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B. F. WHITTEMORE, Editor.
TSRSDAY M0RMIN6 iffiUST 22, 18(i.
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Who Shall Become our Delegates.
Less tbnn two wock« arc before Ui for deci
sion M to who rib all become our delegatee at
the Convention, where South Carolina U to de
clare tier voice In the cunatruction of an in-
•trumout coua'iHtent wi:h the National Consti
tution. an ’ which shat! cont iin ■ | uch a form of
f'ovortiinioif, -yrteiu of laws, recognition of
fact* m shall insure t speedy restoration of
rivj Coaiji-.e:.!, uiii^u. and rule. Not only will
i' be necessary for us to remember that we
have much rcjOircd of us, but that wc should
much require of those with whom we leave the
intervals and the future of the State.
In the discussion of this matter (if Wo must
needs argue upon the sul^cct) let us do so in
the light of truth, however sharp and piercing
it may be. There is no theory to perplex;
logleal circumstance* surround tu; stern facts
are the things with which we have to deal.—
Let him who would solace his mind with fslla-
ciott* anticipations be warned that he stands
on untenable ground.
We cannot, (a* we have been exercised in
the past, according to the influences that then
governed ns,) judge of results to come. "Old
things arc passed away; behold! all things
arc become new.*’ Let ns, then, from the
stand-point of our own exporiencc view the
question, rejecting the misleading*, the mis-
leaders of tbo day* of confusion, and seek to
support only such men and measure:; as shall
accomplish the devoutly wished for result.
There need be no misunderstanding upon (he
duties devolving upon all. The Chief Magig-
• tratc of the Nation has pointed out the course
for all to take ; If shipwreck is made of op
portunity; if wisdom is ignored in the exor
else of privilege; If ooniliotion with Federal
promulgations occurs, it will not bo because a
chart dirceting, a means availing, a prescribed
rule of operation has been withholden.
Regard not the poisonous Insinuations of the
few; give no ear to any that may attempt to
"Choose for this Convention your best and
truest men; not those who have skulked in the
Lour of danger; nor tLowt who k<»«
ped Mammon, while their Country was bleed
ing at every pore; nor the politician, who, af
ter urging war, dared not encounter its hard
ships, but those who laid their all upon the
altar of their Country. Select such men, and
make them serve as your representatives.—
You will, then, be sure that your rights will
not be wantonly sacrificed, nor your liberties
bartered for a uioss of pottage.”
ijueetlon th8 MgTlt, the legality of the decisions
made In the premises; turn from all who
would build up controversy upon the estab
lished realities of the hour; the inevitable,
the irremediable results of rebellious strife
are before us. Go baek, if wc please, to the
cause, its prime movers; only to return to its
effects and the sober denuncialion of those who
have wrought them out. In the formation of
our choice of those whom wc shall commission
as the mouth-piecc of our will—as the agents
of our wish—let us be sure that we do not con
fer credentials upon such as will barter our
fealty, or trifle with our necessity.
Let us be careful that no intrigue, no under
current of political chicanery shall deceive or
disarm us in the steps wc honestly desire to
take. Let us sift our men and our measures
wilt prove firm and prudent, equal to the stan
dard of requirements.
Let our delegates be such as shall represent
their constituency in all the great mailers that
are to arise in the earlist legislation for civil
polity. Mon of sound loyal sentiment; for
without this qualification, we shall have em
powered them in vain. They must not be
tinctured even with a shade of suspicion.—
They must be weighed in the balanoe of im-
jtartial judgment, and we must decide upon
their merits £t they accord with theExcmitivo
warrant which the President of the United
States has. served upon all, and proclaimed ns
the justification of our privilege—their prerog
ative.
Let us elect them not for the estimate, the
worth, the claim they may set upon themselves;
it may be a false one, at least a dangerous
one. W e should bestow no favor upon them
beeaune they have formerly been among the
favored, perhaps to betray, to destroy. We
must take men for what they are, not what
they have been. Wo are ready .to believe that
the State is not without Its sterling, true and
honorable competitors in loyalty and devotion
to the Union. There arc some that have been,
as it were, between the upper aud nether mill
stone of destiny, and it is only, by the grace
of God, they have been saved to bear testimo
ny to their allegiance, their joy over the return
of the erring to the Constitutional rights and
immunities which grow out of the writy of
States. Sueb are the peculiar snb^Rs for
consideration; for they will be wcH accepted
and faithfbl to their trusts.
Let the good sense which is new leading the
public mind, actuate It still. There is no ne
cessity for a double dealing, one with the oth
er ; sn open, fair, candid canvass of the aspi
rants for Electors should be made. It is im
portant that the Convention to which they will
come should be composed of spirits that will
harmonise and co-operate to the end, that a
compact shall be framed assimulating with the
changes, conditions, circumstances and rela
tions which, in the proridenco of God, and the
course of events, have been thrown around us.
The responsibility of a well ordered, well
inclined, well determined body of delegates is
upon the shoulders, in the suffrages of the
people. There should be an early examination
of the candidates as they are presented. Ev
ery person, qualified as a voter under the laws
of the State of South Carolina, prior te the
Seventeenth (17) day of November, A. D. 1860,
(and not within the accepted clauses of the
President's Proclamation.) who has subscribed
to the Amnesty Oath, or has received the
special pardon of the President, is entitled to
consider himself as possessed of unusual, un
paralleled trusts.
It is a matter of immediate duty to select
the names of the best men, that our delegates
may be known; tliat we may secure the most
fitting, the moat deserving, and those who will
bring an unqneotioned title of dignity and loy
alty to toe Convention, harmony out of chaoe,
law out of disorder, and a right to govern our
selves according to constitutional provisions.
There is much in IYaux II otstus’s exbtw
tation that is pertiuent to the questWu —
Southern Emigration Movement.
There seems to be in many parts of thr
South a disposition, (said by some correspond
cnls and letter writers to be growing.) to em
igrate beyond the boundaries of the country.
There nre no longer any attractions, even in
th'j sunny South, for these unreconciled, dis
appointed ones, who, failing to gain the ends
of their unhallowed treachery, are meditating
an adieu to fader Uni. It is not to be wonder
ed at, when wc consider how deeply laid, how
deliberately planned were the schemes of those
who counselled eep.-iration, sedition, armed re
bellion of the Ktates ; that, thwarted iu their
madness’ they should soek some more conge
nial place. It would be strange, if those of
forty years, a life-time effort, to bring around
an empire, founded on no other basis than Sla
very, where ;hcy could wear their titled prefer
ments, perhaps beholding their prophecies in
verted, their curses returning upon themselves,
their foundiuion. even the corner-stone of their
fabric removed, and the inevitable beward o?
their perfidy following them, it would’be more
than strange if they did not desire .to with
draw from the scene, the reminders of "a stu
pendous folly,” such as the world never saw,
should never see again.
It is not beyond question that there are cer
tain persons beyond the hope of pardon, whose
consciences resist the command “avaunt,” and
terrify theta with the promises of speedy jus*
tieo, that are gatheringVo themselves such, as
failing to rule, are subjects of ruin, and there
fore willing to link their destinies beyond the
seas. No doubt many ambitious, perhaps
rightly meaning persons, still with the scales
upon their eyrs, Wind to reason, to their intcr-
Vsts, to the calls of their country, to the ne
cessity of their condijlons, nay more, to the
best, good ef their families, their State, arc
also fancying that emigration will bring them
where their wildest dreams shall he realized,
but they will find it impossible to run away
from Heaven’s ordinations.
" Man proposes, but God disposes!”
There arc, it will be conceded, a large num
ber whom the State can well spare, the Coun
try can aflferd to lose. Their places can be
easily filled and Space T*ill make no varcum on
their account. Having done much harm, the
only good remaining for them to accomplish is
to attain a distance from us that will lend en
chantment to the view.
They will take their prejudices, their dis
cordant elements with them, and while the na
tion will meet with less motion in fts further
progress, they will becqpie a sore comfort to
themselves. While America will be purified,
the land that must accept or foster emigrants
so burdened, will need the mercy of o’erruling
Divinity in thcir.afiliction.
Waft, waft ye winds their going,
Speed, speed their barks away.
Wc had well nigh become poetic over the
thought ; so much of future tranquility and
happiness did the fact suggest to our minds.
This is, it would seem no idle speculation.
Colonel W’ood, of Vicksburg, once a promi
nent editor of the W'hiy in that place, (we be
lieve) is already in New York, arranging, it is
said, an expedition to Brazil, of some five or
six hundred families who are to desert the
Mississippi for the shores of the Amazon.—
He goes out first, to effect a purchase of a
tract of country on the Amazon, twelve miles
square, after having secured of the Emperor
permission to found a colony iu his Empire.—
He is possessed of -a subscription of one rail
lion of dollars, (whether in Confederate scrip
or not is unrevealed.)
Another branch of the mal-contcnts, "whose
unreasoning obstinacy has made their situation
too grievions to be toorne” among their wonted
homes and institutions in Louisisna, unsatis
fied with anything save rebellion, are forming
themselves into gS-away colonics and are look
ing toward the dominions of 1'Kniro—building
for their future no doubt a magnificent state of
splendid misery.
The part of Brazil to which they intend em
igrating is the upper valley of the Tocantius
river, whose chief seaport is Para, a well-wa
tered and fertile region, similar to the Amazon.
Virginia, too, is to send its quota of F. F.
V.’a—flying famines—to dispute with the ex
patriated upon the superiority of their birth,
aud claim the choicest air, geme, gifts of the
empire, perchance the crown. And, if the
words of Wadk Hvmpto* are correct, "the
number” and respectability of the parties be-
seigiug him upon the subject; his promise to
gather all desirable information eonccrning
ultimately forced emigration, corroborates the
movements of those, who "don’t moon to give
it.up so.”
But while there are a portion of these non
conformists, who repudiate the whole chain of
unalterable facts; wbo stick "to the corpse re
bellion,” with its offensive odor and look; who
cling to the idols of their worship because they
brought them much gain; who will not see the
light, but grope in darkness; who swenr they
will re-establish what they declare has never
been abolished; who contend against impossi
bilities. and defy the powers of earth, air and
•ky; the majority of the people of the South
are, if we mistake not, looking with mingled
pity end wonder nt such rash and suicidal
manifestations.
If the perverse and unreasonable will be
come as fetters upon the prospects of all around
them, while they remain ^n the placoe t£at
have known them, no doubt their neighbors
will grant thein safe conduct from their midst,
and. as they pass out-side the National limits,
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the Government will say, "titand all aside, and
give the rebels room."
But. there arc other duties, greater than sel
fish spite can demand. Tne umc turn
come when every ana who has proftnsed so
much love for his State that he oould forget bis
allegiance to the United Statee; who has pre
ferred to follow LisowaCommonwealth through
good and evil report, through prosperity or
adversity, regardless of his National obliga
tions, can show how far he was honest, at least,
in his protestations of sovereign loyalty to the
South.
The restoration of law, the reconstruction
of State Government, the *e-establishmont of
yvery relation, social, educational, moral, po
litical, internal, commercial, mercantile, agri
cultural, depends upon the action of the true
patriots aud statesmen, viz: those who seek
not their personal but the general welfare.
If the State is in ruins, clear nwny the rub
bish and prepare for a more imposing future.
Improve upon the model of the past, let the
unsightly dimensions of the edifice thrown
down be forgotten, and, in its place, rear n
building the noble proportions of which shall
cause the world to approve, and eves those
who have worshipped at their fornwr shrines
to say "Our now condition is better than our
old.”
Cultivate submission, resignation, conform
ity to events, and learn therewith to be con
tent. Now is there an opportunity for every
Individual to become au artificer in the great
work of rc-bnbilitatioD, to add to the prospects,
fortunes and enterprise of the South, to put
his shoulder to the wheel, and with a will, a
purpose, unflinching, urge the car of civil pro
gress onward.
Wc know no higher aim than that which
prompts us to live for the good of nil; no more
honorable attitude than that of the submis-
sionist to right and justice, to the interpreta
tions of the hand-writing of destiny.
If there arc those who crucify evtry virtue
—who wag their heads at Divine Providences
—let them depart and seek some other habita
tion, but God save the land to be polluted.
Sound on th? Election.
We invite the voters of this and wvery Dis
trict to the communication of “Wixtah,” our
Georgetown correspondent—not particularly
to the fluttering testimonials of ounclvcs (to
which, however, we make our bow)—but to the
manner by which Electors were nominated in
Georgetown District. Such is the only proper
and republican form of bringing candidates
before the people. •
"A unanimous” nomination, a jaoplc'e ez-
pressiou is the true way to represent the people.
Self-constituted mouth-pieccs, Committees,
aspirants arc not likely to consult those they
arc presumptuous enough to stand ia the place
of. They have their own axes to grind while
they wheedle their "constituency” into the
turning of the cranks, all the while keeping
the one thing necessary for the voters to know
out of the subjects of discussion.
Voters, hold your meetings in your precincts
—at your Pistrict Court Houses ; come one,
come all; in other words, unanimously deter
mine that you will individually and cvHectivcly
have something to say upon him who is to be
come your delegate, your other self, in the
approaching Convention. Speak out boldly,
fearlessly ; this ia the time for tk* people to
think, speak and act. Do your own business
in this matter. Consult your own mind, ask
no one to think for you, amd remind him who
usurps your decisions that the day of bigots
and unlawful pretensions is banished hence.—
Let the example of Georgetown District stir
up a similar action everywhere.
We shall take occasion next weak to use our
pen on another important theme in which the
people ought all so unanimously to be inter
ested.
We hope to hear often from "Wi«tau,” who
breathes the right spirit and entertains the
right idea of things.
Post Offices.
There is much complaint of the want of
postal facilities in the adjoining preeincts.—
The people feel that they are shut oat from the
world when thus deprived of the mail and its
advantages.
The Department at Washingtsn, though
called upon to m&ko all necessary provisions
for the resuming of post routes aad post of
fices, to put into execution the laws governing
postal matters at such a time when communi-
oations are opened, will not, it is piobable, be
able to effect arrangements in the lack towns
or villages at present.
The railroads and other public means of
conveyance being inadequate to tht demands
in all casea—the lines of railroads being bro
ken, the running material having been de
stroyed—renders the return of foftuer privi
leges in this respect quite uncertain. In the
absence of provisions made by the postmaster
General or his Agents, it would nql be inap
propriate for the people in thoir several pre
cincts or sub-districts, to constitute for the
time being, some responsible party (bearing
also the seal of loyalty,) as tho receiver and
forwarder of thoir letters and mail packages.
At the same moment a petition might be framed
requesting the appointment of the party i
iccted to the position of Postmaster, and pre
sented to the Commandant of the District, who
will no doubt comply with the will of the pe
titioners, and give them at least a temporary
Postmaster, who, from the fact of his having
the approval of the military authorities, would
be the most eligible to confirmation by toe
Postmaster General.
At the present period, while eleetien ia pend
ing and public affairs are to become so inter-
eating, it is highly important that our country
Poet Offices should be opened, that the people
may receive toe late** news and be constantly
informed of passing events. Bend yotar poet-
riders to the nearest established Pest Office,
distribute yonr letters and papers as in times
post, depend upon yourselves until other mea
sures are adopted, and make every man a
courier for the people ’
Proceedings, Findings and Sentences of
the Military Commission.
Before a Military Commission which con
vened at Georgetown, 8. C., June »tnn XOCKS,
by virtue of Special Orders of the District
Commander, of which ColonelGcoiioi H. Nvx,
29th Maine Vols. was President, the following
parties were arraigned, tried and senteueed:.
vis:—Blur Wilson, 1 William Abns.il, 8ct-
pio, Anthri'm McConnkllA Gabkibl, (colored
civilians,) for the deliberate murder of J. W.
Bkixnek, a citizen of Georgetown District, on
or about May 11th, 1865, by shooting him, the
aforesaid J. W. Skinxkr, after forcing him to
walk a quarter of a mile into the woods, upon
the plantation of Joseph W. Fobd, in George
town District, 8. C. Charge 2d. For an at
tempt to murder Mr. Josbpu Food and bis
nephew Stephen Coachman citizens of George
town district, 8. C., on the plantation of the
former gentleman, on or about May 11th. 1866.
Having been found guilty, npon mature con
sideration of the evidence adduced, the accused,
Billy Wilson—William Abnell—Scipio—
Anthbem McConnell & Gabriel, were, by
the Commission, sentenced “ to be hanged by
the neek until dead, at tuch time and place a* the
General Commanding mag direct."
The proceedings—findings and Sentence of
the parties mentioned having been approved by
the District Commander—Gen. Beal—with the
recommendation of the exercise of mercy to
ward Gabbiel, Scmo and Astubcji McCon
nell, they will be held in close confinement
until the time and the place of the execution
of their sentences shall be designated by the
Department Commander.
At present the miserable offenders arc in
carcerated in the jail at Georgetown, and their
approaching end should be a warning to any
who may be disposed to deeds of violence or
death.. “ Whosoever shoddeth mans blood,
.by man shall his blood boshed.”
Before the same Commission, Anthbi m,
(colored civilian,) was tried and found guilty,
on the charge of Bobbery of Mrs. Margaret
Johnson—residing in Georgetown District, S.
C., in May last, of one gold ring, one pair gold
spectacles, three dollars in silver, one silver
spoon, a number of plates, cups and saucers,
five and one half yards of cloth, five cotton
quilts, two mattrasscs, one pair shoes, two-
dress patterns, four shawls, handkerchiefs,
laces, stockings, tablecloths, towels, &c. &c.
Ho was sentenced to one years imprison
ment at hard labor at such place as shall be
designated by the proper authority.
Also, Henry Green, (colored civilian,) on
charge of threatening to murder John A. Mc-
Cuuocoh, citizen of Williamsburg District, S
C., in April, 1866, for the purpose of obtaining
money. The aforesaid Green with a gang of
negroes entered the house of the said McCul
lough early in the morning of the 19th of
April, 1865, ordering him out of bed and
threatening to hang him unless he told where
his money was ;—not complying he was forced
out of doors when Green ordered a gallows to
be built—a rope to be put around McCul
lough's neck—a handkerchief to be tied over
his eyes, and hung:—whereupon Mrs. John
A. McCullough, (wife of John A. McCul
lough,) told where the money waa and her
husband was released.
The same Henry Green on charge of threat
ening to murder for the purpose of obtaining
money. In this that he entered the dwelling
house of W. G. Roorrson—citizen of George
town District, 8. C., on the night of May 10th,
1866, and di<| threaten the said Rogerson with
death in the following language, to wit; " I
must have all your money or I will kill you
and burn the house and you with it.”
Against Green also were three indictments
for Robbery, sustained in the charges above
mentioned*as well as by a further charge of
entering tho residence of Mr. Okster—citizen
of Williamsburg District, S. C., on the 12th
April, 1865, and robbing him, his wife and
children of clothing and other articles.
Upon all these charges and specifications the
Ccflnmission found the said Green guilty, and
sentenced him to five years imprisonment at
hard labor, at such place as the Commanding
General might designate.
• Thus has a desperate, dangerous and wicked
band of desperadoes been disposed of. Tho
communities which became terrified at their
cruel and felonious deeds will learn with satis
faction that justice has been meted out to them,
and the freedmen of the districts should take
warning at the fate and punishment of these
murderers and criminals of their color who
hesitated not to take life as well as property.
Crime thus promptly attended to will leave
a salutary influence.
Hew Newspapers.
No surer signs of returning prosperity
can we hail than the advent of additional
Mawtrutnera in the cities and towns of the fast
improving—late insurgent euuo. W» fi u j
our Exchange list constantly increasing and
we gladly welcome the appearance of every
new Journal among our flies. The Charleston
Daily Ifcvt comes to us with fresh promises of
popular acceptance and success. Messrs.
Catucabt, McMillan & Monton, the propri
etors, are native Carolinians, and, knowing
the wants of their patrqns,>will not be behind
in their efforts to make the Xctee unrivalled in
all things that make a desirable Newspaper.
We wish them a largo subscription, larger cir
culation and ample returns.
The Abbeville Bulletin makes a creditable
display and is filled with matter that gives the
evidence of ability and true knowledge of a pro
per journalist.
New Order*.
Tne attention of our readers is called to the
following new Orders which are published iu
this day's issue. General Order No. 13, rela
ting to Receipt Titles to abandoned horses and
mules, which can be obtained of all Asst Provost
Marshals within the District. General Order
No. 14, relating to District Treasurers. Gener
al Orders No. 12 and 14, relating to the dis
missal of Officers for neglect of duty. Gener
al Orders No. 13, concerning the personal lib
erty of Freedmen. General Orders No. 15,
respecting recommendations of officers for Col
ored Regiments, the mustering out of the Sig
nal Corps and returning of men on detached
duty to their respective regiments. General
Orders No. 18, relating to Rations, Freedmen
and Refugees.
Brevet Brigadier General Dudley.
This excellent officer, formerly Colonel of
tho 30th Mass. Vet. Vols., so long known to
the 1st Brigade now in this District, is on a
leave o( absence North. He expects to be as
signed to duty in Georgia, and will, it is ru
mored, bo one of tho board of examiners of
applicants for commissions in the regular ar
my. This will be a most judicious selection,
for the General will bring with him, through
his extensive military experience, just the dis
criminating ability required in the selection of
candidates for the regular army, and the board
will be honored by his presence if ho acts in
accordance therewith.
Wc arc pleased to sec that tho Department
appreciate his eminent qualifiications.
Let him that is Military be Military
Still
We learn that Lieut. Gubdon S. Brown,
lately discharged from the service of the Uni
ted fUatee and from the 30th Mass. Yet. Vela.,
hoe been elected Captain of the 9th company
in the B. L. I., or "Tiger Regiment,** now
forming in Boston, under the new military dis-
peusation of the Old Buy State.
Already have the 30th Veterans furnished
from its officers, who have served a full term
of three years in the campaigns of Freedom,
four of the nine company commanders of that
regiment, which is soon to elect its field offi
cers, and which, if rumor is correct, will still
further do honor to “the gallant little 30th,”
the spirit of whose martial record infused into
any military 4 organization, will inspire true
soldierly deportment, and do honor to the
State that fosters it.
The Propenaity for Shooting.
An altercation between two brothers at
Bcnnettsville, S. C., whose names wc have not
learned—occurred over some hounds, where
upon one deliberately shot the other through
the head, killing him instantly.
Wallace—the negro slnyor—since being out
on bail has shot two more Freedmen, wo are
informed, and tied.
On Saturday last, an old silver haired rep
resentative of the School of Chivalry made a
journey of twelve miles to see the Provost
Marshal of this place to get a gun in orderthat
he might shoot a negro whose life ho has sworn
to take. Verily this is an age of barbarism
or depravity.
Promotion in 29th Maine V. Vols.
We are always ready to chronicle the pro
motions of those who have borne the brunt of
the battle, the justly deserving. Tho Gover
nor of Maine has lately Commissioned the
hereinafter mentioned non-commissioned offi
cers of the 29th Ucgt., as follows:
Qt. masters Sergt. Cornelius D. Maynard,
2d Lieut. Co. F. Orderly Sergt. Leonard C.
Hill, of Co. G., 2d Lieut, of Co. G. Sergt.
George McDonald, Co. D., 2d Lieut, of Co. D.
Capital Notion-
When aspiring Electors advertisethcmsclvca
for the suffrages of the people, they should no
tify the public wlmt thoir business is, thus kill
ing two birds with one stone aud cutting down
the printer’s bill.
Atlantic Cable.
Though insulation suddenly censed after the
paying out of seven hundred miles of the ca
ble, yet, a defect similar liaving occurred when
eighty miles had been laid and easily adjusted*
it is hoped that the cause of the defect has
been found and repaired, and that the arrival
of tho Great Eattern at Heart’s Content, wit); a
perfect communication still apparent along the
unbroken girble of lightning converse, may
soon be heralded.
This gratifying intelligence would send elec
tric currents of delight through every lover of
science, progress and the the triumphs of intel
lect, perseverance and a refined civilization.
Wibnuijtoa and Manchester R&ilrgad-
On Friday, 18tk inst., daily trains commen
ced running between Wilmington and Kings
ville.
Straws. *
Remittances to Europe of one million and
one half, in Five-Twenties—but no specie.
Gold 143}.
President Lincoln’s last Inaugural
Having been often inquired of eoncerning
our late martyred President’s Inaugural Ad
dress of 1865, and also written to about the
nature of it, we give the principal part (in
abeenee of the whole document) which we had
placed in a memorandum of events and im
portant utterances during the past four years;
believing it to be the embodiment of truth,
wisdom and justice toward all, as well as the
confession of attributes which made Abra
ham Lincoln great among men, peerless
through ages. All that had especial relevancy
to the momentous struggle, epoch, through
which we were then passing, is sublimated in
the extract which we this day publish.
We never turn to this wonderful, extenuated,
brief of prudent, honest counsel, sublime con
ception of the dccrcee eternal, that we do not
remember
“Hi* splrtt ha* left a* awl gone to it* home;
Kneel children of Freedom and weep o’er hie duet,—
Go, call for soother, bnt whence •hall hu come f
There are many to newer hot few we can trust.
For be etuod mklrt the night of the*tonu-clood unmoved,
Neath the lightning of hatred, aiwcathed by H* ahuck.
While hie heart ever claag Lathe Onion he loved.
At the root* of the pine tree entwine round the rock.”
Candidate!.
The namee of Jambs H. Nobwood, David
C. Milling and Dr. J. E. Bybd, have been
announced by the friends of the parties, as
candidates for electors to the Convention of
Delegates to be voted for at the approaching
election. **
Election in Alabama.
By the proclamation'of Provisional Gover
nor Lewis E. PAKSoNSnof Alabama, the Elec
tion of Delegates to Convention in that State,
is to take plaoo on the 31st of this month. The
Convention will assemble on tho 10th of Sep
tember, 1805, at Montgomery, the place of
many wonderful speeches, prophetic utteran
ces, belligerent pronuncicmcntos, unavailing
promises; now to become the oracular metrop
olis of converted, regenerated disloyalists, fra
mers of humane and coasistant constitutional
laws, such as s! all entitle a State without any
political rights to the hope of a restored, hap
pier civil rule.
Trial of George Wallace.
The trial of George Wallacr on a charge of
assault with intent to hill, will commence on
the 24th inst., before a Military Commission
composed of the following officers, viz: Col.
Geo. H. Nvr, 29th Maine V. President, Lieut.
Col. F. II. Whittier, 30th Mass., V. V., Mnj.
J. M. Gould, 29th Maine, Capt. Geo. Barker
80th Mass., V. V., Capt. H. R. Mellete, 29th
Maine Vols., Capt. Lester Dwinell, 15th
Maine Vols., Judge Advocate.
New Advertisements.
Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Toilet Soaps,
Ac., Ac., at the store of the late Dr. Thos. J.
Flinn, now under the management of L. O.
Dargan; Charleston and New York line of
steamers "Moncka” and “Cambridge;” Land
Sale at Georgetown, estate belonging to widow
Anna S. McNulty ; Printer’s and Binders’
Warehouse, R. Hob A Co., New York and
Boston; 8. 8. Fbaser. Commission and Ship
ping Merchant, Georgetown, 8. C.; Br. Bark
Exchange.”
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Election in Tennessee.
A Nashville dispatch reports that the Elec
tion in Tennessee for Representatives in Con
gress has resulted in the success of an evenly
divided delegation, there being four support-
era of President Johnson's administration and
four members of Secession proclivities.
tkggf* Our trip to Sumter was set aside this
issue to give place to the manly address of J.
II. Norwood to his fellow-citizens. It will ap
pear in our next.
We are glad to notice tho opening of the
Darlington Classical aud Primary School, A.
McP. Hamby, Principal.
Government Sales
Of Mules and Horse* n decided success.
Troops at Cheraw
Companies D. H. and I., Captains Hows,
Coax and Callahan, of the l&th Maine Vols.,
have been sent to Cheraw, under command of
Lieut. CoL C. 8. Emerson. 29th Maine V. V.,
to relieve the 1st Maine Battalion, which
ordered to report to Gen. Hatch, Charleston.
Proposed.
A heavy tax proposed on all exhibitors of
anti-loyal proclivities, who persist in wearing
the decorations and button’s of a defaset “Con
federacy
Oaths Administered.
6468 oaths have bcou administered in the
Eastern District of South Carolina, since July
7rh, 1865
From our Georgetown Correspondent.
Georgetown, Aug. 11th, 1865.
J/ir. Editor: The New Era reaches us in due
time, aud its appearance is bailed with plea
sure by all who arc devoted to tho cause of
Restoration and Union. It is to be hoped that
you will meet with sufficient encouragement
from the citizens of thisand the adjoining dis
tricts to enable you to not only continue the
publication but to enlarge your paper, already
second to none in the State for its general ap
pearance and the ability in which it is con
ducted.
Our loyal citizens, and who is not, are awake
to the duties before them, and will rally to the
polls on the 1st Monday in September next,
and send good men to represent them in tbo
State Convention, men who will not act in re
ference to tho post, but bend all their energies
for the, future to put the State pointedly and
securely in the shape to secure restoration of
civil rule, and wheel the good old Palmetto
State back into the Union, to stay there quiet-
y forever.
At a public meeting of the citizens of the
town and district, held at the Court House in
Georgetown, on Saturday, August 12th, the
following named gentlemen were unanimously
^nominated as delegates to represent this dis
trict in tho State Convcntiou to be held in
Columbia, on the 13th of September next ;
Richard Dozier, B. C. Fisuburn and Benja
min Alston. At the same time the following
resolution was introduced by Mr. R. O. Bush,
aud adopted:
"Retolved, That in framing a new constitu
tion for the Slate of South Carolina, it would
be more in accordance with Republican prin
ciples to give the choice of electors for Presi
dent and Vico President of the United States,
and for Governor and Lieut. Governor of the
State, direct to the people ; and our delegatee
to the State Convention are requested to use
all honorable means to seoure such on amend
ment of the Constitution.”
The corn and rice growing here looks very
good, although from the lateness of thAea-
son and the unsettled condition of plantation
affairs, theerops will be very light. We hope,
however, by rigid economy, to raise enough
for the immediate wants of the district this
year, and next year, if satisfactory arrange
ments can be entered into bet ween the owner*
of the lands and the froedmeo, nearly full
crops can be raised.
The health of the town is shout as usual at
this season of the year. I am sorry, howvvsr,
te say that tho health of the troops quartered
hero is not as good os it has been.
In this department everything is quiet and
orderly, under the urbane and efficient com
mand of Col. Dyer. Yours,
WWYAU.
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