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South Carolina Radical Negro Conv lion. SIXTH DAY. CHARLESTON, Jan. 2' Th ! Convention assembled at 12 M., was catltfJ lo order by the President, Dr ti. MACKEY. Mr. T. Hurley presented a preamble resolution iu reference to the puuishmcr. bribery at elections, and providing that person receiving bribe?, t>r offering tb shall bf incapable of holding . Hice or vo for a. period i f five years, and otherwise \ ?shed by linc arid imprisonment. Referre tho Committee on Franchise and Electi Mr. Hurl.)- i.\ u presented a aer.es of r luii'.ns for the organization of a militia in State. wi:icL' were referred UFihe Commi on Miscellaneous Matters. A j?r i position to abxiiib the DistricfCo of the State w?ss voted cowu em tuc <-ro tba*, u^der the Reconstruction Acts the c cf the Convention was simply to frat: Constitution. Mr. C. C. Bowen introduced a lengthy somewhat conservative Bill of Rights, w was referred to the Committee on Bi Rights: T. K- Sasportas offered a resolution al ing nil pereons to act as jurors, withou gard to race, c dor or previous condition, vided they are registered voters, and abl rea?! and write intelligibly. Referred to Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. J. M. Runion*offered a resolution; vidiog for the election of Justice of the Pi m each distric. Referred to the Corami on Franchise and Election. James X. Day ne submitted a petition p ing lor the making nf a new district ct portions of Barnwell amt tile adjacent ti icu-, which was referred to the Com mi on Legislation. L. 3. Langlej offered fhc following, wi was referred to the Committee cn Bil R;gbts : Whereas tho pernicious doctrine of St: Right-, as believed in and taught by a t latan son of South Carolina, Hon. Jobi Calhoun, bas co^t our beloved country tn valuublc lives and many millions of treasu and, Whereas, it is highly necessary that iiew Constitution which tin's Conveutint about to frame should not Le silent on subject, therefore be it Resolved; That the allegiance of tho c ze .sof this State is due to the Federal G er.itnent, and to South Carolina only so 1( a-, she continues a component part ol' American Union. F. J. Moses, Jr., Chairman of the Exe tive Committee, r..pn.t-d Favorably on resolution to employ Major C. D. Melton. ( of the Solicitors of the State, to assist drawing up ordinances, ?fcc. Also, rece mending that Major D. T. Corbin be appoin solicitor of the cunverKkn. with the pay ? mileage of a del<-<:ate. -The report was adopted. W. E. Johnson < tiered the following, wb was referred io ibo Committee on Frauen and Elections : (/ber?as, it ha? been proposed to ?his C volition that all ministers .-.iiall be doban from {Kirlicipaliiig in all political Hair.-, b Resolved, That all men, whether iuiuisti or otherwise, shall be liable to-any posit i in the government thut the people In th judgment may houor them with, providi that said minister or man be qualified to the uliici s they may be called to serve in. A. J. Rmsier offered a preamble and rei lutionsauthorising the Committee on Edin tion to enquire into the expediency of est? lishtng a BoarJ of Education, consisting three for each Congressional District, i ferred to tho Committee on Education. On motion of R. C. DeLargo, the Convc tica adjourned. SEVENTH DAY. January 22. The Convention assembled at 12 M., a was called to order by the President, A. Mackey. The President announced the first businc in order to bo thc reports of Special Cot milices. Mr. C. C. Bowen made a report of t! Committee on thc Judiciary, a resolution relation to Contracts, where the considerate was for the parchase of slaves, stating th they bad considered the 6ame and recommei for their adoption the following ordinance: First. We, ?he people of tho State S-jutli Carolina, by our delegates in Couve: tion. do hereby ordain a^id declaro, that ? contracts, whether under .?eal or not, the co sidcraiion of which were for the saleof slave ure nub and vi,id aud o? non-effect. Second. No suit, either at law or cquit; shall be commenced or prosecuted on sue contracts, and proceedings for the satisfai tion and pavment of judgments aud deere? which at any time heretofore have been r; corded, rendered, enrolled, or cn'.ered upo blich contract?, are hereby forever prohibits Third. All orders relative to such cot tracts which rn iy at any time heretofore hav been ?nade in any Court of this State, tithe of law or equity, whereby any property, rer or personal, is held subject to decision as t the validity of such contracts, are also dc dared null and void, and of non effect. Thc President .-tated that the Cooventio having at an carly session of the body adopte the Huies of the House nf Representative! aud regarding the term ordinance in thc Cor vi lition as synonymous with Bill in the Leg islatirc Assembly, the (..'hair was compelled t decide that no ordinance can pass the Ctr veiilion until it bas received three rorrdinjr? The Chair decided therefore that this ordi nance had received its first reading. Mr. X. G. Parker made the following report The Committee on Finance, to whom wat referred an ordinance relative to the valida tion cf a portiou of thc bills receivable o thc State, and thu ?ale thereof, and the man ncr of levying and collecting the tax autho rized by Act of Congress, to defray the ex |>enses of the Convention, with instructions tr. report thereon t his morning, beg leave respect fully to report, t hu they are in correspon dence With Major-General E.R. S. Can by tin! Governor of the S:atc, and other State olficials, from whom information is asked, arie: that it was impossible lo arrive at any con elusion at so early a day, and respectfully a--k further time, with the assurance that an carl) report may bc expected. R-porl adopted. Mr. Whittemore oll'ered the fol!.-wing, which was reterred to the Committee on Leg islation. It shall be the duly of the General Assem bly, as sooa a-; circumstances will permit, to form a penal code, founded on the principles of reformation and not of vindictive justice, and also to provide one or more farms to bc an asylum foi those persons, who, by reason oi a*?e, infirmity, or other misfortunes, may have a claim upon tho aid of the benevolence of society, that such persons may therein find employment and every reasonable comfort, aud lose by the r usefulness the degrading .sense of dependence. L. S. Langley called for the special order, Lamely; the report o:' the Committee recom mending a petition to '?cutral Cunby to sus pend, for three months, the collection of all debts coulractcd prior to the 3(Jth of June, 18C5. After consid?rable debate the matter was made the special oreler for half-past one to morrow. EIGHTH DAY. CHARLESTON, Jan. 23. The Convention assembled at 12 e?'cloek. Prayer by Rev. R. II. Cain (colored). The roll v.Ms culled and j- uri.a! read. J. J. Wright fnad>-a report of the Cum initteo on thc Judiciary on resolution of in ri liry :o the legislative powers of tho Con vention. Matle the special order for one o'clock to morrow. J, J. Wright made a report of the same Committee on ar. ordinance for thc abolition of tho District Courts. Tho Committee re gard the ordinance -is unnecessary, as the subject will bc embraced in the report ol the Judiciary Committee upon that portico of the j Constitution referred to them. Adopted. li F. Randolph offered the following, which waa r? ferred to the Committee on Franchise and Eicctious: Whereas, incentives ar? necessary to a more speedy attainment of learning and in telligence, which aro the sure guards of Ro pubbcan liberty, therefor?, be it J ? _LL . _>_ Resolved, That tbe forthcoming Constitu tion of the Suite shall provide that all persons coining of age aiter the lirst of January, 1875, shiill i>os>css the qualifications of read ing and writing intelligently in order *o be able to vote. Referred lo the Committee on Franchise mid Elections. B. F. Randolph offeree a r?solution, which was voted down, that t!ie constitution shall hereafter make no distinction on account of color in such l<i\vs as it may adopt with refer ence to the public schoola. The special order for ] o'clock, the consid eration of au ordinance for thc division of Fickeos District, was announced by the Pres ident, whereupon a lively debate ensued. Messis. L. B. Jobnsou, Parker, Duncan, Donahou, and some Lur or five negroes nd vooited the measure, whilst DeLarge, Whip per, and other Colored '-gemmell," with equal power and eloquence, Opposed thc proposition. Finally, on motion ol Air. F. J. Mosts, Jr., the ?>picial"order was discharged until one o'c'ock next Monday. The next special order taken up was the petition to Central Can by for thc slay ot all executions on debts contracted prior to thc 30th of Jun?. 1S-J5. [On this question we copy as .reported in the XL ] The object of the opposition was to ki'd it bv atnenrtment. Two or three were offered, wbeu DeL rgc (colored) called for the previ ous question, {subsequently this was recon sidered, and T. J. Robertson, E-q., re id a speech which he Lad prepared on thc subject. Ile churned thal tilos? who had brought ab jut the impoverished condition of the coun trv wire not the poor men or the loyal meo, but those whj pretend to represent its wisdom, intelligence and wealth. Ii w<?.this class who were clamoring for slav laws ?.nd homestead laws. Some of them assert thai tiny cannot live in this country that a war of ra:es 13 im vitable. Th-y are tue,principal debtors of the State, and do not wmt to pay tueir debts, aud they never will S) long i.s they have unconstitutional stay laws to pr .tect them. For one he would say, let the property of the country change hands, and if lands sell cheap, so mueh better for ti;c p >cr man of tlie Stale, i ecause it will enable him to pro vide himself with a home] and thus identify himself with the soil. [Mr. Robertson did not say, in this cornice don, that with one hundred of his four hun dred thousand dollars he expected, on thc first of February next, to absorb the proper ty of probably seventy-live poor farmers and turn tlu-m adrift in the world to sees Lomes elsewhere.] Thc men, said thc speaker, who are askinp for relief, are those who do no not recognize thc validity of the Reconstruction acts of Congress, and who refused io vote for d-.le gates, to this convention. Some of them called the convention a menagerie, but it is thc menagerie which is to protect their prop erty at ihc expense of the loyal citiz ns and working men of thc country. TLe speaker continued i:i this vein, so well calculated to appeal to the payions of the colored clement-, aud when Mr. Robertson ;o~>k Irs sea:, he w.?s fJiovred by R. H. Cain, of Chu:lesron, a colored ?'reacher, who said that the only reason why this peculiar ques tion was befo: o the house was because it ?flectud the puer Dian KS mueh if n u more than it did the rich. He was io favor of measures of relief, but did not believe that any act of the convcutiou could effect relief in such a manner as would be either ju?t or constitutional. Even if it possessed the pow er, the men tobe most greatly benefited by the pa-sago of the resolutions belonged to that class who. siucc the war, have done ail they could to antagonize the true progress of tho country. If these people had made con tracts they had done so with their cye3 open. If they now suffered it was only in conse quence of th ;?r own'sins, and for one he was not willing to afford them any reiief whatever. They not only should sell their lauds, but he would make them sell their lands and give lue poor man a char.ee. The remarks of Cain were thoroughly revo lutionary in their character, adroitly made, and well calculated to arouse, os he intended they should, the passions of thc colored dele gates. The speech will probably have the ef fec: of dividing the two races on the floor, breaking up all combinations of moderate men. and dragging such as Wkittemore, Bow en, Whipper, Wright. Langley, and others into tho ranks of the negro extremists. We said at the beginning of our reports tbat the negroes had the ndvantage of intel lect on the floor, and a few more such exhi bitions as those of Cain will draw thc whito men hedy and soul into the range of colored control. No colored man will dare to ri-.k bis reputation by answering Cain, or put him self beyond the pale of hi* party by antago nizing what are now evidently the prejudices of tho convention. Thc hour of adjournment arrived in the midst of thc debate, and 'he convention ac cordmgly " rested from its labors." NINTH DAT. ' CHARLESTON*, Jan. 24. The entire day was consumed by the -ringed, freaked and strip.-d,1' in a continua tion of the discussion on th J special order of yesterday-the petition to Gen. Cauby for the slay of all executions on debt? contracted prior to the ?iOth Jone ISG5. The discussion was carried on principally by the colored del egates, some of them expressing kinder senti ments towards the white people of the State, than many of the pale faced scalawag mem bers of the so-called Convention are capable of honestly entertaining. It was regarded on the one hand hy extremists that the whites owning prop rty, who are about to be sacri ficed at the Sheriffs sales, >ught to suffer by re.i>on of participation in the war, and on the other band that sales would be made to speculators and strangers who would hold the property at exorbitant rites, forbidding the development of the enterprise of the Col ored race. The feeling; however, nf the ma jority is evidently to protect all classes from ruin until thc Legislature can adopt purina Dent me sures of relief. As ATTENTIVE Juno?.-Albert F. Grego rie, the colored man previously mentioned as hiing one of the jurors in thc State Court, was accepted by the prisoner, Preston Johnston, and is one of the twelve who will decide on bis guilt. G reg n ie has al wa ,-s been f ree, and is apparent'-/ quite intelligent. During thc trial yesterday morning he was busily engag ed in laking notes of the te tiruony elicited, and seemed i rn pressed with the dignity and res ponsibility of his position. Ali hough very quiet and unobtrusive, his earnest endeavors io collect the facts of th>j casi were observed and commended by many in the court room. -Char. News. Mu. DAVIS IX MISSISSIITI.-The Vicksburg il Time?" says : Long absent, but warmly loved, as well in the day of his power as when a shackled prisoner in Fortress Monroe, tho hearts of our people yearn towards ['resident Davis with unutterable affection. For what he has borne and suffered in the cause of the people, he will always bc honored and re membered. We cannot grce, him, as in oth er day.'-, with public manifestations of respect and gratitude, but when Jefferson Davis again stands ainong-t his old friends, though their voices may be mute, their hearts will throb with a wild tumultuous joy. F?ELO HASPS WASTEO.-Plauters from St. Marys parish now attending the Fair state that two thousand field ham's are wanted in that pari ?h. The best plough and field hands ar- paid fifteen dollars a month and rations, five pounds of pork and a peck of meal week ly, besides good quarters, futd and an Hereof laud to w.ii lc Oil thsir own account.-New Or ien:* Crescent. GEORGE Hi PENDLETON*.-The following is the concluding paragraph of a leading edito rial from the Muscstino (Iowa) Courier: Voters are getting heariily sick of unneces sary taxation ; sick of giving lo thc rich rind robbing the poor ; sick of a disrupted coun try ; sick of business prostrated ; and they arc turning to the Democratic parly for relief. Tue man who can and will lead t'iern out of the difficulties which the Radicals have brought upon them will receive their hearty Rtipport for the office of President. Such a man now stands prominently before the people. Wo refer le George H, Pendleton, of Ohio. THE ADVERTISER. JAMES T. BACON, EDITOB. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 1868.. Oar Club Hates. "We aro now furnishing tho AUYKRTISER to Clubs at the following very low ratos: Two Copies ono Your, $5.50. Five Copios ono Year, . 12.50. Ten Copies ono Year, 22.50. Twenty Copies ono Your, 40.00. Xo Clubs received for a less period than one year,-and in all cases the Cash will bo required iu advance. Thc names of tho cutir? Club must be sent at one time. Advertiser Agents. The following gentlemen arc our authorized Agunts, and will rccoipt for all manics for Sub scriptions or Advertisements sent through them : B. W. HAUD, Granitevillc, S. C. M. M. PADGETT, Mine Creek, S. C. CUAS. NICXERSON, Big Creok, S. C. Rov. J. P. BODIE, Kirksey's X It'ds, S. C. JACOB HUIET & Brio. Huiot's Store, S. C. Provost Court. Wu have been requested to announce th_t the Provost Court will comwftneo its next session at Ibis placo, on the ]6i.h day of March, instead of the 11th March. Parties interested will govern themselves accordingly. p$f~ Wo very frequently receive marriage and obituary notices by mail, unaccompanied with any responsible nuinc ; and from which causo tho siid notices, intended for publication in the Ad vtrtUer, aro thrown avide unncticod. Thc Mullarky' Brothers. Messrs. AUSTIN and JAMES MPLLARKY, part ners for years past, in the great firm of GRAY, MULLARKY & Co., have themselves set up ? co partnership, and now invite their old friends and customers to 2?2 Broad St Augusta, tho well known S turo lately occupied by I. KAU.W ? Co. Wo venture to prodiot that this new Dry Goods Establishment will, from tho very beginning, stand second to none in Augusta. As regards the energy, enterprise, osperience, courtesy and probity of the MULLAKKY BROTBRRS, no one in Edgcficld neeth to bo informoJ. They aro universally known and respected. And wo !>ospeftk for thom, in their new and independent cipacity, a continuance of the liberal patronage they have so long known at tho bands of thc peo ple of Edgcfielil. Wo bug our reders to bestow upon their card, in another column, very special attention. Thc S. C. Negro Convention. The Charleston A?*i of Snturday speaks as follow.-; of tho present aspect of tho "Great Rioged-S'.reaked-and-Stripod" concern: "A cri sis has evidently arrived in the policy of the Convention. Heretofore, its tone lins bnen com paratively conciliatory and modorate. Hereaf ter, the negroes are likely to form a compact, s did body of voters ia one direction. The real animus of their action-their bate for tho land bolder-was yesterday developed to tho full, and no man not a member of the Convention could observe the display of feeling, ill-conceived as it was, without seeing tro.iblo in tho not distant fu ture 'Some supposed that the body would bo mode rato ; that S> nth Carolina would bc able lo boast a more intelligent und better disposed array of delegates than any other 'rebellious'State ; but the bubbio has burst. Negro shrewdness is like ly to triumph in the Convention, and tho whirl wind set in motion by tho whi'o leaders is fast progressing beyond their control. Ino excite ment yesterday, after the Convention adjourned, was very great, and wc seriously doubt whetbor there is strength enough among the white dele gates to hold it in check, unless this desirable ob ject can bc coinpasecd by such clever colored members as Whipper, Wright, Langley, Wilder, and othors of that class." ** Pure Flour ol' Raw Done." There is a new Fertilizer for you ! And we Lear and road on all sides now that this "Pure Flour of Raw Bone," is a most powerful and never failing slimoluct of llio foil. And in tb in connection, we point our readers to tho advertise ment, headed " Farmers," of thoso popular and widely known merchants of Augusta,. J. SIBLEY ? SONS. Freedmen's Burean Circular. Maj. WILLIAM STONE, 1st Lieut, -loth U. S. Inf., Assistant Sub-Assist. Commissioner Bureau Refu gee?, Freedmen aud Abandoned Lauds, for Edge field District, from his headquarters at Aiken, nnder date of tho 22d January, has issued tho following instructions for tho guidance of tho people of tho District : Circular Xo. 1. Tho attention of pcrsjns employing Freedmen in Edgefield District this year, is callod to tho necessity of making written contracts with thom. Such contracts should bo forwarded to this Oflico fjr approval at as early a day as possible Contracts should be made in triplicate, tho original for file here and a copy for the employ ers and thc freedman. Tho original must have a fivo cent internal revenue stamp upon it, which must be affixed before it is submitted for appro val. It is rec intnended that contracts be brief and simple in their terms. No clauses which giro employers permission to discharge hands without pay, or to levy fines for absenco from work in excess of thc rate of wnges paid, will bo approved. What shall constitute a sufficient ground for discharge with forfeiture rf all pay, must bo do cided at this Office, or by a Court of competent jurisdiction. An absolute abandonment of work, without came, by a freedman hired by a written contract, will carry with it u forfeiture of all rights under it. It will bo homo in mind, that under tho order of tho Commanding G en oral of thc 2d Military District, wages for labor performed in the pro duction of thc crop, aro a lion upon tho crop, and that such lien bas a preference over other liens upon it. Freedmen aro advised to work only for thoso who have settled fairly with their bands for past Services, and who will bo able to supply them with such food as they may need while raising the crop. Charles Dickens. We do not mention tho name of tho great hu morist to say that be designs taking Edgefield in his present lecturing tour; but'for something oven better. To wit, that ono may now procure any volume of bis inimitable works for tho small and still attainable sum of Twenty-fire Cents. Or a set, in seventeen volume?, for Four Dollars. Wonderful, aud charming ! Of this odition, " Po terin'? Cheap Edition for thc Million," wo nc knowledgo the receipt, fr?m thc enterprising and obliging Holmes Book House, Charleston, of " Nicholas Nii kleby." It is a sample of tho other volume?. Printed from large type, double column, that nil cnn real, with a substantial Q. lustntod paper corer. Send immediately to tho "Holmes Book House" fi r any volume you may wish. If you have not road the l ist important work of this never-to-be surpassed writer. "OurMu'ual Friend," do not delay a moineut longer. Death misfit overtake you with this great delight still untasted ! Deniorest's Monthly for February. This Magazine bas always been noarer perfec tion than any other. There is jno admirable feature in it-" nn unwouriod effort at improve ment." Most of tb?? Fashion Magasines remain in ?tutu quo, with ono number much like another; nbout DKVORBST'S thero is a freshness, u rnfino ment and truthfulness of tone, which fits it for its place-a Parlor Magazine for thc Home? of America. A now covor and largo type are two of tho attractions of the now volumo. Published by W. Jaaxiaos DRKORRST, 473 Broadway, N. Y.. $3.00 yearly. Stud for a circular. Gov. Orr's Address to the Radical Convention. On Friday night, 4th day of tho sossion of tho Ncgro-Radical-Rcconstruction Convention, Gov. Cnn, by invitation thereof, delivered as addross before tho " august-body." This address, circum stance? havo prevented us from publishing in full. Gov. Ona began by thauking thc president and "gontlcmen" of the Convention for their invita tion, construing the samo rather as a compliment to tho " existing executive authority of the State' than to the individual. And just hore wo must sny that Gov. Ona hugs to his bosnm a hugo de lusion. The idea of his bring the " existing execu tive authority of tho State" is profoundly absurd. Vc have now no Stale, no Gevern-jr. A military despotism rules over us by thc arm of lawless, unauthorized power. This same ''august body" is holding its restions upon tho fragments of our ruined government, and upon thc grave of our freedom. Tho fillowing paragraph from his address^ will show that he has still not a spark of State pride, or of decent consistency ; and that ho is still in tho market for tho Radicals, at any price they may offer him : I say to you, very frankly, that I regard thia body as investod with the sovurcigu power of the State, Ami that the constitution which you may adopt fur the people of South Carolina, is one which will not only be ratified aud accepted by Congress, but ono under which all classes in South Carolina will live for years to come. Rut wo are not going to ubuse either Gov. Ona or his address. Indeed wo must say that thc latter waB a more honest and candid performance than the Gov. is usually guilty of. Imagine him, for instance, telling the ringed-streaked-and stripod gentlemen, to their very faces that they did not represent thc wealth, intelligence and re finement of tho State. This was, of course, as much as to say that they represented pauperism, vice, ignorance, barbarism: And so they^o, most emphatically. And for this plain truth^we give Gov. OUR one good mark. As regards thc framing of a new State Consti tution by thc members of this Convention, Gov. ORR advises os follows : The party which has passed tho Reconstruction laws, has undisputed control of tho government in both Houses of Congress, and will retain it un til thc 4th of March, lSfiO. Prior to that time a Presidential election will occur. Tho probability is that an individual representing tho Conserva tive ana Democratic element in thc North and West will be elccte 1 President It may bo that a Conservative element will largely preponderate in the next election for members of tho Douse of Representatives on tho 4th day of March, JS69, aro Conservative or Democratic, and opposed to tho legislation that may Lave been adopted, it will-be impossible to offtet a repeal of these acts, obnoxious as they ore to the new party, prior to tho -1th nf M ireh, 1871, Confirmed as I um, there fore, in tho opinion that the legislation of tho. present and preceding Congress will remain in loree until thc Ith of March, 71, and that any constitution adopted by this cr-nvention will con tinue to be of forco until that time at least, I have felt it to bo my duty as the Executirc of tho State, and ns au individual, to bo present in Charleston during tho scsiions of your convention, in the hope that through official if not personal influence, I may accomplish seething in securing from tho conran tion, a liberal, just and trice constitution. If such a constitution is adopted, harmony, good feeiing und prosperity will prevail. If, however, extrema views and measures are en grafted upon tb,nt instrument, it will increase the interest, which now exists between the two.races, and forco tho whites of tho State, whojjpve the means tn do so, to leave its borders ?nd s?ok homes in other communities. It will produce discontent and disquiet everywhere, and confi dence, trade and enterprise, will all be paralyzed. As responsible dut'us are, therefore, devolved upon you as were ever devolved upon a similar body of men in any S'ato, the interest and prosperity of South Carolina depend not only upon law and n good constitution, but upon thc kind relations which aro to nc established between tho two races. And as regards thc Suffrage quostion, thus: In voting upon tho ratification of tho constitu tion you rany udopt, all registered voters will of course bc included, which will of courso secure its adoption. With tho view of carrying out fully thc views of the convention, tho first legislature to bo elected under the constitution may bo elected by all malo voters over twenty ono years of age, but after that time, if not bofore, I urgently re commend that qualified suffrage extending to all classes and races bc provided for in the constitu tion. A man who goes to tho polls after January 1, 1870, whether bc be whito or black, who is not able to read or writo, should be excluded from tho privileges of a voter. m Riprescnting aa you do, almost exclusively the coloured olement of South Carolina, you are not invisible to thc fact, and to its legitimate results, that, very many of the voters who havo sent you here have not that intelligence with reference to men and measures which rhoulil entitle them to i nst a vote. You know that thousands of them are utterly incompetent to oxorcUe this high pre rogative. You moy think that to perpetuate your powor and to prc3orvc your organization, it is necessary to continuo the franchise to this class nf persons, but eventually you will find that you have been sadly mistaken. Many of thc coloured men of thc Stato have an intelligence- which entitle." them, in their new relations, to the privileges of citizens; but very many are incompetent to ex ercise them with discretion or judgment. These will become tho prey of evil, vicious and indis posed men. When an election is to occur with ouch voters, thc bad will get their votes, and not thc good. In view of tho fact that thc coloured population have a large majority in this State, and that the bulk of them aro to bo controlled by these evil influences, what kind of judges, legislators and executive officers can you hopo for? Is vice and ignoranco to elect your judges? Aro tue repre sentatives of vice and ignorance to elect your leg islators ? If so, what security have you for tho rijihls of life, liberty and properly ? I, therefore, in view of thc responsibility before us, and in all probability in antagonism to the st uti m en ts of a very Urge majority of this body, recommond earnestly that in framing that feature of the con stitution conferring the elcc-tive franchise, you establish an educational qualification for tho voter, but-not being able to road or write-that you establish a property qualification. And as regards a Homestead Law, thus : If you desire that this convention should com mend itself to tho favorable consideration of tho people of tho State, white and coloured, I recom mend that you adopt in the constitution a provis ion for a liberal horaestoad law-that you mako it applicable to all thoso who now own a home stead, and protect them against antecedent debts. Tho disasters resulting from tho war, the aboli tion of slavery, und, thcriby, tho wiping out of tho fortunes of very many of thoso who wore wealthy prior to the war, as a matter of humani ty demands that you should protect them os to tho past by a liberal homestead law, and securing that homo to its owner in the future Tho home stead law which gnarantcos to a family fifty dol lars or one hundred acres in the country, and a town lot or house in the city, is not only humane but patriotic. In tho country, whero tho head of a family knows that his homestead is protected, he goos to work to beautify ?nd adorn tho same. Ho plants his orchard and his vineyard. He erects his buildings, decorates his dwelling, and makes all of his surroundings comfortable, and invites happiness and content to his hearth. Perhaps one of tho. grcntest troubles iu Ameri can legislation has beon in not protecting tho homestead. It has mado the American people almost as great wanderers ns tho Arabs. When a father planted on orchard or a vinoyard ho had no assurance that, five yoars thereafter, the rexult of his caro ?nd labour would not pass into tho hands of strangers. Grant, thcrcforo, a lib eral homestead law, prowidiaj: against past and futuro debts, so that tho white man who bas his home now. and the black man who may secure a home by industry and economy, hereafter, c.\n feel that it l< secured t<> bim, and you will fl0(] not only an increase irs tho prosperity and hap piness of tho State, but you will stimulate a pa triotism which has not heretofore cxistod. Wher evor you idontify a man and his household with tho soil upon which bc lives, you make that man if from no higher considerations of love of coun try, a defender of the country when tis assnilcd becauso tho assault is opon his individual house hold. And as rogards Relief Measures, thus : Fourth. It is vory important that this body should adopt somo ordinance to provide reliof to d-btor.? pttvr to the war. Tho t> mporury orders of tho military commandant, extend to debts con tracted during tho war. All debts now existing, where tho consideration is for tho purchase of slaves, should bo absolutely wiped oui by tho con vention. If thoso debts nM recognized, it ii a ' recognition of that institution, of its propriety, Ug justice) and morality. Most of thu uebts contrac ted prior to tho war, were upon the faith and pos :esf ion of property in slaves. That property hag been destroyed, and a liberal provi-ion should bc mad? by this body in raferenco to debtors_tho amount and tiino when they may mnkc payment of thc sumo. Do this, nnd you will commend jour constitution uudor the most favourable aus piccs to tho consideration of that class in South Carolina who have not participated in tho election of delegates to this convention. And as rogards hi? own cxitfrom the publio and political stage, thus : I presume that opposition will bo made to those who fai our this convention. Thoro will be oppo sition to you and opposition to mo, but I have ' been too long in politioal life to be afraid of the 1 small thunder which ttaj bo directed ??atol m? i JJ newspapers. I have reached a period of in liflorcnce upon that question. If I know my own :onscienco, und if what I say is not true, I trust that that overruling Providence which guides and controls us will smite ino for tho falsehood-I have this day no other or higher motive, I euro not, whether it he public or private, no other po litical aspiration than to promote thc interests of thc people of South Carolina. I believe I said to sumo of my coloured friends some months Ago that I was ti.ed o? politics and desired to embark in somo bu'ino?s that would enable me to support those who aro dependent on mc. I now go fur ther and say to you I am disgusted with politic*. I know of nn position, Stute or Federal, that I would seek if it coat mo tho passage of u single step. Let me toll you that a man who embarks in political life, if ho ii honest, will be poor as long as he remains in it, and thc souner be gets out of it tho better it ?rill be for bis wife, children and self. I Intend to do it. I wish to go into retire ment, and thero is no office that your recommen dation or votes could confer upon me that I would accept. I ask you, then, to Lavo confidence In the statements that I have made. Malicious Report. The Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel says : " Some mischievous person started a report reflecting upon the credit and good standing of tho dry goods house of Messrs. V. Richards k Bros. Wo publish a card this morning from these gentlemen to tho effect that tho report is malicious and un founded. They still continue to receive full sup plies of all goods in their linc, which will be dis posed of to their customers at prices to suit the times." Wo annex the Card of Messrs. V. RICHARDS k BROS., alluded to above : " Some malicious porson having reported around town that V. Richards & Bros. hare failed, they take this occasion to say to any who may give crodenco tb such a report if they have anything against the firm, or any member of it, to present their claim, and, if just, it will bo paid (as they do all such claims) on tight. They also wi.<h to say to the vile slanderer that V. Richards k Bros. are not of the failing sort, and that their reputation is a little too well known for their forked tonguo to injure thom much." Ten thousand dollars was advanced from the Georgia State Road and taken to Atlanta on the 23d, by Capt. Rockwell, Military Treasuror, for payment of the Convention. And forthwith the Convention appropriated $50 to each dels gate,-and there was rejoicing in tho menagerie. ? ? ? Jiickerson's Star Taking Its Way Westward ! Wc mean Col. Titos. S. NicKHitsoir, of the su premely comfortable, elegant and invitiug Plan ters Hotel, Augusta, Ga.; Col. NlCKEBSOX, '.bc author and finisher of tho splendid Mills House, Charleston; Col. NlCKBBSOX, of the popular Nick erson's Hotel, Columbia. But still be is not sat isfied. Atlanta and her constant host of transient visitors (wo do not mein the Convokion niggers and noodles) are to rejoice in the knowledge of his splendid capacity for keeping a hotel. He has bought the National Hotel in that city, and already formally opened it. The National is mott desirably located, and splendidly furnished; it has long been famous, hut its most renowned days aro yet to como. Col. Niccansox is a man of. large and liberal spirit, and wo most heartily wish him the greatost possible success. An Apt Illustration. In a recent speech, the eloquent Hon. Daniel W. Voorhoes made tho following apt illustration : " God made the oaglo and the owl. He gave to both plumage and wings. In tho same class of largo birds of the air ranged Ho th'?m ! Tho samo atmosphere and the various seasons wore common to both. God created tho Caucatian and tho African. With brain, muscle and nerve en dowed He them. With blood and Foul and tho erect posture they are distinguishable us members of a general family. Thuro was for both the samo earth to yield its tillage ; the same sunshine and rains ; the same seas upon which to spread commerce; tho same elements for science to ex tract benefits for man. As thc eagle to thc owl, so tho white man to tho black, stand in the same relativo positions as*they were found in the twi light of history. Let the eagle but attempt to tako the owl to its bynes and its habits, and both fall to the ear Ul together. Let tho white man as sume to mako the negro his equal, and the ruin effort to erase tho lines drawn by the finger of j God assures the certain downfall of thc invaders of the majesty of His work of croation ; tho eagle is ruined with the owl-and a fitting symbol of this is the vain effort the American puopls are now making." General White's Challcngu to General Butler. [From the Richmond Register, Radical.] We stated on Saturday that a rumor was current to the effect that General White, of | the Convention, had challenged General But ler, while in thc city to mortal combat. Tht rumor was only too true, and wc have been put in possession of the following facts: General D. B. White wrote thc letter below to General Butler on the 14th of January, and had spoken to a friend to carry the letter as soon as written and deliver it to Butler, but through some misunderstanding White failed to meet his friend after thc lotter Waa ready for delivery, and learning that Butler intended leaving that night, and not wishing aim to leave the city without receiving thc letter, it was handed to the clerk at the office of the Ballard, with the request that it be sent up to Butler. The letter was sent up by a servant. General Butler called two or three of bis friends around him, showed them the letter, and seul a verbal message to White, stating that he would give him all the satisfaction bo desired and then left thc city before the mes sage could be delivered. White, finding that Butler had left, and next day receiving the message that he (But ler) would give him the satisfaction wanted, immediately wrote to Butler, asking il such were the facts. He has received no reply to this. The War Department has recently complimented General White, for his persona! bravery, with a brevet, and somCpenple, who don't like General Butler, and they are 7ery few in number in this vicinity, arc malicious enough to say that ho was afraid to meet so redoubtable un opponent. The cause of the difficulty was a general order issued by Butler, while in command of j the Army of thc James, reflecting severely upon Colonel White, who at that time was in command of a regiment. The General is a " located" preacher of the Methodist Episco pal Church. The following is his missive to Butler : CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, ) RICHMOND, VA., January 14, lsGS. J Major-General Ii. F. Buller.-Sir: Whilst you were in command of the Army ol'the James, and I having no more rights than that of a private citizen, you undertook then to insult, denounce, and Hend me from your De partment. For the first time since that pe riod we stand upon an equal looting ; we stand upon the same soil, and occupy in every respect the samo rights before tho law and thu powers that be. I deem tbii>. therefore, thc proper ocension for a vindication of my own character beforo the country, und I de mand of you that satisfaction that one gentle man will always accord to another. Your obedient servant, __^ D. B. WHITE. SOLDIER SHOT ar A NEGRO.-The Macon Telegraph, of yesterday, says : M A soldier by the name of Taylor, a mem ber of Company E, 16th United States Infan try, was shot and mortally wounded, by an unknown negro, whom he bad halted on Pop lar street, near Third, on Wednesday night, shortly aller 12 o'clock. . " Captain Murray and officer Hall, hearing thc pistol li rn, went towards the spot, where they found Taylor lyipg upon the ground, cry ing murder. His statement to tho officers WHS to the effect that he had halted tho negro, and ordered him t? come to him. and on his refus ing to do so, ho (tbjs soldier) advanced upon the negro, who shot him and ran. It ?3 not known up to this time who the negro waa. Thesoldier died from the effects of tho wound." JUST So.-Warwick, th? Washington cor respondent of the Macon Telegraph, says, with much truth : " Lot the Southern people rcso- j lutely set about the cultivation of grain and ! tho raising of cattle ; and in so doin^, while 1 securing their own prosperity, they will strike ; the deadliest blow at their Radical enemies j it tho Nora.." J Washington and congressional News* On tho 21ft, in tho Huu.-e, after ineffectual efforts to amend, supported by Butler, Ste Tens and Kelly, the Reconstruction Bill as reported by the Committee passed, by one hundred and twenty-three yeas to forty five nays. Carey, of Ohio, and Siewart, of New York, only voting with the Democrats. The Secretary of War id directed to issue for the relief of nil classes at the South, des sicated vegetable-' tba thad accumulated dur ing the wur. The President is requested to inform the Senate whether^Jr.mes A. Seddon, whom the President recant ly pardoned, was Secretary of War of the Confederate State3 while Wirz wa3 keeper of tb." Aadcrsonville prison, and also how many Union soldiers died from star vation and other cruelties inflicted in viola tion of civilized war Cuting Seddon's Secreta ry ship. Conncss offered a resolution reciting Amer ?can arrests in Gn at Britain, directing the President to inquire ii arrests were made without sulficicnt causes, if so to demand their release, and to enforce ilie demand by the ar my and navy. In a conversation respecting the present situation and his future purposes, the Presi ident said : " A modification, perhaps I might say, a decided change . : puplic sentiment in the North, hus b :cn thc consequence. One who held fast to a principle when a majority was arrayed oga'uist him is not like ly to loosen bis hold upon it when BO-mich of the pressure has been removed." On the 22d, in thc Sonate, the Reconstruc tion Bill was read a second time. Mr. Doolittle spoke in opositicn. When the morning hour expired Doolittle was allowed to proceed by a vote of 30 to 17. The Cot-on Tax Conference Committee, re ported agreeing to thc House Bill with an amendment exempting cotton from import duties after April 1st. Thc Senats concur red. Mr. Doolittle resumed. During his speech he said : Whon Latiura, a Roman province, rovolted and the revolt was suppressed, the question arcso in the Roman Senate what shall be done with Latiuin and the people of Latium. There were sorie who cried dis franchise them ; others iiaid confiscate their property. There were none who said subject them to the vassalage of their slaves, but old Camillus, iu that speech which revealed his greatness and mado his name immortal, said : " Senators, make them your fellow citizens and thus add to thc power and glory of Rome." Doolittle added : in this high place-in this Senate of the greatest Repubiic of the world -the outgrowth of the c'v'.liznion of all ages-cannot wc, Seuators, rise to the height of that great argument ? Trumbull followed when the Senate ad journed to honor Mr. Hamilton, of Ohio.. In the House, the bill forfeiting lands gran ted to thc rebel Stales tor railroad purposes was resumed. During tho discussion Chan dior called Julian a coward. The Speaker ruled the words unparliamentary. Chandler retorted, "certainly not, if he is one." Julian retorted, " Chandler could test his cowardice at any time." Chandler replied, "very well, sir; I'll take an early opportunity." Thc bill went over. Thc qaestiou of Reconstruction was re sumed. Butler's amendment, vacating all ollices in the unreconstructed States and al lowing Conventions to fill them, failed, and, without reaching a vote, the.House ad journed. In connection with Grant's ref orted oppo sition to the new Reconstruction Act, it is re garded as significant that Washburne, of Illi nois, though in his scat, did not vote for or against thc bill. The Committee on Education and Labcr were directed to iuquire into the expediency of providing a g?nerai system of education iu rebcldom, educating every child between five nnd twelve years of age. On the 2-?J, thc President's message to the Senate declares the Bill, striking 'he word " white" from the District Ordn.mce.i fail ed by reason of the adjournment of Con gress. Ou tho 2-kb, in thc Senate, Edmunds and Johnson took issue with the Presiden'ts opin ion that the bill striking wbito from District ordinances was passed 'luring recess. The me3*age ".va-- referred to the Judiciary Commit'tc. Thc Senate adhered to its amendments to the deficiency bill forbid ling appropriations for Qnnr erm.-.ster'* department being ex pendell tor reconstruct ion or any other pur pose. Gen. Howard was ctiied on for elaborate reports regarding aband :ned lands and other relative matters. A joint resolution authorized the distribu tion of deasicatt d moats and vegetables not needed by the anny to t'->e sufferers in the South was passed. '..'ll Reconstruction was resumed. Morton spoke and Nye will follow. The argument will probably hst ten days. Adjourned. HOUSE.-A hill forbidding certain payments to Southern claimants wa.?discussed aud post poned. Th.: H ui v. di->.?'ro::.l to the conference committee's report nu ihe cotton tax and ap pointed a new committee. The death of Mi. IIi-c was announced and the Iiouse. "djoni ned. The Spuretne Court ha;; taken up the case of the Star? ol texas vf. While, el al. This on mot iou to dissolve an injunction hereto fore granted, rirstr-'iniuj; defendants from dis posing .ii certain bonds. Defendants rest iheir ca-'- uj.^.i me argument that Texas is not a Stale in the Union, and that therefore she is uoi entittlod to appear here. This point mus' be decided ueloro the case can proceed. Thc Senate was not in session on the 25ih. In the House tho session was devoted entire ly to spread cigle speeches. THE Pi'III TAN AND NIGGER POLICY IX CON CRESS.-Aside from all thc small questions ol persons and pinces, the policy of the majority in Congress has but one point and purpose, Aside from the disputes as to who shall be Secretary of War, what Johnson will do and what candidate has the best chance for the Presidency, the grand object of all legislation and all political activity is to pm the nigee above the white man over cne third the area of this Uuion. Such a policy was surely nev er before entertained by any gove uing power cf tho civilized world. Judging from all the knowledge of the relations and development of races that is yet attained, this policy is a direct violation of th? laws of God and nature It is not only un attempt to amalgamate so cially races that not only the crimes of men havo brought together, but it is an attempt to so bind society up in laws as to secure the supremacy of the baser and mo:e brutal race. Grown in another climate, the native of nr. other continent, thc negro came to this coun try mainly through the criminal activity of Puritan slave traders ; mid now the sons of those Puritans would condone tho first crime by a sccoud and greater one, and give all their thoughts, their utmost exertion simply to put thc niggers in a position to hold the disarmed white man of thc South, under their feet and to demand social equality-to de mand, ns many of them already do, that their brutal animal lust shall be fed with white wives. Such is the actual position of the rad ical p.trty. Frightened now at tuc disgusting enormity of this purpose, whose ultimate ef fect that party dimly begins to sec, it would deny nnd disown it if it were possible ; but ii must go before the couulry on the platform it has set up for itself ; il. must submit its case to the country and abide the consequence in popular indignation and hatred.-N. York Herald. _ MtmoKit ox JAMES ISLA NO.-A murder was committed on Wednesday evening, on Jame J Island, by Bill Richardson, colored, on Wm. Fell, R colored boy, somo eighteen or twenty years old, by striking him un tho head with a Rtiek ; ?he boy lived but a few hours after the blow was struck. The cause of the hom icide grew out of a quarrel about some wood whirl) Fell hnd stolon from Richardson Charleston Mercury. Hon. James Farrow, of Spartan'burg, who represented ibis State in the Confederate Congress, ai its last scssionj was married in Richmond, on the SUh lust., to Miss Sue Sav age, of ftchmond, Va. MuLLARKY BROTHERS.-The MullarKy iiothcrs (late of tho firm of Gray, Mullarky ; Co.,) are now in receipt of a full line of tapie aod fancy dry goods and of all other rt ides in their line. Their headquarters are scated in tho commodious establishment, late j occupied by I. Kahn & Co., where they will e pleased to feo all their old customers and s many new ones as may favor them with heir patronage. The junior member of thc irm being constantly in the market, their op lortunity for purchasing at low n.tes are not urpass?d by any house in the city. We take (leisure in commending the Mullarky Broth irs to our country renders. They are too veil known to the people of Augusta to need ,ny notice at our hands.-Chronicie & Sen inel. THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.-Four States met >n the 8th of January in Democratic State Conventions, and each expressed a prefer ;nce for the Hon. George H. Pendleton for President. They wero Ohio, Indiana, Ne )raska and Wost Virginia. Wc expect that he other Western and Central States, from ill the indications, will follow their example. Throughout thu Great West there is the most perfect unanimity in his favor. HYMENEAL. MARRIBD, in this Village, on the 2 Jd January, it th* residence of Mrs. Julia Mcclintock, by Rer. E. T. Walker, Mr. WM. P. CALDWELL, >f Laurencevillo, Ga., and Miss AMELIA A. BARDELL, daughter of the late Tios. R. Var loll, of Charleston, S. C. ^^-Tke Charleston Jfercury and New York World will please copy. OBITUABY. DIED, on the 2Hth of October, 1867, WILLIAM ANDREWS MARTIN, aged eight years, ten nonths and four days. He was the oldest child of FREIUAK G. and Sirs. NARMIK MARTIN, the light of their household, md joy of their hearts. The grief of losing io aright, intelligent, and affectionate a child, was lggravated by the painful circumstances of his lentil. He had grown large enough to follow his Father about the farm, and take interest in all its rurious operations ; and on that day particularly, ie had been amusing himself by filling the cotton anskets at tho gin house, to be ready for the gin. [loving filled all the baskets, he went down to play, and unobserved by any one, got upon the iweep, and became caught in some way by tho great cog wheel, and was instantly killed. Early lost, wo trust be is all early saved ; and :an only tender thc affectif, ?ate sympathy of? arge circle of friends to the ooreaved parents. B. M., JR. COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA. .Jan. 25. GOLD-Brokers are buying at 13? and selling it 141. SILVER-Buying at 130 and selling at 135. COTTON-The market oponed fair at Ji3@l?i or Middling, with a fair demand, and closed firm it lt4, with light offerings. Sales 584 bales. Re teipts, SMI bales. BACON-Smoked Shoulders. 13 cents ; B. B. Sides, 14J@15; CR. Sides, 15@15J; C. Sides, li@15Jc; Dry Salted Shoulders 11@HJ; Dry Salted C. R. Sides 14@14}; Hams lS@22c. CORN-New Whito $1 10, Mixed 31 05@1 03. WHEAT-White, $2750280: Red, ?2 40? 2 50. NEW GOODS. Very fino Black Alpacca, Very fine Black Mohair, Plain Poplins, very cheap, Very fine White Alapacca, Brown Table Damask, White Table Damask, Large lot of Towels, very cheap, Hoop Skirts, tho very best, Corsetts, nil sizes, good and cheap Jaconet Muslins, Swiss Muslins, Nainsook Muslins, Wide suft finished Cambriek, Tucked Linen Collars, Tucked Linen Cuffs. The above goods ure just to hand and for sale heap. Thc public are respectfully Invited to examine be samo. JAMES A. GRAY A CO., 23S Broad Street. Augusta, Jun. 30 tf 5 Ordinary's Office, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, January 2Sth, 1SGS a LL EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS fxL and GUARDIANS who have received thei appointments of the Court of Ordinary, arc re [aired, in congruity with tho Acts of the Gene di Assembly uf this State, to render Inventorie md Appraised Account Sales, and Annual Rc urns of the Receipts and Disbursements of th islets of the several E* tites committed to tbei barge, until the entire Ent?tes have been settled ip with R'I parties interested in such Estate. I therefore notify all Executors, Administra tirs Ind Guardians to make their RETURN fORTHWITH, and thereby save me the un ileasant duty of issuing llidt* against them at heir cest. W. F. DURISOE, ?. E. D. Jan 29 tf 5 Sheriff's Sale. W. P. Roberts, Fi Fa. Wado Holstein. Bacon A Butler, ) vs \ Fi Fa. Wade Holstein. J BY Virtue of Writs of Fi Fa in tho above stated cate*, I will proceed to sell at Edge ?cid C. H., on the lit Monday in March next )NE TRACT OF LAND, containing Twelve Iundred Acre?, more or less, adjoining lands of Ph'.mas Bates, L. W. Youngblood, M. N. Hoi tein and others, levied on ns the property of he Defendant, Wade Holstein. Tarins Cash. ISAAC BOLES, S. E. D. Jan 25 St 5 Sheriff's Sale. M. W. Gary, ] ' vs. \ Lien on Crop. Jas. M. Harrison, J BY Virtue of an Execution in tho above stated case, I will procoed to Boll at the residenco f JAS. M. HARRISON, the Defendant, on WEDNESDAY, the 12th February, the following ropcrty of said Defendant, to wit: Ten Bales of COTTON, Fifty Bushels CORN, ?ar* Torms Cash. ISAAC BOLES, S.E.D. Jan. 28. i 3t 5 MILL NOTICE. rUE Customers of MRS. FULLER'S MILL, will plcaco send their Corn to Mill on Mon ,ay, Wednosdny or Saturday from this date. The lill grinds only on those day?. Wagons sent for Lumber mutt be accompanied rith the Cash. R. G. LANHAM, Agt. Jan 29 4t*5 Strayed or Stolen, ^N the 18tb Jann?ry from the premises of the Lf Rev. J. P. Mealing, a small deep bay RIG 10RSE, left eye out, shod in front, bind foot ery much worn. Any information thankfully ocoived. A liberal reward paid for his recovery. Lddress the undersigned, oare of Rev. J. P.Meal az, Edgcfield, S. C. MOSES MURRAH. Jan 27 3t* 5 Administrator's Notice. A LL Persons having claims against the Estato ?JL of JAMES MeCARTY, deceased, will please ender them in to thc undersigned, properly attcst i. Those indebted to said estato, can savo monoy y paying up immediately;-longor indulgence annot and will not bo grunted. An carly settle lont nf said Estate is desirod. Thoso who fall ) profit by this notice, will have to settle, on nd nfter 10th Fobruary next, with my Attorney, r the Sheriff. D. P. LA GRONE, Adm'or. Jan. 2S 3t A rhe Quicker the Better ! PARTIES indebted to me are expeoted to como forward and settle. I want money, and am >rced to make it out of those indebted to mo. 'ako. warning. All of my unpaid Notes and Ac nunts will, in a very short timo, bo placed in Qo hands of an Attorney for collection. Persons having Watohos or Jewelry in my ands for repair will ploRM oall, pay for ropafr ig, and got them. I am tired holding them, and ct do not wi.h to have said Watches and Jowel y sold merely to get my dues for repairing. But most havo mouoy. Take warning. ._ p. p. MCEWEN. Jan 13 2t 3 NEW DRY GOODS IT?TJSE. Mullarky Brothers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers . -IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DEY GOODS, 262 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, ?3-EO-, At the Store Lately Oeeupied by I. KAHN & CO. TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY OP thanking oar friends for that liberal share of their patronage extended to ns while connected with the late firm of GRAY, MCLLABKY A Co., hoping, by close attention to business and faur dealing, we may still merit a centinaanoe of the same. One of oar Firm is now and will constantly re main in NEW YORK, and will BUY ALL OUR GOODS FOR CASH 7*VCLUS1TELY, which will enable os to 8ELL AS LOW, IF NOT LOWER, THAN ANY HOUSE IN AUGUSTA. It ii unnecessary to enumerate the different Goods in tho seroral Departments. Suffice it to say we are now DAILY RECEIVING and. OPENING NEW GOODS, which we offer to oar friends and the public at Greatly Reduced Prices ! Owing to the GREAT DECLINE in all classes of DRY GOODS. All Orders entrusted to our care shall have our immediate and most careful attention. ONE PRICE ONLY, CHEAP FOR CASH! ,2SS-All Parcels DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE in any portion of the City or Hamburg MULLARKY BROTHERS. AUSTIN MULLARKY | JAS. H. MULLARKY Augusta, Jan 23 lm5 Farmers, YOUR INTERESTS ARE AT STAKE. BUY THE PURE FLOUR OF RAW SONE, MANUFACTURED AT MARIETTA, Gr-A.., AN D GU ARANTIED IO BEPUF.E. ?5^ It is one of tho Bett Fertilizers for Gar dens. For tale by J. SIBLEY & SONS, No fl, Warren Block, Augusta, Ga Jan 27 tf 5 AGENT WANT.?D'FOR THE 6RAYJ?CKET8, AND KOW THEY LIVED, FOUGHT AND DIED FOR DIXIE, ?WITH. Incidents and Sketches of Life in the Conlederacy, Comprising Narrative* of Perional Adventure, Anny Life, Natal Adventure, Home Life, Par titan Daring, Life in the C<imp, Field and Hospital, Together with the Songs, Ballads, Anecdotes and Humorous Incidents of 'Ac ?Par for Southern Independence. There is a certain portion of the war that will never go into tho regular hi:tories, nor be embo died in r?nnncc or poolry, which is a very real part of it, and will, if preserved, convey to suc ceeding generations a belter idea of thc spirit of the conflict than many dry reports or careful nar ratives of events, and this part may be called the gossip, tho fun, thc pathos of the war. This il lustrates the character of the leaders, the humor of the soldiers, tbe devotion of women, the brave ry of men, the pluck of our h?roe?, the romance and hardships of the service. The Valiant and Bravo Hearted, the Picturesque and Dramatic, the Witty and Marvelous,; the Tender and Patbeii". and tho whole Panorama of the War are hore thrillingly portrayed in a mas terly manner, at once historical and romantic,, rendering it the.most ample, unique, brilliant andi readable book that tho war has called forth. Amusement as well as instruction may he found! in every page, as graphic detail, brilliant wir, and authentic history, are skillfully interwoven in this work of literary art. Send (or Circulars and seo our terms, and a full description of thc work. Address, JONES BROTHERS ? CO., Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 30 2t 5 BEEF MARKET. ? WILL CONTINUE TO FURNISH GOOD BEEF and MUTTON to tho perle of Edgefieid on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday morn inga it reasonable prices, but STRICTLY FOR CASH. A. A. GLOVER, Agent. Jan 22 tf_4^ State of South Carolins, EDGEFIELD DISTFIOT, IN ORDINARY BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Sedge field District. Whereas, Z. W. Carr.de, C. E. E. D. has af .plied o me for Letters of Administration, with U\e Will innexed, on all and singular the gorvus and ibattels, rights and credits of Charles? Powell, ate of the District aforesaid, dee'd. These are, therefore, to cito and a<im(mish all md singular, the kindred and creditors of the aid deceased, to be and appear before me, at our loxt Ordinary's Court for the sai<'A District, to be tolden at Edgefieid C. H., on the 4th day of Jar. next, to show cause, if any, why tie said administration should not bo (?ranted. Given under my band and. seal, this 23d day f Jan., in the year of our Lord one thousand ight hundred and Sixty-eight, and in the ?J2d ear of the Independence of the United States f America. W. F. DURISOE, O.E.D. Jan. 29 6t 5 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DTSTBICT, IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge field District. Whereas, M. H. Kempson, hos applied to ne for Letters bf Administration, on all and ingular the goods and chattels, rights and ered !s of Edward Addy, late of the District foresaid, deceased. Thcso are, tboreforo, to- cito and admonish all nd ?iogular, tho kindred and creditors of the aid deceased, ta bb and appear.b?forc me, at our est Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be boldon at Edgefieid C. n., on the 7th day of i"eb. next, to show cause, if any, why the said dmtnistration should no? he granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 2-tth day of ask in tho year of our Lord one thoucand eight un'dred and sixty-eight, and in the nine ty -s ceo' j ear of Amorican Independence. W.F. DURISOE, QV^D Jan. 28_2t_ " , ? NOTICE. ~ (X LL. Persons indebted to us b*y jjole* or Ac \ count will please call at once Md make ayment, as the times require r.g t0 dose burl iness, both in the City of Av gujta and at Mine rock. j WRIGHT A MOBLEY. Jan 23 Jt $ Magistrate's Blanks. n|TE have cs hand a good iupply of MAGIE rt TRATE'S BL-?NKS. May li tf 29