The President And Summer

s A frieod at Waslimgiou ugBurea ub í that a few weeks sinoe au interview took ) phioe between President JoLoson and , Senator Sumner.whioh Wftssubstantially aa follows : " Good evoning, Mr President," wiid , Senator Suniner, last week, upon enter ing tho Pitwident's rooin in tha White House. "Good evening, Mr. Senator,'' replied the President. " Please bu seated for u moment, uniil I finish a letter to an old friend." The lelter being finished, the Pre8dent turned to Mr. Sumner, wheu the luttel' faid : " Mr. President, I have called upon you for the purpose of 'exprcRsing to you the views of our people on the subject of reconstruction. " Well, sir," replied the President. Mr. Suniner commenced by layiog: " Sir,yoiir North Carolina Proclamation doea not taeet the approbation of the peope, and they will not submit to lütvu the great reaults of the war thus thrown away." " Wbat people nre you roprosentiqg sir ?" asked Mr Johnson. " The whole Northern people," said Mr. Sumner. " I apprehend you will find that you but represent a small portion of tbo Northern people," replied Mr. Johnson. "Thon," said Sumner, "we raust tnko your Nortb Carolina proclamatioo an an indication of your policy, must we?" " Yes, sir," replied the President. " Then, sir," said Suniner, ''you do not intund to enfranubise the black man ?" " I have nothing to do with the subject; that excluaively belongs to the States. You would oertainly tbink it an usurpation on my part if I attempted to interfere in fixtng the qualifiuations of' the electors iu MugsachuseUv " " But," replied Sumner, " Miisstchusetts has alwaya been a lcyal State." " That may be," replied the President, " but the loyal meu of the South have made untold eacrifices for their Union wentiments, while Massaohusetts has made hundredc of ïuillions out of ber loyalty, and it would be a poor retarn for Southern adhereoce to the Groveromeot, if the Utter should in violation of the Coustitution, thrust upon them local lws ia oppositioa to their . wishes." At this reply of the President, Mr. Snmner became impatient and irritable, and rejoiued by sayiDg, " I ara sorry to see you oviooing i little Bj'rapathy with ( that element that placed you in power." e At this the color flashed to the ( dent's taoi, andjhe added emphatically, ■ '' You and I might as well understnnd each other now asany othor time. You are aware. ir, I have no respect for seoessionist ; but, w muoh as I despise t them, I still have a greater deteitution q nnd coutompt for a fanatio." 11 Good eveoing," saii Sumner, and he left in huft. There is muoh feur rcmnifested n the East about the oondition of the hop orop. The verrain, flius, and !ice are increaeing in aumber and will do much damage. There is muoh wisdom in a few words poken by an English farmer, who dvised " to teed land before it is hungry, to rest it before it 8 weary, and to weed it before it a foul.'1 Tbe agents of an extensiva emigrant society in Scotland are at Washington for the purpose of arranging to coloniie some of the Southern States. They represent a large capital, and the cmigrants are oomposed oliieÖy of the industrial classes. Religión 8 the best armor in the world, but tha wordt cloak that can be worn. The total valuation of the livo stock of Pennsylvunia is ostimated at (105,862,161. Labi tb of the body free us from paius of the mind, Thi is what oonstitutes the happiness of the poor. The field works round Washington and Georgetown are to be dismantlod and taveled itnmodintoly.