ago, there was not
believed to be a living spire, and
which the owners contemplated
ploughing up and planting in corn,
now look green and give promise of
a partial crop. It is worthy of men?
tion, thal the wheat sowed with a
drill has, everywhere, stood the rigor
of the winter better than that seeded
by hand. This is easily explained by
the fact that the drilled wheat is in
all cases covered to a proper depth,
while much of the hand-sown wheat
is imperfectly covered by the harrow,
or left entirely on the surface. This
matter is well worth the attention of
farmers. -Richmond Tinten.
NARROW ESCAPE.-It is reported
that ex-Senator G win lately had a
narrow escape from death. While
writing in his room at one of the
New Orleans forts, a leaf of his
manuscript blew off, and Dr. Gwin
started for it upon the run, forgetting
the sentinel upon duty. The negro
drew his musket upon bim and pulled
the trigger, but fortunately the cap
failed to explode. Had it gone off,
that would have been the end of the
ex-Senator.
HorigiLgcs a o? ConYey?ic*s of SSA! JSS
tato for sale at th is office.
CAR 11.---Ow te rnrs for subscription, ad?
vertising and ?iib work aro cash. We hopi;
?lt parties will bear t his in mind.
TUE Bunsixo OK COI-OMUIA.-An inter?
esting account ol the "Sack a?d- Destruc
tioa of thc City of Colombia, 8." C.," ha?
just boen issued, in pamphlet form, from
the Plumier, steam power press. Oriels
can bo tilled to any extent.
Boos AND JOB PUINTINU.-Tho lihuuiir
office is now fully supplied with cards,
colored sud whito paper, colored ink, wood
type,.etc., and is now in condition to exe?
cute all manner of book and job printing
iu the shortest, possible time. Cri ve ue a
call. _\^_"_.
The sale advertised yesterday morning,
of certain merchandize, in tho case of the
United states vs. James G. Gibbes, was
closed, after a few articles were disposed of
by an improvised soldier-auctioneer. The
withdrawal of the goods was owing to tho
fact that there were so few bidders,
although there waa a large number of
persons in attendance. We presume tho
matter will bc adjusted.
CITY CIA>CK.- WC venture again to urge
upon our "City Fathers" thc subject of a
city clock. The committee which has been
appointed in relation to an alarm bell we
hope will take thc subject of a clock into
consideration. We believe that, with slight
exertions, a voluntary subscription could
be obtained to purchase a suitable clock
for a public tower, either on thc Southern
end of the new market house, or at any
other central point in the city.
OLD Rssinavrs RKTITBSINO.-We are
highly gratified, almost daily, by the sight
of the faces of former residents of Colum?
bia and vicinity, who, having given otb*r
sections a trial, have returned to Uie "old
place," satisfied that they can get along a?
well - if not better-- hore than elsewhere.
Among these, we notice the familiar face
of Robert Joyi er, Esq., who, after au ab?
sence of eight >r ten years, returns to Co?
lombia, to make it his future residence; and
has commenced thu erection of a commo?
dious hotel, near the Charleston and 0>eeu
ville Depots.
Nr.w AOVEKTISKMJCNTS. Attention is call?
ed ti) the following advertisements, which
arc published this uiorniug for the first
lime:
1'. <1. du Fontaine - -The Carolinian.
T. A. Scott- Saw Mill to Rent.
Fisher ?V Lowrance-Corn, Ac.
Applv at this Office- lippies Lost.
W. C. Schultze A Bro.-Prints, Ac.
Cor. Bull and Camden els- Furniture.
T. J. Gibson-Florida Syrup.
H. M. Price-Venezuelan Land Company.
Furniture at private sale.
i
"Sweet Lip*" ia tho pretty name of the
princess in the fahy talo, and ev erv lady
may be a Pr ?ucees Sweet Lips if she chooses
to us.- the fragrance-breathing Sozodont.
This rare essence of innumerable aromatic
herbs removes every blemish from the
teeth, gives a blush-rose tinge to the gums,
and renders the mouth as pure and fresh
as an infant. t
ARRIVAL OP PRISTONERH FROH FORT
PULASKI. -A squad of prisoners, white
and colored, seventeen in number,
were brought np to the city Saturday
from Fort Pulaski. Among them was
J. W. Duncan, the Andersonville
commissary sergei?nt, uow on trial by
the military commission in this city.
The other prisoner*' are to be turned
over to the custody of the civil
authorities by Provost Marshal East?
on, under General Order No. 17,
recently published.
[Savannah Herald, 10/7/.
LARGE CASCO!. -The packet clipper
schooner B. N. Hawkins, Wyatt,
master, was cleared yesterday for
Havre by Mr. Wm. Roach. She
takes out the following large cargo:
1,227 bales upland cotton, weighing
601,027 pounds, and eight bales of
Sea Island, weighing 2,022 pounds
total weight, 503,649 pounds-and
valued at 8188,668.09. This is the
second vessel of the above line cleared
by Mr. Roach for Havre within the
past few weeks.
THE LEE ENDOWMENT FUND or
WASHINGTON COLLECTE.-Wo learn
from the Argus that the Rev. Mr.
Watson succeeded in collecting in
Memphis, Tenn., or rather in only
one-half of that city, fnnds and sub?
scriptions amounting to some 811,000
ot 812,000. He had departed, for
New Orleans on tho same business,
leaving the agency for Memphis in
other hands.
DEATH OF GLE BULL. -The Mon?
treal <lurette reports the death of Ole
Bull, the celebrated violinist, at Que?
bec, on the loth instant. This dis?
tinguished musical genius was born
nt Bergen, in Norway, February 5,
1810. He was extensively known
throughout Europe and the United
States.
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A Washington despatch says: The
delegation sent here by a convention
at Atlanta to ask a modification of the
test oath, has started home, having
failed to secure much encouragement.
Thc House committee has agreed to
report against any modification.
COAL IN FRANCK.-The production
of coal in France lias greatly increased
during the past ten years. The pro?
duct in 1864 was 111,000,000 metrical
quintals; in 1865, 113,000,000.
Hon. Danu ! o. Dickinson, former
ly United States Senator from New
York, died at Binghamptou on the
10th i list nut.

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