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We kDoWno;more. in relation to it tlian others, .hould think it would reqtire at least twenty days rom thetection for the com nianding' General to receive ant! examine the returns By the 10 of December, therefore, kc Ijave it in his power to announce the riult ; aiid he may direct the Convention to jmbleon the 20th, or he ma; postpone it Si the first day of January. We think it certain it wili not assemble later than the first of January. ' The Convention ought to be ale to frame a Constitution by th first :i February The Constitutiot, thus tranied roulu "e 6Uumitieu to me . peopio uy ,ine 0A 6t Ma,rch ensuing :" and if the Conven tron should decide that in the first election, ijiukrthis Constitution the same voters that vriiu to ratify und reject may vote for State .nffi, .pm-it being of course understood .-'that M tlie Constitution is rati tied, iiua elections 0fSl i'.t! officers to be-valid, ot lerwise to be uuil and void, v;- a:iy, if this course should iw adopted," as it may, tjiun tlie election: for Gti7ernor4 liteuteuant Grovenoi, members of the legislature, State'officer, generally, and members of Congress, could be held on the iame day on which the Constitution is sub mitted t the people. ' Tiiyse officers elected, could be laid before Congress, and. by the 20th of April the Legislature could assem- le and choose two, Senators. If th e ma- hinerv-should work thus . well, by the first .lay of Mav, 1853, our ' Senators " i n.M i -A K :. and Rep re leatativesih Corigres3 can be iii their seats,- andUie new State Goyeroment can be inau gurated. J: :.:-:; - . r W t irow out- these suggestions for con- j YiilWatbn,, and with no'purpose to forestall tlie opinions of any. We have full coridenee in' ttie Conyeution, and feel sufe it willglo wbat is iust '9Md''TtXMfilfiUh'StqndS,'dt- : '., ;': -mk . . - :.:t.i j. A Beautiful E-c,ract. the following eloquent paper au.Tiuie, is. we believe, from the pen ot i'auiaing : T nW a temolc reared bv the hands of ruan,svanditig with its high pinuacle in the fidtaut! plain. The strijauis beat, about it -rlie Go(J of Nature had ilis ,t lunder. bolts gainst it, yet it stood as firm as adamant. Uevtlry was. in t he halls, the giy, the happy -the young the beautitul were there. I re turned, and lo ! the temple was.no more. Its high walk lay in scattered ru i n, ' moss and grass grew rankl? there; an at the: mid night "hour the owl's long cry added to the solitude. The young and gay who nact re reled there ii ad passed away, j I ;s . I saw a child rejoiciug in his youth, the idol of. his mother and the priide of his fa- thtr. 1 returned and that child had become Vi.i. Trembiiiig with the .weight ot years, he stood t ie last'ot his generatiou; a stranger .amidst all. the desolation around him. I saw ah old oak standing in all its pride upon't le mountain ; the birds were carol ing in its boughs. J returned and saw the oak was leafless and sapless, the winds were playing at their past-time through the hranch.13. ' "Who is the guardian Angle. destroyer I' said I to ijjv "It is Time' 6aid he. "W len the morn-. iiiK stars sang together lor joy over the new made world he commenced his course : and when he has destroyed all that is beautiful "'on the' earth ; plucked the sun in His sphere; vc-uea ine moon m wooa :. yea, wueu ne ball hive! rolled the Heavens and the earth sway as a scroll, then shall an angel frpm the throne of God come forth, an .1 with one foot opon the land, lift His hand? towards Heaven' and swear, bv Heaven's Eternal, Tiiv.s.' J I 1. j.f i-K O . Kit La rvinlta M WiiS. UUl II LUC SHail , UO UJ UU. Religion ia Politics. . ! llowever- men differ as to introducm'sr . politics into repgion , none deny that re ligion should be brought Into politics, j . National questions, j especially as man aged by professional politicans, need the in tusion of Christtan principle, to prevent their otter perversions to selfish ends,- And: now, Len the passion are equited and the nation is passing tqrough vital crisis in its-existence, there is imperative need ot the restraining and elevating power of religi6n in every act A'hicli bears upon our destiny as a people. i Christian men 'shoul showlhat Christian spirit in jal king upon national questions, in -iefepding the principles they adopt, in se cecting their candidates for office, in con ducting the. canvass, and in submittong to the result And yet do they no often seem to forget God's presence and their own ac customed moderation, when the exciting questions of national import come .up for .discussioa ? If God is ! universal! Governor, and takes au overruling interest in the affairs of nations, as in the welfare of his Church. uy should we not refer to hi m all natioual questions in faith and earnest prayer, as we do the question of our ciwn salvation or the prosperity of hia spiritual kingdom ? Tbi 15 specially important jtvheu it is admitted that the organs governing as well as express- -.ing political opinion are generally control-r led by worldly principles, while inany of them are in the interest of concealed, if not PJQ iofidelity. Ut the Christian principle, Cbristirn -"-tlinw ond Christian artirm nfnlttTrtnfl neu- Pl be brought to. bear upon our exciting' I political contests to moderate and; elevate anrJr toae of discussion and (ine of action ; s 'et. prayer be offered to God incessantr iT ipr his guidance,1 as! was done during the jar. and we may confidently look for the 'gut results, There cannot be two ch religion in pblitica. j :",, Buncombe county furnished one couaerva WILMINGTON I WILMINGTON WEEKLY III ufce. ..The Senate met at ill nvwt Prjer 7 the OUpuC'A Jrppt"lle ' "ptortd -.. cooaba1'inS "XS -torn. . Mr Corbctt, of Oregon, introducea a bill to substitute gold note : for legal' teuder notes, and to facilitate the rcsSmption of k .. ' " Jlr. ur. yoanaier oa.red u reslutio,i which 'MM'-A c ':A.on, I vrcuciai to lurnisn to the Manat n of persons pardoned by the President since May 1, 1865, who have been convicted of counterfeiting United States bonds, green--backs, eurerjcy, or coin, with date arid rea- ing: :jl,0iid uaraeof person recommend Twelve '('clock baviu; '""Jif announced that tlie present session of the Fortieth Congress stood ad journed without day, and immediately call ed t? order the " 1 .-M A. . ; t SECOND . SESSION. ' The Secretary was directed to inform the House of Represotntives that a qaorum of the Senate was present, and it was readv to uroceed t i hniinria In accordance with a resolution otkred by 1 Mr. Anthony, and adopted, Messrs. Anthony ! auci uenctneks were appointed as the usuhI committee to notify the President thereof. anl ask him if he had any to make. i ' ' . communication ! On motion, it was ordered that the S unite meet hereafter at 12 M. The Senate then took a recces uotil 1 OClocK. After the recess . A bill was intrb luced by Mr. Stewart, to establish a nati'onal school of marines. Ta bled and printed. Mr. Fovvler.introduced the following bill, which was laid over and ordered to be prin ted : - ,:-s ; , , 1 ; Be it tsuacted, &c, That so mu.ch of the internal revenue laws as authorize the collect tion of a tax on raw cotton be, and the same is hereby repealed : Provided, however, that the' provisions of this act shall not apply to cotUm that has been purchased from the ori ginal producer, and that this act shall take effect from and after its passage. RESOLUTIONS OFFERED. By Mr. Drake, fbr information, viz: wheth er any part of the salary of any United States . Judge has been withheld on account ofthe none-payment it taxes. , By Mr. Thayer, inquiring whether Edward-Cooper assumed the duties of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury November 30, and by : what authority. h:e did sd. By Mr. Cannon, permi ttin'g Admiral Thatch er to receive a decoration from the King of the ti.TOajn. Islands. It being announce uy tlie proper commit tee, that the President would emmmxu-dto in writing next day,; Senate adjoujued. HOUSE. ' - - 1 Committee on Ranking und currency in structed to" inquire into the expediency of changing the law on taxation ol National Bank Stock,, so that the stockholder may Day tax in the city or town where he resides, Mr. Wilson, of Indiana, made a persbiial explanation witbj' regard to Mr. Churchill. ' He beiieyed Mr.j C. to be an honorable, hon est and patriotic man, that he had adtad in accordance wit h his sense of duty. Mr. Paine offered a resolution instructing the judiciary, committee to inquire and re port whether under the Constitution of the United, States and the law of nations, Con-r gress has the discretionary right to prevent or refuse an appropriation to pay for .the Rus sian purchase. , Resolutions of the .Cincinnati Common Council in reference to national finances and in favor of the repeal of the cotton tax. Re ferre"d to the Committee on Ways nd Means. A; resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to suspend at once all further ac tion in execution of a contract for the sup ply of spirit metres for the detection ot dis tillation frauds until the House can inquire into the subject. Referred to the Commit tee of Ways and Means. . On motion of Mr. Washburue, of Illinois, the Committee on Accounts, Naval Affairs, Public Lands, Foreign Affairs, Post Offices, District of Columbia, Territories, Commerce, Invalid Pensions, and Indian Affairs, were authorized to employ clerks during the For tieth Congress, at $4 per day wheu actually employed. '' . , Tdie Speaker then' proceeded to call the States for resolutions." " - By "Mr. Brooks : Declaring that in the opinicoof the House the contraction of the currency four' millions' per month, authorized by law, but subject to tue discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, ought, during the present depressed condition, of commerce, manufactures, and trade in the country, to cease. Heinoved the previous question. The House relused (45 to 54) to second tlie previous question, ard, Mr. Iugersoll rising to debate the resolu tion, it went over under the rule. Mr. Ingersnll asked and obtained unani mous consent to put a question to the chair mau of the Committee of Ways and Mean?. He had, on the first day of the session intro duced a; bill to repeal that section of the law which authorized contraction of the currency, and had it referred to, the Committee of Ways and Means. He desired the chairman of that committee to state when the House would have a report ou the subject. Mr; Schenck, chairman of the Committee ot Ways and Means, replied that the ebmmit tee had as yet been unable to consider more than one important subject relating to the finances, and on that it was prepared to re port. Referring to the repeal of the cotton tax. Rep. The Committee '.proposed to meet from day to day, and to grapple, as best it could, with every one of those financial subjects, and he apprehended that a report would be made at an early day on the sub ject to which the gentleman (Mr. Ingersoll) referred, and on otbeo important matters. f Mr. Ingersoll declared that the reply was perfectly satisfactory ; but he wished to call attention to the fact that the Secretary of the Treasury was depleting the currency at the rate of $125,000 a day, thus, Sangrado-like, takiug the very blood out of the people. Mr. Schenck remarked that tiffs committee, although yet very young in life, was not at all asleep, and that he was inclined to think that not only the- gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Ingersoll) and the Secretary, of the Treasury, but everybody in the country, was N. j C, THURSDAY .MOILING DECEMBER 5, 1867. unaKiiioa tlwiul.jcct; ana the committer ju..pawi io act on it as iq as powib??, hat v iiuQiii .mo ut:i Ucllberatiun, Oae n-aon. why tl committee hd not burned to a report oa iny of those subjects was that t iet to Ret the "port of tbe Secretary 1 if 8 eau!7 tn.d ,,ls varioat sarjordinatei 3ir. Lla tiffercd a resolution instructing the Committee of Ways and 3Ieans to hZ quire into the expediency of authoring a new oati payable after ten years, and redeema ble after thirty years in coin, by the issue of hve per cent, bonds, interest payable semi annually in coin, taxable at the rate of one per cent, to Ie deducted from interest when ni 1 r 1 nlon ...S,1! f it . . ... Governmc ol.ligatfons n,m do e eaf t,r to become due, that Z Si sucti bonds in exchange or payment accord ing to the tenor of such obligations. Adopt ed. Oa motion of Mr. Maynard, the Committee on Banking and Currency was directed to inquire into the expediency of requirinsr na- tOfJ.1t J-V Alt If AH M AASM i f. Z 17t y bravely, the Committee I :';ysand Meabs ukI to inquire into ttie expediency of reducing Wwrnal revenue mi tobacco. j. Mr Ashley, of Ohio, introduced a joint lesointioo, r:roposinir an amendment to the Constitution ot the United States. Referred, to the Judiciarv Committee It declares all persbas born or naturalized t.l,e.:iJit,:d Sta.1? and whojjreahject to J0"1"?. citizens Of the United States, and of the btate cr Territory wherein thev reside makes all such citizens, over twenty one years of age, except untaxed Indians, electors where they reside makes it incuni- j bent on each State to establish and maintain : free public schools.for the accommodation of j all children. renders ineligible to seats in j Congress, or any military or civil office un I der the government, all who were members ! of any secession convention.or Legislature. ; or wiio held a cotnmissiou above the rank of j captain in the rebel army, &c, and provides I that the validity ot the public 'debt shall not ! ha, questioned, nnd that no part of the rebel ' debt shxiil ever be recoognized, or payment ! made for the loss or emancipation of slaves. General Sherman at The Capital . Every soldier ot the least distinction, every one who by his patrotism and ability had made a popular record in the field, the De mocracy have in turn assidiously courted and attempted to corrupt to their pro rebel standard with all the arts and agencies at their command. General Sickles was for a while thus assidiously courted. The De mocracy labored to corrupt him by the most liberal offers of lucrative positions ot honor, but all. failed tq seduce him from his fealty to she loyal cause in defence of which he had to gallantly fought. He refused to stain his patroic record, or hi3 patriotism, bv unit j ing with the'rebel enemies of his country; j lie had bravely fought and conquered them in the field, and he would not lower the standard of the republic before the seditious foe, still striking, although beaten, at the t tit'tj. and.-liberties of the nation, or be a party, ! even o,B, t i,umWing the national . cause in the dust at ttiir-sv? fPet From i cajolery,- from efforts at briberylnrb'ug. rative hOnofs", the"Democracy very nuturally proceeded to proscription and vituperation. Sickles proving steadfast and incorruptible in his taith to the loyal flag, he, was upon false pretences, and under circumstances vhich were intended to be disgraceful, but which redounded to his honor, was removed from his command of the Second Military District. Now, again, with the vindictie littleness so characteristic of the Democracy, Sickle's has been mustered out of his brevet rank a3 a Major General of Volumteers, and ordered to his regiment. Sickles is but one 01 a number of similar case3. General Gregory, refusing to be the tool of rebel tyranny in Maryland, and who by. the upright, humane, and patrotic ad ministration ot his charge in that State tas incurred the hatred of its rebel majority, and been mastered out of the United States service as a Major General of Volunteers; and the distinguished, justly honored, and patriotic chief of the Bureau bfFreedmen and Refugees General 0. O. Howard is also to be mustered out of his brevet rank as a Major General of Volunteers ; but it is ad ded by the pro-rebel organs, as if it was a concession, Howard is to be retained in his lineal rank as chief of the bureau. That is democratic justice to the loyal soldier. Grant, Sherman, rand Sheridan have each in turn been subjected to the arts of the Democracy. They have each been claim ed and paraded before the public by the proebel press a3 Democrats, and in turn been offered the very questionable hrinor of a Democratic nomination for the Presidency. Such an Donor seems to have been estimated by each of them at its proper value. Grant and .Sheridan indignantly spurn it.; Both, are consequently now experiencing alt the -malevolence it is possible for the pro rebel organs to vent in their diily vituperation: of them ; and Sherman, it is very probable, in consequence of his recent patriotic speech, at St. Louis. Which isaa plain rejection ot their proffer of a nomination, will soon feel the full weight 'of their malice. His senti ments and theirs cannot possibly be recon ciled, o .Not long ago, we, upon the authority of the executive organs the InUXligencer ; the N. Y. Herald, the Boston Pu$f, and Data stated the partfcularslof the Presidential programme for a violent resist mce Jtcuthfc constitutional authority of Congress ia the matter of impeachment, which they pretend ed was obtained from the mouth of tlie President himself, and part oT which was, Sherman would return to Washington bet ween the 10th", and 17th of November, to take commaud of the Department of Wash ington as genealissimo of his Accidency's forces. Some of their statements have cer tainly been verified. Troops from' every possible quarter have been transferred to this District, all the garrisons of the Department have been doubled, the troops in pretended inspection reviews have been paraded with great flourish of music upon our streets, and every effort made-to frighten or intimidate Congress from the exercise of its constitu tional functions. But the 10th. and 17th of November have hassed, and Sherman has not arrived. A telegram, indeed, from him, has been received by Grant, stating that he will not be here before the 1st of December ; and the organs now admif that they have been at fault with reference to his move ments. But they apparemtly had no doubt of their statement when it Was made. They made i t boldly and positively upon the au thority of the President himself, and it is not doubted that the original design of the Fmldeat. upon 'n wrmw lierc, 1 wat to pUcehim ft "fonmad of thU depart rn?nt,or in $nrac n ia wiiich he mcght be used In hit nd criminal project against the reprc5:tie of the nation. lie needed Shtrcin'jfwt nam j to coyer bis violent designs, 3ut Sherman evidently refused to be so cd and hU Accidency, organ now proto to know nothing of his arrival here, it is now stated upon other authoriy tfcit he has been again order ed here by Oencril Grant, wita the approyal' of the President act ai gmeral-in-chief while Grantholdthe positioa ot Secretary of War. Great ZtpuhUc. Ge. CiratT Annual Report. As has been atoounced heretofore the re port of General rant as Secretary ot War ad intrim and General of the army is com pleted and has been laid before the Presi den. It will sliow that one of the first ob jects to which the General addressed him self on entering the War Office on the 12th of August last was the reduction of expend itures, to which end army officers , were re -j quired to dispense with various indulgences which tney had been enjoying at the 'ex-i pense of the Government. The Bureau "I eoei Archives, and th ou. tr te r ciiange of Prisoners, were turned over to the A ..4. "f . 1 : : n xujuv wit jrenerars omce, oy wnicd a lrgel luuiuei ui i-.ierKs aa several omcejs were dispensed with. : !j The sale of Urge quantities of surplus stores relieved the poreroment of consider-! able expense fonguarding and storage, sav-i ing the rent of dimerous store-houses, and: the salaries of af arge number of employees.! A considerable Induction has also beeneffect-i wl in the exnnse of maintaining trbopsj along the route i of travel across the plains although this i 1 still heavy. The strength! ot the army, S( Member 30, 18C7, was56.8l5;i number of rtruits, 34,191: desertions.! 13,608. ' Recruling has been very success! ful It is recoi meuded that the term of en- listment bo cli; ged from three to five years, and a change i of courts man recommended in the system and DunislimentSi The! volunteer force las been reduced to about; two hundred nraissioxed officers, who are retained by spelial acts for service in the Freedmen's Bujeau. No recommddatson is made as to the continuance ordiscontinuance ot the Freed4 men's Bureau, ni he leaves the matter with Congress. !. . ' ' ! In tho officeof the quartermaster General over 11,000 accounts have been examined during the year, amounting to more than $300,000,000, tnd there remain to be exam ined accounts f mounting to nearly $50,000j 000 more. : . i j The report embraces some facts in relaj tion to cemeteries for the interment of Unioja soldiers, of which there are 308, including eighty-one known: as ''national cemeteries.!" About a quarter Of a million interments have been made ia those cemeteries, add there romain 8omeseventy-odd thousand (to be intejred. The total cost ot . these .ceme teries when completed will be about three millions and a half. The indebtedness of Southern railroads to the United States On the 30th of June last was a little jess than $0,060,000, a reduction I. tlie oe'U; tuere iiave been received and recorded over four. hundred thousand bounty claims under jmuvrt.r the act of July 23, I860, about one-fourth of which have been settled, at 'an expendi ture of something over $9,000,000. J j The report of the Chief Engineer will re commend that surveys for river and harbor' improvements should be continued, especi ally upon the Western rivers. . 1 - ; It will appear from the ordinance repbrt that the arms and other ordnance stores which had accumulated at the Southern Ar senals have been removed,, arid are npwjin charge of the Ordnance Department; An appropiation is recommended for the estab lishment of an arsenal between the Missouri river and Rocky Mountains for the Storage ot arms lor the use ot troops serving on the plains. Some twenty-three thousand Spnhg.- tield muskets have been converted during the year into breech-loaders, and the troOps scrvingon the plains have been armed with ttiem. liiese arms nave proved very enect- ive weapons in the campaign against the jn dians. - ; f Thg Board ot Visitors, to the West r Point Military Academy speak favorably of the condition of the institution and its vjSeul ness. ' Sixty three! cadets graduated in' June, and were commissioned in the army. ji: As the regular I army is now about four times as large as before the war it is thought that the number of cadets now admitted; to the military academy is insufficient to sup ply it with' ouicers, aud it is therefore recoin mended that'the present number, wfiicli is limited to one for each Representative, and Delegate in Congress, and ten at lafgejbe iucreased by considering a vacancy existing in each Congressional district when its pa dets enters the second class. , I f Tne total estimates of military appropria tions required for the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1860, is $77,124,707.08 : j v For office General army . $5,000 100 For Adjutant General's Office ' 300.0000 tOO For Military Academy 146,315 00 For pay of cadeU, &c 188,707100 For Q. M. General s Depart . me ut Fur Q. M deficiency esti mate . . , For Q. M. contingencies 28,180,066120 - - ' -'. I I 1 3,500,000 00 100,000100 41,780,060120 15,000.100 22,412,06d00 10,529,76188 1,533,08400 Medical Depar;raent Pay Department j Engineer Department Ordnance Bureau Bureau Refugees and Freed men ' " Inspector General j Bureau Military Justice S u bsistence Depart men t Signal Service No appro'nj: i - $27,000?00 This estimate is based-upon the expendi tures for the current year, 'and it is thought it may exceed the actual requirements of he service. The establishment of peace with the Indians, if effected, will result in a great reduction of expenditures. Over $13,000, 000 of the present estimate is to cover a de ficiency in last year's appropriation. The continuance for another year of the additional pay allowed to officers by the last-Congress is recommended. j In relation to the military districts of he South General Grant says that their com T manders are, so far, as. their military duties are concerned, under subordination to the- General of the Army and War Department, In their civil f capacity they are; enurely dependcatofbotU.eicent In tnattcrt of re raova!, appointment, and detail. Itii but lair to the District Commanders to state that while they hare been thus independent intiieircuti duties there Has cot been one of them who would not yield to a positively expressed with in regard to toy matter of civil administration from either of the offi cers placed over them by Constitution or acts 01 congress, so long as that wish- was 2.t 1 . it . ia lueuirecuon 01 a proper execution 01 me law, for the execution of which they alone are responsible. Gen. Grant adds that be is pleased to say that the Commanders of the Southern military districts have executed their difficult trui t faithfully, and without bias frohi any judgment of their own as to the merit or demerit of the law they were executing. The reports of Gens. Schofield, Canby.and Pope uave already been published. That of General Ord represents that the whites iren- erally are apposed totbe reconstruction acts, and that the extension ot suffrage to the ne groes has increased the feeling ot hostility to them and to Northern men, and General Ord thinks that a larger military force than now employed wir oeTjrqairecf to protect tie freeamen in their rights. Reports have not yet been received from Generals Sickles, Sheridan, aD Mower. . i j Westoi Beats Time. Chicago, November 28. Weston reached Chicago this morning at 10 o'clock, and has won his wager. The excitement on his ar rival was intense. For miles out from the city the roads were thronged all the morn ing with people anxious to greet the young pedestrian, and the streets through which he passed to reach the Sherman House; where lie now is, were packed with peo'ple. The police had some difficulty in making a way tor him, the crowd were so impatient to give him a welcome, but he was fiinally escorted to his room at the Sherman House in safety. He says that the attempt to walk one hund red mile, starting from Silver Creek, failed because his feet were badly, swollen. He reached Conneaut, 91 miles in good conoi tions otherwise, and asserts positively that he could have made the remaining nine miles in the two hours and thirtyseven min utes left, but that Ins attendants would no allow him to start. They argued that a con tinutaion of the tramp on badly blistered feet would jeopardize the final result, and he thinks were right. . On the second attempt, starting from To ledo, he walked 55 miles in 11 hours lOmin- utes This brought him to Stryker, Ohio, winch he had been informed was only 42 miles from Toledo. On makinginquirieshe became satisfied that still greater discrepan cies existed between the figures on bis care fully prepared time table and those furnish ed him by intelligent residents 01 the places through which he passed. He will publish afull statement in a few days in regard to the last trisl. from Waterloo to South Bend- Ind., 16 miles. He says the whole jouaney. frm beginning to end, was made in rain and fog. and oVer the worst roads he has ever travelled. When he started from Waterloo (at midnight) the rain was falling in tor rents, and it was so dark that it was necess ary to employ a guide to lead with a lantern, and two men to light the pedestrian. All nirrVif 1 rirt rr rtti rrti TTon .1 q 1 1 r 11 n atari Wa - rrrn$T3 'io juigonier, a aistance or more tuan 40 miles (the time tabl e says 35) hia route was over muddy roads and under a drench ingrain. Along the roads, he says, the peo ple from he farms and villages, had collect d to see him, and nearly every wayside church and school was occupied by men and women driven from the roads by the storm, i These, buildings were all lighted and heated, and until he became accustomed to the novel sight he thought the pious residents of the country were holding religious meetings, and theiFchildren attending night school. He made Ligonier in nine hours. At Goshen they sent out a brass band to play for him along the road to Elkhart, 12 miles. At Goshen the wagon horses, tired out for the third time since the start from Utica, were shipped by rail to Laporte. At South Bend he was received with the greatest enthusiasm. Outside of the town he was met by a squad Kof fifty uolicemen. who had been detailed to protect him and lead him in safety to the town. Here be telt sreat tatierue. and flatly refused to move an inch further, although he had three hours and- seven minutes in whicK to make but 14 miles. "After the terriblegourney I had made," said he, "I felt that the remaining 14 miles would be the longest waitc I nadever unoertaKen." . mis afternoon xie v ill probably go to the Opera Houe this evening certainly. The people are clamorous to see him, and he will speak to them to night from the stage. He has bee" called upon! to-day by a large number of citizens, but at this hour is taking a little rest. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Vote for a Convention Efforts Made to Defeat It The Particulars of the. So-called Riot at VadmaIaw Islaud. Special Correspondence of Wash. Chronicle. i Chareeston. 8. C, Nov, 27, 1867. Official returns from but three districts have been received at military headquarters. I am satisfied that the 8tate lias been car ried for temvtntion, but for the reason giv en in my last," viz: the, ? insufficient number ot polling places, the majority will be very small. Many registered colored voters lost their votes by removing out of the precincts in which they were registered the opposi tion having employed them temporarily as laborers, , and then removed them beyond their precincts in order that they might thereby lose their right to vote, and tnus be counted against a couventien. ine report- , ed disturbance on Wadmalaw island, about ! eight miles from this city, has been very much magnified. The facts are briefly these: Messrs. Chamberlain and Hurley, two noisy individuals, having failed to secure their nominations as delegates to the convention from Charleston, proceeded to John's arid and Wadmalaw islands, and nominated themselves in that precinct, and having probably been defeated they -circulated the report that the regular nominees are rebels ; hence the excitement, which manifested it self in high words and firing of a few fowl ing pieces into the air, j literally, ending "in smoke," although it was reported at bead quarters that fifty white persons had been murdered in cold blood. The fifty were only political "men in buckram." , '. It is said that the grave of the famous "dairyman's daughter- at Salisbury, plains is much neglected. The headstone has been so eaten by time that the inscription is bare ly legible."'" ; - " NO. 105. Algerian Ja;;lars. V "Seven Algerian jugglers and snakes char mers, who firttj exhibited la Paris, we believe, are now giving their disagreeable perform anccsia London; They are Mahometans of tribe of Aista Uouha, and call themselves African convuhionlsU. Their tricktvould seem well calculated to throw nervous peo ple in tho audience into convulsions. The Lond on Horning Post says : ..-;' " A number of snakes were producad; they were about four feet long and an inch thick. These one of the performers, Kmlda Ben Mustaffa, coiled reund his head and allowed.; to bite his toqgu until they hung at full . length from hisTOonth. The next performer v was Mahomed Ben Omar, who ate the bowl of a wineglass!, and crushed the metal be tween his teeth with considerable gusto.. A number of other feats equally surprising fol-. lowed ; and then came, the grand sensation scenes., Mahomed Ben AU Batata balanced himself on a paked sword, and subsequently tied a rope round his naked wIm , .Thl . appeared iiWi.in M,l)nt , flilSUW- VWiftAVWH - - mJ - ASS - lin W .v seized an ; instrument which seemed to act like a centre-bit, and having inserted the nntnf in tha laitf ttvra nrnrtra1 tVa r Aa mnnA until the eyeball was forced three parts out of its place, presenting a roost horrible ap pearance. The man himself did not, howev er, seem, to suffer inconvenience, though the perspiration stood on bis face, and his breast neavea as ii consmeraoie aimcuiiy whs ex perienced in breathing. The next feat was to puncture himself with skewers.- This was effected hy forcing one through the tongue, another through the lip, and a third through the cheek, o prove that the pertoration was real he walked among the audience, and allowed any one sufficiently curious or suffi- cientiy scepiiiui to examine me uuics auu io touch the skewers. Beveral persons availed themselves of the privilege, and expressed themselves satisfied. This t xperiment was attended bv a. . Terv narti al and insignificant nemorruage. A tan negro, naraon joenA.ii, then presented himself, having danced fran- licaily to vuej music ui luo iuui-uujs uutu . the necessary amount of excitement was en- ' gendered in the system, proceeded to hold a lighted torch to nis necK, cum anu raouin, without suffering any inconvenince. He sub-' 8equently placed a lump of live char coal in uis moutn, at wmcn cigars auu lucuei mai-. ches were lighted. The charcoal Was at first held in its place by the teeth, but was after wards placed on the tongue, where it remain ed for several minutes. The convulsionaire who was gopd enough to gouge out his eyes then played with; live snakes, and eventually bit off the head arid tail of one, which he masticated with TSastern gravity, and threw the decapitated portion to the audience for examination' The snake was similar to one ol Luuse wijuju uau uuujj ousjicuutu uuiu vuo - tongue of Kraida Ben Musttta. these ana other feats equally wonderful and disgusting followed, all) of which were performed with apparent ease by the Africans. The effect lnf nnnn t.hti Rnpr.tn.tor hv extraordina ry performances was the re versaf grateful." ' Mr. Frank! Buckland, in his paper Land and water ajttempts an explanation of Borne of his feats. The snakes) they handle are not 'polSoaoi igyJant belong to a harmless spe cies common in France andEngland. The. ma wo iiiroata BsewcTa xnTougn nis tongue anu tue uacn. oi uis ueus., uaa prrniHtm holes for their introduction, and does not sriffer more pain than, when a lady puts on I : ! l l' -t Ifl hr earringsjafter leaving them off for some time. I Mr. Buckland does! not, however, at tempt to explain all of tU,e tricks, but says in conclusion : I i" Altogether,Ido not recollect having seen an exhibition which combines so many hor rible and trupy sensatfon sights in so short a space of timf imp." ' . ' ': ,' 1 Starvation The English have their own ways of do ing things, abd nothing can make them be- , lieve that tlieir way is not! the best way ia Lite niiuu tui tutiu. A. Li juiouu, n ucu bread is too dear, a mobof two or-- three thousand roughs collect and stone the ba kers' windows or -break in; and rob themrof tlieir bread. In Paris the Government fixes the maximum price of the loaf and pays the extra cost td tue baker. A physician writes tq the Times that hundreds ot persons io the Is!le of Dogs are calmly dying of starvation; If it were one of tbelSoutb Sea Islands, some place to which missionaries are sent, we should have a subscription!, and a ship load ed with provisions despatched forthwith; a low-lying region of. the Metropolis of Great: Britain, on Ithe River Thames, where the failure ot shipbuilding has leit a large popu lation to 8tarve. Close upon the horror of tlie hurricane in the West Indies has come an explosion in one of the largest coal mines . iii it aits, Vauaiug iuc ucdiii ui tnu tii iuico hundred iciriers. The whole mine is a ruin nd nn firn -.oprhnna ft third ot the. Rrorr.lied , arid i mangled bodies are recovered. Whole families, all the males, lie dead together, with the women mourning over them. In one bouse, on a stone floor covered with old . sacks, lie th 3 blackened bodies of a father j and three sons. Tue scents is most distress ing, land it is one of a long series of such accidents, w iicb might have been prevented, had : the Government or the owner,, of the mines done their , duty. -Gas aciaoiil aed: from lack of; ventilation; it is set on fire by defective lamps or open lights. In cither case iris manslaughter by .negligencel. The Government! shtuldr require every mine, like every place of public resort cither a church or theatre, to be thoroughly ventila ted. A very' small tax would pay for the required respection. But it is useless to urge sucn tnings-on peopie woo noid mat -the less a Government does, the more per fect it is, and who j believe that with "free trade, and free competioni everything will regulate itself. But coal mines will not regu late' themselves; they blow up every few months and destroy the '. lives of the poor workers; Fenianism does loot regulate itself, nor breed riots, nor starvation. The Mission to Austria, i New Yoex, December 2. Horace Greeley ; publishes a card declaring that be has not beeu officially notified of diis appointment to the Austrian, mission, and is therefore not nl lihprtv tni accent or decline, but that he does not intend leaving his country pending the Presideiktial election, and suggests that it is a waste of stationery to. apply to him for .4' ' '- I' L'-Mfl '.S - '--'1 t : It is understood tnsi .uon. d. d. vox, xor- "L x :i i i t.. ik. : men v oi vuiu. win auiuiuatu uj iu -. Ppesident for the position declined by Mr, wreeiey,