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The Board for tho firsr. precinct, composed of Wards No. 1 and 2, will hold their s?s>ion for this pur pose at the City Hall anti! the liku day of September next, sotting apart the fiist three secular daj'sof each week for thc registration of those rcsi lents, of Ward No. 1, who are entitled to suffragp, aud the last three dayf of each week to the registration of those who are residents and vo'ers in Ward Nf). 2. The question which has heretofore been rather one of theory, has now assumed the shape of reality. Registration is upon us, as a, practical fact. It is now brought home to every individual, in the light cf present duty. It claims his judgment and attention, for it conc3tns his liberties, rights and welfare. To it no one can be iuditf-.-rent, for in the ulti mate decision of pending issues, nil are vi tally interested. All persons can of riibt claim to be regis tered who frc entitled t vote under the terms of the Reconstruction Act* of Congress. These prescribe all the disqualifications. And as thc question is still eagerly aud sincerely asked on every side, it m'y not be amiss to re-state, with as much precision as possible, those who aro undur tho?t> Acts qualified to register. All free male persons twenty-one years of age and upwards are entitled to register and vote, unless they ure expressly excepted by the provisions of the Reconstruction Acts. The oath which each party takes contains in fall terms all the excepted classes. These are : 1. Those who are disfranchised for partici pation in any rebellion or civil ?rar agak'sf the United States. Of this class t'jere are nene in this Sta'e. No laws to this effect have bcc:i passed here as in Tennessee and Missouri. 2. Couvicted felous. 3. The following classes, who have at any time, whether bvfore or during the war. oc cupied any of the following positions, and af terwards engaged in iusurr ction or rcbelliin against tie United Stat-', or ?iv_-n aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. To wit: Members of any State legislature. Executive or judicial cthVers of any State. Members of Congress of the United State!. Officers of the United Slates. Thc oath to be takeu for this purp', s ; ex cludes only ihese. It is a,summary of the Act. Thc order publishing thc regulations for registration docs not make any additional disqualifications. The only words whos phraseology is general, ar? " Executive and Judicial Officers of any S:a:e." The reit are all plain enough. These words, Gen. Sickles, in his order, defines to include <:all civil offi ces created by law for the administration of any general law of a State, or for the admin istration of justice." To exclude these from registration two things must concur. First. One of the* J offices must have been held, ana second, the party must afterwards have participated in the receut struggle with the South. Either separately is not sufficient: We have been thus explicit, because we regird it as an incumbent duly for every one of our citizens who are not excluded to register. And on this point there is not the slightest difT.-rence among the thoughtful men of the State. On other questions of policy, there are wile and variant views. But in this all agree. Gorernor Perry invokes the white race to rote, at the appropriate time, " -.c Conven tion." There are others who regard it as wisest amid the shifting scenes of the pres ent to determine that question when the time arrives. There are others again who are for a complete fusion with and surrender tc P;'.d iCilisra and even to negro supremacy. Uut, however different the stand points as to ulti mate action, all urge the duty and necessity of registration. No South Carolinian, wheth er by b'rth or adoption, who is entitled to vote, s.iould voluntarily deprive himself of the right to cast it, if occasion should re quire. He should not debar himself of tbi * means of defence. How he shall use it, or whether he shall use il, is One thing. He should not, ho'xever, cast away his right to iti exercise. He may reserve his judgment, but he should be prepared to express it, on behalf of regulated government, if occasion should permit. It may be au clement of power, which ho may wield efficiently for the interests of his community and State. To register can do no bairn. Not to regis ter may result in great injury. The former give? you the ballot and enables you to wi?ld it. The'latter course renders you at once powerless and deprives you of its exer eise, however circumstances mav demand its aid. We should not yield to indifference, or surrender to despair. Each one who can should at least be prepared to do his duty by his ballot.-Charleston Courier. Escobedo's Cry for Blood. The following is the text of Escobedo's let ter calling for death to all foreigners. It will be seen that Escobedo bas no fears during the continuance of the embarrassments of the United States, and that he thinks the " black men'' of the South sufficiently instructed in the political catechism to side with the free Mexicans and pronounce against the Southern Whites: The execution of the traitors, which I had the satisfaction of directing, is good food for digestion. It will satisfy the Europeans, and Yankees, too, that to trifle with Mexicans is death by the law. Had wo complied with thc request of thc Yankees, to spare the fili buster and his associate traitors, it would have been takeu for cowardice, and the next thing would have been a request to give up our lands, our mines and our women. After this we shall be allowed to worship our own God? till our own soil, work our own mines, and not have our women defiled by Yankee liber tines. I am now in favour of making clean work of the detested " Gringo?." _ This country b-.-Iocgs to God rid us, and just so long as one foreigner remains on our soil, our liberty is in jeopardy. By every means in our power we should make "the country Mexican ; and as all the property ia the hands of foreigners was made by our misfortunes, we should take it, now that we have the power, and hunt then? from the country. My motto now is death to all i s?raR;;ero3. Thcro in nu ?Junger of the Yankees inter fering with tu no lonjas the Southern States {Estmlos del Sui ) are kept out of the Union ; b.-sidi-fi, the black men would side with us, and nr. y at any time pronounce against the whites. B'.-fore we get through with the for eigners, the Yankees will think we are in eirne^f, and the time will corni? when their notables will bc begging for their own heads, instead of begging for the AnMrian. In our struggles for liberty we have lost nearly ail. Our lands, and our mines, and our liborty, abd our wornc:i, and our honors wc still have, but the foreigners have all the available wealth of the republic ; but they will see in less than three years that Mexicans 1 will have what they want in Mexico. ' You will understand from this my position. 1 and should I by any chance whatever become < A candidate, jos will and erstand my unalter-j ? iblc platform. When the time comes, you :an make this letter public in such manner as pu think proper. ? know that you and I think alike on these matters, and I know that my countrymen will applaud our patriotic de termination. God and liberty. ESCOBEDO. Words of Warning from Tennessee. Hon. B. II. Hill sends to the Cor?nide dj Sentinel tho following letter received by him from a gentleman in Tennessee. Mr. Hill pays: "The enclosed letter was not written for publication, but it is so excellent I take the liberty of asking you to give it to our people. I know the author well. He has one of the purest hearts and best iutellects in Tennessee." CLARAVILLE, Tenn., July 2C, 1SC7. My Dear Sir :-I read a few days since your great fpeech made at Atlanta. I am truly glad to know that you ?nd others are advising your people not to accept the mis called Reconstruction Bill. Ia it not euough tbat our soldiers have been slain-our coun try made desolate-our property stolen-our cause l.->st? Must we, to this melancholy traiu of dire disasters, new add personal deg radation and national disgrace ? Never! Few of u.sl>rought out of tho war anything but our self respect. Let us preserve that until we go to the grave, where our cause and our heroic dead are buried. But, considered as a mere question of poli cy, to what, an entertainment docs this Recon struction Bili invite your people! Aro the people of Georgia auxious to exchange the Military Government of General Pope for a Brownlow government? If so, I would w;wn them to pause and reflect. Tennessee is said to be a State in thc. American Union. Let Georgia behold the coudilion, pitiable and* melancholy, of this once proud commonwealth, nacl shun a similar fate. Your condition un der Gen. Pope, is Paradise to ours under Brownlow. Remain a Territory forever-pe tition Congress to coutinueyou as a Territory unt.er a mditary ruler rather than curse you with a Brownlow government and cull you a State iu the Union. And your peop?e are und if they suppose thc Reconstruction Bill means anything buta Brownlow government fir the Southern States after they are recon structed. The government in Tennessee is the only living repr?sentative (and it is a true and faithful one) of the Congressional idea of a reconstructed State. White Radicals and negroes are to be the voters. L'.ok f.t the action of Congi ess-in reference to the Ken tucky members. There it was couceded that every member elect could take the test oath, but they repudiated this test, went behind the test oath and said their constituents were uot loyal. What is this but saying that, no people who are not Radical shall have a right to rep resentation ? What is this but the Brownlow idea, full Hedged, that none but Radicals should vote ? ot, if they do, Congress will :iOt allow their representatives to take their seats. It is a gtcat mistake to suppose there is but one Brownlow. Charity to our kind would incline us to believe that there is butene; bat this is a mistake. There are meaner men -more abandoned scoundrels-in the Radi cal party iu this State than Brownlow. This may seem incredible, but it is, nevertheless, true; and you will fiad Brownlows in your Slate to oppress and persecute your people men lost to all honor, all shame, all sense of justice. I wish every man in Georgia could witness (God forbid that they should ever ex p?rience) the reign ol terror and despotism under which tho people of this State now groan. They would pray God that they might remain a Territory uulil Gabriel's t.umpet should sound, rather thau ever emerge into such a Slate! There are about 3 00'? while men in thia county : out of tliij number about three or four hundred can vote, whilst the uegro vote will reach about 2,000. A company of negro militia is now stationed in our town, to be here on election day to incite riot and humiliate the white people. At our next county election we expect all our coun ty offices to be filled with a few Yankee thieves that have settled amongst ns, and the balance with negroes. Brownlow* election (it is aa abuse of the English language to call such a farce an election) is a foregone conclusion. Etheridge has made a bold and gallant fight for thc freedom of the white man, but he will be defeated. Brownlow, uuder the infamous franchise law (whioh has been pronounced Constitutional by tbe Brown low Judges composing our Supreme Court;, has the power to set aside the registration in any county he sees fit.- So you see the only difference between you and us is. that Gen. Pope appoiuts your civil rulers and Brownlow appoints ours. The people of this State would hail with a shout a proposition to exchange places with you. But I am writing .nore than I intended. I merely wished to thank you for your bold and eloquent speech, and to assure you that, in my humble judgment, your advice to the people of Georgia ?3 sound and wholesome. Very truly, your friend, OVER ONE HUNDRED MEN BURIED ALIVE. -The columns of thc European Germai) pa pers are filled with the particulars of the greatest disaster that ever desolated any mining district : _On the 1st of July last,the wooden frame work of a 1.500 feet deep pit of a coal mine in the neighborhood of Lugan, of Saxony, gave way, blocking np, with an impenetrable mass of timber and r*;ck, the pit at a dftplb of about three hundred ells from tbe top. At the moment of the disaster one hundred and two men. nearly ail of them the supp -rters of large families, were working in the bottom of the mine. Their provisions were calculated for one day. On thc fifth of July, the date of our latest news by mail, the place where ihc fallen masses had stopped the pit was such a solid structure that the water was standing on it many feet high. From all sides thc moit available help was offered, but the conviction that nothing could be done soon enough to save 'he unfortunate miner? weakened, as it seems, any energetic efforts. They were doomed to die of starvation and want of fresh air. On thc 4th of July all at tempts to reach the bottom of tho minc by any quick process was abandoned, and a slow but sore plan was devised by which, at leaat, the corpses of the perished could be extracted. Iron tubes of about two feet in diameter were tobe sunk through the obstructions to the bottom of the pit. Among the dead are forty four married men, one of whom had a wife and nine living children. The scenes at the entrance of the pitare described as lamenta ble without a parallel. One hundred and thirty-seven children filled the air with their woeful cries, whilst the superintendent of the mines, to whose negligence the disaster was ascribed by the poplc, could only bc saved from being mobbed by his sudden imprison ment. FORCED RECONSTRUCTION'.-Reconstruction under military dure5? will not be binding, and will not tend to harmonize, but rather to agiti.te, the country, in tho earlier debates in Congre=s upon military reconstruction the palpable and frequent obj notion to I he meas ure, on lite part of sensible Republicans, was, that any State constitution presented here without the sanction of a majority of the people would bp Invalid, acd that to admit a State und?r it would be anti Republican. The scheme for forced reconstruction, by negro votes, will be productive of mucb difficulty hereafter if it be carried through, as perhaps it may be. Tbe Reconstruction xcts are so executed under thc orders of thc military commanders, that the control of the State governments and of all the elections in ".hose States is appa rently in the interest of the negroes. The white people, even if rot disfranchised, are deterred by threats of prosecution for fraud or perjury from appearing at the polls. The State govfrnments which are to be formed by minorities wiil not be just govern ments.-National Intelligencer. The Jasper (Qa.,) Newi Boy says: "We understand-that tho wife of o?ir worthy culored j citizen, Bill Hadnot, presented him with four ! children a f. w days ago, ono weighing 8 pounds, sue 12, ono 13, one 15-IS pounds of baVies at one ! Jirth. In tho language of Bill, wo say: "Beat 1 lat white man i If jon can't, sa/ no moro ?boat 1 ?epvfinieiis?tj." J THE ADVERTISER JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14, 1807. Our Club Rates. Wo aro now furnishing tho ADVERTISER to Clubs at tho following very low rate?: Two Copies one Year, $5.50. Five Copios one Year, 12.50. Ten Copies ono Year, 22.50. Twenty Copies one Year, 40.00. No Clubs received for a less period than one year,-and in all casos the Cash will be required ia advance. The names of the entire Club must bo sent at ono time. REGISTRATION. In another column will be found, in full, tho order of Gen. SICKLES requiring that Registra tion bo commenced forthwith. Let all read this order; though we warn all that it is not pleasant reading. It lo.ives upon our mind, more than any orders we bava yet read, that we are all em phatically in tho dust, and that Radical one sidedness-to call it no worse name-knows no bouuds. .But let nothing-nothing uhutreer-neither bu nor.Muers, norengagemonts, nor time, nor distance, sickness, nor horror, nor disgust, nor antipathy, nor hopelcssnesf-?cep a tingle man from Regis tering who can. REGISTER ! REGISTER! Rest assured you will never have cause to regret it. If every white man in South Carolina, who can, will register, we may yet gain political su premacy-a goal better worth atriving for now than crowns or kingdoms. The Registrars for the 7th Regiment, Edgefield District, are Lr.vi HILL, (Chairman of Board,) J. R. BEE, and PRINCE RIVERS, (colored.) Their appointments are as follows : Hamburg, on Wednesday and Thursday, 14th and 15th August. Beach Island, on Friday and Saturday, 1 ft th ?nd 17th August. Grantville, on Monday and Tuesday, 19th and 20th August. Hatcher's Pond, on Wednesday and Thursday, 21st and 22d inst. Ljbrand's, on Friday and Satu.-day, 23d and 24th inst. Ridge's, on Monday and Tuosday,26th and 27th inst. Edgefield C. H., on Wednesday and Thursday, 2Srh and 29th inst. Pine House, on Friday and Saturday, 30th and 31st inst. Cherokee Pond, on Monday and Tuesday, 2d and 31 September. The Books to be opened at each of the above named places each day at S o'clock, and close at suusat Thc Registrars for the 10th Regiment are D U. KEMME, (Chairman of Board,} B. M. LAMA?, and ROBERT GREEN (colored.) Their appoint ments are us follows : Mauley's Store, Friday and Saturday, l'th and 17th August Mount Willing, Monday and Tuesday, 19th aud 20th August Norri?' Store, Wednesday and Thursday, 21st and 22d August. Rinehart'*, Friday and Saturday, 23d and 24th August Porry's X Roads, Monday and Tuesday, 26th and 27th August. Coleman's X Roads, Wtdnosday and Thursday, '.'itb axd 29th August. Richardson's, Friday and Saturday, 30th and 31ft Augu.it Coopersvillo, Tuesday and Wednesday, 3d and 4tV> September. The Books will beopenod at each of the abovo places each day from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. The Registers for the 9th Regiment are J. II. MCKEXS.I, (Chairman of Board,) .Tony McDsYlT, and LAwntxcE Cxis (colored.) The order of thoir appointments we have not been ablo to learn. Thc Brinier Plow. See i.dvertisement-and send in your^orders immediately. Another Mass Meeting of Freedmen. On Saturday" last, another meeting of Freed men took place at tho Academy. This meeting, if we mistake not, was for the furtherance of tho "Union Republican Club," a club now being formed-or already formed, we believe-among Freedmen of this vicinity. The Constitution and By-Laws of this Club were read to the asjcmbled multitude, and by them unanimously adopted. By article second of this Constitution the mem bers of this Union Republican Club pledge them selves to tupport the Union Republican Party throughout the whole country. The reit of its articles, we believe, provide for a general feast of charity. But article se o cn J makes such a dark spot in this feast that wc are constrained to think tho whole thiog " a bad egg." During the course of this meeting, Major JOSEPH ABNEY, having been previously invited, favored the audience with a speech, in which be gave them such admirable advice and timely warning as wa* gratifying to hear. Tho respectful and undivided attention of his listeners proved the confidence they reposed in the gifted speaker and their high appreciation of his truo, faithful and independent instructions. If they would mind every word he said to them, all would be right? and they might, in future, stay at home aud at tend to their work. Items Concerning the Crops. From all sections of our large District, ?ave one, como unqualifiedly cheering reports of the Corn and Cotton prospect. Thc unfortunate seotion which makes thc exception is that around Mt. Willing-the scope of country between Cloud's Creek and Saluda River. On Saturday last, an intelligent freedman, himself farming near Mt. Willing, gave us a very doleful account of the condition of the crops in the said section, only confirming what we had heard before. He report* that for five weeks proceeding the first Fridny in August, the drought was intense and unbroken. On that day this section was visited with abundant rain. Wc earnestly hope tho sequel will prove that crop prospects among our honorod fellow-cit iiens of Cloud's Creek and Mt. Willing arc not so gloomy as we are at present led to report. Does Every Poiiy Know This? Thal a very accomplished Baker is running his business in our town ? A cleanly and respecta ble man who attends so strictly to bis own affairs that the moss are apt never to find him out His name is Mr. SEARLES ; he bakes in a large brick oven appertaining to thc Metropolitan Hotel ; and bis Bread may be had, on any morning or after noon, from two or three different ahopa about the village. His Bread, Rusk aud Pastry are of the best kind-always light, always fresh. His PufI Paste is so fine as to' be out of the common run* He is honest and highly accommodating. We hopo our people will uphold him, for he is a pro found comfort in our midst. The Pince to get ,our Watermelon Ser ds. During the r "t week, at different times, two ravishing Wot melons have befallen the Advtr titcr Corps. For this, their thanks are due to the generosity of their old and very honored friend BKSJ. HATCHER Esq., of Pine House-the "Prom ised Land" of fruits, melons, and neighborly kindness. On account of the nevcr-to-be-sur passed superiority of these melons, we have saved tho seeds. We will give two or three of fho?e to any and every man who will enter into bond, with good surety, to give, us next season, a melon for each seed. Colloquy in Loafer's Paradise. Loafer's Paradise is Park Row. Says J. B. to J. C. " Have you got any Cotton open ?" Says J M. L, cutting iu, without giving J. C. time to re I ply : "Yes, I got one boll open." Says J. C. with ?ll disguised envy : " Well, you'd betttr go homo an l pick it out d-n quick, and got it off to Au gusta, for its 26 cents now." p&' The Radical Legislature of Connecticut has rejectod a proposed amendment of tho con stitution to give negroes the right to vote in that State. In the House of Representatives, in which tho Radicals havo a majority of about fifteen, the majority against ?ho amendment was 13. Tho hypocrisy of the Radical pretended love for the negro is shown by numerous demonstrations such i aa Ait. Militia Officers. The Yorkrille Enquirer takes th? ground we entertain the same opinion, that nnd Registration Order, it ia very clear that n son is excluded from registration becausa ] been & militia ufficor. Tho order disfranchi "executivo and judicial officers," that is al at any time previous to tho var, hnvo heh civil office created by law for administr?t any general law of a Stat?; or for th? adi tration of justice, and who afterward? en in rebellion. As no office in ths militia w?i ted for either of these purposes, and as i officors are not civil- but military officers, arc certainly entitled tb registor and vote m.-ike this point, because soma militia o hare bean in doubt as to their being all m register. ? ? ? - Washington University. We would call tho attention of the South to this flourishing " Medical College usted at Baltimore, Maryland. Tho following is a list of its distingt Faculty, eight of whom belonged to the * federate Statos Army." Rev. Tho? E. Bond, M. D., President. G. C. M. Roberts, M. D., Emeritus Prnfes Obstetrics and Disoasei of Women and Chi A. J. Foard, ^?. D., Professor of Descri and Sureical Anatomy. J. P. Logan, M. D., Professor of tho Prin and Practice nf Medicino. Harvey L. Byrd, M.#D., Professor of O ries. Martin P. Scott, M. D., Professor of the eases of Women and Children. Edward Warren, M. D., Professor of tho ciples and Practice of Surgery. John F. Monmonicr, M. D., Professor of riology and General Pathology. J. J. Moorman, M. D., Professor of Mt Jurisprudence and Hyeiene. Joseph E. Clagett, M. D., Professor of M: Medica and Therapeutics. Clarence Morfit, M. D., Professor of Me Chemistry and Pharmacy. John K. Monmonier, M. D., Demonstra! Anatomy. Its Regular Session begins on tho first Tut in October and continues five months. " One student from each Congressional trict of tho Southern States will bo ada to all the privileges of this University upor payment of Thirty-five Dollars for each Se of attendance. Wounded and disabled sol will have precedence in this regard over all applicants." All such as dcsiro to avail themselves ol privilege, will forward their applications to Fo.inD, M. D., Dean, Baltimore, Md. Any applicant recommended by Ex-Go W. PICKESS, Gen. M. W. GART and Gen. h BUTLKR will secure a beneficiary appointmei Wo commend this institution to the e:p patronage of tho South. ? ? ? "Tired ob de Calamity." On Saturday hst, as wo were crossing the bi over tho Acadoray branch, on our way ti Freedmen's Meeting, we met an aged col gentleman, "one of the olden time," retur from tho scone of action. We said to biin : " how, unclo?-is tho meeting over?" The r wai: " N<>, Massa, but I tired ob de calatn Wc bavo but little idea what the poor old m?nnt, for wo knew him not; but thc d.iy most certainly ei-oit when he, and hundred? him, will bo more sud moro " tiru J ob de calam Truth from a Union Shrieker. Flake, of the Galveston^JuWeiiH, a notor Northern Radical, says : " Wo may just a< stHto the truth at once. What ever righi privileges have been bestowed on the freed by the North have been given of necessity, a great mistake to suppose that there is anj perfluity of lovo for colored ?nen in the btmou Northern people. There is an intense hatre rebellion, but no more love for the negro than be conveniently enjoyed. Thc lines of distinc between the races nre deeper, broader, and r indelible in Quaker Pennsylvania than Mississ or TeXi.s. It would not bo strange if, some I in the far distant future, thc negro shouK forced to appeal to the South against Nortl prejudice." jjSrTbe Darlington Southerner, of a late d has an editorial article, h?aded, " How shall Pay our Debts ?" which favors repudiation, says : " Repudiation ii a word which doubl many shrink from uttering; yet that seems t the only course left for the impoverished ruined South. It is true, wc can still further to euch others trials and difficulties aud povc VIT seizing thc Utile <uch ono hus left, but th neither humane or just. We have already < the working of this system, and the additit misery it brought to our doers ! "Forgive us debts," seems a legitimate and natural pru from one impoverished Southerner to anotl and the granting cf it both humane and right. ?3f Reconstruction under military dui (says the National Intelligencer) will not be hi ing, and will not tsnd to harmonize but rathe agitate tho country. In tho earlier debates Congress upon military reconstruction the pal hie and frequent ol jeetion to the measure, on part of sensible Republicans, was, that any St constitulion presented here without the sanct of a majority of the people would be invalid, i that to admit a State under it would be anti publican. The scheme for forced reconstruct! by negro vote, will be productive of much di culty hcreaftorif it be carried through, as perhi it nay be. The Reconstruction Acts are so executed un? the orders of the military commanders, that 1 control of the State government and of all I elections in those States is apparently in the tore't of the negroe?. The white poople, even not disfranchised, are deterred by threats of pto cution for fraud or perjury from appearing at t polls. The State governments which are to bs form by minorities will not be just governments. ?gf Says tho Indianapolis (Ind.) Lera " The public debt is going up at the rate of OT twenty-four million? a month ! That is only t hundred and forty million? a year ! Cheap enou, certainly, for a grand experiment of tumi white men into negroes, and changing the Ami ican into an African system of government. -' - ? ? -? ? ? SST Mayor Gustavus Horton of Mobile, t Major by Military appointment, was arrested i tl-j 10th, by the United Statos Commissioner, ) D. Turner, for a violation of tho Civil Righ Bill, in the caye of the negro Johnson. Tho ca consisted in the banishment of the nogro, wi had lost a leg in the Union service. T rton ga bail for two thousand dollars for his appoaran on Monday. t^tf Mr. Benj. Thompson, a wealthy plant of Beaufort, S. C., was brought in a derange state of mind to tho Asylum in Columbia, on Sui day evening, tho 5th, and early the noxt mornin he committed suicido by banging himself wit his suspenders and a piece of the sheet from h bed. When discovered tho alarm was giren, an Dr. Parker, the Superintendent, sent for. Evsr effort was made to resuscitate the unfurtunat man, but it was of no avail. ,?37* Tho Albany (Ga.,) JVttf? say? : "Quite number of our plantar? are preparing tn comraeno picking cotton. If tho rain will only subside eno of the most bountiful crops over gathered wil be brought to market this yoar. J&S~ A gentleman in one of tho intorlor town is so much opposed to capital punishment that, ll is said, he rofuses to hang his gito. t3F People ofttn say they do not believe the newspapors, yet noarly all they talk about, and the most they know about anything, they leam from tho papers. Isn't it so? Then tako the newspapers. fc3^ Tho majority of non. John L. Helm, Democratic candidate for Governor of Kentucky will reach 40,000. ^5*r An officer of tho colored Loyal League at Savannah is roported to havo put out a fow days =go with about a thousaud dollars belonging to the concern. His disappearance created MOO ?mriiey&oat among tb? poor 4*tV> I Our Political Situation. The great Political Spbynx, shrouded in Reconstruction Acti of Congreis, is apparent^ difficult of solution as the fabled monster of tlquity. Tho Southern People are divided in or ion as to ita character. Ono party is charmed w tho face of this Monster, and sccs in its lin?ame nothing but amiability and loveliness ; a sect party fears its flowing mane, in which itdiscov tho haughty power of the king of beasts. So find iU paw clothed with velvet, while othors a it ii the hoof of the devil. That portion of these Acts disfranchising* e tiin class of our better citizen?, is, and must e bs, rovolting to all Southerners; save thc Fre nen, who have beon cheated by its disscmbl features, and a fow political buckston, who hi to nso its pruviiions for the purpose of obtain monoy and a little brief authority. Tho Radical Party have in none of their s exhibited more subtlety than in that particu disfranchising clause. They shrewdly caleula that it would be an apple of discord in our mid aad unfortunately their calculation hal pro' correct. The South, utterly prostrate at the cl of the war, couquered, humiliated and helpli sued for, and vainly expected from her conquere a more magnanimous peace than is usually eorded to the conquerod. Human naturo ii same yesterday, to-day and to-morrow; and i ought not, judging from thc pa?t, to have expo ed magnanimity from apeoplo who cover rojoii in a magnanimous reputation; a people natara colder than those of her own sunny clime ; a p pie in whose veins flowed tho blood of the anti of " Poor Richard," whose cold and calculati prinoiples bad long since freczed the genial c rent of their souls. Nor should she have expo ed, from the teaching of history, aught save I doom of tho conquered; that doom which in I dayi of Egyptian bondage, wai hewing wood a drawing water; with the Grecian, unconditioi slavory; with the Roman, tho Caudino For and as lato as the day of the great Engl: Roundhead, exile and. confiscation. She had nady suffered the inevitable coniequencos of unsuccessful revolution, an inflated current financial embarrassment, insecurity, of lifo a property, social and political demoralization, a naturally sought repose; indeed wai ready a willing to accept the protection even of a stro concentrated despotism. Snch ropose was guarantied by President Jon son, provided she would, in Convention asse: bled, abolish Slavory in the different States. Tl Wal done-in sackcloth and ashes. But with tl abolition came neither poaca nor repose. T Provisional Governor! appointed in the diff?re Statei, then urged the passage of tho Civil Rigl Bill, as the ultimatum, together with the rep? of the Ordinance of Secession. This oonditi vas alto complied with. And tho South awo to find out too late that the had been wofully c ?eived. Tho Radical party who were, and si ire, the dominant majority, declared by Congr? donal legislation that Presidont Jon.MOM had t weded hil powers, and refused to endorso 1 promises to tho deluded South. Tho Preside) true to tho instinct of the Politician, and losi sight of the fact that the Army and not the Pe pie govern a country immediately after all rev lotions, appealed to tho maiscs, and mot with signal defeat ; thereby rendering the Executi powerless, and loaviug the South at the mercy tbe Shcrman-Shcllabsrger faction. Then came the concocting of the lato Reco itruction Acts. According to an expose of t motives of the Radical party, by one of its 01 members, such an Act wai to be framed ai wou divido and thereby weaken tho white mon cf t South, and render the freodmsD an unit. It w said that the South had swallowed, contrary their expectation, the bitter pill of the abolitii of (lavery, bad passed the Civil Rights Bill, 1 ptaled tho Ordinance of Secession, Ac. Indai all this had been done unanimously ; and tl Radical party, despairing of creating any divisii ?ip thc South, at length found in certain provisio: of tho late Roconitruction Acts, disfranchbii most of tho old political leaders f tho countr that apple of diacord which they so earnest sought. Thad Stnven.1 himself is said to ha contended against the policy of disfranchisemo on account of participation in tho " rebellion because that would have disfranchised tho who Southern people. But with h:s accustomed shrew neis he insisted upon disfranchising that cia who had held political offices, and boldly announ that what Jackton had said of hil appointee "few die, and none reiign," might be premise of the political leaders of the South. Iliijudj rae tit bas proved correct; nml to-day we are um hie to form ?ny white man's party, becauso of tl division in our ranks caused by thii Radie Scheme. Some, like Oov. Brown, hops that h orerleaping even the Radicals themselves, Cor jre?s m*y bo inducod to remove their disability . i thors flatter themselves that because they ai flowed to vote, they will bo airo permitted I hull office without taking the iron-clad oath whilo others, who are liopelcisly disfranchise) look upon the whole thing as tho acme of degre dation. And hence it is that there has been noprecor corted move in the Stale, or in the South, as t the formation of any Conservative Party. Th proper course, under all the circumstances, woul be for the State to have had an understandin upon the subject of Convention orno Conventior 10 ai lo render herself, if possible, a unit. 1 this could bo effected and thc policy of voting fo tho Convention be adopted, (for we regard the Con vention as a foregone conclusion) white men migh be sent from most of the upper Districts,and man; from the middle Diitriuts, who would control th Convention. And alihough tim Body roust con form to the provisions uf the Reconstruction Act; jot we might, by pursuing tho course sketchs* above, avoid tho confiscation which Congress, hav ing despaired of by Federal Legislation, hopes t effect through legitimate State channels ; am might be enabled also to fill our State offices witl white men, and to protect our property from ruin 0U8 taxation. ---? -a- ? jSEJ* General Sickles hai issued an order in rc i lation to certain money advanced by South Caro lina banks, during tho war, for the purc'jaae e horns for tho Confederate service, but wh ch, no bein; expended, had been diitributud iin.it th) war, under a chancery decree, among the bau ki and other clalmanti. The order annuls th? deere) i ai a fraud againit the United Statos and appoint) i a receiver, on the part of the Government, tc , whom fund? dis'ributod, including costs and feel i of counsel, are to be repaid. Said receiver is di i reeled to report promptly any delinquincy or ob. i itruetion on tho part of individuals or oorpora 1 :ioDi in the way of tho executif. 11 the ordor. , -?-aw* ty A colored cuss who was up bofore the jolie? court at Louisville a few dajs ago, on a charge of iteiling, rather took down the concern ! ly remarking, ai ho was about to bo marched off . t) jail, lhat " if they didn't let a nigger stosl a ; Irtlo in dil dam country, I's? gwin? back to Ten nessee, where Mr. Bronlow 'ill see nigger git hit rigtta, iure." ?Set" Another of the endless series of Chicago leardal caaos has lately come to light, and tho outland offers hil injured wife $150,000 if ibo willonly lot him alone and go away quiotly. If ihe looi, the Chicago Tribune says that " the gonpi of that city and a portion of Michigan will misi one of the most salacious pieces of scan dal hat has be "n occaiioned in some years." fcjr"*" Tho wife of a celebrated phyiician, on? day lasting her eyo out of th? window, observed her luaband in tho funeral procession of ono of hia patients, at which she exclaimed : " I do wish my miband would keep away from such procas sioni-it appeari too much like a tailor carrying homehis work." The Romo (Ga.) Courier, of tho nth Inst,, mentons tho suicido in that placo of L. C. John son, i son of ex-Gov?rnor Johnson, of 8outh Carolina. S. P. Chase payi tax on an inoomo of $700,000 per year. When ha went to Washington, in 18*1, ho was not worth $10,000 ! Ho has boon a lucky financier for himsolf, if not for the coun try. Ho and Jay Cooko hara m ado u. loyalty" P?I-*?? J Closing Scene in the Surratt T WASHINGTON, Aug. At one o'clock the prisoner,.:.'John H :att, was brought into the Gourt roon issigned the seat occupied by him duri) [riaf, beside his counsel. He came into unilirg and seemed in goori spirits, i chatted with his counsel. Mr. Merrick an allusion to a report that an attempt be made at rescue, whereat the pr seemed much amused. At five minutes past one, Judge Fish sumed bia se*t upon the bench. Bj time the room was much crowded. Th( was brought in. Middleton, the clerk, addressing the said "Gentlemen of the Jury, have agreed upon a verdict?" ?Mr. Todd, foreman, said : " We hav been able to agree." Judge Fisher said : <:I have receive following letter fro? the Jury : To His Honor Geo. P. Fisher, in chai Criminal Court : Sm : The Jury in thc case of the U. John 1!. Surratt, most respectfully state they stand precisely now as when thej ballotted upon entering the room, n equally divided, and they are firmly conv that they cannot possibly make a ve We deem it our duly to thc court, tc country and in view of the condition o private tffairs and si'uation of our fan and in view of the fact that the bea several of our members is becoming seri injured under the protracted conf?neme: make this statement, and ask your hot dismiss us at once. Most respectfully submitted. W. B. Todd, Robt. Ball, J. R. Barr, : Berry, Geo. A. Bohrer, C. G. Schm James J. Davis, Columbus Alexander, McLean, Benj. F. Morrell, B. E. Getting W. W. Birth. After the letter had been read, Jndge er asked if anvthing was to be said on e side why ?ki Jury should not be dischai Bradley said the prisoner did not con and, if there was any discharge, it wou against thc protest of the prisoner. Carrington said he would leave the vs matter with the Court. Judge Fisher said he had already rec? two or three notes of a similar chamctf the one read. If there was any possit of the Jury agreeing, he would not obj keeping them for a reasonable time; bi h? was informed they could not pos? agree, ho would discharge them. The Jury was, Accordingly, dischargi ten minute* past one o'clock. The Jury left thc court-room. Judge Fisher then immediately rcac following : " I have now a very unplen duty to discharge, but one which I ca forego. On the second day of July during thc progress of the trial of .loh Surratt for the murder of Abraham Lin' immediately after-the Court had taken ; cess until the following morning, as the siding Justice vtfaS descending from the be Joseph H. Bradley, Esq., accosted him rude and inquiring manner, charging Judge with haying offered him (Mr. Brae a series of Insults? from the bench frorr commencement of the trial. The Judge claimed any intention whatever of passing insult, and assured Mr. B. that he cnterta for him no other feelings but those of re* Mr. Bradley, so far from accepting this planatior. or disclaimer, thereupon threat' the Judge with personal chastisement, ti understood. No Court can administer ju or live if its Judges arc to be threatened personal violence on all occasions, when the counsel may bc excited by any imagi insult. The offence of Mr. Bradley is which even his years will not palliate cannot be overlooked nor go unpunisbe a contempt of Court: it is, therefore, crd that his name be stricken from the ro attorneys practising in this Court." Bradley immediately rose to his feet asked if the Court had adjourned. Judge Fisher-"It has not, sir." Bradley-"Then, sir, in the presenc Court and this assembly, I hereby pronon the statement just made by the Judge utterly false in every particular." Judge Fisher, interrupting-" Crier, adjc the Court." Muller?, the crier-11 This Coart is i adjourned." Bradley-" Well, then, I will say now" Fisher, rising to leave tbe bench-" ' can say what }'ou please, sir, and mal srfach to thc crowd if you Uko." Bradley-" You have no authority to miss me from the bar ; that must be the of three of thc Judges of the Supreme Cou Judge Fisher made a reply, which inaudible lo our reporter, and then left loom, followed by a largo crowd of pers< Immediately after leaving the court ro Judge Fisher proceeded to the aireet and tered a car. He was followed closely by Bi ley, who entered the car, and, stepping ur Judge Fisher, handed him a note. Ju Fisher took the note, rose lo his feet, ope it, and began to read it ; and Mr. Brad turned and left thc car, around which an cited crowd had gathered. It is understood the note was a challen Several police sprang into the car. and oil! McKenney slipped to the side of Mr. Bradl aud remained in that position while he mai ned in the car. Leaving the car, I Bradley passed through tho crowd and entei his office, and was followed by several frier belonging to the Bar. A large crowd imr diately gathered on the comer in front of ollice. After remaining in his office a f moments, Mr. Bradley came oat, arm-in-a: with his brother, Charles Bradley, Esq., the National Bank of the Republic, and pi ceeded down Louisiana Avenue, followed a crowd of friends and curious persons, w excitedly discussed the proceedings whi had just transpired. In the meantime Judge Fisher resumed 1 perusal of the note. When the car mov off' a number cf his personal friends had c tered the car and a great deal of apprehc sion was manifested of a personal encount between the Judgo and the deposed lawyer. A movement is on foot to indict Bradli for sending Judge Fisher a challenge, but appears that Bradley simply acccPred Judi Fisher's verbal challenge, offered during tl difficulty, which led to Bradley's debasemer They dilemma is, if Bradley is punishub for accepting, Judge Fisher is liable for sen ir.g. The penalty is fine and imprisonme: for five years All interest in the Surra trial yields to the Fisher and Bradley quam The jurors for conviction are: Tod' Schneider, McLean and Barr. The reveno receipts to-dny amount I $1115,000 ; for the week $3,7-1-1 OOO. Thc Postoffice department has authorize postal service between Galveston, Texas, an Tuxpan, Mexico, semimon'hly, by means i x line of packets established Ly J. R. Whil lc Co., of Galveston. From Havana. NEW ORLEANS, August 10, noon.-?lavan dates to the 5th say that the Spanisl ma steamer from Cadiz arrived to-day, briugin the new Postmaster General. The Diario de la Marino, of the 4tb, insist that the United State; ha9 been a party ti the indiscriminate shooting in Mexico by th Li .erais, and calls for a Europeau coalitioi against America, in order that th/s cause o common rights should be respected through out thc continent. The British steamer Lyre arrivod thii morning from Yera Cruz. Santa Anna has been brought to Veri Cruz by a Mexican mnn-of war, and was u bo tried for conspiracy. A reward of ten thousand dollars is offered for Marquez. In the Capital order is being speedily restored by the energy of the Juarez Gov ernment. Trouble from the Indians continues. The Standard, of Pachucha, gaya a courier passed Otumba with news of thc capture of Marquez at a hacienda in Puscdorces. The Mexican Government schooner Juarez arrived at Vera Cruz on thc 30lh, having on board Santa Anna's wife and family. --?? ? The Agricultural Department at Washing ton gires tho comforting assurance dint tho waoat .rop of t^o present yenr will allow fire and a half bushels to each individual, white or black, man, woman and child. Not much of a farnino freeport ia auch inteUifowo, Row Between Stanton and the Presi dent. Correspondence of the Ckarleetoa Courier. WASHINGTON, August 7. The President finding that Secreter)' Stan ton would not tender His resignation upon a verbal rnvitation, yesterday sent him a note, stating t.hat political considerations required his resiim?tion. Tbc Secretary replied wi'.b equal brevity that public considerations re quired him to remain until the meeting o! Congress. Tho President declares freely in conversation that be will not permit Mr. Stanton to attend thc Cabinet meetings regain. Ho claims the right to remove him in spite of the ienure of office law, concerning the construction of which there is some dispute. But ho r.ays he will suspend him from the execution of official functions, which he can ccrtainl' do. Tho tenure of office bill ap plies, as some suppose, only to heads of de partments, who were appointed by the Presi dent, and Mr. Stanton was the appointee of Lincoln. But thc law in its spirit applies to any member of the President's Cabinet. It is plain that Mr. Stanton intends to give the law a construction which will enable him to hold the olfice, and which will be sustained by his Radical friends in Congress. Nearly a year ago the President had deter mined ti) dismiss Mr. Stanton, but he was dis suaded from it by Mr. Weed, and Mr. Ray mond, aod Mr. Seward. . Mr. Seward is, no doubt, opposed to any breach iu the Cabinet as uow composed. Gen. Grant, i : is supposed, was favorable to the retention of Mr. Stanton. The ? resident has delayed the removal of Gen. Sheridan in the expectation of being rid of Stanton. He wishes to be relieved from this encumbrance, before he encounters the storm which the removal of Sheridan will make. Besides, it may be an inconvenience to give las orders through a Secretary of War who ia unfriendly to that object. The Radical politicians all advise Stanton to hold cm and badger the President as much as he can. They have probably advised Sheridan to do the same thing, if the Presi dent should attempt to relieve him. They hold promises, no doubt delusive, of high pre ferment md popular regard, as tho reward ol his insubordination. LEO. The fe llowing is the correct text of the cor respondence which recently passed between the President and the Secretary of War: EXECUTIVE MANSION*, j WASUVHC/ON, August 5, 1867. J <Si'r ;-Public considerations of a high character constrain me to say that, your resig nation a? Secretary of War will be accepted. Very respectfully, ANDREW JOHNSON. To Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. To which Secretary Stanton replied as fol lows : WAU DrTAimtENT, \ WASHINGTON, August 5, 18G7- j Sir .---Your note of this day has been re ceived, scating that public considerations of a high character constrain you to say that m\ resignation as Secretary of War will be ac cepted. In reply, I have the honor to say that pan lie consid?rations of a high cbiracter, which alone have induced me to continue ai the head of this Department, constrain me not to resign the office of Secretary of War before the next meeting of Congress. \ cry respectful! v yours, EDWIN M. STANTON. To the President. WASH NGTON, August 10.-It is stated that the Cabinet have agreed that the Presidcni can remove Stanton und^rthe first section,or suspend him under the second section of lh< Tenure of Olh> ; Bili. The "New Crisis.*? The following Card from Ex-Senalor Har ris, of Maryland, was published very conspic uously ir. the N. Y. Herald, of the 10th: NEW YORK, August 8, 18(17. To the Editor of thc Herald : I thank you lor your manly announcement in this morn ing's Herald, in ?hearticle beaded the "New Crisis." Your views in that article are -cc wholesome that I car.not leave the eily this morning, beicg transiently here, without ex pressing my gratitude. I assure you, sir, that the present effort of party leaders to secure political power by making the Southern States negro States, is most alarming, and the peo ple of th ; North must not allow its success, if they vilue their own freedom and prosper ity. If i he people stop to think they will spurn si"ch an at tem ?rt with indignation. Nothing but false issues can possibly allow such a rt inous pnject to succeed. To cheal the people, the advocates of this nefarious scheme will keep before them the idea o'. martyrdom, and all that sort of thing, but the true issut shouid beever present to our minds, aud martyrs rewarded at less expense than the overthrow of our institutions. Now, sir, I have done my humble part in the late war for the Union. Two of my sous have fallen under thc Union flag, and my part has been in contribution, and not in the reception of a penny's profit during the strife; but never have I wshed anything buta restored Union. For this, and this alone, I have sacrificed, and not for the clevaiion of thc negro nor the disfranchisement of thc people of the South ern States. If the'people of the South are not to be restored to the Union, then the old copperhead cry that the Union could not be restored by arras is verified. Tbe idea that the Souta must, bo Africanized before'its States aro allowed to return is an admission that the war has been a wicked failure, and has been waged for the destruction of the re public, .?t is not a debatable question. We did not send our sons to die for the erection of negro States in Ihe South. I appeal to the great masses in the North, who generous ly poured out their blood in tho conflict, if this was t bet.- object ? Mr. Editor, you have hit a tenter chord in your remarks this morn ing, and I know it will awaken the sleeping sense of "he people on this crisis. I have purchaser a plantation in Alabama, and con template a removal there, and encouraging others in :ho North to follow me; but, if that State is tc- be a negro State, farewell to my purchase. The reasons are obvious. The fanatics n ay not 6C0 them, but men of com mon sens-- can. I thank you again, from my heart. IKA E. HARRIS. ? ? A 1 airs ill North Carolina. WILMINGTON, August 8.-A Coroner's ju ry waa enipannelled to-day, half white and half black, which is thc firjf- practical cn forcetneut of thejur)' order in this immediate section*. Genera' Sickles has issued an order post poning, until further orders, the session of the North Carolina Legislature, appointed for thc 3d Monday in August. Tho Sheriff and Tax Collector repon, un exampled difficulty in the collection of State and country taxes. Some parties will refuse to pay the State taxes on the ground that the State government has no practical existence, and believing that thc Sheriff will net be al lowed to distrain property for non-payment of taxes. A case ul conflict of authority between the Federal Civil Courts and the military has arisen in f te Second Military District. Or der No. IQ, issued some weeks ago by Gene ral Sickles commonly known as thc slay law, providing 'or stay of executiou of judgments and debts, has come in conflict with thc exe cution of r judgment rendered by Chief Jus lice Chase whilst presiding in thc United Slates Circuit Co^it in North Carolina. It appears tbut an execution was issued upon this judgmant, directing the United States Marshal to levy upon proper y of the defen dant in Wilmington, N. C. The Marsha! pro ceeded to that city, and was about to make a levy, when he was. confronted by the Military Commander thero stationed, who exhibited Order No. 10, which ho claimed waa a bar to further 'Kjcccclings by the Marshal. Tito latter whhJreW and reported Ibo facts to the Attorney-Ocneral lor instructions. Tho mat ter was submitted to the Cabinet, by the As sistant Attorney General, Mr. Hinckley. The latter was on the 10th, instructed by the President ,o comm mijota the facts to Gene rai Sickles, and inquire whether his order staying collection was intended to include judgment! rendered by the Federal Courte. ?ST" A young lady of respectable family was arrested by the police of Pittsburg, Pa., on Tharg day, disguised aa a negrcsa, having blackened her face and neck with oil and charcoal. It seems that she was suspicious of another young lady being on too intimate terms with her lover, and she expected to surprise them in disguise. p?f A subscriber of a country paper of long atanding, who had never paid a dollar of bia aub scription, told the collector not many moons ago, when crilod upon for his little bill, that he had no funda ; ho " only subscribed for the thing ia order to encourage the undertaking." ?S3* An infant, six months old, child of Mr. John Fravel, in Marion township, Centre county Ohio, died on the 2nd of July, by hanging itself by the draw-strings of ita night gown. The child c*n rolled out of bed, the drawstring of ita gown catching on a bed-pin, and causing ita strangula tion. IS?* Col. Miguel Lopez, tho traitor, after gell ing Maximilian and bis generals, went to Pue bla to visit his wife. . His reception was decided ly cold. His wife advanced to meet him, leading their little son by rho hand, and addressed him thus: " Sir, herc is your aon ; wc cannot cat him in two; take him. Toa are a base coward and traitor. You have betrayed your country and your benefactor. From thia hour wo ar.e stran gers, for Tahal? this day retire to my family. Go." ??t^k motion in the New York Conititulional Convention, now in session, looking to the resto ration of gold aa an excluaivo legal tender, wai referred to a committee. ?KTTho Philadelphia Pres? coolly saya it would not desire to see such a man aa Brownlow Governor of Pennsylvania, but that he ia good enough for Tennessee. ?Sr There is no foundation in thc report that Gov. Jenkins, of Georgia, had been removed by thc Military. ..^SBT* A Fashionable party should be called a " daughtercultural show." CST It is said that thc caterpillar (or army worm) has appeared among cotton on several of the Sea Islands, between Savannah and Charles ton. ?&" ?11 tho Powers of. Europe have recalled their representatives from Mexico, not being wil ling to recognize the existence of a so-called regi cide Government. Mexico is under the han of civilized nations. jfcgrThe State Tax Collector for Sumter Dis trict hns rc urned to the sheriff 2,900 executions, including his own name and the ?heriff^'i among the defaulters. OBITUAEY. We greatly regret to have to record the death of that excellent lady Mrs. CHARLOTTE OUZTS, consort of tho late DAVID OOZTS. She died at her residence in this District, on tbe 4th July last, aged about 70 years. Exem plary in all her deportment, she was a model for the whole community, sustaining evory rolation of life admirably; and when the summons came it did not find her unprepared; but abe left us with ber lamp trimmed to take up her residence in the " better land," where we hope ber dear chil dren, neighbors and friends, will join her. Her Church will mis3 her, as she was a dutiful member of the Baptist organization for about 45 y oars. J. T. AUGUSTA, Aug. 10. COTTON.-The market was dull to day. We quote Middling at 25i cent?. Tho sales to-day araoun ted to 44 bales, as follows: 1 at 22, ll at 24J, 2" at 25. and 5 halos at 26 cents. Thc ro . ocip'x were 20 bales. . GOLD-Tho Brokers are buying at 110 and selling at 142. WHEAT-Whit?, per bushel, $1,S5@$2,00; Red, $1,80. CORN'-White, $1,55@$1.'G0 j Yellow, $1,50. BACON-Shoulders. 15*@l*; Rib Sides, 17i (3)13J : Clear Side?, 1SJ@lil.-Constitutionalist CHARLESTON, Aug. 10. Cotton haj declined lc-salos 125 bales; re eoipts 150 bales. NEW YORK, Aug. 10. Cotton a shade firmer-sales of 900 bales at 2Sic. Flour. $6,60@n.25 ; Wheat closed quiet ; Corn 12c. lowcrand very heavy ; Provisions firm ; Groceries quiet and unchanged. BALTIMORE, Aug. 10. Sales of 9000 sacks cf Coffee, on private terms-. Cotton unchanged; Flour dull and in favor of buyers ar a decline of 25(0)50 cfs. on all gradea ; Wheat dull an.! declined 5 ct* ; Corn dull white $1,12(51.13; yellow $1.13@1.17; Sugar vcrv firm, importers' stock light; Provisions stock of Bulk Meats and Bacou 3,500,000 lbs., m.nrkct quiet for birpo l?t.? anil Ftcndy for con sumption, but price unchanged ; Whiskey dull. CINCINNATI. Aug. 10. Flour scarce and advanced 25 nts.-Superfine $7,75@S,25; Corn dull and nominal ; Provisions finner, rales 200 hogsheads ; ^Bacon-Shoulders, 12c, Clear Rib 15c, Clear Sides 15@15Jc; Mesa Pork hold at $24. Religious Notice. The next meeting of tho Edgefield Association will bo held with Bethel Church, commencing Saturday beforo the 2d Sabbath in September. L. R. GWALTNEY, MOD'R. Aug 13 3t 33 School Notice. THE Exercisea of Mrs. E. C. TEAGUE'S SCHOOL will be resumed on Monday, the 19th inst. Aug 12 lt 33 TAX NOTICE. DEPUTY COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, U. S. I. R. EnoEFiELD C. n., S. C., Aug. 13, 1867. HAVING received the Annual List for 1865? and the Special Tax List for 1S67, I hereby give notice to Tax Payers that I will be ready after Thursday, the 15th, to receivo their Taxes until the 1st Septembor, after which time the pen- * . nltics of the law will be enforced indiscriminate ,ly. Notice is also given to those who have net paid their Taxes on the April list, that if not paid im mediately, I am ordered hy the Collector to col lect the same by distraint and sale. Mutilated or torn Billa trill not be received. I must insist on all Taxes being paid in Logal Tender Notes if possible, as I am responsible for Counterfeit National Bills that I may receive. Tax Payers arc requested to be punctual, and to govern themselves according to the abovo no tice, as I have no discretion. SS?" OfHce hours from 9 A. M. until 4 o'clock P. M. R. W. CANNON, Dep. Col. U. S. Int, Rcvonue, 5th, 6th and 7th Div., Edgefield Dist Aug 18 2t 3.? THE Brinly Steel Plow! IAM now receiving orders for the above justly celebrated PLOW-r-to be used this Fall in tho preparation of land for small grain. Persons desirous of trying them will please hand in their orders-accompanied with the C<t?h-by the first of September, nt which time I will order as many Plows as I have received Cash orders. The Brinley Plows have been used in this vi cinity nearly a year, and bav? been pronounced by all who witnessed thfir effective work and light draft, THE BEST PLOW NOW IN USE. For the preparoliun of !ai:d for Wheat, Corn and Cotton they have no equal. Prices : No. 1-One Horso Turning Plow, $8,0t> Steel Cotton Scraper for abovo, 2,5ft. " ? Sweep " " 3,50 No. 2-Two Horse Turning Plow 10,00? Freight Extra. _^SrCall and sec a specimen. K. H. ?tflMS, Agent. Aug 13 2t 33 Make Your Own Soap. Wfi have- just rccciwd a large supply of CONCENTRATED LYE and POTASH "ur Soap making. TEAGUE A CARWILE. linder M?sonio Hall. Au;; 13 If .33 $5,C>Q Reward,.. LOST, on tho 13th inst,, on the Martin Town Road, supposed between Hamburg and Jiill Ureek, tho BARREL of a Double Barro! Shot Gun, in whieh two n?w Tubes had been inserted. [ will give tho above reward for it uninjured. Addresa, Kirksoy*sX HOT. 1?, Edgefield District, S.C. E. H. LA CROON. July 31 St 31