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There will I plant lay wonder, and there give
My beet endearor*, to bnlld wp hie glory,
Tliut truly merit*."
To Subscriber* in Arrten
Tbe publisher of tlus Sootnkbnm wiehen
to inform thoee of iu rnndere who hnrn an-
wittingly suffered themgelree to fall in ar
rears, that their accounts hare been drawn
off ready for them, and that now u the best
possible time for settlement. Those who
really wish well to the Soiihimnib, will
kindly respond to this notice, and tare
themselves the annoyance of a formal dun
Those persons whose accounts are of long
standi* g, aro informed that they will k«
given -o a magistrate for collection unless
settled very soon. •
J. M. IHIOWN.
THE REPUBLICAI TRIUMPH..
Ile pitc the many and great efforts of
distinguished patriots, the Northern elec
tions hare gone, overwhelmingly, against
the administration, and the Republican
party has before it many months of as
sured power. At the next sitting we
may expect much greater boldness, but,
perhaps, less of a vindictive spirit. This
is no triumph ef the Radical wing of the
Republican party. To win it, the lead
ing organs of the party Lad greatly to
moderate their tone, and the party had
to at least half way pledge itself to the
a 1 mission of- Southern representatives,
upon the adoption, by tbe Southern
States, of tho Howard Constitutional
Amendment. It is not probable that
Steven:- aud Sumner will be the leaders
of the next Cbngrcss. Resides, despite
the fierceness of party conliict, time has
greatly moderated the bitterness of feel
ing b; ween the sections. Measures of
revenge that popular sentiment at tho
North might have sanctioned six months
ago, it will now condemn. Old business
relations have been revived, new ones,
by the thousand, have been established,
visits have been interchanged, and more
of reason and a.milder temper prevails.
Again the South U in a better coad
tion than it was six months ago, to ova
and render, comparatively harmless n
wise and unjust legislation. Though
by a m4 .-Mar;
irictialy power, that claims still to have .loniMb 1
them completely in its power, the South*
cm States once more exorcise authority
over their eitixens and enforce their laws.
The execution of those laws have already
gone far towards restoring to the country
peace aud erdcr and personal security.
Our people having recovered from the
prostration and despair that followed the
issue of the war, act and think, onee
more, with spirit and unanimity. Public
opinion is again, in every community,
alive and powerful, and to outrage it is
no longer safe or profitable. Wg are no
longer utterly without strength.
As a consequence of tho Republican
Iriumpb, tho question of the adoption of
the Howard Constitutional Amendment
will bo forced upon the Southern States.
AVe shall be surprised if Tennessee gains
a single companion to share her infamy.
Policy has uo right to utter a word in
.this mailer. It is a question of lion'or.
Tho trinmjffiont North may debar from
all pul lie offices and vainly attempt to
disgnov tlirvc of our brethren highest in
"character aye} intelligence, and illegally
incorporate into tho Cons Ration a mise
rable denial of eur just claim®, and we
may be obliged, unresistingly, to submit,
but wo cannot without lasting infamy by
our own legislative action, help forward,
approve and gaaotioa this great wrong.
That This is asked of us, is not the least
of the insults vilely heaped upmi a help
less peeplc. Better be without ropresen-
tion in Congress for years to come than
so disgrace ourselves. Tho representa
tion that the test oath would allow us is
not so desirable, valuable or honorable,
that we shoul. humble ourselves in the
least to obtain it.
IMMIORATlOV.
We commend to the perusal ef our
readers Wic following sensible article from
the Charleston Wetkfy Record. W«
trust that it will induce many others to
imitate tbe example of tlnaM of owe ptaa-
tera who are now sending on for foreign
laborers. These gentlemen ase well-
aware that they incur a greet rink in
bringing on a few ituaitgranto to tk»eee-
tmu, iu its present condition, but they
willingly run this risk, m the hope W a
success that will induce the whole body
of our planters to join them w this en
terprise. Were every planter in this dis
trict to send on, ini mediately, for tbe
aumbor of itomigrai.u, who-c passage
money from New York {he could, at pre
sent, afford to pay, thei • toould no longer
be any risk; but a very Lng step taken
towards the recovery of safety aud proa-
peVity. Let the people become alive to
iheir interests iu this nutter, and, with
out delay, do all in their power, add,
very soon, the strong arm of the Skate
wiU assist them, aud a stream of immi
gration will coromcnoe ^miring life and
strength into our State.
From every part of the State the hcoouuta
of the nale of real estate are of tbe must dia-
courugiiig ubarsoter. Flee twelllngs, rich
liui‘1, aro going; for a Mere song. Wby is
tbisf Waal oi mosey. Way is there tear
w.tut T Waal of pr.i toee. Way is lLore tkoi
want ? Want of a laboring populaiiou. In
tlieie i|nesiioaH ami tuswers we bare tbe po
litical ecoaomy of tbe State.
A plan of ••itiigraitau for the State is feasi
ble. Wbat is hint nrctli d is nthcial taaetisti
aud orgitniiaiiuii of ibe enterprise. There
ahoulil In: responsible board*If Commission
er* of T'niigrati.iu located *eVr-tlly at lieitu-
fort, ( b>irk‘*ton and Usorgetona. They
■honld be gentlemen of bigb cbarucrer, mi l if
possible large landholder*, who would fee! in
terested iu tbe scheme, If ne^Jioiry, let
them bo salaried officer* of tbe tkVo- These
board* should locate lands for Tsltl'.meut.
This could be done by two methods, either
the State becoming a purchaser of tbe land,
or (lie procuremcut of homcHlead* from pre
sent owners, to be Hold to bona fide seitler* at
low rates, the parch iso nioticy having a long
time to run, ten. twolve and fifteen years.
There are numbers of large, sagacious land
lord* that would •beerfully consi-ut to anle of
alternate section* of land at low, long rates,
because in three or five years tho reserved
sections would double aud ijuadruplo present
price*. Lunds being procured, let small
.dwelling* lie erected, and tbcu invito emi
grants, and they will como.
It is folly to stq.poso that emigrants are
coming to Charleston \-r other pint* to be
dropped down without shelter, friends or pur
pose. A'lpocially• etui this not be the case
with the inducement* held ohi by homestead
and emigrant scheme* in the West, where
they are welcomed, liou.cJ, mid fit once sot
to work to promote their own interests. Our
buu(ate pajm-ietur* must not expeet now to
mtke mono/ by renthl and incryased value of
l.uda. Let lb e u bend their energies to this
work. Weuave repe.siedly urged this .tihjeot
n the attention of our tellow-oitiien*. We
profoundly imprt seed with its neec* iiy,
if we would rise from our present depression.
The colored population need competition to
induce to industry; the 8tate need* produc
tive industry to reawaken trad* and losloro
fy. HirMmmigrutii.n cnimot tic rtcei-
least of all will it be thrurt upon us.
Me call upon our Legislature to move iu this
«;ittltei\ Mo implore them not to slumber
over this subject, (leorgin. North Carolina
and Virginia have already motud in tho mat
ter, and feel a new blood in their veil}*. Our
Legislature have devoted one regular aud one
cxtia sc'ision to legislating on the colored
man. Can they not spare a few days for the
whites?
Letter from General Early.
The following m an extract from a let
ter from General Juhal A. Kurly to a
lady of Winchester, which we 3ml in the
Winchester Tiinea
Toronto, 0. W., September 27, I^ilG
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The Rural Southerner
The above is the title of a new journal
jiag^ssuetl from Columbia, 8. C., a copy
of which has been rcowred at this office.
Mr. R. M Stokes is the proprietor, aided
by a corps of talented writers.
Th« Southerner is devoted to Agricul
ture, Horticulture, Ac. Ac., and is offered
at the exceedingly low price of |3 por
annum-
This Issue.
Our readers will notice the beautifu]
appearance of the Southerner this week,
printed on such clean, thick, white pa
per.
Although this style of paper is much
more expensive than tbe kind formerly
used, we shall continue to printthe South
erner on it, trusting that our efforts to
improve it will be properly appreciated.
When many of my countrymen, in ig
norance of the great disadvantages under
which l labored at the Line of my rever
es, judged flie harshly, it w-s from a lady
of \\ mehester that. 1 leccived a message,
sent «' rough the linos of the enemy, that,
whatever “others might do, the Indie* of
that place, who knew the tremendous
odd* with which 1 had to contend, at
tached no blame to me. It is not to be
wondered, therefore, that l feel ho deep
ly toward them. God knows how well I
love my native State and all her turiortu-
uatc-sistcvs of the South, an ! how cheer
fully m life was risked and would bow
l>o vidled in their defense; lut, to all
of u.*, there ate r-et-. c spots peculiarly sa
cred. With me, the first among there is
tho place where I was born aud where
now repose the remains of my mother;
♦he next is \V iuche ter, theplains around
which were watered by tho blood of so
many of my brave comrades, am! where
now so many true women weep over the
graves of the fallen. It is sad, sad in
deed to be tfn exile from my country, and
still sadder to mourn the loss of the most
just and sacred et^ise for which mautver
fought; but there iik,„sonie comfort in
knowing that the stru^l* which devel
oped so much heroism on Ut^part of onr
soldiers and so many virtues in,our wo
men has not been all in vain ; and where-
cver I may wander l will bear with me
tho proud consolation derived from the
knowledge that my countrywomen, who
were no tuithful and devoted during all
the trials and vicissitudes of our dreadtul
contest for indcjiendenee, now that it
has gono against us, remain true to the
memories of the dead. Power and mon
ey may procure costly monuments and
testimonials to commemorate the names
of those who fought for the successful
party, but all the power and wealth of the
world cannot command qp rich a tribute
as that paid to the memories of the hero
ic dead of the Confederate armies by the
tear- of the women of the South.
I beg that you will communicate this
expression of my feelings to the ladies
of Winchester and the lower Valley, and
may the choicest blessings of Heaven rest
on you and them !
Very truly and respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JTBAL A. EARLY.
Cbm of Mr. Davis.
Exkcutive Mansion, Washitj^on,
Oct. fi*—8f»: A apecial term or the
Circuit Court of the United 8tatee wan
appointed for the first Tuesday of Octo
ber, 18tid, at Richmond, Vo., for the
trial of Jefferson I hi via on the charge of
treason. It now appears that there will
bo no session of that Court at RichteWd
during the present month and doubts are
expressed whether the regular term by
law should commence on the fourth Mon
day of November next, will be held, in
view of thm~ob. traction, and the conse
quent delay in proceeding with the trial
of Jefferson Davis, under t ha pro.-ceution
for treason, now pending in that Court,
and there bcinj^M far us the President is
informed no good reason why tbe Civil
Courts of the United States are now com
petent to exercise adequate jurisdiction
within the district or circuit in which
the State of A'irgiu'a-i» enclosed; I deem
it proper to request your opinion as to
what further steps if any should be taken
by the Executive with a view to a speedy
public and impartial trial of the accused
uceordiug tq-thc Constitution and laws
of tho United States.
1 am, sir, very respectfully, yours,
A k mi kw Johnson.
To Hon. Henry Stanhury, Att’y Gcn’l.
.Iu response to the above, the Attor
ney General, uudei'date of the 12th mat.,
status: I am clearly of opinion that
there is nothing in the present condition
of Virginia to prevent the full exercise
of jurisdiction of the eivil courts in the
actual state “f things and your several
-proclamations of peace and of the resto
ration of eivil order guarantees to the
civil authorities Federal aud 8.ate im
munity against military control or inter
ference. it seems to me that in this
[articular time there is no necvShiiy for
further action on the pait of me Execu
tive iu the way of a proclamation, espe
cially as Congress, at live late session re
quired the circuit Court of the United
States, to be held at Richmond, on the
1st Monday of .May, aud the 4th Monday
of November, in each year, aud author-
hod the apt-eiul or adjourned term# of
that court to be ordered by tbe Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, -at such
time and ou such notice us he might pre
scribe, with the saino terms. This is an
explicit*) recognition by Congress, that
tho state of things in ViaMNia admits
tbe holding of the I Jutted States courts
in that Slate. He also states that Mr.
Davis remain* iu custody at Fortress
Monroe, jKOcisely as he was held iu Jan
uary last, when in answer to a resolution
of Congress, when you reported a coin-
uiuiiieation trom the Secretary of War
aud the Attorney General, showing that
he was held to await his trial in the civil
courts. No action was then taken by
Congress in reference to tho place cf cus
tody, uo demand lias since been made
for his transfer into civil custody. The
District Attorney ot ihe United States,
for the district of Virginia, where Mr.
Davis si aids indicted tor treason, has
been not died that the prisoner would bo
surrendered to the United 8tntos marshal
upon a oupio* under the indiotment, but
the District Attorney declines to have
the capias issued, because there is no
other place within the district where the
prisoner could be kept, or where his per
sonal comfort aud health could be so well
provided fir. No application has heeu
made within my knowledge by the Uuun-
--tl for Mr. Davis for a transfer of the
prisoner to civil custody. Recently an
aidfeeatioa was made by his Counsel tor
lito Utoi -ter from Fortress Monroe to Fort
LiX^||tc, on theground chiefly of Ran
it..i% Agisideratiou*. A reference was
proui^tly made to a board of surgeons
w h sc teport was decidedly adverse to
ebuiigo-pB the score of health and person-1
al comragt. I am unable to see what
iuither'tcuon can be taken on partof the
Eioculuto to bring the prisonor to trial.
Mr. Davit must tor the present remain
where he is until the court which has
the jurisdiction to try him shall bo ready
to net, or until his custody is demanded
under lawful process of the Federal
courts. The Attorney-General suggests
that to avoid any misunderstanding on
the subject an order should be issued to
tho CommnndanC of Fortress Monroe to
surrender the prisoner to civil custody
whenever demanded by the United State*
Marshal, it non process from the Federal
Courts. Mr. Star.bury enclose* a letter
of the IT. 8. District Attorney for Vir.
ginia, who states in answer to the que*
tion why no demand had been made upon
the military authuritms for the surrender
of Jefferson Davis jit order that he might
be tried upon the indictment found
against him in the U. 8. Circuit Court at
tho term held at Norfolk in May last,
for two reasons bad influenced him in
not removing him from their custody.—
He says the one relates to the s lie-keep
ing, the other to his own pur® aal com
fort and health I have never had any
doubt but that he would he delivered to
the U. 8 Mar*hal of the District when
ever he should have demanded him on a
capias or any other civil process.
State Items.
Tho Court of Common Pleas and Oen
eral Sessions tor this District commenc
ed its session, at this place, on last Mon
day, his Honor Judge Moses presiding.
The Grand Jury made some present
ments in reference to the roads and
bridges in the District, the condition of
the jail, and the scarcity of provisions iu
the District and the necessity of some
legislative action for the relief of the peo
ple. There was but little drinking, and
no fighting or disturbances of auy kind
on the streets.—Hrm-.thviUe. Journal.
T»s Dbhtsbbitt.—This State institution
resumed its duties on Monday, the Istinst.
Daring the tret week there were - ixtecn
students entered. These, added to tlte for
ty-nine of last session, make a total of sixty-
five.
Numbers more are exnected still; and, as
the annual session opens with the first ot
January, it is hoped that a large number
will then be added.—XtrlcvilU tinquirer.
The poet office at Fire Mile, iu Pick
ens District, has been re-opened, with
Mn. Ms ha Is Thompson as postmutrtM.
santsss
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The Court
Tho Court *f Beseiott eenrened for its
astral Fall Term, at thi# place, last Mon
day, J edge Moses presiding. The Sitting
of tbe Court attracted qnite s number of
the oi tine ns of the district, end, for two
or three days of the eeaemn, onr town
presented a livlier sp peer an at than H has
worn for many a day Of eonrse, the
season was In onr meeehantn an b s show
er to parched ground that has passed
through s long drought.
The closed doone of the Common Firm
side of the Const, aud the large exclusive
jurisdiction now possessed by the District
Court, left hat little busiaeiia to he trans
acted. That business, Judge Mosca,
who works “ with a util,” pos-msse*
the rare fseuhy of combining rapidity
with thorough exeonttou, finished with
all poteible di-patch, and the Court was
enabled to adjourn as early ns Wedoes
day evening. The Judge in hie charge
to the Grand Jury, congratulated the dis
trict on the singular infrequency of crime
within its limits, during a period of great
anarchy and disorder^ hi eh infrequency,
he snid, was evidenced by the saeall nutn
her of bills preferred. We are not so
sure that 'his compliment was deserved.
Reports hare, from time to time, reached
our cars of atrocious seta, that ought to
hare been, though they were not, brought
to the attention of this Court, the reason
being, as we believe, that there prevails
iu the minds of our people, a melancholy
impression, that in these disjointed times,
it is both useless and dangerous to seek,
by legal means, to punish offenders of any
description
We wish very much that we could by
before our readers with accuracy snd w*
erUnso, the very able, instructive aud in
teresting charge to tbe Grand Jury, tq
which we have alluded. It drew a faith
ful and striking picture of the condition
of the country, declared, with great good
sense, the proper spirit with which the
Court should engage in the trial of cases,
iu which persons of lolor were concerned,
contained wise exhortations, suitable to
the times and most eloquently delivered,
and was replete witJ| information ot much
practic’d value. Iif a matter, however,
we
This was Urn first appearance of Judge
Moses as a judge io this District. His
friends were pleased but uot surprised to
find him presiding with the ease, dignity
aud dispatch of one long aecuetomed to the
bench. Hie chargee war* exceedingly
elenr and strongs and excites great atten
tion.
Deputy CcQccter
He are mill without e Deputy Collector.
It gives as plea sera, however, to steto,tUt
there m n pnAmteltty of the went
en aepplied. le thw eeneeettoi
would ask how b it that the Deputy
over from Sumter, uraiate uu a charge for
tbe shipment of eottou. over and shore the
tail We have looked through all the ia-
struetioM we have hern able to obtain ee-
cem to, and sen find no warrant for this. If
the Deputy has good authority, he should,
for bis own reputation, make it known. J
I >vputy i« poorly paid, w« admit, bet surely
this is no reason for increasing hie pay h
an additional and unauthorised tax. It b
said that his expense* from Sumter must be
paid. Let the Collector, who is responsible
for our want of a Deputy of eur own, pay
these expensM, ae i* dearly hie duty. 0 -tr
people have been obliged to aubtnitto mu-.'h
illegality in tbe past. The time for this is
past. They are determined to submit no
longer to imposition. If there is authority
for this charge, let it be shown.
W» as .m
Our Peet’s Center
We invite attention to the lines that, this
week, adorn this corner of our paper. W*
hope that we arc guilty of no undue liber
ty. in saying that tbe poet is of this Dis
trict, and a young pert. Our readers will
agree with us, that the pi cu read iu the
light of this last circumstance, permits—
even enforces the indulgence of-high and
pleasing expectation*.
w» <m :
Epworth Academy.
We are informed that there will be a
meeting, the coming Saturday, in the pres
ent school-room, of we stock-holders ot this
promising District School. It b hoped
that all persons interested in the enterprise
will be preeent. Success to Epworth, and
may it soon have the means to provide for
itnlf suitable buildings.
so important to
racy, as the officbl
we hesitate to ran
ments, and are not]
cellcction, dim:
of several busy da;
stated with accu-
Iterances of • judge,
risk of misetate-
rilling to trust a re-
,by the intervention
One point we will
venture to notice.. ! The Judgmntd that
where a white man was charged with the
murder of.a uegrJp would, perhaps, re
quire a eomewhatlns degree of provoca
tion thin is usually necessary to justify,
the jury in reducing the charge to man
slaughter. There are, doubtless, those
who will take offence at this, but we can
not think that any fair>tniuded man, on
reflection, will esteem it other than the
utterance of sound common tense, and in
perfect accord with the true spirit of the
law. Habits and prejudices, that have
grown with the growth, cannot bo surren
dered in a moment, and cannot, without
injustice, le disregarded.
The Grand Jury found a true bill
against Solomon, accused of the murder
of Keith; but as he is still i»t iu
vrntHi,'’ there waa of course no trhl.
True bill* were also found in two indict
ments for burglary, the accused being
persons of color. These people, pleading
poverty and declaring theueelves unable
to employ counsel, the Court assigned
them counsel; and all present will admit
that they wore defended with a xeal ns
great as most liberal fees could have pur
chased. In the first case, the jury found
Nathan Garner guilty ot larceny, and in
the second case, Julius Feigoraou, Wes
ley William* and George Chambers,
guilty of the offence charged, burglary,
but recommended for mercy. A ques
tion Laving been raised as to the jurisdic
tion of the Court over these cases, and
notice ha\ ing been given of motions in
arrest of judgment, no sentence was
pass ad, and the cinw will go up to tbe
Appeal Court. These Asases give rise to
tho interesting question, whether, under
the present constitution of the State, tho
Superior Courts have jurisdiction in eases
in which persons of color are parties.
During the trial of these cx^es much
of a ludicrous character occurred. It was
impossible not to he amused at tho very
natural awkwardness and simplicity of
the negro witnr .-scs. The value of negro
testimony was, as a matter of course, fully
illustrated. It is no light matter for a
jury to be compelled to over-ride the posi
tive testimony off a witness in order to
arrive at a satisfactory verdict; hut, it is
evident, that in cases into which negro
testim my enters, this thing will be of
almost constant occurrence.
General Gilc, of the Freedmcn’s Bu
reau, was iu attcadauoc upon the Court,
during the greater part of the time it
was in session. It added no little to tho
novelty of tbe occasion, that there shenld
he proeent a military officer, author
ised by the Grrernmeut of the United
States, to watch t|ie proceedings of the
Court of • Sonrtign Bute.
Tournament.
The young chivalry of this place ex
pect to hold a Tournament at Dargan’s
Avenue, the Gist of the present month.
We have been requested to extend an in
vitation to the Knights of the snrronn-
ding country, to attend, aid engage in this
manly contest fur the favor of betetj. It
is dcsind that there be a meeting of the
Knights at this place on the 25th, ins'.
Shocking Accident—A Last
Ortshed to Piecks in a Mill.—On
Wednesday, Mrs. Harlow, wifo of Mr.
John P. Harlow, wheat receiver at Hax-
all A Crenshaw’s mills^ at Richmond,
visited the mills in company with two
lady friends, to whom she was exhibiting
the iiiachiuery. While turning to leave
thejupper story her dress was caucht in
the cooveyor which which carry the flour
to the superfine bolting apparatus, and
she was drawn into the machinery. Mr.
Taylor, who was standing by. caught her
and would have rescued her. but her
steel hoop-skirt had become entangled in
the cog-wheels, and Mr Taylor’s at
tempts were vain, and he came near be
ing drawn himself into the machinery,
which in a moment mangied the unfor
tunate lady in a manner too horrible to
contemplate. Her h-ad vrw severed
from her body and cru.-hod i.o pieces, the
brain being spattered in every direction,
and was cut info and ground almoet to
atoms. One arm fell to the lower floor,
the other being thrown five foet away
from the maeniuery, and fragments of
blood and hones and foams were strewn
everywhere.—Richmond Enquirer.
Washington, October 12.—The se
verest rain storm which has visited this
section for many years is still prevailing,
hiving continued for over fifty hours,
and bidding fair to last until to-morrow.
'Ihe destruction of property along the
r ver, creek aud canal fronts, though not
so great as on yesterday, is still quite
large. A portion of the ehy, through
which the Tiber creek flows, is submerged,
and people have been taken from their
houses in rowboats. The bridges for
miles along Rock creek have been carried
awayi together with mill dams and houses,
situated immediately on its banks. The
Potomac is rising rapidily, aud said te be
higher than for thirty jears.
Tho greater portion of the Washington
and Alexandria Railroad is submerged,
and train® have ceiiscd ruaning. Over
three hundred .Southern passengers wero
here this morning weather bound. In
the city sewers have bursted up, heaving
the pavements aud fining the cellars with
water. Bladensburg, five miles from
Washington, is entirely submerged and
generally abandoned by its inhabitants.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany, by keeping a force of employees
along their tracks, have saved their
bridges, and kept up regular communica
tion with the North and West. In
Georgetown the loss of property has been
largo, and in the surrounding country the
ungathered crops have been swept from
the face of the earth.
Wanting Friends.—“I wish that I
had some good friends to help me on in
life !” cried lazy Dennis, with a yawn.
“ Good friend.® 1 why yon have fen !”
replied hia master.
“ I’m sure I haven’t half so many, and
those that I have are too poor to help
mo. - %
“ Count your fingers, my boy,’’ laid
his master.
Dennis looked down ou hia big, strong
bends.
“Count thumbe and ell/' edded the
master.
“I have—there ere ten/' said the
led.
“ Then, never say you have not teu
good friends, able to help you on in life.
Try what thnee true friends oen do beforo
you go grumbling audfifretting because
you da not get help from others.”
The fiigna of the Timet.
The Radical triumphs which are else
where imported with surprise noae but
tbatolaqs of wonderfully sanguine South
ern man who during the darkest days -of
the late civil war, were always predicting
foreign intervention and miraculous dit-
peasatiuas for our salvation. It may ver-
safely be predieted that the nest Coo
grees will be store intensely radical that
tbe present. Tbe elect ions on Tuesday
leave uo doubt that iu the Titaotto con-
teat bet we** the Executive and Legisla
tive departmeata of th* government that
Congress will he the victor in sH of the
Northern Stetee. And we thmk that
fnll election returns will demonstrate that
where the enoasies of the President have
been most Radius! there their viotories
have been the moat complete.
In the present temper of the Radical
party, we cannot entertain a doubt that
Coagre»s will clamorously demand the
impeachmet of the President, mainly for
the purpose of replacing him temporarily
with a Senator of extreme Hadical views.
The article* of impeachment,as fbrauhad-
owed by Butter, are too absurd and triv
ial to deserve a moment’s oonaidaration,
but thej will answer vary well th* tem
porary purpose of th* unprincipled Con
grcsaional conspirator*. _ The result of
tbe late aleotioos demonstrate that tbe
President is powerless to enforce his pol
icy. For the rest of his term th* Veto
power will he wielded in vela against the
overwhelming Radios! majority in Con
gress, and that Conner rati ve feature ef
our organic law is tiow. as valueless ass
protection for an outraged minority, aa
“a broken break*' is to atop the down
hill progress oft seech. Congress is now
omnipotent, and can, by the ingenious
dice of Coastuutioual amendments, bid
defiauc* even to the Judicial dopartnrant
of the Government.
There is much profitless speculation
with refcrouce to the popular condemna
tion of the President's policy upon his
future course. As he has been through
life, invariably the reflex ot the will of
the people, nud believes in their infsli-
bility, many fear that he will succumb to
the avalanche of Radicalism wbeh is
sweeping with such resistless power over
the Northern States, and advise the South
era States to accept the “Csugreoeioael
amendment,” as the best terms which the
uneeeerou* vietors are willing to grant
to the vanquished. Others, bowevar, who
are familiar with his indomitable will,
believe that he will remain firm a gran
ite cliff snd resist the atonr, of Radical
violence to ths lest, braving impeachment
rather than surrender to the senseless
clamors of tbe Northern mob. W< are
not equal to the solution of this problem
although the autoeedcuts of the Presi
dent as a <*people’s mas” lead us to ap
prehend some modification of his often a-
vowed plan of reconstruction. The out
side pleasure upon him, since the elect-
tious, will b« very great, aud eapeuially
fr >m Cnuocrvatives of the typ* of Weed
and Raymond and probably such war
Democrats aa Dix of New York.
The fate of the South, so far as speedy
representation is Congress is concerned,
has been sealed by the result of the late
elections. The fickle shallow'aind un
thinking people, who accumulated a debt
of three thousand millions of dollars and
sacrificed half a million of lives to restore
the Union are now it steim£ overwhel
mingly in favor of continuing indefinite
ly the very state of things to prevent
which they fought for four years.
Congress being omnipotent, our condi
tion is that of prisoners of war upon pa
role. The doctrine that our rights
hare b.-ea forfwited meets the approval of
the North, and the triumph of the Radi
cal® stamp* the Northern peopla as the
least magnanimous and most uafor
giving people of modern times. They
are tfiU at war with ■« disarmed people,
who are honestly striving to obey laws in
the making of which they have no voice.
Without representation in Coag r ess to
defend our intcreats, and mother resort
to arms bring out of the question, we
have nothing l*lt but to endure the ma
lignity, insults and outrages of a gigau
ticand merciless depotism with dignity and
manliness. We have now little left be
sides the memory aud traditiona. <jf our
splendid courage and that honor which
passed scathless through the furnace of
eivil strife. By silent, dignified endu
rance of our wrongs we mav retain in the
midst of our misfortunes tlie respeet of
maskind; hut ly slavish, rarville conces
sions we ihall lose all which renders life
endurable. Richmond Timet.
LATEST 1STEWS.
European Hews Per Steamer.
New York, October 16.—The steam
ship Ncoha has arrived from Queenstown
with dates of the 7th.
The following arc the principal condi
tions of the treaty of peace between Aus
tria and Italy : Austria constyits to the
union of Venetia with Italy. The fron
tiers to he added to Italy are those which
constituted the province of Yonetia while
under the Austrian dominion. The a-
mount of debt to be assumed by Italy is
thirty million florins, payable in eleven
instalments in twenty-three months.
An Athens dispatch, dated the 20th
.of September,says that the French .Vio-
ister Moustierhas warned the Greek Gov
ernment that France would br-tak off di
plomatic relation with Greece, if the lat
ter did not observe the strictest neutral
ity during tho present insurrection*
In Candia the Cretan National Assem
bly bad called upon the Greek nation to
take part iu the insurrection. The Eng
lish and French Consuls in Candia arc
opposed to the movement.
Par Atkatic Telegraph.
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Liverpool, October 15.-—Cotton mar,
ket very active. Sales to day 80,000 hale*.
Middling Upland advanced Id., closing
at 15Jd. a
Liverpool, October 10.—Cotton mar
ket t mite active. Sales to-day20,000halos."
Midaitng Uuplaq<! }5ld. Tjw feather
still unfavorable for crops. Breadstuff's
tend upwards. Corn advanced te 80s. per
cental for mixed Western. Consoia
89}.
•tie of Government Property oa fa*.
Islands
Washington, October 16.—The Uni
ted States District Tax Commissioner will:
sell to the highest bidders, the following-
Government property, situated on thw
islands of Port Royal, Ladles, St Helena.
andParry: On the let of November, 1866
44 lota sod bouses is the tows of
Beaufort jpn N ovember 5th, nearly 30,000’
lots in the newly laid out town of Poi*
Royal: at the south west end of St. Hele
na Island, on December 3d % 83 sehoel
farms containing shout 6000 acres. These
sales are to be made under the Act of
July 16, 1866.
Death of Hon. Jno. Van Baron.
New York, October 16.—Jno. Van
Buren died two days since, oa board th*
steamship Beotia, at sea His body has
been brought to this city.
Hew York Markets.
New York, October, 16.— Gold 148}.
Tens 99} Sevens 105}. Cotton dull ;
sales 800 bales at 4llo 43 cents. Floor
elomd heavy ; sales 460 bbls. at SIS te
#10.50. Wheat 1 to 2c. lower. Cora 1
to Se. lower; Pork firmer: Mew #32.87
to #88 06 Lard lower. Whiskey, Gro
ceries and Naval Stores quiet.
Emmiqratiok to Liberia.—Tho
Philadelphia Bulletin says :
A rcmaakable movement exists among
th* ffeeduicn in rcfvrtao* to immigration
to the young Republtoot Liberia. There
are applications from many quarters for
passage to Liberia in November next. Of
these oue hundred and fifty arc from Knox
ville* Tennessee; one hundred and fifty
from Colombia, S. C., one hundred and
fifty from Macon, Ga., cte. Even in this
city aa unusual spirit of inquiry exists
in regard to immigrating to Liberia. The
namn of aaore than fifty persons have
been entered at the office of the Pen-
sylvania Colonization the Society, in Wal
nut-street, who wish to go immeuiatciy
or in the Spring.
AX hia residence, in this district, on Sun
day last, October 14th. 19Gfl, after a brief
illness, HENRY KINO, aged fifty-tire*
years.
NSW ADYESTIStoMKNTS.
COLLEGE OF CHAKLE8TOH, 8 C.
T HE FACULTY Of THE COLLEGE Ot
ChariMtea would raspscfatly iaforiu
C ent* sad guardians of young jpHttlroixM
irons of obtaining a Collegial* •fiducui-fl.
that this iBslitutioa has been reoprn«<l undtr
very favorable auspices and M a greatly n>-
diteed rate of Tuition, the term* of wfooit aro
only Forty Dollars per annum, payable quar
terly. Students from tbe interior can obullii
hoard at reasonable rates, in rrspoctable pri
vate fbmiLcs reading in the city.
ADMISSION.
Candidates for ndaiirsieu into the Frrrh-
man Ciaas must b* abl* to translate into Eur-
B W*h *h* whoUpf Cmoar a.Coiunieniarias. Vir-
■ gil, Cicero s 9cl*ct. Oral teas, anTj ffitllusf.
They must also possess an accurate and min
ute knowledge of tho Latin Urnmmar and
Prosody.
Ib Greek, they will be expected to possess
a thorough knowledge of Vnlpy's Greek
Reader, the tiret two books of Xenophon'.*,
Anabasis, aud the first book of lluiner a
Iliad.
In Mathematics, their knowledge will b*
expected to include Arithmetic (inclnding
Fractions, Vulgar and Decisirtl,) Exlraciiou
of Square and Cube Roots, Young's Algebra
through Simple A'quntions, and first three
books of Legendre’s Uccmetry.
Geography, both Ancient and .Modern, will
be the subject of a rigid examination.
N. B Students will be admitted' to a.par
tial course, upon special application.
FACULTY.
N. R. MIDDLETON, L.L.B.. President,
Professor of Logic, Political Economy, and
the E’\i tenet of Christianity, and Horry
Professor or Moral and Political Philoso
phy.
Re-v. JAMES W. MILES, A M..
Professor of the Ltilte oad Greek Lan
guages and Literalure, aud *f Roman
aud Greek Antiquities.
LEWIS R. UIBBES, M.D.,
Profc-ror *f Astronomy, Physics and Ch*-
miatry.
JOHN McCRADY, A M*
. Professor of Matlientetics.
F. A. PORCH Ell, AM., ,
Professor of History, Anehient and Modern;
Rhetoric, Belles Lettres, English Com
position and /.locution.
F. 8. HOLMES, AM.,
Professor of Urology, Palteontology and
Zoology, and Curator of the Museum.
LEWIS R. GIUBES, M.P.,
oc;10—2t Secretary of the Faculty.
ASSESSOR’S HOTICE. ~~
Assnssfia's Orvics. U, 8. Int. Usv.
1st DisTturT, South Caholi?
Bishsttsyili.k, S. C-, Oct, 11th.
J AMA'S S. FILT./T.nOWN F.. Assistant Aw-
sc*sor in Division No. 12, Darlington Dis-
C.. having seized tha-ee barrela ot
whiskey, the |«roperty of A. H. Culler, of
Stokes county, N. C., alleged to be peddling
the same in this District without a liocn-e,
notfob is hereby given that the said A. II.
Culler do appear before me within ten days
from the publication of this notice, and t£nw
cause why the skid three barrels of whirkey
should not be forfeited under the 74.h section
of the Internal Revenue Laws of the United
States, 186-'). C. W. DUDL/;' 4
oetsO—2t Assessor Is* DisUi«i 8.V*
Usv., 1
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18*10. )
FALL DRY
mu a .nuicRiRAR
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HAS OPWAD. ^
JL complete slock of
WES8 AN# MWSEiKEFlS# GOODS.
Also, Blanket.® and other Ootid.® adapted t
Planters a»« f to %}\ of whicii of.
purchasers is rospcctfully solicited.
J.YMAo B. BA'TTS,
272 King street,
octlO—4t Charleston, 8. C,
ZIMMERMAN DAYiy?
COTTON ¥4CTPH
AND
Uc#er^l toramlssioQ Mercka^
Adgerts's North, Wharf,
CHARLESTON, S. C.'
Pr,rti^ular attention paid to ths saVa ot,
Cotton, Rioe, Naval 8tores and ifroduce
generally,' and the purchae* of Faniily and
Plantation suppliet, 1J ocH9—