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LETTER FROM PETERSBURG.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.

The Negro Ratification Meeting i'm Peters
burg-Fire i'm GreensvilIe, &c.
THE following letter was intended for
yesterdays issue, but did not come to
hand in time.l
PETERSBURG, April s, 1867.
The great meeting of freedmen for the
ratification of the reconstruction bill came
of to-day at Poplar Lawn. The number
of persons in attendance was between
three and four thousand. There was an
almost universal suspension of business
among the blacks, and the streets were I'M
usually quiet.
The meeting was opened with prayer
and singing; after which the crowd was
addressed by Hunnicutt in an elaborate
effort, and in his usual intiammatory style.
lie denounced the Richmond press, and
announced himself as willing to serve as
Governor Of the State if his friends
wished to elect him. He would be salts
fed, however, to accept any other office,
should any other gentleman be thought to
be better qualified for the governorShip.
Hunnicutt was followed by Colonel
James i. Platt who acquired some popu-
larity here after the war rs the keeper of
Jarratts Hotel. 1t appeared to be gene.
rally understood that Colonel p. would
make a conservative address, but such ex-
pectations were disappointed. Though his
speech vas in better taste than Hunnl-
cults, it belonged to the same category.
The colored orators were two in num-
ber-named, respectively, Faerman and
Freeland. They spoke with considerable
fiuency, and were not lacking in gloritica-
tion of the destiny of their race.
A meeting of the Union party, of all
colors, will be held on Thursday night to
appoint delegates to the Union Convention
to be held in Richmond on the 18th instant.
This party has already organized and
elected officers, and are occupying the
field. According to present indications, it
is altogether probable that they will sweep
the city at the election of members of the
Convention.
The residence of General E. P. Scott,
of Greensville, was destroyed by fire on
Saturday, with all his furniture and house
hold valuables. SNowDEN.
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|, The slender. pleading voice broke In N
no s'onu; and elancing out Of the
carr;aos window, l saw . small cn r '.;.,,
sanra and a tiny hand, blue and st'ii Win
co - :.or the carriage, Ned; l shan't close
Sp 20 NIGHT If we pass that child:
my W. sy husband started up from his hall
doze and obeyed me. 1;,a,v
W. What do YOU want 7" he asked kindly,
bending over and taking the chiias hanu
In his. . loaf for
"a penny, please, sir, TO buy q loa' io'
granny she's Sick"
Ned took silver piece from MS pocket
but I caught his arm before he had drop
ned it into the little waiting hand. some
thing in the soft blue eyes, looking up so
pleadingly in the winter starlight, thrilled
NV heart to its Utmost core. yearned to
clasp the little shivering form to my breast,
to stroke back the tangled golden hair
from the pallid want-pinched face.
"Take her up, Ned" | entreatea !;
she'll freeze if we leave her here. we
can put her out wherever she lives"
And good-natured Ned, who never de-
MED me q thing in his life, complied.
Down dark and unfrequented streets into
one of the lowest haunts Of vice ana
poverty; then she guided us up long
flight of stairs into cherries attic. An
old woman lay upon heap of straw, her
face wearing that cold, grayish hue which
is the unmstakable precursor of death.
"Have you come" she questioned
eagerly, as we entered; "gi' me the loaf.'
The child ran to her side and began to
stroke back her gray hair.
GA good lady and gentleman's come,"
she lisped softly.
"rm glad yer come," she said, address,
ing Ned. "Tm going, you see; and some
one oughter look arter her," pointing to
the child. "She's good little thing. I've
had her VII me six years, come next win
ter. She amt mine, though. L got her
from squad o. Injuns when my old man
run a fatboat down the Mississippi. They'd
stole her from some one, and brung her by
our cabin; and she was such purity little
thing that the ole man an me struck
trade for her. / alters kept her clothes,
the ones she had on, in case her friends
might know her, if they ever turned up;
but they didn't. Now Pm goin'. She'll
be left to herself. You might look arter
her, ma am, couldn't yer? 7"
"Where are the clothes she had on 7"
asked Ned and l, eagerly, and in the same
breath.
She looked into my face inquiringly,
and then pointed to an old trunk. Ned
broke it open. There they were, in
faded heap; the daintily embroidered slip,
the tiny pinafore, and one crimson stock
ing. It's fellow lay in the bottom of the
drawer in my western home.
"Oh, Ned !" l cried, "she is Little
Pearl" And so she was. We had found
her at last, our baby, our darling.
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Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
Reconstruction in LOuisiana-Ques
tfOns and Answers.
prAoI-ruINE Ia Marc

PLAoUEMINE, La, March 29, 1867.
Since the fall of the Confederate States
the people Of the South have been slow to
realize their true condition. When terms
of reconstruction less harsh than those
now offered were held out to the South by
our conquerors our Legislatures refused to
accept them. Now, by the terms Of the
"military bill" governing the ten southern
States, though harsh in some of its features,
we have no alternative left but to conform
strictly to its requirements. A constitu-
ton for each State has now to be adopted
which may be acceptable to Congress. 1t
is clearly the patriotic duty of every man
to put his shoulder to the wheel, and by all
means in his power to help to elect good
and true men to the proposed convention
men who will with patriotic devotion to
their State use every exertion to form a
constitution which will be acceptable to
their constituents and to Congress. To
this end, every man that has vote should
be at the polls and cast it for the best man.
The requirements of the "military bill"
are mandatory there is no way of avoid
ing the question; the convention is to be,
with or without the votes Of the white
men.
Mr.. Editor, there are many of your nu-
merous readers, who are true and loyal to
the Constitution and laws of the United
States, anxious to do all in their power to
hasten a speedy and complete restoration
of the South TO all the rights of States
under the Constitution of the Union, and
who are in doubt as to their true position
under the fisherman bill" You will,
therefore, confer great favor upon all such
by publishing the test oaths prescribed by
acts OF Congress Of July 2, 1862, and of
Maron, 1868, as these oaths are not gene
rally known or understood. And for their
iur.her information, please answer the fol-
lowing queries: Wv ~
!. ARC postmasters who were anno;ntad
oy the postmaster General who w.ra
known uhoer the law as deputy nostn,as.
ters oisiranchised by the third sect;nn =,
the proposed amendment Of the fonrtsa.th
article OF the ConstitutionY If an do tha.,
come undsr the clause when tbsv ha 10y
simply continued 10 hold the of,c Ga of n 49,
master without having done Other ,b;n".
10 give aid and comfort to the Confsd sa.nss
cause wy Sohieoerate
2. Are justices of the peace cors;so,
judicial officers? If 50, are tbnsa -. J
Nwere Justices OF the peace before the WA,
Gis.ranchised?
8. Are militia officers who held commits
sions under the authority Of States before
the war DISTINGUISHED
Many. OF the readers of your excellent
paper have their minds in doubt and con.
iaSionas towhether they are disfranchised
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STEAMERS.

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These ships are entirely new, a. d were built %.
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Goods shipped by this line are landed regularly
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Insurance effected at lowest rates when ordered
Preights for points beyond New York arc iof.
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actual expenses Incurred.
The steamers for Charleston, Savannah, New VT
leans, and other southern ports leave from The AZ
Joining pier. All goods for these points a'
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LETTER FROM WARRINGTON.
corrs.nondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
Dearth or Political Exciteme".D 80.
Names Rcaistcrcd for tho s0"'"'
puignina Tour.

hearth or Political Excitement but &c"
Name. Resis,ercd FOR tho southern San'
paignina Tour.
WASHINGTON, April s, 1867.
Th.re 4. a stand still in almost every
thing of a political nature. The plan OF
onorstions for the coming campaign has
NOT vet been mapped out. As far as the
nar.ies who are to regulate affairs In the
south are concerned, thus far II appears
that Senator Wilson is the only Individual
who II on the list for southern tour, ana
n is greatly feared that unless formidable
army of orators is mustered in, the colored
neonle viii vote against the Radical party.
II Is not only In tho South that the negro
will be relied upon TO give more power 70
the Republican party. Their prominent
men and journals are arguing in favor OF
negro suffrage in the North as we'll as In
the military Districts" although the
arguments in the great majority Of cases
are very feebly given. The northern States
are now, however; in the background, as
far as their internal political conditions are
concerned. There are no immediate
elections TO come off, excepting those
in Maryland and New York for consti-
tutlOu&l COnNentloHS, anu ID lno souehoi -
States are to begin organizing for the
formation Of their State conventions,
all the interest is low conferred there,
The proceedings of every public meet
ing are read with intense interest,
and tho orders which emanate from the
headquarters of each military tribunal are
now of the same Importance to the public
as an act of Congress In relation to mat
tiers in the aforesaid military districts. 1t
is source of no little uneasiness to the
Radicals here that accounts are received
not slowly of the colored element in the
South and the old citizens of that section,
harmonizing in their views, and the meaner
portion of the party seek to destroy that
harmony by preaching to the late slaves of
the unitneSs Of their former masters to
give them advice or be their friends. This
the better and wiser class Of the Radicals
will not do. The theory will not form .
part in the theme of any prominent man
who goes South to conduct the campaign.
1t is expected almost as matter of course
that upon the new issues which are now
coming into light the blacks as well as the
whites in the South will be divided.
TIMoN.
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The desolate, inconsolable sorrow Of the
DAYS that followed no tongue can portray !:
the tender longing, the sharp, singing re-
morse. But we lived, and worked, for life
and labor must 60 on, no matter how sore
and weary our hearts may be. At the end
of five years Ned looked around him on
the ripe fruition of his most sanguine
hopes. He had built him not only a home,
hnt name in this new country. We had
pleasant rooms, and luxurious furniture,
and birds, and flowers, and all the attrl-
butes that 60 to make up happy home.
All, did | say? Not alive were child
less. Little Pearl had never come back,
and God had given NO other child to fill
her place; but we desired no other; our
grief for her loss being dearer and more
sacred than any new love could ever have
been.
Poor Ned that unforgotten sorrow, to-
gether with his arduous duties, made him
an old man before his time the silver
threads were thick on his temples, and the
burrows on his forehead deeply cut when
we went back on visit to our old house,
the friends Of his youth did not recognize
him. His life had lost its impellipg aim
and motive.
One night, in the great city, we were re-
turning from the opera when a voice
startled us.
"Please, sir" it said, ga penny to buy a
loaf"
1t was mid-winter; the pavements were
glazed with ice; and the countless stars
overhead glittered in the cold blue sky
like so many points of steel. Twas dream
ing of my home in the far West, and long
ing for the hour Of my return to come. A
strange feeling of tenderness bound me TO
the spot where ! had lost my Little Pearl.
could not bear to be away from 1t, be-
cause Of foolish fear that she might come
back, and not be there to welcome her.
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RICHMOND POTTERY, FOOT OF
II, MAIN STREET. ROCKETS.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
IL P. J. CREW i CO.,

- r. j. ChhW q w.,
(successors to G. Crew son,)
STEAM SOAP AND CANDLE MANUFACTURERS,
Nos. 1Ia, lis, and lit, Seventeenth street,
opposite the Old Market, Richmond, Virginia
have now In factory large stock OF superior
FAMILY SOAPS,
which we offer to the trade at such prices as VIII
make 1t to the interest OF all to paronize this nom
nor,actorv NH 11-3m
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Cable Despatches.

LONDON, February 19.-None of
the armed Fenians in Kerry County
have been captured, but they have
all disappeared. Tie Irish peasantry
are perfectly willing to give intelli-
gence, but object to assist in the ar
rest of their countrymen. Three
British ships were in Kenmore River
to awe .the people and for service if
needed.
Earl Derby, the first Lord of the
Treasury, says officially, the alarm is
passed. All the peasants are loval.
The Government will treat the pri-
soners Justly. The Irish Secretary.
Lord Mass, says no new rising of the
t'enlans is unprecedented. Only i20
were engaged in the revolt. Not
w1thstanding these denials, the Go
vernment was still sending troops to
Ireland. The Lancers and Guards
received orders to depart immedi-
ately.
FLORENCE, February 19.-yigorous
preparations are making by all parties
for the approaching elections for Par
ilament. There is much excitement.
BY an arrival of mail steamer
from Rio Janeiro, news has been re-
celved that the Brazilian fleet ap-
pearcd before the town of Curupaity
and bombarded the place. Result
not stated. The fleet subsequently
sailed for Humatia.
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PROSPECTUS
THE BAPTIST.

WE PROPOSE to publish WEEKLY
wv PAPER, devoted to the diffusion of
the principles of religion and the interests
OF the Baptist denomination. We have
been moved to this undertaking by the
solicitations of brethren in various por-
H.niso tons OF This State, as well as. Of other
States, among the readers of the late
Co1yederdte Baptist, and by our own con-
vlctIon that paper of a high character
would contribute largely to the intellectual
Improvement, the religious progress and
the general welfare of the churches The
held Is large, affordlng ample room for all
sincere and Jealous laborers
The Baptist will be printed on sheet
about twenty-five by thirty-two inches, and
Will contain twenty-four broad columns.
mostly IN Long Primer type, clear and
leglble, so that it may be read with com
tort, even by the aged. Its entire mocha
meal execution will be of the highest order.
Our columns will be enriched by cores
pondence and contributions from the
other Southern States, and, occasionally,
from Europe and our missionary stations
abroad: The entertainment and instruc-
ton OF the young-especially the child
ren.Wlll I'1 not be forgotten; and our vene-
favorably known to the readers of the
!Coyederote Baptist, will resume his labors
In their behalf In short, we possess all
the facilities requisite to produce a paper
OF the first rank. AS such, we offer it to
our brethren, and solicit their generous
cooperation.
The Baptist will be issued as soon as a
sufficient number of subscribers have been
secured.
TERMS So year, payable on the reccp-
ton of the first number
All communications will be addressed to
'1he BAPTIST, Columbia, s. c."
j. l.. REYNOLDS,
A. X. DURHAM,
Jan "a Editors and Pngprietors.
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CLARK & PEETE.

HOUSE, SIGN and ORNAMEN
ia! iAL PAINTERS, Graining, Marb-
E:--ss5sts hng, Gliding, Glazing and Kal-
soming. Paper Hanging executed
IN the best manner on the shortest notice.
shop on Assembly street, next door to
ohm Stork, between Washington and
Lady streets. Country orders promptly
attended to. Jan 30 9,in
w. w. CLARhE. WM. PEETE
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FLOUR! FLOUR!

cR BARRELS EXTRA and SUPERIOR
~ FLOUR, only for cash
rep 10 J. C. SEEGERS & co.
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The Adornment of the Head---The
Hair Restorer.

GRAY HEADED people have their locks
~ restored by. it to the dark lustrous,
sllken Wdt,s tresses , Of youth, and are happy
have +Acse questionable colors changed
to beautiful auburn, and rejoice. People
whose heads are covered with dandruffa and
humors, use it, and have clean coats and
clear and healthy scalps. Bald-hcaded
veterans nave their remaining locks tight
ened, and the bare spots covered with n
!uXuriant growth of hair, and dance for
JOY. Young gentlemen use it because it is
richly perfnmed. yonnS ladies use it be-
cause it keeps their hair in place Every
BODY mast and ,cW use it, because it is the
GieaheSt and best article in the market.
For sale by FISHER & HEINITSU
Fco DrugristS
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ALE ALE! !!

"A FRESH SUPPLY just received and
~ for sale at WHOLESALE and on
DRAUGHT, for cash only.
Feb l3 JOHN G. EEGERS Il co.
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NEW BOOKS.
TNWO MARRIAGES, by author Of ..Job

TWO MARRIAGES, by author of s'John
i Halifax" &c.
Idalia, by the author of ''Strathnlore."
The Song Without Words, by Gotta Fa-
mily.
Draytons and Davenants, by the same.
The Giraffe Hunters, by Mayne Reid.
The Merchant of Berlin, by author of
Joseph II and His Court and Frederick the
Great and Court
Indoor Sports for boys and Girls.
The FiDger-Post to Public Business, con-
tanning the modes of forming societies.
clubs, &c, rules of debate, &c.
Goulbourn on Holy Communion,
And other new publications, for sale at
MCCARTER'S BOOKSTORE,
Opposite Lawyers Rage, Columbia.
Feb Is r. l.. BRYAN.
ALE! ALE!
A FRESH SUPPLY just received and
- for sale at WHOLESALE and on
DKAUGHT, for cash only.
Feb 13 JOHN G. EEGERS Il co.
FLOUR! FLOUR!
Ok BARRELS EXTRA and SUPERIOR
~ FLOUR, only for cash
rep 10 j. c. SEEGERS & co.
Fire Dogs, shovels, Tongs, &c.
AtMe Sign Of the Golden Paddock.
4 LARGE VARIETY of FIRE-DOGS
"A SHOVELS, TONGS, POKERS, FIRE
SHOVELS, &c, &c, in store and for sale
very low by JOHN G. DIAL.
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COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

-
New YORK, February 19.-The
stock market is lower. Money six
per cent. Flour market without de-
clded change. Wheat market dull
and declining. Corn dull and in
buyers favor. Rice dull and nomi-
nally lower. Pork steady-new,mes
$50. 10; old $19.75. Lard heavy-bar-
rels 11(G127ac. Dressed hogs dull
and low-Western 8; city 9a, a1Oc.
Cotton dull, at 32ls s(n33c. for mid
ding uplands.
7 z. M.-Gold 365a. Cotton dull
and heavy, with a declining tcnden-
cy; sales 400 bales, at 32ls (a33.
Flour active and unchanged-Suate
SS.6O011.40; Southern S1O3O(616.
Corn dull and declined 1c.-mixed
Western S1.0SM1.09. Western oats
55(057. Pork frm-new $2O.S1.
Lard in barrels 1114(0127a. Spirits
turpentine 691a(070. Rosin 4laM9.
BALTIMORE, February 19.-Cotton
quiet -middling uplands 32l5. Cof
fee quiet Rio 1324 for prime cargoes
in bond. Flour dull and in favor of
buyers. Corn dull, and more sellers
than buyers. Wheat lower-sales of
fair to prime at 91(093; mixed 90:
yellow 93095. Oats dull, at 55(057.
Sugar quiet, but stead y-refnine
grades 101s@1O3s. Provisions steady
and unchanged.
CINCINNATI, February 19.-Flour
dull-trade brands $11. 5O@13. so:
fancy $14016. Wheat unchanged
No. l 50. 2.45@2 Oats dull. at 40
Cotton dull-middling uplands 29(G
291a. Provisions inactive and mn
changed. Mess pork S2O@2o. SO.
Lard 12(9l214. Bulk shoulders IL;
loose 734(977a; bacon shoulders 91.s !;
sides 10M@11.
SAVANNAH, February 13.-Cotton
irregular-lniddlings 30l.(d31. Re
ceipts 1000 bales.
ood;es Aueusra, at a, February 19.-cotton
WIhM1NeToN, February 19.-Cotton
steady, at 31(0311,.
MOBILE, February 19.-sales of
cotton 400 bales-middling uplands
oO(@3O1a. Receipts l, 400 bales.
New ORLEANS, February 19.-Cot-
ton uncnanged-low middling 3Ol5 ::
middling Big. Sugar firm, at II a
(912. Fair molasses 76. Super.
flour S11.50. Medium leaf tobacco
7@9. Gold 3619. Sterling 451l@46.
LIVERPOOL, February 1S-Even-
ing.-Cotton steady, with sales of
10000 bales; middling uplands
Id; middling Orleans 141sd.
LIVERPOOL, February 19-Noon.-
Cotton market quiet and unchanged.
with sales of 5000 bales-middling
uplands 14d. Breadstuffs steady.
Corn 39s. Sd. Wheat 13s. Sd. for
California
LONDON, February 19-Noon.-
Consols 81.
LIVERPOOL, February 19-Evening.
Cotton market continued quiet and
closed unchanged, 1T 14d. for mid
ding uplands and 141ad. for middling
Orleans. Sales to-day 5000 bales.
Advices from Manchester unfavora-
BILE: Market for goods and yarns dull
and depressed. Breadstutfs firm er.
Corn 39s. per quarter for mixed
Western.
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Auction Sales,
Attachment Sale

Attachment Sale.
The city of Columbia
VS.. Attachment
+. GAYLORD, and others.
P4 VIRTUE of tho above WRIT IN
- ATTACHMENT, L will sell, before the
Court House, in Columbia, within legal
hours, on the FIRST MONDAY in March
BILLIARD TABLES, attached as the nro.
perty of f, GAYLORD, and others, at the
suit OF the City of Columbia vs.. F Cav
lord, and others. Terms cash
SAM. GREEN,
rep ID Chief Of Police.
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news Items.
WAsIIINGToN, February 19.-Pro-
fessor Bache is dead.
The Conference Committee on the
tenure of Office bill has agreed to in
clude cabinet officers. Saulsburys
speech denunciatory of Seward Gre
ates talk.
Surratt has been confined below
decks and is strongly guarded. His
health is excellent. He positively
denies being Surratt. Marshal Goodin
has q warrant for him, issued by
Judge Fisher. Access is denied to
every one except counsel.
The Southern Loyalists' Associa-
tion, by resolution, oppose Sherman's
bill.
The Senate will strike out the clause
OF the West Point appropriation for
pa ling appointments from Southern
States. The Democrats and extre-
mists voted against concurrence
Lowell II. Rosseau voted to concnr
unless both houses act before mid,
night. Pocket veto follows.
Both the New York Tribune and
Washington Chronicle favored concur
renee, but Stevens was too strong.
NO action IS now probable until after
the Connecticut election, which oc-
eurs March.1O; if that goes radical,
harsh measures are certain.
BosToN, February Fenian
leaders discredit the suppression of
the Irish outbreak.
New ORLEANS, February 19.-The
complete evacuation of the City of
Mexico by the French occurred on
the 9th. 1t is reported, oia Browns
vile, that Miramon has been defeated
and shot through both legs. The
Liberals have re-occupied Zacatecas.