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The Opening or the Sucz Canal.

4hc ihtHMoHa ~ h'T, Hf the 9th, hRB the follow
inS concerning thiH Ircat enterprise:
Tho intelligence. of which wo hayo news from,
Europe, OF the actual passugr Of n vessel laden
with grain from tho Rod hra to the Mediterranean
marks III important cru In commerce. and indi.
Gates tho a'lccess OF tho Suez Canal. This il the
renewal or very nncicnt enterprise, destined now
we nope, To find lnsting roaliZntior In the time
OF Scsostris and tho Ptolnmys, long before the
Christian crn, and To period SUBSEQUENT to the
division OF tho ancient Roman Empire, there were
free commercial communications from EuroDe To
tho East by means OF canal very nearly on tho
route of the present line. II waH DESTROYED daring
the Saraccn wars, and its reconstruction was
planned by tho first Napoleon and executed by thc
inhcritor of his policy and empire.
Tho Sue: Ship Canal shortcns tho route of COM
merce more than ono-half, and tispcnsus with the
long and tedious Passage to India, via the Cape OF
Good Hope. England opposed the undertaking
as long as sho could for tho reason that tho con,
troll by Franco Of this new and short route to In
da BODIED no good to her Eastern possessions.
The neutrality Of tho canal is secured by intcrna-
tiona treaty between most OF the great powers of
Europe, but it remains to be seen how far in case
OF war, mere parchment regulations can oycrruc
military necessity and tho law Of the strong hand.
In case this canal should be continued i'm work
ing order, and thcro is no reason it should not
unless modern engineering skill proves inferior to
that OF tho ancients, the results will lie highly
beneficial. The teas, silks and other products of
the East will be conveyed tn tho West in onc-hai If
cost to consumers proportionatrly. 1t will also
opon new markets to Western commerce, and ia
cilitate the interchange of commodities, and thus
tend to promote peace and prosperity by romov-
ing the preudiccs well the natural barriers
that separate men and nations.
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Gen. Lee Accepts the College Presidency

An extra OF the Lexington (Va.) Gazette says:
The gratifying duty of announcing to The conn
Presidency of Washington College has been de-
yolycd upon tho undersigned by the Board OF Trus-
tees Of that institution. The accession of this
distinguished gentleman to the faculty of this ven
crlble college, and as its honored chief is dcs-
tined, VIC trust, to mark tho commencement of a
new era Ill its history, and most cordially do we
congratulate its numerous friends on this most
suspicious event. The high, noble and patriotic
motives which lmpclcd Our beloved chief, in ac-
ccpting the honorable but comparatively humble
position rendered to him by the authorities Of the
college, must win for him new title to the admi-
ration and love OF his countrymcn. The college,
under the administration and supervision of Gen.
Lee, will resume its exercises OH the 14th inst.
At 4 meeting of the Board of Trustees Of the
college, convened in Lexington on Thursday the
3lst ult., the following resolution was unanimously
passed, the publication Of which is demanded as
| an act OF justice alike to General Lee and them
selves:
"RcSo.red That the Board heartily concurs in and
fully indorses the sentiments well Expressed by Gen
Washington College, that lit is the duty OF every citizen
in the present condition of tho country to do all i'm his
md IN ", r,v ~ nnNoso , Viii Hn pvatn M ana harn0ny
crnl Government directed that objcct and that sit
is particularly incumbent thosa charged with the in
struction of the young TO set example submission
to authority sentiments that cannot fail commend
themselves to the approval o tho President of the United
States, and to the unqualified all sensible and
rfrtttouS Citizens
In dcdicnting his future life to the holy work of
! educating the youth of his country General Lee
presents new and interesting phase of his grand
and HEROIC charnctcr-a.eharacter than which no
''Tis solid fabric, and will we'll support the lau
rels that adorn it." Let the Young men of tho
country, north as we'll SOUTH he wise and profit
not less by his prccepts than by his great exam
ple JOHN w. BRocKgNnnuUuu,
Rector of Washington College,
Lexington Va, Sept. l, 1865.
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The Severe Drought In New England,
NOTHING LIKE IT FOR TEN YEARS.

NOTHING LIKE IT FOR TEN YEARS.
Brief mention of the acvcro drought in Eastern
New England was made III the News lately The
Boston I'arcHer of n atc date has tho following
We have not had 40 severe a drought in this
section since 1854. The springs are no. 90 low as
they were III that year, because until last year we
nav nav. ma" long series of wet years which have
Kept the springs we'll filed. The lower springs
nave iot 1olt tho drought at all, but may show its
c,,ccts next year should that be year OF drought
Ihe grass in the pastures has not suffered 10
mmct, ' as IN 1854, because they more heavily
5oaucu III tho early part OF tho season.
hftcr the drought of 1854 we had 4 succession of
wct years, ana the average rain fall has since
Decn considered greater than for thirty years pre-
Vlous. lt would not bo wondered at il we arc
no" 10 nave series OF years in which the ulanti-
" OF rain will DO less than for the last ton. nj
though it's distribution through the season NAV
DC such that it will produce no diminution of the
| crops.
We have had in this part of the country the
prcscnt mt year greater crop of hay than in a ny
and warm weather of May and June and the IA
v9rablo weather for securing the crop in July.
All late crops will DO very light, and of apples
such scarcity has never been known within Tho
memory OF the oldest Inhabitants Orchards which
usually produce several hundred barrels. will moi
stead ~
The Boston J0wwal Says:
Tho leaves are shivcring and turning brown
the grass and the flowers arc driving up the soil
IL as ashes People arc wondering what is to be-
come OF them, if things are to go on i'll this way
much longer 1t iy little consolation to be told
that the harycsts of Great Britain are suffering
from wet, and that tho West has had the rainicst
season known for years. These things may show
that the full average Of moisture has fallen upon
the earth, only VIC have not had our share stbut
thercs the rub. We must be patient and hope
ful that the balance, not out of due time, will be
rcuressed, and those languishing fields and gar
dens will yet be blessed with q fair return.
Il soldier while OIL frolc at Grass Lake, Mich,
yy1 ht,o .k,,tA
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enter into tho future OF Florida. Wc had better
open our Dyes promptly to these facts, whoc into
line and go forward, rebuilding and making pros
porous our beautiful land. We must cast away
from us the obsolete notions and premdiccs which
pertain to tho subvcrtnd past, and seize upon the
clements OF tho now career VIC aro about to rum
The Southern mind III slowly but surely approach
ing the conclusion that free ubor NJ the result Of
and power OF tho country. II ,liscrcot persons
from tho North will nid IN in inuuEuratinE their
labor system, their services will bc more than well
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control, than whether, in consistence with his
presence we can sustain society at it's present
elevation. If so-if that runs on in regularity
and efficient ordcr-thc individual, whether he be
bond or free, or lettorcd or unlcarncd must do his
work-pcrform his function-and doing So must
give his value constituent of the common
population to the commonwealth
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From AIaburau.

TIE DnouGHT-THE Cnops-cosr OF RAISING COT
ToN--dooD CHANCES Fon NORTHERN n1EN-cuEAr
LADoR-dREAT PROFITS.
DECATUR, ALA, August 26-Famine seems ready
to follow III the footsteps of war in it's desolating
march over this fair land. No general and gen.
erous rain has fallen in this part Of Alabama since
April; Grass is brown and crisp; corn is stuntcd
and shrivelcd; potatoes arc few and small. Vegc-
tation suffers rish unto death. The people, al
ready many times devastated by armies and ma
erty Of their thinly- planted fields without money @
to buy, and with almost nothing to scll are left to
contemplate, with dismal forebodings, the ap-
proaeh Ct winter -, The prosperous and fulfilled
of sending of their abundance to their destitute
sisters Of the South, and winning back, by kind.
ness, affections long aenated by var and strife:
superaDunlant showers that have almost >:own-
cd out the fertiIe folds of the Northeast
Cotton alone withstands to great degree tho
and fourishing while all around is dry and
brown. But tho staple is not maturing well, and
many, bolls arc falling off. The crop, it is esti-
not one-twentieth OF the land was plantcd.
A splendid opportunity is offered TO those wish
ing to lease @ or purchase cotton lands in this
successful cultivation.
From various sources have estimated the cost
OF cultivatlnS 100 acres in cotton, including pur-
chase OF mules, hire of negroes, rent of land and
all other expenses, OF from $4,000 to S2500. An
average yield exceeds 250 lbs per acre, over so
balos 500 lbs each, to the 500 acres, WORTH ut 20
cents por lb;, $4,000, leaving net profit of $500 to
$1,000, in addition to tho mules and farming imple-
ments: No more profitable business ought to be
desired .E,
Many planters here arc desir0us of renting leas-
ing or selling their lands to Northern mon, and
negroes can be hired at wages little exceeding the
cost of their board and clothing. Indeed, from
the prospective scarcity of crops, am inclined to
think that hundreds would engage their services
for bare support .r ~ 49, -,
It would be worthy scheme for practical phi
lanthropists or benevolent societies to carry on
plantations in this and other parts of the South
for the purpose Of giving employment and subsst
negroes who will be turned away from the homes
OF their old masters on tho 1st Of January next
Their former owners, were they ever so kindly dis
posed towards them, are utterly unable, in most
instances, to feed and cotho tho negroes once
their slaves Generally, the planters are without
season. Mono OF them have the necessary number
OF mules, and scarcely any have confidence enough
in the free labor system to be willing to venture i'm
the HpSness in Of cotton s raising able
whites and blacks Us we'll as an excoedinplv nroii
table mode Of Investment for Northern capitalists
to engage largely i'll the cotton businoss.-Co,.
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Florlda.-Prospccts of the State.

HAofhua'-IToSpcCts Oh the state.
The Jacksonville (Florida) Herald OF August "a
gives tho following account of tho prospects of ro-
construction in that State . ;
Florida is not what she was five wears ago. and
it is OF the highest Importance that we understand
the changes which have been wrought in her attn
alton It is certain that they are radical, reach
ing tho foundation of society, business and poll
tics, and permeating all the interests of the State
II We fah to realize this, and try to- restore the
Sid order OF things and do business according to
pursue and battle us. Diligent readcrs, close OBJ
servers and careful thinkers have kept pace with
changes and passing events; but too many Of the
Just awakened, not by the blasts OF war, but by
the erash OF defeat and they find themselves lost
all-pcrvading and irrevocnble changes which have
como upon tho stage. - ~
Yet Florida has suffered less, in every way. than
any other State which plunged into the abyss Of
feDcLlon. Had she not been betrayed by selfish
dcmag9og1es shc would have remained faithful to
the ,old nag, but once committed, she did her
whole duty to the Confederate cause. She has
have been; her cities, with few exceptions, and
fair folds have not been occupied and wasted by
the presence and the tramp Of hostile armies, and
quiescence in the fixed results of the struggle has
secured her mild administration of martial law
as preparatory to the establishment of State
government. The material injuries inflicted upon
Carolina and Virgiuia have suffered
=, Our articles OF export on hand at the close Of
the war will bring more than million of dollars
OF cash into tho State. our haryests will supply
with food our population; capitalists from the
North arc all coming, and will do much towards
s setting business in motion; and the payments Of
the military garrisons in the State will scatter
throughout our communities large sumo of monoy
But after all, everything depends upon ourselves.
o,T personal exertions. If we have no capital with
which to employ labor and pay for it, our own
hands must DO put to the plough. We must rise
above the vicious and foolish notion that labor Is
Daaa!ge OF dishonor. Man should be valued &C
f@Erdng @ TO his personal qualities not according to
o,iB .nc ienBth OF his purse. Tho Freedmen must be
encouraged to labor, by every motive that should
pSneht OF al they do. All classes before tho law
ii hiust occupy the same ground No ono should
nave any advantage. except such as hc may Gro
ate by his superior gkill and industry.
Such arc some OF the new clements which will
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SOUTHERN FEELIHa.-A correspondent of the
New York Evening Post writes from Aiken, s. C.,
that lit is an extremely pleasant duty to mention
United States soldiers. Reserve seats in church,
invitations dinners, to parties, to rides; recog-
milton by the many young ladies who sometimes
gentlomen, and o welcome into cheerful homes,
rewards tho soldier for any intnr1st lie takes In
the welfare We are Of the community, He feels that ho
and he exorts himself in turn to benefit those,
friends. The discussion of politics is esohewed by
alt is not proper to say both parties here, for
may be, o lady says Of the war ssit was all wrong
from the beginning" as q quietus to some pre-.
iudiced taiker, and tho conversation turns on
travel or the resources of the country.
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PROCLAnIATION BY THE PROVISIONAL
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. g r

D. Sstl
HEREAs SEEMING coEFLioT eRisfSsF OF FSS JGR1sB1c
w TON having arisen between the Civil and Mill
tary Authorities OF South Carolina the Provisional
OF the State and whereas, AIaorGcncrai
Caroh'' having sought an interview with me- as Pro.
@ in the Of General MEADE
tiers giving rise to the seeming conflict were adjusted and
arTanged with the consent and approval of Mor
Now, therefore. T. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PERRY,
Governor OF the State of South Carolina do
proclaim and make known that the terms of this ar.
rangement aro as follows "That in I'll cases where
the Provost Marshas shall have excsivs Gonrss
onS Try asss anu S%st them for the present and that
Courts Municipal Authorities and Civil oiccrs 1 undcr
and according to tho laws of South Carolina That tho
erpmcnt. and all Civil and Municipal ofieers be- ailow
10 resume their official duties and discharge them freely
tiles That it is further unders TODD General
VIII issue Military Order and Governor PERRY will
this which to continue till Civil Author
y Is entirely restored in this State and the
And do hereby call upon all persons and order them
TO strictly oboy and carry out the terms of this
Done in the City of Columbia the day and year above
BY order of tho Provisional Governor.
W. H. PERRY. Private Secretary. September
aB- NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT THE
next General Assembly application will be made for
renewal of the charter of the CAROLINA MUTUAL IN.
sURANCE COMPANY of Charleston.
September 12 81
a6-GERMAN IMMIGRATION, LAND AND TRADING
COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.-Notico is hereby
given that application will be made Charter Mt tho
next session of the Legislature.
September9 81 JOHN A. wAGENER
CO. GOLD AND s1LYER.-THE HIGHEST PRE-
MUM paid for GOLD and SILVER. at
August Il No. 255 KING-STREET
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Immediately splendid Black or natural Brown with
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For restoring and BeautfyIng the Hair.
NJ r, CHARLES BATCHELoR, New York
August IL l 800. Tyr
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his Practice Of MEDICINE AND SURGERY, win be-
found at his Office, No. 100 BROAD D-sTREET, between
King and Meeting -streets
N B.-Diseases Of Private Nature cured with dis.
patch, August 16
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PROVISIONAL COVEnynIEy

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.
NJ Office IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT FROM AND
~ AFTER the SereHta day Of September the Head
quarters OF tho Provisional Governor will be Mt Column
pa, where all communications addressed to him must
pe olrected. WILLIAM H. PERRY,
Private Secretary.
Greenvle, s. c.. August %, 1866.
September0
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IA soldier while OIL frolc at Grass Lake, Mich.
was poisoned by prostitute.
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COPARTNERsI1TP NOTTCE

rJNHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE THIS DAY FORMED
l. COPARTHERSHIP for the purpose of carrying on
a GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS IN THE CITIES
OF NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON, under the name
and firm i'll each city Of ". B & T. T. RYAN. WILLIAM
RYAN will be the partner resident in Charleston aud
THOMAS Z. RYAN the partner resident in New York
Cclsgnrcnts of ali kinds Of Produce and Manufac.
t,lrcd articles respectfully solicited.
" Az d. " .THOS. L. RYAN,
Place of business In Charleston nt No g. West side of
East Baysrcct and three doors north Of Tradd street
ScWeiilocr0 limo
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. ab-GERHlAN IMMIGRATION, LAND AND TRADING
COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.-Notico is hereby
given That application will be made for Charter at tho
next session of the Legislature.
September 81 JOHN A. WAGNER
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Co GOLD AND s1LYER.-THE HIGHEST PRE-
MUM paid for GOLD and SILVER, at
August II No. 255 KING. STREET
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TNOR SALE-TNEO LARGE RIULES,-hP-
l. ply, between the hours of II and 1, to
September IL 2t No 0 Iihrrtv.sirrct
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WANTED, a SITUATION IN Il WHOLE
W SALE STORE, Shipping or Commission Oihce by
Young Man having general Knowledge Of businrss
Would be willing to invest $4,000 in paying business
Address X. $. at this Office
,lr-I
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IyOuSE TO RENT.-TO RENT FROM
II the lst October next. u modern and con,modious
EESlDENCE located upon one of the highest points in
e western portion OF tho city Said premises contain
nine upright and two attic Rooms lighted thIu:;:-,;ou
WIN Gas Water Closets, Bath Rooms, Pantrrs Cistcrn
Nc. AInPtc servants accommodations Stables anu Car
rage House, Apply to SANfI e. DIACK
Broker anu Commission Agent,
September IL No 3J H1vur. street
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WANTED.-PRTvhTE BOARD AND
w LoDG!NG in good family is desired by 4 gen.
tcinan and his wife. For GOOD PLACE the Iricc
Office Son,n,nL.r
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aB- NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT THI
next General Assembly application will be made for
renewal of the charter of the CAROLINA MUTUAL IN
sURANCE COMPANY of Charleston.
September 12 ....... 81
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ENoR SALE. OR To RENT, VERY
traiiy Situated. ' ~
To rent, SEVERAL OFFICES in Broad-st-eet
Apply to T. III. EIARSHALL. Broker and Auctionccr
No. 81 Draad-street A,,ust n
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Atlantic Monthly for 1865

The number Tor january, see. begins the !Jth
Volume Of the Atlantic Monthly. The Publishers
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Mrs. Harriet Epcrl.cr Stowe vil,contrihutcan.w
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Chimney Corr"r.''
Donald G. Mitchell, author Of '.Ecvcries Of u
Ha"h"!"r,' will hcein in early number a story
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Professor AEu,sz has in preparation another
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Nathaniel Eavthorne's Papers furnish sone
scenes from his unfins ed work. THE Deliver
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F!tz Hugh Ludlow will continue his admirable
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l.. NJ. Gnttschalk will begin in an early number
Notes Of Pianist,' to be continued through TIE
year.
Mr.. and Mrs 8. c Hall will contribute to tho
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