it (Kolumbiau, or.oiini: it, Mooui:, mutou. M.OO.MSlll'IlO, HATt'ltPAY, JULY II, li. THE MODEL LETTER. AmrhhoU'i! Dl'KICK, It, H. fNTlaWAI. ltr.VFM' TJIIHTKKNTH i;OI.I.i:iTlllN 1M1., NTATk Ul' IILoo.mhiiuik), Mnrch IN'". Jlon. Ituuh M'VulhJi, "Hmturu othe lYtamrjit Sin, 1 Inclose you n copy of m is suo of tli Ih week. 1 lmvo likewise ad dressed a copy to the President. You will sco that tlio I'liargo that I am op posing him is false. IF I AM SUSTAINI'I) UY YOf KSUM' and Tin: I'nr.siur.XT, If tho patronage is not taken from fa and given to those who oppose us, wo shall be nblo to make our vigorous Union organization a unit, niltl TRIUMPHANTLY SUSTAIN Tin' All- MINlSTltATION. Respectfully, PAM'.MOX JOII.V, Assessor Thirteenth District, l'a. THE PHILADELPHIA CONVEN TION. Wi: publlslied In our last number the call for a National Union Convention, to be held in Philadelphia on the four teenth of August, witlt the endorsement of tlio same by members of Congress. The eall is directed to all Union men In nil the States and Territories, includ ing the District of Columbia, nnd points to an organized and united effort for the complete restoration of tlio Union; the renewal of public prosperity; tlio secu rity of the future ; nnd tlio assert Ion and maintenance of constitutional princi ples regarding tho representation of the States in the Federal Government. Tho principles nnd objects announced are unimpeachable suul laudable, nnd it may bo expected that tho Convention will concentrate public sentiment, and givo It practical direction, to tho full accom plishment of reunion, and the restora tion of harmony and prosperity through out tlio Republic Tiiis Convention is not necessarily in antagonism with existing party organi zations, though it may be viewed with Jealousy or d islrust by many party men. It may injure tho trade of agitation, which is carried on by appeals to sec tional passion, and which lias given promlncnco to many unworthy men; but, on tlio other hand, It may improve statesmanship and reform party actions. Tho Convention will doubtless recom mend concert of action among Union men in the selection of members of Congress, so that tho President shall have aid in stead of opposition from the representa tives of the people in Ids great work of restoration, and also the selection of members of State Legislatures who will be in accord with ids policy. For the President now represents tlio principles of Unionism, and to uphold him is to up hold tlio Union, and render our country secure and prosperous. The work of reorganizing loyal State governments, which was begun by Pres ident Lincoln, has been continued and consummated by President Johtison,who is now himself a tio or bond of connection between tlio North and the South, hold ing tlio sympathy and conlldenco of botli sections, mid able above all other men livingjbotli by his position and character, to reunite and hold together in firm con cord the people of tho United States. Hut our Union must not rest upon a mere man, however patriotic or distinguished, but upon tlio accord of the States which compose it. Tlio life of a President may bo cut short by disease, or by assassina tion even (of which wo havo had one shocking example), but tlio Constitution of tho United States is an instrument which may endure for ages as a bond and guaranteo of Union among the States, Let us therefore restore that Constitu tion to its full operation in tho Stales and in the l-cderal Government, as do- sired by tlw President and proposed by the distinguidiod men who havo called the Philadelphia, Convention. By that Constitution each State is to have two Senators and a number of Representa- tives proportioned to its population Tlic&o tiro to bo allowed It if tho funda mental law is to bo kept, and when it (selects them the only question which can arise Is whether they are duly qual- iiled under the provisions of the Const! tutlon which tlx tho qualifications of Senators and Representatives. Of course a disloyal State, warring against the Federal Government, am have no rep , rescntation in Congress, because- tho op eration ot tho Constitution as to sue! State Is suspended pending tho conflict of armH. But no such case now exists Tho operation of tlio Constitution is now completo throughout our whole country nnd tho powers of tlio Government are unopposed, nnd aro exercised and felt in every part. Representation of all the States In Congress is thcreforo right and necessary, if tho Constitution is to no respected and obeyed j and it Is equal Jy clear that It Is expedient also. In thl connection wo extract tho following very forcible observations from tho National Intelligencer of July ninth Tho utter failure of tho Congressional luujuruy io present a ueuer plan ol res toration than that begun by President -umi'imi unu success! miy prosecuted by President Johnson ; the lalluro of Con gress, in fact, to present any practicable plan for tho completion of tlio restora tion of tlio Union by tho admission of tho Southern States to representation in that body, has attracted thonttcntinn of tho yvholu country to this subject, as tlio one. greatest, most important political problem of the hour, it U as plain to tho Northern manufacturer as to tho western gruin-grower and Southern planter that tho progress of tlio material interests of tho wiiolo country must re main greatly Impeded until thero shall bo a full and complete restoration of the Union. It is equally as plain that tills consiimmatlon.dovoutedly to bo wished, cannot bo attained until the now ox 'Suited Southern States shall havo boon muuK. unions wTunncciitilod rani, tal In tho North and ffip? 141 tiiiii. 'Jll.Y U1U UII.MOIISIV awaiting this mult to seek pcrnmncn,j ?iycd into full fellowship, by tho ad W??fVof t,ielr Senators and Rcprescn. n SriHPnFrMS- This 13 11,0 6l8" of THE investment In the South. Within u few months iifler this sign .-1ml I havo been gl ven,the desolated lantlsof tlicSouthern .States shall iigtdn rcMiund with the liutn or industry, initio win resume its wont ed activity, manufacturers will bo assur ed ofiistilllclont market for their wares. and the holders uf our public securities will have received u guarantee that tho exportation of Southern products will enable the (iovernment to pay prompt ly in com mi mo interests ui us jjum bearlng bonds. it is apparent mat i no nnanciai, com mercial, and Industrial interests of the wholeeountryurodlrcetlyatiil Immense ly Interested in the complete and imme diate iirnctlcal restoration of the Union. bv the recognition of the Southern rep resentatives in Congress. While all these great public interests, roacning to every city, town, liainlet, farm-house, and wnrk-shon in the land, are thus vitally concerned, only it miserable faction of luidlcal politicians, for purely partisan purposes, eitner desires or expects oeno lit from it postponement of this res torn- tlon. Unfortunately for the country, tins taction lias outtimcd control ot urn gress as at present organized, and with' out even a shadow of right, is uiiscru puloiisly employing tlio power of a nit' niericid majority In that body to post pone. If not to frustrate, what the whole people so niucn neeti. "BRADFORD COUNTY." An article under tlio above heading appeared some weeks since in theedlto rial columns of the Pittsburg Gazette, prompted evidently by a desire on the part of tho editor to cast odium upon tho National Administration by assail lug Individuals In tills section who sup port it. Tlio article In question would hardly havo deserved notice hero had it not been copied Into tlio columns of the Bradford Jleporter and Wyoming llepublican, anti-Johnson Republican papers of tills district. Mr. Tracy, of Bradford, is particularly assailed, because of his support of tho President, and in assailing him the editor seems to have thought it necessary to weaken, as far as possible, his position and inlluonee, by the fabrication of the most unfounded and untruthful representations In regard to his political history, and the history of political affairs in this district. The admission that "Mr. Tracy is a gentle man of excellent social position and character," and that " he followed the fortunes of tho Whig party until it was dissolved." arc about the only truths ontained in the article. J lo was an ar- dent adherent of the principles of tho Whig party, and up to the time of its llssolution enjoyed the conlldenco of the party of his county and district to as full an extent as any man in it ; and id though largely in the minority, ho ac- copied the nomination tendered by the Whigs for State Senator, and ran consid erably ahead of the party vote, and ap proached nearer to an election than was usual for candidates of tho Whigs of those times in Ids district. When the dissolution of the Whi party came, in tho Fall of I8.V1, it was through tho action and influence of Mr, Tracy, more than to any other member of that party in Bradford, that tho almost entire vote of tho Whig party of this ounty was brought into the Republican organization ; not a hundred stood aloof, nnd from this grew up the great Repub lican majority in Bradford. Instead of a nomination for tlio " Legislature for two years" being conferred upon Mr, Tracy to " appeaso his disquietude," as tlio Gazelle asserts, ids nomination grew out of tlio facts above referred to; hi position and iniluenceas a political lead er In tho Whig party, and two succes' sivo nominations by acclamation, were iven him without a dissenting voice In tho election canvass that followed the question of tlio repeal of thetoimago tax. through tho instrumentality ot Georgo Laudon, became a subject of tils cussion. Mr. Laudon having occupied a seat in tho Senate one session, laid be come convinced that tlio uso of improp er influences was contemplated to bring about tho repeal of that tax at tho tip proacliing session, and under the inspi ration of honest impulses, warned tho people from the stump that their rights were in danger, and that the State TreaS' ury was about to be plundered througl corrupt influences, which would bo brought to bear in manipulating tho Legislature by the Pennsylvania Rail road Company, to effect tho repeal of tlio tonnago tax. Mr. Tracy was sent to the Legislature pledged against tlio repeal tho public mind of his county was thor oughly aroused In opposition to it; ho acted as a member of tho Lower 1 louse In strictest conformity with the will of his constituents. But alas! how was it with Georgo Laudon in tlio Senate V llu vlo Iated every obligation of a representative. and supported the very measure ho liadso vehemently denounced, and returned homo and announced himself as a ciindl- dato for nomination for Congress in the Fall of 18(12, and challenged Mr. Tracy to a discussion on thosrump of the merits o their uction in reference to the repeal of tho tonnage tax. Mr. Tracy also became a candidate for tho Republican noniina tlon for Congress. The Democrats of the district, as it party, opposed tlio repeal of tho tax, and very naturally opposed Mr Laudon and sympathized with M Tracy upon tills question. The war being then in actlvo progress, Mr. Lan don made use of tho war spirit to arouse political prejudico against Mr. Tracy, by arraigning tho Democrats as opposed to tho war policy of Mr. Lincoln, and nils representing Mr. Tracy as standing in an equivocal political position because of their sympathy witli him, and finally managed, when the Convention ot Brad ford County canio off, to get tho Conven tlon by a majority of one, unfairly ob tallied, to declare him nominated. This caused a square split, and the Republi can friends of Mr. Tracy's position upon tlio tonnago tax called a separato con volition and nominated him. Mr. Lan don continued upon the ticket until within about ten days of tlio election when, seeing the evidences ol an ove whelming defeat before him, ho with drew, and a nioro unobjectionable candi date, in tho person of R. F. Clark, Esq,, was substituted. Mr. Tracy was elected by a majority of eighteen hundred votes. Tho Gazette nays: "Mr. Tracy raised a ehunov on Mr. Laudon on account of that vote tthe repeal of tho tonuage tax,, ,iiYPrmmcSi COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBTJllG, SATURDAY, JULY 14, and announced himself ns an indepen dent candidate. Mr. Laudon, two or three weeks before the election, with drew, and tho canvass resulted In Mr. I'racy's election." It would not answer the purpose ol tho Gazettes well to tell the truth, as to convey the false ltupres- on that Mr. Tracy had n clean Held after the withdrawal of Mr. Laudon, and was elected without opposition. M r. Tracy's record as a member of the Thirty-eighth Congress is boforo the country, and we believe no one wilt pre tend to deny that it rellects great credit pon him as a man of Integrity, correct udgnient, and discrimination In deal ing with questions presented for the action of Congress during his term. The Gazelle, fuNcly says: "Two years ago Mr. Tracy was again an lndepend- nt candidate, with Democratic sup port. Ho was beaten out of sight by Mr. Ulysses Mercur, who will doubtless lie re-elected next Fall." So far from this being true, Mr. Tracy, on the con trary, wrote a letter declining to bo a iindldate, giving as a reason ids desire to seo the party united for the purposo ustidning the Administration of Mr. Lincoln in the prosecution of the war in impressing the Rebellion. Ills letter was published to the country at that time, and Mr. Tracy's most ardent friends became tho most active support ers of Mr. Mercur; and to this fact Mr. Mercur, beyond doubt, owes ids election, but It would not answer the purpose of tho Gazelle to state tho facts, liow it will bo in reference to Mr. Mercur's re election next Fall can better be told after election; certain it is, had Mr. Tracy and his friends supposed that Mr. Mer- ur, Immediately upon taking his seat in tho Thirty-ninth Congress, would array himself against tho principles and poll- y of Mr. Lincoln, upon which he was elected, and become the bitter opponent of Mr. Johnson, upon whom has fallen tho duty of administering tho Govern ment in accordanco with that policy, they would have hesitated long before giving him their earnest and effective support. As to the fling nt tlio Columbian by the Gazette it is neither material nor true. It is not nn organ of party nor of any public man. Tlio Gazette Knows very well, however, that tho Cor.usi i)i an is, so far as it participates in pend ing political discussions, tho advocate of tho principles and policy of tlio great National Union party, as enunciated by the National Convention at Baltimore ISfil, in the nomination of Lincoln and Johnson, and which are being car- ied out by President Johnson. It is for adlierenco to these principles, and an independent and fearless defence of the President, that tho Coi.umiiian as well as Mr. Tracy aro arraigned by the Gazelle. But the mere statement of this fact is a sure vindication of both. it. FIRE-EATERS WANTED IN WASHINGTON. TiiKitr. aro a number of Southern ire-eaters of the blood-and-thtmder or der scattered over tho seceded States. Since the close of tho war they havo been out of employment, and aro consC' piently seedy, thirsty, and hard-up. While the Rebellion lasted they seldom or never showed themsel vesat tlio front ; but there was plenty of occupation for them in tho rear, where they him Union men, conilscatcd cotton, robbed anil persecuted women and children, whipped and Hayed negroes, enjoyed themselves hugely, and lived upon the fat of the land and the best in the mar ket. 'Tlio contrast between this liappi iicss and their present forlorn condition Is deplorable. They davo not interfere with the negroes, except in remote cor hoi's of the South, where United States olllcials do not yet appear, and they can not even get up a decent fight, except among themselves, as in the recent ease of tho Pollards in Richmond. Poor, moody, out at elbows, out of liquors, and out of business, these Fire-eaters do not know what to do with themselves. Lotus give them a bit of practical ad co. They aro wanted in Washington and can make money thero without hav ing to earn it by hard work to which no truo Fire-cater would condescend At Washington thero are a lot of Radical Congressmen, all anxious forarenonil- natioii.nudall extremely doubtful about their chances; of getting it. They ficl that nothing will save them from obliv ion except some stirring excitement that shall make martyrs of them, and cause an outburst of popular sympathy in thelrfavor. Fora good flogging.a trilling uid not very paiulid stab ora pistol shot aimed at some portion of their anatomy not neces-'arlly vital, they will pay roundly. If tlienttiick upon them couhi bo made by a notorious Southerner, and wero performed in public and nccompa' nied by tho phrase, " Let mo kill this great Union patriot," or words to that effect, five hundred dollars would not bo too much for tho job. Ben Wade tried this dodge some liino ago, by rep resenting that a visitor who came toiisl him a political favor was an assassin determined to deprive tho Union of tlio services of tho immortal Wade. Thl worked very well for a while, until somebody exposed it. In tlio absence of any Fire-eaters Grinned got himself caned by General Rousseau ; but imfor tunately ho timed tlio affair wrongly, and another man was being nominated In Iowa at abolit tlio time Grinnell was boing flogged In Washington. Still, all tho country papers said that Grinnell would havo been renominated laid tlio intelligence reached Iowa soon enough Instead of Insulting our bravo generals. let the Radical Congressmen employ regular V Iro-ealers to niako martyrs of them, and they can bo Hogged at any moment thoy like, and thus securo their renoniiitatlous. Xcw York Jlentht, Tin; distributors of tlio largo estate of tlio lato Samuel Colt began last 'Tues day, In Hartford, tho work of apportion ing tho properly under tlio terms of tho will. 'The estate, real and personal, probably amounts to between threo and four millions, and includes large tracts fif 1:TmH witl-i TVllrl allv.-.r nnrl ft,,lil. EU110PE. Sovoro and Active , Fighting in Bo- noniia. Tho Battles of Sknlitz and Oswlcntou. The Crnrnn- nlul Vlrntiii Uiillrnntl Allium! l)ctrn ed 1i llii' IniRiliiiin. AUSTRIAN COMUUXIOATION WITH OAMC'IA INTKItKUPTi;!). THE BATTLE OF CUSTOZZA Neutral Proclamation England, of oxn may lati:u news. Tin: steamship Saint David, from Liv orpool, twenty-fifth, passed Father Point at half-past ten o'clock on Wednesday night, on her voyage to Quebec. Her news Is ouo day later. Hostilities between the Austriansnnd Prussians had commenced. Thero was a desperate battle In Uolic nilii on the twenty-seventh of June. A Prussian telegram, dated Nachod, says: An Important battle, In which cavalry and artillery were principally engaged, has liven in progress to-day. The Austrlans wero driven back from near Skalltz to Jaroniirz. Three flu; and many prisoners were taken. Tho oss on either side is unknown. A Breslau telegram says: Tho first russiau army corps attacked theenemy at Frankenau. Tho Austrian were driv en back In tlio direction of Joephitadt, fter tlio battle a Prussian major pro ceeded to tho quarters of Marshal Bene- dek, under a flag of truce, to solicit an armistice, and the demand was refused A. Cracow (Austrian) dispatch of the evening of the eighteenth of Juno says: This morning tho Prussians made fresh attack upon Oswlcnten, when they were repulsed with heavy loss. The Prussians destroyed the Cracow and Vienna Railroad, seriously inter' rupting the Austrian communications with Gallcla. The Italian looses in tlio recent battle were great, but tho Austrian losses were believed to be still greater. Toward nightfall the Italians and Austritins re tired from their respective positions. Tho King of Italy has addressed a dis ia tch to the President of tho Council wiiicn says tho nattio was neither won nor lost. " I have ordered a concentra tion of all our forces to resume tho cam dgii. Our army is in excellent condi tlon, and anxious to be led to battle." The Committee on Affairs common to lungary nssuino a portion of tho Aus rluu State debt; that loans and com niercial questions bo treated in common by means of special treaties. The Loudon Times says tho German Zollverein has ceased to exist, but duties continued to be levied by tho govern ments wiiero foreign goods aro landed The Paris J'atrie lias reason to believe that no arrangements aro being made for tlio purposo of sending French squad rons of observation to tlio Adriatic or the North Sea. A proclamation of England's neutral ity in Continental all'airs lias been pub lislied in Loudon. GENERAL PEESS DISPATCHES From Washington. liAiiic Ai. leaders nere betray more anxiety in regard to tho Phliadelnhi Convention than they daro admit. It s said they will endeavor to defeat the objects of the convention by manipulat ing Southern wires through such instru ments as Hamilton, of Texas, Brown low, of 'lennessee, Holden, of North Carolina, and others, to secure a South em delegation to tho convention of the most ultra Southern Rights fire-eating malcontents, in order that, if possible t row can bo created. They argue that tho reception of such delegates will de stroy tlio influence of tho convention I tho North, while their rejection will bo equally damaging to tho now party in tlio South. The gamo will certainly bo attempted, but will bo met by counter action on tlio part of the Conservatives to securo moderate representatives from all tho Southern States, fulling in whicl they will boldly closo the door nguiiis any others. It may bo stated positively that Gen end Grant will accept a nomination lor tlio Presidency for tho noxt term from no party or faction whatever. His nomination would bo equivalent to an election, and Ids election would neces sarily lead to ids retirement from public life at the end of Ids term of otllce. II considers himself yet too young to with draw into retirement ; and while ho un questionably lias aspirations for Presi dential honors with which to crown id illustrious career, ho feels confident that ho can enjoy such honors eight or twelv or more years henco as readily as now, Thoso Ideas havo recently been expressed by him to ids most intimate personal friends, and tiro unquestionably the ideas that will control him, liotwlth siaiiiimg ino powermi nilliiences now being used to win his consent to accept a nomination. A noteworthy remark occurs in a r cent "Occasional" letter to tho Phil dolphin I'rcss, which, in view of its au thorship, is considered somowliat sig nltlcaiit. Forney says, in reference t tho determination ot tlio President to mako a clean sweep of tho Radicals from olllce on tho adjournment of Con gress, that tho " Union men in Congress will, however, not leave Washington without taking such steps as will at least keep tlio people advised of tlio doings of tho pro-slavery tyrants." Tho mark is construed ns foreshadowing design, which has already been rumor ed, for Congress through its Radical majority to appoint a Joint committee to remain hero during tiio recess to watch tho President's movements, sue committee io bo clothed with all tlio power that can bo conferred upon It. It was at ono time proposed to give this coininltteo power to revoke all Uxecu tlvo appointments ; buUlho power of Congress to delegate such authority or confer it upon a committee was denied by tlio wiser heads. It Is evident that now they nre studying to Una what powers they can confer, and intend to at us ninny and great obstacles in tlio resident's way ns possible. Tlio day adjournment will be quickly set hen tills more important matter is de termined. The stntuo of Washington, removed oiii tho Virginia Military Institute, at xlngton, Virginia, by General Hunter, on his raid up the valley of Virginia, lias passed through Alexandria by ex press on its way to that place, an order laving been issued for its restoration. Southern papers exhibit a very gen eral disposition on tho part of the pco- le to respond to the address for the hiladolphia Convention. State and dis- let conventions to nominate dele gates havo been called in Alabama, eorgia, and South Carolina. Orders from the War Department direct tho muster out of thirteen aides de-camp, five additional aides-de-camp, and thirteen assistant adjutant-generals Alterations uro now in progress in tho Wldto House which will enable the resident and ids Secretaries to transact business with greater facility and with more comfort to tho numerous visitors. large ante-room for visitors Is among the conveniences being provided, where those who have business with tho Presi dent may bo comfortably seated while in walling for an audience. If Congress Will now pass tho Executive Household Bill, nnd thus provide the necessary clerical force, matters can bo conducted much more satisfactorily to the Presi dent and the public. Mr. Romero, tho Mexican Minister, on the eleventh Instant, received olllclid dispatches from El Paso, informing him that on the tenth ultimo President Juarez, his Cabinet, nnd tho Govern incut left El Paso for Chihuahua. Let ters from tlio City of Durango, of June fifth, received here by the last steamer from Vera Cruz, state that the Irene! troops in that city were under orders to march against Chihuahua, and that two thousand men hud already left, and were nt that time at Lazarca. Letters from the City of Mexico state tliatGeiv oral Bazino wits concentrating all the available French troops In San Luis Potosi, to open a new and vigorous cam paign against the Mexicans. The Senate on the tenth instant re Jectcd tho nomination of Sloanttkor, as Collector of the First District of Penn sylvania. It is proable now that the President will nominate the present in cumbent, Colonel Taggart, who has very creditable military record. Tho Rebel Salisbury prison-keeper, John II. Gee, who, for the last four months, has been on trial before the court-martial at Raleigh, North Caro lina, for alleged cruelty to Union pris oners at Salisbury, was, on Thursday of last weok, released from arrest by order of the War Department, the Court hav ing acquitted him. The above trial will cost the Government about twenty-five thousand dollars. Secretary Stanton has reinstated all the soldiers, twenty in number, recently discharged from tlio Ordinance Oillce The National Union Convention is exciting deep interest in political circles and it is said that the Union State Con ventiou to bo held by the friends of President Johnson at Indianapolis, July nineteenth, will bo the llrst Western State Convention to appoint delegates The notorious John S. Mosby, who was during tho Rebellion tho terror o tho country hereabouts, is now a sojour ner lu the City of Washington, and qui etly walking about tlio Capitol, the ob served of the curious. Mosby is a quiet tame-looking individual, and has not tlio slightest appearance of a bugaboo or ono who would try to frighten any body. The President has nominated to tlio Senate D. H. Winlield, a soldier of tlio lato war, to bo Collector of Internal Revenue for tho Fourth District of New Jersey vice Eugeno Ayres. Tlio voting at tho Orphans' Fair, for presents to thoso receiving tho highe number of votes each one paid for, was quite spirited. Major-General Howard received tlio sword, having ono thous and three hundred and sixty-ilvo votes. while General C. II. Thomas had one thousand two hundred and five. M Doolittlo received tho Senator's cane having four thousand five hundred am thirty votes, wliilo Mr. Harris had ono thousand eight hundred and fifty Cornelius Wendell received tlio mos' votes on tho citizens' silver tea-set There was a meetingof those disposed lo send relief to Portland at tho Cit, Hull on tho eleventh instant, Mayor Wallach presiding. A committee was appointed to mako collections, and over two thousand dollars was subscribed be fore tlio close of the meeting. AFFAIRS IN MISSISSIPPI, Wr. mako tho following extract from a private letter to the senior editor of tlio Country Gentleman, dated Chataw Station, Mississippi, May seventeentl "I urn about ninety miles from New Orleans, and about ninety miles from Jackson, Mi-slssippi, have a nice, quiet plney woods'' home, not the rich land 1 onco hud, nor tho comforts and luxu rles I had spent an arduous lifo of thir ty-threo years in collecting. Reared i tho City of Columbia, S. C, with never any liecossity for labor, raised, it may bo said, delicately, but fortunately for mo by a rigid disciplinarian, at sixty I am forced to earn my bread by tho sweat of my brow, working daily and writing nightly. You may not bo able to realize how wo could bo so broken up; onco wo could order supplies by the thousand dollars, and our wives liiado dry goods accounts of one thousand dollars, and now not nblo to buy meat. But. mv near sir, so it is, 1 assuro you; I hav kept liotiso ono week without a pieeo of meat or a particle of greaso of any kind. I havo been a month without a grain of corn. 1 lost everything, so to sny. My lands I sold, but havo not received ono dollar. I saved thirteen Dovon cows, two bulls, and eleven calves; but no food and high water ha, reduced mo to 1866. even cows nnd two bulls. 1 had no Idea iow poor pcoplu got alongwhat thoy hud to endure. 1 niiulo my property, but never was purse proud, and always ready to relieve. No one seems nblo or llllng to pay I have enougn uuo mo to make me comfortable. I havo had il hard tlmo to get food. I lost nil my clothing, all household nnd kitchen fur- ituro; got my working men and wo men, twelve mines aim two wagons, my mares thirteen, stallions, imported Jack, and fifty-four blooded cows and bulls; spent thirty thousand dollars taking care of my negroes, made noth ing and lost all except the cows brought here, and four mules. But, my dear sir, I take it very philosophically, have accepted what 1 could not help, for It is true, I Mould havo whipped Uncle Sam out of his boots ; but 1 could not, and he lias not only whipped me, but brought me to poverty, and when 1 tell him I aeccpt tho issue, and show him I am earnest, by working as hard as I once required my negro, lie will not beliuve me I Well, I cannot compel the old gentleman to believe me, so I work on ami think no more about it. Thconly tiling that worries mo is, we have been known the world over as n hospitable nnd gentlemanly people a people of high-toned, if anything over-wrought iiivalroiis feelings yet we are accused is condescending to be iiruiai, man- slayers, murderers; that a negro is un- afo even passing by our doors, and a Northern man had as well entera lion's den or the fiery furnace. How under the sun the Intelligent men of the North can credit such lyingscribblers is amys- tery to me. Tills night 1 took tea with man who avers ho was a Northern soldier for some tlireeor fouryears. lie makes no disguise of it, and yet no one dares to molest him dares I I say, be cause Southern honor is at stake. Ho may shoot down n foe on the field of battle, but the war being over, lie Is our guest. if my lifo is worth a bawbee, I would pledge It that a Northern man may pass through this country,and avow lie had been engaged lu killing our men in honorable warfare; ho may go on foot, on horseback, any way, by night or by day, and he will bo safer than passing through the streets of New York City, especially if lie had largely of cash about him. I will not say there are no dastards, scoundrels, thieves, etc., in Mississippi, in tho South, but I do say tlio large mass of tho very people who wero eager for tho fray, who were acting men, and honestly gave up their opin ions, are tills day ns quiet citizens as you have. True, wo may feel and say it was savage to burn our houses, destroy our property, but there is no cry of ven geance. The fact is, wo have drawn oil' our coats and gone to work, nnd deter mined not to remuin poor. " o intend to pitch into dame Fortune nnd wrest from her some of her dimes. " I am going to try for an orchard and farm it, to carve out a bran now fortune have now several thousand seedling peach and a few thousand rooted quiuee uid a few thousand cuttings, which intend to bud this season. I havo ono woman, and a boy of sixteen, not left me. The negroes who were in my days of fortune treated best, were tlio llrst to leave me to work or starve. With these two, to wash, cook, milk cows, etc, about the house, I have now n good gar den, planted about three acres of melons set out about one thousand trees, and my nursery, with some two thousand grapes. So you see, though sixty, and badly laid up with tlio rheumatism, havo worked. If I could got pear and apple stocks I could in two years sell enough trees to support me and pay all expenses, reserving as many trees as I could plant well." DECLINE OP RADICALISM Onh by ono tlio Radical members of Congress aro being repudiated by tho nominating conventions of their party Rice, of Maine, has been dropped: Mor rill, of Vermont, has refused to allow his iiaino to go beforo the people for ro nomination ; Grinnell and Kasson have beendeleated; and Hill has been shelvod along with his Radical associates. In our State the indications aro that Radi calism will soon bo at a ruinous discount Stevens may hold Lancaster, but in other districts tho contest will bo fierce nnd determined against tlio present Radical members. Kelly, and O'Neill mid Myers, and Thayer, will havo to face constituencies outraged by tho man nor lu which they have subordinated tlio real interests of tho country to ne gro equality and partisan aspirations. Tho business of Philadelphia lias been terribly disturbed and shattered bv the war and events growing outof thesuine, Our commercial rivals aro taking ad vantage oi circumstances to press us still further lu the wrong direction, and our Radical representatives have, by their votes, aided in keeping trade and commerce irom our city. Thoy hav followed tho mud and heady current of Radical malice, and opposed all meas ures calculated to reunite tlio sections and allow Philadelphia to occupy her old place among the business marts of mo nation, tiio votes ol .tlio men named have stood in tlio way of all ef forts to benefit tho trado of this city They proclaimed by their action that Philadelphia is against holding any in tcrcourso with tlio people of tlio South ern States, and theso men wonder why nil tho trado of that section Is not poured into tlio laps of our merchant. They aro learning now what It costs to uphold and support tho Radical party, and If tlio present Radical members bo re-elected, they will receive another lesson. Philadelphia should bo represented by national men, and If tlio merchants and men of business study their own wel fare and thnt of tho city, they will chooso at tlio coming election. Age, " I know you havo tenderness," wrote Popo to Lady Mary Wort ley Montagu, and nothing was over more beautifully said " you must havo it ; it is tlio very emona Hon of good senso and virtue ; the linen minds, like the flncit metal', dlf- solve tlio ca-jlet," THE TAMMANY" SOCIETY. . Tun following lettur was written by Secretary Seward In answer to an Invi tation of tho Taiiiimiiiy society : UKrAUlMKrill--ni.IK, I Washinotok, Juiioiw, MoO. To Ihc ltvn. John T. itofftmrn, Lty JMI, AVt i'vrkt Sin, I havo had the lienor to receive tho invitation of tho Tammany Society for the celebration of the approaching Fourth of July. , , At , 1 am hlghlv pleased with the form of Invitation, i like the motto which Is placed at lt head-" Tlio Union must and shall bepreserved." I llkotho Vir netto which Illustrates it. I like the as sociated hues with which it Is colored, naiiielv, the led, white, and b uc. I llko the temple of liberty based upon the rock of tlio Constitution, and pro tected by the eagle of the American continent. 1 llko tho ships and rall riuiiU. inilli'.-ittvi! of iirosiieritv and prog- ress. I like tho slgnllleant conjunction- dates, 177(1 and ISCU ti period ot iilnct v years. AVhy, in looking nt tiiescr llgnrcs. we almost feel assured that our llepuunc nas a mo oi at ivasi unu cen tury. Alas I how many Republics navii been shorter lived I I would havo had the Hag of the Union, which Is on tho right, present In its azure field only tho thirteen original States; but I is--peclallv delight in the Hag which Is on tho lelt hand, and in whoso enlarged Held twenty-threo stars uro blazing which havo come out from the deep cerulean within the past ninety years, while the original thirteen States yet re main In their ancient place, all thoir morning lustre nndimlnislica. I have had some dillerences In my time with the Tammany Society, but I iiini'iiirii I'orL'ot them all. when I recall- piI tin- fact that the Society has never once failed to observe and honor tho an niversary or .Niitionni independence; and tlio further fact that during the re cent civil war the Tammany Society sent its sons to tight lor tlio union, ana with unswerving fidelity, heartily supported tho Federal Government in itsstruggles with sedition. In view of these facts. and of the noble principles now avow ed, I hail tlio Tammany Society as u true Union League. I rejoice witli the Society tliat tlio con flict of arms has ceased: that tho au- thoritv of the Government has been vindicated, and that tlio llag or tlio Un ion now flouts triumphantly over every foot of the national domain. On tho other bund, I mourn with the Society that the perfect Union given to us by our patriotic forefathers has not yet been entirely resioreu ; unit eleven sovereign Stales are denied representation in the Federal Congress, and are not recognized as co-ordinate parts in the National Log- , t.i II..... . - ..II !.! . I 11'.. siaiuie. jiiiw siruiii;i uu liusi i live killed disunion outright, and lmvo killed African slavery with It. and yet wo aro not completely reunited. Il I did not leei assured mat mo American people cannot sudor so great and fatal a solecism to continue, I should say, ns many others do, that wo aro at a crisis. But I have unbounded confi dence In the wisdom and virtue of tho iVtnerlciiii people. It is said in excuse of tlio denial of representation thnt tlio States and their chosen Representatives tin continue to be seditious ana disioy il. I ask, is Tennessee disloyal? Is Ar kansas seditious? Aro the Senators nnd Representatives of those States disloyal? 1 desire, in tills respect, that each of tho two Houses of Congress will apply tho uoiisuiuiionai test, witn an tne improve ments of legislation upon it, and thus admit those States and Representatives who aro loyal, and reject only tho-o against whom the crime of disloyalty shall bo established. I believe, with the Tiiininanv Society. that tlio Union was created to be per petual ; that the States are equal to tho Constitution; that the restoration of the Union by tlio recent war ought to lie acknowledged and recognized by all the departments of the Federal (iovern ment; that a spirit of magnanimity nnd fraternity should prevail in all our councils, and that tlio South, having ac cepted oi mo lessens oi ino war, nun relinquished tho heresies of secession. should, just so far and so fast as slut conies in the attltudo of loyaltv, and in the persons of loyal and nualinedrenro- sentatives, bo admitted to her constitu tional representation. I want, henceforth and forever, no North, no South, no East, no West, no divisions, nnd no sections, ami no classes ; but ono united and harmonious people. It will bo Impossible for mo to attend the celebration personally. What 1 havo written I trust will satisfy tho Society that. In spirit, I shall alwavs bo with them when they shall bo engaged in renewing and fortifying tlio National Union. 1 havo the honor to be. nir. vour verv obedient servant, VtlMJAM 11. KKWAUI). FORNEY'S LETTER. Nkw Yuiik, Jiuiimry S, I-vki. MyDkaii Mit. Fitr-siiii-NT, l lmvo been in this city for two days, and now writo under an impulse which I cannot restrain, because I feel it to bo for your own good and thnt of tho country. r tako it for granted that you aro resolved not to bo unmindful of your own fume, nnd that you will not allow your friends who heartily sustain your policy, to feel that they aro without your aid and en couragement. Whether you aro a can didate foi President or not, and If you are not I shall bo greatly surpris ed witli the wonderful favor that has crowned your restoration policy, you should not allow the great onici-s to go to indifferent men, or tlioso clearly In tlio interests of your foes. I need not repeat to you that I am now, as ever, for twenty years shown in my writings, and since your great act of pa triotism in 18CU especially, your open and avowed friend. "Where I am to-day my two newspapers, both dally, show to tho world. Henco, in what I now say, I speak no idle words, but mean all" I say. Tho Collector's ofllco in New York City Is a post that you should dispose of outsldo of all tho politicians; not, I mean, to defy them, but to select your own man, who should bo free only to help youand servo tlioGovernment ono they could neither attack nor uso. Such u man is of tills city. Howiw elected to Congress in as a Democrat, but, likeymt, refused to follow tho party into treason. Ho served a short time with great distinction, and resigned on account of 111-liealtli. Ho was it member of tlio Coiuinlttco of Ways and Means, and won great ap plause Ho is a very nblo man, educa ted to finance, Intensely national, honest and independent, and could furnish mil lions of security. Ho lias mi organlzinc mind, would mako you a party or tight your buttles slnglo-handed. n0 u an Andrew Johnson Democrat, lu short. I writo in tlio knowledge that lie would accept, and that his uppolntmeut wouU bo hailed witli Joy by this whole coin- muntiy. Yours, truly, J. W. riwY
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