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Amir. in NIcHlcn.

WASHINGTON, September iG.-Thc
accounts from Mexico respecting the
prospects Of the republic arc becoming
more gloomy.
The MeHicen$ who still adhered to
the republic became Discouraged op
hearing of the reduction of Sheri-
dams arniy i'll Texas, and are making
the best terms they c;,n with Maxi
milan.
without an Immediate supply OF
men and money from tlac United
States, the Liberals must abandon the
contest.
The Administration however, will
neither suffer the neutrality laws to
be violated nor will it go to. w;,r fol-
an idea.
In view of the prospects Of the
establishment of the empire, the sub
ject Of frontier dcfcnccs is now re-
ceiving the attention OF the Govcrn-
mont
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later from, FCIropc.

HAL1rAx, n. S., September H. The
steamer Asia, from Liverpool, via
Queenstown on the 81, has arriycl.
The court which made official in
quiry into the burning of tho steam
CT Glasgow, made II report to the
Board OF Trade that the ship va; set
on fire by accident, and that sl,cl, ac-
cident was rendered possible by the
objectionable manner in which The
cargo was stored in the steeraye.
The manufacture Of the new Allan
TIC Telegraph Gable has been com
menced.. The Great E:lstcr:l :@:;:s been
engaged foi' cable PURPOSES for Ave
years.
The French feet LETT Portsmouth
after very successful round of fctcs.
The London Times crop cstima
states that the wheat will yield twcn-
ty-six bushels per acre, or four bash
els below the average oats y ie:d four
teen bushels below the average: DC
tatoes yield unusually well !: hay gives
&a average crop, and past1rage is
abundant.
Count Walewsli's fc>ig1lat;on rs =
Senator of France has been accepted.
There is nothing new III reference
to the progress of tlic cholera.
LIVERPOOL, Septembnr3 3-Evcning.
The cotton sales to-day amounted to
fifteen thousand bales.
LONDON, Sept. 5. United States
5.2O's closed ut 60
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From Washington.

TROOPS TO BE ENTIRELY WITHDRAWN
FROM TUE SOTrU
WAsIu>oN, Sept Is. 1t is un-
derstood here that it is contemplated
by the President to entirely withdraw
the troops from the South, in I, short
time, leaving the States lately in re
bcllion to reorganization on the basis
OF civil government, precisely us they
stood before the late war, with the
exception Of slavery. This policy is
said to have arisen through the good
sense of the leading Southern men
themselves, i'll accepting the. present
position of ati:lirs, as disclosed in the
interview between President johnson
and 4 considerable deprivation OF their
leading men, at the White Housc, the
other day. Thus, the late slave State,
will have hardly u soldier left among
them, save such as may l,e required
to garrison the several forts; and these,
as iH the Northern States, will be re-
tanned in active service only for the
purpose of meeting any emergency
that may arise from the action of
foreign powers:
APPLICATIONS FOL: pARDONS
There is mo- pcrceptible abatement
from any Cfartcr in the applications
for pardon. Thousands on thousands
are filed away in tho Attorney-Gen-
erals office, and other thousands at
the White House. Shelving is being
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/ sharp 'Trnnsaction In sav.nnnh.

There is a certain official in Savan-
nah, of whom we have heard, who is
likely to obtain notoriety one of
these days which we suspect he would
rather avoid. He is one of those in
dividuals whom President johnson
has found out recently, and. with
whose services he is rapidly dispens-
ing. This class of worthless imagine
that the people of the North are so
egregiously stupid that they attribute
their actions to patriotic and disinter-
ested motives but they Will open
their eyes one of these DAYS when
they return to the North to find that
they are thoroughly understood. It
was the ill-fortune of Mr.. J. d. How
ell, ayoung gentleman who is entitled
to respect, not alone for his relation
ship with the great State Prisoner,
but for his own manly qualities, to
fall into the hands of one of those
characters, through All alteration that
occurred recently i'll the Pulaski
House, Savannah The circumstances
of the affair are already known to
our headers, but they do not Know
that tho official, overlooking the cir
'cumstances of the case, and the rights
of Mr.. Howell, had him incarceratcd
| and refused to set him at liberty until
he paid n fine Of t,co hund,ed and .ff1y
dollars, achich sc0S to be inc7-et4SetI Ia fire
h,ta,el''el if not pail before SIG O'Clock IF
tie same day. The fine was paid,
however, and now comes the grand
point of the whole afair--Mr. H. was
allowed exactly twe1v c hours after. the
money was procured to leave the dis
trlct. That was sharp work, particu-
larly when it is remembered that
there was no vessel leaving Savannah
till four days thereafter. Commend
us to your loyal, patriotic, energetic
Federal official for dispatch and en-
terprise in u matter of this kind
|, Who would have stopped to look into
the right or the wrong Of the case
when II decision was to be made be-
tween a Union captain and Il South
ern secessionist. We suggest that this
official is Il good subject for promo
ton, and as Gen. Hatch has been re-
moved from Charleston tpr certain
reasons, he should receive the atten-
ton Of the proper authorities It may,
however, be OF some advantage to
the Assistant Provost Marshal to learn
that there will, ere long, be u transfer
OF authority from shoulder straps to
the-civil power, and that President
johnson is becoming heartily tired of
the doings of such worthless down
South. They are becoming less APP
prcciated in Washington every day.
Petersburg Ltele.r.
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EMrGRATIoN TO THE SOUTH. 1t is
to be hoped that the beauties of emf
grafton are apPc;tr1nS >--l~--:-i-
of Northern Europe in a new light
The Southern States are pining for
emigration as the only means, Of get
ting at their own resources, OF work
.ns the riches in their 1ong-pdluted
fields, and of spreading ovea the land
glad and golden harvests. The meet
in, lately hold by the miners of Pitts
burg shows the 'reling of the people
there on the subject in an unmistak-
able light. 1t is ut least natural, if
not altogether just. that this class of
workers should repine that their num-
bers have been drawn upon to an OK
tent which unpleasantly affects their
rate OF wages. Those who composed
the meeting there were mon who sec
the shortest way to the end of any
argument that effects their own inte-
rests. Workers generally in the North
do not see ANY Inducements presented
by the South great enough to induce
them to found new homes there.
| They find here sufficient work, and
even those out OF employment find it
difficult to persuade themselves that
the shifting OF the scene South would
be of immense or great ultimate bcne
fit. But in this dilemma, there are
plenty Of inducements presented to
the colonists of Northern Europe
Tho interesting class Of gentlemen
who deliver lectures abroad upon
American institutions, and who work
hand in hand with agents who pro-
mote cmigTation, would find Il greater
practical tendency given to then ho
mofies, if the advantages of the
Southern States were dwelt upon
Indeed, the Southern States less need
these North Europe emigrants than
the North h-Euroioo emigrants need the
Southern States One cannot expect
much intelligence upon American
subjects among the population of the
little knock-hneed, purblind inland
German towns where the dingy,
official organ of the Government con
tains from time to time an item about
a New York murder ora Philadelphia
suicide. But in the more Northern
quarters Of Europe, intelligence, it is
hoped, Increases with the frieidity of
temperature to u certain extent, and
every inducemcnt that could promote
emigration to our Southern States
would be entertained and appreciated.
The South is q vast field where labor
and capital could not be bestowed in
vain. and whose wealth is only grow
! ing more rich and mellow, al Encul-
! tjvated rs it is
| Philutlelphiu Ecelinq Telely1lph.
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me Montgomery Letlge7. u,a Jour-
mm ,ua. OF the 31st. says: "a. II. Ross, a
watclman at Mr.. Fitzpatrick's resi-
aence IN the suburbs, was set upon
last night, by three freedmen on q.
steaiing expedition, and was stabIed
thlrteen times. He was mortaiIv
wounded and cannot recover y
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The New York Times says. ''1t is
said, upon sufficient authority, that
in the Western part Of this State,
particularly in the OLE! wheat growing
counties bordering upon the lakes,
the crop of wheat raised this year was
one of the largest i'll quantity and
best in quality ever prolonged.
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Barrios, the ex-President of Saliva
dor, is on trial, with likelihood of
his being convicted and shot, IN viola
tlon of an agreement not to take his
life, given to Nicaragua when he was
given up.
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[ BroUalo,c's K,aQ.cciUc JVhiq

MURDERS by NEGRO TROOPS. The
assassination Of Mr. Grant was the
most horrible affair which ever oc-
Cured i'll our country. On Friday
night, between thirty and forty negro
soldiers marched from Camp Nelson,
and after pillaging five Or six houses
in the vicinity Of the camp, arrived
at ndr. Grants about 1870 clock, and
asked for admittance; he refused, and
they commenced firing through the
windows and doors, barely missing
several members of the family. AT
length they succeeded in forcing the
Stats off. the shutters OF window,
and demanded Mr.. &. s arms; he. had
none; but his son hearing the demand,
AND thinking their object was to
steal, handed his father Il pistol,
which had been found in an adjoining
room, and while MI. G. was in the
act Of giving it to them, two shots
were fired, and he. fell back, shot
through the heart
The family, after his death, rushed
from the ho.isc. &lrs. Grant was fired
upon, bat escaped without injury.
These soldiers evidently went to Mr.
Grants for the purpose of murder
He had been arrested short time
before, and confined at the came, for
saying the passes issued to the negroes
were not lawful, and, it is supposed
while there had incurred the ill-wili
OF some OF the negroes.
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MIR. Davis has been removed from
the casemate at Fortress Monroe to
quarters IN Carroll Hall, a buildino
inside the walls of Fortress Monroe
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The Congregational Church in Cam
bridgeport, Massachusetts, WAS de-
stroyed by fire on the 9th instant. 1t
is the fourth church burned in Cam
bridge within n few. years 1t was
fired by an incendiary.
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The President has commuted the
sentences generally of all soldiers who
are condemned to death for desertion.
He has substituted penitentiary im-
nr1sonment for term Of wears.
three Massachusetts soldiers have
Deen sent to Fort Delaware for five
years each.
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MR. EDrroR The following infor-
nation will doubtless be interesting
to .mantpf your readers; have COM
piled it from reliable sources:
The House OF Representatives of
the United States Congress is COM
posed of two hundred and. forty-one
members, being one representative
for every one hundred and hcenty- -secen
thousand Inhabitants, according to the
census of 1860. The said represen-
tation is apportioned amongst the
States as follows: Alabama 6; AEkan-
sas. 8; California 8; Connecticut A.;
Delaware 1; Florida 1; Georgia z; IL
inois IA; Indiana II; Iowa 6; Kan
sas 1 Kentucky 8; Louisiana 5; Maine
5; Maryland IS. Massachusetts TO-;
Michigan 6; Minnesota 2; Mississippi
5; Missouri 8; New Hampshire 3; New
Jersey 5; New. York, 81; North Caro-
Gna7; Ohio 10; Oregon /; Pennsyl-
vsaDia 24 Tshode Island z; South Caro-
lima 4; Tennessee 8; Texas 4; Yer
mont 3; Virginia 8; West Virginia 3;
Wisconsin 6. Total 241 The COM
pensation Of each Senator and Rep
resentative is So 900 per annnm, and
US for every twenty miles of estimated
distance from the place of residence.
o G. J. E.
CoLoREp MEN SHOOTING WHITE
MEN. Sabbath was n week ago, n
colSraA soldier shot q white man in
the leg. Friday last, near the depot,
several colored soldiers fired on a
white man, but fortunately not one
shot took effect. Last Sabbath, on
the train at Loudon, n colored soldier
shot and killed member of the Sth
Tennessee Cavalry, on his way here
to be mustered out
Last Sabbath, on Gay street, Allen
Hendricks, of Co. A, 9th Tennessee
Cavalry, was run through the chest
by colored soldier with a bayonet.
and died instantly The colored man
had a difficulty with drfinken soldier
of the 9th. and Hendricks stepped
forward to take the intoxicated man
to his regiment. His object was to
make peace, land hedemeaned himself
quietly. But the colored soldier, in
a most understandable manner, drove
his bayonet through Ein>, and he
died, leaving, AS we are informed,
wife and children to mourn his
loss. This murder>has produced in
tense feeling among the Tennessee
troops, and it will require tirmness
and skill on the part of the officers
commanding both parties to prevent
serious trouble.
No are opposed to any %ar Upon
the colored troops, because they are
IN uniforms with guns on their sho,ll-
ders. The Government put them into
the service, and they are entitled to Il
fair showing. But we are opposed to
the freedom with which they use their
bayonets and level their muskets at
white men. Loyal men who have
been driven from their homes into
the Federal army-havc served their
time out and returned to be mustered
out-don't propose to be shot down
like dogs by men Of any color, or to
be ran through with bayonets at every
corner of the street.
The truth is, that no troops are
needed in East Tennessee, and the
sooner they arc removed the better
for them and the country, unless
better order is observed Each sheriff
in each County is authorized to keep
a force adequate to the order and
quiet demanded, and each County
foots the bill
Broac"lo,o's KaQ.cciAe Wig.
MURDERS by NEGRO TRoops The
assassination Of Mr. Grant was the
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COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning, Sept 10. 1865.

The Convention, on Mcndaa
nothing remarkable. They exflA
- themselves rather as preparing for,
than doing business. The real work
may be- looked for tomorrow, and
thereafter, when the reports begin to
come in. There are members, OF
. whom we know, who are evidently
eirding themselves up for the battle.
We commend to our fair friends to
get good seats. to-day and tomorrow.
They have heard of Grecian and Ro-
man eloquence /; but let them not
despair of their own. Their presence
is so much inspiration. Let them not
withhold, it. Many ~ young orator
would perish in the butl-in his first
effort-if beauty were not present to
INSURE his thoughts and stimulate
his imagination into glow. A. beau
Stiful woman, with her smiles or.
frowhs, has frequently determined
the destiny of State. Be present,
dears, and use the influence of your
charms. AS for the business of the
day, we need say nothing about it.
It was the drudgery. part, no ways in
teresting to spectators. There was
one matter-the admission Of a mem
Der from st. Helena, Mr.. Thorn
son-informally elected, and against
rule. On this subject, we have but
few words to say. Law is paramount.
The highest idea which we can have
Of God himself, lis that he is perfect
law; and all human institutions should
seek, where they operate in courts of
law, to emulate the fast, fixed stand
ard principles, which are evolved from
the Deity. We have u Jaw, and set
laws, maxims and. practicsss,~ in this
matter of ELECTION. We referred to
these but afew days ago. There are
no elections valid in South Carolina.
but such as are conducted by man
agers regularly appointed by the Le-
g1slature of South Carolina. If no man
ayers be appointed, there is good rea-
son for the anomaly In the election
OF Mr.. Thomson, there were no man
ayers appointed by law Suppose
return, under such circumstances.
from Edgeteld, mtees..---Ba1nweu. or
any other District, and the return
would be rejected as an impertinence
It would not for moment be enter
tanned. There ought to be good rea-
sons for the reception of this return
from st. Helena-remarkabl and i'm
posing reasons-on the contrary, all
that we have heard, are those which
should have been conclusive against
the reception of the return. But we
are accommodating. We submit. We
feel ourselves drawing momentIy so
flexible, that we shall not be concern
ed or confounded by the introduction
of bill for negro suffrage, which, we
begin to think, will soon become the
necessity of tho country.
The Convention seems to be busted
enough. There is a world Of resolu-
tions, and will be continent of re-
ports. Adversely does not lessen our
eself-esteem. The defeated counsellor
of hundred years is just as full of
projects, and talks with as loud a tone
&c
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The Washington correspondent IS
~o,4l1 ,nu NV "! M 10rk He'uad says 1t is ro-
Rortea 1S , ~ washington that, as one Of
Inc Iile results OF the good sense shown
o;a,1e g ieaothg ing southern men, and cspe-
ciaily the. large delegation which
Hlsttea " Isl .: the White House on Monday
last, IN cheerfully accepting the pre.
SEM position IN their States, the Pres;-
dent designs shortly to withdraw on
the national troops from the So11tb
except such as are required for car,
rlson duty, and to again restore th..
people there to the undisturbed con
troll of their own affairs. VIZ
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The Convention seems to be busted
enough. There is world Of resolu-
tlons, and will be a continent of re-
ports. Adversely does not lessen our
self-esteem. The defeated counsellor
OF hundred years is just as full of
projects, and talks with as loud a tone
of authority as if he never had been
mistaken in his life. How long the
Convention will endure, is the ques-
ton. Some weeks, perhaps, unless a
short disposition is made of the pro-
1ects OF ambitious members. It may
oe tnat the want of money will tend
somewhat to lessen the amount of
pa'riotlsm, to say nothing of gas.
But how can we help it if we are elo-
a'::ent? Has God put the seals of
wisdom on our lips, and the thoughts
OF philosophy in our souls, and the
words Of !eloquence on our tonSues
that we should keep our mouths sbut
Heaven forefend! We must dolive,
ourselves. We are all pretty much
like Miss Martineau, who, being deaf
sas a post not able to hear herself
would talk for three mortal hours at q
stretch-then stop herself. and indio-
ilan1iy insist that she had now a RIGHT
to be heard.
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The Alabama STATE Convention,

MoNTGoMERy, September 14.-Tbe
newly elected State Convention of
Alabama met here to-day, and there
were abont ninety members present.
Ex-Gov. Fitzpatrick was chosen Pro
sident 10y acclamation.
The delegates comprised many of
the ablest and best men in the State
It is supposed that the action of the
body will pretty closely follow that of
tho Mississippi Convention.
/ Gov. Parsons believes and hopes
that resolutions permitting negro tcs-
timony in the courts will be passed.
In any event, the doings of til.
Convention will be of "a decidedly
conservative tone. 8
All the members present have takcl
the prescribed oath of loyalty
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Loca1 Itens.

We are under obligations to Messrs. c. J.
Bollin and A. Daughorty for New York,
Philadelphia, Washington and Richmond
papers, of the 18th, 14th and 18TH Messrs
Townsend. & North have also favored us
with copy of Haspe''s Weekly. Mcssrs.
L. & n. regularly receive this publication,
as well as Htnpet'S MdgOziae.
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GEN. LEE ON SUBMISSION To. AUTHo-
EIrY.--We have previously announced
the appointment of Robert E. Lee to
the Presidency of Washington Col
lege, at Lexington, Va. In his letter
of acceptance, he says: SIT is the
duty of every citizen, in the present
condition Of the country, to do all in
his power to aid in the restoration of
peace and harmony, and in no way
oppose the policy of the State or
General Government directed to that
object" And in another place he
remarks, >''It is particularly incum-
bent on those charged with the in
struction OF the young to set an ex-
ample of, submission to authority"
The Board Of Trustees of the Insti-
tuition have called Il meeting, and in
Il series of resolutions 'theartily con-
cur in and fully endorse the senti-
ments so well expressed by Gen. Lee;
sentiments that cannot fail to com
mend themselves to the approval of
the President of the United States,
and to the unqualified assent of all
sensible and virtuous citizens"
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BY TeIegraph.
The Wirz Trial

WASHINGTON, September Ii. Capt.
Wirz is so unwell, that he is unable
to leave tire prison. Yhe trial. there
fore, has been temporarily postponed.
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The birds Of the .PhGoin enjoyed surely
a grateful lunch, sent, yesterday, from the
restaurant of Mrs. Roe. We can conscien-
tiously commond that lady's cnisiue. Good
cooking, like thicving, is one of the fine
arts, and while one beast of q cook will
mangle.and dcform and defilo the venison
or the steak, so that human judgment will
fai TO recognize it, the fine art of u genu-
inc cook Will so send it 10 the table that
every one will risc and call it blessed. Mrs.
Roe knows her business she has this art
Commend us to her cuisine.
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According TO the recognized law OF
nations--and I'll the authorities were
clear upon thi; point--when a .lc E.cio
Government had Been superseded or
put an end to, the dis,,lacimg Govern
mont succeeds TO- all the rights Of the
"e .f1tc'o Government; but the United
States Government could only take
cotton, because it had been the pro-
ducc of funds raised by :hc tAe 15tcio
Confederate Government, not by rob
berry Or violence, but by the ordinary
course OF taxation, and because they
the United States GOvernment-wcre
now the lie .fucto Government of those
States in which the funds had been
raised
Speaking or the Confederate Co
vernmcnt. Fice-Chanccllor Wood OBJ
serves: That Government was AN
actual and ii. f5r!o Government, ex
ercisilg authority, and us s.tch rcceiy.
ing submission. The Courts Of cye;v
country recognized Il le Eilcio Govern
ment, and they could not allow tue
rights and contracts acquired by their
own subjects with an existing Govern
ment to be disrcgarded. The dis
placing Government s,lccc.d ded to tho
IN"l'S,'J VI VIZ NioI'i'Itct' OCFG flEieEC
in the state IN which it was found.
and silbjr' to ;.ll agreepcnfs affecting
it
The !inGuostionable deduction from
this decision is: Either the United
States must take uponitself the pay
me1lt OF the Confederate Cotton Loan.
on it must allow those States which
were lately confelerated, to fulfill
their engagements in Sespect to it.
Loue/on 1cleD'nph..
FouR MILES OF WIpows.-A your q
laty from Clinton County, Kentucky,
VINO recently gave evidence in the
ferguson trial, informs the Nashville
Disp"1ch that between her fathers
residence and Albany, distance of
four miles, thickly settled, presents
an llnbrokcn string OF widows, young
and Old, all of them made SO by the
independent warfare carried on in
that section Oh both sides.