Letter from Secretary Seward Endorsing the Philadelphia Convention. 1 Department of State, Washington, July 11. ; . Sir; Excuse me'for express-j nig surprise tliH t you ask rno i whether I hpprove of the call of! a proposed Union National Con vention at Philadel] >hi;Y. After more than five years of .dislocation by civil war, 1 regard a restoration of the unity of the country its most immediate as well as its most'vita] interest.? That restoration will be complete when loyal men arc admit-! ted as representatives -of the! loyal people ol the eleven States j so long unrepresented in Con-1 gress. Nothing but this can | complete it. Nothing more remains to be done, and nothing more is necessary. Every day's delay is attended by multiplying and increasing inconveniences, j embarrassments, and dangers, at J " -home and abroad. Congress pos-1 sesses the power exclusively.^- I Congress, after a session of seven j months, still omits to exercise N , that power. What can be done to induce Congress to act ? This is the question of the day. Whatever-is done must be done in accordance with the Constitution and laws. It is in perfect accordance with - the Constitution and laws that the people of the United States *, shall assemble by delegates in Convention, and thatTirlian on clliill rrnvu cv UOC^xumivu vnvj address Congress by-i respectful petition and remonstrance ; and that the people in their several States, Districts and Territories shall approve, sanction, and unite . in such respectful representations to Congress... No - one party could do this i effectually, or even seems willing i to do it alone. No local or popular. organization could do it ef fectually. It is the interest of all parties alike, of all the States, .and- of all sections?a national interest?the interest of the .whole people; The Convention, indeed, may not succeed in inducing Congress to act; but if they fail the attempt can make matters no worse. It will be a lawful and patriotic attempt made in the right direction?an effort to be . remembered with pride and satisfaction whether it succeed or! fail. The original Union of the j States was brought .about bv ? 1 " * i movements: of the same charae-1, ter. The citizen who objects to the | Convention is bound to propose j a better plan of proceeding to | effect the desired end. No ot^ier,1 plafl is offered, or even thought:; of. Those who should oppose it | seem to me to manifest at best |? unconcern, if not. opposition, to j all reconstruction, reorganization, j. and reconciliation -between the j' alicniated masses of the Ameri- j \ can people. To admit that the convention will fail, would be to admit that the people of the, United States are deficient in either wisdom or j1 the virtue necessary to continue the existence of the republic. I ! believe no such thing. A great political writer says that government is a secular religion, and ' Xl i. Xl- _ l _ ^ , mat me peopje 01 every country are divided into two classes, each maintaining a distinct political faith. Tee one class ahv&ys fearing the very worst that can possibly happen, and the other hopes, that under every circumstance, i the very best that can in any | event happen. Without accept-! ing this theory as absolutely true, I think that all men do generally act from a motive to guard agaiDst public danger, or else from a positive desire to do good. Doth classes may, therefore fa. vor the present attempt to restore the unity of the nation. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. H6d J. R. Doolittle, ( hairman ~*N'. Executive Committee, &c. saldvto be 3,.*>00,000 acres of iancT'ttrthe Southern States tp i?cp0se(i 0f un. I ^ ' ' A . ;> Odors of Disease. The odor of small pox li?s been compared to the smell of, a hegoat ; that of measles to a fresh plucked . goose; scarlatina to cheese. The smell, of plague has herti compared Hvitli the odor of May flowers,, and that ^of typhus | with a cossaek. That the typhus [ odor resembles ammonia has often ; been observed, and. the best and ; most recent investigators agree! that it is a - compound of ammonia. Probably the more intense the smell the more operative the j poison; hence the necessity on ! the jiart of the attendant to avoid j inhaling this concentrated poison. | r*. rT T1ETT7 "? CT.T? I ur ; J x X?xj A PECENIX & GLEANER.! the qauF phciux l S PUBLISHED EVERY MORNJ\p, KX1! riJPT Monday. and contain* the LATEST NEWS, I'j- telegraph and mails, up to ihe hour ofp ill? to press; Editorials. Correspondence from different points. Miscellaneous Heading, Talcs. i'oe.rv, Sketches, etc.. oic..etc. In the QUANTITY ami QUALITY of its HKADIXd \ MATTEL is not to bo. excelled be jinv paper I in South Carolina. ADVKltTISEMHNTS in- | sorted on favorable tenns. The Tri-Weekiy Phoenix ''ontains, in every number, t 1j-"> reading matter (embracing tho latest news) of two issL'ES of the daily. It i publish-d every Tuesday, Thursday nnd Satnrdnv mornings THE GLEANER Is published every AVedue-day morning. It is ( tlo desire, and will be the object of the 1'ro- J prietor, to make this enunl 'o. if not the best. FAMILY XKWSPArKli in tho .South- In fact, ub its nnu.o indicates, k mm vm Besides the collection of the cream of the news of tho week, Political. Financial and the Ma lcots. it will contain a large amount of LITE R ' ItY 51 ATTEIS.-wich a? rliosw Tales. Sketchps itii.'l I'oe'rv. It' will wubnico M(?"T P\GK& corrLaininsc FOiiTY-KIG HT CVL1 JAINS, is printed in a form to bind, and thus secures a l.iiiliii'ui record ami lifctorv of passing even is. TERMS-IS* A I) VAXCE. 1 T>nllr Paper, six months, $1 00 Tri-VVcvklv, ' '1 r.n Weuklr, " 1 50 JUi.TAX A. SKLliY. Proprietor. June 15. . t'olnnii-ia. S. t' "spblw mm~ AT F II MOOEE'S. I 2nd door above Bell tf: Mai he ten,' "jpIIF. F LLC WING CONSISTS IX PART ! fi. OF MY STOCK: I'RY coops. P- plins, ralicpes, -wins Muslins Jadtonnot.*. ; ! ong Clot lies, brown Shirryijr: Ti.hio Litum, j T>, I: fH, olK->o I ' .ri.iri- tfrm. ...... / -L. ft- ! '.unni^rj ' VOI-I.M/I . ? " lutc-.t. iiml most improwd styles: Jloop-fkiris. Kid Gloves, &o. Ac HATS AND OA PS. JO dozen Tints end Caps, All quality ant. sjzes. 2ft " uidies and Miesi-s iiu't.?iSuest Spring stylo. Bi-OTS A I) SUP MS. i ?0 (Irr.on pair Boots and Shoos, consisting in part ns follows: ' . "Calf and Kip Skin Boots. Oer.Mctner.*? Bi oU-es Gin at style: Brogans, Ha!morals, .to. 1 allies fine Polish Boots: ladies Balmorals, Gaiters, Slipp'-rs. ,lc.. in cvorv vnrietv. TKUXKS AND VA 01 every description and size. COfTON CA BPS 20 dozen Whittotnore's best Cotton Cards. GKuoi':iiii:s,T'Ht)rn;cK, Ac. Crushed, Clarified and Hrorvn Sugars: Coffer*. Soda, Vine and Butter Crackers Cheese. Ilai- i =ons. Candies, French and American: Flour, Potatoes, Lc. , . . v hard-vakk. Shovels, Spades, Trace Chains, Coiim'n Axes, -cives. Padlocks, Table arid Pocket Cutlery, To. The above extensive stock of goods will b< old at a small advance on the original cost, lb: J5??~ If you do not fee what you wish, call P..M. TSdMJBE. February 1 ' Notice to Physicians. The publication of the! Sotrlu-rn. Mcdtcal and Stirgicn! j Joiironl v 111 11/', _ re-tuned on the Jst C|i ' Jnly. lStfG Third Series. It will he issued c'T'-ry altornafivc month, each ; number will contain at least one hundred \ and seventy-six page- of reading matter, I and will bs equal in ?izc to the larg.-at j American and European jouri als. The priee will he only 11 VtJE 1)0 L- j LARS per annum, in advance. It wili he edited by D:,t .Iolkph .Tones, ; assisted by many ot' the most distin- J guished Physicians in 'he country. Subseihers will please send in their : orders and subscriptions as soon as nossi- j ble, so that the number of copies to be j printed may be regulated accordingly. Advertisements inserted on very i liberal terms. E. II. PUG HE, Printer and Publisher. Angus,a Ga. Tt j. r\ nr* _ . I x-osc umceCamdfn, S. C., Apiil '27, 1SG6. | rpiIK MAIL WILT. DK. O'OfSVEYED ! A. 1 ro 111 this office u> Sumter tri-weukly. Leave Oarmleu un Monday Wednesday and Friday, at 7 o'clock \. M. j Arrive at Camden at 5 o'clock P. M. 1 011 Tuesday, Thuisday and ."Saturday of i bach we-k until further notice. I Mail .closed at 6 1 2 A .M '' | Office hours from D A. M., toll ; A. M. ant J half an hour after the tirrival j of the mail. ' ' | Sunday?, from 9 4-2 ??? ! > A. M. - J.M.CtVLh, | April 27?tf. Actiug P. M. PHbOLAMATlON v J'tj His Excellency James L. Oek, Govcr* r.cf and Commander-in- Chief' in and over the Stale of. South Carolina. WHEREAS. MAX GEN. SICKLES, ' * commanding Department of the Carolines, on the 26th instant, by Special Order No. 10, has directed that white persons iri Military custody, charged with felonies or misdemeanors on the persons and property of colored nrircrma clm'nl- l-ir? fjivnnd ilvr-r fnt.lir* civil authorities for trial, and that liko cases arising hereafter will be disposed of in the same manner: And whfreas, this Order?so gratifying t the feelings, and sentiment of the j people of this State?is based upon tho | legal opinion of Chief Justice Dunhin, j given upon tho urgent request of this Department, and communicated, to! Oeu. Sickles: 1st. That- persons' of color, under the 29th and 3 Oth soctions oi' the "Actto organize District Courts,'1 are competent witnesses in the Court of Sessions /n all cases of felony committed by whites on the porson or pro- j party of d person of col ox 2d That j they an; competent to inako affidavits and sue out warrants against whites in felonies and misdemeanors, and also to testily before Grand Juries in such j cases, .as well as on the trial before the | Petit Jury. And 3d. That until the j District Judges are commi sioned, tho Court of General Sessions re nins jurisdiction of cases of misdemeanor committed by whites 011 the porson or property of colored persons, Chief Justice Dunkin says: "The Court of General Sessions had always cognizance of of- I fences committed bv \yhito persons! against tho person or property of a j person of color." In the case of State ! vs. Hill, 2d Spear, 150, which'was an ! indictment against & white person for j assault and battery 011 a free person of' color, it was n issu' at. a?Suuit?i. f>. 0.. "on or about tl.c iii!-t ?.f June, 1SG.6, :i weekly paper, i" I>5 entitled ' . "THE SUITiS KUWi " This journal veill be <1 voted In literature. morality m:i/ "ennral intelligence, ami the promo'yali m of tin- occurrences c?f '.lie day? political ami general?which may be of interest to the people. No pains or expense will be spared by t lie proprietor to rentier lnu pap r acceptable to all classes of readers, lie confidently refers to hi* lone- c.yocrienco I (jfo2 years) in the past as ? journalist, j to secure fur him the patronage of the j people of his District.' lie conduitiiLtes himself that 1?? can select for the inauguration of his enterprise.no hotter occasion than the present. At the t>.iinitiation nf a long and bloody s:niggle, in which tlie piim-jplcs of fn.c govi rninei.t cave heou over-vidtlen andti c Constitution tratripleii tinder toot? i:i whie.lt all the angry pus-ion:* of trail and eiring human uatuje have been excited ami exercised?the Angel of l'eaco is now about to unfold her wings over nil sections of our country, and once agaiif to gather around her the goodness, the strength and the magnitude of the American Union. At such a time as this, he can have no bettor landmarks by which, for the good of his country, to direct his course than tin- Union, the 'Jonstitutiou and the President of the United States, and he pledge- himself to j .sustain, as far as lie m able, the. ptirilv I and integrity of the one. and tjic firmness, llie paP'iolistn, and the statesman-hip of the other. To the people of Stiuirrr District lie confidently appeals fur tl.eir s; mpathy and patronage. i.deiit'ii d -s he has ever been with them and their iuteribl in the past, he asks to no allowed the saun- privilege in the future. IJc expects lo huilu up l. r them a District paper, tlie c?!iuation and training of the rising geuer tiun. \ The services of an aide and ial";-!ed j editor have been secured, who w i- de-; vote his time and ab lilies to the ;.*r- ; tainment and instruction i f It's petrous, and who will take pleasure in * enroling i the efforts of the undersigned, to.render THE SUMTER NEWS "worthy of. the j1 Confidence afcul support of h discriminate > public. For'.' fnrth"r information as to terms, ; OL- i s I. \ PS \ Metis 1st July. Ifi'.v, $.T,Tl4,fiu6,,|5 Liabiiitiuh. ' 1! a,h9 j.TC [CI! AS. J. MA I IT IN. President, i V. '.VtLJiM ARTIi. Vice Pres'c. JOHN McCLKi", Secrciarv. T !l H'K ja'nv. J', c...... *0* ' ' T\. I>. ?-cl)0W.1"L', .\gcnf. <.'awd x, .^o. ' A .Tar.nr.rr 12)1. jT. OrR/HOIpES, CciBinissicn JercLaii'. ACCuMMODA Tiny \Vi/Ahi\ pVrs h] Q p l E*,GH u* \J fiSKvttctition pij- n to 'he xal?? of 1 GO'ITON. I-LOlTi. W UKAT; AND I O'iTiEK INIOMJCIv, AND TO I'il.L-j 1 NT; 01' 0UDKKH1., J . .'-rji-rct^. O' ti. J. i>. fv'tvl'av,' G- n i J. !?. Kc>:? ?D* and (Jajit. \\\ Z Lcitncr. ' .' "i-ptonb^r 15. " _ lv. PAVILION "EC TEL," or -(-r cr'.ioa: A S. re:*. cuahlssstos, s. c Rates of oavd pi*r 'lav tj[.'X00 L.Bn'f! liHilD, .tiiitJi "'i?If / ' i'rrprictor. ' iTmirWrmfir hew mm, * ti.Wi:' T'S" ' PK?:pl) IN T!!K -STORK .ft one floor belo-v Jir. Youiijr's j;n ontiMv t:c*? pcnck of!? .Y CUKJUS ?naussurc s. wucro ij am pivp-red (o give entire satisfaction to j all win) mnv favor me tvitn tlieir patron ago ' JOHN ( TIESNUT. Jim- 1? i 500 Yards Dress Goods, (r ALL KINDS; LA DIMS', DENTS' and Huts' summer IJ ??s; a lieauti- I ful stock ol riiiladelpl'ia Slioc> Ladies' unci Den's'; H few pieces (Jrcnadines.: (in--Summer Print?.; Notions of nil kinds ai P. II. MOOLE'S. Teas- j c p KEEN AN I - LL.\< K TEAS THE'! * ^ best nri. lc imported s*.f April '20- T S MY EES'., j G ood Bargains. , * . i,i. MY PRV.-KXT ST ck nKuonns" wove b August, and regularly 'hereafter, The Charlmton Daily Xnca. ' Asiisitho Carolinians, the publishers trill naturally look to tin* interests of their own State, and to that of the South'; and as citizensoft ho United States i1;ev will not be wantingin the proper amount of devotion and respect for the General Government. . Kvery effort shall be made to r.mkc the Jjnih/ jWiri ? tirst class newspaper mid in every way wovtnv' ot the patronage of the public. ? Our terms,'ton-tin-.present. will he at the rat** u' 0 per iiiunmi.* -t ubs'ri lioi,s received for o, G. hud 12 rnhtit l h, payable in advance. POST-M STMIIS, ;yul otheisti.ronghoiit the. eountry who may nitet?>-t tliein*';lies ii p.ocuting suViseriptioiis, will be allowed the usna* pt r cent age. A'fin; RT. McMTfL ' X i VnRTON. Proprietors. Xo. 18 ayne Stvoc', Chariest on. S. C. GLOBE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., ' or iewi'O JR.. i, : .iJ.L I'OLIVIF*'ii 0.V-FOJ.FEIT' IS Li. ' V pOf.Tnl'^ i Y TC:> COif! -.NY JL mi Cnnucoii Lili' and hiiilowmenr Tables.? are non forfeit injr alter ti e iliir. yen1, Ui.it/*. t tlnrasHured liiseonlimie hi> premium* ciilfer from choice or ncwsa^ y. iir will be entitled t??a full-paid policy liir tin* wliole amount of prrininnis paid. J'loviiied^tlie assun-tl docs nut evi-eeil 50 vea a oi t:;p> at ilie italic of he original-Policy tie of I he r.vifi imp riant object-* a mV.n can Iisiv .'.i i' is world. i* ty make sure his family v- -; 00 p.ovioi-d for wlu n lie is taken >? a way. You ll'ecu. this the moinHit you takea i l'olier ou vour lite in favor of your latnilv. 1 " ?:o:? *- ' ' ?-5"D. I.. DitrAfssfUF. M, !>.. VeiJ-cal ]*x- I a. ittcr. W.H. Mcl',n?\Al.L Ajient.. C.VJJUEX, So. (!,?. ! Jannary 20. . lr. -4 : ? VUNDERWRITERS' , - AGENCY / W. D. M.TOWALL/ AgMi CAii:m:vK v. 1 rHK OK flIAM V KIRK' IN'.-Tlt XCK 0I'HEJjANOVKlt KIRK INSURANCE ( 0. niKMAO RA FJJM5 1XSUB .XCK CO. L'lfE REPUBLIC FI11K IN8UK XCK C. All of the city of N AS ARRANGEMENT for the purpose ol' >ra >.*?ct npjo^etiicr thu'buainvss ol'.'INSUR CE against*. , Lous or Dnmag; by Fip" Mid I e Perls of Infind Transportation,* nfid haw establiahe'Sin iftici-in this Town doaiirioiti'd *Ie L?Kk- . A'KITDRS AGENCY." and your attention is : cspeetfully called fo the superior advantages rliieh the Aecncy nllbriis to those who desire 0 make pron nt ami reliable insur ncea. The tisli A;?ieis of each Conipuny issuing lie Underwriters .Policv of tnsuranco exceed 1 I.F A MILLIONOKUOLCARS, makingn ccurity in the aggregate ol'THRiOK MILLION * ) LLA RS. January OS. lr. Correct Photographs r>F CONFEDERATE .GENERALS: ^ sent, po>t paid, t?. any address, od eee'pt of twenty five cents, or live for >ne dollar. POI NEST & BURKE, 09 Mceting-St., Charleston. S. C. Post Office Pox 4(j3. Mrv 18. MILLS WlsiT 'oriter of Queen and Mutiny Streets r* Charleston, S. O. ^ THI> I'Ol'ULAll ANDWKLL . fciHl&J known lloTKI. is now (is fly H > np-n lor the reception ot viei fcn.i.1.' iors, ii ving lieei. it Hirniwl.(-d : iih new an elegant furniture throughout, arid : [fire t? the traveler nct-oniii-odaiioriH and con-, oni.nccs. saFl!tST*0 AS>H-'TEh, nottobo pialled by any. North ?r South. The patron* ge ol the rav ling pu he to res ect fully sojffctni. JOSEPH Pl'RCKLL, Proprietor Kates of Hoard per day. $4, On. " " ' " per mouth, as tauy be agreed a. -y. ? t February 23. family and Self-Raising Flour, ? U&T RECEIVED AND FOR SAM \i\ I'.H. MOnpK.